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1 What is the seventh planet from the sun?

2 Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?

3 Boise is the capital of which US state?

4 StepinTime and Let’sGoFlyaKite are songs from which movie?

5 What is the ability of certain living things to give off light?

6 The Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet in which Middle Eastern country? 7 Bing Crosby and Zizi Jeanmaire both starred in which 1956 musical film? 8 What year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched?

9 Who is the lead singer of the band Panic! At the Disco?

10 In what film did Natalie Portman make her debut?

11 What was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympics?

12 Which character did David

Tennant play in HarryPotterandthe

GobletofFire?

13 What is the state flower of New South Wales?

14 Which impressionist painter died of lung cancer in 1926 at the age of 86? 15 The word ‘cyanide’ comes from the Greek word for what?

16 Who is the lead singer of the Australian band Rogue Traders?

17 What is the world’s northernmost settlement?

18 What is the longest single river in Australia?

19 What is the address of the Comcast Building in New York City?

20 Which political party ruled Cambodia under Pol Pot between 1974 and 1979?

21 What year was the first Fortune 500 list published?

22 What is the title of singer Ellie Goulding’s debut album?

23 Which film was based on the book

Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi?

24 Who killed infamous outlaw Billy the Kid in 1881?

25 Ice masses covering more than 50,000 sq km are called what? 26 Which Hollywood movie showed the first toilet flush?

27 What flavour is Cointreau?

28 What type of animals are Belgian Heavy Drafts and American Belgians? 29 Which classic movie features cameos from Noël Coward, Buster Keaton and Marlene Dietrich?

30 What company was founded by German brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946?

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