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Оглавление1 Which Roman governor is associated with the ancient Scottish tree, the Fortingall Yew?
2 Who was King of England during the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt?
3 The Dublin criminal Martin Cahill (1949–94) is the subject of which John Boorman film?
4 Torta Setteveli is a seven-layered Italian cake named after which dance?
5 What is the most populous city in the USA?
6 Which German dramatist wrote the play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui?
7 The Spanish coastal town of Muxia has a monument to which 2002 oil spill?
8 What is the fruit of the rose plant called?
9 Which brothers created the illuminated manuscript, the Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry?
10 The world’s tallest statue of a woman, The Motherland Calls, overlooks which Russian city?
11 The title of which song, traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations, means ‘Let us rejoice’?
12 Which Russian composer is the subject of the 2016 Julian Barnes novel The Noise of Time?
13 Who once slept in the Cupboard Under the Stairs at 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey?
14 Which Manfred Mann singer wrote the much-covered song Handbags and Gladrags?
15 What is Britain’s largest protected wetland?
16 Ronald Binge’s musical piece Sailing By is played before which radio broadcast?
17 Which Stephen Sondheim musical is set in Japan in the year 1853?
18 Which belt was named after the “Yellow Earl” Hugh Cecil Lowther (1857–1944)?
19 Phillip Island is a Grand Prix Circuit in which country?
20 Identify the Inca city site –
