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Q1. In snooker, what is usually the maximum that can be scored in a single break?

A
156
B
147
C
204
D
190
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Q2. A French/American/British co-produced film focussing on Germans and Italians in one of the Greek islands in 1943, based on the novel by Louis de Bernières, was "Captain Corelli's ..."?

A
Mandala
B
Mandrake
C
Mandarin
D
Mandolin
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Q3. Who was the British engineer who designed and in 1926 publicly demonstrated the first television system suitable for broadcast transmission?

A
John Logie Baird
B
John Yogi Bear
C
London Weekend
D
B.B. King
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Q4. Which of these applies to critical study and discussion of literary texts and cultural contexts, particularly of religious writing?

A
Mimesis
B
Exegesis
C
Diegesis
D
Genesis
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Q5. In 1962, retired American racing driver Carroll Shelby got a licence to import a British sports car made by AC Motors of England and installed an American Ford engine rather than its original Bristol engine. He introduced the car to the American public as what model of car?

A
Boa
B
Anaconda
C
Cobra
D
Asp
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Q6. Which people(s) are believed to have been the first to import metal artefacts and, possibly, use woven fabric in the British Isles?

A
Beaker people
B
The Celts
C
Deverel-Rimbury people
D
Hallstatt and early La Tène culture
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Q7. The worst three natural disasters in recorded history (excluding disease and famine) in terms of the number of people killed, have occurred in which country?

A
Guatemala
B
China
C
Nicaragua
D
India
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