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1) ‘One’ is a song by which Irish band, and featured on their 1991 album Achtung Baby?
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U2
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2) Can you name either of the two men to have served two non-consecutive terms as US President?
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Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump
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3) Which country has three capital cities?
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South Africa
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4) Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga are the four Noble Truths in which religion?
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Buddhism
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5) Which country’s football team have had five stars on their football shirts since 2002, to mark five FIFA World Cup wins?
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Brazil
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6) The musical ‘Six’ is about the six wives of which British monarch?
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Henry VIII
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7) Which is the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing?
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The Great Pyramind at Giza
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8) Who got married eight times, including twice to Richard Burton?
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Elizabeth Taylor
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9) Which sport is normally played on a diamond over nine innings?
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Baseball
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10) Which river flows through 10 countries and enters the Black Sea in Ukraine?
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Danube
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11) Who was UK Prime Minister for 11 years from 1979 to 1990?
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Margaret Thatcher
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12) Suriname is the smallest of the 12 countries on which continent?
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South America
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13) 13 (dreizehn) is said to be the first compound number in which language?
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German
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14) Which large Asian country borders 14 other countries?
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China
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15) The number 15 represents the first point gained in which sport?
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Tennis
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16) 16 is colloquially used to refer to the government or Prime Minister of which country, because the official seat of the federal government is at 16, rue de la Loi, Brussels?
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Belgium
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17) What name is given to short form poetry, usually of 17 syllables, originally from Japan?
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Haiku
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18) Back Pocket and Rover are among the 18 on-field positions in which sport?
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Australian Rules Football
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19) Which movie star hosted the Oscars a record 19 times?
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Bob Hope
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20) Which European capital consists of 20 arrondissements municipaux?
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Paris
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21) Which future filmstar played Officer Tom Hanson on the TV show 21 Jump Street?
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Johnny Depp
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22) Who won a record 22 competitive Oscars between 1932 and 1969?
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Walt Disney
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23) Nissan often uses the number 23 for their Motorsport manufacturer teams, as the numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in which language?
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Japanese
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24) Who played country-terrorist agent Jack Bauer in the TV series 24?
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Kiefer Sutherland
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25) Which singer’s third album, 25, was the best-selling album of 2015?
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Adele
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26) Which European country is formed of 26 federated states, called cantons?
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Switzerland
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27) Who played serial bridesmaid Jane Nichols in the 2008 rom-com 27 Dresses?
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Katherine Heigl
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28) Who directed the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror drama film ‘28 Days Later’?
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Danny Boyle
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29) Which planet takes approximately 29 years to orbit the Sun?
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Saturn
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30) According to the Bible, who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver?
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Judas Iscariot
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31) Which company, known as ‘31 Ice Cream’ in Japan, has 31 flavours of ice cream, and has even incorporated the number into their logo?
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Baskin-Robbins
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32) Kensington & Chelsea is the smallest of the 32 boroughs of which city?
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London
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33) In 2010, 33 miners survived being trapped inside the San José Mine in which country?
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Chile
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34) Edmond Dantès is referred to as ‘Number 34’ during his imprisonment in the Château d'If in which 1844 novel by Alexander Dumas?
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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35) According to Article II of which country’s constitution, the president must be a natural-born citizen, be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the for 14 years?
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USA
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36) Rajasthan is the largest of the 38 states and union territories of which country?
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India
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37) 37 degrees is said to be the normal human body temperature on which scale?
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Celsius
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38) Which Asian country was divided along the 38th parallel in the 1940s?
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Korea
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39) Which Scottish novelist wrote the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps?
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John Buchan
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40) Which word, derived from the Italian 'quaranta giorni', originally described the 40 day period ships had to isolate before people could go ashore during the Black Death?
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Quarantine
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41) 41 is the name of a 2012 documentary about which US President?
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George W Bush
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42) In which 1979 novel was 42 said to be the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything," according to the giant supercomputer Deep Thought?
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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43) “The 43 Peculiarity" - in which Howard and Raj try to find out why Sheldon disappears each day to a room with ‘43’ written on a chalkboard - is an episode of which sit-com?
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The Big Bang Theory
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44) Which Roman leader was assassinated on 15th March, 44BC?
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Julius Caesar
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45) The '45 refers to the Jacobite rising of which year, in Great Britain?
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1745
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46) Who was inaugurated as the 46th US President on 20th January 2021?
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Joseph Biden
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47) The AK-47, is probably the most famous firearm created by which Russian designer?
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
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48) Which actor made his film debut as Reggie Hammond in the 1982 film 48 hours?
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Eddie Murphy
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49) The 49ers is a professional American Football team based near which city?
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San Francisco
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50) What officially became America’s 50th state, on August 21, 1959?
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Hawaii
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51) Area 51, a parcel of U.S. military-controlled land whose intense secrecy has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories, is located in which US state?
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Nevada
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52) There are 52 white keys on the modern version of which instrument?
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Piano
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53) What is the name of the Volkswagen Beetle, numbered 53, who appeared in the film ‘‘The Love Bug’ (1968) and its sequels?
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Herbie
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54) Which organisation, mostly made up of former territories of Britain, describes itself as ‘a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal countries’?
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The Commonwealth
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55) 55 is the atomic number of which element, represented by the symbol Cs ?
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Caesium
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56) 56 men signed which famous document on 4th July 1776?
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United States Declaration of Independence
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57) Which company introduced the marketing slogan "57 Pickle Varieties" in 1896?
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H J Heinz Company
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58) Jim Furyk in 2016 set a record score of 58, as the lowest score in an 18-hole round, in which sport?
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Golf
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59) Which bridge in New York City is also known as the 59th Street Bridge?
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The Queensboro Bridge
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60) 60, in the form of a ‘treble twenty’ is the highest score that can be obtained with one throw, in which sport!?
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Darts
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61) ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ is a 1965 album by which American singer-songwriter?
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Bob Dylan
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62) The M62 is a 107-mile-long motorway connecting Hull and Liverpool, in which country?
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UK
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63) There were 63 groats in a guinea in which country’s pre-decimal currency?
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UK
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64) When I'm Sixty-Four is a 1967 song by which British band?
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The Beatles
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65) 65 is the age at which people are normally eligible to obtain Medicare, in which country?
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USA
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66) US highway Route 66 originally ran from which city to Santa Monica, California?
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Chicago
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67) There are said to be 67 distinct ‘throws’ in which martial art?
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Judo
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68) 68 is the atomic number of which element, which has the atomic symbol Er?
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Erbium
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69) “Summer of '69” is a 1985 song by which Canadian rock musician?
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Bryan Adams
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70) “The days of our years are threescore years and ten…” is a quote from which book?
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The King James Bible
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71) Treadstone Seventy-One is a special department of the CIA which made Jason Bourne and other super agents, in the novels by which American author?
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Robert Ludlum
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72) Some interpretations of which religion claim that martyrs will find 72 virgins waiting for them in paradise?
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Islam
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73) The number 73 has the product property and the mirror property and is therefore the sole ‘Sheldon prime’, in homage to Sheldon Cooper, a character on which TV show?
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The Big Bang Theory
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74) Once a tropical cyclone reaches sustained winds of at least 74mph what will it be classified as, by the Japan Meteorological Agency?
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Typhoon
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75) ‘So are you to my thoughts as food to life…’ is the opening line of Sonnet 75, by which English poet and playwright?
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William Shakespeare
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76) ‘Seventy-Six Trombones’ is a song featured in which 1957 musical?
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The Music Man
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77) The US television series 77 Sunset Strip was set in which American city?
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Los Angeles
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78) In the case of records labelled 78 RPM, what do the letters RPM stand for?
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Revolutions Per Minute
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79) Which planet in our solar system has 79 known moons (as of 2018)?
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Jupiter
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80) Who wrote the 1872 adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days?
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Jules Verne
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81) 81 is symbolic number of which motorcycle club, as 'H' and 'A' are the 8th and 1st letter of the alphabet?
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Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
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82) 82 is the number of games a team must win to secure a winning season in which popular US sport?
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Baseball
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83) Adherents to which religion may have a 2nd Bar mitzvah if they reach the age of 83?
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Judaism
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84) Who won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road?
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Anne Bancroft
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85) In which 1992 sci-fi film does Ralph Brown play the character Francis Aaron, known by the nickname "85", after his IQ score?
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Alien 3
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86) Don Adams played Agent 86 in which 1960s espionage-themed comedy series?
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Get Smart
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87) Abraham Lincoln's phrase "fourscore and seven years ago..." referred to the number of years between the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and which battle?
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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88) Which 1985 film featured a Delorean car that could time travel if it reached 88mph?
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Back To The Future
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89) An ‘89’ or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 catches the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum half), in which sport?
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Rugby
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90) What name is given to angle that is exactly 90 degrees?
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a right angle
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91) What type of vehicle was the Saab 91 Safir (sapphire), originally produced between the mid 1940s and the mid 1960s?
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Aircraft
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92) The 92 Club is a society of fans who have attended a home match of all 92 current member clubs of leagues in which sport in England and Wales?
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Football
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93) Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize), a novel about the French Revolution, is the final published work of which French writer?
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Victor Hugo
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94) Which British satirical magazine regularly ends articles with the comment "(continued p. 94)”? |
Private Eye
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95) 95 is the racing number for race car Lightning McQueen in which 2006 animated film?
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Cars
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96) German submarine U-96 was the subject of which 1973 novel and 1981 film?
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Das Boot
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97) 97 is the atomic number of which element, with the chemical symbol Bk?
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Berkelium
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98) ‘98’ is the highest jersey number allowed in which sport, after the number ‘99’ was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky?
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Ice Hockey
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99) ‘99 Luftballoons’ was a big 1983 hit for which West German band?
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Nena
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100) In Berlin in 2009, who set a world record for the 100m with a time of 9.58 seconds? |
Usain Bolt
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