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What is the official language of Pakistan?
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Urdu
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How many EU member states are there?
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27
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Which NFL team plays home games at Lambeau Field?
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Green Bay Packers
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Which US president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Which modern day country was the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus located?
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Turkey
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What is the main river which runs through Seoul?
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Han
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Which tennis tournament is played at Roland Garros?
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French Open
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What is the busiest airport which serves London?
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Heathrow
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In which county is Stonehenge located?
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Wiltshire
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Which English king commissioned the Domesday Book?
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William I
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Who was England's enemy during the Hundred Years War?
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France
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What is the capital city of Ethiopia?
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Addis Ababa
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Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
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Gavrilo Princip
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Which Greek was Alexander the Great's mentor?
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Aristotle
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In which ocean is Madagascar located?
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Indian
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Who is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones?
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Mick Jagger
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In which year did the French Revolution begin?
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1789
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Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Which Roman class was above the Plebeians?
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Patricians
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Which cricket team is tied with the Mumbai Indians for the most IPL wins?
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Chennai Super Kings
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For how many years was Queen Victoria on the throne?
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63
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Which Soviet was the first man in space?
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Yuri Gagarin
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In which country did Mahatma Gandhi begin his activism before moving to India?
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South Africa
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Which Scottish manager won the most Premier League titles?
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Sir Alex Ferguson
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Who was bowled out in the 'ball of the century'- a leg break bowled by Shane Warne?
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Mike Gatting
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Which English football club did the first Ballon D'Or winner Stanley Matthews play for?
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Blackpool
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Which manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team became so famous for his use of data that he was the subject of a book and a film starring Brad Pitt?
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Billy Beane
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At which racecourse does the Grand National take place?
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Aintree
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Which Saudi Arabian football club does Cristiano Ronaldo play for?
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Al Nassr
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Which Aria by Giacomo Puccini was famously sung at the opening ceremony of the Italia 90 FIFA World Cup?
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Nessun dorma
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Which German chess player won the most world championships?
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Emanuel Lasker
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Which UK act won the Eurovision song contest in 1981?
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Bucks Fizz
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Who is the only musician to have won the Nobel prize for literature?
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Bob Dylan
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Which Beatles member formed the band the Wings?
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Paul McCartney
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In which county was Ed Sheeran born?
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West Yorkshire
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Which Czech football club's away kit was all that Half Man Half Biscuit wanted for Christmas in their 1989 song?
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Dukla Prague
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What is the name of Jay-Z and Beyonce's first child?
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Blue Ivy
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What is the smallest country in the world by area?
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Vatican City
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What musical instrument was invented by Adolphe Sax?
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Saxophone
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What type of meat is cottage pie made from?
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Beef
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What does KFC stand for?
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Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Which country did the UK contest the Cod Wars against?
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Iceland
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What is the national dish of Scotland?
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Haggis
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Which 1939 film is the highest grossing of all time when adjusted for inflation?
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Gone with the Wind
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Who wrote and directed Pulp Fiction?
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Quentin Tarantino
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What does forte mean in music?
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Loud
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Which Bond actor made his only appearance as the character in On Her Majesty's Secret Service?
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George Lazenby
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In which country is Disney's Mulan set?
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China
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Who played Theodore Roosevelt in Night at the Museum?
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Robin Williams
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What was George Lucas' first film?
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THX 1138
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Which 1972 film opens with the line 'I believe in America'?
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The Godfather
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What is Jupiter's largest moon?
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Ganymede
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What is the national dish of the UK?
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Chicken tikka masala
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In which year was Back to the Future released?
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1985
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What is the closest planet to the Sun?
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Mercury
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Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?
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Challenger
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Who played General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett in Blackadder Goes Forth?
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Stephen Fry
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What is the SI unit for pressure?
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Pascal
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What is the 118th element in the periodic table?
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Oganesson
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Who was the principal of Springfield Elementary in The Simpsons?
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Seymour Skinner
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What disease does an oncologist treat?
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Cancer
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In which body part are the metacarpal bones located?
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Hand
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What was the first LEGO videogame released?
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LEGO Island
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Which physicist wrote A Brief History of Time?
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Stephen Hawking
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In which organ would you find the Bowman's capsule?
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Kidney
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Which film won a joint record 11 Oscars in 1998?
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Titanic
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What is the national animal of Canada?
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Beaver
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How many legs does an arachnid have?
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8
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On what continent are Chinchillas located?
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South America
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Who is the presenter of The Chase?
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Bradley Walsh
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In The Aeneid, which character warns that the Trojan Horse is a trick?
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Laocoön
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On which day of the week did the Andrew Marr Show used to air?
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Sunday
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Who retired as the presenter of Soccer Saturday at the end of the 22/23 season?
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Jeff Stelling
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Which tech company makes the PlayStations?
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Sony
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What is mycology the study of?
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Fungi
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How many Call of Duty games have been released?
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22
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Which FIFA videogame was Martin Tyler's last appearance as the commentator?
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FIFA 20
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What is the name of the city in Grand Theft Auto V?
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Los Santos
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Who wrote In Search of Lost Time?
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Marcel Proust
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Which 20th century Hungarian-American mathematician made important contributions to maths, physics, computer science, economics and engineering?
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John von Neumann
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Who does Jane Eyre marry in Jane Eyre?
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Edward Rochester
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Which playwright wrote The Crucible?
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Arthur Miller
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What was Crocodile Dundee's real first name in the 1986 film?
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Mick
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Which Greek philosopher was the father of metaphysics?
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Parmenides
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What is Voldemort's real name in the Harry Potter series?
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Tom Riddle
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What was title of the first James Bond book?
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Casino Royale
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What was the name of Ebenezer Scrooge's dead business partner?
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Jacob Marley
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How many Chronicles of Narnia books are there?
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7
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Who proposed the scientific method?
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Francis Bacon
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Who wrote The Jungle Book?
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Rudyard Kipling
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Who was the first winner of the Nobel prize for literature?
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Sully Prudhomme
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Who painted The Scream?
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Edvard Munch
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Which country did artist Frida Kahlo come from?
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Mexico
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Who drew The Vitruvian Man?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Which woman is sat on Jesus' right in The Last Supper?
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Mary Magdalene
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Who wrote the book The Godfather?
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Mario Puzo
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Which English city is Banksy from?
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Bristol
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Who was the Greek goddess of fertility?
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Demeter
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Who wrote The Prince?
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Who was the father of psychophysics?
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Gustav Theodor Fechner
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