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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HORSE-LIKE ANIMAL WITH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES?
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Zebra
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LONG SLEEP SOME ANIMALS GO THROUGH DURING THE ENTIRE WINTER?
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Hibernation
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RUBBER OBJECT THAT IS HIT BACK AND FORTH BY HOCKEY PLAYERS?
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Puck
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE REMAINS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT ARE FOUND IN STONE?
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FOSSILS
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WHICH PRECIOUS GEM IS RED?
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RUBY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SEVERE HEADACHE THAT RETURNS PERIODICALLY AND OFTEN IS ACCOMPANIED BY NAUSEA?
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MIGRAINE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “ROMEO AND JULIET”?
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SHAKESPEARE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A DRIED GRAPE?
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RAISIN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMIC STRIP CHARACTER WHO EATS SPINACH TO INCREASE HIS STRENGTH?
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POPEYE
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WHAT ANIMAL RUNS THE FASTEST?
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CHEETAH
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS MAKE THEIR FOOD?
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF DOROTHY’S DOG IN “THE WIZARD OF OZ”?
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TOTO
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOLTEN ROCK THAT RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF A VOLCANO DURING AN ERUPTION?
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LAVA
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SUPPOSEDLY UNSINKABLE SHIP THAT SUNK ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE IN 1912?
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TITANIC
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WHICH SPORT USES THE TERMS “GUTTER” AND “ALLEY”?
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BOWLING
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A GIANT OCEAN WAVE CAUSED BY AN EARTHQUAKE?
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TSUNAMI
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WHAT IS THE TERM FOR HITTING A VOLLEYBALL DOWN HARD INTO THE OPPONENT’S COURT?
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SPIKE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE VILLAINOUS CAPTAIN IN THE STORY “PETER PAN”?
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HOOK
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF TARZAN’S GIRLFRIEND?
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JANE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BROTHERS WHO FLEW THE FIRST AIRPLANE AT KITTY HAWK?
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WRIGHT
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WHAT IS THE NAME FOR A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN CUTTING THE BODY?
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SURGEON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON?
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ARMSTRONG
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE?
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PARIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CRIME IN WHICH A BUILDING OR PROPERTY IS PURPOSELY SET ON FIRE?
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ARSON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHORT PLEATED SKIRT WORN BY MEN IN SCOTLAND?
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KILT
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF AN INABILITY TO SLEEP?
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INSOMNIA
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WHAT IS THE NAME FOR A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN DISEASES OF THE SKIN?
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DERMATOLOGIST
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST OCEAN ON EARTH?
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PACIFIC
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHIP THAT CARRIED THE PILGRIMS TO AMERICA IN 1620?
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MAYFLOWER
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WHAT IS THE NAME FOR A CYCLONE THAT OCCURS OVER LAND?
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TORNADO
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WHICH SPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH WIMBLEDON?
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TENNIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BIRD THAT CANNOT FLY AND IS THE LARGEST BIRD ON EARTH?
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OSTRICH
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ISLAND-CITY BELIEVED SINCE ANTIQUITY TO HAVE SUNK INTO THE OCEAN?
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ATLANTIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LIZARD THAT CHANGES ITS COLOR TO MATCH THE SURROUNDINGS?
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CHAMELEON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE THICK LAYER OF FAT ON A WHALE?
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BLUBBER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BASEBALL PLAYER WHO HAD THE MOST HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE SEASON PRIOR TO 1961?
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RUTH
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A YOUNG SHEEP?
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LAMB
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
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JUPITER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT USED AT SEA TO PLOT POSITION RELATIVE TO THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE?
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COMPASS
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WHAT IS THE TERM IN GOLF REFERRING TO A SCORE OF ONE UNDER PAR ON A PARTICULAR HOLE?
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BIRDIE
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WHICH GAME USES A RUBBER BALL AND LITTLE METAL PIECES?
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JACKS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A DRIED PLUM?
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PRUNE
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IN WHICH SPORT DOES A RIDER ON HORSEBACK HIT A BALL WITH HIS MALLET?
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POLO
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LEGENDARY ONE-EYED GIANT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY?
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CYCLOPS
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IN WHAT PARK IS “OLD FAITHFUL” LOCATED?
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YELLOWSTONE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE POKER HAND IN WHICH ALL OF THE CARDS ARE OF THE SAME SUIT?
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FLUSH
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IN WHICH SPORT IS THE STANLEY CUP AWARDED?
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HOCKEY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CHAPEL WHOSE CEILING WAS PAINTED BY MICHELANGELO?
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SISTINE
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS BAGHDAD THE CAPITAL?
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IRAQ
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LIQUID PORTION OF WHOLE BLOOD?
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PLASMA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CITY IN ITALY THAT IS KNOWN FOR ITS CANALS?
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VENICE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SPEAR LIKE OBJECT THAT IS THROWN DURING A TRACK MEET?
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JAVELIN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO RODE HORSEBACK IN 1775 TO WARN THAT THE BRITISH WERE COMING?
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REVERE
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WHO WAS THE EGYPTIAN QUEEN WHO JOINED FORCES WITH MARK ANTONY OF ROME?
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CLEOPATRA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
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BOOTH
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO SHOWED THAT LIGHTNING IS ELECTRIC?
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FRANKLIN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FAMOUS MAGICIAN AND ESCAPE ARTIST WHO DIED OF APPENDICITIS?
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HOUDINI
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF DEER MEAT?
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VENISON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE HAIRY SPIDER THAT LIVES NEAR BANANAS?
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TARANTULA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OCEAN THAT IS LOCATED BETWEEN AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA?
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INDIAN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SINGER WHO RECORDED “HEARTBREAK HOTEL” AND “ALL SHOOK UP”?
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PRESLEY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CRIME IN WHICH A PERSON PURPOSELY BETRAYS HIS COUNTRY?
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TREASON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE PUT IN ORBIT BY RUSSIA IN 1957?
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SPUTNIK
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WHAT BRAND OF CIGARETTE WAS FIRST TO HAVE THE FLIP-TOP BOX?
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MARLBORO
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WHAT KIND OF METAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY?
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GOLD
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WHICH TYPE OF SNAKE DO ASIAN SNAKE-CHARMERS USE?
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COBRA
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WHAT IS THE ONLY LIQUID METAL AT ROOM TEMPERATURE?
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MERCURY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DESERT PEOPLE WHO WANDER INSTEAD OF LIVING IN ONE PLACE?
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NOMADS
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF NEW YORK?
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ALBANY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ORGAN THAT PRODUCES INSULIN?
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PANCREAS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COLLAR BONE?
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CLAVICLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE EXTINCT REPTILES KNOWN AS “TERRIBLE LIZARDS”?
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DINOSAURS
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA?
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MOSCOW
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WHICH BREED OF CAT HAS BLUE EYES?
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SIAMESE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT?
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ADAMS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONSTELLATION THAT LOOKS LIKE A FLYING HORSE?
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PEGASUS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE KIND OF CAT THAT SPOKE TO ALICE IN THE STORY “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”?
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CHESHIRE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO PROPOSED THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY?
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EINSTEIN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNED AND SEWED THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG?
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ROSS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST SIGNER OF THE “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE”?
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HANCOCK
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF KING ARTHUR’S SWORD?
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EXCALIBUR
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WHAT IS THE WORD THAT MEANS A NAUTICAL MILE PER HOUR?
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KNOT
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WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE ASTRONOMICAL BODIES THAT ENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE?
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METEORS
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WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN SOUTH AMERICA?
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AMAZON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AUTOMOBILE INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES MILEAGE?
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ODOMETER
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WHAT ITALIAN CITY WAS DESTROYED WHEN MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTED IN 79 A.D.?
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POMPEII
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF BATMAN’S SECRET IDENTITY IN THE BATMAN COMICS?
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WAYNE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MYTHICAL GIANT LUMBERJACK?
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BUNYAN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCES “BABY RUTH” CANDY BARS?
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NESTLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF SOCRATES’ MOST FAMOUS STUDENT?
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PLATO
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE THREE-LEAF CLOVER THAT IS THE EMBLEM OF IRELAND?
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SHAMROCK
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS BUENOS AIRES THE CAPITAL?
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ARGENTINA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTRESS WHO RECEIVED THE BEST ACTRESS AWARD FOR THE MOVIE “MARY POPPINS”?
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ANDREWS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN WHICH MOUNT EVEREST IS LOCATED?
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HIMALAYAS
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WHAT IS THE UNIT OF SOUND INTENSITY?
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DECIBEL
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROJECT WHICH DEVELOPED THE ATOMIC BOMB DURING WORLD WAR II?
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MANHATTAN
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WHAT IS THE UNIT OF ELECTRICAL POWER THAT REFERS TO A CURRENT OF ONE AMPERE AT ONE VOLT?
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WATT
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “1984”?
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ORWELL
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IN WHICH GAME ARE MEN CROWNED?
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CHECKERS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY?
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OSWALD
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF BATMAN’S BUTLER?
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ALFRED
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WHICH COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST TO USE GUNPOWDER?
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CHINA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT AN ENGINE?
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GLIDER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NORTH STAR?
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POLARIS
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WHAT IS THE ONLY WORD THAT THE RAVEN SAYS IN EDGAR ALLEN POE’S POEM “THE RAVEN”?
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NEVERMORE
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FOR WHICH COUNTRY IS THE YEN THE MONETARY UNIT?
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JAPAN
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IN WHAT EUROPEAN CITY IS THE PARTHENON LOCATED?
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ATHENS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FURRY ANIMAL THAT ATTACKS COBRA SNAKES?
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MONGOOSE
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FOR WHICH COUNTRY IS THE RUPEE THE MONETARY UNIT?
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INDIA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO FIRST STUDIED GENETIC INHERITANCE IN PLANTS?
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MENDEL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE THE “STAR SPANGLED BANNER”?
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KEY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PALACE IN LONDON IN WHICH THE MONARCH OF ENGLAND RESIDES?
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BUCKINGHAM
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IN WHICH GAME ARE THE STANDARD PIECES OF STAUNTON DESIGN?
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CHESS
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WHAT ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE MAPS CALLED?
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CARTOGRAPHERS
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ZEPPELIN THAT EXPLODED IN LAKEHURST N.J. IN 1937?
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HINDENBURG
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WHAT IS THE PALACE BUILT IN FRANCE BY KING LOUIS XIV?
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VERSAILLES
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IN WHICH CITY IS THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY LOCATED?
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ANNAPOLIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LIGHTEST WOOD KNOWN?
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BALSA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOXER WHO LATER BECAME KNOWN AS MUHAMMAD ALI?
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CLAY
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WHAT ISLAND IS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD EXCLUDING AUSTRALIA?
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GREENLAND
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SMALL JAPANESE STOVE USED FOR OUTDOOR COOKING?
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HIBACHI
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO BEGAN THE PROFESSION OF NURSING?
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NIGHTINGALE
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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE ARGONAUTS?
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JASON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED “GUERNICA”?
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PICASSO
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IN WHAT ANCIENT CITY WERE THE “HANGING GARDENS” LOCATED?
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BABYLON
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WHAT ARE PEOPLE CALLED WHO EXPLORE CAVES?
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SPELUNKERS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE PEQUOD IN THE BOOK “MOBY DICK”?
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AHAB
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF KENTUCKY?
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FRANKFORT
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF AN ILLEGAL MOVE BY A BASEBALL PITCHER THAT RESULTS IN ALL RUNNERS ADVANCING ONE BASE?
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BALK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AMERICAN WHO STARRED IN THE 1936 OLYMPICS?
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OWENS
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THE DEEPEST PART OF THE OCEAN IS LOCATED AT WHICH TRENCH?
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MARIANA
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WHICH SPORT USES THE TERMS “STONES” AND “BROOMS”?
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CURLING
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WHAT IS THE PROPER NAME FOR A BADMINTON BIRD?
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SHUTTLECOCK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “OLIVER TWIST”?
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DICKENS
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF DELAWARE?
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DOVER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE PHONOGRAPH?
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EDISON
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IN WHICH TYPE OF SKI RACE DOES THE DOWNHILL SKIER MAKE SHARP TURNS AROUND POLES?
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SLALOM
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IN WHICH CITY IS HEATHROW AIRPORT LOCATED?
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LONDON
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF JAMAICA?
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KINGSTON
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WHICH PLANET WAS THE LAST TO BE DISCOVERED?
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NEPTUNE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE”?
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POE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHIP ON WHICH CHARLES DARWIN MADE HIS SCIENTIFIC VOYAGE?
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BEAGLE
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF CHILE?
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SANTIAGO
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA”?
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HEMINGWAY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE “CANTERBURY TALES”?
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CHAUCER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FOUNTAIN IN ROME INTO WHICH COINS ARE THROWN FOR GOOD LUCK?
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TREVI
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS PRESIDENT DIRECTLY AFTER JAMES MADISON?
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MONROE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ASTRONOMER WHO PUBLISHED IN 1543 HIS THEORY THAT THE EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN?
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COPERNICUS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE CRIMINAL WHO WAS KNOWN AS “SCARFACE”?
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CAPONE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LONE RANGER’S INDIAN SIDEKICK?
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TONTO
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF DENMARK?
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COPENHAGEN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS THE RADIO BROADCASTER FOR THE “WAR OF THE WORLDS”?
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WELLES
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IN WHICH CITY IS MICHELANGELO’S STATUE OF DAVID LOCATED?
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FLORENCE
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WHAT WAS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S PROFESSION?
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ARCHITECT
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS NAIROBI THE CAPITAL?
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KENYA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HILLBILLY FAMILY THAT HAD A FAMOUS FEUD WITH THE MCCOY FAMILY?
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HATFIELD
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WHAT KIND OF POISON DID SOCRATES TAKE AS HIS EXECUTION?
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HEMLOCK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST PERSON TO COMPLETE A SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
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LINDBERGH
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ANDY GRIFFITH WAS THE SHERIFF OF WHAT TOWN ON TELEVISION’S “ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW”?
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MAYBERRY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR WHO FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED?
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NERO
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WHAT IS THE CITY IN WHICH THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IS LOCATED?
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COOPERSTOWN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE UNIT OF MEASURE THAT REFERS TO A SIX-FOOT DEPTH OF WATER?
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FATHOM
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED RADIUM?
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CURIE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “BRAVE NEW WORLD”?
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HUXLEY
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IN ADDITION TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND THE BELMONT STAKES WHAT HORSE RACE COMPRISES THE TRIPLE CROWN?
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PREAKNESS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE CRIMINAL WHO WAS KILLED BY FBI AGENTS OUTSIDE OF A CHICAGO MOVIE THEATER?
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DILLINGER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SINGER WHO POPULARIZED A DANCE KNOWN AS THE “TWIST”?
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CHECKER
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OVER WHICH RIVER IS THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE?
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HUDSON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED DYNAMITE?
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NOBEL
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CHINESE RELIGION FOUNDED BY LAO TSE?
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TAOISM
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMMANDER WHO LOST THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER?
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CUSTER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT USED AT SEA TO PLOT POSITION BY THE STARS?
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SEXTANT
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WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS GREEK DOCTOR?
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HIPPOCRATES
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IN WHICH CITY DOES THE COTTON BOWL TAKE PLACE?
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DALLAS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES?
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DOYLE
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FOR WHICH COUNTRY IS THE DRACHMA THE MONETARY UNIT?
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GREECE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MANSION IN VIRGINIA THAT WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON’S HOME?
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MONTICELLO
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WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN ASIA?
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YANGTZE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO RECEIVED THE BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR THE MOVIE “ON THE WATERFRONT”?
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BRANDO
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MALE STAR OF THE MOVIE “CASABLANCA”?
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BOGART
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS BUDAPEST THE CAPITAL?
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HUNGARY
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WHO IS KNOWN AS “THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY”?
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EUCLID
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE HUSBAND-WIFE SPIES WHO WERE ELECTROCUTED IN 1951 FOR PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS TO RUSSIA?
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ROSENBERG
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMPOSER WHO WROTE THE OPERA “DON GIOVANNI”?
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MOZART
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE JAMES BOND NOVELS?
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FLEMING
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF BUFFALO BILL?
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CODY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF MARK TWAIN?
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CLEMENS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ISLAND ON WHICH NAPOLEON WAS BORN?
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CORSICA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO FIRST DEVELOPED A VACCINE AGAINST POLIO?
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SALK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO BEGAN THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY?
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LUTHER
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FINLAND?
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HELSINKI
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE THAT LANDED THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON?
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EAGLE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COSMONAUT WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH?
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GAGARIN
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF ROY ROGER’S DOG?
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BULLET
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL’S ASSISTANT?
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WATSON
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMPOSER OF THE “MAPLE LEAF RAG”
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JOPLIN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PLAYWRIGHT WHO WROTE “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”?
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WILLIAMS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “LITTLE WOMEN”?
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ALCOTT
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST PERSON TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST?
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HILLARY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED RHETT BUTLER IN “GONE WITH THE WIND”?
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GABLE
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IN WHICH COUNTRY IS ANGEL FALLS LOCATED?
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VENEZUELA
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF CANADA?
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OTTAWA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE TWENTY-FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT?
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ARTHUR
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GOLDFISH IN THE STORY OF PINOCCHIO?
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CLEO
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VILLAINOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND IN H. G. WELLS’S BOOK “THE TIME MACHINE”?
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MORLOCKS
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE CHARACTER PORTRAYED BY ROBERT STACK ON THE TELEVISION SHOW “THE UNTOUCHABLES”?
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NESS
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA?
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CANBERRA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”?
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DALI
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE TELEGRAPH?
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MORSE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER ON WHICH BONN IS LOCATED?
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RHINE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM A WHALE THAT IS USED TO MAKE PERFUME?
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AMBERGRIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SUBMARINE IN JULES VERNE’S “20,000 LEAGUES BENEATH THE SEA”?
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NAUTILUS
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CLOWN ON THE “HOWDY DOODY” TELEVISION SHOW?
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CLARABELL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF DAGWOOD’S BOSS IN THE COMIC STRIP “BLONDIE”?
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DITHERS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MOVIE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED SPARTACUS?
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DOUGLAS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS?
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BARTON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE UNION GENERAL WHO DEFEATED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
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MEADE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AVENUE THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS ATLANTIC AVENUE IN THE GAME OF MONOPOLY?
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VENTNOR
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WHICH GAME USES A DOUBLING CUBE?
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BACKGAMMON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO SUPPOSEDLY KILLED JESSE JAMES?
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FORD
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE EUROPEAN AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE TRIAL”?
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KAFKA
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THE GENERAL NAMED HANNIBAL WAS FROM WHAT CITY?
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CARTHAGE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BRITISH ADMIRAL WHO WON THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR?
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NELSON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INDIAN COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR WHICH JIM THORPE PLAYED FOOTBALL?
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CARLISLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PLAY IN WHICH ELWOOD P. DOWD IS A CHARACTER?
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HARVEY
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WHAT FAMOUS KNOT DID ALEXANDER THE GREAT UNDO?
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GORDIAN
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL AUTO THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY FROM 1957–1959?
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EDSEL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SONG WRITER WHO WROTE THE SONG “I LOVE PARIS”?
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PORTER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN AUTHOR TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE?
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LEWIS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE WIRELESS RADIO?
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MARCONI
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED “AMERICAN GOTHIC”?
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WOOD
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IN WHAT PROFESSION WAS EMMETT KELLY?
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CLOWN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH ROME?
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TIBER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE POET WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE “DON JUAN”?
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BYRON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FRENCH AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE STRANGER”?
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CAMUS
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WHO WAS THE FIRST RULER OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE?
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CHARLEMAGNE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO IS REGARDED AS THE NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND?
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BURNS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER KNOWN AS “THE GALLOPING GHOST”?
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GRANGE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF ROY ROGERS’ HORSE?
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TRIGGER
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE THAT SUNK IN THE ATLANTIC IN 1963?
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THRESHER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO REMOVED THE THORN FROM THE LION’S PAW IN THE STORY FROM AESOP’S FABLES?
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ANDROCLES
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY EXCLUDING THE SUN?
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SIRIUS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LAND OF THE GIANTS IN “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”?
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BROBDINGNAG
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE FEMALE STAR OF THE MOVIE “CASABLANCA”?
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BERGMAN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR KNOWN AS “THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES”?
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CHANEY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BASEBALL PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES?
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COBB
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF PERRY MASON ON TELEVISION?
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BURR
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MOST POPULAR PIN-UP GIRL OF WORLD WAR II?
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GRABLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH?
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ANTARTICA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE JOCKEY WITH THE MOST LIFETIME WINNERS IN HORSE RACING?
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BAZE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS THE VOICE OF MR. MAGOO?
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BACKUS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED SERGEANT FRIDAY ON “DRAGNET”?
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WEBB
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED THE FATHER ON THE TELEVISION SHOW “FATHER KNOWS BEST”?
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YOUNG
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE VENTRILOQUIST WHO PROVIDED THE VOICE FOR CHARLIE MCCARTHY?
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BERGEN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE BRITISH SHIP “BOUNTY” WHEN THE MUTINY OCCURRED?
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BLIGH
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT “CLERMONT”?
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FULTON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF GERMANY’S LARGEST BATTLESHIP THAT WAS SUNK IN WORLD WAR II?
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BISMARCK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE JUDGE WHO WAS KNOWN AS “THE LAW WEST OF THE PECOS”?
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BEAN
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WHAT IS JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH’S PROFESSION?
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ECONOMIST
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE UNION IRONCLAD SHIP THAT FOUGHT THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD MERRIMACK?
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MONITOR
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT?
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BARNARD
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO SAID “I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY”?
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HALE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PILOT OF THE U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA IN 1960?
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POWERS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT SEPARATES ASIA FROM EUROPE?
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URAL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED THE SHERIFF IN THE MOVIE “HIGH NOON”?
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COOPER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOXER WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE “MANASSA MAULER”?
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DEMPSEY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE COMIC STRIP “LI’L ABNER”?
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CAPP
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BASEBALL PLAYER WHO PITCHED A PERFECT GAME IN THE 1956 WORLD SERIES?
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LARSEN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST MAN TO RUN THE MILE IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES?
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BANNISTER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “BROTHERS KARAMAZOV”?
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DOSTOYEVSKI
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO RECEIVED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS WRITINGS ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
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SANDBURG
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE COMIC STRIP “WOODY WOODPECKER”?
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LANTZ
|
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE WIND SPEED?
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ANEMOMETER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “OUR TOWN”?
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WILDER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SINGER WHO MADE A HIT RECORDING OF THE SONG “WHO’S SORRY NOW”?
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FRANCIS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE CUBAN LEADER THAT CASTRO OVERTHREW?
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BATISTA
|
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RUBBER ROLLER ON A TYPEWRITER?
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PLATEN
|
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST CONFEDERATE MILITARY PRISON DURING THE CIVIL WAR?
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ANDERSONVILLE
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY”?
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STONE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF FLASH’S GIRLFRIEND IN THE COMIC STRIP “FLASH GORDON”?
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ARDEN
|
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST MOVIE TO RECEIVE THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE?
|
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WINGS
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DISCOVERER OF THE VACCINATION FOR SMALLPOX?
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JENNER
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOY IN THE BOOK “TREASURE ISLAND”?
|
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HAWKINS
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOXER WHO WON THE BOXING TITLE FROM JOHN L. SULLIVAN?
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CORBETT
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE THE SONG “HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN”?
|
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BERLIN
|
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF BILLY THE KID?
|
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BONNEY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SINGER WHOSE THEME SONG WAS “WHEN THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY”?
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CROSBY
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FROM WHAT MUSICAL IS THE SONG “BAUBLES BANGLES AND BEADS”?
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KISMET
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED DR. WATSON IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES?
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BRUCE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING THE U.S. CIVIL WAR?
|
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BRADY
|
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A NUMBER TWO WOOD IN GOLF?
|
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BRASSIE
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE POET WHO WROTE THE LINE “INTO EACH LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL”?
|
|
LONGFELLOW
|
|
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF GENE AUTRY’S HORSE?
|
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CHAMPION
|
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN THROUGH WHICH LADY GODIVA SUPPOSEDLY MADE HER FAMOUS RIDE?
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COVENTRY
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL?
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EDERLE
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST FLIER TO FLY SOLO AROUND THE WORLD?
|
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POST
|
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE THE POEM “IT COULDN’T BE DONE”?
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GUEST
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WHO WAS THE RACEHORSE OF THE YEAR FOR MANY SUCCESSIVE YEARS IN THE 1960S?
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KELSO
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WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH AMERICA?
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ACONCAGUA
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