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1 Born October 1 1924 who was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts to advance democracy and human rights and to promote economic and social development”?

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1 Jimmy Carter

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2 Born 2 October 1984 which former French professional tennis player won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007 and was a semi-finalist at the 2011 French Open?

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2 Marion Bartoli

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3 Which actress born 3 October 1988 plays the title role in the 2018 film ‘Lara Croft’?

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3 Alicia Vikander

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4 Played by Dakota Johnson (born 4 October 1989) who is the female protagonist in the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ trilogy?

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4 Anastasia Steele

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5 In September which town was announced as the overall winner of the 2018 National Tidy Towns competition?

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5 Listowel

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6 In which country is there a city called 6th of October which is a satellite town and part of the urban area 32 km (20 miles) outside the capital city?

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6 Egypt

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7 In October 2007 Emmanuel Macron married his former teacher 24 years his senior. What is her name?

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7 Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux

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8 Which American film actress was born Jane Alice Peters on October 6 1908? The third wife of actor Clark Gable she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash on January 16 1942.

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8 Carole Lombard

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9 Blade II (2002) Hellboy (2004) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Pacific Rim (2013) Crimson Peak (2015) and The Shape of Water (2017) are among the notable films directed by which director born in Guadalajara Mexico on October 9 1964?

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9 Guillermo del Toro Gómez

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10 In October 1910 which European country became a republic after King Manuel II was overthrown?

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10 Portugal

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11 What invention named after a city was due to a discovery made independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist on 11 October 1745 and by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745–1746?

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11 Leyden jar (or Leiden jar)

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12 Released on Island Records on October 12 1981 what was the name of U2’s second studio album?

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12 October

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13 Which Swiss chemist received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever? He died on October 13 1965.

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13 Paul Müller

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14 What was the last film in which Roger Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) played James Bond?

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14 A View to a Kill (1985)

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15 Which Irish soprano was born in Castlebar Co Mayo on October 15 1889? She trained as a singer and is particularly remembered for performances in Puccini operas in Italy and Covent Garden. She died in Dublin on April 16 1958.

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15 Margaret Burke Sheridan

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16 Which Maltese journalist an outspoken critic of political corruption in Malta was assassinated in a car bomb attack close to her home on October 16 2017?

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16 Daphne Caruana Galizia

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17 Assassinated on 15 October 1987 Thomas Sankara sometimes referred to as “Africa’s Che Guevara” was the president of which African country from 1983 to 1987?

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17 Burkina Faso

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18 Which American character actor (October 18 1935 – December 12 2006) played Frank Barone on the sitcom ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and the comical monster in Mel Brooks’ film spoof ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1974)?

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18 Peter Boyle

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19 Which author born in Washington DC on October 19 1962 wrote the art inspired novels ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ and ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’?

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19 Tracy Chevalier

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20 Which Bangladeshi-born British writer and novelist (born October 20 1967) debut novel ‘Brick Lane’ (2003) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize?

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20 Monica Ali

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21 Peaking around October 21 what is the most prolific meteor shower associated with Halley’s Comet?

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21 Orionids

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22 “New Rose” was the first single by which British punk rock group released on 22 October 1976 on Stiff Records?

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22 The Damned

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23 Margaret Qualley (born October 23 1994) is an American actress dancer and model known for playing Jill Garvey on the HBO television series ‘The Leftovers’ and Mia Sutton in the 2017 film ‘Death Note’. Which actress is her well-known mother?

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23 Andie MacDowell

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24 Also known as the Ramadan War or October War in which year was the Yom Kippur War fought between October 6-25?

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24 1973

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25 Which Crimean War battle was fought on October 25 1854?

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25 Battle of Balaclava

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26 Which Irish filmmaker published a memoir titled ‘It’s Not Yet Dark’ in 2014 about his experience with motor neurone disease? He wrote and directed ‘My Name Is Emily’ while living with the condition in 2015. He died aged 43 on 26 October 2017.

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26 Simon Fitzmaurice

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27 ‘The Patriot Game’ ‘McAlpine’s Fusiliers’ and ‘Liverpool Lou’ are notable works by which songwriter singer short story writer novelist and playwright born in Dublin on 22 October 1928?

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27 Dominic Behan

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28 Which band released their sixth studio album ‘News of the World’ on 28 October 1977?

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28 Queen

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29 Actor Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) probably best-known for playing Siegfried Farnon on ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ was a notable expert on which medieval weapon?

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29 English longbow

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30 Which astronaut (born October 31 1930) was the command module pilot of the Apollo 11 mission who remained in orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon?

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30 Michael Collins

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31 In 1866 which Irish doctor and scientific writer (21 December 1821 – 31 October 1897) developed the original equations for hanging as a humane method of execution whereby the neck was broken at the time of the drop so that the condemned person did not slowly strangle to death? “On hanging considered from a Mechanical and Physiological point of view” was published in the London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science Vol. 32 No. 213 (July 1866) calling for a drop energy of 2240 ft-lbs.

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31 Samuel Houghton

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32 What name is given to The Simpsons’ Halloween episode since season two?

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32 Treehouse of Horror

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33 Under what name did the British singer and actor Ben Drew (born 22 October 1983) top the UK album charts in 2010 with the album ‘The Defamation Of Strickland Banks’?

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33 Plan B

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34 Who is the current editor of ‘The Sunday Business Post’ newspaper?

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34 Tom Lyons (recently replaced Ian Kehoe since this question was written)

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35 Born October 23 1935 which Puerto Rican professional golfer winner of eight PGA Tour events was the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame?

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35 Juan Antonio ‘Chi-Chi’ Rodriguez

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36 The first recorded ascent of which 4900 metre tall mountain was by German geographer Hans Meyer and Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller on October 6 1889?

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36 Mount Kilimanjaro

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37 The feature films ‘Wolf Creek’ (2005) and ‘Wolf Creek 2’ (2013) were written directed and produced by which Australian film maker?

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37 Greg McLean

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38 George Martin produced all but one of the Beatles studio albums. Who produced the Beatles last studio album ‘Let It Be’ (1972)?

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38 Phil Spectre

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39 The port city of Argostoli is the administrative capital and largest city of which Greek island?

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39 Cephalonia / Kefalonia

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40 Who was born Harry Rodger Webb in Lucknow India on 14 October 1940?

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40 Cliff Richard

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41 In the game of boules for what purpose is a baguette primarily used?

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41 Measuring distances

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42 Which encounter fought on 23rd October 1642 was the first battle in the English Civil Wars?

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42 Edgehill

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43 Which Asian country is served by Paro International Airport considered one of the world’s most challenging airports and only a select number of pilots are certified to land at the airport?

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43 Bhutan

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44 What is the highest rank of the nine choirs of angels established by St Thomas Aquinas?

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44 Seraphim

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45 Released October 1970 ‘Tapestry’ was the best-selling debut album by which singer-songwriter born October 2 1945?

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45 Don McLean

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46 Which professional tennis player (born 16 October 1997) is the first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament defeating Serena Williams in the final of the 2018 US Open?

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46 Naomi Osaka

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47 Which German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 died on October 4 1947?

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47 Max Planck

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48 To which Northern Ireland actress (born in Belfast on 6 October 1948) was musician Gordon Sumner (bka Sting) married from 1976 to 1984 before Trudy Styler?

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48 Frances Tomelty

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49 Who refereed the 2018 All-Ireland senior football final?

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49 Conor Lane (Cork)

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50 And who refereed the 2018 All-Ireland senior hurling final?

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50 James Owens (Wexford)

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51 Which seafood is known as gambas in Spanish cuisine?

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51 Prawns

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52 In which US state is the city of Green Bay the name also being given to the arm of Lake Michigan on which it is located?

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52 Wisconsin

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53 Who wrote the 1897 one-act opera “Mozart and Salieri”?

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53 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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54 Which famous poem is prefaced with the dedication “Memorialising events in the Battle of Balaclava October the 25th 1854”?

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54 Charge of the Light Brigade

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55 What is the stage name of the Grammy Award-winning American female singer who topped the UK singles charts in 2002 with ‘Just Like a Pill’?

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55 Pink

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56 Born October 1 1956 who is the serving as the eighth and current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?

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56 Gina Haspel

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57 Which special agent in a radio series of the 1940s and 50s had a sidekick called Snowy?

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57 Dick Barton

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58 Gwen Dickey (aka Rose Norwalt) was the singer in which successful soul band of the 1970s and 80s?

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58 Rose Royce

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59 Olympus Mons is the highest mountain on which planet?

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59 Mars

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60 How is Becky Bloomwood described in the titles of a series of bestselling novels by Sophie Kinsella since 2000?

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60 Shopaholic

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61 Which American conductor and violinist (born October 16 1956) currently music director of both the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor designate of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra was mentored by American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (died October 14 1990)?

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61 Marin Alsop

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62 Which hurricane struck the Carolinas in mid-September 2018?

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62 Hurricane Florence

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63 And which typhoon struck the Philippines and China in mid-September?

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63 Typhoon Mangkhut

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64 Which American composer had his right leg amputated in 1957 as a result of injuries sustained in a riding accident on October 24 1937? He died on October 15 1964.

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64 Cole Porter

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65 What is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris (the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System)? It was discovered in 2005 by Mike Brown and the laser guide star adaptive optics team at the W. M. Keck Observatory and carried the provisional designation of S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1 until officially named after the daughter of the Greek goddess Eris.

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65 Dysnomia

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66 Who was the overall winner in general classification in the 2018 Vuelta a España cycle race?

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66 Simon Yates

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67 Unveiled on 15 October 1967 then the tallest statue in the world measuring 85 metres (279 ft) to which city would you travel to see The Motherland Calls?

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67 Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad & Tsaritsyn)

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68 Which English rock band released their second studio album ‘The Book of Taliesyn’ in October 1968?

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68 Deep Purple

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69 Which Russian city of approximately one million souls was named Molotov in honour of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov from 1940 to 1957?

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69 Perm

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70 Xi’an is the capital and largest city of which Chinese province?

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70 Shaanxi

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71 David Wagner (born October 19 1971) is the manager of which Premier League football team?

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71 Huddersfield Town

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72 Founded in October 1971 what do the initials EST stand for sometimes est in lower case a New Age Large Group Awareness Training seminar program?

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72 Erhard Seminars Training

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73 Charles Fortnum is the title character in which 1973 Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) novel set in Argentina?

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73 The Honorary Consul

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74 In which country was actress Lena Headey probably best known for portraying Cersei Lannister in HBO’s hit fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’ born on October 3 1973?

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74 Bermuda

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75 Divided into 100 tetri and derived from an old Georgian word meaning hoard or property what is the unit of currency of Georgia?

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75 Lari

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76 Which Indian actor born October 15 1986 played Queen Victoria’s Indian servant and confidant Abdul Karim in the 2017 British biographical comedy-drama film ‘Victoria & Abdul’?

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76 Ali Fazal

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77 What was the nickname of the five foot four inch 145 pound Polish born American strongman Joseph L Greenstein (January 2 1893 - October 8 1977)?

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77 The Mighty Atom

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78 Which tall (191 cm) English actress and model is best known for portraying the warrior Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series ‘Game of Thrones’ and Captain Phasma in the ‘Star Wars’ sequel trilogy? She also played Officer Miranda Hilmarson in the TV mystery drama series ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’.

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78 Gwendoline Christie

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79 Which Colombian dancer and choreographer created and launched the Zumba dance and exercise fitness program in October 1999?

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79 Alberto “Beto” Perez

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80 Which then undefeated WBC heavyweight boxing champion defeated Muhammad Ali on October 2 1980?

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80 Larry Holmes