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Q1. 1996 saw the debut of the TV series "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" starring Patricia Routledge, and the debut of which actor?

A
Chris Hemsworth
B
Dominic Monaghan
C
Elijah Wood
D
Keira Knightley
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Q2. The epipelagic, or top, layer of the ocean is typically not more than how many meters deep?

A
20
B
650
C
5
D
200
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Q3. Which of these is in a time zone which is 45 minutes offset from Universal Time?

A
Iceland
B
Madagascar
C
The Scilly Isles, UK
D
Chatham Islands, New Zealand
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Q4. With what is the American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth particularly associated?

A
A method of learning Morse Code
B
Pulp magazine "Weird Tales"
C
Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine, USA
D
Invention of the first fully electronic TV
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Q5. When the lighthouse marking the Royal Sovereign sandbank in Eastbourne, UK, was built in 1970 it was positioned on an offshore platform supported by a telescopic column. What did it replace?

A
An old onshore lighthouse
B
An onshore beacon
C
A lighted buoy
D
A light ship
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Q6. In November 2015 how did Michelle Payne make history?

A
She was the first person to cast a coin in the newly renovated Trevi fountain in Rome
B
She was the first to complete a global loop using only solo human power
C
She was the first female jockey to win Australia's Melbourne Cup
D
She became the first female Australian astronaut
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Q7. The name of which person born in Dublin is connected in English history with the locations of Vimiero, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes and Waterloo?

A
Duke of Edinburgh
B
Duke of Marlborough
C
Duke of Wellington
D
Duke of York
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