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Q1. Which of these was born first?

A
Rowan Atkinson
B
Bob Hope
C
W C Fields
D
Steve Martin
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Q2. "Saki" was the pen-name of which Scottish short story writer who was killed during World War I?

A
Edgar Allen Poe
B
Somerset Maugham
C
H. H. Munro
D
Guy de Maupassant
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Q3. When did blind black singer/composers Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles lose their sight?

A
Charles was blind at birth, Wonder went blind in childhood
B
Both were blind at birth
C
Both went blind in childhood
D
Wonder was blind at birth, Charles went blind in childhood
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Q4. The documentary film "This Is It" centred around the backstage preparations for a tour by which pop star?

A
Paul McCartney
B
Ozzy Osbourne
C
Michael Jackson
D
David Bowie
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Q5. Which of these novels was not written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

A
The Brothers Karamazov
B
Crime and Punishment
C
The Idiot
D
Doctor Zhivago
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Q6. Belarusian YouTuber, video blogger, opposition leader and pro-democracy activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski (Sergei Tikhanovsky) - imprisoned in Belarus following a protest and released in June 2025 in a prisoner exchange - is a university graduate in what?

A
Philology
B
Theology
C
Marine biology
D
Civil Engineering
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Q7. Whose germ theory led to his devising a means to heat-treat milk to reduce disease?

A
Priestley
B
Vickers
C
Padré
D
Pasteur
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