1. In which famous TV series did Antonio Fargas play Huggy Bear Brown?
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2. What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens?
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3. Peter Hurd painted the official portrait of which American President, who remarked when it was unveiled in January 1967, that it was the ugliest thing I ever saw?
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4. What kind of creature was Benito Mussolini’s pet, Italia Bella, which travelled around with him?
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5. What was the first American-bred and trained horse to win the Grand National Steeplechase in England?
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6. Which architect designed New York’s Guggenheim Museum?
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7. Who, in 1988, won best actress Oscar for her role in The Accused?
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8. Mohammed Ali Jinnah helped to found which country in 1947?
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9. Which Hungarian inventor produced the first ball-point pen in 1938?
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10. On its return to earth in June 1970, inside which Soviet spacecraft were the three cosmonauts found dead in their seats?
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11. In which country was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, Terry Waite taken hostage in 1987?
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12. Is downstage a theatrical term for the part of the stage nearest, or furthest away from the audience?
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13. What motel chain was founded by an American hotelier, Kemmons Wilson in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee?
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14. What is the name of the valve containing an anode, a cathode and a control grid, that was invented in 1906 by L.De Forest?
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15. The Spaniard Andris Segovia was a virtuoso on which instrument?
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