1 Sergei Bodrov Jr played the protagonist Danila Bagrov in which 1997 Russian crime film directed by Aleksey Balabanov?
2 Sperrgebiet (German: “prohibited area”) is a diamond-rich area in which African desert?
3 In 1956, Hoover introduced which spherical-shaped vacuum cleaner that floated on its own exhaust air?
4 Which bird (Spheniscus demersus) is also called the jackass penguin due to its donkey-like bray?
5 Whose TV roles include Jane Seymour in The Tudors and Grace Burgess in Peaky Blinders?
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6 In 1966, China’s Communist Party issued the May 16 Notice, marking the start of which movement?
7 Babylon’s principal temple, Esagila, was dedicated to which patron deity of the city?
8 What is a thalassocracy?
9 During the 7th century, the Srivijaya empire originated in Palembang on which island?
10 Which Social Democrat served as chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982?
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11 Who directed the 2011 box office flop WE, which starred Andrea Riseborough as Wallis Simpson?
12 Which 1957 Daphne du Maurier novel features an Englishman who swaps places with his double, a French aristocrat?
13 Save the Best for Last (1992) remains which US actress and singer’s biggest hit?
14 In golf, what are the Old, the New, the Eden, the Jubilee and the Balgove?
15 Which king is portrayed in the pictured equestrian statue?
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Answers
1 Brother or Brat
2 Namib Desert
3 Constellation
4 African penguin or black-footed penguin
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5 Annabelle Wallis
6 Cultural Revolution or, formally, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
7 Marduk
8 The government of a nation having dominion over large expanses of the seas or a sea-borne empire
9 Sumatra
10 Helmut Schmidt
11 Madonna
12 The Scapegoat
13 Vanessa Williams
14 St Andrews golf courses
15 George IV — in Trafalgar Square