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What was the name of the notorious biological research unit of the Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and WW II? |
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Unit 731 Headed by Shiro Ishii, it was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes ever carried out. In some of the 'experiments', prisoners of war were subjected to vivisection without anesthesia. |
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Which illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800 has been described as the zenith of Western calligraphy and illumination? |
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The Book of Kells It contains the four gospels of the Bible in Latin, along with prefatory and explanatory matter decorated with numerous colourful illustrations and illuminations. Today it is on permanent display at the Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland. |
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When he was killed in a car crash in 1960, which existentialist became the shortest-lived of any literature Nobel laurate till date? |
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Albert Camus |
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'40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks' is the production company of which firebrand American filmmaker who also directed commercials for Converse, Jaguar, Taco Bell and Ben & Jerry's? |
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Spike Lee |
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What is the name given to native Egyptian Christians? |
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Copts The Copts are by far the largest Christian community in North Africa and the Middle East. The word "Coptic" was originally used in Classical Arabic to refer to Egyptians in general, but it has undergone semantic shift over the centuries to mean more specifically Egyptian Christian after the bulk of the Egyptian population converted to Islam. |
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Which English comedian was a well-known film icon in Albania and was the only Western actor whose films were allowed in the country during the Communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha? |
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Norman Wisdom The archetypal Wisdom plot where the common working man gets the better of his bosses was considered ideologically sound by Hoxha. In 1995, he visited the post-Stalinist country, where to his surprise he was greeted by many appreciative fans including the then-president of Albania, Sali Berisha. |
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In England, what is the correct name for a Shepherd's pie made with beef? |
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Cottage Pie A similar dish made with fish instead of meat is called a fisherman's pie, or if in a cream sauce it is called "admiral's pie". |
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Answers to Friday Challenge! - 73
