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Оглавление1 In 1922, who enlisted in the ranks of the RAF under the name John Hume Ross?
2 Novelist Peter Carey described which art critic as “Australia’s Dante”?
3 Which Prime Minister died in 1827 after 119 days in office?
4 Which TV cops often infuriated their boss Captain Harold Dobey?
5 What was found by the Canadian merchant ship Dei Gratia on December 4, 1872?
6 Clive Sinclair launched which electric vehicle in 1985?
7 Which bodybuilder won his first Mr. Olympia title in 1970?
8 Which “Coma Scale” is named after a British city?
9 Which scientists published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids in April 1953?
10 In a 1950 Disney film, Lady Tremaine is which girl’s stepmother?
11 Hans Werner Henze’s 1968 oratorio The Raft of the Medusa is a requiem for which revolutionary?
12 Designed by Zaha Hadid, the MAXXI modern art gallery is in which capital city?
13 Whose weapons of torture include a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and the “comfy chair”?
14 Which British singer had a 2014 no.1 with Money on My Mind?
15 Dieter Schwarz bought the rights to which supermarket name from a retired schoolteacher?
16 Which moon of Jupiter has the smoothest surface of any known solid body in the Solar System?
17 Which artist supposedly said: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”?
18 Godfrey Rampling, late father of the actress Charlotte, won Olympic gold in which sport?
19 Whose completed Test career batting average of 60.73 is the highest by any English cricketer?
20 Which famous dog is pictured?
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