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Last updated: January 24, 2021
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1.
Which fictional character did Wilbert Awdry create?
Thomas the Tank Engine
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Rupert the Bear
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Paddington Bear
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Mr Tickle
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2.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which Pharaoh?
Ramesses
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Khufu
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Khafre
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Sneferu
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He was known as Cheops to the ancient Greeks
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What was Couto Mixto?
A Renaissance era ceramic artist
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A tiny state between Spain and Portugal
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An ancient abandoned Mexican civilisation
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An infamous apartment complex in St Louis that was demolished
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4.
Which poet wrote 'To a Mouse'?
Robert Burns
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Lord Byron
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William Shakespeare
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Emily Dickinson
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"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley"
5.
What was unusual about the Chinese emperor Wu Zetian?
He was the only emperor to resign
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He was the only emperor to be overthrown and executed
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He was the only emperor never to marry
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She was a woman
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She was the only woman to hold the title Huangdi
6.
Why were dangerous 'radium clocks' so popular in the 1920s?
They were more accurate
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They glowed in the dark
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They were portable
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They ran on batteries which never ran out
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Radium was widely used in many products before people realised its deadly effects
7.
What is Robert Recorde famous for inventing?
The tape recorder
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Leaded gasoline
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The first mail order business
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The equals sign
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He came from Tenby in Wales
8.
How did King Henry II of England die?
Leprosy
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Impaled with a red hot poker
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Food poisoning from eating lampreys
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Drowning in the English Channel while drunk
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9.
What was interesting about the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest?
Four countries were tied for first place
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Most of the footage for that year was destroyed in a fire
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It was the first year the contest was broadcast in colour
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Morocco was a participant
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10.
Which was discovered first?
Antarctica
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Uranus
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Microscopic organisms
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São Tomé and Príncipe, 1470; the first microbes, 1660s; Uranus,1781; Antarctica, 1820
11.
Which of these women was nicknamed 'Bloody Mary'?
Mary Tudor
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Mary of Guise
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Mary of York
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12.
When Samoa became independent in 1962, what title did the head of state take?
Captain Regent
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Ngwenyama
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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O le Ao o le Malo
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It literally means 'Head of the Government', despite Samoa's government is actually a prime minister
13.
What did Edwardian ladies use Deadly Nightshade extracts for?
To whiten their skin
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To get rosy lips
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To make their pupils dilate
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As a weight loss treatment
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It often caused their pupils to fall out
14.
What were Ziggurats?
Pyramidal Mesopotamian temples
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Priests/followers of the ancient Egyptian god Ziggur
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Religious zealots who whipped themselves during the Black Death epidemic
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Large balloons used as obstacles for invading aircraft in WW2
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The largest was Etemenanki, a temple of the god Marduk, believed to have inspired the story of the Tower of Babel
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Who had the largest funeral attendance of all time?
Princess Diana
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Josef Stalin
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Abraham Lincoln
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Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
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MrBlister
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Level 66
Jan 26, 2021
For those interested, Q9: (a) The four way tie (Spain-France-UK-Netherlands) was in 1969, causing many countries to leave in protest in 1970 (the first tiebreak rules were introduced the same year). (b) The fire happened at Danmark Radio(DR) in the 70's, destroying the footage from the 1964 competition in Copenhagen, as well as many other Danish archives. (c) The first colour competition was in 1968, in London. However, most households would not have owned a colour TV. (d) And the first, and only, time Morocco participated was in 1980, with Eurovision's only Arabic entry (finishing 18th). This caused a lot less controversy than Australia's first participation in 2015. I don't have a source for most of this, but eurovision.tv/events has some details.
HelveticaBold
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Level 71
Jan 26, 2021
Very good! I shall have to make some more eurovision quizzes.
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