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1 Who wrote TheCanterburyTales?

2 In what year was singer Taylor Swift’s debut album released?

3 Who created the fictional character of Adrian Mole?

4 Atahualpa was the last ruler of which empire?

5 What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

6 Which city has an airport named after one of The Beatles?

7 Mules, brogues and the opera pump are all types of what?

8 Who wrote the lyrics for the musical Evita?

9 Where in the body are the pulmonary alveoli located?

10 What is the name given to the study of earthquakes?

11 The Flinders River is the longest river in which Australian state?

12 In which year was Prince Charles invested as the Prince of Wales?

13 In Shakespeare’s RomeoandJuliet , who kills Mercutio?

14 How many Oscars did the film Casablanca win?

15 Brome, Fescue, Kikuyu and Marram are all species of what?

16 Who wrote the poem Stoppingby WoodsonaSnowyEvening?

17 Who starred as Barbarella in the 1968 film of the same name?

18 The Goliath grouper is a large fish found in which two oceans?

19 Who preceded Helen Clark as PM of New Zealand?

20 Andre 3000 and Big Boi are better known as which rap duo?

21 Which European country was ruled predominately by the Piasts and Jagiellons?

22 What is the world’s largest flightless bird?

23 Which alcohol is used to make a crepe suzette?

24 How many on-court players are there in a game of volleyball?

25 In which city is the world’s tallest building?

26 Children’s author Theodore S. Geisel was better known by which pseudonym?

27 Is the Tropic of Cancer be found in the northern or southern hemisphere?

28 Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of which Greek god?

29 Which Pope (real name Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti), was elected on June 16, 1846?

30 Who knocked out World No. 1 Margaret Court in a second round match at Wimbledon in 1962?

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