Problem: What large and complex nation contains varying geographical/ethnic/political regions called 'krais', 'oblasts', 'okrugs' and 'republics'?
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A: russia

Q: What is the process of decreasing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field, a term first used by Commander Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II while trying to counter German mines?
A: degaussing

Problem: Which relatively common affliction is known formally as 'hemicrania'?
Answer: migraine

Q: Which major settlement was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC
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A: carthage

Q: How old was Jimi Hendrix when he died in 1970?
What is the answer?

A: 27

Mei Li:
Until the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which country had the guilder as its basic currency unit??
Shuai Zheng:
netherlands