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| | From:  Judyc3 (Original Message) | Sent: 9/29/2007 12:02 AM |
- James Earl Ray was arrested at Heathrow airport in 1968 and subsequently convicted of whose assassination? Martin Luther King
- Who was the famous wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia? Lady Godiva (Leofric and Godiva were important figures in early 11th England, but Lady Godiva's naked ride on horseback through Coventry to persuade her husband to lower people's taxes is not historically reliable, and probably legend based on her conventional support of local religious causes)
- Finishing in Paris after nearly 10,000 miles, from which city did racers begin the first long distance car rally in 1907? Peking (now Beijing)
- The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country? Uruguay (close to the border with Argentina, about 100 miles north of Buenos Aires - the original Fray Bentos was apparently a priest)
- Cedi is the basic monetary unit of which African country? Ghana (Cedi = 100 pesewas)
- Henry Sewell led the first government of which country in 1856? New Zealand (he held office as premier for just two weeks)
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- What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing? Epiglotis (derived from Greek epi meaning on, and glossa meaning tongue)
- Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997? John Denver (he took his name from the capital of Colorado, his favourite state)
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