Question--- what is the name of the famous captain of the ship 'the bounty', when the mutiny took place on this ship in 1779 ?

.Answer--- William Bligh
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Question--- what is the name of the famous pop superstar, whose original name is ' Reginald dwight ' ?

.Answer--- Elton John
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Question--- what is the name of the famous English writer, who wrote ' the importance of being earnest'. ?

.Answer--- Oscar Wilde
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European capital city, in which you can find the ' arc de triomphe' and ' the champs élysées'. ?

.Answer--- Paris
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American male swimmer, who was also the first American swimmer to win five Olympic gold medals ?

.Answer--- mark spitz
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Question--- what is the name of the famous French female fashion designer, who created ' the little black dress' ?

.Answer--- coco Chanel
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Question--- what is the name of the well known female singer( historically), who is associated with the song ' we will meet again' ?

.Answer--- dame Vera Lynn
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Question--- what is the name of the famous industrially advanced Asian country, which is also known as ' Nippon' ?

.Answer--- Japan
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Question--- what is the name of the famous and beautiful italian actress, who was married to filmaker Carlo Ponti ?

.Answer--- Sophia Loren
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British writer, who wrote ' the tale of two cities' set against the French revolution as the back drop ?

.Answer--- Charles dickens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian leader of the 1800s, whose fallowers were known as the ' red shirts'. ?

.Answer--- garibaldi
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the dancer, whose original name was Peggy hookham ?

.Answer--- margot Fonteyn
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Question--- what is the more famous name of the Australian singer 'Helen porter Mitchell', (peach Melba is named after her) ?

.Answer--- Nellie Melba
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Question--- what is the name of the famous Italian scientist of the 1500s, who was the first scientist to use the telescope to study the stars ?

.Answer--- Galileo
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Question--- what is the name of the famous black American athlete, who won four events in 1936 Berlin Olympics, in front of hitler ?

.Answer--- Jesse Owens
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Question--- what is the name of the famous cricket club in England, which was founded in 1787 and which is also the cricket governing body in England.?

.Answer--- marylebone cricket club (MCC)
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Question--- what is the name of the river in Germany, on which the Berlin city stands ?

.Answer--- spree
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American writer, who wrote ' the old man and the sea ' ?

.Answer--- Ernest Hemingway
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Question--- what was the name of the famous Russian football goalkeeper, who was voted as the European footballer of the year ?

.Answer--- lev yashin
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Question--- what is the name of the well known country in eastern Europe, in which the music composer Chopin was born ?

.Answer--- Poland
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Question--- what is the name of the famous palace building in England, in which the marriage of queen Victoria and prince Albert took place ?

.Answer--- saint James palace.
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German American scientist, who wrote in his will that he would be donating his brain to Princeton university after his death( he also won the Nobel prize for his photo electric effect theory) ?

.Answer--- Einstein
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Question--- what is the name of the famous American singer, about whom don macleans song ' American pie' is about ?

.Answer--- buddy holly
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Question--- what is the name of the famous European country, which gifted the ' statue of liberty' to America?

.Answer--- France
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Question--- what is the name of the famous pop musician, who is associated with the song ' imagine ' ?

.Answer--- John Lennon
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Question--- what is the name of the famous writer in English, who wrote the novel ' the day of the jackal' ?

.Answer--- Frederick Forsyth
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Question-- what is the name of the well known personality, who is associated with the sailing yachts called ' gipsy moth'. ?

.Answer--- Francis Chichester
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Question--- what is the name of the famous British scientist, who visited the Galapagos islands to get evidence for his ' theory of natural selection' ?

.Answer--- Darwin
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Question--- what is the name of the Russian, who invented the helicopter in America ?

.Answer--- Sikorsky
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Question--- what is the name of the famous German American rocket scientist, who developed the 'Saturn V rockets' for the Americas ' Apollo space program' ?

.Answer--- wernher von Braun
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Question--- what is the name of the famous English writer , who wrote ' the jungle book ' ?

.Answer--- rudyard Kipling
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