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      11 Designed by I.M. Pei, which Hall of Fame sits on the shore of Lake Erie?

      12 Which Birmingham Town Hall architect invented a two-wheeled cab in 1834?

      13 Eel Marsh House is a haunted abode in which spine-chilling Susan Hill novel?

      14 Princess Anne’s home Gatcombe Park is in which county?

      15 Which New York nightclub opened in 1977 at 254 West 54th Street?

      16 Built in 1924, Los Angeles’s Ennis House was designed by which architect?

      17 Opened in 2002, City Hall, London, was designed by which British architect?

      18 Which Spanish architect designed the tallest building in the Nordic countries, the Turning Torso in Malmö?

      19 Carved into granite cliffs on the south Cornish coast, which open-air theatre was created by Rowena Cade?

      20 Which twin tower skyscraper complex in Mississauga, Canada, is pictured?

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      1 Charles Darwin published which major work in 1871?

      2 Who has been Labour MP for both Ormskirk and Knowsley North, UKIP MEP for the East Midlands and leader of Veritas?

      3 Which Coronation Street character got two spin-offs: Pardon the Expression ( 1965–66) and Turn Out the Lights (1967)?

      4 In which constellation are the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters?

      5 The RICE procedure involves what steps?

      6 Dandy Dan and Fat Sam are crime bosses in which musical?

      7 The only member of the genus Satan, the widemouth blindcat is a type of what?

      8 The German word, backpfeifengesicht, means “a face in need of…” what?

      9 Hearing the Burt Bacharach song The Look of Love inspired Mike Myers to create which film character?

      10 A Chilango is a resident of which capital city in Latin America?

      11 The large bird-like creature Garuda is the mount (vahana) of which Hindu deity?

      12 In 1748, which Swiss mathematician developed the concept of function in his Introductio in analysin infinitorum?

      13 Philip Roth first used which alter-ego as a narrator in his 1979 novel The Ghost Writer?

      14 Financed by Sun Myung Moon, which 1981 Korean War film was called “the worst movie ever made” by Newsweek?

      15 Describing it as “bright, cleansing, and revealing”, which colour was called the “great clarifier” by Diana Vreeland?

      16 Who was the only child of Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of Charles I?

      17 What is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies?

      18 Which tennis player won his only ATP Masters singles title at the 2003 Paris Masters?

      19 Which Sussex and England fast bowler wrote the 1976 autobiography Cricket Rebel?

      20 Who is the pictured celebrity chef?

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      1 Which French president was unseated by François Mitterrand in 1981?

      2 Flush by Virginia Woolf is a biography of which poet’s pet cocker spaniel?

      3 The subject of a 2014 book, Choupette is which fashion designer’s pet cat?

      4 Which practice involves giving a tenth of one’s income to the church?

      5 In 1967, which band had its first top 10 hit single with See Emily Play?

      6 John Ruskin’s wife Effie left him for which Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member?

      7 In Norse myth, Huginn and Muninn are a pair of which birds?

      8 Aged 17, Felix Mendelssohn wrote a concert overture for which Shakespeare comedy?

      9 Also known as Cenni di Pepo, who painted the Santa Trinità Maestà (c.1290–1300)?

      10 Why was 26-year-old Gerda Taro’s death in the Spanish Civil War significant?

      11 Paul Coia’s voice was the very first heard on which TV channel?

      12 The extraction of which metal uses the Kroll process or the Hunter process?

      13 In 1935, the entomologist Reginald Mungomery imported 102 of which creatures into Queensland?

      14 The Kiswah is a black cloth used to cover which holy structure?

      15 What is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe?

      16 Which music venue is situated on Bennelong Point?

      17 The leader in the field of off-road competition, which Austrian firm is Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer?

      18 Who scored the winner in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final?

      19 The cyclist Hugh Porter married which former Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1965?

      20 Which fairy tale castle is pictured?

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