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Which of the following landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country?
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Lesotho
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In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
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Peru
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What best-selling author was born Howard Allen O'Brien?
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Anne Rice
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In the US, the Sony Walkman personal cassette player was originally marketed in 1979 under what name?
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Soundabout
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According to the United Nations, in what year was the world's population half of its present size?
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1960
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What plant is named after the first US Ambassador to Mexico, who brought it to the US?
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Poinsettia
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Which of these network news anchors began his career at age 9, hosting a children's radio show?
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Peter Jennings
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Who was the only winner of the Nobel Peace Prize to decline the prize?
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Le Duc Tho
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People who have a marked physical reaction to beautiful art are said to suffer from what syndrome?
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Stendhal’s Syndrome
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Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?
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Igor Sikorsky
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What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the US?
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N
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In the TV series "The Brady Bunch", what is Carol Brady's maiden name?
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Tyler
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How many days make up a non-leap year in the Islamic calendar?
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354
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What club did astronaut Alan Shepard use to make his famous golf shot on the moon?
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Six iron
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Who is the only Nobel Laureate to win an Academy Award?
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George Bernard Shaw
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Famous pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal in what sport?
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Rowing
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In the 1964 movie "My Fair Lady", who dubbed the singing voice for the character Eliza Doolittle?
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Marni Nixon
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What is the number of the US Congress currently in session?
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106th
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How many US flags have been planted on the moon?
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Six
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What is the surname of the septuplets born in Iowa in 1997?
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McCaughey
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Which of the following is the most recent member of the United Nations?
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Tonga
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What Russian Prime Minister was deposed by the Bolsheviks in October 1917?
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Aleksandr Kerensky
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Which of the following actresses was in the original 1968 cast of the Broadway musical "Hair"?
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Diane Keaton
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The popular saying "love is blind" appears in which Shakespeare play?
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The Merchant of Venice
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In 1998, which of these former child actresses coauthored a paper on magnetism in a physics journal?
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Danica McKellar
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What is the name of the Robert Frost poem the author read at John F. Kennedy's inauguration?
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The Gift Outright
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Murdered in 1985, zoologist Dian Fossey was buried with more than a dozen of her gorillas in what country?
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Rwanda
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In 1986, what artist painted a section of the Berlin Wall?
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Keith Haring
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What culture's mythology holds that all life was created during a period known as "dreamtime"?
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Aborigine
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The killer in the 1978 film "Halloween" wears a painted white mask of what famous character?
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Captain Kirk
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In the movie "E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial," E.T. watches a love scene from what film?
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The Quiet Man
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Published in 1999, the book "Wild Fruits" is a compilation of previously lost writings by what author?
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Henry David Thoreau
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Pierre Omidyar initially started the auction website eBay to help his wife collect what?
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Pez dispensers
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In 1934, who became the first living athlete to appear on the Wheaties box?
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Lou Gehrig
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The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following countries?
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Sudan
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The Fort McHenry flag that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" had how many stars?
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15
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In 1934, what well-known novelist was the Democratic nominee in the California Governor's race?
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Upton Sinclair
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None
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What military commander's father headed the Lindbergh baby kidnapping investigation for the New Jersey State Police?
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Norman Schwarzkopf
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As a young boy, singer Phil Collins appeared in which of the following films?
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A Hard Day’s Night
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The legendary King Midas was based on a real king who ruled over what ancient peoples?
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Phrygians
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Which of the following authors played the lead role in the original movie based on his own novel?
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Richard Wright
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Which of the following foods is flavored with the oil of bergamot?
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Earl Grey tea
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What 19th century novel was originally published under the pseudonym "Currer Bell"?
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Jane Eyre
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Who was the first woman to be elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation?
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Wilma Mankiller
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What was the first American TV series to film an entire episode in the former Soviet Union?
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Head of theClass
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What was the first major motion picture to feature a rock and roll song on its soundtrack?
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Blackboard Jungle
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Before serving as Governor of Texas, Sam Houston was governor of what other US state?
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Tennessee
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In 218BC, Hannibal crossed the Alps with the intent of capturing what city?
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Rome
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Which US state's name is believed to be based on a mythical paradise in a 1510 Spanish novel?
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California
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The Voyager space probes contain salutations to extraterrestrials from which US leader?
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Jimmy Carter
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How many different people have been members of the famous comedy trio, "The Three Stooges"?
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Six
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The Earth's circumference at the equator is approximately how many miles?
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24,900
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In 1909, who became the first president to be depicted on a circulating US monetary coin?
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Abraham Lincoln
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When three celestial bodies form a straight line, what is it called?
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Syzygy
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In 1832, what American city played host to the first national Democratic convention?
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Baltimore
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Java man was the first discovered example of what species?
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Homo erectus
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What military leader said, "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever"?
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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What was the first artificially produced element?
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Technetium
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Who wrote Spiro Agnew's 1970 speech in which he called the press "nattering nabobs of negativism"?
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William Safire
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First published in 1771, the Messier Catalog includes listings of which of the following:
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Star clusters
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What businessman is credited with inventing the charcoal briquette?
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Henry Ford
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According to his autobiography, what inspired young Harry Crosby's friends to call him "Bing"?
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Comic strip
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After being ordained by the Catholic Church, what composer became known as "The Red Priest"?
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Jimmie H. Davis, Louisiana's former "Singing Governor", wrote which of these classic songs?
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You Are My Sunshine
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Striped shirt, white pants and top hat with a red flower signify what character created by mime Marcel Marceau?
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Bip
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Deciphered in 1952, Linear B is an early form of what language?
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Greek
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In the 18th century Gainsborough painting "The Blue Boy", what is the boy holding in his hand?
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Hat
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What is Bart Simpson's middle name?
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Jo-Jo
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In 1919, what artist created "L.H.O.O.Q." by adding a mustache and goatee to a print of the "Mona Lisa"?
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Marcel Duchamp
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans in what direction?
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South
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Which of these jazz musicians did not play on Miles Davis' groundbreaking 1959 album, "Kind of Blue"?
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Dexter Gordon
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Who did Margaret Thatcher replace as the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1979?
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James Callaghan
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In Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", what musical instruments traditionally portray the wolf?
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French Horns
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What planet features a phenomenon called the Great Red Spot?
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Jupiter
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In which of the following Central American countries would you find the Mosquito Coast?
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Nicaragua
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Who was the first woman to receive her party's nomination and run for President of the United States?
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Victoria Woodhull
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The Lilith Fair musical tour was named for what character from ancient text?
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Adam’s first wife
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Russia and Turkey both have shorelines on which of the following seas?
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Black Sea
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What is the most abundant chemical element in the universe?
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Hydrogen
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Which of the following philosophers said "Cogito, ergo sum"?
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Rene Descartes
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Which of these scientists did research on galaxies that helped prove the universe in expanding?
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Edwin Hubble
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What is the title of the piece of music traditionally played to salute the Vice President of the United States?
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Hail, Columbia
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The 18th, 19th, and 20th US presidents all hailed from what state?
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Ohio
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In a standard deck of playing cards, which two suits carry the "one eyed jacks"?
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Hearts/Spades
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Which of these Alfred Hitchcock movies was originally filmed in 3-D?
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Dial M For Murder
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What was Elvis Presley's military rank upon his discharge from the Army?
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Buck Sergeant
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What country encompasses all of Asia Minor?
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Turkey
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What color best describes the sand of the Kalahari Desert?
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Red
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What group is the subject of Jacob Rii's 1890 book of photographs "How the Other Half Lives"?
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Tenement dwellers
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Where was the first foreign visit made by a sitting US President?
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Panama Canal
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Most of the asteroids in our solar system orbit in a belt between which two planets?
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Mars and Jupiter
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One of Shelley Winters two Oscars is on display at a museum in what city?
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Amsterdam
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In 1859, the first US commercial oil well was drilled in what location?
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Pennsylvania
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According to Greek legend, what creature killed Orion?
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Scorpion
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Which US President was the target of the first documented assassination attempt while in office?
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Andrew Jackson
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The Scoville scale is used to measure the intensity of what?
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Heat of chili peppers
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What state has the largest number of active volcanoes in the United States?
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Alaska
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During WWII, what Native American language was used as a secret code by the US Army and Marines?
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Navajo
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In what African country would you find the town of Tombouctou, also known as Timbuktu?
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Mali
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After a crocodile egg has been laid, what factor makes the embryo male or female?
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Incubation temperature
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Before Bobby Riggs famous loss to Billie Jean King, who did he defeat in a "Battle of the Sexes" match?
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Margaret Smith Court
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Who was the third person to walk on the moon?
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Pete Conrad
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In early Rome, the words for marine "mussels" and the body's "muscles" both came from the word for what animal?
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Mouse
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In 1738, Daniel Bernouilli developed a scientific principle that explains how which of the following works?
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Pitched curve ball
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What island in San Francisco bay was known as the Ellis island of the West in the early 1900's?
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Angel Island
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The hero of James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales is known by all but which of these names?
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Nighthorse
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From 1958 to 1961, the United Arab Republic was a union of what two countries?
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Syria and Egypt
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Iceland gained full independence from what country in 1944?
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Denmark
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Which of these European cities was formerly called Christiania?
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Oslo
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The zipper was originally invented to fasten what article of clothing?
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Boots
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What is the name of Jupiter's largest moon?
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Ganymede
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According to the US Constitution, a presidential candidate must have lived in the US for a minimum of how many years?
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14
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Canonized by Pope Paul VI, who became the first US-born saint?
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Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Which was not an event in the ancient Olympics?
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Marathon
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What natural phenomenon produces a feature called "aa"?
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Volcanic eruption
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What is the Ebola virus named after?
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River
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In the 1952 novel "Charlotte's Web", what is the final message that Charlotte spins in her web?
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Humble
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NASA's Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to do what?
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Journey beyond Pluto
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The highest known mountain in our solar system is on what planet?
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Mars
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The compact disc was originally designed to have enough playing time to hold what classical music piece?
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
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Which of these artists is famous for photographing herself in film-inspired settings?
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Cindy Sherman
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Who was the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian?
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Constantine the Great
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Multi-Grammy award winner Jimmy Sturr is known by what nickneme?
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Polka King
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Appointed on July 31, 2000, who is the current Poet Laureate of the United States?
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Stanley Kunitz
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The theme song of which of these TV shows did not become a top 10 hit on Billboard's pop singles chart?
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Mission: Impossible
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In 1999, a Dallas Zoo researcher found that ocelots are drawn to the scent of which of the following:
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Calvin Klein Obsession
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The tympanum, the sensory organ used for hearing, is located where on a cricket?
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Legs
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How many provinces make up Canada?
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10
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Best-selling author David Cornwell writes under what pseudonym?
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John le Carré
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Which of the following countries does the Rhine river not run through?
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Italy
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What bird is the official state bird of 7 different US states?
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Cardinal
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What is the only current U.S. State flag to have different designs on the front and back?
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Oregon
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What was the first piloted aircraft to exceed the speed of sound?
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Bell X-1
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Under whose reign was the original Domesday Book compiled?
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William the Conqueror
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By definition, which of these is the white of an egg?
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Glair
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By definition, what does a sesquipedalian person commonly use?
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Long words
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What children's author wrote mathmatical works under his given name, Charles Lutwidge Dodson?
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Lewis Carroll
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Almost all clouds are formed in what layer of the Earth's atmosphere?
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Troposphere
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Who was the only person to receive two Oscars for the same role in the same film?
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Harold Russell
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In Roy Lichtenstein's 1961 painting "Look Mickey", Mickey Mouse is fishing with what cartoon character?
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Donald Duck
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Authentic marabou feathers come from what type of bird?
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Stork
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Buddhism originated in a region found in which present-day country?
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India
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In what classic 20th century novel is there a character named Homer Simpson?
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The Day of the Locust
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Which of the following planets has no moons?
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Mercury
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Which of these major American cities has the same name as a Native American tribe?
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Miami
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A phrase from what book inspired physicist Murray Gell-Mann to name his newfound subparticles "quarks"?
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Finnegans Wake
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What is the name of the indentation right above your lip and below your nose?
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Philtrum
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When the city of Brasilia was founded in 1960, it replaced what city as the capital of Brazil?
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Rio De Janeiro
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In 1894 Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived which of the following?
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Olympic games
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Who is the only actor to win an Academy Award for playing a character that lost an Academy Award?
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Maggie Smith
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Which of these actors won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a feature film that he directed?
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Laurence Olivier
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Lenny Bruce, Leonard Bernstein and Leonid Brezhnev are mentioned in a 1987 song by what band?
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R.E.M.
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What do sumo wrestlers throw into the ring at the beginning of every wrestling match?
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Salt
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Approximately how many islands make up the country of the Phillippines?
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7,100
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What type of structure was the Pharos of Alexandria?
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Lighthouse
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After a two-year legal battle, a Detroit museum was recently awarded ownership of what famous object?
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Howdy Doody
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What writer collaborated with photographer Walker Evans on the 1941 book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"?
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James Agee
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What Wild West figure spent the last years of his life as a sportswriter for a New York newspaper?
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Bat Masterson
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In the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, what are the first names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
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Henry and Edward
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What 1953 novel marked the first appearance of Ian Fleming's agent James Bond?
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Casino Royale
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In 1985, what country changed its time zone to be 15 minutes ahead of India?
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Nepal
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According to Greek mythology, the tears of Eos are responsible for forming what?
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Morning dewdrops
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What rock band first recorded the sports arena song "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)?
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Steam
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In 1999, which of these men was aboard the first hot-air balloon to circumnavigate the globe nonstop?
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Bertrand Piccard ???
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Who wrote the first jazz composition to win a Pulitzer Prize for music?
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Wynton Marsalis
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In 1990, what Vincent van Gogh painting sold for $82.5 million, the most ever paid for a painting at auction?
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet
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What movie is based on the 1968 science fiction novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"?
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Blade Runner
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In which state would you find the northernmost border in the contiguous United States?
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Minnesota
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Author Dashiell Hammett based detective Nora Charles on what famous writer?
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Lillian Hellman
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What two political leaders engaged in a famous war of words known as the "kitchen debate"?
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Nixon and Khrushchev
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What U.S. President said, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over", in a speech upon assuming office?
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Gerald Ford
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The Broadway play "Copenhagen" is based on a historic meeting between Niels Bohr and what other physicist?
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Werner Heisenberg
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A loofah is the fibrous interior of which of the following?
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Tropical gourd
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On which of these outdoor instruments would you find a gnomon?
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Sundial
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Which of the following designers created extravagant sets and costumes for the Folies Bergere?
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Erte
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What does "Pepperidge" in the name of the Pepperidge Farm cookie company refer to?
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Type of tree
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What influential Federal Court of Appeals judge was known as the "tenth man" of the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Learned Hand
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What architect designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
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I.M. Pei
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The noted 19th century English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote many of his works while working as what?
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Priest
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The ancient measurement called a cubit was determined by what length?
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Elbow to tip of middle finger
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The company name "Nintendo" is derived from a Japanese phrase meaning what?
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Leave it to heaven
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African-American surgeon Dr. Charles R. Drew is the pioneer of what medical advancement?
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Blood banks
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Gertrude Stein wrote "There is no there there," in reference to what California city?
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Oakland
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In the 1942 movie "Bambi," what is the name of Bambi's girlfriend?
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Faline
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What rock star wrote the 1989 opera "Holy Blood and Crescent Moon"?
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Stewart Copeland
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In 1913, what movie was the first full-length feature film to be shot in Hollywood?
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The Squaw Man
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In the annual I-San Festival in Thailand, men stage fights between which of these?
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Kites
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In 1985, artist Andy Warhol appeared on an episode of what TV series?
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The Love Boat
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Paul McCartney's original lyrics for the 1965 Beatles song "Yesterday" began with what words?
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Scrambled eggs
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The name for the Asian practice of arranging objects, "feng shui" is Chinese for what?
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Wind water
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In 1986, who became the first rap act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
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Run-DMC
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Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at Waterloo by Wellington's army and what other force?
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Prussian army
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Which of these generals ranked last in his class at West Point?
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George Armstrong Custer
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In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first U.S. woman licensed to do what?
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Fly a plane
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In 1972, the U.S. gave what animals to China in exchange for the pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing?
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Musk oxen
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What classical music composition is part of a larger work titled "The Trial Between Harmony and Invention"?
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The Four Seasons
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In the 1958 book "Breakfast at Tiffany's" what word is printed on Holly Golightly's calling card?
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Traveling
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Noted medical school professor Dr. Joseph Bell was the inspiration for what fictional character?
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Sherlock Holmes
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What was the main occupation of Jules Leotard, who popularized the one-piece body garment in the 1850s?
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Trapeze artist
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What make of car was modified to become the Batmobile used in the original "Batman" TV series?
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Lincoln Futura
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Sidereal time is measured by tracking what?
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Position of stars
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In the film, "The Truman Show", Jim Carrey's character is trying to escape from what fictional home town?
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Seahaven
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Who was the first African-American mayor of Chicago?
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Harold Washington
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Which of the following came from the Greek word meaning "longhaired"?
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Comet
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In 1999, what American pop singer released an album with a 90 word title?
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Fiona Apple
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What cartoonist has a species of lice named after him?
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Gary Larson
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The 19th-century route which the US government forced the Cherokee Nation members to travel became known as what?
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Trail of Tears
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Krav Maga is a martial art that was developed in what country?
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Israel
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Which of the following dances was once believed to be a cure for spider bites?
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Tarantella
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Mathias Rust served 432 days in prison for landing his single engine plane on May 28, 1987 at what site?
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Red Square
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Which of the following celebrities is not a twin?
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Kevin Costner
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When asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, what explorer said, Because it's there"?
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George Mallory
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What river is the home of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric project in history?
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Yangtze
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What government agency is primarily responsible for tracking down counterfeiters?
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Secret Service
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On the scale developed by UFO expert J. Allen Hynek, what *is* a close encounter of the third kind?
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Extraterrestrial sighting
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According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is what kind of ghost?
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Ship
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What band is named for a method of teaching music using body movement?
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Eurythmics
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In the classic 1954 film "THEM!", what creatures terrorize towns in the US Southwest?
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Giant ants
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In 1790, who conducted the first census in the United States?
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US Marshals
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What civil rights activist popularized the phrase "black power" in a 1966 speech?
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Stokely Carmichael
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What singer is known for "The Click Song" which featured the vocal clicks of her native language?
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Miriam Makeba
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Which of these characters is still alive at the end of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"?
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Horatio
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In 1997, the national organization "Students Against Drunk Driving" changed the last two words of its name to what?
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Destructive Decisions
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Who is the only author to win the Pulitzer Prize in both the fiction and nonfiction categories?
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Norman Mailer
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In 1984, who won the first-ever women's Olympic marathon?
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Joan Benoit
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What gorilla was the first to be taught sign language by Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson in 1972?
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Koko
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What color is the painting that is the central focus of the Tony Award-winning play "Art"?
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White
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A person with horripilation has what covering his skin?
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Goose bumps
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What African-American public figure was once a musical performer who went by the name Calypso Gene?"
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Louis Farrakhan
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What explorer named the Pacific Ocean the "Pacific Ocean"?
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Magellan
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In the Archibald William's 19th century painting "The Spirit of '76", what is the man with a bandaged head doing?
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Playing a fife
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In addition to writing the James Bond series, Ian Fleming wrote which children's book?
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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In 2000, 90-year-old "Granny D" finished walking across the US and was later arrested twice, for what cause?
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Campaign finance reform
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What female singer has had the most #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?
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Mariah Carey
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Immediately after Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, who declared himself "in charge of the White House"?
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Alexander Haig
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Which US President was born with the name Leslie King, Jr.?
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Gerald Ford
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The word "reptile" comes from a Latin word for what?
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To creep
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Where was "Lord of the Dance" star Michael Flatley born and raised?
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Chicago
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On Christopher Columbus' 1492 journey to America, which ship did not safely return to Spain?
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Santa Maria
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Where would you most likely find the safety feature known as "Botts dots"?
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Highway
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According to legend, who is the biological father of King Arthur?
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Uther Pendragon
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The creator of what comic book series paid $3 million for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball of the 1998 season?
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Spawn
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Which of these animals uses the backs of its eyeballs to help push food down its throat?
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Frog
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The Kyoto Protocol, signed by over 100 countries in 1997, addresses what problem?
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Global warming
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Which of the following women reigned as Queen of France and then Queen of England?
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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The largest area of tropical rain forest in the world is located in what country?
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Brazil
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Whose mural, for the RCA Building in New York City was destroyed because it portrayed the Russian leader Viladimir Lenin?
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Diego Rivera
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The Vespa motor scooter takes its name from the Italian word for what animal?
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Wasp
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What poisonous element, used to make felt hats, most likely led to the phrase "mad as a hatter"?
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Mercury
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In the title of Philip Glass's 1976 opera, what 20th century icon is "on the Beach"?
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Einstein
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Who is the Cro-Magnon orphan girl at the center of the 1980 novel "The Clan of the Cave Bear"?
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Ayla
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What comedian was known as the "King of One-Liners"?
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Henny Youngman
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The island nation of the Maldives is located in what ocean?
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Indian
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Approximately how many years did Michelangelo spend painting the Sistine Chapel?
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4
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Which of the following is another term for stage fright?
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Plutophobia
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In 2000, which of these multibillionaires released a rock album with his band, Grown Men?
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Paul Allen
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The melody for the wedding march popularly called "Here Comes the Bride" was written by what classical composer?
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Wagner
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Which fashion guru popularized the miniskirt in the 1960's?
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Mary Quant
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What is the word for "a ring of coral islands that surrounds a lagoon"?
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Atoll
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Which of these men signed both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution?
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Benjamin Franklin
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When he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis to support whose strike?
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Sanitation workers
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What is the name of the popular tabletop toy that features five metal balls swinging from thin cords?
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Newton’s Cradle
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What is the name of the unseen part of the knife blade that secures the blade to the handle?
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Tang
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Zoologist Karl von Frisch found that worker honeybee directs other bees to a food source by doing what?
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Dancing
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In the painting known as "Whistler's Mother" which of these appears in the background?
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Framed Etching
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Which of these American folk heroes was a US Congressman?
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Davy Crockett
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The point in the Moon's orbit when it is furthest from the Earth is called what?
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Apogee
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Isobars are lines drawn on weather maps connecting areas with the same what?
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Air pressure
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What watch company created "Internet time", a new clocking system in which the entire world adopts a single time zone?
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Swatch
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In the novel "Little Women", in what war did the father of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy serve?
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Civil War
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What is the scientific term for the process by which trees lose their leaves during autumn?
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Abscission
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Popular in the 1970's and 1980's, Chisanbop is a method of teaching what?
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Arithmetic
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In the 15th century, the seat of the Ottoman Empire was in which of these present-day countries?
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Turkey
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Which of the following cells is at the center of a controversy regarding human embryonic research?
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Stem cell
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In what college town was the satirical newspaper "The Onion" founded in 1988?
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Madison, WI
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Which of the following was restored during the time period known as "The Restoration"?
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English monarchy
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Gymnophobia means a fear of what?
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Nakedness
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In 1497, which of these explorers became the first to sail around Africa to India?
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Vasco da Gama
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What book ranked #1 on The Board of the Modern Library's 100 best novels of the 20th century?
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Ulysses
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Which of these literary works is written in epistolary form?
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The Color Purple
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Guam is the largest and southernmost island of which island chain?
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Mariana
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In what movie does Lauren Bacall say to Humphrey Bogart, "Just put your lips together and blow"?
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To Have and Have Not
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What is the literal translation of the Japanese word "karate"?
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Empty hand
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What is the standard absolute musical pitch by which all orchestral instruments are tuned?
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A
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Marathons are named for a messenger's legendary run from Marathon to what ancient city?
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Anthens
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In Winston Churchill's quote, "Never....was so much owed by so many to so few", who are the "few"?
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Royal Air Force
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What element is named after the creator of the periodic table of the elements?
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Mendelevium
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By definition, a person suffering from bruxism does what while sleeping?
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Grinds teeth
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Which of these professionals would typically wear a "surplice"?
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Priest
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father were co-pastors of what church?
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Ebenezer Baptist
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What President signed into law the bill to create the Medal of Honor?
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Abraham Lincoln
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In the 1994 film "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", what is Priscilla?
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Bus
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Whose poem features the phrase "the shot heard round the world"?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Which of the following US cities takes its name from an early capital of ancient Egypt?
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Memphis, TN
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On a standard color television set, what three colors are used to create all color images?
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Red, blue, green
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Which of the following international sports takes place in a playing area called the "piste"?
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Fencing
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Wisconsin is nicknamed "The Badger State" after what group of workers?
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Miners
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What flower comes in a veriety of flower types such as spoon, pompon, and spider?
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Chrysanthemum
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The "Old Man of the Mountain", a rock formation that resembles a face, is in which of the following US states?
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New Hampshire
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If an anthropologist locates an ancient midden, he has found which of the following:
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Refuse
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Which of the following novels was not originally published in serial form?
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Valley of the Dolls
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At the age of 14, who was the youngest performer to win a Grammy for Best New Artist?
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LeAnn Rimes
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In the 1970's, an enormous hole in the Earth's ozone layer was discovered over what continent?
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Antarctica
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John Reed's book "Ten Days That Shook the World" is an account of a revolution in what country?
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Russia
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In the author's stage directions for the play "Waiting for Godot," what is the only required scenery?
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Tree
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Who composed the music for the 1944 ballet "Appalachian Spring"?
|
Aaron Copland
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Which of these now disproven theories is the basis for the Ptolemaic system?
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Earth-centered universe
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Who hosts the children's wildlife adventure series, "Zoboomafoo"?
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The Kratt Brothers
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Who is the only US President to serve on the US Supreme Court?
|
William Howard Taft
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What are the dots on a domino called?
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Pips
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In Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon," who is Algernon?
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Mouse
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A roadrunner is a member of what family of birds?
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Cuckoo
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What river forms part of the border between Oregon and Idaho?
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Snake
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David Halberstam's book, "The Best and the Brightest" documents America's involvement in what?
|
Vietnam War
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Englishwoman Ann Lee founded what religious sect in America?
|
Shakers
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In the 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" the main characters are disguised as what music group?
|
The Soggy Bottom Boys
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Which of these is the correct form of address in a formal business letter in Russia?
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Respected Mr. Chekhov!
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John F. Kennedy's 1956 book "Profiles in Courage" is a compilation of profiles of men who served as what?
|
US Senators
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How long was the infamous unexplained gap on one of Richard Nixon's White House tapes?
|
18 ½ minutes
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In the opera "The Marriage of Figaro", who does Figaro marry?
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Susanna the servant
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Which of the original 13 colonies was founded by James Oglethorpe as a haven for English debtors?
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Georgia
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What writer interviewed hundreds of people about their jobs for his 1974 book "Working"?
|
Studs Terkel
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The 1990 film "Henry & June" was adapted from what writer's intimate diaries?
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Anais Nin
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Which of these sports is played with a hard ball called a "pelota"?
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Jai alai
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"Karaoke" is a Japanese word meaning what?
|
Empty orchestra
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In the short novel "The Old Man and The Sea", the old man goes fishing off the coast of what nation?
|
Cuba
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Hummingbirds are most attracted to which of the following colors?
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Red
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Since 1973, the first three digits of a US Social Security number are derived from which of the following:
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Zip code
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In the 1910 novel "Howards End", what does the title refer to?
|
Country home
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In the 1994 film "Clear and Present Danger", what is the "clear and present danger"?
|
Drug cartels
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From 1981 to 1985, who provided the voice of the never-seen Robin Masters on TV's "Magnum P.I."?
|
Orson Welles
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When you see a lunar eclipse from Earth, what would a person on the moon see?
|
Solar eclipse
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What is the formal name for the punctuation mark known as the slash?
|
Virgule
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Besides the Milky Way, what is the only other galaxy visible to the naked eye?
|
Andromeda
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What Broadway musical character is known as "the demon barber of Fleet Street"?
|
Sweeney Todd
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Which of the following cities has hosted the modern Summer Olympics Games more than once?
|
Los Angeles
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What element, combined with oxygen, does NASA use as liquid fuel for the main engines of the space shuttle?
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Hydrogen
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|
In the "Peanuts" comic strip, where did Charlie Brown get Snoopy?
|
Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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What is the nickname for natives of Key West, FL?
|
Conchs
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In a living cell, what generates evergy through aerobic respiration?
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Mitochondria
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Amid a corruption scandal, Alberto Fujimori resigned as President of what country in 2000?
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Peru
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In the 1950's and 1960's, Quincy Jones directed orchestras for which of these crooners?
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Frank Sinatra
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In 1886, the Haymarket Riots took place in what US city?
|
Chicago
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In the "Godfather" films, what is the original family name of Vito Corleone?
|
Andolini
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Anna Mary Robertson, a farmer's daughter, is better known by what name?
|
Grandma Moses
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In what activity would you use a "woolly bugger" or a "rat-faced McDougal"?
|
Fly-fishing
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What Greenpeace ship was sunk by French Secret Service agents in 1986?
|
Rainbow Warrior
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In 1911, what did Hiram Bingham discover between two peaks in the Andes mountains?
|
City of Machu Picchu
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Who wrote the current bestseller, "An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood"?
|
Jimmy Carter
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Which of the following is another name for vitamin A?
|
Retinol
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|
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Which of the following stars is closest to Earth?
|
Alpha Centauri
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James Boswell is best known for his biography of what 18th-century literary figure?
|
Samuel Johnson
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What is the second longest river in the world?
|
Amazon
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What is the English translation of the name of the Irish nationalist group Sinn Fein?
|
We ourselves
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What 1848 novel features a manipulative woman named Becky Sharp?
|
Vanity Fair
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|
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Which of these states currently has two female US Senators?
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Maine
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What classic poem features the line, "A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread -- and Thou"?
|
The Rubaiyat
|
|
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Which of these mythological creatures was not defeated by Hercules?
|
Chimera
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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is credited with influencing the style of what music movement?
|
Punk rock
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Which of these foods belongs to the family of plants called nightshade?
|
Eggplant
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|
Established by the 2000 census, what is the population of the United States, rounded to the nearest million?
|
281
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Famous Sugar Loaf Mountain rises over the bay of which of these cities?
|
Rio de Janeiro
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|
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By definition, where would you most likely find an epicanthic fold?
|
Human face
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|
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What process was once thought to capture on film the "aura" of a person or object?
|
Kirlian photography
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|
|
The Mount Pinatubo volcano is located in what country?
|
Philippines
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|
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According to the classic TV series "Naked City", how many stories are there "in the naked city"?
|
8 million
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The 1999 book "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" is a collection of poems by what rap artist?
|
Tupac Shakur
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In what decade was the 16th U.S. constitutional amendment ratified instituting federal income tax?
|
1910 to 1919
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In the Georges Seurat painting known as "La Grande Jatte", many of the women are holding what?
|
Parasols
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A horizontal mark placed over a vowel to indicate a long sound is called what?
|
Macron
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|
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Which of the following songs is featured in the musical "The Threepenny Opera"?
|
Mack the Knife
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|
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What does the name of the Soviet newspaper "Pravda" mean in English?
|
Truth
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|
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What famous piece of classical music is featured in the 1980 film "Ordinary People"?
|
Pachelbel’s Canon
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|
|
In the 2001 film "Snatch", what are the main characters looking for?
|
Missing diamond
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|
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The phenomenon of seeing light when pressing one's eyelids is called what?
|
Phosphene
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|
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A fugitive known as "The Whiskey Priest" is the tragic hero of what 1940 novel?
|
The Power and the Glory
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|
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William Faulkner's 1929 novel "The Sound and the Fury" concludes on what holiday?
|
Easter
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|
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The islets of Langerhans are found where?
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Pancreas
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|
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What professional is most likely to perform a "herkie"?
|
Cheerleader
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|
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What is the deepest lake in the United States?
|
Crater Lake
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|
|
Dr. Sylvia Earle is a noted scientist in what field?
|
Oceanography
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|
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The word "ventriloquism" comes from the Latin meaning "to speak from the" what?
|
Stomach
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|
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"Sternutation" is a term for what?
|
Sneezing
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|
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In C.S. Lewis' 1942 bestseller "The Screwtape Letters", what is "Screwtape"?
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Devil
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"The Guerilla Girls" is an activist group that was founded to protest sexism in what?
|
Art world
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At room temperature, a gallon of water weighs approximately how many pounds?
|
8.3
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Baseball's Ted Williams flew in the same Korean War fighter plane as what future astronaut?
|
John Glenn
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Whose U.S. presidency is commonly called "The Era of Good Feeling"?
|
James Monroe
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In 1963, what world leader was made an honorary citizen of the United States by an act of Congress?
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Winston Churchill
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Which of these men was nicknamed "The Liberator"?
|
Simon Bolivar
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What do the zygomatic muscles help you do?
|
Smile
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The island of Zanzibar is part of what country?
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Tanzania
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|
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Someone who is nictitating is doing what?
|
Winking
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The protrusion of cartilage that projects in front of the external opening of the human ear is called what?
|
Tragus
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If you travel west through the Strait of Hormuz, you will first reach what body of water?
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Persian Gulf
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In chemistry, Avogadro's law deals specifically with what state of matter?
|
Gas
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|
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Eric Blair was the birth name of what British author?
|
George Orwell
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|
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The scientific study of human settlements is called what?
|
Ekistics
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|
|
Automysophobia is the fear of being what?
|
Dirty
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|
|
Where is Queen Maud Land located?
|
Antarctica
|
|
|
Which of these novels takes place in the fictional setting of Interzone?
|
Naked Lunch
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|
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In Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People," what two items does Liberty hold?
|
Flag and rifle
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Which of these men designed the prototype for the Volkswagen Beetle automobile?
|
Fredinand Porsche
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|
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What movie is based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton?
|
Norma Rae
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|
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Which of these rock stars was born Brian Warner?
|
Marilyn Manson
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|
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Whose famous poem states that "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"?
|
John Keats
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Robert Hooke first used the word "cell" as a biological term when viewing what under a microscope?
|
Cork
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Viewers never learn the first name of which of these TV crime solvers?
|
Columbo
|
|
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Which of these Steven King novels is not set in the fictional town of Castle Rock?
|
Cujo
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|
|
Halley's comet appeared in the skies right before what historic battle?
|
Hastings
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|
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By definition, an ornamental ribbon or rosette on a hat is called what?
|
Cockade
|
|
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In what Shakespeare play does a sovereign exclaim "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"?
|
Richard III
|
|
|
A cloud chamber is a scientific device used to track the movement of what?
|
Subatomic particles
|
|
|
Who was the first U.S. President to marry while in office?
|
John Tyler
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|
|
Archbishop Desmond Tutu served as the head of the Anglican Church in what African country?
|
South Africa
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|
|
In what country did the dance known as the rumba originate?
|
Cuba
|
|
|
The literal translation of the French phrase "haute couture" is what?
|
High sewing
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|
|
On the TV series "Friends", Joey appears on "One Life to Live" as what character?
|
Dr. Drake Ramoray
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|
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Before starting her own company, Donna Karan was chief designer at what label?
|
Anne Klein
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Pumice is a highly porous substance that comes from what source?
|
Volcanoes
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Lawyers from what civil rights group represented the plantiffs in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education?
|
NAACP
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Mary Wollstonecraft's famous 1792 book concerns the vindication of the rights of whom?
|
Women
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In the 1997 movie, "Boogie Nights," Dirk Diggler appears in movies as a detective named what?
|
Brock Landers
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|
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In the 1960s, what ancient temple was moved to higher ground because of a lake created by Aswan High Dam?
|
Abu Simbel
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|
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In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat on the way home from her job as a what?
|
Seamstress
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|
|
What novel's subtitle is "There and Back Again"?
|
The Hobbit
|
|
|
Gummi bears were invented in the 1920s in what country?
|
Germany
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In the 1989 movie "Do the Right Thing," the neighborhood deejay often repeats what catchphrase?
|
That’s the truth, Ruth
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|
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In the human body, the main purpose of synovial fluid is to do what?
|
Lubricate joints
|
|
|
The book and miniseries "Band of Brothers" takes its name from a line from what Shakespeare play?
|
Henry V
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|
The Republic of San Marino is entirely surrounded by what European country?
|
Italy
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|
What city gained fame for turning on its lights as John Glenn passed overhead during his 1962 space orbit?
|
Perth, Australia
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|
|
The infamous 1838-39 "Trail of Tears" march concluded in territory that is now part of what U.S. state?
|
Oklahoma
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|
|
The Korina Flying V is a famous what?
|
Electric guitar
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In 2000, what celebrity wrote the best-selling children's book "Where Do Balloons Go?"?
|
Jaime Lee Curtis
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|
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Brown v. Board of Education is a 1954 Supreme Court decision that overturned what case?
|
Plessy v. Ferguson
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|
|
The movie "Chariots of Fire" features two rivals competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics held where?
|
Paris
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|
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What is the real first name of children's book character Encyclopedia Brown?
|
Leroy
|
|
|
After oxygen, what is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust?
|
Silicon
|
|
|
In 1976, a court ruled that George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" infringed the copyright of what 1960's pop song?
|
He’s So Fine
|
|
|
Author Samuel Clemens took his pen name Mark Twain from a riverboat term meaning what?
|
Two fathoms deep
|
|
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Which of these geographic regions is not mentioned in the song "God Bless the U.S.A."?
|
Shores of Florida
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