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literature
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What's Madame Bovary's first name?
1Emma
2Virginie
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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sciences
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Which physicist made the first radiograph in 1895?
2Wilhelm Röntgen
1Pierre Curie
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The first radiograph in history was taken on December 22, 1895 on the hand of Anna Bertha Röntgen, the wife of Dr. Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.
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The first radiograph in history was taken on December 22, 1895 on the hand of Anna Bertha Röntgen, the wife of Dr. Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.
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arts
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Which primitive Flemish painter painted Madonna of Chancellor Rolin around 1435?
2Jan van Eyck
1Antoine van Dyck
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Madonna of Chancellor Rolin is a painting painted around 1435 by the early Flemish painter Jan van Eyck for Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good. It has been kept since 1805 in the Louvre museum.
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Madonna of Chancellor Rolin is a painting painted around 1435 by the early Flemish painter Jan van Eyck for Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good. It has been kept since 1805 in the Louvre museum.
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arts
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Who shot Andy Warhol on July 3, 1968?
2Valerie Solanas
1Mario Amaya
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On June 3, 1968, he narrowly escaped death when Valerie Solanas, a feminist activist, emptied the magazine of a gun on him in the lobby of the Factory.
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On June 3, 1968, he narrowly escaped death when Valerie Solanas, a feminist activist, emptied the magazine of a gun on him in the lobby of the Factory.
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arts
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Where is the work The Fortune Teller painted by Georges de La Tour exhibited?
1Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2Orsay Museum, Paris
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The Fortune Teller is a painting by Georges de La Tour currently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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The Fortune Teller is a painting by Georges de La Tour currently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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history
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When did Louis XIV and his court reside at the Château de Versailles?
11682
21789
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The Palace of Versailles is a French castle and historical monument. It was the residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king and the court resided there permanently from May 6, 1682 to October 6, 1789.
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The Palace of Versailles is a French castle and historical monument. It was the residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king and the court resided there permanently from May 6, 1682 to October 6, 1789.
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music
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On which Screamin' Jay Hawkins album does the song I Put A Spell On You appear?
1At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins
2The Night And Day Of
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song I Put a Spell on You appears on the eponymous album At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins, released in 1958.
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song I Put a Spell on You appears on the eponymous album At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins, released in 1958.
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music
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Which African-American soul singer died tragically in a plane crash in 1967?
2Otis Ray Redding
1Sam Cooke
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African-American soul singer Otis Redding died tragically in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, at the age of 26.
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African-American soul singer Otis Redding died tragically in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, at the age of 26.
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history
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How did Emperor Marcus Aurelius die?
1Disease
2Murder
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Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180 AD, probably of the Antonine plague, during a military campaign near Vindobona, modern-day Vienna.
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Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180 AD, probably of the Antonine plague, during a military campaign near Vindobona, modern-day Vienna.
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sciences
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What planet makes one revolution around the sun in 248 years?
1Pluto
2Saturn
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Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet, completes one revolution around the Sun in 248 years. Its elliptical trajectory and distance make it a unique object in the solar system.
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Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet, completes one revolution around the Sun in 248 years. Its elliptical trajectory and distance make it a unique object in the solar system.
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