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Question 27 - spelling of Solanas corrected - thanks C Morrow (1 Jul 2007)

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The Aconcagua is the highest peak in which mountain range?
What of these sports bodies was founded first, the AAA, FA, MCC or IOC?
Who was president of the USSR from 1982-84?
What was American silent film star 'Fatty' Arbuckle's first name?
The character Roger 'Race' Bannon appeared as a boy's bodyguard in which cartoon series?
Guru Nanak Dev founded which religion?
The Phoenix Park murders of 1882 took place in which city?
Who designed the famous Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona?
Who was Henry VIII's third wife?
From which seeds is tahini made?
What is the human ailment epistaxis better known as?
The Kariba Dam is on which river?
What does the B stand for in Lyndon B Johnson?
What item of attire is a leghorn?
What does an oologist collect?
The Neanderthal Museum is in which country?
In which country is the European Court of Human Rights?
In British history a Cavalier was a supporter of which king?
Leporine relates to which animal?
In Greek mythology who was Apollo's twin sister?
Assassinated in 1965, who was Malcolm Little better known as?
What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's ship which became stuck in Antarctic ice in 1915?
By what name was Dutch dancer Margarethe Zelle better known?
Which famous US lawman had brothers called Morgan and Virgil?
What was the name of the cruise ship seized by hijackers in the Mediterranean in 1985?
What type of creature is an amberjack?
In 1968 which US artist and film maker was shot and wounded by actress Valerie Solanas?
Quinsy is an inflammation of which part of the body?
What is the capital of Croatia?
What is the international distress signal one level below and less serious than a 'Mayday' call?
Carambola is another name for which fruit?
In 1902 the Treaty of Vereeniging brought which war to an end?
Who was assassinated by Hugh de Merville, William de Tracy, Reginald Fitzhurse and Richard le Breton?
The original 'Wendy house' was built for which fictional character?
Convict Robert Franklin Stroud was better known as whom?
What scientist and inventor was responsible for the Decibel unit of measurement?
Which city is known as Auld Reekie and also Athens of the North?
The French slang 'capote anglaise' meaning English hood, or English overcoat refers to what?
Maris Piper is a variety of which vegetable?
An epithalamium is a song or poem celebrating what?
Which is the lightest element?
Dame Peggy Ashcroft won an Oscar for her role in which 1984 film?
In 1865 what significant event happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC?
Who painted The Blue Boy in 1779?
Who wrote the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?
Little Big Horn, the scene of Custer's last stand, is in which US state?
Which year was the death penalty for murder abolished in Britain?
What clash, in 1746, was the last major battle to be fought on mainland Britain?
Who was Britain's first Labour prime minister?
What does UNESCO stand for?

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