question--- what is the name of the famous british scientist , whose name is associated with the invention of the ' miners safety lamp ' ?

.answer--- humphrey davy
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question--- what was the name of the german commander , in the ' battle of el alamein ' ( during the second world war ) ?

.answer--- erwin rommel
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question--- what is the name of the famous female american writer of the 1800s , who wrote the novel ' uncle toms cabin ' ?

.answer--- harriet beecher stowe
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question--- what is the name of the famous american inventor , who invented the ' kodak camera ' ?

.answer--- george eastman
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question--- what is the name of the two famous american inventors , who invented the ' apple computer ' ?

.answer--- steve jobs and wozniak
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question--- what is the name of the two famous scientists , whose name is associated with the discovery of the ' dna structure ' ?

.answer--- watson and crick
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question--- what is the name of the famous english novelist , who wrote the novel ' a passage to india ' ?

.answer--- e.m.forster
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question--- what is the name of the famous dutch painter , who painted the painting ' the artists studio ' ?

.answer--- vermeer
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question--- what is the name of the famous hollywood director , whose first film was ' the sugarland express ' ?

.answer--- spielberg
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question--- what is the name of the famous european music composer , whose name is associated with the ' new world ' symphony ?

.answer--- dvorak
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question--- what is the name of the famous author , who wrote ' the thin man ' ?

.answer--- dashiell hammett
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question--- what is the name of the famous hollywood actress , who acted in the film ' sound of music ' ( a film on the ' von trapp ' family ) ?

.answer--- julie andrews
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question--- what is the name of the famous author , who wrote the best selling book ' catch 22 ' ?

.answer--- joseph heller
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question--- what is the name of the famous frenchman of the 1500s , who wrote the book ' centuries ' , and published it in the year 1555 ?

.answer--- nostradamus
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question--- what is the name of the famous british author , who was the first official ' poet laureate ' of britain ?

.answer--- john dryden
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote ' waiting for godot ' ?

.answer--- samuel beckett
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question--- what is the name of the famous musician ( pianist ) of poland , who became the president of poland in 1919 ?

.answer--- paderewski
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question--- what is the name of the famous italian classical music composer , who composed ' the william tell overture ' ?

.answer--- rossini
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question--- what is the name of the famous australian cricketer , who was the captain of team that won the 1987 reliance world cup ?

.answer--- allan border
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question--- what is the name of the famous german novelist , from whose novel , the rock music band ' steppenwolf ' took their name ?

.answer--- herman hesse
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question--- what is the name of the famous british church leader , who founded the ' salvation army ' ?

.answer--- william booth
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question--- what is the name of the novelist , who wrote the novel ' goodbye mr chips ' ?

.answer--- james hilton
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer in english , who wrote the novel ' from russia with love ' ?

.answer--- ian fleming
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question--- what is the name of the popular novelist, who wrote the best selling novel ' jaws ' ?

.answer--- peter benchley
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question--- what is the name of the famous european scientist of the 1800s , who described ' the theory of evolution ' as the ' survival of the fittest ' ?

.answer--- herbert spencer
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question--- what is the name of the famous american inventor of the 1800s , who said that ' genius ' was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration ?

.answer--- edison
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question--- what is the name of the famous city in spain, in which the ' prado art gallery ' is located ?

.answer--- madrid
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question--- what is the name of the famous european classical music composer, who wrote the music for the opera ' madame butterfly ' ?

.answer--- puccini
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question--- what is the name of the famous european dramatist , who wrote the plays ' the barber of seville ' and ' the marriage of figaro ' ?

.answer--- beaumarchais
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question--- what is the name of the famous portuguese explorer of the 1500s , who discovered brazil in the year 1500 ?

.answer--- pedro alvares cabral
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