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1. What is the name of the sister of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire ?
2. The city of Lisbon in Portugal lies on which river ?
3. Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch, who died in April 2010, was head of which organization from 1980-2001 ?
4. What chemical element's symbol derives from the Latin word aurum, meaning 'shining dawn' ?
5. English economist and physician Nicholas Barbon helped to pioneer which type of insurance in 1666 ?
6. Where in the human body are the alveoli ?
7. Which famous London institution was moved from Threadneedle Street to Paternoster Square on July 2004 ?
8. Dame Ninette de Valois, the eminent ballet teacher, director, and founder of The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, was born in which country ?
9. A handwritten transcript of a coroner's inquest in 1881 that was rediscovered in Bisbee, Arizona, USA in 2010, revealed additional notes about what dramatic incident ?
10. Derived from the Greek word meaning perimeter, what is the text form of the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet ?
11. What colour is the diagonal cross on the national flag of Jamaica ?
12. What Portuguese island suffered severe storm floods in February 2010 ?
13. Across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, what are known as keftes or kufta, and similar words derived from Persian, kuftan, meaning beat or grind ?
14. The structural integrity of the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata (Calcutta) India, which daily carries 60,000 vehicles and 50,000 pedestrians, was reported (2010) to be under corrosive attack from what: acid rain; donkey urine; bird droppings; or human spitting ?
15. Diastema is the medical term for the gap between what in the human body ?
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1. What is the name of the sister of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire ? Stella Kowalski
2. The city of Lisbon in Portugal lies on which river ? The Tagus
3. Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch, who died in April 2010, was head of which organization from 1980-2001 ? The IOC (International Olympic Committee)
4. What chemical element's symbol derives from the Latin word aurum, meaning 'shining dawn' ? Gold
5. English economist and physician Nicholas Barbon helped to pioneer which type of insurance in 1666 ? Fire insurance
6. Where in the human body are the alveoli ? Lungs
7. Which famous London institution was moved from Threadneedle Street to Paternoster Square on July 2004 ? London Stock Exchange
8. Dame Ninette de Valois, the eminent ballet teacher, director, and founder of The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, was born in which country ? Ireland
9. A handwritten transcript of a coroner's inquest in 1881 that was rediscovered in Bisbee, Arizona, USA in 2010, revealed additional notes about what dramatic incident ? Gunfight at the OK Corral
10. Derived from the Greek word meaning perimeter, what is the text form of the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet ? Pi
11. What colour is the diagonal cross on the national flag of Jamaica ? Gold
12. What Portuguese island suffered severe storm floods in February 2010 ? Madeira
13. Across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, what are known as keftes or kufta, and similar words derived from Persian, kuftan, meaning beat or grind ? Meatballs
14. The structural integrity of the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata (Calcutta) India, which daily carries 60,000 vehicles and 50,000 pedestrians, was reported (2010) to be under corrosive attack from what: acid rain; donkey urine; bird droppings; or human spitting ? Human spitting
15. Diastema is the medical term for the gap between what in the human body ? Two teeth
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