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In terms of population, what is the largest city in Australia? |
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What bird lays the largest egg? |
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What country is known as the land of fire and ice? |
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Name these four companies |
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Which European city was the first one in the world to reach a population of one million people which historians say happened during the first or second century? |
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In 1766, Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a man to join an expedition and is credited with being the first woman to achieve what feat of exploration? There is some debate as to exactly how long it took her, but it was certainly longer than 80 days. |
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On the periodic table of elements Tin (or Tenn in Swedish) is number 50, what two letters make up its chemical symbol? |
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Name these six celebrities from photos when they were younger. |
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Between 1154 and 1159 Nicholas Breakspear was the only British person to have ever filled what role? |
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One hundred people were given one hundred seconds to name any country that has qualified for the FIFA men’s World Cup finals more than three times. You will get one point for a correct answer. If you name a country (there are nine of them) that was named by fewer than ten people you will get two points. If you name one of the seven countries that no one mentioned you will get three points. There are forty three correct answers. You should not include any countries who have already qualified for the 2026 tournament. Write only one answer. |
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We took four movie taglines and put them through Google translate and translated them into four foreign languages. Then translated them back into English again. Here are the results, name the four movies
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Name any of the children of Eddard and Catelyn Stark in the books/tv show Game of Thrones, except Arya? |
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Ireland and Sweden have won Eurovision seven times each. Sweden has won more often recently. How many times has Sweden won since Ireland’s last victory? |
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Name these four reptiles. |
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With a distance of around 32000 km which country has got the longest coastline in Africa? |
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The Salem Witch Trials took place in 1692 and 1693. In which US state is the city of Salem where these trials took place? |
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The most expensive cheese in the world is the cheese called Pule. It originates from the town of Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia. It costs $1300 per kilo. It is made from the milk of two farm animals. Name either. |
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Name these four movies starring Matthew Broderick. |
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Aside from China, name any one of the countries that share a land border with Tibet? |
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What former possession of France was (allegedly) described by Voltaire as “…a few acres of snow? “ |
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Which country has a higher population, Denmark or Finland? |
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You will hear three pieces of music. Each clip will include two sons, most often the music of one and the vocals of another, name the six artists. |
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Sydney |
2 |
Ostrich |
3 |
Iceland |
4 |
a. Intel |
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Rome |
6 |
Circumnavigate the Globe |
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SN |
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a. Sandra Bullock |
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Pope (Adrian IV) |
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1 POINT 2 POINTS USA, Hungary, Chile, Scotland, Tunisia, Morocco, Peru, Algeria, Japan 3 POINTS |
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a. Jaws 2 (1978 Buryat (Mongolia) |
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Robb, Sansa, Bran, or Rickon |
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Four Since Eimear Quinn’s The Voice in 1996 1999, 2012, 2015, 202 |
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a. Komodo Dragon or Komodovaran |
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Somalia |
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Massachusetts |
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Donkey or Goat |
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Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, India and Pakistan disputed region of Kashmir) |
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Canada |
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Denmark |
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a. Avicii |
