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No Googling, asking someone or otherwise looking up answers before 7:00 pm
No more than three answers per post.

1. Max Schmelling won the vacant heavyweight championship whilst on the canvas, who was he fighting?

2. From what animal does Ermine originate?

3. Who was the first person that used the title Prime Minister in Britain?

4. What was the name of Sherlock Holmes brother?

5. What was the first animal in space?

6. Who was Alexander the Greats tutor?

7. In Mary Shelly’s novel, what is Dr Frankenstein’s first name?

8. What is used to make the purple ink to stamp meat?

9. Who created the popular television series Minder?

10. Which country’s currency is called the Dong?

11. Mt Vesuvius buried Pompeii and which other town?

12. What year was NATO founded?

13. Only one South American country has had a monarchy, which one?

14. Who hosted the first women’s World Cup?

15. What was the name of Orson Wells character in the Third Man

16. What year was the last poll tax introduced?

17. Who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?

18. Which spacecraft mapped the surface of Venus?

19. Which 1940’s novel was originally called The Last Man In Europe?

20. Who did Ronald Regan defeat to become President in 1980?

4: Mycroft

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5: Leica (a Russian dog)

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Originally Posted by altis (Post 34126493)

4: Mycroft

Well done

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5) Not right

Quote:

Originally Posted by altis (Post 34126498)

10: Korea

In correct

Quote:

Originally Posted by altis (Post 34126501)

17: Howard Carter?

Sorry. The Mythological chap ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by altis (Post 34126505)

3: Robert Walpole?

Not right

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34126512)

5. Mouse

Not a mouse

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 34126515)

11. Herculaneum

Well done

5. Dog? Edit: Altis said dog earlier...
8. Beetroot?
10. Vietnam