question--- what is the name of the famous ' inventor ' , who invented the ' jet engine ' ?

.answer--- sir frank whittle
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question--- what is the name of the famous male hollywood actor of the 1950s , who acted in the 1952 film ' high noon ' (he won the oscar award ) ?

.answer--- gary cooper
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question--- what is the name of the famous british leader of the 1600s , who had the nicknames ' old ironsides ' and 'old noll ' ?

.answer--- cromwell
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question--- what is the name of the famous english writer, who wrote the novel ' to kill a mocking bird ' ?

.answer--- harper lee
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer in english , who wrote the story ' kipps ' ( in the year 1905 ) ?

.answer--- h.g.wells
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question--- what is the name of the famous male black american actor, whose name is associated with the film ' the lilies of the field ' ?

.answer--- sidney poitier
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question--- what is the name of the famous russian leader of the 1900s, who was the first leader of the soviet union from 1918 to 1924 ?

.answer--- lenin
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question--- what is the name of the famous british scientist of the 1800s, whose name is associated with the ' theory of natural selection ' ?

.answer--- darwin
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question--- what is the name of the famous male hollywood actor and dancer, whose original name was ' frederick austerlitz ' ?

.answer--- fred astaire
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question--- what is the name of the famous city in turkey, in which the ' topkapi palace ' is present ?

.answer--- istanbul
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question--- what is the name of the famous male hollywood actor , who acted in the film ' taxi driver ' ( 1976 movie ) ?

.answer--- robert de niro
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question--- what is the name of the famous female english writer of the 1800s , who wrote the novel ' the mill on the floss ' ?

.answer--- george eliot
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question--- what is the name of the famous male swimmer ( 1984 olympic games ) , who had the title ' the albatross ' ?

.answer--- michael gross
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question--- what is the name of the famous city in america, in which the ' united nations ' building is located ?

.answer--- new york
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question--- what is the name of the famous french sculptor of the 1800s , who designed the ' statue of liberty ' ?

.answer--- bartholdi
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question--- what is the name of the famous norway scientist, whose name is associated with the ' kon tiki ' raft expedition ?

.answer--- thor heyerdahl
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question--- what is the name of the famous english novelist, whose best known work is the ' lord of the flies ' ?

.answer--- golding
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question--- what is the name of the famous british prime minister during the second world war, who was born in the blenheim palace ?

.answer--- churchill
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question--- what is the name of the famous american inventor, whose name is associated with the ' gramaphone ' and the ' electric lamp ' ?

.answer--- edison
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question--- what is the name of the famous american film director, who directed the film ' the ten commandments ' ?

.answer--- cecil de mille
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question--- what is the name of the famous western woman fashion designer, whose name is associated with the ' mod fashions ' during the 1960s ?

.answer--- mary quant
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question--- what is the name of the famous american music composer, whose name is associated with the films ' westside story ' and ' on the town ' ?

.answer--- leonard bernstein
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question--- what is the name of the famous scottish explorer, who discovered the ' victoria falls ' in africa ?

.answer--- david livingstone
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question--- what is the name of the famous english writer, whose name is associated with the ' jeeves books ' ?

.answer--- p.g.wodehouse
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question--- what is the name of the famous western music composer, who wrote music for ' the planets ' ?

.answer--- holst
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question--- what is the name of the famous japanese city , which is the largest city in the asia continent ?

.answer--- tokyo
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question--- what is the name of the famous english writer of the 1800s (a history professor at cambridge), who wrote ' westward ho ' ?

.answer--- charles kingsley
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question--- what is the name of the famous american music composer, whose name is associated with the folk opera ' porgy and bess ' ?

.answer--- george gershwin
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer of the ' victorian era ' , who wrote the novel ' under the greenwood tree ' ?

.answer--- thomas hardy
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question--- what is the name of the river in america, on which the capital city ' washington dc ' is situated ?

.answer--- potomac
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question--- what is the name of the famous western rock music band, whose name is associated with the song ' hotel california ' ?

.answer--- eagles
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