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- Q: In which book is Scheherazade the main storyteller?
A: One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights). In this classic work, she tells stories to the king over one thousand and one nights to save her own life. - Q: Which key figure in the pop art movement died from a heart attack at the age of 58, in New York in 1987?
A: Andy Warhol, following a routine surgical procedure. - Q: Who wrote the dystopian satirical black comedy novel “A Clockwork Orange”?
A: Anthony Burgess (1962). - Q: Which French writer, poet, journalist wrote “The Little Prince”?
A: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince and other timeless works of literature, was also a daring French aviator who lost his life in action during World War II. - Q: What is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega?
A: Zorro, a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley. - Q: Who painted the famous artwork “The Starry Night”?
A: Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh in June 1889. It depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. - Q: Which Shakespearean tragedy features the character Iago, who manipulates the protagonist into a murderous jealousy?
A: Othello. Iago is the central antagonist who plants false evidence of infidelity to drive Othello, the Moorish general, to murder his wife, Desdemona, before taking his own life. - Q: What were the first names of Harry Potter’s parents?
A: Lily and James, they were murdered by Lord Voldemort. - Q: By what nickname is the wife of Tommy Beresford known in the “Partners in Crime” stories by Agatha Christie?
A: Tuppence. Her full name is Prudence Beresford. - Q: In Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women”, what is the family name of whose story is told?
A: The March family. The story centres on the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and their experiences growing up during the American Civil War.