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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which Oscar winner took her stage name from a Balzac novel?

2 What is the subject of the Alvarez hypothesis?

3 Which country has Africa’s largest army?

4 What notorious website was run by Dread Pirate Roberts?

5 Virtually all mammals have how many neck bones?

6 Which vehicle was made at Dunmurry in Belfast?

7 In the US, the MLE is the major league of what “sport”?

8 Fourth Among Equals was which UK Social Democratic Party founder’s autobiography?

What links:

9 Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station?

Nuuk (1st); Port Moresby (2nd); Samarinda

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