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Which twelve countries have the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

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Italy, China, France, Germany, Spain, India, Mexico, the UK, Russia, Iran, Japan, the USA

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Which fifteen countries emerged out of the breakup of the Soviet Union?

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Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Moldova

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Two teams have six Superbowl victories, two teams have five Superbowl victories. Name all four.

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Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys

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Which two boxers contested the ‘Thriller in Manila’ in 1975?

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Muhammad Ali def. Joe Frazier (TKO)

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Which two boxers contested the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974?

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Muhammad Ali def. George Foreman (KO)

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Which two boxers contested the Brawl in Montreal in 1980?

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Roberto Duran def Sugar Ray Leonard (UD)

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Which two boxers contested ‘The Fight of the Century’ in 1971?

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Joe Frazier def Muhammad Ali (UD)

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Which six teams were the first to win the UEFA Champions League?

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Marseille, AC Milan, Ajax, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid

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Which English team was the first to win the UEFA Champions League?

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Manchester United

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Which ten male tennis players have been ranked #1 for the longest period of time?

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Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl

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Which thirteen nations have hosted the Winter Olympic Games? (CYJACK SURFING)

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France, Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Russia, Yugoslavia, Austria, China

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Who directed the film Amelie in 2001?

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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Who directed the film Cinema Paradiso in 1988?

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Giuseppe Tornatore

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Aside from Groucho, Harpo & Zeppo, who are the other two Marx brothers?

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Gummo, Chico

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The song ‘The Boy Next Door’ is from which stage musical?

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Meet Me in St. Louis

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The song ‘Tomorrow Belongs to Me’ is from which stage musical?

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Cabaret

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Which four US Presidents died in office of natural causes?

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Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Cleopatra VII of Egypt hail?

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Ptolemaic

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Edward VII of the UK hail from?

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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire hail?

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Nicholas II of Russia hail from?

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Elizabeth I of England hail from?

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Charlemagne hail from?

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Carolingian

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From which Royal House or dynasty did Louis XIV of France hail from?

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From which Royal House or dynasty did King Solomon hail from?
David
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Victor Emmanuel II of Italy hail from?
Savoy
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Puyi, the final emperor of China hail from?
Qing
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What are the eight main species classifications of bear?
North American black bear, Asiatic black bear, brown (incl Grizzly), giant panda, polar bear, sloth bear, spectacled (Andean) bear and sun bear
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What is a female alligator called?
A cow
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What is a female ferret called?
A jill
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What is a female swan called?
A pen
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What is a female zebra called?
A mare
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What is a baby dragonfly called?
A nymph
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What is a baby eel called?
An elver
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What is a baby hare called?
Leveret
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What is a baby oyster called?
A spat
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What is a baby spider called/
A spiderling
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What are the names of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov?
Dmitri, Ivan & Alexei
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What are the first four books of the Bible?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus & Numbers
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Aside from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, what are the other books in the Narnia series?
The Magician's Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Final Battle
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What are the eight basic parts of speech in the Indo-European family of languages?
Noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction and intervention
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Who did Vivien Leigh marry in 1940?
Sir Laurence Olivier
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Who did Harry James marry in 1943?
Betty Grable
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Who did Prince Aly Khan marry in 1949?
Rita Hayworth
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What were the seven destinations of the seven films in the 'Road To...' series, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour?
Singapore, Zanzibar, Rio, Hong Kong, Morocco, Bali, Utopia
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Which German theoretical physicist, initials M.P. died in 1947?
Max Planck
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Which Swiss-German artist, initials P.K., died in 1940?
Paul Klee
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Which Soviet film-maker, initials S.E., died in 1948?
Sergei Eisenstein
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