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The 2000-yr old Banaue rice terraces built largely by hand in the Ifugao mountains that cover 4000 square miles are in which country?
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"philippine"
] |
What is five-twelfths of seventy-two?
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"30"
] |
What is the national summer sport of Canada?
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"lacrosse"
] |
Who was the first Plantagenet King of England?
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"henry ii"
] |
Who is the oldest man to go into space?
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"john herschel glenn jr"
] |
The Megalodon is the largest ever known type of which sea creature?
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"shark"
] |
In which Indian city can you find the 'Taj Mahal'?
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"agra"
] |
What 1-word name is used as an alternative for the creature also called 'Snow Leopard'?
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"ounce"
] |
Which American author is mentioned in the Beatles song l am the Walrus?
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"poe"
] |
Which ventriloquist had a dummy called Charlie Brown
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"arthur worsley"
] |
Ellis Achong’s style of left-arm wrist spin gave rise to what term in the cricket vocabulary?
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"chinamen"
] |
Which Avro delta wing bomber entered service in the RAF in 1956 and was retired in 1984?
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"vulcan"
] |
Eddie Valiant, Judge Doom and Dolores are all characters in which Disney film?
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"roger rabbit"
] |
"Under what pseudonym did Dr Brooke Magnanti publish her notorious ""Diary of a Call-Girl""?"
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"belle de jour"
] |
Michel de Montaigne of France is best known for popularizing what kind of writing as a literary genre?
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"essay"
] |
"What is the next in this series: Millie, Ranger, Buddy, Spot ""Spotty"" Fletcher, Barney, Miss Beazley ... ?"
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"bo"
] |
Out of all the animals which make up the Chinese horoscope, which comes first alphabetically?
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"dogs"
] |
Slovenia has land borderswith Austria, Hungary, Italy and which former Yugoslav republic?
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"croatia"
] |
On which river, a tributary of the Avon, does the town of Leamington Spa stand?
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"leam"
] |
Which pop singer survived the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran?
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"gene vincent"
] |
"""Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night,"" is a Bette Davis line from which film?"
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"all about eve"
] |
"Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies ""in Bruges"" ""Fright Night"" and ""Total Recall"" ?"
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"colin farrell"
] |
In which European city can you visit Tiergarten Schonbrunn (Schonbrunn Zoo)?
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"vienna"
] |
Who did Tom Cruise propose to at the Eiffel Tower in 2005?
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"katie holmes"
] |
Which French cabaret theatre has a windmill on its roof?
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"moulin rouge"
] |
What newspaper does Clark Kent work for?
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[
"daily planet"
] |
In which village in north-eastern France was Joan of Arc born?
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[
"domremy"
] |
Which is the northernmost Scandinavian country?
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"norway"
] |
Octavian and Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42BC near which city in East Macedonia?
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[
"philippi"
] |
Mike Hazelwood is associated with which sport?
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[
"water skiing"
] |
Which river flows through Maidstone?
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"medway"
] |
"""Good Morning Starshine"" and ""Hare Krishna"" are songs from which 1967 musical?"
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"hair"
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In “Far from the Madding Crowd” who became Bathsheba Everdene’s first Husband?
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"sergeant troy"
] |
The Volga flows into which sea?
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"caspian sea"
] |
Which body of water is nicknamed ‘The Blue Eye Of Siberia’?
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"lake baikal"
] |
Of what orchestral instrument is Anne-Sophie Mutter a virtuoso?
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[
"violin"
] |
What type of creature is a gadwall?
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[
"duck"
] |
"Who played the time travelling Gary Sparrow in the sitcom ""Goodnight Sweetheart""?"
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"nicholas lyndhurst"
] |
The Chalara Fraxinea fungal disease afflicts?
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[
"trees"
] |
Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932, the citation reading ‘for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga’?
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"john galsworthy"
] |
During World War II, the Allies 'Operation Olympic', was a plan to invade which country?
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[
"japan"
] |
A madeleine, originating in France, is a type of what?
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"cakes"
] |
In human anatomy, in which part of the body is the buccinator muscle?
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[
"cheek"
] |
In terms of size, which is the third smallest planet in our Solar System (excluding Pluto)?
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[
"venus"
] |
What were Bertha, Cristobel and Dolly on 20 July 2008?
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[
"storm"
] |
In which fictional Cornish village is the television series 'Doc Martin' set?
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[
"portwenn"
] |
Which King of Greece flew to Rome in exile following a 1967 military coup?
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[
"constantine"
] |
The old Anglicized-French occupational word 'colporteur' was a distributor of?
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"bible"
] |
The wool of a Shahtoosh shawl comes from which endangered animal?
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"tibetan antelope or chiru"
] |
What is the collective name for a group of toads?
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"knot"
] |
Founded in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons manufactures what type of musical instrument?
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"upright piano"
] |
In which ballet does the Sugar Plum Fairy appear?
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[
"nutcracker"
] |
Which Scottish city is known as the ‘Capital of the Highlands’?
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"city of inverness"
] |
The Annals and The Histories are the 2 major works of which Roman historian who lived from around 56AD to around 117AD?
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"tacitus"
] |
Which of the halogens has the lowest atomic number (9)?
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"fluorine"
] |
Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of which creatures used in medicine?
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"leeches"
] |
Which type of bread takes its name from the Italian for 'slipper'?
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[
"ciabatta"
] |
The adjective hirundine refers to which birds?
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"swallow"
] |
What flavour are Smiths Frazzles
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"crispy bacon"
] |
Who succeeded Sir William Howe as Commander in Chief of the British forces in 1778 during the American War of Independence?
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"sir henry clinton"
] |
Which country's team won the 2011 Women's Football World Cup?
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[
"japan"
] |
Who famously set James Thomson's poem, 'Rule, Britannia' to music?
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[
"thomas arne"
] |
Born in 1902, which Briton composed ‘Façade’ and ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’?
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[
"william walton"
] |
What term did former Yahoo! vice-president and author Seth Godin originate whereby potential customers 'opt-in' to receive advertising?
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[
"permission marketing"
] |
Name the Californian Congresswoman, who in January 2007 became the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
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[
"nancy pelosi"
] |
It has been a boy's name, is usually a girl's name, and is well known as the name of Peter Pan's friend in a J.M. Barrie play. What is it?
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[
"wendy"
] |
The largest impact over land in Earth's recent history, how is the explosion that occurred in 1908 near the namesake river in Siberia commonly known?
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[
"tunguska event"
] |
What is the first name of Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys
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"agnes"
] |
What name is given to the study of living things in their environment?
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"ecology"
] |
"What type of liquor is also known as ""white lightning""?"
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[
"moonshining"
] |
What name is given to Toyota’s luxury vehicle division?
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[
"lexus personalized settings"
] |
What World War II figure was known as Old Blood and Guts?
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[
"patton"
] |
In which country was the fashion designer Yves St Laurent brn?
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[
"algeria"
] |
With which song did Swedish pop group Abba win the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest?
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[
"waterloo"
] |
In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`?
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[
"kangaroos"
] |
In World War I, what did the Allies call the defence line that was known as the 'Siegfried Line' by the Germans?
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[
"hindenburg line"
] |
In the first two series of which TV comedy drama did Ben Miller play D I Richard Poole?
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[
"death in paradise"
] |
Which style of acting was founded by Konstantin Stanislavsky?
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[
"method"
] |
In which city would you watch football in the Nou Camp Stadium
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[
"barcelona"
] |
What bands most commercially successful line-up, in 1969-73, featured Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice?
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[
"deep purple"
] |
Which film director's credits include Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi?
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[
"ang lee"
] |
Which historical character, of dubious morals, died at the Castle of Dux in Bohemia in 1798?
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[
"casanova"
] |
In the stories by Enid Blyton, what is the name of the best friend of Big Ears?
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[
"noddy"
] |
Which American president had a sign on his desk saying 'The buck stops here'?
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[
"president truman"
] |
Which team were the last winners of football's First Division before the formation of the Premier League?
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[
"leeds united"
] |
Who was the rich king of Lydia renowned for his wealth?
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[
"croesus"
] |
La Stampa is a newspaper in which country?
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[
"italy"
] |
In an episode of the television show ‘The Simpsons’, who does Lisa give a Valentine card to with a picture of a train saying ‘I Choo Choo Choose You’?
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[
"ralph"
] |
What is the Spanish name for Saint James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?
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[
"santiago"
] |
Who chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1995 – 1998?
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[
"desmond tutu"
] |
Which Australian controversially used a metal bat in 1979?
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[
"lillee"
] |
According to the proverb, a fool and his money are soon what?
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[
"parted"
] |
Which television character is well known for his catchphrase "D'oh"?
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[
"homer simpson"
] |
Who was the captain of the victorious West Indies cricket team which won the 2012 T20 World Cup?
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[
"darren sammy"
] |
Which UK shipping forecast area is named after the founder of the Meteorological Office?
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[
"fitzroy"
] |
Which Australian city is considered to have the largest Greek population outside of Greece?
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[
"melbourne"
] |
On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
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[
"mount sinai"
] |
What prevents the earth's atmosphere from floating out into space?
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[
"gravitational pull"
] |
The Peasants Revolt took place during the reign of which English King?
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[
"richard ii"
] |
A muumuu is a brightly coloured dress traditionally worn by women on which island?
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[
"hawaii"
] |
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