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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

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