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1. What is the mythical beast depicted with the body of a lion, face of a man, and sting of a scorpion ?
2. What is the birthstone for January ?
3. A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body ?
4. What colour is LaLa of Teletubbies ?
5. Holy Island off the English coast is also known by what name ?
6. What was the basic monetary unit of Greece before the Euro ?
7. Whose Selected Papers on Hysteria, translated in 1909 by Abraham Brill, introduced the word libido into English ?
8. Who wrote the 2009 novel, The Princess and the President, criticized for hinting at an unlikely affair between Diana Princess of Wales and the President of France ?
9. Who famously said in the witness box, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" when told that Viscount Astor denied having an affair with her (in relation to the 1963 Profumo scandal) ?
10. What language is 'Jeg elsker dig' ?
11. Bessie Wallis Warfield became better known as whom ?
12. In what city is the Venus de Milo statue displayed ?
13. What word meaning vanity derives from the fallen Greek god who perished while transfixed by his reflection in a pool of water ?
14. In what decade was sex between two males legalised in the UK ?
15. Dendrophilia is the tendency to be aroused by what ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. What is the mythical beast depicted with the body of a lion, face of a man, and sting of a scorpion ? Manticore
2. What is the birthstone for January ? Garnet
3. A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body ? Kidney
4. What colour is LaLa of Teletubbies ? Yellow
5. Holy Island off the English coast is also known by what name ? Lindisfarne
6. What was the basic monetary unit of Greece before the Euro ? Drachma
7. Whose Selected Papers on Hysteria, translated in 1909 by Abraham Brill, introduced the word libido into English ? Sigmund Freud
8. Who wrote the 2009 novel, The Princess and the President, criticized for hinting at an unlikely affair between Diana Princess of Wales and the President of France ? Giscard d'Estaing
9. Who famously said in the witness box, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" when told that Viscount Astor denied having an affair with her (in relation to the 1963 Profumo scandal) ? Mandy Rice-Davies
10. What language is 'Jeg elsker dig' ? Danish (meaning 'I love you')
11. Bessie Wallis Warfield became better known as whom ? Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (or Mrs Simpson/Wallis Simpson, and later the wife of the former King Edward VIII)
12. In what city is the Venus de Milo statue displayed ? Paris
13. What word meaning vanity derives from the fallen Greek god who perished while transfixed by his reflection in a pool of water ? Narcissism
14. In what decade was sex between two males legalised in the UK ? 1960s
15. Dendrophilia is the tendency to be aroused by what ? Trees
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