kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: general
Question: Which statement about the actor Donald Sutherland is untrue?
Choices: He starred as Casanova in Il Casanova di Federico Fellini; He was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England.; He starred as Homer Simpson.; He starred in Alex in Wonderland, which featured Federico Fellini
Answer: He was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England.
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Question: Which of these famous baseball players became the first major league player to hit two grand slams in one game?
Choices: Tony Lazzeri; Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; Bobby Bonds
Answer: Tony Lazzeri
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Question: The animals from which group are often called sea cows?
Choices: Enhydra; Odobenidae; Sirenia; Otariidae
Answer: Sirenia
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Question: Which was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army?
Choices: Costa Rica; Gabon; Togo; Estonia
Answer: Costa Rica
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Question: Which of these countries is the oldest independent constitutional republic?
Choices: Iceland; Monaco; San Marino; Costa Rica
Answer: San Marino
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Question: In which American city is the fast-food restaurants chain McDonalds incorporated?
Choices: Phoenix, Arizona; San Bernardino, California; Oak Brook, Illinois; Arcadia, California
Answer: San Bernardino, California
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Question: This former baseball player, born in Donora, Pa, has 3630 hits in his career - 1815 hits at home and 1815 hits on the road.
Choices: Frank Thomas; Ken Griffey, Jr.; Ken Griffey; Stan Musial
Answer: Stan Musial
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Question: How many red balls are in a game of snooker?
Choices: 3; 1; 15; 8
Answer: 15
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Question: In what body of water is the island of Malta located?
Choices: Mediterranean Sea; Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; North Sea
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
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Question: According to the Bible, where was Jesus Christ born?
Choices: Jerusalem; Erichon; Bethlehem; Egypt
Answer: Bethlehem
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Question: Where is the city of Bahia Blanca located?
Choices: Argentina; Colombia; Micronesia; Dominican Republic
Answer: Argentina
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Question: Which lake is NOT one of the Great Lakes?
Choices: Great Salt Lake; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Lake Ontario
Answer: Great Salt Lake
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Question: Dry air consists mostly of what gas?
Choices: Carbon Dioxide; Oxygen; Nitrogen; Argon
Answer: Nitrogen
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Question: Which of these stories was written by the Brothers Grimm?
Choices: The Adventures of Pinocchio; Puss in Boots; Sleeping Beauty; The Frog Prince
Answer: The Frog Prince
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Question: What role does the carburetor have in the engine?
Choices: Cooling; Mixing air and fuel; Igniting the fuel mixture; Cleaning
Answer: Mixing air and fuel
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Question: What does lacrimation mean?
Choices: Psychosis; Shedding Tears; Addiction; Dilation
Answer: Shedding Tears
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Question: What was the second  song played on MTV?
Choices: You Better Run; Hit Me With Your Best Shot; Video Killed the Rock Star; Radio Killed the Video Technician
Answer: You Better Run
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Question: What was Elvis Presleys second number 1hit?
Choices: Dont Be Cruel; Love Me Tender; Hound Dog; Heartbreak Hotel
Answer: Dont Be Cruel
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Question: Which team won the second Super Bowl?
Choices: The New York Jets; The Washington Redskins; The Kansas City Chiefs; The Green Bay Packers
Answer: The Green Bay Packers
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Question: What is the second book of the Bible?
Choices: Acts; Mark; Joshua; Exodus
Answer: Exodus
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Question: In which city was Michael Jordans second professional team based?
Choices: Baltimore; Washington; Charlotte; Chicago
Answer: Chicago
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Question: Which team won the second World Series between the National League and the American League?
Choices: Pittsburgh Pirates; New York Giants; Providence Grays; New York Metropolitans
Answer: New York Giants
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Question: Who was the second US President  to face impeachment?
Choices: William Blount; Andrew Johnson; Richard Nixon; William Clinton
Answer: William Clinton
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Question: What was the second war fought by the USA?
Choices: The War against the Barbary Pirates; The Civil War; The War of 1812; The Mexican War
Answer: The War of 1812
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Question: Who was the second host of the Tonight Show?
Choices: Johnny Carson; Steve Allen; Jay Leno; Jack Paar
Answer: Jack Paar
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Question: Who was Elizabeth Taylors second husband?
Choices: Michael Wilding; Mike Todd; Nick Hilton; Eddie Fisher
Answer: Michael Wilding
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Question: Who was Frank Sinatras second wife?
Choices: Mia Farrow; Ava Gardner; Barbara Marx; Nancy Barbato
Answer: Ava Gardner
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Question: Which was the second motion picture  to win the Oscar for Best Movie?
Choices: The Broadway Melody; Wings; All Quiet on the Western Front; Cimarron
Answer: The Broadway Melody
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Question: Which of the following is generally considered to be the second longest symphony?
Choices: Mozarts Jupiter Symphony; Mahlers Symphony No. 3 in D minor; Shostakovitchs Leningrad Symphony; Beethovens Symphony Number 9 (the Choral)
Answer: Shostakovitchs Leningrad Symphony
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Question: Who was the second Republican US President?
Choices: Andrew Johnson; Ulysses Grant; Abraham Lincoln; Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Ulysses Grant
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Question: Which of these is covered by the second amendment to the US Constitution?
Choices: the right to bear arms in order to maintain a militia; the right to not have soldiers living in our houses; the right to a fair and speedy trial; the right to vote
Answer: the right to bear arms in order to maintain a militia
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Question: What is true  about  music compact discs?
Choices: Americas Greatest Hits is the number one selling CD in the USA.; The hole is the exact size of the Dutch coin called dubbeltje.; The patent behind the compact disc is co-owned by Dick Clark.; Glen Campbells Greatest Hits was the first music CD in the USA.
Answer: The hole is the exact size of the Dutch coin called dubbeltje.
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Question: Which of these is not a quote by Groucho Marx?
Choices: I have a memory like an elephant. In fact elephants often consult me.; The husband who wants a  perfect marriage should keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open.; Bloods not  thicker than money.; I was married by a judge. I should have asked for the jury.
Answer: I have a memory like an elephant. In fact elephants often consult me.
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Question: This drink was invented for a party given by Winston Churchills mother.
Choices: The Gibson; The Sidecar; The Manhattan; The Sloe Gin Fizz
Answer: The Manhattan
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Question: The USA has an extensive Interstate Highway System. What five state capitals are NOT directly served by this system?
Choices: Juneau, Dover, Carson City, Honolulu, Pierre; Juneau, Honolulu, Jefferson City, Carson City, Pierre; Juneau, Honolulu, Salem, Columbia,  Salt Lake City; Juneau, Dover, Jefferson City, Pierre, Carson City
Answer: Juneau, Dover, Jefferson City, Pierre, Carson City
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Question: Which best defines the word Sanhedrin?
Choices: The condition of being without mental faculties; The religious book on which the Jain religion is based; The ancient spice used in Egypt to counter bad omens; The court of 23  judges biblically required to be present in every city
Answer: The court of 23  judges biblically required to be present in every city
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Question: What is Belle Fourche?
Choices: The  geographic center of the United States.; A new dessert created on TV, which contains three types of chocolate, strawberries, and  cranberry marmalade.; The resort voted Number One Vacation Destination  by Forbes Magazine; A very upscale suburb of Paris in which the average house goes for 3,450,000 Euros
Answer: The  geographic center of the United States.
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Question: By act of Congress, this is the official alcoholic spirit of the USA.
Choices: Corn liquor; Gin; Rye; Bourbon
Answer: Bourbon
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Question: Who is Hiroo Onoda?
Choices: The last Japanese casualty from World War II; The founder of Mazda; This is the real name of Tojo.; The Japanese fisherman who first sees Godzilla in the movie of the same name
Answer: The last Japanese casualty from World War II
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Question: What is lethologica?
Choices: Any  word used incorrectly in a sentence.; A physical disease in which the patient does not have enough energy to speak; A psychological disease first identified as a serious condition by Carl Jung; A religious practice involving saying certain Biblical names to counter a sin.
Answer: A psychological disease first identified as a serious condition by Carl Jung
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Question: The letter J is the last letter added to the Latin alphabet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which Biblical prophet, mentioned in two books of the Bible, was swallowed by a great leviathan?
Choices: Jeroboam; Jonah; Joshua; Jeremiah
Answer: Jonah
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Question: He was called Big Train. He was the first baseball player whose last name began with a J to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Who was he?
Choices: Judy Johnson; Ban Johnson; Addie Joss; Walter Johnson
Answer: Walter Johnson
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Question: What is the name of the poem in which these nonsense words are used: chortled, vorpal, galumphing, and frabjous?
Choices: Jabberwocky; Jansonaught; Jerboky; Jessenight
Answer: Jabberwocky
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Question: This great boxer, known as the Galveston Giant, was the worlds Heavyweight Champion from 1908-1915.
Choices: Jim Jeffries; Jim Johnson; Jack Johnson; Jack Jeffries
Answer: Jack Johnson
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Question: In the USA we often see commercials for Subway sandwiches. They usually feature a man who went  from 425 pounds to 190 pounds because of a diet  based on Subways menu. What is his name?
Choices: Jared Leto; Jared Nugent; Jared Lamanite; Jared Fogel
Answer: Jared Fogel
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Question: This psychiatrist, born in Switzerland in 1875, was one of the founders of analytic psychology.
Choices: Johannes Jorenstem; Erik Jung; Yokaim Junster; Carl Gustav Jung
Answer: Carl Gustav Jung
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Question: Who killed Jesse James, one of the legendary figures of the Wild West?
Choices: Charley Ford; Frank James; John Carradine; Robert Ford
Answer: Robert Ford
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Question: His first name was Jimmy and he was a great defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers from 1961 -1976. He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His brother, Rafer, is more famous as an athlete and as a  part-time special bodyguard. What  is Jimmy and Rafers last name?
Choices: Johnson; James; Jameson; Jackson
Answer: Johnson
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Question: This was the first country that starts with the letter J to join the United Nations.
Choices: Jurasconia; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan
Answer: Jordan
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Question: It is one of the oldest religions. Most of its followers live in India, where it began. Adherents believe that each individual is responsible for his/her actions. They believe that each living thing has an eternal soul. What is this religion?
Choices: Jensenism; Judaism; Jainism; Jarita Dharma
Answer: Jainism
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Question: He won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting peace and democracy.
Choices: Kim Dae Jung; Jo El Karl; Leon Jouhaux; James Jarrod
Answer: Kim Dae Jung
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Question: What was Christine Jorgensen most famous for?
Choices: voice-over actor/singer; transgender surgery; mystery writer; photography
Answer: transgender surgery
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Question: They were a group of landed nobility in Prussia  and Eastern Germany. Their name comes from the German for young lord. They formed several aristocratic political groups in Germany.
Choices: Jurrsia; Jongres; Junkers; Junists
Answer: Junkers
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Question: This sea animal is found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans but is most numerous off Hawaii and Australia. Although it usually weighs about .8 Kg, some individuals actually weigh 3 Kg (over 6.7 pounds.) This animal is blue on top and silver on bottom, often with a blue stripe.
Choices: jack-ass shrimp; jack-ass prawn; jack-ass fish; jack-ass skate
Answer: jack-ass fish
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Question: WWII is undoubtedly the bloodiest war. This is the number of fatalities it caused.
Choices: 56.4 million; 44.0 million; 71.8 million; 27.3 million
Answer: 56.4 million
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Question: The most garbage collecting volunteers gathered in this US state.
Choices: Ohio; Texas; California; New York
Answer: California
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Question: The largest consumption of cigarettes belongs to this country.
Choices: Brazil; India; China; The US
Answer: China
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Question: The fastest time to eat this number of mince pies is 1 min : 52.67 seconds.
Choices: 3; 13; 21; 5
Answer: 3
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Question: This country is the leader in beer consumption (per capita).
Choices: USA; Czech Republic; Austria; Germany
Answer: Czech Republic
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Question: The largest burger weighed this much.
Choices: 6,878 pounds (3,120 kg); 1,111 pounds (504 kg); 6,040 pounds (2,740 kg); 18,388 pounds (8,341kg)
Answer: 6,040 pounds (2,740 kg)
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Question: The largest gay and lesbian rights march took place in the capital of this country.
Choices: The UK; Canada; France; The US
Answer: The US
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Question: This country has the highest income tax rate.
Choices: Norway; Denmark; Sweden; The US
Answer: Denmark
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Question: This is the largest employer in the world.
Choices: Walmart; United States Postal Service; Indian Railways; Microsoft
Answer: Indian Railways
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Question: This man is the highest earning fashion designer.
Choices: Armani; Versace; Chanel; Dior
Answer: Armani
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Question: China is the most populous nation in the world. India is second, and the USA is third. What is the fourth most populous nation in the world?
Choices: Russia; Japan; Indonesia; Pakistan
Answer: Indonesia
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Question: What book did author Douglas Adams describe as the fourth book in the Hitchhiker trilogy?
Choices: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Answer: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
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Question: Who was the fourth US president?
Choices: James Madison; James Monroe; John Quincy Adams; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: James Madison
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Question: What is referred to as the fourth dimension?
Choices: weight; length; time; height
Answer: time
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Question: What is the fourth estate?
Choices: the clergy; the nobles; the commoners; the press
Answer: the press
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Question: What is referred to by the term fourth world (in contrast to the better-known terms first world, second world and third world?
Choices: interplanetary societies; disenfranchised societies; undiscovered societies; global societies
Answer: disenfranchised societies
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Question: What is the fourth amendment to the US Constitution?
Choices: The right to not be subject to self incrimination; The right to not be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures; The right to bear arms; The right to not be subject to the quartering of soldiers
Answer: The right to not be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures
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Question: What is the fourth largest nation in the world in area?
Choices: Brazil; USA; Australia; China
Answer: China
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Question: We all know that New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are the three largest cities in the USA. What is the fourth largest city in the USA, as measured by metropolitan area (SMSA) according to 2006 US Census Bureau estimates?
Choices: Miami; Houston; Philadelphia; Dallas-Fort Worth
Answer: Dallas-Fort Worth
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Question: What is the fourth largest city in Canada (after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver), as measured by metropolitan area according to 2006 estimates?
Choices: Winnipeg; Edmonton; Calgary; Ottawa
Answer: Ottawa
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Question: Who was the fourth baseball player to hit 600 home runs in the US major leagues (Babe Ruth, of course, was the first)?
Choices: Ken Griffey, Jr.; Barry Bonds; Willie Mays; Sammy Sosa
Answer: Barry Bonds
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Question: What nation won the fourth World Cup (of football/soccer) in 1950?
Choices: England; Brazil; Uruguay; France
Answer: Uruguay
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Question: Which river in China caused a flood of mammoth proportions in 1931?
Choices: Pearl; Red; Yellow; Tumen
Answer: Yellow
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Question: What state was affected by the most powerful earthquake recorded in U.S. history prior to 2000?
Choices: Texas; California; Alaska; Nebraska
Answer: Alaska
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Question: What European country was affected the worst by the European Heat Wave of 2003?
Choices: France; Italy; Germany; Spain
Answer: France
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Question: Galveston, Indiana was the site of a deadly tornado in 1900.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following volcanoes caused the most deaths?
Choices: Taal; Mount Etna; Mauna Loa; Mount Tambora
Answer: Mount Tambora
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Question: The Bhola Cyclone of 1970 destroyed much of Pakistan.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The Yellow River in China is prone to flooding.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The Indian Ocean Earthquake of 2004 did not spark a tsunami.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What part of the U.S. was hit by the North American Storm Complex of 1993?
Choices: West; East; South; North
Answer: East
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Question: Where is the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art?
Choices: Denmark; New Orleans, Louisiana; Batob Rouge, Louisiana; Shreveport , Louisiana
Answer: Denmark
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Question: This became the longest running Broadway play on 9 January, 2006 .
Choices: Phantom of the Opera; The Fantasticks; Les Miserables; Mouse Trap
Answer: Phantom of the Opera
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Question: William Moulton Marston was the psychologist who invented the polygraph or lie detector. What else did he create?
Choices: The Thematic Apperception test; Wonder Woman; The IQ Test; Behavior Therapy
Answer: Wonder Woman
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Question: Ketchikan, Alaska holds what distinction?
Choices: the highest ratio of males to females of any American city; the highest amount of snow fall in an American city; the highest number of days of precipitation for any American city; the highest zip code for an American city
Answer: the highest zip code for an American city
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Question: Where is the only Christopher Wren building in the Western Hemisphere?
Choices: in Charleston, South Carolina; in Philadelphia; in The College of William and Mary; in Harvard University
Answer: in The College of William and Mary
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Question: The Muppet Show was banned in Saudi Arabia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Bernard Webb was a pseudonym used by which famous musician and songwriter?
Choices: Paul McCartney; John  Lennon; Peter Asher; none of these  three answers is  correct
Answer: Paul McCartney
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Question: Can you name the singer who had a big music hit with Mr. Bojangles.
Choices: none of these  answers; Ronald Clyde Crosby; Tom Waites; Willie Nelson
Answer: Ronald Clyde Crosby
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Question: For what is Scottish Sir James Dewar famous?
Choices: Writng the screenplay to The 39 Steps.; Standardizing the method to produce Scotch whiskey.; Exporting the first Scotch whiskey to the USA.; Inventing the vacuum flask.
Answer: Inventing the vacuum flask.
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Question: Which of the following was not a member of the band Lynryd Skynyrd?
Choices: Gary Rossington; Jimmy Farrar; Allen Collins; Rickey Medlocke
Answer: Jimmy Farrar
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Question: The town of Juarez, Mexico is located next to what U.S. city?
Choices: San Diego, CA; Laredo, TX; El Paso, TX; Sierra Vista, AZ
Answer: El Paso, TX
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Question: In 1975 Archie Griffin became the first two-time Heisman Trophy Winner.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Michelangelos statue of David is housed in what city?
Choices: Florence; Turin; Rome; Vienna
Answer: Florence
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Question: In which TV series did American rapper Ice-T make his television debut?
Choices: Law Order SVU; The District; Thieves; Players
Answer: Players
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Question: Where did Chicago Bears defensive lineman, William Fridge Perry, play college football?
Choices: South Carolina AT; Georgia; Eastern Carolina; Clemson
Answer: Clemson
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Question: What is the mascot of the University of California at Irvine?
Choices: Anteater; Maverick; Gaucho; Banana Slug
Answer: Anteater
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Question: This tiny sovereign state, with a territory of about 0.44 square kilometres, is the smallest country in the world.
Choices: Vatican City; Andorra; San Marino; Monaco
Answer: Vatican City
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Question: This President, often called by his opponents His Accidency,  was the first politician to assume the office of US President following the death of his predecessor.
Choices: John Tyler; Andrew Johnson; Richard Nixon; James Buchanan
Answer: John Tyler
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Question: In 1565, this German-Swiss naturalist became the first person to document and describe the pencil.
Choices: Edward  Naime; William Munroe; Nicolas Conte; Conrad Gesner
Answer: Conrad Gesner
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Question: Before his death, host of the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson, used to meet Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Carl Reiner in which club?
Choices: The Friars Club; The Hollywood Gourmet Poker Club; The Santa Monica Marina Club; The Bel Air Golf and Country Club
Answer: The Hollywood Gourmet Poker Club
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Question: In 1879, the Procter  Gamble company created a new brand of soap as a result of what mistake?
Choices: A soap maker tried to make shampoo.; A soap maker put the wrong chemicals in the new dish soap, making it corrosive.; A soap maker tried to make the companys new toothpaste yellow.; A soap maker forgot to turn off the soap mixer before going to lunch.
Answer: A soap maker forgot to turn off the soap mixer before going to lunch.
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Question: What was special about the playing cards that were given to British pilots in World War II?
Choices: They secretly listed safe houses to hide in.; They contained the code words to alert British RAF headquarters about anti-aircraft emplacements.; They turned into maps.; They had very sharp edges so they could be used as weapons.
Answer: They turned into maps.
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Question: Mayday, an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal, derives from which language?
Choices: French; German; English; Italian
Answer: French
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Question: Captain Ahab, who is captain of the Pequod, has a 1st mate named Ishmael.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who is Han Solos first mate on the Millennium Falcon?
Choices: R2-D2; Darth Vader; Chewbacca; Yoda
Answer: Chewbacca
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Question: The fictional USS Sea Tiger was captained by Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman. Who was the first mate?
Choices: Lt. (j.g.) Nicholas Holden; Chief Molumphry; Ens. Stovall; Lt. Dolores Crandall
Answer: Ens. Stovall
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Question: Who was the first mate of PT-73, that was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale?
Choices: Fuji Kobiaji; Ensign Charles Parker; Lt. Elroy Carpenter; Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
Answer: Ensign Charles Parker
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Question: Captain Edward J. Smith was captain of Titanic. Who was the first officer?
Choices: Archibald Butt; Benjamin Guggenheim; William McMaster Murdoch; John Jacob Astor
Answer: William McMaster Murdoch
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Question: David E. Weiss was the first mate of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The Captain was Ernest M. McSorley.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who was Captain James T. Kirks first mate on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701?
Choices: Montgomery Scotty Scott; Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy; Hikaru Sulu; Mr. Spock
Answer: Mr. Spock
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Question: The fictional USS Echo was commanded by Lieutenant Rip Crandall. Who was the first mate?
Choices: Wilbur F. Vandewater; Tommy J. Hanson; Warren Berlington; Josh Davidson
Answer: Tommy J. Hanson
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Question: Who was the first mate of the fictional USS Stingray, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dodge?
Choices: E.T. Lovacelli; Martin T. Pascal; Yancy Graham; Jefferson Jackson
Answer: Martin T. Pascal
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Question: Who is Captain Quints first mate on the Orca?
Choices: David Brown; Matt Hooper; Richard Zanuck; Carl Gottlieb
Answer: Matt Hooper
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Question: Since its separation from the Roman Catholic church in 1534, this branch of Christianity acts as a mother branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Choices: Lutheranism; Sufism; Church of  England; Calvinism
Answer: Church of  England
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Question: Which of the three classical types of columns has its capital ornately decorated to look like acanthus leaves?
Choices: Ionic; Tonic; Corinthian; Doric
Answer: Corinthian
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Question: The motto of which US state is The Welfare of the People Shall Be The Supreme Law.?
Choices: Washington; Connecticut; Texas; Missouri
Answer: Missouri
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Question: The French Foreign Legion was formed in 1831 to conquer which nation ?
Choices: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Vietnam
Answer: Algeria
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Question: The proteins in dead organisms as well as in body wastes are converted into ammonia by bacteria and fungi. Into what useful product do other bacteria convert this ammonia?
Choices: Phosphoric acid; Amino acids; Nitrates; Polypeptides
Answer: Nitrates
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Question: What is the capital city of Bahrain?
Choices: Niamey; Bahrain City; Manama; Muscat
Answer: Manama
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Question: Which of the following languages is spoken as primary language by the most people?
Choices: German; Italian; Bengali; Russian
Answer: Bengali
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Question: Almaty, or Alma-Ata as formerly known, is the largest city and capital of which country?
Choices: Krgyzstan; Tajikistan; Kyrgyzstan; Kazakhstan
Answer: Kazakhstan
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Question: Under whose rule was the island of Cyprus when it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1571?
Choices: France; Greece; The Papal States; Venice
Answer: Venice
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Question: What did NASAs first satellite, Explorer I, find?
Choices: That Mars natural satellites were actually captured asteroids; The remains of Sputnik I; The Van Allen radiation belt; Jupiters moon Callisto
Answer: The Van Allen radiation belt
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Question: What infectionâs symptoms are tiny white-headed pimples, usually at the base of hair shafts?
Choices: Impetigo; Cellulitis; Folliculitis; Boils
Answer: Folliculitis
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Question: Which Canadian city is the site of the haunted Carleton County Jail, said to be the home of the ghost of Patrick Whelen, hanged for the murder of Thomas DArcy McGee?
Choices: Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; Barkerville, British Columbia; Bad Hills, Saskatchewan
Answer: Ottawa, Ontario
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Question: In 1986, this diamond found in a South African mine beat the record for the worlds largest faceted diamond.
Choices: Golden Jubilee; Second Star of Africa; Great Star of Africa; Centtenary
Answer: Golden Jubilee
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Question: What type of rock is the white marble used to build the Taj Mahal?
Choices: Ore; Sedimentary; Metamorphic; Igneous
Answer: Metamorphic
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Question: In what country is picking your nose in public more acceptable than blowing your nose?
Choices: France; Phillipines; Japan; Iran
Answer: Japan
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Question: In which South American country can the Nazca Lines be found?
Choices: Boliva; Chile; Argentina; Peru
Answer: Peru
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Question: The Una people are the last ones of the lost tribes remaining hidden away in the forest of New Guinea.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What crime was the famous Casanova imprisoned for in 1755?
Choices: Theft; Witchcraft; Fraud; Adultory
Answer: Witchcraft
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Question: Despite her long and tempestuous romance with Rhett Butler, the strong-willed Southern belle Scarlett OHara could not overcome her infatuation with this gentleman.
Choices: Frank Kennedy; Stuart Tarleton; Ashley Wilkes; Charles Hamilton
Answer: Ashley Wilkes
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Question: What Greek mythological hero eloped with King Menelaus wife, Helen, thus prompting the Trojan War?
Choices: Paris; Priam; Hector; Achilles
Answer: Paris
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Question: According to Arthurian legend, Queen Guineveres love affair with this knight of the Round Table led to the downfall of Camelot.
Choices: Tristan; Lancelot; Percival; Galahad
Answer: Lancelot
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Question: What character uttered the following words by the end of Casablanca, one of the most enduring romantic dramas of all time: It doesnt take much to see that the problems of three little people dont amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.?
Choices: Ilsa; Victor Laszlo; Captain Renault; Rick
Answer: Rick
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Question: This novel centers around Florentino Arizas obsession with Fremina Daza who marries a wealthy doctor of medicine, named Juvenal Urbino.
Choices: One Hundred Years of Solitude; Like Water for Chocolate; Love in the Time of Cholera; Of Love and Other Demons
Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera
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Question: What trio of actors, playing characters involved in a love triangle, is not correctly matched with the movie?
Choices: The Notebook (2004) - Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Marsden; The Graduate (1967) - Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross; First Knight - Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Sean Connery; The V.I.P.s (1963) - Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan
Answer: First Knight - Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Sean Connery
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Question: In the Oscar-winning movie The English Patient, Geoffrey Cliftons wife, Kathrine, fell in love with Count de Almasy, the man who completely rejects nationalism and tries to erase all ties to countries. What was Almasys nationality?
Choices: Hungarian; English; Polish; Austrian
Answer: Hungarian
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Question: Two young women and an artist, who finds himself attracted to both of them, form one of the love triangles in this Woody Allen movie.
Choices: Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Everyone Says I Love You; Melinda and Melinda; A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy
Answer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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Question: This author penned a novel centered around the mysterious Jay Gatsby who acquired an immense wealth in the hope of winning back his beloved, who married an old money millionaire, named Tom Buchanan.
Choices: Ernest Hemingway; Scott Fitzgerald; Don DeLillo; William Faulkner
Answer: Scott Fitzgerald
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Question: In Adrian Lynes movie Unfaithful, Constance (Diane Lane), who is married to Edward (Richard Gere), has a fling with Paul (Olivier Martinez), a mysterious Frenchman who buys and sells used books. How does the movie end?
Choices: Constance and Edward confront each other and she subsequently commits suicide.; Constance discovers that Edward has killed Paul and tells him they will get through the crisis together.; Paul murders Edward.; Constance and Edward confront each other and she kills him.
Answer: Constance discovers that Edward has killed Paul and tells him they will get through the crisis together.
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Question: According to a study an office desk has nearly 400 times more bacteria than a bathroom toilet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A panther and a black leopard are the same animal.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This food has the same chemical as Prozac, and can put a person in a better mood.
Choices: Prunes; Cheese; Bananas; Potatoes
Answer: Bananas
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Question: How many Earth years add up to a galactic year?
Choices: 180 Million; 250 Million; 350 Million; 400 Million
Answer: 250 Million
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Question: Bamboo plants can grow up to 52 inches a day.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the name of the man that had hiccups for nearly 69 years?
Choices: Carl Rexfort; John Hannah; Charles Osborne; Rhett Milfrond
Answer: Charles Osborne
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Question: What was used to help people hear before the hearing aid was invented?
Choices: Ear Headpiece; Ear Trumpet; Ear Windtrophy; Ear Microphone
Answer: Ear Trumpet
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Question: By the end of what week does an unborn fetus start to develop fingerprints?
Choices: 16th; 18th; 15th; 20th
Answer: 18th
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Question: This 1998 Independent film was also shot in Death Valley Junction, CA.  What is the correct name of the film?
Choices: Tumbleweeds and Aliens; Welcome to Serendipity; Hot Moon; Serendipity
Answer: Welcome to Serendipity
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Question: The 1980s film, The Hitcher, starring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason-Leigh, was shot in the same location as which other film?
Choices: Hot Moon; Welcome to Serendipity; Baghdad Cafe; Death Valley Days
Answer: Welcome to Serendipity
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Question: What is the actual name of the hotel where parts of the above mentioned film was shot?
Choices: Indian Springs Inn; Baghdad Inn; Longstreet Hotel, Resort and Casino; Amargosa Hotel and Opera House
Answer: Amargosa Hotel and Opera House
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Question: The 1996 film, Courage Under Fire, starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan, was partially filmed in a United States Desert..
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Alabama Hills is a desert location used in many movies.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The 1995 Bruce Springsteen song, The Ghost of Tom Joad gets its title from a character in a book by this author.
Choices: John Steinbeck; Agatha Christie; Ernest Hemingway; William Faulkner
Answer: John Steinbeck
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Question: This is a synonym for humor based on sexual explicit situations.
Choices: blue humor; vitreous humor; baud talk; red humor
Answer: blue humor
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Question: What is the southernmost capital city?
Choices: Perth; Capetown; Sydney; Wellington
Answer: Wellington
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Question: In what year was the World Series first broadcast on radio?
Choices: 1932; 1912; 1922; 1942
Answer: 1922
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Question: Who is the first singer to have two singles that sold over 30 million copies worldwide?
Choices: Bruce Springsteen; Yanni; Elton John; Bing Crosby
Answer: Bing Crosby
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Question: This standup comedian became famous as the large Massachusetts man attacked by a mugger in the next to last episode of Seinfeld.
Choices: Eric Bana; John Caponera; Jimmy Pardo; John Pinette
Answer: John Pinette
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Question: In terms of population of the city proper, which is the first capital city with over 10,000,000 people?
Choices: Karachi; Sao Paulo; New York City; Moscow
Answer: Moscow
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Question: What did the Treaty of Maastricht  result in?
Choices: The Hundreds Year War ended.; World War II formally ended in Europe.; The United Nations was established.; The European Union was set up.
Answer: The European Union was set up.
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Question: This great inventor loved the number three and would only stay in hotel rooms with a number divisible by three.
Choices: T .A. Edison; E. Howe; N. Tesla; M. E. Knight
Answer: N. Tesla
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Question: In terms of ratings, this was the top TV show in the USA for the summer of 2008.
Choices: Fringe; Dancing With the Stars; Americas Got Talent; Monk
Answer: Americas Got Talent
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Question: In 1856 the US Army formed the U.S. Army Camel Corps.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In September 2008 a new, very large prime number was found. Approximately how many digits does it have?
Choices: Between 6,00 and 8,000; Over 10,000; Between 5000 and 6000; Between 8,00 and 10,000
Answer: Over 10,000
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Question: What was invented by Levi Spear Parmly?
Choices: The jet engine; Dental floss; Blue Ray discs; The QWERTYU keyboard
Answer: Dental floss
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Question: The Olivieri brothers, Pat and Harry, are given credit  for inventing this in 1933.
Choices: The Philly cheesesteak; Dental floss; The jet engine; The McDonald quarter-pounder
Answer: The Philly cheesesteak
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Question: This town in Illinois became the site of the first Dairy Queen in 1940. It is the hometown of singer Lionel Richie, basketball star George Mikan, and actors Mercedes McCambridge and Anthony Rapp. It is also home to a famous federal prison.
Choices: Joliet; Ganamorra; Chicago; Springfield
Answer: Joliet
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Question: Eight years before George Washington was elected  President of the USA, this politician was appointed President of the United States by the Continental Congress.
Choices: Thomas McKean; Harry Lightfoot Lee; Samuel Adams; John Hancock
Answer: Thomas McKean
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Question: This European country is divided into three districts, 12 cantons, and 116 communes.
Choices: Belgium; Andorra; Luxembourg; Switzerland
Answer: Luxembourg
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Question: Which of these came first?
Choices: Busch Gardens; Freedomland; Disneyland; Knotts Berry Farm
Answer: Knotts Berry Farm
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Question: This day in April is celebrated as Earth Day in many countries.
Choices: 31; 22; 12; 2
Answer: 22
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Question: What character attacked nurse Ratched, the main antagonist of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and nearly choked her to death?
Choices: Billy Bibbitt; Randle McMurphy; Chief Bromden; Charles Cheswick
Answer: Randle McMurphy
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Question: In this novel, set during WWII, Sue Ann Duckett is one of the ward nurses in the hospital where Yossarian gets treated, and later starts a relationship with him.
Choices: Slaughterhouse-Five; Catch-22; One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest; Cats Cradle
Answer: Catch-22
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Question: What actress portrayed Hana, the French-Canadian nurse who looked after a critically burned man in the Oscar-winning movie The English Patient?
Choices: Kristin Scott Thomas; Catherine Deneuve; Juliette Binoche; Audrey Tautou
Answer: Juliette Binoche
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Question: What song by The Beatles, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, contains the lyrics: 
Choices: hind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout ; e pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray?; Help!; Strawberry Fields Forever; A Hard Days Night; Penny Lane
Answer: Penny Lane
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Question: In this drama film, Penelope Cruz character, Mia, trains to be a nurse and is anxious to join the anti-fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Choices: All About My Mother; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Head in the Clouds; Vanilla Sky
Answer: Head in the Clouds
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Question: In the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor, Kate Beckinsales character, Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson, is pregnant with a child whose father, Danny (Josh Hartnett) did not survive what event of WWII?
Choices: the attack on Pearl Harbor; D-Day; Operation Barbarossa; the Doolittle Raid
Answer: the Doolittle Raid
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Question: Who did Allie Hamilton meet while working as a nurse in the 2004 romance film The Notebook?
Choices: her old flame Noah Calhoun; her future fiance Lon Hammond; none of these; her future fiance and eventual husband Lon Hammond
Answer: her future fiance Lon Hammond
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Question: What is the name of the nurse in the 2000 comedy film Meet the Parents and its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers?
Choices: Rozalin Focker; Pam Byrnes; Gaylord Focker; Dina Byrnes
Answer: Gaylord Focker
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Question: This novel by Ernest Hemingway, set during World War I, is told through the point of view of Lieutenant Frederic Henry who falls in love with nurse Catherine Barkley.
Choices: The Sun Also Rises; The Snows of Kilimanjaro; For Whom the Bell Tolls; A Farewell to Arms
Answer: A Farewell to Arms
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Question: What was the name of the nurse, portrayed by Julianna Margulies, who attempted suicide in the first season of ER?
Choices: Malik McGrath; Wendy Goldman; Lily Jarvik; Carol Hathaway
Answer: Carol Hathaway
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Question: This duo was formed by Roland Orzabel and Curt Smith in the early 1980s. Their songs Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World both hit #1on the US Pop Charts.
Choices: Tears for Fears; Dire Straits; Graduate; Air Supply
Answer: Tears for Fears
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Question: What is true about President Bill Clintons official portrait?
Choices: He is portrayed as being right-handed instead of left-handed.; It is the first official Presidential portrait painted by an African-American.; It is the first official Presidential portrait  not painted by an American citizen.; It is the first official Presidential portrait that had to be redone because of mistakes.
Answer: It is the first official Presidential portrait painted by an African-American.
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Question: This great American literary work was intended to be both a novella and a play. It has been made into a full-length movie at least three times. It hits on themes of mental illness, prejudice, loneliness and brutality. It revolves around two friends named  George and Lennie. What is its title?
Choices: Of Mice and Men; To Kill a Mockingbird; In Cold Blood; The Grapes of Wrath
Answer: Of Mice and Men
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Question: In 1995 this person addressed the UN General Assembly in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese  and Russian.
Choices: Mother Teresa; Yuri Andropov; Fidel Castro; Pope John Paul II
Answer: Pope John Paul II
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Question: Audrey Hepburn, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Django Reinhardt, Toots Thielemans, and Adolphe Sax were all born in this country.
Choices: Luxembourg; Belgium; France; The Netherlands
Answer: Belgium
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Question: In what year did the first brown supermarket grocery bag appear?
Choices: 1903; 1915; 1911; 1871
Answer: 1871
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Question: This astronaut claimed he was the first man to wet his pants on the moon.
Choices: Buzz Aldrin; Gus Grissom; Neil Armstrong; Chuck Rollands
Answer: Buzz Aldrin
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Question: Which of these was invented by O. Mumford Scott?
Choices: Disposable razors; The electric car; Vaseline; Inexpensive weed-free grass seed
Answer: Inexpensive weed-free grass seed
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Question: When was the first stick antiperspirant patented?
Choices: 1942; 1919; 1951; 1888
Answer: 1888
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Question: The first painting to sell for more than $100,000,00 was painted by this artist.
Choices: Degas; Picasso; Velasquez; Van Gough
Answer: Picasso
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Question: Which one of these people was nicknamed The Iron Butterfly?
Choices: Indira Gandhi; Margaret Thatcher; Imelda Marcos; Bella Abzug
Answer: Imelda Marcos
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Question: Which of these women was nicknamed The Iron Lady?
Choices: Margaret Thatcher; Indira Gandhi; Imelda Marcos; Mother Teresa
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
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Question: She was called The Swedish Nightingale.
Choices: Ingrid Bergmann; Jenny Lind; Bjork; Agnetha Faltskog
Answer: Jenny Lind
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Question: Which of these magazines came first?
Choices: Highlights for Children; Playboy; Discover; Boys Life
Answer: Boys Life
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Question: What was MKULTRA?
Choices: The code name for a secret CIA mind control project; The code name for Germanys invasion of Poland, setting off World War II; The code name for the secret USA/British coding/decoding device used in Operation Overlord; The code name for the first American action in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Answer: The code name for a secret CIA mind control project
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Question: This novel told the story of two families, the Hamiltons and the Trasks, living in the Salinas Valley in California.  It is loosely based on Biblical stories.
Choices: East of Eden; My Brothers Keeper; The Tree of Life; The Caine Mutiny
Answer: East of Eden
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Question: William McCord has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He appeared in the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and the soap opera Days of Our Lives. With which singing group did he have his biggest hit?
Choices: Billy Vera and the Beaters; The Remains; Dion and the Belmonts; The Hollies
Answer: Billy Vera and the Beaters
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Question: What was the first childrens book to be number one on the New York Times Best Seller list?
Choices: Madeline; Green Eggs and Ham; Goodnight Moon; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Answer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Question: My source of income is from an inheritance and the Defense industry. Im worth $6.5 billion and first appeared in comic books in 1939.
Choices: Bruce Wayne; Lex Luther; Tony Starks; Peter Parker
Answer: Bruce Wayne
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Question: Coming in at #7 on the Forbes List, worth an estimated $7.2 billion, this 70-year-old fictional character got his money from an inheritance and invested it in media and steel. One of his children is married to the hapless Peter Griffin.
Choices: Steven Jobs; Carter Pewterschmidt; Ted Turner; Montgomery Burns
Answer: Carter Pewterschmidt
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Question: This unit of length, used mostly for maritime and aviation purposes, measures exactly 1.852 km (1.150779 miles).
Choices: Furlong; Parsec; Angstrom; Nautical mile
Answer: Nautical mile
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Question: What do these five countries have in common: Nicaragua, the Philippines, Bolivia, Liechtenstein, Saudi Arabia?
Choices: They are all located at an altitude above 1400 km.; They are the only producers of zirconium; They are all named after historic personalities; They all use the US dollar as their unit of currency
Answer: They are all named after historic personalities
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Question: This American writer and teacher became the first woman US Senator, although she occupied the position for only one day.
Choices: Jeanne  Rankin; Hatie Caraway; Rebecca Latimer Felton; Nellie  Taylor Rose
Answer: Rebecca Latimer Felton
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Question: Which collective noun denotes a group of storks?
Choices: a rafter; a mustering; a smack; a flight
Answer: a mustering
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Question: This is an uncommon English word deriving from the Yiddish word for to drag and means to move something from one place to another with difficulties.
Choices: Kibbitz; Glitch; Schlep; Maven
Answer: Schlep
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Question: What is the next number in the following sequence, having in mind that it is related to positive integers: 1, 0.5, 0.333, 0.25, 0.2, 0.166, 0.142?
Choices: 0.190; 0.125; 0.314; 0.100
Answer: 0.125
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Question: The English language has quite a variety of words for the babies of different animals. What is the proper word for a baby swan?
Choices: Weaner; Keet; Sygnet; Chick
Answer: Sygnet
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Question: Which of these characters created by French writer Alexandre Dumas is not correctly matched with the novel?
Choices: GÃ©rard de Villefort - Twenty Years After; Milady de Winter - The Three Musketeers; DArtagnan - Twenty Years After; La Mole - Queen Margot
Answer: GÃ©rard de Villefort - Twenty Years After
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Question: Alexander Graham Bell, known as the inventor of the telephone, is also credited with the invention of this device, which was first used after the assassination of President James Garfield.
Choices: metal detector; phonograph; audiometer; air conditioning
Answer: metal detector
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Question: Which statement is not true about political philosopher and economist Alexander Hamilton.
Choices: He died in a duel.; He served in the American Revolutionary War.; He was United States Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln.; He was one of the Founding Fathers.
Answer: He was United States Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln.