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1 Which Oscar-winning actress was born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers on October 1 1989 in Sacramento California?

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1 Brie Larson

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2 By what stage name is the English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Damon Michael Gough born 2 October 1969 in Dunstable Bedfordshire much better known?

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2 Badly Drawn Boy

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3 Which Finnish actor and former professional basketball player (born October 3 1986) is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the ‘Star Wars’ saga taking over the role from Peter Mayhew first as a body double with ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (2015) and later as the lead in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ (2017) and ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ (2018)?

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3 Joonas Suotamo

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4 Which Turkish-born French actor (born 4 October 1953) received critical praise for his performance as Julien Baptiste in the acclaimed BBC One/Starz drama series ‘The Missing’ and in the 2019 in a spin-off series titled ‘Baptiste’?

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4 Tchéky Karyo

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5 Which famous man did nurse Evelyn Mase marry on 5 October 1944?

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5 Nelson Mandela

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6 Which golfer who won eleven Majors during his career became the first American-born player to win the 1922 British Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich Kent? He won the Claret Jug three more times and died on October 6 1969?

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6 Walter Hagen

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7 Thom Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the lead singer and main songwriter of which alternative rock band?

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7 Radiohead

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8 The Bank of England polymer £20 note to be introduced in 2020 will feature which figure?

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8 J. M. W. Turner

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9 Which bird scientific name Numenius arquata once very common in Ireland has declined by over 95% in the last thirty years and now less than 140 breeding pairs remain?

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9 Curlew

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10 The Supper at Emmaus was one of the most famous paintings by which Dutch painter (October 10 1889 to December 30 1947) best known for his successful and complex scheme of forging and selling paintings attributed to Dutch masters?

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10 Han van Meegeren

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11 Which American rapper songwriter television personality was born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar in The Bronx New York City on October 11 1992?

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11 Cardi B

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12 In Greek mythology who was the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War?

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12 Hecuba

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13 Jack Ryan who has been portrayed on screen by Alec Baldwin Harrison Ford Ben Affleck and Chris Pine was created by which writer who died on October 1 2013?

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13 Tom Clancy

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14 One of the most successful Olympians of all time which American track and field athlete (October 14 1873 – September 29 1937) who specialised in the standing high long and triple jumps won a total of eight gold medals at the 1900 1904 and 1908 Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens)?

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14 Ray Ewry

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15 1988’s Big starring Tom Hanks (the first film directed by a woman to gross over US$100 million) Awakenings (1990) starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro A League of Their Own (1992) with Geena Davis Tom Hanks Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell and The Preacher’s Wife (1996) are notable films directed by which female film director born in The Bronx Ney York City on October 15 1943?

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15 Penny Marshall

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16 By what name is Giovanni Antonio Canal born in Venice on 18 October 1697 better known?

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16 Canaletto

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17 Which American actress and film star of the 1930s and 1940s was born Gladys Georgianna Greene (October 17 1900 – June 19 1991)? She had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) You Can’t Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943). and as a homesteader’s wife in the classic George Stevens western Shane (1953) her final film and the only color film in which she appeared.

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17 Jean Arthur

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18 The Neapolitan Novels comprising ‘My Brilliant Friend’ (2012) ‘The Story of a New Name’ (2013) ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’ (2014) and ‘The Story of the Lost Child’ (2015) are notable works by which pseudonymous Italian novelist born 18 October 1943?

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18 Elena Ferrante

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19 Which British prime minister died in office on October 18 1865 his last words being ‘Die my dear Doctor? That’s the last thing I shall do’?

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19 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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20 Which American composer (born October 20 1955) is best known for his many film scores including ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre’? He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards and three Golden Globes and has won two BAFTAs six Grammys and an Emmy Award.

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20 Thomas Newman

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21 The ‘Earthsea’ series and ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ are notable works by which American novelist (October 21 1929 – January 22 2018) winner of the Hugo Award Nebula Award Locus Award and World Fantasy Award each more than once?

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21 Ursula K. Le Guin

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22 Which British-Zimbabwean (Rhodesian) novelist born in Iran (22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature for “that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”?

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22 Doris Lessing

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23 Joe Louis was nicknamed ‘The Brown Bomber’ but which American professional boxer (born October 22 1985) is nicknamed ‘The Bronze Bomber’?

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23 Deontay Wilder

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24 Which American voice actor (September 7 1926 – October 24 1997) is best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons? His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones Astro in The Jetsons Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in The Yogi Bear Show.

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24 Don Messick

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25 Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz were the middle names of which artist born 25 October 1881?

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25 Pablo Picasso

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26 Which English actor (born 26 October 1953) plays DI Fred Thursday in the TV series ‘Endeavour’?

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26 Roger Allam

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27 Which Slovak-Canadian film producer and director (born October 27 1946) best known for his comedy work directed the films Meatballs (1979) Stripes (1981) Ghostbusters (1984) Legal Eagles (1986) Twins (1988) Ghostbusters II (1989) Kindergarten Cop (1990) Dave (1993) Junior (1994) Six Days Seven Nights (1998) Evolution (2001) My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) and No Strings Attached (2011)?

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27 Ivan Reitman

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28 Which English philosopher and physician (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “Father of Liberalism”?

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28 John Locke

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29 Which British philosopher (29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989) is known for his promotion of logical positivism particularly in his books ‘Language Truth and Logic’ (1936) and ‘The Problem of Knowledge’ (1956)?

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29 A. J. “Freddie” Ayer

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30 Which American singer-songwriter born Grace Barnett Wing in Chicago on October 30 1939 and nicknamed The Acid Queen and The Chrome Nun is most associated with the bands The Great Society Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship and Starship?

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30 Grace Slick

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31 Which horror film series features the serial killer Michael Myers?

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31 Halloween

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32 His film ‘Le Monde du silence’ won the Palme d’Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957 although he was not credited at the ceremony; the award was instead presented to the film’s co-director Jacques Cousteau. His most famous films include the crime film ‘Ascenseur pour l’échafaud’ (1958) the World War II drama ‘Lacombe Lucien’ (1974) the romantic crime film ‘Atlantic City’ (1980) the comedy-drama ‘My Dinner with Andre’ (1981) and the autobiographical film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ (1987). Who is this French film director screenwriter and producer (30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) worked in both French cinema and Hollywood and produced both French and English language films?

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32 Louis Malle

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33 Who was the shortest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century? He is often referred to as “the unknown Prime Minister” not least because of a biography of that title by Robert Blake; the name comes from a remark by Asquith at his funeral that they were burying the Unknown Prime Minister next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey.

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33 Andrew Bonar Law

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34 Who is the current reigning Miss Ireland and will represent Ireland at the Miss World finals in China later in the year?

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34 Chelsea Farrell

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35 In September which town was announced as the overall winner of the 2019 National Tidy Towns competition?

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35 Glaslough Co Monaghan

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36 What was the name of the Irish surgeon (1786–1836) who accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and became his physician having been surgeon on board the Bellerophon when the emperor surrendered himself?

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36 Barry O’Meara

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37 Which soft silvery metallic element was first discovered by the Swedish chemist Johan Arfwedson in 1817 through analysis of the mineral petalite?

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37 Lithium

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38 Located on the southern coast of Santiago island within the Sotavento Islands group what is the capital and largest city of Republic of Cabo Verde?

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38 Praia

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39 In 1893 the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was demarcated. How is it known?

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39 Durand Line

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40 The disputed region of South Ossetia lies within which former Soviet Republic?

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40 Georgia

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41 Which satirical magazine first published in 1841 had as its subtitle “The London Charivari”?

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41 Punch

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42 Which acclaimed English actor (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) directed two films that he also starred in: ‘The Raggedy Rawney’ (1988) and ‘Rainbow’ (1996)?

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42 Bob Hoskins

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43 There is a plaque on Brooms Bridge which crosses the Royal Canal in Cabra Dublin which reads:”Here as he walked byon the 16th of October 1843Sir _______ _____ ________in a flash of genius discoveredthe fundamental formula forquaternion multiplicationi² = j² = k² = ijk = −1& cut it on a stone of this bridge.”What is the name of the missing mathematician?

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43 William Rowan Hamilton

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44 Which French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was born Henriette-Rosine Bernard on 22/23 October 1844?

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44 Sarah Bernhardt

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45 In which city is Genbaku Dome a famous landmark and UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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45 Hiroshima

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46 The seventh-largest moon in the Solar System which moon was discovered on October 10 1846 by English astronomer William Lassell? It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit an orbit in the direction opposite to its planet’s rotation.

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46 Triton (moon of Neptune)

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47 Who was Alexander the Great’s general who took over the government of Egypt when Alexander died in 323 BC?

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47 Ptolemy I

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48 In Greek mythology which sculptor and craftsman constructed the labyrinth for Minos?

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48 Daedalus

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49 The popular dance the tango originated in which country?

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49 Argentina

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50 Which Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi River?

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50 Hernando de Soto

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51 Mick McCarthy is the manager of the Republic of Ireland men’s soccer team. Who is the manager of the Republic of Ireland’s women’s team?

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51 Vera Pauw

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52 Which American actress (born October 7 1952) portrayed Jean Louise “Scout” Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1962) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress? At the time she (aged 10) was the youngest actress ever nominated in this category.

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52 Mary Badham

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53 Edda is the name given to two important collections of literature of which country?

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53 Iceland

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54 By what name is the plant Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis) more commonly known as a popular garden plant?

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54 Bleeding Heart

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55 What is the closest dwarf planet to the Sun?

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55 Ceres

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56 Which American actress and singer-songwriter was born Margarita Ibrahimoff on October 26 1956?

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56 Rita Wilson

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57 ‘Mississippi Masala’ ‘Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love’ ‘The Namesake’ the Golden Lion winning ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and ‘Salaam Bombay!’ which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film are among the best known films by which Indian-born American filmmaker (born 15 October 1957)?

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57 Mira Nair

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58 Which French region comprises the departments of Côtes d’Armor Finistère Ille et Vilaine and Morbihan and has its regional capital at Rennes?

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58 Bretagne

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59 From which African country does singer Youssou N’Dour (born 1 October 1959) come?

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59 Senegal

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60 What should you get if you ordered Bigorneaux in a French restaurant?

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60 Periwinkles

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61 What French name is given to the shallow wide-brimmed champagne glass said to have been modelled on Marie Antoinette’s physique?

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61 Coupe

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62 Which world heavyweight boxing champion (born October 19 1962) won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics?

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62 Evander Holyfield

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63 Fuggles and Goldings are English types of which beer ingredient?

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63 Hops

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64 The Bounty Islands in the South Pacific are territorially part of which country?

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64 New Zealand

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65 Songwriter Burt Bacharach married which actress in 1965?

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65 Angie Dickinson

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66 The Crypts of Lieberkühn are found in which part of the body?

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66 Intestines

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67 Due to its slow rotation coupled with its fast orbit speed which planet has a solar day that lasts twice as long as its year?

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67 Mercury

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68 The Astronomer of 1668 and The Geographer of 1669 are two of only three paintings by which Dutch artist to be dated on the canvas by him?

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68 Johannes Vermeer

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69 In which 1969 Western film did Clint Eastwood play a character called Sylvester Newel?

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69 Paint Your Wagon

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70 Of the twenty-five official James Bond films how many have the word Die in the title?

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70 Four (Live And Let Die (1973) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Die Another Day (2002) and No Time To Die 2020)

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71 Which American politician (October 2 1871 – July 23 1955) from Tennessee is best known as the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II? He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations and was referred to by President Roosevelt as the “Father of the United Nations”.

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71 Cordell Hull

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72 The Ouguiya (also spelled ‘ougiya’) subdivided into five khoums is the currency of which African country?

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72 Mauritania

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73 Which 4852m peak is the second highest mountain of Antarctica?

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73 Mount Tyree

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74 In the 1974 film ‘The Towering Inferno’ the fire breaks out on which floor of the Glass Tower?

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74 81st floor

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75 Dublin recently won five-in-a-row All-Ireland senior football titles. But which team lost four-in-a-row All-Ireland senior football finals?

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75 London (1900-1903 inclusive)

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76 Which French boxer beat Joe Joyce of Great Britain to win the gold medal in the super-heavyweight (+91 kg) division at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

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76 Tony Yoka

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77 And which Russian boxer controversially beat Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan on a unanimous judge’s decision to win the heavyweight (91 kg) Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

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77 Evgeny Tishchenko

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78 Born September 28 1990 which Latvian-born American professional strongman nicknamed ‘The Dragon’ won the 2019 World’s Strongest Man competition?

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78 Martins Licis

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79 Which former Slovenian ski jumper won the 2019 Vuelta d’Espana?

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79 Primož Roglič

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80 Which Irish company based in Mullingar Ireland was set up on October 4 2000 to provide furniture management and horse breeding services under the name Gigginstown House Stud? Since 2003 it has also operated under the name O’Leary Cabs a provider of taxicab services.

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80 Tillingdale

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81 Who played the title roles in the 1998 British biographical film ‘Hilary and Jackie’?

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81 Rachel Griffiths & Emily Watson

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82 Who plays the title roles in the 2001 romantic-comedy fantasy ‘Kate & Leopold’?

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82 Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman

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83 Who plays the title roles in the 1993 romantic comedy ‘Benny & Joon’?

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83 Aidan Quinn & Mary Stuart Masterson

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84 Which two actors played the title roles in the 1973 American western drama film ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’ directed by Sam Peckinpah?

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84 James Coburn & Kris Kristofferson

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85 Which two Hollywood stars who appeared together in the 1969 film ‘Battle of Neretva’ both died on October 10 1985?

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85 Yul Brynner & Orson Welles

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86 A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha pentangle or star pentagon) in the shape of a five-pointed star appears on the flags of which two African countries?

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86 Morocco & Ethiopia

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87 Which two stars played the title roles in the 1991 film ‘Frankie and Johnny’?

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87 Michelle Pfeiffer & Al Pacino

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88 Which two artists famously shared the Yellow House Arles for nine weeks from late October 1888?

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88 Vincent Van Gogh & Paul Gaugin

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89 Which two physicists shared the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics “for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory”?

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89 Paul Dirac & Erwin Schrödinger

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90 Aqua Regia (lit. “regal water” or “king’s water”) so named by alchemists because it can dissolve the noble metals gold and platinum is a mixture of which two acids?

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90 Nitric Acid & Hydrochloric Acid