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What is the capital of Germany?
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Berlin
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Which word finishes the Lord's Prayer?
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Amen
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Who was the first president of the United States?
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George Washington
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What is the Spanish word for "friend"?
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amigo/a
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What is the biggest city that has the word "Town" in his name?
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Cape Town
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What's the airport code of Los Angeles?
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LAX
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Who said: "it is better to be feared than loved"?
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Niccolò Machiavelli
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Are you able to name the four Major North American leagues?
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Major League Baseball
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National Basketball Association
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National Football League
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National Hockey League
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What's the predominant religion in India?
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Hinduism
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What number was worn by Wayne Gretzky?
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the 99
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Which nation hosted the first Olympic Games of modern history?
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Greece
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Which leaf can you find on Canada's flag?
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a maple
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Which Spanish region can be found in northeastern Spain?
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Catalonia
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What's its capital?
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Barcelona
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Chicago is situated on Lake ...
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Michigan
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What is the longest river in France?
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Loire
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Britons call it film, Americans call it?
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movie
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Which war was the "War to end all wars"?
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World War I
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What's the top football league in Germany?
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Bundesliga
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Which film's protagonists are Marty McFly and Doc Brown?
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Back to the Future
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Who was the founder of Islam?
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Mohammed
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What is the biggest Canadian city?
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Toronto
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The above is situated in which province?
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Ontario
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Which two nations can be found on New Guinea?
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Indonesia
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Papua New Guinea
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What does "YOLO" mean?
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You only live once
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What is Korea's biggest company?
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Samsung
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What is the capitalist counterpart to the Warsaw Pact?
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NATO
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The U.S. Constitution starts with which three words?
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We the People
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How are the French high-speed trains called?
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TGV
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And how the Japanese ones?
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Shinkansen
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The bridge of this Bosnian city was bombed in 1993, now a tourist attraction
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Mostar
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Who was the first emperor of Rome?
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Augustus (Octavian)
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What is the national animal of Scotland?
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Unicorn
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Which two micronations are surrounded by Italy?
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San Marino
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Vatican City
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What's the most popular soda in the U.S.?
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Coca-Cola
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How is the smallest finger on your hand called?
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Pinky
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How many bridges can you use to cross the mighty Amazon River?
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0 (zero)
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Who's missing? Lennon, McCartney, Starr
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Harrison
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Paris is to Seine as Warsaw is to ...
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Vistula
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Westernmost city in Russia
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Kaliningrad
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Shintoism is the predominant religion in ... ?
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Japan
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How was Zimbabwe called before its independence?
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Rhodesia
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In which year did WWII start?
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1939
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WWII Quote 1: " A date which will live in ______ "
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Infamy
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WWII Quote 2: " We shall fight on the _______ "
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Beaches
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What country is bordered by Norway, Sweden and Russia?
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Finland
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Who sang Billie Jean and Thriller?
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Michael Jackson
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Ali vs. Frazier, October 1975
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Thrilla in Manila
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If a French invites you to eat Escargots, what will you eat?
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Snail
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What is the plural form of "ox"?
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Oxen
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Which country has the largest stadium in the world?
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North Korea
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Who is the current Prime Minister of India?
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Narendra Modi
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And who led India to independence?
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Mohandas Gandhi
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Where is it illegal to mispronounce Arkansas?
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in Arkansas itself
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What's the Italian name for Mt. Blanc?
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Monte Bianco
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Who is also known as Bruce Wayne?
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Batman
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How many cervical vertebrae does a giraffe have?
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7
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Which "mania" led to the first economic bubble?
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Tulipmania
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Cancún is located on which peninsula?
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Yucatán
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Many students in the U.S. visit places like ^ during Easter vacation. How do they call it?
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Spring Break
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Norse seafarers
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Vikings
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Which Pacific island will have an independence referendum in 2018?
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New Caledonia
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What does BMW mean?
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Bayerische Motorenwerke
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How is the foremost part of a ship called?
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the bow
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And how the opposite?
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the stern
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What is the most-visited national park in the United States?
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Great Smoky Mountains
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Residence of Elvis Presley
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Graceland
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Name the three Simpsons children
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Bart
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Lisa
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Maggie
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Americans call it Native Americans, Canadians call it ...
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First Nations
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Intergovernmental organization of former members of the British Empire
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Commonwealth of Nations
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From which language comes the word "Renaissance"?
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French
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What does it mean? (literally)
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Rebirth
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Ace, Slice, Hawk-Eye, Flushing Meadows. What sport could it be?
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Tennis
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What's the meaning of POTUS?
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President of the United States
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Who is currently the richest person on this planet?
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Jeff Bezos
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Which company does he lead?
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Amazon
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Which element has the symbol Au?
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Gold
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Who is famous for E = mc2 ?
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Albert Einstein
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Name a U.S. state that starts with K
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Kansas or Kentucky
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Which nations have controlled Texas?
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Confederate States of America
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France
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Mexico
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Republic of Texas
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Spain
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United States
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Intermediate state after physical death, decides about going to heaven or hell
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Purgatory
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
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Michelangelo
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Who plays Rachel Green in Friends?
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Jennifer Aniston
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How is the baby of a kangaroo called?
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Joey
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Which country is India's teardrop?
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Sri Lanka
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The abbreviation S.P.Q.R. stands for?
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Senatus populusque romanus
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Which national capital is closest to the South Pole?
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Wellington
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Biggest island of French Polynesia
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Tahiti
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Which French painter died in French Polynesia?
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Paul Gauguin
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Wrote the Communist Manifesto
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Karl Marx
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Friedrich Engels
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Who is called the father of New France? (there's a NY lake named for him)
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Samuel Champlain
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In which state would you find Mt. Rushmore?
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South Dakota
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What is the official language of the USA?
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none
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People to climb Mt. Everest for the first time
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Edmund Hillary
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Tenzing Norgay
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How many syllables form a haiku?
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17
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Shakespeare play that plays in Denmark
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Hamlet
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Who was the FBI director 2013-2017?
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James Comey
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What did the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repeal?
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Prohibition on alcohol
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Who was the Greek god of the Sea?
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Poseidon
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Who was the Roman god of the Sea?
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Neptune
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Which space probe is the farthest human-made object from Earth?
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Voyager 1
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What is the only non-earthly animal represented in the Chinese zodiac?
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Dragon
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Who has the most subscribers on YouTube?
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PewDiePie
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In English, the expression "exampli gratia" is often used. What does it mean?
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For example (e.g.)
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What is the national anthem of France?
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La Marseillaise
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Name the doubly landlocked countries
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Liechtenstein
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Uzbekistan
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Which volcano can be seen from Mexico City (the higher one)?
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Popocatépetl
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What is the largest settlement on Tristan da Cunha?
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Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
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Which pivotal event happened in England in 1066?
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Battle of Hastings
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In which country can you find the longest railway tunnel?
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Switzerland
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Vancouver is located in which province?
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British Columbia
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The short break in the Panamericana where you can't drive from North to South America
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Darién Gap
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Which singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?
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Bob Dylan
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How do Japanese call Japan?
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Nihon / Nippon
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Mark Zuckerberg co-founded ... ?
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Facebook
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On which extremely famous ship died John Jacob Astor and Jack Dawson?
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RMS Titanic
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Which animal is alphabetically the first?
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Aardvark
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Germans call it Dackel and they're sometimes nicknamed Wiener Dog. What animal is it?
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Dachshund
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How do Americans call crocodiles from Florida?
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Alligator
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Which sports drink was named for a Florida sports team?
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Gatorade
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How the universe started
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Big Bang
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Largest flightless bird
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Ostrich
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In Andean countries, Cuy is a popular food. What is Cuy ?
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Guinea pig
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How is the highway system in the U.S. called?
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Interstate
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And how in Germany?
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Autobahn
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Independent senator from Vermont, rival of Hillary Clinton
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Bernie Sanders
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Which French physician is known for his worrying prophecies?
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Nostradamus
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What's the largest island in the Caribbean?
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Cuba
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What does "Nevada" mean in Spanish?
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snowy
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In which 'sport' is Garry Kasparov a grandmaster?
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Chess
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Which country uses a non-quadrilateral flag?
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Nepal
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Are you able to name the four assassinated US presidents?
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Abraham Lincoln
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James A. Garfield
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William McKinley
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John F. Kennedy
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What was Michael Jackson's famous dance move?
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the moonwalk
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Name for the indigenous people of New Zealand
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Maori
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Where does the Russian government meet?
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Kremlin
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What is Canada's oldest national park?
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Banff
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Golda Meir was Prime Minister of which country?
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Israel
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The untouchables in India's caste system
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Dalits
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Who was the leader of North Vietnam 1945-1969?
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Ho Chi Minh
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What are Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes and Prince of Wales?
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Islands
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Which Indian city was formerly known as Madras?
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Chennai
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Nelson Mandela was fighting against this segregation system
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Apartheid
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Colloquial expression for Australia because it's "below" many other countries
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The Land Down Under
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Who plays Forrest Gump?
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Tom Hanks
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And who directed the film?
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Robert Zemeckis
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When can you celebrate Australia Day?
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26 January
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The only country to be named after a woman
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Saint Lucia
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Which space shuttle exploded in 1986?
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Challenger
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And which nuclear accident happened in the same year?
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Chernobyl
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What is the capital of New South Wales?
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Sydney
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Almost every language uses the word "ananas", except for English. How do they call it?
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Pineapple
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What is the most watched video on YouTube?
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Despacito
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Which two bones form the forearm?
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Radius
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Ulna
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What word can mean a bird or a lifting machine?
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Crane
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Which city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics?
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Los Angeles
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Sparsely populated region shared by Argentina and Chile, contains deserts
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Patagonia
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Scottish lake that contains a monster
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Loch Ness
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Roman name for modern-day Scotland
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Caledonia
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Swedish botanist, "father of modern taxonomy"
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Carl Linnaeus
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What does Hershey and Lindt produce?
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Chocolate
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If you visit a Cubs homegame, which stadium are you visiting?
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Wrigley Field
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Which "guy" planned a Gunpowder Plot?
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Guy Fawkes
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Who wrote Frankenstein?
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Mary Shelley
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What type of household device is Dyson mainly producing?
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Vacuum cleaner
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In ice hockey, how do you call the situation if you have one man more on the ice?
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Power Play
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Rihanna is the most famous person from ... ?
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Barbados
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Who sang Highway to Hell?
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AC/DC
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The Congo was formerly a colony of ... ?
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Belgium
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What do Trappist monks famously make?
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Beer
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Which city did the Medici rule?
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Florence
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Which Copenhagen restaurant is the "Best Restaurant in the World"?
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Noma
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What's the top-level domain of Austria?
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.at
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Main artery in the human body
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Aorta
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Traditional New Zealand war dance, famous since the Rugby games of the All Blacks
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Haka
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The three main types of rock
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Igneous
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Sedimentary
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Metamorphic
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Smallest independent island nation
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Nauru
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Which animal represents freedom in the Christian belief?
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Dove
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Vast regions of Eastern Russia
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Siberia
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And finally, what's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?
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42
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