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Оглавление1 Which female singer had a no. 4 hit in 1974 with Y Viva Espana?
2 What is the British equivalent of the Swiss savoury spread Cenovis?
3 Who proposed “the Easyway” of quitting smoking?
4 Which musician found fame thanks to his Reggae Reggae sauce?
5 HMV’s very first store was opened by which composer in 1921?
6 Which bone derives its name from the Latin for ‘little key’?
7 Beatrice Portinari was the muse of which Italian poet?
8 Which Dane published his theory of the orbital behaviour of electrons in 1912?
9 The dentist Alfred P. Southwick was inspired to invent which chair in 1881?
10 Located near St Petersburg, what is the largest lake in Europe?
11 Which 2011 comedy film centres on the run-up to Lillian Donovan’s wedding day?
12 The Scotsman, Thomas Sutherland, founded which banking corporation in 1865?
13 Inspired by the Sanremo Festival, Marcel Bezençon conceived which event in 1955?
14 Which protrusion is also known as the laryngeal prominence?
15 Which substance, named from the Latin for ‘cheese’, makes up about 80 per cent of the proteins in cow milk?
16 Butch McGuire’s bar in Chicago claims to have added which flavoured stirrer to the Bloody Mary cocktail?
17 Winston Churchill observed that which sport is “the best passport in the world”?
18 Which England cricketer was Muttiah Muralitharan’s record 709th Test wicket?
19 In 1985, what became the first side in European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions?
20 Who is the pictured conductor?
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