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Q1. Under whose watch were fishing vessels in Tasmania, Australia, first required to be registered?

A
William Saville-Kent, from the UK
B
Harald Kristian Dannevig, from Norway
C
Sir Henry Parkes, from the UK
D
David George Stead, from Australia
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Q2. Paediatrics is concerned with what?

A
Reproduction
B
Feet
C
Infants, children, and adolescents
D
Radiation therapy
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Q3. Which country, the capital of which is Asmara, was ruled by Ethiopia from 1952 to 1993?

A
Swaziland
B
Eritrea
C
Uganda
D
Kenya
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Q4. Thought to stem originally from mediaeval words for heat, rush, a ruttish state, what is the modern meaning of "brunt"?

A
Main impact of a blow or attack
B
Artificial insemination
C
A big inflamed bruise
D
A typhoon
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Q5. When Sir Edmund Hillary earned newspaper acclaim in 1953 in relation to Mt Everest what was he doing?

A
Examining its geology
B
Photographing it
C
Climbing it
D
Flying over it
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Q6. What links American Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) and James Wyld (1812-1887) MP for Bodmin, UK?

A
They claimed their spirits mutually manifested during spiritualist séances
B
Papers discussing the acceptability of Darwin's theories of evolution in religious movements
C
An exchange of letters concerning experiments in homeopathy
D
Giant scale models of the Earth
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Q7. Which is a music often characterised, in varying degrees, by syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisation, and deliberate deviations of pitch?

A
World Music
B
Swing
C
Jazz
D
Funk
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