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Lionel Richie
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Which singer went solo after performing with the Commodores?
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The Police
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In 1979 who sang about Walking on the Moon?
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Stevie Wonder
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Who had his first solo number one hit in the UK with 'I just called to say I love you'?
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Marc Bolan
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Who was the lead singer with T-Rex?
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Wannabe
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What was the name of the Spice Girls first No 1 single?
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Lulu
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Who sang with Take That on their 1993 UK No 1 single, 'Relight My Fire'?
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It Takes Two
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Name the 1980's hit sung by Tina Turner and Rod Stewart?
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The Smiths
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With which group was Morrissey the lead singer?
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The Vandellas
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Which group backed Martha Reeves?
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Annie Lennox
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Who had a 1993 album called 'Diva'?
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Agoraphobia
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What word is used to describe the fear of open spaces?
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Cirrhosis
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Beginning with a 'C', what word is used to describe 'a disease of the liver'?
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Perceptible
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What word beginning with a 'P' means 'noticeable and recognizable'?
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Counterespionage
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What word describes 'Spying on or exposing enemy spies'?
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The English 'Alphabet'
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'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog', uses every letter of what?
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The Orkney Islands
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Where would you find the port and waters of 'Scapa Flow'?
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Epsom racecourse
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At which racecourse would you watch both the 'Oaks' and the 'Derby'?
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17
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How many 'double-score' squares are there on a standard scrabble board?
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Florida
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In which US state will you find 'The Everglades'?
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Mickey Spillane
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Which crime writer created 'Mike Hammer'?
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Halifax
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What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
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Polynesia
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What is the name of Dr. Dolittles parrot?
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Mississippi
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What is the name of the US river which flows between St. Paul and Minneapolis?
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Idlewild
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What was the name of John F Kennedy Airport before it was re-named?
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Tiger Lily
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What is the name of the Indian girl recued by Peter Pan?
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Staffa
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On which island will you find 'Fingal's Cave'?
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Roman Catholic
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What religion was Adolph Hitler?
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8
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How many engines are there on a B-52 bomber?
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Brazil
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Which country has the largest area, Australia or Brazil?
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Sherlock Holmes
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Which fictional detective retired to keep bees?
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Michelangelo
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Which Renaissance artist's life was fictionalised in the book 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' subsequently made into a film?
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Norman Rockwell
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Which artist and illustrator painted a portrait of John F. Kennedy in 1960 that was later published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post after his assassination?
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Sepia
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What is the name of the toning that produces brown and white photographs?
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He shot himself
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How did Van Gogh commit suicide?
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Pablo Picasso
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'Glass of Absinthe' is a sculpture by which 20th century artist?
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Pablo Picasso
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With which other painter would you associate painter Francoise Gilot?
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Paul Gauguin
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"On whose life is Somerset Maugham's ""The Moon and Sixpence"" based on?"
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Hans Holbein the Younger
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What was the name of the painter who was the son of Hans Holbein the Senior?
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The National Gallery
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Which museum houses Velazquez's only painting of nude buttocks?
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Man Ray
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Emanuel Radinsky was born in Philadelphia in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976. He was a surrealist painter and photographer. By which name is he better known?
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Salvador Dali
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Which famous artist designed the Chupa Chups logo?
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Tempera
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What type of paint was made out of pigment and egg yolk?
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Henri Rousseau
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What's the name of the Postimpressionist artist known as 'Le Douanier'?
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22
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How many balls are on the table (including the cue ball) at the start of a snooker game?
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Quakers
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What are the 'Society of Friends' commonly called?
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Manchester United
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Which was the first English football club to win the European Cup?
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Q and Z
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Name the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?
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Greece
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The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country?
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Mickey Rooney
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Joe Yule Jr born 1920 became famous as who?
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Laurence of Arabia
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Albert Finney turned down which role that won Peter O Toole an Oscar?
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Mouse
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In computing, Douglas Engelbart invented what device for input?
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Actor
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Hans Christian Andersen had what job before writing?
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Magenta
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What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859?
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Yellow
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On the London Underground map, what colour is the 'Circle Line?
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Rome
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The 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held in which city?
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Lauren Bacall
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Which 19 year old actress made her debut with Humphrey Bogart in the film 'To Have and Have Not'?
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Slate
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What stone is used to make the flat bed of a snooker table?
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Alaska
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What is the largest state in the USA?
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Pluto
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What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog?
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Ilie Nastase
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Who was beaten by Bjorn Borg in his first Wimbledon title?
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Anne Boleyn
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Who was Elizabeth the first's mother?
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Germany
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John McEnroe was born in which country?
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Whitcomb Judson
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Who patented the 'Zip fastener' in 1893?
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40
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What age was John Lennon when he was killed?
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Jimmy White
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Who became the youngest ever 'Amateur World Snooker Champion in 1980?
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David Copperfield
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Which Dickens novel features the character 'Uriah Heep'?
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Chopsticks
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What is the English word for the Japanese word 'Otemoto'?
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Pastry
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What is wrapped around a fillet steak to make 'Beef Wellington'?
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St Louis
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What is the largest city on the Mississippi?
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Golf
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What was the subject of Bob Hope's book 'Confessions of a Hooker'?
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3
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How many 'G' letters are there in a Scrabble game?
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Mike Newell
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Who directed the movie 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'?
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Citroen
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Which motor car company produced the first front wheel drive car in 1934?
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Otis Redding
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Which soul singer was 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay'?
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Colleen McCullough
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Who wrote the best selling book 'The Thorn Birds'?
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Dog
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In China, in a restaurant, what are you ordering if you ask for 'fragrant meat'?
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J.M Barrie
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Who wrote the following books: 'Peter Pan, The Little Minister and Window in Thrums'?
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Cornwall
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Which English county lies to the west of Devon?
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Roald Dahl
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Who wrote the children's book 'George's Marvellous Medicine'?
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Orkney Islands
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to which group of Scottish islands do 'Auskerry, Burray and Cava' belong?
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Silk
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Dupion, Habotai and Noil are three types of what fabric?
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Boris Pasternak
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Who was the author of the novel 'Doctor Zhivago'?
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1973
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In what year was the World Snooker Championship first televised?
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Cloves
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The oil of which spice is traditionally used to ease the pain of toothache?
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Wellington
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Which New Zealand city is known as the windy city?
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Wrestling
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In which sport could a competitor perform a 'Hiplock' or a 'Flying Mare'?
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Roy Plomley
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Who presented the long-running radio programme 'Desert Island Discs' until his death in 1985?
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The Battle of Bannockburn.
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Which Scottish battle took place in 1314?
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Jane Seymour
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Edward VI, who ruled from 1547-1553 was the son of Henry VIII by which wife?
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1966
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In what year did Indira Gandhi become Prime Minister of India?
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London
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Which city is the birthplace of US TV presenter 'Jerry Springer'?
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'twenty pressed men'
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Complete this English proverb, 'A volunteer is worth'?
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1996
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Dolly the Sheep was successfully cloned in Scotland in what year?
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Cars
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Which 2006 animated Disney film featured the characters 'Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Fillmore'?
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Red and white.
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What two colours make up the national flag of Singapore?
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Fraser island
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What is the worlds largest sand island northeast of Brisbane?
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Nikkei
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FT (London) Dow Jones (USA) what is Japans Share Index called?
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Police
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"What pop group had a ""Message in a Bottle""?"
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film?
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Kingfisher
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Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird?
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