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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which British scientist inspired a Barbie doll?

2 Which country has made bitcoin legal tender?

3 Who tweets as @kingjames?

4 Which city was protected by the Theodosian Walls?

5 Which writer’s only first-class cricket wicket was WG Grace?

6 What was first sold in the UK as the Stowaway?

7 Which geological era are we living in?

8 Which folk rock group was named after a house in Muswell Hill, London?

What links:

9 James VI and I; Anne;

Edward VII; Elizabeth II?

10 Cop; Hollywood; Zombie; Nomad;

La La?

11 Division (Johann Rahn); infinity (John Wallis); equals (Robert Recorde)? 12 Arak; ouzo; pastis; raki; sambuca?

13 Carpenter; Cooper; Glenn; Grissom; Schirra; Shepard; Slayton?

14 Sue Perkins;

Griff Rhys Jones;

Kim Appleby?

15 Dedans; tambour; grille; hazard the door?

Diversions

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