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Edition 43

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Christmas Edition General Knowledge Quiz

1. What do ARCTOPHILES collect?
2. What sort of fish is also known as BACALAO?
3. Which U.S. state used to be called SANDWICH ISLAND?
4. What is a pangolin?
5. What is the name of the HEROINE in LA TRAVIATA?
6. What ailment is BURSITIS?
7. What is the meaning of the name SARAH?
8. How many Welsh counties are there?
9. Which poet studied medicine at Guys Hospital?
10. What is a DRONGO?
11. Where was the Duke of Edinburgh born
12. Where did the ASPIDESTRA originate?
13. What is a MOUFLON?
14. What machines calculate with BINARY NUMBERS?
15. Where is a FLIN FLON?
16. What is measured on the RICHTER SCALE?
17. What is a LIGER?
18. How many faces has a CUBE?
19. What did Alfred Nobel invent in 1862?
20. What is a CHOW?

So there you are folks - 20 questions - hope you don’t find them too difficult, but it is Christmas and it will be good to stretch your mind after all that turkey!