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| 1. | In which two Nordic countries are police called 'Politi'? |
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Denmark & Norway ('Polis' in Sweden and Finland ('Poliisi' in Finnish); 'Lögreglan' in Iceland) | |
| 2. | How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100? |
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25 (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97) | |
| 3. | ¶ Also called a paragraph mark, what 7-letter word beginning with 'P' describes this symbol? |
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Pilcrow | |
| 4. | Who is also known as Siddhārtha Gautama? |
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Buddha | |
| 5. | Which five letter word can mean a parasitic worm, the hook of an anchor or a lucky chance? |
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Fluke | |
| 6. | Giuseppe is the Italian equivalent of what English boy's name? |
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Joseph | |
| 7. | €500, $5 (US) and £20 (UK) notes all have the same base or background colour. What colour is it? |
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Purple | |
| 8. | How old was Princess Diana when she died in 1997? |
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36 | |
| 9. | How many discs does it take to fill a standard Connect Four grid? |
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42 | |
| 10. | Magyar is the official language of what country? |
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Hungary | |
| 11. | According to the latest figures from the United Nations World Tourism Organization, which European country is the top international tourist destination in the world? |
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France (74.2 million international tourist arrivals in 2009) | |
| 12. | What is your star sign if you were born on Christmas Day? |
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Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) | |
| 13. | A national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, what date is Anzac Day? |
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April 25th | |
| 14. | What was Hilary Clinton's maiden name? |
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Rodham | |
| 15. | What 'C' describes a small bouquet of flowers worn on a woman's dress or around her wrist for a formal occasion? |
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Corsage | |
| 16. | What three letter word describes both an adult male swan and a small horse? |
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Cob | |
| 17. | Z X C V _ N M. What letter is missing? |
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B (bottom row of a keyboard) | |
| 18. | In the British and Commonwealth army tradition of trooping the colour, what is the "colour"? |
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The flag | |
| 19. | With how many checkers does each player start a game of backgammon? |
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15 | |
| 20. | What 'G' is a term used to describe the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company's products are more environmentally sound than they really are? |
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Greenwashing / Green Sheen | |
| 21. | Who has been President of Austria since July 2004? |
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Heinz Fischer | |
| 22. | How many coloured discs are needed to completely fill a standard sized Connect Four grid? |
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42 (7 columns x 6 rows) | |
| 23. | After Adolf Dassler split with his brother Rudolf to form Adidas, what rival company did his brother create? |
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Puma | |
| 24. | What is the highest denomination of Euro banknote currently in circulation? |
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€500 | |
| 25. | What 'P' describes a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward? |
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Palindrome | |
| 26. | Who normally partners North in a game of Bridge? |
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South | |
| 27. | What is the name of the French national anthem? |
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La Marseillaise (The Song of Marseille) | |
| 28. | How many cubic centimetres are there in a cubic metre? |
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1 million | |
| 29. | Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 metres, turn left and walk another 3 metres. What is the distance between them? |
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10 m (Pythagoras (8x8)+(6x6)=100 √100=10) | |
| 30. | How many letters are there in the modern Russian alphabet? |
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33 | |
| 31. | The six colours of the original classic Rubik's Cube are white, red, and what other four colours? |
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Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow | |
| 32. | What 'O' is used to describe wealthy businessmen of the post-Soviet states? |
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Oligarchs | |
| 33. | What is the only U.S. state capital to end with the letter 'X'? |
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Phoenix (Arizona) | |
| 34. | Whose death in July 1937 was followed by radio stations around the world observing two minutes of silence? |
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Marconi (Guglielmo Marconi) | |
| 35. | What nationality was psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud? |
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Austrian | |
| 36. | What colour is the cross on the flag of Greece? |
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White | |
| 37. | Spell correctly the plural of 'axis'. |
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Axes | |
| 38. | What denomination of U.S. banknote features Ulysses S. Grant? |
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$50 | |
| 39. | In astrology, the three air signs are Aquarius, Gemini and what? |
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Libra | |
| 40. | Which well known board game was invented by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979? |
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Trivial Pursuit | |
| 41. | What Southeast Asian country has the Riel as its currency? |
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Cambodia (Khmer: រៀល) | |
| 42. | Which is greater? A. 80 knots B. 90 mph C. 40 m/s |
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A. 80 knots (92.0624 mph / 41.1556 m/s) | |
| 43. | Link the centre of all 9 dots using just four straight lines, without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line more than once. |
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(see picture) | |
| 44. | What nickname is commonly given to members of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity? |
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Moonies (after its founder Sun Myung Moon) | |
| 45. | What 'F' is the name of the prefecture in Honshu, Japan that gives its name to the nuclear disaster following the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011? |
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Fukushima | |
| 46. | After how many years is a Platinum Jubilee celebrated? |
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70 | |
| 47. | What brand of scooter was introduced by Italian manufacturer Piaggio in 1946? |
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Vespa | |
| 48. | How many millilitres are there in 1 metric cup? |
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250 | |
| 49. | Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom. Who was her Greek equivalent? |
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Athena | |
| 50. | What brand name was launched in October 1991 with the backing of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Arnold Schwarzenegger? |
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Planet Hollywood (New York) | |
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