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In which year was the first non-electric gas-lit traffic lights installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London?
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1868
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Which country's national flag consists of green with an orange-coloured eagle above a rectangular block of a red, a black, and an orange vertical stripe?
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Zambia
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Which English science-fiction writer is best known for works such as The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos?
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John Wyndham
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Used to produce detailed 3-dimensional images of the inside of the body, what does PET in PET scan stand for?
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Positron Emission Tomography
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What was the name of the singer who won Britain's Got Talent in 2024?
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Sydnie Christmas
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Who is the only U.S. President to also serve as the Director of the CIA?
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George H. W. Bush
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What is the pen name of Madeleine Wickham, an English author best known for her best-selling Shopaholic series?
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Sophie Kinsella
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Currently held by Tom Brady, what is the highest career NFL Regular Season passing yards?
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89,214 yards
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Which Latin phrase which is commonly used in law practice directly translates to "by the fact itself"?
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Ipso facto
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Which Canadian band composed and performed the theme tune to The Big Bang Theory?
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Barenaked Ladies
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The international unit for electrical inductance, symbolized by the letter H, is named after which American physicist?
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Joseph Henry
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What is the name of the body of the water located in Istanbul that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundaries between Asia and Europe?
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Bosporus Strait
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Who has been the lead singer for Depeche Mode since their formation in Essex in 1980?
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David Gahan
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Which female tennis player won the US Open in 1990 becoming the first Argentinian woman to win a grand slam, she also finished as runner up in Wimbledon in 1991?
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Gabriela Sabatini
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Who starred as Alicia Florrick in all seven series of the political drama series The Good Wife from 2009 to 2016?
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Julianna Margulies
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Which Egyptian pharaoh, often regarded as the greatest of the New Kingdom, was the third rule of the Nineteenth Dynasty and had an estimated reign of 66 years?
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Ramesses II
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What is the name of the interplanetary space probe which was launched in 2006 with the primary mission to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015?
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New Horizons
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Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Miracle Worker (1962) and was nominated an additional 4 times including for her role in The Graduate (1967)?
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Anne Bancroft
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In Greek Mythology, what was the name of the sea nymph who was the mother to the Greek hero Achilles?
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Thetis
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What is the name of the condiment made by Tunisian Jews that is made by cooking down spinach in lots of oil?
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Pkaila
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Radio 4 Extra are putting on a dramatisation of The Day of the Triffids at the weekend....... I'm not sure if you can hide behind the sofa from the radio though