Saturday 7th September 2024
    Difficulty: Hard

    Don't count your chickens (Quiz #659)

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    1. What is the normal hatch rate from natural incubation of chickens' eggs, according to the USA's Food and Agriculture Organization?

    2. On the night of the 1948 U.S. presidential election, which candidate did the Chicago Daily Tribune wrongly announce had won, before the polls had even closed?

    3. "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" is a phrase with a similar meaning to "Don't count your chickens...". On which opera is it based?

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