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1	The Xaverian Brothers set up their home base in which European country, famous for its chocolate and fictional detective Hercule Poirot?

France

Netherlands

Belgium

Luxembourg

History: Disasters: Disasters: Lamentations

2	What kind of disaster occurred on 26 April 1986 at Chernobyl, Ukraine?

Nuclear accident

Earthquake

Meteor strike

Flood

People: Who Said It?: Who Said It?: Veni Vidi Dixi

3	To show his people how to pray, who beseeched his followers to, "Turn your face toward the Sacred Mosque"?

Nestorius

Confucius

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

Mohammed

Movies: Something in Common: Something in Common: Just What the Actors Ordered

4	Which of the following actors struck gold at the box office with a directorial debut based on the story of a US Civil War era soldier and his interactions with the Native American tribe of Lakota?

Kevin Kline

Kevin Costner

Matt Damon

Bruce Willis

Literature: Literary Characters: Literary Characters: Literary Foursomes

5	In which novel will you find these four characters: Athos - Porthos - Aramis - D'Artagnan?

'The Three Musketeers' by Alexandre Dumas.

'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens.

'The Scarlet Pimpernel' by Baroness Orczy.

'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas.

Sci / Tech: Nervous System and the Senses: Nervous System and the Senses: You've Got a Lot of Nerve

6	Some neurones have no protection whilst others are heavily insulated. The neurones that are insulated by a certain membranous structure propagate nerve impulses at a greater rate. What is the name of this insulating structure?

Myelin Sheath

Cell Body

Axon

Synapse

Geography: Place Names: Place Names: Match the Native American Name to the English

7	Mount Rainier, in the state of Washington, goes by what native American name, which also sounds like a text font or a pickup truck?

Suribachi

Fuji

Kilimanjaro

Tahoma (or Tacoma)

General: Mixed Canada: Mixed Canada: A Little Taste of Canada

8	What activity was banned on Canadian domestic flights in 1988?

sleeping

drinking any alcoholic beverage

smoking

eating

Music: Originally Recorded By: Originally Recorded By: Rock Remakes

9	Smashmouth included a cover of "I'm A Believer" on the soundtrack for the film Shrek. Which '60's pop band had the original hit?

The Partridge Family

The Brady Bunch Kids

The Cowsills

The Monkees

Celebrities: Movie Stars Mixed: Movie Stars Mixed : Amazing Movie Stars 3

10	This American actress founded her own production company in 1991, Egg Pictures, and began directing her first film at 29. Before she was fourteen she had played a gangster's moll, a murderess, and a prostitute.

Diane Keaton

Jodie Foster

Drew Barrymore

Sharon Stone

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