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Q1. Sergei Lavrov has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004 for which country?

A
Kazakhstan
B
Belarus
C
Ukraine
D
Russia
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Q2. What are Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey most well-known for?

A
Civil rights protest
B
Ethnic cuisine
C
Blues singing
D
Domestic issues
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Q3. Who rose from Prime Minister (1922-1924) to President (1925-1928), and on 1 September 1928 was crowned King and declared Field Marshal of the Royal Army, proclaiming a constitutional monarchy?

A
King Zag of Palestine
B
King Kong of New Amsterdam
C
King Zig of Turkey
D
King Zog of Albania
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Q4. Who is the latest actor to portray Alan Turing's fiancée, Joan Clarke, in mainstream film?

A
Keira Knightley
B
Keeley Hawes
C
Rachel Weisz
D
Anna Paquin
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Q5. Who created the English schoolboy hero "Jennings"?

A
Anthony Buckeridge
B
Captain W. E. Johns
C
Richmal Crompton
D
Enid Blyton
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Q6. What name was shared by 11 Roman Emperors, the first of whom transferred the capital to Byzantium in 330 CE, and the last of whom died when the city was captured by the Turks in 1453?

A
Romulus
B
Julius
C
Nero
D
Constantine
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Q7. 16th century Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist Tycho Brahe had a tame what?

A
Beaver
B
Snow leopard
C
Eagle
D
Elk
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