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1 Who plays Freddie Mercury in the 2018 biographical film about Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’?

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Rami Malek

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2 Born December 2 1968 who plays Dr. Watson in the TV series ‘Elementary’?

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Lucy Liu

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3 Which British-born American actor (born December 3 1933) plays Mr Hadley in Coca-Cola TV commercials saying ‘Never had one’ and ‘What else haven’t I tried?’?

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Nicolas Coster

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4 Which cartoon character that first appeared on December 4 1937 was created by the English cartoonist and illustrator Dudley Watkins?

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Desperate Dan

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5 Jazz musician Dave Brubeck (December 6 1920 – December 5 2012) is most associated with which musical instrument?

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Piano

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6 The slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” appears on the masthead of which major American daily newspaper founded on December 6 1877?

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The Washington Post

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7 Which Irish singer-songwriter (born 7 December 1973) released the studio albums ‘O’ (2002) ‘9’ (2006) and ‘My Favourite Faded Fantasy’ (2014)?

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Damien Rice

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8 Which American actor born on December 8 1911 appeared as Wyoming ranch owner Judge Henry Garth in the first four seasons of the long-running NBC Western television series ‘The Virginian’?

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Lee J Cobb

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9 The singer and musician Grace Chatto (born 10 December 1985) is a member of which pop group?

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Clean Bandit

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10 Born Mary Slaton on December 10 1914 what is the name of the actress who appeared in all seven of the Road films with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?

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Dorothy Lamour

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11 Under what stage name did the singer-songwriter born Edward Christopher Ross (19 November 1945 – 11 December 2007) find fame?

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Christie Hennessy

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12 Which Irish-born priest founded Boys Town orphanage in Omaha Nebraska on December 12 1917?

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Fr Edward Flanagan

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13 ‘1989’ was the fifth studio album released in 2014 by which American singer-songwriter born December 13 1989?

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Taylor Swift

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14 The Dayton agreement signed on December 14 1995 ended the civil war in which country?

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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15 Which Soviet spacecraft landed on the surface of Venus on December 15 1970 to become the first spacecraft to land on another planet and first to transmit data from there back to Earth?

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Venera 7

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16 Which famous historical event took place at Griffin Wharf Massachusetts on December 16 1773?

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Boston Tea Party

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17 Which American filmmaker and director (born December 17 1973) is best known for writing and directing the neo-noir mystery film Brick (2005) the comedy-drama film The Brothers Bloom (2008) the science fiction thriller film Looper (2012) and the epic space opera film Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)?

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Rian Johnson

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18 Which horse ridden by Kerrin McEvoy and trained by Charlie Appleby won the 2018 Melbourne Cup?

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Cross Counter

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19 Which American savant (November 11 1951 – December 19 2009) had an exceptional memory and was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt played by Dustin Hoffmann in the 1988 movie ‘Rain Man’?

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Kim Peek

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20 Which American film and television director (August 23 1925 – December 20 2008) is best known as the director of humanistic American dramas including ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1962) ‘Summer of ‘42’ (1971) ‘The Other’ (1972) ‘Same Time Next Year’ (1978) and ‘The Man in the Moon’ (1991)?

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Robert Mulligan

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21 In which sport does the Latvian-born Sanita Pušpure (born Riga on 21 December 1981) represent Ireland?

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Rowing

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22 Which professional darts player (born 22 December 1970) nicknamed ‘The Flying Scotsman’ has won the PDC World Darts Championships twice in 2015 and 2016?

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Gary Anderson

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23 Which saint is credited with staging the first nativity scene at Greccio in 1223?

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St Francis of Assisi

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24 In which Puccini opera does Rodolfo meet Mimi on Christmas Eve?

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La Boheme

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25 St Stephen’s Green is in Dublin but in which European capital city is St Stephen’s Cathedral?

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Vienna

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26 Which Hollywood star born December 26 1914 was Oscar nominated for his film debut as the psychopathic Tommy Udo in the 1947 film ‘Kiss of Death’?

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Richard Widmark

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27 Credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics which former Soviet artistic gymnast from southern Ukraine (born 27 December 1934) won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals between 1956 and 1964? She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast male or female with nine.

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Larisa Latynina

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28 Who is the 2018 GAA Footballer of the Year?

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Brian Fenton

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29 And who is the 2018 GAA Hurler of the Year?

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Cian Lynch

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30 Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time which former England international footballer (born 30 December 1937) made 628 appearances during a 15-year career in the Football League and won 73 caps for his country?

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Gordon Banks

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31 Often considered the best basketball player in the world and regarded by many as the greatest of all-time which American professional basketball player was born December 30 1984 in Akron Ohio?

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LeBron James

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32 Which Jewish festival normally falling in December celebrates the recapture of the Temple of Jerusalem?

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Hanukkah

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33 What was the full name of Macaulay Culkin’s character in ‘Home Alone’?

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Kevin McAllister

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34 Möndlugratur is a Christmas rice pudding and hangikjöt is hung meats served at Christmas from which island country?

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Iceland

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35 What meat is the main ingredient of the traditional Norwegian stew finnbiff?

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Reindeer

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36 The 1926 ballet ‘On Christmas Night’ is a work by which composer?

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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37 Which author wrote ‘The Father Christmas Letters’ to his children between 1920 and 1942?

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J R R Tolkien

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38 Notable previous winners include Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1967 before he turned professional and actor Steve Reeves in 1950. Which bodybuilder from Foulksmills Co Wexford won the 2018 Mr Universe (Amateur) title?

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Loughlin Gannon

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39 Which Swedish chemist (9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was called “hard-luck ____” by Isaac Asimov because he made a number of chemical discoveries before others who are generally given the credit? For example he discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first) and identified molybdenum tungsten barium hydrogen and chlorine before Humphry Davy among others.

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele

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40 Known earlier as Operation Grün (“Green”) what name was given to the planned invasion of Switzerland by Nazi Germany and Italy during World War II?

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Operation Tannenbaum

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41 In Islam from which spot in Jerusalem is it believed that the prophet Mohammed made his ascent into heaven?

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Dome of the Rock

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42 Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) in office since May 2015 is the current president of which African country?

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Nigeria

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43 Sevruga and Ossetra are two of the three main varieties of what luxury foodstuff?

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Caviar

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44 Which actress born December 2 1944 starred as the title character in the television film ‘Wonder Woman’ (1974) a year before Lynda Carter would popularize the role in the weekly series ‘Wonder Woman’?

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Cathy Lee Crosby

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45 Dove and Domestos are among the brands owned by which company?

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Unilever

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46 Who was originally born Edvige Antonia Albina Maino in Contrada Miani a small village in Italy on December 9 1946?

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Sonia Gandhi

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47 The semi-soft cow’s milk cheese Havarti comes from which country?

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Denmark

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48 In March 2018 Sebastián Piñera (born 1 December 1949) succeeded Michelle Bachelet as President of which South American country?

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Chile

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49 Which American professional golfer born December 9 1949 who spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994 won his only major championship at the 92th U.S. Open in 1992 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach California?

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Tom Kite

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50 On which Caribbean island was the singer Joan Armatrading born on 9 December 1950?

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St Kitts

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51 Built between 1515 and 1519 in which European capital city is the UNESCO World Heritage Site Belém Tower also known as the Tower of St Vincent?

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Lisbon

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52 Which work by Lytton Strachey includes writing on the lives of Cardinal Manning and Florence Nightingale and is a critique of the era in which they lived?

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Eminent Victorians

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53 Skadi Mons is the tallest mountain on which planet?

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Venus

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54 Which rhythm and blues star born John Marshall Alexander Jr. on June 9 1929 killed himself whilst playing Russian roulette on Christmas Day in 1954?

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Johnny Ace

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55 Which 1955 film starring Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish was the only film to be directed by actor Charles Laughton? He died on December 15 1962.

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The Night of the Hunter

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56 Husband of RTE newsreader Kate Egan which writer who lost his legs in a tragic accident as a 20-year-old wrote the books ‘Small Steps’ and ‘The Manhattan Project’?

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Paul McNeive

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57 Mbabane is the largest city and administrative capital and Lobamba the legislative capital of which African country?

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eSwatini / Swaziland

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58 Which cartoon characters were created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo (the pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958?

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The Smurfs

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59 The world’s tallest statue the 182 metres (597 ft) Statue of Unity was completed in October 2018 in the Indian state of Gujurat. Designed by Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar it depicts which Indian politician (1875–1950)?

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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60 Which sport has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm because Swedish law banned the sport at the time?

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Boxing

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61 Which writer’s (born December 30 1961) first novel was ‘Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture’ published in 1991 which popularised the term ‘Generation X’ referring to those born subsequent to the baby boomers from the mid-1960s?

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Douglas Coupland

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62 One of only seven riders to have won all three Grand Tours of cycling which Spanish former professional cyclist (born 6 December 1982) is one of the most successful riders of his era winning the Tour de France twice (2007 2009) the Giro d’Italia twice (2008 2015) and the Vuelta a España three times (2008 2012 2014)?

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Alberto Contador

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63 Born December 30 1963 who is the present US Secretary of State?

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Mike Pompeo

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64 Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23 1964) is an American musician multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists of which American rock band?

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Pearl Jam

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65 One of the five pillars of Islam what name is given to ritual prayer undertaken five times a day?

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Salat

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66 Which Swedish poet and playwright of Jewish German birth (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966 “for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing which interprets Israel’s destiny with touching strength”?

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Nelly Sachs

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67 Named after the Scottish chemist Thomas Clark (1801–1867) what is measured on the Clark scale with the results expressed in Clark degree (°Clark)?

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Hardness of water

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68 Where did Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders spend Christmas 1968?

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Orbiting the Moon in Apollo VIII

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69 Woman with a Hat (1905) The Joy of Life (1906) Nu bleu (1907) La Danse (1909) and L’Atelier Rouge (1911) are notable works by which French artist (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954)?

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Henri Matisse

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70 Kunming is the capital and largest city of which province in the southwest of China

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Yunnan

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71 Which English actor born 30 December 1971 played Frank Martin in the ‘Transporter: The Series’ (French: Le Transporteur : la série) an English-language French-Canadian action television series a spin off from the ‘Transporter’ film series created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen?

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Chris Vance

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72 The 33rd president of the USA died on St Stephen’s Day 1972. Who was he?

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Harry S Truman

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73 Which writer (born December 24 1973) penned the ‘Twilight’ series?

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Stephenie Meyer

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74 ‘Fairy Tale of New York’ was a huge hit for The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl but who wrote the novel ‘A Fairy Tale of New York’ published in 1973?

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J. P. Donleavy

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75 Who believed in Father Christmas in a 1975 hit?

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Greg Lake

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76 Whose version of ‘When A Child Is Born’ gave him the 1976 Christmas number one?

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Johnny Mathis

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77 Victor Willis Felipe Rose Alex Briley Lee Mouton Mark Mussler David Forrest and Peter Whitehead were the original members of which still active group formed in 1977 which had hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

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Village People

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78 At 2360 acres (955 ha) which is the largest of London’s eight Royal Parks?

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Richmond Park

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79 In the 1997 children’s book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold ‘Olive the Other Reindeer’ is actually what sort of animal?

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Dog

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80 What is the Collins English Dictionary Word of the Year 2018?

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Single-use

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