King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Day Five

Questions Twenty-one to Twenty-five

Something different will occur over the next few days. I will pose five questions each day for six days across various subjects, and each answer will begin with a distinct letter of the alphabet. As you likely deduced, five questions per day across six days yields thirty answers, each starting with a unique letter, leaving four unaccounted for. Consequently, four duplicates exist; in their order of appearance, they spell the name of a villainous figure from the eighth volume of a comic originally serialised in the first half of the 20th century. Although this character is not widely known, the aim is to correctly identify the second, duplicate iteration of these initial letters to reveal the name. The answers will not be given on the same day as the questions but at the end.

Twenty-one

Who was the first actor to refuse the Academy award for Best Actor?

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Twenty-two

Which great apes are the heaviest tree-dwelling animals?

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Twenty-three

Kashgar, the westernmost Chinese city, is located in which province?

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Twenty-four

Who was the first racing driver to win the world title in a car made by his own company?

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Twenty-five

In computing what is half a byte called?

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Good Luck! The answers will be posted after day six questions. More questions tomorrow.

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