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35 Cards in this Set
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What is the population of people on Earth?
(a) 6.8 million (b) 608 million (c) 6.8 billion (d) 60.8 billion |
(c) 6.8 billion
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Put these British rulers in order from earliest to latest: Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lion-hearted
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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR / RICHARD THE LION-HE ED / HENRY VIII / ELIZABETH I
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Whose portrait is shown on a US 10¢ piece (dime)?
(a) Abraham Lincoln (b) Franklin D. Roosevelt (c) George Washington (d) Thomas Jefferson |
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Who was major league baseball's first African-American manager?
(a) Bud Fowler (b) Jackie Robinson (c) Dan McClellan (b) Frank Robinson |
(d) Frank Robinson
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How many consecutive years did bicyclist Lance Armstrong win the Tour De France?
(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 |
(c) 7 (1999-2005)
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The words nadir and zenith: do they have the same or opposite meaning?
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OPPOSITE: zenith is high point, nadir is low point.
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In 1866 this person invented dynamite, and when he died in 1896, left his $9 million fortune to be given away each year as prizes. Who was he?
(a) Alfred Nobel (b) Karl Marx (c) William Wilberforce (d) Queen Victoria |
(a) Alfred Nobel
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Absolute zero registers at about how many degrees Celsius?
(a) 0 (b) -273 (c) 5 (d) -466 |
(b) -273
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Which is currently the world's best-selling game console?
(a) Xbox 360 (b) Nintendo Wii (c) Xbox (c) PlayStation 2 |
(d) PlayStation 2
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In Peter Pan, Captain Hook had a hook on which one of his hands?
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His left
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Which full length animated feature did Walt Disney originally consider having as a Live Action Film with Mary Martin having the lead role?
(a) Peter Pan (b) Hercules (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Robin Hood |
(a) Peter Pan
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After Los Angeles, what is the most populated California city whose name does not begin with the letter "S"?
(a) Bakersfield (b) Oakland (c) Fresno (d) Long Beach |
(c) Fresno
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According to the U.S. flag code, no flag may fly higher than a U.S. flag. What is the one place in this country where another flag is legally permitted to fly higher than the U.S. flag?
(a) Pearl Harbor (b) The United Nations building (c) National Civil War Memorial (d) The Supreme Court Building |
(b) The United Nations Building
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Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy?
(a) Charles J. Guiteau (b) John Wilkes Booth (c) Leon Czolgosz (d) Lee Harvey Oswald |
(d) Lee Harvey Oswald
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Which country of the world has the oldest written constitution still in force today?
(a) The United States (b) The United Kingdom (c) France (d) Japan |
(a) The United States
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In the 1980 film Raging Bull, Robert DeNiro played the role of which boxer?
(a) Jake La Motta (b) Joe Frazier (c) Joe Louis (d) Lennox Luis |
(a) Jake La Motta
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Around what year was coffee first consumed as a beverage?
(a) 1000 BC (b) 1000 AD (c) 16th Century (d) 18th Century |
(b) 1000 AD
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Using five of the letters in the word Europe, spell out the name of a unit of currency used in a certain Asian country.
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"Rupee," used in India
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How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 70?
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6 |
(c) 4
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If you draw one card from a normal deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a jack, queen, or king? answer as a simple fraction.
(a) 1/18th (b) 3/52nd (c) 3/26th (d) 3/13th |
(d) 3/13th
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According to the bible, who wrote the Old Testament?
(a) Jesus (b) Moses (c) Yahweh (d) Noah |
(b) Moses
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What is France's current form of government?
(a) Constitutional Republic (b) Quasi-Monarchy (c) Pure democracy (d) Plutocracy |
(a) Constitutional Republic
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The only country without a rectangular flag is which mountainous country in Asia?
(a) Cambodia (b) South Korea (c) Oman (d) Nepal |
(d) Nepal
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The classes in a school run from 8:15 a.m. until 3:06 P.M. . There are 8 class periods with 5 minutes passing time between classes. How long is each class period?
(a) Half-hour (b) 35 minutes (c) 47 minutes (d) 54 minutes |
(c) 47 minutes
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Which of these countries does NOT border France?
(a) Italy (b) Switzerland (c) Portugal (d) Germany |
(c) Portugal
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In what decade did the internet begin to develop?
(a) 1890s (b) 1920s (c) 1950s (d) 1980s |
(c) 1950s
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What 1961 film won 11 Academy Awards, including the award for Best Motion Picture?
(a) Psycho (b) West Side Story (c) Ocean's 11 (d) The Apartment |
(b) West Side Story
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About 120 drops of water will fill a what?
(a) Teaspoon (b) Tablespoon (c) One-ounce shot glass (b) Cup |
(a) Teaspoon
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It is possible to drive through three consecutive contiguous U.S. states, one after the other, whose spellings all begin with the same letter of the alphabet. Which three states are these?
(a) New Hampshire/New York/New Jersey (b) Ohio/Oregon/Oklahoma (c) Arizona/Arkansas/Alabama (d) Indiana/Illinois/Iowa |
(d) Indiana/Illinois/Iowa
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Among the greatest works of early Renaissance art are the bronze door panels called the Gates of Paradise created by 15th century sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the cathedral in what artistic city?
(a) Paris (b) Florence (c) Rome (d) Berlin |
(b) Florence
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Which is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light?
(a) Goldfish (b) Cat (c) Owl (d) Raccoon |
(a) Goldfish
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Persia is synonymous with which country?
(a) Turkey (b) Israel (c) Egypt (d) Iran |
(d) Iran
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A helicopter flies over a river at 9:02am and arrives at a heliport 10 miles away at 9:17am. How many miles per hour was the helicopter traveling?
(a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) 70 |
(a) 40
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The phrase, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" - comes from which of these sources?
(a) the book of Proverbs in the bible (b) the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (c) the play Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (d) Harry Potter |
(c) the play Don Quixote
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What is the first book of the New Testament?
(a) Mark (b) Luke (c) John (d) Matthew |
(d) Matthew
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