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1. What were the first names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the novel 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson?
2. An auction in which the price is lowered by stages until a buyer is found is called a ______ auction?
3. Which is the only city in the world to lie in two continents?
4. What was the name of the Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth and water?
5. What was the nationality of wax modeller Madame Marie Tussaud who was born Marie Grosholtz?
6. 'Infectious mononucleosis' is an acute infectious disease characterized by fever, sore throat, swollen and painful lymph nodes and abnormal lymphocytes in the blood. How is it better known?
7. What do you call a match of three games of 'bridge' or 'whist'?
8. Whose plays were divided into three groups: historical, comedies and tragedies?
9. What was the real name of Jesse Owens the US black athlete and winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: James_____ Owens?
10. In the 'Arabian Nights' what was the job of Ali Baba?
11. What was the nationality of Dr. Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof who invented the international language of Esperanto?
12. Name the ancient capital of the Inca empire from 1200 until it fell to the Spanish in 1533?
13. What was the real first name of US Jazz and Blues pianist Fats Waller?
14. Which English author wrote the novel 'A High Wind in Jamaica (1929)?
15. Who was the first to fly nonstop across the English Channel and back in 1910, dying shortly afterwards in an air crash near Bournemouth?
16. The island of 'Sado' is located near to which country?
17. Which fruit derives its name from the Greek meaning 'finger'?
18. Which is the longest river in the Russian Federation?
19. What is the name of the tree native to Central America which has red and yellow feathery flowers and feathery-like leaves whose leaflets close at the approach of rain?
20. A kimono is a long-sleeved wrap around robe tied with a broad sash. What does 'kimono' mean?
21. Gambrinus is the legendary Flemish king who was said to have invented _________ ?
22. What is Japan's national team sport?
23. How did Pierre Curie, the French physicist who worked with his wife Marie on radioactivity, die in Paris?
24. Which painter was a favourite of Queen Victoria and was friendly with the novelists Charles Dickens (1812-70) and William Thackeray (1811-63)?
25. Howard Robard Hughes was a US multimillionaire recluse who built aircraft, produced movies such as 'Hell's Angels' (1930) and designed Jane Russell's bra. How many of his final years did he spend a total recluse?
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