question--- what is the name of the famous russian music composer , whose name is associated with the ballet ' swan lake ' ?

.answer--- tchaikovsky
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question--- what is the name of the famous european film director , who directed the film ' knife in the water ' ?

.answer--- roman polanski
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question--- what is the name of the famous female black american singer , whose original name is ' annie may bullock ' ?

.answer--- tina turner
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question--- what is the name of the famous european music composer , who wrote the music for the ballet ' the rite of spring ' ?

.answer--- igor stravinsky
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question--- what is the name of the famous male english writer of the 1800s during the victorian era , who wrote the novel ' nicholas nickleby ' ?

.answer--- charles dickens
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question--- what is the name of the famous singer , whose original name is ' gordon summer ' ?

.answer--- sting
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer in english , who wrote the book ' old possums book of practical cats ' ( the broadway musical ' cats ' was based on this book ) ?

.answer--- t.s.eliot
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question--- what is the name of the famous british prime minister of the 20th century , who wrote the novel ' savrola ' ( early in his career in the year 1900 ) ?

.answer--- churchill
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question--- what is the name of the famous female english doctor , who was the first english woman to qualify in medicine ?

.answer--- elizabeth garett anderson
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question--- what is the name of the famous european painter of the late 1800s , on whose life the film ' lust for life ' was based ?

.answer--- van gogh
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question--- what is the name of the famous architect , who founded the german art school ' the bauhaus ' in the year 1919 ?

.answer--- walter gropius
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote ' alexandria quartet ' ( a four volume novel ) ?

.answer--- lawrence durell
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question--- what is the name of the famous hollywood actress , who acted in the film ' the country girl ' in the 1950s ( she got recognition as she won the best actress oscar award for this film ) ?

.answer--- grace kelly
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question--- what is the name of the famous western music composer of the 1900s , who composed the opera ' gloriana ' in the year 1953 ( on the occasion of the coronation of the queen of england , elizabeth 2 ) ?

.answer--- benjamin britten
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question--- what is the name of the famous american actress , who is the daughter of the film director ' vincente minelli ' and the hollywood star ' judy garland ' ?

.answer--- liza minelli
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question--- what is the name of the famous american general during the american civil war , who was the general in chief of the ' confederate forces ' ( during the 1860s ) ?

.answer--- robert edward lee
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question--- what is the name of the famous male american modern writer , who wrote the novel ' a streetcar named desire ' ( the film ' a streetcar named desire ' was based on this novel ,starring marlon brando and vivien leigh )

.answer--- tennessee williams
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the book ' hereward the wake ' ?

.answer--- charles kingsley
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question--- what is the name of the famous italian leader of the 1800s , who was the ' premier of peidmont ' and who played a very important role in the unification of italy in the 1800s ?

.answer--- count cavour
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the books ' little women ' and ' little men ' ?

.answer--- louisa may alcott
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question--- what is the name of the famous english classical music composer , who composed ' dido and aeneas ' ?

.answer--- henry purcell
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question--- what is the name of the famous male scottish writer of the late 1800s , who wrote ' peter pan ' ?

.answer--- j.m.barrie
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question--- what is the name of the famous american actress , who acted in the films ' queen christina ' and ' camille ' ( she retired from acting in her 30s in the 1940s decade ) ?

.answer--- greta garbo
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question--- what is the name of the famous male english writer of the early 1800s , who wrote ' childe harold ' ?

.answer--- byron
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the play ' french without tears ' ?

.answer--- terence rattigan
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question--- what is the name of the famous american film director , who directed the film ' the grapes of wrath ' starring henry fonda ( this film was based on the john steinbeck novel of the same name ) ?

.answer--- john ford
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question--- what is the name of the famous greek personality of the ancient times , who wrote the classics ' the iliad and the odyssey ' ?

.answer--- homer
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question--- what is the name of the famous male german tennis player , who won the wimbledon in the year 1985 ( at the age of 17 years ) ?

.answer--- boris becker
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question--- what is the name of the famous male american astronaut , who was the first american to orbit the earth ?

.answer--- john glenn
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