1 The bofsandwich is the traditional Danish take on which staple of American fast food?
2 In 1985, Michael Harrison made the first UK call with which device?
3 The state carnivorous plant of North Carolina, Dionaea muscipula is better known by which name?
4 Who succeeded Stephen Harper as Canada’s prime minister?
5 Which actor plays the title role in the 2022 film The Batman?
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6 Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been found at a depth of 3,008m in which sea?
7 The Henry VIII Gate can be found at which hospital, the oldest in London?
8 Rangatira are the chiefs of a hapu (clan) in which culture?
9 Author of the novel Murder Most Fab, which comedian performed as The Joan Collins Fan Club?
10 Which English sci-fi author wrote the novels Trouble with Lichen (1960) and Chocky (1968)?
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11 Which Lorraine Hansberry work was the first drama by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway?
12 The Battle of the Aegates (241BC) was a decisive Roman victory in which war?
13 Which US composer wrote the Afro-American Symphony (1931)?
14 In netball, which position is signified by the letters GK?
15 Which 19th-century African-American abolitionist is pictured?
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Answers
1 Hamburger
2 Mobile phone — Harrison was the son of Vodafone’s chairman. The comedian Ernie Wise made the second call a few hours later
3 Venus flytrap
4 Justin Trudeau
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5 Robert Pattinson
6 Weddell Sea
7 St Bartholomew’s Hospital or St Barts. It features London’s only outdoor statue of the Tudor king
8 Maori culture
9 Julian Clary
10 John Wyndham
11 A Raisin in the Sun — in 1959
12 First Punic War
13 William Grant Still
14 Goal keeper
15 Frederick Douglass