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1. "Scrambling over barren high hill". What is the correct name for this song that is first sung by the group of beautiful young women in the very well known comic opera "Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan?

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Answer: Climbing Over Rocky Mountain

The 1879 "Pirates of Penzance" is a comic opera written by the great duo, Gilbert and Sullivan, who, incidentally, didn't get along well at all. The story centres around Frederic, a young pirate who has just completed his piratical apprenticeship. After meeting the daughters of a Major-General, and Mabel in particular, the young couple fall in love. Of course nothing goes smoothly for all concerned in this work, but we are treated to some fantastic songs over the course of events until this delightful tale eventually reaches its happy conclusion. "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain" is sung by the chorus of girls as they first come in sight of Frederick who has never set eyes on any other female in his life, apart from his rather dowdy ex-nursemaid. He is astonished at such beauty, and with Mabel in particular.

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Answer: The Wind in the Willows

Written by Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows" was first published in 1908. Grahame wrote the now-classic story featuring Toad of Toad Hall's adventures and friends after having resigned his post as Secretary at The Bank of England. He married Elspeth Thomson in 1899, and, in May 1900, they had a son, Alistair. In 1929, another celebrated author, A.A. Milne, adapted the story for stage under the title "Toad of Toad Hall".

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Answer: Phileas Fogg

"Around the World In Eighty Days" was the story in which Phineas Fogg travels around the globe, accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, to win a bet.

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Answer: D'Artagnan

"The Three Musketeers" was the first of Alexandre Dumas's works chronicling the adventures of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and the young Dartagnan.

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Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck was published in 1939. Set in the Great Depression in the United States, the story is about a poor family of tenant farmers from Oklahoma who have been forced to leave their home. Deciding, like thousands of other people in similar circumstances, to head for California to find work, they are joined on their journey by family member Tom Joad, who has just been paroled from prison. Hard work, exploitation, poor wages, the formation of unions, violence and murder lay ahead in this extremely depressing and anger invoking work. This is exactly the effect Steinbeck was after. He said he wanted to "rip a reader's nerves to rags" in order to bring shame to all those powerful people, who, by their overwhelming greed and selfishness, were responsible for the Great Depression. I detest this sort of didactic work.

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Answer: We Were Soldiers

"We Were Soldiers" is a 2002 film based on the book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young" by retired U.S Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway. The movie follows Moore and his battalion as they train for combat and then are sent to Vietnam. Although several battles are seen and referenced in the course of the film, the main one that Moore's battalion are involved with is the battle of Ia Drang; this is considered the first major battle between U.S Army regulars and the People's Army of Vietnam's regulars. "We Were Soldiers" starred Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, and many others.

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Answer: 42

In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Deep Thought proclaims 42 to be the meaning of life.

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Answer: Paul Bettany

"A Beautiful Mind" saw Paul Bettany playing Charles, the imaginary friend of brilliant but schizophrenic mathematician John Nash, played by Russell Crowe.

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Answer: Annie Get Your Gun

"Annie Get Your Gun" was written by Irving Berlin. The original Annie was played by Ethel Merman. Other Annies include: Doris Day and Bernadette Peters. "Annie Get Your Gun" is about the life of Annie Oakley the world's greatest sharp shooter, and her relationship with Frank Butler another great sharp shooter.

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Answer: Jane Austen

Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' (1813) is considered by many to be her greatest work, and by some to be the greatest work in the history of English literature. One definition of 'pride' is 'excessive self worth', while, to look at someone with 'a jaundiced eye' suggests a certain preconceived resentment, akin to prejudice.

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Answer: Modern Family

"Modern Family" is an extremely amusing US sitcom with quite a large number of actors. With the storyline based around the extended family of Jay Pritchett, who all live near him, we are treated to the various happenings of Jay's beautiful young Colombian wife, Gloria (hilariously feisty), her son, Manny, by a previous relationship (perpetually worried), Jay's ex-wife DeDe (who pops in now and then), his gay son, Mitchell, whose partner is the hilarious Cameron (my favourite character), their adopted daughter Lily (wise beyond her years), Jay's daughter Claire (uptight and competitive), her laid back husband Phil (for whom things seldom go right), and their three children, Haley, Alex and Luke (who all come with assorted problems to add to the mirth). This truly delightful series first went to air in 2009 and was still going strong in 2015. It makes you feel happy from the opening scene in every single episode.

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Answer: The Silence of the Lambs

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a 1991 film that starred Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and Ted Levine as Jame Gumb. The film follows Starling, a student at the FBI Academy, when she is called out of her studies to interview the incarcerated Lecter. It is hoped that he can provide clues/insight to help the FBI catch a serial killer who is currently on the loose, known as Buffalo Bill. "The Silence of the Lambs" was based on a novel of the same name, written by Thomas Harris.

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Answer: J. K. Rowling

"Harry (Hairy) Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is the fourth book in the nearly world-shattering children's series written by J. K. Rowling.

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Answer: Gaston Leroux

The original book "The Phantom of the Opera" was penned by Gaston Leroux. Bram Stoker was made famous by his book "Dracula", Mary Shelley is known for writing "Frankenstein", and Anne Rice is the author of the more modern "Vampire Chronicles" series.

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Answer: Babes in Toyland

"Babes in Toyland" was written by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough. "Babes in Toyland" is known more for its beautiful costumes and music than for the plot itself. A Toymaker brings his toys to life, and they all kill him. Alan is charged with killing the man and found guilty. Right before they are about to hang him, he's found innocent.

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Answer: Twelve Angry Men & 12 Angry Men

The 1957 "Twelve Angry Men" gives us the story of a twelve man jury deliberating on the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murdering his father. Eleven members of the jury quickly come to a verdict with hardly any discussion at all, and, thinking they'll be able to go home quickly, turn to the last member (Henry Fonda) for his vote. To their astonishment, and annoyance, he votes not guilty on the grounds that the jurors haven't discussed the case properly, and that the young's man life is in their hands. The rest of the film centres around these enforced discussions, and the increasing anger of the jurors involved, as the vote slowly, agonisingly, changes to one of innocence.

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Answer: Little Lost Robot

Written by Isaac Asimov, "Little Lost Robot" was first published in the March 1947 issue of "Astounding Science Magazine"; it would later be published in several different collections of Asimov's works, including "I, Robot" and "The Complete Robot". The story follows the search for NS-2, also known as Nestor, who was told by a frustrated scientist to 'get lost'; he takes this literally of course, and so sets up the rest of the story.

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Answer: Claudia

In "Interview With a Vampire", the vampires Louise and Lestat work together to make the child Claudia one of their kind.

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Answer: Johnny Cash

"Walk The Line" is a film about legendary singer Johnny Cash. The title of the film was taken from one of Cash's own songs, and referrs to the standard sobriety test.

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Answer: Cat and the Fiddle

"Cat and the Fiddle" was an operetta written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach in 1938. Victor is playing the fiddle for his supper, but feeling he's being cheated he goes to see songwrite Shirley who just game from Brussels. She's not interested, but he's persistent and she finally gives in writing songs for him, as well as falling in love with him.

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Answer: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Performed by the famous duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, the 1970 song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was the lead single on the album of the same name. This beautiful number is considered today to be their most famous - and rightly so. Ranked forty-eight on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", the Bridge quickly found itself at the top of the music charts, not only in the US, but also in the UK, France, Canada and New Zealand as well. Some of its glorious, soaring lyrics follow. These are from the song's final verse. It was written after Simon's then wife, Peggy, noticed her first grey hairs. "Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine If you need a friend I'm sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind."

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Answer: The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" concerns an old fisherman, Santiago, and his struggles with a giant marlin that he has snagged in the Gulf Stream near Cuba; on his way back to shore, sharks eat up his prize until all that is left is the skeleton. Hemingway wrote the novel while he was in Cuba in 1951; it was not, however, published until 1952. "The Old Man and the Sea" was the last of Hemingway's works to be published in his lifetime, and it received considerable praise, including the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953, and cited as one of the influences in Hemingway's win of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Answer: A glass of milk

"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" is a popular children's book dealing with the effects of benevolence towards sentimental creatures like mice.

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Answer: Albert Camus

The nihilist philosopher Albert Camus wrote "The Plague" as an expression of despair in novel form.

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Answer: The Beatles

Since 'Lucy' is the name of the most famous fossil remains of the proto-human species 'Australopithecus Afarensis', the sky is sometimes referred to as the firmament in literature/poetry, and diamonds are indeed 'clear, colorless crystaline forms of pure carbon', it's possible that the Beatles could have gone with the above title. Thank the firmament they didn't!

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Answer: Little Women

Written by US author, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), "Little Women" was originally published in two volumes over two years (1868 and 1869). It relates the journey to adulthood of the four March sisters, one of whom, the gentle Beth, dies young. The girls and their mother are without their father and husband for much of this work, as he is away doing his bit during the American Civil War. They don't have much to live on, but the house is always filled with love, fun, laughter and various escapades. To a degree, "Little Women" is a very idealised portrait of girls and women in that era, and a fascinating historical glimpse into how females were expected to act at that time in history. Meg, the eldest girl, is the epitome of these expectations and just a little bit boring. Jo, the second eldest, is the non-conformist, the reaction against society's gender stereotyping if you like. Beth, the girl who dies, represents all that is fine and sweet with girlhood, a lovely work of fairy tale fairy floss. Amy is the youngest, spoiled, selfish, vain and self-centred, and yet more true to life perhaps than her three older siblings. It's as though the author had taken four different aspects of the one person and developed each into a separate entity. Well, that's what I think as an adult. As a girl, however, I loved the book, thought it would be wonderful to live back then, and wished, ever so romantically, that Jo would have married Laurie, the boy next door.

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Answer: Stephen Crane

Arguably the best-known work of Stephen Crane, "The Red Badge of Courage" tells the story of young Henry Fleming, who is a private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During his first battle encounter, Fleming finds himself running away instead of standing his ground; upon later reflection, he becomes determined to erase this mark of cowardice with the titular 'red badge of courage'. Stephen Crane was born in 1871 in New Jersey, and had taught himself to read before his fourth birthday. He would have his first novel published in 1893; later in life he would become a war correspondent in both the Greco-Turkish and Spanish-American wars. He died June 5th, 1900 in Badenweiler, Germany and was later buried in Newark, New Jersey.

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Answer: Kiefer Sutherland

The phenomenal TV series "24" is currently in its sixth season and stars Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer.

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Answer: A plane

The film "Red Eye" stars Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams, and is set on a plane, where Murphy's character manipulates McAdams into aiding him in a high-profile assassination.

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Answer: One Foot in the Grave

Starring Richard Wilson as the perpetually moaning, accident prone Victor Meldrew who has been forced to take early retirement, and his long suffering wife, Margaret (Annette Crosbie), "One Foot in the Grave" ran from 1990 until 2000, with a five year break between 1995 and 2000. Victor is jinxed, there's no two ways about it, but he also brings a lot of his problems down on himself, with his irascible personality and chronically outraged indignation in the way he perceives the actions of others. The story line is weirdly possible, touching, sad and absolutely hilarious all at the same time, and truly one of the funniest television series I've ever had the pleasure to see. It ends unhappily though. I wish they hadn't done that.

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