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1. The London underground station of Bank, is on which line?
2. Which author wrote the novels ‘Starship Troopers’ in 1959 and ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ in 1961?
3. The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus is better known as what? 4. Simon Bolivar defeated the Spanish at Carabobo thus ensuring which country’s independence? 5. The avocado dip, Guacamole, is associated with which country? 6. Which has the largest area, South America or Antarctica?
7. In 1830, who founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? 8. What do the English call what the Americans call a Thumb Tack?
9. Which novel from Richard Adams starts with the words ‘The primroses were over’? 1. What word starts with E and ends with E but only has one letter in it?
2. When Billy's asked how old he is, he replies, "In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is he?
3. George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking Pepsi. Following this pattern, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
4. If an electric train is moving north at 55 mph and the winds blowing east at 70 mph, which way does the smoke blow?
5. How can you throw a ball as hard as you can only to have it come back to you without it bouncing off of anything?
6. A man attending his mother’s funeral, sees a woman in another pew, and experiences love at first sight. He tries to find her but has no luck. A few weeks later, he kills his sister. Why does he kill his sister?
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1 US permit to work (5,4) 8 Filled tortilla (4) 9 Record of proceedings (4,5) 10 Equitable (4) 13 Drawback (5) 15 Maintenance (6) 16 Funeral oration (6) 17 Authority, expert (6) 19 Victor (6) 20 Unclothed (5) 21 Lounge, sprawl (4) 24 Dock worker (9) 25 Sell (4) 26 Scamp (9) 2 Wander (4) 3 Uniform (4) 4 Feline-attracting plant (6) 5 Decrease (6) 6 Pre-eminent (9) 7 Paved enclosure (9) 11 Youthful infatuation (5,4) 12 Miser (9) 13 Confine, restrict (3,2) 14 Muggy (5) 18 Ploy (6) 19 Small beetle (6) 22 Nervous (4) 23 Operatic song (4)
