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At this global beauty pageant, Norway's Solveig Borstad and Argentina's Isabel Sarli made the Top 15. The crown went to Hillevi Rombin of Sweden, with runners-up from El Salvador, Ceylon, West Germany and Japan. Which edition of the long-running international pageant?

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The Firefighters Museum of Alcoy sits in Alicante Province in Spain, while in Tokyo visitors can explore the history of fighting fires at a specialized museum devoted to the city's firefighting past. What kind of museum links these two cities?

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The United States and Japan are the two biggest importers of mezcal, an agave spirit often tied to handcrafted production and Oaxacan culture. In which country, where Oaxaca produces 90% of the national output and the drink is usually sipped neat rather than mixed, is more than three million liters made each year?

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This Norwegian synth-pop hit peaked at number 4 in Finland and famously flopped in the United Kingdom in its first 1984 release, charting at just 137, before a 1985 re-release eventually hit number one in several countries. Which A-ha song, known for its rotoscoped music video?

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Le Pain Quotidien runs more than 260 bakery-restaurants across 20 countries, including Switzerland, Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium, France and India. In which large North American country, home to the chain's Latin American stores alongside Chile, Colombia and Brazil, is it also present?

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Lahore has been designated with this UNESCO honor and is the main center of Pakistan's publishing industry, while Dunedin earned the same recognition in 2014 after a surge in local creative writing. Which UNESCO Creative Cities Network label do both cities share?

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This competitive eater set a male record at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas in March 2008 by downing a steak dinner in under nine minutes, and in October 2008 he won the Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship in Times Square by consuming 45 slices. Which American competitive eater is this?

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Mari-Alice Randall, better known as Alice Randall, was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 and raised in Washington, D.C. In 1983 she moved to the capital of country music to become a country songwriter. In which US state, home to Nashville and Vanderbilt University, does she now live?

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Great Bend, Kansas has an 18-hole course for this flying-disc sport at Veteran's Park, next to its fishing lake and ballfields, while Fredonia, Wisconsin maintains seven public parks that include an eighteen-hole course for the same sport. Which sport is being described?

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Lake Providence, Louisiana opened for European American settlement in the late 1830s after this federal policy pushed Native Americans west of the Mississippi River, while the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes from Shamong Township, New Jersey were likewise relocated to Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s. Which US policy from the Jackson era encompasses these events?