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General Knowledge

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In Architecture, Cartouche Is A Decorative Feature Resembling What
A scroll
 
According To His Memoirs, What Famous Venetian Adventurer Was Once Imprisoned As A Magician, A Director Of The Paris State Lotteries, Knighted In The Netherlands, A Spy For Louis Xv, And A Librarian In Bohemia
Casanova (fully, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-98)
 
What Is The Name Of The Street In London Famous For Its Tailors Shops
Savile Row
 
Who Was The 'Father Of Medicine' To Whom A Code Of Medical Ethics Is Attributed And Which Bears His Name
Hippocrates
 
What Shape Is Farfalle Pasta
Bow tie (or butterfly, which is what farfalle means in Italian.)
 
Pb Is The Symbol For Which Chemical Element
Lead
 
What City Did Charles Ii Of England Sell To France In 1662 For 40,000
Dunkirk
 
From Which Creatures Can Newcastle Disease Transfer To Humans, Causing Mild Conjunctivitis And Flu Symptoms
Birds
 
What Household Gadget Did Melville R Bissell Invent 1876
Carpet sweeper
 
British Landrace, Pietrain And Tamworth Are What Sort Of Animals
Pigs (they are all domesticated pig breeds)
 
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Lee Kuan Yew Became The First Officially Elected Prime Minister Of Which Country In 1959
Singapore (The Republic of Singapore, from the Malay
 
Who Was Rumoured To To Have Had His First Wife Amy Robsart Poisoned, In The Hope Of Marrying Queen Elizabeth The First
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
 
A Salchow (Usually Pronounced 'Salco' Or 'Salcov') Is A Jump In Which Sport
Figure skating
 
What Is The Capital Of Barbados
Bridgetown
 
Of Albanian Descent, By What Name Is 1979 Nobel Prizewinner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Better Known
Mother Teresa
 
Mjosa (More Precisely Mjsa) Is The Largest Lake Of Which Country
Norway
 
How Would 'Good Day' Normally Be Said In Japanese
Konnichi wa (or similar, for example ko-nee-chee-wa)
 
What Is The Highest Volcano In Africa
Kilimanjaro
 
The German Deutschmark Was Comprised Of One Hundred What
Pfennig
 
Atoms For Peace', Formed In 1957, Is Now Known As What
The International Atomic Energy Agency
 
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A Biathlon Consists Of Which Two Sports
Skiing and shooting
 
The Word Deltiologist, Derived From The Greek 'Deltos' Meaning Writing-Tablet, Refers To A Collector Of What
Postcards (picture postcards)
 
Who Wrote In 1770 (If God Did Not Exist It Would Be Necessary To Invent Him)
Voltaire
 
What Year Did The Channel Tunnel Between Britain And France Open
1994
 
Which Tragic Figure Of Greek Mythology Became The King Of Thebes After Solving The Sphinx's Riddle To Guess What Walks On Four Legs In The Morning, Two In The Afternoon And Three In The Evening
Oedipus
 
Which Hormone Controls Puberty In Males
Testosterone
 
Which Company Manufactured The Engines Used To Power Concorde
Rolls Royce
 
Which Religion Was Originally Based On The Ideas Of Marcus Garvey
Rastafarianism
 
What Is The French Word For A Young Hen Or Chicken
POUSSIN
 
Clergymen Of The House Of Lords Are Known As Lords Spiritual. What Are Secular Members Known As.
LORDS TEMPORAL
 
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