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What name is given to an optical illusion such as of an oasis in a desert?
Mirage
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What word describes the hole that restricts the amount of light allowed to pass through a camera lens?
Aperture
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Which capital city was once known as Byzantium?
Istanbul
Via "Constantinople "
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What are categorised as the biological class 'aves?'
Birds
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What were postmen more commonly known as in Victorian England?
Robins
Because of their red uniforms
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Which title of nobility is derived from the Latin word for leader?
Duke
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What is the American equivalent of the annual celebration known as Erntedankfest in Germany?
Thanksgiving
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What is the British name for what Australians call roo-bars?
Bull bars (not bumpers)
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What does a cartographer draw?
Maps
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What name is given to the dark areas on the surface of the sun?
Sunspots