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• W. B. Yeats wrote the introduction to this
famous literary work. Yeats often described
this as his personal best. Which work?
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• Whose quote – Outside a dog, books are
man’s best friend. Inside a dog it is too dark
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• the wind of Mt. Fuji I've brought on my fan!
a gift from Edo
- Basho
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• *X was also known as the convenor of
"Monday Club”, a weekly gathering of
likeminded people at the residence, where
the members were free to express their
irreverent opinions about the world at large.
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• At the height of his fame and success, while
his masterpiece, The Importance of Being
Earnest (1895), was still on stage in
London, Wilde sued the Marquess of
Queensberry the father of, Lord Alfred
Douglas, for libel. The trial unearthed
evidence that caused Wilde to drop his
charges and led to his own arrest. What was
the charge against Oscar Wilde?
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• In England, we can still see glasses marked
at ½ pint with a crown over it. This is
because ½ pint was the unit of taxation .
You may expect to find the next measure at
¼ pint. Which nursery rhyme celebrates
these pints and their rise and falls as the
taxation rules changes in England?
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• The term was coined by Ludwig August
von Rochau, a German writer and politician
in the 19th century, following Klemens
Metternich's lead in finding ways to balance
the power of European empires. refers to
politics or diplomacy based primarily on
practical considerations, rather than
ideological notions. The term is often used
pejoratively to imply politics that are
coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian
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• *The life in the 1780s of Edinburgh city
councillor Deacon William Brodie, master
craftsman by day, burglar by night. Hanged
till death on the gallows that he had
commissioned.
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• This famous author recently was involved
in a tussle with Facebook over reclaiming
his first name. Who?
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• The singer and her mother have penned a
book “A mother’s gift” that was made into a
melodramatic TV series sharing the same
name as one of her songs. Who is she?
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• The semi-autobiographical novel describing
the author’s escape from prison in
Australia, living his life among the slum-
dwellers and the mafia of Bombay. The
book was slated to be adapted into a movie
starring Johny Depp as the protagonist.
Identify.
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• *Connect
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• *Her first cookbook Easy Exotic was
awarded Best First Book at the 1999
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards at
Versailles. She also hosted two one-hour
specials on South India and Spain for the
British culinary tourism show Planet
Food, broadcast on the Food Network in the
U.S. and internationally on the Discovery
Channels.Her second
cookbook, Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet, was
released October 2, 2007
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• Which city lists Scrooge McDuck in the list
of its famous citizens?
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Which Hindi movie is an adaptation of the
Russian short story- White Nights
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The best-selling author of memoir of
Geisha. Holds a degree in Japanese art from
Harvard and a M.A. in Japanese history
from Columbia. He has worked extensively
in Tokyo and spent a summer in Peking
University, China
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