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1. What is the highest ranking hand in stud poker?
 
Four of a Kind
Full House
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
 

 
2. Who features on the back of the latest issue £10 note?
 
Florence Nightingale
Charles Dickens
Charles Darwin
Edward Elgar

The note also features a hummingbird, the inclusion of which has been criticised since Darwin's ideas were spurred by finches and mockingbirds, not hummingbirds
 

 
3. The aroma of Earl Grey tea is derived from the addition of oil extracted from what?
 
Australian lime
Bergamot orange
Meyer lemon
Pomelo

The blend is named after the 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s
 

 
4. What is the usual English translation of Magna Carta?
 
Grand List
Great Charter
National Paper
White Paper
 

 
5. What are Sir Clive Sinclair's religious beliefs?
 
Atheism
Buddhism
Catholicism
Christianity

Despite his involvement in computing, he does not use the Internet
 

 
6. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, how is the letter M known?
 
Marigold
Mike
Monkey
Moped
 

 
7. How many skaters make up an ice hockey team?
 
5
6
7
8
 

 
8. What does 'LOL' mean in Internet slang?
 
Lots of Love
Laugh out Loud
Lump of Lead
Lots of Luck

The Thai variation of 'LOL' is '555' - '5' in Thai is pronounced 'ha'
 

 
9. Who was Aristotle a student of?
 
Alexander the Great
Democritus
Plato
Socrates

In the biological sciences, some of his observations were confirmed to be accurate only in the nineteenth century, although he was born in 384 BC
 

 
10. What was the name of the snail in 'The Magic Roundabout'?
 
Brian
Dylan
George
Simon
 

 
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