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97 Cards in this Set
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Dr. Seuss's children's books, including 'The Cat in the Hat,' are most commonly written in what type of verse?
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Anapestic tetrameter
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The phrase "warts and all" comes from what British leader's directions on how to paint his portrait?
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Oliver Cromwell
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Who is the only U. S. astronaut to have flown on Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions?
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Wally Schirra
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What breed of dog has won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show a record 13 times?
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Wire fox terrier
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The world's first nuclear reactor was built in 1942 in what unusual location on the University of Chicago campus?
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Squash court
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In the movie, "The Wizard of Oz," what is the name of the Kansas farmhand who later becomes the Tin Man?
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Hickory
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Which of these pairs of actors were never costars on the silver screen?
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Debbie Reynolds & Woody Harrelson
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On his tendency to play bad guys, who explained "I'm the only actor who ever killed John Wayne"?
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Bruce Dern
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"The Oprah Winfrey Show" made its national debut on September 8, 1986 with an episode about what?
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Marrying the right person
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Which of these singers is known to have fathered at least one child in each of the decades from the 1950s to the 1990s?
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Willie Nelson
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Which of these stars is not among the select few who have won a Tony, Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy?
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Julie Andrews
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What was the real name of the Greek philosopher Plato?
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Aristocles
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In the 1950s, Teflon pioneer Marc Gregoire first made use of the nonstick substance on what?
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Fishing tackle
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Bluetooth, a wireless technology used to link mobile devices, is named for a former king of what country?
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Denmark
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What element, like water, has an unusual physical property that causes it to expand when it freezes?
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Bismuth
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What weather term was coined in a 1939 dissertation by Antarctic explorer Paul Siple?
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Wind chill
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A light nanosecond, the distance light travels in a billionth of a second, is about how long?
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One foot
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What sea creatures migrate for hundreds of miles to reach their spawning grounds in the Atlantic's Sargasso Sea?
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Eels
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Robert Beckwith, who died in Virginia at the age of 81, was the last direct descendant of what famous American?
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Abraham Lincoln
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The first transatlantic telegraph cable message was exchanged between Queen Victoria and what U.S. president?
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James Buchanan
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"Yankee Doodle" is the official song of what U.S. state?
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Connecticut
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The brownish grey color taupe gets its name from the Latin word for what animal?
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Mole
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What state capital's name is believed to come from a Native American phrase meaning "a good place to dig potatoes"?
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Topeka
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Upon his death, what singer was buried with a bottle of whiskey, cigarettes, a lighter and ten dimes?
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Frank Sinatra
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The Statue of Freedom, which sits atop the U.S. Capitol Building dome, depicts what?
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Woman wearing helmet
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What U.S. colony ratified the Constitution in 1790 only under the threat of being declared a foreign nation?
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Rhode Island
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What is the only U.S. state that requires employers by law to offer health insurance to full-time workers?
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Hawaii
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A series of five letters between Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Plascal is credited with establishing what branch of modern mathematics?
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Probability
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During her fateful trip around the world in 1937 Amelia Earhart was last seen taking off from what Pacific Island?
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New Guinea
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When founded in 1947 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was focused primarily on what disease?
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Malaria
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What country is named after a nearly-extinct tree that was once the source of a valuable red dye?
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Brazil
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To end the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from what country?
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Turkey
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Thought to be the world's largest single source of dust, the Bodele Depression is located in what country?
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Chad
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Starting with the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, what company is the longest continuously serving Olympics sponsor?
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Coca-Cola
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Nostradamus's reputation as a prophet comes from his 16th-century book of prophecies titled what?
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Centuries
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The nation's first "Adopt-a-Highway" program was launched in 1985 by what state's Department of Transportation?
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Texas
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Tatanka-lyotanka, the famous head chief of the Lakota nation, is better known by what name?
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Sitting Bull
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In 1951, the first UNIVAC computer was used to help what U.S. agency process information?
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Census Bureau
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The phrase "eating humble pie" originally referred to a dish made from the innards of what animal?
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Deer
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To prevent counterfeiting, security threads in new $20 bills glow what color when held up to ultraviolet light?
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Green
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According to tradition, what dish has been served daily at the restaurant of the U.S. Senate since the early 1900s?
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Bean soup
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What automobile's name is a word that means "modern" in its home country?
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Hyundai
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The 8-year-old recipient of the famous reply “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” had what last name?
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O’Hanlon
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The nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" has a second verse in which Jack tries to mend his head with what?
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Vinegar and brown paper
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What US president's wife, Abigail, was once his schoolteacher?
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Millard Fillmore
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Which of these bodies of water lies above an enormous meteorite crater formed 35 million years ago?
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Chesapeake Bay
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The name of the notorious WWI spy Mata Hari is a Malay phrase that literally means what?
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Eye of the day
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The dog that played Toto in the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz" was what kind of terrier?
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Cairn
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Originally reading "Hollywoodland," the world-famous "Hollywood" sign was built as a giant advertisement for what?
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Housing development
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In 2005, scientists in Australia began harvesting what animal's blood after finding its strong immune system kills the HIV virus?
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Crocodile
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Originally practiced by Hindus, yoga takes its name from a Sanskrit word meaning what?
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Union
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In 1966, what U.S. state became the last to repeal its statewide Prohibition laws?
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Mississippi
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Contrary to his nickname, Thomas "Tennessee" Williams was born in what U.S. state?
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Mississippi
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DaVinciÕs Mona Lisa is painted on a 30-by-21 inch panel made from the wood of what tree?
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Poplar
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Of these famous children's book authors, who was the only one to have had children?
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Roald Dahl
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According to the famous Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, Hiawatha belongs to what Native American tribe?
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Chippewa
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The original design of the White House was inspired by what country's current parliament building?
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Ireland
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In 2004, the fossils of Homo floresiensis, a "hobbit-sized" human species, were discovered in what country?
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Indonesia
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What Shakespeare play is famous for the unusual stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear"?
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The Winter's Tale
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What word, meaning "an embellishing musical note," was the winning word in the 2005 National Spelling Bee?
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Appoggiatura
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In the 1982 film "Diner," one supporting character compulsively quotes lines from what classic movie?
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Sweet Smell of Success
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In the 1997 movie "Titanic," Jack wins passage onto the doomed vessel with what poker hand?
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Full House
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In the 1941 movie "Citizen Kane," what is the name of the sled that replaces Kane's beloved sled Rosebud?
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The Crusader
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Which of these Motown classics is not featured on the original soundtrack to the 1983 movie "The Big Chill"?
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I Can't Help Myself
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What is the only movie from 1995 or later that made the AFI's "100 Greatest American Movies of All Time" list?
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Fargo
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Elvis Presley's last feature film was a 1969 movie titled what?
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Change of Habit
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Which of the following is an example of a literary device called "pathetic fallacy"?
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Cruel wind
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In 1939, what two teams played in the first baseball game broadcast on television?
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Princeton and Columbia
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By definition, eustatic change is a worldwide alteration in what?
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Sea level
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In the Edgar Rice Burroughs book "Tarzan of the Apes," the name "Tarzan" means what in ape language?
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White skin
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In 1974, what product became the first to be scanned by a retailer using the UPC bar code?
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Wrigley's gum
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What famous Romantic poet drowned in 1826 while sailing in Italy's Gulf of Spezia?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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On May 20, 1937, Amelia Earhart began her ill-fated attempt to fly around the world from what U.S. city?
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Oakland
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Now used to refer to a snooty person, the word "snob" originally referred to a person with what job?
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Shoemaker
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Rubies are red primarily because they contain trace amounts of what metal?
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Chromium
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What scientist's lesser-known achievements include developing a vaccine for rabies?
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Louis Pasteur
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In 1990, who appeared on the cover of the first issue of Entertainment Weekly?
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k.d. lang
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The TS Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," begins with a quote from what literary work?
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The Divine Comedy
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The phrase "slush fund" was once a nautical term that referred to what?
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Animal fat
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Outside of honorary awards, what famous singer's three Grammys were all in gospel music categories?
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Elvis Presley
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Before switching career paths, which of these prominent Americans studied clarinet performances at Juilliard?
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Alan Greenspan
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A self-professed "train nerd," what rocker became a part-owner of the Lionel toy train company in 1995?
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Neil Young
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The 1990 movie "Pretty Woman" prominently features what famous opera with a similar plot?
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La Traviata
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What historical figure died of appendicitis in 1926, days after being punched in the stomach by an overeager fan?
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Harry Houdini
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True to his word, General Douglas MacArthur returned to what country in 1944 to liberate it from the Japanese?
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Philippines
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Taking place in 1981, Muhammed Ali's final professional fight was nicknamed what?
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Drama in the Bahamas
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What explorer, who landed on the Australian coast in 1770, was the first to record the word "kangaroo"?
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James Cook
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What White House official's initials are also an abbreviation for his job title?
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Alberto Gonzales
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The word "nerd" first appeared in print as a character's name in a work by what author?
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Dr. Suess
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Which of the following is not a character in Madeleine L'Engle's classic childrens' book "A Wrinkle in Time"?
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Mrs. Whynot
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Which of these presidents was not born before President John F. Kennedy?
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Jimmy Carter
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What literary heroine, upon her death, is buried in three coffins, "one oak, one mahogany, one lead"?
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Emma Bovary
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What tradition is said to have begun in 1477 with the union of Archduke Maximillian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy?
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Diamond engagement ring
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Used to measure astronomical distances, a light-year is equal to approximately how many miles?
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6 trillion
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Which of these popular sayings is believed to come from the O. Henry story "Schools and Schools"?
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Curiosity killed the cat
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Due to its nutritional punch, what variety of orange does Sunkist market as "The Power Orange"?
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Cara Cara
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After arriving in the U.S. the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng adopted what Western last name?
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Bunker
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