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1. The English language is divided into 3 main parts, Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. In which of these did Shakespeare write?

2. What surrealist was known for, among other things, his paintings of limp clocks? (Remember that I had to read these questions aloud.)

3. If you spelled each number (O…N…E, T…W…O), what number is the first one that requires the letter A? (It’s not 101. Those “ands” don’t count.)

4. Who said, in 1968, that “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”? (He also is quoted as not saying the WORLD part.

5. Identify the novel by this first line:

“All children, except one, grow up.”

6. Who founded the St. Louis Post-Dispatch?

7. What is hagiophobia?

8. What famous novel was typewritten on one roll of teletype paper, in three weeks, single-spaced, with no paragraph breaks?

9. On what surface is Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa” painted?

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10. What is the only land animal that actively hunts humans for food? (This does not include chance encounters, nor does it include the actions of old, weak predators. This animal will hunt humans given an opportunity.)
 
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#7 : An abnormal, persistent fear of saints or holy things
 
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#1 Modern (early) English
 
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#3 one thousand
 
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All 3 right.
 
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2. Dali
4. Warhol
5 Peter Pan
6 ?
8 On The Road
9 ?
10 ?

(I've looked up the question marks and found the answers, but I won't post them so as not to spoil everyone's fun. And I'll let others have a crack at the other sections.)
 
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All correct, Colin, and thanks for not posting answers found by searching.
 
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9. The Mona Lisa is painted on wood
 
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Correct.
 
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#10 polar bear
 
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#6: It was a merger of the St. Louis Evening Post and St. Louis Dispatch by owner and editor Joseph Pulitzer.
 
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Jenny and Mozart are both correct.
 
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