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The dessert Tiramisú is also known as

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Tuscan Trifle

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Nippon is also know as

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Japan

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Capital de Portugal

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Lisbon

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When is celebrated Thanksgiving, in USA?

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The fourth Thursday in November

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______ _____ serve as shock absorbers for the spine

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Spinal discs

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How long does The Tour de France lasts?

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3 weeks

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Van Helsing hunts

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Dracula

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Table Mountain is in

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Cape Town, South Africa

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The US author Edgar Allan Poe was known for…

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His crime and horror stories

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The world’s largest flower

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Rafflesia

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The capital of El Salvador

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San Salvador

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Where were the first Iron Man competition?

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Hawaii

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The Iron Man triathlon consists of a…

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of a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km bicycle ride and a marathon 42.2 km run, raced in that order and without a break

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Capital of Chile

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Santiago

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Rhinos are

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Herbivores

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The capital of Iran is

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Teheran

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Chestnut, Oyster and Shiitake are all types of…

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Mushroom

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A Minotaur consists of

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Head of a bull and the body of a man

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A male goose is called

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Gander

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19
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How many ribs are in the human body?

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12 pairs

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In golf, the term bogey means…

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Scoring one-over-par

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The musical term “adagio” means…

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Slow & leisurely

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Fernando Alonso is a

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F1 driver

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Marco Polo was from

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Italy

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Marco Polo was born in

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1254, Venice

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Marco Polo was a

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Merchant

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The former name of Sri Lanka

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Ceylon

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The airborne Australian medical service is commonly known as

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The Flying Doctor

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A dinner jacket in Britain is called ______ in America

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Tuxedo

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“Shortsighted” is the opposite of

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“Longsighted”

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30
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The girlfriend of Robin Hood

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Maid Marian

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War and Peace was written by

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Leo Tolstoy

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32
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Yellow in Dutch

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Geel

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“The Scream” was draw by

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Edvard Munch

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Describes a one-on-one game of poker

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“Head-to-head”

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Optical illusions that can occur in the desert are called

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Mirages

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The US president that was forced to resigned from office

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Richard Nixon

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37
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The mainly diet of Koalas

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Eucalyptus

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The author of “The Canterbury Tales”

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Goeffrey Chaucer

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39
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Who invented the ballpoint pen?

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Laszlo Biro

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40
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Dumbwaiter

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Small goods elevator

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41
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Bob Marley is from

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Jamaica

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42
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The author of “The Da Vinci Code”

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Dan Brown

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A marmot is a type of?

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Squirrel

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The region that is home to the many of the world’s largest technology corporations and startups

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Silicon Valley

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The CDs came onto the market on the…

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Early 1980s

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46
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The terms curd and whey are associated with the making of

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Cheese

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47
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An angle of more than 180 degrees is called

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A reflex angle

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48
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The Greek god of love

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Eros

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49
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The largest planet on our solar system

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Jupiter

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A still life describes a painting of

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Inanimate objects

51
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An altimeter measures

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Height of an object above a fixed level

52
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Sauerkraut is a typical food from?

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Germany

53
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When did the extreme sport bungee became popular?

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1970s

54
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During the First World War German airships were called

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Zeppelins

55
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Storks are _____ birds

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Migratory

56
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Carbon Monoxide is ____

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Toxic

57
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A Geiger counter detects

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Radiation

58
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In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Juliet was a…

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Capulet

59
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A cub is the young of a

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Hyena

60
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How much does it takes for a ray of sunlight to reach the Earth

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8 minutes

61
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Queen Victoria’s husband

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Prince Albert

62
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The speed that is faster than the speed of sound is called

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Supersonic

63
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Photosynthesis is a process that results on the release of

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Oxygen

64
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Hydrofracturing is more commonly known as

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Fracking

65
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How many legs does a centipede has on each segment of it’s body

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Two

66
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The Greek Goddess of justice

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Astraea

67
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The line of latitude runs _____ around Earth

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Horizontally

68
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The Java Islands belong to

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Indonesia

69
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How many cards are in a deck?

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52

70
Q

Thank you in Russian

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Spasiba

71
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A smack is a collective noun for

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Jellyfish

72
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He became King of England in 1066

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William the Conqueror

73
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A baby seal is called a

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Pup

74
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Pizza is Italian for

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Pie

75
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The sun is primarily composed of the chemical elements

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Hydrogen and helium

76
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Dialysis

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A blood purification process

77
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The dessert “gulab jamun” comes from

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India

78
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In Greek mythology pan was

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Half man and half goat

79
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The furniture store IKEA originated in

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Scandinavia

80
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Strawberries grow on

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Plants

81
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Aperitif

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A drink served before a meal

82
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Sty

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An inflation of the sebaceous gland in the eyelid

83
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The smallest penguin species

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The Fairy Penguin

84
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Golf balls, in early years were Meade of

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Leather and feathers

85
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Grapefruit in French

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Pamplemousse

86
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The largest human organ

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The skin

87
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Triad

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A set of three notes - the root, the third and the fifth

88
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Ostriches are found on the wild in

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Africa

89
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The word yogurt comes from the x language

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Turkish

90
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Tanks were first used in

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World War One

91
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How much minutes are in a day

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1440

92
Q

A graphologist examines

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Handwriting

93
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Diamond wedding anniversary

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60 years

94
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Bodies of water always freeze from

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The top down

95
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Pollyanna

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Naively cheerful and optimistic person

96
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Air Force One

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The name of the US President’s airplane

97
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The official language of Liechtenstein

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German

98
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Where did Sherlock Holmes lived at

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221b Baker Street

99
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The lead singer of the band Queen

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Freddy Mercury

100
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Arctic Monekys

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  • Alex Turner: lead vocals, lead, rhythm guitar
  • Jamie Cook: rhythm/lead guitar
  • Nick O’Malley: bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Helders: bass guitar, backing vocals
101
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The stethoscope was invented…

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in France in 1816 by René Laennec

102
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Which US party does the donkey is the symbol of

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Democratic

103
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Acupuncture is a practice derived from traditional ______ medicine

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Chinese

104
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“Girl with the Pearl Earring” is a painting by

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Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Location: Mauritshuis
Created: 1665

105
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Where is the Mauritshuis museum?

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The Hague, Netherlands (Coast; near Amsterdam and Rotterdam)

106
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Malaria

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causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in severe cases can progress to coma or death. And is carried by mosquitoes

107
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Harpoon

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Hunting tool used by whalers

108
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Rose hips

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Escaramujos

109
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Rose hips is the fruit of which plant?

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Rose plant

110
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The author of “The Old Man and the Sea”

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From the US; EM Hermigway

111
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Sn (Tin)

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Estaño

112
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Pb (Lead)

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Plomo

113
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Peltre(pewter)

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Aleación entre plomo y estaño

114
Q

Where’s Dracula’s castle?

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Transylvania

115
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Who invented the fictional character Count Dracula at the end of the 19th century

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Bram Stoker

116
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What does hedgehogs do when they are in danger?

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Roll up into a ball

117
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North Korea capital

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Pyongyang

118
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Korea’s currency

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Won and northkorean won

119
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Fecha de la Independencia de México

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16/Sep/1810

120
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Participantes de la Independencia de México

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Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, José María Morelos, Guadalupe Victoria, Francisco Javier Mina

121
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Fecha de la Revolución Mexicana

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20/Nov/1910

122
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Participantes en la revolución mexicana

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Victoriano Huerta, Porfirio Díaz, Pascual Orozco, Emiliano Zapata

123
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Beligerante

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adj. y com. [Potencia, estado o grupo] que está en guerra o que está de parte de alguno de los contendientes. Más en pl.:
naciones beligerantes.

124
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In the human body, where’s located the labyrinth?

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Ear

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