As the thread is title "BS:Pedants alert!" I tend to question the accuracy of any question.
2, Helen of Troy's face was only said to have launched a thousand ships. It was not a bottle of champagne
3, "It was the best of times, It was the worst of times." The final full stop would need to be a comma if it is a quote from Dickens. The first sentence runs to 85 words before the first full stop!
8, from memory, not having a copy to hand, I believe "A Christmas Carol" Starts "JacobMarley was dead..."
9, After all the comments above, it is clear that "The Rubàiyàt..." does not start with the words quoted.

Taking all the above into account, it is quite likely that all the questions are phrased in such a way as to be impossible to answer correctly. Thus there is no chance that any asses will be kissed on the quarterdeck.

Nigel