FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 13
No
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Questions
Quiz 7
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Answers
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1
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Boob Day in Spain is what day in Britain
(practical jokes played)
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April Fools Day 1st
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April
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2
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What crime did Theresa Vaughn commit 62 times in
5 years
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Bigamy - Tried 1922
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3
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Who sailed in a ship called Queen Ann's Revenge
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Blackbeard
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4
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Saponification is the process that makes what
common product
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Soap
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5
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Blue red green yellow four Olympic rings colour
what's missing
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Black
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6
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Detective Philip Marlow smokes what brand
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Camels
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7
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Who landed on Timor Island after being cast
adrift
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Captain Bligh
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8
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What is the more common name of the Chaparral
Cock
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The Road Runner
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9
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In what language did St Paul write his epistles
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Greek
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10
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Ian Fleming's house was called Goldeneye - which
country
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Jamaica
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11
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Alfred Schneider became famous as who
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Lenny Bruce
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12
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A C-Curity was the original
name of what common object
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Zip Fastener
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13
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Fidelity Bravery Integrity is which organisations
motto
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FBI
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14
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Who was the first black entertainer to win an
Emmy award
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Harry Bellefonte
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15
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Anthony Daniels played who in a series of films
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C-P3O
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16
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Of what material was the hairspring made in early
watches
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Pigs Hair
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17
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In 1860 Napoleon III banquet - serving dishes
dearer gold - what
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Aluminium
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18
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Which author created Dick Tracy
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Chester Gould
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19
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What is the worlds most widely used vegetable
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Onion
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20
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What are lentigines
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Freckles
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21
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What type of animal is a vmi-vmi
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Very small pig
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22
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What did Mege-Mouries invent in 1870 winning a
Napoleon prize
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Margarine
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23
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What was Walt Disney's middle name
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Elias
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24
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Who would you expect to find in Castle Gondolofo
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The Pope
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25
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What two items make up the dish devils on
horseback
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Bacon Prunes
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26
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What does ludo mean (literally)
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I Play
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27
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The Detours changed to The High Numbers then what
name
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The Who
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28
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What animal was believed to be a cross camel -
leopard
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Giraffe
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29
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An elephant has 400000 what in its trunk
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Muscles
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30
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What colour is cerulean
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Deep Blue
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31
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Who composed the Air for the G string (init and
name)
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JS Bach
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32
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What were Twinkletoes - Lucky Jim (stuffed cats)
first to do
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Fly across Atlantic
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Alcock Brown
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33
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What are kreplach
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Jewish ravioli
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34
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The pica pica is what common bird
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Magpie
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35
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What male human feature was taxed in Elizabethan
times
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Beards
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36
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Which record company rejected the Beatles as
being past it
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Decca
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37
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From which country does spinach originate
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Iran
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38
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British policemen have truncheons what is USA
equivalent
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Nightstick
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39
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In DC comics Linda Lee Danvers is whose alter ego
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Supergirl
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40
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In what country does the cow tree grow - sap
looks tastes
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milk
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Venezuela
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41
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The penny black - worlds first stamp - what was
second
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Two penny Blue
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42
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Which country produces Tokay
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Hungary
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43
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Where could you legally flash your dong - then
spend it
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Vietnam currency
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44
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The Bald Eagle is Americas bird - What is
Britain's
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Robin
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45
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Australian Clement Wragge instituted what
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Naming Hurricanes
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46
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What does Zip stand for in the American Zip Code
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Zone Improvement
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Plan
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47
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What wood is plywood mostly made from
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Birch
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48
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What is a Hummum
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Turkish bath
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49
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In which sport are left handed people banned from
playing
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Polo
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50
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What food was invented in a sanatorium in 1890
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Kellogg corn flakes
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No
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Questions
Quiz 7
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Answers
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51
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What is a Bellwether
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Leader of flock of
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sheep
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52
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What was Procul Harem's greatest hit
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Whiter shade of pale
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53
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Percy Shaw invented what in 1934
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Cats eyes
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54
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What animal produces its own sun tan lotion
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Hippopotamus
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55
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What was a Nuremberg egg
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Pocket watch / clock
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56
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What was the name of Isaac Newton's dog - caused
fire in lab
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Diamond
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57
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Who was eaten by dogs in the Old Testament
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Jezebel
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58
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In literature who is the alter ego of Percy
Blakney
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Scarlet Pimpernel
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59
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Juglans Regia is the real name of what type of
nut tree
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Walnut
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60
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What album cover (by the Rolling Stones) had a
zip on the side
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Sticky Fingers
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61
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What lives in a holt
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An Otter
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62
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Who is the Patron Saint of dancers and actors
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St Vitas
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63
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What is the worlds tallest grass
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Bamboo
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64
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Who owned the newspaper in Lou Grant - Nancy
Marchand
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Mrs Pyncheron
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65
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Who reputedly first said - if in doubt tell the
truth
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Mark Twain
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66
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John Richie became famous under what name
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Sid Vicious
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67
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In Greek mythology who rowed the dead across the
river Styx
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Charon
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68
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Alfred White was a famous author under which name
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James Herriot
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69
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Which acid was first prepared from distilled red
ants
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Formic acid
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70
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Who invented doctor Who
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Terry Nation
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71
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What took place on London's serpentine first time
16 June 1930
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Mixed Bathing
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72
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Which European city was the bride of the sea
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Venice
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73
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Who (not Peter Sellers) played Inspector Clouseau
in 1968
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Alan Arkin
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74
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Where could you find the Lutine Bell
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Lloyds of London
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75
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Yabusame is the Japanese version of what sport
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Archery
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76
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Which Dickens novel is considered an
autobiography
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David Copperfield
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77
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Dendrologists worship what
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Trees
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78
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What is the national sport of Finland
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Motor Rallying
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79
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Who was Agrippa's son
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Nero
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80
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Peter Goldmak invented what in 1948
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LP record
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81
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Milton lost which sense
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Sight
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82
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What are camel haired brushes made of
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Squirrels tails
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83
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How did the Greek dramatist Aeschalys die
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Eagle dropped tortoise
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on head
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84
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Playing card - Raymond Shaw trance - Manchurian
Candidate
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Queen Diamonds
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85
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Eiffel designed the Eiffel tower - what was his
first name
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Gustave
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86
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The Salk vaccine is used against what disease
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Polio
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87
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If you are born between June
23rd and July 23rd what star sign
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Cancer
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88
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An alloy of Iron - Chromium and Nickel makes what
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Stainless Steel
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89
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Who said "Public service is my motto"
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Al Capone
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90
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Drakes Golden Hind was originally called what
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The Pelican
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91
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In what film did Elvis play a Red Indian
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Stay away Joe
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92
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What did the Victorians call servant regulators
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Alarm Clocks
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93
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Which country first used the fountain pen
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Egypt
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94
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What is the more popular name for the Londonderry
Air
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Danny Boy
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95
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Freyr was the Norse god of what
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Fertility
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96
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TAP is the national airline of which country
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Portugal
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97
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In which country is the port of Frey Bentos
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Uruguay
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98
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The Koh-i-Nor is a famous diamond - what does the
name mean
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Mountain of Light
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99
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A nilometer measures the rise and fall of what
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Rivers (originally
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Nile)
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100
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What was Britain's first colony (annexed in 1583)
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Newfoundland
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No
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Questions
Quiz 8
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Answers
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1
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Joseph Lister - first operation antiseptic - 1867
on who
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His sister
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2
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What was Black Beauties original name
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Darkie
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3
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Who was the original Peeping Tom looking at
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Lady Godiva
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4
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What element is present in all organic compounds
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Carbon
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5
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What was Professor Moriarties first name
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James
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6
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Who was known as the Little Brown Saint
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Ghandi
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7
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Who rode a horse called Morengo
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Napoleon at Waterloo
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8
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A skulk is a group of which animals
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Foxes
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9
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Who defended World heavyweight title twice on
same night in 1906
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Tommy Burns – both
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1st KOs
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10
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What part of an aircraft is the empennage
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Tail Unit
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11
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We know who wrote Little Women but who wrote
Little Men
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Lousia May Alcott
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12
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Who was the Goddess of the rainbow
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Iris
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13
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In European city can you be jailed for not
killing furry caterpillars
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Brussels
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14
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Who was Olive Oyls boyfriend - before Popeye
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Ham Gravy
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15
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Sienna law forbids women of what name from
prostitution
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Maria
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16
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What do the letters MG stand for on cars
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Morris Garages
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17
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Who was the first actor to appear on cover of
Time magazine
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Charlie Chaplin
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18
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Polyphemus was the leader of which group of
mythical giants
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Cyclops
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19
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What does a pluviomoter measure
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Rainfall
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20
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Which game was illegal in Elizabethan England
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Bowls
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21
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What nationality was Oddjob
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Korean
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22
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What is a Knout
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Russian flogging whip
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23
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What language has the most words
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English
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24
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Which film star used to be a circus acrobat
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Burt Lancaster
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25
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The comma bacillus causes what disease
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Cholera
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26
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Which country invented Venetian Blinds
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Japan
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27
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What is a quadriga
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Roman 4 horse chariot
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28
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What is a brickfielder
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Hot SE Aussie wind
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29
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Pupik means belly button in what language
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Yiddish
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30
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What is the main ingredient in Borsch
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Beetroot
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31
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What was the name of Dr Dolittle’s Parrot
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Polynesia
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32
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What was the name of William Tells son (the apple
head boy)
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Walter
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33
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Laika was the first ever dog to do what
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Go into space
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34
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Where could you spend a Markka
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Finland
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35
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What links a bick, throat, half swage, punching
hole
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Anvil they are parts of
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it
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36
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The Fagus is the Latin name of what type of tree
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Beech
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37
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If you have Chlorosis what colour does the skin
go
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Green
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38
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The French say Bis - what word do the English use
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Encore
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39
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Of what are Karakul, Texel, Romney Marsh types
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Sheep
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40
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What is biltong
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Dried meat
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41
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What type of fish is Scomber Scombrus
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Mackerel
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42
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What are brick, fontina, port salut, quargel
types of
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Cheese
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43
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In which country did the turnip originate
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Greece
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44
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Tchaikovsky died of which disease
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Cholera
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45
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Sam Barraclough owned which film star
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Lassie
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46
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Which animals can live longest without water
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Rats
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47
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Captain Hanson Gregory Crockett created what void
in 1847
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Hole in Doughnuts
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48
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Kaka means parrot in which language
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Maori
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49
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Who wrote A Town Like Alice
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Nevil Shute
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50
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Which fruit contains the most protein
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Avocado
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No
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Questions
Quiz 8
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Answers
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51
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Ignatius Loyola founded which organisation
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Jesuits
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52
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Which 16th century Italian wrote The Prince
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Machiavelli
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53
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A meander bend in a river, named from river
meander - where
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Turkey
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54
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Who tells the story in The Arabian Nights
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Sheherazade
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55
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Alfred Jingle appears in which Dickens novel
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The Pickwick Papers
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56
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Vaselina and Brillantino were alternate names
which film
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Grease
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57
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Chaplin ate a boot in the Gold Rush - what was it
made of
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Liquorice
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58
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Phoebe Anne Mozee better known as who
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Annie Oakley
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59
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What is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
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Kappa
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60
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If you were misocapnic what do you hate
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Tobacco Smoke
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61
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In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships
doctor
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Cook
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62
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An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what
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Average Cloud Cover
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63
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Bumper Harris - wooden leg - what Job on London
Underground
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Ride new escalators
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64
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Who is Ivanhoe's wife
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Rowena
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65
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The Lent Lilly has a more common name - what
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Daffodil
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66
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What would you be if you were a coryphée
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Ballet Dancer
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67
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Whose last words were - "Clito I owe a cock
to Asclepius"
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Socrates
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68
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What does the German word Panzer literally mean
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Armour
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69
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What is Frances longest river
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Loire
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70
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In which month is the Munich beer festival held
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October
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71
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What was the name of Norse God Thor's hammer
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Mjolnir
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72
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Who ordered John the Baptists execution
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King Herod
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73
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What was Walt Disney's first cartoon character
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Oswald the Rabbit
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74
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What medication discovered in 1928 but introduced
1940
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Penicillin
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75
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Who wrote Beau Geste
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P C Wren
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76
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Prophesied the Chalus the Greek - Die on day -
did of what
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Laughing cos he was
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not dead
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77
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Who is Aladdin's father
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Mustapha the tailor
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78
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What American state is the Badger state
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Wisconsin
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79
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Why was Fred Lorz disqualified 1904 Olympic
marathon
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Hitched a lift passing
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car
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80
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In China what colour does the bride traditionally
wear
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Red
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81
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A muster is a group of which birds
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Peacocks
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82
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Bohea is a type of what
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Tea
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83
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In which country were antibiotics first used
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Egypt - used mouldy
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bread
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84
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Which country grew the first Orange
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China
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85
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Gossima was the original name of what game
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Table Tennis
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86
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Wild marjoram is also known as what
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Oregano
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87
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What was the name of Roses monkey in Friends
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Marcel
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88
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Horse brasses - on dreyhorses - originally what
purpose
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Charms - ward off evil
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89
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Alfred Hitchcock admitted to being terrified of
what
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Policeman
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90
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What was the name of Sancho Panza's donkey
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Dapple
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91
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What is Steganography
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Invisible ink writing
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92
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An Albert chain is usually attached to what
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Watch
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93
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An unkindness is a group of what birds
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Ravens
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94
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A fellmonger deals in what items
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Animal skins
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95
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What colour habit do Franciscan monks wear
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Grey
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96
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Nenen-Kona is sold in Russia - what do we call it
|
Pepsi-Cola
|
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97
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Hugh Lofting created which famous character
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Doctor Dolittle
|
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98
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What was the name of Russian bear mascot 1980
Olympics
|
Mischa
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99
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What ingredient must French ice cream contain by
law
|
Eggs
|
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100
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A kindle is the name for a group of what young
animals
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Kittens
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No
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Questions
Quiz 9
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Answers
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1
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What is the commonest symbol on flags of the
world
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Star
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2
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Which country is alphabetically last
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Zimbabwe
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3
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Smiths Bon-Bons changed their name to what after
1840
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Christmas Crackers
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4
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Minerva is the Goddess of what
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Wisdom
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5
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What type of animal is a jennet
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Small Spanish horse
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6
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If you were crapulous what would you be
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Drunk
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7
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Where would you Wedel
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Ski slope
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8
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What is the correct name for a baby otter
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Kitten
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9
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What colour is the gemstone peridot
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Green
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10
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Sanskrit is an old language - what does the word
mean
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Put together –
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Perfected
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11
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In which country do they play houlani - type of
hockey
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Turkey
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12
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What does the name Tabitha mean
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Gazelle
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13
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With what is spangy played
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Marbles
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14
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Where did Spam get its name
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Spiced Ham
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15
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The Pogues took their name from Pogue Mahone -
what mean
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Kiss my arse
|
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16
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What comes after the year of the snake - Chinese
calendar
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Horse
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17
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Mosi-oa-Tunya - Smoke that Thunders - what
natural feature
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Victoria falls
|
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18
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One person every 6 seconds dies from what
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Contaminated water
|
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diseases
|
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19
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Approximately 40 million of what are consumed
each year
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Bananas
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20
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What is the worlds largest rodent
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Capybara
|
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21
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Which winter game is known as the roaring game
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Curling
|
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22
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The first known what happened in Wisconsin 1878
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Organised motor race
|
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23
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Which 2 countries will host the 2002 Soccer World
Cup finals
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Japan - South Korea
|
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24
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In 1935 Charlton C McGee invented what in the USA
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Parking Meter
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25
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Which French philosopher created analytical
geometry
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Rene Decartes
|
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26
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The length of what is approximately 1/10th
circumference of earth
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Great wall of China
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27
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What was the world's first computer bug in 1946
|
A moth
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28
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What does a polythesistic person believe in
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Many Gods
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29
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Who founded the Greek theatre
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Thespis
|
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30
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Maria Magdelana Von Losch Beyyer know as who
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Marlene Dietrich
|
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31
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If you suffered from tantartism what would you be
doing
|
Dancing Mania
|
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32
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Which literary prize started in 1968
|
Booker McConnell
|
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33
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What links Fitzroy, Essenden, Collingswood and
Carlton
|
Aussie rules football
|
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teams
|
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34
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What countries people spend most private money on
recreation
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Taiwan's
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35
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What links The Reivers, Grapes of Wrath, Humboldt’s
Gift
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Pulitzer Prize winners
|
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36
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USA has most airports which country has second
most
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Australia
|
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37
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In 1829 Walter Hunt invented what common item
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Safety Pin
|
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38
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Fredrick Sanger discovered which medical life
saver
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Insulin
|
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39
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Who invented punched cards used in early
computing 1880s
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Herman Hollerith
|
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40
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Why did Roselin Franklin (pre
discovered dna helix) no Nobel
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She was dead
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41
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What is a Dwarf Goby
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Worlds smallest true
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fish
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42
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What types can be saddle, plane or pivotal
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Body Joints
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43
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1500 paces was what Roman measurement
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League
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44
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Denis Gabor of Hungary 1971 Nobel prize for what
invention
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Holograms
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45
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Who gave the UN the land in NY to build their HQ
|
John D Rockerfeller
|
|
46
|
In 1779 Abraham Darby built the worlds first what
|
Metal Bridge
|
|
47
|
What is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion
|
Judaism
|
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48
|
An aubade or alborda is a song - but what type
|
Mourning
|
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49
|
What sport links Castle Cup, Red Stripe Cup,
Ranji Trophy
|
Cricket
|
|
50
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What countries leader does not have an official
residence
|
Cuba
|
|
No
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Questions
Quiz 9
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Answers
|
51
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Which writer coined the word Cyberspace in 1984
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William Gibson –
|
Neuromancer
|
||
52
|
Demeter was the Greek god of what (Ceres Roman)
|
Harvest
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53
|
What film won the 1943 Oscar as best film
|
Casablanca
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54
|
What do ungulate animals alone have
|
Hooves
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55
|
Dr Ludwig L Zamenhof invented what 1887 Poland
|
Esperanto
|
56
|
Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1891
|
Oscar Wilde
|
57
|
Who composed The Planets suit (both names)
|
Gustav Holst
|
58
|
What links Doric, Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian and
Composite
|
Classical Architecture
|
59
|
What is phonetic alphabet word for U
|
Uniform
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60
|
Why were women barred from original Olympic Games
|
Male entries nude
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61
|
In which USA state is Churchill Downs racetrack
|
Louisville Kentucky
|
62
|
In 1867 Lucian B Smith invented what restraint
|
Barbed Wire
|
63
|
In 1961 which Henry Mancini record won Grammy
record of year
|
Moon River
|
64
|
What links Willie Brant, Lech Walesa, Yasser
Arafat
|
Nobel Peace Prize
|
65
|
Which countries government spends most in social
security %
|
Uruguay
|
66
|
Archaeopteryx was the first what
|
Bird
|
67
|
In 1810 in England Peter Durand invented what
|
Tin can (food)
|
68
|
Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952
(turned down)
|
Albert Einstein
|
69
|
What is the oldest known infectious disease
|
Leprosy
|
70
|
A JPEG is a picture file format - what does JPEG
stand for
|
Joint Photographic
|
Experts Group
|
||
71
|
What is the worlds largest sea (in area)
|
South China
|
72
|
Which islands wildlife is 90% unique
|
Madagascar
|
73
|
What are truffles - highly prized as food
|
Fungi
|
74
|
Which Game is Played 15 a side and scores 3 or 1
points
|
Gaelic Football
|
75
|
What was invented in 1855 45 years later than it
was needed
|
Can Opener
|
76
|
What links Sissinnius, Zosimus, Liberius, Sergius
V1,Victor II
|
Popes
|
77
|
What is the world largest seed
|
Coco-de-mare palm –
|
double coconut
|
||
78
|
Bristlemouths are the worlds most common what
|
Fish
|
79
|
What swims at 1/8 inch an hour
|
Sperm
|
80
|
Trypanophobia is fear of what
|
Inoculations –
|
Injections
|
||
81
|
Chogori is better know by what boring name
|
K2
|
82
|
Colonel Jacob Schick invented what in 1928 in USA
|
Electric Razor
|
83
|
What links Duke Wellington, Earl Derby, Marquis
Salisbury
|
UK Prime Ministers
|
84
|
In 1996 which Celine Dion album Grammy album of
year
|
Falling into You
|
85
|
What weight is the lightest in Amateur Boxing
|
Light Flyweight
|
86
|
Which country has the worlds biggest (on land)
National Park
|
Canada – Wood
|
Buffalo 17300s ml
|
||
87
|
What language speakers were shot Russia and
Germany 1930s
|
Esperanto
|
88
|
Ronald Ross campaigned for the destruction of
what
|
Mosquitoes - stop
|
malaria
|
||
89
|
Who won two Nobel prizes in different fields
|
Marie Curie Physics
|
1903 Chemistry 1911
|
||
90
|
Name 3rd cent BC Greek mathematician wrote The
Elements
|
Euclid
|
91
|
Evidence of what alternative treatment found in
5300 mummy
|
Acupuncture
|
92
|
North Fork Roe River - worlds shortest - which US
state
|
Montana
|
93
|
In 1879 James Ritty invented what
|
Cash Register
|
94
|
Who wrote the novel Tom Jones in 1749
|
Henry Fielding
|
95
|
What links Millionaires, Metropolitans, Black
Hawks, Silver seven
|
Stanley Cup winners
|
Ice Hockey
|
||
96
|
What country - largest earthquake of 20th cent
8.6 Richter 1906
|
Colombia
|
97
|
The okapi belongs to what family of animals
|
Giraffe
|
98
|
Dimitri Mendeleyev is credited with the discover
of what
|
Periodic Table
|
99
|
What feature of a triangle makes it scalene
|
Different side lengths
|
100
|
Taphophobia is fear of what
|
Buried Alive
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 10
|
Answers
|
1
|
In the Chinese New Year what year follows Rat
|
Ox
|
2
|
Genuphobia is the fear of what
|
Knees
|
3
|
Percy LeBaron Spencer invented what in 1945 in
USA
|
Microwave Oven
|
4
|
St Peter was the first Pope - Who was second
|
St Linus
|
5
|
What 1945 film won best picture, actor, director
Oscars
|
The Lost Weekend
|
6
|
What is the literal translation of pot-pouri
|
Putrid Pot
|
7
|
Who did James Bond marry - character - (both
names)
|
Theresa Draco
|
8
|
What is studied in the science of somatology
|
The Body
|
9
|
What was Hugh Hefner's jet plane called
|
Big Bunny
|
10
|
What profession did Handel originally study
|
The Law
|
11
|
What European nation was the first to drink tea
|
The Dutch
|
12
|
Beaufort - the wind scale man - had what job
|
Sailor (Admiral)
|
13
|
What bird is the symbol of Penguin books
(children's section)
|
Puffin
|
14
|
Diane Leather was the first woman to do what
|
Sub 5 minute mile
|
15
|
What is Admiral Sir Miles Messervy usually known
as
|
M (Bond films)
|
16
|
Which part of the body is most sensitive to
radiation
|
The Blood
|
17
|
What film made 58 times - cartoon, porrno,
operatic, ballet
|
Cinderella
|
18
|
Mr Chips said goodbye from Brookfield school -
What subject
|
Latin
|
19
|
In which American city can you get doctorate in
hambugerology
|
Hamburger College –
|
Chicago
|
||
20
|
Which author created The Saint (both names)
|
Leslie Charteris
|
21
|
What is sericulture
|
Growing Silkworms
|
22
|
What was Edison’s first practical invention
|
Tick a Tape for
|
stockmarket
|
||
23
|
Frigophobia fear of what
|
Being Cold
|
24
|
Which company invented the transistor radio in
1952
|
Sony
|
25
|
Who is the only solo performer to win Euro song
twice
|
Johnny Logan 1980 –
|
1987
|
||
26
|
Franz Liszt was the farther in law of what
composer
|
Richard Wagner
|
27
|
In what town was Leonardo Da Vinci born
|
Vinci
|
28
|
Who directed the Halloween series of films
|
John Carpenter
|
29
|
What metal impurity makes rubies red and emeralds
green
|
Chromium
|
30
|
Helen Mitchell became famous as what soprano
|
Nellie Melba
|
31
|
Robert Whithead invented what weapon in 1866
|
Torpedo
|
32
|
Zymase and Glucose combine to form what drug
|
Alcohol
|
33
|
Translated literally what does television mean
|
Far Seeing
|
34
|
Not as soups what have gazpacho - vichyssoise in
common
|
Served Cold
|
35
|
Who was the Greek goddess of retribution
|
Nemesis
|
36
|
47 people worked on a committee to produce what
work
|
Authorised version of
|
Bible
|
||
37
|
What book was made into the first feature length
British cartoon
|
Animal Farm in 1954
|
38
|
Who first said "Publish and be Damned"
|
Wellington re Harriot
|
Wilson mistress
|
||
39
|
Edwin Drake sank the first of them in 1859 - what
were they
|
Oil Wells
|
40
|
Calico cloth was invented in which country
|
India
|
41
|
What is dittology
|
Double meaning
|
42
|
Who played Pink in the movie The Wall
|
Bob Geldorf
|
43
|
Rhabdophobia fear of what
|
Being Beaten
|
44
|
Dr C W Long was the first to use what (anaesthetic)
in 1842
|
Ether
|
45
|
Hey Big Spender comes from what musical
|
Sweet Charity
|
46
|
Jamie Farr played what role in MASH
|
Corporal Clinger
|
47
|
Whets the correct name for golf club called Texas
Wedge
|
Putter
|
48
|
Whose nickname was slowhand (both names)
|
Eric Clapton
|
49
|
Which country invented the mariners compass
|
China
|
50
|
What countries international car registration
letters are DZ
|
Algeria
|
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