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Оглавление1 Which TV title character has a lazy manservant named Jud (played by Phil Davis)?
2 Maris Peer, Estima, Charlotte and Marfona are common varieties of what?
3 Catch a Fire (1973) was which band’s first album on Island Records?
4 Amethyst and citrine are varieties of which mineral?
5 Which English actor wrote the verse play East (1975) and the one-man show Shakespeare’s Villains (1998)?
6 Using Ukrainian folk melodies, which composer’s Symphony no. 2 is nicknamed the Little Russian?
7 The German painter Franz Marc was killed at which 1916 battle?
8 The Martin-Schultz scale is used to establish the colour of what?
9 Which appetisers are the Basque equivalent of Spanish tapas?
10 Which comic book detectives are known in French as Dupont et Dupond?
11 Held in Park City, Utah, what is the largest independent cinema festival in the US?
12 Which scientist published her classic Treatise on Radioactivity in 1910?
13 Which US President first proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), aka “Star Wars”?
14 The piano virtuoso Claudio Arrau (1903–91) was born in which country?
15 Which “Glamour Cat” sings the ballad Memory in the musical Cats?
16 In 1917, who wrote The Times obituary for Ian Fleming’s MP father Valentine?
17 Which Andy Warhol artwork repeats an image from the 1960 film Flaming Star three times?
18 Ring announcer Michael Buffer famously uses which trademarked phrase?
19 In 1934, what became the only horse to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year?
20 Which bridge over the River Tarn is pictured?
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