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Q1. The American journalist and short-story writer, creator of story or essay collections such as "Guys and Dolls" and "My Old Man", is Damon who?

A
Matt
B
Hill
C
Salvatore
D
Runyon
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Q2. Celebrated Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) lost the bridge of his nose when he was 20; what was the cause?

A
A sword duel in the dark after a quarrel with a cousin over who was the better mathematician
B
His giant telescope fell on his nose
C
One of his tame animals scratched it and the scratch went septic
D
A guest threw a wine glass in his face
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Q3. By what name is Domenico Theotocopuli better known?

A
El Greco
B
Socrates
C
Gerald Durrell
D
Theodore Bikel
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Q4. Who investigated Bill Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater Land Transactions and his role in the Monica Lewinsky affair?

A
Warren Burger
B
Linda Tripp
C
Kenneth Starr
D
Condoleezza Rice
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Q5. Which of these is Elton John's popular song?

A
Lantern in a Storm
B
Candle in the Wind
C
Fire in the Sun
D
Taper in a Rainstorm
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Q6. Who received the first Nobel prize for literature to be awarded to a British writer?

A
George Bernard Shaw
B
J M Barrie
C
Rudyard Kipling
D
W B Yeats
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Q7. Who wrote "Ann Veronica", a novel first published in 1909 that deals with contemporary political issues of the time, concentrating specifically on feminist issues?

A
Charles Dickens
B
H G Wells
C
William Makepeace Thackeray
D
Jack London
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