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1 How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet?

2 Timbuktu is an ancient settlement within which country?

3 What type of sugar is found in milk?

4 In 1887, which cities became the first two capitals to be linked by telephone?

5 Which English romantic poet wrote the poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?

6 Which US singer had hits with In The Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally?

7 Who was emperor of Rome after Tiberius and before Claudius?

8 How many strings are there on a full-size grand concert harp?

9 In which city was the first ever Miss World contest held?

10 What is the name of the metal ring on the end of a pencil which holds the eraser on the end?

11 Actress Lupita Nyong’o was born in which country?

12 What type of creature is a sand dollar?

13 Samin Nosrat hosts which US cooking documentary series?

14 By what more common name is coryza known?

15 Which English king married Eleanor of Aquitaine?

16 George Eliot was the pen name of which English novelist?

17 In which Australian state is Kings Canyon?

18 Andy Serkis voiced which character in the 2011 animated film The Adventures of Tintin?

19 What nationality was Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube?

20 The Last Supper and Vitruvian Man are artworks by which artist?

21 The 1851–52 painting Ophelia is by which English artist?

22 Which king is the primary antagonist of Shakespeare’s Hamlet?

23. Which pop duo had a Grammy Award revoked after it was revealed that the two frontmen had not performed any vocals on their record?

24 In what year did the US Watergate scandal break?

25 What is the capital of Morocco? 26 Who were Australia’s first and second prime ministers?

27 Who wrote the novel The Slap? 28 What time of day does the term “meridian hour” refer to?

29 Which of the following belong to the genus Prunus: almond, apricot, cherry, peach or plum?

30 “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” is the opening line of

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