Round 1 - United States of
America
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1
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Which state has
the longest coastline and 75% of the active volcanoes in the
USA?
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ALASKA
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2
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In 2002, which Secretary of
Defence explained about "known knowns", "known unknowns" and
"unknown unknowns" in a speech referring to terrorism?
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DONALD RUMSFELD
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3
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Which ballet by Aaron
Copeland, first performed in 1944, contains a mountain range
and a season in its name. It tells the story of a
celebration of the building of a Pennsylvanian farmhouse?
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APPALACHIAN SPRING
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4
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Including a unit of time and
named after the rapid deployment troops used by the American
forces in the war of Independence, what name was given to
the inter-continental ballistic missiles first deployed in
1962 at the height of the cold war?
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MINUTEMEN
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5
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In 1851 a club team led by
John Cox Stevens won the world's oldest active sporting
trophy. It was not until 1983 that an Australian team
won the trophy thus ending a 132 year winning streak.
What was the sport?
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YACHTING
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Round 2 - Telephone Numbers
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6
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999 is the number for Police,
Ambulance, Fire Service, Coast Guard, Mountain Rescue and
which other emergency service?
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CAVE RESCUE
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7
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In which decade was the
telephone invented?
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1870's
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8
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How much is the minimum
charge for a local call from a phone box?
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60p
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9
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0800 1111 is the number of a
helpline founded in 1986 by a TV personality. In the
2009 General election she lost her deposit fighting the
Luton South seat, after campaigning against corruption by
MPs over their expenses. Who is she?
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ESTHER RANTZEN
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10
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<3 is used to represent
which body organ when texting?
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HEART
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Round 3 - Wales
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11
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Give any year in the life of
Owain Glyndwr.
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1346 -1416
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12
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Lesley Griffiths, Wrexham's
Assembly Member, holds which Welsh Cabinet post?
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HEALTH
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13
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Who was voted Welsh Sports
Personality of the Year 2011?
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CHAZ DAVIES
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14
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At 536 metres Foel Cymcerwyn
is the highest poin of which range of Welsh hills?
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PRESCELLI
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15
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Brian Josephson (1973), Clive
Grainger (2003) and John Houghton (2007) are Welsh winners
of the Nobel Prize. Who was the first Welshman to be
awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950? Born in
Monmouthshire in 1872 and living for almost 100 years he was
a philosopher, championing humanitarian ideals and freedom
of thought.
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BERTRAND RUSSELL
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Round 4 - Watling Street
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16
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Who was the leader of the
forces defeated in the Battle of Watling Street in 61 AD?
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BOUDICCA
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17
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Which two A roads now follow
the vast majority of the old Watling Street, running from
Dover to Wroxeter?
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A2 and A5
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18
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At the southern end of
Watling Street lies Dover Castle. Operation Dynamo was
masterminded from here in May/June 1940. How is
Operation Dynamo better known?
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DUNKIRK EVACUATIONS
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19
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Which other 230 mile
pre-Roman road crosses Watling Street at a point called High
Cross in Warwickshire?
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FOSSE WAY
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20
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Standing side by side in
Stony Stratford on Watling Street are two ancient coaching
inns. In the 18th century travellers tales became
embellished as they passed between the two establishments,
and the emanating tales began to be called after them, a
pracitce continued to this day. What are the two inns
called?
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COCK and BULL
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Round 5 - Wolves
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21
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Which former England Cricket
Captain of the 60's and 70's who played in six unbeaten test
series with a batting average of 45 is a vice president of
Wolverhampton Wanderers football club?
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RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT
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22
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In the 1990 Oscar winning
film "Dances with wolves", John Dunbar befriends Indians
calling themselves Lakota. To which tribe of plains
Indians did Lakota belong?
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SIOUX
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23
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"The strength of the pack is
the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack" is a
quotation from Kipling's "Jungle Book". What was the
name of the leader of the Seeonee wolf pack that adopted
Mowgli, after which cub scout leaders have been named?
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AKELE
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24
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Wolframite is the most
abundant ore of which metal called wolfram in Swedish?
Having the chemical symbol W and Atomic Number 74 it is
widely used in light bulbs and X Ray tubes.
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TUNGSTEN
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25
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In the 70's Robert Lindsay
played Citizen Wolfie Smith, the leader of the Tooting
Popular Front. What was his four word catchphrase
shouted out defiantly at the start of each programme?
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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Round 6 - 2011
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26
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The Libyan flag had been
green under Colonel Gadaffis rule. A flag of which
three colours was first flown by the rebels and has now been
adopted by the nation?
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RED BLACK GREEN
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27
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Which city was visited by
Prince William in March 2011 after suffering two earthquakes
in the preceeding six months?
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CHRISTCHURCH
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28
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What is the name of the so
called God Particle that the Hadron Collider scientists
claim to have found evidence of in December 2011?
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HIGGS BOSON
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29
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Thirty Six of the hats worn
at the royal wedding in April, including the much ridiculed
one worn by Princess Eugene, were designed by an Irish
miliner from Galway awarded the OBE in 2007. What is
his name?
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PHILIP TREACY
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30
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According to the Daily Mail
last week, Greece currently owes approximately 340 billion
euros. This means that the debt per head of population
in Greece is now approximately which one of the following -
13,000 23,000 33,000 or 43,000 euros?
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33,000 euros
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Round 7 - Pop Music Plus
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31
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What name connects the 1971
Christmas No 1 record, which is the story of a love triangle
involving Sue, Ted and the hero of the song, with a number
machine first used on 1st June 1957 that has made over 100
million people happy?
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ERNIE
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32
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Which colour was the title of
Coldplay's first top 5 hit in 2000 and the flag used in
Formula 1 racing to indicate a hazard, slow down and not
overtake?
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YELLOW
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33
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What name connects the song
"Living in the Past", a number 3 hit in 1969 featuring the
flute playing of Ian Anderson with the innovator who bought
Prosperous Farm near Hungerford in 1709?
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JETHRO TULL
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34
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The title of Adam Ant's 3rd
and last No 1 hit in 1982 and the title of John Newbery's
children's story published in 1765 contain the same three
words. It is now used as a derisory term about an
excessively virtous or conformist person. What is it?
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GOODY TWO SHOES
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35
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Derided by Simply Red in
their first hit single, "Money too tight to mention", what
was the monetary policy, akin to Thatcherism, followed by
America in the 1980's?
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REAGANOMICS
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| Round 8 - Olympians or not |
36
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The brother of Zeus and Hades
and married to Amphitrite, which of the twelve Olympian Gods
had both the horse and bull as symbols and was beleived to
cause earthquakes?
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POSEIDON
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37
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At 26 miles 385 yards, the
marathon is the longest Olympic running race. What is
its distance to the nearest kilometre?
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42km
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38
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The 1981 film "Chariots of
Fire" featured the achievements of Harold Abrahams and which
Scottish missionary who refused to run in the 100m heats on
a Sunday and instead won the 400m Gold Medal in the 1924
Olympics?
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ERIC LIDDLE
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39
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In the 1960's, in the
pavement of the market square of her home city Wells, a
memorial, 22 feet 2 and 1/4 inches long was placed,
commemorating the achievement of the first British woman to
win olympic Gold in an athletic event. Who was she?
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MARY RAND
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40
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In 1980 the Olympics were
boycotted by countries led by the USA protesting against the
Afghan war. In 1984 they were boycotted by countries
led by the USSR protesting about America's attitude towards
them. Only one country, which underwent a revolution
in 1979 boycotted both years. Which country was this?
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IRAN
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Round 9 - Rivers
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41
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In which card game is the 5th
card often called the River?
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POKER
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42
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"The Haywain" and "Dedham
Valley" are paintings by Constable both feature which river
that forms much of the border between Essex and Suffolk?
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STOUR
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43
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The cyclepath/footpath in
Devon which follows the Rivers Taw and Torridge is named
after which eponymous persecuted animal in the 1926 book by
Henry Williamson, made into a film in 1979?
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TARKA THE OTTER
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44
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The Mekong river is the
border between Laos and which other Asian country for about
1000km of its length?
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THAILAND
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45
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The song "Ol' Man River" from
the 1927 musical "Showboat" was sung most famously by Paul
Robeson. To which river does it refer?
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MISSISSIPPI
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Round 10 - Trains, Boats and
Planes
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46
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Brittany ferries operate a
direct service for Irish passengers from Cork to which
French port in the Finisterre department?
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ROSCOFF
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47
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Literally meaning three
planks, what is the six letter name of the flat bottom
boats, generally about four metres long, used in Asia for
inshore transport and fishing?
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SAMPAN
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48
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What is the name of the Derby
based firm which recently won a £180 million contract
to build rail carriages for Southern Rail after losing out
on a larger contract earlier in the year to build carriages
for Thames line?
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BOMBARDIER
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49
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Which national airline's logo
consists of a red, five lobed, palmate leaf surrounded by a
red circle?
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CANADA
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50
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What was the name of the
aircraft flown on Amy Johnson's solo flight from England to
Australia and the Yacht sailed by Sir Francis Chochester in
his round the world voyage?
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GYPSY MOTH
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Round 11 - Connections
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51
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Which controversial
supermodel born in 1974 celebrated 10 years as the face of
Rimmel last September? Her career revival, after
police dropped charges against her through lack of evidence,
has been viewed as a sign of moral and cultural decline by
critics such as Peter Hitchens.
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KATE MOSS
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52
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Named after a useful,
colourful item of men's clothing, now more associated with
bridalwear, which reptile, with over 30 sub species, is the
most common genus in North America? It is
characterised by longitudinal stripes, most commonly yellow,
along its body and feeds on inveterbrates, amphibians and
small mammals.
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GARTER SNAKE
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53
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Which oart of the body can be
described as true, false or floating?
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RIB
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54
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Which Basidon based company,
adopting its current name in 1934, was the first to offer an
alternative telephone service through its subsidiary,
Mercury, to British Telecom in the mid 1980's?
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CABLE & WIRELESS
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55
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What is the connection
between the answers to the last four questions?
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KNITTING STITCHES
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Round 12 - Pot Luck
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56
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4/3 Pi R cubed is a
mathematical formula that is used to calculate the volume of
a sphere. If the radius is doubled by how much does
the volume increase?
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8 TIMES
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57
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In which East Devon town
would you be able to dine in Hugh Fearnley Wittingstalls
River Cottage Cafe?
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AXMINSTER
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58
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Introduced in April 2010 and
set at a rate of 43 pence per unit by Mr Ed Milliband's
department, the F.I.T. was halved to about 21 pence per unit
by Mr Chris Hulne's department on December 12th last
year. What do the letters F.I.T. stand for?
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FEED IN TARIFF
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59
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How many dominoes are there
in a double six set?
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28
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60
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It is the Queen's Diamond
Jubilee this year, having acceded to the throne on Feb 6th
1952. In which year will she become the longest
reigning monarch, breaking the record set by Queen Victoria
in 1901?
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2015
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