Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
1 Which US TV drama stars Damian Lewis as the corrupt hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod?
2 Which city is home to the European Court of Justice and the European Investment Bank’s HQ?
3 In 1554, who married King Philip II of Spain?
4 Which US painter created the abstract portraits For Pearl (1970), referencing Janis Joplin, and Star (for Patti Smith) (1974)?
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5 Who rereleased the song Blue Hotel after he had a top 10 hit with Wicked Game in 1990?
6 In 1928, which professor of bacteriology discovered the first true antibiotic?
7 Which Sergio Leone crime epic was based on Harry Grey’s 1952 novel The Hoods?
8 Which German astronomer (1758-1840) discovered the asteroids Pallas and Vesta?
9 Maps, Gifts and Secrets form the Blood in the Sun trilogy by which Somali writer (born 1945)?
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10 The Supreme Order of Christ is the highest order of chivalry awarded by who?
11 What is South Korea’s largest port and second largest city?
12 Found in Sumatra and Borneo, what is the only Asian great ape?
13 In 1963, which three-year-old boy was famously photographed by Stan Stearns saluting his father’s coffin?
14 Which course hosts Britain’s most prestigious open-age Flat race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes?
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15 Who is the pictured concert pianist?
Answers
1 Billions
2 Luxembourg City
3 Mary I of England
4 Brice Marden
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5 Chris Isaak
6 Sir Alexander Fleming
7 Once Upon a Time in America
8 Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
9 Nuruddin Farah
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10 The Pope
11 Busan or Pusan
12 Orangutan
13 John F Kennedy Jr
14 Ascot
15 Lang Lang