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Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

Alexander Fleming

Tags: Inventions, Discoveries,

Which group sang `Turning Japanese` in 1980?

The Vapors

By what name was the Emperor of Japan who reigned for over 62 years until his death in 1989 best known?

Hirohito

What gentle way was created by Jigoro Kanoin, in 1882?

Judo

the translation of judo is gentle way

The name of which Japanese multinational corporation is also the second most common last name in Japan?

Suzuki

What is the national sport of Japan ?

Sumo Wrestling

What is the capital of Brazil?

Brasilia

Food that is permitted to be eaten under Jewish dietary rules is known as what?

Kosher

What are The Chiuhauhan, the Nubian and the Alaskan types of?

Desert

How Did Louis Washkansky Of South Africa Make History In 1967?

Received 1st heart transplant

Tags: Firsts,

What name is given to animals which eat both plants and meat?

Omnivore

Who is associated with the address 221B Baker Street, London?

Sherlock Holmes

Tags: Famous Addresses,

Production of Singha beer began in which country in 1934?

Thailand

Which type of tea, originally from the Chinese province of Fujian, gains its distinctive flavour from being smoke-dried over pinewood fires?

Lapsang Souchong

What is the Japanese word that means 'empty orchestra'?

Karaoke

Which company's motto is Don't Be Evil?

Google

Tags: Motto,

Which movie company has a motto 'Ars Gratia Artis' which appears at the beginning of their movies?

MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)

Tags: Motto, Latin,

Which premier league football club has a motto on their crest which, when translated into English, means 'Nothing But The Best Is Good Enough'?

Everton

Tags: Motto,

Whose motto is 'In Varietate Concordia'?

The EU

Tags: Motto,

In which year was Tom Cruise movie 'Cocktail' released?

1988

Tags: Cocktail,

In poker, the dead man's hand is a hand including two-pair of black aces and black eights. Which wild west hero/lawman/gunfighter supposedly had these cards in his hand at the time he was murdered, thus leading to its name?

Wild Bill Hickok

Born in 1944, this former model was the inspiration for The Beatles song 'Something', and the Eric Clapton songs 'Layla', and 'Wonderful Tonight'. Who is she?

Pattie Boyd

Is Saint Patrick's Day celebrated on the anniversary of the birth or death of St Patrick?

Death

17-Mar

Tags: St Patrick's Day,

St Patrick's Day is a public holiday in 3 places in the world. Ireland (obviously), the Canadian province of Labrador and Newfoundland, and which caribbean island, known as the emerald isle of the caribbean after its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis?

Montserrat

Tags: St Patrick's Day,

Approximately how many millions pints of Guinness will be consumed worldwide on St Patrick's Day?

13 million

Tags: St Patrick's Day,

Who sang the Friends theme tune, I'll Be There For You?

The Rembrandts

In Chemistry, what 'C' is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not consumed by the reaction?

Catalyst

In which year did the following happen: Adolf Hitler's 'Beer Hall Putsch' fails; An earthquake destroys a third of Tokyo; King Tutankhamun's burial chamber was opened; The Irish civil war came to an end.

1923

In which year did the following happen: Maastricht Treaty takes effect, creating European Union; Boris Yeltsins forces crush revolt in Russian Parliament; 2 police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King in LA were convicted on civil rights charges and sentenced; Actor River Phoenix dies of a drug overdose on hallowe'en.

1993

In which year did the following happen: Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia; Simón Bolívar liberates New Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador) and he is named president of Colombia; The cavalry charges into a crowd of radical protesters in Manchester, England, resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries in the Peterloo Massacre; Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.

1819