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Responding to the belief that wars could be prevented if people were united by a common language, in the 1870s a young Polish man began to develop the internationally known auxiliari laguage called Esperanto. What was his name?

Ludwik Lejzer ZAMENHOF

Officially opening in March 2010 and with a one-mile-long grandstand, which racecourse in the United Arab Emirates is the location for the Dubai World Cup, one of the richest horse races in the world?

MEYDAN Racecourse

Mount Erebus, the most southern active volcano on Earth, was first discovered in 1841 and named after his ship by which Antarctic explorer?

James Clark ROSS

Which branch of physics can be described as the study of flow and deformation of matter (usually liquids but also solids) unter applied pressure?

RHEOLOGY

Which US jazz singer and bandleader (1907 - 1994), a master of 'scat' singing, was best known for his 1931 song 'Minnie the Moocher'?

"Cab" CALLOWAY / Cabell CALLOWAY

After winning two back-to-back NBA Championships in 2017 and 2018 with the Golden State Warriors, basketballer Kevin Durant signed with which NBA team in July 2019?

BROOKLYN NETS (Acc. Brooklyn or Nets)

Which South African city is the capital of the Free State province? The city also serves as the judicial capital of South Africa.

BLOEMFONTEIN

From the Greek words for "worst" and "rule", what word beginning with 'K' describes a system of government run by the least competent, qualified and principled citizens of a country. Although the word originated in the 17th century it has gained traction in recent years as a means of criticising populist governments around the world.

KAKISTOCRACY

Gert Binning and Heinricht Rohrer won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1986 for theri invention of which imaging instrument, often abbreviated to STM?

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE / DANN Scanning Electron Microscope

Nicknamed *La Locomotura" (The Locomotive), who in June 2019 became the first cyclist from Ecuador to win the Giro d'Italia race?

Richard CARAPAZ Montenegro

Which 15" century early Renaissance painter was born Guido di Pietro in the Republic of Florence? One of his most famous works is the 'San Marco Altarpiece'. He helped decorate the priory of San Marco unter the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici.

Frau ANGELICO / BEATO ANGELICO / Fra GIOVANNI da Fiesole / Brother John of Fiesole

Maat Mons, a massive shield volcano, is the highest volcano and second highest mountain on which planet in our Solar System?

VENUS

The ruins of which city, commonly considered to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Mauretania, are now a UNESCO World Heritage site located close to the Moroccan city of Meknes?

VOLUBILIS

The blue-chip stock market index known as the 'DAX', consists of 30 major companies trading on which German city's stock exchange, the largest in the country?

FRANKFURT am Main / DNA Frankfurt an der Oder

One of the highest grossing movies of 2019, who directed the psychological thriller 'Joker'? He is also noted as the director of the 'Hangover' trilogy of films.

Todd PHILLIPS / Todd BUNZI

Which teenage environmental activist made headlines in September 2019 after making an impassioned plea to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York? She was named by Time magazine as one of the '100 most influential people of 2019'.

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Greta THUNBERG / Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman THUNBERG

Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city of which African country?

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SOMALIA / Federal Repuublic of SOMALIA / Jamhuuriyadda Federaalkaa SOOMAALIYA / SOMALI REPUBLIC

German lawyer and former fencer Thomas Bach is the ninth and current president of which sporting organisation?

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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE / IOC

Originating from the left ventricle of the heart and distributing oxygenated blood to the rest of the body through its thoracic and abdominal segments, which is the largest artery in the human body?

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AORTA

"Come on Barbie, let's go party" is a line from a 1997 song by which Europop group?

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AQUA

Name either the indigenous Iroquois tribe or Eastern Algonquian tribe of North America that share their names with a hairstyle in which the sides of the head are shaved leaving a strip of hair in the middle?

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MOHAWK or MOHICAN

Launched in Austria in 1987 was which high selling energy drink, inspired by a similar drink called Krating Daeng that was developed in Thailand in the 1970s? According to its advertising slogan it "gives you wings"?

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RED BULL

What does the letter 'R' stand for in the acronym UNHCR? It refers to a United Nations agency created in 1950 with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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REFUGEES / Acc. REFUGEE

Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan produces one of the world's best-selling, all-electrical cars. First released in December 2010, what is the four-letter name of its electrical model?

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LEAF / RIFU

'La Braban‡onne' is the national anthem of which European country?

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BELGIUM / Kingdom of BELGIUM / BELGIQUE / BELGIE / BELGIEN

The Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense 13-day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba, occurred in wich year?

1962

Which italian fashion designer was shot and killed in Miami, Florida in July 1997? Thecircumstances surrounding his death were the subject of the second season of the TV series 'American Crime Story'.

Gianni VERSACE / Giovanni Maria VERSACE

'Do You Hear the People Sing?' is a song from wich long-running musical?

LES MISERABLES

One of the noble gases, which element takes ist name from the Greek word for "strange" and has the chemical symbol Xe?

XENON

In Greek mythology, which daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and sister-wife of Zeus was the goddess of marriage, women and childbirth?

HERA / DNA Juno (Roman equiv:)

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