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In military terms, what does the acronym NCO stand for?

Non-Commissioned Officer

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What does IQ stand for?

Intelligence quotient

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How old was Vincent van Gogh when he died?

  • 27
  • 37
  • 47
  • 57

37

The Titanic and the Olympic were sister ships of which ocean liner?

Britannic

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In which country can the original Raffles Hotel be found?

Singapore

Which star sign is not represented by a symbol of a living creature?

Libra - The Scales

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How many years of marriage is represented by a ruby wedding anniversary?

40

How many squares are there on a chess board?

64

How many lines are there in a haiku?

3

How is the Latin philosophical proposition 'Cogito ergo sum' commonly translated into English?

I think therefore I am

Which Greek goddess was both wife and sister of Zeus?

Hera

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What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper?

Mrs Hudson

In which year did India gain independence from Britain?

1947

How many floors are there in the Empire State Building?

103

What was the name of the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Quasimodo

What does the surname 'Singh' mean when translated into English?

Lion

By what name was Edward Teach better known?

Blackbeard

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What mode of transport did Gottlieb Daimler invent in 1885?

Motorcycle

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The letters of the word 'allergy' can be rearranged to form three other seven-letter words. Can you find all three of them?

Gallery, largely and regally

Actress Audrey Hepburn was born in which country?

  • Belgium
  • France
  • Spain
  • Germany

Belgium

By what name is the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant better known?

Chernobyl

Which dinosaur's name, when translated from the latin, means swift robber?

Velociraptor

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The phrase 'Do geese see God' is an example of what kind of linguistic device?

A palindrome

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A Shakespearean sonnet is made up of how many lines?

  • 12
  • 14
  • 16
  • 18

14

Which avant-garde British artist born in 1965 became known for his work preserving dead animals in formaldehyde? He won the Turner Prize in 1995?

Damien Hirst

In Greek history, who was the last king of Lydia, famed for his vast wealth?

Croesus

To the closest hundred, approximately how many religions (including different variations of major religions such as catholics and protestants) are there in the world?

4,200 approximately

Who is the Greek god of sleep?

Hypnos

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What new currency was established on January 1st 1999?

The Euro

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Who was elected as president of South Africa in 1999, following the resignation of Nelson Mandela?

Thabo Mbeki

who then held the office for just over 9 years

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