Mix Me Up No 1

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1. What country did author Robert Louis Stevenson refer to as "The Garden of the World"? Tahiti Russia Mongolia Siberia

2. Here's an amazing piece of information: sheep droppings can be used to make which common product? Paper Toothpaste Aspirin Lipstick

3. Who was the first female executed by the United States federal government? Monica Lewinski Oprah Winfrey Marie Osmond Mary Surratt

4. Scientists in Argentina have genetically modified a cow to do which amazing thing? Jump over the moon Bark Impregnate itself Produce human breast milk

5. Yak's milk products are truly wonderful gifts from nature. They can be used to make cheese, butter, tea, various other foods, utilised in the tanning of leather, as fuel for lamps, and as a skin moisturiser. What is yak's butter also used to create? Skirts Hats Sculptures Dance shoes

6. Diagnostic specialist Dr Bell, the man on whom Arthur Conan Doyle modelled Sherlock Holmes, once took a group of students to a hospital. Noting a patient in bed he asked, "Aren't you a bandsman?" The man nodded yes. The doctor then said to his students, "That was elementary. Observe his paralysed cheek. Obviously from overly playing a brass instrument. Now, my good man, tell these students your instrument". What was the patient's reply? "I plays the big drum, sir" "I need a bed pan" "I've got a toothache" "Get lost"

7. Which was the first novel written on a typewriter? The Great Gatsby Canterbury Tales Tom Sawyer Gone With The Wind

8. What is a nightjar? A bedside potty A bird A glass to contains dentures An alcoholic drink

9. What is the name of NASA's space shuttle that flew its last mission in July 2011? Enterprise Voyager Defiant Atlantis

10. Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey, one of the stars of the television series "Grey's Anatomy", has another high level skill, apart from that of his acting abilities. What is it? Juggling Champion knitter Brain surgeon Owns a worm farm