question--- what is the name of the famous european music composer , who was known as the ' waltz king ' ( he was from austria ) ?

.answer--- johann strauss
.correct answer from ' aniket prasad '

question--- what is the name of the famous male novelist of the 1900s , who wrote the novel ' tender is the night ' ?

.answer--- scott fitzgerald
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question--- what is the name of the famous german car maker of the late 1800s , who first advertised the ' patented motor car ' in the year 1888 in the german technical press ?

.answer--- benz
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question--- what is the name of the famous british scientist of the 1800s ( during the early victorian era ) , whose name is associated with the ' induction of electric current ' ?

.answer--- faraday
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question--- what is the name of the famous male european runner of the 20th century , who was known as ' the flying finn ' ?

.answer--- paavo nurmi
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question--- what is the more famous name of the american writer of the 1800s , whose original name was ' samuel langhorne clemens ' ?

.answer--- mark twain
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question--- what is the name of the famous female american astronaut , who was the first american woman to go to space ?

.answer--- sally ride
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question--- what is the name of the famous western composer , who composed the ' firebird suite ballet music ' ?

.answer--- stravinsky
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question--- what is the more famous name of the british novelist of the 20th century , whose original name was 'eric arthur blair ' ?

.answer--- george orwell
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question--- what is the name of the famous western actor , who played ' 8 roles ' in the film ' kind hearts and coronets ' ?

.answer--- alec guinness
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question--- what is the name of the famous american writer of the 1900s , who wrote the plays ' a long days journey into night ' and ' all the gods children got wings ' ( he also won the nobel prize for literature ) ?

.answer--- eugene o neill
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question--- what is the name of the famous british scientist of the 20th century , who wrote the book ' a brief history of time ' ?

.answer--- stephen hawking
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question--- what is the name of the famous german leader of the 1800s , who was known as ' the man of blood and iron ' ( this prussian general was largely responsible for the unification of germany during the 1800s ) ?

.answer--- bismarck
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question--- what is the more famous name of the brazilian football player of the 1960s , whose original name was ' edson arantes do nascimento ' ?

.answer--- pele
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question--- what is the name of the famous ' ship ' , in which ' francis drake ' travelled round the world in the year 1577 ?

.answer--- the golden hind
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the book ' a clockwork orange ' ?

.answer--- anthony burgess
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question--- what is the name of the famous author , who wrote the book ' the godfather ' ( the film 1972 film ' the godfather ' starring marlon brando , directed by coppola was also based on this book ) ?

.answer--- mario puzo
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question--- what is the name of the famous american novelist , who wrote the novel ' jurassic park ' ?

.answer--- michael crichton
.correct answer from ' ujjayanta bhaumik '

question--- what is the name of the famous european archealogist of the early 1900s , who discovered the ' tomb of tutankamun ' ( the egyptian king of the ancient times ) in the year 1922 ?

.answer--- howard carter
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question--- what is the name of the famous english writer of the 1700s , who wrote the book ' the life of samuel johnson ' ( this book was dedicated to the famous english painter ' sir joshua reynolds ' by the author ) ?

.answer--- james boswell
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question--- what is the name of the famous american film director , who directed the 1972 film ' the godfather ' ?

.answer--- francis ford coppola
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question--- what is the name of the famous russian writer , who wrote the play ' the cherry orchard ' ?

.answer--- anton chekov
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question--- what is the name of the famous european philosopher , who wrote ' on liberty ' ?

.answer--- john stuart mill
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Question--- what is the name of the famous inventor of the 1800s , who invented the ' elevator ' ( lift ) in the year 1852 ?

.answer--- elisha otis
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question--- what is the name of the famous novelist , who wrote the novels ' rabbit ' , ' run ' and ' rabbit redux ' ?

.answer--- john updike
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question--- what is the name of the famous european writer , who wrote ' lolita ' ?

.answer--- nabokov
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question--- what is the name of the famous female indian novelist , who wrote the book ' the god of small things ' ( she won the booker prize for this novel ) ?

.answer--- arundhati roy
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question--- what is the name of the famous european painter , who painted ' the rakes progress ' ?

.answer--- william hogarth
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question--- what is the name of the famous american film director , who directed the film ' the treasure of the sierra madre ' ( the 1948 film starring humphrey bogart ) ?

.answer--- john huston
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question--- what is the name of the famous writer , who wrote the book ' a passage to india ' ?

.answer--- e.m.forster
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question--- what is the name of the famous american film director , who directed the 1941 film ' citizen kane ' ?

.answer--- orson welles
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question--- what is the more famous name of the jewish american magician and escapoligist of the late 1800s , whose original name was ' erich weiss ' ?

.answer--- houdini
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