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  1. Which seafood are known as kerang in Malay and see hum in Cantonese?
  2. Mary Morstan became the wife of which famous fictional character?



  3. National Elephant Day is celebrated on the 13th of March in which country?
  4. Yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo, it's literal translation means 'horizontal' what?
  5. Thomas Arne is best known for Rule Britannia, but which popular nursery rhyme did he also write?
  6. In which year did English violinist and bandleader Wallace Henry Hartley die?
  7. First made by Jaques of London in 1849 and named after Howard Staunton, they come in a set - what are they?
  8. A block of which type of intrusive igneous rock broke off to trap 33 Chilean miners underground in 2010?
  9. In which game might you get 'Ko-fighting' on a 19 by 19 grid?
  10. Godwin's law is an Internet adage which asserts that that as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the name of whom approaches?
  11. The Perry Index is a widely used index for which set of works?
  12. In 1936, which female was awarded 'Person of the Year' by America's Time Magazine - the first female to be awarded the title?
  13. What were Buzz Aldrin's first two words on the Moon?
  14. What was awarded to James Bond in the film A View to a Kill and in 'real-life' to Nelson Mandela in 1990?
  15. In the Book of Exodus, what is described as being 'a fine, flake-like thing like the frost on the ground'?
  16. Which sort of agriculture is used to create a swidden plot?
  17. Which country is the most populated in the world to have French as an official language?
  18. What was first known as Hi-Catoctin?
  19. In 2005, which country saw the Tulip Revolution?
  20. The CIA world fact book points out that the UK is slightly smaller than which American Pacific State?
  21. Who was the tallest British king - his skeleton measures 6'4½"?
  22. Which political party was founded in 1983 to fight the Bermondsey by-election?



Quiz Answers:

  1. Cockles
  2. Doctor John Watson (in Sherlock Holmes)
  3. Thailand
  4. Horizontal rope (from the most visible symbol of their rank, the rope, worn around the waist)
  5. A Hunting We Will Go
  6. 1912 (bandleader on the RMS Titanic)
  7. The Staunton chess set (this is the familiar standard version of chess pieces we all recognise, and the only one allowed for competitions}
  8. Diorite
  9. Go (traditional Chinese board game for two players, older than Chess)
  10. Hitler
  11. Aesop's Fables
  12. Wallis Simpson
  13. Beautiful view
  14. The Order of Lenin
  15. Manna
  16. Slash and burn
  17. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  18. Camp David (country retreat of the American President)
  19. Kyrgyzstan
  20. Oregon
  21. Edward IV
  22. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party



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