NQ 17

    NQ 17

    Assassinations, Country music and Spirits

    Assassinations

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    Who shot whom, when and where?

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    Shot outside my apartment building in New York in 1980.

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    2
    A Russian revolutionary and intellectual, I was killed with an ice pick in 1940.

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    I was killed by my fourth wife Agrippina with poisonous mushrooms.

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    The last Viceroy of India, I was blown up by the IRA while on a sailing holiday.

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    Prime Minister of Pakistan during 1988-1990, she was killed by a suicide bomber.

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    Nobel laureates

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    What did they win a Nobel prize for?

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    Albert Einstein

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    Alexander Fleming

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    8
    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    9
    Jean-Paul Sartre

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    Claudia Goldin - the first woman to win solo in this category.

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    Island halves

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    These Islands are half owned by different countries. Given one half, can you name the country that owns the other half?

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    New Guinea, is made up of Papua New Guinea and .... which other country?

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    12
    Tierra del Fuego is made up of Chile and ....

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    Saint Martin in the Caribbean is half French and half ....?

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    14
    Borneo has three countries, Indonesia, Brunei and ....?

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    15
    Hispaniola, the most populous island in the Caribbean is shared by Spanish speaking Dominican Republic and French speaking ...?

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    Aussie Country

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    Do you know your homegrown country music?

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    Born in Nulla Creek, he won many awards, including "father of the year", his biggest hit was "A pub with no beer"

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    17
    Australia Day weekend sees the biggest country music festival, in which town?

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    18
    Which country music star was named Australian of the Year in 2008, for his work in supporting drought affected farmers?

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    19
    Starting in her family's band, the "Dead ringer band", her solo country music career has seen 5 of her 12 studio albums reach number 1.

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    20
    Which Byron Bay family band are currently sitting on top of the country music charts in Australia?

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    Country town names

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    Towns named after you? Well, Australian towns with a first name!

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    This first name town begins with K and is found in South Australia

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    22
    This first name town begins with L and is found in Tasmania

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    23
    Let's go B****** is found in Queensland

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    This first name town begins with M and is found in Western Australia

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    This first name town begins with R and is found in Victoria

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    Spirits

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    What's your tipple?

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    What is the difference between Brandy and Cognac?

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    Dry, wet, Gibson, and vodka are all varieties of which cocktail?

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    28
    Which cocktail that originates in Puerto Rico has a name that translates as "strained pineapple?"

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    29
    What is the main fruit used to make gin?

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    30
    Which of these celebrities does NOT have their own tequila brand? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, AC/DC, Russell Crow or George Clooney?

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    This week

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    Did these things happen? Are these headlines true or false?

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    Man alive, after whale shark tries to swallow his head.

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    Football club apologise after holding minute's silence for former player who is still alive.

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    Boris Johnson attacked by ostrich while at a safari park with his family.

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    Woman dies choking on a communion wafer.

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    Bears Form Unprecedented Blockade at Yellowstone Entrance, Scientists Fear They Know Something We Don't

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    Two can play

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    These two actors have played the same character. Name the character.

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    Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch

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    Tom Baker and David Tennant

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    Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland

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    Anthony Hopkins and Gaspard Ulliel

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    Richard Harris and Michael Gambon

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