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1. Nick Pickard Is The Longest-Serving Actor On Which Channel 4 Soap Opera, Having Played Tony Hutchinson Since Its First Episode In 1995?

2. Which Russian Economist, Born In 1892, Gives His Name To The So-Called 'Waves' Representing Long-Term Economic Cycles Of Around 40 To 60 Years, Driven By Growth In Specific Sectors?

3. The 1929 Painting The Treachery Of Images By René Magritte Depicts What Object, Along With A Caption To Inform The Observer That The Picture Is Not In Fact One Of These Objects?

4. Concerning A Missing Missile Detection System That Has Been Lost In A Web Of Deception Spun By Rival Greek Businessmen - Which James Bond Film Stars Julian Glover As Aristotle Kristatos, A Smuggler Who Plans To Expand His Fortune By Selling The Detection System To The Kgb?'''

5. Which Yorkshire Lawyer Was Executed In 1537 On The Orders Of King Henry Viii, Due To His Role As The Leader Of A Popular Uprising Known As The Pilgrimage Of Grace?

6. Which U.S. Singer Released The Seminal 1959 Album, 'Gunfighter Ballads' And 'Trail Songs'?

7. Which American Medical Physicist Shared The 1977 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine With Roger Guillemin [Ghee-Uh-Min] And Andrew Schally? She Was Known For Her Key Role In The Development Of The Radioimmunoassay [Radio-Immuno-Assay], A Method For Detecting Substances In Biological Fluids.'''

8. The Arnage, Mulsanne And Continental Gt Are All Cars By Which British Manufacturer?

9. The Town Of Gori In Georgia Was The Birthplace In 1878 Of Which Notorious Dictator, Who Ruled From 1922 To 1953?

10. The World's Most Valuable Prize For Children's Literature Was Established In 2002 By The Swedish Government In Honour Of Which Author Who Created The Character Pippi Longstocking?

11. Which 17th Century Painter Gained The Nickname 'Spanish Caravaggio' And Is Known For Works Such As ‘Agnus Dei’ And ‘Still Life With Lemons, Oranges And A Rose’?

12. First Performed In 1898, And Not To Be Confused With The Similarly-Titled Opera By Massenet Or The Ballet By Minkus, Don Quixote Is A Symphonic Poem By Which Composer, Whose Other Symphonic Poems Include Don Juan And Ein Heldenleben [Held-En-Lee-Ben]?'''

13. At The 94th Academy Awards, Presented This Week, Which American Actor Was Nominated For Best Supporting Actress For Her Portrayal Of The Tennis Coach Oracene Price In The Film King Richard? Having Begun Her Acting Career In Theatre, She Earned Acclaim For Her Role As Jo In The First Men Of Honor, And As Hippolyta In The Tv Series Lovecraft Country.

14. Which 85 Year-Old Dame And Chef Was A Judge On The Great British Bake Off Between 2010-2016?

15. Known As The Jester From Leicester, Which Englishman Is The Current World Snooker Champion, And Has Won The Trophy Four Times Overall?

16. Charlie Chaplin Wrote, Produced, Directed And Wrote Four Of His 'Tramp' Films With United Artists. The First Of These Was Which 1925 Film, Which Saw The Tramp Working With An Optimistic Prospector As They Face Many Pitfalls And Dangers During A Search?

17. Which 215km River That Forms Part Of The Border Between England And Wales, Runs From Its Source On Plynlimon In Mid Wales To The Severn Estuary? The River Passes Through Hereford And Past Tintern Abbey

18. 'Named A Unesco World Heritage Site In 2005, What Paleontological Site In Northern Egypt Is Almost Unique For The Extraordinary Number, Density, And Comparative Completeness Of Whale Fossils Preserved There? The Site's Name In Arabic Means, Appropriately Enough, ''Valley Of The Whales''.'

19. Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy Was The Real Name Of Which American Rapper? He Was Killed In A 2018 Shooting, Aged Just 20.

20. Which Thoroughfare In Lower Manhattan Runs From Broadway To The East River And Is Used As A Metonym For The Financial Markets Of The Usa?

21. On 05 Mar 2020 Which Senior United States Senator From Massachusetts Suspended Her Campaign To Become The Democratic Party Nominee For President Of The United States After Being Considered The Frontrunner At One Point?

22. Which Of The Three Original Fictional Cities Introduced In The Grand Theft Auto Video Game Series, Is Based On Miami?

23. Author Gore Vidal Was Noted For His Many Longstanding Rivalries, One Of Which Was With Which Author Of The Truecrime Novel The Executioner's Song? This Man Allegedly Headbutted Vidal While They Were Backstage On The Dick Cavett Show.

24. Hosted By Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray And Anna Ptaszynski (P-Tas-Zyn-Ski), Which Popular British Comedy Podcast Involves The Qi ‘Elves’ Discussing The Best Things They’Ve Discovered That Week?

25. What Word Beginning With M Describes The Ability Of A Metal To Be Shaped Without Cracking?