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| For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, LBJ had four buttons installed in the Oval Office labeled "coffee," "tea," "Coke" and what? | Fresca | 75%
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| Which of the following landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country? | Lesotho | 75%
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| The Earth is approximately how many miles away from the Sun? | 93 million | 50%
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| Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting "American Gothic"? | His dentist | 50%
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| Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter? | Igor Sikorsky | 50%
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| Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him? | Isaac Newton | 50%
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| What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.? | N | 50%
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| In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from? | Peru | 50%
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| Which of these U.S. presidents appeared on the television series ‘Laugh-In’? | Richard Nixon | 50%
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| According to the Population Reference Bureau, what is the approximate number of people who have ever lived on earth? | 100 billion | 25%
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| Although he and his wife never touched a light switch for fear of being shocked, who was the first president to have electricity in the White House? | Benjamin Harrison | 25%
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| During WWII, U.S. soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what? | Insecticide | 25%
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| In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet," Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what? | Making jams and jellies | 25%
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| Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"? | Moth | 25%
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| The U.S. icon "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what? | Meat inspector | 0%
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