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Q1. On 31 May 1910, which of these was created?

A
The Union of Sinners and Saints
B
The Union of North America
C
The Union of South Africa
D
The Union of the Snake
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Q2. Which territory has abandoned its capital city of Plymouth and has Brades as a de facto capital?

A
Falkland Islands
B
Montserrat
C
Anguilla
D
Pitcairn Islands
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Q3. Which of these was encouraged by Gauguin to take up tapestry design but abandoned it after he began making small terracotta sculptures in 1895 and became a sculptor and painter?

A
Alberto Giacometti
B
Henry Moore
C
Aristide Maillol
D
Auguste Rodin
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Q4. What is "bergamot"?

A
A fruit or herb
B
Weaponry used in the Middle Ages
C
Highly technical language
D
The traditional rights of European "free cities"
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Q5. Ambroise Paré (c. 1510 - 1590) and Paracelsus (c. 1493 - 1541) were prominent and profoundly influential philosophers, or scientists, in what field?

A
Astronomy
B
Engineering
C
Chemistry
D
Medicine
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Q6. In 1950 what was the stadium, rebuilt on the site of an earlier stadium from 1922 and eventually demolished in 2002, the home of the professional American Football teams the Baltimore Colts and the Baltimore Ravens?

A
Memorial Stadium (Babe Ruth Stadium)
B
Nickerson Field
C
Alumni Stadium
D
Fenway Park
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Q7. Why was Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of 2,000 abandoned from 1981 on and has been largely demolished?

A
An outbreak of plague virus
B
Poisonous fumes from underground coal fires started in the 1960s by burning rubbish dump material
C
The logging industry which employed the inhabitants folded
D
Central government wanted to clear the area in order to establish a national park
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