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1. Who is the Patron Saint of travellers?
2. Name the island off the coast of French Guiana which was formerly a leper colony then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938.
3. Name the large breed of dog with a dense red-and-white coat which was formerly used as a rescue dog in mountainous regions.
4. This vocal girl group had British Number One Singles with 'Never Ever'(1997), 'Pure Shores'(2000) and 'Black Coffee'(2000) to name a few.
5. Which of these is an informal jocular name for Satan?
6. The novels 'Shame'(1983) and 'The Satanic Verses'(1988) were written by which author?
7. Whose feast day is July 15th when it is popularly believed that if it rains on this day then the rain will persist for the next forty days?
8. A person who promotes an opposing or unpopular view, often for the sake of an argument is playing devil's ... ?
9. Which volcanic island in the Caribbean has Castries as its capital?
10. Which large fish having very wide winglike pectoral fins and feeding on plankton is known as a devilfish or devil ray?
11. Name the 1966 film starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach.
12. Name the sports and tourist centre in eastern Switzerland.
13. Name the savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast.
14. Who wrote 'August is a Wicked Month' and 'A Pagan Place'?
15. Name the large black rove beetle with large jaws and ferocious habits.
16. Which annual horse race run at Doncaster, England, since 1776 and is one of the classics of the flat-racing season?
17. Name the palace in Pall Mall which was a London residence of British monarchs from 1697 to 1837.
18. Name the 1974 British Number One hit for Suzi Quatro.
19. Which town in south-west England in south Cornwall had a china clay industry?
20. A popular name for a dragonfly is
21. Its capital is Jamestown and it is a volcanic island in the South Atlantic.
22. In Norse Mythology, the god of mischief and destruction is
23. The name given to the planet Venus when it rises as the morning star is
24. Who wrote the book 'The Old Devils'?
25. Who wrote the book 'The Kingdom of the Wicked' (1985)?
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