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1. What was the name of the highly prized sauce used on most food dishes by the ancient Romans?
2. China was first unified under the Qin dynasty of 221-207bc, the tomb of the first Qin emperor Qin Shi Huangdi is located next to China's most amazing archaeological discovery, what is it?
3. In Scotland, on the shores of Loch Shiel at Glenfinnan, stands a monument to mark an event in Scottish history. Which?
4. On the grave of which famous Englishman is engraved this dire warning; 'Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare, to dig the dust enclosed here, Bles't be the man who spares these stones and curs't be he that moves my bones'.
5. The first prophecy to bring fame to Nostradamus as a seer was: "The young lion will overcome the older one, in a field of combat in a single fight, he will pierce his eyes in their golden cage, two wounds in one, then he dies a cruel death". Whose death did he foresee?
6. By what name was London in England known before the Roman occupation?
7. Followers of Islam are expected to adhere to strict Islamic precepts, what does the word Islam mean?
8. In the United States, in 1587, a colony consisting of more than 100 people vanished without trace, what was the name of the colony?
9. During the night 16-17 July 1918, Czar Nicholas Romanov and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks, which of the following was not one of his daughters?
10. Which ancient Egyptian goddess was wife to Seth and sibling to Osiris and Isis?
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