question--- what is the name of the famous male american actor , who was known as ' the king of hollywood ' ( he was the hero of the film ' gone with the wind ) ?

.answer--- clark gable
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question--- what is the name of the famous ' costume designer ' , who won the oscar award for the film ' my fair lady ' ?

.answer--- cecil beaton
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question--- what is the name of the famous inventor , who invented the ' cotton gin ' ?

.answer--- eli whitney
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question--- what is the name of the russian revolutionary leader ( born in the year 1879 ) , whose name meant ' man of steel ' ?

.answer--- stalin
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question--- what is the name of the famous male european intellectual personality , who wrote the book ' brave new world ' ?

.answer--- aldous huxley
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer of the 1800s , who wrote ' the importance of being earnest ' ?

.answer--- oscar wilde
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question--- what is the name of the famous english writer , who wrote the sonnet ' no man is an island ' ?

.answer--- john donne
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question--- what is the name of the famous scottish economist of the 1700s , who wrote the book ' the wealth of nations ' ?

.answer--- adam smith
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question--- what is the name of the famous male american actor , who played the lead role in the film ' forrest gump ' ?

.answer--- tom hanks
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the book ' the wind in the willows ' ?

.answer--- kenneth grahame
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question--- what is the name of the famous european classical composer , who composed the symphony ' from the new world ' ?

.answer--- dvorak
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question--- what is the name of the famous english film director , who directed the film ' rear window ' starring james stewart and grace kelly ?

.answer--- hitchcock
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question--- what is the name of the famous english scientist during the world war 2 , who designed the ' swing wing aircraft ' and the ' wellington bomber ' ?

.answer--- barnes wallis
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question--- what is the name of the famous male english writer of the 1600s , who wrote ' volpone ' , ' bartholomew fair ' and ' the alchemist ' ?

.answer--- ben jonson
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question--- what is the name of the famous american actress , who acted in the films ' dangerous ' and ' jezebel ' ( she won the oscar awards for both these films ) ?

.answer--- bette davis
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question--- what is the name of the famous male english runner , who was the first man to run a mile under 4 minutes ( in the year 1954 ) ?

.answer--- roger bannister
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question--- what is the name of the famous european explorer , who founded the sea route to india in the year 1498 ?

.answer--- vasco da gama
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question--- what is the name of the famous american scientist ( and politician ) of the 1700s , who invented the lightning conductor ?

.answer--- benjamin franklin
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question--- what is the name of the famous male american actor , who won the oscar for the film ' elmer gantry ' ?

.answer--- burt lancaster
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question--- what is the name of the famous english poet of the 1800s , who wrote the poem ' dolores ' ?

.answer--- swinburne
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question--- what is the name of the famous italian explorer of the 1400s , after whom the american continent is named after ( both north america and the south america ) ?

.answer--- amerigo vespucci
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question--- what is the name of the famous female english novelist of the 1800s , who wrote the novel ' northanger abbey ' ?

.answer--- jane austen
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question--- what is the name of the famous american musician ( jazz music , ragtime ) , whose musicals include ' annie get your gun ' and ' call me madam ' ?

.answer--- irving berlin
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question--- what is the name of the famous male european runner , who won the 5000m , 10000 m and the marathon events in the 1952 olympics ?

.answer--- emil zatopek
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question--- what is the more famous name of the male american actor of the 1950s , whose original name was ' marion morrison ' ?

.answer--- john wayne
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question--- what is the name of the famous male american aviator of the 1900s , who achieved the first solo trans atlantic flight ( across the atlantic ocean from america to europe flight ) ?

.answer--- charles lindberg
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question--- what is the name of the famous british pop music band , which was previously known as ' the quarrymen ' ?

.answer--- beatles
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question--- what is the name of the famous scientist , whose name is associated with the ' big bang theory ' ( astrophysics ) ?

.answer--- george gamow
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question--- what is the name of the famous american state , in which the ' niagara falls ' is situated ?

.answer--- new york state
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question--- what is the name of the famous male english novelist of the 1800s , who wrote the novel ' david copperfield ' ?

.answer--- charles dickens
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