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Diversions

QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Dafydd ap Gruffydd was the first nobleman to suffer what fate?

2 Which German monument is topped by a quadriga?

3 METI is an attempt to do what?

4 Which continent lies in all four hemispheres?

5 What was the filling of a humble pie?

6 Which people called themselves the Mexica?

7 Inge Lehmann discovered that what was solid?

8 Who repeatedly painted Mont Sainte-Victoire?

What links:

9 South American country; US federal district; two state capitals?

10 Jubilee; Harris; Gripp; Rocky; Erin; Poppy; Georgie?

11 Silence film; A Pale View of Hills novel; Madama Butterfly opera?

12 Anglerfish; lanternfish; vampire squid; click beetle; firefly?

13 Peyton Manning and Tom Brady?

14 Khaki (1900); coupon (1918); flapper (1929)?

Phra Phrom statue; tetrahedron; Mount Rushmore?

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