Pick 'n' Choose Answers

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Pick 'n' Choose Answers

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Here are the full classified answers for my "pick n choose" quiz :P Generally, the questions were answered very well by forumites who took part ;)

N.B. My new quiz will be posted after today's episode of Countdown

Questions

1. Who came second in the medals table at the 2007 World Athletics Championships? Kenya
2. The iPhone was launched by which electronics company? Apple
3. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? India
4. Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when he was refused entry to the country in 2007? Snoop Dogg
5. In Chinese astrology, 2007 was the year of the what animal? Pig
6. Cristina Kirchner became the first elected woman president of which country? Argentina
7. Eric Cartman is a character in which cartoon series? South Park
8. Who is sixth in line to the British throne? Princess Eugenie
9. In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and France) opened? 1994
10. If something is bicephalous it has two what? Heads
11. A salpingectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body? Fallopian Tubes
12. Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20? Calcium
13. Which huge global communications brand is derived from a local word for a marten? Nokia
14. Cedi is the basic monetary unit of which African country? Ghana
15. BRN is the international vehicle registration for which country? Bahrain
16. What type of musical instrument is a goombay? Drum
17. The 2003 film Lost in Translation is set in which city? Tokyo
18. In which year was British Summertime first introduced? 1916
19. What does the B stand for in the name of former American president Lyndon B Johnson? Baines
20. Which year was the death penalty for murder abolished in Britain? 1965
21. The French slang 'capote anglaise' meaning English hood or English overcoat, refers to what? Condoms
22. What colour is Stephanie's hair in the children's TV series LazyTown? Pink
23. Who wrote Auld Lange Syne? Robert Burns
24. The Faroe Islands are an autonomous province of which country? Denmark
25. Which American celebrity claims to have a maid called Vaginica Seaman? David Gest
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Re: Pick 'n' Choose Answers

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Sorry everyone i posted it in a new thread accidentally :oops: . All the answers can also be accessed through the "Pick n Choose quiz" thread instead :)
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