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Question 1 of 10
Reflecting the opening scene of "A Confederacy of Dunces," there is a bronze statue of Ignatius J Reilly on Canal Street in what city?
Question 2 of 10
Who followed up his smash hit poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" with the less successful sequel "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade"?
Question 3 of 10
Genesis 5:16 inspired the title of what John Steinbeck novel?
Question 4 of 10
Who wrote In The Beginning I Used To Be An Animal But I'm Alright Now?
Question 5 of 10
John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" was continued in what sequel?
Question 6 of 10
In the "Harry Potter" books, what is the name of Dumbledore's brother?
Question 7 of 10
Improv Everywhere staged a hoax at a Manhattan Barnes and Noble in which an imposter, billed as "the author of The Cherry Orchard," read from his "new" short story "In the Graveyard" ... despite having died 100 years earlier. Who?
Question 8 of 10
What Bogart movie is the only movie that was based on the work of one Nobel laureate (Ernest Hemingway), using the screenplay co-written by another Nobel laureate (William Faulkner)?
Question 9 of 10
Salman Rushdie joked this man would have called Hamlet "The Elsinore Vacillation," Othello "The Kerchief Implication" and Othello "The Dunsinane Reforestation." Who is this author?
Question 10 of 10
What do you win if you're picked in the Shirley Jackson story "The Lottery"?
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Can you name the artists for at least six songs?
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Trivia Quiz from the 1970s
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History Quizzes
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80s Nostalgia Quiz
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70s Nostalgia Quiz
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History Quiz
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History Quiz
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10 Questions about History
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Quiz on History
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1980s Nostalgia Quiz
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Geography Quizzes
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10 Question About Planet Earth
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Geography Quiz
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Music Quizzes
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Barbra Streisand Quiz
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Alternative Rock Music Quiz
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10 difficult questions about John Denver
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Science Quizzes
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Quiz on Science
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Quiz on Science.
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Science Quiz with challenging questions
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Who Sang Quizzes
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Which artist performed these songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who were the singers of these songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These Country Songs?
Question 10 is by far the hardest
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Can you recognize the vocalists of these songs?
Do you love to listen to music?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Who Sang These 90s Songs?
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Who Sang These Songs?
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Food & Beverage Quizzes
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Food Quiz
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Quiz on Food and Beverage
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General Knowledge Quizzes
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10 General Knowledge Questions
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Challenging Trivia Quiz
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General Knowledge
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10 Trivia Questions
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Knowledge Questions that are Difficult
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Take part in this knowledge quiz.
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General Knowledge Quiz
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Movie Quizzes
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Movie Quiz
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Movies & Series Quiz
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Rewind to the 70s: Movie Quiz
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Movie Quiz
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Lights, Camera, Quotes!
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Math Quizzes
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Math Quiz
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10 Math Questions
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Math Examination
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Very hard geography quiz, can you get more than 5 correct?
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Who or what am I?