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Gnasher
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What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog
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Airedale
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What dog is known as the King of the Terriers
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Boogie Woogie
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What is piano based jazz known as
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Surrender
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What was Elvis Presley's only UK number one with a one word title
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Duane Eddy
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Who played the theme music for the TV series Have Gun Will Travel
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Embassy
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What was the name of the cheap record singles label that Woolworths brought out to sell cover versions of hit songs
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Banjo
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What type of musical instrument is a gekkin
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Coldplay
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The 2012 Paralympics Closing Ceremony featured an extended set by which British band
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Seychelles
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As at 2012 what 115-island Indian Ocean nation has the smallest population (about 86,000) of any African country
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Greenland
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Discounting Australia which is the largest island in the world (Geographers insist on calling it a continental land mass to me it is still an island)
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Fiji
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Following a military coup in 1987, which island group in the South Pacific allowed its membership of the Commonwealth to lapse
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Christopher Reeve
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Which actor who played Superman in the films became a quadriplegic and has since died
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Hamlet
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In which of Shakespeare's plays are the title character's last words 'the rest is silence'
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Burbank
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In the film The Truman Show what is Truman's surname
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TV
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In which country was the former Oxo advert actress Lynda Bellingham born
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Down To Earth
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Which TV series co-starred Pauline Quirke and Warren Clarke as Faith and Brian Addis
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Pigeon shooting
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Which Olympic event in 1900 left around 300 creatures dead
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Zimbabwe
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Which cricketing country did Heath Streak play test cricket for
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Wrist
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Where in the body is the lunate bone
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Yttrium
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Which chemical element is represented by the letter Y in the periodic table
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York
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Where is the National Railway Museum situated
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Vanity Fair
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The fictional characters William Dobbin and Rawdon Crawley appear in which novel
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First growth
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On a wine label what does Premier Cru mean
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Matrix Revolution
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What is the third film in The Matrix series called
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The Green Mile
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Which 1999 film starring Tom Hanks is set in a Louisiana prison
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Paul Newman
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Who played the architect in The Towering Inferno
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Michael Douglas
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Which actor starred in the films The China Syndrome and Disclosure
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Strawberries
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Which fruit plays a role in the downfall of Captain Queeg in the film 'The Caine Mutiny
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Wayne Fontana
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Who had a top ten hit in 1965 with Game Of Love
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Welcome To My World
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What was Jim Reeves first UK top ten hit (1963)
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10cc
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Which group had a top ten hit in 1976 with Things We do For Love
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Bob Paisley
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Which manager took Liverpool FC to six league titles and three European Cup wins
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Clay
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What is the ring made of in sumo wrestling
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Australia
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In which country were the Commonwealth Games held in 1962
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Hamlet
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What is a village without a church called
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Pacific
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The currents of which ocean produce the El Nino effect
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The Greenwich Meridian
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What is the line of longitude lying at 0 degrees known as
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Torpedo
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Which weapon of warfare was invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866
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Gin
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For which drink is mother’s ruin a nickname
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Anna Ford
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Which female newsreader threw a glass of wine over Tory MP Jonathan Aitken in 1983
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Jason Derulo
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Who had a 2015 hit song with Want to Want Me
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W.C. Handy
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Who was the composer of The Saint Louis Blues
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Cindy Birdsong
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Who replaced Florence Ballard in the Supremes
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Tashkent
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What is the capital of Uzbekistan
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Somalia
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In which country is the port of Mogadishu
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Bastille Day
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What is the national day of France called
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Empire Day
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What was Commonwealth Day called prior to 1958
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Battle of the Boyne
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Orangeman’s day in Northern Ireland celebrates victory in which battle
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Wyatt Earp
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Which Wild West legend was fired as sheriff of Wichita for pocketing fines he'd collected
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Wood
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Xylography is the art of engraving on which natural substance
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Dusseldorf
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What was Anne of Cleves home town
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Who was the first person to be buried in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey
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M62
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What motorway crosses the Pennines linking the A1 with Manchester
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Australia
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VH is the international aircraft registration for which country
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France
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The TGV is a high speed rail system in which country
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Susan Boyle
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Which female artist sold the most albums worldwide in 2009
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Ain't No Doubt
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What was the first UK number one for Jimmy Nail
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Ray Illingworth
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Who was the first man to captain coach and manage the England cricket team and also serve on the board of selectors
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Augusta
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Where is the US Masters Golf tournament always held
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Wembley Arena
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Where is the Horse of the Year show staged
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Uruguay
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You have all eaten Fray Bentos products but in which country is Fray Bentos
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Lily
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What is Italy's national flower
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Toronto
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What is the largest city in Canada
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Muff Potter
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Who was the town drunk in Tom Sawyer
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Codes and ciphers
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What is cryptology the study of
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Reptiles
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What would a herpetologist study
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Swear words
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Maledictology is the study of what
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The Moon
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Selenology is the study of what
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Skiffle
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In which form of music might you hear a paper and comb or a washboard being played
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This Wheel's On Fire
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What is the theme song from Absolutely Fabulous
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Bert Jansch
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Name the Glasgow-born guitar virtuoso and 1960s founder of the band Pentangle who died age 67 in 2011
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Roscoe Tanner
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Who was Bjorn Borg's opponent when he won his fourth Wimbledon singles title
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Imola
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In which Italian town is the San Marino Grand Prix held
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Dennis Quaid
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Who played Jerry Lee Lewis in the biopic of his life called Great Balls of Fire
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Bobby Darin
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In the 2004 film biopic Beyond the Sea, Kevin Spacey plays which 1960s singer
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Angela Bassett
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Who played Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do with It
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Russell Crowe
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Who played boxer James Braddock in the 2005 biopic Cinderella Man
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Portuguese
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What nationality was Charles 11's wife Catherine of Braganza
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Michael Howard
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Who did David Cameron succeed as leader of the Conservative Party
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Uranus
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Cressida is a moon of which planet in the Solar System
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Walking stick
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What is a Penang lawyer
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Martin
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What was the first name of the philosopher Heidegger
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Diane Keen
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Who played Fliss Hawthorne in the TV sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz
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Double bass
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What is the largest instrument in the violin family
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Triangle
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What is the smallest instrument in an orchestra
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Clarinet
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What musical instrument was invented by Johann Christophe Denner
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Four
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How many strings are there on a viola
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Jack Bruce
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Who was the lead singer with Cream
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Jackson Pollock
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Which action painter was often referred to as Jack The Dripper
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White City
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Besides Wembley which other London venue was used in the 1966 World Cup finals
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Paris
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Which European city has an underground station called George V
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Nissan
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Which motor manufacturer make the Qashqai
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Water bus
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What type of transport is an abra used in Dubai
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Bronze
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What is the oldest known alloy
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Six
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How many barrels did the original Gatling gun have
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Phobos and Deimos
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What are the two moons of Mars called
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JR Hartley
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Actor Norman Lumsden's most famous role was in an advert, who did he play
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Millhouse Capital
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What is Russian billionaire industrialist Roman Abramovich's investment corporation called
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High jump
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What is the second event in the heptathlon
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Kent
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Which county cricket club has a rearing white horse on its crest
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