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YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONS
1. What famous multinational investment bank takes its name from an older banking company named two Asian cities, both located today in the same country?
2. The Snow Queen is a 2019 opera commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera. The opera by Abrahamsen is based on the fairy tale of which writer?
3. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez returned to Formula 1 calendar in 2015. Before that, the Formula One event was held in the country from 1962 to 1970 and again from 1986 to 1992. What country?
4. Which deceased actress from Hollywood lends her name to a 2014 Pharrell Williams song from his album Girl?
5. In Panel 38 of the Bayeux Tapestry (a multi-panel embroidery and not a tapestry), the tituli read “ISTI MIRANT STELLA” as people point at the sky. What specific cosmic phenomenon are the people observing? (PIC)
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ANSWERS
1. What famous multinational investment bank takes its name from an older banking company named two Asian cities, both located today in the same country? HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai)
2. The Snow Queen is a 2019 opera commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera. The opera by Abrahamsen is based on the fairy tale of which writer? Hans Christian Andersen
3. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez returned to Formula 1 calendar in 2015. Before that, the Formula One event was held in the country from 1962 to 1970 and again from 1986 to 1992. What country? Mexico
4. Which deceased actress from Hollywood lends her name to a 2014 Pharrell Williams song from his album Girl? Marilyn Monroe
5. In Panel 38 of the Bayeux Tapestry (a multi-panel embroidery and not a tapestry), the tituli read “ISTI MIRANT STELLA” as people point at the sky. What specific cosmic phenomenon are the people observing? Halley’s Comet (PIC)
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