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161. Thimpu is the capital of which country?
Bhutan.

162. Edward Jenner discovered vaccine for which disease?
Smallpox.

163. Who was the first explorer to cross the Antarctic circle?
Captain James.

164. The thorax is the anatomical term for which part of the human body?
Chest.

165. What type of weapon is a Mills Bomb?
A hand grenade.

166. Storting is the parliament of which country?
Norway.

167. What is measured by the Mohs Scale?
The hardness of minerals.

168. The ringgit is the unit of currency in which country?
Malaysia.

169. The border between which two countries was set at the 49th parallel in 1818?
USA and Canada.

170. Prior to being called The White House, by what name was the president's dwelling known?
Executive Mansion.

171. Of which country is Doha the capital?
Qatar.

172. In which country are Sierra Madre mountains?
Mexico.

173. What is another name for the upper incisor teeth of elephants?
Tusks.

174. What name is given to the region of low-pressure, calm latitudes girdling the oceans near to the equator?
Doldrums.

175. The name of which animal is an aboriginal term meaning 'no words'?
Koala.

176. Which land animal has the biggest eyes?
The horse.

177. Kathy Whitworth was the first lady to earn over $ 3,000,000 at which sport?
Golf.

178. Who was the only American president to resign the presidency?
Richard Nixon.

179. Which Noble prize was won by Albert Einstein in 1955?
Physics.

180. Paradise Valley was the former name of which US city?
Hollywood.

181. Of which African country is Lusaka the capital?
Zambia.

182. Which French chemist and microbiologist devised vaccines for anthrax and rabies?
Louis Pasteur.

183. Which Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician is best known for the poems translated by Edward Fitzgerald and others?
Omar Khayyam.

184. For what part of the body is C.N.S. an abbreviation?
Central nervous system.

185. Who invented the first helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky.

186. What are the first words of Winnie-the-Pooh after he wakes up each morning?
'What's for breakfast?'

187. What is the name of a person, plant or animal which shuns the light?
Lucifugous.

188. What, in field of optics, is biconvex?
A lens which is convex on both sides.

189. Which country was invaded in Iraq in 1980?
Iran.

190. What did Johann Galle discover in 1846?
Neptune.

191. What, in internet terminology, does SMTP stand for?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

192. How is October 24 1929 remembered?
Black Thursday.

193. The River Danube flows into which sea?
The Black Sea.

194. Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait.

195. What, in internet terminology, does FTP stand for?
File Transfer Protocol.

196. Who wrote Black Beauty?
Anna Sewell.

197. What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw.

198. Ice-cream was first produced in which country in the 17th century?

Italy.

199. In medicine, what does the acronym SARS stand for?
Severe Acute Respiratory System.

200. Which popular name for Netherlands is actually a low-lying region of the country?
Holland.
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