1. Nelson Mandela’s son, Makgatho, died in 2005 from which illness?
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2. USA’s most popular postage stamp was produced in 1993 and 120 million were sold. What was the picture on the stamp?
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3. Which dinosaur had the smallest brain in relation to the size of its body?
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4. In which city can you find the famous street ‘La Rambla’?
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5. According to The Animals, where was The House of the Rising Sun?
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6. What term do we use to describe the disintegration of a nuclear reactor?
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7. What do we call a female ferret?
Answer = Jill
8. In which group of islands is Iona situated?
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9. What shape is the body of a balalaika?
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10 ½ ÷ ½ = ?
Answer = 0.25 = ¼ = 0.63cm
11. Who sailed around the world on The Endeavour?
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12. On which horse did Willie Carson win the 1989 Derby?
Answer = Nashwan
I’ll bet you didn’t know ….
The average pencil will write 50,000 words before running out.
... Now that's what you call 'having lead in your pencil'-
Answer = I didn’t. I’m off to the Derwent (Lakeland) Pencil Museum to stock up my pencil lead.