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Thomas Eaton

1 In Tokyo, Eddy Alvarez became the sixth Olympian to do what?

2 Which French “saint” died in Kent in 1943?

3 What unit is equal to about 9.46 trillion km

4 Which promontory was built by Finn McCool?

5 What is thought to be the world’s oldest alcoholic drink?

6 Which 2003 song has spent more than five years in the UK Top 100?

7 What condition was known as woolsorters’ disease?

8 Oprah’s stylist Andre Walker designed a system to categorise what?

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