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1. What was Marilyn Monroe’s name at the time of her birth? a) Norma Jeane Mortensen b) Marlene Dietrich c) Jane Seymour d) Jill Dando 2. What was Marilyn Monroe’s name at the time of her baptism? a) Norma Jeane Baker b) Elizabeth Smith c) Jane Eyre d) Letitia Bonaparte 3. What was Marilyn Monroe’s character in Niagara? a) Mary Fokker b) Lois Lane c) Rose Loomis d) Lucy Longfellow

1) Which of the following is true of Louis Mountbatten? a) First Attorney General of independent India b) First Governor General of independent India c) First President independent India d) First Prime Minister of independent India 2) When was Louis Mountbatten born? a) 5 March 1896 b) 25 June 1900 c) 3 July 1904 d) 7 December 1902 3) Where was Louis Mountbatten born? a) Hanover b) Berlin c) Dublin d) Windsor

1. What is the name of the main human character in the Twilight series? (a) Alice Cullen (b) Edward Cullen (c) Bella Swan (d) Jacob Black 2. In what city does Bella Swan move to at the beginning of the series? (a) Forks, Washington (b) Seattle, Washington (c) Phoenix, Arizona (d) Los Angeles, California 3. What is the name of the vampire family that Bella becomes involved with? (a) The Volturi (b) The Cullen (c) The Denali (d) The Romanian

1. In which French city was Marcel Proust born? (a) Paris (b) Lyon (c) Marseille (d) Auteuil 2. What is the title of Marcel Proust's magnum opus? (a) Remembrance of Things Past (b) The Lost World (c) In Search of Lost Time (d) The Odyssey of the Mind 3. Proust's work is often associated with which literary movement? (a) Realism (b) Romanticism (c) Symbolism (d) Modernism

1. What was Maya Angelou's birth name? (a) Marguerite Annie Johnson (b) Maya Angelou (c) Angelou Johnson (d) Marguerite Johnson 2. Where did Maya Angelou grow up? (a) New York City (b) Stamps, Arkansas (c) Los Angeles (d) Chicago 3. What was a significant event in Maya Angelou's childhood that had a profound impact on her? (a) Winning a poetry contest (b) Graduating from college (c) Witnessing the lynching of her uncle (d) Moving to New York City

1. In what state was Emily Dickinson born and raised? (a) Massachusetts (b) New York (c) Pennsylvania (d) Virginia 2. Which of the following best describes Emily Dickinson's style of poetry? (a) Free verse (b) Sonnets (c) Haiku (d) Ballad 3. What is the title of Emily Dickinson's most famous poem? (a) "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" (b) "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" (c) "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" (d) "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

1. John Bunyan was primarily known for being a: (a) Poet (b) Dramatist (c) Novelist (d) Preacher 2. The central theme of Bunyan's most famous work is: (a) The pursuit of wealth (b) The journey of life (c) The power of love (d) The importance of education 3. Bunyan's most celebrated work is: (a) "Paradise Lost" (b) "The Canterbury Tales" (c) "The Pilgrim's Progress" (d) "Pride and Prejudice"

1. What is Haruki Murakami's nationality? (a) Japanese (b) American (c) British (d) French 2. In which city does Haruki Murakami live? (a) Tokyo (b) Osaka (c) Kyoto (d) Sapporo 3. In "The Elephant Vanishes," what is the significance of the disappearing elephants? (a) They represent the fragility of reality. (b) They symbolize the protagonist's loneliness. (c) They are a supernatural phenomenon. (d) They have no particular significance.

1. When was Edward Teller born? a) 15 February 1908 b) 24 May 1906 c) 26 July 1904 d) 23 October 1902 2. Where was Edward Teller born? a) Amsterdam b) Budapest c) Vienna d) Zagreb 3. At which university did Edward Teller teach in 1931-1933? a) Munich b) Leipzig c) Gottingen d) Karlsruhe

1) Who scored 10 in gymnastics in Montreal Olympics 1976? a) Ion Tiriac b) Cornel Otelea c) Mihai Leu d) Nadia Comaneci 2) Who was the dictator of Romania from 1967 to 1989? a) Petru Groza b) Nicole Ceausescu c) Enver Hoxha d) Chivu Stoica 3) Which is the currency of Romania? a) Euro b) Leu c) Mark d) Guilder