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US composer and pianist. 'Rhapsody in Blue' (1924). 'An American in Paris' (1928). | George Gershwin | 92%
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Served twelve years as the prime minister of the UK. One of the best they have had. Probably the only best one they have had. An item of luggage named for him. | William Ewart Gladstone | 92%
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Quite frankly, my dear... his most famous character didn't give a tinker's cuss. | Clark Gable | 83%
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Which city in Texas does Glen Campbell sing about fondly? | Galveston | 83%
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Australian feminist writer who is proud of being Australian but like so many proud Australians who gain success, cannot stand to be in the place except on brief visits. Wrote a feminist book in 1970 and got the spotlight on herself for her "15 minutes of fame" as the Campbell's Soup Can Man put it, I am told. | Germaine Greer | 83%
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Post-Impressionist artist (b.1848-d.1903). 'Still-Life with Fruit and Lemons' (c.1880). 'The Swineherd, Brittany' (1888). 'Night Cafe at Arles' (1888). 'Tahitian Women on the Beach' (1891). 'Two Tahitian Women' (1899). | Paul Gauguin | 83%
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Who played Will Kane in the 1954 film 'High Noon'? | Gary Cooper | 75%
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Romantic artist (b.1746-d.1828). 'The Third of May 1808' (1814). 'Saturn Devouring His Son' (1819-1823). 'Witches' Sabbath of Aquelarre' (1821-1823). | Francisco Goya | 67%
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A quarrel between the US and its allies and the sun-risers over an airstrip in a backwater that lasted for six months and two days. | Battle of Guadalcanal | 58%
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The last Marshal of the Empire created by Napoleon. A highly competent cavalry commander, he heard the guns going off at Waterloo but followed his orders in pursuing the Prussian rearguard. Had he went towards the sound of the cannons... history might have been different. | Emmanuel de Grouchy | 42%
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