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Chinese parsley
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Coriander
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Comedian Nigel havers godson
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Jack Whitehall
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Ferris bueller set where
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Chicago
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Invented nylon
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Wallace Carruthers
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Lily Allen stepfather
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Harry Enfield
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God save the queen held off no 1 by
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Rod Stewart I don't want to talk about it
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popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army.
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Mills bombs
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popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army.
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Mills bombs
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Holy roman emperor charles v said should wear what
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Velvet glove on iron hand
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National symbol on coat of arms of Ireland
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Harp
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Presidents awarded spoken word grammy
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Carter, Clinton, Obama
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Motor manufacturer collaborated with nazis
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Louis Renault
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Largest prison in elurope
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Fleury merogis
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disturbance of the comprehension and expression of language caused by dysfunction in the brain.[1][2] This class of language disorder ranges from having difficulty remembering words to losing the ability to speak, read, or write. This also affects visual language such as sign language.
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Aphasia
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De Gaulle vegetable nickname
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The great asparagus
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Pope agreed to renew the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and to grant a large subsidy to the Armada of Philip II and wanted to change coliseum to wool factory
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Sixtus v
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is a public space in front of Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. Located in the Innere Stadt borough, the President of Austria resides in the adjoining Hofburg wing, while the Federal Chancellery is on adjacent Ballhausplatz. Anschluss there
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HeldenplatZ
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traditional Russian countryside dwelling. Often a log house, it forms the living quarters of a conventional Russian farmstead
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Izba
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Hitler Berlin world capital
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Welthaupstadt germania
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was a French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine.
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Dominique larrey
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Chief minister after Richelieu
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Cardinal Richelieu real name
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Armand jean du plessis
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Richelieu king
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Louis 13
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Richelieu king
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Louis 13
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Richelieu nickname
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The red eminence
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Married uzbeg khan's sister
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Yuri danilovich
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Drc president
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Joseph Kabila
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Bullingdon film
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The riot club
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was one of the most decisive battles of the Thirty Years' War. It was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of one of the most important leaders of the Protestant alliance, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, which caused the Protestant campaign to lose direction.
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Lutzen
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King of Sweden 1611-32 brilliant militarily
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Gustavus adolphus
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Arthur last name
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Pendragon
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Animal in napoleon coat of arms
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Bee
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Animal in napoleon coat of arms
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Bee
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Expelled from League of Nations 1939
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Soviet Union
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was a period of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598, and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613
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Time of troubles
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was de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles.
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Boris Godunov
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Mussolini son in law foreign minister
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Galeazzo ciano
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was de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles.
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Boris Godunov
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Mussolini son in law foreign minister
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Galeazzo ciano
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Russian female spy arrested 2010
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Anna chapman
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Actress Vivien Leigh, author George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair ), revolutionary Simón Bolivar, and fictional character Marguerite Gautier (changed to Violetta Valéry in one version of her story) all died suffering with which disease?
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Tuberculosis
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In which present-day African country did the Nok culture appear around 1000 BC, mysteriously vanishing around 200 AD?
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Nigeria
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What name is most commonly given to a traditional musical group consisting of several violins, two trumpets, and at least one guitar? The guitar might be a 'vihuela' (a high-pitched, round-backed guitar which provides rhythm) and/or a bass guitar called a 'guitarrón'?
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Mariachi
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What name is most commonly given to a traditional musical group consisting of several violins, two trumpets, and at least one guitar? The guitar might be a 'vihuela' (a high-pitched, round-backed guitar which provides rhythm) and/or a bass guitar called a 'guitarrón'?
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Mariachi
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was a Scottish alleged witch, the last person to be executed for witchcraft in the British Isles.[1]
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Janet Horne
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Pithecanthropus erect us
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Java man
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City ancient Egypt Thebes now
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Luxor
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Ancient civ between Danube and don
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Scythians
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name given to a compendium or digest of Roman law compiled by order of the emperor Justinian I in the 6th century (AD 530-533). It spans 50 volumes, and represented a reduction and codification of all Roman laws up to that time.
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Pandects
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Hammurabi got laws from what god
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Shamash
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Said Carthage must be destroyed
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Cato the elder
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formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia.[1] It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake
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Lake Turkana
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an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea
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Issyk khul
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on the southwest coast of the UK in the spring of 1967 is one of the world's most serious oil spills and left an international legal and environmental legacy that lasted decades. At the time the world's most serious oil spill, as of 2014 it remains the UK's worst, with an estimated 32 million gallons of crude oil spilled.[
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Torrey canyon
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Institutio Oratoria (English: Institutes of Oratory) is a twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Roman rhetorician
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Quintilian
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Greeks called Black Sea what
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Euxine sea
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Painter popularised gladiator thumbs down gesture
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Jean Leon gerome
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was Roman Emperor from AD 69 to AD 79. Founded Flavian dynasty
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Vespasian
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Painter popularised gladiator thumbs down gesture
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Jean Leon gerome
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was Roman Emperor from AD 69 to AD 79. Founded Flavian dynasty
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Vespasian
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Mumford and sons first two albums
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Sigh no more, babel
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Sdp gang of 4
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William rogers, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen
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Victoria falls countries
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Zambia Zimbabwe
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Malleus Latin for
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Hammer
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Saucy seaside postcards
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Donald McGill
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Plays Ross carpenter in girls girls girls
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Elvis
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Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world
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Gisele bundchen
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Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world
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Gisele bundchen
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is in Kent, England, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Maidstone. A castle has been on the site since 1119. In the 13th century it came into the hands of King Edward I, for whom it became a favourite residence; in the 16th century, Henry VIII used it as a residence for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon
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Leeds castle
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This life will they won't they couple
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Miles and Anna
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Alan guy Moore in rising damp played by
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Richard beckinsale
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Third dr who
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John pertwee
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***** as folk created by
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Russell t Davies
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He first achieved success as a vocal impressionist, notably in the ITV sketch show Spitting Image.[1] He is best known for his roles as Arnold Rimmer in the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf, as Gordon Brittas in the BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire and as Lara Croft's butler Hillary in the Tomb Raider franchise films.[
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Chris Barrie
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Created only fools and horsws
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John Sullivan
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Played dirty den watts
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Leslie Grantham
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is a fictional character from the television series Coronation Street, one of the best-known of all the regular characters in the soap opera,[1] whose name became synonymous with a certain type of working-class woman. She was played by Jean Alexander from 1964 to 1987.
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Hilda Ogden
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King had wives nicknamed maypole elephant
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George I
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King had wives nicknamed maypole elephant
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George I
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Atomium represents element
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Iron
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hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.
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Dunnock
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2010 British-American superhero film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced with Brad Pitt and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman
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Kick ass
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Arguably the finest remaining example of Neo-Palladian architecture in London, the house was designed by Lord Burlington, and completed in 1729. The house and gardens, which occupy 26.33 hectares (65.1 acres),[1] mainly created by architect and landscape designer William Kent, is one of the earliest examples of the English landscape garden.
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Chiswick house
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Designed mallard trajn
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Nigel Greeley
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Designed mallard trajn
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Nigel Greeley
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Turner painting bridge
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Rain steam and speed
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Made 4'33" silent song
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John cage
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Made 4'33" silent song
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John cage
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Qed stands for
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Quod erat demonstrandum
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Designed queens dresses 40s 50s
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Norman hartnell
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Victor meldrew wife name, played by
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Margaret. Annette Crosby
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Paddy Kirk in what soap
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Emmerdale
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Paddy Kirk in what soap
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Emmerdale
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Red dwarf computer
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Holly
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Created grange hill
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Phil Redmond
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Created steptoe and son
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Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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was an English biologist (comparative anatomist), known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.[1]
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Thomas Henry Huxley
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Accidental transpose words
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Spoonerism
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Autobiography mustn't grumble
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Terry wogAn
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Ken Clarke constituency
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Rushcliffe
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the first published work of the English children's author Enid Blyton, illustrated by her childhood friend and collaborator Phyllis Chase
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Child whispers
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Nickname the big yin
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Billy Connolly
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Horse ahead in national and fell
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Devon lock
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Goldeneye type animal
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Duck
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an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising any of the soft membranous gaps (sutures) between the cranial bones
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Fontanels
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Wallace monument on what hill
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Abbey Craig
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Considered to be the most authoritative and influential work on parliamentary procedure and British constitutional convention, the book has become part of the uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom and as a result is sometimes called the "Parliamentary bible", acting as a rule book for parliamentarians
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Erskine May parliamentary practice
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Towns called eye where
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Cambridgeshire, Suffolk
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Voiced wallace in Wallace and gromit
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Peter sallis
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Australian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising his films Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge!. In 2008, his film Australia was released, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. His version of The Great Gatsby was released in 2013
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Baz luhrmann
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Nicknamed the Yankee clipper
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Joe DiMaggio
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in Milton Keynes, England are an iconic work of sculpture, created in 1978 by Canadian-born artist, Liz Leyh
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Concrete cows
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in Milton Keynes, England are an iconic work of sculpture, created in 1978 by Canadian-born artist, Liz Leyh
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Concrete cows
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1992 American dark comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and scripted by David Koepp and Martin Donovan. Starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn and Isabella Rossellini. The film focuses on a childish pair of rivals who drink a magic potion that promises eternal youth
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Death becomes her
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Oj Simpson Fred Astaire in what movie
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Towering inferno
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Newsreader modelled for Jackie magaIne
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Fiona Bruce
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Attaches muscle to bone
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Tendon
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Attach bone to bone
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Ligament
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Inspector created by George simenon
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Maigret
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Abel magwitch novel
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Great expectations
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market-capitalization-weighted index of the market value of all stocks actively traded in the United States.
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Wilshire 5000
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Used to own Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC
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PepsiCo
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Music 'forced, accented'
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Sforzando
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eight-note musical scale composed of seven pitches and a repeated octave
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Diatonic scale
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64th notr
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Hemidemisemiquaver
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64th notr
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Hemidemisemiquaver
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Anatomically, plantar refers to
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Sole of foot
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Discovered blood groups
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Karl Landsteiner
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Discovered blood groups
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Karl Landsteiner
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considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. Appendix connected
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Cecum
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Discovered blood groups
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Karl Landsteiner
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considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. Appendix connected
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Cecum
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Neck bones
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Cervical vertebrae
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Colour blindness tesr
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Ishihara
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the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape. It is one of three fundamental aspects of developmental biology along with the control of cell growth and cellular differentiation.
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Morphogenesis
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cholecyst
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Gall bladder
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Urine passes from kidneys to bladder through
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Ureter
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disease Greek 'to boil'
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Eczema
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Greek for 'solid bile'
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Cholesterol
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Receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava
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Right atrium
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Pumps blood through pulmonary valve into lungs
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Right ventricle
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Receives blood from lungs
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Left atrium
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Pumps blood to body via aorta
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Left ventricle
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352 bc Chinese astronomers first recorded what
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Supernova
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First sack of Rome by
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Visigoths, Alaric
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First sack of Rome by
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Visigoths, Alaric
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Second sack of Rome by
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Gaeseric, vandals
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King of the Vandals and Alans (428–477) who established the Vandal Kingdom was one of the key players in the troubles of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. During his nearly 50 years of rule, he raised a relatively insignificant Germanic tribe to the status of a major Mediterranean power — which, after he died, entered a swift decline and eventual collapse
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Gaiseric
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king of Lydia from 560 to 547 BC until his defeat by the Persians. Very rich
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Croesus
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Spartan military poet
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Tyrtaeus
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Eryx ancient city whrre
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Sicily
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reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. According to Egyptologist James Henry Breasted she is also known as "the first great woman in history of whom we are informed.
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Hatshepsut
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reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. According to Egyptologist James Henry Breasted she is also known as "the first great woman in history of whom we are informed.
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Hatshepsut
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First roman triumvirate
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Caesar, Pompey Crassus
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Mummy organ jar
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Canopic jar
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Midas and Gordius ruled
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Phrygians
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His deposition by Odoacer traditionally marks the end of the western empire, the fall of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
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Romulus Augustus
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was a soldier, who in 476 became the first King of Italy (476–493). His reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.[
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Odoacer
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