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  • Name the device on a vehicle that converts toxic gases from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants?
    Catalytic converter
  • Which country is the natural habitat of the emu?
    Australia
  • Name the well known headquarters for British codebreaking during World War II
    Bletchley Park
  • Which musician narrated the children's TV series Thomas the Tank Engine?
    Ringo Starr
  • Musically, what does pizzicato mean?
    Plucking (the strings of an instrument with one's finger)
  • Which city was the first in the world to have a population of over one million?
    Rome
  • How many Bronte sisters were there?
    3
  • Pure gold is how many carats?
    24 carats
  • Goulash originally comes from which country?
    Hungary
  • Henry VIII had two of his wives executed, Anne Boleyn was one, can you name the other?
    Catherine Howard
  • Who created the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?
    Agatha Christie
  • As a general rule of thumb, an average person can survive for how many days without water?
    3 days
  • Which Japanese word means "sour rice"?
    Sushi
  • What was the name of the spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin was travelling in when he became the first man in space?
    Vostok I
  • 'Working Holiday', 'Paid Volunteer' and 'Same Difference' are all examples of what type of speech?
    Oxymorons
  • What is the Swahili word for 'journey'?
    Safari
  • Which American State is called the 'Golden State'?
    California
  • Name the last British monarch to be born outside Great Britain
    George II (born 1683 in Hanover)
  • Which river runs through the largest number of countries in the world?
    Danube
  • Who wears the Ring of the Fisherman?
    The pope