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134 Cards in this Set
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Henry vii born where |
Pembroke castle
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Undertook Boston tea party
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Sons of liberty
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The youngest son of William Ewart Gladstone, he was Home Secretary from 1905 to 1910 and Governor–General of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1914.
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Herbert
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was a UK Government white paper written in 1969.[1] It was a proposed act to use the law to reduce the power of trade unions in the United Kingdom, but was never passed into law.[1]
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In place of strife
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Created nhs
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Aneurin bevan
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Queen street station where
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Glasgow
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Easterly point of n Ireland
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Burr point
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Highest point of Northern Ireland, what range
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Slieve donard, mourne mountains
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on the English Channel coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, stretching from the Lizard Point to Gwennap Head on the eastern side of the Land's End peninsula
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Mounts bay
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Dorking county
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Surrey
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Biggest uk zoo
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Whipsnade
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Blu and jevel film
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Rio
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Course dettori 7
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Ascot
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Beatles and Dylan met where, organised by
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Delmonico, Alan aronowitz
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Uk royal motto
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Dieu et mon droit
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Largest Hertfordshire town
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Watford
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Wigan rugby league nickname
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Warriors
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Kielder forest wgere
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Northumberland
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Largest town without city status in uk
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Reading
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Often described as England's smallest city,[2][3] it is second only to the City of London in area and population, though not part of a larger metropolitan conurbation like Greater London.
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Wells
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Liverpool hull motorway
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M62
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Oak leaf county
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Derry
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Caledonian cabal ends, constructed by
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Inverness fort William, Thomas Telford
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Derby river
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Derwent
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a headland on the east coast of England. It is on the coast of Essex just north of Blackwater and projects into the North Sea. This area is south of the double estuary of the River Stour and River Orwell at Harwich
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The naze
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Biggin hill borough
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Bromley
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has two architectural features that are unique among England's medieval cathedrals—a free–standing medieval bell tower (or campanile) and double aisles.
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Chichester cathedral
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Exact ends of channel tunnel
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Cheriton, Folkestone and coquelles, pas de Calais
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series of glens in Scotland running for 62 miles (100 km) from Inverness on the edge of Moray Firth, to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe.
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Great glen
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Designed Houses of Parliament
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Charles Barry, helped by Augustus pugin
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Edinburgh airport
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Turnhouse
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1 lime street
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Lloyds of London
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highest inn in the British Isles at 1,732 feet (528 m) above sea level
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Tan hill
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The second highest pub in the UK
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Cat and fiddle, Peak District
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a bay located two miles north of Newquay on the B3276 Newquay to Padstow road near the village of Tregurrian in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It faces the Atlantic Ocean. The two mile long, sandy beach and exposed north westerly location is a popular location for water sports, kite flying, and sand art. In May, 2007, it played host to the English Nationals Surfing Championships
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Watergate bay
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Ulster symbol
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Red hand
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prominent coastal headland on the north–west tip of the island of Anglesey.
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Carmel head
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What collective name is given to the legendary triplets who fought duels with the Curiatii to settle a war with Ancient Rome’s neighbour, Alba?
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Horatii
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Who wrote what is known as 'Les Fleurs du Mal' (The Flowers of Evil), a compendium of poems on Satanism, lesbianism, sex, death and revolt that led to a prosecution for blasphemy after its 1857 publication?
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Baudelaire
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Which volcano in the Philippines erupted in 1991 injecting vast amounts of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere?
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Pinatubo
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Carolina NFL
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Panthers
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Florence church
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Basilica di santo Croce
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Lampedusa was in the international news recently as it is often the target European landing spot for desperate African refugees. The island is part of the Sicilian province of Agrigento but of which island group is it the largest island
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Pelagie
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What is the name of the islands, part of the Venetian Lagoon, that are internationally recognized for the manufacture of glass objects? The industry has flourished since the Venetian Republic ordered its relocation from Venice itself in 1291 as a result of a fear of Venice being destroyed by fire spreading through its wooden buildings.
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Murano
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The Verona Arena, completed in 30AD, is the venue for a series of musical concerts each summer. In which square in Verona can the Arena be found?
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Piazza bra
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First Verdi opera
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Correct answer:
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio |
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Last Italian royal family
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Savoy
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Which heavyweight boxer, nicknamed ‘the Ambling Alp’, was born in Sequals in October 1906 and died there in June 1967? He was World Champion briefly from June 1933 to June 1934.
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Primo carnera
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Mary ii relation to James ii
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Daughter
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1723–1792) was a British woman who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier fought in indus
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Hannah snell
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1300–1359), nicknamed the "Lioness of Brittany", was a privateer who plied the English Channel sinking French ships from 1343 to 1356.
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Jeanne de clisson
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Father of the house 1987–92
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Bernard Braine
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Gandhi born where
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Porgandar
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Victoria cross made from
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Crimean war gun metal
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was the part of Ireland that was directly under the control of the English government in the late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk
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The pale
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Duke of Kent
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Prince Edward
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Bisexual son of George v
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George duke of Kent
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They lived in the tropical lowlands of south–central Mexico, in the present–day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
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Olmec
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Madrid gate
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Alcala
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Roosevelt four freedoms, which artist
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear Norman Rockwell |
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£5 notes in order
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Wellington, George Stephenson, Elizabeth fry, Churchill
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£10
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Nightingale, dickens, Darwin, Austen
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£20
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Shakespeare, faraday, Elgar, smith
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£50
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Wren, houblon, Boulton/watt
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Old £1 note
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Isaac Newton
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Tesco headquarter
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Cheshunt
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the town is known for "Wade's Bridge", built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of the more famous Robert Adam. General Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishment
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Aberfeldy
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1692 Scottish massacre
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Glencoe
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Viking protection money
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Danegeld
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Winter of discontent years
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78–79
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34–35 survey about war in uk
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Peace ballot
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Moved observatory to Greenwich
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Charles ii
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Samoan transgender
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Fa'afafine
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King of Swaziland
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Mswati
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Mysterious road messages
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Toynbee tiles
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By election Tory Ukip
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Douglas carswell, clacton
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Album prism
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Katy perry
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Journalist beheaded by isis
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James Foley
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Us defence secretary
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Chuck hagel
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Daily record based wheee
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Glasgow
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Wildly optimistic Voltaire character
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Pangloss
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Naples mafia
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Camorra
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Latest Icelandic Volcano
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Bardarbunga
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France pm
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Manuel valls
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Erdogan party
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Akp
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American teenager shot caused riot August
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Michael brown
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Building Lennon killed outside
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Dakota building
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Misrata where
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Libya
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Old Thai pm
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Yingluck shinawatra
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New Thai pm
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Prayuth chan ocha
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Former Ireland pm died
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Albert Reynolds
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Magaluf where
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Mallorca
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an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island, which until 2007 was part of the same land mass before becoming detached by a storm.
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Martha's Vineyard
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Brit male 50m breast stroke world record
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Adam peaty
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Tiger woods former coach
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Sean foley
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New Howard Jacobson novel
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J
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Annie Oakley frank butler characters in, and who by
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Annie get your gun by Irving Berlin
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Guys and dolls by
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Frank loesser
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Luc besson Scarlett johansson film
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Lucy
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Radcliffe played Ginsberg in
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Kill your darlings
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Daniel Radcliffe new film , costar
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What if. Zoe Kazan
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A little learning by
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Evelyn Waugh
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Worlds biggest advertising group
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Wpp
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Purged and New France economy minister
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Arnaud montebourg, Emmanuel macron
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Uber founder
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Travis kalanick
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Rationing ended what year
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1954
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18 pregnancies one son queen of England
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Anne
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the threatened attack in September 1922 by Turkish troops on British and French troops to guard the Dardanelles neutral zone. The handling of the crisis by the British cabinet was a major contributor to the downfall of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. In addition, it was the occasion of the Canadian government's first assertion of diplomatic independence from the United Kingdom. The crisis was a major factor in the creation of the Statute of Westminster 1931, which determined that the Dominions of the British Commonwealth would have independence in foreign policy.
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Chanak crisis
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Minister for women
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Nicky Morgan
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Eu used to be called
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European economic community
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Britain joined eu date
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1973
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–worth means
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Enclosure
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Big river in essex
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Crouch
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Essex Island military base
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Foulness
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Bhopal gas
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Methyl isocyanate
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Largest town on sheppey
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Sheerness
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Eurostar stops where in kent
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Ashford
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Supposedly dating from about 1386, it is claimed to be the oldest working clock in the world,[1] although a similar claim is made of the clock in the cathedral of Beauvais in France (said to date from 1305)
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Salisbury cathedral clock
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was the largest non carbonado and largest gem–quality diamond ever found, at 3106.75 carat (621.35 g, 1.37 lb) rough weight
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Cullinan
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achieved some spectacular successes, notably the sinking of one and damaging two battleships of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck. Nicknamed stringbag
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Fairey swordfish
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Europes longest medieval church
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Winchester
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King in 1000
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Ethelred the unready
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was a British police officer fatally shot during a protest outside the Libyan embassy at St. James's Square, London, in 1984
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Yvonne fletcher
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Omar sharif born where
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Iran
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Joanna Lumley born
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Srinagar India
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Ursula andress born
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Switzerland
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Beat tostig then lost to hardrada at fulford
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Edwin and morcar
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a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams–Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust.
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Portmeirion
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is a rotating boat lift in Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal
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Falkirk wheel
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Us steptoe
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Sanford and son
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Warhol New York studio
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Factory
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James Herriot real name
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James wight
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Tom cruise first wife
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Mimi rogers
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Eva peron maiden name
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Duarte |