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What does the banking acronym HSBC stand for?
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Hong Kong (and) Shanghai Banking Corporation
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Who is the only Formula One driver from New Zealand to have won a World Championship?
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Denny Hulme
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What is the name of the famous dzong fortress in Lhasa, Tibet that was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas until 1959?
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Potala Palace
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What is the scientific name of the phase transition of a substance from solid directly to gas?
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Sublimation
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Which actor played the antagonist Dr. Julius No in the James Bond film Dr. No (1962)?
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Joseph Wiseman
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How long does it take for the London Eye to rotate?
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30 minutes
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What is the name of the terrorist organization formed by Joseph Kony in the Ugandan civil war?
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Lord's Resistance Army
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What was the name of the British comedy radio show starring Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers that ran from 1951 to 1960?
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The Goon Show
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Who wrote the 2005 novel No Country for Old Men that the award-winning 2007 film was based on?
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Cormac McCarthy
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Which British duo had a UK Number One with "I Owe You Nothing" and 7 further UK Top 10's in the 1980s including "When Will I Be Famous" and "Drop the Boy"?
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Bros
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Which Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House?
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Jørn Utzon
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In which year did Vincent van Gogh die aged 37 years old?
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1890
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Which two astronauts share the longest total excursion time on the Moon at just over 22 hours, as part of the Apollo 17 space mission?
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Gene Cernan
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Harrison Schmitt
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Jellybean, Cupcake and Lollipop are all versions of which operating system?
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Android
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Which Romanian won 3 Gold Medals at the Montreal 1976 Olympics and was awarded the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics?
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Nadia Comăneci
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Spitsbergen is the largest island of which Norwegian archipelago?
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Svalbard
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Which American director won the Best Director Oscar for The Graduate (1967)?
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Mike Nichols
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What is the name of the infamous wolf in Norse mythology that is the son of Loki?
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Fenrir
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Pinkerton, Fuerte and Hass are all varieties of what fruit?
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Avocado
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