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(Solved) Which classic American novel features the dedication, “Once again to Zelda”?

Which classic American novel features the dedication, “Once again to Zelda”?

The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men

Fact: F. Scott Fitzgerald dedicated his 1925 masterpiece The Great Gatsby with the words, “Once again to Zelda,” referring to his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald. Their glamorous but turbulent marriage became intertwined with Fitzgerald’s life and writing, and Zelda served as an inspiration for several of his fictional characters. Published during the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire obsessed with reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Correct Answer: The Great Gatsby

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(Solved) Who won the Pulitzer prize for his book “Angela’s Ashes”?

Who won the Pulitzer prize for his book “Angela’s Ashes”?

Frank McCourt
Sinclair Lewis
John Updike
Richard Powers

Fact: Frank McCourt won the Pulitzer prize for his autobiography, Angela’s Ashes, a best selling memoir named after his mother about his childhood experiences growing up in the slums of pre-war Limerick, Ireland. It also includes his struggles with poverty and his father’s alcoholism. The book was published in 1996, rose to the top of the best-seller lists and stayed there for more than two years, selling four million copies in hardback. The next year, it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Correct Answer: Frank McCourt

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(Solved) After finally settling for “Snoopy”, Charles Schultz originally wanted his famous beagle to be called what?

After finally settling for “Snoopy”, Charles Schultz originally wanted his famous beagle to be called what?

Sam
Scout
Sniffy
Slappy

Fact: Snoopy was one of Charles Schulz’s earliest Peanuts characters, appearing for the first time on October 4, 1950, just two days after the comic strip’s debut. Schulz loosely based Snoopy on a black-and-white dog he had as a teenager. The cartoonist originally planned to call his cartoon dog Sniffy, but shortly before the comic strip launched Schulz was passing a newsstand and noticed a comic magazine featuring a dog with the same name. Finding himself in need of a new name, Schulz remembered his mother’s suggestion that the family should name their next dog “Snoopy.”

Correct Answer: Sniffy

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(Solved) Which country music legend once lent his name to a popular chain of restaurants?

Which country music legend once lent his name to a popular chain of restaurants?

Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson
Kenny Rogers
Waylon Jennings

Fact: Kenny Rogers lent his name to Kenny Rogers Roasters, a restaurant chain founded in 1991 that specialized in wood-fired rotisserie chicken. The chain expanded rapidly throughout the 1990s, opening hundreds of locations worldwide and became part of pop culture when it was featured in a memorable episode of Seinfeld. Despite its early success, the chain eventually closed all of its U.S. locations. Kenny Rogers Roasters lived on internationally, however, finding lasting popularity in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and the Philippines.

Correct Answer: Kenny Rogers

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(Solved) Who interviewed Richard Nixon in the highest-rated political interview in television history?

Who interviewed Richard Nixon in the highest-rated political interview in television history?

Walter Cronkite
David Frost
Barbara Walters
David Brinkley

Fact: In 1977, British journalist David Frost interviewed former President Richard Nixon in a series of televised conversations that drew an enormous worldwide audience. The interviews focused heavily on the Watergate scandal and Nixon’s 1974 resignation from office. Their most famous moment came when Nixon told Frost, “When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” Nearly 45 million Americans watched the opening broadcast, making it the most-watched political interview in U.S. television history at the time. The dramatic exchanges were later adapted into the 2008 film Frost/Nixon.

Correct Answer: David Frost