| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| John Lennon sparked quite a bit of controversy in the US in 1966. Why? What did he say? | The Beatles are more popular than Jesus | 100%
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| Which Swedish band got very popular after their Eurovision win in 1974? | Abba | 80%
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| What was probably Amelia Earhart`s favourite choice of transportation? | Airplanes | 80%
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| Movie about a lunar mission. With Tom Hanks in a leading role. What is it called? | Apollo 13 | 80%
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| Who was the first to circumnavigate the world? | Ferdinand Magellan | 80%
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| Charles Elwood Yeager was the first to do this: | First to brake the sound barrier | 80%
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| And now a hard one. Who was the third person to walk on the moon? | Pete Conrad | 80%
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| Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole in 1912. Someone beat him with about 4 weeks. Who? | Roald Amundsen | 80%
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| Sir Edmund Percival Hillary climbed Mount Everest in 1953 with a friend. What was the name of his friend? | Tenzing Norgay | 80%
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| This was considered foolish, absurd, and heretical by the Roman Inquisition in 1615. What? | Heliocentrism | 60%
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| In what US city can you find "Graceland"? | Memphis | 60%
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| Which idiot won the first season of "Survivor" in America? | Richard Hatch | 60%
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| Many years ago there was a movie character called "The tramp". Who played that character? | Charlie Chaplin | 40%
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| Seinfeldism: George: I like DeSoto. Jerry: DeSoto? What did he do? What was George`s answer? | Discovered the Mississippi | 40%
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| The New York Marathon didn`t want women to compete in the 70`s. A Norwegian woman ended up physically fighting off organizing people in her first run. She ended up winning the competition 9 times. Her name? | Grete Waitz | 40%
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