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9361
What is a 'Slap Shot'?
A. A foul in Field Hockey
B. A high-power shot in Ice Hockey using a large backswing
C. Slapping an opponent
D. A gentle pass
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The slap shot is the hardest and fastest shot in Ice Hockey.
9362
What is a 'Screen'?
A. A TV in the arena
B. Blocking the goaltender's view of the puck
C. Checking a player
D. A protective net
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Screening involves a player standing in front of the goalie to obscure their vision of the shooter.
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What is a 'Pair'?
A. Two runs
B. A partnership of two batsmen
C. Getting out for zero (duck) in both innings of a Test match
D. Two wickets in an over
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A batsman gets a 'Pair' when they are dismissed for a duck (zero runs) in both innings of a two-innings match (like a Test).
9364
What is the 'Ashes'?
A. The World Cup trophy
B. A Test cricket series played between England and Australia
C. The stumps after being burnt
D. A T20 league
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The Ashes is the historic Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.
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What is the 'Follow-on'?
A. Chasing a target
B. The team batting second being forced to bat again immediately after their first innings
C. Fielding close to the batsman
D. Following the bowler's run-up
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In Test cricket, if the team batting second trails by a significant margin (usually 200 runs), the captain of the first team can enforce the follow-on, making them bat again immediately.
9366
What is the term for a batsman who is sent in early to protect better batsmen from the new ball?
A. Opener
B. Pinch Hitter
C. Nightwatchman
D. Tailender
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A nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman sent in near the end of a day's play in Test cricket to protect recognized batsmen from getting out before the close of play.
9367
Who wrote 'Great Expectations'?
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Charles Dickens
C. William Makepeace Thackeray
D. George Orwell
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Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
9368
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet'?
A. Charles Dickens
B. William Shakespeare
C. Jane Austen
D. Mark Twain
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William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, known for his plays, sonnets, and poems.
9369
Who is the primary figure associated with Utilitarianism, the idea of the 'greatest happiness for the greatest number'?
A. John Stuart Mill
B. Karl Marx
C. G.W.F. Hegel
D. Martin Heidegger
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Expanding on Jeremy Bentham's work, Mill refined Utilitarianism to include the quality of pleasures, not just the quantity.
9370
Who is traditionally the author of the Gospels of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles?
A. Matthew
B. Mark
C. Luke
D. John
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Luke the Evangelist was a physician and companion of Paul; his writings constitute a significant portion of the New Testament.
