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In June and July 2018, this British alternative rock band toured four dates across Italy, Ukraine and Switzerland. After their breakthrough album peaked at 5 on the UK Albums Chart during the Britpop era, they toured Europe including France and Italy. Which band is being described?

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A major retrospective devoted to this French-American sculptor ran at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from April 2011, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm followed with 'I Have Been to Hell and Back' in early 2015. The Ottawa show opened the year after her death. Which twentieth-century woman artist is being described?

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The World of Nations Celebration, a multicultural festival held for years in Jacksonville, Florida, honors the diverse origins of the community. Past editions have featured Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria and many Latin American countries. Which Scandinavian country has also been highlighted at this festival?

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Charted at number 70 on Hungary's Dance Top 40 and number 133 on the Rádiós Top 40 in 2009, this Lady Gaga song was a global smash. In Ukraine's airplay charts in 2010, it peaked at number 5. Which song is it?

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The Australian folk-pop sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone welcomed 2008 by playing the New Year's Eve Falls Festival in Australia, then flew to the UK to support Newton Faulkner and David Gray, and to play their own sold-out shows at Scala in London. Which Dutch port city was also on their European tour route?

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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Brazil was the world's biggest producer of this crop and effectively controlled its trade. After 1950, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and later Vietnam emerged as major producers, with Vietnam overtaking Colombia in 1999. Which crop is this?

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This European team sport, in which players hit a ball over a rope with their fists or forearms, is primarily played in the German-speaking countries of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Brazil. Since 1990, Argentina, Chile, Namibia and Italy have also been regular competitors. Which sport is it?

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This stage adaptation of a 2001 comedy film has had international productions in Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden and Finland. Its French-language production opened in Paris on 17 May 2012. Which Broadway musical is it?

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The Broadway staging of Mary Poppins opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 16 November 2006 after previews starting in October. The first-ever Spanish-language production of the show ran from November 2012 to August 2013 at the Centro Cultural in which Latin American capital?

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Colombo's northern edge is formed by the Kelani River, which meets the sea in a neighborhood called Modera, a Sinhala word for this geographic feature. Khulna sits within the Ganges version of the same feature, the world's largest of its kind. Which geographic feature is it?