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1
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Which president is both the 22nd and the 24th president

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Grover Cleveland

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2
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Who is president during the first world war

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Woodrow Wilson

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3
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The Red Sea is connected toThe Indian Ocean by which gulf?

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Gulf of Aden

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4
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The red river is a tributary of which river

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Mississippi River

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5
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Which name is given to a red wine from Bordeaux

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Claret

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In which book would you find the character Svengali?

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Trilby by George du Maurier

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In which book would you find Long John Silver

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

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In which book would you find the character Simon LeGree

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Uncle Tom’s cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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In which book would you find the character Bill Sykes

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Oliver twist by Charles Dickens

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In which book would you find Mephistopheles

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Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

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In which book would you find the character pinky brown

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Brighton rock by graham green

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In which book would you find the character Uriah heap

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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

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In which book would you find the character Milo mind bender

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Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

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14
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What does a pharologist study?

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Lighthouses. Pharos was the lighthouse at Alexandria

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15
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What does a pernalogist study

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Pearls

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16
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What was shaggy’s first name in Scooby Doo

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NOrville Rogers

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What was the first name of Carlos the jackal

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Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan terrorist

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18
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First name of the Fonz in happy days

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Arthur

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19
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Japanese 1956 film based on King Lear

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Ran

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20
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Oldest man in the Old Testament

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Methuselah

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21
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What was the name of Popeye’s father

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Poopdeck Pappy. Popeye created by EC Seger

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22
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Who played female lead in 1933 King Kong

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Fay wray

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23
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What was Hank Hill’s profession in King of the Hill?

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Propane salesman

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Which Ugandan dictator was played by Forest Whitaker in the film last King of Scotland

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Idi Amin. James McElroy played Doctor.

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Which band took their name from an Aldous Huxley work

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The doors from the doors of perception

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26
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Where is the painted desert?

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Arizona

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27
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Who wrote the novel birdsong

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Sebastian Fawkes

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28
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What test is given to newborns?

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apgar

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29
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Who played the mad scientist in dr. Strange love

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Peter sellers. Based on red alert by peter George

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30
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In what year did ET enter theaters

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1982 directed by Steven Spielberg

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31
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Inspector morse partner?

A

Robert Lewis

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32
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Actor who played Kato in green hornet?

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Bruce lee

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33
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On whose life was Robinson Crusoe supposed to be based

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An epistolary novel by Daniel Defoe based on Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk published in 1719.

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34
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On which day of the week does Robinson Crusoe meet his companion?

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Friday (he calls him Man Friday)

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35
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Four rivers in garden of Eden

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Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates

36
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Lucy honeycurch is from which EM Forester novel

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A room with a view set in Italy and England

37
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Name of John Constable painting?

A

The haywain

38
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Who wrote rasselas

A

Samuel Johnson

39
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A light dry sherry, also Spanish for camomile

A

Manzanilla

40
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In what year was George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the USA?

A

1789

41
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Mythical creature combo of scorpion, lion, man

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Manticore.

42
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West African baboon

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Mandrill

43
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Blackberry manufacturer RIM stands for what

A

Research in motion

44
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Current CEO of Apple

A

Tim Cook

45
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Who founded Google

A

Larry page Sergei brin

46
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Tom Bosley Catholic priest detective

A

Father dowling mysteties Sister Stephanie played by Tracy Nelson

47
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Cream cracker under the settee

A

Allan Bennett

48
Q

Martini garnished with pickled onion

A

Gibson

49
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Collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber and wrote lyrics for evita, Joseph and the technicolor dream coat, Jesus Christ superstar

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Tim Rice

50
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Vincent Damien Furnier

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Alice Cooper

51
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Barry Allen pincus

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Barry manilow

52
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Declan Patrick McManus

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Elvis Costello

53
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Allen Stewart konigberg

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Woody Allen

54
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Marvin Lee Aday

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Meatloaf

55
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Oscar Zoraoster Diggs

A

Wizard of Oz

56
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Bibendum

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Michelin man

57
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John Reid

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The Lone Ranger

58
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I killed my lesbian wife

A

Ben affleck

59
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SS uniform designer

A

Hugo Boss

60
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Female high and low singing voice

A

Contralto and soprano

61
Q

This is a far better thing that I have done

A

Sydney Carton from a Tale of Two Cities

62
Q

How tall is the Eiffel Tower in metres?

A

322

63
Q

What was Ian Fleming`s first James Bond novel?

A

Casino Royale

64
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Which two countries are double-landlocked (i.e. surrounded only by other landlocked countries)?

A

Lichtenstein and Uzbekistan

65
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Who played Carrie in the 1976 horror film of the same name?

A

Sissy Spacek

66
Q

Ophidiophobia is the fear of what type of creatures?

A

Snakes

67
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The characters Bert and Ernie from Sesame street were named after a policeman and taxi driver from what famous film?

A

Its A Wonderful Life`

68
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What is a group of chickens called?

A

A brood

69
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Where in the human body would you find the metatarsals?

A

In the feet

70
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What is the more common name for Ethylene Glycol?

A

Antifreeze

71
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What constellation represents a hunter with club and shield?

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Orion

72
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Who invented the television?

A

John Logie Baird

73
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Equivalent to 3.26 light years, what is parsec is an abbreviation of which two words?

A

Parallax second

74
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What is oneirophobia the fear of? Children, Dreams or Blindness?

A

Dreams

75
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As in the saying once in a blue moon, what is a blue moon?

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The second full moon that occurs in the same month.

76
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To the nearest whole number, how many revolutions does the moon make around the earth in a calendar year?

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13

77
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Which plant is the only one to have flowers, but no proper leaves?

A

Cactus

78
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On which planet in the Solar System does it constantly rain acid?

A

Venus

79
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What two different types of camel are there?

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Dromedary and Bactrian.

80
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What mineral has the lowest number on the Mohs scale?

A

Talc

81
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What does ASCII stand for in computing?

A

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

82
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What do the letters in the acronym LED stand for?

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Light-emitting diode

83
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What is the only venomous mammal in the world?

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The duckbill platypus.

84
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In which TV show would you find the character of Edina Monsoon?
`

A

Absolutely Fabulous`

85
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On TV, how was the character of Diana Prince better known?

A

Wonder Woman

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