Friday Challenge! - 46
1. | The music video for which song by the British group 'The Buggles' was the first to be shown on MTV, when the music channel debuted on August 1, 1981? |
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2. | What are the four operas 'Rhinegold', 'Valkyries', 'Siegfried' and 'Twilight of the Gods', all written by the German composer Richard Wagner, collectively called? |
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3. | Which Iraqi facility was crippled by Israeli aircraft in 1981 in a preventive strike, Operation Opera, to prevent the regime of Saddam Hussein from using it for the creation of nuclear weapons? |
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4. | Which biological term from the Greek for 'Virgin Creation' denotes the growth and development of an embryo or seed without fertilization by a male? |
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5. | In 1994 Bill Gates bought 'The Codex Hammer' at an auction for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive book ever. Whose writings does it contain? |
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6. | In Greek mythology, from whom did Prometheus steal fire to give it to mortals? |
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7. | As of 2007, the ten highest active volcanoes are located in which continent? |
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