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Who is the absent-minded Professor from the TinTin comics?

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Professor Calculus

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Who were the three original members of the Impossibles?

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Coil Man, Fluid Man and Multi-Man

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Who were the initial three members of the Defenders?

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Namor, Doctor Strange and the Hulk

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Which comic book character’s real name is Max Eisenhardt?

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Magneto

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The city of St. Petersburg was known by which two other names in the 20th century?

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Petrograd & Leningrad

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Which four national capitals lie on the River Danube?

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Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bratislava

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Which six nations border the Black Sea? GRT RUB

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Georgia, Romania, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria

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In which decade did London’s underground railway - the world’s first - start operating?

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The 1860s

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What is the nautical term for the front of a sailing vessel?

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Bow

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What is the nautical term for a measurement of depth equivalent to six feet?

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Fathom

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Which motor company produced the Silver Ghost model?

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Rolls-Royce

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Which motor company produced the Elan model?

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Lotus

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What is the name of the half-completed bridge in a former papal city of France?

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Pont d’Avignon

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What is the name of the ancient, shop-lined bridge across the River Arno in Florence, Italy?

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Ponte Vecchio

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What is the name of the bridge connecting Malmo in Sweden with Copenhagen in Denmark?

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The Oresund bridge

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What is the name of the cantilever bridge spanning the Hooghly river in Kolkata, India?

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Howrah Bridge

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In which city would you find the Atocha Station?

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Madrid

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In which city would you find the Caminho de Ferro de Mocambique railway station?

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Maputo

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In which city would you find the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus?

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Mumbai

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In which city would you find the Sirkeci Railway Station?

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Istanbul

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In which European City would you find the Waverley Railway Station?

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Edinburgh

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What were the first seven countries to send satellites into orbit?

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The Soviet Union. USA, France, Japan, China, UK, India

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What model of car is the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard?

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A Dodge Charger

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What kind of car do Harry and Ron fly into the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter?

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Ford Anglia

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What kind of car model and make is KITT in Knight Rider?
Pontiac Trans-am
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What kind of car does Lady Penelope drive in Thunderbirds?
Rolls Royce
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What kind of car do Starksy and Hutch drive?
Gran Torino
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What kind of car do the A-Team drive?
GMC G-Series Van
29
In which city would you find the Estoril motor racing circuit?
Lisbon, Portugal
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In which country would you find the Hungaroring racing circuit?
Hungary
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In which city would you find the Interlagos racing circuit?
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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In which country would you find the Laguna Seca racing circuit?
California, United States
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Near which city would you find the Monza motor racing circuit?
Milan, Italy
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In which country would you find the Spa-Francorchamps racing circuit?
Belgium
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In which country did the motor manufacturing company Dacia originate?
Romania
36
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Hyundai originate?
South Korea
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In which country did the motor manufacturing company Saab originate?
Sweden
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In which country did the motor manufacturing company SAIC originate?
China
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In which country did the motor manufacturing company SEAT originate?
Spain
40
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Skoda originate?
Czechoslovakia
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In which country did the motor manufacturing company Tata originate?
India
42
Who were the four original members of The Monkees?
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork
43
What are the seven vocal classifications in the Western vocal tradition?
bass, soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, countertenor
44
There were seven #1 singles produced by the Michael Jackson album Thriller. Name them all.
Beat It. Billie Jean, Thriller, Wanna Be Startin Something, PYT, The Girl is Mine, Human Nature
45
By which nickname was Billie Holiday known?
Lady Day
46
By which nickname was saxophonist Julian Adderley known?
Cannonball
47
Name all nine of Father Christmas's reindeer?
Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Vixen, Cupid, Blitzen, Comet, Prancer
48
Who composed the opera Don Giovanni in 1787?
Mozart
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Who composed the opera Fidelio in 1805?
Beethoven
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Who composed the opera The Barber of Seville in 1816?
Rossini
51
Who composed the opera La Traviata in 1853?
Verdi
52
Who composed the opera Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1876?
Wagner
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Who composed the opera Eugene Onegin in 1879?
Tchaikovsky
54
Who composed the opera Tosca in 1900?
Giacomo Puccini
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Who composed the opera Peter Grimes in 1945?
Benjamin Britten
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Who composed the opera Nixon in China in 1987?
John Adams
57
Who composed the opera Carmen in 1875?
Georges Bizet
58
Stevland Hardaway Judkins is better known as which singer?
Stevie Wonder
59
Georgious Panayiotou is better known as which singer?
George Michael
60
Anna Mae Bullock is better known as which singer?
Tina Turner
61
Robert Zimmerman is better known as which singer?
Bob Dylan
62
Brian Warner is better known as which singer?
Marilyn Manson
63
Chaim Witz is better known as which singer?
Gene Simmons
64
James Newell Osterberg Jr is better known as which singer?
Iggy Pop
65
Michael Balzary is better known as which musician?
Flea
66
John Ritchie is better known as which singer/
Sid Vicious
67
Saul Hudson is better know as which song?
Slash
68
What are the names of the two Atlantic archipelagos that have the status of autonomous regions of Portugal?
Madeira and the Azores
69
What are the three largest Abrahamic religions?
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
70
Which seven nations are considered to make up Central America?
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama
71
Which nine countries border the Baltic Sea?
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden
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What are the official capital of West and East Germany?
Bonn & East Berlin

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