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1.The unit of currency in Russia; a Ruble is divided into 100 what?
2.Who is Greece's current Minister of Finance?
3.What does the W stand for in George W. Bush's name?
4.Braille is based around a grid of how many dots?
5.What comes next in this sequence?
3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, _?
6.What six letter acronym is used to describe the United Nations Children's Fund?
7.After how many years would you celebrate your crystal anniversary?
8.Ulf Kristersson is the current prime minister of what European country?
9.The NATO phonetic alphabet includes five male first names. Name any four of them.
10.Which is the only vowel not found on the top row of a standard keyboard?
11.Legend has it that if a courtier upset one of the ancient kings of Siam, the king would present them with a gift ultimately aimed at ruining them because of its high maintenance costs. Giving rise to a modern day term, what was this traditional gift?
12.Which part of your anatomy is also the currency of Costa Rica?
13.If you were shoving an aglet through an eyelet, what are you most likely to be doing?
14.Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. What language is used to represent Switzerland on its postage stamps?
15.What 'T' is a modern day term from the Latin word for "three roads"?
16.What can run but never walks; has a mouth but never talks; has a head but never weeps; and has a bed but never sleeps?

17.On a standard clock face with Roman numerals, what do all the numbers add up to? (answer in Roman numerals)
18.Which of these is the odd one out?
Aunt, Brother, Cousin, Father, Mother, Niece, Sister, Uncle
19.In Greek mythology, who beheaded Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon, and used her head as a weapon?
20.Who normally partners North in a game of Bridge?
21.The USPS abbreviation of what US state is also the chemical symbol for mendelevium?
22.What date is celebrated annually as Star Wars Day?
23.Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
24.How many white keys are there on a standard modern piano?
25.What nationality is WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief Julian Assange?
26.The maple leaf on Canada's national flag has how many points?
27.Which country's flag carrying airline has the IATA code IB?
28.Den grimme Ælling in Danish; Das häßliche Entlein in German. What is the English name for this fairy tale?
29.What percentage of gold does 18 carat gold contain?
30.What name is given to the horsemen that jab the bull with a lance at the start of a Spanish bullfight?
31.How many micrograms (µg) are there in one gram (g)?
32.What country has the world's largest Muslim population?

33.How many black keys are there on a standard modern 88 key piano?
34.What were the names of Titanic's two sister ships?
35.Not including aces or court (face) cards, what is the total value of the numeric cards of all suits in a standard deck of playing cards?
36.In which country was pioneering bodybuilder Charles Atlas born in 1892?
37.The Spanish for "knight" or "gentleman", what 'C' is commonly used in Spanish-speaking regions as a form of address for older gentlemen?
38.In Monopoly, what square precedes Pacific Avenue (US), Regent Street (UK), Castlereagh Street (AU) and Dee Street (NZ)?
39.What country has the international vehicle registration code ZA?
40.In fashion, what does FCUK stand for?
41.What demonym is used to describe people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
42.Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, former U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant claimed the 'S.' did not stand for anything. Others attributed it to his mother's maiden name. What was it?
43.Bokmål is the most widely used language in which European country?
44.In Greek and Roman mythology, what creature was half-man, half-horse?
45.One U.S. oil barrel equals how many U.S. gallons?
46.What 'L' is a breed of dog named after a north-easterly region of Canada?
47.What single, seven letter word will make this sentence whole?
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ surgeon was _ _ _  _ _ _ _ to perform the operation as he had _ _  _ _ _ _ _ to work on.
48.A person has a mass of 60kg on Earth. What would their mass on the moon be?
49.What word can describe a plant, a part of our anatomy, or the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
50.Prathet thai is to Thailand as Zhōng guó is to where?


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