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Today’s questions are a mixed bag and are not date-related. There is a bit of an alphabetical theme going on, though..
One
New York International Airport, which opened in 1948, was also commonly known by what other name?
Two
Supported by a walking stick, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr led the assault on which D-Day beach?
Three
What two word term is commonly used in the west to refer to the mythical humanoid creature which is said to inhabit parts of the Himalayas?
Four
What flower with an eight-letter common name is the official flower of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, being the first to bloom there after the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945?
Five
In Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox steals the spaceship Heart of Gold. What’s the name of the ship’s computer?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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