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1 Which breed of dog did film star Johnny Depp illegally take two of into Australia?
A Yorkshire terriers
2 What was the queen eating in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence?
A Bread and honey
3 According to a new medical report, what may be a better predictor of poor health than measuring blood pressure?
A Hand grip
4 With over 100 million user-generated reviews, which website claims to be the world’s most popular travel community?
A Trip Adviser
5 What was the first building society to demutualise?
A Abbey National (in July 1989)
6 American spiritual leader Joseph Smith, founded which religious faith and culture in 1830 that continues to this day?
A Mormonism (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
7 As an anti-piracy measure, many ships have installed a LRAD pain-inducing sound weapon; what does LRAD stand for?
A Long Range Acoustic Device – it has caused permanent hearing damage
8 What is the next animal listed in the English dictionary after aardvark?
A Aardwolf (it’s a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa
9 Which company developed the now obsolete Betamax videotape format?
A Sony (however, an updated variant of the format, Betacam, was used by the television industry)
10 Which micro-blogging picture and video website business did Yahoo! buy from David Karp in 2013?
A Tumblr (pronounced “tumbler”) – Yahoo! Inc. paid $1.1 billion in cash for it