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1 Who was Edward Teach, a famous pirate otherwise known as?
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2 Who is said to be the greatest friend to animals?
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3 Who wrote the book, Charlotte’s Web?
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4 What was the title of the first “Sherlock Holmes” book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1887?
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5 What part of the body contains the “Purkinje Fibres”?
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6 What did the dinosaur, Apatosaurus used to be known as?
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7 Which of the nine planets in our Solar System has been called “Earth’s twin”?
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8 Who were the Amazon warriors?
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9 What species of insect has a variety called “Monarch”?
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10 Who is Erik Weisz, the famous magician otherwise know as?
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11 Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
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12 Christopher Robin is a character featured in which classic children’s book?
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13 When was the cloned sheep Dolly born?
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14 Cape York is the what-most point of Australia?
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15 In relation to the Internet, what does WWW stand for?
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16 What are the five Nobel Prizes?
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