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1. There is a hotel located within the Kakadu National Park, near to the town of Jabiru in Northern Territory, Australia. It is quite unique amongst other hotels, in the fact that it is designed in the shape of an animal. Which animal?
2. In the early days of World War One, the French used bricks instead of bombs or machine guns to down German fighter planes. They simply threw the bricks at the planes propellers.
3. The coldest place on Earth quite often reaches temperatures of -70 Centigrade but it has been recorded as having the lowest Earth temperature of minus 89 degrees Centigrade. Where is this place?
4. The elephant no longer has any immediate living relatives in the animal kingdom. But do you know what animal is the closest living relative to it?
5. The Ice Hotel located in Lapland, Sweden is a building made entirely out of ice. The average room temperature is -4C. But is it true or false that every spring the hotel melts and has to be re-built the following Winter?
6. The Gotmaar Festival is an annual festival between two groups of men made up from two towns on opposite sides of a river. Following the first full moon in September, the two groups throw rocks at each other until sunset, when the festival ends. The objective being, to injure as many people as possible. In which country does this bizarre festival take place?
7. Queen Christina, who ruled in the 17th Century, was so terrified of fleas that she ordered a 10cm long cannon built so she could fire at the fleas in her bedchamber. Of which European country did she rule?
8. Which country has decided to celebrate its war dead animals with a memorial? It is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of animals that died fighting their wars.
9. Which nation's soldiers were forced to fight for the Japanese in World War Two, then captured by the Russians and forced to fight for them, then captured by the Germans and forced to fight for them and then captured by the Americans? Hint: There was a war there once.
10. Wayne McLaren was a model for a particular company. He had the misfortune to die from the product that he promoted. What was the company and how did he die?
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