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1. The largest Canadian province in area.
2. A state in north-east Australia.
3. A small gamebird of the pheasant family.
4. Christian sect known as 'The Society of Friends'.
5. The code of rules followed in modern boxing.
6. Country in the Persian gulf whose capital is Doha.
7. A borough of New York City on the west end of Long Island.
8. A colourless mineral often tinted by impurities, the purple variety is amethyst and the yellow variety is citrine.
9. Acute inflammation of the tonsils caused by an abscess.
10. Capital of Ecuador.
11. Another name for the element mercury.
12. Small tree or shrub, native to the Middle East and central Asia which bears a bitter, yellow, pear-shaped fruit used as a preserve.
13. Surname of the famous actor born in Chihuahua, Mexico, who was in the film 'Zorba the Greek'(1964).
14. An arrow having a four-edged head, fired from a crossbow.
15. In England what are 25th march (Lady day), 24 June (Midsummer day), 29 September (Michaelmas day) and 25 December (Christmas day)?
16. Surname of the Norwegian fascist leader who aided the Nazi invasion of Norway in 1940.
17. 1979 film about mods and rockers starring Sting, Leslie Ash and Phil Daniels.
18. Canadian archipelago of about 150 islands off the west coast of British Columbia, in the pacific ocean?
19. Television programme featuring Dr. Sam Beckett played by Scott Bakula.
20. Surname of the actor whose films include 'The Big Easy'(1987) and 'Inner Space'(1987).
21. Surname of the British fashion designer whose Chelsea boutique in Carnaby Street made London the focus of the world's fashion scene in the mid-1960s.
22. Surname of the distinguished British stage actor whose films include 'Ice Cold in Alex'(1958) and 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962).
23. The largest butterfly in the world which is found in Papua New Guinea.
24. Surname of the American producer known for his development of 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons.
25. Ancient village on the shore of the Dead Sea and the site of the caves in which the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' were discovered.
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