FPSC General Knowledge 10000 Question/answers Page 27
No
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Questions
Quiz 65
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Answers
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1
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Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile
who ran 2nd
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John Landie of New
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Zealand
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2
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What can be types called chordate, needle and
cruciform
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Tree Leaves
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3
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Musca Domestica can cause disease in man - what
is it
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Common Housefly
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4
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Name the English chemist who first isolated
sodium
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Sir Humphry Davie
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5
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Who wrote Moon River used in Breakfast at
Tiffanies
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Henry Mancini
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6
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Name Stephen King's first published novel
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Carrie
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7
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The locals call it Kaapstad what do we call it
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Capetown
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8
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Interpol was founded in 1923 in what city
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Vienna
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9
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Musophobia is a fear of what
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Mice
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10
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The opera Aida was commissioned in 1869 to mark
what event
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Opening Suez canal
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11
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In ancient Greece what was a hoplite
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Soldier
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12
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In the Harry Potter books what is Aragog
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Chief Spider
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13
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Who wrote Goodbye Mr Chips
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James Hilton
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14
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Only 15% of French wines have what on the label
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Appellation Controlee
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15
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What are blombergs, oak and fire bellied types of
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Toads
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16
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Sherlock Holmes paid 55 shillings for what
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His Stradivarius violin
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17
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What is an arras
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A wall hanging e.g.
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tapestry
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18
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Steven Georgi is now Yussef Islam what other name
had he
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Cat Stevens
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19
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What literary prize ( worth £30000 ) is for women
authors only
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Orange Award
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20
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The musical Chu Chin Chow is based on what fable
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Ali Baba and the forty
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thieves
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21
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Where would you find a parlour, scriptorium,
dorter and cellarium
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A Monastery
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22
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US tennis open held at Flushing Meadows used to
be where
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Forest Hills
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23
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Where would you find Volans
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Southern Sky – Const
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Flying Fish
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24
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The De Beaumont centre in London specialises in
what sport
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Fencing
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25
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Sir Francis Drake named it New Albion what is it
today
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Oregon USA
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26
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Which artist painted sixty two self portraits
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Rembrandt Van Rinn
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27
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What elements name comes from the Greek meaning
lazy
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Argon
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28
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Who directed Star Trek films 3 and 4
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Leonard Nimoy
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29
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Cretinism is caused by a failure of what
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Thyroid gland
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30
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In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice name Shylocks
wife
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Leah
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31
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Gold Discs Platinum Discs but who won first
Rhodium Disc
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Paul McCartney
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32
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What is a Fata Morgana
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Type of Mirage
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33
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You can do a degree in brewing at Heriot-Watt
University where
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Edinburgh
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34
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Zimbabwe won its first ever Olympic gold in 1980
in what event
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Women's Hockey
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35
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What is or was the capitol of Hong Kong
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Victoria
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36
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In Britain in 1746 what type of clothing was made
illegal
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Highland Dress – kilt
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plaid etc
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37
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What creature can live up to one year without
eating ( you? )
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Bedbug
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38
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The worlds first was 69.5 feet long and took a
year to make ?
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Oil Well
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39
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What film began "Most of what follows is
true"
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Butch Cassidy and the
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Sundance Kid
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40
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The thickness of silk is measured in what
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Denier
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41
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Charcoal Sulphur Saltpetre make what
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Gunpowder
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42
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The word Sofa comes from the Arabic meaning what
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Bench
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43
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What are Arran Pilot Homeguard and Ulster
Chieftain
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Early types of Potato
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44
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In 1961 Anton Geesink was the first non Japanese
to do what
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Win a Judo title
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45
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What colour is the most popular eye shadow of all
time
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Max Factor's Powder
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Blue
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46
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Where is the worlds oldest university
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Fez Morocco –
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founded 859
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47
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Who was known in Germany as Der Bingle
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Bing Crosby
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48
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Ancient Carthage is in what modern country
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Tunisia
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49
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Who's first play was The Room
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Harold Pinter
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50
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What type of creature was Salar - that Tarka
would like to eat
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Salmon
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Page 130
No
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Questions
Quiz 65
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Answers
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51
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The capitol of Nigeria was Lagos what is it now
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Abouga
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52
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Who composed The Dream of Gerontius
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Edward Elgar
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53
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Captain Macmorris only ever Irishman in what
Shakespeare play
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Henry V
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54
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Tintoretto did most of his painting in what city
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Venice
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55
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What Olympic event only takes place at 70 and 90
meters
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Ski Jumping – official
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ramps
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56
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To whom are the Jews Gentiles
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The Mormons
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57
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Which plant gets its name from the Persian for
turban
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Tulip
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58
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What does GP mean on a music score when all
players silent
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General Pause
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59
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What celestial body gets its name from the Greek
long haired
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Comet
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60
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A petrologist studies what
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Rocks history
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formation etc
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61
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Sir Wilfred is the real name of which eponymous
character
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Ivanhoe
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62
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What are the Roman numerals for 505
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DV
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63
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The Daleks come from what planet Skaro
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64
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Who was voted most popular film performer in the
USA in 1926
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Rin Tin-Tin
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65
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Name the river that flows through Baghdad
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Tigris
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66
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Handel's Largo comes from which opera
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Xerxes
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67
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What happened to Catherine Eddowes on 30th
September 1888
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Met Jack the Ripper
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68
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Madam Hooch teaches what at Hogwarts school
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Quidditch
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69
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90% of all thoroughbreds are descended from what
horse
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Eclipse
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70
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Who's first book was "Down and Out in Paris
and London"
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George Orwell
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71
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What killed 23 people in Rostov Russia in July
1923
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Giant Hailstones
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72
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What does a librettist do
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Write words to opera
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73
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How did Dr Watson's first wife die
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Diphtheria
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74
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Beethoven's third symphony is nicknamed what
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The Eroica
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75
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To whom was the Eroica dedicated
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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76
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In medieval France a persons rank was shown by
the length of ?
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Shoe points
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bigger=higher
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77
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Women's international gymnastics Beam Box Floor
and what
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Asymmetric bars
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78
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What song did Rick ask Sam to play in Casablanca
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As Time Goes By
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79
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Pali is the sacred language of who
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Buddhists in India
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80
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In WW1 what were Lucifer's
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Matches
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81
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In legend who killed the mobster Grendel
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Beowulf
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82
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Who stole the English Crown Jewels was pardoned
Charles II
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Colonel Blood
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83
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She died at 28 but her book on household
management famous
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Mrs Beeton
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84
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The Hindu trinity are Shiva Vishnu and who
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Brahma
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85
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Name Hercule Poirot's valet
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George
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86
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Charles S Stratton became famous as who
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General Tom Thumb
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with Barnum
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87
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In mythology who slew the nine headed hydra
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Hercules
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88
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What country holds the Olympic polo championship
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Argentina last
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contested 1932
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89
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In Gulliver's Travels name the flying island
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Laputa
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90
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Who wrote Never Love a Stranger
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Harold Robbins
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91
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What city has the most canals
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Birmingham
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92
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Where was Oceanus Hopkins born in 1620
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On the Mayflower
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93
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In China big wigs have four but lesser men only
two what
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Outside Pockets
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94
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What is the world's warmest sea
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The Red Sea
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95
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Who played Beau Geste in the 1939 film
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Gary Cooper
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96
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Who composed the Christmas Oratorio
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J S Bach
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97
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In Animal Farm what was the name of the farm
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Manor Farm
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98
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Who owned a chimp called Chee-Chee
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Dr Dolittle
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99
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Who's directorial debut was with Reservoir Dogs
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Quentin Tarantino
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100
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Where was pizza first invented
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Milan
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Page 131
No
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Questions
Quiz 66
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Answers
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1
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Odele and Odette appear in what Tchaikovsky
ballet
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Swan Lake
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2
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In what country is The Duma part of parliament
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Russia
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3
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Nonage is what reason to stop a marriage
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Underage one or both
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4
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Kier Auro is good morning in what language
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Maori
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5
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In what sport does herringboning take place
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Skiing
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6
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What is a marcupium
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A marsupials pouch
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7
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At epiquarian.com you would find information
about what
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Food or Restaurants
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8
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What does a konimeter measure
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Dust
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9
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A stellate object is shaped like what
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Star shaped
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10
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What is MMM minus MD
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MD 3000-1500=1500
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11
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Balsa wood gets its name from Spanish what's
literal meaning
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Raft
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12
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Who is the Patron Saint of Accountants
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Saint Matthew
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13
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In what country did the Sabines live
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Italy
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14
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Who often solved a three pipe problem
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Sherlock Holmes
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15
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The tumblebug is an alternative name for which
insect
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Dung Beetle
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16
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St Stevens Tower is usually misnamed what
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Big Ben
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17
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What type of clothing article is a Belcher
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Neckerchief
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18
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Who was kidnapped in Robert Louis Stevenson's
Kidnapped
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David Balfour
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19
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Jewish boys have a Barmitsva at 13 what do girls
get at 12
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A Batmitsva
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20
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What European capitol stands on the river Aare
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Berne Switzerland
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21
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In which Dickens novel does Little Nell appear
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The Old Curiosity
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Shop
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22
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Name Harry Potters non magical cousin
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Dudley Dursley
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23
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Which real person took name meaning Man of Steel
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Joseph Stalin
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24
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What are woolly and spider types of
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Monkey
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25
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Where do boy scout leaders get their names from
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The Jungle Book –
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Rudyard Kipling
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26
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Where would you find a Mott Bailey and Keep
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A Castle
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27
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In what country was fashion designer Yves St
Laurent born
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Algeria
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28
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What common British river name come from Celtic
for river
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Avon
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29
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Jayne Austin is famous but who reigned Britain
when she wrote
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George III
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30
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What composer was the there of the 1947 film Song
of Love
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Johannes Brahms
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31
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Who is known as The father of Poetry
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Homer
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32
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Who was the first US president to be sworn in by
a woman
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Lyndon B Johnson –
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when JFK killed
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33
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Who sometimes used the pseudonym Al Brown
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Alphonse Capone
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34
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What does Monaco get most of its income from
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Gambling Casinos etc
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35
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Professor Kelp transformed into who
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Buddy Love – Jerry
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Lewis Nutty Professor
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36
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What is the commonest item traded internationally
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Petroleum and its by
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products
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37
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Lake Tittikaka is in Peru and what other country
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Bolivia
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38
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Who was the first British monarch to visit
America
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George VI in 1939
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39
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Collective nouns - A nye of what
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Pheasants
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40
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Where was the Hesperus wrecked
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Massachusetts
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Normans Woe Glos.
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41
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Britain's oldest existing Trade Union was founded
in 1747 what trade
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Brushmakers and
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General Workers
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42
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In the creation myth on the fourth day God made
what
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Sun Moon Stars
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43
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All PCs have a BIOS what does bios stand for
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Basic Input Output
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System
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44
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British soldiers mentioned in despatches get
which bronze award
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The Oak Leaf
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45
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In 1967 an Australian had one 11lb in weight -
what
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Carrot
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46
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Sissy Jupe adopted by Thomas Gradgrind which
Dickens novel
|
Hard Times
|
47
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Operation Thunderbolt was the nickname given to
which raid
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Israeli raid on Entebbe
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48
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In Japan what is Raku
|
Biscuit fired Pottery
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49
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Skimbleshanks was a T S Elliot cat what was his
area
|
The Railway Cat
|
50
|
What is the largest Island in The Greater
Antilles
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Cuba
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Page 132
No
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Questions
Quiz 66
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Answers
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51
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What country used the first aircraft equipped
bomber in war
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Italy Italian Turkish
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war 1912
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52
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In what sport would you find a coffin
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Cross country riding
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it’s a fence
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53
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John Huxham in 1750 invented which word
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Influenza
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54
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TABSO is the national airline of which country
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Bulgaria
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55
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Who wrote the comic opera Robinson Crusoe
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Offenbach
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56
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What was Didus Ineptus better known as
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The Dodo
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57
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What sport featured in the 1980 film Breaking
Away
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Cycling
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58
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Ambigu was an early form of what card game
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Poker
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59
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The cast iron plant is another name for which pot
plant
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Aspidistra
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60
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What does the name Tokyo mean
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Eastern City
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61
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Sir Walter Raleigh found what odd lake in
Trinidad
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Lake of Tar or
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Asphalt
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62
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Worlds oldest existing treaty of 1373 between
England and who
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Portugal
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63
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Bargasse is what type of vegetable matter
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Sugar Cane Pulp
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64
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Who was Hiawatha's father
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Mudjekeewis – The
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West Wind
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65
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Kitty, fire, draw and tuck in are terms in what
sport
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Green Bowls
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66
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Ordinary seaman Able Seaman what comes next
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Leading Seaman
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67
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What was Thin Lizzies first hit in 1973
|
Whiskey in the Jar
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68
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The sprat belongs to what fish family
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Herring
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69
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The Horned Planet is better known as what
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Venus
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70
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Who did the painting on the cover of The Bands first
album
|
Bob Dylan
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71
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Carrantual is the highest peak in which country
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Ireland
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72
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Who wrote The Symphony of a Thousand
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Mahler his eighth
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73
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What is Greece's second city after Athens
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Selonika
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74
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What was Paul the Apostles real name
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Saul
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75
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When is Superman's birthday
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29th February
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76
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John Young, Gemini 3, 1968 first to do what in
space
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Eat a hamburger
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77
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What is the Curia
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Administration of the
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Catholic Church
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78
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The locals call it Firenze what do we call it
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Florence Italy
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79
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What common sign derived from the Medici family
crest
|
Pawnbrokers balls
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80
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What is a sound below 20 cycles a second called
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A Woof
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81
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Goldaming in Surrey was the first English town to
have what
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Electric street lighting
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82
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Jim Bakus supplied the voice of which cartoon
character
|
Mr Magoo
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83
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Who speaks Quechua
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Peruvian Indians
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84
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Generally cornflowers are what colour
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Blue
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85
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Starting highest write the Roman Numerals in
descending order
|
MDCLXVI or 1966
|
86
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Yoi, Yame, Seremade and Hantai terms in what
sport
|
Karate
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87
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Africa's four great rivers Nile, Congo Zambezi
and what
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Niger
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88
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Catriona was a sequel to which famous novel
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Kidnapped R L
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Stevenson
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89
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Who sang the original version of Blue Suede Shoes
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Carl Perkins
|
90
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What kind of material is guipure
|
Lace
|
91
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Name a quadruped beginning with the letter N
|
Newt - Nutria – Nagli
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92
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Unusual (for him) role Bogart play in The Return
of Doctor X 1939
|
A Vampire
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93
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In Norway what is a brisling
|
A Sprat
|
94
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Who composed the Symphonies Fantastique
|
Hector Berlioz
|
95
|
Mediolanum was the Roman name for what Italian
city
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Milan
|
96
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Which British city had the first pavements
(sidewalks) in 1688
|
Edinburgh in High St
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and Cowgate
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97
|
What is considered to be the worlds fastest team
game
|
Ice Hockey
|
98
|
What song did Marilyn Munroe sing in the film Bus
Stop
|
That Old Black Magic
|
99
|
Which King was the first to use the Royal We
|
Richard the Lionheart
|
100
|
The locals call it Shqiperia what do we call this
country
|
Albania
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Page 133
No
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Questions
Quiz 67
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Answers
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1
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What star sign is Harry Potter
|
Leo
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2
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The word Mongol means what in Mongolian
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Brave
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3
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In the USA it’s the Oscars what is it in France
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Caesars
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4
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What is the correct name for a virgin (uncalfed)
cow
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Heifer
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5
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In the USA what is Marine One
|
Presidents Helicopter
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6
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In the Bible who climbed Mount Nebo
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Moses to see
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promised land
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7
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Where could you spend your Gourde
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Haiti
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8
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What sausage gets it's name from the Italian for
Onion
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Chipolata
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9
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What does a cadastral map show
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Large scale individual
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properties
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10
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In what area of France is champagne made
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Reims
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11
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The longest recorded one lasted 51.5 minutes -
what
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Tennis rally1029
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strokes
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12
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Who was the first British Royal to become a motorist
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Prince of Wales
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Edward VII
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13
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Ford Prefect came from a star in which
constellation
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Orion (Betelgeuse)
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14
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What makes Argon, Neon and Helium unique in
chemistry
|
No compounds
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15
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In the Bible who put Daniel in the lions den
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King Darius
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16
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Cheval-vapeur in France is equal to what in
English
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Horse power
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17
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The author of Moll Flanders wrote which more
famous work
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Robinson Crusoe
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18
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On the Beaufort scale what is defined as force 11
|
A Storm
|
19
|
The Spink standard catalogue lists information
about what
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Coins
|
20
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If you suffer from diplopia what have you got
|
Double vision
|
21
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What Shakespeare play Course true love never did
run smooth
|
Midsummer Nights
|
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Dream
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22
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All my Yesterdays is which actors autobiography
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Edward G Robinson
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23
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Which type of full moon follows a harvest moon
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Hunters Moon
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24
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Which pop singer was Glad to be Gay
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Tom Robinson
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25
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The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White basis for what
Hitchcock film
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The Lady Vanishes
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26
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On average it takes 1.5 hours to do what
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Fully cremate a corpse
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27
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In Kiplings poem Gunga Din what job had Gunga Din
|
Water Carrier
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28
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What began in 1877 but banned women until 1884
|
Wimbledon Tennis
|
29
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Who is the boss of UNCLE
|
Mr Waverley
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30
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Which cities public transport lost property
office is the busiest
|
Tokyo
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31
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Name only boxer to win a world title who never
had a manager
|
Jake La Motta
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32
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The opera The Tsar Sultan contains what famous
musical piece
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The Flight of the
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|
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Bumblebee
|
33
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Five tons are mined annually - five tons of what
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Diamonds
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34
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In Venezuela lovers use pink what
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Envelopes - post half
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|
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price
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35
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What country in distance is furthest from New
Zealand
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Spain
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36
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Whose girlfriend had a pet snake called Enid
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Adolf Hitler
|
37
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What word is in 1200 different languages without
changing
|
Amen
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38
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Whose horse was Black Nell
|
Wild Bill Hickoks
|
39
|
Old Honiton Genoese and Mechlin all types of what
|
Lace
|
40
|
Name the first teddy bear in space
|
Mishka 1980 Olympic
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mascot
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41
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In France who are nicknamed the Kepis blancs
|
Foreign Legion
|
42
|
Name Ernest Hemmingway's book dealing with
bullfighting
|
Fiesta
|
43
|
Which animal pronks
|
Springbok
|
44
|
In the Wizard of Oz name the Good Witch of the
North
|
Glinda
|
45
|
Britain France and who fought the battle of
Trafalgar
|
Spain
|
46
|
Who's first book was Pebble in the Sky
|
Isaac Asimov
|
47
|
Whose original back up group were The Blue Moon
Boys
|
Elvis Presley
|
48
|
Britannia female embodiment of Britain who is the
French
|
Marianne
|
49
|
Who wrote the line East is East and West is West
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
50
|
Which American city used to be called Yerba Buena
|
San Francisco
|
Page 134
No
|
Questions
Quiz 67
|
Answers
|
51
|
What's capital of The Peoples Democratic Republic
of Yemen
|
Aden
|
52
|
Who played Louis Armstrong in 1954 film The Glen
Miller Story
|
He played himself
|
53
|
The Old Aztecs played ollamalitzi what game does
it resemble
|
Basketball
|
54
|
In literature who lived at 7 Savile Row
|
Phileas Fogg
|
55
|
What is the only Shakespeare play that mentions
America
|
The Comedy of Errors
|
|
|
(Act III Scene ii)
|
56
|
Jan Lodvik Hock changed his name to what
|
Robert Maxwell
|
57
|
What is the longest golf course to stage the
British Open
|
Carnoustie 7066 yards
|
58
|
Atlanta burned in Gone With the Wind was what old
film set
|
King Kong it needed
|
|
|
clearing
|
59
|
What are Unaone, Soxisix and Novenine
|
International phonetic
|
|
|
numbers 169
|
60
|
If something is caseous what is it like
|
Cheese
|
61
|
William Herschel astronomer was a musician what
instrument
|
Organ
|
62
|
UK snooker players call it doubling what do US
pool players say
|
Banking
|
63
|
In MASH what was the character Radars full name
|
Walter O'Reilly
|
64
|
Whose only novel was The Cardinals Mistress
|
Benito Mussolini
|
65
|
Jimmy Doyle died during a title fight in 1947 who
was opponent
|
Sugar Ray Robinson
|
66
|
In 1900 Persian soldiers were paid with what
|
Donkeys
|
67
|
In Islington in London it’s a £50 fine for
sleeping where
|
The Public Library
|
68
|
Dr Deidrich Knickerbocker invented which famous
character
|
Rip Van Winkle
|
69
|
What occupation would use a dibber
|
Gardener - to make
|
|
|
planting holes
|
70
|
Which group of people first used gold fillings
|
Incas of Peru
|
71
|
Miss Lemon is what detectives confidential
secretary
|
Hercule Poirot
|
72
|
Name Alice's pet cat
|
Dinah
|
73
|
In the siege of Mafeking who led the defenders
|
Robert Baden Powell
|
74
|
Beethoven's fifth piano concerto is nicknamed
what
|
The Emperor
|
75
|
What did Aristotle claim as the most delicate of
table meats
|
Camel
|
76
|
Which annual world championship is held at
Coxheath Kent
|
Custard Pie throwing
|
77
|
In which film did Cliff Richard sing Living Doll
in 1959
|
Serious Charge
|
78
|
Which Lombardy town is famed for its cheese
|
Gorgonzola
|
79
|
Which acid dissolves glass
|
Hydrofluoric Acid
|
80
|
Who wrote The female of the species more deadly
than the male
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
81
|
Musical terms - what does De Capo mean on a score
|
From the beginning
|
82
|
What is a half of a half of a half of a half
|
A Sixteenth
|
83
|
Who recorded as Dib Cochran and the Earwigs
|
Marc Bolan and
|
|
|
David Bowie
|
84
|
In what country is Tiahuanaco
|
Bolivia
|
85
|
What exactly are chitterlings
|
Fried animals birds
|
|
|
small intestines
|
86
|
What was Winston Churchill's codename during WW2
|
Agent
|
87
|
There are 4.5 gallons of ale in what container
|
Pin
|
88
|
Of what did the poet John Milton die
|
Gout
|
89
|
The musical instrument piccolo means what in
Italian
|
Small
|
90
|
In what country could you spend a tugrik
|
Mongolia
|
91
|
All the pictures of which king are always shown
in profile
|
King of Diamonds
|
92
|
Pernell Roberts played which character in a TV
western series
|
Adam Cartwright
|
93
|
1937 saw the first BBC TV broadcast of which
event
|
Wimbledon Tennis
|
94
|
Which orchestral instrument can play the highest
note
|
The Violin
|
95
|
Who was the runner up in the 1979 Le Mans 24 hour
race
|
Paul Newman
|
96
|
Airman T E Shaw in WW2 was better known as who
|
T E Laurence of
|
|
|
Arabia
|
97
|
Italian painter Jacopo Robusti is better known as
who
|
Tintoretto
|
98
|
What were volitos first demonstrated in Soho
London in 1823
|
Roller Skates
|
99
|
Which Mozart opera is subtitled School for Lovers
|
Cosi fan Tuti
|
100
|
In literature who married Mary Morstan
|
Dr John Watson
|
Page 135
No
|
Questions
Quiz 68
|
Answers
|
1
|
Which game begins when the referee shouts draw
|
Lacrosse
|
2
|
What is litmus derived from
|
Lichens
|
3
|
Hydrosis is the medical term for what
|
Sweating
|
4
|
Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what
|
Marriage
|
5
|
What car has been voted European car of the
Century
|
Mini
|
6
|
In India what is a khidmutgar
|
A Waiter
|
7
|
Who sang about Saturday Night at the Movies
|
The Drifters
|
8
|
Who owned the sword Joyeuse
|
Charlemagne
|
9
|
It was finally abolished in Britain in 1948 -
what was
|
Flogging
|
10
|
Beethoven's sixth symphony is known as what
|
The Pastoral
|
11
|
Which English King had the most legitimate
children (18)
|
Edward I
|
12
|
The windhover is an alternative name for which
bird
|
Kestrel
|
13
|
Where is the US masters golf tournament always
played
|
Augusta Georgia
|
14
|
Santa Cruz airport serves which city
|
Bombay
|
15
|
Silver hallmarks - what object is stamped on
Birmingham items
|
Anchor
|
16
|
Graham Hill won 1968 world championship in which
make of car
|
Lotus
|
17
|
Opaque 2 is a modern variety of which cereal crop
|
Maize
|
18
|
Who was the first tennis player to achieve the
grand slam
|
Donald Budge
|
19
|
What are padmasana sirsasana and savasana
|
Yoga Positions
|
20
|
What is strange about the Golden Queen holly
|
It is male Golden
|
|
|
King is female
|
21
|
What is the last book of the Old Testament
|
Malachi
|
22
|
Queen Mary II died at age 32 what killed her
|
Smallpox
|
23
|
What metal is used in galvanizing
|
Zinc
|
24
|
A 25 to 31 mph wind on the Beaufort scale is
called what
|
Strong Breeze
|
25
|
The false plane tree is better known as what
|
The Sycamore
|
26
|
Baptista is Katherine's father in which
Shakespeare play
|
The Taming of the
|
|
|
Shrew
|
27
|
Lepidoptera (from the Greek) literally means what
|
Scaly Winged
|
28
|
In what sport might you see a stem-christie
|
Skiing
|
29
|
Why a camel haired brushes (made from squirrel)
called camel
|
Invented by Mr Camel
|
30
|
What common item has 32 points
|
The compass
|
31
|
In 1823 the British army soldiers were first
issued with what
|
Trousers
|
32
|
Who was the first American to win a Nobel prize
|
Theodore Roosevelt
|
33
|
In Shakespeare Hamlet who is Ophelia's brother
|
Laertes
|
34
|
What is the worlds largest airline
|
Aeroflot
|
35
|
What is the brightest star always in the Northern
sky
|
Vega
|
36
|
24% of British men have no what
|
Real teeth
|
37
|
Most people associate the colour green with which
flavour
|
Mint
|
38
|
Mendelssohn's Wedding March comes from which work
|
A Midsummer Nights
|
|
|
Dream
|
39
|
Whose autobiography was "Can you tell what
it is yet"
|
Rolf Harris
|
40
|
What did Joseph Gayetty invent in 1857
|
Toilet Rolls
|
41
|
The Andaman Islands are in which bay
|
The Bay of Bengal
|
42
|
What colour are lobsters
|
Dark Blue/green pink
|
|
|
when cooked
|
43
|
What does per capita literally mean
|
Per Head
|
44
|
J G Galle discovered it in 1846 - discovered what
|
The planet Neptune
|
45
|
Silent movie star Ben Turpin insured his what for
$500000
|
His Squint
|
46
|
What does a potometer measure
|
Water intake
|
47
|
What was Winston Churchill's favourite
participation sport
|
Polo
|
48
|
The average person eats 800 in their lifetime 800
what
|
Chickens
|
49
|
What is the central part of a backgammon board
called
|
The Bar
|
50
|
King Henry VIII trained as what A Priest
|
|
Page 136
No
|
Questions
Quiz 68
|
|
Answers
|
51
|
What sports name translates as Little Game of War
|
|
Lacrosse
|
52
|
What are Claymore, Thistle and Piper
|
|
North Sea Oil Fields
|
53
|
What colour tranquillisers work best
|
|
Yellow
|
54
|
In what city did 8 year old Mozart compose his
first symphony
|
London
|
|
55
|
In Yiddish what is your Pupik
|
|
Belly Button
|
56
|
Who was Ben Hurs rival in the great chariot race
|
|
Messala
|
57
|
Britain's Frankie Wainman was world champion 1979
what sport
|
Stock Car Racing
|
|
58
|
John McEnroe won Wimbledon doubles with what
partner
|
Peter Fleming
|
|
59
|
Pride, Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust
what's missing
|
Wrath
|
|
60
|
On average it rains 4 days a week in what
European capital
|
Amsterdam or
|
|
|
|
|
Brussels wettest
|
61
|
What country used the ringgit as currency
|
|
Malaysia
|
62
|
What's the name of the Bar Restaurant in the TV
show Quincy
|
Danny's
|
|
63
|
In what Dickens novel does Alfred Jingle appear
|
|
The Pickwick Papers
|
64
|
Ajax was the trade mark of the worlds first what
|
|
Flush lavatory
|
65
|
What brass instrument is thought to be the most
difficult to play
|
The French Horn
|
|
66
|
SF are the international car registration letters
for which country
|
Finland
|
|
67
|
Jacques Garnerin made the
first in 1797 the first what
|
|
Parachute Jump
|
68
|
The British army used to wear puttees - what's it
literally mean
|
Bandages from Hindu
|
|
69
|
The orchestra usually tunes up to what instrument
|
|
Oboe
|
70
|
What is the most frequent cause of business
errors
|
|
Illegible handwriting
|
71
|
Which magical city is located in the Valley of
the Blue Moon
|
Shangri-La James
|
|
|
|
|
Hilton Lost Horizon
|
72
|
In which European city is the Arch of Titus
|
|
Rome
|
73
|
Frank Oz was the voice of who
|
|
Miss Piggy in the
|
|
|
|
Muppets
|
74
|
On a standard rainbow what colour is on the
inside of the curve
|
Violet
|
|
75
|
What musical term means playing with each note
detached
|
Staccato
|
|
76
|
What animal stands for the longest period
|
|
African Elephant over
|
|
|
|
50 years
|
77
|
In what country did the word plonk meaning wine
originate
|
Australia
|
|
78
|
Alfred Packer in the USA was convicted of what
strange crime
|
Cannibalism
|
|
79
|
Captain Flint buried his treasure where ( Ben
Gunn dug it up )
|
Skeleton Island
|
|
80
|
Who composed a symphony nicknamed The Hen
|
|
Joseph Hayden
|
81
|
In the Solar system there are 2 Mount Olympus's
Greece and where
|
Mars
|
|
82
|
Saint Lidwina is the Patron Saint of who
|
|
Skaters
|
83
|
Who would use a caret
|
|
Printer it’s an
|
|
|
|
insertion mark
|
84
|
Who was the first woman to win 4 consecutive US
tennis open
|
Chris Evert Lloyd
|
|
85
|
What is the lowest title handed down from father
to son
|
Baronet
|
|
86
|
What is Britain's largest carnivorous animal
|
|
Badger
|
87
|
How many women know the formula of Coca Cola
|
|
None - not allowed
|
88
|
Schubert's fourth symphony is nicknamed the what
|
|
Tragic
|
89
|
What are Portland Vases made from
|
|
Glass
|
90
|
Where could you have a kip - then spend it
|
|
Laos its currency
|
91
|
What is a corduroy road made from
|
|
Logs laid down on
|
|
|
|
swampy ground
|
92
|
In 18th century England what was known as
|
Old Tom
|
Gin
|
93
|
In Goldfinger name the actress painted gold
|
|
Shirley Eaton
|
94
|
In 1949 what was introduced to cars for the first
time
|
|
The Ignition key
|
95
|
Who was the father of Alexander the Great
|
|
Philip II of Macedon
|
96
|
The Italian Chianina is recognises as being the
oldest what
|
Breed of Cattle
|
|
97
|
Which country makes the most films per year
|
|
India
|
98
|
In what Puccini opera does Scarpia appear
|
|
Tosca
|
99
|
Who wrote Travels with a
Donkey on his honeymoon
|
|
Robert Louis
|
|
|
|
Stevenson
|
100
|
The araucaria has what more common name
|
|
The Monkey Puzzle
|
|
|
|
tree
|
Page 137
No
|
Questions
Quiz 69
|
Answers
|
1
|
Who was Douglas Elton Ullman better known as
|
Douglas Fairbanks
|
|
|
Senior
|
2
|
In what does a steganographer write messages
|
Invisible ink
|
3
|
Charles Duff wrote the macabre Handbook of what
|
Hanging
|
4
|
In The Dukes of Hazard who was the sheriff
|
Roscoe P Coltrane
|
5
|
What would you do with a hecklephone
|
Play it - type of
|
|
|
woodwind
|
6
|
In the famous song my true love sent me nine what
|
Drummers drumming
|
7
|
Richard Arkwright invented the Spinning Jenny
what job had he
|
Barber
|
8
|
What is or was a Portuguese moidore
|
A Gold Coin
|
9
|
A husband and wife won gold medals 1952 Olympics
who
|
Emile Dana Zatopek
|
|
|
marathon javelin
|
10
|
Collective nouns - A Desert of what
|
Lapwings
|
11
|
Which writer created the detective Lord Peter
Wimsey
|
Dorethy L Sayers
|
12
|
On the same subject who eventually married Lord
Peter Wimsey
|
Harriot Vane
|
13
|
What is rayon made from
|
Wood pulp
|
14
|
Yorick in Shakespeare's Hamlet had what job (when
alive)
|
Jester
|
15
|
Sir Eyre Massey Shaw hold what Olympic record
from 1900
|
Oldest gold yachting
|
|
|
he was 70
|
16
|
What is the worlds third largest island
|
Borneo
|
17
|
Corporals Henshaw and Barbella report to which
sergeant
|
Sergeant Bilko
|
18
|
The word electricity comes from the Greek word
for what
|
Amber
|
19
|
Name the Motown star shot and killed by his
father in 1984
|
Marvin Gaye
|
20
|
Collective nouns - A Fall of what
|
Woodcocks
|
21
|
Leslie Hornby became more famous as who
|
Twiggy
|
22
|
September should be seventh month by name why is
it ninth
|
Its 7th year used to
|
|
|
start in March
|
23
|
When introduced they were pockets for men only -
what were
|
Handbags
|
24
|
What are or were The Adena, Cayuga, Haida and
Nootka
|
North American
|
|
|
native Indian tribes
|
25
|
In traditional wedding anniversaries what is
given on the twelfth
|
Silk
|
26
|
What are Grenadier, Idared and Ellison's Orange
types of
|
Apples
|
27
|
Who fought at the battles of Bastia, Calvi and
Toulon
|
Horatio Nelson
|
28
|
A numismatist collects coins and what else
|
Medals
|
29
|
Where could you spend a Kyat
|
Burma
|
30
|
In what series of stories did Inspector Lestrade
appear
|
Sherlock Holmes
|
31
|
Name the home city of the US football team
nicknamed Falcons
|
Atlanta
|
32
|
What Gilbert & Sullivan operetta subtitled
The Peer and the Peri
|
Iolanthe
|
33
|
Hymen in Greek Genius in Roman Gods of what
|
Fertility and Marriage
|
34
|
What can come in types Blue, Spear, Couch and
Arrow
|
Grass
|
35
|
Bees live in a hive what do seals live in
|
A Rookery
|
36
|
Hercules performed twelve labours what was number
seven
|
Capture of the Cretan
|
|
|
Bull
|
37
|
A philomath has a love of what
|
Learning
|
38
|
A young what can be called a Boyet, Eyas or Nyas
|
Hawk
|
39
|
What trade did Bonito, Calico Jack, and Dick
Hatteraick follow
|
Pirates
|
40
|
What takes place at Montlhery France and
Zandvoort Holland
|
Motor car racing
|
41
|
What is the literal meaning of the Spanish word
tapas (snacks)
|
Cover or covers
|
42
|
The martial art tai quon do translates literally
as what
|
Kick Art Way
|
43
|
Wings of Desire a foreign film remade as what
with Nicolas Cage
|
City of Angels
|
44
|
Scooby Do is what breed of dog
|
Great Dane
|
45
|
Which book of The Bible is also a title of a Bob
Marley album
|
Exodus
|
46
|
The Romans called it Eboracum name this English
city
|
York
|
47
|
Who wrote "To err is human to forgive
divine"
|
Alexander Pope essay
|
|
|
on criticism
|
48
|
In England what can be private, public or
approved
|
Schools
|
49
|
In what traditional entertainment does the dog
Toby appear
|
Punch and Judy
|
50
|
Where could you spend a Sol
|
Peru
|
Page 138
No
|
Questions
Quiz 69
|
Answers
|
51
|
What UK football team nick The Glaziers play at
Selhurst Park
|
Crystal Palace
|
52
|
Thanatos in Greek Mors in Roman Gods of what
|
Death
|
53
|
Robin, Rugby and Simple appear in which
Shakespeare play
|
The Merry Wives of
|
|
|
Windsor
|
54
|
Where would you find A Pope Empress Hermit and
Juggler
|
They are Tarot Cards
|
55
|
In traditional anniversaries what is given for
the thirtieth
|
Pearl
|
56
|
Apart from a brand name what is a Reebok
|
An Antelope
|
57
|
Jason sailed in the Argo but who steered the ship
|
Argus
|
58
|
What are pink, pram, snow, koff, buss, bark and
dory types of
|
Boats or other water
|
|
|
craft
|
59
|
What was Boucan that gave Buccaneers their name
|
Dried meat
|
60
|
Dacca is the capital of which country
|
Bangladesh
|
61
|
What links a Gig, Spider and Phaeton
|
Horse drawn carriages
|
62
|
What's parts include barbican, oilette and donjon
|
A Castle
|
63
|
In London what are The Cavalry, Marlborough and
Savile
|
Private Members
|
|
|
Clubs
|
64
|
What does a phillumenist collect
|
Matchbox labels
|
65
|
Electric, Perse and smalt shades of which colour
|
Blue
|
66
|
What links Sword, Square, Floral and Barn
|
Types of Dance
|
67
|
What is a Kerry Blue
|
Dog type of Terrier
|
68
|
In Heraldry what is a canton
|
A Corner
|
69
|
What links the trees Bodhi, Peepul and Ailento
|
They are all sacred to
|
|
|
someone
|
70
|
Which fictional character lived at Montague
street before moving
|
Sherlock Holmes
|
71
|
Chronos in Greek Saturnus in Roman Gods of what
|
The Harvest
|
72
|
A Grice is a young what
|
Wild Boar
|
73
|
International registration letters what country
is ZR
|
Zaire
|
74
|
There are only two three letter herbs Rue is one
what's the other
|
Bay
|
75
|
In mythology who rode an eight legged horse
called Sleipner
|
Odin
|
76
|
Parr, Smolt and Grilse different names same thing
what
|
Salmon - life stages
|
77
|
Name the raven in George Orwell's Animal Farm
|
Moses
|
78
|
All US Presidents were Federalists Republicans
Democrats or what
|
Whigs 1841 - 45 1850
|
|
|
- 53
|
79
|
Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Eli and Isaiah were all what
in The Bible
|
Prophets
|
80
|
What family were the last ruling house of Italy
|
Savoy
|
81
|
Where would you find a Bonnet, Course, Dabbler
and Driver
|
Ship they are sails
|
82
|
Who said Tis better to have loved and lost etc
|
Alfred Lord Tennyson
|
|
|
In Memoriam
|
83
|
What Gilbert & Sullivan operetta was
subtitled Bunthorns Bride
|
Patience
|
84
|
Which poet wrote A thing of beauty is a joy
forever in Endymion
|
Keats
|
85
|
Copeland, Mason, Dux and Bow all types of what
|
Pottery
|
86
|
In Greek mythology who was Queen of the
underworld
|
Persephone
|
87
|
Which writer created Tabitha Twitchet, Babbity
Bumble, Mr Tod
|
Beatrix Potter
|
88
|
What links Bass, Messina, Hormuz and Torres
|
Straits of water
|
89
|
What does a philologist study
|
Languages
|
90
|
Which authors first (unsuccessful) book was
Inland Voyage
|
Robert Louis
|
|
|
Stevenson
|
91
|
Details of what can be found in The Blue Book
|
US Aristocracy
|
92
|
Backfall, diapason, pallet, gamba, sticker all
parts of what
|
Pipe Organ
|
93
|
Oedipus married his mother - who was she
|
Jocasta
|
94
|
In Heraldry if things are accosted what position
are they in
|
Side by Side
|
95
|
Pintado, Pochard, Scaup, Scoter and Smee types of
what
|
Ducks
|
96
|
Name Shakespeare play Ariel, Miranda and Prospero
appear
|
The Tempest
|
97
|
Xanthic, Fallow and Aureate shades of which colour
|
Yellow
|
98
|
Brickbat, Pecorino, Mycella and Tilsiter all
types of what
|
Cheese
|
99
|
What is the capital of Panama
|
Panama
|
100
|
Name both the Greek and Roman God of Prophecy and
Plagues
|
Apollo
|
Page 139
No
|
Questions
Quiz 70
|
Answers
|
1
|
What popular party drink gets its name from
Sanskrit meaning 5
|
Punch - originally 5
|
|
|
ingredients
|
2
|
London link Prince Edward's, Prince of Wales, Her
Majesty's
|
Theatres
|
3
|
Which country borders Russia Sweden and Norway
|
Finland
|
4
|
What type of creature is an Orb Weaver
|
Spider
|
5
|
Whose autobiography was called Tall Dark and
Gruesome
|
Christopher Lee
|
6
|
In publishing what is the verso
|
Left page - Recto right
|
|
|
page
|
7
|
The British Raj in India lasted 90 years what's
it literally mean
|
Rule
|
8
|
What ancient Roman buildings name means Place for
a Giant
|
Coliseum
|
9
|
What links Ciampino, Lod and Waalhaven
|
Airports Rome Tel
|
|
|
Aviv Rotterdam
|
10
|
John Tenniel drew the illustrations for what
famous book
|
Alice in Wonderland
|
11
|
Only two north American Indian tribes with 3
letters Wea and what
|
Fox
|
12
|
Collective nouns - A Congregation of what
|
Plovers
|
13
|
Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his arm at which
battle
|
Tenerife
|
14
|
In WW2 what was the British equivalent of the
German E-Boat
|
MTB or Motor
|
|
|
Torpedo Boat
|
15
|
International car registration letters what
country is RA
|
Argentina
|
16
|
Of what are Bristol, Rockingham, Chelsea, and
Minton types
|
Pottery Porcelain
|
|
|
China
|
17
|
Who is known as The father of English poetry -
1340 - 1400
|
Geoffrey Chaucer
|
18
|
According to the traditional rhyme what's the
fate of Wed. child
|
Full of Woe
|
19
|
What are or were Tester, Royal, Mark and Noble
|
Old English coins
|
20
|
Bistre, Sorrel and Vandyke are shades of which
colour
|
Brown
|
21
|
If you were watching cricket at The Outer in
which city are you
|
Melbourne Australia
|
22
|
You have a foursome and a shag what have you done
|
Dance they are types
|
|
|
of dance
|
23
|
What peoples name literally translates as
ordinary
|
Maori
|
24
|
What are the Anatolian, Atacama, Nafud and Zirreh
|
Deserts
|
25
|
Sam Weller was whose servant in a Dickens book
|
Samuel Pickwick
|
26
|
Dandy Dinmont, Bedlington, Sealyham are what
types of dog
|
Terriers
|
27
|
What is extracted from the ore caserite
|
Tin
|
28
|
John Palmer is buried in York what better known
name
|
Dick Turpin
|
29
|
The Carmelite monks have what more common name
|
Whitefriers
|
30
|
In what sport does a player win when they get 15
points
|
Badminton
|
31
|
American Football - where do the Lions play at
home
|
Detroit
|
32
|
In England what links Arden, Dean, Kielder and
New
|
Forests
|
33
|
In what country would you be rich in Leu
|
Rumanian currency
|
34
|
Messidor, Thermidor and Fructidor were what in
1789 (JJA)
|
French revolutionary
|
|
|
calendar months
|
35
|
What fruit can be Red Black or White
|
Currants
|
36
|
In fashion correspondent and bar are types of
what item
|
Shoe
|
37
|
Artemis is Greek Goddess of what - only one among
all Gods
|
Virginity and Chastity
|
38
|
25% of the adult male population of the UK are
what
|
Over 6 feet tall
|
39
|
Churchill, Iroquois, Owen and Smiths are all what
|
Waterfalls
|
40
|
A company called Symbol owns patent to what
common item
|
Bar Code
|
41
|
What can you find on California's Mount Cook
|
Hollywood sign
|
42
|
Fescue, Foxtail, Ruppia and Quitch are types of
what
|
Grass
|
43
|
In the twelve labours of Hercules what did he do
third
|
Capture Arcadian Stag
|
44
|
In Heraldry what symbol is a lymphad
|
Ship with oars
|
45
|
What job links Paul Clifford, Claude Duval, Capt.
Macheath
|
Highwayman
|
46
|
Whose cases were Empty House Copper Beeches Black
Peter
|
Sherlock Holmes
|
47
|
Which King is known as The Suicide King
|
King of Hearts Sword
|
|
|
through head
|
48
|
In Costa Rica and El Salvador you spend what
|
Colons
|
49
|
In the Christmas song your true love gave you
give eight what
|
Maids a Milking
|
50
|
Name the Capital of the Ukraine
|
Kiev
|
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