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Which boxer became known as The Punchin Preacher after a ten year absence from the sport during which time he became a church minister?

Which plant is also known as the Burning Bush?

Whose law is summarised as bad money drives out good?

Which hindu deity has the head of an elephant?

Who was the first person to be confined in the Bastille?