| 179501. |
In 1980 Mount ---------- blows its top in Washington State.
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| 179502. |
In 715 St ---------- begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
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| 179503. |
In 1536 Anne ---------- wife of Henry VIII, beheaded.
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| 179504. |
In 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for---------- , bound to England.
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| 179505. |
In 1611 Innocent XI ---------- Roman Catholic pope (1676-89), born.
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| 179506. |
In 1890 ---------- trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969), born.
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| 179507. |
In 1925 ---------- Omaha NB, assassinated leader of black muslims, born.
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| 179508. |
In 1928 "Firedamp" explodes in ---------- Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners.
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| 179509. |
In 1935 T.E. ---------- (of Arabia) dies in a motorcycle crash.
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| 179510. |
In 1945 Peter ---------- singer (Who-Tommy), born.
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| 179511. |
In 1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret mics in the ---------- embassy.
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| 179512. |
In 1966 Tortoise reportedly given to Tonga's king by Capt. ---------- (1773), dies.
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| 179513. |
In 1971 Ogden ---------- poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68.
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| 179514. |
In 1971 USSR launches---------- , 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars.
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| 179515. |
In 1976 ---------- ownership legalized in Australia.
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| 179516. |
In 1979 Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti---------- .
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| 179517. |
Paul Newman married which actress
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| 179518. |
Who married the actor Liam Neeson
|
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| 179519. |
Mir is the highest point in which mountain range
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| 179520. |
Peter Sellers had a top ten hit in 1960 with which other film star
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| 179521. |
Which oscar winning actress married media mogul Ted Turner in 1991
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| 179522. |
Who won the 1980 Pullitzer prize for literature for 'The Executioner's Song'
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| 179523. |
Jazz musician Bud Powell was best known for playing what instrument
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| 179524. |
A Victoria Cross is struck from gun metal of Russian cannons captured at which battle
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| 179525. |
What is an 'ocarina'
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| 179526. |
What is the largest species of toad
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| 179527. |
Albert Einstein worked at which American university
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| 179528. |
Which New Mexico town adopted the name of a radio quiz show
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| 179529. |
In which year was the sculptor and painter Alberto Giacommetti born
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| 179530. |
Bougainville is part of which island group
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| 179531. |
How many novels did Anthony Trollope write
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| 179532. |
Papeete is the capital of which overseas area of France
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| 179533. |
In which year was prohibition repealed in the USA
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| 179534. |
What nationality was the playwright August Strindberg
|
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| 179535. |
What does the constellation Vulpecula represent
|
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| 179536. |
What kind of creature is a 'hoatzin'
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| 179537. |
A marigraph is an instrument which records what
|
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| 179538. |
What kind of animal is a 'margay'
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| 179539. |
Bodrum in Turkey is on the site of which famous city
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| 179540. |
A 'dybbuk' is an evil spirit in which folklore
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| 179541. |
The Admiralty islands are part of which country
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| 179542. |
The Cassini division is associated with which planet
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| 179543. |
What was the real first name of Tennessee Williams
|
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| 179544. |
Burke and Wills are most associated with the exploration of which continent
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| 179545. |
Nephrite is a variety of which substance
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| 179546. |
The conqueror Temujin was better known by what name
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| 179547. |
In which country is the city of Samarkand
|
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| 179548. |
What is the birthstone of someone born on Christmas Day
|
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| 179549. |
The extinct elephant bird was native to which island
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| 179550. |
The coelacanth, once thought to be extinct, is what kind of creature
|
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| 179551. |
In mythology who continued to weep after she had been turned to stone
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| 179552. |
In the Bible who was the mother of Ishmael
|
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| 179553. |
Who wrote the novel 'King Solomon's Mines'
|
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| 179554. |
In India who or what is a 'dacoit'
|
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| 179555. |
What kind of creatures are 'ratites'
|
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| 179556. |
What nationality was the artist Hieronymus Bosch
|
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| 179557. |
Which part of the body is affected by the condition "blepharism'
|
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| 179558. |
Who wrote the poem 'Hudibras'
|
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| 179559. |
Malcolm Cooper is an Olympic gold medal winner in which sport
|
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| 179560. |
Which island is called Kalaallit Nunaat in its own language
|
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| 179561. |
King Ludwig of Bavaria was patron of which composer
|
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| 179562. |
Which Pacific republic was formerly known as the New Hebrides
|
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| 179563. |
Which musical instrument has a mouthpiece called a 'fipple'
|
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| 179564. |
Which palace was built by Henry VIII on the site of a leper hospital
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| 179565. |
Worn in ancient Greece what was a 'petasus'
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| 179566. |
What does 'll Trovatore', as in the opera, mean
|
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| 179567. |
In which city would you find the Hancock Tower and Filene's bargain basement
|
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| 179568. |
By what name is Jacopo Robusti better known
|
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| 179569. |
Which two US Presidents shared 1924 as the year of their birth
|
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| 179570. |
Whose latest bestseller is entitled' look to Windward'
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| 179571. |
Place the following musical terms in order of increasing speed Lento, Largo, Andante, Allegro and Presto
|
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| 179572. |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan Opera is subtitled The Slave of Duty
|
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| 179573. |
Where would you find the volcano loki
|
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| 179574. |
What is the opening line of the Star Spangled Banner
|
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| 179575. |
What was Winston Churchill's only novel
|
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| 179576. |
Westminster Abbey was originally a monastery of which order of monks
|
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| 179577. |
Which word can precede the following; -count -bath -bank
|
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| 179578. |
Where would you find tricounis, clinkers and muggers
|
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| 179579. |
Written by Richard Ford, and made into a box office smash at the cinema, which book won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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| 179580. |
Which German City is the home to the Becks brewery
|
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| 179581. |
What was set up in 1792 due to the treat of a French Invasion, and published its first official series in 1805
|
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| 179582. |
What is meant by the cookery term ' A La Crecy'
|
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| 179583. |
Madonna has had 8 number 1 's in the UK singles chart, yet her best selling single only reached number 3. Name it
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| 179584. |
Which polar explorer died in a plane crash, while searching for a missing Italian airship
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| 179585. |
Known as 'England's Darling' who led a resistance against William the Conqueror, on the Isle of Ely in 1070
|
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| 179586. |
Which beer was first brewed in Leuven in 1366
|
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| 179587. |
Which American author wrote the million pound sellers 'The Witches of Eastwick' and 'The Poorhouse Fair'
|
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| 179588. |
What was the name of the company founded by Prince Rupert in 1670 to trade furs with the North American Indians
|
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| 179589. |
Who succeeded U Thant as Secretary General of the United Nations in 1972
|
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| 179590. |
Which John Wayne film was a hit for Ultravox in 1982
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| 179591. |
At which sport did Yvonne McGregor win a bronze medal for Great Britain at the Sydney Olympics
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| 179592. |
Which fictional character first appeared in 194 i, when she came to America from her Amazon homeland of Paradise Island to help the US defeat the Nazis
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| 179593. |
In which US City is the TV programme' Ali McBeal' based
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| 179594. |
Two islands are situated in San Francisco harbour. One is Alcatraz, name the other
|
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| 179595. |
Which comic book hero, with an alter ego of Steve Rogers, did Joe Simon and Jack Kirby create
|
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| 179596. |
Which railway station in London, designed by Edward Wilson and opened in 1874, serves East Anglia
|
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| 179597. |
From which London jail did Ronnie Biggs escape in 1965
|
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| 179598. |
Harrison Ford's performance in which film earned him his only Best Actor nomination
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| 179599. |
In the Bible, who is recorded in' Acts' as purchasing a plot of land known as Potter's Field
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| 179600. |
Which British animal has the scientific name Meles Meles
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