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1. In 2011, scientists reconstructed the DNA information for which pandemic which has *plagued* the world for centuries?
2. Exotic dancer and so-called German spy from World War I, Mata Hari was executed by the French in 1917. This beautiful woman was famously self-conscious about which part of her anatomy?
3. Made of ivory, bone or wood, what were tally sticks?
4. In France on 25 April, 1792, what dubious distinction was claimed by highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier?
5. Discovered for the first time in 2011, a Spongiforma genus fungi was named after which cartoon character?
6. Noted psychologist John Neulinger came up with the concept of a welcome theory whereby society would be based on what activity?
7. Which great King of Castile made the very unwise remark that "If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on creation, I should have recommended something simpler"?
8. According to a 2008 Scottish university study, the way a woman walks indicates whether she has what sexual ability?
9. In 1981, during the Cold War, a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine ran aground on rocks on Sweden's south coast. What was this event nicknamed in the west?
10. Following the savage earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February 2011, 27 shops finally reopened in their City Mall in October that year. In what nautical form were these shops located?
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