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1. The drug first used to treat malaria has now been largely replaced by others with fewer side effects. Obtained from the bark of the Cinchona tree, what is this drug?
2. Which light hearted film set in Ireland starred John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara?
3. An extinct variety of zebra, this animal had a striped neck and head, sandy coloured hindquarters and white legs and tail.
4. This politician and leader of the Norwegian Fascist Party aided the Nazi invasion of Norway and collaborated with them throughout the Second World War. His name has become synonymous with 'traitor'. Can you name him?
5. This 20th century Italian poet was an engineer before turning to writing. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1959. His name is Salvatore-------?
6. This was a system of accounting developed by the Peruvian Incas using knotted cords of various colours.
7. What is the name of the pole used to propel a barge or a punt?
8. Pharomacrus mocinno is a bird of Central America. It was worshipped by the Aztecs and Mayans and is the national bird of Guatemala. What is its more common name?
9. In the sci-fi series 'Deep Space Nine' what was the name of the Ferengi bar keep?
10. Broomsticks at the ready! The game of quidditch,played at Hogwarts, from the imagination of J.K.Rowling, requires a ball to be thrown through hoops to score points. But what is this ball called?
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