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Potentially dangerous to human life on earth, what is filtered out by the Ozone Layer?

Southern Comfort is made from a base of Bourbon whiskey and flavouring from which fruit?

Which mountain was the home of the Greek Gods?

By what nickname is the well-known American singer Bruce Springsteen often referred?

One of the worst fires in American history gutted the twenty-six storey MGM Grand Hotel in 1988. In which city was the hotel situated?