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nature
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Is the carob a tree or a shrub?
1A tree
2A shrub
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The carob tree is a member of the Fabaceae family. It is grown mainly for its edible pods, called carobs.
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The carob tree is a member of the Fabaceae family. It is grown mainly for its edible pods, called carobs.
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music
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On which album of the American singer Dionne Warwick does the song Walk On By appear?
1Make Way For Dionne Warwick
2Presenting Dionne Warwick
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Dionne Warwick's song Walk On By appears on her album Make Way for Dionne Warwick, released in 1964, a huge hit written by Bacharach and David.
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Dionne Warwick's song Walk On By appears on her album Make Way for Dionne Warwick, released in 1964, a huge hit written by Bacharach and David.
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arts
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Where is the work The Matchmaker painted by Gerard van Honthorst exhibited?
1Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2Mauritshuis, The Hague
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The Matchmaker is a painting by the Utrecht painter Gerrit van Honthorst, acquired in 1951 by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
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The Matchmaker is a painting by the Utrecht painter Gerrit van Honthorst, acquired in 1951 by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
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history
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Which pope convoked the Council of Trent in 1542?
1Paul III
2Pie III
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The Council of Trent was convened in 1542 by Pope Paul III to respond to the Protestant Reformation and reaffirm Catholic doctrine.
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The Council of Trent was convened in 1542 by Pope Paul III to respond to the Protestant Reformation and reaffirm Catholic doctrine.
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literature
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Which novel by Carole Martinez received the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011?
1Du domaine des Murmures
2La terre qui penche
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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011.
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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011.
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geography
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What is the capital of Ghana?
1Accra
2Lomé
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Accra is the capital of Ghana, a dynamic city on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It is the economic, political and cultural center of the country.
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Accra is the capital of Ghana, a dynamic city on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It is the economic, political and cultural center of the country.
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arts
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Which artist created the cycle of frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua?
2Giotto
1Cimabue
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The Scrovegni Chapel is a single nave chapel entirely covered with paintings whose colours are in a remarkable state of preservation. Giotto completed a complex programme covering the New Testament and two apocryphal sources.
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The Scrovegni Chapel is a single nave chapel entirely covered with paintings whose colours are in a remarkable state of preservation. Giotto completed a complex programme covering the New Testament and two apocryphal sources.
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history
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What battle ends the Hundred Years' War?
2Battle of Castillon
1Battle of Azincourt
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The Battle of Castillon, which took place on July 17, 1453, put an end to the Hundred Years' War. It marked the decisive victory of the French over the English.
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The Battle of Castillon, which took place on July 17, 1453, put an end to the Hundred Years' War. It marked the decisive victory of the French over the English.
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literature
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To which cycle does the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, published in 1947, belong?
2The cycle of revolt
1The cycle of absurd
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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entertainment
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Which actor plays the role of Andrew Wyke in the film Sleuth directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz?
1Laurence Olivier
2Michael Caine
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Sleuth is a British film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz adapted from Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth, released in 1972. Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), author of detective novels, invites in his home full of mechanical automatons the hairdresser Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) whom he knows to be the lover of his wife Marguerite.
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Sleuth is a British film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz adapted from Anthony Shaffer's play Sleuth, released in 1972. Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), author of detective novels, invites in his home full of mechanical automatons the hairdresser Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) whom he knows to be the lover of his wife Marguerite.
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