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Just before the Titanic sailed from Southampton on April 10th, 1912, its operators replaced the 2nd officer, David Blair, with the more experienced Charles Lightoller. However, Blair never got around to giving up the keys to a locker that contained these.  (Maybe they would have helped see the iceberg...)

Binoculars 

100

According to WIKIPEDIA, trout fish can be caught with a normal rod and reel, but this distinctive method was developed primarily for trout, and now extended to other species 

Fly-fishing

100

This Actress, known for her award-winning lead role in The Blind Side, once called Austin, Texas home.

Sandra Bullock

100

Zombie, Dreams, Linger, Ode to My Family

The Cranberries

100

GWYNEDD & CLWYD ARE THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES IN THIS COUNTRY, PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

WALES

200

Alexander Fleming, a Scottish microbiologist mistakenly discovered this in 1928.  A messy lab space and some timely observations results in millions of lives saved in the decades since from fatal bacterial infections - and it happened by accident.

Penicillin

200

According to WIKIPEDIA, Tipperary Crystal is an Irish crystal design & manufacturing company founded in 1987 by a former craftsmen of this other Irish company known for their chandeliers and the famous New Year's Eve Ball that is dropped each year in New York City's Times Square.

Waterford Crystal

200

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm ....78?" This Celeb turns 78 today.

 Paul McCartney

200

Think, Freeway of Love, R.E.S.P.E.CT

Aretha Franklin

200

Beating out Bangkok, Thailand, London, Macau and Singapore, this city tops CNN's most visited destination list for 2019.

Hong Kong

300

January 30 1972, has become known as this, after  a civil rights march for Catholic equal rights in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland took a turn for the horrid when British soldiers opened fire on the crowd of protesters and bystanders killing 14.

Bloody Sunday

300

According to WIKIPEDIA, this country boasts some of the world's most famous inventions – they created Velcro, cellophane, absinthe, the potato peeler, Helvetica font, LSD, edible chocolate gold, milk chocolate... and a military knife

Switzerland

300

Born Paul David Hewson, this singer-songwriter is also a leading world philanthropist and activist for social justice causes 

BONO

300

Shallow, Rain on Me, Stupid Love, Born This Way

Lady Gaga

300

In a similar way to how a rose is used for England, a thistle for Scotland and a daffodil for Wales, this has been used as a symbol of Ireland since the 18th century.

A Shamrock

400

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson and was popularized in this song by Don McClean

American Pie

400

According to WIKIPEDIA, this term refers to an in infection that is constantly maintained within a population at a baseline level in a geographic area without external inputs - opposite of Epidemic.

Endemic

400

The childhood home of this NFL quarterback is currently on the market for $1.89 million. Before rising to football stardom, this star called austin Austin home in the late ’80s and early ’90s. He starred in football at Westlake High School and then at Purdue University.

Drew Brees

400

Gimme Shelter, Miss You, Midnight Rambler, Satisfaction

Rolling Stones

400

This is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic with a population of 364,134 and an area of 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi), making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe

Iceland

500

Arguably the real reason behind the Red Sox ownership (Harry Frazee) selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees thus creating what became known as the Curse of the Bambino - the 86-year period from 1918 to 2004

Finance a Broadway Play

500

According to WIKIPEDIA, one of the biggest fish caught at 1376 lbs it uses its bill to stun, injure, or kill while knifing through a school of fish or other prey, then returns to eat the injured or stunned fish. It spends the majority of its life in the open sea far from land.

Atlantic Blue Marlin, or Marlin

500

Hailing from County Fingal, this 44-year-old actor had a breakout role in 2000’s Tigerland and went on to become a huge star thanks to roles in films like Minority Report, The Recruit, Daredevil, Phone Booth and Miami Vice.

Colin Farrell

500

When Doves Cry, Pink Cashmere, 1999, Little Red Corvette

Prince

500

The smallest country in the world, not just in Europe, this tiny enclave is technically a 'sovereign city-state'

Vatican City