| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kālidāsa | 4th–5th century CE (अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम्) | Śakuntalā | 53%
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| Mahatma Gandhi | 1928 (દક્ષિણ આફ્રિકામાં સત્યાગ્રહ) | Satyagraha in South Africa | 41%
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| anonymous | betw. 1140 and 1207 (El Cantar de mio Cid) | The Poem of the Cid | 35%
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| Hanya Yanagihara | 2015 | A Little Life | 24%
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| Barbara Ehrenreich | 2001 | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America | 24%
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| Vercors (Jean Bruller) | 1942 (Le Silence de la mer) | Silence of the Sea (also: Put Out the Light) | 24%
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| Antal Szerb | 1937 (Utas és holdvilág) | Journey by Moonlight | 18%
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| Hendrik Conscience | 1838 (De Leeuw van Vlaenderen, of de Slag der Gulden Sporen | The Lion of Flanders | 18%
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| Ross Macdonald | 1962 | The Zebra-Striped Hearse | 18%
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| Jin Yong | 2017. This is the first of four volumes that comprise an English translation of The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射鵰英雄傳), originally published in 1957, which in turn is the first part of The Condor Trilogy (射鵰三部曲) | A Hero Born | 12%
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| Sybille Bedford | 1956 | A Legacy | 12%
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| Jens Peter Jacobson | 1880 | Niels Lyhne | 12%
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| Felix Timmermans | 1916 | Pallieter | 12%
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| Larry Niven | 1970 | Ringworld | 12%
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| Ernst Jünger | 1920 (In Stahlgewittern) | Storm of Steel (also: In Storms of Steel) | 12%
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| Charles Webb | 1963 | The Graduate | 12%
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| Richard Powers | 2018 | The Overstory | 12%
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| Dorothy L. Sayers | 1930 | Strong Poison | 6%
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| Marguerite Yourcenar | 1968 (L'Œuvre au noir) | The Abyss (also: Zeno of Bruges) | 6%
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| Eugenio Montale | 1958 (“Su una lettera non scrittura”) | About an Unwritten Letter | 0%
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