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Question 1 of 10
Which poet's birthday is celebrated every January 25, often with haggis, whiskey and spirited renditions of his song "Auld Lang Syne"?
Question 2 of 10
In which book would one find the character named 'Pip'?
Question 3 of 10
A privateer named Alexander Selkirk quarrelled with the captain of the Cinque Ports and spent 52 months in the Juan Fernandez islands. On his return, he inspired Daniel Defoe to create which fictional character?
Question 4 of 10
What mystery writer wrote "James and the Giant Peach," as well as the movie script for "You Only Live Twice?"
Question 5 of 10
In her diary, she obsessed over the actor Colin Firth. In the movie version of that diary, Colin Firth played one of the characters. Who is she?
Question 6 of 10
In Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice", Elizabeth unexpectedly falls in love with which man?
Question 7 of 10
In which Italian city do Romeo and Juliet live?
Question 8 of 10
How many Bronte sisters were there?
Question 9 of 10
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too! Who ran Winkie Country until she melted?
Question 10 of 10
While he was editor of the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, what author of "The Wizard of Oz" once wrote, "Our only safety depends upon the total extermination of the Indians"?

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