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1. Name the ring of leather through which a Scout neckerchief is threaded?
2. What is the national bird of New Zealand?
3. Name the industrial city in Northwest France which is the capital of the Calvados department.
4. The gibbon is a small agile ape inhabiting the forests of ... ?
5. Luanda is the capital of which republic in Southwest Africa?
6. Which animal's name is a Spanish word meaning 'a small armored man'?
7. Name the nationality of the racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio who won the World Championship five times between 1951 and 1957?
8. Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland?
9. How long is the 'San Andreas Fault' in northern California, USA?
10. The stomach of a human baby is about the size of a chicken egg. Approximately how many pints of liquid can an adult's stomach hold?
11. Which of the following words are NOT derived from the German language?
12. When was London's Metropolitan Police Fingerprint Branch set up where in the first six months of operation its three officers made 93 identifications by fingerprints?
13. How many children did England's Queen Anne (1665-1714) have?
14. Name the King of Corinth in Greek Mythology condemned to roll a heavy stone up a hill for eternity?
15. What was the first name of the American lexicographer Mr. Webster (1758-1843) who was famous for his 'American Dictionary of the English Language' (1828)?
16. How many of the following musical instruments belong to the woodwind section: saxophone, flute, recorder, oboe?
17. What sort of creature is a blue hamlet?
18. In which city was the accordion invented?
19. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell spoke his first words over a telephone when he called out to his assistant to come and help him. What had he done?
20. Written Chinese has no alphabet but is made up of about how many characters?
21. How many separate bones or vertebrae are there in the backbone or spine of man?
22. William Herschel from Great Britain discovered Uranus in 1781 and American Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. What was the nationality of the discoverer of Neptune, Johann Galle in 1846?
23. How many of these major constellations would you find in the northern hemisphere: 'Draco', 'The Plough' (or Little Bear), 'Orion' (The Hunter), 'Southern Cross'?
24. Which African flag does NOT feature a shield and spears?
25. The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz who died during childbirth. She died giving birth to their _____ child?
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