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2 February
- To which island was Napoleon first exiled?
- Who is scheduled to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Trump became president?
- Which planet in the Solar System has shortest day?
- Olympic Airlines (formerly Olympic Airways) is the flag carrier airline of which country?
- Which city in the east of the DRC was captured by a rebel group this week? Bonus for the group’s name.
- At which film festival is the Golden Bear awarded?
- Tech stocks plunged on Monday when news of a Chinese AI startup became apparent – what is its name?
- What is a gurnard?
- Which icon of the sixties passed away on Thursday at the age of 78? For a bonus with which rock group was her name forever associated?
- How much water (litres per sqm) falls with 1mm of rain?
- Who wrote the song, Johnny B Goode?
- A tragic air accident occurred on Wednesday night in Washington DC when a military helicopter inexplicably collided with a passenger aircraft leaving no survivors. What did President Trump, rather crassly, assert was the reason for the accident?
- What nationality was the tennis player Michael Chang, a) Chinese, b) British c) American?
- What does the term, Salad Days refer to, a) Youthful inexperience b) Days of retirement c) Times of scarcity?
- After years of analysing astronomical data, scientists have concluded that a planet dubbed HD 20794d, orbiting a sun 20 light years from the Solar System, could be a prime candidate for hosting alien life since it orbits its sun in a habitable zone. What term do astronomers use for this “optimal” orbital zone?
- The Colorado beetle is a notorious destroyer of which food crop?
- Which knot is particularly useful for shortening a rope without cutting it?
- Who said, “I am one who loved not wisely, but too well”? For a bonus, what did he mean?
- What are the inhabitants of Indiana known as, a) Indies b) Hoosiers c) Annas?
- In 1579, The Netherlands achieved independence from which country?
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