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1
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What is the largest island in the East Indies?

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Borneo

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2
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Whose slogan was plop plop fizz fizz

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Alka Seltzer

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Who Had A 1978 Hit With “Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie”

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Alberto Y Los Trios Paranois

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What did Welch’s grape juice become a favorite substitute for when the 18th amendment passed

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Wine

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5
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What is a Umiak

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Eskimos large open skin boat

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In which English town was William Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-Upon-Avon

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The largest island on the west coast of North America is

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Vancouver

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8
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Who is James Bonds Recurring Foe?

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Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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9
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Who read the original writing on the wall

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Daniel - in the Bible

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10
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What mountains are located on the border of tennessee & north carolina

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Smokey mountains

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11
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What is the basic unit of currency for Grenada ?

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Dollar

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12
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What type of soup is a dubarry

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Cream of cauliflower

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13
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Of what was charlie chaplin’s cane made

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Bamboo

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14
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What does a cobbler mend

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Shoes

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15
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Which fruit did Columbus discover in Guadalupe in 1493

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Pineapple

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16
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Which company built the first spiral escalator in the 1980’s

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Mitsubishi

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17
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Who would use an opisometer

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A cartographer to measure

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18
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What television character was born july 1, 21 bc in pompeii

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Jeannie

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19
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Which is the Earth’s smallest continent

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Oceania

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20
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Which was the first Chinese dynasty?

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Shang

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21
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What was the name of Aristotle’s school ?

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Lyceum

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22
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In 1996 what was the most common use for a computer 46%

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Bookkeeping invoicing WP 45%

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23
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A European style developed in France in the late eleventh century. Its sculpture is ornamental, stylized and complex.

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Romanesque

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24
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For Which Occasion Was Vichyssoise Soup Created

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The Opening Of The Roof Garden At The Old Ritz Carlton Hotel, New York City

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25
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Robert Redford, Steve McQueen Paul Newman reject $4m role

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Superman - C Reeve paid 200K

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26
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What is salicyclic acid better known as

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Aspirin

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27
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Who calculated the amount of energy that appears when matter disappears

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Albert einstein

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28
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Whose 1998 Album “When We Were The New Boys” Included Covers Of Oasis “Cigarettes & Alcohol” & Primal Screams “Rocks”

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Rod Stewart

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29
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Whose designer leisure wear carry the symbol of a crocodile

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Rene Lacoste

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30
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What was the first staple that the U.S. government rationed during World War II

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Sugar

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31
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Ancient Romans dyed their hair with what waste product

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Bird Shit

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32
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What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to?

A

42

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33
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In Star Trek Voyager what is the shuttlecrafts name

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The Delta Flyer

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34
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Who Recorded The Albums “Fantastic, Make It Big, & Final”

A

Wham

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35
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Dating back to the 1600s, thermometers were filled with what instead of mercury?

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Brandy

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36
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Who Had A Hit In 1983 & 1989 With “Cruel Summer”

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Bananarama

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37
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What is the Capital of: French Guiana

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Cayenne

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38
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Who Released The 70’s Album Entitled Reggatta de Blanc

A

The Police

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39
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In what sport is the term ‘terminal speed’

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Drag racing

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40
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A Draughts player starts with how many pieces?

A

12

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41
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In Thailand its illegal to step on what

A

Nation’s Currency

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42
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Jimmy Carter’s family grew goober peas in Georgia. What’s their more familiar name

A

Peanuts

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43
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What city was known as Christiana until 1925

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Oslo - Sweden

44
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A mature Japanese sea squirt eats what

A

It’s own Brain

45
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Who was the president of the merchant bank of Beverly Hills

A

John cushing

46
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This type of insect is named after a month

A

June bug

47
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What Was The 1962 Instrmental No.1 For B Bumble And The Stingers

A

Nut Rocker

48
Q

Papaphobia is a fear of ______

A

Popes

49
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In which television series do the characters Doctor Green and Doctor Lewis appear

A

E r

50
Q

What Is An Anthracite

A

A Type Of Coal

51
Q

Which is the largest city in India

A

Calcutta

52
Q

What was the name of the first nuclear powered submarine?

A

Nautilus

53
Q

Tyrian Purple is a strong dye made from what

A

Mussels and Whelks

54
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Who wrote the utopian novel Woman on the Edge of Time

A

Marge piercy

55
Q

What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day

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Buddhist

56
Q

What Van Gogh painting did the Getty Museum pick up after Alan Bond was unable to pay the 53.9 million he agreed to pay Sotheby’s

A

Irises

57
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What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen

A

Ozone

58
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Which biblical prophet was sawn in half inside a hollow log

A

Isaiah

59
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Which band comprises Shaznay and Melanie plus sisters Natalie and Nicole

A

All saints

60
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Which Bon Jovi album was best kept dry?

A

Slippery When Wet

61
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XYZ Was A Solo Album By Which Former Member Of The Police

A

Andy Summers

62
Q

What was on the B side of the Beatles 1968 “Hey Jude”

A

Revolution

63
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Where in the body is the tiniest human muscle

A

Ear

64
Q

How many games must you win to win a normal set in tennis

A

Six

65
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Approximately how many pounds of cereal will the average american/canadian eat every year?

A

12

66
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Who was a member of ‘the great society’ before she joined ‘jefferson airplane’

A

Grace slick

67
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Live And Dangerous Is A Classic Live Album By Which Hard Rock Band

A

Thin Lizzy

68
Q

The Character Mary Goodnight was the Bond girl in which film

A

The man with the golden gun

69
Q

Long Legged Hannah and Marty’s Express what pastime involved

A

Line Dancing

70
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Who sang about the fall of man in ‘the tall oak tree’

A

Dorsey burnette

71
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U.S. captials Maine

A

Augusta

72
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Which Team Knocked Out Liverpool In This Years Fa Cup

A

Burnley

73
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Vienna is the setting for what Shakespeare play

A

Measure for Measure

74
Q

In what state is concord

A

New hampshire

75
Q

What year was Aaron Copeland born

A

1900

76
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What Was Phyllis Nelson’s Big UK Hit

A

Move Closer

77
Q

Nonage is what reason to stop a marriage

A

Underage one or both

78
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Who Was To Blame According To Bewitched In 1999

A

The Weatherman

79
Q

What is a high ranking chess player called

A

Grandmaster

80
Q

What has a rectangular pupil

A

Goat

81
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What is the young of this animal called: Guinea fowl

A

Keet

82
Q

What Was Judge Jefferies Nickname ?

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The Hanging Judge

83
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Which TV Quiz Show Has The Theme Music Entitled “Approaching Menace”

A

Master Mind

84
Q

What is measured in grains - four grains to a carat

A

Pearls

85
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Which eighties cartoon ended with the phrase: “And knowing is half the battle?”

A

G.I.Joe

86
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Arias And Rasberries’ Was An Autobiography Penned By Whom

A

Harry Secombe

87
Q

Who recorded their first song under the names Tom and Jerry

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Simon and Garfunkle

88
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With which band did Boy George sing, besides Culture Club

A

Bow wow wow

89
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Barrel sizes - there are 18 gallons in a what

A

Kilderkin

90
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What place was nicknamed “The Pearl of the Orient”

A

Manilla - Philippines

91
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Which group’s 1986 hit was ‘Waiting for the Ghost Train’

A

Madness

92
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When is the top layer of a wedding cake usually eaten

A

First anniversary

93
Q

Which Is The Smallest Mammal In Europe

A

Pygmy Shrew

94
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In 1976 Sue Barker won her only Grand Slam Final. Which one?

A

The French Open

95
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Who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956

A

Fred Quimby

96
Q

What Is Meant By A Low Wing Bearing

A

A Low Body Weight To Wing Ratio

97
Q

In which country was the first Zoo ?

A

China

98
Q

In which us state is the painted desert located

A

Arizona

99
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This is called the “Honeymoon Capital” of the world.

A

Niagara falls

100
Q

Who painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel

A

Michelangelo

101
Q

Who is the first person a newly elected Pope meets

A

His tailor to measure him

102
Q

In The World Of Boybands How Are Danny, David, Anthony & James Better Known

A

Eton Road

103
Q

What are male crabs known as

A

Jimmies

104
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In Greek mythology, who was minos’ mother

A

Europa

105
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Name the Greek dish using aubergines and minced lamb

A

Moussaka

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