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The Leontopodium nivale (Snowy lion's paw) is more commonly known as what?

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Where was the 1991 film "The Commitments" set?

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What was the name of two tyrants who ruled Syracuse in the 2nd century BCE?

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Which sport holds biennial world championships often called "Rescue"?

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In Greek mythology, Zeus disguised himself as a swan to seduce whom?

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What is an alternative name for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?

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Where is the short novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1962) set?

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Where were the 2012 Paralympics held?

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Portugal has been invaded and fought over since prehistoric times; however it fought and negotiated its way........

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Belgian competitor Eddy Merckx, often referred to as among the best of all time in his field, was involved in what......

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In what country is the Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve, established in 1966 in order to preserve.......

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Who would use an orange stick?

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In Germany, what is an autobahn?

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Where is the National Monument known as McLear's Beacon, first established in 1844 and still used as a triangulation....

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What is the early English name for the road that went from London through Lincoln and York to Hadrian's Wall?

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Where is the painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" (1871), known as "Whistler's Mother"?

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Which part of the body would be treated if a patient was suffering from myopia?

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The convention in the English language which means that there is "mish mash" and "zig zag" and not "mash mish"..........

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In which century did Henry VIII, king of England, die?

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What do Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush have in common?

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When you see a banana for sale, where is it likely (if not in the country you are in) to have been grown?

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The secretary bird is native to which continent?

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Who was the governor of California from 1967 to 1975?

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In 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in the USA for spying for which country?

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Who created the framework for the Virginia Plan, that structured the US Government into three branches?

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Chainmail was a precursor to what popular board game first published in 1974?

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What was one of the names originally considered for what was then introduced (in 1967) and marketed..............

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What is the name for the style of furniture made in England between 1603 and 1688?

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When giant sea anemones which housed the anemone-toxin-resistant clownfish (also known as anemonefish) were deprived....

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A baseball pitch called a "knuckleballer" is characterised by what?

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Georgetown, Guyana, is situated at the mouth of which river?

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What is the longest known non-stop, non-eating migration flight south for the winter?

posted Dec 1, 2022

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The Oregon Treaty of 1846, which divided "the Oregon Country" along the 49th parallel, gave the USA land which later....

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Alidade, for example, a rotary dial for angular positioning on an astrolabe, is a term borrowed from which language?

posted Oct 28, 2022

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The warm Agulhas Current runs along what African coastline?

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The legendary Hercules was said to have what quality?

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What does the first "A" in the acronym for the American scientific body known as "NOAA" stand for?

posted Aug 24, 2022

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Who was the Merchant of Yonkers, in the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder?

posted Aug 3, 2022

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Which series, originally released in 2003 on Disney Channel, was the first in the network's history to produce..........

posted Jul 18, 2022

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The Jewish King Solomon was the son of whom?

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Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?

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Which languages have been spoken, for at least 6,000 years, by the peoples of an island forcibly colonised...........

posted Jun 1, 2022

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In 1346, Edward III and his son the Black Prince were repeatedly attacked by French forces in which forest?

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In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope..........

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Where are the Elburz, or Alborz, Mountains?

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What were the tools of a retiarius?

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Where is Cox's Bazar, or Panowa?

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What was the name of the step that ran under the bottom of the doors on early motor cars?

posted Feb 10, 2022

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Dysphemia is a medical term for what?

posted Jan 17, 2022

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Oneiromancy is a form of divination and prediction based on what?

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