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Answer
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What country of just 360,000 people has won the "World's Strongest Man" competition nine times?
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Iceland
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What is the nearest star to Earth?
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The Sun
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What is Gandalf talking about when he tells Frodo to "keep it secret, keep it safe"?
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The Ring of Power
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What layer of the atmosphere was discovered to have a hole in 1982?
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Ozone Layer
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What is typically the most-used club in a round of golf?
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Putter
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What does N stand for in this sequence: OTTFFSSEN?
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Nine
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What is the biggest country in the world that is smaller than every country it borders? (Hint: it's in Asia and it borders two)
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Mongolia
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What legendary hero fathered children with Penelope, Circe, and Calypso?
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Odysseus
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What word means both "able to catch fire" and "not able to catch fire"?
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Inflammable
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What city chose Ken Livingstone as its first elected mayor in the year 2000?
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London
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What process results in a quotient and a remainder?
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Division
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What is the largest type of seal, so-named because of its large size and giant proboscis?
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Elephant Seal
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Where is Davy Jones's locker?
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What breed of dog are whippets descended from?
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Greyhound
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In the late 1800s, massive Kimberlite deposits were discovered in South Africa. What sought-after thing do these deposits often contain?
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Diamonds
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Of all the names that appear in the Bible, which one comes first alphabetically?
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Aaron
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What monarchy borders 5 other monarchies?
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Saudi Arabia
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Who was born in Germany, did his most important work in Switzerland, was offered the ceremonial Presidency of Israel, and died in the United States?
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Albert Einstein
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What reptile appears on the logo of "Lacoste" brand clothing?
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Crocodile
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What can be something you wear, or the name of the container which holds the cards in blackjack?
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Shoe
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage says: "We don not know whether [misunderstanding "inflammable" to mean "nonflammable"] has ever actually occurred."
One of my best results yet though on these quizzes 19/20! Just missed Odysseus.