Friday Challenge! - 141
1. | The first name of which science fiction hero created by Alex Raymond was retitled as 'Speed' in Australia to avoid a negative connotation of a word by which we now know him better? |
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2. | Which independent bookstore in Paris specializes in English literature and was also the first to publish Joyce's 'Ulysses' in 1922? |
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3. | What is the 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze? |
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4. | When the chef George Crum was working in Saratoga Springs, USA, a customer complained the french fries were "too thick." What did Crum do? |
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5. | The Ostend Manifesto was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase what from Spain (and implied the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused)? |
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6. | In 2001, a successful tele-surgical operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France using high-speed services and sophisticated surgical robotics. Can you guess what this 'trans-Atlantic' operation was called? |
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7. | The title of which classic 1959 French film, that details the life of troubled adolescent Antoine Doinel, refers to the expression "faire les quatre cents coups" which means "to raise hell"? |
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