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1, —What was the subject of Homer's "Iliad"? 5. —A bird from the "Arabian Nights"? 8. —ln "A Midsummer Night's Dream", who squeezes the love potion on Titania's eye-lids? 9. —Of which of the United States is Juneau the capital? 10. —Which British parliamentarian secured the abolition of the slave trade? 12. —What country is ruled by King Baudouin? 13. —What is the most malleable of all metals? 14. —Which British queen led a rebellion against the Romans in the first century? 18. —What flower is associated mainly with Holland?

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20. —From which musical does the song "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" come? 21. —Who was the Muse of Comedy? 22. —Who directed the films "Odd Man Out" and "The Third Man"?

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1. —What system of estimating heaviness is used in dealings with the precious metals? 2. —Who wrote the play "The Emperor Jones"? 3. —What group of nine volcanic islands in the Atlantic belong to Portugal? 4. —What mollusc found off California yields a table delicacy and richly-coloured mother-of-pearl?

6. —What is the term for the bones enclosing the brain? 7. —Who composed the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"? 11. —What would be the rank of the officer in command if a ship was flying a flag bear ing the red cross of St.

George on a white ground? 12. —Which English poet wrote the sonnet "If I should die"? 15. —Who captained the "Golden Hind"? 16. —What is the musical term for the simultaneous and har monious union of sounds of a different pitch? 17. —What was the family name of the father and son who were the second and sixth Presidents of the United States? 19. —What State of the USA was settled by the Mormons?