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1. Bass is the non-technical name of many different edible fresh- and saltwater bony fishes. Which Bass wrote the science-fiction novel "Half Past Human" (1971)?
2. A trout is a cold-water game fish similar to but smaller than a salmon. Which Trout was a U.S. broadcaster (a colleague of Edward R. Murrow) who announced the end of World War II?
3. A catfish is a freshwater bottom fish with barbels around its mouth which look like whiskers. Which Catfish won the Cy Young Award for pitching in professional baseball in 1974, and died of Lou Gehrig's Disease in 1999?
4. A minnow is a small fish sometimes used as bait for other fishes. Who was Newton Minow?
5. Whose portrait appeared on the last $10,000 bill issued by the United States Treasury?
6. Which of the following was an Archbishop of Canterbury?
7. Hake is a saltwater food fish related to the cod. Which Hake was a 19th Century English poet who studied medicine but abandoned it for literary pursuits?
8. Roach is a small freshwater food fish native to Europe and Eurasia. Which Roach was a famous American movie and television producer who lived to be a hundred?
9. The Northern Pike is a lean, torpedo-shaped freshwater fish which lives in North America, Europe and Eurasia. After which Pike was Pike's Peak named?
10. Rays are batoids (fish which look like bats) and are related in many ways to sharks. They live mostly in salt water and are dispersed around the world. Which Ray made 37 films and was honoured by the Motion Picture Academy with a lifetime achievement award in 1992?
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