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1 Launched in 1981, what was the name of NASA’s first operational space shuttle?
A Columbia
2 What is the name for a division of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club?
A Chapter
3 In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, who made his shroud?
A The Beetle (with my thread and needle)
4 Which official is sometimes referred to by the acronym POTUS?
A President of the United States
5 England’s patron saint St George was born in Palestine. Where was Germany’s patron saint, St Boniface born?
A England (Wessex, now part of Devon)
6 Which Anglicised word comes from the Malay word for striped or checked cotton cloth?
A Gingham (Malay: genggang)
7 According to Ian Fleming, which real-life public school did his fictional spy character James Bond attend?
A Eton
8 What does a mechanical device called an orrery illustrate?
A Our solar system (the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons)
9 Which internet service did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone launch in March 2006?
A Twitter
10 What is the only surname shared by an American President and a British Prime Minister?
A Wilson (Woodrow Wilson and Harold Wilson)