FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 16
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No
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Questions
Quiz 18
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Answers
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1
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What kind of creature was Sam on the Muppet Show
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Eagle
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2
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Who had a hit with Tiger Feet
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Mud
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3
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Patty Hearst was kidnapped (later joined) which
organisation
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Symbionese
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Liberation Army
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4
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The Murryfield Racers play which sport
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Ice Hockey
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5
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Quakers Natural, Prewetts Honey, California
Revival - types what
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Museli
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6
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What was Paul McCartney's first solo album called
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McCartney
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7
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What company pioneered floppy discs
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IBM
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8
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What were Tricity Triumph, Kelvinator, Lec De Lux
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Refrigerators
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9
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What tennis players name meant Tall trees by
still water
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Evonne Goolagong
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10
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Which musical did the song Send in the Clowns
come from
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A Little Night Music
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11
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Where in Australia were British satellites
launched in early 70s
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Woomera
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12
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What was Clint Eastwood's first film as a
director
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Play Misty for Me
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13
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Who wrote the Science Fiction novel
Slaughterhouse Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
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14
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What was a Royal Navy frigate accused throwing
Cod War 1973
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Carrots at Icelandic
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Gunboat
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15
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Who wrote the novel The French Lieutenants Woman
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John Fowles
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16
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Whose cat was sold for $153000 in an Arizona
auction
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Adolf Hitler's
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17
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Who wrote the play Amadeus
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Peter Shaffer
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18
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Jeff Lynne - Roy Wood - Bev Bevan - what pop
group
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Electric Light
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Orchestra
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19
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Where did Jim Morrison die
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Bath - in Paris hotel
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20
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What did the Ayatollah Khomeni ban in 1979
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Music on radio
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21
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Mstislav Rostropovich was a maestro on what
instrument
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Cello
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22
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What is Kensington Gore
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Actors fake blood
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23
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Margarita Carmen Casino became famous as who
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Rita Heyworth
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24
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What job does the Gaffer do in the film industry
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Chief Electrician
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25
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What was the name of Dagwood Bumstead and
Blondies dog
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Daisy
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26
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What short sighted cartoon character had a nephew
- Waldo
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Mr Magoo
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27
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What Shakespeare play was the basis of The
Forbidden Planet
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The Tempest
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28
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Frederick Austerlitz became famous as who
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Fred Astair
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29
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What is a Maine Coon once thought to be extinct
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A 20 lb cat
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30
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What dictator was the first to be abducted
prosecuted USA drugs
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General Manual
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Noriega- Panama
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31
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In which EEC country is abortion still illegal
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Ireland
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32
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What heavyweight boxer was nicknamed The
Cinderella Man
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James J Braddock
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33
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What is the capitol of Chechnya
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Grozny
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34
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What is absinthe traditionally flavoured with
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Wormwood
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35
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In 1829 Cyrill Damien invented which musical
instrument
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Accordion
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36
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At the battle of Actium who beat Mark Anthony and
Cleopatra
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Octavian - Emperor
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Augustus
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37
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What links Ada - Lisp - Algol
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Program Languages
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38
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How did Joy Friedericke Victoria Adamson die in
1985
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Murdered in Kenya
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39
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What city stands on the river Torens
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Adelaide - Australia
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40
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In Hindu mythology Agni is the god of what
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Fire
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41
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To the ancient Greeks what was an agora
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Public meeting place /
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market (forum)
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42
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Tomika and Uyeshiba are the two main forms of
what
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Aikido
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43
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Where was Napoleon bornAjaccio -
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Corsican capitol
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44
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Which Greek astronomer wrote the Almagest
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Ptolomy
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45
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The Queen has what music with her breakfast
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Bagpipes - Started by
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Victoria
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46
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Baile Atha Cliath - Official name what capitol
city
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Dublin - its Irish
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Gaelic
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47
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In the wild what animal pollinates banana plants
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Bats
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48
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What colour is the Black Box carried in aircraft
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Orange
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49
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Taidje Khan became famous under which name
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Yul Brynner
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50
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Autolycus - accomplished invisible thief Greek
myth whose son
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Hermes
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No
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Questions
Quiz 18
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Answers
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51
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In the theatre what is behind Barn Doors
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Electricity Sockets
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52
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Joe Yule became famous as who
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Mickey Rooney
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53
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Norse mythology who was killed with mistletoe by
blind Hodur
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Balder - most loved
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god
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54
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Bob Clampett created which character in 1938
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Bugs Bunny
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55
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Who wrote the children's classic Ann of Green
Gables
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L M Montgomery
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56
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Gaur, Gayal, Banteng and Kouprey are types of
what
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Wild Cattle
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57
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What is the literal meaning of Cenotaph
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Empty Tomb
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58
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The Yellow Kid by Richard Felton Outcault in 1896
first what
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Comic Strip – New
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York World
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59
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What did drinkers first see on Jan 24 1935
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Beer Can
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60
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Allium Sativum is better known as what
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Garlic
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61
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Rhapsody, Aromel, Tamella Cambridge favourite
types of what
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Strawberry Varieties
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62
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What arts/literary movement founded by Tristan
Tzara in 1915
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Dadaism
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63
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Which author wrote screenplay Bonds You Only Live
Twice
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Roald Dahl
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64
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Dalmatian dogs are born which colour or colours
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White - spots come
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later
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65
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What did Emily Davidson do
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Suicide under kings
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horse 1913
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66
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Edward de Bono - Maltese Doctor - developed what
concept
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Lateral Thinking
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67
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The song I Talk to the Trees comes from what
musical
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Paint Your Wagon
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68
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What is the capitol of Ghana
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Accra
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69
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In Greek mythology who was the Goddess of
Chastity
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Artemis – sister
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Apollo
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70
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What was Madam Curie's husbands name
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Pierre
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71
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The USA president lives in the White House - Who
Blue House
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President South Korea
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72
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What does an aronophobe fear
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Internet
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73
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What links Edegra, Cavetra and Erix
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Brand-names for
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Viagra
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74
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In what city is the worlds largest carpet
manufacturer
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Kashmir
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75
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What element was named after the Greek word for
green
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Chlorine
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76
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What hotel hosted the first Oscar ceremony
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Roosevelt Hotel
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77
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The name of which Indian city means Village of
Boiled Beans
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Bangalore
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78
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James Hoban designed what
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The White House
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79
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Semiology is the study of what
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Signals
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80
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What county has its map on its flag
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Cyprus
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81
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What X rated movie won an Oscar
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Midnight Cowboy
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82
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Lucknow is a city in India - and what other
country
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Canada
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83
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Mitsibushi - now cars - planes during war -
literally means what
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Three Diamonds
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84
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What invention was nicknamed the Noisy Serpent in
1902
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Vacuum Cleaner
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85
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In which sport would you find the Sag Wagon
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Cycling - it picks up
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dropouts
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86
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What product was introduced as a cure for
urinatary problems
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Pepsi
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87
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In New Zealand what is morepork
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A Bird - call sounds
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like morepork
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88
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In what city was Audry Hepburn born
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Brussels
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89
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In what country was the worlds first wildlife
sanctuary set up
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Sri Lanka 3rd cent BC
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90
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What word could Ernie Bilko not say without
stuttering
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Million
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91
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What country has a regiment of bicycle mounted
soldiers
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Switzerland
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92
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Who did Valerie Solernis shoot on Jun 3rd 1968 in
New York
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Andy Worhole
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93
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Shakespeare character says "Blow winds and
crack your cheeks"
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King Lear
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94
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In what Hitchcock film did the heroine find
shrunken head in bed
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Under Capricorn
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95
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Amaxophobia is the fear of what
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Riding in a vehicle
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96
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The Bovespa is the stock exchange in which
country
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Brazil
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97
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What is a Dandie Dinmont
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Dog - Borders Terrier
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98
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Shoot a Waco was the original name for what drink
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Dr Peppers
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99
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Who wrote the satire Candide published in 1759
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Voltaire
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100
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Whose ghost appears in Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar
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Caesar's Ghost
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No
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Questions
Quiz 19
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Answers
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1
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In which play and film does Jean Valjean appear
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Le Miserables
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2
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Psychologists says men who do what during sex are
insecure
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Keep socks on
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3
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Whose is supposed to have had sex with his nanny
when aged 9
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Lord Byron
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4
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What animal can sleep 3 years but only mates once
- 12 hours
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Snails
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5
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In Norway 1980 man fined for being drunk in
charge of what
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Mobile vacuum
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cleaner
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6
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Louis the XVI France only two (recorded) what in
his lifetime
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Baths
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7
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The same Louis did not consummate his marriage 7
years - why
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Overgrown Foreskin
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8
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Only 6 people died in what historic event
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Fire of London 1666
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9
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Why could William Tell not have shot the apple
with a crossbow
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Crossbow not known
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13th century
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10
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How did the Emperor Claudius die
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Choked on a Feather
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11
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What country do Great Danes come from
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Germany
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12
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Who said - "One more drink and Ill be under
the host"
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Dorethy Parker
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13
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The average Britain in their life consumes 1000
lb of what
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Carrots
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14
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What animal provide 50% of all the protein eaten
in Peru
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Guinea Pigs
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15
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Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have
done what
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Born in a Hospital
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16
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Who won an Oscar posthumously
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Peter Finch – for
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Network
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17
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Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by
other actors
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Charlie Chaplain
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18
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Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what
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Pig Kissing
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19
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In California you can't legally buy a mousetrap
without what
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Hunting Licence
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20
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Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the
Top
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Simone Signoret
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21
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What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to
enlarge them
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Crocodile shit
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22
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Which animal has legs but cant walk
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Hummingbird
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23
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A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978
stabbing wife what
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A wedge of hard
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cheese
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24
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Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal
containers
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His Urine
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25
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Which classical poet said Amor vincet omnia Love
Conquers all
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Virgil
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26
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If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong
what is it
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Dog
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27
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What country invented Phonecards
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Italy
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28
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What was invented in Rome 63 bc by Marcus Tiro
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Shorthand and the &
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sign
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29
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What is the literal Greek translation of
Sarcophagus
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Flesh Eater
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30
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French artist Aquabouse paints cows in what
material
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Cow shit
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31
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An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called
Humping meaning
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Enjoyable Gathering
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32
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First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bible Beans
- which are?
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Laxatives
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33
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74 year old Margaret Weldon FL 2 hole in one 2
days - unusual
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She was totally blind
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aided hubby
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34
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In 1987 the Jockey Club disqualified a horse that
had eaten what
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Mars Bar
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35
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A Baseball travels 9% faster in which US city
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Denver - thinner air
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36
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What was Joseph Pujol - La Petomanes stage act
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He farted – imitating
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music etc
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37
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James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to
play who
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Tarzan
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38
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What said I'm never through with a girl till I've
had her three ways
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John F Kennedy
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39
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Iris Somerville - killed London 1982 - Lightning
struck what
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Metal Support on her
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Bra
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40
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What play is set in Venice and Cyprus
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Othello - Shakespeare
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41
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In 1797 3 pence could buy you a good (second
hand) what
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Wife
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42
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Between 1659 and 1681 illegal celebrate what in
Massachusetts
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Christmas
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43
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What Saint said - Lord grant me Chastity - but
not ye t
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St Augustine
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44
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The average Britain in their life consumes 18 lb
of what
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Dirt bad washed food
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45
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Roller coasters originated in what country
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Russia - ice on sleds
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46
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What unusual item can you buy - vending machine
Paris Metro
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Levi 501s in 10 sizes
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47
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We've heard phrase I don’t give a toss - but Tos
Greek for what
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Bear
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48
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A Dorset shop sells bookends made from 140 mill
year old what
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Fossil Dinosaur Shit
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49
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Every ship in the Royal Navy have customised what
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Zippo Lighters
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50
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What meat outsells mutton and lamb combined in
Sweden
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Horse meat
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No
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Questions
Quiz 19
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Answers
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51
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An American in Maine got a divorce cos wife fed
him only what
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Pea Soup
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52
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How did Pope Hadrian IV die
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Choked on a fly
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53
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Who said "sex appeal 50% what you got 50%
they think you got"
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Sophia Loren
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54
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St Fiacre is the Patron Saint of what
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Piles
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55
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William Buroughs coined what phrase used by
Steppenwolf 1968
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Heavy Metal - Born to
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be Wild
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56
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What TV did 44 million USA watch while 27m
Eisenhower sworn in
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I Love Lucy
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57
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Between 15 and 20% of what disappear from shops
each year
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Supermarket Trolleys
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58
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French racing driver Jean Behra kept a spare what
in his pocket
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Plastic right ear
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59
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President Roosevelt was the first president to do
what
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Fly 1943 secret trip
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Casablanca
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60
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What is unusual about the number 8549176320
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Digits alpha order
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61
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Who said in 1951 - "I married beneath me -
All women do"
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Lady Nancy Astor
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62
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In Iowa 1978 Judge dismissed drink driving charge
- why
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Too Drunk to sample
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63
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1936 film started with world war and ended with
space flight
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Things to Come HG
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Wells
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64
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In 1984 BA stewardess called police she'd left
what in cupboard
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Husband in Bondage
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65
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Until 1819 technically you could be hung for what
in Britain
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Cutting down a tree
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66
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What's still legal in Paraguay if the
participants are blood doners
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Duelling
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67
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Tsar Paul I decreed death by flogging to anyone
mentioned what
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His Baldness
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68
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What actress said "I dress for women -
Undress for men"
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Angie Dickinson
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69
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The average Britain in their lifetime eats 5400
what
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Bags Crisps - chips
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70
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Here we go round the mulberry bush - what was
original bush
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Tree in Wakefield
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prison walked round
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71
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What hath God Wrought was first message sent by
Who 1844
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S Morse Washington
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to Baltimore
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72
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In what city 1985 was the worlds first computer
museum opened
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Boston
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73
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What elements name comes from the Greek for light
bearing
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Phosphorous
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74
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Astronomer Josephe-Jerome de Lalande eat what on
bread butter
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Spiders
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75
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Skeleton is derived from Greek - what is its
literal translation
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Dried Up
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76
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Edward Hunter USA Journalist invented what term
Korean war
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Brainwashing
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77
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A man has first at 18 then every day spent 106
days by 60 what
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Shaving
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78
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What links Da Vinci, Picasso, Charlie Chaplain,
Ben Franklin
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Left Handed
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79
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Flies and humans can both get which condition
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Athletes Foot
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80
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We call them Turkeys what do the Turks call them
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American Birds
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81
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The Audi car company created by August Horch –
means what Latin
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Bear
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82
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What country has the worlds most vending machines
per capita
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Japan
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83
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Who said - "A woman only a woman - good
cigar is a smoke"
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Rudyard Kipling
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84
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Hans Steininger had the world longest what - that
killed him
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Beard - Tripped over
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it down stairs
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85
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In Czarist Russia it was illegal to do what
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Smoke
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86
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What play has line - Shall there be no more cakes
and ale
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Twelfth Night
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87
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A fisherman in the Arral sea had his boat
destroyed by what
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A Cow - USA
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air force dumped it
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88
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St Brigit of Ireland could do what amazing trick
for visitors
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Bathwater into Beer
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89
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Thomas Watson in 1943 there is a worlds market
for 5 - what
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Computers – he
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chairman of IBM
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90
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What product did the first commercial in the USA
advertise
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Bulova Watches
|
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91
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Estimated there are 4 100 million billion
molecules cubic inch what
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Air
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92
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In Ohio by law pets have to carry what
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Lights on tails at night
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93
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The average man or woman spends one year of their
life - what
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On the Telephone
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94
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80% of household dust is actually what material
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Dead skin
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95
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What is the best wood for making pencils
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Incense Cedar
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96
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The average Britain in their lifetime eats 4907
what
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Loafs of Bread
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97
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Oysters can do what - according to water
temperature
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Change sex
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98
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Name USA city it's illegal to have a nude shop
dummy on display
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New York
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99
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A dog was arrested in Seville in 1983 for what
crime
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Handbag Snatching
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100
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Who starred as Daisy in The Great Gatsby
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Mia Farrow
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No
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Questions
Quiz 20
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Answers
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1
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Jacqueline Du Prey is a master on what instrument
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Cello
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2
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Who wrote the music for Showboat
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Jerome Kern
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3
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Who said sex is a bad thing it rumples the
clothes
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Onassis
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4
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The average Manhattan wife takes 14 minutes to do
what in bed
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Turn off Light
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5
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Which animal sleeps with one eye open
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Dolphin
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6
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Sandra Wes of Texas died in 1977 was buried in
what
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Her blue Ferrari
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7
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What happened to the man who tried to hang
himself over river
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Rope broke –
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drowned in river
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8
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After sex what does the female marine bristleworm
do
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Bites off eats penis
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9
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What nationality was Pontius Pilot by birth Scottish -
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Fortingale nr Dunkeld
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10
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The average person spends 12 years of their life
doing what
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Watching TV
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11
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St Appolonia is the patron saint of what
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Toothache
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12
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Packy Ease an amateur boxer - what name become
famous
|
Bob Hope
|
|
13
|
What was stolen from a Hotel Garden in Britain in
1991
|
Onion Crop
|
|
14
|
What word comes from Arabic means reunion of
broken parts
|
Algebra
|
|
15
|
Charles Conrad took a cassette to the moon on
Apollo 11 who
|
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
|
16
|
First feature film US TV Heart of New York what
was subject
|
Washing machine
|
|
|
|
inventors
|
|
17
|
Royal Society Prevention Accidents 1991 7500
injured by what
|
Shopping Trolleys
|
|
18
|
4000 patents for a variation of what issued since
first 1838
|
Mousetrap
|
|
19
|
A Limousine was originally what (From Limousine
in France)
|
French shepherds
|
|
|
|
protective cloak
|
|
20
|
Dwight Eisenhower was the first president to hold
what
|
Pilots Licence
|
|
21
|
What does a geophage enjoy
|
Eating earth
|
|
22
|
The Reknas company - Calcutta worlds biggest
exporter what
|
Human (skeletons)
|
|
23
|
At least a quarter of humanity is what
|
Short Sighted
|
|
24
|
What first occurred at California Disneyland in
March 1981
|
Murder
|
|
25
|
Who said "sex older women best they think
its their last time"
|
Ian Fleming
|
|
26
|
Ping Pong and Pang are characters in which opera
|
Turendot - by Puccini
|
|
27
|
1300 to 1500 it was illegal for Englishmen to
have 3 what a day
|
Meals
|
|
28
|
Harold J Smith a Canadian changed name famed as
sidekick
|
Jay Silverheels Tonto
|
|
29
|
What is special about the hooded pitohui bird
(New Guinea)
|
It’s highly poisonous
|
|
30
|
In 1984 Bloomingdale's started selling 100000
year old what
|
Glacial ice from
|
|
|
|
Greenland
|
|
31
|
What happened to golfer Lee Travino on green 13
27 June 1975
|
Hit by Lightning
|
|
32
|
What links elephanta, bad-i-sad-o-bistroz, oe,
whuly, zonda
|
All winds
|
|
33
|
What tree is mentioned just once in the Bible
|
Poplar
|
|
34
|
The average Britain consumes 14571 what in their
lifetime
|
Pints of beer
|
|
35
|
What job involves walking an average 60 miles in
a 5 day week
|
Waiter
|
|
36
|
In the UK 3% of people store what in their
fridges
|
Live Maggots
|
|
37
|
The city council of Chico California set a $500
fine for what
|
Exploding nuclear
|
|
|
|
bomb in city
|
|
38
|
A tittiliomaniac has a compulsion to do what
|
Scratch
|
|
39
|
Police in Winchester - got call - Man being held
by wife - how
|
Hidden artificial leg
|
|
40
|
Stephano and Trinculo characters in which
Shakespeare play
|
The Tempest
|
|
41
|
William Hurt won best actor Oscar for which 1985
film
|
The Kiss of the
|
|
|
|
Spiderwoman
|
|
42
|
Fescue is a generic type of what
|
Grass
|
|
43
|
Creed Prayer Alms Fasting Pilgrimage five pillars
what religion
|
Islam
|
|
44
|
Alex Raymond created which comic strip character
in 1934
|
Flash Gorden
|
|
45
|
What does a carpophagus animal feed on
|
Fruit
|
|
46
|
Gregorys powder is a type of what
|
Laxative
|
|
47
|
What does a Hafiz know
|
Koran by Heart
|
|
48
|
Pocahontas was baptised and given what English
name
|
Rebecca
|
|
49
|
In London 1915 what became illegal subject to
£100 fine
|
Buying a round of
|
|
|
|
drinks
|
|
50
|
What is the longest river in Australia
|
Murray-Darling
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 20
|
Answers
|
|
51
|
Who said "No sex is better than bad
sex"
|
Germaine Greer
|
|
52
|
Who won the Eurovision song contest with Jack in
a Box
|
Clodagh Rogers
|
|
53
|
Margie Belcher provided the body movements -
which character
|
Disney Snow White
|
|
54
|
The average person spends 8 years of their life
doing what
|
Being ill
|
|
55
|
1987 A Philadelphia Councillor bill banned
carrying what in public
|
Snakes
|
|
56
|
Alain Boubil - Claude-Michael Schonberg music
what hit show
|
Miss Saigon
|
|
57
|
Pluto (the Planet) was almost called what name
|
Zeus
|
|
58
|
Most lipsticks contain what unexpected item
|
Fish Scales
|
|
59
|
It is illegal to pawn what in Las Vegas
|
Your Dentures
|
|
60
|
Slugs have four of them - what
|
Noses
|
|
61
|
What word in English has the most definitions
|
Set
|
|
62
|
John Flynn invented what service in Australia
|
Flying Doctors
|
|
63
|
The Greek version of what is called the
Septuagint
|
Old Testament
|
|
64
|
The eyes of which animal have rectangular pupils
|
Goat
|
|
65
|
Modern Olympics - only Greece and which country
in all
|
Australia
|
|
66
|
What is the only bone in the body unattached to
any other bone
|
Hyoid in throat
|
|
67
|
There are more than 1500 varieties of what food
|
Rice
|
|
68
|
Mageiricophobia is a fear of what
|
Having to cook
|
|
69
|
What animals eye is larger than its brain
|
Ostrich
|
|
70
|
In 1990 there were 15000 accidents involving what
|
Vacuum cleaner
|
|
71
|
Roman men had to swear on what to testify
|
Holding their testicles
|
|
72
|
Why did pirate wear earrings
|
Improve their eyesight
|
|
73
|
Under the snow and ice Antarctica is actually a
what
|
Desert
|
|
74
|
In ancient China people committed suicide by
eating what
|
Salt One lb will kill
|
|
|
|
you
|
|
75
|
Who took out a $5000 life insurance before dying
in battle
|
George Armstrong
|
|
|
|
Custer
|
|
76
|
The average Britain consumes 4907 what in their
lifetime
|
Loaves of bread
|
|
77
|
Who said "I’ve sometimes thought of marriage
- then re-thought"
|
Noel Coward
|
|
78
|
Name actor Von Ryan's Express, The Third Man,
Brief Encounter
|
Trevor Howard
|
|
79
|
In USA / Britain give finger - What do you show
in Thailand
|
Sole of foot
|
|
80
|
What was the traditional ancient Persian new
years day gift
|
Eggs
|
|
81
|
The French Laurousse Gastronomique 9 recopies
cooking what
|
Camels
|
|
82
|
What common item was a sign of wealth in 19th
century England
|
An Umbrella
|
|
83
|
In Utah in 1870s what could you get from a slot
machine
|
Divorce - Papers cost
|
|
|
|
$2.50
|
|
84
|
What do male butterflies like to lick
|
Stones - to get
|
|
|
|
nutrients
|
|
85
|
Desire for more cows is the translation what
Sanskrit word
|
War - same in
|
|
|
|
English
|
|
86
|
Elvis Presley collected statues of what famous
woman
|
Joan of Arc
|
|
87
|
What is the most mentioned name in the Bible
|
David - Jesus is
|
|
|
|
second
|
|
88
|
Tip Throat Vamp Collar Shank are parts of what
object
|
Woman's Shoe
|
|
89
|
What is a spermologer interested in
|
Trivia
|
|
90
|
Who is the biggest landowner in New York city
|
Catholic Church
|
|
91
|
What fish can blink its eyes
|
Shark
|
|
92
|
What was the first name of the cartoon character
Mr Magoo
|
Quincy
|
|
93
|
It is against the law in Albania to play what on
Sundays
|
Dominos
|
|
94
|
Hearts bells leaves and acorns card suits which
country
|
Germany
|
|
95
|
Which vegetable got its name from a precious
stone
|
Onion - Latin unio
|
|
|
|
large pearl
|
|
96
|
On average 100 people a year choke to death on
what
|
Ballpoint Pens
|
|
97
|
In 2000 what state removed confederate flag -
statehouse dome
|
South Carolina
|
|
98
|
What language (not dialect) has the most
characters in it
|
Cambodian
|
|
99
|
Florinzel is a character in which Shakespeare
play
|
The Winters Tale
|
|
100
|
What is 2000 in Roman Numerals
|
MM
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 21
|
Answers
|
|
1
|
Who said "This game is about beating the
crap out of everyone"
|
Bears Quarterback
|
|
|
|
Jim McMahon
|
|
2
|
Who failed his entrance exams to school aged 16
|
Einstein – Zurich poly
|
|
3
|
Where are a crickets ears located
|
Front legs
|
4
In 1903 Frank Hanaway was US first what in The Great Train Robbery
Stuntman
|
5
|
What is the first race in the Grand Prix season
|
Brazilian
|
|
6
|
University Western Australia developed a robot to
do what
|
Shear Sheep
|
|
7
|
The word bank comes from the Italian banco -
literal meaning what
|
Bench – where
|
|
|
|
moneylender sat
|
|
8
|
The Roman roadbuilders lacked which elementary
tool
|
Wheelbarrow
|
|
9
|
The Welcome Stranger 173 lb was largest what ever
found 1869
|
Gold Nugget
|
|
10
|
In 1605 Japanese Emperor made what compulsory in
schools
|
Learning swimming
|
|
11
|
Who refused the Nobel Literature prize in 1958
|
Boris Pasternak
|
|
12
|
A P Herbert editor of Punch once wrote a cheque
on what
|
Side of a cow
|
|
13
|
What was the Acta Diurna introduced by Julius
Caesar 59 BC
|
Daily News (paper)
|
|
|
|
posted in forum
|
|
14
|
What happened to women who tried to watch
original Olympics
|
Thrown off cliff
|
|
15
|
Gertrude Ederlie (USA) was the first woman to do
what
|
Swim English
|
|
|
|
Channel
|
|
16
|
What is the sacred animal of Thailand
|
White Elephant
|
|
17
|
The word puppy comes from the French poupee -
literally what
|
Doll
|
|
18
|
The leach has 32 what - humans only got one
|
Brains
|
|
19
|
Who speak a language called Mudderschproch
|
Amish (Pennsylvania
|
|
|
|
Dutch)
|
|
20
|
Frank Vos Bob Seagren Wolfgang Nordwig all held
what
|
Pole vault record
|
|
21
|
Transylvanian people believed sleeping with what
was dangerous
|
Mouth open
|
|
22
|
We have all heard Hari Krishna - what does
Krishna mean
|
Dark as a cloud
|
|
23
|
In Japan what would you find in a Heya
|
Sumo wrestlers
|
|
24
|
What modern dance was supposed to cure a spiders
bite
|
Tarantella
|
|
25
|
If you had 2 eight enders in one bonspiel what
are you playing
|
Curling
|
|
26
|
A comet for the Greek Kometes literally means
what
|
Long Haired
|
|
27
|
Sandra Bullock, Kris Christophensen, Bruce Willis
- Job Links
|
Not Acting –
|
|
|
|
Bartender
|
|
28
|
In Yemen after a wedding what lasts an average 21
days
|
The wedding feast
|
|
29
|
Who featured on the cover of the first Rolling
Stone magazine
|
John Lennon
|
|
30
|
What was Christopher Deans job before Ice Skating
|
Policeman
|
|
31
|
An average of 708 what in the USA each year
|
Tornados
|
|
32
|
At German country weddings the couple had to do
what together
|
Saw through a log
|
|
33
|
Schubert always slept with what on
|
Spectacles - in case he
|
|
|
|
got idea
|
|
34
|
Satori is a term in which religion
|
Zen Buddhism
|
|
35
|
What is the fastest swimming ocean fish over 60
mph
|
Sailfish - Marlin
|
|
36
|
If you were taking a class in pistology what are
you studying
|
Faith
|
|
37
|
Pine Eyes is the literal translation of which
characters name
|
Pinocchio
|
|
38
|
Feline cats - Bovine Cows - Aquiline what
|
Eagle
|
|
39
|
What is the translation of the Greek name Vanessa
|
Butterfly
|
|
40
|
Who refereed the 1876 Sharky Fitzsimmons fight
with a gun
|
Wyatt Earp
|
|
41
|
The Algonquin Indians believed the earth was on
what
|
Giant tortoise
|
|
42
|
A gazette - is obvious what was a gazetta where
word comes
|
A small Italian coin –
|
|
|
|
pay for news
|
|
43
|
What country has the highest voting age 25
|
Andorra
|
|
44
|
Two out of 3 adults in the USA suffer from what
|
Piles
|
|
45
|
Where was the first public library opened in 1747
|
Warsaw Poland
|
|
46
|
In Atlanta Georgia what is it illegal to do to a
giraffe
|
Tie it to tel pole
|
|
47
|
Federal law prohibits the recycling of used -
what in USA
|
Eyeglasses
|
|
48
|
What did a clue originally mean
|
Ball of Thread
|
|
49
|
What animal is the symbol of long life in Korea
|
Deer
|
|
50
|
New Orleans USA - Southampton GB same nick
football team
|
Saints
|
|
No
|
Questions
Quiz 21
|
Answers
|
|
51
|
The Japanese believed Earthquakes caused by
underground what
|
Giant Spider
|
|
52
|
Los Angeles alone has more than the whole of
France - what
|
Judges
|
|
53
|
In Florida women can be fined for falling asleep
under what
|
Hair Drier
|
|
54
|
In 19th century Florence it was illegal for women
to wear what
|
Buttons
|
|
55
|
What is the official state food of Texas
|
Chilli
|
|
56
|
What was the name of Rip Van Winkles dog
|
Wolf
|
|
57
|
Woodbury soap was the first to show what in its
advertisements
|
Full length nude
|
|
|
|
woman 1936
|
|
58
|
Danakill tribe Ethiopia - mans grave 1 stone for
each what he did
|
Man Killed
|
|
59
|
24% of American adults admitted to participating
in what
|
Illegal Gambling
|
|
60
|
In what sport is the Charles Brownlow award for
fairest player
|
Aussie Rules Football
|
|
61
|
All living things contain what
|
Water
|
|
62
|
In ancient China what meat was reserved for the
Emperor
|
Pork
|
|
63
|
The name Mark translates a what
|
Hammer
|
|
64
|
Who was the Queen of Sparta
|
Helen of Troy
|
|
65
|
Noologists study what
|
The Mind
|
|
66
|
What is known as Radishes in Denmark
|
Cartoon strip Peanuts
|
|
67
|
What common item in India are Round
|
Playing Cards
|
|
68
|
In New York it is illegal to shoot what from a
moving trolley car
|
Rabbits
|
|
69
|
What animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient
Rome
|
Cat
|
|
70
|
In what sport did Prince Leopold of Bavaria
compete
|
Motor Racing
|
|
71
|
Where did the Angel falls get its name
|
Pilot Jimmy Angel
|
|
|
|
crashed 1937
|
|
72
|
SOS the distress message stands for what
|
Nothing - NOT save
|
|
|
|
our souls
|
|
73
|
In Japan what is Yomiyuri Shimbun
|
Newspaper – worlds
|
|
|
|
best seller
|
|
74
|
What is the national drink of Poland
|
Mead
|
|
75
|
What is the worlds most popular first name
|
Mohammed
|
|
76
|
Old Joe was the name of what on where
|
Camel on Camel
|
|
|
|
Cigarettes
|
|
77
|
What is never shown in a Las Vegas Casino
|
The Time - No Clocks
|
|
78
|
In Mork and Mindy what was the capitol of Ork
|
Kork
|
|
79
|
The name Gregory is from the Greek meaning what
|
Watchman
|
|
80
|
In what sport did Jeffery Archer win an Oxford
Blue (USA Letter)
|
Athletics
|
|
81
|
Pope Clement VII made it illegal for anyone else
to eat what
|
Mushrooms
|
|
82
|
The Emperor Augustus banned his men wearing silk
- why
|
It was Effeminate
|
|
83
|
The Average American does what 22 times a day
|
Opens Fridge
|
|
84
|
What was the first movie to have a sequel - 1933
|
King Kong - Son of
|
|
|
|
Kong
|
|
85
|
Who made a TV advertisment for Southern Maid
Doughnuts
|
Elvis Presley
|
|
86
|
Time Magazine named what as the Man of the Year
1982
|
The Computer
|
|
87
|
The first official baseball hat was made of what
|
Straw
|
|
88
|
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band first USA group to do
what 1977
|
Tour USSR
|
|
89
|
In Queensland Australia pubs must still have what
|
Hitching rail for
|
|
|
|
horses
|
|
90
|
Baseball is not sport - state of mind - cant
learn it - what author
|
John Steinbeck
|
|
91
|
What animals teeth were used as knife blades by
the Indians
|
Beaver
|
|
92
|
The word tragedy is Greek what does it literally
mean
|
Goat Song - used to
|
|
|
|
sacrifice goats
|
|
93
|
H14 N2 is a poisonous alkaloid consumed daily by
millions what
|
Nicotine
|
|
94
|
Timbucktoo is in which country
|
Mali
|
|
95
|
Mr Cat Poop was the Chinese translation what
Nicholson film
|
As Good as it Gets
|
|
96
|
What food item are most people allergic to
|
Cows Milk
|
|
97
|
Two out of every five American women do what
|
Dye their Hair
|
|
98
|
A duffer is Australian slang for what
|
Cattle Thief
|
|
99
|
What common 4 legged animals never walk or trot
|
Rabbits
|
|
100
|
L'Equipe is French daily newspaper covering
mainly what
|
Sport
|
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