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1
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Do male or female bees have stingers?

A

Female

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2
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A traditional Australian Indigenous method of controlled burning is fire stick what?

A

Farming

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3
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In Australia, the spiky weed soliva pteroserma is known by what name?

A

Bindi-eye

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4
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In which State or Territory is the Ikara-Flinders national park?

A

South Australia

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5
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Established in 1472, the Bancha Morte die Paschal di Siena is the world’s oldest what?

A

Bank

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6
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Some languages, such as Nigerian, have a ‘hesternal’ tense, for describing events that occurred specifically when?

A

Yesterday

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7
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If New York is the Big Apple, what city is the Mini Apple?

A

Minneapolis

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8
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How would you write 950 in Roman numerals?

A

CML

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9
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What is an ANPR system used to identify?

A

License plates

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10
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‘Fear Tech’ is the rival to which other fictional academic institution?

A

Monsters University

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From which Shakespeare play is the line “This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England’?

A

Richard II

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12
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What catastrophic event ends an antediluvian period?

A

A flood

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13
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What literary first is accorded to the 1995 book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies by Douglas Hofstadter?

A

First book sold on Amazon.com

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14
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Which pasta dish gets its name from the Italian for ‘charcoal burner’?

A

Carbonara

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