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Q1. Which British singer, born Sandra Ann Goodrich, was known as "the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s"?

A
Sandie Shaw
B
Sandra Dee
C
Sandy Denny
D
Sandy Meisner
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Q2. The song "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" is by which band?

A
Radiohead
B
Travis
C
R.E.M.
D
Blink-182
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Q3. Why did Shamima Begum become a centre of international media attention in 2019?

A
She was the first test tube baby born to two fathers
B
She broke the solo-around-the-world ballooning record
C
She tried to return to the UK after travelling as a teenager to be an ISIS wife
D
She became the first deaf, dumb and blind MP elected in the UK
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Q4. Who became the youngest actor to have 6 Oscar nominations with her Best Actress nomination for "The Reader" (which was her first win!)?

A
Cate Blanchett
B
Bette Davis
C
Natalie Wood
D
Kate Winslet
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Q5. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse in Ireland (1800-1867), became known for what focussed determination?

A
To build the largest reflecting telescope
B
To invent an electric motor, transformer, and generator
C
To develop a germ theory of disease
D
To explore the relationship between light and magnetism
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Q6. Who founded the 1960s R 'n' B group "Steam Packet" with vocalist Rod Stewart and went on to form "Trinity", with whom Julie Driscoll sometimes sang?

A
Alan Price
B
Georgie Fame
C
Graham Bond
D
Brian Auger
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Q7. Who did two ten-year old boys kidnap from a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool on 12 February 1993?

A
Jim Bolger
B
James Bulger
C
Rhys Jones
D
Tom Jones
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