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1. Which country's girl crops up in David Bowie's 1983 album "Let's Dance"? The photo shows the national emblem of the country.
2. Rudyard Kipling's nostalgic poem "Mandalay" is named after the former capital of this country. In 1989 the country was renamed by the military government, although the name change remains controversial. The photo is of the chinthe, one of the country's national symbols. Which of the following fits the information?
3. The city of Syracuse has suffered several sieges over the centuries such as those by the Aghlabids when the city was part of the Byzantine Empire. The photo shows the symbol for the island, a triskelion. What European country did the city and island become part of in 1861?
4. The Bangles sang about a certain style of walking. Maybe it had something to do with avoiding standing on scarab beetles, a symbol associated with this country. Which country did the Bangles have in mind?
5. What is the name of the country Joan Baez first sang about in 1971 and which has the Bengal tiger as a national symbol?
6. In John Burdett 's crime thriller " ___________ 8" we follow Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a police detective, as he pursues his partner's murderers in the country's capital city. The name of the capital city appears in the book title. The local name for the city is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (or just Krung Thep) and the garuda is a national symbol. What is the country?
7. The title of the 1942 romance film "Casablanca" is also the name of the largest city in this African country. A national symbol, the pentagram, has appeared on a number of versions of its flag. Which country is this?
8. The clues for this country are the 1976 musical "Evita", based on the life of Eva Perón, and the Incan sun god Inti, depicted here on a coin. What is the name of the country?
9. Which of the following countries does Rossini's "William Tell" overture and the alphorn, a national symbol, point to?
10. "The man from Del Monte, he say 'Yes'". So goes the advertising jingle. One of the company's pineapple plantations was used to deliver more than pineapples against the Japanese during the Second World War. The monkey-eating eagle (shown in the photo) is one of the official national symbols and is endemic to these islands. In which of these countries was Del Monte Airfield?
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