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The headquarters of Greenpeace is in which European city?
Amsterdam
Which famous artist and inventor died at Amboise Castle in France,
1519? Leonardo da Vinci
In what year did Mother Teresa of Calcutta win the Nobel Peace Prize?
1979
Which was the first European country to give all women the vote?
Finland (or as then, the Grand Duchy of Finland) was the first European country
to extend the vote to all women, and incidentally to allow full female
parliamentary candidature. This first European genuine 'full female universal
suffrage' remained when Finland because fully independent in 1917. In 1881 the
Isle of Man, a country within the British Isles and a British Crown dependency,
attempted to introduce the vote for all women, but after pressure from the UK
Home Office the Isle of Man government was forced to dilute its 1880 Election
Bill so that the vote was extended only to women rate-payers (i.e., women
owners of real estate)
What type of creature is a Garibaldi? A fish
What colour is the gemstone garnet? Red (dark red)
Which sign of the Zodiac are people born on 30th October?
Scorpio
What type of weapon is a Falchion? A sword
Which pub in Nottingham claims to be the oldest in Britain? The Trip
To Jerusalem
By what name was world champion boxer Walker Smith better known?
Sugar Ray Robinson
Mount Elbert is the highest peak in which mountain range? The Rockies
(USA)
Edward II was murdered in Berkeley Castle in 1327, in which county
is Berkeley Castle? Gloucestershire
Which American horse race is run at Churchill Downs? The Kentucky
Derby
What type of food is Quark? Cheese
Which Alex Graham cartoon appears in the Daily Mail newspaper? Fred
Basset
What is the collective noun for a group of crows? A murder
Who discovered the smallpox vaccination? Edward Jenner (1796)
What did Harry Beck design in 1931 and is still used in London today?
The map of the London Tube system (the Underground)
What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium? K
What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five books?
Timmy
Who released an album entitled The Six Wives of Henry VIII? Rick
Wakeman
What was the codename of the Allied forces landing at Normandy in
1944? Overlord
In the human body what is the Axilla commonly known as? The
armpit
Who plays Lynette Scavo in the TV series Desperate Housewives?
Felicity Huffman
How many finger holes does a tin whistle (pennywhistle) have?
Six
What famous London building is officially called No. 1 One Canada
Square? Canary Wharf Tower
Which tennis player was stabbed while playing against Steffi Graf in
Hamburg 1993? Monica Seles
What was the nuclear power station Sellafield previously known as?
Windscale
Swansea is situated on which river? The Tawe
In the Bible's New Testament what was the last battle between good
and evil before the day of judgement? Armageddon
What is the top string on a six-string guitar normally tuned to?
E
What trophy is played for at the US Superbowl? The Lombardi
Trophy
In what year did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister? 1979
What film was the first sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar? The
Godfather Part II
Who shot Martin Luther King in 1968? James Earl Ray
Who was Britain's first Christian martyr (an English town is named
after him)? St Alban
Which country has the largest malt whisky distillery in the world?
Japan (the Suntory Distillery)
What was Hiram Hackenbacker's nickname in Thunderbirds? Brains
What is the person called who leads prayers in a mosque? The
Imam
What is a 'half-hunter'? A type of pocket watch
Which British organisation was founded by Octavia Hill in 1895? The
National Trust
What number did motorcycle racer Barry Sheen have on his bike?
Seven
How tall is the Leaning Tower of Pisa? 190 feet (58 metres)
What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico in
1519? Hernando Cortez
What is the capital of Liberia? Monrovia
When is St Andrew's Day? 30th November
What type of game is Faro? A card game
Which team was the first to score a 'Golden Goal' in the soccer World
Cup Finals? France
Which Verdi opera is also a popular acronym used in the advertising
and selling professions? Aida (pronounced 'eye-ee-da' - the acronym,
AIDA, pronounced
like it's spelt, stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, Action, also known as
the 'hierarchy of effects', is a reverse interpretation of the buying
process.)
What does a belonophobic fear? Needles
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