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Trivia question of the day — Aug 18, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYTUE 18 AUG
DIFFICULTY 53 · HARDGENERAL

In which year was Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons first published?

  1. 1930
  2. 1947
  3. 1937
  4. 1955
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A. 1930

Swallows and Amazons appeared in 1930; the Walker children were named after the Altounyan family, whom Ransome taught to sail on Coniston Water in 1928.

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