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    October 30

    Mollusk's to them all

    Researchers at Bangor University have discovered the world's longest-lived animal ever recorded, it was an ocean quahog clam what age has it been calculated to have been?

    A. 200 years old

    B. 300 years old

    C. 400 years old






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    ANSWER: C. 400 years old

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    BANGOR UNIVERSITY Record-breaking clam

    WIKIPEDIA article(s): Ocean quahog or Arctica islandica or Icelandic cyprine
    October 26

    All the Men of Somerset

    The English County of Somerset has the motto 'Sumorsaete ealle' meaning 'All the men of Somerset': what language is 'Sumorsaete ealle'?

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    ANSWER: Anglo-Saxon

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    WIKIPEDIA article(s): Somerset motto

    October 24

    Pioneering Name

    What one name links the following: a sailing ship that accompanied explorer James Cook on his third and final major voyage; Henry Hudson's ship used in 1610–1611 to search for a Northwest Passage; a vessel used by Scott and Shackleton for Antarctic expeditions in 1901-1904; a fictional spaceship from the films '2001: A Space Odyssey' and '2010: The Year We Make Contact' and a space shuttle?

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    Discovery

     

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    Encyclopædia Britannica
    James Cook
    Henry Hudson
    Robert Falcon Scott
    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
    space shuttle

    Wikipedia
    HMS Discovery - James Cook
    Discovery - Henry Hudson
    RRS Discovery - Robert Falcon Scott - Ernest Shackleton
    Discovery - 2001: A Space Odyssey - 2010: The Year We Make Contact
    Space Shuttle Discovery

    October 23

    Chequered Flag

    The 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship concluded on Sunday 21 October 2007, what drivers finished in first, second and third places and what teams were they each driving for?

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    1. Kimi Räikkönen, Scuderia Ferrari
    2. Lewis Hamilton, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
    3. Fernando Alonso, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

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    Formula 1 Final standings 

    Wikipedia 2007 FIA World Championship Drivers