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- Who was the first jockey to be knighted? - Sir Gordon Richards. Also
known as 'The shortest knight of the year!'
- Which was the first university in England? - Oxford - founded
around 1167
- In TV's Hart to Hart, which actors played the Hart's? - Stephanie
Powers and Robert Wagner
- What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent? -
Brogue
- In the TV series 'Rawhide', what was Clint Eastwood's character
called? - Rowdy Yates
- Who first demonstrated TV in public? - John Logie Baird
- Which British car was to be mass produced? - The Austin Seven
- What is the highest waterfall in the world? - Angel Falls in
Venezuela, South America.
- Which of the 5 'Great Lakes' is situated entirely in the USA? - Lake
Michigan. The other four cross the Canadian and USA border.
- Which is the largest in area - The Sahara Desert or Australia? - The
Sahara Desert (5,000 across)
- Can you name the tallest grass which can grow to around 25m? -
Bamboo
- What is the world's largest cat? - The Siberian Tiger (growing to
around 3.2m from nose to tail)
- What is the world's fastest animal? - The Peregrine Falcon which can
reach speeds of 200km/h when in pursuit of it's prey.
- Which is the largest rodent in the world? - The Capybara. Adult
capybaras may be as long as 130 centimetres (more than four feet) and 50
centimetres (1.6 feet) tall, and weigh more than 100 pounds.
- How long is the gestation period for an elephant. Is it a. 660 days
b. 500 days or c. 450 days? - a. 660 days.
- Which is the world's largest mammal? - The Blue Whale which can grow
to 33.5 m long.
- Can some parrots and budgerigars talk? - No. But they can mimic
human speech (which is not the same as talking)
- What is the world's biggest fish? - The whale shark. (Living on
plankton it can grow to 18m in length)
- Where would you find 'Timbuktu? - In the African country of Mali.
- The 'Battle of Waterloo' was fought in which country? - Belgium
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