QUES: A HDI below 0.5 is considered to represent "low development". All 22 countries in that category are located in Africa. The highest-scoring Sub-Saharan countries, Gabon and South Africa, are ranked 119th and 121st, respectively. Nine countries departed from this category this year and joined the "medium development" group.
What is Gabon's ranking?

ANS: 119th

QUES: With the arrival of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, a Spanish conquistador, the first recorded history of encounter between Europeans and Native Americans in the Great Plains occurred in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska from 1540-1542. In that same time period, Hernando de Soto crossed a west-northwest direction in what is now Oklahoma and Texas. Today this is known as the De Soto Trail. The Spanish thought the Great Plains were the location of the mythological Quivira and Cibola, a place said to be rich in gold.
In what state did Francisco Vazquez de Coronado first encounter Native Americans?

ANS: unanswerable

QUES: In a 2009 national readership survey The Times was found to have the highest number of ABC1 2544 readers and the largest numbers of readers in London of any of the "quality" papers.
In a 2009 national readership survey, what newspaper has the highest number of ABC1 25-44 readers?

ANS: The Times

QUES: Chopin's disease and the cause of his death have since been a matter of discussion. His death certificate gave the cause as tuberculosis, and his physician, Jean Cruveilhier, was then the leading French authority on this disease. Other possibilities have been advanced including cystic fibrosis, cirrhosis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. However, the attribution of tuberculosis as principal cause of death has not been disproved. Permission for DNA testing, which could put the matter to rest, has been denied by the Polish government.
What is listed as Chopin's official cause of death?

ANS:
tuberculosis