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This flamboyant American organist, best known for his 'Heavy Organ' concerts and his years at Riverside Church in New York City from 1946 to 1965, also gave a celebrated performance of Joseph Jongen's 'Symphonie Concertante' in Tokyo. He was born in Princeton, Illinois in 1912. Which organist is he?

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In 2005, Angola marked this global observance with its 4th Forum on Rural Women. In the Philippines on 16 October 2015, writer and entrepreneur Wilson Lee Flores launched a 'Pandesal Day' at his bakery in Quezon City to coincide with it. Which annual observance is this?

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This gothic rock band was formed in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 1983 by Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert, and in 1997 the group moved to Germany to tap into the burgeoning industrial music scene centered there. The band briefly recorded as 'Moorings' in the mid-1990s before reverting to its original name. Which band is this?

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In Germany, the Ore Mountain Museum in Seiffen holds an internationally known collection of wooden children's playthings typical of the Ore Mountains region, while in Greece the Rhodes Museum of such Greek-made playthings is another well-known destination showcasing these kinds of items. Which type of museum is this?

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This Dutch filmmaker and photographer hosted a 1988 photo-exhibition 'Photographs 1953 to 1988' at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, and in 2000 had a video installation 'Temps/Travail' at the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam. He also exhibited that year at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Which Dutch artist is he?

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Which American children's writer, who attended the University of South Carolina and is best known for the 'Amelia Bedelia' series, was born in Manning, South Carolina, and later worked as a teacher in Oklahoma, Kentucky and New York?

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This winter Olympic sport, which combines cross-country skiing with rifle marksmanship, had its first World Championships held in Austria in 1958, and is especially popular in Sweden along with Germany, Norway, Finland and France. It joined the Olympics in 1960. Which sport is this?

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This American women's national team qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympics by defeating Argentina 4-2 at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, and later clinched Rio 2016 qualification by defeating Argentina at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Which team is this?

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Miami's team of the 1970s, the Dolphins, won this American football championship twice, and Indianapolis was the venue where the Colts lost it to the New Orleans Saints 31-17 in 2009. Which championship is this?

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During this period in Chinese history, the northern part of Linling, including today's Shaoyang city, was broken off into a new Zhaoling commandery, and the town of Xiaoyi was renamed Zhongyang. The era saw the fall of the Han dynasty give way to three warring states. Which period is this?