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What is the largest island in the East Indies?

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Borneo

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Whose slogan was plop plop fizz fizz

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Alka Seltzer

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Who Had A 1978 Hit With “Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie”

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Alberto Y Los Trios Paranois

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What did Welch’s grape juice become a favorite substitute for when the 18th amendment passed

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Wine

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What is a Umiak

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Eskimos large open skin boat

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In which English town was William Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-Upon-Avon

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The largest island on the west coast of North America is

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Vancouver

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Who is James Bonds Recurring Foe?

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Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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Who read the original writing on the wall

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Daniel - in the Bible

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What mountains are located on the border of tennessee & north carolina

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Smokey mountains

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What is the basic unit of currency for Grenada ?

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Dollar

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What type of soup is a dubarry

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Cream of cauliflower

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Of what was charlie chaplin’s cane made

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Bamboo

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What does a cobbler mend

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Shoes

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Which fruit did Columbus discover in Guadalupe in 1493

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Pineapple

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Which company built the first spiral escalator in the 1980’s

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Mitsubishi

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Who would use an opisometer

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A cartographer to measure

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What television character was born july 1, 21 bc in pompeii

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Jeannie

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Which is the Earth’s smallest continent

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Oceania

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Which was the first Chinese dynasty?

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Shang

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What was the name of Aristotle’s school ?

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Lyceum

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In 1996 what was the most common use for a computer 46%

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Bookkeeping invoicing WP 45%

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A European style developed in France in the late eleventh century. Its sculpture is ornamental, stylized and complex.

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Romanesque

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For Which Occasion Was Vichyssoise Soup Created

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The Opening Of The Roof Garden At The Old Ritz Carlton Hotel, New York City

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Robert Redford, Steve McQueen Paul Newman reject $4m role
Superman - C Reeve paid 200K
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What is salicyclic acid better known as
Aspirin
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Who calculated the amount of energy that appears when matter disappears
Albert einstein
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Whose 1998 Album "When We Were The New Boys" Included Covers Of Oasis "Cigarettes & Alcohol" & Primal Screams "Rocks"
Rod Stewart
29
Whose designer leisure wear carry the symbol of a crocodile
Rene Lacoste
30
What was the first staple that the U.S. government rationed during World War II
Sugar
31
Ancient Romans dyed their hair with what waste product
Bird Shit
32
What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to?
42
33
In Star Trek Voyager what is the shuttlecrafts name
The Delta Flyer
34
Who Recorded The Albums "Fantastic, Make It Big, & Final"
Wham
35
Dating back to the 1600s, thermometers were filled with what instead of mercury?
Brandy
36
Who Had A Hit In 1983 & 1989 With "Cruel Summer"
Bananarama
37
What is the Capital of: French Guiana
Cayenne
38
Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Reggatta de Blanc 
The Police 
39
In what sport is the term 'terminal speed'
Drag racing
40
A Draughts player starts with how many pieces?
12
41
In Thailand its illegal to step on what
Nation's Currency
42
Jimmy Carter's family grew goober peas in Georgia. What's their more familiar name
Peanuts
43
What city was known as Christiana until 1925
Oslo - Sweden
44
A mature Japanese sea squirt eats what
It’s own Brain
45
Who was the president of the merchant bank of Beverly Hills
John cushing
46
This type of insect is named after a month
June bug
47
What Was The 1962 Instrmental No.1 For B Bumble And The Stingers
Nut Rocker
48
Papaphobia is a fear of ______
Popes
49
In which television series do the characters Doctor Green and Doctor Lewis appear
E r
50
What Is An Anthracite 
A Type Of Coal 
51
Which is the largest city in India
Calcutta
52
What was the name of the first nuclear powered submarine? 
Nautilus 
53
Tyrian Purple is a strong dye made from what
Mussels and Whelks
54
Who wrote the utopian novel Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge piercy
55
What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi day
Buddhist
56
What Van Gogh painting did the Getty Museum pick up after Alan Bond was unable to pay the 53.9 million he agreed to pay Sotheby's
Irises
57
What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen
Ozone
58
Which biblical prophet was sawn in half inside a hollow log
Isaiah
59
Which band comprises Shaznay and Melanie plus sisters Natalie and Nicole
All saints
60
Which Bon Jovi album was best kept dry?
Slippery When Wet
61
XYZ Was A Solo Album By Which Former Member Of The Police
Andy Summers
62
What was on the B side of the Beatles 1968 "Hey Jude"
Revolution
63
Where in the body is the tiniest human muscle
Ear
64
How many games must you win to win a normal set in tennis
Six
65
Approximately how many pounds of cereal will the average american/canadian eat every year?
12
66
Who was a member of 'the great society' before she joined 'jefferson airplane'
Grace slick
67
Live And Dangerous Is A Classic Live Album By Which Hard Rock Band
Thin Lizzy
68
The Character Mary Goodnight was the Bond girl in which film
The man with the golden gun
69
Long Legged Hannah and Marty's Express what pastime involved
Line Dancing
70
Who sang about the fall of man in 'the tall oak tree'
Dorsey burnette
71
U.S. captials Maine
Augusta
72
Which Team Knocked Out Liverpool In This Years Fa Cup 
Burnley 
73
Vienna is the setting for what Shakespeare play
Measure for Measure
74
In what state is concord 
New hampshire 
75
What year was Aaron Copeland born
1900
76
What Was Phyllis Nelson's Big UK Hit
Move Closer
77
Nonage is what reason to stop a marriage
Underage one or both
78
Who Was To Blame According To Bewitched In 1999
The Weatherman
79
What is a high ranking chess player called
Grandmaster
80
What has a rectangular pupil
Goat
81
What is the young of this animal called: Guinea fowl
Keet
82
What Was Judge Jefferies Nickname ? 
The Hanging Judge 
83
Which TV Quiz Show Has The Theme Music Entitled "Approaching Menace"
Master Mind
84
What is measured in grains - four grains to a carat
Pearls
85
Which eighties cartoon ended with the phrase: "And knowing is half the battle?"
G.I.Joe
86
Arias And Rasberries' Was An Autobiography Penned By Whom
Harry Secombe
87
Who recorded their first song under the names Tom and Jerry
Simon and Garfunkle
88
With which band did Boy George sing, besides Culture Club
Bow wow wow
89
Barrel sizes - there are 18 gallons in a what
Kilderkin
90
What place was nicknamed "The Pearl of the Orient"
Manilla - Philippines
91
Which group's 1986 hit was 'Waiting for the Ghost Train'
Madness
92
When is the top layer of a wedding cake usually eaten
First anniversary
93
Which Is The Smallest Mammal In Europe 
Pygmy Shrew 
94
In 1976 Sue Barker won her only Grand Slam Final. Which one? 
The French Open 
95
Who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956
Fred Quimby
96
What Is Meant By A Low Wing Bearing 
A Low Body Weight To Wing Ratio
97
In which country was the first Zoo ?
China
98
In which us state is the painted desert located
Arizona
99
This is called the "Honeymoon Capital" of the world.
Niagara falls
100
Who painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel
Michelangelo
101
Who is the first person a newly elected Pope meets
His tailor to measure him
102
In The World Of Boybands How Are Danny, David, Anthony & James Better Known
Eton Road
103
What are male crabs known as
Jimmies
104
In Greek mythology, who was minos' mother
Europa
105
Name the Greek dish using aubergines and minced lamb
Moussaka

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