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15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which work is by Brendan Behan? 'Juno and the Paycock' 'Playboy of the Western World' 'Borstal Boy' 'The Plough and the Stars'

2. Kenneth Keating was a prominent politician - but he's perhaps best remembered for a Senate race that he lost. Who defeated him? Strom Thurmond Barry Goldwater Robert Kennedy Richard Nixon

3. Lillie Langtry was an old-time entertainer. According to legend, which prominent person was infatuated with her? Wild Bill Hickock Doc Holliday Bat Masterson Judge Roy Bean

4. Edward Everett was an American statesman and orator of what period? World War II Colonial Civil War Revolutionary

5. Which novel is NOT by Hermann Hesse? 'The Red and the Black' Demian 'Siddhartha' 'The Glass Bead Game'

6. With what newspaper is Ben Bradlee associated? Washington Post Los Angeles Times New York Daily News New York Times

7. Little Johnnie Jones is a character in the play of the same name. Who wrote the play? George M. Cohan Moss Hart Irving Berlin Jerome Kern

8. Who is Stephen Spender? Artist Poet Musician Novelist

9. Which work is by Bertolt Brecht? 'An Enemy of the People' 'The Master Builder' 'Uncle Vanya' 'Mother Courage'

10. Which story by Daphne DuMaurier was adapted and became a Hitchock movie? 'Rebecca' 'Notorious' 'Saboteur' 'Suspicion'