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Questions

In which city were the summer Olympic Games of 1900 held?

In 1984 Los Angeles hosted the Summer Games, which city hosted the Winter Games that year?

Which group of Australian origin had a top twenty hit in 1965 with The Carnival is Over?

Whom did Isabel Peron succeed as President of Argentina in 1974?

In which year did Charles de Gaulle die?