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Answer
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Which element of the periodic table has the symbol S?
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Sulphur
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What is the currency of Hungary?
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Forint
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Who played Marcus Aurelius in the 2000 film Gladiator?
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Richard Harris
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Who wrote Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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How many Lord of the Rings books are there?
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3
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What group of instruments do the flute, oboe and bassoon belong to?
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Woodwind
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Which Greek scholar is considered the father of geography?
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Eratosthenes
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Who scored a hat-trick in England's 4-2 win over Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final?
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Geoff Hurst
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Which The Hundred team plays home games at the Aegeas Bowl?
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Southern Brave
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Who wrote The Shining, It and the short story which became The Shawshank Redemption?
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Stephen King
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Which of Henry VIII's advisors wrote Utopia?
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Thomas More
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Which Maghrebi traveller was famous for writing the Rihlah?
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Ibn Battuta
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Who directed The Passion of Joan of Arc?
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Which American businessman tried to prevent Citizen Kane from being released, as he believed it was based on his own life?
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William Randolph Hearst
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Which European nation hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup?
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Sweden
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Which Sri Lankan cricketer has the most test wickets in history?
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Muttiah Muralitharan
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Who was the Roman goddess of beauty?
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Venus
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Which comic book character was friends with Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and Snowy?
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Tintin
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Who voiced Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films?
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Tim Allen
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Who is the presenter of Pointless?
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Alexander Armstrong
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Which English football team plays home games at Carrow Road?
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Norwich City
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What is the largest constituency in England?
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Penrith and The Border
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What did the abbreviation S.P.Q.R stand for?
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Senatus populusque Romanus
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Who played the ninth doctor in Doctor Who?
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Christopher Eccleston
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How many James Bond films did Pierce Brosnan star in?
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4
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What is the capital city of Malaysia?
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Kuala Lumpur
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Who painted American Gothic?
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Grant Wood
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Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
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Jane Austen
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What peninsula is Turkey located on?
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Anatolia
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Which group of herbivorous, four-legged dinosaurs were by far the largest?
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Sauropods
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Who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films?
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Rupert Grint
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Which MLS team does Lionel Messi currently play for?
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Inter Miami
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What is the maximum break in snooker?
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147
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At which venue does the Cazoo World Darts Championship take place annually?
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Alexandra Palace
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Which planet has 2 moons called Phobos and Deimos?
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Mars
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What is pathology the study of?
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Disease
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In which year did the United States declare independence?
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1776
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Who was the first black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor?
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Sidney Poitier
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Which country do bagels come from?
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Poland
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Which empire was ruled by Cyrus the Great?
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Persia
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According to Judaism, how many seeds are in a pomegranate?
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613
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Which sweetener in Diet Coke has been alleged to cause cancer?
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Aspartame
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Who is the queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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Titania
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What was Stanley Kubrick's first film?
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Fear and Desire
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In which year was the Church of England disestablished?
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1920
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What was the name of the exchange rate system proposed by John Maynard Keynes which was used until 1971?
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Bretton Woods System
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Who is considered to be the father of utilitarianism?
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Jeremy Bentham
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In which Italian city is the oldest university in the world located?
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Bologna
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Which Scottish mathematician invented logarithms?
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John Napier
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Who played Marcellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction?
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Ving Rhames
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