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1. Which heavyweight boxer was nicknamed the Brockton Blockbuster?
 
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe Walcott

It refers to Brockton, Massachusetts, where he was born and raised
 
 
2. What was the name of the high-speed diesel train that entered service in Germany in 1933?
 
Flying Berliner
Flying Frankfurter
Flying Hamburger
Flying Stuttgarter

It covered the 178 miles between Berlin and Hamburg in 138 minutes
 
 
3. Who had a 1979 hit with Video Killed the Radio Star?
 
The Buggles
Dr Hook
The Police
Tubeway Army
 
 
4. In which Dickens novel does the title character travel to America with Mark Tapley?
 
Martin Chuzzlewit
David Copperfield
Nicholas Nickleby
Barnaby Rudge
 
 
5. Which animal was once called the camelopard?
 
Camel
Giraffe
Leopard
Rhinoceros

The ancient Romans thought it combined the shape of a camel with the coloration of a leopard
 
 
6. Which modern African country was once known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate?
 
Botswana
Burundi
Liberia
Malawi

The new name was adopted when independence was granted in 1966
 
 
7. What are chitterlings?
 
Clouds
Crystals
Pigs' intestines
Pencil shavings
 
 
8. To the rest of Americans, the term 'Yankee' is used to describe someone from which part of the country?
 
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
 
 
9. Which is the densest chemical element?
 
Gallium
Iridium
Osmium
Strontium
 
 
10. The 16th/17th century painter El Greco was born on which Greek island?
 
Corfu
Crete
Kos
Rhodes
 
 
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