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Questions:

1) Which sci-fi writer is best known for novels like "Neuromancer" and "Count Zero" that largely contributed to the cyberpunk genre?

 

2) Which British poet wrote "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", a villanelle about death and dying?

a) T.S. Eliot b) W.H. Auden c) Dylan Thomas 

 

3) In the TV show "Blackadder", who plays the titular character, Edmund Blackadder?

 

4) The film "28 Days Later", which redefined zombie movies for a new generation, was directed by which British filmmaker?

 

5) Which seminal British band released the album "Parklife" in 1994?

a) Oasis b) Pulp c) Blur 

 

6) Dame Judi Dench portrayed which British monarch in the film "Mrs. Brown"?

 

7) "Being Human", a series about a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire living together, was a production of which British broadcaster?

 

8) Which British actress starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic"?

a) Keira Knightley b) Kate Winslet c) Emma Watson

 

9) The 1996 film "Trainspotting" was based on a novel by which Scottish author?

 

10) Which British sketch comedy show, which aired from 1969 to 1984, was known for its catchphrase "And now for something completely different"?

 

Answers:

1) Which sci-fi writer is best known for novels like "Neuromancer" and "Count Zero" that largely contributed to the cyberpunk genre?

William Gibson.

 

2) Which British poet wrote "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", a villanelle about death and dying?

a) T.S. Eliot b) W.H. Auden c) Dylan Thomas 

c) Dylan Thomas.

 

3) In the TV show "Blackadder", who plays the titular character, Edmund Blackadder?

Rowan Atkinson.

 

4) The film "28 Days Later", which redefined zombie movies for a new generation, was directed by which British filmmaker?

Danny Boyle.

 

5) Which seminal British band released the album "Parklife" in 1994?

a) Oasis b) Pulp c) Blur 

c) Blur.

 

6) Dame Judi Dench portrayed which British monarch in the film "Mrs. Brown"?

Queen Victoria.

 

7) "Being Human", a series about a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire living together, was a production of which British broadcaster?

BBC.

 

8) Which British actress starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic"?

a) Keira Knightley b) Kate Winslet c) Emma Watson

b) Kate Winslet.

 

9) The 1996 film "Trainspotting" was based on a novel by which Scottish author?

Irvine Welsh.

 

10) Which British sketch comedy show, which aired from 1969 to 1984, was known for its catchphrase "And now for something completely different"?

Monty Python's Flying Circus.