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Q1. Who commanded No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, which took the brunt of the German air attacks in the Battle of Britain?

A
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
B
Keith Park
C
Hugh Dowding
D
Arthur Harris
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Q2. Who married Sir Winston Churchill?

A
Barbara Rosebery
B
Geraldine Primrose
C
Jacqueline St Helier
D
Clementine Hozier
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Q3. Why were George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell and David Herold hanged in Washington, D.C., on 7 July 1865?

A
They were members of Billy the Kid's gang
B
They were conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
C
They had incited the southern states to secede from the union
D
They had attempted to burn down the White House
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Q4. The Venice-wide wedding plans of businessman Jeff Bezos in 2025 led to substantial protest. Where is Bezos said to have proposed two years earlier?

A
While walking along the Seine in Paris
B
Bridge of Sighs, Venice
C
Indian Creek Island, Miami
D
On his yacht, in the south of France
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Q5. Igor Stravinsky is known as a prolific composer of opera, vocal, choral, chamber, piano and orchestral music. He was also a prolific creator of what?

A
Ballet
B
Sculpture
C
Orchid hybrids
D
Racing cars
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Q6. The 9th century astronomer Al Farghani (Alfraganus in the west), was one of the most influential scientists in his time and for centuries later. He is known for several major calculations, and for construction of what?

A
Tidal mills
B
The Nilometer on the island of al-Rawda (in Old Cairo) in 861
C
The first astrolabe
D
Stirrups
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Q7. Which dancer and choreographer (made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009), worked in and developed neo-expressionist dance now known as Tanztheater (dance theatre)?

A
Isadora Duncan
B
Pina Bausch
C
Merce Cunningham
D
José Limón
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