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1 Which French King was assassinated on 1 August 1589 by a young fanatical Dominican friar Jacques Clément?

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1 Henry III

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2 ‘Fish Rising’ ‘L’ and ‘Open’ were 1970s albums by which singer and guitarist born August 2 1951?

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2 Steve Hillage

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3 Which American professional golfer (born August 5 1990) won the 2018 US Masters at Augusta National?

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3 Patrick Reed

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4 In which English city is the 162 m (531 ft) British Airways i360 observation tower which opened on 4 August 2016?

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4 Brighton

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5 John Jarratt (born August 5 1952) played the villain Mick Taylor in which 2005 Australian horror film and 2016 and 2017 TV series sequels?

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5 Wolf Creek

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6 Which convicted murderer was on August 6 1890 the first person in the world to be legally executed using an electric chair?

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6 William Kemmler

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7 The first recorded ascent of which 4808 m (15774 ft) mountain was on 8 August 1786 by Jacques Balmat and the doctor Michel Paccard?

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7 Mont Blanc

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8 Which English theoretical physicist (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Erwin Schrödinger “for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory”? He also made significant contributions to the reconciliation of general relativity with quantum mechanics.

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8 Paul Dirac

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9 Which actress (born August 9 1985) provides the voice of Princess in the DreamWorks animated film ‘Trolls’?

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9 Anna Kendrick

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10 Which English serial killer commonly known as the ‘Acid Bath Murderer’ was convicted and hanged on August 10 1949 for the murder of six people although he claimed to have killed nine?

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10 John George Haigh

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11 Which British mnemonist and author of memory-related books (born 10 August 1957) won the World Memory Championships eight times between 1991 and 2001?

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11 Dominic O’Brien

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12 Which movie review aggregator website began as a spare-time project by Berkeley student Senh Duong on 12 August 1998? The first film featured was ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’.

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12 Rotten Tomatoes

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13 Which English serial killer and bigamist was convicted and subsequently hanged on August 13 1915 for the slayings of three women the case becoming known as the ‘Brides in the Bath Murders’?

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13 George Joseph Smith

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14 Which 19th century Irish author (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) wrote the early vampire novella “Carmilla” and other Gothic novels such as “Uncle Silas” and “The Rose and the Key”?

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14 Sheridan Le Fanu

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15 Which American actress born August 14 1983 is the wife of Ashton Kutcher?

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15 Mila Kunis

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16 Which American actress (born August 16 1958) is best known for her biographical film roles most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It’ (1993) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award?

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16 Angela Bassett

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17 Which American film actor and stunt man (February 11 1941 – August 17 2017) is best known for his role as tracker Billy Sole in the 1987 film ‘Predator’? In 2003 he ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky hoping to repeat the success of his ‘Predator’ cast mates Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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17 William M. “Sonny” Landham

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18 Which American actress (born Shirley Schrift; August 18 1920 – January 14 2006) won two Oscars for best supporting actress in 1959 for ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ and in 1965 for ‘A Patch of Blue’?

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18 Shelley Winters

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19 What was the name of the South African newspaper editor (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) who fled South Africa after publicising the circumstances of the death of the civil rights activist Steve Biko and whose story was told in Richard Attenborough’s film “Cry Freedom”?

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19 Donald Woods

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20 Which Swedish chemist (20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) is credited with identifying the chemical elements silicon selenium thorium and cerium? Students working in his laboratory also discovered lithium and vanadium.

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20 Jöns Jacob Berzelius

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21 Which former Argentinian actor and night club bouncer refereed the 2018 FIFA World Cup final between France and Croatia?

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21 Néstor Pitana

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22 Artistic director of the French fashion house Givenchy since 2017 which British stylist and fashion designer (born 19 August 1970 in Birmingham) designed Meghan Markle’s dress for her wedding to Prince Harry?

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22 Clare Waight Keller

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23 Which country will host the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup?

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23 France

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24 Which Swiss-American psychiatrist (July 8 1926 – August 24 2004) was a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book ‘On Death and Dying’ (1969) where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief?

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24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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25 Born August 30 1982 who was the last American to win a men’s tennis Grand Slam singles final?

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25 Andy Roddick (Wimbledon 2003)

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26 Having previously served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent who born in Austin Texas on August 27 1961 directed the Academy Award-nominated films ‘A Single Man’ (2009) and ‘Nocturnal Animals’ (2016)?

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26 Tom Ford

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27 Which English female darts player (born 27 August 1970) is a four-time British Darts Organisation women’s world champion in 2014 2015 2017 and 2018?

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27 Lisa Ashton

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28 Which Finnish racing driver born August 28 1989 is currently Lewis Hamilton’s partner at the Mercedes Formula One team?

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28 Valtteri Bottas

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29 Which treaty signed on 29 August 1842 ended the Opium Wars and ceded Hong Kong to Britain?

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29 Treaty of Nanking

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30 Which Dutch physical and theoretical chemist (30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was the very first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 “[for his] discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions”?

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30 Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff

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31 Who was shot and seriously injured by Fanny Kaplan on August 30 1918?

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31 Vladimir Lenin

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32 Which ice-cream maker was founded by Reuben and Rose Mattus in the Bronx New York in 1961?

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32 Häagen-Dazs

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33 Which film director born in Paris on August 18 1933 won the Academy Award for Best Director for the 2002 film ‘The Pianist’?

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33 Roman Polanski

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34 Which famous Irish broadcaster with the middle name Mary was born on August 5 1934?

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34 Gay Byrne

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35 Who is the current editor of the ‘Irish Independent’ newspaper?

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35 Fionnán Sheehan

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36 Which cyclist won the 2018 Tour de France?

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36 Geraint Thomas

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37 His first major victory who won the 2018 British Open Golf Championships at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus Scotland?

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37 Francesco Molinari

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38 Following a play-off with Ryan Fox who won the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Championships at Ballyliffin Golf Club Co Donegal?

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38 Russell Knox

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39 Which American actor born in Omaha Nebraska on August 1 1939 is probably best known for portraying the deceased title character of the comedy ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ (1989) and its sequel ‘Weekend at Bernie’s II’ (1993)?

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39 Terry Kiser

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40 Which golf course has hosted the British Open Championship on more occasions than any other?

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40 St Andrews (29 times)

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41 Which female forename first appearing as the wife of Nabal and then David in the Old Testament is also used as a term for a lady’s maid?

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41 Abigail

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42 Which American actor (born August 7 1942) is best known for his portrayal of John Kramer / Jigsaw in the eight films of the Saw franchise?

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42 Tobin Bell

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43 Where in the human body is the organ of Corti?

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43 Inner ear

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44 Which basic foodstuff was the first sliced and wrapped commercially in 1928 with a device invented by Otto Rohwedder?

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44 Bread

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45 Which 1991 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa centers on an elderly hibakusha who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki caring for her four grandchildren over the summer? This was Kurosawa’s only movie to include a role for an American movie star Richard Gere who plays a small role as the nephew of the elderly heroine.

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45 Rhapsody in August

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46 Who was the rain god of the Mayans?

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46 Chaac

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47 What piece of sporting equipment stands in the centre of the room in Vincent Van Gogh’s oil painting ‘The Night Café’?

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47 Billiard table

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48 Which country was known as Upper Volta until President Thomas Sankara gave it a name that means ‘land of incorruptible people’ in August 1984?

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48 Burkina Faso

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49 Which Lebanese politician (born 7 August 1949) is the leader of Lebanon’s Druze and the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party?

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49 Walid Jumblatt

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50 In August 1910 which country was annexed by Japan and its king Sunjong forced to abdicate?

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50 Korea

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51 Which is the only US state to border Maine?

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51 New Hampshire

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52 Hun Sen (born 5 August 1952) has served as Prime Minister of which country since 1985 making him the world’s longest-serving prime minister?

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52 Cambodia

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53 Nadirs The Passport The Land of Green Plums The Appointment The Hunger Angel are among the notable works of which Romanian-born German novelist poet essayist (born 17 August 1953) and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature?

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53 Herta Müller

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54 Which city of 1.5 million souls is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Jalisco?

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54 Guadalajara

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55 Which former East German athlete (born 3 August 1950) won gold in the marathon at both the 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow Olympics?

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55 Waldemar Cierpinski

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56 Which physicist (August 8 1901 – August 27 1958) was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics “for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements”?

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56 Ernest Lawrence

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57 Which North American city has a name said to derive from the Algonquin word for wild onions?

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57 Chicago

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58 What was discovered by Joe Farman Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin with their results first published on 16 May 1985?

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58 Ozone hole over Antarctica

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59 In ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ (1989) what was the name of Bill and Ted’s band?

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59 Wyld Stallyns

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60 Which US president had the most children some fifteen born between 1815 and 1860?

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60 John Tyler

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61 Born August 4 1961 who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”?

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61 Barack Obama

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62 Which writer (born August 10 1962) penned the ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy?

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62 Suzanne Collins

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63 Which English actor was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in Islington London on 5 August 1963? Most recently he played Max Easton in ‘Deep State’.

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63 Mark Strong

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64 One of fastest growing cities in the world what is the largest (most populous) non-capital city in Africa?

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64 Lagos Nigeria

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65 Moebius Peak Elena Peak Savoia Peak Alexandra Peak Margherita Peak are the peaks of which mountain located in the Rwenzori range? With an elevation of 5109 m (16763 ft) it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda and the third highest in Africa after Kilimanjaro (5895 m) and Mount Kenya (5199 m).

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65 Mount Stanley

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66 Which Canadian writer and activist born August 7 1960 wrote The Breadwinner series which includes The Breadwinner (2001) a book about a girl named Parvana Parvana’s Journey (2002) its sequel Mud City (2003) about Shauzia Parvana’s best friend and My Name is Parvana (2011) the final book in the series?

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66 Deborah Ellis

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67 Which Australian novelist wrote the 1967 book ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ which was filmed in 1975 by Peter Weir and more recently dramatised in a six-part TV series?

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67 Joan Lindsay

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68 Which professional golfer born 14 August 1968 biggest victory came when he won the 2011 British Open Championship at Royal St George’s in England his first major win after more than 20 years and 54 attempts?

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68 Darren Clarke

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69 Who joined the Rolling Stones as a guitarist to replace Brian Jones in 1969? He later left the band and was replaced by Ronnie Wood.

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69 Mick Taylor

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70 Mount Nyangani (formerly Mount Inyangani) at 2592 m (8504 ft) is the highest mountain in which African country?

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70 Zimbabwe

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71 Jinan is the capital and Qingdao the largest city of which coastal province of the People’s Republic of China?

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71 Shandong

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72 In which constellation is the nearest star to our sun?

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72 Centaurus (Proxima centauri)

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73 Which county defeated Cork 1-5 to 0-4 to win the 1901 All-Ireland senior hurling championships?

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73 London

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74 Which Prime Minister of Japan shared the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize with Ireland’s Sean MacBride “for his renunciation of the nuclear option for Japan and his efforts to further regional reconciliation”?

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74 Eisaku Satō

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75 Published on August 6 1975 who was the first fictional character ever to be honoured with an obituary on the front page of the New York Times?

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75 Hercule Poirot

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76 Which band which played in Dublin in 2018 has released five consecutive chart-topping studio albums: Hot Fuss (2004) Sam’s Town (2006) Day & Age (2008) Battle Born (2012) and Wonderful Wonderful (2017)?

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76 The Killers

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77 In 1936 which British artist (4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Academy?

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77 Laura Knight

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78 Who defeated Serena Williams to win the women’s singles final at Wimbledon 2018?

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78 Angelique Kerber

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79 Who did Novak Djokovic defeat to win his fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam singles title?

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79 Kevin Anderson

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80 Cyril and Vyvyan Holland born in the 1880s were the two sons of which literary figure?

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80 Oscar Wilde

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