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1. Which erstwhile member of the British Royal family, formerly known by the title 'Duchess of York' a spokesperson for Weight Watchers, wrote the children's book series about "Budgie The Little Helicopter"?

  Zara Phillips
  Camilla Parker Bowles
  Princess Anne
  Sarah Ferguson

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2. If William Shakespeare were alive and well, living in the north of England in the 21st century, which of his plays might be entitled "Shed Loads a Mithering over Nowt"?

  Romeo and Juliet
  The Tempest
  Much Ado about Nothing
  As You Like It

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3. "The name's Bond. James Bond." He's well-known from movies, but who wrote the original books featuring this famous British spy?

  John le Carre
  Agatha Christie
  Dashiel Hammett
  Ian Fleming

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4. North Tarrytown, New York, changed its name because of which Washington Irving story?

  The Cask of Amontillado
  The Alhambra
  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  The Gift of the Magi

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5. Rue, Cato, Peeta and Thresh are fictional contestants in which dangerous games?

  The Olympic Games
  The World Cup
  The Commonwealth Games
  The Hunger Games

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6. Which famous novel was banned in at least six countries because of its pedophilic content?

  Pale Fire
  The Gift
  Pnin
  Lolita

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7. Aouda, Phileas Fogg, Jupiter, Captain Hatteras, Passepartout, Nemo - who is the French writer responsible for creating these characters?

  Jules Verne
  Alexander Dumas
  Emile Zola
  Marcel Proust

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8. Many Dr. Seuss fans assume that "The Cat in the Hat" was his best selling book, but this is incorrect. What IS his number one seller, according to a 2018 statement from Random House (who published his work)?

  The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
  The Seven Lady Godivas
  The King's Stilts
  Green Eggs and Ham

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9. In the classic Man-against-Nature novel by Herman Melville, "Moby Dick", the title character, who is also the nemesis of Captain Ahab, is what kind of creature?

  a crocodile
  a great white whale
  a marlin
  a great white shark

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10. Which British author, known for their satirical take on governments, stated that "One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship"?

  T.S. Eliot
  Truman Capote
  George Orwell
  J.K. Rowling

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