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Pauls Quiz 146 (Questions only)

1. What was ornithologist Robert Stroud's nickname ?

2. What is a bestiary ?  
    a. a compound for undomesticated animals  
    b. a French shop specializing in sweets  
    c. a collection of allegories

3. Which one of the following has not been named after John Cleese ?  
    a. a 4-way stop intersection (in Saskatchewan)  
    b. a species of lemur (in Madagascar) 
    c. a town rubbish dump (in New Zeeland)  
    d. an asteroid (in space)

4. What can you tell me, Sherlock, if an honest person's left pronubus is bare ?

5. Willendorf and Milo are both examples of what?

6.   Ludwig van Beethoven and Francisco Goya both suffered from what ailment ?

7. The Beatles released I want to hold your hand in the USA on Boxing Day 1963. The number one song at the time in the US charts was a little ditty sung by a Belgian named Soeur Sourire. What was 
    a. her other stage name and 
    b. the number one song ?

8. The following harbour cities are found on which sea ? (a sea please, not an ocean or bay or gulf)  
    a. Varna  
    b. Hong Kong  
    c. Jakarta  
    d. Karachi  
    e. Incheon  
    f. Vladivostok  
    g. Monaco (not the Med)

9. In the days of empire, what was a Viceroy's wife called:
    a. viceroyess,  
    b. viceroyine,  
    c. viceless or
    d. vicereine

10. Wed, as in wedding, is old English for what ?  
    a. pledge  
    b. knot or  
    c. bed 

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