1. What album was the second released by The Beatles in the U.K.?
2. What is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
3. Who was the second U.S. President to be assassinated?
4. And, as a follow-up to the previous question, who was the second assassin of a U.S. President?
5. Who was the second person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean?
6. Of the World’s continents what is the second largest in area?
7. What was the title of the second film in the James Bond series made by Eon Productions?
8. Mount Everest is the highest but what is the second highest mountain?
9. Queen Victoria has the longest reign in British history but who has the second longest?
10. Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin made the first manned Moon landing, what mission, and what astronauts made the second manned Moon landing?
ANSWERS
1. What album was the second released by The Beatles in the U.K.?
With The Beatles was the second album released by the group. Like the first (Please Please Me) it was released in 1963, amongst its 14 tracks were Lennon and McCartney’s All My Loving and I Wanna Be Your Man.
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2. What is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
Saturn. Jupiter is the largest of the planets and Saturn is approximately one-third of Jupiter’s mass whereas it is 95 times the mass of Earth. It is the sixth planet from the Sun and takes approximately 29.5 (Earth) years to orbit the Sun.
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3. Who was the second U.S. President to be assassinated?
James A. Garfield who was not only the second U.S. President to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln, he was also the one who had the second shortest tenure in presidential history, after William Henry Harrison.
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4. And, as a follow-up to the previous question, who was the second assassin of a U.S. President?
Charles Guiteau. John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, being the first.
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5. Who was the second person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart was the second to achieve this feat, after Charles Lindbergh. Her time for her flight was 14 hours 56 minutes, which was a record at that time. She had previously become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic albeit as a passenger.
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6. Of the World’s continents what is the second largest in area?
Africa is second in size after Asia. Africa 11,668,598.7 sq mi (30,221,532 sq km) compared to Asia 17,212,000 sq mi (44,579,000 sq km).
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7. What was the title of the second film in the James Bond series made by Eon Productions?
From Russia with Love, released in 1963, followed its predecessor Dr. No. It was the also the second to star Sean Connery in the role of 007.
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8. Mount Everest is the highest but what is the second highest mountain?
K2 (other names Mount Godwin Austen, Qogir Feng, Dapsang or Chogori) at 28,251 feet (8,611 metres)is the world’s second highest mountain. Situated in the Karakoram Range K2 is located on the border of and lies partly in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang of China and partly in the Kashmir region of Pakistan.
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9. Queen Victoria has the longest reign in British history but who has the second longest?
George III is the second longest reigning monarch in British history having reigned for 59 years 96 days. Victoria reigned for 63 years 216 days. If she was still on the throne on 12th May 2011 Elizabeth II would surpass George III and become the second longest reigning British monarch.
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10. Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin made the first manned Moon landing, what mission, and what astronauts made the second manned Moon landing?
Apollo 12 with Pete Conrad & Alan Bean. Between 1969 and 1972 Apollo’s 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 landed on the Moon each carrying a two man crew meaning that 12 Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface. In July 1969 Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 became the first man to walk on the Moon and in December 1972 Eugene Cernan of Apollo 17 was the ‘last man on the Moon’. An on-board explosion meant that Apollo 13 had to abandon a Moon landing while trying to make repairs that would allow them to return to Earth.
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1. What album was the second released by The Beatles in the U.K.?
2. What is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
3. Who was the second U.S. President to be assassinated?
4. And, as a follow-up to the previous question, who was the second assassin of a U.S. President?
5. Who was the second person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean?
6. Of the World’s continents what is the second largest in area?
7. What was the title of the second film in the James Bond series made by Eon Productions?
8. Mount Everest is the highest but what is the second highest mountain?
9. Queen Victoria has the longest reign in British history but who has the second longest?
10. Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin made the first manned Moon landing, what mission, and what astronauts made the second manned Moon landing?
ANSWERS
1. What album was the second released by The Beatles in the U.K.?
With The Beatles was the second album released by the group. Like the first (Please Please Me) it was released in 1963, amongst its 14 tracks were Lennon and McCartney’s All My Loving and I Wanna Be Your Man.
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2. What is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
Saturn. Jupiter is the largest of the planets and Saturn is approximately one-third of Jupiter’s mass whereas it is 95 times the mass of Earth. It is the sixth planet from the Sun and takes approximately 29.5 (Earth) years to orbit the Sun.
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3. Who was the second U.S. President to be assassinated?
James A. Garfield who was not only the second U.S. President to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln, he was also the one who had the second shortest tenure in presidential history, after William Henry Harrison.
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4. And, as a follow-up to the previous question, who was the second assassin of a U.S. President?
Charles Guiteau. John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, being the first.
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5. Who was the second person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart was the second to achieve this feat, after Charles Lindbergh. Her time for her flight was 14 hours 56 minutes, which was a record at that time. She had previously become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic albeit as a passenger.
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6. Of the World’s continents what is the second largest in area?
Africa is second in size after Asia. Africa 11,668,598.7 sq mi (30,221,532 sq km) compared to Asia 17,212,000 sq mi (44,579,000 sq km).
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7. What was the title of the second film in the James Bond series made by Eon Productions?
From Russia with Love, released in 1963, followed its predecessor Dr. No. It was the also the second to star Sean Connery in the role of 007.
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8. Mount Everest is the highest but what is the second highest mountain?
K2 (other names Mount Godwin Austen, Qogir Feng, Dapsang or Chogori) at 28,251 feet (8,611 metres)is the world’s second highest mountain. Situated in the Karakoram Range K2 is located on the border of and lies partly in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang of China and partly in the Kashmir region of Pakistan.
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9. Queen Victoria has the longest reign in British history but who has the second longest?
George III is the second longest reigning monarch in British history having reigned for 59 years 96 days. Victoria reigned for 63 years 216 days. If she was still on the throne on 12th May 2011 Elizabeth II would surpass George III and become the second longest reigning British monarch.
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10. Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin made the first manned Moon landing, what mission, and what astronauts made the second manned Moon landing?
Apollo 12 with Pete Conrad & Alan Bean. Between 1969 and 1972 Apollo’s 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 landed on the Moon each carrying a two man crew meaning that 12 Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface. In July 1969 Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 became the first man to walk on the Moon and in December 1972 Eugene Cernan of Apollo 17 was the ‘last man on the Moon’. An on-board explosion meant that Apollo 13 had to abandon a Moon landing while trying to make repairs that would allow them to return to Earth.
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