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QUIZ
The rules are the same as always:
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?
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