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THE BIG ISSUE XMAS QUIZ

1. On Christmas Eve 2016, a music star who appeared on the A-side of Band Aid’s 1984 charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? became the first of the collective to die, and was followed a day later by the second. Name them both.

2. What was the name of the actor who played the devilish JR Ewing in Dallas?

3. Who painted The Birth of Venus?

4. What is the state capital of California?

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