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The 2021 song 'Cold Heart', a team-up between Elton John and Dua Lipa remixed by an Australian trio called Pnau, hit number one in Bulgaria, Croatia and Iceland. In which large country in the middle of Europe, whose capital is Warsaw, did the song also hit number one?

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Brazilian soccer legend Pelé starred in the 1962 World Cup in Chile, helping his team beat Mexico in their first match. His very first game for Brazil was on 7 July 1957 at the giant Maracana stadium, a 2-1 loss to Brazil's biggest South American rival. Which country did Brazil lose to that day?

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OneRepublic's 2007 debut album 'Dreaming Out Loud', featuring the smash single 'Apologize', was first released in November 2007 and later reached the UK on 11 March 2008 through Polydor Records. In which large North American country, whose flag has a red maple leaf, did the album first hit stores on 20 November 2007?

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Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world in different ways: in Finland it is called Ystavanpaiva, which means 'Friend's Day'. In which large South Asian country, famous for its Taj Mahal and its Bollywood movies, did Valentine's Day only become popular around 1992?

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Nasi campur means 'mixed rice', a plate of steamed rice topped with small servings of meats, vegetables and spicy sambal sauce. It is eaten everywhere in Indonesia. In which small island country at the tip of the Malay Peninsula is the same dish also popular, sold at food courts as 'cai png'?

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In 1902 the trailblazing Japanese actress Sada Yacco took her theater troupe on a huge tour of Europe, playing Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest, plus a private show for the Russian tsar. Her Italian stops included Naples, Florence, Genoa, Turin, Milan and Venice, plus one more capital on the Tiber. Which capital finished the Italian leg?

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The Olympic Committee has banned sporting events from Russia since 2022, after its army invaded Ukraine. In which oil-rich Gulf kingdom, which is already hosting the 2034 World Cup, are officials now thinking about bidding for the 2036 Summer Olympics in the capital city Riyadh?

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The Regional Theatre Tony Award is given each year to an outstanding American theater company outside of Broadway. Past winners include Seattle Rep in 1990, Yale Rep in 1991, McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey in 1994, and Berkeley Rep in 1997. Which huge American city didn't have a winner until Signature Theatre Company won in 2014?

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In late 2012, Europe's soccer body chose to spread Euro 2020 games across many cities in different countries. France, which had offered a Lyon stadium, had already pulled out. Which country then dropped its bid to host the final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul and switched focus to Euro 2024 instead?

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Sigismund I the Old, king of both Poland and Lithuania, was chosen as ruler in Vilnius on 13 September 1506. In which small Polish town, which he ordered moved to a safer spot in 1524 after enemy raids kept destroying it, is his rebuilding order still remembered?