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1. Who wrote 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?
2. Sitting Bull was the leader of which tribe of North American Indians?
3. A horologist is an expert maker of ....?
4. What is a Rolex Oyster?
5. In what sport is the term 'slam dunk' used?
6. Of the following countries, how many are the correct official language: Austria - Austrian, Bulgaria - Bulgarian, Hungary - Hungarian, Norway - Norwegian?
7. What were the first names of the Wright brothers who made the world's first piloted flight in a power-driven, heavier than air machine?
8. In motorcar International identification letters: 'E' is Spain, 'D' is Germany, 'C' is Cuba, 'B' is Belgium. Which country is represented by 'A'?
9. What international paper size is 210 by 297 mm. or 8.27 by 11.69 inches?
10. XCIX is the Roman numerals for which number?
11. Which animal has an offspring called a cub and its collective group is called a sleuth?
12. Which two planets' atmospheres are mainly carbon dioxide?
13. Name the powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands?
14. Which Marilyn Monroe film shares the same film title as a Marx Brothers film?
15. Name the rich sauce of egg yolks, butter and lemon juice usually served with fish?
16. Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick, tells the story of Captain Ahab and his hunt for what type of whale that tore off his leg?
17. In Australian Aborigine mythology, name the golden age when the first ancestors were created?
18. The foxtrot is a famous dance alternating long and short steps in quadruple time. It was named in 1914 in New York City after music writer...
19. How many of the following statements about Benjamin Franklin are true: He developed the lightning conductor, bought and ran the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper (1730's), invented bifocal spectacles (1784), vigorous anti-slavery campaigner.
20. Predicting the future by examining the pattern made by loose tealeaves left at the bottom of a cup is called what?
21. How many players are there on a side in men's lacrosse?
22. Which metal acquired its name from the Swedish name for 'heavy stone'?
23. On this country's flag, the orange stripe represents the Sahara in the north and the green stripe, the grasslands in the south. Between them, the white stripe represents the River Niger, with an orange circle for the sun?
24. The 18th century French scientist Antoine Lavoisier developed the system for naming chemical compounds that is still in use today. How did he die?
25. Where was Miguel de Cervantes when he began writing his classic novel 'Don Quixote'?
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