kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: Why were popular female pirates Ðnne Bonny and Mary Read not executed after they were captured?
Choices: because they escaped from prison; because they were pregnant; because they were women; because they were found innocent
Answer: because they were pregnant
Category: people
Question: What famous pirate was arrested and conducted to the Kingdom of England in 1672 because he violated a peace treaty between England and Spain?
Choices: Francis Drake; Henry Morgan; John Cabot; Eduard Morgan
Answer: Henry Morgan
Category: people
Question: Ching Shih was a prominent Chinese female pirate active during what century?
Choices: 20th; 19th; 18th; 17th
Answer: 19th
Category: people
Question: What legendary French corsair was nicknamed King of Corsairs due to his gallantry and chivalry?
Choices: Jacques Tavernier; Michel de Grammont; Robert Surcouf; Emanuel Wynn
Answer: Robert Surcouf
Category: people
Question: The Bermuda Triangle is located in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: In what year did Flight 19, a training flight of TBM Avenger bombers, go missing while over the Atlantic?
Choices: 1945; 1955; 1918; 1977
Answer: 1945
Category: people
Question: The loss of this US vessel with all 306 crew and passengers in 1918 was credited to the Bermuda Triangle.
Choices: Douglas DC-3; USS Cyclops; Mary Celeste; G-AHNP Star Tiger
Answer: USS Cyclops
Category: people
Question: In the 1970s, American author and pilot Larry Kusche made the following conclusion regarding the Bermuda Triangle.
Choices: Most of the incidents had been caused by storms or accidents.; Some of the incidents credited to the Triangle actually happened far from the Triangle.; The Triangle was a manufactured mystery.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: Edgar Cayce, who was believed to be psychic, suggested that the Bermuda Triangle was the location of which of the following?
Choices: an alien base; Atlantis; a Nazi navy base; a US Navy base
Answer: Atlantis
Category: people
Question: The Bermuda Triangle area is among the most heavily-sailed shipping lanes in the world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: The disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of former US Vice President Aaron Burr, has been cited in relation to the Bermuda Triangle. She was a passenger aboard what ship when she disappeared?
Choices: The Patriot; Douglas DC-3; USS Cyclop; Flight 19
Answer: The Patriot
Category: people
Question: What Steven Spielberg film suggests that Flight 19 was abducted by aliens?
Choices: Indiana Jones; Jurassic Park; Star Wars; Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Category: people
Question: It was proven in the 1980s that some of the Bermuda Triangle incidents were related to compass problems.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What aircraft disappeared in 1948 while on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami?
Choices: USS Cyclops; Raifuku Maru; Douglas DC-3; Sulphur Queen
Answer: Douglas DC-3
Category: people
Question: Senator Ted Kennedys Irish inherent eloquence made him a powerful orator, none more so than when he delivered these words need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Who was eulogized in Senator Kennedys speech?
Choices: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Robert F. Kennedy; John F Kennedy, Jr.; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Robert F. Kennedy
Category: people
Question: Senator Ted Kennedy made a sudden, dramatic appearance in the summer of 2008 to cast the decisive vote for a cause he had fought for during his senate career. For what cause did Senator Kennedy come to vote Aye?
Choices: No Child Left Behind; Medicare; Age discrimination; Immigration
Answer: Medicare
Category: people
Question: Ted Kennedy was approached by the Green Bay Packers to play professional football.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: From the floor of the Senate, Ted Kennedy described this mans America as one in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rouge police could break down citizens doors in midnight raids......the doors of the Federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens. Who was the nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court that was the subject of Kennedys speech?
Choices: Harriet Miers; Clarence Thomas; Robert Bork; Abe Fortas
Answer: Robert Bork
Category: people
Question: Ted Kennedys hopes for becoming President of the United States were dealt a crushing blow on the night of July 18, 1969 in the swirling waters off Dike Bridge. Who was the young girl who died that night in an accident that is known as the Chappaquiddick incident?
Choices: Easter Newberg; Cricket Keough; Mary Jo Kopechne; Mary Ellen Lyons
Answer: Mary Jo Kopechne
Category: people
Question: For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose care have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. These are words from Ted Kennedys concession speech after his failed run for the 1980 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Who defeated Kennedy in his only bid for the Presidency?
Choices: Jimmy Carter; Robert Dole; Michael Dukakis; Walter Mondale
Answer: Jimmy Carter
Category: people
Question: In April 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy was asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day for this major league team. In what stadium would you be sitting to watch Senator Kennedys first pitch?
Choices: Candlestick Park; Fenway Park; Wrigley Field; Yankee Stadium
Answer: Fenway Park
Category: people
Question: Although Ted Kennedy enjoyed great success in the Senate, his behavior in his personal life
Choices: Joseph Patrick Kennedy; William Kennedy Smith; Michael Skakel; David Kennedy
Answer: William Kennedy Smith
Category: people
Question: Who was Ted Kennedy speaking of with these lines, He had every gift but length of years.
Choices: John F. Kennedy, Jr; Martin Luther King; David Kennedy; Robert Kennedy
Answer: John F. Kennedy, Jr
Category: people
Question: Who delivered the eulogy at Senator Ted Kennedy funeral?
Choices: Joseph Patrick Kennedy; President Obama; Caroline Kennedy; Christopher Dodd
Answer: President Obama
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the Hebrew name Michael?
Choices: Who loves like God?; Who creates like Gog?; Who is like God?; Who saves like God?
Answer: Who is like God?
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the Hebrew name Elizabeth, Elisabeth or Elisheva?
Choices: My God is a blessing.; My God is love.; My God is light.; My God is an oath.
Answer: My God is an oath.
Category: people
Question: What does the Hebrew name Isaac mean?
Choices: Honey; River; Summer; Laughter
Answer: Laughter
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the Hebrew name Sarah?
Choices: Flower; Delicate; Princess; Wind
Answer: Princess
Category: people
Question: What does the biblical name Benjamin mean in Hebrew?
Choices: Man of many blessings; He who carries the light with him; Son of my right hand; He who is blessed and well
Answer: Son of my right hand
Category: people
Question: Which of these titles were Prince William and Kate Middleton granted upon marriage by Elizabeth II?
Choices: Duke and Duchess of York; Prince and Princess of Buckingham; Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; Prince and Princess of Wales
Answer: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Category: people
Question: What is Kate Middleton prohibited to do after becoming a member of the British royal family on April 29, 2011?
Choices: sign unoffcial documents; play Monopoli; all of these; run for public office
Answer: all of these
Category: people
Question: What US building was lit in red, white, and blue at sunset on 29 April 2011, to mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton?
Choices: Empire State Building; Sears Tower; The Chrysler Building; US Capitol Building
Answer: Empire State Building
Category: people
Question: Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in October 2010 while on a private holiday in this country.
Choices: Nigeria; the Republic of Seychelles; Kenya; Australia
Answer: Kenya
Category: people
Question: Prince William and Kate Middleton share common ancestors.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Name the venue, known as Royal Peculiar, where Prince William and Cathrine Middleton got married.
Choices: Buckingham Palace; Windsor Castle; St. Pauls Cathedral; Westminster Abbey
Answer: Westminster Abbey
Category: people
Question: Who read an extract from the New Testaments Epistle to the Romans during Prince William and Kate Middletons wedding ceremony?
Choices: Kate Middletons sister, Pippa; Kate Middletons brother, James; Prince Williams brother, Harry; Kate Middletons father, Michael
Answer: Kate Middletons brother, James
Category: people
Question: At the time of her wedding Cathrine Middleton, who has been dubbed Waity Katie, became the oldest royal bride in history. How old was she when she walked down the aisle?
Choices: 28; 31; 29; 30
Answer: 30
Category: people
Question: Which of these celebrities was NOT invited to Prince William and Cathrine Middletons wedding?
Choices: Elton John; David Beckham; Rowan Atkinson; Ewan McGregor
Answer: Ewan McGregor
Category: people
Question: What English designer created Kate Middletons bridal gown, which was made of satin and featured a hand-made lace bodice?
Choices: Elizabeth Emanuel; Victoria Beckham; Stella McCartney; Sarah Burton
Answer: Sarah Burton
Category: people
Question: Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine ran on the ticket with sitting Vice President Hubert Humphrey in 1968.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which senator represented California from 1969-1993?
Choices: Albert Gore Sr.; Alan Cranston; Victor Ramos; Terrance Day
Answer: Alan Cranston
Category: people
Question: After serving 5 US Presidents, Senator Elizabeth Dole won election to the Senate from North Carolina in 2002.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: This senator served Ohio in the US Senate from 1976 to 1995 as a Democrat.
Choices: Paul Simon; Howard Metzenbaum; Robert Taft Jr.; Paul ONeill
Answer: Howard Metzenbaum
Category: people
Question: John L. McClellan served as Arkansas senator from 1942-1977.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which low-keyed US senator served Maryland from 1977 to 2006?
Choices: Paul Simon; Paul Sarbanes; Paul Laxalt; Paulie Shore
Answer: Paul Sarbanes
Category: people
Question: Morris K. Udall, from Arizona served in the US Senate until 1991 and wrote an autobiography entitled Too Funny to Be President.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: In 1981, Senator Charles Grassley started representing Iowa as a Democrat.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: In what state was Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) born and from what college did he get his undergraduate degree?
Choices: New York; Harvard; New York; Princeton; New Jersey; Columbia; Massachusetts; Harvard
Answer: New York; Harvard
Category: people
Question: What was the last public office that FDR held before being elected president?
Choices: governor of Massachusetts; vice-president of the United States; governor of New York; senator from Massachusetts
Answer: governor of New York
Category: people
Question: Who did FDR defeat to win the presidential election in 1932?
Choices: Herbert Hoover; Calvin Cooledge; Woodrow Wilson; None of these
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Category: people
Question: FDR was confined to a wheelchair throughout his presidency due to which of the following?
Choices: muscular dystrophy; a failed assassination attempt while he was a candidate for the presidency; polio; an automobile accident
Answer: polio
Category: people
Question: The New Deal was a series of economic programs passed during the first term of FDR. Part of the New Deal were the PWA (Public Works Administration) and the WPA (Works Progress Administration) which were intended to do which of the following?
Choices: all of these; inject money into the economy; build useful public projects such as roads, schools, etc.; provide jobs for the unemployed
Answer: all of these
Category: people
Question: Which of the following programs, started as part of the New Deal, did NOT last into the 21st century?
Choices: Tennessee Valley Authority; Social Security; Securities and Exchange Commission; National Recovery Board
Answer: National Recovery Board
Category: people
Question: Roosevelt was very effective in communicating with the American people by radio. What did he call his best known radio broadcasts to the American people?
Choices: The US Today; The Presidents Report; The FDR Hour; Fireside Chats
Answer: Fireside Chats
Category: people
Question: Which of the following were most likely to dislike and oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Choices: working class people; Afro-Americans; people living in large cities; wealthy people
Answer: wealthy people
Category: people
Question: FDR favored helping Britain in its fight with Germany after 1939. However, he was limited in ability to send military equipment to Britain because of strong opposition. Which of the following most strongly influenced FDR to go slow on aid to Britain?
Choices: socialists; isolationists; anti-war groups; the German-American Bund
Answer: isolationists
Category: people
Question: After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt went before Congress to call for a declaration of war on Japan. What was his memorable phrase for the day of the attack?
Choices: a turning point of history; None of these; day of the Jap sneak attack; date that will live in infamy
Answer: date that will live in infamy
Category: people
Question: This person helped Franklin D. Roosevelt by mixing with the US people and relaying their ideas and feelings to the president.
Choices: his vice president John Garner; his son Elliot Roosevelt; his wife Eleanor Roosevelt; his secretary of state Cordell Hull
Answer: his wife Eleanor Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: Which statement is true about FDR?
Choices: He was the first US President to die of natural causes while in office.; He was the first US President to be elected for four presidential terms.; all of these; He was the first US President to act as commander-in-chief of the armed forces during wartime.
Answer: He was the first US President to be elected for four presidential terms.
Category: people
Question: Where did George Washington and his troops enter winter quarters after Trenton and Princeton in early 1777?
Choices: Morristown; Brandywine; Cambridge; Valley Forge
Answer: Morristown
Category: people
Question: During the Revolutionary War, George Washington sent armed schooners to prey on enemy shipping for supplies.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Throughout the American War for Independence, Martha Washington traveled with her husband George Washington a majority of the time and was close by.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What happened to John McCain III while serving in Vietnam?
Choices: He became a prisoner of war.; He won the Medal of Honor.; His tank was blown up.; He almost died of Malaria.
Answer: He became a prisoner of war.
Category: people
Question: What branch of service did John McCain III serve in?
Choices: Air Force; Army; Navy; Marines
Answer: Navy
Category: people
Question: John McCain III cant comb his hair.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What college did John McCain III attend?
Choices: United States Military Academy; Yale; United States Naval Academy; Harvard
Answer: United States Naval Academy
Category: people
Question: What year was John McCain III born?
Choices: 1938; 1935; 1936; 1934
Answer: 1936
Category: people
Question: In 1987, John McCain III assumed office as a Senator from this state.
Choices: Arizona; New Mexico; Florida; Georgia
Answer: Arizona
Category: people
Question: Which Southeastern state primary was crucial in the 2000 election battle between George W. Bush and John McCain?
Choices: Alabama; South Carolina; North Carolina; Georgia
Answer: South Carolina
Category: people
Question: In 2008, this newspaper reported on John McCains relationship with a lobbyist in Washington?
Choices: Time Magazine; Washington Post; Atlanta Journal Constitution; New York Times
Answer: New York Times
Category: people
Question: What aircraft did John McCain III fly while in the military?
Choices: A-10 Thunderbolt; F-15 Eagle; F-104 Starfighter; A-4 Skyhawk
Answer: A-4 Skyhawk
Category: people
Question: How many medals did John McCain III receive while in the military?
Choices: 8; 5; 6; 1
Answer: 5
Category: people
Question: Which statement is true?
Choices: At age 37 Tom Monaghan founds the Dominos Pizza chain.; At age 37 Franz Kafka publishes The Metamorphosis.; At age 37 King James commissions a translation of the Bible.; At age 37 Emperor Nero fiddles while Rome burns.
Answer: At age 37 King James commissions a translation of the Bible.
Category: people
Question: Who portrayed Jesse James in the 2007 movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Bob Ford?
Choices: Keifer Sutherland; Brad Pitt; John Travolta; Charlie Sheen
Answer: Brad Pitt
Category: people
Question: Who played Jesse James in the 1966 horror fantasy movie Jesse James Meets Frankensteins Daughter?
Choices: John Lipton; John Lupton; Elton John; John Wayne
Answer: John Lupton
Category: people
Question: Who played Jesse James in the1939 film Jesse James at Bay?
Choices: Roy Rogers; Jimmy Stewart; John Wayne; Audie Murphy
Answer: Roy Rogers
Category: people
Question: Did Robert Wagner play Jesse in the 1957 movie The True Story of Jesse James?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: people
Question: In 624, this priestess led the Arabian Quraish against Muhammad.
Choices: Nusaybah bint Kaâab; Aisyah; Hind - Al - Hunnud; Khadijah
Answer: Hind - Al - Hunnud
Category: people
Question: In 1945, Fidel Castro entered the University of Havana to study what major subject?
Choices: Medicine; Agriculture; Arts; Law
Answer: Law
Category: people
Question: When Fidel Castro was a teenager, he chose the middle name Alejandro referring to which historical figure?
Choices: Alexander Pope; Alexander the Great; Alejandro Escovedo; Alexander Graham Bell
Answer: Alexander the Great
Category: people
Question: Cuban political leader Fidel Castro has three sisters. Two of them are named Juanita and Emma. What is the name of the third one?
Choices: Salma; Kim; Angela; Jessica
Answer: Angela
Category: people
Question: What revolutionary organization did Fidel Castro lead in order to overthrow the regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba in 1959?
Choices: The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance; The 26th of July Movement; The Cuban Army; The Communist Party of Cuba
Answer: The 26th of July Movement
Category: people
Question: What is Fidel Castros astrological sign?
Choices: Scorpio; Gemini; Leo; Aquarius
Answer: Leo
Category: people
Question: Where did Cuban political leader Fidel Castro meet  Ernesto Che Guevara for the first time?
Choices: Argentina; Cuba; Mexico; Bolivia
Answer: Mexico
Category: people
Question: In July 2006, Fidel Castro transferred his duties to his brother RaÃºl, Vice President of the Cuban Council of State for what reason?
Choices: Fidel Castro retired from the position of President of the Republic of Cuba.; To recover from surgery.; His brother overthrew his government.; He changed his political views.
Answer: To recover from surgery.
Category: people
Question: What is the name of Fidel Castros second wife, mother of five of his sons?
Choices: Naty Revuelta; Mirta DÃ­az-Balart; Alina FernÃ¡ndez-Revuelta; Dalia Soto del Valle
Answer: Dalia Soto del Valle
Category: people
Question: What rank does Cuban leader Fidel Castro hold in the Cuban military?
Choices: Primer Teniente; General de Brigada; Comandante en Jefe; General de EjÃ©rcito
Answer: Comandante en Jefe
Category: people
Question: This prominent American director, famous for the movies Alexander, Nixon and JFK, also directed the film Comandante in 2003 in which he interviewed Fidel Castro.
Choices: Steven Spielberg; Barry Sonnenfeld; Oliver Stone; Steven Soderbergh
Answer: Oliver Stone
Category: people
Question: What does the name Joseph or Yosef mean according to the Bible?
Choices: May Yahweh add to his years; May Yahweh add another son for me; May Yahweh bless his home; May Yahweh illuminate his way through the darkness
Answer: May Yahweh add another son for me
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the name Solomon?
Choices: Wisdom; Brave; King; Peace
Answer: Peace
Category: people
Question: The biblical name Delilah originated from a Hebrew word with this meaning.
Choices: Weak, poor; Hypocritical, deceptive; Bad, evil; Seductive, tempting
Answer: Weak, poor
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the names Judah, Jude and Judas?
Choices: Lean; Praised; Fallen; Treacherous
Answer: Praised
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the biblical name Noah?
Choices: He who creates with his hands; Consolation; The one who saves us; Resilience
Answer: Consolation
Category: people
Question: What does the biblical name Rebekah or Rebecca mean?
Choices: Captivating; Kind-hearted; Wife; Obedient
Answer: Captivating
Category: people
Question: What does the Hebrew name Gabriel mean?
Choices: May God be with us; God is above all; God is the way; God is my strength
Answer: God is my strength
Category: people
Question: Who invented the the first friction match?
Choices: Joseph Woodlock; Peter Smith; John Walker; Steven Brown
Answer: John Walker
Category: people
Question: The earliest production of soap is believed to date back to this period.
Choices: 4th century BC; 7th millennium BC; 3rd millennium BC; 1st century AD
Answer: 3rd millennium BC
Category: people
Question: The first university or academy in the world was founded by this person in Ancient Greece.
Choices: Alexander of Macedonia; Plato; Aristotle; Socrates
Answer: Plato
Category: people
Question: In what part of the world were the first known soft drinks developed?
Choices: the Near East; Japan; Africa; All of these
Answer: the Near East
Category: people
Question: In what century was the earliest recorded reservoir pen created?
Choices: 10th century; 5th century; 17th century; 14th centry
Answer: 10th century
Category: people
Question: In what country was the first reported working telescope created?
Choices: Egypt; China; The Netherlands; Greece
Answer: The Netherlands
Category: people
Question: The earliest recorded vaccination in history was carried out during the 17th century against this disease.
Choices: Rabies; Tuberculosis; Smallpox; Plague
Answer: Smallpox
Category: people
Question: Kim Jong il is a harsh critic of Hollywood and looks down upon the movie industry with contempt.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Kim Jong il wrote a book on this subject.
Choices: Chinese history; Opera; Chess; Sports cars
Answer: Opera
Category: people
Question: Who was Kim Jong-ils father?
Choices: Sun Hae Rok; Park Chung Hee; Syngman Rhee; Kim il Sung
Answer: Kim il Sung
Category: people
Question: According to Soviet records, Kim Jong-il  was born on February 16, 1941 near this city.
Choices: Pyongyang, North Korea; Khabarovsk, USSR; Seoul, South Korea; Beijing, China
Answer: Khabarovsk, USSR
Category: people
Question: Kim Jong il wrote a book on film making.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: With Kim Jong il as executive producer, Shin Sang Ok produced seven films while captive in North Korea. One of these films was a monster movie similar to the Godzilla series. What was its title?
Choices: Varan; Yongari; Gorath; Pulgasari
Answer: Pulgasari
Category: people
Question: In October 2006 the North Korean government claimed to have done this.
Choices: Successfully tested a nuclear weapon underground; Constructed a hydro-electric dam; Built an auto assembly plant; Sent a satellite to Mars
Answer: Successfully tested a nuclear weapon underground
Category: people
Question: Kim Jong il is officially known as which of the following.
Choices: Supreme being; Great leader; Dear leader; Beloved father
Answer: Dear leader
Category: people
Question: During a meeting in October 2007 with South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, Kim Jong il stated that he was an expert in this field.
Choices: Graphic design; The Internet; Calligraphy; Building personal computers
Answer: The Internet
Category: people
Question: Of what origin is Steve Jobs biological father with whom he remained estranged?
Choices: Jewish; German; Lybian; Syrian
Answer: Syrian
Category: people
Question: What is the occupation of Steve Jobs biological sister, Mona Simpson, with whom he enjoyed a close relationship?
Choices: speech language pathologist; lawyer; musician; novelist
Answer: novelist
Category: people
Question: Who did Steve Jobs refer to when saying, Hed be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.?
Choices: Bill Gates; Mark Zuckerberg; Paul Allen; Barack Obama
Answer: Bill Gates
Category: people
Question: Which of these was Steve Jobs mantra that he borrowed from the Whole Earth Catalog?
Choices: Infinite Creative energy in manifestation and activity.; The creator of all is One. Truth is His name.; The ecstasy of consciousness is my beloved.; Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Answer: Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Category: people
Question: What famous dystopian English novel inspired the television commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh personal computer?
Choices: Nineteen Eighty-Four; Fahrenheit 451; Lord of the Flies; Catch-22
Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Category: people
Question: What company was Steve Jobs fired from in 1985?
Choices: Atari; Hewlett-Packard; NeXT; Apple
Answer: Apple
Category: people
Question: Which of these films was NOT produced by Pixar, the company Steve Jobs acquired in 1986?
Choices: Ratatouille; Finding Nemo; The Princess and the Frog; Toy Story
Answer: The Princess and the Frog
Category: people
Question: What computer engineer and programmer co-founded Apple together with Steve Jobs?
Choices: Paul Allen; Shawn Fanning; Eduardo Saverin; Steve Wozniak
Answer: Steve Wozniak
Category: people
Question: What religion did Steve Jobs adopt in the mid-1970s?
Choices: Buddhism; Islam; Judaism; Rastafari
Answer: Buddhism
Category: people
Question: Where did Steve Jobs study for one semester following his high school graduation?
Choices: Berkeley College; Reed College; Stanford University; Harvard University
Answer: Reed College
Category: people
Question: In what war had Neil Armstrong served before becoming an astronaut?
Choices: Vietnam War; First Indochina War; WWII; Korean War
Answer: Korean War
Category: people
Question: In 1947, Neil Armstrong began studying aerospace engineering at this university, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Kappa Psi.
Choices: University of Pennsylvania; Arkansas Tech University; Purdue University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Answer: Purdue University
Category: people
Question: In his non-fiction book The Right Stuff, this best-selling author and journalist introduced Neil Armstrong with the words, A lot of people couldnt figure out Armstrong.
Choices: Norman Mailer; James T. Farrell; Tom Wolfe; Truman Capote
Answer: Tom Wolfe
Category: people
Question: In 1972, Neil Armstrong was welcomed in this country where his ancestors were born.
Choices: Sweden; Austria; Scotland; Wales
Answer: Scotland
Category: people
Question: Neil Armstrong first flew into space in 1966 as the command pilot of this mission.
Choices: Gemini 8; Apollo 11; Apollo 13; Gemini 18
Answer: Gemini 8
Category: people
Question: Which crewman of Apollo 11 had made a spaceflight before the Apollo 11 mission?
Choices: Michael Collins; All of these; Neil Armstrong; Buzz Aldrin
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: What was the name given by Neil Armstrong to the landing site on the moon where the Apollo 11 Lunar Module made the first moon landing?
Choices: Eagle; Eagle Nest; Sea of Tranquility; Tranquility Base
Answer: Tranquility Base
Category: people
Question: After retiring from space flight in 1970, Neil Armstrong accepted a teaching position in the Department of Aerospace Engineering of this university.
Choices: Purdue University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Southern California; University of Cincinnati
Answer: University of Cincinnati
Category: people
Question: In 2008, Quincy Jones presented Neil Armstrong and Senator John Glenn with platinum copies of this popular moon song.
Choices: To the Moon and Back; The Dark Side of the Moon; Fly Me to the Moon; Man on the Moon
Answer: Fly Me to the Moon
Category: people
Question: The Armstrong Air and Space Museum is located in this town, which is Neil Armstrongs birthplace.
Choices: San Francisco, California; Wapakoneta, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Springfield, Ohio
Answer: Wapakoneta, Ohio
Category: people
Question: Where was Senator Joe Biden born?
Choices: Scranton, PA; Honolulu, Hawaii; Dover, DE; Wilmington, DE
Answer: Scranton, PA
Category: people
Question: Joe Biden graduated from this college in 1965.
Choices: Delaware; Harvard; Hawaii; Yale
Answer: Delaware
Category: people
Question: What happened to Joe Bidens first wife?
Choices: She died in a car crash.; She divorced Joe Biden in 1972.; She died in an airplane crash.; She died of cancer in 1972.
Answer: She died in a car crash.
Category: people
Question: What office did Joe Bidens son, Beau, hold in 2006?
Choices: Governor of Delaware; Attorney General of Delaware; Professor of American History at Marshall University; Lt. Governor of  Delaware
Answer: Attorney General of Delaware
Category: people
Question: Joe Biden remarried in 1977.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What is Joe Bidens religion?
Choices: He is Catholic.; He is a Mormon.; He is Northern Baptist.; He is Methodist.
Answer: He is Catholic.
Category: people
Question: Joe Biden was less than thirty years old when he was elected Senator.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: In 2002, Senator Joe Biden voted against the Authorization for use of military force against Iraq.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Joe Bidens work on behalf of the minorities in this area was very important in getting President Clinton to plan a military intervention in the area.
Choices: The Balkans; Sudan; The Baltic; Somalia
Answer: The Balkans
Category: people
Question: Find the incorrect statement regarding Joe Biden.
Choices: Joe Biden overcame a tumor.; Joe Bidens second wife is a lawyer.; Joe Biden was a stutterer.; Joe Biden has cast over 10,000 votes in Congress.
Answer: Joe Bidens second wife is a lawyer.
Category: people
Question: What Governor appointed Major George Washington to lead a mostly diplomatic party to the Ohio Valley to confront the French?
Choices: Botetourt; Clinton; Dinwiddie; Shirley
Answer: Dinwiddie
Category: people
Question: What French officer was killed in 1754 by Washingtons army about six miles from future Fort Necessity?
Choices: Montcalm; Le Boeuf; Jumonville; Saint-Pierre
Answer: Jumonville
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Question: What year did George Washington marry the widow Martha Custis?
Choices: 1773; 1759; 1762; 1751
Answer: 1759
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Question: What were the names of George Washingtons two step-children?
Choices: William and Ida; Peter and Anne; James and Maria; Jacky and Patsy
Answer: Jacky and Patsy
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Question: Like most Virginia planters, George Washington was a one-crop (tobacco) farmer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: George Washington was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What passion did George Washington and King George III share?
Choices: Surveying; Soldiering; Growing Tobacco; Agriculture
Answer: Agriculture
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Question: Where was George Washington chosen as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
Choices: Philadelphia; Williamsburg; New York; Boston
Answer: Philadelphia
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Question: Sarah Palin is the ___ Governor of Alaska.
Choices: 15th; 17th; 11th; 9th
Answer: 11th
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Question: Sarah Palin was born in Texas.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Sarah Palin is against abortion and the death penalty.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: When did Sarah Palin start her public service career?
Choices: 1992; 2005; 1999; 1989
Answer: 1992
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Question: Which of these terms has Sarah Palin used to describe herself?
Choices: fiscal liberal; republican nationalist; fiscal conservative; soccer mom
Answer: fiscal conservative
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Question: In 2006, Sarah Palin became Alaskas 2nd female Governor.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What sport did Sarah Palin play in high school?
Choices: basketball; volleyball; hockey; softball
Answer: basketball
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Question: What is the name of Sarah Palins husband whom she married in 1988?
Choices: John; Steve; Tim; Todd
Answer: Todd
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Question: Who did Sarah Palin beat out to get on the ticket with Senator John McCain?
Choices: Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Joe Lieberman and Geraldine Ferraro; Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge; Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Roger Moore and Tom Ridge; Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge
Answer: Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Joe Lieberman and Tom Ridge
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Question: Ted Kennedy was the youngest of how many children?
Choices: 2; 7; 3; 9
Answer: 9
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Question: Senator Ted Kennedy was married 4 times.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In what year did Ted Kennedy run for President?
Choices: 1976; 1992; 1980; 1964
Answer: 1980
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Question: In 1956 Ted Kennedy was a starting end on what Ivy League football team?
Choices: Yale; Boston College; Harvard; Princeton
Answer: Harvard
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Question: In 1969 Ted Kennedy plead guilty to what charge?
Choices: Embezzlement; Leaving the scene of an accident; Drunk driving; Armed robbery
Answer: Leaving the scene of an accident
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Question: Ted Kennedy was a Bill Clinton supporter.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What was the cause of Ted Kennedys death?
Choices: car crash; suicide; cancer; heart attack
Answer: cancer
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Question: Joseph Kennedy Sr., the patriarch of the Kennedy clan, was not in the political arena.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Ted Kennedy served how many terms in the senate and for what party?
Choices: 5 - Democratic; 10 - Republican; 6 - Republican; 9 - Democratic
Answer: 9 - Democratic
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Question: Which of the following periods was part of the Age of Exploration?
Choices: 15th - 17th Century; 14th - 15th Century; 18th - 19th Century; 13th- 15th Century
Answer: 15th - 17th Century
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Question: What were the most popular and desired trading goods during the Age of Discovery?
Choices: gold, silver and spices; plants and animals; foods, wines and slaves; gold and iron
Answer: gold, silver and spices
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Question: In what country were the first ocean-going vessels developed during the 15th century?
Choices: Mongol Empire; Portugal; Spain; Ottoman Empire
Answer: Portugal
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Question: The rise of what country limited the possibilities of European overland trade during the 14th and 15th century?
Choices: Portugal; Norway; Mongol Empire; Ottoman Empire
Answer: Ottoman Empire
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Question: The travels of what famous sailor are described in a 13th century travel book known as The Million?
Choices: Christopher Columbus; Jan Kalvin; Fernando Magellan; Marco Polo
Answer: Marco Polo
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Question: Who was the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India during the Age of Discovery?
Choices: Fernando Magellan; Martin Luter; Vasco da Gama; Giovanni da Verrazano
Answer: Vasco da Gama
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Question: Madeira, discovered by Portuguese sailors between 1418 and 1420, is an archipelago located in this ocean.
Choices: Atlantic Ocean; North Ocean; Indian ocean; Pacific Ocean
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
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Question: Who is traditionally regarded as the discoverer of the New World?
Choices: Amerigo Vespucci; Christopher Columbus; Marco Polo; Fernando Magellan
Answer: Christopher Columbus
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Question: The first Northern European mission exploring North America was led by Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot).
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The term Old World was used to refer to Europe, Asia and Africa.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: She was Queen consort of England from 1486 until 1503 and mother of King Henry VIII of England.
Choices: Mary, Queen of France; Elizabeth I; Elizabeth of York; Katherine Tudor
Answer: Elizabeth of York
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Question: What English noblewoman was known as The Nine Days Queen?
Choices: Lady Jane Grey; Katharine of Aragon; Jane Seymor; Anne Boleyn
Answer: Lady Jane Grey
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Question: Mary I, usually remembered as Bloody Mary, was Queen of England and Ireland and Queen consort of this country.
Choices: Spain; Austria; The Netherlands; France
Answer: Spain
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Question: Known as the Virgin Queen, she was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
Choices: Elizabeth I; Victoria; Mary I; Mary II
Answer: Elizabeth I
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Question: Queen Anne, who ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, belonged to this dynasty.
Choices: Stuarts; Windsor; Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Tudors
Answer: Stuarts
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Question: Name the queen whose reign of 63 years and 7 months was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.
Choices: Mary I; Elizabeth I; Elizabeth II; Victoria
Answer: Victoria
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Question: What British monarch fell in love with her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, at the age of 13?
Choices: Mary I; Elizabeth II; Elizabeth I; Victoria
Answer: Elizabeth II
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Question: Name Henry Is daughter who was the first female ruler of the Kingdom of England.
Choices: Matilda; Anne; Katherine of Aragon; Elizabeth I
Answer: Matilda
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Question: What do Mary I and Elizabeth I have in common?
Choices: They were both daughters of Henry VIII.; They were both born princesses but were later declared illegitimate.; They both produced no heirs to the throne.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of these queens is not correctly matched with the dynasty to which she belonged?
Choices: Anne - Stuarts; Victoria - Windsor; Mary I -Tudors; Elizabeth I - Tudors
Answer: Victoria - Windsor
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Question: Which term is derived from the name of a 19th century land agent in Ireland?
Choices: Boycott; Banting; Bowler; Bowdlerise
Answer: Boycott
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Question: What is Greshams Law?
Choices: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.; It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take this law into account.; Bad money drives good money out of circulation.; Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.
Answer: Bad money drives good money out of circulation.
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Question: Which of these scientists does not have an internationally accepted SI (systÃ¨me internationale) physical unit named after him?
Choices: Michael Faraday; Joseph Henry; James Clerk Maxwell; Nikola Tesla
Answer: James Clerk Maxwell
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Question: The work of Thomas Bowdler gave rise to the verb to bowdlerize. What is bowdlerization?
Choices: Editing a book, film or play to make it suitable for children or people who are easily offended; Making an instrument sterile, by boiling or heating, so that it can be used in a medical procedure; The neutering of stray cats and dogs to keep their numbers down; Treating yarn or thread so that when it is dyed the colour will be fixed and not wash out or fade
Answer: Editing a book, film or play to make it suitable for children or people who are easily offended
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Question: If a mathematician has an ErdÅs number of 2, what does it mean?
Choices: The mathematician was a student of a student of Paul ErdÅs.; The mathematician was a student of Paul ErdÅs.; The mathematician has written a paper with someone who has written an academic paper with Paul ErdÅs.; The mathematician has written an academic paper with Paul ErdÅs.
Answer: The mathematician has written a paper with someone who has written an academic paper with Paul ErdÅs.
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Question: Banting is what William Banting became well-known for doing. What is it?
Choices: Dieting to lose weight; Plagiarising by translating and adapting foreign language publications; Counterfeiting small coins; Suing people for pleasure or spite, with little regard for the costs
Answer: Dieting to lose weight
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Question: Emedeo Avogadro has both a physical law and a physical constant (a number) named after him.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which is the odd one out of the following?
Choices: (Giuseppe) Garibaldi; (Abraham) Lincoln; (General Ambrose) Burnside; (Anthony) Van Dyke
Answer: (General Ambrose) Burnside
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Question: What are the islets of Langerhans, named for Paul Langerhans?
Choices: Parts of the human retina where (intensity-sensitive) rod cells cluster among the (colour-sensitive) cone cells; A region of partly submerged reefs off the southern coast of Java; A cluster of relatively stable dark spots on Jupiter; Regions of the pancreas containing cells that produce hormones
Answer: Regions of the pancreas containing cells that produce hormones
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Question: The word nasty originally referred to Thomas Nast who was a 19th century caricaturist with a particularly merciless, biting wit.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Which president said it?
Choices: Jimmy Carter; John F. Kennedy; Barack Obama; Harry Truman
Answer: John F. Kennedy
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Question: What president said, There is absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept that spot. Even if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by wiggling my ears.?
Choices: Ronald Reagan; George W. Bush; Barack Obama; George H.W. Bush
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: Who does this quote belong to: It was absolutely involuntary. They sank my boat.?
Choices: Lyndon Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Richard Nixon; Jimmy Carter
Answer: John F. Kennedy
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Question: Which president made this declaration: A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Choices: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Bill Clinton; Jimmy Carter; Harry Truman
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Question: Who said, If I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. Thats a good-looking mummy.?
Choices: Jimmy Carter; Bill Clinton; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Ronald Reagan
Answer: Bill Clinton
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Question: Who made the statement, There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.?
Choices: Richard Nixon; Dwight Eisenhower; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Gerald Ford
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Question: Which president made this remark: I heard theres rumors on the Internets that were going to have a draft.?
Choices: Barack Obama; Bill Clinton; Jimmy Carter; George W. Bush
Answer: George W. Bush
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Question: He was elected president after this remark: Ive now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go.
Choices: George W. Bush; Gerald Ford; Barack Obama; Bill Clinton
Answer: Barack Obama
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Question: When I take action, Im not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. Its going to be decisive. Who said it?
Choices: Barack Obama; George H.W. Bush; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush
Answer: George W. Bush
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Question: Not wanting to boast, this president said: If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, its possible that Im a little too awesome.
Choices: Barack Obama; Ronald Reagan; George W. Bush; Harry Truman
Answer: Barack Obama
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Question: What is the literal meaning of the biblical name Jeremiah?
Choices: Jehovah blesses; Jehovah adds; Jehovah exalts; Jehovah comforts
Answer: Jehovah exalts
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Question: What is the meaning of the biblical names Luke and Lucas?
Choices: Warm; Luminous; Righteous; Green
Answer: Luminous
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Question: What is the meaning of the biblical name Paul?
Choices: Small; Masculine; Wild; Diverse
Answer: Small
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Question: What does the biblical name Ruth mean in Hebrew?
Choices: Forgiveness; Companion; Beloved; Loyalty
Answer: Companion
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Question: What does the biblical name Thomas mean?
Choices: Twin; Brother; Grandfather; Cousin
Answer: Twin
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Question: What is the literal translation of the Hebrew name Isaiah?
Choices: Yahweh is love.; Yahweh is salvation.; Yahweh is consolation.; Yahweh is peace.
Answer: Yahweh is salvation.
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Question: What does the name of Eve, the first woman, mean in Hebrew?
Choices: Woman; Living; Sin; Second
Answer: Living
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Question: What is the meaning of the biblical name Matthew in Hebrew?
Choices: Lamb of God; Gift of God; Blessing of God; Child of God
Answer: Gift of God
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Question: Which Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, originally elevated to the Speakership on January 6, 1999, surpassed Joseph Gurney Cannon as the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history on June 1, 2006?
Choices: Joseph G. Cannon; Dennis Hastert; Nicholas Longworth; Newt Gingrich
Answer: Dennis Hastert
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Question: This politician and humanitarian is the first woman to have been first lady of two different countries.
Choices: Lyudmila Putina; Sonia Gandhi; Eva Peron; GraÃ§a Machel
Answer: GraÃ§a Machel
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Question: The first lady of this European country died in a plane crash on 10 April 2010.
Choices: Russia; France; Ukraine; Poland
Answer: Poland
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Question: Before marrying Carla Bruni in 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was married to this former fashion model that he called his strength and [his] Achilles heel.
Choices: Marie-Dominique Culioli; Bernadette Chirac; CÃ©cilia Ciganer-AlbÃ©niz; InÃ¨s de la Fressange
Answer: CÃ©cilia Ciganer-AlbÃ©niz
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Question: Suzanne Mubarak was First Lady of this African country from 1981 until 2011.
Choices: Libya; Egypt; Algeria; Morocco
Answer: Egypt
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Question: In 1974, this first lady of Argentina succeeded her husband as president of the country thus becoming the first non-royal female head of state in the Western Hemisphere.
Choices: Eva PerÃ³n; Corazon Aquino; Isabel MartÃ­nez de PerÃ³n; Cristina FernÃ¡ndez
Answer: Isabel MartÃ­nez de PerÃ³n
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Question: She was first lady of Russia from 2000 until 2008 when her husbands tenure as President ended and he was appointed prime minister of Russia.
Choices: Svetlana Medvedeva; Raisa Gorbatchova; Naina Yeltsina; Lyudmila Putina
Answer: Lyudmila Putina
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Question: This British barrister expected her husband to take paternity leave when their fourth child was born in 2000.
Choices: Sarah Brown; Norma Johnson; Margaret Thatcher; Cherie Blair
Answer: Cherie Blair
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Question: This Italian lady was quoted as saying that Barack Obama is handsome three months after her husband, the outspoken Italian premier, sparked controversy by describing the US president as tanned.
Choices: Flavia Franzoni; Carla Bruni; Ornella Muti; Veronica Lario
Answer: Veronica Lario