Who was awarded the first Booker Prize?
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P. H. Newby
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Salman Rushdie
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Peter Carey
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Hilary Mantel
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Correct answer
Explanation
P.H. Newby won the first Booker Prize in 1969 for his novel Something to Answer For. Salman Rushdie won later (1981 for Midnight's Children), as did the other distractors. This tests factual knowledge about literary award history.