Starting in 1377, The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought between the Lancasters & the Tudors. Involving assassinations, battles and influence from France, the wars lasted generations, with both the factions trying to control the British throne.
Which popular series did the Wars inspire?
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Which anti Soviet warrior is being lauded here for his efforts for building roads in Sudan in The Independent from 1993?
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The term coined in 1944, combines the Greek word for “race, people” with the Latin word for “act of killing”. While it was first used to describe the Nazi occupation of Poland, but was later used to describe similar events in Armenia, Rwanda and many more.
Which term am I talking about?
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The origin of this region goes back 4,000 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It has served as a small capital for the ancient Egyptian empire, sieged by Alexander the Great and involved in the Crusades. It has changed hands multiple times from Persians, Ottomans to the British after World War I.
In its current state, it has been reduced to a size of just 365 km2, blockaded on all sides & called the world’s largest open-air prison.
Which region am I talking about?
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In 1992, Jenny Joseph modeled in a photoshoot. This went on to become the basis of a work which all of us have seen multiple times.
Which ‘work’ did the photoshoot inspire?
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Id the brand behind the ad.
Show AnswerVespa. Here's the full print
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X is one of the most famous international players in his sport. He participated in the World Cup in 1994, where he led his team to the Finals, only for him to end the match with his team losing by 10 points.
After another failed attempt in 2002, where his team again lost in the Finals (against Egypt), he retired.
He came out of retirement, at the age of 38, to play in the 2014 edition, alongside some of the children of his former 1994 teammates, and led them to victory, after which he retired again.
Id X.
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X is thought to have originated independently in different countries around the world, however the earliest records have been found in China. German educator Friedrich Froebel, inventor of the kindergarten, was an avid advocate of X and its educational benefits and related it to Life, Truth & Beauty. In fact the art form that we know X by today, derives a lot from German ideas, which standardized it & gave it its iconic rules like ‘no cutting’.
Identify X.
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X was devised in 1569 and has become a standard in its field. However, it has been criticized for taking away a certain power from the colonies. Since then there have been others which have tried and solve this, but each one comes its own problems. In fact, having a perfect solution is impossible, with the experts in the field calling it an Orange Peel Problem.
What am I talking about?
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While the origins of the dish are very hard to pin point, one of them goes as follows:
On a typical dark, wet Glasgow night, a bus driver coming off shift came in and ordered _____. He sent it back to the waiter saying it’s dry. At the time, the cook had an ulcer and was enjoying a plate of tomato soup. So he said why not put some tomato soup. They sent it back to the table and the bus driver absolutely loved it. He and his friends came back again and again and the dish was put on the menu.
Which dish am I talking about?
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Connect the image below to a brand.
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The following gentlemen have been narrators on a children’s television series. Name the series.
Show AnswerThomas & Friends
The celebrities are Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin & Pierce Brosnan
See the complete list of narrators
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The number __ is especially significant to fans of science fiction and have tried to speculate the meaning behind it for years. In 1993 the author came clean and said –
The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought ‘__ will do’ I typed it out. End of story.
Which number am I talking about? And what’s the funda behind it?
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Connect the 10 countries highlighted below to an international event.
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Unlike today’s kid-friendly carnivals, the ones from late 19th century in the US tried to woo adults. One of the ways of doing this was by giving out X as a prize.
This is thought to be the origin of a certain phrase (containing the word X). What am I talking about?
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Robert Nivelle, one of the French Generals at the Battle of Verdun famously told his troops – “They shall __ __”, urging his troops not to let the enemy through.
A soldier, fighting in the Battle of the Somme, used this years later as something one of his characters says before his ‘death’.
Id the soldier & the quotation.
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A letter from whom to whom?
Show AnswerFrom Gandhi to Hitler. Here's the letter in full print
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The name of which drink originates from the 17th century European term for a colour. The term also lends itself to the name of an order of The Catholic Church and a species of monkeys.
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This chemical was first synthesized in India in 1951 as an anti malarial medication. From there it went to the Western markets where it was sold for some of its other properties. The most famous instance of this was in the States, where the drug’s name X was a portmanteau, signifying the effect which it had on its consumers. At one point in time, the distributor of the drug was quoted as “X accounted for less than 2% of our sales, but created 98% of our headaches.”
It was also featured in a movie showing a lot of drug abuse.
Name the drug.
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If the Great Wall was built to keep the Mongols out, what was the Great Fence supposed to keep out?
Show AnswerDingos
It's a 5,614 kilometer fence built in Australia to keep wild dingo away from sheep & civilization.
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