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1

In "The Day of the Triffids", a novel by John Wyndham made into a 1962 film and TV series in 1981 and 2009, what affliction strikes most of humanity?

A
Dutch elm disease
B
Deafness
C
Blindness
D
Leprosy
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2

Broadly, what is the setting for Samuel Beckett's play "Happy Days"?

A
Three large pots
B
An old man's desk
C
A tree
D
A pile of sand
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3

Which of these is a traditional English pantomime?

A
Puss in Boots
B
Mickey in Bloomers
C
Donald in Sailor Suit
D
Daisy in Clover
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4

The narrative poem "The Gypsies" (1824) by Alexander Pushkin influenced a novella by Prosper Mérimée (1845), which was the basis for a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy for which opera that premiered at the Opéra-Comique of Paris in 1875?

A
Die Fledermaus
B
La Traviata
C
Carmen
D
Boris Godunov
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5

John Cleese played what character in the film "The World is not Enough"?

A
Q
B
James Bond
C
M
D
Q's assistant
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6

What profession had been followed by Yorick, a character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"?

A
Priest
B
Gravedigger
C
Apothecary
D
Jester
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7

Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan and Kimberly Hart were the orignal members of which group?

A
The Tolpuddle Martyrs
B
The Bay City Rollers
C
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
D
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
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