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1 What type of bird is a Harlequin? 2 What is another well-known name for the Northern Lights?

3 Dushanbe is the capital of which Central Asian republic?

4 Which country has the greatest variety of snakes?

5 What is the name of the Frenchspeaking province of Canada?

6 Who wrote the novels Surfacing

(1972) and OryxandCrake (2003)? 7 Peter McCormick composed which famous Australian song?

8 What is the most northern capital city in Europe?

9 What period followed the Bronze Age?

10 Who played the title character in the 1965 film CatBallou?

11 The body of the Egyptian Sphinx is based on which animal?

12 In which Italian region is the red wine Chianti produced?

13 Which country’s capital city is located on the island of Zealand? 14 Which James Bond villain conspired to blow up Fort Knox?

15 In Greek mythology, Eros, the god of love, is the son of whom?

16 Emily Blunt is married to which well-known actor?

Name the murderous clown which appeared in the Stephen King novel It.

18 What is the fifth sign of the zodiac?

19 A yellow rose generally signifies what?

20 Which river runs through Baghdad?

21 What is the largest bone in the human body?

22 What is Donald Glover’s musical stage name?

23 Frieza, Goku and Piccolo are characters featured in what cartoon series?

24 Which island country did Christopher Columbus discover on a Sunday?

25 What was the first machine to use electricity to send messages?

26 How many digits does the largest known prime number have?

27 I’mNotThere is a film which takes a look at the life of which singer?

28 What is the common name for the cluster of stars called the Pleiades?

29 What famous building did English architect John Nash remodel from 1825-30?

30 Lope de Vega was most famous for his work in which creative field?

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