General Knowledge Quiz #265
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General Knowledge Quiz #265
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Slazenger, Donnay, Lonsdale and Dunlop are part of controversial retail employer 'Sports (What?': Strip; Rip; Direct; or Zero?
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The internet abbreviation TLD (eg .com and .net and .de stands for what?
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A Boston USA medical study found in 2017 regular consumption of (What? markedly eased rheumatoid arthritis: Pasta; Red wine; Oily fish; or Blue cheese?
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Having a high value-to-weight ratio and now mostly virtual, what fundamental concept reputedly first emerged in Lydia (now Asian Turkey in the 7th century BC?
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What is the traditional religious/Greek name (meaning 'thanksgiving' for the Christian Holy Communion or Lord's Supper?
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The Renaissance (French for rebirth movement began in the 1500s, in: Germany; Italy; France: or Sweden?
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Illacme (illacme plenipes has the most legs of all millipede species, numbering: 6; 20; 48; or 750?
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What corporation became (by 21st C the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and motorbikes?
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Self-proclaimed mystic/holy man Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916 significantly influenced the rule of which nation?
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What sort of weapon is named after Russian leader Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986?
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Name the 'Six Flags' (six 'nations' that historically have had sovereignty over some/all of the state of Texas, USA?
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(What creatures? wear (What? in their courtship displays: Elephants; Monkeys; Fig leaves; Dolphins; Sea sponges; or Prawns?
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Name the Qatar-based/founded TV station (literally in Arabic 'The Island' launched 1996, following/assisted by the closure/redundancies of BBC Arabic Language TV?
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In dictionaries words/names beginning with 'St.' (short for saint are generally listed after: Saint; SS; Ry; or Sz?
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Shakudo (from 'red' and 'gold' is a copper-gold alloy originating in: Japan; Mexico; Ireland; or Sweden?
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Match these countries to their internet top-level-domains: Switzerland, China, Canada, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire - .ci .ca. ch .cn ?
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Short-term/freelance work is popularly called the '(What? Economy': Big; Wig; Gig; or Fig?
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Whetting refers to doing (What? to a (What?: Sharpening; Cleaning; Building; Blade; Pipe; or Corner?
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What has a calyx (stem/leaf, and achenes (seeds on the outside?
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On 1st July 2017 Canada celebrated its (What? anniversary (of when Canadian Confederation was proclaimed: 100th; 150th; 200th; or 300th?
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What sort of giant (5m erect creature is the extinct megatherium: Giraffe; Elephant; Sloth; or Penguin?
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The epic 'Beowulf' (c1000AD, a vast language record, is the oldest surviving poem manuscript in Old: Dutch; English; French; or German?
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Which element (Sr named after a Scottish town was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808?
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Mechanical arm railway signals are termed (What? communication system, also used by ships at sea?
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What compound (C7H5NO3S is 500 times sweeter than sugar, for which it substitutes?
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The iconic 1968 Small Faces album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake was the first LP with an appropriately (What-shape? cover, originally produced as a lidded tin container: Hexagonal; Triangular; Pentagonal; or Circular?
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Sir Ken Robinson (born 1950 and 'most-viewed TED talker' is a famous: Newsreader; Educationalist; Architect; or Footballer?
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What does the J stand for in the household cleaning 'J-cloth' (now genericized) brand?
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What portmanteau word (for a video diary) is a form of publishing, done by millions of children (e.g., on YouTube), often unknown to teachers and parents?
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The time spent by people viewing YouTube videos each day (i.e., in a single day - as at 2017) collectively equates to roughly how many years: Ten; A hundred; A thousand; or 100,000?
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'Watergate' - the scandal causing US president Nixon's resignation in 1974 - is actually a: Book; Journalist; Building complex; or Legal term for impeachment?
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Greek mythology asserts that the first woman on Earth was: Venus; Hera; Eve; or Pandora?
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Which one of these is the more general name within which the other two are types: Sultana; Raisin; Currant?
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Launched 2016/17, Apple Homepod, Amazon Echo, and Google Home mainly provide: Music; Gaming; Education; or Robot baby-sitting and parenting?
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Donald Trump's May 2017 Twitter typo that became a viral conundrum was: Boobebe; Kwififi; Covfefe; or Impeecci?
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The Maris Piper is a popular famous: Light aircraft; Potato; Scottish folk dance; or Plumbing manual?
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Breteche, Machiolation, Murder-holes, Merlons and Hoarding are features of: Golf courses; Medieval castles; Cheese; or Wedding cakes?
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What does the J stand for in the household cleaning 'J-cloth' (now genericized brand?
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What portmanteau word (for a video diary is a form of publishing, done by millions of children (e.g., on YouTube, often unknown to teachers and parents?
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Panettone is a popular Italian: Motorcycle; Lake; Bread; or Martial art?
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What creature is a 'fashion' (style of repeated recitation often used in learning?
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What Latin for beak is a speaking platform, from Ancient Rome's speaker Forum, decorated with the beaks of captured galleys?
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Siddhārtha Gautama is simply and eponymously known as what founding religious teacher?
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The pastry used in eclairs and similar cakes is: Shoo; Shew, Shoe; or Choux?
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What did Willie Walsh reveal as the actual cause of BA's catastrophic IT systems outage, stranding 75,000 passengers and grounding flights at 170 airports over a May holiday weekend 2017: Cyber-attack; Psychic phenomenon; Rats; or Someone pulled the plug out?
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The farmer in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies is Mr: McDougall; McGregor; Macdonald; or MacHinery?
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Tabs, Knobs, Whimsies, and Innies and Outies feature in what table-top amusement?
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Named after its German bacteriologist inventor, what is a flat circular transparent dish used for cultivating micro-organisms?
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What BBC TV children's story show (1965-96 is named from a nursery rhyme, and became Cockney Rhyming slang for 'story', especially alluding to fabrications and lies?
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'Machine Learning' and 'Decision Trees' are terms in: Dr Who; Star Trek; Landscape gardening; or Artificial Intelligence?
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The time spent by people viewing YouTube videos each day (i.e., in a single day - as at 2017 collectively equates to roughly how many years: Ten; A hundred; A thousand; or 100,000?
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Spraint is the dung of the: Cat; Dog; Otter; or Rabbit?
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Someone who shunts trains in the USA, derived from older English for an inn's groom for horses or innkeeper is a: Rustler; Whistler; Hostler; or Wrestler?
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The Westermarck effect, which opposes Freudian theory, seeks to explain: War; Dreams; Playground games; or Genetic Sexual Attraction?
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What is the modern equivalent of Royal Navy's 1914-18 code: Apples, Butter, Charlie, Duff, Edward, Freddy, George, Harry, Ink, Johnnie, King, London, Monkey, Nuts, Orange, Pudding?
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The personal development appraisal method which includes views of co-workers about the worker concerned is popularly called "(How many degrees? Feedback": 50; 90; 100; or 360?
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Schroeder and Marcy are among the perpetual children in (What? famous creation by (Who? from 1950-2000?
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Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Shakepeare's Romeo and Juliet refer to a (What? as an 'iron crow': White witch; Prussian general; Red wine cocktail; or Wrecking bar?
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Italian Maria Montessori (1870-1952 developed her famous eponymous method for (What? at her La Casa Dei Bambini: Education; Childbirth; Cooking; or Tattooing?
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Slazenger, Donnay, Lonsdale and Dunlop are part of controversial retail employer 'Sports (What?': Strip; Rip; Direct; or Zero?Direct
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The internet abbreviation TLD (eg .com and .net and .de stands for what?Top Level Domain
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A Boston USA medical study found in 2017 regular consumption of (What? markedly eased rheumatoid arthritis: Pasta; Red wine; Oily fish; or Blue cheese?Oily fish
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Having a high value-to-weight ratio and now mostly virtual, what fundamental concept reputedly first emerged in Lydia (now Asian Turkey in the 7th century BC?Money
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What is the traditional religious/Greek name (meaning 'thanksgiving' for the Christian Holy Communion or Lord's Supper?Eucharist
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The Renaissance (French for rebirth movement began in the 1500s, in: Germany; Italy; France: or Sweden?Italy
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Illacme (illacme plenipes has the most legs of all millipede species, numbering: 6; 20; 48; or 750?750
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What corporation became (by 21st C the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and motorbikes?Honda
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Self-proclaimed mystic/holy man Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916 significantly influenced the rule of which nation?Russia
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What sort of weapon is named after Russian leader Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986?Petrol bomb or
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Name the 'Six Flags' (six 'nations' that historically have had sovereignty over some/all of the state of Texas, USA?
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(What creatures? wear (What? in their courtship displays: Elephants; Monkeys; Fig leaves; Dolphins; Sea sponges; or Prawns?
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Name the Qatar-based/founded TV station (literally in Arabic 'The Island' launched 1996, following/assisted by the closure/redundancies of BBC Arabic Language TV?Al Jazeera
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In dictionaries words/names beginning with 'St.' (short for saint are generally listed after: Saint; SS; Ry; or Sz?Saint
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Shakudo (from 'red' and 'gold' is a copper-gold alloy originating in: Japan; Mexico; Ireland; or Sweden?Japan
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Match these countries to their internet top-level-domains: Switzerland, China, Canada, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire - .ci .ca. ch .cn ?Switzerland = .ch , China = .cn , Canada = .ca , Ivory Coast
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Short-term/freelance work is popularly called the '(What? Economy': Big; Wig; Gig; or Fig?Gig
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Whetting refers to doing (What? to a (What?: Sharpening; Cleaning; Building; Blade; Pipe; or Corner?
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What has a calyx (stem/leaf, and achenes (seeds on the outside?Strawberry
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On 1st July 2017 Canada celebrated its (What? anniversary (of when Canadian Confederation was proclaimed: 100th; 150th; 200th; or 300th?150th
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What sort of giant (5m erect creature is the extinct megatherium: Giraffe; Elephant; Sloth; or Penguin?Sloth
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The epic 'Beowulf' (c1000AD, a vast language record, is the oldest surviving poem manuscript in Old: Dutch; English; French; or German?English
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Which element (Sr named after a Scottish town was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808?Strontium
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Mechanical arm railway signals are termed (What? communication system, also used by ships at sea?Semaphore
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What compound (C7H5NO3S is 500 times sweeter than sugar, for which it substitutes?Saccharin
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The iconic 1968 Small Faces album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake was the first LP with an appropriately (What-shape? cover, originally produced as a lidded tin container: Hexagonal; Triangular; Pentagonal; or Circular?Circular
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Sir Ken Robinson (born 1950 and 'most-viewed TED talker' is a famous: Newsreader; Educationalist; Architect; or Footballer?Educationalist
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What does the J stand for in the household cleaning 'J-cloth' (now genericized) brand?Johnson (a 1970's registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson, the cleaning/chemicals corporation)
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What portmanteau word (for a video diary) is a form of publishing, done by millions of children (e.g., on YouTube), often unknown to teachers and parents?Vlogging (from Video and Log - as in Blogging, from Web/Log)
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The time spent by people viewing YouTube videos each day (i.e., in a single day - as at 2017) collectively equates to roughly how many years: Ten; A hundred; A thousand; or 100,000?100,000 (yes - that's a hundred thousand years.... about a billion hours every day)
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'Watergate' - the scandal causing US president Nixon's resignation in 1974 - is actually a: Book; Journalist; Building complex; or Legal term for impeachment?Building complex
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Greek mythology asserts that the first woman on Earth was: Venus; Hera; Eve; or Pandora?Pandora
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Which one of these is the more general name within which the other two are types: Sultana; Raisin; Currant?Raisin
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Launched 2016/17, Apple Homepod, Amazon Echo, and Google Home mainly provide: Music; Gaming; Education; or Robot baby-sitting and parenting?Music
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Donald Trump's May 2017 Twitter typo that became a viral conundrum was: Boobebe; Kwififi; Covfefe; or Impeecci?Covfefe
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The Maris Piper is a popular famous: Light aircraft; Potato; Scottish folk dance; or Plumbing manual?Potato
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Breteche, Machiolation, Murder-holes, Merlons and Hoarding are features of: Golf courses; Medieval castles; Cheese; or Wedding cakes?Medieval castles
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What does the J stand for in the household cleaning 'J-cloth' (now genericized brand?Johnson
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What portmanteau word (for a video diary is a form of publishing, done by millions of children (e.g., on YouTube, often unknown to teachers and parents?Vlogging
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Panettone is a popular Italian: Motorcycle; Lake; Bread; or Martial art?Bread
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What creature is a 'fashion' (style of repeated recitation often used in learning?Parrot
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What Latin for beak is a speaking platform, from Ancient Rome's speaker Forum, decorated with the beaks of captured galleys?Rostrum
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Siddhārtha Gautama is simply and eponymously known as what founding religious teacher?Buddha
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The pastry used in eclairs and similar cakes is: Shoo; Shew, Shoe; or Choux?Choux
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What did Willie Walsh reveal as the actual cause of BA's catastrophic IT systems outage, stranding 75,000 passengers and grounding flights at 170 airports over a May holiday weekend 2017: Cyber-attack; Psychic phenomenon; Rats; or Someone pulled the plug out?Someone pulled the plug out
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The farmer in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies is Mr: McDougall; McGregor; Macdonald; or MacHinery?McGregor
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Tabs, Knobs, Whimsies, and Innies and Outies feature in what table-top amusement?Jigsaw puzzles
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Named after its German bacteriologist inventor, what is a flat circular transparent dish used for cultivating micro-organisms?Petri
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What BBC TV children's story show (1965-96 is named from a nursery rhyme, and became Cockney Rhyming slang for 'story', especially alluding to fabrications and lies?Jackanory
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'Machine Learning' and 'Decision Trees' are terms in: Dr Who; Star Trek; Landscape gardening; or Artificial Intelligence?Artificial Intelligence
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The time spent by people viewing YouTube videos each day (i.e., in a single day - as at 2017 collectively equates to roughly how many years: Ten; A hundred; A thousand; or 100,000?100,000
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Spraint is the dung of the: Cat; Dog; Otter; or Rabbit?Otter
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Someone who shunts trains in the USA, derived from older English for an inn's groom for horses or innkeeper is a: Rustler; Whistler; Hostler; or Wrestler?Hostler
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The Westermarck effect, which opposes Freudian theory, seeks to explain: War; Dreams; Playground games; or Genetic Sexual Attraction?Genetic Sexual Attraction
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What is the modern equivalent of Royal Navy's 1914-18 code: Apples, Butter, Charlie, Duff, Edward, Freddy, George, Harry, Ink, Johnnie, King, London, Monkey, Nuts, Orange, Pudding?Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa
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The personal development appraisal method which includes views of co-workers about the worker concerned is popularly called "(How many degrees? Feedback": 50; 90; 100; or 360?360
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Schroeder and Marcy are among the perpetual children in (What? famous creation by (Who? from 1950-2000?
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Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Shakepeare's Romeo and Juliet refer to a (What? as an 'iron crow': White witch; Prussian general; Red wine cocktail; or Wrecking bar?Wrecking bar
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Italian Maria Montessori (1870-1952 developed her famous eponymous method for (What? at her La Casa Dei Bambini: Education; Childbirth; Cooking; or Tattooing?Education
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