- What nationality were the author Stefan Zweig, the composer Anton Bruckner and the artist Egon Schiele?
- In which Olympic event is David Rudisha the world record holder?
- Cinnabar is the primary ore of which element?
- How many pints are there in a gallon?
- Which conquistador famously burned the ships in which his expedition travelled to central America, in order to prevent mutiny among his men?
- How many colours of Smarties are there?
- In years, how old is a person on reaching their 10,000th day?
- What 1975 film features the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
- Which country did Russia invade in 2008, annexing the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
- Whose 1966 doctoral thesis was entitled “Properties of Expanding Universes”?
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- What nationality were the author Stefan Zweig, the composer Anton Bruckner and the artist Egon Schiele?
A: Austrian - In which Olympic event is David Rudisha the world record holder?
A: 800m - Cinnabar is the primary ore of which element?
A: Mercury - How many pints are there in a gallon?
A: 8 - Which conquistador famously burned the ships in which his expedition travelled to central America, in order to prevent mutiny among his men?
A: Hernan Cortes - How many colours of Smarties are there?
A: 8 - In years, how old is a person on reaching their 10,000th day?
A: 27 - What 1975 film features the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
A: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Which country did Russia invade in 2008, annexing the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
A: Georgia - Whose 1966 doctoral thesis was entitled “Properties of Expanding Universes”?
A: Stephen Hawking
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