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Q1. K'ung Fu-tzu, born in 551 BCE, is most widely known as what?

A
An Emperor
B
A warrior
C
A philosopher
D
A painter
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Q2. Which is the 17th century German mathematician and astronomer (at one time assistant to Tycho Brahe) whose works, including " Epitome of Copernican Astronomy", provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation?

A
Heinrich Decimator
B
Christiaan Huygens
C
John Flamsteed
D
Johannes Kepler
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Q3. According to the Bible's Genesis 32:28, 30 and Hosea 12:3, 5, God wrestled with whom all night?

A
Moses
B
Esau
C
John the Baptist
D
Jacob
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Q4. By what name is Theodor Geisel better known?

A
Dr Rock
B
Dr Spock
C
Dr Phil
D
Dr Seuss
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Q5. Who founded the London Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops in 1985 and served as Pops Musical Director of the San Francisco Symphony and Rochester (NY) Philharmonic in the USA?

A
Acker Bilk
B
Ronnie Scott
C
John Dankworth
D
Benjamin Britten
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Q6. The book "I know why the caged bird sings" was the first volume of the autobiography of an African-American poet, author, activist, academic, who died in May 2014 at the age of 86; who was it?

A
Paule Marshall
B
John Henrik Clarke
C
Rosa Guy
D
Maya Angelou
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Q7. Which German composer wrote 16 operas including "Salome", "Electra" and "Der Rosenkavalier"?

A
Johannes Brahms
B
Carl Orff
C
Paul Hindemith
D
Richard Strauss
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