1.
What Himalayan country is called “Land of
Thunder Giants” by its inhabitants?
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Bhutan
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2.
Which Michal Frayn play is based around the
historical meeting of physicist Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941?
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Copenhagen
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3.
What is the first song in the score for the
Musical “Mama Mia”?
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I Have a Dream
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4.
Masgouf, a meal of grilled open cut fish
spiced with salt, pepper and tamarind, is a national dish of which Middle
Eastern nation?
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Iraq
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5.
Who provided the first full account of a
fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosauraus, and coined the term
‘coprolites’?
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William Buckland
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6.
What is the name of the oldest medal still
awarded by the Royal Society? (given for outstanding achievement in any
branch of Science)
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Copley Medal
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7.
Formed by Simon Cowell, which boyband
featuring members including Austin Porter, Nick Mara and recruits from
Youtube, released their debut single “Would You Mind” in 2017?
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Pretty Much
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8.
In the name of Ray BLK, the first unsigned act
to win the BBC Sound of 2017, what does the BLK stand for?
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Building, Living, Knowing
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9.
Which Scottish poet (1736 – 1796) discovered
and translated an epic on the subject of Fingal originally written by Ossian?
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James Macpherson
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10.
Who was the first actress to win an Academy
Award for a performance in a foreign-language film, a feat achieved in 1962?
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Sophia Loren
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11.
Which US racecourse is nicknamed “The
Graveyard of Champions” due to the tendency of many high profile racehorses
to loose major races at the track?
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Saratoga Race Course
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12.
Played by Dan Stevens who is the subject of
the 2017 film “The Man Who Invented Christmas”?
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Charles Dickens
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13.
Which nation celebrates Errol Barrow day on
the 21st January each year to commemorate the man who is regarded as
the father of the nation and served as their first Prime Minister?
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Barbados
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14.
In which country is Henry Miller’s
controversial book “Tropic of Cancer” set?
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France
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15.
Whose appointment as the first music director
of the NBC Symphony Orchestra led to
him becoming a household name in the USA? At various other times in his career he was
music director of La Scala and the Met Opera in New York?
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Alberto Toscanini
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Thursday 7 December 2017
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