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Who was the longest-serving leader of the Soviet Union?
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Joseph Stalin
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What is the largest island in the world that is not a continent?
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Greenland
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What is the name of the hypothetical particle that gives mass to other particles?
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Higgs boson
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Which quantum mechanical principle states that certain pairs of physical properties, like position and momentum, cannot be precisely measured at the same time?
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Heisenberg uncertainty principle
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Which work of literature features a protagonist who wakes up transformed into a giant insect?
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Metamorphosis
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Which instrument is known as the “king of instruments”?
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Pipe organ
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What is the term for a painting done on wet plaster?
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Fresco
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Which experimental 1929 short film, co-directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, features the disturbing image of an eye being sliced open?
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Un Chien Andalou
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Which 1941 film is often regarded as one of the greatest of all time and features the mysterious final word "Rosebud"?
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Citizen Kane
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What is the only event in Olympic track and field that is measured in feet and inches rather than meters?
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Pole vault
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In Schindler’s List, what is the only color seen in an otherwise black-and-white film?
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Red
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In chess, how many squares are there on a standard board?
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64
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What color are the four ghost enemies in the original Pac-Man arcade game?
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Red, Pink, Cyan, and Orange
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According to Norse mythology, what is the name of Odin’s eight-legged horse?
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Sleipnir
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The medical condition known as "the bends" is caused by bubbles of which gas forming in the bloodstream?
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Nitrogen
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The Meiji Restoration in Japan marked the end of which shogunate?
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Tokugawa Shogunate
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What is the only sea on Earth without a coastline?
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Sargasso Sea
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Which novel features the character Count Fosco, a charming yet sinister villain?
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The Woman in White
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In baseball, what is the rarest type of triple play, in which three outs are recorded in a single continuous play without any errors?
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Unassisted triple play
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Which filmmaker is known for directing the Mad Max series, including Fury Road (2015)?
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George Miller
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