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Оглавление1 Which King of England died from eating too many lampreys at a banquet in France?
2 Which Native American language was used as a code in WWII?
3 In May 1497, who sailed across the Atlantic from Bristol in the Matthew and landed in Newfoundland?
4 Which country was invaded by US troops in December 1989?
5 What was the name of the spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin travelled in when he became the first man in space?
6 Who was the first Soviet statesman to hold the posts of general secretary and president simultaneously?
7 In which war was the Battle of Ebro River?
8 Which major figure of Russian history was born in Ulyanovsk on the Volga?
9 In WWI which countries made up the Triple Entente?
10 Who opened the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894?
11 Where did Martin Luther nail The 95 Theses to a church door?
12 In which city was Checkpoint Charlie?
13 What was the name of the judge who presided over the 17th-century Bloody Assizes?
14 Which US president won a Nobel Prize in 1906?
15 At which battle in 1513 was James IV of Scotland killed?
16 What was the title formerly carried by princes and archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, who appointed the emperor?
17 Garibaldi’s followers wore what colour shirts?
18 In which year was VAT introduced in Britain?
19 Whose inaugural Presidential address stated: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”?
20 In which century was religious reformer John Calvin born?
