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What is a Pascaline?
1A mechanical calculator
2A mechanical clock
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The Pascaline is a mechanical calculator invented in 1642 by Blaise Pascal to help his father, a tax collector, perform addition and subtraction calculations.
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The Pascaline is a mechanical calculator invented in 1642 by Blaise Pascal to help his father, a tax collector, perform addition and subtraction calculations.
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entertainment
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In the movie All the President's Men, which newspaper do Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein work for?
2Washington Post
1Herald Tribune
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All the President's Men is an American film directed by Alan J. Pakula, released in 1976. It is an adaptation of the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post.
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All the President's Men is an American film directed by Alan J. Pakula, released in 1976. It is an adaptation of the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post.
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arts
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Where is exhibited the work The Waterseller of Seville painted by Diego Velázquez?
2Wellington Museum, London
1National Gallery, London
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The Waterseller of Seville is one of Diego Velázquez's major early works. It is an oil on canvas kept in the Wellington Museum, in the London palace of Apsley House.
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The Waterseller of Seville is one of Diego Velázquez's major early works. It is an oil on canvas kept in the Wellington Museum, in the London palace of Apsley House.
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arts
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For the promotion of which Madonna album does Jean-Michel Basquiat appear with his face tied up?
2Rebel Heart
1Like a Prayer
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For the promotion of Madonna's album Rebel Heart (2015), Jean-Michel Basquiat appears with his face tied with a black rope. Other historical figures have undergone the same hijacking; we can quote Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley. These images have caused controversy.
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For the promotion of Madonna's album Rebel Heart (2015), Jean-Michel Basquiat appears with his face tied with a black rope. Other historical figures have undergone the same hijacking; we can quote Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley. These images have caused controversy.
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arts
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Where is exhibited the work Danse I painted by the French artist Henri Matisse in 1909?
1MoMA, New York
2Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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Dance I is a painting made by Henri Matisse in 1909 in Paris and currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Dance I is a painting made by Henri Matisse in 1909 in Paris and currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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history
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Which animal is often associated with the Greek goddess Athena?
1Owl
2Snake
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In Greek mythology, the animal associated with Athena is the owl. A symbol of wisdom and knowledge, it embodies intelligence and clairvoyance.
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In Greek mythology, the animal associated with Athena is the owl. A symbol of wisdom and knowledge, it embodies intelligence and clairvoyance.
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entertainment
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In which African country does the film Out of Africa take place?
1Kenya
2South Africa
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Out of Africa is set in Kenya, where it tells the story of writer Karen Blixen, against the backdrop of the splendid East African landscape.
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Out of Africa is set in Kenya, where it tells the story of writer Karen Blixen, against the backdrop of the splendid East African landscape.
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history
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What Russian statesman died in 1924?
2Vladimir Lenin
1Joseph Staline
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) on 10 April 1870 (22 April 1870 in the Gregorian calendar) and died in Vichy Gorky (now Gorky Leninskie) on 21 January 1924, was a Russian communist revolutionary, political theorist and statesman.
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) on 10 April 1870 (22 April 1870 in the Gregorian calendar) and died in Vichy Gorky (now Gorky Leninskie) on 21 January 1924, was a Russian communist revolutionary, political theorist and statesman.
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arts
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To which artistic movement does Edward Hopper's Nighthawks belong?
2American Realism
1American Expressionism
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Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper, an American naturalist and realist painter whose subjects were loneliness and alienation of the individual in American society.
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Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper, an American naturalist and realist painter whose subjects were loneliness and alienation of the individual in American society.
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entertainment
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Which David Lynch film was released in 2001?
2Mulholland Drive
1Lost Highway
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Mulholland Drive is David Lynch's 2001 film. This psychological thriller has gained a cult following for its enigmatic narrative and dreamlike atmosphere.
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Mulholland Drive is David Lynch's 2001 film. This psychological thriller has gained a cult following for its enigmatic narrative and dreamlike atmosphere.
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