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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The more affordable Venetian gondolas | Traghetto (traghetti) |
| Stick and wooden pin game, was official game of Nepal until volleyball replaced in 2017 | Dandi Biyo |
| Very thin type of pasta, means "little hairs" | Capellini |
| Fashion designer who founded A Bathing Ape (BAPE) label in 1993 | Nigo |
| First Englishman to enter Lhasa | Thomas Manning |
| Another name for Korean archery | Gungsul |
| Name of the bow used for Korean archery | Gakgung |
| Largest island of North Africa, in Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia) | Djerba |
| Author of the Latin epic called The Thebaid | Statius |
| New President of Ukraine who played same role in TV series Servant of the People | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| The two sets of four fat soluble compounds (ie. eight in total) that comprise Vitamin E | Tocopherols and Tocotrienols |
| Hindu goddess of love and consort of Kama | Rati |
| Wife of Renoir who is depicted with a dog in Luncheon of the Boating Party | Aline Charigot |
| French realist/impressionist who is depicted in Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party | Gustave Caillebotte |
| Passenger ship that sank in Adriatic Sea in 1914 | Baron Gautsch |
| Italian clothing company known for down jackets, founded by Rene Ramillon | Moncler |
| Maori symbol of silver fern frond unfolding, used in logo for Air New Zealand | Koru |
| Japanese outlaw hero akin to Robin Hood - boiled alive in 1594 | Ishikawa Goemon |
| Name of forced disbandment of Janissaries by Mahmud II, and year | Auspicious Incident, 1826 |
| Only woman to rule China in her own right (690 - 705), under Zhou dynasty | Empress Wu (Wu Zetian) |
| Major symbol of Iran and Zoroastrianism, depicts a guardian angel and commonly worn as a pendant | Faravahar |
| Dragon that guards the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides | Ladon |
| Company that makes Nanoblocks | Kawada |
| German gymnast, won the most medals (six, inc. three gold) at 1936 Olympics | Konrad Frey |
| Most powerful drug trafficking organisation in the world, was led by El Chapo | Sinaloa Cartel |
| Nebula that includes the Pillars of Creation | Eagle Nebula |
| Spain's only Winter Olympic gold medallist - gold in skiing in 1972 | Francisco Fernandez Ochoa |
| Ring name of Bulgarian WWE wrestler Miroslav Barnyashev | Rusev |
| World's largest moorland - found in Colombia | Sumapaz Paramo |
| Three main ingredients of a Negroni cocktail | Gin, vermouth, Campari |
| French composer of operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868) | Ambroise Thomas |
| Belgian company that claims to be the oldest fine leather luxury goods house in the world, and inventor of the handbag | Delvaux |
| Largest ski resort in Finland | Levi |
| Name for burger where the buns are replaced by glazed doughnuts | Luther burger |
| The chemical composition of an alpha particle - identical to a helium nucleus | 2 protons, 2 neutrons |
| Unit of length - Chinese inch | Cun |
| Unit of length - Chinese foot | Chi |
| A lakh is this many | 100,000 |
| A crore is this many | 10,000,000 |
| Greek musician who did 1994 album Live At The Acropolis | Yanni |
| German winner of first ever women's ski jump at Winter Olympics (2014) | Carina Vogt |
| Most common name for Louisiana State Penitentiary - largest maximum security prison in USA | Angola |
| Famous Jamaican dub poet, based in UK | Linton Kwesi Johnson |
| Found in Slovenia, the world's oldest musical instrument, made from a cave bear femur | Divje Babe Flute |
| Proper name of the dragon dance performed at Chinese New Year | Wu long |
| Capital of Euboea | Chalcis |
| Real name of Tank Girl | Rebecca Buck |
| Highest mountain in East Timor | Tatamailau |
| Sculpture term for figure standing with most of its weight on one foot | Contrapposto |
| "Supply creates its own demand" - this law | Say's Law |