Problem: Who wrote 'The Birds' in 1952, a short story on which Hitchcock based his film?
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A: daphne du maurier

Q: How old was the Queen Mother when she died in March 2002?
A: 101

Problem: A traditional weapon of the Sicilian mafia, what is a lupara?
Answer: shotgun

Q: In 2004, who left the band Westlife?
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A: brian mcfadden

Q: Which state of the USA, initially called New Connecticut, declared independence in 1777, issued its own coinage 1785-1788, exchanged ambassadors with France, the Netherlands and the USA, and in 1791 joined the US Federal union as the 14th state?
What is the answer?

A: vermont

question: Answer this question.

Following the 1997 return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China to become a special administrative region, Macau was returned to become its second special administrative region. When was that?
answer:
1999