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1 Who was Orville the Duck’s puppet master?
A Keith Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015)
2 What was the former name of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site?
A Windscale
3 For what reported reason did a man hijack EgyptAir flight MS181 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo on 29 March 2016?
A Had a dispute with his estranged wife
4 What does FM stand for when used in broadcasting?
A Frequency Modulation
5 Which country was the first in the world to ban smoking in all workplaces, bars, and restaurants in 2004?
A Republic of Ireland
6 Who in 1955 was the first serving prime minister to appear in a televised party election broadcast?
A Anthony Eden
7 During the Bosnian War, what nickname did the Western media give Radovan Karadžić, the convicted war criminal?
A Butcher of Bosnia
8 What is the unit used when measuring a nuclear bomb yield equal to the explosion of one million tons of TNT?
A Megaton (1 megaton = 4.184 petajoules)
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10 What is the name of the heavy spinning plate used in some engines to smooth the power output?
A Flywheel