question--- what is the name of the carribean island , on which the two countries ' haiti ' and ' dominican republic ' are located ?

.answer--- hispaniola
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the country , in which the ' military tet offensive ' was launched in the year 1968 ?

.answer--- vietnam
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question--- what is the name of the writer , who wrote the play ' look back in anger ' ?

.answer--- john osborne
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question--- what is the name of the hollywood film , which was based on the japanese film ' the seven samurai ' ( directed by akira kurosawa ) ?

.answer--- ' the magnificent seven '
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question--- what is the name of the writer , who wrote the book ' the catcher in the rye ' ?

.answer--- j.d.salinger
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question--- what is the name of the british nurse , who was known as ' the lady with the lamp ' ?

.answer--- florence nightingale
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question--- what is the name of the illustrator , who illustrated the book ' alice adventures in wonderland ' ( written by lewis carrol ) ?

.answer--- john tenneil
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question--- what was the name of the hollywood actress , whose original name was ' appolonia chalupek ' ?

.answer--- pola negri
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the english poet of the 1800s , who wrote the poem ' the ancient mariner ' ?

.answer--- s.t.coleridge
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question--- what is the name of the british architect , who designed the ' blenheim palace ' ?

.answer--- john vanbrugh
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the famous British painter , who painted the painting ' hay wain ' ?

.answer--- constable
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question--- what was the name of the new building built by queen victoria for the 1851 great exhibition in the hyde park in london ?

.answer--- the crystal palace
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question--- what is the name of the colorful british personality , who wrote the book ' the seven pillars of wisdom ' in the year 1926 ( he worked in the middle east in the 1900s ) ?

.answer--- t.e.lawrence
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question--- in the russian capital city moscow , what is known as ' the city within the city ' ?

.answer--- kremlin
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question--- what is the name of the spanish ' national museum ' of painting and sculpture , which is located in the capital city madrid ?

.answer--- prado
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the german scientist of the 1700s , who invented the ' mercury thermometer ' in the year 1714 ?

.answer--- fahrenheit
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question--- what is the name of the american film director , who directed the films ' sunset boulevard ' , ' lost weekend ' and ' the apartment ' ?

.answer--- billy wilder
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question--- in mythology , what is the name of the legendary magical sword of king arthur ?

.answer--- excalibur
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question--- what is the name of the highest mountain in japan , southwest of tokyo , which is considered sacred by the japanese ?

.answer--- fujiyama
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the famous european music composer , who composed ' the firebird ' , ' petrushka ' and ' the rite of spring ' ?

.answer--- stravinsky
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the famous female english writer of the 1800s , who wrote the novel ' jane eyre ' ?

.answer--- charlotte bronte
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question--- what is the name of the european country , whose name is associated with the architectures ' doric ' , ' ionic ' and ' corinthian ' ?

.answer--- greece
.correct answer from ' v.k.handa '

question--- what is the name of the famous indian cricketer ( batsman ) , who was the first batsman in the world to amass 10,000 runs in test cricket ( cricket is a british sport ) ?

.answer--- sunil gavaskar
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question--- what is the name of the famous country , in which the ' mason dixon line ' is the traditional dividing line which divides the north and the south of the country ?

.answer--- USA
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the book ' charlie and the chocolate factory ' ?

.answer--- roald dahl
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who created the fictional character ' tarzan ' ?

.answer--- edgar rice burroughs
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question--- what is the name of the famous british statesman of the 1900s , who won the nobel prize for literature in 1953 ?

.answer--- churchill
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question--- what is the name of the famous european sailor ( portugese sailor of the medeival times ) , who was the first person to do the circumnavigation of the globe ?

.answer--- megallan
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question--- what is the name of the famous american jazz musician , whose nickname was ' satchmo ' ?

.answer--- louis armstrong
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question--- what is the name of the famous english novelist of the 1800s during the victorian era , who wrote the novel ' pickwick papers ' ( queen victoria considered this novelist as the greatest ever english novelist ) ?

.answer--- charles dickens
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question--- what is the name of the famous italian film director , who directed the film ' the nights of cabiria ' ( his wife was also a talented actress and his films have won the ' oscar awards ' ) ?

.answer--- fellini
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