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1. He built an empire in an obscure Pennsylvania town. His estate runs an amusement park, an orphans' home, a top medical training hospital and one of the world's largest chocolate companies. All these are in a place they named after him. Who was he?
2. Which Russian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for his work describing what is now known as 'classical conditioning'?
3. Where was Leonardo da Vinci born?
4. Italian mountaineers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni were the first two people to reach the summit of which mountain peak?
5. Peter Kreeft wrote a book about an imaginary conversation between three men that all happened to die on the same day - November 22, 1963. Which of the following people was NOT included in that conversation?
6. Somebody said: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." Which quotable statesman was behind this pithy analysis of an ally?
7. What fervent supporter of the American Revolution became immensely popular after publishing "Common Sense" but was eventually denied burial in a church cemetery after publishing "The Age of Reason"?
8. Which British Monarch reigned for 48 of the 100 years in the 20th century?
9. Which English sovereign acquired Cardinal Wolsey's beautiful home, Hampton Court Palace?
10. Which Swedish diplomat and humanitarian became the first person to be granted honorary Canadian citizenship?
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