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1. Which country was formerly known as Persia?
2. Which flower's name comes from Old English for 'day's eye' because it opens in the morning?
3. Count Dracula is said to have been based on a prince of the Middle Ages called Vlad the Impaler. The dense forests of Transylvania were famous as the source of vampire legends and are in which present day country?
4. The decibel is a unit for measuring the loudness of sound and was named after the inventor of the ... ?
5. Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen join together to form a molecule of ....?
6. Which country is sometimes called the 'Emerald Isle' because of its lush countryside which is kept green by rain from the Atlantic Ocean?
7. How many legs has a scorpion?
8. Which film comic provides the voice of the big green ogre 'Shrek' in the animated hit movie?
9. A Chinese gooseberry is also known as ... ?
10. Who is the author of the novel 'Black Beauty'?
11. Name the 1993 film starring Kevin Kline who is a lookalike hired to impersonate the American President?
12. Name the fast and dangerous game played with sticks called hurleys?
13. Name the family central to the novel 'Cold Comfort Farm'?
14. Which of the following is the true statement?
15. What was the name of the American millionaire who paid 14 million pounds for a week orbiting the earth on a Russian spacecraft. Dennis ... ?
16. The 'Teddy Bear' was named after American President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) because his pet name was Teddy and ... ?
17. The Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi designed Barcelona's most famous building, Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family). Building began in 1884 but when was the cathedral completed?
18. In which city would 'Wenceslas Square' be found?
19. CD-ROM is a disc used in a computer for reading information. What is it an abbreviation for?
20. The word 'vitamin' comes from the Latin word 'vita' meaning life and the chemical, 'amine'. In 1913 the word was invented by the chemist Casimir ... ?
21. In which country would you find the places of Ypres, Mons and Waterloo?
22. Who in Belgium first invented roller skates around 1760. Joseph ... ?
23. English is an official language in how many countries of the world?
24. Which word comes from an Arabic word meaning 'an eater of the drug hashish'?
25. Which European flag has blue, yellow and red vertical stripes?
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