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9591
Robert Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the development of:
A. In vitro fertilization (IVF)
B. Cloning
C. Stem cell therapy
D. Gene therapy
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Edwards developed human IVF therapy, which led to the birth of the first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, in 1978.
9592
Which trio won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs)?
A. Shockley, Bardeen, Brattain
B. Akasaki, Amano, Nakamura
C. Kilby, Kroemer, Alferov
D. Gabor, Bloembergen, Schawlow
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Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura invented the blue LED, which enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.
9593
Who is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes (Chemistry 1954, Peace 1962)?
A. Linus Pauling
B. Albert Einstein
C. Marie Curie
D. Frederick Sanger
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Pauling won the Chemistry prize for his work on the nature of the chemical bond and the Peace prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.
9594
Which German author wrote 'Faust', a tragic play in two parts?
A. Schiller
B. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
C. Thomas Mann
D. Hermann Hesse
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Goethe's 'Faust' is considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature.
9595
Who is the author of the epic poem 'The Divine Comedy'?
A. Petrarch
B. Boccaccio
C. Dante Alighieri
D. Machiavelli
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'The Divine Comedy' is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature.
9596
Who wrote *The Brothers Karamazov*?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Ivan Turgenev
C. Fyodor Dostoevsky
D. Maxim Gorky
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*The Brothers Karamazov* is one of Dostoevsky’s greatest novels.
9597
Who wrote the famous Spanish novel *Don Quixote*?
A. Lope de Vega
B. Miguel de Cervantes
C. Federico García Lorca
D. Jorge Manrique
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*Don Quixote* is considered one of the greatest works of Western literature.
9598
Which English playwright is known for works like *Hamlet*, *Macbeth*, and *Othello*?
A. John Milton
B. William Shakespeare
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Christopher Marlowe
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Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights in history.
9599
*The Odyssey*, one of the greatest epic poems, is attributed to which ancient poet?
A. Sophocles
B. Euripides
C. Homer
D. Virgil
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Homer is traditionally credited with writing *The Odyssey*.
9600
Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement that began in 2011 against:
A. War in Iraq
B. Economic inequality and corporate greed
C. Climate change
D. Gun control
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Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, against economic inequality.
