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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 The Aralkum in Central Asia is the world’s newest what?

2 Which insect is thought to be named after the colour of the male brimstone?

3 Where in London is a 3.45-metre nude statue of Napoleon?

4 According to Leviticus, a jubilee marks how many years?

5 Which trumpeter was the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer prize?

6 What was nicknamed “inheritance powder”?

7 Blood Communion is the 13th and last book in which series?

8 Which architect designed Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House?

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