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  1. Which citrus fruit was developed by a French missionary at an Algerian orphanage in the 1890s?

  2. In which Bellini opera is the eponymous main character a Druid high priestess?

  3. Abraham willing to sacrifice Isaac as burned offering in response to God’s command
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    In the Bible, who’s the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac?

  4. A general view of the stadium ahead of the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leeds United at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England
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    In football, who holds the joint record for most goals scored for Scotland, as well as the record for the third most goals scored for Manchester United?

  5. Which Spanish king had an Asian country named after him?

  6. Which of the main four Sex and the City characters has the surname Jones?

  7. What two French words follow “My” in the title of a Stevie Wonder single?

  8. Sue Snell is the only survivor of a school prom in which 1976 horror film, named after its main character?

  9. The Penguin Classics edition of which 1748 novel by Samuel Richardson runs to more than 1,500 pages?

  10. Who was England’s first female monarch?

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