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so named because it is present in almost all tissues of eukaryotic organisms?

      9 The French liqueur St-Germain is made from which blossoms?

      10 Founded in 1946, which Swiss film festival awards the Golden Leopard?

      11 Which healing technique derives its name from the Japanese for ‘universal life energy’?

      12 Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404–53) was the last ruler of which empire?

      13 Apophis or Apep was the demon of chaos in which mythology?

      14 Matthew Holness won the Perrier Award for playing which spoof horror author?

      15 In 1792, which European country became the first to ban the slave trade?

      16 Which US artist began his Onement series of “zip” paintings in 1948?

      17 Which digital pet gets its name from the Japanese for ‘egg-watch’?

      18 Zombies, Spider Jockeys and Creepers are hostile ‘mobs’ in which video game?

      19 Which South Korean boxer died after his 1982 bout with Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini?

      20 Name the king of the Hindu gods in the picture –

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      1 Who was Chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001?

      2 Which German company was the originator and first marketer of aspirin (patented in 1899)?

      3 Named after a Belgian-born designer, what was the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500?

      4 Which Panamanian law firm’s files have been leaked as the Panama Papers?

      5 Which bank took its name from the son-in-law of co-founder John Freame?

      6 Which author bought the company Glidrose to hold the rights to his writing?

      7 Founded by Ezra Cornell, which company introduced both the stock ticker and money transfer?

      8 The Danish company Novo Nordisk manufactures which products?

      9 Which furniture company opened its first store in Älmhult in 1958?

      10 Noah Dietrich was chief aide to which US tycoon for more than 30 years?

      11 Which footwear brand was founded in 1856 as the North British Rubber Company?

      12 Which UK-based company is Europe’s biggest defence contractor?

      13 Which US investor wrote the 2000 personal finance book Rich Dad, Poor Dad?

      14 Founded at a coffee house on Tower Street in 1688, which insurance market has the motto Fidentia (Latin for ‘confidence’)?

      15 The world’s biggest home appliance maker, which Chinese company was founded in 1984 as Qingdao Refrigerator Co.?

      16 Which financial services company was founded in Berlin in 1890 by Carl von Thieme and Wilhelm von Finck?

      17 Which Reliance Industries chairman owns the Mumbai home, Antilia – the world’s most expensive private residential property?

      18 The title of the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me refers to which CEO?

      19 Which NBA team is owned by the Shark Tank TV star and businessman Mark Cuban?

      20 The pictured banknote comes from which county?

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      1 Whose first true Pop Art painting featured Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse fishing?

      2 A certified pilot and nurse, Ellen Church was also the world’s first what?

      3 Who rode horses named Intendant, Le Vizir, Tauris and the white mare Désirée?

      4 Built by Domenico Montagnana in 1733, “Petunia” is played by which Chinese cellist?

      5 In March 2012, Leanne Wood was elected which party’s first female leader?

      6 Which art is demonstrated by the diagrams of the Yoshizawa-Randlett system?

      7 Read using smartphones, what does the QR in QR Code stand for?

      8 Which ligament of the knee is the MCL?

      9 The mayor of Munich opens which fair with the cry “O’zapft is!” (‘It is tapped’)?

      10 Lugnaquilla is the highest peak of which Irish mountain range?

      11 In Roman mythology, Tarpeia betrayed Rome to which tribe?

      12 The Aral Sea disaster was caused by Soviet efforts to produce which crop?

      13 Named after the Greek for ‘unstable’, what is the rarest natural element in the world?

      14 The Younger Memnon is a colossal granite head in the British Museum depicting which pharaoh?

      15 Which Dominican dictator (1891–1961) is the subject of Rita Dove’s poem Parsley?

      16 According to the RSPB, what is the commonest and most widespread UK bird of prey?

      17 Which sport was described by the poet Walt Whitman as “America’s game”?

      18 Charlene, Princess of Monaco, was an Olympic swimmer for which country?

      19 Which Swedish side is the only Nordic football club to have reached a European Cup final?

      20 The pictured Donatello sculpture depicts which New Testament character?

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