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Kamala Harris, uk election victories. And the game Doom are all ossociated with abbreviatiins where thecword f stsnding for which word?

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First

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What is both the country of birth of emms watson and the first six letters in the name of this years wimner of best actress

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France

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The youngest ever man to fly in space, who flew in vostok2

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Gherman titov

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Which novel featured a fictional island called Rokovoko. The son of thr former king waa a cannibal named queequeg.

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Moby dick

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Which t city was sue to host the start of this years tour de france. Imstead it hosted the dramatic and traumatic near death experience of footballer christian erikksen

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Copenhagem

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Which album was co produced by the great grandson of composer william allwyn.that co producer also starred in the title role of ang lees 2p16 war drama billy lynns long halftime walk. This album faired better than evermore and won tge 2021 grammy record of the year. 2020tayloe swuft album

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Folklore

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The forename and surname of this man names three different us presidents.and was the only husband of the woman who wrote screenplay of et.his two most famoys roles finished 2nd 14th in afi heroes and villskns list. Name this husband of calista flochart

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Harrison ford

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Guaranil legend has it thst a deity split which river in a jealous rage to plunge two lovers to rivers to the death. The name of the river names tge largest waterfall the world bordering both argentins and brazil

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Iguazu

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France introducing the baguette into which country in the 1860s is responsible for the countrywell know sandwich snack the bsnh mi

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Vietnam

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The island of fernandina has thr highest pipulatikn of which specirs of penguib

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Galapagos

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Which two words are the forenames of the writer of la marseiilaide. The full name of the acting leader of haiti and the forenames of the foubder of impressionism and the english painter who inspired impressionism

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Claude joseph

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What named is shared by a southern hemisphere reptile and the fastest production car evee

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Tuatara

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What Cambridge university scholarship was founded in 2000 thanks to lafgestxsingle donatoom to br u

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Gtes

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The mammalian prder pholidata has which only member clad im scslrs

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Pangolin

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What is the primary alcolic content vy volume of sidecar

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Cognac

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Lee tamahori the nz director of once were warriors directed which bond him

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Die anothee day

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Ajla tomljanovice

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Berretini

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Established in 1859, it is the only city in the world to spsn 2 continents other than isganbuo

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Port said

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Which two titans first olymoians

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Cronus rhea

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Which 1998film second fl pixar

Aesop

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Ant grasshopper

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At my wedding the secobd reading included the words every now and thrn i get a little bit helpless as youre lying like a child jn my arms

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Steinmsm

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Lifestyle: Tresor is one of the best known fragrances of which company, founded in 1935 and named after a French forest?

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LANCOME

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Which soul singer, paralyzed from the waist down after a car crash in 1982, sang the vocals on Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes original 1975 version of Don’t Leave me this way?

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PENDERGRAAS

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YUSAKU MAEZAWA

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RETWEETS

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Which is the smallest of the 88 constellations?

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CRUX

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Which Beach Boys hit, their lead single from the Pet Sounds album, is a cover of a Bahamian folk song?

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Sloop john b

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Sharing its short name with a Roman emperor, what name is given to traditional Japanese wooden based sandals, resembling clogs?

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GETA

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What female name is the title of Hannah Gadsby’s solo stand up show, shown on Netflix in 2018 to great commercial and critical success?

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nanette

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He would go on to produce Barry Manilow’s first nine albums. Ron Dante also provided lead vocals on which global Number 1 hit single?

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SUGAR SUGAR

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Which brand of hair care products gets its name from the alcoholic analogue of vitamin b5?

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PANTENE

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What was the surname of the three Mormon brothers who won Eurovision in 1984 for Sweden?

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HERREY

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which parrot best known for advanced cognitive and speaking abilities

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african grey

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What pejorative phrase is used for those who commute to Manhattan, rather than living there?

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BRIDGE AND TUNNEL

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Although uncredited, Stephen Spielberg credits “pretty much . . . every line of dialogue” in ‘Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade’ to which playwright?

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STOPPARD

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Which Taiwanese company is the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer?

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GIANT

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic came through the youth system of which Swedish football club?

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MALMO

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Name the kingdom in the Zelda games

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HYRULE

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Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was destroyed by the Goths in 262 CE?

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TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

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What surname links the authors of ‘The History Man’ and ‘The Illustrated Man’?

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bradbury

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n 2019, which thirty-four-year-old replaced Antti Rinne as president of Finland, and thereby became the world’s youngest serving head of state?

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nna marin

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In 2019, which ninety-seven-year-old became the oldest-ever recipient of a Nobel prize?

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john goodenough

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In 2019, which ninety-seven-year-old became the oldest-ever recipient of a Nobel prize?

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stakka bo johann renck

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emarkably the film on the waterfront produced three nominees for best supporting actor name them all

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steiger malden cobb

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According to a Wall Street Journal article from 2013, over the course of a three-hour baseball game, on average how many minutes of total action are there? Clue: It’s much less than an hour! [I’ll allow a minute either side for the poin

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18

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ne of the most popular internet memes of 2013 consisted of photographs of which Japanese breed of dog overlaid with broken English text?

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shiba inu

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Which line of Nokia smartphones and tablets takes its name from the Finnish for ‘snow’?

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LUMIA

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Which Australian photographer has become a worldwide success will hugely popular photographs of babies

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ANNE GEDDES

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Which Irish sculptor is now best known for his trail of Edward Colston

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Which Irish sculptor is now best known for his trail of Edward Colston

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The world’s largest species of butterfly, the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing can be found only in the forests of which country?

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PNG

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Which American novelist wrote the novels ‘The Hustler’ and ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’, both of which were adapted for film?

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WALTER TEVIS

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