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What was the first international space mission, involving the docking of an American and a Soviet spacecraft?
A. Apollo-Soyuz
B. Shuttle-Mir
C. Gemini-Vostok
D. Soyuz-Skylab
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The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 marked the first time US and Soviet spacecraft docked in space, symbolizing a thaw in the Cold War.
14882
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of:
A. Hepatitis C virus
B. Hepatitis B virus
C. Zika virus
D. Coronavirus
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Their discovery led to blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives from liver cirrhosis and cancer.
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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.
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Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity?
A. Reinhard Genzel
B. Andrea Ghez
C. Roger Penrose
D. Kip Thorne
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Roger Penrose used ingenious mathematical methods to prove that black holes are a direct consequence of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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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.
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Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9)?
A. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
B. James Allison and Tasuku Honjo
C. Frances Arnold and George Smith
D. Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland
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Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors, a revolutionary tool for editing DNA with high precision.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
