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Q1. Which opera singer, and oratorio and concert soloist with the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony and Israel Philharmonic orchestras is even better known for dubbing the singing in films of musicals including for Margaret O'Brien in "The Secret Garden" (1949) and for singing roles on Broadway in 2000-2003?

A
Marni Nixon
B
Debbie Burton
C
Andrea Guasch
D
Martha Mears
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Q2. What record did Clint Eastwood set when he received the Academy Award for Best Director, for "Million Dollar Baby" in 2004?

A
He had received it the most times
B
He was the oldest to receive it
C
He was the first to receive it posthumously
D
This was the longest time between 2 awards to the same director
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Q3. Which Liverpudlian was Prime Minister of Great Britain four times in the 19th century?

A
Earl of Rosebery
B
Marquess of Salisbury
C
William Gladstone
D
Benjamin Disraeli
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Q4. Who was the central figure in the 2015 film "Amy"?

A
Amy Dickinson
B
Amy Adams
C
Amy Belle
D
Amy Winehouse
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Q5. Who co-founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada, and then the American Federation of Labor which replaced it when it dissolved?

A
John L. Lewis
B
Uriah Smith Stephens
C
John J. Jarrett
D
Samuel Gompers
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Q6. Although he never bore the title of "Pope", the Catholic Church recognises which of these people as the first Pope?

A
Homer
B
Niccolo Machiavelli
C
Plato
D
Peter
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Q7. Which German-born political scientist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Richard Nixon administration?

A
Henry Kissinger
B
Condoleezza Rice
C
Hillary Rodham Clinton
D
Colin Powell
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