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1. Which writer lost the use of his left hand at the Battle of Lepanto and was once kidnapped by Barbary pirates and enslaved in Algeria for five years?
2. According to Lady Caroline Lamb, which club-footed poet was "mad, bad and dangerous to know"? Lord Byron - Shayne.
3. And which city is named after her husband? Melbourne - Shayne.
4. "A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley is a retelling of which famous play? King Lear - Shayne.
5. Who wrote in 1891: "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"? Oscar Wilde - Shayne.
6. Who is the only Nobel Literature laureate who has also won an Academy Award?
7. And who were the stars of the film?
8. "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys is a prequel to which famous book? Jane Eyre - Shayne.
9. Francois Marie Arouet was sent to the Bastille twice for making fun of aristocrats. After that he wrote under the pen name ......? Voltaire - Shayne.
10. Leonard Bernstein wrote a musical based on which of this writer's works? Candide - Shayne.
Golly Shayne, you've won already - seven points. However we should leave it up for the rest of the world to catch up!
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