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1 What is the national flower of Ireland |
Shamrock |
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2 What sport is contested under FINA rules |
Swimming |
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3 In DC comics who was the original leader of The
Justice League |
Wonder
Woman |
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4 What is the traditional decoration for a Dundee
cake |
Almonds |
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5 Who had a number one in 2010 with Pass Out |
Tinie
Tempah |
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6 Which large African viper inflates its body when
alarmed |
Puff
adder |
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7 Which London railway station is named after a
famous battle |
Waterloo |
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8 Which US President was given the nickname The
Comeback Kid |
Bill
Clinton |
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9 Which Indian city now prefers to be called
Mumbai |
Bombay |
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10 Which former MP wrote the novel A Parliamentary
Affair |
Edwina
Currie |
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11 The middle five letters of a nine-letter word
spell SHONE, what's the word |
Dishonest |
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12 What does PM stand for when telling the time |
Post
Meridian |
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13 The Carisbrook Rugby Stadium is in which country |
New
Zealand |
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14 In The Simpsons what is the name of the sickly boy
in Bart's class, who usually throws up on field trips |
Wendel |
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15 Which fruit are dried to make prunes |
Plums |
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16 Tres Hombres' was the 1973 release by which El
Paso Texas band |
ZZ Top |
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17 What type of creature is a Jacky winter |
Bird |
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18 What did Henry Ford's first car lack, something we
now expect |
Reverse
gear |
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19 On the borders of which two countries are the
Victoria falls |
Zambia
and Zimbabwe |
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20 In humans, microcephaly is having an abnormally
small what |
Head |
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21 What alias was adopted by Lawrence of Arabia when
he joined the Army |
TE Shaw |
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22 If you were born on
March 12th, which sign of the zodiac would you be |
Pisces |
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23 What was the first song to reach number one in the
UK after being banned by the BBC |
Tell
Laura I Love Her by Ricky Valance |
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24 Who was the Roman god of fire |
Vulcan |
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25 Which Christian saint was born at Lourdes in
France |
Bernadette |
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26 On which of the Great Lakes does the American city
of Buffalo stand |
Erie |
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27 What is the name of Bangkok's notorious
entertainment district |
Patpong |
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28 What is the extreme sport called in which a person
hurls themselves down a hill inside a large hollow ball |
Zorbing |
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29 How many days do you have to claim a National
Lottery prize |
One
hundred and eighty |
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30 What is the only city in the English county of
Wiltshire |
Salisbury |
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Round 2. THE WILD WEST |
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31 In which Western town was Wild Bill Hickock killed |
Deadwood (South Dakota) |
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32 What is the name given to a Navajo dwelling built
of logs and mud |
Hogan |
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33 Who killed Jesse James |
Bob
Ford |
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34 For what purpose would a north American Indian use
watap |
Sewing
(it is thread) |
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35 What world renowned frontierswoman, buried in
Deadwood, South Dakota, allegedly was laid to rest
wearing a white dress and with a gun in each hand |
Calamity Jane |
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36 What was the cowboy's term for a motherless calf |
Dogie |
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37 Where in South Dakota were Sioux Indians
slaughtered in 1890 marking the end of native Indian
resistance |
Wounded
Knee |
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38 She was born Mary Katherine Horony but better
known as Big Nose Kate and was the common law wife of
which western gunfighter |
Doc
Holiday |
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39 Where would a cowboy wear his chaps |
Legs |
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40 Which Sioux Indian chief was killed in 1877 after
surrendering to American troops |
Crazy
Horse |
