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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which first world war hero called himself “the thousand and second knight”?

2 With as few as 10 left, what animal is the vaquita?

3 Which airline was the Boeing 747’s launch customer?

4 Which arena got a roof in 2009?

5 Who was photographed in a playground reading Ulysses?

6 Which 12th-century abbess was a composer, poet and mystic?

7 The first to be discovered was Pluto; what is a TNO?

8 Which capital city used to be named after Christian IV of Denmark?

What links:

Amy Chua; Georges Clemenceau; Bill O’Reilly; Eldrick

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