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was one of Rome's greatest generals; his conquest of Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and temporarily, parts of Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. But he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him tristissimus hominum, "the gloomiest of men."[3]
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Tiberius
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wife of the Roman emperor Augustus throughout his reign, as well as his adviser. She was the mother of the emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the emperor Claudius, paternal great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and maternal great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero.
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Livia drusilla
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Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
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Caligula
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Caligula emperor years
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37-41 ad
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He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul, the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy.
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Claudius
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During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain (if the earlier invasions of Britain by Caesar and Caligula's aborted attempt are not counted).
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Claudius
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First Roman emperor to commit suicide
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Nero
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BC - 224 AD), also known as the Arsacid Empire /ˈɑrsəsɪd/,[5] was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran.[6]
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Parthian
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Emperor after nero
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Galba
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founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for twenty seven years
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Vespasian
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Middle two of year of four emperors
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Otho, vitellius
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Year of four emperors
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69 ad
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succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own biological father.
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Titus
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Titus little brother was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty. |
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13 June 40 - 23 August 93) was a Gallo-Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britai
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Agricola
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was Roman Emperor from 96 to 98. became Emperor at the age of sixty-five, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the rulers of the Flavian dynasty. Under Nero, he was a member of the imperial entourage and played a vital part in exposing the Pisonian conspiracy of 65. Later, as a loyalist to the Flavians, he attained consulships in 71 and 90 during the reigns of Vespasian and Domitian respectively.
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Nerva
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Roman emperor from 98 AD until his death in 117 AD. Officially declared by the Senate as optimus princeps ("the best ruler"),
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Trajan
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is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
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Trajans column
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was the imperial capital of the Parthian Empire and the Sasanian Empire.
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Ctesiphon
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Bangladeshi politician who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. When she took office in 1991, she was the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world (after Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan in 1988-1990) to head a democratic government as prime minister.
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Khaleda zia
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Grace kelly rainier number
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Five good emperors
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Nerva Trajan Hadrian antoninus pius, marcus aurelius
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was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma.
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Hadrian
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was Roman Emperor from 138 to 161. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii.[
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Antoninus pius
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was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. Wrote meditations
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Marcus Aurelius
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He ruled together with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius as co-emperor from 161 until his own death in 169. During his reign, the Roman Empire defeated a revitalized Parthia in the east:
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Lucius verus
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death marked the end of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty
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Commodus
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Roman Emperor for three months in 193.[2] He is known as the first emperor of the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors. A high-ranking military and Senatorial figure,[3] he tried to restore discipline in the Praetorian Guards, whereupon they rebelled and killed him. Upon his death he was succeeded by Didius Julianus, whose reign was similarly short.
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Year of five emperors
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193 ad
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Roman emperor from 193 to 211. was born in Leptis Magna in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the cursus honorum—the customary succession of offices—under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. seized power after the death of Emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.[
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Septimius severus
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April 188 - 8 April 217), Roman emperor of Punic and Syrian descent from 198 to 217. The eldest son of Septimius Severus, he reigned jointly with his father from 198 until Severus' death in 211. For a short time he then ruled jointly with his younger brother Geta until he had him murdered later in 211. is remembered as one of the most notorious and unpleasant of emperors because of the massacres and persecutions he authorized and instigated throughout the Empire
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Caracalla
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He was taken captive by Sassanian king Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the only Roman Emperor who was captured as a prisoner of war, causing instability in the Empire.
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Valerian
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delegated further on 1 March 293, appointing Galerius and Constantius as Caesars, junior co-emperors. Under this 'tetrarchy', or "rule of four", each emperor would rule over a quarter-division of the empire.
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Diocletian
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His successes were instrumental in ending the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century, earning him the title Restitutor Orbis or 'Restorer of the World'.
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Aurelian
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campaign under his father in Britannia. Acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (Modern-day York) after his father's death in 306 AD, emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against the emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD.
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Constantine
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Its main accomplishments were settlement of the Christological issue of the nature of the Son of God and his relationship to God the Father. Convened by constantine
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Council of Nicaea
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refers to the February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire.[1] Western Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met
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Edict of milan
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was a man of unusually complex character: he was "the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters".[4] He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, and it was his desire to bring the Empire back to its ancient Roman values in order to save it from dissolution.[5] He purged the top-heavy state bureaucracy and attempted to revive traditional Roman religious practices at the cost of Christianity.
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Julian the apostate
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Due to the successful nature of his reign and almost immediate decline of the empire after his death, he is often considered the "last great western emperor" 364-375
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Valentinian
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was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire. On accepting his elevation, he campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the Empire; he failed to kill, expel, or entirely subjugate them, and after the Gothic War they established a homeland south of the Danube, in Illyricum, within the empire's borders. He fought two destructive civil wars, in which he defeated the usurpers Magnus Maximus and Eugenius at great cost to the power of the Empire
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Theodosius
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Emperor (alleged usurper) reigning over the Western Roman Empire from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. 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 chieftain of the Senones. He defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Allia (18 July 390 BC). In 387 BC he led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in their attack on Rome and captured most of the city, holding it for several months.
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Brennus
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February 1405[1][2] - 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor
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Constantine Xi palaiologos
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was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941 to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun before he entered office.
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Hideki tojo
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fought in May 1942, was the first naval battle in which ships involved never sighted each other and only aircraft were used to attack opposing forces. Although Lexington was sunk and Yorktown seriously damaged, the Japanese lost the carrier Shōhō, and suffered extensive damage to Shōkaku and heavy losses to the air wing of Zuikaku, both of which missed the operation against Midway the following month
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Battle of the coral sea
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codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
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Guadalcanal
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also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands
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Doolittle raid
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Aircraft carrier used for Doolittle raid
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Hornet
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April 4, 1884 - April 18, 1943) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until his death.
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Isoroku yamamoto
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successfully led Australia through the period when the nation was directly threatened by the Japanese advance in World War II, and is today widely regarded as one of the country's greatest ever prime ministers.[1][
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John curtin
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was fortified with several coastal artillery and ammunition magazines to defend the entrance of Manila Bay and the City of Manila from attacks by enemy warships in the event of war. Located 48 kilometres (30 mi) inland, Manila has been the largest city and the most important seaport in the Philippines for centuries, from the colonial rule of Spain, Japan and the United States, to the establishment of the Republic of the Philippines in 1946
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Corregidor
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19 February 1942 was both the first and the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.
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Bombing of darwin
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October 1944 arguably the largest naval battle in history and was the largest naval battle of World War II.
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Leyte gulf
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featured the largest battleships ever built, was the last time in history that battleships engaged each other, and was also notable as the first time that kamikaze aircraft were used.
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Leyte gulf
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was one example of wartime atrocities committed on a civilian population during World War II, where experiments were performed on thousands of Chinese civilians and Allied prisoners of war.
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Unit 731
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The largest and bloodiest American battle in Pacific theatre
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Okinawa
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Vj day
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15th august
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Ve day
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8th may
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was a campaign of a series of major battles between the Imperial Japanese Army forces and the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, fought from April to December 1944. It consisted of three separate battles in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi.
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Ichi go
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Took Iwo Jima photo
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Joe rosenthal
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was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and did not surrender in 1945. In 1974, his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.
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Hiroo onoda
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was a Taiwan-born soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army from the indigenous Amis tribe, who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He is the last known Japanese hold-out to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.
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Teruo nakamura
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name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the units of the United States Army Air Forces based in China.
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The hump
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26 February 1903 - 24 March 1944) was a British Army officer known for creating special military units in Palestine in the 1930s, and in Abyssinia, Sudan and Burma during World War II. He is most famous for his creation of the Chindits, airborne deep-penetration troops trained to work behind enemy lines in the Far East campaigns against the Japanese during World War II.
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Orde wingate
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considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time.[2] A twenty-three time NHL All-Star, Howe held many of the sport's scoring records until they were broken in the 1990s by Wayne Gretzky. continues to hold NHL records for most games and seasons played.
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Gordie howe
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Harlon Block, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, john Bradley
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Raising of the flag on Iwo Jima
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A leading player in English county cricket, is thought by some former players and pundits to have been one of England's leading international all-rounders.[4][5][6] He helped Kerry Packer start World Series Cricket by signing up many of his English colleagues as well as West Indian and Pakistani cricketers, a move which cost him the England captaincy.captain 75-77 |
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extremely quick bowler, but a number of stress fractures in his back almost ended his career. Taking on a strict fitness regime, he fought his way back to full fitness, eventually returning to international cricket. By the time of his retirement from international cricket in 1984 he had become the then world record holder for most Test wickets (355),[2] and had firmly established himself as one of the most recognisable and renowned Australian sportsmen of all time.
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Dennis lillee
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He played for the England Test side between 1967 and 1981, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970. He was particularly known for his habit of conducting limbering-up exercises at any inactive moment during a match. His major strengths as a batsman were the sweep and the cut. Wicket keeper
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Alan knott
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was a first-class bowler from his teens, and he took his 100th Test wicket and 1,000th first-class wicket in 1971, aged only 25. Only George Lohmann and Wilfred Rhodes had secured a thousand wickets at an earlier age . Spinner
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Derek underwood
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Born in Frizinghall,Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was known as an elegant off-spin bowler. He consistently performed well against Australian cricket teams, and formed a successful partnership with Tony Lock, a left-arm orthodox spinner. He was also part of the Surrey side that dominated the county championship with seven consecutive titles from 1952 to 1958. He was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1952.
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Jim laker
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played for Yorkshire and England before and after the Second World War as an opening batsman. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years (and remains an England Test record). In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the 20th Century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy England won the Ashes the following year for the first time in 19 years. Following the war, he was the mainstay of England's batting, and the team depended greatly on his success.
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Len hutton
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English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Master", he is regarded by critics as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century-maker in first-class cricket, with 61,760 runs and 199 centuries.[
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Jack hobbs
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English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England. Primarily a middle-order batsman, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack described him in his obituary as one of the four best batsmen in the history of cricket. He was considered to be the best English batsman of the 1930s by commentators and those with whom he played; they also said that he was one of the best slip fielders ever.
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Wally hammond
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was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with a century against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record.
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Colin cowdrey
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Us defence secretary
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Ashton carter
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Yemeni Rebels check
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Shia houthi
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Shadow justice secretary
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Lord falconer
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Outsourcing company runs prisons
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Serco
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Bgt dancing dog and person
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Jules odwyer, Matisse. Real dog chase
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UKs Europe minister
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James lidlington
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Three women to win all possible grand slam titles
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Court, Navratilova, Doris hart
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Joe Biden son died
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Beau
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Tony nomination for Broadway performance as elephant man
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Bradley cooper
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U.S. Decathlete 1976 sex change
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Bruce caitlyn jenner
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Famous person married to Matthew robertson
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Davina McCall
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Photographer Lennon yoko rolling stone |
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Played cj in west wing?&&&&&&&&&&&
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Alison janney
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Year of last referendum to remain in Europe
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1975
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New 50 shades novel title
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Grey
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Astronomer royal
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Lord rees
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Invented term dinosaur
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Richard Owen
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South China Sea islands claimed by Philippines Vietnam Malaysia Brunei and China
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Spratly
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U.S. Base in Philippines
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Subic bay
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Italy's most prestigious university
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LA sapienza rome
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Republican senate majority leader
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Mitch McConnell
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President of Yemen
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Abed rabbo mansour hadi
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Director Australia 2008
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Baz luhrmann
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Male protagonist Australia
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Hugh jackman
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Ethan Hawke and Julie delpy walking around Vienna 1995 film
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Before sunrise
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Flaming lips front man
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Wayne coyne
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Had album the soft bulletin
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Flaming lips
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Female artist grids lines Tate modern exhibition
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Agnes Martin
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modern name for the site of ancient Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey (historically Anatolia).
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Hissarlik
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First society to mint coins
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Lydians?
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was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia,[1] one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times.
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Sardis
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abbreviated as CE, is an alternative naming of the calendar era, Anno Domini ("in the year of the/our Lord", abbreviated AD).
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Common era
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Pope introduced Gregorian calendar
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Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110-180 km (68-112 mi) west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses 6,641 km2 (2,564 sq mi)[1] of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. The Icefields Parkway extends from Lake Louise, connecting to Jasper National Park in the north. Provincial forests and Yoho National Park are neighbours to the west, while Kootenay National Park is located to the south and Kananaskis Country to the southeast.
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Banff
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Irish national anthem
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Amhran na bhfiann the soldiers song
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National theatre of Ireland
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Abbey
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Canadian CGI-animated musical TV series that premiered in 2004 and was created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children,
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Backyardigans
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Worlds first duty free airport
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Shannon
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Caesar assassination year
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44bc
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First former First Lady elected to federal office
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Hillary Clinton
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arranged for the first Christmas nativity scene
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Francis of Assisi
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Anne frank born in what city
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Frankfurt
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son of Ramesses I and Queen Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II.
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Seti i
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short book out the political philosophy of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. It was "intended to be required reading for all Libyans."
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Green book
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FIFA film
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United passions
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Plays blatter in United passions
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Tim roth
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Company owns Alton Thorpe chessington
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Merlin adventures
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Arabic name for isis
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Daesh
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Us Secretary of State gulf war
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James baker
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Akp party means
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Justice and development
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Politician wrote four streets trilogy
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Nadine dorries
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Iraqi president
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Haider al abadi
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Operation to rescue Mediterranean refugees
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Triton
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He's gone from cult star of Parks and Recreation to the fastest-rising standup on America's comedy circuit, confronting racism, *********s and love in the 21st century - the subject of his new book Modern Romance
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Aziz ansari
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Ada colau mayor of where
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Barcelona
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long jump world record from 1968 which lasted almost 23 years.
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Bob beamon
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formerly known as the Olympic Velodrome
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Lee valley velopark
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Mo farah coach drugs
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Alberto salazar
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With 800,000 followers on Instagram, 1m Facebook likes and a major modelling contract, the world's first UK size 26 supermodel is putting a rocket under the fashion industry
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Tess Holliday
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In 2011, she married musician Jamie Hince in a star-studded ceremony in a rural Cotswolds village, with former partner Jefferson Hack - the father of her daughter Lila - among the guests.
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Kate moss
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How many loaves and fishes did Jesus feed 5000 with
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5,2
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Scottish football club in Coatbridge |
Albion rovers |
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Norland college associated with what profession |
Nanny |
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First pfa player of the year
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Norman hunter
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Title given to president of a yacht club
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Commodore
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Lowest number of minutes for England
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Martin Kelly
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Flower known as fair maid of february
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Snowdrop
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Grenoli
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Gunnar gren, Gunnar nordahl, nils liedholm
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Who might wear Geneva bands?
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Cleric
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Highest English football ground
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Hawthorns
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Wrote elsa the lion stories
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Joy adamson
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12 year old Bolivian player
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Mauricio baldivieso
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Singer married john dankworth in 1958
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Cleo Laine
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government set up in 1861 by seven slave states (i.e. states which permitted slavery) of the Lower South that had declared their secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln.
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Confederacy
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Scott's ship on first Antarctic expedition???
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Terra nova
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President of the confederacy
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Jefferson Davis
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In which sport did john curry and robin cousins win Olympic gold?
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Figure skating
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Confederacy Vice President
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Alexander Stephens
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Nickname given to Oliver Cromwells cavalry
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Ironsides
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Fort Sumter in what state
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South Carolina
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Flag of St Patrick |
Red Saltire white background |
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The autumn 1862 Confederate campaign into Maryland (a Union state) ended with Confederate retreat at the
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Battle of Antietam
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District of Paris famous for porcelain
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Sevres
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Confederacy ironclad ship
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Css Virginia
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Year vat uk
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1973
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Water regulator in UK
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Ofwat
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Tequila from which plant
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Agave
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First Briton in space
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Helen Sharman
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Compass housing on a ship
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Binnacle
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Lombard street London what profession
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Banking
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Designed the food processor in 1947?
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Ken wood
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Promotion to queens counsel known as
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Taking silk
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Where would one find a greave and a beaver?
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Suit of armour
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Noggin the nogs evil uncle
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Nogbad the bad
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Created fungus the bogeyman
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Raymond Briggs
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NAutucal four letter term change course into the wind
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Luff
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Glands produce tears
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Lacrymal
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Called thatcher grocers daughter
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Giscard d estaing
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Pip Emma military slang for what time of day
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Afternoon
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Simon peters brothers in bible
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Andrew
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Actress played gi jane
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Demi moore
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Animals lead singer
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Eric burdon
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Spring term at Oxford university?
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Hilary
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Oloroso what drink
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Sherry
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In what sport can you get 3 or 10 second violations
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Basketball
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House of keys where
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Isle of Man
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First Monday after epiphany
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Plough Monday
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Single piece in backgammon can be taken
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Blot
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Most appearances as captain on a question of sport?
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Bill beaumont
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Duke holds title earl marshal
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Norfolk
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English prison in princetown
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Dartmoor
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How did burns describe haggis
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Great chieftain of the puddin' race
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Abel mag witch dickens novels
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Great expectations
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Played Alf garnet in til death do us part
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Warren Mitchell
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Board used to cover the verge or gable edge of a roof?
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Barge board
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Princess Margaret only son?
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Viscount Linley
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Golden wonder vegetable
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Potato
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British winner of major singles title Wimbledon before Murray
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Virginia wade
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Covered arcade in a monastery?
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Cloister
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Saddle joint where in body
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Thumb
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What colour shirts did garibaldi and followers where
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Red
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Did voices in willo the wisp
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Kenneth willimS
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Company built spitfire
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Super marine
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Timpani what instrument
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Drum
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Fast flowing shallow section of a river?
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Riffle
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On what date is new star added to U.S. flag if new state
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July 4th
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Monty Python parrot breed
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Norwegian blue
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Comedian 'diddymen'
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Ken Dodd
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Bible in hotel rooms?
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Gideon
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Small extra toe on a dogs foot
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Dewclaw
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Britains oldest recorded town?
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Colchester
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Constable born where
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East bergholt
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Name given to target in long distance archery
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Clout
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Golfer first major victory 2001 open
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David duval
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Oldest existing suspension bridge in UK spans which river
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Tweed
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Letters on British coins meaning
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Fd defender of the faith
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Where was register of births deaths and marriages until 1973
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Somerset house
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Gap in new born skull
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Fontanelle
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World championships won by Stirling moss?
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0
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Sancho panza donkey
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Dapple
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Fictional Dylan Thomas village?
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Llaregyb
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Swedish ice hotel where
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Jukkasarvi
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Food brand from Latin strength of man
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Hovis
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Those who live in the desert translates as what
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Bedouin
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Group to advance women in politics. American political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect pro-choice Democratic female candidates to office. It was founded by Ellen Malcolm in 1985.[ |
Emily's list |
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LA rinconada country
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Peru
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Abbas second no 1 single
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Mamma mia
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Scientific word for goose pimples
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Horripillation
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Children's TV set on a bus???
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Double deckers
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First female democratic minister in world, Denmark
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Nina bang
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Chris bonington famous for?
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Mountaineering
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Elizabeth I mother
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Anne Boleyn
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Kikuyu tribe of which African country?
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Kenya
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Highest number of casualties battle U.S. civil?
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Shiloh
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It in drink gin and it
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Vermouth
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First ironclad Union side U.S. civil war
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Monitor
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What did tom the pipers son steal in nursery rhyme
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Pig
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Term for people received bounty U.S. civil? were men who enlisted in the Union or Confederate army during the American Civil War only to collect a bounty and then leave. The draft of 1863 allowed individuals to pay a bounty to someone else to fight in their place rather than be drafted. |
Bounty jumpers |
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Chesapeake bay what type of dog
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Retriever
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Head of nato
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Jens stoltenberg
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Google executive chairman
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Eric Schmidt
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the founder of PayPal and director of Facebook
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Peter thiel
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recently played a judge in the second series of Broadchurch female star of goodness gracious me
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Meera syal
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Big brother host
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Emma Willis
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won tony for his breakthrough performance in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Alex sharp
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Helen Mirren won her first ever Tony award for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in , Peter Morgan's play about the queen's private meetings with prime ministers throughout her reign
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The audience
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Directed the queen
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Stephen frears
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Skylight tony winning play by
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David hare
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fronted by Gabby Logan, will feature celebrities herding sheep, ducks and geese with a canine partner
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Flockstars
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First U.S. Notes during civil war ?
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Greenbacks
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How much of £1 lottery ticket goes in prizes
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50p
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First ever naval hospital ship us civil war
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Red rover
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Part of flag nearest flagpole
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Hoist
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Sargon the great ruled which empire
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Akkadian
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Word for young hawk?
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Eyas
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Largest empire in pre Colombian Americas
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Inca
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Mark omeara golfer nationality?
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Usa
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Ramses v mummy found with what disease
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Smallpox
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Dog played lassie
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Pal
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Derbyshire village sacrificed itself to stop spread of plague?
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Eyam
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Created scenery and costumes for my fair lady and Gigi
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Cecil Beaton
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Al Capone died of what disease
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Syphilis
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Daughter of the ruling monarch of Spain
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Infanta
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Claudius wife poisoned him
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Agrippina
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What would you do with a singing hinny?
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Eat
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Sheridan le fanu book influenced Dracula?
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Carmilla
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First city to host summer Olympics twice
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Paris
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Coral reefs made of what kind of rock
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Limestone
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Green Party name before 1985
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Ecology party
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Highest tidal range in world
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Bay of fundy
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Waterproof over shoe?
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Galosh
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Large calm area of North Atlantic
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Sargasso sea
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Greek island gives its name to a variety of lettuce
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Kos
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Biggest invertebrates found on coral reefs
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Giant clam
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Played purdey in the new avengers
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Joanna Lumley
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Shallowest sea in world ?
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Azov
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Dr Edward Bach associated with ?
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Flower remedies
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Persian Royal Road connected which two countries
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Iran Turkey
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Hero accompanied by dale Arden and professor zarkov
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Flash gordon
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Route around Europe taken by rich 17-19c Europeans
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Grand tour
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What is whiffing?
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Fishing
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Wrote 'a tour through the whole island of great britain'
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Daniel Defoe
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Transport minister
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Lord ahmad
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Spice islands part of what modern day country
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Indonesia
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Araucaria crossword guy name
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John graham
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What is a barouche
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Horse drawn carriage
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Turkish coalition party
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Hdp
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Measurement of the original gauge of brunel's gwr
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Broad
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Kurdish majority city in south east Turkey
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Diyarbakir
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Wrote this changes everything
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Naomi Klein
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ran its entire country on renewable energy for 75 days this year by harnessing geothermal and hydroelectric power
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Costa Rica
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GCHQ is where
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Cheltenham
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is the week's bestselling album, debuting at No 1 on the Official Albums Chart. By who
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Florence and the machine
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Had albums lungs and ceremonials
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Florence and the machine
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second week at No 1 with Want to Want Me
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Jason derulo
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Digital technology developed to help human rights activists document and store photographs and films that can be shown in court
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Eye witness to atrocities
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the agency set up to coordinate operational response at Europe's borders
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Frontex
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Lightning seeds lead singer
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Ian broudie
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Having formerly split with rapper Big Sean, the pop star was linked by some publications to One Direction's Niall Horan - a story she felt took precedent over her own talents and successes as an artist.
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Ariana grande
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Scarlett Johansson's ex-KGB superhero has proven one of the most popular figures in the Disney-owned studio's "cinematic universe" thanks to appearances in the Iron Man, Captain America and Avengers films.
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Black widow
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Wonder Woman will be played by
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Gal gadot
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Bernal and Diego Luna came together with a drunken intensity that ignited a debate about sexuality in Mexico and brought the world's cinematic attention to the Latin American country.
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Y tu mama tambien
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legendary photographic agency co-founded by Robert Capa,founded in 1947, by Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David Seymour, has had its own dramatic history.
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Magnum
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work to solve the structure of myoglobin, a handy oxygen store found in muscle cells, was in fact a more impressive scientific feat that figuring out DNA (no mean achievement in itself). But the end product lacked pizzaz. It was no looker, to be sure. You can see for yourself in London's Science Museum where the original atomic model painstakingly constructed by
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John kendrew
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who wrote the acclaimed Channel 4 series Top Boy, has been asked to bring the drama and passion behind the photographic co-operative to the small screen as it approaches its 70th anniversary
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Ronan Bennett
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formed the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo to search for the grandson she'd never known.
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Estela carlotto
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upcoming Star Wars film
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The force awakens
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Plays c3po
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Anthony Daniels
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Pegida, which stands for
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Patriotic Europeans against the islamification of the occident
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Iceland pm
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Sigmundur gunnlaugsson
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Three Icelandic banks collapsed
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Glitnir, landsbanki, kaupthing
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brother of Paris, who recently locked himself in the loo to smoke marijuana and then went round screaming "I will ****ing own anyone on this flight, they are ****ing peasants."
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Conrad
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Sang you're my world
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Cilla black
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What is a sassenach to a scot
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Englishman
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Played frank butcher in eastenders
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Mike Reid
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Founded penguin
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Allen lane
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Resistance movement in Yugoslavia ww2
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Chetniks
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In what sport would you wear salopettes
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Skiing
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Lore lei sat on banks of what river
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Rhine
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