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1. It's said that the National Health Service is the jewel in the crown of modern England. The devising and setting-up of the NHS in 1948 was very much the responsibility of one man in the House of Commons, a fiery Welsh orator. Who was this man?
2. Members of most ranks of nobility in England - Baron, Viscount, Earl, &c. - are addressed as "My Lord" or "My Lady". But how are Dukes and Duchesses addressed?
3. Who bakes "exceedingly good cakes"?
4. Which long-serving Prime Minister said "Every Prime Minister needs a willie"?
5. What ancient structure runs from Segedunum to Mais?
6. The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place in London on 27 July, and included an artistic spectacle entitled "Isles of Wonder". Who directed this spectacle?
7. This modern English artist is famous (or infamous?) for two particular works: an embroidered tent (1997) and an unmade bed (1999). What's the name of this artist?
8. On 4 December 1971 the Montreux Casino, situated beside Lake Geneva in Switzerland, suffered a catastrophic fire. An English band that was staying at a hotel on the other side of the Lake witnessed the conflagration and within a few days had written a song about it. What was the title of the song and the name of the band?
9. In what cryptic activity were Ximenes, Araucaria, Tesremos and Torquemada involved?
10. The first purely Indian restaurant in London opened at 34 George Street Mayfair in 1810. But what type of eating establishment, again the first of its kind in London, opened on Old Ford Road in Bow in 1860?
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