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Obscure Trivia #37

Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.

Some questions may be in this format:

A : B :: C : ?

This is known as an analogy. It is read as “A is to B as C is to what? So, the answer to the analogy “dog : canine :: cat : ?” is “feline.” Canine has the same relationship to dog as feline has to cat.

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CDC
19.7%
12.5%
17.3%
8.5%
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Wikipedia
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RIAA
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Wikipedia
1936
1942
1951
1939
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Wikipedia
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National Institutes of Health
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
65%
-2%
78%
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12. Biotribology is the study of …
Wikipedia
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13. How many signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence were later elected president?
Library of Congress Blogs
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4
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Wiktionary
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Wiktionary
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U.S. Census Bureau
Wright County, Missouri
Preble County, Ohio
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Wiktionary
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Wiktionary
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Wikipedia
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