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27001. Who raised the flag and where on H.K.Island and claimed the island for the British?

27002. How many people survived the Titanic?

27003. My surname is Eldridge, what famous experiment was conducted on an Eldridge and what was the outcome?

27004. Which sport is like bowls but played on ice?

27005. Who became known as the'Crumblies'?

27007. Which playwright wrote the line, "Very flat, Norfolk"?

27008. Who said 'I am just going outside and may be some time'?

27009. Why do ostriches put their heads in the sand or should it be why do they back out of small holes?

27013. Where did the term' two axe handles wide' originate?

27014. What do the 3 names Tom Crean, Teddy Evans and William Lashly have in common?

27015. Name the person with the longest name in the Bible?

27016. Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?

27017. What cities were the most Super Bowls played in?

27019. Which star of stage and screen often said'He's done a whoopsie'?

27020. We all remember Disney's lovable volkswagen but what was his name and what was his number?

27021. Ok guys this one.'I'm free'?

27025. Who was known as the 'voice of cricket'?

27026. Which British Olympian made history in the 1988 Winter Olympics?

27029. Which horse has won the Grand National the most times and where is he now?

27036. If you are at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal and sail along it to the Pacific end, how many miles west will you have traveled?

27039. Name the southernmost POINTS (not countries) of Europe, Africa, and South America?

27043. What does the Letter K stand for?

27044. What television program began with a loud 'Hey, you guys.?

27045. When was the fist Ferrari built?

27046. What is the record highest price paid for a Ferrari?

27047. How old is Dame Vera Lynn?

27048. We'll Meet Again and Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs Of Dover ... what were the other hits by Dame Vera Lynn?

27049. What's the story behind the Martyr's Memorial at Lewes in Sussex?

27051. How long can a human say under water without breathing equipment?

27052. How many lakes are in the state of Minnesota?

27060. From which show is the quote 'Yes I'm talking to you fuzzy' and who says it?

27062. I'm trying to remember a children's TV show from the 70s. There was a puppet in it named Hartley Hare. Anyone recall such a programme?

27064. From where does the derisive term for Italians, 'Wop' come from?

27065. On what one movie are there credits spoken rather than merely listed?

27066. From where comes the Brit slang 'loo'?

27067. Which fictional character regularly says'Oh crikey' and 'Yaroo'?

27069. Copyright is a very grey area with people taking advantage of other peoples hard work.What company is trying to take advantage of Lacoste?

27075. An interesting one I just found: who is the only person in the Bible to sneeze?

27083. Which US presidents were elected by the Electoral College after being defeated in the popular vote?

27084. Which US president grew up as an orphan?

27085. Who was the first president born as an American citizen?

27086. For one president, English was not his mother tounge. Name the president and his first language?

27087. 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' became the adage of which US president?

27088. Which presidents were second cousins?

27089. What was the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

27090. Which president Roosevelt served once as Assistant Secretary to the Navy?

27091. Which president kept a pet racoon named Rebecca?

27092. Who was the only President to be born on the fourth of July?

27093. Which president threatened a Washington Post music critic?

27094. Which future American president served as the president of a labor union?

27095. When Ronald Reagan left office, he ended what streak?

27096. Who was elected President on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

27097. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?

27100. Why was the White House painted white?

27101. Who was the first president to live in the White House?

27102. When was indoor plumbing installed at the White House?

27104. What White House fixture had to be replaced during William Howard Taft's term?

27105. What did the 'S' in Harry S. Truman stand for?

27106. What was the real full name of Ulysses S. Grant?

27107. What was Bill Clinton's given birth name?

27108. Who was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

27109. Which sitting US president was arrested?

27110. Which president appointed the most Supreme Court justices?

27111. Only one full-term president appointed no Supreme Court justices. Who?

27112. Who was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?

27113. Besides LBJ, which American presidents were born in the state of Texas?

27114. Which president was the son of two immigrants?

27121. I am looking for the name of the movie that has a scene in which the President is bowling at the White house. Which movie is it, please?

27123. Who/what was featured on the poster that produced/sold the most copies in the U.S. (DJ said Marilyn Monroe was wrong)?

27132. Ben Johnson was a great English poet and playwright who lived from 1572 untill 1637. Why was he burried in a sitting position?

27134. King George IV was born in 1763. He was king of England from 1820 until his death in 1830. He was not a great king, but he did start a trend in footwear. his boots were different from everyone else's. The innovation concerning his boots was copied and is comonplace today, but at the time it was very unusual. What was it?

27135. What is the longest running tv show without reruns?

27136. How many seasons did the tv show 'Cheers' run?

27137. Which Disney character look-alike was found in a 14th century painting: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Miss Quackfaster, or Hazel the Witch?

27139. What was jazz musician Norvel E Morton's 6 letter nickname?

27140. What animal has testicles on its head?

27142. Who offered to have sex 'holding my nose and closing my eyes' with Saddam Hussein in exchange for world peace?

27144. Please can some kind soul help me to remember the name of a film - It was a British film, a comedy, set in Wales. Brenda Fricker and Jane Horrocks were in it, and it was about two sisters who accidentally killed their mother, and hid her body.I cannot remember for the life of me the title of this film - Can anybody help?

27145. Who are the leaders of the Welsh Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Scottish Parliament?

27146. Disney has 4 parks in operation.Where is no 5 going to be built?

27148. Re: #27068, I think I did not help by misspelling the word 'century', so...In test match cricket, what is the record lowest score for an innings in which a batsman has scored a century?

27151. When qwere Wolverhampton Wanderers last in the top flight?

27152. Which Biblical character fell off a chair and broke his neck?

27166. What is it that a baby has more of than an adult?

27167. What is Leprosy?

27172. What is Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets shoes size?

27176. Can anyone tell me anything unusual about Vitamin C?

27178. I hope this question provides quite a few confusing and puzzling moments as it took quite a while to conjour up! ------------- This challenge finally started where another sport sometimes played with grace was pronounced dead. It finally ended where you might have expected to see a series delivering a water vessel against sometimes ruthless or shoeless opposition. Who played who at what, when, where and what was the score ?

27180. Please E-mail me: When is a movie in Public Domain?

27182. Some more questions about the worlds greatest detective. Linus you are wrong about q 26908 .try these. Which Holmes story started in Utah and concerned the 'Mormons'?

27184. From where comes the word - tort?

27185. Where did Holme's famous deerstalker hat and cloak originate?

27186. Holme's claimed a real person on his family tree. He said that his grandmother was a relative of whom?

27187. In real life who was Holmes based on?

27188. Watson,Holmes ever faithful sidekick was shot in Afghanistan and not by Osama bin Laden.Can you tell me what part of the anatomy had been hit?

27189. Sherlock'S cleverer brother Mycroft belonged to a club. What was the name of the club and what was so special about it?

27192. How many super bowls has Bill Parcell's won has head coach and with whats teams?

27194. Don Quixote and his amigo Sancho Panza were mounted for most of their adventures.On what were they mounted and give me their names?

27195. What is a lateral thinking puzzle?

27196. Only one president never had any formal schooling?

27197. Which president was expelled from college after only one year (and why)?

27198. Did any presidents serve in both World Wars?

27199. How many presidents served in the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars?

27200. What future presidents served in the Civil War?

27201. Which EX-president served as a congressperson in the house of Representatives?

27202. Who was the only president to have also been The Speaker of the House of Representatives?

27203. Which president served in the US Senate after being president?

27208. The speed of sound is about 1100 feet per second (340 meters per second). What was the the first man-made object to travel faster than the speed of sound?

27213. From which film do the following lines come: "Wait a minute! You aren't seriously suggesting that if I get through the wire and case everything out there, and don't get picked up; to turn myself in and get thrown back in the cooler for a couple of months just so you can get the information you need?"

27217. What was the first ever all women pop group to top the UK charts?

27218. When did the Abbey Road Studios open and who opened it?

27220. Who is the top person at NASA?

27221. Who was the youngest coach in the NFL to win the superbowl?

27224. What does it mean when someone is 'playing possum'?

27226. In the film'Lord of the Rings'part the first we are introduced to most of the major characters.Can you tell me how long the sweet lovable Gollum was in possession of'precious'?

27227. The 'Ring' is brought back to the Shire where Bilbo gives it to Frodo before he leaves the Shire forever.Where does Bilbo meet Frodo again?

27228. The reason that Bilbo leaves the Shire is that he wants peace and quiet to finish his book.What is the title of the book?

27230. What collegge did Ahman Green attend?

27231. In the Narnia books which book is first in chronological order?

27232. In 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' who arrived in Narnia first?

27233. According to Cruella de Vil, what is her 'only true love'?

27234. The first person through the wardrobe met who or what carrying brown paper parcels?

27235. As it was cold in Narnia due to the fact it had been snowing. The Queen gave Edmund a hot drink and asked him what did he want to eat with the drink. What did Edmund reply?

27243. Who built the Great Wall Of China?

27244. How much snow is consider a blizzrd?

27245. Why do we blink our eyes allot?

27247. How much money is spent on ice cream in the United States each year?

27253. Can Kelsley Grammer and David Hyde Pierce aka Frasier and Niles Crane really play the piano in real life?

27255. Name the artist to have the most top ten hits in the U.K charts without ever having attained an actual No. I hit?

27256. Who is the oldest living human being on the planet at the moment?

27257. Who first discovered Syphilis?

27262. How did we get the term 'living room' for what use to be called the parlor?

27264. This adornment was seen on Cher, Dennis Rodman, and the 5,000-year-old 'iceman' found 1991, what is it?

27265. What is the word that is well known to sculpture lovers and that can be also translated into 'mercy' or 'compassion'?

27266. It was once said of this elderly gentleman that 'He has no place in American music. He is American music.' Who was it?

27268. What statue's face was modeled on the features of Auguste Charlotte Bartholdi?

27269. Who were the two main founders of Microsoft?

27270. Why don't identical twins have the same fingerprints if they have the same genetic material?

27273. What does 'Semper Fidelis' mean in English, and whose motto is it?

27277. Who invented the bar code?

27279. For Sydneysiders (Australia). Who played the roles of Roxy and Velma in the stage version of Chicago here in Sydney many years ago?

27281. Are political questions deleted before people have a chance to answer them, or did my question - was Harolt Holt the victim of foul play - just vanish?

27282. Once a United States president has served his maximum two terms, is there any possible way he or she can serve again a few years later or is that it for life?

27290. What was the murder weapon used by Michael Skakel?

27291. Which pop singer tried to go to outerspace with the Russian Cozminaughts?

27292. How did country singer Lyle Lovette break his leg(it was a 'freak' accident)?

27293. What famous country singer sang the theme song from The Dukes of Hazzard?

27294. What is the actors name who played Dr Smith on the tv program Lost in Space?

27295. Who was the actress who played Aunt Esther on the TV comedy 'Sanford and Son'?

27296. Who was the animator who created Bugs Bunny?

27297. In Oct 2002 millions of tons of Turkey and chicken were recalled. What was the potentially lethal bacteria they conatained called?

27298. Yes or No: Can any living species of penguin fly through the air?

27299. Who is both the youngest and the oldest person to win a National Checkers Contest?

27300. What is the apital of Nigeria?

27303. Which is the dulf country without a desert?

27305. What is a group of kangaroos known as?

27309. Queen fans, what are the first words sung by Freddie Mercury right at the beginning of the song 'Scandal' as the music fades in?

27311. What year was the Irish Free State first established?

27312. What was the name of Columbo's pet dog?

27313. What are the origins of the term 'yellow belly'?

27314. There is an old toy, called Biff the Bear that my teacher had back when he was younger. I don't know who made it and I want to know where could I find one?

27315. From what Shakespeare play does the line 'Lack'd I mattered that enfeebled mine' come from?

27319. Where would you hear members of the medical profession quoting the following - ' Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion {driven;} But yet the light that led astray,Was light from heaven'?

27320. Could anyone tell me who this quote is famously attributed to: "Women dissemble their passions better than men, but men subdue their passions better than women"?

27335. What is the average life span of a polar bear?

27336. How long is Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and where does it end?

27345. What is the locker number of Beaver Cleaver on 'Leave It To Beaver'?

27346. How can it be possible for a man to turn into a woman or a woman into a man (how do they do it, even if they have the other gene!)?

27349. Today, is there a Nazi Party in Great Britain?

27350. What is the title of the book, Simon suggested Monty read in the movie 'With Honors'?

27352. What primate did Kris ask Susan to imitate in the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street?

27356. What was the room number of the Lorraine Motel that Martin Luther King was staying in when he was assinated?

27361. From where is this quote taken: 'And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse'?

27363. An ennead is a set of how many?

27364. Which famous explorer was born in the small farming village of Gurtuchrane?

27365. I know I have asked this question before, but the reply I got was incorrect, so I will ask it once more. Name the artist (not band) to have the most Top Ten entries in the U.K chart without ever achieving an actual No. I?

27366. Which Thin Lizzie song was once used as the theme tune to the U.K version of Top Of The Pops?

27367. In Monty Python's 'Life of Brian', how many different things did the assembled members of the PFJ list in response to Reg's rhetorical question '...and what have they ever given us in return'?

27369. What eurovision song in the 70's begins with the line 'You and I we have a dream to fly'?

27370. Does anyone know an old Irish ballad that begins with the line 'May your moon shine out tonight across the valley, and if so what is the actual title of the song?

27371. What film would you come across a character called Jimmy Two Times'?

27374. How many James Bond film theme songs made it to number one in the British charts?

27375. It is almost chinese new year and the Kitchen god must report to the king of heaven .what do chinese families do to ensure a good report?

27376. Why is the player Ilunga Mwepu famous in footballing circles?

27378. What is the wrestler Kendo Nagasaki's real name?

27379. When did the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Naval Treaty' first appear in the Strand magazine?

27380. What is gonorrhea known as the 'clap'?

27382. Good men do not abandon the truth because evil men abuse it.Could anyone tell me who this quote is attributed to please-thanks?

27383. Who were the first group of people to use tissue to blow their noses?

27384. What player(s) has the most Super Bowl appearances?

27385. Other than Tony Dorsett (Cowboys) and Anthony Dorsett (Raiders), are there any other father-son appearances in the Super Bowl?

27386. What player(s)has the most super bowl appearances with different teams?

27392. What Island nation is the only country in the world named for a biblical king?

27394. Who in 1988 became the first woman to win an Oscar and an Emmy for lead actress in the same year?

27395. What 800-mile-long feature was dicovered and named by Andrew Lawson?

27396. When was Buddhism started?

27398. Why do British Nazis call themselves the November 9th Party?

27399. Are con-joined 'siamese' twins always the same sex?

27400. What city was the first in Canada to install parking meters?

27404. Who played Cindy on the original Brady Bunch?

27405. Who did Drew Barrymore play (if she did) in a TV show or movie as a young girl?

27406. Who played the headmaster in E.T?

27407. We all know and love Betty Boop but did you know she started her film life as a dog.When was her last appearance on film?

27408. Who invented the alphabet?

27410. What is the Greek Alphabet?

27411. What did Babe Ruth wear under his cap to keep cool?

27413. What item was on sale October 29th 1945 at Kimbels Department store?

27415. What became of Ann Robinson?

27416. At Chinese New Year,1st of February 2003 red packets are given to children. Inside the red packet is money.To get this money they must respond to a greeting.What is the greeting and response?

27417. What is the origin of the naval term 'boatswain' or 'bosun'?

27418. What is the origin of the saying 'Son of a Gun'?

27419. What is the origin of the naval term 'Wreck' as in shipwreck?

27420. Who wrote the song, performed by Cindy Laupner, 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'?

27421. How many different pronunciations are there in the English language of the four letter combination 'ough'?

27422. What continent has the most countries?

27423. What sea is the Tyrrhenian an arm of?

27424. In what country does the equator cross more land than any other?

27425. What is known at the Massif Central?

27426. How many times per second does a bee flap its wings?

27427. When iodine on a potato turns dark, what is present?

27428. What is the shape of a Whelk's shell?

27429. Does the Mediterranean have a tide?

27431. What is a natural limestone cavern in the Bay of Naples, that is accessible by boat only?

27432. Before the cat, what animal did the Romans use for Vermin controll?

27433. What animal rescued Arion at sea, according to Herodotus?

27434. What doctor is a college of podiatry in Chicago named for?

27435. What was the name of Nirvana's first album?

27437. What original US colonies had state sponsored religions, and what were the religions?

27439. What does the actual word 'Jeep' stand for, is it an abbreviated form?

27440. What general purpose vehicle replaced the Jeep in the military?

27441. What form of music style is not considered rock and roll : (Disco, Swing, or heavy metal)?

27444. Who was the Elephant Man and who played him in the film Elephant man?

27445. Who said: 'My country has in its wisdom contrived...the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived,' and what was he talking about?

27447. 500 people per year are injured doing what?

27448. The U.S.A.is made up of many people from many countries,originally the majority from Europe.With them they brought many traditions.Can anyone tell me what is meant by 'bundling'?

27450. How long do rabbits live?

27451. What is the largest mausoleum in North America?

27452. What play was Abraham Lincoln watching with Mrs. Lincoln when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth?

27454. What does Penelope call Troy?

27459. Happy New Year. It is now the first day of the new year where I live. My question is in two parts. What animal is represented by this year and what number in the cycle does it represent?

27462. Who was the first person to receive more than one Nobel prize?

27464. How many technology companies, started since 2000, are still in business?

27472. What are hot dogs made out of?

27473. For the life of me I can't remember another name for tumbleweed, other than sagebrush. I know there is one. Can anyone help me out?

27475. One of these very famous brothers should really have been called 'Walter', but somebody probably decided that it didn't really fit with his brothers' names (possibly not American enough) and so the sixth one was used instead. Which family of brothers am I referring to and what's the explanation?

27477. Is magic real?

27480. Due to the shifting of the earth's surface, how far are the great pyramids of Egypt from where they originally stood?

27481. What is the American Idol movie 'From Justin To Kelly The Rise Of Two American Idols' rated?

27482. What are Kosher hot dogs made out of?

27484. Who was Joice Heth and why was she famous?

27485. Who first turned the telescope upon the heavens?

27486. Who first hypothesized the geocentric solar system?

27487. Who first calculated the rate of fall of an object?

27488. What is the Helsinki Syndrome?

27489. What was the Good Friday Experiment?

27490. I'm sure that most people have heard of the term'hunky dory' Where does it originate from?

27493. Does anyone know the title of the song which played in Forrest Gump when Jenny contemplated suicide atop the building?

27498. Yu-Gi-Oh: In Yugi's duel with Pegasis, what are the two monsters Yugi offers to bring out the Black Magician of Chaos?

27499. How many legs does a daddy longlegs have?