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1. Many calculators have a raised point or defining mound on a number on their keypad, what number?
2. If you ' short ' a stock on the stock market what is the general understanding of what you have done?
3. When you fall in love , the main chemical that your body releases to give you that love feeling is?
4. High blood pressure is known as?
5. Ray Kroc built the McDonalds chain across America. He got the idea after visiting a restaurant in LA, who owned the restaurant?
6. A terrible student who got poor grades at school. No good at sports, he quit school at 15. When he was 30 years of age he had a triumph with his first invention, metal wheel spokes. His smaller, lower fuel consumption vehicles were ten years ahead of the giant US car manufacturers who were ill equipped to deal with the oil crisis of the 1970s. Who was he?
7. They tortured and murdered thousands upon thousands of people. They did so with the full consent of their leaders. They became hugely rich from confiscating the spoils of their victims. One of them stated 'We must remember that the main purpose of the trial and execution is not to save the soul of the accused but to achieve the public good and put fear into others'. Who were these terrible evil men?
8. He was one of the greatest boxers ever, he only ever lost one fight, the fight that he lost is considered to be the first heavy weight championship of the world. Despite a florid earlier life he later became an evangelist and toured, preaching against the evils of drink, who was he ?
9. She was the pride of the Ward Line of America, in 1934 she was only 4 years old a stately and beautiful ship. The repeal of prohibition the year before had not affected the ship, her spirits, wines and liquors were all imported and were the real thing. On Friday Sept 7th 1934, the last night out a terrible tragedy occured and this beautiful ship caught fire, the confusion and lack of leadership from crew members caused the deaths of 90 persons. What was the ship's name?
10. He established the first American company to make gasoline automobiles, who was he?
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