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2021–2 Season
Week 5

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2021–2 Season: Week 5 – 11 January 2022

All questions set by Harrington Diamonds.

Specialist Rounds

1 Neil's History Round – History of Medicine 2 Sport: It's always the Germans
3 Geography 4 Science: Metal Guru
5 Art's Fruit and Veg Stall 6 Can I Have a P Please
7 Mike's Art Collection 8 Flowers by Christine

Round 1: Neil's History Round – History of Medicine

1 Which English doctor in the late 18th century used cowpox to prevent smallpox – this being the first use of vaccination?
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2 Who discovered the circulation of blood in the 17th century?
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3 What did Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discover in 1895?
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4 What did Karl Landsteiner discover in the early 20th century?
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5 How did Howard Florey and Ernst Chain help to save countless lives from the mid 1940's?
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6 Why is Louis Washkansky famous in the field of medicine?
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7 Which chemist discovered that micro-organisms caused beverages such as beer, wine and milk to spoil and then linked these micro-organisms to being the cause of human disease?
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8 Which surgeon working in Glasgow was the first to use antiseptics (carbolic spray in this instance) when operating?
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1 Why is Louise Brown, born in July 1978, famous?
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2 Near which city was the first cloning of a sheep achieved?
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Round 2: Sport – It's Always the Germans

1 Which popular sport do the Germans call Radfahren?
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2 Name a German winner of the Wimbledon Gentlemen's singles, apart from Boris Becker.
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3 Likewise, name a German winner of the Wimbledon Ladies Singles, apart from Steffi Graf.
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4 Which pundit famously said: "Football is a simple game: 22 men chase a ball, and then the Germans win"?
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5 Marita Koch of East Germany set a world record of 47.6 seconds in 1985, which has never been beaten. What was the athletics event?
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6 In the club name Bayern Munich (or Munchen), what's the translation of the word Bayern?
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7 Name one of the two players who scored for West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final.
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8 Which Olympic team sport, virtually unknown in Britain, has been won three times by various German men's teams?
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1 Who holds the record for the most goals for the German men's football team?
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2 Which football club's ground features a huge standing area behind one goal called the Yellow Wall?
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Round 3: Geography from Derek

1 What's the capital of Azerbaijan?
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2 Which continent has the shortest coastline?
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3 What's the county town and administrative headquarters of Anglesey?
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4 What's the state capital of New Hampshire, sharing its name with an aircraft?
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5 Peru has borders with 5 other countries. Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador are four of them; what's the fifth?
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6 Huntingdonshire existed as an administrative county until 1974. Which county did it merge with?
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7 What's the name of the main river of Myanmar (formerly Burma)?
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8 Which city is the highest capital city in Europe?
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Supplementaries:

1 Name either of the two countries with which Costa Rica has a land border.
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2 Name either of the two countries that are immediately south of Tunisia.
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Round 4: Science – Metal Guru (courtesy of Gill)

1 Apart from iron name another magnetic metal.
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2 Name the common process of applying heat to ore in order to melt out a base metal.
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3 Which metal's name is derived from the Greek word meaning colour?
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4 Name the metal vital to form the light–absorbing green plant pigment chlorophyll.
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5 In legend, what did alchemists think was capable of turning base metal into gold?
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6 Which radioactive metal, discovered in 1898, was named after the discoverer's homeland?
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7 What name is given to two lengths of steel and copper joined together to convert a temperature change into a mechanical displacement?
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8 What is the lightest metal in the periodic table?
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1 Which precious metal has the same name as a well–known theatre?
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2 Which metal was discovered in Cornwall in 1791 and named after a second generation of divine beings in Greek mythology?
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3 Which metal has the highest percentage by mass in the human body?
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4 From which metal is the Statue of Liberty made?
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Round 5: Art's Fruit & Veg Stall

Each answer contains the name of a fruit or vegetable.

1 Which popular TV show was hosted by Cilla Black from 1985 to 2003?
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2 Robert Davis is the real name of which British comedian?
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3 What's the name of the producer of many James Bond films, including Octopussy and The Spy Who Loved Me?
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3 The well–known painting Bubbles, by John Millais, was used to advertise which product?
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5 What links the actress Ingrid Bergman, the footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel?
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6 In the 1980s TV cartoon series, Eric Twinge was the real name of which superhero?
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7 Which Staffordshire town is twinned with the Italian town of Este?
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8 Which popular dance craze of the 1960s involved swivelling backwards and forwards on both feet while moving up and down?
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1 What's the title of the 1962 hit instrumental by Booker T and the MGs?
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2 In the 1991 film, what was being served at the Whistle Stop Café? Comments on the question
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Round 6: Can I Have a P Please Bob – courtesy of Gill

Each answer is a letter of the alphabet.

1 Which agent does Will Smith play in the Men in Black films?
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2 Which letter is commonly used to refer to the vertical axis on a co–ordinate graph?
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3 What letter comes before 'Bahn' in the name of the Berlin underground railway system?
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4 In The Simpsons, Homer has a middle initial. What is it?
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5 The primary backing band of Bruce Springsteen since 1972
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6 The blood type of people who are universal donors
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7 Which letter is the symbol for a billion (1 000 000 000) in the metric system?
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8 What sort of tips are often used to describe a cotton bud in the US? Comments on the question
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1 What letter represents the unit of electrical capacitance?
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2 The head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, signs letters in green ink with what one letter initial?
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3 Which colonel, voiced by Stephen Fry since 2015, is the pompous head of the Secret Service and Danger Mouse's boss?
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Round 7: Mike's Art Collection

1 Which Italian artist, between 1508–12, got a very bad neck in the cause of art?
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2 Which British Pop artist designed the record cover for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
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3 Who worked as a stockbroker in Paris before becoming a painter, eventually dying in the South Seas?
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4 Which Bristol–based artist has significantly raised the value of some buildings?
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5 In pottery, what is slip?
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6 Cinnabar is a pigment of what colour?
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7 Max Ernst and René Magritte were part of what movement?
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8 Which visionary artist, who lived from 1757 to 1827, also wrote poetry including Songs of Innocence? Comments on the question
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1 Which Surrealist artist collaborated with Luis Bunuel on the films Un Chien Andalou and L'age D'or?
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2 The Bauhaus was a famous art school in what country?
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Round 8: Flowers by Christine

Each answer contains the name of a flower.

1 Who played Private Pike in Dad's Army?
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2 In Coronation Street, who played Ena Sharples?
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3 Which flower is the emblem of the Marie Curie charity?
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4 Which flower is the emblem of the Alzheimer's Society?
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5 Which common garden flower derives from the wildflower heartsease?
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6 Which tall garden flower is also known as the sword lily?
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7 Which Strictly Come Dancing contestant is named after a flower?
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8 Which celebrity chef's forename is the scientific name of Love-in-a-mist?
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1 Which widely advertised perfume by Marc Jacobs is named after a flower?
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2 Who wrote the Booker Prize winner, The Sea, The Sea?
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General Knowledge

Set by Harrington Diamonds; vetted by Park Timers.

1 Apart from the 400m, in which individual event did the US athlete Michael Johnson win Olympic gold?
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2 Cerumen is the technical name for which bodily substance?
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3 Which Cheshire–born novelist wrote the books Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin?
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4 Which New York thoroughfare is famed as the centre of the American advertising industry?
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5 The bunyip is a legendary monster in which culture?
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6 Gentoo, Adelie and Macaroni are all types of which bird?
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7 Released as a double A–side single with Something, what's the opening song of the Beatles' Abbey Road album?
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8 Which Dutch artist is known for his lithographs of impossible structures?
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9 Four US states have the preface 'New'. New York, New Jersey and New Mexico are three of them; what's the fourth?
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10 Which singer had major parts in the films Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and The Last Temptation of Christ?
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11 Which battle of World War I is known by Germans as the Battle of Skagerrak?
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12 In which city is the Hepworth Art gallery?
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13 Which two–word French phrase, commonly used in English, literally translates as 'knowing how to do'?
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14 What name is given in English to the area on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, which contains the tombs of many pharaohs?
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15 Epistaxis – a Greek word meaning 'dripping' – is the medical term for what common problem?
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16 Which racecourse usually hosts The Oaks?
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17 Which tree shares its name with a ski resort in the United States?
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18 Which book by George Orwell relates his experiences in the Spanish Civil war?
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19 Who plays Gavin in Gavin and Stacey?
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20 What's the common name for the childhood ailment that affects the parotid salivary gland?
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21 The name of which English football team is an anagram of 'sweat in the mud'?
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22 Which English novelist is named in the title of a play by Edward Albee?
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23 On a standard London Monopoly board, what square is between Vine Street and the Strand?
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24 Seen in many online gambling ads, the "Acca" is an abbreviation of which type of bet?
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25 By what name is the capital city of Austria known in German?
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26 The western roll was the standard technique used in which athletics event, before an American athlete made it obsolete at the 1968 Olympics?Comments on the question
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27 I'm Into Something Good was the breakthrough hit of which group, formed in Manchester in 1963?
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28 By what name is the city of Florence known in Italian?
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29 In which present US state did Custer's last Stand take place?
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30 Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?
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31 In the United States, what surname is given to an unidentified person (for instance someone admitted to hospital in an unconscious state)?Comments on the question
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32 What's the only English anagram of the word 'hatter'?
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33 Who was the last British governor of Hong Kong?
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34 Which newspaper has been published in Edinburgh since its foundation in 1817?
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35 Which English pop duo, big in the 1990s, consisted of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke?
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36 In which town did the Flintstones live?
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37 The term 'bunny boiler' derived from the plot of which movie?
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38 Cheryl Tweedy and Sarah Harding were founder members of which girl group, big in the 2000s?
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39 What word is the opposite of halal, meaning 'forbidden' in Arabic?
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40 Which is the world's most visited art gallery?
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41 Who was the first British male to receive a Covid–19 vaccination?
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42 Which horse won the 2021 Aintree Grand National?
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43 What's the name of Australia's most prestigious horse race?
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44 To which of his characters was Charles Darwin referring when he wrote, "Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child"?Comments on the question
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45 What's the name of the new global prize for the environment, designed to incentivise change and help repair planet Earth over the next ten years?
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46 Name one of the two finalists that Andy Murray defeated at Wimbledon, in either 2013 or 2016.
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47 As of December 2021, who is fifth in line to the British throne?
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48 Who has been the First Minister for Wales since December 2018? Comments on the question
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49 What's a baby pig called?Comments on the question
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50 Which American actor, with a very English name, played the part of Fantine in Tom Hooper's 2012 film version of Les Misérables?Click for more information
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51 How many sides does a heptadecagon have?
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52 Name the South Korean survival drama, streamed on Netflix in 2021, in which players risk their lives in a series of deadly children's games for financial gain.
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53 The female footballer Alex Putellas, who has won the 2021 Ballon d'Or, is from which country?
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54 Who wrote the 2021 Man Booker Prize winner, The Promise?
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55 The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is currently occupied by a sculpture called The End. What is its main feature, apart from a drone, a fly and a cherry?
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56 According to Arthurian legend, on which island was Excalibur forged?
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57 Rising to 6,961 metres above sea level, what's the highest mountain in Argentina and in the Andes?
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58 Which is the only country whose national flag is not quadrilateral in shape?
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59 Which female actor's 2021 autobiography – described as "eye popping, hilarious and candid" – is entitled This Much is True?
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60 Cava is a sparkling wine from which country?
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61 Who sang the theme song for the 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only (starring Roger Moore)?
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62 Podgorica is the capital city of which European country?
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63 In the Olympic decathlon, what's the first throwing event? Comments on the question
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64 For which film did Anthony Hopkins win the Best Actor Oscar in April 2021?
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65 Which actor played the title character in Armando Iannucci's 2019 film The Personal History of David Copperfield?
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66 Cinnabar is an ore of which metal?
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67 In the acronym COP26, what does the P stand for?
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68 Cutis anserine is the medical term for what occurrence, common at this time of year?
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69 Which US president led his country into World War I in 1917?
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70 In 2017 Edward Enninful became the first black editor–in–chief of which British magazine?
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71 Which Slovenian rider won the Tour de France in 2021?
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72 What's the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of 2021, which has been used 72 times more than it was in 2020?
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73 In Greek legend, Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. What was his mother's name?
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74 What's the largest island in Canada?
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75 Where will the 2022 British Golf Open be held?
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76 What was the name of the cruise ship that struck a rock and sank off the coast of Italy in January 2012?
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77 Whose 1994 suicide note concluded with "It's better to burn out than fade away"?
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78 In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse?
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79 Which king of Babylon gave his name to the largest champagne bottle, which holds 20 standard bottles? Comments on the question
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80 What's the name of the complex carbohydrate, found in plant cell walls, that gives them strength?
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81 Brother and sister Steve and Susie Fletcher feature in which popular TV programme?
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82 Who is the host of the daytime TV quiz The Tournament?
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83 In the traditional magpie rhyme, starting "One for sorrow, two for joy", what do you get if you see six magpies?
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84 In the traditional nursery rhyme Bye Baby Bunting, why did Baby Bunting's father go hunting?
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85 In which Cornish town does the 'Obby 'Oss procession take place each May Day?
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86 Which town in Kent holds an annual Oyster Festival?
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87 Which famous popular singer was born in Tupelo, Mississippi?
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88 Which popular singer was born in Hoboken, New Jersey?
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89 Whose 2019 autobiography is entitled Me?
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90 Whose recent autobiography is entitled Windswept and Interesting?
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91 Which jazz trumpeter's albums include Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain?
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92 With which instrument do you associate Fats Waller and Oscar Peterson?
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93 What's the name of the Harvard University professor who features in books by Dan Brown?
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94 In the books by Peter Robinson, which Detective Inspector solves crimes in the town of Eastvale?
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95 In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what kind of animal was Boxer?
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96 What's the name of the horse in the Christmas song Jingle Bells?
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1 Which is the best known statue in the Galleria dell'Accademia (Gallery of the Academy) in Florence?
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2 In Greek mythology, who was the god of the heavens and father of the Titans?
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3 In Roman mythology, who was the goddess of wisdom and justice?
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