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Оглавление1 Played on film by Eric Bana, the Australian criminal Mark Read had what nickname?
2 Who links Kirk Douglas, Tony Curran, Andy Serkis and Jacques Dutronc?
3 Which Holy Roman Emperor was Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad’s eldest son?
4 Often described as the “world’s worst airline”, Air Koryo is which country’s national carrier?
5 The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) introduced which detective?
6 Béarnaise sauce becomes sauce Choron with the addition of which purée?
7 De Ira by Seneca the Younger is a philosophical treatise on which emotion?
8 Which Harold Pinter play is set at Petey and Meg Boles’ seaside boarding house?
9 Low-density lipoprotein is the so-called “bad” form of which substance?
10 Which US designer launched her knitted jersey wrap dress in 1973?
11 Philematology is the science of which physical act?
12 In a 1984 novel by John Updike, who are the Rhode Island natives, Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart and Sukie Rougemont?
13 The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed the Casa da Música in which city?
14 Which John Adams opera centres on the hijack of the Achille Lauro cruise ship?
15 Which French company developed the AGV (Automotrice à grande vitesse) train?
16 H.R. Giger created the cover for which 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album?
17 Which Italian building is adorned with 3,159 statues?
18 Aged 15, which Chelmsford-born swimmer won Olympic silver and bronze in 1984?
19 Which American race is the world’s oldest annual marathon?
20 Name the fruit –
