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  1. Born in Russia, fled to Russia, aged 7, then settled in Canada at 16, she now sells out the Blue Note jazz club in Tokyo. One of a new breed of jazz vocalist, who is she? (Newsweek 5/10/2009)
  2. How many chat messages take place each day between Facebook’s 300 million users? (Newsweek 12/10/2009)
  3. This year there has been no caviar from the Caspian Sea, at least no legal caviar. Beluga, the king of caviar commands prices of more than how much per kilo? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  4. Which city has overtaken Geneva as the largest centre for jewellery sales? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  5. Space travel is expensive. It has been calculated that the Mayflower’s voyage in 1620 from England to Massachusetts cost the average family about 7.5 years in wages. What would a modest space voyage set a modern day family back? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  6. Total public debt in advanced economies was 75 percent of their GDP in 2008. What is it anticipated to be in 2014? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  7. The Irish workforce has doubled in size to what figure since the late 80s? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  8. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has visited how many countries in the last three years in his ambition to position the country as a “first-class nation”? (Newsweek 19/10/2009)
  9. This year marked the anniversary of Monty Pythons Flying Circus debut on British television. How many years ago was that? (Newsweek 26/10/2009)
  10. Japanese Noh theatre has been predominantly dominated by males playing all roles. For approximately how many years has this form of traditional theatre been operating? (Newsweek 26/10/2009)

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