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  1. Infrasound - sound lower than 20Hz (Hertz, or cycles per second) and typically undetectable by human hearing - is more commonly termed what?
  2. Which Tropic divides Mexico into temperate and tropical zones?
  3. Which month was named after the Roman god of war?
  4. Paques is the French term for which religious festival?
  5. Which country has the internet domain .pl?
  6. What does the 'S' stand for in UNESCO?
  7. Traditionally, oysters should be eaten when which letter of the alphabet is in the month?
  8. Cryptozoology is the study of which type of creatures: Burrowing; Corpse-feeding; Mythical; or Church-dwelling?
  9. Which playing card is known as the 'Beer Card?
  10. Which canal is known as the 'Highway to India'?
  11. Which vegetable has the Latin name Allium Cepa?
  12. The moons of which planet are named after Shakespearian characters?
  13. Charmeuse, Noil and Shantung are all types of which fabric?
  14. The enzyme pepsin is released by cells in which part of the human body?
  15. Which US president popularised the term 'muckraking' (meaning investigative reporting, notably of politics and business) in a 1906 speech?
  16. Deriving from, and in part meaning small, what is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
  17. If something is piscivorous, what does it generally feed on?
  18. Previously deemed too dangerous, what Winter Olympics event will be open to women for the first time in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi?
  19. What is the name for mammals born incompletely developed and carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly?
  20. Croquembouche is a dessert tower made of what: Fruit; Ice-cream; Profiteroles; or Meringue?
  21. Which is the only country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonized by a European power?
  22. Bourse is a European word for what financial mechanism?
  23. Abidjan is the former capital and a major battleground of what civil-war-torn nation in 2011?
  24. In relation to spiritual diety Pachamama, in 2011 Bolivia announced an new unusual Law of what?
  25. What UK event did protest group Animal Aid describe in 2011 as 'straightforward animal abuse on a par with Spanish Bullfighting'?
  26. 2011 is how many years' anniversary of the start of (what is conventionally referred to as) the US Civil War?
  27. What is the originally north African dish made of coursely ground wheat whose Arabic name, kaskasa, means 'to pound'?
  28. At what fret are found the same notes as the open strings, but an octave higher, on a standard guitar: 8th; 10th; 12th; or 14th?
  29. Spell the name of the WWII Nazi concentration camp Ausvitcz/Auschwitz/Awsvitch/Auscwicz?
  30. In conventional chessboard layout denotion, where the white castle (rook) starts on square a1, what piece occupies e8?

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  1. Infrasound - sound lower than 20Hz (Hertz, or cycles per second) and typically undetectable by human hearing - is more commonly termed what?
    Subsonic
  2. Which Tropic divides Mexico into temperate and tropical zones?
    Tropic of Cancer
  3. Which month was named after the Roman god of war?
    March 
  4. Paques is the French term for which religious festival?
    Easter
  5. Which country has the internet domain .pl?
    Poland
  6. What does the 'S' stand for in UNESCO?
    Scientific 
  7. Traditionally, oysters should be eaten when which letter of the alphabet is in the month?
    R
  8. Cryptozoology is the study of which type of creatures: Burrowing; Corpse-feeding; Mythical; or Church-dwelling?
    Mythical 
  9. Which playing card is known as the 'Beer Card?
    Seven of Diamonds
  10. Which canal is known as the 'Highway to India'?
    Suez Canal
  11. Which vegetable has the Latin name Allium Cepa?
    Onion 
  12. The moons of which planet are named after Shakespearian characters?
    Uranus
  13. Charmeuse, Noil and Shantung are all types of which fabric?
    Silk
  14. The enzyme pepsin is released by cells in which part of the human body?
    Stomach
  15. Which US president popularised the term 'muckraking' (meaning investigative reporting, notably of politics and business) in a 1906 speech?
    Theodore Roosevelt 
  16. Deriving from, and in part meaning small, what is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
    Omicron 
  17. If something is piscivorous, what does it generally feed on?
    Fish
  18. Previously deemed too dangerous, what Winter Olympics event will be open to women for the first time in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi?
    Ski jumping
  19. What is the name for mammals born incompletely developed and carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly?
    Marsupials 
  20. Croquembouche is a dessert tower made of what: Fruit; Ice-cream; Profiteroles; or Meringue?
    Profiteroles 
  21. Which is the only country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonized by a European power?
    Thailand
  22. Bourse is a European word for what financial mechanism?
    Stock exchange 
  23. Abidjan is the former capital and a major battleground of what civil-war-torn nation in 2011?
    Ivory Coast 
  24. In relation to spiritual diety Pachamama, in 2011 Bolivia announced an new unusual Law of what?
    Mother Earth 
  25. What UK event did protest group Animal Aid describe in 2011 as 'straightforward animal abuse on a par with Spanish Bullfighting'?
    The Grand National 
  26. 2011 is how many years' anniversary of the start of (what is conventionally referred to as) the US Civil War?
    150 
  27. What is the originally north African dish made of coursely ground wheat whose Arabic name, kaskasa, means 'to pound'?
    Couscous
  28. At what fret are found the same notes as the open strings, but an octave higher, on a standard guitar: 8th; 10th; 12th; or 14th?
    12th
  29. Spell the name of the WWII Nazi concentration camp Ausvitcz/Auschwitz/Awsvitch/Auscwicz?
    Auschwitz
  30. In conventional chessboard layout denotion, where the white castle (rook) starts on square a1, what piece occupies e8?
    Black King
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