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1 What is the colloquial name for members of the Unification Church?
A The Moonies (The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity – founded in South Korea in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon)
2 By what more familiar name do we in the UK know the German Mastiff breed of dog?
A Great Dane (the name of the breed in Germany is Deutsche Dogge – German Mastiff)
3 The Pyramids of Malpighi, are they in your kidney, liver or brain?
A Kidney
4 Qantas is the national airline of Australia; what is it an acronym for?
A Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services – it is considered the only airline in the world to fly to all seven continents
5 According to International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, which is the most popular country for penis enlargements?
A Germany (Germany has 18% of all penis enlargements worldwide, with 2,786 against Venezuela’s 473) – 18% of breast implants took place in the United States
6 According to the UN, what is the primary cause of 3.3 million premature deaths globally every year?
A Air pollution (annually in the UK, 29,000 people a year die prematurely from particulate pollution)
7 Who was The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships?
A Helen of Troy (From Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (1604), it is actually “Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships?”, but over time….)
8 Who is supposedly the owner of the Private Eye magazine?
A Lord Gnome
9 Founded in 1884, what is the name of Britain’s oldest political think tank?
A The Fabian Society (founded by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells)
10 Name the only member country of the United Nations whose name begins with “O”?
A Oman