Multiple choice general knowledge

When was the first Booker prize awarded?

  1. 1969

  2. 1970

  3. 1971

  4. 1972

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Explanation

The Booker Prize (now Booker Prize for Fiction) was first awarded in 1969. P.H. Newby won the inaugural prize for his novel Something to Answer For. The prize was established to recognize the best novel of the year written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or Ireland.