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Set Two Flashcards

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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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12
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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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20
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire hail?

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Habsburg

21
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Nicholas II of Russia hail from?

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Romanov

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

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Tudor

23
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Charlemagne hail from?

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Carolingian

24
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Louis XIV of France hail from?

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Bourbon

25
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From which Royal House or dynasty did King Solomon hail from?

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David

26
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Victor Emmanuel II of Italy hail from?

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Savoy

27
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From which Royal House or dynasty did Puyi, the final emperor of China hail from?

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Qing

28
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What are the eight main species classifications of bear?

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North American black bear, Asiatic black bear, brown (incl Grizzly), giant panda, polar bear, sloth bear, spectacled (Andean) bear and sun bear

29
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What is a female alligator called?

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A cow

30
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What is a female ferret called?

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A jill

31
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What is a female swan called?

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A pen

32
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What is a female zebra called?

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A mare

33
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What is a baby dragonfly called?

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A nymph

34
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What is a baby eel called?

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An elver

35
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What is a baby hare called?

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Leveret

36
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What is a baby oyster called?

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A spat

37
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What is a baby spider called/

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A spiderling

38
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What are the names of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamazov?

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Dmitri, Ivan & Alexei

39
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What are the first four books of the Bible?

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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus & Numbers

40
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Aside from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, what are the other books in the Narnia series?

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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?

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Noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction and intervention

42
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Who did Vivien Leigh marry in 1940?

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Sir Laurence Olivier

43
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Who did Harry James marry in 1943?

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Betty Grable

44
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Who did Prince Aly Khan marry in 1949?

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Rita Hayworth

45
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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?

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Singapore, Zanzibar, Rio, Hong Kong, Morocco, Bali, Utopia

46
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Which German theoretical physicist, initials M.P. died in 1947?

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Max Planck

47
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Which Swiss-German artist, initials P.K., died in 1940?

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Paul Klee

48
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Which Soviet film-maker, initials S.E., died in 1948?

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Sergei Eisenstein

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