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The year Orwell's 1984 was written. 

What is 1948? Accepted answer: 1949.

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This country is the largest in the world where English and French holds official language status and is widely used across federal and provincial institutions.

What is Canada?

100

A famous writer of comedy and drama. 

Who was William Shakespeare?

100

Noun: the front of a building OR a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect

Swedish: Väggyta eller front

What is Facade?

100

This type of online personality is highlighted as a key driver of modern consumer behaviour through sponsored content and lifestyle branding.

What are influencers?

200

This novel portrays a society where individuals are tested and assigned to groups based on dominant personality traits, raising questions about identity and conformity.

What is Divergent?

200

This Australian city was purpose-built as a compromise capital due to rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne.

What is Canberra?

200

The place where William Shakespeare was born. 

What is Stratford (Upon-Avon)?

200

Adjective: Having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses, synonym to old. 

Swedish: Föråldrad

What is Archaic?

200
This is one of Daniel's main hobbies. 

What is cycling/ skateboarding/ photography?

300

This allegorical novel depicts farm animals who overthrow their human owner in pursuit of equality and self-governance, and is written by the same author who wrote about Newspeak and surveillance.

What is Animal farm?

300

This river has historically functioned as a key commercial artery for London and played a central role in Britain’s imperial trade networks.

What is (the river) Thames?

300

Shakespeare's main arena.

What is (The Globe) theatre?

300

Adjective: Characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality, jolly
Swedish: Gladlynt

What is Jovial?

300

This South African political leader spent 27 years in prison for opposing apartheid.

Who was Nelson Mandela?

400

This short story depicts a society where extreme equality is enforced through state-imposed handicaps, eliminating talent, intelligence, and physical ability to prevent advantage.

What is Harrison Bergeron?

400

In this country, formerly known as the British Raj, English functions as an associate official language in higher education, legal systems, and pan-regional communication across linguistic diversity.

What is India?

400

The person who said "I must be cruel only to be kind".

Who is Hamlet in Hamlet?

400

Adjective: Marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits

Swedish: Larmande, bullrande.

What is Boisterous?

400

This concept describes a decision-making situation in which competing values or outcomes make any available choice ethically or practically problematic.

What is a dilemma?

500

This concept in The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas describes the moral contradiction at the heart of a society whose collective happiness is maintained only through the sustained suffering of one innocent individual.

What is The Terrible Paradox?

500

This nation is widely associated with a distinct English-based creole variety, often referred to as patois, that emerged from colonial plantation society. 

What is Jamaica?

500

An emotion and the implied meaning of "The green-eyed monster". 

What is jealousy?

500

Noun: Articles of equipment designed for a particular use or activity.

Swedish: Attiraljer
Swedish hint: paraknas.

What is paraphernalia?

500

This 1776 document, heavily influenced by Enlightenment ideas, formally justified the American colonies’ break from Britain by arguing that governments derive their legitimacy from the consent of the governed.

What is the Declaration of Independence?