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   1. Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot in 1954?Samuel Beckett

2. 2. In the Muslim religion what name is given to an invisible spirit that appears in either human or 'animal form?Djinn

3. 3. Which US city is known as the 'Crescent City'?New Orleans

4. 4. Charles Bingley was a character in what classic novel?Pride and Prejudice

5. 5. In which year was John Lennon killed?1980

6. 6. Which British politician became the tenth Secretary General of NATO in 1999?George Robertson

7. 7. What colour is the mineral malachite?Green

8. 8. Pok ta Pok started in Mexico what modern sport is it?Basketball

9. 9. What is the better known name of the creature called a 'scarab'?Dung Beetle

10. 10. Who composed Appalachian Spring?Aaron Copland

11. 11. Valparaiso is a city and port in which South American country?Chile

12. 12. On which London thoroughfare is the Cenotaph situated?Whitehall

13. 13. What is the title name of the Usher to the House of Lords?Black Rod

14. 14. What is the county town of East Sussex?Lewes

15. 15. Who played the pawnbroker in the film of that name?Rod Steiger

16. 16. If you were studying Iatrology what would you be studying?Science of Medicine

17. 17. How did the Greek dramatist Aeschylus die?An Eagle accidentally dropped a tortoise on his head

18. 18. Which group recorded the albums 'Gaze' and 'Painting It Red' and 'Blue is the colour'?Beautiful South

19. 19. Where would you find the line of Mars & Girdle of Venus?On the Palm (lines in Palmistry)

20. 20. What does the letter `E' stand for in the acronym CITES, concerning animals, fauna and flora?Endangered