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1 Who starred in the 1940 movie The Great Dictator?
A Charlie Chaplin
2 Why did the Brazilian government refuse to extradite Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs?
A He had a Brazilian child
3 Which great eye-patch wearing secret agent had his base in a baker street post-box?
A Danger Mouse
4 How many actually made it to freedom in the 1963 film The Great Escape?
A 3 (Danny – Charles Bronson, Willy – John Leyton, Sedgewick – James Coburn) – Of the 76 who made it out of the tunnel, only three made it to freedom. Of those remaining, 23 were captured and returned to camp, while 50 of the escapees were rounded up and summarily shot.
5 Millions of Americans dimmed their lights for a few minutes in 1931 to remind them of the death of which great inventor?
A Thomas Edison – he didn’t actually invent the lightbulb, he developed versions of it.
6 The Great Orme, is a prominent headland in which seaside resort?
A Llandudno
7 On which major canal is the Great Bitter Lake?
A Suez – The Great Bitter Lake is a large saltwater lake
8 How many Great Lakes are there in North America?
A Five: Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior (at one time, Georgian Bay was called Lake Manitoulin and was the sixth Great Lake)
9 In which country is the Great Sandy Desert?
A Australia
10 What great structure designed by Joseph Paxton was built in 1851?
A Crystal Palace