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Which singer was Carrie Fisher married to from 1983-1984?
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Paul Simon
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Malawi and Zambia both use which currency unit?
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Kwacha
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What was the name of the 1st Duke of Wellington, best known for defeating Napoleon in 1815?
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Arthur Wellesley
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A skyscraper is widely accepted to be any building taller than what height?
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150 metres
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What is the name of the racecourse in Australia where the prestigious Melbourne Cup is held?
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Flemington
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Which British chemist won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to discover the structure of molecules such as insulin and penicillin?
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Dorothy Hodgkin
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Which province of South Africa contains the country's largest city, Johannesburg?
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Gauteng
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Which South African golfer won 9 Men's Major Championships dating from 1959 to 1978?
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Gary Player
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Named after a Japanese doctor and commonly affecting young children, what is the name of the condition of inflammation of the blood vessels?
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Kawasaki disease
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Adapted into the 2004 film of the same name, who wrote the children's book The Polar Express?
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Chris Van Allsburg
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What name given to leather that has not yet been tanned or treated, was also a Western TV show starring Clint Eastwood?
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Rawhide
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Starting with the Northernmost county and moving South, list the 4 English counties that border Wales?
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Cheshire Shropshire Herefordshire Gloucestershire
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Which Swede served as UN Secretary-General from 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1961?
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Dag Hammarskjöld
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The husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, died in December of which year?
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1861
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Who had 2 UK Number Ones in 1995 with "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" and "Boom Boom Boom"?
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Outhere Brothers
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What was the name of the chemist who invented Coca-Cola in the late 19th century?
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John Stith Pemberton
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What is the name of the world in which World of Warcraft takes place?
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Azeroth
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In 1941, Ginger Rogers won Oscar for Best Actress for her role in which film?
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Kitty Foyle (1940)
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In Egyptian Mythology, who was the god of craftsmen and architecture and the father of Imhotep?
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Ptah
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What cocktail is made up of applejack, grenadine, and lemon/lime juice?
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Jack Rose
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Again, no such Oscar as ‘Best Lead Actress’ - just ‘Best Actress’.
It is an EXTREMELY HARD general knowledge quiz after all :)
Will amend the Oscar question to be consistent