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quizballs 223 - free general knowledge questions for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- What island nation began modernizing reforms in the early 2000s when leadership passed from brother to brother?
- What element did Marie Curie name after her native land?
- A phlebotomist historically used what creature as a tool of the trade: Falcon; Maggot; Leech; or Horse?
- What two countries share administrative responsibility for Tierra del Fuego (at 2012)?
- A sophomore is typically a student in which year of university?
- The Starbucks coffee corporation took its name from what classic novel?
- What main three countries constituted the Axis Powers?
- The French commune town Laguiole in south-central Midi-Pyrénées region of France is known for what eponymously named tool?
- What traditional dark ale is said to derive from its consumption by early 1700s doormen and bag-carrying street workers?
- Google's prior name while under development was 'Back(what?)'?
- What, related etymologically to the Chinese Yuan and the Japanese Yen, is the currency of North and South Korea?
- Traditionally CE on a calculator key stood for what?
- Former butler Paolo Gabriele was convicted in 2012 of stealing documents, and subsequently leaking secrets, of what major international leadership headquarters?
- Erstwhile means: Former; Latter; Current; or Imaginery?
- A costermonger was/is a traditional street-seller of: Potions and medicines; Meat; Fish; or Fruit and vegetables?
- The traditional 'proof' measure of beverage alcoholic strength derives from the maritime method of 'proving' that rum was not waterered down, by dousing what with the rum and igniting it?
- Scruples are a: Moral anxiety; Generous nature; Contract/agreement; or Stomach ache?
- The four radioactive series titled Thorium, Neptunium, Radium/Uranium and Actinium all decay eventually to stable isotopes of what element?
- Which of these are regarded as the two foremost composers of opera: Verdi and Wagner; Strauss and Handel; Beethoven and Rachmaninoff; or JS Bach and Mozart?
- What term meaning unnecessarily confusing language derives from an allusion to turkey noises?
quizballs 223 - free quiz answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes