FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 15
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Questions
Quiz 14
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Answers
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1
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What do the quarters of a hot cross bun symbolise
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Four Seasons
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2
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What is the literal translation of terrapin
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Eatable (Algonquin
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word)
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3
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What to a French or Spanish man is an OVNI
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UFO
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4
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What is it against the law to kill in Pacific
Grove California
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Butterflies – local
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ordinance 352
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5
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Ernest Hemmingway said what would protect against
allergies
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Having lots of sex
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6
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The Gettysburg Address was written on what
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Used envelopes
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7
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Collective nouns - a siege of
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Herons
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8
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Who was banned from writing USA Constitution -
secret Jokes
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Benjamin Franklin
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9
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The 9 banded armadillo and humans have what in
common
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Both catch Leprosy
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10
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How did Attila the Hun die on honeymoon
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Booze – Honeymoon
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30 day booze up
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11
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What better name is Mary Westmacott better known
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Agatha Christie
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12
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In the Bible what did David give Saul as a dowry
for Michal
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200 Foreskins from
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Philistines
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13
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What did Dr Samuel Mudd do that your inspired
"name is mud"
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Treated J W Booth
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Life imprison
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14
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How do you Rizzle something
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Sun dry
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15
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If you suffered from pruritus - what would be
wrong
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Itching
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16
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Andr'e Gide the writer was expelled from school
for what crime
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Masturbating during
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lessons
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17
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What is the most popular Saints name
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Felix - 67 John 65
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18
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What type of food is a Munster plum
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Potato
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19
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Old superstition Wearing socks inside out
protection from what
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Witches
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20
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What food item did Pythagoras advise his
followers to avoid
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Beans
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21
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What happened to the first traffic lights outside
HP 1868
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They exploded
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22
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What was unusual - beauty contest judge Percy
Moorby 1985
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He was Blind
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23
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What ruined Cesar Borgia's honeymoon night
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Mate gave him
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Laxatives
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24
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John Ruskin - Art Critic - Marriage collapsed
when wife had what
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Pubic Hair
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25
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Who called himself 8th wonder of world cos of his
big dick
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Charlie Chaplain
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26
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What given out celebrate birthday of King Bjumbal
Thailand 1983
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Free Vasectomies
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27
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What would a nidologist be interested in
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Birds nests
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28
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In the 18th century what job did a fart-catcher
do
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A footman – walk
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behind master
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29
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What is a young pigeon called
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Squab
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30
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Around which French town is the champagne
industry located
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Epernay
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31
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What country invented castanets
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Egypt
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32
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Who is the patron saint of music
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St Cecilia
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33
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Whose first box office film was called Risky
Business
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Tom Cruise
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34
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What is the smallest state of Australia
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Tasmania
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35
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What is measured by an interferometer
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Wavelength of light
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36
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What airlines identification code is VS
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Virgin Atlantic
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37
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In which G&S operetta is eating a sausage
roll a secret sign
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The Grand Duke
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38
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What emperor ordered St Peter crucified
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Nero
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39
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What was the name of Ali Babas female slave
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Morgiana
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40
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In which novel does the character Quebec Bagnet
appear
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Bleak House
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41
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Sarah Josepha Hall wrote what
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Mary had a little lamb
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42
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What is the main ingredient of faggots
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Liver
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43
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Who were the first people to measure the year
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Babylonians
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44
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Who voices the female hyena in the lion king
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Whoopee Goldberg
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45
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Anthony McMillan became famous as who
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Robbie Coltrane
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46
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Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV
series
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The Invaders
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47
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What colour is the cap given to an England
cricket player
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Blue
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48
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What capital city began as the village of Edo
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Tokyo
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49
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Whose music was on the soundtrack of When Harry
met Sally
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Harry Connick Jr
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50
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In which sport is there a York round
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Archery
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No
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Questions
Quiz 14
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Answers
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51
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In Penny Lane what is the nurse selling from a
tray
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Poppies
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52
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Whose last words were "lets do it"
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Garry Gilmore
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53
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The Black Swan is native to which country
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Australia
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54
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Who said "All the world's art ain't worth a
good potato pie"
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L S Lowrie
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55
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Collective nouns a Toc of what
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Capercailzie
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56
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If you had podobromhidrosis what would you have
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Smelly Feet
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57
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What instrument is also called the octave flute
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Piccolo
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58
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What type of food is coulibac
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Russian Fish Pie
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59
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What spice is used to make a whiskey sling
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Nutmeg
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60
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What sort of creature is a tarantula hawk
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Wasp - hunts spiders
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61
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Where does the spice saffron come from
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The Crocus
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62
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What tennis player had trials with Bayern Munich
soccer club
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Boris Becker
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63
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Which children's character was created by Mary
Tourtel
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Rupert the Bear
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64
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What does the name Ghengis Khan mean
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Very Mighty Ruler
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65
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Who was Canada's first prime minister
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Sir John MacDonald
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66
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In Utmost Good Faith is the motto of which
organisation
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Lloyds of London
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67
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The Shadows first record went straight to no 1 -
what was it
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Apache
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68
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What is the most common disease in the world
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Dental Caries
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69
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Cirrus is a cloud type - what literal translation
of its Latin name
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Lock of Hair
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70
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Which country was the first to make seat belts
compulsory
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Czechoslovakia
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71
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What do Stacey Keach and Oscar Wilde have in
common
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Reading Jail
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72
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Mathew Webb swam the channel - where did he drown
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Niagara Falls
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73
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In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town
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Robin and the 7
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Hoods
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74
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Whose last unfinished novel was The Last Tycoon
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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75
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What do callipygian people have
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Prettily shaped
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buttocks
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76
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Collective nouns a Host of
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Sparrows
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77
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Zubin Mehta conducted who in concert
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Three Tenors
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78
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Who wrote and starred in the 1922 version of
Robin Hood
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Douglas Fairbanks
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79
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Where were the 1952 Olympics held
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Helsinki
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80
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Franz Halls The Laughing Cavalier - what's the
paintings real title
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Portrait of a man
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81
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Cheers exterior shots featured a real bar -
what's it name
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Bull & Finch
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82
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What flavouring is used in the Belgian beer Kriek
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Cherries
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83
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A young what is called an Eyas
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Hawk
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84
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Who was given an honorary Oscar in 1985 after 50
years acting
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James Stuart
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85
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Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith was written for
what instrument
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Harpsichord
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86
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Which US state is known as the Nutmeg State
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Connecticut
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87
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In a Gynocracy - who rules
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Women
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88
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In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what
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Wedge
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89
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What was the name of the Jester in As You Like It
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Touchstone
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90
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What alternative scale (not Richter) measures
earthquakes
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Mercalli
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91
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A paratrichosic person has extra what
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Hair in unusual places
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92
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What is added to brandy to make a sidecar
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Cointreau or Triple
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Sec
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93
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Josip Broz became famous as who
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Marshal Tito
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94
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The Pampero blows over which mountains
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Andes
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95
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Which Canadian city is know as The Steel City
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Hamilton - Ontario
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96
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If an alloy is an amalgam what metal must it
contain
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Mercury
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97
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What stretch of water separates Italy and Sicily
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Straights of Messina
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98
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The Althing rules in which country
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Iceland
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99
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Who won an Oscar for the soundtrack to Chariots
of Fire
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Vangelis
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100
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Collective nouns - a Barren of what
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Mules
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No
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Questions
Quiz 15
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Answers
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1
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Dorethy Parker said "Scratch an actor and
you will find" what
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An Actress
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2
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What animal could be Siberian or Caspian
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Tiger
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3
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Collective nouns - an Array of what
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Hedgehogs
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4
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The Plains of Abraham overlook which city
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Quebec
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5
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The Mariners Compass or Pyxis is what
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Constellation
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6
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The Sam Maguire Trophy is played for in which
sport
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Gaelic Football
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7
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The Somers Islands has what more familiar name
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Bermuda
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8
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The Three Stars is the national ice hockey team
which country
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Sweden
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9
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How did camerawoman Lee Lyon die while working
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Charged by Elephant
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10
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What type of animal is a markhor
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Wild Goat
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11
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Who received the first ever Gold Disc
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Glen Miller –
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Chatanooga cho cho
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12
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What is the National Bird of India
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Peacock
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13
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Who directed Sharky's Machine
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Burt Reynolds
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14
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The Weir of Hermiston - last unfinished novel of
who
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Robert Louis
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Stevenson
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15
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What is the last book of the Bible
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Revelations
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16
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What historical event was referred to as Black 47
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Irish Potato Famine
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17
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What game was patented under the name
Sphairistrike
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Lawn Tennis
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18
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What organisation did C T Russell found
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Jehovah Witnesses
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19
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Paris and What other capital had the worlds first
telephone link
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Brussels
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20
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Tempera uses water and what to paint with
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Egg Yoke
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21
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What colour is the cross on the Greek Flag
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White
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22
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What was used before the baton was invented to
conduct
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A Violin Bow
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23
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Leslie Lynch King became famous as who
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Gerald Ford
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24
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Who was Andromedas mother
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Cassiopeia
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25
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Lack of vitamin B1 causes what condition
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Beri Beri
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26
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What song was The Pittsburgh Pirates anthem
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We are Family –
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Sister Sledge
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27
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Whit countries parliament is called The Storting
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Norway
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28
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Who directed Four Weddings and a Funeral
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Mike Newell
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29
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Which company developed the Laser Printer
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Cannon
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30
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Parsley is a member of which family
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Carrot
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31
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What does lager literally mean in German
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Storage
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32
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Franz Kafka wrote in German what nationality was
he
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Czeck
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33
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Which car company produced the first front wheel
drive 1934
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Citroen
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34
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Who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons until
1956
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Fred Quimby
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35
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The name of which countries capital means good
air
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Argentina – Buenos
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Aires
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36
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The sackbut developed into which modern
instrument
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Trombone
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37
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The GRA govern which sport
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Greyhound Racing
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Association
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38
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Which record label signed the Rolling Stones in
1991
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Virgin
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39
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In heraldry gules are what colour
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Red
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40
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Reginald Truscott-Jones became famous as who
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Ray Miland
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41
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What is the food of the secretary bird
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Snakes
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42
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What bridge links a Palace with a State Prison
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Bridge of Sighs –
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Venice
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43
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The African and French marigolds are native to
what country
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Mexico
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44
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Who is the Patron Saint of Grave diggers
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St Anthony
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45
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What is Muckle Flugga
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Rock and Lighthouse
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on Uist
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46
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Mary Read and Anne Boney had what job in common
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Pirates
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47
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Short actors stand on what wooden object - to
appear bigger
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Pancake
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48
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What is the commonest name for a pub in Britain
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The Red Lion
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49
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What does the word economy mean in original Greek
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Home Management
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50
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Pok ta Pok started in Mexico - what modern
game/sport is it
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Basketball
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No
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Questions
Quiz 15
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Answers
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51
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George Simenon created Maigret - what nationality
was he
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Belgian
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52
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Country singer Hank Wangford had what profession
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Gynaecologist
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53
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Pit Straight - Lesmo Bend - Roggia Bend - which Grand
Prix
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Monza Italy
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54
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What is a Chuckwalla
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Lizard
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55
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Edward Whymper was the first to do what
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Climb Matterhorn
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56
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What is Pancetta
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Bacon
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57
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In what film did Bruce Willis play a time
travelling criminal
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Twelve Monkeys
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58
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Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10
in Olympics
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Nadia Comaneci
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59
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What bird is sacred in Peru
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Condor
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60
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What was Colombo's dog called
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Fang - Basset Hound
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61
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What industry would use a mordant
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Dying - to fix a colour
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62
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Catherine the Great of Russia was born in which
country
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Poland
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63
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What tanker caused a severe oil spill in 1989
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Exxon Valdez
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(Alaska)
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64
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Which soul singer was Sittin on the Dock of the
Bay
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Otis Redding
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65
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In which city would you find The Blue Mosque
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Istanbul
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66
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What country makes Sukhindol wine
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Bulgaria
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67
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The minnow is the smallest member of what fish
family
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Carp
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68
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Lucille Le Sueur became famous as who
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Joan Crawford
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69
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In which city is The Abbey theatre
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Dublin
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70
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Which islands capital is Flying Fish Cove
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Christmas Island
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71
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Where in the world is Radwick racecourse situated
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Sydney Australia
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72
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What has a palimped got
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Webbed Feet
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73
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Treifa foods are forbidden to which religious
group
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Jews - opposite of
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Kosher
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74
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Which metal is the best conductor of electricity
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Silver
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75
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What ship was sunk in Auckland harbour in 1987
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Rainbow Warrior
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(Greenpeace)
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76
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A Myologist studies what
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Muscles
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77
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Orpheus went into the underworld to rescue who
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Eurydice
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78
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Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest
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Eye
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79
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Colleen McCullough wrote which best selling book
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The Thorn Birds
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80
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What would you put on your escutcheon - if you
had one
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Coat of Arms
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81
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The Germans call them Stumphhose - what are they
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Tights
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82
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Who might wear a wimple
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A Nun
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83
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What is the largest country in Africa
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Sudan
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84
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What tree can be English, American or Eurasian
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Elm
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85
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Which dictator preferred 50,000 rifles to 50,000
votes
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Benito Mussolini
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86
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What was Alka-Seltzer first marketed as
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Cold Cure
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87
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What would be happening if you suffered from
canitis
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Greying Hair
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88
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According to the proverb which fruit tastes
sweetest
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Forbidden
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89
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What animals name literally translates as earth
pig
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Aardvark
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90
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What dance is usually performed to Orpheus in the
Underworld
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Can Can
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91
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What country was once named New France
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Canada
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92
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Name ship sunk by the submarine Conqueror
Falklands War
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General Belgrano
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93
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In which country were modern banknotes first used
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Sweden
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94
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What was invented in the Humpty Dumpty store
Oklahoma
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Supermarket Trolley
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95
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Which country produces wine in the Casablanca
valley
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Chile
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96
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The Air Canada Silver Broom is won in which sport
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Curling
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97
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Iain Stewart - dropped - looked too normal - what
pop group
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The Rolling Stones
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98
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What is the main flavour of aioli
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Garlic
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99
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What was the worlds first passenger jet aircraft
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Comet
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100
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What does the syrinx help a bird to do
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Sing
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No
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Questions
Quiz 16
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Answers
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1
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What member of the weasel family is over 1 meter
or 3 feet long
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Badger
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2
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Capability Brown was a famous Landscape Gardener
1st name
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Lancelot
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3
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Boccaccios collection of ten stories are known as
what
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Decameron
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4
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What do fennel leaves taste of
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Aniseed
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5
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What country is the home of the Ashanti people
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Ghana
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6
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12 is the atomic number of which metal
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Magnesium
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7
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What was Beethoven's only opera
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Fidelio
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8
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In which of Aristophanes plays do the women
refuse sex
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Lysistrata
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9
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Which Australian writer won the Nobel prize in
1973
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Patrick White
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10
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What is a hypocaust
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Roman Heating
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System
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11
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What 18th century German soldier told very tall
tales of himself
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Baron Munchhausen
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12
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Which country imports the most champagne
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Great Britain
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13
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Thomas Keneally wrote which book (Oscar winning
film)
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Schindler's Ark
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14
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What is the name of the metal discs set in a
tambourines rim
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Jingles
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15
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Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Liszt, Ravel
what in common
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Bachelors
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16
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What were China 14 Raduga 14 Himwari 3
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Orbiting satellites
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17
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What is a Flemish Giant
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Rabbit
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18
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Somerset Maugham, A J Cronin, Richard Gorden - in
common
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Not Writers - Doctors
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19
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What does Stet mean to a printer
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Let the Original stand
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20
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In Paris what are FD Roosevelt Stalingrad Louis
Blanc
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Metro Stations
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21
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English writer - Died Typhoid - Drank Paris water
- Prove safe
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Arnold Bennett 1931
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22
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What food item in French literally means twice
cooked
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Biscuit
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23
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What religions sacred writings are divided into
the Tripitaka
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Buddhism
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24
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Herodotus the Greek is known as the father of
what
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History
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25
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The old French Royal family - Boy Scouts share
what symbol
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Fleur-de-lis
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26
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We have used the Latin phrase ad hoc - what
literally mean
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For this special
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purpose
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27
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Which dancer died in 1927 strangled by scarf on
car wheel
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Isadora Duncan
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28
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What do astronomers call the red sky before
sunrise
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Aurora
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29
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A beast of prey sometimes called a glutton - what
is it
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Wolverine
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30
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French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie
Humaine
|
Honor'e de Balzac
|
|
31
|
What is the correct name for food permitted under
Moslem laws
|
Hal-al
|
|
32
|
What country is known to its inhabitants as
Suomen Tasavalta
|
Finland
|
|
33
|
What French blue cheese (similar to stilton) is
made ewes milk
|
Roquefort
|
|
34
|
A Suffragan has what job
|
Bishop - no parish –
|
|
|
|
helps other
|
|
35
|
Segmental, Primitive, Doucine, Elliptical are types
of what
|
Arch (in construction)
|
|
36
|
Who got Judas job as the twelfth apostle
|
Matthias
|
|
37
|
Which famous horse race was won Urban sea,
Carnegie, Lammtarra
|
Prix de l'arc de
|
|
|
|
Triomphe
|
|
38
|
Elvis Stojko was an ice skating word champion -
what country
|
Canada
|
|
39
|
What animals make up the Suidae family
|
Pigs
|
|
40
|
What is the word (derived from Malay) for
unhusked rice
|
Paddy
|
|
41
|
Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of
stories
|
Uncle Remus
|
|
42
|
We have heard of the Renaissance - what's it
literally mean
|
Rebirth
|
|
43
|
In film making what does a Blimp do
|
Covers camera –
|
|
|
|
reduce noise
|
|
44
|
Where would you find a Walloon
|
South Belgium –
|
|
|
|
Native Flemish
|
|
45
|
What do we call what the Japanese call Oshugatsu
|
New Year
|
|
46
|
Tete-beche is a familiar term in which hobby
|
Stamp Collecting
|
|
47
|
Good King Wenceslas was the King of which country
|
Bohemia (Germany)
|
|
48
|
Sir Jack Cohen founded what
|
Tescos - supermarkets
|
|
49
|
What does rabbi literally mean
|
My Master
|
|
50
|
What port lies at the mouth of the Swan river
|
Freemantle (Perth)
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 16
|
Answers
|
|
51
|
Who starred in the film Sixth Sense
|
Bruce Willis
|
|
52
|
KLM is the national airline of which country
|
Holland
|
|
53
|
Name the most famous English artist who painted
mostly horses
|
George Stubbs
|
|
54
|
Who were Curier Ellis and Acton Bell
|
Bronte sisters – pen
|
|
|
|
names
|
|
55
|
What is the official title of the ambassador of
the Pope
|
Nuncio
|
|
56
|
Chaconne, Rigadoon, Passepied are all types of
what
|
Old style dances
|
|
57
|
What British birds lay only one egg during the
nesting season
|
Fulmar or Guillemot
|
|
58
|
Who would use a Jigger, Buzz, Flagging iron,
Round shaver, Adze
|
Cooper – making
|
|
|
|
barrels
|
|
59
|
What pop group had a "Message in a Bottle"
|
Police
|
|
60
|
If an Italian was having Pranzo what would they
be having
|
Lunch
|
|
61
|
What currency consists of 100 Groschen
|
Austrian Schilling
|
|
62
|
In Greek mythology who created man
|
The demigod
|
|
|
|
Promethus
|
|
63
|
Hibernia was the Roman name for which country
|
Ireland
|
|
64
|
Mincing Lane in London is traditionally home of
what trade
|
Tea
|
|
65
|
What sport is played at Smiths Lawn
|
Polo
|
|
66
|
What are fallows, lutinos and opalines
|
Budgerigars
|
|
67
|
In Paris there are two islands - Ile de la Cite
and what
|
Ile St-Louise
|
|
68
|
Mapother IV is the real surname of what film star
|
Tom Cruise
|
|
69
|
Jean-Christopher Denner invented what musical
instrument
|
Clarinet
|
|
70
|
Mendavoy and Martinez are characters in which TV
show
|
NYPD Blue
|
|
71
|
Fredrick Bulsara was the lead singer of what pop
group
|
Queen - Freddie
|
|
|
|
Mercury
|
|
72
|
The Titanic has a sister ship - name it
|
The Olympic
|
|
73
|
What was sharkskin once used as
|
Sandpaper
|
|
74
|
What does an otologist study
|
The ear and its
|
|
|
|
diseases
|
|
75
|
What is the essential ingredient in a Mornay
sauce
|
Cheese
|
|
76
|
Sardines are the young of which fish
|
Pilchard
|
|
77
|
Who wrote Oedipus Rex
|
Sophocles
|
|
78
|
The Camorra was the forerunner of what
organisation in the USA
|
The Mafia
|
|
79
|
What is a Havana Brown
|
A Small Rabbit
|
|
80
|
What did Simon of Cyrene do in The Bible
|
Carry Christ's cross
|
|
81
|
In what sport is a stimpmeter used
|
Golf - measure greens
|
|
|
|
pace
|
|
82
|
Gene Hackman sheriff Big Whiskey - got Oscar -
What film
|
Unforgiven
|
|
83
|
What countries flag red circle on green
background
|
Singapore
|
|
84
|
Georgius Panayiotou became famous under what name
(both)
|
George Michael
|
|
85
|
Capers are pickled flower seeds of what plant
|
Nasturtium
|
|
86
|
In 1925 at Windsor Bookies went on strike -
against what
|
Betting Tax
|
|
87
|
What is a doucet
|
A Stags Testicle
|
|
88
|
What is the worlds largest sand island northeast
of Brisbane
|
Fraser island
|
|
89
|
FT (London) Dow Jones (USA) what is Japans Share
Index called
|
Nikkei
|
|
90
|
Who was the leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle
Book
|
Akala
|
|
91
|
What's the difference between sleeping gorillas
and men
|
Gorillas don’t snore
|
|
92
|
Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film
|
The Spy Who Loved
|
|
|
|
Me
|
|
93
|
Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird
|
Kingfisher
|
|
94
|
Who had a hit with Sylvia's Mother
|
Dr Hook
|
|
95
|
Who composed the music for the opera The Tales of
Hoffman
|
Jacques Offenbach
|
|
96
|
In the Bible from whom did David steal his wife
Bathsheba
|
The Hittite warrior
|
|
|
|
Uriah
|
|
97
|
The Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are types
of what
|
Telescopes
|
|
98
|
Shakespeare - Antony, Romeo, Othello - what in
common
|
Suicide
|
|
99
|
What instrument is sometimes called the clown of
the orchestra
|
Bassoon
|
|
100
|
What world capital city is heated by volcanic
springs
|
Reykjavik (Iceland)
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 17
|
Answers
|
|
1
|
What is the main ingredient of a Maron glace
|
Chestnuts
|
|
2
|
Only one woman's lifespan is given in the Bible -
Who
|
Sarah Wife Abraham
|
|
|
|
127 Genis 23
|
|
3
|
What causes the tangy smell at the seaside
|
Rotting Seaweed
|
|
4
|
In 1976 in USA 23 people got swine fever and died
from what
|
The Treatment
|
|
5
|
Who said "If a lie is told in the Whitehouse
Nixon gets a royalty"
|
Richard Nixon
|
|
6
|
In the 1976 Olympics who were the Yellow Bananas
|
Officials (cos of
|
|
|
|
uniform colour)
|
|
7
|
Amuhea Princess of Medes was the wife of who
|
Nebuchadnezzars
|
|
8
|
What Roman Emperor was killed by an overdose of
laxative
|
Nero - by an aunt
|
|
9
|
How did folk singer Roy Harper catch
Toxoplasmosis
|
Kiss of life - to a
|
|
|
|
sheep
|
|
10
|
What was Louis 14th born with two of - that
amazed everyone
|
Teeth
|
|
11
|
The Associated Powers - the original proposed
name of what
|
The United Nations
|
|
12
|
Which author published 59 new books in 1955
|
Enid Blyton
|
|
13
|
If you had distrix what condition would you have
|
Hair - split ends
|
|
14
|
What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap
|
Olive Oil
|
|
15
|
X only letter in alphabet that there is no name
for who using
|
The Devil
|
|
16
|
What country do Brazil nuts come from
|
Bolivia
|
|
17
|
Why would women dislike using a West Indian Dildo
|
Its a cactus
|
|
18
|
Which country invented French fried potatoes
|
Belgium
|
|
19
|
In 1990 there were 99 public executions Suadi
Arabia - Drugs How
|
Beheading
|
|
20
|
Marion Barry - Mayor of Washington arrested for
what
|
Possession of Crack
|
|
21
|
What head of Government was the first to give
birth in office
|
Benazir Bhutto –
|
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
|
22
|
34% of Californian Male students 10% of Female
lied to get what
|
Sexual Partner
|
|
23
|
The sale of what counterfeit delicacy outranged
the French
|
Truffles - White dyed
|
|
|
|
Black
|
|
24
|
In February 1990 160 million bottles of what were
withdrawn
|
Perrier – contaminated
|
|
|
|
benzine
|
|
25
|
What sport was deemed to violate civil rights
banned New York
|
Dwarf Throwing –
|
|
|
|
From Aus 16 feet
|
|
26
|
What is Damson Cheese
|
Thick Damson Jam
|
|
27
|
What was the name of the ship that brought
Dracula to England
|
Demeter
|
|
28
|
In Australian slang what is underground Mutton
|
Cooked Rabbit
|
|
29
|
PG Woodhouse books Bertie Wooster used what
London Club
|
Drones
|
|
30
|
Why would a train spotter want to see number 4468
|
The Mallard – record
|
|
|
|
steam train
|
|
31
|
Samuel de Champlain founded which city
|
Quebec
|
|
32
|
Tour de France what colour jersey best Hill
Climber wear
|
Red Polka dot
|
|
33
|
What country had an airline called Rottnest
|
Australia
|
|
34
|
Fuggles and Goldings are varieties of what
|
Hops
|
|
35
|
Fingal O'Flaherty Wills is better knows as who
|
Oscar Wilde
|
|
36
|
Britain's call it sellotape - What's the brand
name in Australia
|
Durex
|
|
37
|
John Dunlop developed pneumatic tyres - what
profession
|
Vet
|
|
38
|
Zoisite is a semi precious stone - National stone
which country
|
Norway
|
|
39
|
The Thunderbirds boys were named after what theme
|
Apollo Astronauts
|
|
40
|
Britain's most dangerous job used to kill one
person every 3 days
|
Trawlerman
|
|
41
|
In the Bible who did God appear to on Mount Horab
|
Moses
|
|
42
|
What animal head appears on the badge of the RCMP
|
Bison
|
|
43
|
St John the Divine wrote which book of the Bible
|
Revelations
|
|
44
|
Collective nouns - A Chair of what (tradesmen)
|
Glass Blowers
|
|
45
|
Distaff is the female family side - what is the
male
|
Spear
|
|
46
|
Who is the patron saint of Gypsies
|
St Sarah
|
|
47
|
In cookery how is something julienne prepared
|
Thin Strips
|
|
48
|
In Ireland what is a Gombeen Man
|
Moneylender
|
|
49
|
In Australian slang what is a dishlicker
|
Dog
|
|
50
|
How - two thieves convicted 1984 executed in
Sudan Aug 1990
|
Crucified
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 17
|
Answers
|
|
51
|
What is Samsoe a type of
|
Cheese
|
|
52
|
A fylfot is a heraldic name for what symbol
|
Swastika
|
|
53
|
Where would you find a howdah
|
Back of Elephant
|
|
|
|
(basket)
|
|
54
|
In what country is the language Fanti spoken
|
Ghana
|
|
55
|
What flowers name translates from the Greek as
Water Vessel
|
Hydrangea
|
|
56
|
Which of Henry the Eights wives was the widow of
elder brother
|
Catherine of Aragon
|
|
57
|
The Boys from Syracuse is based on what
Shakespeare play
|
The comedy of errors
|
|
58
|
Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of what
|
The Sky
|
|
59
|
The larva of the click beetle is called what
|
Wireworm
|
|
60
|
In Australian slang what is a ten ounce sandwich
|
Liquid Lunch - Can of
|
|
|
|
Beer
|
|
61
|
What is the name of the largest moon of Jupiter
|
Ganymede
|
|
62
|
The Mason-Dixon line separates Pennsylvania and
what state
|
Maryland
|
|
63
|
The kinkajou belongs to what family of animals
|
Raccoon
|
|
64
|
What is the Hindu Kush
|
Mountain Range
|
|
65
|
Caligari is the capital of what island
|
Sardinia
|
|
66
|
Grunge music originated in which American city
|
Seattle
|
|
67
|
The word bungalow comes from which language
|
Hindi
|
|
68
|
What is the Japanese Shinkasen
|
High speed Train
|
|
69
|
In what country are the Drakesberg mountains
|
South Africa
|
|
70
|
Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter
|
Thomas Harris
|
|
71
|
Dodie Smith wrote what book (later filmed by
Disney)
|
101 Dalmatians
|
|
72
|
Venice stands on what river
|
The Arno
|
|
73
|
Gary Boker Bobby Harrison Ray Rodger were in what
pop group
|
Procul Harem
|
|
74
|
What country launched its first space rocket
January 1961
|
Italy
|
|
75
|
What have Jan Zajic and Quang Duc got in common
|
Self Immolation
|
|
76
|
In 1962 - cost 20,000 - size of a small suitcase
- what
|
Portable computer
|
|
77
|
In France what is Framboise
|
Raspberry
|
|
78
|
What held up a Cricket test Match between England
Pakistan
|
Mouse on pitch
|
|
79
|
What was banned from New York schools in 1962
|
Reading of Prayers
|
|
80
|
How to Handle a Woman came from which stage
musical
|
Camelot
|
|
81
|
James Drury starred in which TV western series
|
The Virginian
|
|
82
|
Who had a hit with the song Loco-Motion
|
Little Eva
|
|
83
|
Who won the Tour de France 4 times 1961 to 1964
|
Jacques Anquetil
|
|
84
|
What new domestic device was launched by Hoover
in 1963
|
Steam Iron
|
|
85
|
What was the Soviet Vostok 3 space flight the
first to do
|
Send back TV
|
|
|
|
pictures
|
|
86
|
What was the first country to leave the United
Nations
|
Indonesia
|
|
87
|
What car company made the first glass fibre
racing car
|
Lotus
|
|
88
|
What whisky brand was advertised with two terrier
dogs
|
Black & White
|
|
89
|
Dorothy Cavis-Brown made news at Wimbledon - why
|
Lineswoman - slept in
|
|
|
|
chair
|
|
90
|
What did The Musician Union ban on TV in 1966
|
Artists miming to
|
|
|
|
records
|
|
91
|
What is a travelator
|
Horizontal Escalator
|
|
92
|
Who wrote the novel Love Story (Both Names)
|
Erich Segal
|
|
93
|
What job did Agatha Christies husband do
|
Archaeologist
|
|
94
|
Britain Ireland and what country joined the EEC
simultaneously
|
Denmark
|
|
95
|
In Australian slang what kind if food is a
mystery bag
|
Sausage
|
|
96
|
Who was Cuisine Minceur designed for
|
Slimmers (Fine
|
|
|
|
cooking)
|
|
97
|
French riot police were ordered to the Rivera to
deal with what
|
Hundreds topless
|
|
|
|
women (1971)
|
|
98
|
Who recorded the Album In Through the Out Door
|
Led Zeppelin
|
|
99
|
Jan 21 1976 What linked Bahrain and Rio de
Janeiro
|
1st Concord passenger
|
|
|
|
destinations
|
|
100
|
In the 60s a Yellow Golliwog worn by a girl
symbolised what
|
Proud of non virginity
|
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