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What famous character in English literature made his debut in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887?
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Sherlock Holmes. His first published exploit was A Study in Scarlet, for which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was paid L25
What term coined by philologist Max Müller means devotion to a single god while accepting the existence of other gods?
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Henotheism Müller stated that henotheism means “monotheism in principle and a polytheism in fact.” He made the term a center of his criticism of Western theological and religious exceptionalism (relative to Eastern religions), focusing on a cultural dogma which held “monotheism” to be both fundamentally well-defined and inherently superior to differing conceptions of God
WHO DID CLIFF THORBURN BEAT IN THE FINAL OF HIS ONE AND ONLY WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL?
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ALEX HIGGINS
What film had this line? You Have No Idea What I’m Talking About, I’m Sure. But Don’t Worry: You Will Someday.
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American Beauty (1999)
Who asked a medium to bring up Samuel?
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Saul
WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT GOATS WHEN THEY SLEEP?
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THEY DON’T CLOSE THEIR EYES
What’s the name of the planet in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet?
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Altair-4
Translate from Cockney slang: Bob Squash
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Answer: Wash
Translate from Cockney slang: Christmas crackered
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Answer: Knackered
The Venus Rosewater Dish is presented to the winner of which tournament?
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The Ladies Singles at Wimbledon
WHAT DO THE INITIALS DMC STAND FOR WITH REGARD TO THE HIP HOP BAND RUN DMC?
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DYNAMIC MICROPHONE CONTROL
NAME THE SONG WITH THE LINE:- ARE WE IN LOVE? OR JUST FRIENDS? IS THIS MY BEGINNING, OR IS THIS THE END
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THE THREE DEGREES – WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN
Who had a US number one hit with “Please Mr. Postman” in 1961?
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The Marvelettes
What is pogonology the study of?
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Beards
With which Brazilian football club did Pele spend the majority of his career?
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Santos