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Оглавление1 The oldest of the group, which Impressionist painted The Avenue, Sydenham (1871) and Bath Road, Chiswick (1897)?
2 Founded by Lei Jun, which low-cost smartphone maker is named after the Chinese word for millet?
3 The French singer and actor Claude Moine (b.1942) is known by what stage name?
4 My Brilliant Friend (2011) is the first of four “Neapolitan Novels” by which Italian author?
5 Who wrote On Floating Bodies, the first known work on hydrostatics?
6 The triangular Nishan Sahib flag marks which places of worship?
7 Who opened his first restaurant, The Soup Kitchen, with Ivan Storey, in 1953?
8 Who dedicated the Simple Symphony (1934) to his childhood viola teacher Audrey Alston?
9 P.T. Barnum paid $10,000 to the Royal Zoological Society for which elephant?
10 Which musical features the songs When I Grow Up, Naughty and Revolting Children?
11 What is the simplest, lightest and most common chemical element?
12 On July 28, 1945, William F. Smith Jr. crashed his B-25 Mitchell bomber where?
13 Painter’s colic is intense intestinal pain caused by which metal poisoning?
14 Legend has it that which drink was named in honour of the priest Marco d’Aviano’s order?
15 The Olympic Australis is the largest example of which gemstone ever found?
16 “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die” is a quote from which film?
17 The first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, who took the 1927 photo Nautilus?
18 Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge was the first permanent commercial site for which activity?
19 Which Australian was the first woman swimmer to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games?
20 Who designed the chapel in the picture?
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