Q: "Who as at March 2009 chairs the Radio 4 programme ""The News Quiz""?"
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A: sandi toksvig

Q: In which Dickens novel do 'Bitzer', 'Sleary', and 'James Harthouse' appear?
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A: hard times

Q: Which English explorer popularised tobacco in England and ia credited with planting the first potatoes in ireland/
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A:
sir walter raleigh