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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which Caribbean dictator raised more than 2,000 statues to himself?

2 What amphibian was introduced to Australia in 1935?

3 Which religion is divided into sky-clad and white-clad sects?

4 The Washington Generals were whose longtime opponents?

5 Which post-punk group was named after a Muriel Spark novel?

6 What are mapped on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

7 A wager containing 57 individual bets is known as what?

8 Which shop was opened in 1964 by Barbara Hulanicki?

What links:

9 Ray Bolger; Jon Pertwee; Cillian Murphy?

Last Greek letter; Roy Orbison; sexual climax?

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