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1
Which of the following is not a book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dead Souls
Poor Folk
The Adolescent
Crime and Punishment
2
The pioneering Swiss explorer 'Isabelle Eberhardt' died in Africa in which year?
1904
1877
1916
1902
3
Which one of these is not a method of Archaeological dating?
Thermoluminescence dating
Online dating
Radiocarbon dating
Dendrochronology
4
What was the inspiration behind the 1992 song 'Scentless Apprentice' by Nirvana?
A form of 'synesthesia' where one is able to taste sound.
The 1957 movie 'The sweet smell of success'
The smell from Dave Grohl's feet
A 1985 Novel by Patrick Süskind
5
Which one was not a Libertine?
Aleister Crowley
Marquis de Sade
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Rimbaud
6
What is the opening sentence in the 1851 novel 'Moby Dick'?
My name is Ishmael
The End
Call me Ishmael
I am Ishmael
7
Which style of writing is this gentleman most famous for?
Spontaneous prose
Creative Non-fiction
Stream of Consciousness
Expository Writing
8
Which of these was never a member of pop group The Beetles?
Stuart Sutcliffe
John Paul Jones
Pete Best
John Lennon
9
Which is the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella" story?
Cenerentola
Cendrillon,
Aschenputtel
Rhodopis
10
What is the name of the lead character in the Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations'
Pete
Pip
Pitt
Samuel
11
Name the author who wrote the poem 'The Night Before Christmas' in 1822
Clement Clarke Moore
James Maitland Stewart
Arthur C. Clarke
Ernest Miller Hemingway
12
Sioux Indian Ghost Dance. A silent 1894 clip by which early film pioneer?
Thomas Edison
Georges Méliès
F W Murnau
Fritz Lang
13
Who was the author of this famous book, published in 1851
Philip K Dick
Alexandre Dumas
Pee Wee Herman
Herman Melville
14
What was the name of Popeye's four legged friend?
Bluto
Eugene the Jeep
Swee'Pea
Olive Oil
15
The 1932 song 'Gloomy Sunday' made popular by Billie Holiday, is also known as?
Song of souls
Song of Solemnity
The Bulgarian funeral song
The Hungarian suicide song
16
What 'pen name' did the novelist Emily Bronte write under?
Currer Bell
Charlotte Bronte
Ellis Bell
J.K. Rowling
17
Hypatia, taught philosophy and astronomy in 4th century Alexandria. How did she die?
Suicide
Murdered by a Christian mob
Poisoned by a snake
Hit by a chariot
18
'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust consists of how may volumes?
3
7
5
9
19
How many Greek islands are there?
62
300
227
6000
20
Which of these is not an extinct language?
Greenlandic Norse
Occitan
Galindian
Kernowek
