Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
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Which group sang `Turning Japanese` in 1980?
The Vapors
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By what name was the Emperor of Japan who reigned for over 62 years until his death in 1989 best known?
Hirohito
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What gentle way was created by Jigoro Kanoin, in 1882?
Judo
the translation of judo is gentle way
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The name of which Japanese multinational corporation is also the second most common last name in Japan?
Suzuki
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What is the national sport of Japan ?
Sumo Wrestling
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What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
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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
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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
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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
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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,In which year was Tom Cruise movie 'Cocktail' released?
1988
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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
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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
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In Chemistry, what 'C' is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not consumed by the reaction?
Catalyst
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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
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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
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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
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