FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 14
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No
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Questions
Quiz 10
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Answers
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51
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The name Malissa means what
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Bee
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52
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What was Acadia
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Nova Scotia (French
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Name)
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53
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Dragoon, Antwerp, Poulter, Tumbler, Horseman
types of what
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Pigeon
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54
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What was the first frozen food available in
Britain in 1937
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Asparagus
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55
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If you suffer from cynanthropy what do you think
you are
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Dog
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56
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What is the phonetic alphabet word for letter P
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Papa
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57
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What is a runcible spoon
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A broad Pickle fork
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58
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The artist Abbott Thayer's developed what for
military use
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Camouflage colours
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59
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What did Francis Bacon call The Purest of
Pleasures
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The Garden
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60
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What is the largest single known gold object in
the world
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Tutankhamens Coffin
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61
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Madame Pauline de Vere first female circus
performer - do what
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Head in Lions Mouth
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62
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How was Alexander the Greats body preserved
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In large jar of honey
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63
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Californian law no shooting any animal - moving
car except what
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Whale
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64
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Peter Falk plays Lt Colombo but who was first
offered role
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Bing Crosby
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65
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What type of birds (Hugin + Munin) sit on the
shoulders of Odin
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Ravens
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66
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Where are you most likely to have a serious
accident
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In your home
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67
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Melvin R Bissell invented what in 1876 in the USA
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Carpet Sweeper
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68
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Peniaphobia fear of what
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Being Penniless
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69
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About which game has most books been written
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Chess
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70
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Albert De Salvo was better known as who
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The Boston Strangler
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71
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What was the last European nation to accept the
potato
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France
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72
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Students at Cambridge - no dogs - what Lord Byron
keep
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Bear
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73
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King Mongut had aprox 9000 wife's/concubines what
country
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Siam - Thailand
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74
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Only approx one third worlds population uses what
regularly
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Fork
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75
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William Tayton was the first man to do what
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Appear on TV – at
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Bairds demo
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76
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Clemintina Campbell famous as who
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Cleo Lane
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77
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What should you give after 15 years of marriage
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Crystal
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78
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What is a Charollais
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Type of Cattle
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79
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What place is called Rapa-nui by its native
inhabitants
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Easter Island
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80
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Where was/is the original Penthouse
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In a Real Tennis Court
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81
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What pop group took their name from a Herman Hess
novel
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Steppenwolff
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82
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How often does a Hebdomadal Council meet
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Weekly
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83
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What was unusual about Tyrell's car in the 1976
Spanish G Prix
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Six Wheels
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84
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In what country is the Eucumbene Dam
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Australia New S
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Wales
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85
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Males outnumber females by 5 to 1 in what addiction
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Alcoholism
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86
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For what would an Edgar be awarded or won
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Mystery Writing
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87
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What are salopettes
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Snow proof Dungaree
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trousers
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88
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Which society cared - plague victims when
physicians left 1665
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Apothecaries
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89
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Domenikos Theotocopoulos born Crete - died Spain
- who
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El Greco
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90
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What nation on average takes most time to eat
meals
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French
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91
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Dr F Lanchester invented what motor safety aid in
1902
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Disc Brakes
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92
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Halophobia fear of what
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Speaking
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93
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Arthur Jefferson better known as who
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Stan Laurel
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94
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Why is the city La Paz in Bolivia safe from fire
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To high - Not enough
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air to burn
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95
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What is the national drink of Yugoslavia
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Slivovitz
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96
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Agnes the girls name means what
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Chaste
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97
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What were the wicks in the Vestal Virgins lamps
made from
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Asbestos
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98
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Who is the Patron Saint of France
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St Denis
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99
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What are you supposed to give/get for 40 years of
marriage
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Ruby
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100
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What is the Roman Numeral for 1000
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M
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No
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Questions
Quiz 11
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Answers
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1
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What fashion did General Ambrose Burnside start
in Civil War
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Sideburns
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2
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In what village do Tom Sawer and Huckleberry Finn
live
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St Petersburg
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3
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What Opera's story is about a female cigar
factory worker
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Carmen
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4
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E is the international car registration plate for
which country
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Spain (Espania)
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5
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USA has most roads what country has second most
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India
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6
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In the Chinese calendar what year follows Monkey
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Chicken
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7
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What river flows through 8 countries and four
capitols
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Danube
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8
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What does the word Desert (from Latin desertus)
translate as
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Abandoned
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9
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In 1848 The London Daily News carried the worlds
fist what
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Weather report /
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forecast
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10
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What is a Kakapoo
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Nocturnal New
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Zealand Parrot
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11
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Part of the human body can expand 20 times its
normal size
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Stomach 0.5 litres to
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5 litres
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12
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In the 1920s Dr Ida Rolf developed Rolfing as
what alt therapy
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Deep Massage
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13
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Which dinosaurs name translated as speedy
predator
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Velociraptor
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14
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Price one kilo went from $63 to $260 in 1976 when
sale illegal
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Ivory
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15
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The island of Yap has the worlds largest what
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Coins up to 12 feet
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across
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16
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Which tennis player was sued by his fan club
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Jimmy Connors
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17
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What animal - faster horse - longer no h20 camel
- see behind
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Giraffe
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18
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What is a chemically castrated cock called
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Capon
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19
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Nessus killed Hercules - What was Nessus
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Centaur
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20
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Eva Shain was the first woman to do what
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Judge pro heavy
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boxing Match
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21
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Ben Franklin invented it - Britain tried it in
1916 - What
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Daylight saving Time
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22
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In which country is Mount Aspiring National Park
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New Zealand (South
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Island)
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23
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Alfred Wallace coined which phrase - Wrongly
given to Darwin
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Survival of the Fittest
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24
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Who won the first Nobel prize for Physics in 1901
- gave away
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Wilhelm Roentgen
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25
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What countries days include Fire day, Water day
and wood day
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Japan Tue Wed Thu
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26
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What city has the longest metro system
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London
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27
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Yoga (the meditation) is a Sanskrit word meaning
what
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Union
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28
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What was invented 1903 - patented 1906 G C Beilder
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Photocopier
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29
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Which SF author invented the idea of the com
Satellite
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Arthur C Clark
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30
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What country consumes the most coal each year
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China
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31
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What was Hebe the goddess of
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Youth
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32
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What are a Galliard, Sarabande, Morisca and
Courente
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Dance Types
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33
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Who composed the overture Hebrides (Fingals cave)
two names
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Felix Mendelssohn
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34
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Tanjong Panger Container Terminal where worlds
largest con port
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Singapore
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35
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What would an anemometer measure
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Wind Speed
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36
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In Britain pool and snooker players call it side
- what USA name
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English
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37
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What form modern sculpture invented Calder named
Dechamp
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The Mobile
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38
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What book featured Topsy who growed
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Uncle Toms Cabin –H
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B Stowe
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39
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Where - accident 1953 - motor sport killed 83
spectators
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Le Mans
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40
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James Outram invented what
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Tramways
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41
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If you were eating calemare - what are you
snacking on
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Squid
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42
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Which women injured riding, eloped with a poet,
dog called Flash
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Elizabeth Barret
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Browning
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43
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The Bermuda Bowl is world championship in which
game
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Bridge
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44
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ROK international car registrations which country
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Korea
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45
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USA has most cars what country has second most
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Japan
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46
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All Sikhs must possess five things - one is a
Kangha - what is it
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Comb
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47
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What colour graded slope do expert skiers use
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Black
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48
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Randy Newman said short people don’t have what
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Reason to Live
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49
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To which gentleman's club did Phineas Fogg belong
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The Reform
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50
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What’s the only alt therapy fully recognised
Western medicine
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Osteopathy
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No
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Questions
Quiz 11
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Answers
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51
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Over 90% of the worlds total population of what
gone since 1970
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Rhinoceros
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52
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1804 J M Jacquard invented first programmable
device - what
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Loom (programmed
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punch cards)
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53
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Sobek was an Egyptian god - in what form is he
seen
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Crocodile
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54
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The Amati family were famous for making what
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Violins
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55
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Oliver was fed gruel - its made from water and
what
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Oatmeal
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56
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Arnold Cream was a famous (early) boxer - who
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Jersey Jo Walcott
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57
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Bunyon wrote Pilgrims Progress - where
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Bedford Jail
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58
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Who did Mork call to each week on Ork
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Orsen
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59
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What composer boasted "I could set a laundry
list to music"
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Rossini
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60
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What dinosaurs name translates as three horned
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Triceratops
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61
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Nacre is more commonly known as what
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Mother of Pearl
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62
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In the 18th century Siberia used solid blocks of
what as money
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Tea
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63
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In fable who pulled the thorn from the lions paw
- not eaten
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Androcles
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64
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Thomas Chippendale mostly worked in what wood
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Mahogany
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65
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The USA has the most railtrack - what country
second
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Canada
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66
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What device did Henry Doherty patent in 1972
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Pooper Scooper
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67
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Earl D Biggers created which oriental detective
(both names)
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Charlie Chan
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68
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Whose backing group was The Coconuts
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King Creole
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69
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What does soviet mean
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Workers Council
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70
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What is a smew
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A type of wild duck
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71
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Aleksei Leanov was the first to do what
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Space walk
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72
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What is the name of Moses and Aaron's sister
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Miriam
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73
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The American Triple Crown - Belmont st Kentucky
Derby and?
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Preakness Stakes
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74
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John Gore, Edward Saunders pioneered what org in
Australia
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Salvation Army
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75
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What dog in ancient China was restricted to the
aristocracy
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Pekinese
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76
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Which actor wrote the book The Outlaw Trail
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Robert Redford
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77
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What was pirate Captain Flint's ship called
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Walrus
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78
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Bartommelo Christofori invented what
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Piano
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79
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What is a ziggurat
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Mesopotainian
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Temple tower
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80
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Daisy Hawkins original name of which Beatles hit
song
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Eleanor Rigby
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81
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Name Captain Nemo's pet seal
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Esmeralda
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82
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Rouget de Lisle did what to make him famous
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Composed
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Marseillaise
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83
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The Caspian Java Bali what became extinct in 19th
Century
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Tigers
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84
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Whose magazine is called The Watchtower
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Jehovah Witnesses
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85
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What does a manometer measure
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Gas pressure
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86
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Why did the USA govt open Lincolns coffin in 1887
and 1901
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Check body still there
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87
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You'll Never Walk Alone came from which 1945
musical show
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Carousel
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88
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Which Greek philosopher wrote The Republic and
The Laws
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Plato
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89
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EAU international car registration plate which
country
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Uganda
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90
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Iolanda Balas - Romania - won 150 consecutive
events - what
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High Jump 1956 - 67
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91
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What county has the largest army in the world
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China
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92
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In which city is the worlds oldest museum -
Ashmolian 1679
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Oxford
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93
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Which American state has the motto Esto Perpetua
- its forever
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Idaho (Gem State)
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94
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What is the correct name for The Laughing Jackass
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Kookaburra
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95
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Marilyn Munroe was the model for which Disney
Character
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Tinker Bell
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96
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Which insect has the best eyesight
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Dragonfly
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97
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The Campbell-Stokes recorder measures what with a
glass ball
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Sunshine
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98
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Which country are the current Olympic Rugby
Champions 1924
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USA
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99
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What did William Young invent in 1800
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Different shoes left
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right
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100
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Who was La Purcelle of Voltair's poem
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Joan of Arc
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No
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Questions
Quiz 12
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Answers
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1
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Name the actor who played Ben Casey (both Names)
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Vince Edwards
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2
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What links Elvis Presley, Bruce Willis, Richard
Gere
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Married in Las Vegas
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3
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What - advertised phrase "Even your best
friends wont tell you"
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Listerine mouth wash
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4
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Who wrote Don't count your chickens before they
are hatched
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Aesop - Milkmaid and
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her Pail
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5
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Last Words I am Dying with the help of too many
Physicians
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Alexander the Great
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6
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Man shall not live by bread alone - Which NT book
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Matthew 4.4
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7
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RL international car registration plate which
country
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Lebanon
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8
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Which dinosaurs name translates as double beam
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Diplodocus
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9
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Which SF author wrote The Day it Rained Forever
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Ray Bradbury
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10
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Who said "The die is cast" (on crossing
the Rubicon)
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Julius Caesar
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11
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Who composed Peter and the Wolf in 1936 (both
names)
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Sergai Prokofiev
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12
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Who painted the Water Lilly Pond in 1899 (both
names)
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Claude Monet
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13
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Magazine wrote "Fighting for peace" is
like fucking for chastity
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Knave March 1977
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14
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In what film was line A mans gotta do what a mans
gotta do
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Alan Ladd Shane
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15
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Which famous whore said - God is love but get it
in writing
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Gypsy Rose Lee
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16
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Jenny Von Westphalen was married to who
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Karl Marx
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17
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What city is closest to Copacabana beach
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Rio de Janeiro
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18
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Who wrote the music for the film ET (both names)
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John Denver
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19
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In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom
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Cyprus
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20
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What was the first penal colony in New South
Wales
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Botany Bay
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21
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In Hamlet who is Ophelia's father
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Polonius
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22
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Guru Nanak founded which religion
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Sikhism
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23
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What was unusual about the Gossamer Albatross
aeroplane
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Man (pedal) powered
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24
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What country is nearest to the North Pole
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Greenland
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25
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If you were in Lou Grants office what city are
you in
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Los Angeles
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26
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Who wrote Private Lives - 1930 - Blyth Spirit
1941 (both names)
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Noel Coward
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27
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For which company did Elvis Costello program
computers
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Elizabeth Arden
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28
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In what Hitchcock film did Shirley MacLaine debut
in 1956
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The trouble with
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Harry
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29
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The original Peeping Tom had what job
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Tailor
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30
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What song is sung the most
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Happy Birthday
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31
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What city is known as The worlds chocolate
capital
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Hershey Pennsylvania
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32
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What is detective Hercules Poirot's brothers name
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Achille
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33
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To what family does the hippopotamus belong
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Pig
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34
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Smith most common USA name what's second
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Johnson
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35
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Who secretly married Sara Lowndes in November
1965
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Bob Dylan
|
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36
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The Mbuti tribe in Africa are the worlds what
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Shortest race
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37
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Grace Metalious wrote which famous novel (and TV
show)
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Peyton Place
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38
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Who said Old age isn’t so bad - considering the
alternative
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Maurice Chevalier
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39
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Who composed the opera Billy Budd in 1951 (both
names)
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Benjamin Britain
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40
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What film was a California cinema showing when it
went on fire
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The Towering Inferno
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41
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What phantom ship is said to haunt The Cape of
Good Hope
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The Flying Dutchman
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42
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In which city is the worlds oldest tennis court
from 1496
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Paris
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43
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What word appears over 46000 times in the Bible
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And
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44
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What food dishes name translates as pepper water
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Mulligatawny – from
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India
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45
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In 1891 what city held the first weightlifting
world championship
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London
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46
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In what magazine does Alfred E Newman appear
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MAD
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47
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What amateur Reached Wimbledon Semi final in 1977
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John McEnroe (aged
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18)
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48
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Who said Politics is the art of the possible 11
Aug 1867
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Otto Von Bismarck
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49
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What advertised phrase Born 1820 still going
strong
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Johnnie Walker
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50
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Hugh O'Brian played the lead in what Old Western
series
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Wyatt Earp
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No
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Questions
Quiz 12
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Answers
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51
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What dinosaurs name translates as roof lizard
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Stegosaurus
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52
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In which country did Turkeys originate
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USA
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53
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What is Radar from MASH home town
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Ottumwa - Iowa
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54
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In Macbeth what witch speaks first
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The first witch
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55
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What fabled monster has a lions head and a
serpents tail
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Chimera
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56
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CH car international registration plate which
country
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Switzerland
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57
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Who said - Give us the tools and we will finish
the job Feb 1941
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Winston Churchill
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58
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In The Marriage of Figaro - who did Figaro marry
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Sussanah
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59
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What state was founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah
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Pakistan
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60
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What nationality are the most immigrants to the
USA
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Mexican
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61
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Who steals the Pink Panther in the original film
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The Phantom
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62
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What is Challa
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Bread - often plaited
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63
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Cher Ami saved the Lost Battalion in 1918 what
was it
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Pigeon
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64
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Whose girlfriend was Virginia Hill - he killed
her B Hills 1947
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Bugsy Siegel
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65
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What is the oldest known alcoholic beverage
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Mead
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66
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In 1986 Graceland was the Grammy album of the
year – who’s
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Paul Simon
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67
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Bob Cummings played which character (both names)
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Maxwell Smart
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68
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Complete advertising phrase from 1935 My Goodness
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My Guinness
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69
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Who said - "The bigger they come the harder
they fall" 1899
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Bob Fitzsimmons
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70
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What is Lolita's surname in Vladimere Nabokovs
novel
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Haze
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71
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From what country does the Elkhound originate
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Norway
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72
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An isohel on a map joins place of equal what
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Sunshine
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73
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A Regatta is a boat races - where was the
original Regatta
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Venice
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74
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In England what would you buy or get at a Mop
Fair
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Servants for Hire
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75
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Who was the little gentleman in velvet - death
William III
|
A Mole
|
|
76
|
From what country does soave wine originally come
|
Italy
|
|
77
|
Antipater of Sidon first listed what 2nd Century
AD
|
7 Wonders World
|
|
78
|
What are Limerick, Round Bend, Aberdeen and
Octopus
|
Fishing Hooks
|
|
79
|
What fluid ran through the Greek Gods instead of
blood
|
Ichor
|
|
80
|
Who is Oscar, Zoroaster, Phadrig, Isaac,
Norman,Henkle,
|
Wizard of Oz
|
|
|
Emmanual, Ambrose Diggs
|
|
|
81
|
The Marie Celeste sailed from which port
|
New York
|
|
82
|
In Milton's Paradise Lost what was the lowest
point of Hell
|
Pandemonium (Hells
|
|
|
|
capitol)
|
|
83
|
Pat Reid wrote which book - filmed and TV often
|
The Colditz Story
|
|
84
|
How was William Huskinson killed in 1830 - first
ever
|
Run over by Railway
|
|
|
|
Train
|
|
85
|
In which country is Zug
|
Switzerland – smallest
|
|
|
|
Canton
|
|
86
|
Who was captured and kept in a cage by Stromboli
|
Pinocchio
|
|
87
|
Which USA record producer played maracas Stones
1st album
|
Phil Spector
|
|
88
|
Who was nicknamed The Brocton Bomber
|
Rocky Marciano
|
|
89
|
Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley's novel / film of
same name
|
St Gregory
|
|
90
|
Frank and Jesse James father had what job
|
Minister
|
|
91
|
What was the Grammy album of the year in 1967
(Full name)
|
Beatles Sergeant
|
|
|
|
Peppers
|
|
92
|
McLean Stevenson played which character in MASH
|
Colonel Blake
|
|
93
|
Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try
harder"
|
Avis rent a car
|
|
94
|
Who said the quickest way of ending a war is to
lose it
|
George Orwell
|
|
95
|
5 items a Sikh must have Comb Dagger Hair Metal
Bracelet and
|
Knee length
|
|
|
|
undershorts 5Ks
|
|
96
|
Edward Teach became famous as who
|
Blackbeard the Pirate
|
|
97
|
To which dog was a statue erected in Edinburgh
|
Greyfriers Bobby
|
|
98
|
What does a Puissance event test in showjumping
|
High Jump wall
|
|
99
|
Who wrote the music to the film The Odessa File
|
Andrew Lloyd
|
|
|
|
Webber
|
|
100
|
Which Dickens novel features Waxford Squears
|
Nicholas Nickleby
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 13
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Answers
|
|
1
|
What is the national flower of Australia
|
The Wattle Blossom
|
|
2
|
A nudist is Spain fined £65 - £60 for being nude
and £5 for what
|
Having no ID papers
|
|
3
|
Adolf Hitler took nude photos of Ava Brown - What
part why
|
Arse - so she not
|
|
|
|
recognised
|
|
4
|
What links Sheffield, Edinburgh, Rome
|
Built on 7 Hills
|
|
5
|
What pet did Florence Nightingale carry with her
|
An Owl (in her
|
|
|
|
pocket)
|
|
6
|
What did the S stand for in Harry S Truman
|
Nothing
|
|
7
|
Women 375 - 1 Men 1400 - 1 chance of doing what
|
Living to 100
|
|
8
|
What colour is Octopus blood
|
Blue
|
|
9
|
A Rafter is a collection of what creatures
|
Turkeys
|
|
10
|
In Maryland it is illegal to maltreat which
creature
|
Oyster
|
|
11
|
What are the worlds smallest trees - (not Bonsai)
|
Dwarf Willows
|
|
|
|
(Greenland) 2 inch
|
|
12
|
Paul Revere was a silversmith, copper engraver
and what
|
Dentist
|
|
13
|
What fruit did Eve give to Adam in the bible
|
Fig – Apple
|
|
|
|
mistranslation
|
|
14
|
Gavrilo Princip assassinated who
|
Archduke Ferdinand
|
|
15
|
What is the only bird that can smell
|
Emus
|
|
16
|
Apart from man what is New Zealand's only native
mammals
|
Bats
|
|
17
|
Wo Fat was the enemy of which TV detective
|
Steve MacGarett
|
|
18
|
Who entered a contest to find his own look-alike
and came 3rd
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
|
19
|
What colour is worn for funerals in Egypt
|
Yellow
|
|
20
|
What country excludes women from the graveside
rituals
|
China
|
|
21
|
An Arab horse has less what than other horses
|
Bones - one vertebra
|
|
|
|
less
|
|
22
|
An exultation is a group of what animals
|
Larks
|
|
23
|
Pertussis has what more common name
|
Whooping Cough
|
|
24
|
Which actress was jailed in 1982 for tax evasion
|
Sophia Loren
|
|
25
|
In what country did red onions originate
|
Italy
|
|
26
|
March 21st to April 20th is what Star sign
|
Aries
|
|
27
|
Viscum Album provides an excuse for stealing what
|
A Kiss (its Mistletoe)
|
|
28
|
A haboob creates what
|
Sandstorm – Desert
|
|
|
|
Wind
|
|
29
|
Felix Salten wrote which Disney cartoon
|
Bambi
|
|
30
|
Nephologists study what
|
Clouds - Meteorology
|
|
31
|
Speed skating started in which country
|
Netherlands
|
|
32
|
What job did Ernest Hemmingway do in WW1
|
Ambulance Driver
|
|
33
|
Betty Joan Perske is better known as who
|
Lauren Bacall
|
|
34
|
What was the name of the Roman God of sleep
|
Somnos
|
|
35
|
Vivaldi the composer had what other profession
|
Priest
|
|
36
|
What is the name of the four holy books of the
Hindus
|
The Vedas
|
|
37
|
Pat Sullivan created which cartoon character
|
Felix the Cat
|
|
38
|
What is the national flower of Mexico
|
Dahlia
|
|
39
|
The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country
|
Greece
|
|
40
|
What animal always gives birth to same sex twins
|
Armadillo
|
|
41
|
What was the final episode of MASH called
|
Goodbye Farewell and
|
|
|
|
Amen
|
|
42
|
Joe Yule jr born 1920 became famous as who
|
Mickey Rooney
|
|
43
|
In what sport are Triffus, Miller and Rudolf
moves
|
Trampolining
|
|
44
|
Albert Finney turned down which role - Peter O
Tool - Oscar
|
Laurence of Arabia
|
|
45
|
Douglas Engelbart invented what - we all use it
|
Mouse
|
|
46
|
Hans Christian Anderson had what job before
writing
|
Actor
|
|
47
|
What colour is named after a battle fought in
Italy in 1859
|
Magenta
|
|
48
|
In Scotland what was the tawse
|
Teachers Strap or belt
|
|
49
|
Which authors books are most borrowed from
libraries
|
Catherine Cookson
|
|
50
|
What do you add to vegetables to make the dish
salmagundi
|
Duck or Chicken
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 13
|
Answers
|
|
51
|
What is unusual about the nobody crab
|
Transparent appears
|
|
|
|
No Body
|
|
52
|
Collective nouns - what group af animals are a
labour
|
Moles
|
|
53
|
Durbarry is cream of a vegetable soup - what one
|
Cauliflower
|
|
54
|
What is the Australian name for a long narrow ox
bow lake
|
Billabong
|
|
55
|
Les Reed wrote which famous song for a Welsh
singer
|
Its not Unusual – Tom
|
|
|
|
Jones
|
|
56
|
What does hours d'oeurve literally mean
|
Out of course hence
|
|
|
|
Extra Dish
|
|
57
|
Nossa Senhora da Aparecida is the Patron Saint
which country
|
Brazil
|
|
58
|
What airline used to be called Dobrolet
|
Aeroflot
|
|
59
|
The Acropolis - what does the word literally mean
|
Highest point (of a
|
|
|
|
city)
|
|
60
|
What is a Dolly Varden
|
Large Hat
|
|
61
|
Whose last words were - "That was the best
soda I ever tasted"
|
Lou Costello
|
|
62
|
What is the common name for the astyeroidea
|
Starfish
|
|
63
|
Jonquil is a shade of what colour
|
Yellow
|
|
64
|
Vincent Furnier is better known as who
|
Alice Cooper
|
|
65
|
If you were severed a dish 'belle h'elen what
fruit would it be
|
Pears
|
|
66
|
Terrance Nelhams became better knows as who
|
Adam Faith
|
|
67
|
Dick Turpin the highwayman served and
apprenticeship as what
|
Butcher
|
|
68
|
What is the main food of the Oyster catcher bird
|
Mussels
|
|
69
|
In which cop show did Petrie and Isbecki appear
|
Cagney and Lacey
|
|
70
|
In the Bolshoi ballet what does the word Bolshoi
mean
|
Big
|
|
71
|
Which acid gives nettles their sting
|
Formic acid
|
|
72
|
In the Hindu religion what is a Mandir
|
Temple
|
|
73
|
Which wine grape variety is most planted in
California
|
Chardonnay
|
|
74
|
A paddling is a group of which animals
|
Ducks
|
|
75
|
From what country does the dish skordalia come
|
Greece
|
|
76
|
What is a geoduck
|
Clam
|
|
77
|
What is Sean Connery's real first name
|
Thomas
|
|
78
|
What nationally was Mata Hari shot as a spy
|
Dutch
|
|
79
|
Who said - Toe err is human - But it feels divine
|
Mae West
|
|
80
|
Names - Baker - Cook Smith easy - what did a
Chandler do
|
Make Candles
|
|
81
|
Declan McManus became famous as who
|
Elvis Costello
|
|
82
|
Robert Fitzroy captained which famous ship
|
The Beagle
|
|
83
|
Who said "I have no problems with drugs -
only policemen"
|
Keith Richard
|
|
84
|
Which American city was named after a British
Prime Minister
|
Pittsburgh
|
|
85
|
Spelling counts - what is the singular of scampi
|
Scampo
|
|
86
|
What plant was named after the Greek goddess of
the rainbow
|
Iris
|
|
87
|
Which sailor dreamed of Toasted Cheese in
Treasure Island
|
Ben Gunn
|
|
88
|
Who played the girl on the motorcycle in a film
of same name
|
Marianne Faithful
|
|
89
|
What writer was paid $5 for writing thanks
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
|
90
|
What sort of animal is a fennec
|
Desert Fox
|
|
91
|
Vermicelli pasta literally translates as what
|
Little worms
|
|
92
|
Ernest Hemmingway, Oscar Wilde, Ranier Maria
Rilke - Common
|
Mothers made them
|
|
|
|
Crossdress
|
|
93
|
What foodwise is a Fieldlane Duck
|
Baked Sheep's Head
|
|
94
|
When does a Bride walk up the Aisle
|
Never Aisles at side
|
|
|
|
only
|
|
95
|
How did Marc Quinquadron die while setting a new
world record
|
Food Poisoning ate 7
|
|
|
|
snails 3 min
|
|
96
|
Why two car thieves caught trying to sell stolen
car in 1976
|
Tried to sell to owner
|
|
97
|
Billie Holiday, James Dean, Eva Peron, Janis
Joplin - Common
|
All were Prostitutes
|
|
98
|
What subject Ben Franklins letter to Royal
Academy - Brussels
|
Perfuming Farts
|
|
99
|
Reginald Carey became famous as who
|
Rex Harrison
|
|
100
|
What is a Chorizo
|
Spicy Sausage
|
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