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Not all expats move abroad to work or study, some people are forced to move abroad because of criminal behaviour, political upheaval or because they’ve been up to no good.
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You should be exiled for your poor general knowledge.
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[Image: “Trotsky Portrait” by Published by Century Co, NY, 1921]
[Image: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 – by Étienne Carjat]
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Avoid exile by improving your general knowledge.
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[Image: “Trotsky Portrait” by Published by Century Co, NY, 1921]
[Image: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 – by Étienne Carjat]
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[Image: Rolling Stones – Keith-Mick-Ron (1981)” by Michael Conen]
[Image: Imelda Marcos-1966]
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Your general knowledge, means you won’t have to be exiled.
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[Image: “Trotsky Portrait” by Published by Century Co, NY, 1921]
[Image: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 – by Étienne Carjat]
[Image: Calonghi]
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[Image: Rolling Stones – Keith-Mick-Ron (1981)” by Michael Conen]
[Image: Imelda Marcos-1966]
[Image: Flag of India]
[Image: Cleric-Knight-Workman]
[Image: Hon. Augusta Leigh” by James Holmes ]
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Amazing. With a brain like yours, you will never be exiled.
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[Image: “Trotsky Portrait” by Published by Century Co, NY, 1921]
[Image: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 – by Étienne Carjat]
[Image: Calonghi]
[Image: Pixabay]
[Image: Rolling Stones – Keith-Mick-Ron (1981)” by Michael Conen]
[Image: Imelda Marcos-1966]
[Image: Flag of India]
[Image: Cleric-Knight-Workman]
[Image: Hon. Augusta Leigh” by James Holmes ]
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
To which island in the South Atlantic was Napoleon exiled?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Leon Trotsky fled Russia in 1928 to escape Stalin and ended up in Mexico City where he lived for many years. With what tool was he assassinated?
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Well done. Trotsky was killed with an ice axe.
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Sorry. Trotsky was killed with an ice axe.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
Victor Hugo, the French novelist was exiled by Napoleon the III to Jersey where he wrote which famous work?
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Well done. Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables upon which the long-running musical was based.
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Sorry. Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables upon which the long-running musical was based.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
From which Italian city was the world famous lothario, Cassanova exiled in 1756?
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Well done. Cassanova was exiled from Venice and spent many years travelling round Europe.
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Sorry. Cassanova was exiled from Venice and spent many years travelling around Europe.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
In 1952, which Hollywood giant was denied entry on his return to the US by the immigration service over fears of his Communist sympathies, despite having lived in the country for 40 years?
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Well done. Charlie Chaplin was denied entry to the US and eventually died in Switzerland in 1977, never having returned.
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Sorry. Charlie Chaplin was denied entry to the US and eventually died in Switzerland in 1977, never having returned.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Why did The Rolling Stones go into voluntary exile to the South of France in 1971?
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Well done. The Rolling Stones moved to the South of France to avoid the UK’s government’s millionaire tax that would force them to pay 90% of their earnings.
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Sorry. The Rolling Stones moved to the South of France to avoid the UK’s government’s millionaire tax that would force them to pay 90% of their earnings.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippine dictator was forced into exile in Hawaii 1986. After he was banished, it was discovered that his wife, Imelda, had amassed a huge collection of what in the presidential palace?
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Correct. Imelda Marcos had collected over 7,500 pairs of shoes.
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Sorry. Imelda Marcos had collected over 7,500 pairs of shoes.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
In which year did the Dalai Lama go into exile in India after a failed Tibetan uprising?
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Well done. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 and set up a ‘Goverment of Tibet in Exile’.
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Sorry. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 and set up the ‘Government of Tibet in Exile’.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Which epic Medieval poem was composed by while in exile?
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Well done. Dante composed the Divine Comedy during 20 years of wandering after being banished from Florence.
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Sorry. Dante composed the Divine Comedy during 20 years of wandering after being banished from Florence.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Which English Romantic poet went into voluntary exile after a scandalous incestuous love affair with his half-sister?
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Well done. Lord Byron left England in 1817 and eventually died in Greece in 1824.
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Sorry. Lord Byron left England in 1817 and eventually died in Greece in 1824.
