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The One Quiz - 25th-29th Jan 2010

Hairdresser Michael Douglas visited a Cumbrian pencil factory on Friday. Pencils are made from graphite. A huge graphite deposit was found in Borrowdale in the 1500's. What did the locals first use it for?

1. To mark their sheep
2. Used it as fuel
3. As a fire-retardant

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