Quiz Eight

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Who is this?
2
Who could be defined as a "menace" because of his clandestine repair work, mostly south of the equator?
Demar
3
What do these people have in common, besides the way they make a living?
4
Who painted this?
5
Which loyal soldier is often mistaken for a misogynist?
Peter
6
These three people should lead you to name a fourth.
7
The cast list included a man who had a licence, a drummer, a man who sounded like a popular eatery and science fiction character, a gangster, a sun tanned vampire, a man known for his follies and lastly a funny, young Josephine. The title sounded like there should maybe only have been a cast of six and it was a vehicle for an octogenarian former starlet. Which movie?
Apparently the question is much better than the movie.
Neil
8
Why is 3.428571428571428571428571428571 (recurring) a modern constant?
9
Who is this?
10
What was struck where for the first time on Ronald Reagan's 60th birthday?
Alan
11
An old school dictionary falls open. Across a two page spread I can find somebody who literally rakes in the money, a melting pot, an obsolete measure defined as approximately 18 obsolete measures and a churlish or miserly person. Are there a couple of popular words missing? They are on the tip of my tongue...
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Who are these men, and where do they seem to be?
13
Link Yucca brevifolia with law on the cheap and a high flying spy.
14
What do the following cities have in common: Bruges, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Birmingham and Amsterdam?
Venky
15
At the end of the conference the twenty delegates shake hands with everybody once, except Nigel, as he has his arm in a sling, and Carol who left after shaking only the hand of Bill, the guest lecturer. How many handshakes all together?
16
Which elements can occur in pure liquid form at room temperature?
3iff
17
Which river comes after this sequence of letters?
T A R D M F J O B Q C S G P H K
Hint: We've come full circle.
Mike
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Who is this?
19
What is this?
20
Which time interval is significantly briefer than it sounds. Defined as the interval between a green light and the blast of a car-horn in a particular part of space-time where time is more relative than elsewhere.

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