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Question	Answer	Category
Kim Campbell Was The First Woman Prime Minister Of Which Country?	Canada	General
What Is The French Meaning Of 'Marmite'?	Cooking pot (or stew pan - there is a picture of one on the Marmite label.)	General
In Architecture, Cartouche Is A Decorative Feature Resembling What?	A scroll	General
According To His Memoirs, What Famous Venetian Adventurer Was Once Imprisoned As A Magician, A Director Of The Paris State Lotteries, Knighted In The Netherlands, A Spy For Louis Xv, And A Librarian In Bohemia?	Casanova (fully, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-98)	General
What Is The Name Of The Street In London Famous For Its Tailors Shops?	Savile Row	General
Who Was The 'Father Of Medicine' To Whom A Code Of Medical Ethics Is Attributed And Which Bears His Name?	Hippocrates	General
What Shape Is Farfalle Pasta?	Bow tie (or butterfly, which is what farfalle means in Italian.)	General
Pb Is The Symbol For Which Chemical Element?	Lead	General
What City Did Charles Ii Of England Sell To France In 1662 For 40,000?	Dunkirk	General
From Which Creatures Can Newcastle Disease Transfer To Humans, Causing Mild Conjunctivitis And Flu Symptoms?	Birds	General
What Household Gadget Did Melville R Bissell Invent 1876?	Carpet sweeper	General
British Landrace, Pietrain And Tamworth Are What Sort Of Animals?	Pigs (they are all domesticated pig breeds)	General
Lee Kuan Yew Became The First Officially Elected Prime Minister Of Which Country In 1959?	Singapore (The Republic of Singapore, from the Malay	General
Who Was Rumoured To To Have Had His First Wife Amy Robsart Poisoned, In The Hope Of Marrying Queen Elizabeth The First?	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester	General
A Salchow (Usually Pronounced 'Salco' Or 'Salcov') Is A Jump In Which Sport?	Figure skating	General

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