Round 1
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1
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In which
Yorkshire town or city was the Rugby League founded in 1895?
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HUDDERSFIELD
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2
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The third of her name of the
annals of the Royal Navy, which aircraft carrier was sunk by
a German U-Boat in the Mediterranean in November 1941?
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ARK ROYAL
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3
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Which French chemist,
regarded as the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined
in 1794?
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LAVOISIER
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4
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In which city of South
America would you find the neighbourhood of Ipanema?
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RIO DE JANEIRO
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5
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Buckland Abbey in Devon was
the home of which famous 16th century English seaman?
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SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
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6
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In which NASA mission did
astronaut John Swigert utter the misquoted words "Houston,
we've had a problem"?
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APOLLO 13
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7
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What was the name of the
tea-lady played by Julie Walters in Victoria Wood's spoof
soap opera Acorn Antiques?
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MRS OVERALL
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8
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Which precious stone,
currently housed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum
in Washington DC, is beleived to be the second most-visited
artwork in the world?
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THE HOPE DIAMOND
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9
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What does the name Hong Kong
mean in Cantonese?
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FRAGRANT HARBOUR
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10
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What is the more common name
for the Moorland shrub known as ling?
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HEATHER
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Round 2
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11
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What type of dog is 'Uggie',
star of the film The
Artist that won several Oscars in 2012?
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JACK RUSSELL
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12
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Which New Zealand-born
scientist is credited with being the first to 'split the
atom'?
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(Ernest) RUTHERFORD
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13
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A glowing red lamp and a lod
buzzer alerted switchboard operators to a caller's use of
which telephone service when it was first introduced in
1937?
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EMERGENCY or 999 (service)
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14
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Which American model's ten
year old daughter has made her own modelling debut recently
for Young Versace?
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CINDY CRAWFORD
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15
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What's another popular name
for the wood anemone?
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WINDFLOWER
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16
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In which part of Europe was
Rugby League football banned between 1940 and 1944?
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(Vichy) FRANCE
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17
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Having foundered and sunk in
the first nautical mile of her maiden voyage, which Swedish
warship was salvaged from the seabed in 1961 before being
displayed as a museum piece in Stockholm?
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THE VASA or VASSA
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18
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What happened in an old
fashioned telephone box if you pressed button B ?
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YOU GOT YOUR MONEY BACK (in theory)
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19
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Who hosted this year's Golden
Globes award ceremony for the third year in a row?
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RICKY GERVAIS
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20
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What was the name of the
government payment that was replaced in 1975 by 'Child
Benefit'?
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FAMILY ALLOWANCE
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Round 3
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21
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Which gas, with the formula C2H2,
is produced by the reaction of water and calcium carbide and
burns with an intensely hot flame that makes it useful in
lamps and torches?
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ACETYLENE or ETHYNE
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22
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London transport changed the
name of tube station 'Gillespie Road' in the 1930's to what?
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ARSENAL
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23
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Which international
association of environmental pressure groups was founded in
North America by David Brower?
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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
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24
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The Pleasure Garden, The Lodger and Blackmail are among the
films of which British director?
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK
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25
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Which tax, introduced during
World War II to restrict spending on non-essential goods,
was relaced in 1973 by Value Added Tax?
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PURCHASE TAX
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26
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'Service Above Self ' is one
of the mottoes of which international organisation founded
by the Chicago lawyer Paul Harris in 1905 ?
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ROTARY CLUB (International)
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27
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To be found in Edinburgh
Castle, what are known as 'The Honours of Scotland' ?
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SCOTTISH CROWN JEWELS
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28
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What award was won by a Lhaso
Apso in 2012 ?
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BEST IN SHOW AT CRUFTS
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29
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Which American-born
businessman tried but failed to have Bond Street tube
station renamed after his department store?
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(Gordon) SELFRIDGE
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30
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In chemistry, what term is
used to describe a chemical reaction when heat is absorbed
from the surroundings?
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ENDOTHERMIC
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Round 4
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31
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Which insect is the host of
the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
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TSETSE FLY
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32
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Which British composer was
working on an operetta called The Emerald Isle at the time of his death
in 1900?
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
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33
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'The Best Friend of
Charleston', completed in 1831, was the first example of
what to be built in the USA?
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LOCOMOTIVE or TRAIN
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34
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Louis IV and Louis V were
Kings of France in which century?
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10th
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35
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What is the name of the
Spanish/Portugese tomato-based soup which is served cold?
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GAZPACHO
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36
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Which poem by Rupert Brooke
begins with the line "If I should die, think only this of me
..."?
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THE SOLDIER
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37
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Millefiori is a technique
used to produce coulorful decorative patterns in which
material?
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GLASSWARE
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38
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What is the name of the
eastern part of the Sahara Desert, lying between the Nile
and the Red Sea in north-eastern Sudan?
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NUBIAN DESERT
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39
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Give a year in the life of
Francis II, King of France?
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1544-1560
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40
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Popular among East Europeans,
which beetroot soup can be served either hot or cold?
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BORSCH
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Round 5
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41
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What is the alternative title
of the WH Auden poem which begins 'Stop all the clocks
....'?
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FUNERAL BLUES
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42
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Brigadier Lethridge-Stewart
belonged to which military organisation in the Dr Who
series?
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U.N.I.T.
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43
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Which castle near Deal in
Kent has served, since 1708, as the official residence of
the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports?
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WALMER CASTLE
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44
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Which U.S. state is
abbreviated to NE ?
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NEBRASKA
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45
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What type of sportsman is a
Rikishi?
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SUMO WRESTLER
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46
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Which new word entered the
langauge as a result of a 20th century play by Czech writer
Karel Capek ?
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ROBOT
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47
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What character in radio's
ITMA used to say "can i do you now sir" ?
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MRS MOP
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48
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Which castle in Kent was the
home of the young Anne Boleyn?
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HEVER CASTLE
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49
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Which Dr Who actor starred
with Ken Stott in the 1994 BBC Scotland drama 'Takin' Over the Asylum ?
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DAVID TENNANT
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50
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In Japanese homes what is a
Shoji ?
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A SCREEN or SLIDING DOOR
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Round 6
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51
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Which military figure lived
in a house famously known as 'No 1, London' ?
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON
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52
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Who was the second man to
walk on the moon?
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EDWIN or BUZZ ALDRIN
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53
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Which desert area in Southern
California comprises part of what is known as the Great
Basin ?
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MOJAVE or MOHAVE
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54
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In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed and Brief Encounter are
early films by which director?
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DAVID LEAN
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55
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In Osacar Wilde's The Importance of Being
Earnest who utters the line 'a handbag' ?
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LADY BRACKNELL
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56
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What exactly was 'Rob Roy'
built at Dumbarton, Scotland in 1818?
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STEAMSHIP
(First steamship in the world to start a
regular sea-going service: Greenock to Belfast)
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57
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Which American composer was
working on the music for a film called The Goldwyn Follies at
the time of his death in 1937 ?
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
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58
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Sir Ronald Ross became the
first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for medicine for his
research into which disease?
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MALARIA
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59
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Although not the state
capital, which is the largest city in the U.S. state of
Nebraska ?
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OMAHA
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60
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In the manufacture of cloth,
what is the name for the absorbent clay-like substance
containing hydrated aluminium silicates that is used to
cleanse the material?
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FULLER'S EARTH
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SPARE
QUESTIONS
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1
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In which
Lake District town would you find the Cumberland Pencil
Museum?
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KESWICK
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2
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Which
vitamin is produced by the body when it is exposed to
sunlight?
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D
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3
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Na is the
chemical substance for which element used in the manufacture
of soap?
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SODIUM
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4
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Which war veterna, who died
in 2009 had the nickname 'The Last Fighting Tommy'?
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HARRY PATCH
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