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1. What colour is a polar bear's fur?
Its fur is clear and hollow (colourless). It looks white due to the refraction of light but sometimes can be green if infected by algae.
2. How many balls are used in a game of 8-ball?
There are 16 balls used. 15 numbered and coloured balls and one white cue ball. It is called 8-ball as potting the 8-ball after potting your nominated numbered balls will win you the game.
3. Which snooker game uses more balls, eight-ball or nine-ball?
8-ball uses 16 balls where-as 9-ball uses 10. In 9-ball there are just 9 numbered and coloured balls and the cue ball. The game object is to legally pott the 9-ball.
4.Upon what hill was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
It was fought on Breed's Hill, the hil lnext to Bunker Hill.
5. Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?
No-one! General Grant's wife is entombed there with him. Neither of them are buried.
6. How long did the 'Hundred Years War' between England and France last?
The war went on and off between 1337 and 1453 - about 117 years.
7. Who in the film Casablanca said "Play it again Sam"?
No-one, however Bogart did say 'You played it for her so you can play it for me', it was the song 'Time goes by'.
8. When rushing away from the ball to get home before midnight, Cinderella lost one of the slippers that her fairy-godmother gave to her.
What was the slipper made from?
It was made from fur. The story is French and 'verre' - glass,  was mistranslated  from 'varre'- fur.
9. What is the diameter of a boxing ring?
It doesn't have a diameter as it is square. Originally it was made up from a ring of blood-thirsty persons content with keeping the two combatants in the centre.
10. What coloured eyes does a blue-eyed boy have?
Can be any colour as it means your favourite. Its from German - 'mein liebshen'.
11. What or whom usually wear dog tags?
Soldiers. Dogs wear registration tags.
12. Who wrote "Music soothes the savage beast"?
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak" - William Congreve (1670-1729)(The Mourning Bride, 1.1) ."
13.What is the colour of the 'black box flight recorder' used to record flight data on jet airliners?
Its a bright colour so that it might easy be seen - red or yellow.
14. How many wise men (or magi) does the Bible say came from the east, following that star to be at the side of baby Jesus?
The Bible doesn't say, unless you wish to go by Old Testament predictions which indicate about 5.
15. That jolly chubby man in a red and white suit, called Santa Claus, where is he from?
Coca-Cola. Invented by Harold Sundblom in 1931.
16. Those steep hats that the cowboys wore were called 'Ten-gallon hats'.
How many gallons can they hold?
About three quarters. Galon is Spanish for the braid on the hat.
17. The dog days are during summer when it is very hot. Where did the dog go?
Further into the sky. It refers to the Dog star that is present during summer.
18. What long-necked water bird sings a song before it dies?
Not the swan. The swan-song refers to King Cygnus whose friend Paethon fell into the river Eridanus and Cygnus sang himself to death.
19. Who who invented the Frankfurter?
The people of Frankfort Germany.
20. On a ship, what time is it when '8-bells' are rung?
Its time to change the shift.
21. Where did the phrase 'Money is the root of all evil' come from?
A Bible misquote. Should be "The love of money is the root of all evil."
22. Where in Belgium was the 'Battle of Waterloo' fought?
At Mt St-Jean, near Waterloo.
23. In the British Isles there is an island named St Kilda.
What is the name of the saint after whom the island was named?
There is no such saint.
24 The sheet on a yacht is used for what purpose?.  
It is the name of a rope..
25. How many verticies (points) are there on a 5-five-pointed star? 
There are 10, 5 pointing inwards and 5 pointing outwards..
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