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Оглавление1 Adopted in 1876, which pattern of lines marks the limit to which a ship may be loaded?
2 Which French aviator was the first person to cross the Mediterranean Sea by air?
3 Which type of sailing vessel derives its name from the Tamil for ‘tied-wood’?
4 The Dutch company Batavus manufactures which items?
5 The Bucentaur was the highly decorated galley of which city’s doges?
6 Which Scottish engineer (1757–1834) designed the Caledonian Canal?
7 Margaret Rule led the project that raised which Tudor warship in 1982?
8 The 1941 sinking of the SS Politician inspired which Compton Mackenzie novel?
9 Which British motorcycle company launched its original Thunderbird in 1949?
10 Which 1965 book set out Ralph Nader’s views on defective car design?
11 The largest in the Southern Hemisphere, TAM Airlines is based in which country?
12 The Soviet Mil V-12 is the largest example of which craft to have been built?
13 Which Irish-born explorer led his first Antarctic expedition on the ship Nimrod?
14 Founded in 1909, what was the first British aircraft manufacturing company?
15 Which Italian carmaker’s logo features a serpent eating a man?
16 Which Moroccan city is served by Ibn Battouta Airport?
17 The airline Conviasa is the flag carrier of which South American country?
18 Which Asian automaker produces the cee’d compact car?
19 Which Ontario canal becomes the world’s largest naturally frozen skating rink in winter?
20 Name the luxury SUV in the picture –
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