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Question: Q: With which branch of social science was Bronisław Malinowski associated?
Answer: A: Anthropology
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Question: Q: What measurement was originally defined as "1⁄10,000,000 of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole measured on the circumference through Paris,"in 1791 but was subsequently, and eventually, redefined using the speed of light in 1983?
Answer: A: The metre.
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Question: Q: What was Rowland Hill the first to put on the back of a postage stamp?
Answer: A: Adhesive
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Question: Q: What colour is the lightning flash on a BBC weather map predicting thunder?
Answer: A: Used to be blue, now yellow/orange
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Question: Q: Which emergency first aid procedure is known by the abbreviation CPR?
Answer: A: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Question: Q: Which basic elementary particles were named after a line in the book 'Finnegans Wake?'
Answer: A: Quarks
Notes: *: From the line 'Three Quarks for Muster Mark'
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Question: Q: Which tree measurement do foresters usually make at 1.3m above ground level?
Answer: A: Girth
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