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Questions:

1. In which century was the backslash first introduced?
2. True or false: the Tetris effect is so powerful that people with anterograde amnesia reported dreaming of falling shapes after playing Tetris during the day, despite not being able to remember playing the game at all.
3. For at least one of these country code top-level domains, name the country to which it belongs: .cd, .fm, .mu, .tv.
4. True or false: the Channel Islands were the only part of the United Kingdom to be occupied by Germany during World War II.
5. On which island is the only the divided capital city in the world?
6. Which US state is home to the only state highway in the nation where motor vehicles are banned?
7. Seven people have been declared honorary citizens of the United States, including which British politician?
8. In association football, by what name is the method of “kicks from the penalty mark” usually known?

Answers:

1. Twentieth.
2. True.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo, the Federated States of Micronesia, Mauritius, or Tuvalu.
4. False. (While the Channel Islands were indeed the only part of the British Isles to be invaded, but they are Crown Dependencies, remnants of the Duchy of Normandy, and are not part of the United Kingdom.)
5. Cyprus. (Nicosia is divided between the internationally-recognised Republic of Cyprus and the disputed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.)
6. Michigan. (M-185, on Mackinac Island.)
7. Winston Churchill. (Churchill was one of only two to be given the honour in their lifetimes; the other was Mother Teresa.)
8. Penalty shootout.