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Q1. The Thomas Cup, first offered in international competition in 1948-9, is awarded in which sport?

A
Badminton
B
Cricket
C
Archery
D
Snail racing
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Q2. In whose name was an annual award established in 2009, to be given to a living UK poet for new work in poetry?

A
John Betjeman
B
Ted Hughes
C
Andrew Motion
D
Philip Larkin
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Q3. In West Africa what is a griot?

A
A large calabash
B
An oral historian, conveyor of religious text, and storyteller poet and/or musician
C
A two or more storeyed thatched dwelling
D
A bell which calls people to prayer
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Q4. Tony Robinson, well-known as the scruffy offsider Baldrick in the UK TV series "Blackadder", has been the presenter for a series of UK TV programmes since 1994, which focus on what?

A
Archaeology and history
B
TV comedy
C
Herpetology
D
Famous valets and batmen
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Q5. From time to time the Earth's magnetic poles reverse; which of these is a way past reversals can be detected?

A
Comparative astronomy charts
B
Records of changes in the Coriolis Effect
C
Changes in bird migrations
D
The direction of magnetism frozen in the basalt in ocean ridges lining volcanic activity
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Q6. Vidkun Quisling, infamous in Europe, allied himself and his country for a time with what other European figure?

A
General Franco
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Napoléon Bonaparte
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Q7. In chemical terminology what is a mole?

A
An unexpected chemical reaction
B
The smallest unit of molecules in a substance
C
A hostile agent
D
A (specified) very large number of units
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