FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 17
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Questions
Quiz 27
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Answers
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1
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What is the non obvious link Superman 1 and the
Godfather
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Mario Puzo write both
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stories
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2
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Collective nouns - A bloat of what
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Hippotomi
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3
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Champagne bottles - 6 bottles of champagne are in
a what
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Rheoboam
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4
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Fiochetti is what shaped pasta
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Bows
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5
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Calvados or Apple Brandy and Dubonnet make what
cocktail
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Bentley
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6
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What city stands on the Hooghly river
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Calcutta
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7
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Chloe the girls name means what
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Green shoot
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8
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Cockney rhyming slang what is elephants (trunk)
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Drunk
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9
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Philippe Pages became famous as who
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Richard Clayderman
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10
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What links Ygrana - Valentino and Cerrutti
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Paris fashion houses
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11
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Who is the Patron Saint of cooks
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St Laurence
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12
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Where was Rin Tin Tin set
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Fort Apache - Arizona
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13
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If you landed at Capodichino airport where are
you
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Naples
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14
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The Merryman and his Maid alt title what G&S
operetta
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The Yeomen of the
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Guard
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15
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Americans consume 2 billion lbs of what each year
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Chocolate
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16
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A bear is ursine - what bird is pavonine
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Peacock
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17
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What European countries flag is square
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Switzerland
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18
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Where would you find your lunula
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Fingernail - white part
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19
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What European capital city is NOT on a river
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Madrid
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20
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Who only author to have a book in every
Dewy-Decimal category
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Isaac Asimov
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21
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What is an octothrope
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The # symbol
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22
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Only female humans and what have hymens
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Horses
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23
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Hari-Kari is vulgar name Seppuku - what's it
literally mean
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Belly Splitting
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24
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Captain Jean Luc-Picard keep a fish called what
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Livingston
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25
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In I love Lucy what was Lucy Ricardo's maiden
name
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McGillicuddy
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26
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Tigers have stripped fur - what colour is their
skin
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Stripped
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27
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What were Cinderella's slippers originally made
from
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Fur - changes to glass
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in 1600s
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28
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Where would you find a porcelator
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Sink - it’s the top
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drainhole
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29
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Whose final words were "It hurts"
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Charles De Gaulle
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30
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Collective nouns - A parcel of what
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Hinds
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31
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Wine barrels - There are 83 gallons in a what
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Puncheon
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32
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Mafalde is what shaped pasta
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Corrugated Strips
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33
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Vodka - Triple Sec and lime juice make what
cocktail
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Kamikaze
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34
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Frankfurt stands on what river
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Main
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35
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Thomas the boys name means what
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Twin
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36
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Michael Dumble-Smith became famous as who
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Michael Crawford
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37
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Who is the Patron Saint of learning
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St Ambrose
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38
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Turnov Rusty and Bobo appear in what stage
musical
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Starlight Express
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39
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Which nation invented sauerkraut
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Chinese
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40
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Henry Fords first car lacked something we expect
- what
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Reverse gear
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41
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What bird has the most feathers per square inch
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Penguin
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42
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One death per day is caused by what
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Wrong prescription /
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dose handwriting
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43
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400 what per week permanently close in the USA
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Churches
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44
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50% of 17 year old Americans can't do what
according 700 club
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Read
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45
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In 1979 what did President Carter apologise to
Australia about
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Skylab falling on their
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country
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46
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A dog is canine - what animal is ovine
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Sheep
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47
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How did Liverpool football club get Anfield
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Everton evicted not
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paying rent
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48
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Old Eng law - you can't beat wife with anything
wider than what
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Your thumb – Thus
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rule of Thumb
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49
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If you landed at Cannon airport where are you
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Reno
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50
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Cockney Rhyming slang what is Mutt (mutt and
jeff)
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Deaf
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No
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Questions
Quiz 27
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Answers
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51
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What links Iguanas, Koalas and Kimono Dragons
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Two Penises
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52
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Who wrote the Dune series of SF novels
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Frank Herbert
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53
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What would you use you zygomaticus muscle for
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Smiling
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54
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In what city is the Encyclopaedia Britanica based
and published
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Chicago
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55
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These were invented - 51 years later us president
got one - what
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Telephone on his desk
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56
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David Cook became famous as who
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David Essex
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57
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What capitol city stands on the Tagus River
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Lisbon
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58
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White creame de menthe and brandy make what
cocktail
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Stinger
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59
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Barrel sizes - there are 18 gallons in a what
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Kilderkin
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60
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Collective nouns - An array of what
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Hedgehogs
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61
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Routine is what shaped pasta
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Wheels
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62
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Amy the girls name means what
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Beloved
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63
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Who is the Patron Saint of TV
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St Clare
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64
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Wakame Tengusa and Mozuku are Japanese what
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Edible seaweed
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65
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Tennis what links Coke Rolex Slazenger Robinson's
Barley water
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Only adverts
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Wimbledon Centre
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66
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Who rode Rocinante
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Don Quixote
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67
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What US president was nicknamed Miss Nancy
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James Buchanan
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68
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If you landed at Hanedi airport where are you
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Tokyo
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69
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On what common object would you find a sleeve and
a tray
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A Matchbox
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70
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Jonathan Buttall is well known in art by what name
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Gainsborough's Blue
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Boy
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71
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Only two elements liquid room temperature -
mercury and what
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Bromine
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72
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Alfred Nobel invented dynamite what did father
Immanuel invent
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Plywood
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73
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What was checkpoint Charlie named after
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Charlie – Phonetic
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Alphabet
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74
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Where would you find Saracens Bluestones and
Trilithons
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Stonehenge
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75
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In Japan what is Jigali
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Female Suicide
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76
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Thomas Harris created what character
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Hannibal Lector
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77
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George Hoy-Booth became famous as who
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George Formby
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78
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In Cockney rhyming slang what is a butchers
(butchers hook)
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Look
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79
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Corzetti is what shaped pasta
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Coin shaped
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80
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What city stands on the Maas River
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Rotterdam
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81
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A cat is feline - what animal is murine
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Mouse or Rat
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82
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Mildrid Harris Lita Grey Paulette Goddard Oona O
Neil - Link
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Charlie Chaplains
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wives
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83
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What was first work of fiction blessed by the
Pope
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Ben Hur – Lew
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Wallace
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84
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What Hollywood actress was the Laurence Olivier
of Orgasms
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Hedy Lamarr
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85
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What is considered the most successful poem of
all time
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If - Rudyard Kipling
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86
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Brand name was translated as Bite the wax tadpole
in Russian
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Coca Cola
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87
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What was the first Beatles song licensed for use
in a Nike add
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Revolution
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88
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What was the name of Dorothy Parkers Parrot
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Onan - He spilled his
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seed on the ground
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89
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What is the Greek word for Egyptian
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Coptic
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90
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Teaching what subject banned Oxbridge Unis King
George VI
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Astrology
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91
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The Aztecs Ayecotl is a forerunner of what
current food
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Haricot Beans
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92
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The King of Barataria alternative name what
G&S operetta
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The Gondoliers
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93
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If you landed at Lindberg airport where are you
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San Diego
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94
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Who is the Patron Saint of Young Virgins
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St Agnes
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95
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John Simon Richie became famous as who
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Sid Vicious
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96
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George the boys name means what
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Farmer
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97
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Gin - lemon Juice - Sugar - Soda make what
cocktail
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Tom Collins
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98
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Tubetti lunghi is what pasta shape
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Elbows
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99
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Barrel sizes - there are 216 gallons in a what
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Tun
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100
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Collective nouns - An army of what
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Caterpillars
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No
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Questions
Quiz 28
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Answers
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1
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Who wrote Three Men in a Boat
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Jerome K Jerome
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2
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Who owned Rin Tin Tin in the series
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Rusty
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3
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Collective nouns - A sleuth of what
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Bears
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4
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What was the name of the horse in Animal Farm
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Boxer
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5
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Barrel size - what beer barrel contains 108
gallons
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Butt
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6
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Bozzoli is what shape of pasta
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Cocoons
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7
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Khons was the Egyptian god of what
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Moon
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8
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What countries national anthem is The Bayambo
song
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Cuba
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9
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What film star was born in Sakhalin Siberia
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Yul Bryner
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10
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The Rimac river runs through what city
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Lima Peru
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11
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Who is the Patron Saint of Artists
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St Luke
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12
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What does a Yellow Flag Red stripes mean in motor
racing
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Slippery Track
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13
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If you landed at Merignac airport - where are you
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Bordeaux
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14
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In The Beverly Hillbillies what was the name of
Ellie's Chimp
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Cousin Bessie
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15
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Name the book - first line - It was a pleasure to
burn
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Fahrenheit 451 Ray
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Bradbury
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16
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What is the worlds biggest profession
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Teaching
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17
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An Enologist studies what
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Wine
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18
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Who said "ability is useless without
opportunity"
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Napoleon
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19
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In heraldry if an animal is passant what is it
doing
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Walking
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20
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What is in the tyres of a commercial airline
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Nitrogen - Air freezes
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21
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7% of Irelands annual barley crop is used for what
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Making Guinness
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22
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There are three parks in the USA dedicated to
what
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Butterflies
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23
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YKK Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha worlds largest
makers what
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Zips
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24
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Collective nouns - A sute of what
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Bloodhounds
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25
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Where was Keanu Reeves born
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Beirut - Lebanon
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26
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Whose original name was Jasper
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Tom - From Tom and
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Jerry
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27
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What common word in Morse is -- --- --
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MOM
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28
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What does the boys name Neil mean
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Champion - Irish
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29
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What links AP AUP CP Reuters
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News Agencies
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30
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International dialling codes - what country has
61 as code
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Australia
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31
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Hitchcock film he did not appear Lifeboat 1944
who female star
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Tallulah Bankhead
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32
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What composer wrote the Pomp and Circumstance
marches
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Edward Elgar
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33
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Rich Duncan Robert Whittle Thomas Suchanek champs
sport
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Hang Gliding
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34
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What bird has the maximum recorded life span 36
years
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Herring Gull – Royal
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Albatross
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35
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The Golden Rain is the common name of what tree
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Laburnum
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36
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German wine is made from mainly what grape
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Riesling
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37
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What is the flower of September
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Aster or Morning
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Glory
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38
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What links Vespasian Titus Domitian Nerva
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Rulers Roman Empire
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69 - 98
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39
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What was the Italian Umberto Nobile first to do
in 1926
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Airship Crossing
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North Pole
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40
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Dermaptera are what species of insects
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Earwigs
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41
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In Blythe Ca. you cant wear cowboy boots unless
you own what
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Minimum 5 head of
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cattle
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42
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Who rode a horse called Diomed
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Duke of Wellington
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43
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In Bonanza Hoss Cartwright was afraid of what
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The Dark
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44
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What links Hof Malomo Zagreb Belgrade Porto Varna
Vevey
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International film
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festivals
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45
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Natasha Gurdin became famous as who
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Natilie Wood
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46
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On average the French eat 20 million what a year
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Frogs
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47
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What countries nation anthem is Land of Two
Rivers
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Iraq
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48
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Collective nouns - An obstinacy of what
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Buffalos
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49
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Who sang about Sylvia's Mother
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Dr Hook
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50
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Barrel size - what wine barrel contains 126
gallons
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Pipe
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