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Title text: Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London |
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Here are the answers:
1. All of them.
2. 4, 6, 8, 12, or 20 in Euclidean 3-space
3. Some puddle somewhere.
4. Jaws (this one is bad because it is obvious, not difficult).
5. Countless planetesimals formed the current slate of 8 planets.
6. This question is poorly defined.
7. The last airplane to ever be built is not yet built.
8. This is an open question in math.
9. Not counting the capital Canberra, Australia doesn't have a capital.
10. Many different people have played the drums through the ages.
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