kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: geography
Question: What does the name of the Iguazu Falls, located in South America, mean in English?
Choices: Way to heaven; River storm; Devils waterfall; Big water
Answer: Big water
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Question: In what country is Gocta Waterfall located?
Choices: Venezuela; Peru; Spain; Nicaragua
Answer: Peru
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Question: What is the name of the highest waterfall in North America?
Choices: Richard Brown Falls; Johnathan Stevens Falls; James Bruce Falls; John Cliff Falls
Answer: James Bruce Falls
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Question: In which U.S. state is the Multnomah Falls located?
Choices: Ohio; Oregon; Maine; Missouri
Answer: Oregon
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Question: What is the name of the largest volcano on Earth in terms of area?
Choices: Mauna Loa; Taal Volcano; Mauna Kea; Mount Etna
Answer: Mauna Loa
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Question: In what Asian country is the Mount Unzen volcanic group located?
Choices: Vietnam; Japan; China; Thailand
Answer: Japan
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Question: The area around what Italian volcano is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world, making the volcano one of the most dangerous on the planet?
Choices: Mount Vesuvius; Mount Etna; None of these; Stromboli
Answer: Mount Vesuvius
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Question: This Andean stratovolcano in Colombia erupted in 1993, killing 9 people.
Choices: Galeras; Pasto; Nina; Paloma
Answer: Galeras
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Question: The Santorini volcanic islands are part of what European country?
Choices: Denmark; Spain; Italy; Greece
Answer: Greece
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Question: This Russian volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula, is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet.
Choices: Elbrus; Anik Mountain; Sikhote-Alin; Avachinsky
Answer: Avachinsky
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Question: What is the name of the dangerous active volcano located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala?
Choices: Santa Lucia; Santa Fernanda; Santa Beatrice; Santa Maria
Answer: Santa Maria
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Question: On which of the Philippine islands is the active Taal Volcano located?
Choices: Mindanao; Visayas; Luzon; None of these
Answer: Luzon
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Question: On which of the Canary Islands is the Mount Teide volcano located?
Choices: Gran Canaria; Fuerteventura; La Palma; Tenerife
Answer: Tenerife
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Question: This countrys national holidays include:
Choices: Chile; Cuba; Mexico; Palestine
Answer: Cuba
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Question: None of these  could be found in Europe before the Great Geographical Discoveries:
Choices: tatoes, chocolate, cocoa, quinine, tobacco, cabbage, cane-sugar, furs, whale oil, indigo, tea, coffee, porcelain, and cotton silks .; True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the highest point in the state of Illinois?
Choices: Lincoln Mound; Devils Mound; Charles Mound; Mount Vernon
Answer: Charles Mound
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Question: Makawao is the capital of the State of Hawaii.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who is the 16th president of the United States?
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Johnson; James Polk; Ulysses P. Grant
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
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Question: The city of Saint Louis, nicknamed Gateway to the West, is located in which state?
Choices: Missouri; Nebraska; Mississippi; Ohio
Answer: Missouri
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Question: Malcolm X, the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity,  was born in what US city?
Choices: Kansas City; Omaha; Saint Louis; Belleville
Answer: Omaha
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Question: President George W. Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 2000.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the capital of Illinois, the 21st US State?
Choices: Chicago; Lincoln; Springfield; Omaha
Answer: Springfield
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Question: This city, located in Colorado, is the highest city in the United States.
Choices: Vail; Leadville; Colorado Springs; Denver
Answer: Leadville
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Question: Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, was born in what city and state?
Choices: Omaha, Nebraska; Louisville, Kentucky; New York City, New York; Atchison, Kansas
Answer: Atchison, Kansas
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Question: Arrange the following oceans by their total area, starting with the largest:
Choices: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4; 2, 1, 4, 5, 3; 1, 2, 4, 5, 3; 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
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Question: Finish the lyrics of the official state song of California, I Love You, California written by F. B. Silverwood:
Choices: ere the snow crowned Golden Sierras; ep their watch oer the valleys bloom,;  is there I would be in our land by the sea,; ery breeze bearing rich perfume.;  is here nature gives of her rarest ; It is home sweet home to me.; You are very dear to me.; It is where I want to be.; And where the angels live.
Answer: It is home sweet home to me.
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Question: In geography, the term desert is used to refer to a region that receives little or no precipitation. Approximately one-third of Earths land surface is desert, with the largest such region being which of these?
Choices: Sahara; Antarctica; Kalahari; Greenland
Answer: Antarctica
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Question: The Kalahari Desert, meaning great thirst translated from the local language, is a vast area of red-brown sands, taking up a considerable area of which of these regions?
Choices: Central Asia; South Africa; The Middle East; Southwest Asia
Answer: South Africa
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Question: This African desert, famous for its enormous sand dunes, is considered the oldest desert in the world, having endured its current arid conditions for at least 80 million years.
Choices: Libyan Desert; Kalahari Desert; Namib Desert; Kara Kum Desert
Answer: Namib Desert
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Question: Rangipo Desert in the central part of New Zealands North Island, does not have its barren and lifeless appearance because of the lack of rain, but rather, due to which of these?
Choices: Intense use of pesticides; Constant powerful winds; Soil structure; Frequent destructive storms
Answer: Soil structure
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Question: The Atacama Desert of Chile and Peru is one of the driest and most lifeless places on Earth. This virtually rainless plateau is made up of sand, lava flows, and what other substance?
Choices: Limestone; Salt; Clay; Ash
Answer: Salt
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Question: This Australian desert of nearly 600,000 square kilometres is famous for its spectacular land and rock formations, such as Uluru and Kata Tjuta, its estimated 1,100 parallel dunes running north-south, and the fresh water lake, Rainbow Valley.
Choices: Tanami Desert; Simpson Desert; Great Victoria Desert; Great Sandy Desert
Answer: Simpson Desert
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Question: The largest natural karst crater on Earth - Ramon Crater, with a length of 40 km (25 miles) and width of 2 to 10 km (1.5 to 6 miles), is situated in the heart of this Middle East desert.
Choices: Kyzyl Kum; Negev desert; Judean Desert; Mojave desert
Answer: Negev desert
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Question: Leonardo of Pisa or Leonardo Pisano, also known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician and is best known for the discovery of the Fibonacci numbers, which form the following sequence. 
Choices:  you know what the next number is?; 10; 15; 8; 6
Answer: 8
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Question: Which one of these countries is largest in area?
Choices: Japan; Jordan and Japan are equal in size; Jordan; Jamaica
Answer: Japan
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Question: Which of the following oceans is the worlds largest?
Choices: Indian Ocean; Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean
Answer: Pacific Ocean
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Question: According to the United States Census Bureau in 2006, China was the most populated country in the world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following countries is the worlds smallest continent, and can also be considered an island since it is surrounded by water?
Choices: India; Africa; Madagascar; Australia
Answer: Australia
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Question: Russia is the worlds largest country, with a land area of 17,098,242 square kilometers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This is the worlds smallest independent state with a population in 2007 of approximately 821.
Choices: Vatican City; Monaco; San Marino; Tuvalu
Answer: Vatican City
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Question: Pittsburgh is home to many universities and research facilities. One of them is described here:
Choices:  is a private research university. It houses the first computer science school and the first drama school in the nation as well as one of the best engineering schools, and its public policy and business schools are consistently ranked among the best in the nation.; University of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; Duquesne University; Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
Answer: Carnegie Mellon University
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Question: Which central European countrys all pre-1989 neighbors do not exist any more? The country is now bordered by 7 states.
Choices: Austria; Poland; Hungary; Romania
Answer: Poland
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Question: The African kingdom of Dahomey was powerful in the XVIII century. Which modern day country did it cover?
Choices: Burma; Burkina Faso; Benin; DR Congo
Answer: Benin
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Question: The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a loosely coupled union of mostly German speaking principalities. Which part of the union was the driver of the 19th century unification of Germany?
Choices: Austria; Prussia; Saxony; Bavaria
Answer: Prussia
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Question: Where was the late medieval kingdom of Aragon situated?
Choices: Ireland and parts of Scotland; Eastern Spain, major islands on the Mediterranean Sea and southern Italy; Tolkiens fiction; Syria, Turkey and northern Iraq
Answer: Eastern Spain, major islands on the Mediterranean Sea and southern Italy
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Question: When Yugoslavia collapsed, one of its republics became an independent state known as FYROM. To which country does the acronym refer?
Choices: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; Macedonia
Answer: Macedonia
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Question: By the end of the 16th century, a country called Commonwealth of Both Nations covered almost 1 million square kilometers of Europe. Which two countries formed it?
Choices: Sweden and Denmark; Russia and Ukraine; Poland and Lithuania; Austria and Hungary
Answer: Poland and Lithuania
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Question: Phoenicia was an ancient civilization that spread maritime trade over the Mediterranean Sea. From where did the Phoenicians originate?
Choices: North Africa (Tunis, Algier); Sicily (Syracuse); Greek islands on the Aegean Sea; Modern day Liban (Sidon, Tyre)
Answer: Modern day Liban (Sidon, Tyre)
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Question: Myanmar is a south-eastern Asian country. Under which name was it known before a military junta took over?
Choices: Siam; Burma; Bhutan; Noth Vietnam
Answer: Burma
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Question: The Ottoman Empire used to rule over North Africa, the Middle East and south-eastern Europe. Which modern day country is the successor of the empire?
Choices: Israel; Saudi Arabia; Turkey; Egypt
Answer: Turkey
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Question: Which independent country was not a Soviet republic?
Choices: Georgia; Armenia; Lithuania; Albania
Answer: Albania
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Question: Where was the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights located?
Choices: Seperated spots on modern day German territory; Northern Poland, southern Lithuania, part of Latvia and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad; Southern France (Provance); Malta and other islands on the Mediterranean
Answer: Northern Poland, southern Lithuania, part of Latvia and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
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Question: Where were the Boer Republics located?
Choices: In the Netherlands; Across South Africa; They were early Puritan settlements in the eastern North America; Minor British isles
Answer: Across South Africa
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Question: Finish this Irish saying: A tune is more lasting than the song of birds. And a word is more lasting than ________.
Choices: an old mans teeth; the wealth of the world; a maidens beauty; a bottle of whiskey
Answer: the wealth of the world
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Question: What is the missing word in this Irish saying: Every dog is _____ at his own house door.?
Choices: asleep; lonely; bold; fearful
Answer: bold
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Question: Complete this Irish saying: The whole world cannot make a ________ out of a donkey.
Choices: poet; race horse; nobleman; artist
Answer: race horse
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Question: Finish the following Irish saying: However long the day it ends with _______.
Choices: some bread; a lullaby; night; a bang
Answer: night
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Question: Complete this Irish saying: Dont let your ______ cut your throat.
Choices: jealousy; mother-in-law; tongue; stale bread
Answer: tongue
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Question: What is the missing word in this Irish saying: ______ is the poor mans doctor.?
Choices: An apple; Socialism; Death; Over-the-counter medication
Answer: Death
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Question: Complete the following Irish saying: If you want ______, always carry the back tooth of a horse with you.
Choices: to go swimming; beauty; money; to be the life of the party
Answer: money
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Question: Finish this Irish saying: If someone is sick turn his bed so that it faces _________.
Choices: the TV; the wall; north; a window
Answer: north
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Question: Finish this Irish saying: The far off hills are _______.
Choices: covered with clouds; alive with the sound of music; the farthest away; the greenest
Answer: the greenest
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Question: Finish this Irish saying: Often has the likely failed and the unlikely _________.
Choices: failed too; wrote a novel about the failure; laughed at the failure; succeeded
Answer: succeeded
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Question: What is the capital and largest city of Jamaica?
Choices: Montego Bay; Kigali; Harare; Kingston
Answer: Kingston
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Question: What is the name of the capital city of India?
Choices: Jaipur; Mumbai; Calcutta; New Delhi
Answer: New Delhi
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Question: Tegucigalpa is the capital and largest city of this country.
Choices: Namibia; Honduras; Uzbekistan; Laos
Answer: Honduras
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Question: What is the capital and largest city of Romania?
Choices: Ankara; Sofia; Kiev; Bucharest
Answer: Bucharest
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Question: Addis Ababa is the capital of what country?
Choices: Samoa; Paraguay; Ghana; Ethiopia
Answer: Ethiopia
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Question: What is the capital and largest city of Lebanon?
Choices: Bujumbura; Dhaka; Baghdad; Beirut
Answer: Beirut
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Question: Kathmandu is the capital city of what country?
Choices: Gabon; Nepal; Togo; Rwanda
Answer: Nepal
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Question: What is the name of the capital city of Latvia?
Choices: Reykjavik; Port Vila; Porto-Novo; Riga
Answer: Riga
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Question: This city is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Choices: Suva; Yaounde; Tehran; Rabat
Answer: Rabat
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Question: The capital city of what country is called Quito?
Choices: Bolivia; Macedonia; Ecuador; Yemen
Answer: Ecuador
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Question: Name Zimbabwes capital which is an independent city equivalent to a province.
Choices: Harare; Cairo; Rome; Tunis
Answer: Harare
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Question: Name Moroccos capital that is also the capital of the Rabat-SalÃ©-Zemmour-Zaer region.
Choices: Casablanca; Pretoria; Niamey; Rabat
Answer: Rabat
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Question: Bamako is the capital of Madagascar.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo?
Choices: Brazzaville; Lusaka; Lima; Libreville
Answer: Brazzaville
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Question: Ethiopias capital is Addis Ababa.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What port on the Atlantic Ocean is the capital and largest city of Guinea.
Choices: Baku; Dhaka; Conakry; Bujumbura
Answer: Conakry
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Question: What is the capital and largest commercial city of Libya?
Choices: Ethiopia; Windhoek; Nouakchott; Tripoli
Answer: Tripoli
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Question: This city is Kenyas capital and the most populous city in East Africa.
Choices: Cape Town; Nairobi; Port Louis; Tripoli
Answer: Nairobi
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Question: Victoria is the capital of the Republic of Seychelles.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Alaska used to be part of Russia.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the currency of Russia?
Choices: franc; ruble; dollar; peso
Answer: ruble
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Question: How do you say hello in Russian?
Choices: Spasiba; Zdravstvuite; Dobry den; Do svidanya
Answer: Zdravstvuite
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Question: What phrase means I love you in Russian?
Choices: Eu te amo; Ya lyublyu tebya; Te iu besc; Volim te
Answer: Ya lyublyu tebya
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Question: Tetris, the popular falling-blocks video game, was invented in Russia.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who is the first President of the Russian Federation?
Choices: Mikhail Kasyanov; Viktor Khristenko; Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
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Question: The first person in space was Russian.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who commissioned  the St. Basils Cathedral?
Choices: Ivan the Marvelous; Ivan the Terrible; Ivan the Ultimate; Ivan the Magnificent
Answer: Ivan the Terrible
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Question: Name the capital city of the U.S. state of Wyoming.
Choices: Boise; Des Moines; Salt Lake City; Cheyenne
Answer: Cheyenne
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Question: The U.S. state of Oregon has been nicknamed after this animal, which is the official state animal.
Choices: Raccoon; Beaver; Marmot; Bear
Answer: Beaver
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Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Silver State?
Choices: Nevada; Nebraska; North Dakota; New Mexico
Answer: Nevada
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Question: Albuquerque is the largest city of which U.S. state?
Choices: Ohio; Kansas; Oklahoma; New Mexico
Answer: New Mexico
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Question: Name the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana.
Choices: Helena; Billings; Pierre; Sioux Falls
Answer: Helena
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Question: What does the name of the U.S. state of Texas literally mean in Caddo?
Choices: Vast; Buffalo; Wilderness; Friends
Answer: Friends
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Question: The state of Louisiana is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico on the south and three states. Which state does NOT border Louisiana?
Choices: Oklahoma; Texas; Arkansas; Mississippi
Answer: Oklahoma
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Question: When RenÃ©-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (Yikes!) claimed the territory he named it La Louisiane, which means....
Choices: Land of Lords or Land of the Lords.; Land of France or Long Live France.; Land of Life or The Life.; Land of Louis or The Lousiana.
Answer: Land of Louis or The Lousiana.
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Question: What is the closest definition of Santeria?
Choices: Another name for the Catholic Church in Lousiana.; Another name for the Protestant Baptists religion in Lousiana.; A Cuban based religion popular in Lousiana.; A Jewish based religion popular in Lousiana.
Answer: A Cuban based religion popular in Lousiana.
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Question: The first recorded Euroregion, Gronau, was founded in 1958. What countries established it?
Choices: Austria and Switzerland; Germany and Austria; Germany and Netherlands; Switzerland and Germany
Answer: Germany and Netherlands
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Question: The Beskidy (Beskydy) Euroregion is located in the west part of the Carpathian mountain range. Which three countries does it span?
Choices: Hungary, Romania, Ukraine; Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia; Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia; Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
Answer: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia
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Question: Which country is not a member of the Adriatic Euroregion?
Choices: Montenegro; Albania; Serbia; Italy
Answer: Serbia
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Question: The ore and coal rich region of Silesia (pol.: Ålask, ger.: Schliesien, cz.: Slezsko) was ruled by Germans, Poles, Czechs and Austrians. To which country does it mostly belong today?
Choices: Slovakia; Germany; Poland; Czech Republic
Answer: Poland
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Question: Where would you find the Tornio River Valley Euroregion?
Choices: Sweden / Finland; Italy / Slovenia; Italy / France; Austria / Italy
Answer: Sweden / Finland
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Question: The Cross Channel Euroregion includes France, the UK and what other country?
Choices: Belgium; Ireland; Spain; Netherlands
Answer: Belgium
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Question: The region of Pomerania (ger.: Pomern, pol.: Pomorze) is located in north Germany and Poland. Which river divides the region into two parts?
Choices: Vistula; Danube; Elbe; Oder (Odra)
Answer: Oder (Odra)
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Question: The TriRhena Euroregion is spans these three countries crossed by the Rhine River.
Choices: France, Germany and Switzerland; Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; Austria, Germany and Switzerland; France, Germany and Holland
Answer: France, Germany and Switzerland
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Question: The Pyrenees-Mediterranean region is located along the border of which two countries?
Choices: France - Italy; Norway - Sweden; France - Spain; Spain - Portugal
Answer: France - Spain
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Question: Where would you find the Ore Mountains Euroregion?
Choices: Greece and Bulgaria; Spain and France; Czech Republic and Germany; Norway and Sweden
Answer: Czech Republic and Germany
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Question: What is the state animal of Colorado and the symbol of Rocky Mountain National Park?
Choices: Mustang; Big Horned Sheep; White Tailed Deer; Buffalo
Answer: Big Horned Sheep
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Question: Was Isabella Bird the first woman to climb Longs Peak, the highest point in Rocky Mountain National Park?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado is best known for which of the following?
Choices: Rather large, fossilized dinosaur tracks; Massive trees known as Sequoias; The best-preserved cliff dwellings in the U.S.; A very rare flower that only grows in the mountains
Answer: The best-preserved cliff dwellings in the U.S.
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Question: One the worlds largest silver nuggets was found in Colorado.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Colorado River, the major river of the American southwest, flows through which national landmark?
Choices: The Hoover Dam; The Grand Canyon; Arches National Park; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: Located at the Peterson Air Force base in Colorado, NORAD is a military organization that tracks aircraft, missiles and space vehicles. It also tracks what fictional character?
Choices: The Easter Bunny; The Tooth Fairy; None of these; Santa
Answer: Santa
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Question: What U.S. interstate runs east and west through Colorado?
Choices: I-40; I-80; I-90; I-70
Answer: I-70
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Question: Today people visit Colorado to go skiing, hiking, mountain biking and to enjoy the scenery. But 100 years ago, tourists more often went to the mountains to do what?
Choices: Soak in hot springs; Play golf; Record music; Go horseback riding
Answer: Soak in hot springs
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Question: Early Colorado ranchers raised cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, and turkeys, with the main focus on cattle.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The huge grain industry in Colorado gives rise to breweries. Which of the following owns the biggest single site brewery located in Golden, Colorado?
Choices: Anheuser-Busch; Molson Coors Brewing Company; Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company; Highfalls Brewing Company
Answer: Molson Coors Brewing Company
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Question: On May 5, 1920 two Italian-Americans, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were arrested, tried, and executed for the April 15, 1920 murders of a South Braintree paymaster and security guard and theft of the payroll. 
Choices: at did Sacco give as his alibi?; He was in Plymouth peddling fish at the time.; He was visiting friends in West Bridgewater.; He was at the Italian consulate in Boston.; He was at work and had a time-card to prove it.
Answer: He was at the Italian consulate in Boston.
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Question: What is the state motto of Colorado?
Choices: Nothing Without the Deity; The people rule; God enriches; We Dare Defend Our Rights
Answer: Nothing Without the Deity
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Question: What does the word Colorado mean?
Choices: Colored Red; Indian Sky; Rocky Mountains; Mountain High
Answer: Colored Red
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Question: What is the state fish of Colorado?
Choices: Rainbow Trout; Greenback Cutthroat Trout; Walleye; Salmon
Answer: Greenback Cutthroat Trout
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Question: What city in Colorado is known as the Richest Square Mile on Earth?
Choices: Central City, Colorado; Denver, Colorado; Leadville, Colorado; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Answer: Central City, Colorado
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Question: What was the popular slogan of the Colorado Gold Rush?
Choices: Westward Ho; Colorado Gold to Go; Go West Young Men; Pikes Peak or Bust
Answer: Pikes Peak or Bust
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Question: What year did Colorado become a state?
Choices: 1876; 1796; 1896; 1776
Answer: 1876
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Question: What city boasts the most parks in the US?
Choices: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Golden, Colorado; Denver, Colorado; Aspen, Colorado
Answer: Denver, Colorado
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Question: What legendary American frontiersman commanded a major fort in Colorado?
Choices: Daniel Boone; Kit Carson; Wild Bill Cody; Jim Bowie
Answer: Kit Carson
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Question: Glenwood Springs, Colorado was known for its hot springs and hospital. What famous outlaw and gun slinger expired from Tuberculosis there?
Choices: Billy The Kid; Jesse James; Doc Holliday; Wyatt Earp
Answer: Doc Holliday
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Question: On which continent is the famous active volcano Mount Nyiragongo located?
Choices: Asia; Australia; South America; Africa
Answer: Africa
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Question: On which of the islands of Papua New Guinea is the active volcano Ulawun located?
Choices: New Britain; New Guinea; Bougainville; New Ireland
Answer: New Britain
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Question: The Arabic name of Mount Etna, the second-largest active volcano in Europe, was Jebel Utlamat. What does this mean in English?
Choices: The Edge of the World; Mountain of Fire; Home of the Devil; Breathing Mountain
Answer: Mountain of Fire
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Question: In what country is the active volcano Sakurajima located?
Choices: India; Peru; Japan; South Africa
Answer: Japan
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Question: What is the name of the most active volcano in Mexico, located mostly in the Mexican state of Jalisco?
Choices: Nevado de Toluca; Barcena; Colima; Las Cumbres
Answer: Colima
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Question: What does the Indonesian name of the Mount Merapi volcano, Gunung Merapi, mean in English?
Choices: Gods Wrath; Cursed Mountain; Mountain of Fire; Hell Mountain
Answer: Mountain of Fire
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Question: In what country is the active volcano Koryaksky located?
Choices: Russia; Ukraine; Latvia; Poland
Answer: Russia
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Question: In what US state is the Fourpeaked Volcano, also known as Fourpeaked Mountain, situated?
Choices: Colorado; Oregon; Alaska; Montana
Answer: Alaska
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Question: What is the name of the highest volcano in Asia, and the highest point in the Middle East?
Choices: Bazman; Sabalan; Taftan; Mount Damavand
Answer: Mount Damavand
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Question: What is the name of the active volcano situated in Skamania County, Washington, USA, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon?
Choices: Mount St. Augustus; Mount St. Paul; Mount St. Georges; Mount St. Helens
Answer: Mount St. Helens
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Question: The self-governed region of the Holy Mountain is considered part of the Greek state according to a decree
Choices: 1910; 1913; 1925; 1999
Answer: 1913
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Question: What type of government does Sweden have?
Choices: Absolute monarchy; Constitutional monarchy; None of these; Presidential republic
Answer: Constitutional monarchy
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Question: Which of these European countries shares a land border with Sweden?
Choices: Switzerland; Denmark; Lithuania; Norway
Answer: Norway
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Question: What are the colors of the national flag of Sweden?
Choices: Blue and yellow; White and blue; White and red; Red and yellow
Answer: Blue and yellow
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Question: What is the official language spoken by the citizens of Sweden?
Choices: Finnish and Swedish; Swedish; German and Swedish; Danish
Answer: Swedish
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Question: What is the name of the largest city and capital of Sweden?
Choices: Helsinki; Stockholm; Oslo; Gothenburg
Answer: Stockholm
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Question: The Swedish name of Sweden is Sverige. What does this word literally mean?
Choices: Snow kingdom; Kingdom of the Swedes; Land of snow; Northern land
Answer: Kingdom of the Swedes
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Question: Which of these celebrities is not Swedish?
Choices: the members of ABBA; Lars Ulrich; Greta Garbo; Ingrid Bergman
Answer: Lars Ulrich
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Question: What type of food is the popular Swedish dish called Surstromming?
Choices: Fish; Salad; Soup; Dessert
Answer: Fish
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Question: What song is used as a de facto anthem of Sweden?
Choices: Beautiful Sweden; The Song of the King; We Bow Before Thee; Thou Ancient, Thou Free
Answer: Thou Ancient, Thou Free
Category: geography
Question: What is the prevailing religion in Sweden?
Choices: Lutheranism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism
Answer: Lutheranism
Category: geography
Question: What is the capital city of the Federative Republic of Brazil?
Choices: Sao Paulo; Bogota; Rio de Janeiro; Brasilia
Answer: Brasilia
Category: geography
Question: What is the meaning of the Portuguese word brasa from which the name of Brazil possibly originated?
Choices: Jungle; River; Heaven; Ember
Answer: Ember
Category: geography
Question: Which of these statements is wrong about the wildlife of Brazil?
Choices: It contains the most mammal species on the planet.; Brazil is the country with the largest biodiversity on the planet.; All of these; Brazil is the country with the most endemic species in the world.
Answer: Brazil is the country with the most endemic species in the world.
Category: geography
Question: What are the colors of the national flag of the Federative Republic of Brazil?
Choices: Yellow, green, black and blue; White, blue, green and yellow; Red, green and yellow; Green and black
Answer: White, blue, green and yellow
Category: geography
Question: What is the official language of the Federative Republic of Brazil?
Choices: English and Spanish; Spanish; Spanish and Portuguese; Portuguese
Answer: Portuguese
Category: geography
Question: What is the most popular sport among the people living in Brazil?
Choices: Volleyball; Rugby; Basketball; Football
Answer: Football
Category: geography
Question: What is the largest and richest city in Brazil?
Choices: Sao Paulo; Salvador; Rio de Janeiro; Brasilia
Answer: Sao Paulo
Category: geography
Question: What is the national motto of the Federative Republic of Brazil, also featured in the national flag of the country?
Choices: Faith and Honesty; Freedom Above All; Order and Progress; Unity and Strength
Answer: Order and Progress
Category: geography
Question: What type of food is the traditional Brazilian dish called Moqueca?
Choices: Dessert; Drink; Salad; Stew
Answer: Stew
Category: geography
Question: On what day of the week does the parade of the famous Rio Carnival traditionally start?
Choices: Sunday; Thursday; Wednesday; Friday
Answer: Sunday
Category: history
Question: In which US state is the active Mount Rainier volcano located?
Choices: Michigan; Ohio; Washington; New York
Answer: Washington
Category: history
Question: In 1990, this 5000 year old body was found in the Alps. Scientists discovered some tattoos on his leg which indicated that acupuncture was used as far back as the Copper-stone Age.
Choices: Big Foot; Sasquatch; Nessie; Oetzi
Answer: Oetzi
Category: history
Question: After unsuccessful  talks about oil production and debt repayment, Iraq occupied Kuwait.  In January 1991 the US launched an air attack against military targets in Iraq and Kuwait in this operation.
Choices: Matador; BOLERO; Determined Force; Desert Storm
Answer: Desert Storm
Category: history
Question: It is the process of producing identical copies of a DNA segment asexually.  In 1996 the first successful one of an animal was made. The animals name was Dolly.  Dolly later died, but Richard Seed announced that he intended try it on humans.
Choices: Organ Transplant; Cloning; Bloodless Surgery; Laser Surgery
Answer: Cloning
Category: history
Question: This kind of music became largely popular in Europe and America in the 1990s. It is a melodic, free form combination between techno and house, having hypnotic qualities. The first distinctive track of this kind was Age Of Love, released in 1990.
Choices: Electro; Trance; Techno; Dance
Answer: Trance
Category: history
Question: This womans death was arguably the most shocking one of the decade. She died in 1997 in a car crash while evading paparazzi. The woman was taken to a hospital, but the two-hour efforts of surgeons to save her life were unsuccessful.
Choices: Greta Garbo; Nancy Marchand; Madam C. J. Walker; Princess Diana
Answer: Princess Diana
Category: history
Question: This union, made up of European countries, was established by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Starting as a trade body it is now an economic and political partnership between its members.
Choices: American Labor Union; Oxford Union; The European Union; European Trade Union
Answer: The European Union
Category: history
Question: Although the first one was sent in 1971, it became widely popular in 1998. Its popularity caused explosive growth of the internet.
Choices: The Chat programs; The URL; The E-mail; The Website
Answer: The E-mail
Category: history
Question: Impeachment stands for quickly removing dangerously criminal officials from high office. The Impeachment Trial in the Senate for this US President commenced on January 7, 1999.
Choices: George Bush; Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton; Richard Nixon
Answer: Bill Clinton
Category: history
Question: On August 17, 1999 this disaster took the lives of 15 000 and injured 23 000 people in western Turkey.
Choices: Earthquake; Tsunami; Avalanche; Volcano eruption
Answer: Earthquake
Category: history
Question: These became more advanced and more popular in the 1990, with some of the most influential ones being  the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sony Playstation, and the Sega Dreamcast.
Choices: Dating sites; Virtual reality systems; Video Game consoles; Computer games
Answer: Video Game consoles
Category: history
Question: The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between these two powers.
Choices: Rome and Athens; Athens and Sparta; Carthage and Athens; Rome and Carthage
Answer: Rome and Carthage
Category: history
Question: The 1938 incorporation of Austria in Greater Germany under the Nazi Regime is known as this.
Choices: Ansatz; Abwer; Anschluss; Ahnentafel
Answer: Anschluss
Category: history
Question: Henry Kissinger held this US post from 1974 to 1977.
Choices: President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives; National Security Advisor; Secretary of State
Answer: Secretary of State
Category: history
Question: One of these cities has been Japans capital in the past.
Choices: Kyoto; Yokohama; Hiroshima; Osaka
Answer: Kyoto
Category: history
Question: Anne of Austria was the mother of Louis XIV of France (the Sun King).
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Valeria Messalina was the third wife of this Roman emperor.
Choices: Caligula; Tiberius; Nero; Claudius
Answer: Claudius
Category: history
Question: Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I led this campaign.
Choices: Childrens Crusade; Albigensian Crusade; Fourth Crusade; Third Crusade
Answer: Third Crusade
Category: history
Question: Yu the Great was the legendary first Chinese monarch of this dynasty.
Choices: Xia Dynasty; Qing (Manchu) Dynasty; Ming Dynasty; Yuan Dynasty
Answer: Xia Dynasty
Category: history
Question: This German general was nicknamed The Desert Fox due to the skillful military campaigns he waged in North Africa, during World War II.
Choices: Erwin Rommel; Hermann Goring; George Patton; Bernard Montgomery
Answer: Erwin Rommel
Category: history
Question: The term Blitzkrieg, referring to swift, sudden military offensive, is translated as Thunder War.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: How many landing beaches were there in the 1944 Normandy Invasion, known as Operation Overlord?
Choices: Four; Six; Five; Three
Answer: Five
Category: history
Question: What was the name of the first jet-powered fighter used in World War II?
Choices: P-51; Hurricane; Me-262; MIG-3
Answer: Me-262
Category: history
Question: Which member of the Nazi Party was known as Adolph Hitlers first architect of the Third Reich?
Choices: Rudolph Hess; Albert Speer; Hermann Goring; Joseph Mengele
Answer: Albert Speer
Category: history
Question: The British evacuation from which French port was codenamed Operation Dynamo, in 1940?
Choices: Brest; Cherbourg; Dunkirk; Toulon
Answer: Dunkirk
Category: history
Question: Which American politician said the following about liberty: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.â?
Choices: Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Category: history
Question: Which US President delivered the following words: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.?
Choices: William J. Clinton; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; John F. Kennedy
Answer: John F. Kennedy
Category: history
Question: Which US President said these words: A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.?
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson; Benjamen Franklin; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Category: history
Question: Which US President made the following statement: America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from the government, it comes from the creator of life.?
Choices: George W. Bush; Thomas Jefferson; John Adams; George Washington
Answer: George W. Bush
Category: history
Question: These words were spoken by Jed Babbin, a former deputy undersecretary of defence in the first Bush administration, on January 30, 2003: Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless noisy baggage behind.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Which great American leader made the following statement: Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.â?
Choices: Benjamin Franklin; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: history
Question: The M1 Carbine is the most mass produced small arm weapon in the United States. Even though it was mainly produced by the Inland Division of General Motors, its design belongs to this famous company.
Choices: Winchester; Kalashnikov; GIAT Industries; Magnum Research Inc.
Answer: Winchester
Category: history
Question: How many Medal of Honor citations have been issued during the Vietnam War?
Choices: 245; 345; 153; 120
Answer: 245
Category: history
Question: One of the worlds greatest generals. By  the age of 30 he ruled almost half of the world. This great leader died at the peak of his campaign at the age of 33.  His was taught by Aristotle.
Choices: Alexander The Great; Darius; Julius Caesar; Augustus
Answer: Alexander The Great
Category: history
Question: This Carthaginian general marched from Spain to Rome across the Alps.  14,000 of his 40,000 troops died because of the harsh climate.  Later, he won the Battle of Cannae.
Choices: Augustus; Gaius Marius; Lesius Quietus; Hannibal
Answer: Hannibal
Category: history
Question: His saying, Veni Vidi Vici (I came I saw I conquered) is known all over the world.  His war feats clothed him with glory giving him political power.
Choices: Marcus Antonius; Julius Caesar; Augustus; Darius
Answer: Julius Caesar
Category: history
Question: This American general  led the invasion of Normandy.  He was also an American president from 1953 to 1961.
Choices: Dwight Eisenhower; George S. Patton; MacArthur; William H. Simpson
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
Category: history
Question: He was one of the best military officers of Russia during the World War II and involved in the taking of Berlin.
Choices: Lavr Kornilov; Georgi Zhukov; Alexander Samsonov; Nicholas Nikolaevich
Answer: Georgi Zhukov
Category: history
Question: The siege of Leningrad lasted just 1 month.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Along with the French general, this British general also led the campaign in Northern Africa during the World War II.  He was accused of not fighting bravely enough, after his lack of success in Operation Lightfoot.
Choices: Dwight Eisenhower; Bernard Montgomery; Georg Stumme; John White
Answer: Bernard Montgomery
Category: history
Question: This island was Englands first overseas colony.
Choices: Rhodes; Newfoundland; Iceland; Greenland
Answer: Newfoundland
Category: history
Question: In 1962 Jamaica gained full independence from the United Kingdom, but before even becoming a British colony, Jamaica was possession of this country.
Choices: Spain; Portugal; Russia; Italy
Answer: Spain
Category: history
Question: Barbados has never been a British colony.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Australia was officially settled in 1788 as the penal colony of New South Wales. Over the course of the 19th century this many new self-governing Crown Colonies were established on the continent.
Choices: 4; 5; 3; 12
Answer: 5
Category: history
Question: One of  the results of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, between England and the United Netherlands, was that the city of New Amsterdam was renamed to this.
Choices: New York; New Jersey; New Mexico; New Orleans
Answer: New York
Category: history
Question: Sri Lanka was not considered part of the British Raj.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Slavery was outlawed in all British colonies in this year.
Choices: 1812; 1912; 1834; 1738
Answer: 1834
Category: history
Question: On July 1, 1997, the former British colony of Hong Kong reunified with the Peoples Republic of China. This man was the last governor of Hong Kong.
Choices: Henry Tang; Chris Patten; Tung Chee Hwa; Donald Tsang
Answer: Chris Patten
Category: history
Question: Britain was not interested in African territories and thus has never controlled any.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What was the nickname of Tom Cruises character in Top Gun?
Choices: Goose; Iceman; Maverick; Viper
Answer: Maverick
Category: history
Question: What NBA team won their 16th NBA Championship title on June 8,1986?
Choices: Boston Celtics; Houston Rockets; L.A. Lakers; Chicago Bulls
Answer: Boston Celtics
Category: history
Question: Which of these songs was not on Bon Jovis chart-topping 1986 album Slippery When Wet?
Choices: Ill Be There for You; Never Say Goodbye; Livin on a Prayer; Wanted Dead Or Alive
Answer: Ill Be There for You
Category: history
Question: When this significant event took place on January 28, 1986, students worldwide saw it on live television.
Choices: A nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes; Space Shuttle Challenger explodes; The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised; Pope John Paul II officially visits the Synagogue of Rome
Answer: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
Category: history
Question: The New York Mets were World Champions in baseball in the 1986 world series.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Which one of these actors was not in the Academy Award winning Oliver Stone film Platoon?
Choices: Tom Berenger; Charlie Sheen; Johnny Depp; Tom Cruise
Answer: Tom Cruise
Category: history
Question: On what album released in 1986 would I find the following lyrics:
Choices: en I was 17 I did what people told me, ; d what my father said and let my mother mold me; True Stories - Talking Heads; Control - Janet Jackson; Raising Hell - Run DMC; True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
Answer: Control - Janet Jackson
Category: history
Question: What southern sitcom, which debuted in 1986, are the following characters from: Julia, Suzanne, Mary Jo, Charlene, Anthony and Bernice?
Choices: Designing Women; Mamas Family; Its A Living; The Golden Girls
Answer: Designing Women
Category: history
Question: This was an attempt to establish the use of the metric system in the United States. However it was not accepted and the US never converted.
Choices: The 1975 Metric Conversion Act; IEEE Conversion RFC; The Common management interface protocol; ANSI Metric Conversions
Answer: The 1975 Metric Conversion Act
Category: history
Question: This suspension bridge collapsed due to resonance - a twisting pattern never seen before, took the bridge down.
Choices: The John Hancock Bridge; Willamette River Pedestrian Bridge; The Tacoma Narrows Bridge; The Golden Gate Bridge
Answer: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Category: history
Question: In early 1985 the manufacturer of this drink changed the recipe of the product, but after months of complaints, it was forced by the consumers to restore the original formula.
Choices: Coca Cola; Pepsi; Yoo-hoo; Dr. Pepper
Answer: Coca Cola
Category: history
Question: At the time, this was the most complex ship, employing safety measures unseen before.  She was double-bottomed and separated into 16 watertight compartments. Nevertheless, she sank on her maiden voyage.
Choices: Titanic; Britanic; Andrea Doria; The Empress of Ireland
Answer: Titanic
Category: history
Question: This rap artist, born Stanley Kirk Burrell was known for his lavish tours and catchy hooks.  However, his attempted restyling as a gangsta-rapper was a failure
Choices: MC Hammer; Marky Mark; Busta Rhymes; Vanilla Ice
Answer: MC Hammer
Category: history
Question: This aircraft was proposed by Boeing in the 80s, but never entered production due to excessive noise from its unducted fan engines and high production costs.
Choices: Spruce Goose flying boat; Boeing 7J7; Boeing Business Jet; Boeing 737
Answer: Boeing 7J7
Category: history
Question: This tank was built during World War II, but had weight and speed issues.  It never saw battle.
Choices: Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus; Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär; M3A5 Grant; Heavy Tank Charron 2C
Answer: Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus
Category: history
Question: This 15,000 ton, German-built ship maintained a route from Tallinn to Stockholm.  In 1994, it sunk to the bottom of the Baltic Sea due to a badly designed bow door.
Choices: Estonia Ferry; Blak Bark of Ostend; Barge of Calais; Castor to Circe
Answer: Estonia Ferry
Category: history
Question: Three of these political events occurred in the 80s. Which one happened earlier?
Choices: The Collapse of the Soviet Union; The USA invades Panama; The Winter of Discontent in the UK; The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
Answer: The Winter of Discontent in the UK
Category: history
Question: All of these famous political leaders lost their power in the 80s, except one. Can you spot him?
Choices: Augusto Pinochet; Ceausescu; Francois Mitterrand; Gustav Husak
Answer: Francois Mitterrand