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Q1. At the Grand National 1967 a major upset halted one of the races causing some of the horses to turn and run the wrong way. What caused the upset?

A
A streaker ran onto the track waving a banner
B
A riderless horse cut across the front row of the riders
C
Children let off a string of firecrackers on the track
D
An earthquake
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Q2. Who preceded George W Bush as president of the USA?

A
Ronald Reagan
B
George Bush Snr.
C
Bill Clinton
D
Jimmy Carter
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Q3. Which of these is a character in Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield"?

A
Mrs. Malaprop
B
Pip
C
Fagin
D
Mr Micawber
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Q4. Doves Type created in the late 19th century by, and exclusively for, Doves Press based on a 1470s typeface and used to print special works, now highly prized, was resurrected in 2015 after 100 years by Robert Green; why was it not used in the meantime?

A
The man who commissioned the type threw the matrices into the River Thames
B
Doves Press was destroyed by bombing in WW I
C
When the Doves Press partnership was dissolved the partners put a 100 year stop on use of the type
D
It fell out of fashion
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Q5. Which of these countries does not have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?

A
Pakistan
B
Greece
C
Spain
D
Morocco
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Q6. The rafflesia, a parasitic plant which has no leaves or stems but the largest flower in the world, is native to which area?

A
Bangladesh
B
Brazil
C
South-eastern Asia
D
Australia
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Q7. Which Greek God is the equivalent of the Roman God Neptune?

A
Apollo
B
Eros
C
Poseidon
D
Pluto
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