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2018–19 Season
Week 15

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2018–19 Season: Week 15 – 5 March 2019

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Harrington Academicals; vetted by Waters Green Lemmings.

Round 1: "By George, he's got it"

All answers are persons with the first name George. For example:

Northern Ireland international and Manchester United legend.
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1 MP who made a fool of himself on Big Brother in 2006.
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2 Wales Rugby Union Wing who has also won 3 caps with the British Lions. He is currently playing for the Ospreys.
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3 French composer best known for his opera Carmen.
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4 Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1960–70.
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5 Member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team.
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6 He succeeded de Gaulle as French president in 1969.
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7 He created the detective character Maigret.
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8 Long–serving Arsenal player who later returned as Manager – 1986–95.
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1 Born in India, his works introduced the terms "Big Brother" and "Thought Police" into our language.
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2 Heavyweight World Champion 1973/74 and 1994/95.
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Round 2: History

1 Which Germanic race of people sacked Rome in AD 455?
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2 Who claimed that "the ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
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3 Which 19th Century figure was known as 'The Iron Chancellor'?
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4 The Triple Entente of 1907 was an alliance of Britain, France and which other country?
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5 Operation Overlord referred to which event in World War II?
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6 Which English monarch was on the throne at the time of Thomas Becket's murder in 1170?
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7 In 1959, who did Fidel Castro take over from as leader of Cuba?
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8 Which King of Libya was overthrown by Colonel Gaddafi in 1969?
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1 Which Muslim leader led the army which re–captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187?
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2 Which US Senator who conducted the witch hunt against what he called "Reds"?
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Round 3: Geography

1 St Johnstown was once the capital city of Scotland. By what name is it now known?
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2 What is the most southerly point in Great Britain?
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3 Cornwall's Eden Project is located outside which town?
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4 The Australian city of Perth is on the banks of which river?
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5 What is the capital of Belarus?
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6 What is the name of the large inlet of the Baltic Sea that separates Sweden and Finland?
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7 Whitby stands on the estuary of which river?
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8 If you travelled due east from Glasgow, which would be the first country you would reach?
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Supplementaries:

1 What is the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?
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2 Only two South American countries are landlocked. Name either.
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Round 4: "Less than six months ago"

All questions relate to topics which made the news in October 2018. You should remember these.

1 Co–founder of Microsoft, who died of cancer at age 65.
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2 Which "marmite" figure agreed to join Facebook as Head of Global Affairs?
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3 Which multi–national company failed in its attempt to move its main domicile and share quotation from London to Rotterdam?
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4 Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist for which newspaper at the time of his death?
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5 Jeff Fairburn, the £75M bonus man, was CEO of which company?
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6 Who used parliamentary privilege to name Philip Green as the businessman at the centre of a Daily Telegraph investigation despite a court injunction to prevent publication?
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7 What was the name of the picture by Banksy shredded immediately after being sold for £1 million?
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8 Which horse won the Prix de L'Arc Triumphe for the second year running?
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1 Cesar Savoc sent at least twelve pipe bombs – all but one of them addressed to US political figures. To whom was the other one sent?
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2 Which comedian was dumped by his girlfriend after being caught kissing his Strictly partner Katya Jones?
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Round 5: Sport

1 In golf, what term describes the close–cut area of grass that surrounds a green?
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2 Which Formula 1 driver was nicknamed 'The Professor'?
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3 Who became the first black player to be named captain of the England football team?
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4 The first modern Olympics were staged in Athens in 1896. Where were the 1900 Olympics held?
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5 Which Scottish darts player is famed in the Champions League of Darts for his colourful hairstyle and garish outfits?
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6 Name either of the teams who took part in the 2016 Super Bowl, the 50th.
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7 Who lost his job as Aston Villa manager in October?
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8 Which English football club used to play their home games at The Baseball Ground?
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1 In Formula 1, the Sauber team changed its name in January to what?
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2 The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe is run at which racecourse?
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Round 6: Arts & Entertainment

1 What was Pierce Brosnan's first Bond movie?
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2 In which Shakespeare play do the characters Benedick, Leonato and Dogberry appear?
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3 By what name was artist Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, better known?
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4 Who composed the operatic aria Nessun Dorma?
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5 Who took over the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 6 Music earlier this year?
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6 Who starred as TV detective DCI Banks?
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7 According to P. G. Wodehouse, who or what was the Empress of Blandings?
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8 With which branch of the arts would you associate Terry O'Neill?
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1 Which author penned the original Inspector Morse books?
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2 With which instrument is jazz musician Stan Getz most associated?
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Round 7: Science

1 What is a young hare called?
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2 Which New Zealand–born physicist was credited with splitting the atom?
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3 Which mineral forms the 'lead' in pencils?
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4 What's the device called that blends air and fuel in an internal combustion engine?
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5 What's the igneous rock seen in hexagonal columns in the Giant's Causeway?
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6 What term is used in mathematics for a number such as pi which cannot be expressed as a fraction?
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7 Cork is a variety of which tree?
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8 Unami is one of the five basic what?
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1 Name the device that uses steam to sterilise equipment, invented by Charles Chamberland in 1879?
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2 In medicine, what name is given to a substance that has no therapeutic effect, which is given to someone to make them think they're taking an active treatment?
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Round 8: Original and best

1 Blinded by the Light, a 1976 hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, was originally written and recorded by whom?
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2 Who originally wrote If Not for You, a solo hit for Beatle George Harrison in 1970?
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3 What's the title of the Carole King song that was a top 10 hit for Martika in 1988, also recorded by Olivia Ong in 2010 and Hallie Loren in 2013?
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4 Which Frankie Valli song has been covered by Jimmy Somerville and Gloria Gaynor, but is most associated with Andy Williams?
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5 Who originally recorded The Greatest Love of All, a huge hit for Whitney Houston?
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6 Recorded 7 months before his death, Hurt by Johnny Cash was originally written and recorded by which rock band?
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7 Respect was Aretha Franklin's anthem from 1967, but who originally wrote and recorded it 2 years earlier?
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8 UB40 had a massive No 1 hit with Red, Red Wine, but whose song was it?
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Supplementaries:

1 Don't Leave Me This Way, a huge hit for The Communards, originally charted for which singing group?
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2 Mad World was a chart topper for Gary Jules in 2001. But which 80s band originally wrote and recorded it?
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General Knowledge

Set by Waters Green Lemmings.

1 In which part of the world is the 10th of January known as Thatcher Day?
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2 Which tree was highly esteemed in biblical times and was used in buildings such as Solomon's Temple?
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3 Which Roman in a Shakespeare play says "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears"?
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4 Which novelist founded the renowned writing course at the University of East Anglia, his works include "The History Man" and "Eating People is Wrong"?
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5 Following on, which Booker prize–winning author of the novel "Amsterdam" was Bradbury's first student?
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6 Bernie Nolan of pop group The Nolans also played Diane Murray in which now–defunct soap opera?
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7 In computing, what does the acronym RAM, what does the A stand for?
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8 In music, how is an ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola and a cello more usually known?
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9 Animals including sloths, anteaters and armadillos are described as edentate (ee–dent–ate). What does edentate mean?
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10 At which racecourse are there two courses called the July Course and the Rowley Mile?
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11 Which stretch of water is crossed by the Isle of Skye toll bridge?
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12 In which country is Chernobyl?
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13 Two Tudor monarchs were unmarried. Elizabeth I was one, who was the other?
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14 In which E. M. Forster novel does Lucy Honeychurch travel to Florence?
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15 In which New York borough is John F. Kennedy Airport?
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16 Which Irish playwright wrote Juno and the Paycock?
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17 In which ancient city was the Temple of Artemis?
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18 Which airline was founded in 1947 by an agreement between Sweden, Denmark and Norway?
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19 Who created the fictional village of Cranford?
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20 Which hill leads up to St Paul's Cathedral?
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21 Which snooker ball is worth 4 points?
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22 In which year did the Rolling Stones have their last UK number 1 hit single?
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23 How many US Democrats have won more than one presidential term of office since Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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24 Eye Level was the theme tune to which 1970s detective series?
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25 What is the more common name of a medical condition known as a hordeolum (hor–de–o–lum)?
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26 Name the nymph who sat on a rock in the river Rhine and lured sailors to their destruction.
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27 What is the date of St Andrew's Day?
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28 Whose novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of Paul Gauguin?
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29 Under the editorship of Thomas Barnes, what epithet became associated with The Times newspaper?
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30 At the end of which series of QI did Stephen Fry leave?
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31 The New England Patriots won the Superbowl in January, but from which city did the losing team, the Rams, come?
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32 Which word describes warehouses in which goods are stored until duty is paid?
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33 At which naval engagement of 1801 is Nelson supposed to have said "I see no ships"?
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34 What is the name of the Mars rover finally declared dead in February 2019 after 15 years?
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35 Located at Sellafield in Cumbria, what was the name of the UK's first nuclear power station?
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36 In education, what does the acronym TEFL stand for?
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37 A winged bull is the symbol of which of the four evangelists?
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38 In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which city is Pilgrim's ultimate destination?
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39 France is divided into 22 regions. In which region is Paris?
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40 Denoting sovereign power, what does the monarch carry in their left hand in a UK coronation?
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41 What is the most abundant order of mammals?
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42 Which member of pop group The Police wrote the one act opera The Cask of Amontillado?
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43 The Great Seal of the United States carries the motto E Pluribus Unum. What does that motto mean?
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44 Which British Prime Minister coined the phrase "One man's wage increase is another man's price increase"?
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45 Name the author of The Naked and the Dead, The Executioner's Song, and Tough Guys Don't Dance.
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46 Which world religion's basic tenets are called the Four Noble Truths?
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47 A baby is described as a neonate during how many of its first weeks of life?
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48 What actor links the movies Presumed Innocent, Patriot Games and The Fugitive?
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49 Who said in 1955, with reference to the atom bomb, "If only I'd have known, I should have become a watchmaker"
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50 What is the name of the science fiction comedy series set in the 25th century and staring Seth McFarlane?
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51 Which member of the Royal Family became a naturalised Briton on 28th February 1947?
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52 In 1735, the Gentlemen's Magazine published a ballad concerning which old, devoted couple?
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53 Into which gulf does the Mississippi river drain?
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54 Which decade links the charge of the Light Brigade and the Great Exhibition?
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55 Which city in Hertfordshire is named after Britain's first Christian martyr?
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56 Who was advised by Noel Coward not to put her daughter on the stage?
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57 What is the lowest female singing voice called?
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58 In policing, which body was replaced by the National Police Chief's Council in 2015?
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59 In which English city is the Goose Fair held every October?
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60 In geology, which time division comes between an aeon and a period?
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61 In biology, what can be mono–zygotic or di–zygotic?
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62 On which London street do the Athenaeum and Reform clubs stand?
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63 How many rocky planets in the solar System have moons?
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64 Which year links the murder of Rasputin and the Battle of Jutland?
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65 Which saint links Russia, Greece, sailors and children?
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66 Which Jane Austen book was originally known as First Impressions?
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67 In Norse mythology, what kind of creature was Fafnir?
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68 Which common English business term has its origins in the Latin for 'Broken bench'?
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69 In 1707, which monarch was the last to use the Royal Veto against a piece of legislation?
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70 Who designed the Spitfire fighter aircraft?
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71 How old do you have to be to be declared a super–centenarian?
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72 What is the official language of Fiji?
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73 In music, what is the opposite of diminuendo?
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74 Crushed by pack ice, what was Earnest Shackleton's ship called?
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75 Harold McMillan was the first Earl of where?
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76 In 1983, Lady Mary Donaldson became London's first female what?
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77 Which herb is associated with wisdom?
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78 In philately, what do the initials F.D.C stand for?
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79 What fraction of a mile is two furlongs?
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80 Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera features a fairy that is banished for marrying a mortal?
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81 Which king was nicknamed "the wisest fool in Christendom"?
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82 In which country would you find the Plains of Abraham?
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83 What is the capital of Zambia?
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84 The musical Guys and Dolls is based on the work of which writer?
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85 Which European state was created in 1929?
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86 Which UK artist was famous for only using a palette of five colours from Windsor and Newton?
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87 The father of a foal is its sire. What is the mother called?
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88 What form of football is played on an oval pitch 200 yards long?
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89 In World War II, what was the Maquis (mack–ee)?
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90 Which English banknote was withdrawn in 1970?
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91 According to legend, which dead Spanish hero led his troops into battle strapped to his horse?
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92 Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell?
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93 What nationality was the artist Augustus John?
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94 In which country did the Mau–Mau uprising take place?
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95 What is chiromancy?
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96 How is Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz better known?
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1 Completed in 1635, who was the architect of the Queen's House at Greenwich?
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2 In 1858, from whom did the Crown take over the administration of India?
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3 Who wrote Rumpole of the Bailey?
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4 What kind of triangle has two sides of equal length?
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5 Which TV detective show finally finished 17 years after the death of its main actor?
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