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Which Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor passed away during the filming of the 2009 film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'?

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Heath Ledger

Question 3 of Pauls Quiz 502 in General Knowledge
John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields" in May 1915, the day after the death of a close friend. What was McCrae's nationality and profession, and what was his friend's name?

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He was a Canadian doctor (a military surgeon). His friend was Alexis Helmer.

Question 6 of Remembrance Day Quiz 1 in History Quizzes
Which German doctor, born on 11 December 1843, identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis and won the Nobel Prize in 1905?

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Robert Koch

Question 7 of 11th December Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
An English doctor born on 1 April 1578 was the first to fully describe how the heart pumps blood around the body. Who was he?

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William Harvey

Question 9 of 1st April Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
On 15 June 1667, a French doctor carried out the first documented blood transfusion into a human. Whose blood did he use?

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A lamb's blood (the doctor was Jean-Baptiste Denys)

Question 6 of 15th June Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
On 6 January 1907, an Italian doctor opened her first school for young children in a poor district of Rome. Name her, and what she called the school.

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Maria Montessori. The school was the "Casa dei Bambini" ("Children's House").

Question 7 of 6th January Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A French novelist born in Rouen on 12 December 1821 was put on trial for obscenity over his first novel, about the unhappy wife of a country doctor. Name the author and the novel.

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Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary"

Question 7 of 12th December Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A long-running science fiction series began on BBC television on 23 November 1963. Name the series, the title of the very first episode, and the actor who played the lead.

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Doctor Who. The first episode was "An Unearthly Child", and the lead was William Hartnell.

Question 3 of 23rd November Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
The doctor and Nobel Peace Prize winner from your 4 September round was born on 14 January 1875. Who was he?

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Albert Schweitzer

Question 11 of 14th January Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A German abbess who died on 17 September 1179 was a composer, writer and mystic, and was declared a Doctor of the Church in 2012. Who was she?

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Hildegard of Bingen

Question 11 of 17th September Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
Which pale small town doctor with the initials C. C. is ranked number three on Forbes list of the 15 wealthiest fictional characters?

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Carlisle Cullen

Question 11 of Pauls Quiz 457 in General Knowledge
An English actor born on 13 April 1951 played the fifth Doctor in "Doctor Who" and, earlier, Tristan Farnon in which BBC series about Yorkshire vets?

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All Creatures Great and Small (Peter Davison)

Question 18 of 13th April Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A German-French doctor, theologian and organist died on 4 September 1965 at the hospital he founded in LambarÃ©nÃ©, Gabon. He had won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. Who was he?

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Albert Schweitzer

Question 16 of 4th September Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A Scottish doctor and novelist born on 19 July 1896 created which fictional country GP, played on TV by Bill Simpson?

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Dr Finlay (A.J. Cronin)

Question 15 of 19th July Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A German doctor born in Meissen on 10 April 1755 founded homeopathy. Who was he?

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Samuel Hahnemann

Question 13 of 10th April Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
An Egyptian actor born on 10 April 1932 starred in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", and was also a world-class bridge player. Who was he?

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Omar Sharif

Question 15 of 10th April Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
In a 2007 "Doctor Who" mini-episode for Children in Need, called "Time Crash", David Tennant's Doctor met which earlier Doctor?

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The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison)

Question 13 of BBC's Children In Need Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
An English actor born in Liverpool on 20 January 1934 played the fourth Doctor in "Doctor Who", famous for his very long scarf. Who is he?

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Tom Baker

Question 18 of 20th January Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
An English actor born in Oxford on 11 June 1959 played a brilliant but rude American doctor in which TV series?

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House (House M.D.) (Hugh Laurie)

Question 13 of 11th June Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A German doctor born on 13 October 1821 is called "the father of modern pathology". He said every cell comes from another cell. Who was he?

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 13 of 13th October Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
With only a few exceptions, the vast majority of scenes in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago were shot in which country?

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Answer a. Spain

Question 13 of Pauls Quiz 402 in General Knowledge
What did films like Gone With The Wind, Ben Hur, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Gandhi and The Sound Of Music all have that modern films lack? (One word, 12 letters)

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Intermission

Question 17 of Pauls Quiz 350 in General Knowledge
The following are the last lines to which epic film?

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Doctor Zhivago

Question 7 of Pauls Quiz 344 in General Knowledge
Which sometimes difficult to find body part has been named after doctor Ernst Gräfenberg?

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G spot

Question 20 of Pauls Quiz 304 in General Knowledge
An author born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1859 trained as a doctor, and based his famous detective partly on one of his old professors. Name the author, the detective, and the professor.

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Arthur Conan Doyle. The detective is Sherlock Holmes, and the professor was Joseph Bell.

Question 3 of 22nd May Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
An English doctor, poet and inventor died on 18 April 1802. His grandson, from your 24 November round, became even more famous. Who was he?

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Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles Darwin)

Question 14 of 18th April Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
A Swiss-German doctor and alchemist died in Salzburg on 24 September 1541. He is famous for saying that "the dose makes the poison". What was his name?

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Paracelsus

Question 14 of 24th September Quiz in Calendar Quizzes
According to Winston Churchill, which potent concoction saved "more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire"?

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Gin And Tonic

Question 2 of Pauls Quiz 250 in General Knowledge
Which member of the Monty Python team was a doctor?

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Chapman Graham

Question 29 of Alphabetical Quiz 28 in Alphabetical Quizzes
Which county shares its name with a fictional TV doctor?

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Kildare

Question 30 of Ireland Quiz 4 in Geography/Places
Which popular UK band takes its name from a fictional doctor in Barbarella?

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Duran Duran (From Doctor Durand Durand in the film Barbarella)

Question 6 of Pauls Music Quiz 16 in Music Quizzes
Which much celebrated British programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world.

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Doctor Who

Question 8 of Connections Quiz 50 in Connections Quizzes
In which films would you find the following doctors? 1 pt for each correct answer

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Three answers:

Question 30 of Pub Quiz 127 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Tim Curry, of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame, plays a ship's doctor in which Hollywood box office hit?

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The Hunt For Red October

Question 5 of Pub Quiz 126 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Which Doctor did Omar Sharif play in the film set in the USSR?

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Zhivago

Question 13 of 1960s Film Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
As per the R. L. Stevenson novel, what are the first names of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde?

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Henry and Edward

Question 9 of Pub Quiz 115 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Which Irish doctor was capped at Rugby Union and soccer?

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Kevin O'Flanaghan

Question 15 of Rugby Quiz 4 in Sports Quizzes
Doctor Who lives in a Tardis, what does the word 'TARDIS' stand for?

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Time & Relative Dimension In Space

Question 11 of Pub Quiz 111 in Complete Pub Quizzes
In which sci-fi films would you find the following doctors?

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Four answers

Question 13 of Pub Quiz 106 in Complete Pub Quizzes
In the 1969 film Change of Habit the cherubic Mary Tyler Moore plays a sister torn between the love of Jesus and a singing ghetto doctor. Which music deity played the role of the doctor?

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Elvis

Question 2 of Pauls Bad Films Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
Anonymous medical practitioner

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Doctor Who

Question 4 of Television Quiz 8 in TV/Movies Quizzes
Who, in 1796, was the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine?

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Edward Jenner.

Question 35 of Pub Quiz 95 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Hirudo medicinalis is the most common what used by doctors?

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Leech.

Question 7 of Pub Quiz 94 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Which Doctor talked to the animals?

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Dr Doolittle

Question 8 of Childrens Literature Quiz 1 in Art/Literature Quizzes
The murder victim in Cluedo

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Doctor Black

Question 20 of Colours Quiz 6 in Other Quizzes
Obama says that his alternate career choice would have been: a: Pastor, b: Architect, c: Doctor, d: Lawyer or e: Psychologist?

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b: Architect.

Question 16 of Pub Quiz 82 in Complete Pub Quizzes
In which 1960s film did we hear Richard Attenborough sing?

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Doctor Dolittle.

Question 13 of TV and Films Quiz 4 in TV/Movies Quizzes
Who lived in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and had a pet duck called Dab Dab?

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Doctor Dolittle

Question 4 of Alphabetical Quiz 13 in Alphabetical Quizzes
Who had a Hit with Sylvia's Mother?

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Doctor Hook

Question 5 of Alphabetical Quiz 13 in Alphabetical Quizzes
My eyes cannot see the sky, Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry

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Doctor my eyes (Jackson Browne)

Question 6 of Pauls Dirty World Songs Quiz 1 in Music Quizzes
In the Doctor Hook hit Sylvia's Mother, what is mother's surname?

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Avery ( Corrected from earlier wrong answer, hence in wrong alphabetical order now )

Question 1 of Alphabetical Quiz 1 in Alphabetical Quizzes
In which film did Jim Dale play Dr Kilmore?

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Carry on Doctor

Question 9 of Carry On Films Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
What is the name of the medical oath taken by doctors?

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Hippocratic Oath

Question 18 of Pub Quiz 74 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Who was the bearded doctor from Bristol who became the best batsman in England in the late 19th century?

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W G Grace

Question 1 of Sport Quiz 22 in Sports Quizzes
Who was the Tory or blue team captain in the quiz show ?If I ruled the world??

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Graham Garden (Doctor)

Question 7 of Connections Quiz 29 in Connections Quizzes
Which Doctor talked to the animals?

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Dr Doolittle

Question 22 of Childrens Stuff Quiz 3 in Other Quizzes
What a Cockney doctor's main job is by the sound of it

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'Ealing!

Question 5 of A trip around London Cryptic Quiz 1 in Geography/Places
Who is the patron saint of doctors?

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St Luke

Question 10 of Saints Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Who played Doctor Who on film but never on TV?

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Peter Cushing

Question 12 of Showbiz Quiz 1 in Other Quizzes
Which actor starred as Doctor Dolittle in the 1967 film?

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Rex Harrison

Question 2 of Entertainment Quiz 3 in Other Quizzes
Which film starred Robin Williams as a doctor and Robert De Niro as a patient?

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Awakenings

Question 5 of Movie and Moviestars Quiz 10 in TV/Movies Quizzes
What is the profession of Eleanor Bramwell in the Victorian series?

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Doctor

Question 4 of TV Costume Dramas Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
What is the English name for that which the French call "Capeau Anglais"?

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A French Letter. Doctor Condom, was thought to be French by the English and to be English by the French.

Question 10 of France Quiz 2 in Geography/Places
I went to the doctor's. He said 'I'd like you to lie on the couch'.

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'I'd like to sweep the floor'

Question 1 of Tommy Cooper Punchlines Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
I went to the doctor's the other day. I said 'have you got anything for wind'

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gave me a kite.

Question 2 of Tommy Cooper Punchlines Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
"Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's."

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"Well you can't say fairer than that then"

Question 8 of Tommy Cooper Punchlines Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
A man walked into the doctor's, he said "I've hurt my arm in several places.

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"well don't go there any more"

Question 9 of Tommy Cooper Punchlines Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
Who was Doctor Van Helsing always trying to kill?

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Dracula

Question 6 of Adversaries and Enemies Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Which unusual medical service began in Australia in 1928?

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Flying Doctor Service

Question 28 of Easy General Knowledge Quiz 3 in General Knowledge
Which organ would a doctor inspect with his otoscope?

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Ear

Question 2 of Health and Beauty Quiz 1 in Other Quizzes
Who became Doctor Who when John Pertwee went off to become a scarecrow?

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Tom Baker

Question 5 of Famous People Quiz 4 in People Quizzes
Which monster, a star of many horror films, was created by Mary Shelley in 1818?

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The Monster (In the novel Frankenstein), Victor Frankenstein was the doctor.

Question 6 of General Horror Knowledge Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
What DW starred Jon Pertwee, Billy Piper and Tom Baker?

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Doctor Who

Question 8 of Cryptic Quiz 6 in Word Play Quizzes
What is bingo slang for the number 9?

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Doctor?s Orders

Question 3 of Connections Quiz 2 in Connections Quizzes
What is the connection between the last nine answers?

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Doctors

Question 10 of Connections Quiz 2 in Connections Quizzes
Who originally had a hit with Doctor & the Medics number 1 ?Spirit in the Sky??

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Norman Greenbaum

Question 1 of Doctors Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Name the 2 hits by the Thompson Twins which mention Doctor in the title?

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Doctor, Doctor & Don?t mess with Dr Dream

Question 2 of Doctors Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Which Doctor was the lead singer with the Blow Monkeys?

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Dr Robert

Question 4 of Doctors Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Which group had a 1988 number 1 with Doctorin the Tardis?

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The Timelords

Question 5 of Doctors Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Which doctor was a member of NWA?

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Dr Dre

Question 8 of Doctors Quiz 1 in People Quizzes
Where would you be if you called The Flying Doctor?

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Australia

Question 9 of Airborne Quiz 1 in Other Quizzes
Which cartoon character is stalked by Doctor Von Goosewing?

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Count Duckula

Question 21 of Cartoon Characters Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
BINGO-Which number is referred to as ?Doctors Orders??

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Number 9

Question 20 of Hobbies, Games and Pastimes Quiz 1 in Other Quizzes
Which actor played the part of Doctor Who in two films in the sixties?

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Peter Cushing

Question 7 of Movie and Moviestars Quiz 3 in TV/Movies Quizzes
"Somewhere My Love" was the theme song of which movie?

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Doctor Zhivago

Question 4 of Pub Quiz 40 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Who was the 4th doctor who on TV?

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Tom Baker

Question 17 of Science Fiction Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
Unusual role Bogart play in The Return of Doctor X 1939?

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A Vampire

Question 7 of Pub Quiz 21 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Who played the first Doctor Who?

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William Hartnell

Question 10 of British TV Quiz 1 in TV/Movies Quizzes
If a doctor gave you an Ishihara test what are they testing for?

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Colour blindness

Question 10 of Pub Quiz 6 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Who played the doctor in the rock opera Tommy?

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Jack Nicholson

Question 12 of Pub Quiz 5 in Complete Pub Quizzes
Plus or minus ten percent, how many more patients does a German Doctor have at their practice on a Monday than any other day of the week?

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30%

Question 1 of Pauls Quiz 24 in General Knowledge
The following lyrics come from which famous song?

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Silvia's Mother Said - Doctor Hook

Question 9 of Pauls Quiz 17 in General Knowledge

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