Literature & History Trivia Questions
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Which president is the subject of William Manchester's 1983 book titled 'One Brief Shining Moment'?
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john f. kennedy
In which country was 'Blood Wedding' author Federico Garcia Lorca executed by nationalists in 1936?
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spain
For his resistance efforts during WWII, in which adopted country was Samuel Beckett awarded the Croix de Guerre?
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france
In which country did William Wordsworth have a passionate affair and a child with Annette Vallon?
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france
In a 1643 tract, which legal action did the unhappily married Milton argue for on the grounds of incompatibility?
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divorce
In George Orwell's '1984', Big Brother characterizes which Soviet dictator?
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joseph stalin
Which mystery author and daughter of a U.S. president has published a book about the First Ladies?
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margaret truman
Which former president of Chile was the uncle of Isabel, who wrote her first novel while in exile in Venezuela?
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salvador allende
Which author, known for his "barrack-room ballads," had a cousin named Stanley who served as a prime minister of England?
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rudyard kipling
Which author, awarded the French Legion of Honor for her WWI aid to the Allies, wrote 'Ethan Frome'?
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edith wharton
What is the name of the archbishop whose shrine the pilgrims were traveling to in 'The Canterbury Tales'?
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thomas becket
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