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1. I would like to meet this person whose wife was called Constance and his lover nicknamed 'Bosie'. He was charming, witty, and a brilliant writer. During a tour of the United States, his play 'Vera' opened in New York. He died in Paris in 1900. Who is coming to dinner?
2. I would definitely like to have a drink and a chat with this historic British figure named Richard. He lived through some very turbulent times, and ended up with the nicknames "Tumbledown Dick" and "Queen Dick". Which Richard was he?
3. The person I would most like to meet authored nine books about her life growing up in America during the pioneer days. She became known as "America's Original Pioneer Girl". Who am I inviting to dinner?
4. I'd really like to have to dinner with a Netherlandish painter who died in 1516. Most of what we know about him is from his works such as "The Garden of Earthly Delights" and "The Haywain Triptych". Who was the master of nightmarish visions that I have invited to dinner?
5. As the decades go by I believe more and more that politicians are not working for anyone else but themselves. However, there are some mavericks that crop up now and again. One of these was Australian Jack Lang, a very interesting fellow. Which Australian state was he the Premier of?
6. There would be no lack of conversation topics with this dinner guest; a feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist and surgeon. Who was this woman, the first female to ever receive the U.S. Medal of Honor?
7. My guest to dinner is the only man in history to have been awarded two Victoria Crosses as a combat soldier. This New Zealander won these two awards, the highest for gallantry in all British and Commonwealth armed forces since 1856. He won them in action in Crete and El Alamein in the Second World War. Who is my favoured dinner guest?
8. This Italian was an accomplished poet, painter, and journalist, but it's his films such as "The Canterbury Tales", "Oedipus Rex", "The Decameron", and the infamous "Saḷ" which I admire. What I'd really like to know is what really happened on the night of his murder in Ostia in 1975. Who have I invited to dinner?
9. I think it would be interesting to have a conversation with this individual. On November 24, 1971, he calmly hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines plane after it had left Portland, Oregon, and demanded a $200,000 ransom. Who was this person who parachuted out of the hijacked plane and disappeared?
10. This dinner quest received the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and Nobel Prize in literature in 1938. Who was this author of "The Good Earth"?
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