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Old 25-09-2015, 03:44 AM   #41
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My general knowledge is bad so I'm googling that too! James Hetfield apparently. I was going to guess Kurt Cobain...
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Oky so Google tells me Oxford English dictionary use a corpus and reading programme to discover new words being used by various sources, if a word flags up often enough it's added. If I'm wrong then correct me.

(Apologies for UK centric) smallest actual city in the UK?



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Old 25-09-2015, 03:45 AM   #42
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the answer is at least 1000 people. I forgot to add which dictionary I meant which is super awkward. Apologies for that I just noticed.

St David's?

Although I've heard that technically the city of London is smaller in terms of population. Google disagrees though.

How many languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea? Bonus points for knowing how many have died out.


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Old 25-09-2015, 11:16 AM   #43
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851!! Mainly English and Tok Pisin.
12 extinct. That's incredible! (thanks google!)

Who wrote the novel 'Gone With the Wind'?

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Old 25-09-2015, 11:19 AM   #44
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*tries not to get out ninjaed again* I love this thread because I'm learning so many new things.

Margaret Mitchell?

Jenna and I thought of a few questions together yesterday but I can only remember one so I'm going to beat her to it.

What is the name of the first IVF baby?


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Old 25-09-2015, 11:26 AM   #45
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Louise Brown, born July 1978.

In which city is the (Vincent) Van Gogh museum?

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Old 25-09-2015, 09:36 PM   #46
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e = 2.718 ish if memory serves correct? Been a while since I did maths :p

Who assassinated J. F. Kennedy? And in what year if you feel like throwing that in!




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Old 25-09-2015, 11:35 PM   #47
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22nd November 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.

When was the mobile phone invented?

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Old 27-09-2015, 07:15 AM   #48
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Google says 1973!

What does the amplitude of a sound wave determine?



There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

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Old 27-09-2015, 09:29 AM   #49
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The volume.

How many bones does an adult human body have?




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Old 27-09-2015, 11:25 AM   #50
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Horse riding! Amazing. There's a brilliant video on YouTube of a horse doing dressage to hip hop - the video is called 'hip hop dressage'. It's great. I digress...

What is the name of the main super scary man who wields a chainsaw in the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?



There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

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Old 27-09-2015, 02:47 PM   #51
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Leatherface? I feel like I should have known that without Google, but no, also I got a little confused but I think that's the answer!


In what year was the Nobel Prize invented?




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Old 27-09-2015, 03:10 PM   #52
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1901 Says Google , on it's birthday but...

...What year was Google "Born" ?



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Old 27-09-2015, 03:12 PM   #53
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Oh dear!

Charmed: Good question! Google tells me, 'The will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895'
Doikers: 1998. It's quite young really!

On average, what is the incidence of lameness is the UK Dairy Herd? (This will make you think the next time you buy milk). Bonus points if you know the difference between incidence and prevalence!


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There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

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Old 28-09-2015, 07:38 PM   #54
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You get bonus points!

Google says, 'in the Museo Civico di Sansepolcro in the town of Sansepolcro, region of Tuscany, Italy.'

I have never heard of that painting.

What is a 'Hidden Mickey'?



There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

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Old 28-09-2015, 08:19 PM   #55
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Sounds like a type of cocktail! Now to check , ooo Aparently it's when Disney sneak the Mickey Mouse logo shape into their films .... Looking at a couple of examples I'm not convinced *Cynic alert*

How many Moons does Jupiter have? 1 point each moon if you can name any :)



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Old 28-09-2015, 09:17 PM   #56
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67 o_O I had to google it and I'm shocked. Makes our planet seem a bit lame with only one!

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What stadium do Tottenham Hotspur play at?



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Old 28-09-2015, 09:43 PM   #57
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Trying to guess... White Hart Lane?

What was the name of the last novel Charles Dickens wrote?



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Old 29-09-2015, 03:52 PM   #58
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

What is the scientific name for whiskers?



There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: 'This glass is half full'. And then there are those who say: 'This glass is half empty'.
The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: 'What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!

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Old 29-09-2015, 06:46 PM   #59
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vibrissae?

What is arguably the first novel ever published? (there are two answers to this)

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Old 29-09-2015, 07:57 PM   #60
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Google informs me its la Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory in 1485 or Fon Quizonte in 1605 or potentially Robinson Crusoe in 1971 but it depends on the definition of a novel? I'm honestly slightly confused by Googles answers! :p and now I have 3 novels instead of two!

Who discovered penicillin?




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