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1. What geothermal Icelandic site
   has the same name as a 1980 movie?
   2 points


2. Which European country
   technically shares a border with
   Brazil, because one of its ‘overseas
   departments’ does? 2 points


3. What ‘finger-lickin’ good’
   company piloted a chicken- flavoured
   nail polish? 1 point


4. In printing, it’s the colour black.
   In chemistry, it’s potassium.
   Which letter is it? 2 points


5. Samuel Tilden, Grover
   Cleveland, Al Gore and
   Hillary Clinton share what
   distinction among US
   presidentialcandidates?
   2 points

6.WhatIndian
mausoleumwascalled
a “teardrop...onthe
cheekoftime”byNobel
PrizeinLiterature
laureateRabindranath
Tagore?1 point

7. What Scottish poet’s works
   inspired the book titles Of Mice
   and Men and Catcher in the Rye?
   2 points


8. In a 2010 study, people found
   more mistakes when they marked
   essays with a pen of what colour?
   1 point


9. Name the South Korean film
   awarded best picture at this year’s
   Oscars, becoming the first non-
   English language film to take the
   top prize. 1 point
   10. Which has more landmass:
   Antarctica or Canada? 1 point
   11. In Swedish, a skvader
   is a fictional rabbit with
   whatunusualfeature?
   2 points
   12 .Atleast 40 bottles
   ofsunscreenper
   monthwereneededto
   protectwhatpopular
   1990sT Vshow’scast
   fromsunburns?
   1 point

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