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Оглавление1 Which Austrian Empress was assassinated by anarchist Luigi Lucheni in 1898?
2 Released in 1988, what was U2’s first UK number one single?
3 Toblerone chocolate’s shape is said to be inspired by which mountain?
4 Which 1945 J.B. Priestley play is set in the Birling family home?
5 Donald Shepherd introduced which relocatable buildings in 1961?
6 Located in Northumberland, what is England’s largest forest?
7 Hired in 1886, Mrs P.F.E. Albee of Winchester, New Hampshire, was the first ever what?
8 Which Austrian physicist wrote the popular science book What is Life? (1944)?
9 Plitvice Lakes National Park is the largest in which country?
10 What is the name of the community college in the US TV comedy Community?
11 Which ancient Greek historian called Egypt the “gift of the Nile”?
12 Which R&B singer featured on the rapper Nelly’s 2002 no.1 Dilemma?
13 Named from the Sanskrit for ‘divine town script’, which alphabet is used for Hindi?
14 In 1733, who succeeded Daniel Bernoulli to the chair of mathematics at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences?
15 Which black raspberry liqueur is named after the largest château in the Loire Valley?
16 Which city on the river Pegnitz is home to Germany’s largest museum of cultural history?
17 Which traditional Japanese string instrument is the only one played with a bow?
18 Pencak Silat is a general term for martial arts created in which country?
19 Juha Kankkunen was a four-time world champion in which event?
20 Name the ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums –
