1 Which queen of England, Scotland and Ireland died of smallpox in 1694?
2 Who played Samantha in Sixteen Candles, Claire Standish in The Breakfast Club and Andie in Pretty in Pink?
3 Manumission is the act of what?
4 Which princess is the eldest child of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly?
5 Which dinosaur, with triangular bony plates on its back, derives its name from the Greek for “covering lizard”?
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6 The Singing Ringing Tree sculpture is on a hill overlooking which Lancashire town?
7 Which British company built the TR6 sports car?
8 Jengish Chokusu and Khan Tengri are the two highest peaks in which mountain range?
9 Named after an English scientist, which constant is the magnitude of electric charge per mole of electrons?
10 Which Norse sea god is the father of the deities Freyr (or Frey) and Freyja?
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11 Founder of Local Futures, which Swedish environmentalist and linguist wrote the 1991 book Ancient Futures?
12 Which US country singer had a 1977 No 5 hit with Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?
13 In which animated TV show does Katara, a waterbender, accidentally free Aang, the protagonist?
14 Which American cyclist won his third Tour de France in 1990?
15 Which Conservative politician is pictured?
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Answers
1 Mary II
2 Molly Ringwald
3 A slave-owner freeing their slaves
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4 Princess Caroline of Hanover
5 Stegosaurus
6 Burnley
7 Triumph
8 Tian Shan
9 Faraday constant — denoted by the symbol F
10 Njordr
11 Helena Norberg-Hodge
12 Crystal Gayle
13 Avatar: The Last Airbender
14 Greg LeMond
15 Sir Malcolm Rifkind