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Prestige Trivia Quiz: Watches, Cars, Hotels and Haute Cuisine

Ten questions drawn from the pages on this site. Every answer has a short explanation, and you can read the full story on the matching page.

The arched entrance of The Plaza hotel in New York in winter with a yellow taxi blurring past

The Plaza's entrance in winter: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0

1. Which watch holds the record as the most expensive ever sold at auction?
2. Who patented the tourbillon in 1801?
3. How many Ferrari 250 GTOs were built?
4. What lines the McLaren F1's engine bay?
5. Which hotel was the first in Britain lit throughout by electricity?
6. Which cocktail is credited to the Long Bar at Raffles Singapore?
7. In which year did Chanel No. 5 launch?
8. Who coined the phrase New Look for Dior's first collection?
9. What does a three-star Michelin rating mean?
10. Real Kobe beef must come from which cattle?
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