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In 1958, Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but negative Soviet reaction forced him to refuse the honor. For which novel was Boris Pasternak awarded the Nobel Prize?

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What toy craze caused widespread panic buying and even fights during the 1996 holiday season?

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In 1970, Dustin Hoffman was 33 years old when he played the film role of 121-year-old Jack Crabb in what film?

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What is the oldest university in the English-speaking world?

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Her name was Judith Kaplan, and she was the world's first Bat Mitzvah. This event took place in Manhattan in what year?- within 10

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In what year was British watercolour artist Robert Cocking born: 1740, 1754, 1776 or 1813?

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From which Shakespearean plays do the following lines come? a. "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." b. If music be the food of love, play on."

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In the history of ship development, around 3000 B.C., what was the first civilization to discover sails and build boats out of planks of wood?

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What 2015 action thriller stars Jason Statham as a Las Vegas bodyguard with a gambling problem who seeks revenge after a friend is brutally assaulted by the son of a powerful mob boss?

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This German field marshal commanded the African Korps during World War II. After he was implicated in a plot to kill Hitler in 1944, he took his life. He was nicknamed the "desert fox." Who was he?

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Inhabited since prehistoric times, this city is widely considered to be the world's oldest city. Today it's the capital of its country. Which city is this?

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What international organization launched a new global food security initiative to combat famine in Africa in March 2026?

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This actor died of AIDS in1991. He had kept his illness a secret, fearing he wouldn't be able to work in Hollywood. He was star of a 1978 film about an American imprisoned in Turkey for drug smuggling. What is his name and the name of the film?

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The 98th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for which date in 2026?

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Which company developed "Digital Visual Interface": AMD, Digital Display Working Group, Intel or Nvidia?