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Question: Q: Which company bought the Muppets in 2004?
Answer: A: Walt Disney Co.
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Question: Q: Who is the Hogwarts Ravenclaw ghost?
Answer: A: The Grey Lady
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Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
Notes: *: 13 July 1955
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Question: Q: Which flowers was Monet most famous for painting?
Answer: A: Water lillies
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Question: Q: Of which country was the Deutsche Mark the standard unit of currency?
Answer: A: Germany
Notes: *: 1948–1990
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Question: Q: The first James Bond movie, released in 1964, was entitled what?
Answer: A: Dr No.
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Question: Q: Name the US president
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Answer: A: Richard Nixon
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Question: Q: Which company brews Harp lager?
Answer: A: Guinness (now Diageo)
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Question: Q: Which hill in Athens does the Parthenon stand on?
Answer: A: The Acropolis
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Question: Q: Which American author wrote 'The Red Badge of Courage?'
Answer: A: Stephen Crane
Notes: *: Serialised 1894, published 1895
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