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1. Which of these countries has the largest population?
2. Gregory Peck played attorney Sam Bowden in what 1962 film?
3. Which of these is the name for a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture which largely takes the form of formal competitions in choral events, traditional music and spoken word?
4. What is the title of a 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert?
5. India's first victory in a Test match with England coincided with what else?
6. What are Gliese 876 d, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, COROT-Exo-7b, Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 c?
7. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1306?
8. Which of these foods is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids?
9. What does the term "above sea level" generally refer to?
10. In the middle ages, what infection was called "the king's evil", and, it was rumoured, could be cured by the touch of a king?
11. What is an insincere expression of sorrow?
12. Which of these is a citrus fruit?
13. Which of these can safely be included in a diet for people with Coeliac's disease?
14. Which of these was an American baseball player who played his 18-year major-league professional career all for the New York Yankees, and still holds the records for most World Series home runs, RBIs, runs, walks, extra-base hits and total bases?
15. What replaced the Cyclops computer system, that helps to determine whether a serve is in or out, at the US Open in 2006 and the Wimbledon Championships in 2007?
16. What were Operation Storax, Operation Niblick, Operation Whetstone, Operation Flintlock and Operation Latchkey?
17. Which 19th century scientist is recognised for work on thermodynamics, among other areas, and was made a Baron in 1892?
18. Canfranc, in the Pyrenees on the border between Spain and France, became especially well-known for activities during World War II. What was it?
19. Who succeeded Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union when he died in 1924?
20. The scientist and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt, awarded gold medals for his scientific work by both the London and Paris geographical societies and noted for exploring in Australia, disappeared in another expedition starting when?
21. Which of these words means "a morbid craving for alcoholic stimulants" ?
22. According to the Edward Lear poem, before "they danced by the light of the moon", the Owl and the Pussycat "dined on mince, and slices of quince" . What did they eat with?
23. Which of these international sporting bodies is based in Dublin, Ireland?
24. Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort star in what 2022 HBO Max TV series?
25. Where is the volcano Mount Sinabung, which on 29 August 2010 produced its first volcanic eruption since 1600, causing 30, 000 villagers to be evacuated?
26. In 1998 where was a longstanding dispute settled between two USA state counties over territory?
27. Which dictator was known as "Il Duce" ?
28. Which biblical personality was called Jekuthiel, Heber, Jered, Avi Zanoah, Avi Gedor, Avi Soco, Shemaiah ben Nethanel, Toviah, Levi, Heman, Mechoqeiq and Ehl Gav Ish?
29. An outbreak of what in Nigeria affected 5, 323 people and killed 333 in the first 3 months of 2009?
30. In the international non-profit organisation founded in 1985, based in France and known as RSF, what does the "R" stand for?
31. What is the name for an instrument for sending messages using reflected light from a moveable mirror?
32. Which 19th century Austrian composer is famous for his waltzes such as "The Blue Danube" and "Tales of the Vienna Woods", and the operetta "Die Fledermaus" ?
33. Which of these is not close to the coast of Africa?
34. What award is the television equivalent of the Oscars?
35. Broadcasting from Germany to England in English in 1940, by what name was William Joyce better known?
36. The Harvard-Yale Regatta, first contested between Harvard and Yale Universities in 1852, is rowed on what river?
37. What does the Gaelic phrase "Sinn Fein" mean?
38. The Order of the House of Orange, instituted in 1905, is awarded in what country?
39. Which 1910 Murray and Weston song became a signature song of the music hall star, Harry Champion?
40. In 1916, a Norwegian estate containing a plant nursery became the home of which artist?
41. Which 2022 film, scored by Ryan Shore, starred the voices of Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard and Kate Micucci?
42. In digital typesetting programmes what is the name for a unit which holds printing information and instructions?
43. "Rawhide" was played to a bar full of hostile country music fans in which film?
44. Traditionally, the champion of an English King or Queen rode at the coronation into Westminster Hall and challenged anyone who denied their right to succeed. At whose coronation was this tradition last observed?
45. Before Ron Howard became a film director, and before he starred in "Happy Days", he appeared in a long-running US TV series set in Mayberry. What was the name of the show?
46. She was the daughter of a gospel singer, first cousin to Dionne Warwick, close to Aretha Franklin, won NACCP Best Actress for a 1996 film whose soundtrack which she performed which became the best-selling gospel album in history. Who was she?
47. To perform the Heimlich Manoeuvre abrupt pressure is exerted on what?
48. Under whose watch were fishing vessels in Tasmania, Australia, first required to be registered?
49. The team from which country won the tennis tournament for the Davis Cup in 2010?
50. Who, at 95 years of age, supposedly waved the Union flag out of the window of her house in Frederick, Maryland while Stonewall Jackson's troops were passing, and is the subject of a 1864 poem: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag, " she said." ?
51. As what are Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell & Blind Lemon Jefferson best known?
52. From what is alizarin traditionally obtained?
53. Which of these is in North America?
54. In 1979, a World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of which human infectious disease, the first (and only) one to be completely eradicated from nature?
55. According to Christian legend, who, as Jesus was bearing the cross to Golgotha, offered him her veil to wipe his brow?
56. What would be most useful in playing a game of backgammon?
57. What does the "T" stand for in the iniitals of the US agency known as the "NTSB" ?
58. Which of these words is used to refer to a female swan?
59. The Irtysh River in Asia is the main tributary of what major river, the seventh longest globally?
60. What country has the official languages Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu and its own Sign Language?
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