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Question	Answer	Category
From Which Well Known Types Of Flower Are Vanilla Pods Obtained?	Orchids	General
Which Unit Of Measurement Did Henry Iii Of England Define By Placing Three Barleycorns In A Line?	An Inch	General
Who Jotted Down His Last Diary Entry On 31st May 1669?	Samuel Pepys	General
Which Is The First Chemical Element In Alphabetical Order?	Actinium (Atomic Number Nine)	General
Which Nationality Is Meryl Streeps Character In Sophies Choice?	Polish	General
What Did Napoleons Soldiers Find In 1799 That Would Later Prove Invaluble To Archaeologists And Historians?	The Rosetta Stone	General
Which War Began On The 10th October 1899?	The Boer War	General
Which Is The Main Component Of Brass And Bronze?	Copper	General
Nicholas Breakspear Was The First And Only British What?	Pop	General
Which Two Us Presidents Has Anthony Hopkins Played In Films?	Nixon & John Quincy Adams	General
They Call Me Mister Tibbs Is The Sequel To Which Film?	In The Heat Of The Night	General
Old Fred Was The Captain Of Which Famous Vessel?	The Yellow Submarine	General
How Is The Submerged Section Of Thje Great Rift Valley Known?	The Red Sea	General
Which 20th Century Dictator Ordered That All Sparrows In The Land Be Killed?	Mao Zedong	General
Hillary Swank And Scarlett Johansson Both Starred In Which Film Adaptation Of A James Ellroy Crime Novel?	The Black Dahlia	General