What book does the name of an American coffeehouse chain Starbucks come from?

The Mysterious Island

Treasure Island

Gulliver's Travels

Moby-Dick

The company took the name of the chief mate in the book Moby-Dick: Starbuck, after considering "Cargo House" and "Pequod".

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Which famous novel was rejected by a number of publishers, so eventually its author had to pay the cost for publication himself?

Ulysses (Joyce)

The Trial (Kafka)

In Search of Lost Time (Proust)

The Name of the Rose (Eco)

Phillip K. Dick, author of SF novels that have been made into numerous films ("Blade Runner", "Minority Report", "Paycheck") denied the existence of a certain person. Who was that person?

Which institution awards the Pulitzer prize?

Time

Swedish Royal Academy

Columbia University

United Nations

What is that national musical instrument of Japan called?