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Q1. Which military powers fought the Punic Wars?

A
Sparta and Troy
B
Rome and Carthage
C
Sparta and Greece
D
Rome and Troy
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Q2. Where in the UK is the only remaining Hanseatic warehouse, built to house the trade which operated out of that harbour under the Hanseatic League?

A
York
B
London
C
Yarmouth
D
King's Lynn
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Q3. Who was re-elected President of the Republic of Germany in 1932 defeating Adolf Hitler?

A
von Richthofen
B
von Zeppelin
C
von Hindenburg
D
von Trapp
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Q4. Where was a nuclear reactor accident that resulted in a severe release of radioactivity following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor on 26 April 1986 at 01:23:45 a.m.?

A
Chernobyl
B
Sellafield
C
8 Mile
D
St Petersburg
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Q5. The Central Criminal Court, London, which is also known as "The Old Bailey", stands on the site of what structure, now demolished?

A
Newgate Prison
B
Tyburn gallows
C
Brixton Prison
D
St Pancras Station
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Q6. Oak Ridge, Tennessee is widely associated with what?

A
The Manhattan Project
B
The Roswell UFO Incident
C
Charles Mason, one of the surveyors of the Mason-Dixon Line, who came from here
D
The playwright Tennessee Williams
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Q7. The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society founded in 1907 was established to focus on what?

A
Research on the sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae
B
Support for the game of cricket
C
Provide health services for babies and young children
D
Promoting railway systems in NZ
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