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1. What "Queen of Crime" once said, "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her"?

  Sue Grafton
  Janet Evanovitch
  Agatha Christie
  Miss Jane Marple

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2. What surname is shared by an actor named Cornel and an author named Oscar?

  Levant
  Wilde
  Mayer
  Robertson

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3. This Renaissance artist, who painted 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz', was born in Crete but spent most of his working life in Spain. He was known by a nickname referring to his country of origin.

  Constable
  Rembrandt
  El Greco
  Picasso

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4. What New York City mayor, after whom a local airport is named, created the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) with Administrative Order 9, signed on December 1st, 1941?

  Robert Van Wyck
  William O'Dwyer
  George B. McClellan, Jr.
  Fiorello H. LaGuardia

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5. Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, but she is also related by marriage to what famous person? His Italian title was Il Duce.

  Victor Emmanuel
  Garibaldi
  Mussolini
  Petrach

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6. His birth name is Charles Philip Arthur George and his date of birth is 14th November 1948. Who is he?

  Charley Patton
  Pretty Boy Floyd
  Charles Dickens
  Charles III

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7. Johannes Gutenberg, the namesake of the Gutenberg Bible, was the inventor of what machine?

  Cotton gin
  Catapult
  Water wheel
  Printing press

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8. An author of around 30 works, for what subject matter is Friedrich Nietzsche known?

  Politics
  Military strategy
  Economics
  Philosophy

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9. The first modern historical treatment of Phuket was entitled "Historical Retrospect of Junkceylon Island" and was published in 1905. But, the writer was not of Thai ethnicity. From what pizza-loving country did he come?

  Monaco
  Spain
  Italy
  Portugal

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10. Who was the first woman to climb Mt. Everest?

  Hillary Edmund
  Junko Tabei
  Julie Andrews
  Diana Ross

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