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Childrens’ Puzzle

Moscow: Art Centre

Some of the world’s finest art galleries are right here, with both Russian and foreign masters extraordinarily well presented. An elementary quiz. Here are four great works. We can’t afford the originals, so (a) go and see the real thing; and (b) thank you to Charlotte, Ko and Sue for painting “in the style of”. Here’s the quiz. Can you match up the artists, their countries and their galleries?

The famous artists: V. Van Gogh - P. Picasso - A. Golovin - C. Monet

Their nationalities: French - Russian - Dutch - Spanish

Which gallery: Tretyakov - New Tretyakov - Pushkin

Bleary Eyes

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Odd place out

Each of these sets of major places share one major geographical feature, with one exception in each line. What is the feature, and which place is different? With a bit of luck, you should find each line a little more challenging than the last one.

A	Great Britain	Java	Greenland	Cuba	Ireland	Haiti	Madagascar
B	Mongolia	Nepal	Afghanistan	Sudan	Paraguay	Switzerland	Rwanda	Zimbabwe
C	Chile	Peru	Ecuador	Argentina	Brazil	Spain
D	Korea	Malaysia	Panama	Cornwall	Florida	Italy	Kamchatka
E	Ben Nevis	Matterhorn	Everest	Kosiusko	McKinley	Blanc	Fuji
F	Baikal	Malawi	Superior	Victoria	Geneva	Titicaca	Caspian