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According to a survey taken in 2016, which fruit sold most in the UK that year? Grapes or Strawberries?

Grapes

 

Complete the following list of the 5Ws, a series of questions commonly used in information gathering: Who, What, When, Where, ?

Why

 

Opened in 1937, which bridge held the title 'longest suspension bridge in the world' until 1964?

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco 

 

As of September 2017, in which country would you now find the world's longest suspension bridge?

Japan

 

What colour is the rabbit that Alice follows down the rabbit hole in the opening chapter of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

White

 

Which Hollywood actor plays Botanist Mark Watney in Rudley Scott's 2015 film The Martian?

Matt Damon

 

Which 'G' is a hot spring which can shoot warm water into the air?

Geyser

 

Which country won Gold in the women's Volleyball competition at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games?

Brazil

 

The novel 'The Sellout' earned which American author the 2016 Man Booker Prize? a) Paul Beatty b) Madeleine Thien c) Zadie Smith

a) Paul Beatty

 

From which European country did the United States acquire the Louisiana territory in 1803?

France