"1 Which US president vomited on the Japanese prime minister? 2 Which literary character was the modern Prometheus? 3 What global event began in 2004 as the Bushy Park time trial? 4 Which consecutive digits made up this year's most perplexing meme? 5 Which medieval coin was worth four pence? 6 What Gascon brandy is France's oldest? 7 Which wild west gunfighter was a dentist? 8 Which element was used in rat poison and pre-X-ray meals?"
"1 George HW Bush (1992). 2 Victor Frankenstein (subtitle of Mary Shelley novel). 3 Parkrun. 4 6-7. 5 Groat. 6 Armagnac. 7 Doc Holliday. 8 Barium. 9 Ancient roads that led to Rome. 10 Songwriting partnerships: Leiber and Stoller; King and Goffin; Bacharach and David; Holland-Dozier-Holland. 11 Tube lines: Metropolitan; Jubilee; Victoria; Circle. 12 Shearwater birds. 13 Queens/princess of Jordan. 14 Capitals of countries A to G: Armenia; Belarus; China; Denmark; Egypt; France; Germany. 15 Works by Freuds: Sigmund; Anna; Lucian; Esther; Bella."
George H.W. Bush vomited on the Japanese prime minister in 1992. Victor Frankenstein is identified as the modern Prometheus. Parkrun began in 2004 as the Bushy Park time trial. The consecutive digits 6-7 formed this year's most perplexing meme. A groat was a medieval coin worth four pence. Armagnac is the oldest Gascon brandy in France. Doc Holliday was a wild west gunfighter who trained as a dentist. Barium was used in rat poison and in pre-X-ray meals. The Appia, Aurelia, Cassia, Flaminia, Salaria and Tiburtina are ancient roads that led to Rome. Several named songwriting partnerships are Leiber and Stoller, King and Goffin, Bacharach and David, and Holland-Dozier-Holland.
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