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1 What was the name of Ned Kelly’s sister?

2 Which is the largest species of eagle in Australia?

3 Naha and Chiba are cities in which country?

4 What is polenta made from?

5 What is the capital city of Chile?

6 What was the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?

7 VanityFair is a novel by which author? 8 Which country won the first soccer World Cup in 1930?

9 Pop singer Nelly Furtado hails from which country?

10 Who was the first member to leave the band One Direction, in 2015? 11 Who led the South African government through the abolition of apartheid?

12 Pb is the chemical symbol for which material?

13 In Don McLean’s song AmericanPie, whom does the jester borrow a coat from?

14 True or false: the national dog of Egypt is the Pharaoh Hound?

15 What mammals are classified in the family Ursidae?

16 What was Elvis Presley’s middle name?

17 How many Academy Awards has Tom Hanks won?

18 What is the Aztec foodstuff Xocoatl better known as?

19 If you are ‘perfidious’, what are you? 20 Anne Hathaway was the wife of which famous literary figure?

21 What is a traditional Jewish candle holder called?

22 What is the highest-selling movie soundtrack of all time?

23 Who wrote the 1982 vampire novel FevreDream?

24 Abuja is the capital of which African country?

25 In human anatomy, where are the metacarpal bones found?

26 Which popular fruit is part of the Musa genus?

27 Which team of architects won the design competition for Flinders Street station in 1899?

28 Which social media site was founded first: Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace?

29 The international physics research laboratory CERN is located in which country?

30 What is the name of the mysterious villain in the movie TheUsual Suspects? Answers, this page