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Businessman Jack Ma founded which Chinese e-commerce company in 1999?

Alibaba

 

Which US comedian became the first person since Billy Crystal to host two Academy Award ceremonies in consecutive years in 2018?

Jimmy Kimmel

 

Which is the third sign of the Zodiac to be associated with water, the other two being Pisces and Cancer?

Scorpio

 

Which tennis playing sister is oldest; Venus or Serena Williams?

Venus is oldest

 

Marais, the Latin Quarter and Saint Germain are areas within which European captial city?

Paris

 

The phrase 'Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie' is a Mnemonic for helping to remember how to play which instrument?

Guitar (string names)

 

Which British musician is well known for the songs 'The Changingman', 'I Walk on Gilded Splinters' and 'You Do Something to Me'?

Paul Weller

 

William Railton is best known as the designer of which London monument?

a) Nelson's Column b) London Pride c) Battle of Britain Monument

a) Nelson's Column

 

Which Beatles song contains the line: "When I was younger, so much younger than today"?

Help!

 

Which Formula 1 racing team is known as 'The Prancing Horse'?

Ferrari