kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: humanities
Question: What is the meaning of sapiens?
Choices: a mammal; wise, reasonable; walking on two legs; human
Answer: wise, reasonable
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Question: How can Nemo sine vitio est be translated into English?
Choices: No one is without fault; To sin is human; No-one is a judge in his own case; Fish dont have voice
Answer: No one is without fault
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Question: What is the missing part of the proverb Hatred is as blind as ...?
Choices: A mole; None of these; Love; Darkness
Answer: Love
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Question: Finish the proverb: Blood is thicker than ...
Choices: Sweat; Tears; Wine; Water
Answer: Water
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Question: What is the missing word in the popular proverb A stitch in time saves ...?
Choices: Nine; Everybody; A dime; Thousands
Answer: Nine
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Question: Complete the popular proverb: Tall oaks grow from ...
Choices: Small saplings; Nutritious soil; Strong earth; Little acorns
Answer: Little acorns
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Question: What is the missing part of the proverb, The ... wounds more than a lance?
Choices: Evil eye; Tongue; Hand; Word
Answer: Tongue
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Question: What is the end of the proverb Two wrongs dont make ...?
Choices: It easier; The world a better place; A right; A fight
Answer: A right
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Question: What is the missing part of the saying Make a silk purse out of a ...?
Choices: Cows ear; Silk dress; Sows ear; Woolen sock
Answer: Sows ear
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Question: What is the missing word of the proverb: A loaded ... makes no noise?
Choices: Train; Wagon; Gun; Horse
Answer: Wagon
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Question: What is the missing word from the popular saying A burnt child dreads the ...?
Choices: Stove; Fire; Air conditioner; Match
Answer: Fire
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Question: Complete the following proverb: Learn to walk before you ...
Choices: Run; Crawl; Speak; Leap
Answer: Run
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Question: Which word refers to the ancient Greek songs, performed by a chorus in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus?
Choices: thriambos; dithyramb; thyrsus; tirsu
Answer: dithyramb
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Question: Within the Olympian tradition, Dionysos was said to be the son of Zeus and which mortal woman?
Choices: Semele; Medea; Metis; Leda
Answer: Semele
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Question: In both Greek and Roman mythology Dionysus is known by what other name?
Choices: Bacchus; Ares; Cadmus; None of these
Answer: Bacchus
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Question: Which word refers to the ecstatic female worshippers of god Dionysos?
Choices: maenads; satyrs; herms; sileni
Answer: maenads
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Question: Dendrites is one of the epithets used for god Dionysus.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: God Dionysus is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which word refers to the eating of raw flesh, a common practice in Dionysian worship?
Choices: ekstasis; sparagmos; enthousiasmos; omophagia
Answer: omophagia
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Question: These mythological half-man and half-goat creatures, which roamed the woods and mountains, were companions of Dionysus.
Choices: satyrs; centaurs; bacchaents; silenis
Answer: satyrs
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Question: Worshippers of god Dionysus often wore what type of attire over their shoulders?
Choices: goat-skin; lions head; fawn skin; sheep-skin
Answer: fawn skin
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Question: Anthesteria, a festival in honour of Dionysus, celebrated the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, and the beginning of spring.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which one of these goddesses is NOT similar to Aphrodite in some way?
Choices: Saraswati; Turan; Inanna; Ishtar
Answer: Saraswati
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Question: Was the lime tree goddess Aphrodites sacred tree?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which one of these animals was NOT sacred for Aphrodite?
Choices: Dolphin; Swan; Sparrow; Peacock
Answer: Peacock
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Question: Which one of these names is not one of goddess Aphrodites surnames?
Choices: Dionaea; Anandymene; Acraea; Telaia
Answer: Telaia
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Question: According to Greek mythology, who was Adonia?
Choices: Adonis and Aphrodites daughter; Aphrodites servant; The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite; Adonis and Aphrodites son
Answer: The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite
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Question: Born in Barrow, Suffolk she studied to become one of the most important portrait painters in the 17th century.
Choices: Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella; Mary Beale; Lucrina Fetti; Artemesia Gentileschi
Answer: Mary Beale
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Question: In her twenties, this Dutch painter became the only female member of the Haarlem painters guild and quickly adopted students of her own.
Choices: Anne Killigrew; Judith Leyster; Giovanna Garzoni; Maria Sibylla Merian
Answer: Judith Leyster
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Question: She is the only Flemish woman to have specialized in still-life painting as early as the beginning of the 17th century.
Choices: Teresa Del Po; Maria Sibylla Merian; Louise Moillon; Clara Peeters
Answer: Clara Peeters
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Question: She was arguably the most educated and most famous woman of the 17th century. She spoke Latin, modern European languages, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopian.  She also excelled in art, music and literature.
Choices: Luisa Ignacia Roldan; Rachel Ruysch; Anna Maria van Schurman; Teresa Del Po
Answer: Anna Maria van Schurman
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Question: This Swiss Neoclassicist painter was chosen to paint the portrait of Monsignor Nevroni, bishop of Como, before she turned 12.  Later, she became a distinguished portrait painter.
Choices: Elizabeth Blackwell; Angelica Kauffmann; Ann Bateman; Hester Bateman
Answer: Angelica Kauffmann
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Question: Born in London, she became the most important woman in the silver trade.  She and her husband made their reputation with silver in the popular French rococo style.
Choices: Louisa Courtauld; Amelia Farnborough; Mary Ann Croswell; Marie Nicole Dumont
Answer: Louisa Courtauld
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Question: This woman is referred to as the the most outstanding woman goldsmith of her generation . But this was not by chance - she was the daughter of the famous English silversmith Simon Pantin.
Choices: Angelica Kauffman; Elizabeth Godfrey; Rebecca Emes; Anne Seymour Damer
Answer: Elizabeth Godfrey
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Question: She was the predecessor of Madame Tussaud. She modelled wax figures of famous people.
Choices: Luisa Roldan; Frances Scott; Patience Wright; Caroline Watson
Answer: Patience Wright
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Question: Although she was very young in 1876,  she had great success painting the portrait of Sarah Bernhardt.
Choices: Charlotte Bonaparte; Maria Bashkirtseff; Louise Abbema; Anna Bilinska
Answer: Louise Abbema
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Question: The themes of this artist are feminist and political, depicting literary-historical figure groups and decorative female heads.
Choices: Marie Spartali Stillman; Suzanne Valadon; Annie Swynnerton; Lilly Martin Spencer
Answer: Marie Spartali Stillman
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Question: In Greek mythology the Cyclopes were the so called Olympians masons. They built the marvellous palace of the gods at the top of the highest mountain in Greece - Mount Olympus.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Why did Phaethon take Apollos chariot and ride off across the sky?
Choices: He wanted to take the place of his father Helios.; His mother Clymene drove him to take his fathers chariot.; He wanted to impress the Greek goddess Aphrodite because he was in love with her.; He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus.
Answer: He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus.
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Question: What was the name of the mythological statue in which Pygmalion fell in love and eventually the statue became a woman?
Choices: Lachesis; Galatea; Echo; Leda
Answer: Galatea
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Question: What was the name of the Lithuanian god of the sky, earth, sea and all living creatures who decided to punish mankind and sent to the Earth the Spirit of water and the Spirit of wind?
Choices: Praamzius; Jurate; Patrimpas; Perkunas
Answer: Praamzius
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Question: What was the name of the Lithuanian god that can be compared to the Creek god of underworld, Hades?
Choices: Saule; Pikulas; Menulis; Zemepatis
Answer: Pikulas
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Question: According to Greek myths, this was the first robot which was made by Hephaestus to protect Crete.
Choices: Rhadamanthys; Talos; Sarpedon; Minos
Answer: Talos
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Question: In Finnish myths the Sampo was a magic artifact made by the blacksmith IImarinen for the sorceress Louhi of Pohjola. What kind of object was this artifact?
Choices: a medallion; a mill; a sword; a ring
Answer: a mill
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Question: According to Scandinavian mythology, the chaos will defeat the guardians of good and this catastrophe will bring the world to an end. What is the name of this final battle between evil and good, in which the gods will be outnumbered?
Choices: Heimdall; Ragnarok; Einherjar; Asgard
Answer: Ragnarok
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Question: This is the goddess of eternal youth, the guardian of the golden apples of youth in the Scandinavian mythology.
Choices: Volla; Idun; Freya; Bragi
Answer: Idun
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Question: According to a Polish legend, which city in Poland was named after a hero who defeated a fearful dragon?
Choices: Warsaw; Pornan; Torun; Cracow
Answer: Cracow
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Question: What state in the U.S. is commonly believed to have Spanish as an official language?
Choices: New Mexico; Oregon; Nevada; Hawaii
Answer: New Mexico
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Question: In what country in Africa is Spanish the official language?
Choices: Libya; Angola; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
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Question: What language is regarded as the biggest contributor to the Spanish language after English and Latin?
Choices: Persian; Turkish; Arabic; Hungarian
Answer: Arabic
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Question: Besides Espanol, Spanish language is also called Castellano.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This language, spoken by the Sephardic Jews, is a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.
Choices: Galician; Ladino; Basque; Catalan
Answer: Ladino
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Question: Spanish is one of the six official languages of the U.N.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the name of the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language?
Choices: Department of Spanish; Royal Spanish Academy; Castillian association; Ministry of Spanish
Answer: Royal Spanish Academy
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Question: What did the Royal Spanish Academy rule in 1994?
Choices: English words would not be accepted into the Spanish language.; The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.; Spanish should be the official language of Spain.; The term Castilian would not be used.
Answer: The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.
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Question: The official languages of Haiti are Spanish and French.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In how many countries is Spanish the official language?
Choices: 21; 15; 32; 12
Answer: 21
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Question: In the movie Rent which 4 of the 8 main characters have AIDS?
Choices: Roger, Maureen, Mark, Collins; Angel, Roger, Bennie, Maureen; Joanne, Mark, Bennie, Maureen; Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel
Answer: Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel
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Question: What drug is Rent character Mimi addicted to?
Choices: Marijuana; Meth; Heroin; Cocaine
Answer: Heroin
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Question: What is the name of this song, featured in the movie Rent: Compassion, to fashion, to passion when its new.  To Sontag.  To Sondheim. To anything taboo. Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage. Lenny Bruce. Langston Hughes. To the stage. To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too. Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em...?
Choices: Over The Rainbow; Auntie Em; La Vie Boheme; Famous People
Answer: La Vie Boheme
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Question: What is the name of the song that Maureen and Joanne sing to each other at their commitment ceremony in the film Rent?
Choices: Like It or Not; Take Me or Leave Me; Walk Away; Lesbian Love
Answer: Take Me or Leave Me
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Question: In the movie Rent, what is Marks relation to Maureen?
Choices: They used to date.; They are cousins.; They are siblings.; They used to be married.
Answer: They used to date.
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Question: What actor gained 55 pounds and learned how to box to bring the real-life story of boxer Jake La Motta to the screen?
Choices: Robert De Niro; James Dean; Paul Newman; Marlon Brando
Answer: Robert De Niro
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Question: In order to play insomniac Trevor Reznik in The Machinist, this actor lost 60 pounds in just a few months. Later he went from 130 pounds to 230 pounds in six months to play Bruce Wayne.
Choices: Christian Bale; Jake Gyllenhaal; Toby Mcquire; Matt Damon
Answer: Christian Bale
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Question: This actress gave you goose pimples when her character, Annie Wilkes, told writer Paul Sheldon, Im your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. Im your number one fan.
Choices: Glen Close; Sharon Stone; Kathy Bates; Charlize Theron
Answer: Kathy Bates
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Question: Paul Newman has starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. In what movie did Newmans character praise Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool.?
Choices: The Hustler; Slap Shot; The Color of Money; Hud
Answer: The Hustler
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Question: What is grammaticalization?
Choices: The conversion of a pidgin language into a creole language; The gradual addition of grammar rules to a language; The process of learning the grammar of a language; The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word
Answer: The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word
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Question: Approximately how many spoken languages are there in the world today?
Choices: 150; 6000; 10000; 300
Answer: 6000
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Question: What does the linguistics term creole mean?
Choices: A dialect of French; A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.; A person who speaks a pidgin; A person descended from slaves who lives in Louisiana
Answer: A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.
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Question: What is Ebonics (also known as African American Vernacular and Black English)?
Choices: A dialect of English; Neither a language nor a dialect; A separate language in its own right; An artificial construct to satisfy some politicians ambitions
Answer: A dialect of English
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Question: Of all the languages in the world today, how many are written languages?
Choices: 1000; 3000; 500; 200
Answer: 200
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Question: Which statement about English is true?
Choices: It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.; It is descended primarily from the ancient Viking language.; It is In the same language family as Hungarian.; It is in the same language family as Chinese.
Answer: It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.
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Question: Which one of the following languages is not in the same language family as the others?
Choices: Russian; English; Farsi (the language spoken in Iran); Finnish
Answer: Finnish
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Question: Which of the following languages is a highly inflected language?
Choices: Mandarin; Japanese; English; Russian
Answer: Russian
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Question: Sentence structure can be described in the following way: S=Subject. O=Object. V=Verb. There are 6 possible sentence structures: SVO (as English is), SOV (as German is), OSV, OVS, VSO, and VOS. Of these 6 possible sentence structures, which one has never been found to exist?
Choices: OVS; None of these. All 6 have been found.; OSV; VOS
Answer: None of these. All 6 have been found.
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Question: The word gargantuan is an eponym derived from a character, depicted by this 16th century French author.
Choices: Alexander Dumas, pÃ¨re; HonorÃ© de Balzac; Victor Hugo; FranÃ§ois Rabelais
Answer: FranÃ§ois Rabelais
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Question: The term Quizling, which means a traitor, is derived from the name of Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany while serving as Minister-President of this country.
Choices: Poland; Norway; Finland; Austria
Answer: Norway
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Question: The name of the famous womanizer Giacomo Casanova has become synonymous with the art of seduction. Who wrote the book Histoire de ma vie which covers part of Casanovas life?
Choices: Alexandre Dumas; Gustave Flaubert; Tirso de Molina; Giacomo Casanova
Answer: Giacomo Casanova
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Question: Which of these musical instruments was named after a person?
Choices: saxophone; All of these; piano; clarinet
Answer: saxophone
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Question: What Ancient Greek lyric poet was born on the island of Lesbos from which the term lesbian is derived?
Choices: Herodas; Sappho; Euripides; Homer
Answer: Sappho
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Question: The word shylock, which refers to a ruthless moneylender, is derived from the name of a character appearing in what Shakespearean play?
Choices: The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Measure for Measure; King Lear; The Merchant of Venice
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
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Question: The phrase Herculean task, meaning a difficult task that requires great effort, originates from the stories of the Twelve Labors of the divine hero Hercules. Which of these is not one of the labors Hercules had to perform?
Choices: Clean the Augean stables in a single day; Take fire from Mount Olympus; Capture Cerberus; Slay the 9-headed Hydra
Answer: Take fire from Mount Olympus
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Question: The modern sandwich is possibly named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who allegedly ordered his servant to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, as he was unwilling to leave this activity.
Choices: playing chess; gambling; shooting birds; reading
Answer: gambling
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Question: What is the origin of the word maverick, which refers for a person of independent views?
Choices: It is derived from the name of a guitar, called Fender Maverick.; It is derived from the name of The Mavericks, a country music band.; It is derived from the name of Samuel Maverick, a Texan who lived in the 19th century.; It is derived from the western TV series Maverick.
Answer: It is derived from the name of Samuel Maverick, a Texan who lived in the 19th century.
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Question: Which of these weapons, named after people, is colloquially known as The Gun That Won the West?
Choices: Shrapnel shell; Kalashnikov; Gatling gun; Winchester rifle
Answer: Winchester rifle
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Question: Yogic postures are know as this.
Choices: Mantra; Tantra; Asanas; Mudra
Answer: Asanas
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Question: Yoga originates from this country.
Choices: India; Russia; Egypt; China
Answer: India
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Question: The breathing exercises, pranayama help with this.
Choices: Calming you down; Refreshing you; Revitalizing your body; All of the above
Answer: All of the above
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Question: Yoga literally means this.
Choices: Lifting; Union; Exercise; Creation
Answer: Union
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Question: Each Yoga path is suited to a different temperament or approach to life.  How many different main paths are there in Yoga?
Choices: 1; 3; 4; 2
Answer: 4
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Question: Bhakti Yoga is the path of this.
Choices: Action; Physical Control; Devotion or Divine Love; Wisdom
Answer: Devotion or Divine Love
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Question: That which enters the body is called Prana and that which leaves it is called Apana.  What does Prana mean?
Choices: Light; Life force; Air; Body
Answer: Life force
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Question: Which of these is a principle of Yoga
Choices: All of the above; Positive Thinking and  Meditation; Proper Diet, Proper Relaxation; Proper Exercise
Answer: All of the above
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Question: Although in western culture she is known for the Dance of the Seven Veils, the Bible only says she danced for Herod. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that he promised her anything she wanted. What famous dancer asked for the head of John the Baptist?
Choices: Salome; Judith; Jezebel; Bathsheba
Answer: Salome
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Question: Considered by many to be one of the greatest American dancers, this Kirov Ballet dancer defected while touring in Canada in 1974. He became the Principle Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. Which dancer played Carrie Bradshaws Russian boyfriend in Sex in the City?
Choices: Nijinsky; Alexander Gudunov; Rudolf Nureyev; Mikhail Baryshnikov
Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Question: Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band is the beginning line in this Elton John song. Who is the Ballerina, you must have seen dancing in the sand?
Choices: Tiny Dancer; Suszanne; Billie Jean; Dancing Queen
Answer: Tiny Dancer
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Question: This American woman is often called the Mother of Modern Dance. She was a hit in Europe but many Americans disapproved of her life style and politics. Whose last words were reported to be Goodbye my friends, I am off to glory.
Choices: Ruth Page; Twyla Tharp; Ruth St. Denis; Isadora Duncan
Answer: Isadora Duncan
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Question: What is the name of the dancer described in the following lyrics?
Choices:  would dance for you ;  jumped so high, jumped so high; en he lightly touched down.; Mr. Bojangles; Mr. Greenjeans; Mr Wiggle; Mr Butterbeans
Answer: Mr. Bojangles
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Question: She was the prima ballerina for the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1960. She was married to George Balanchine, one of the greatest ballet choreographers of the 20th century, who wrote some of his most famous works for her. What famous ballerina danced Balanchines The Firebird and originated the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Balanchines The Nutcracker?
Choices: Heather Watts; Marie Tallchief; Agnes de Millie; Suzzane Farrell
Answer: Marie Tallchief
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Question: She came out strutting wearing only a button and a bow. But it was the grand finale that got the audience every time. She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground, she winked at the audience and then she turned around. Who had a tattoo of a cowboy pictured on her spine that said Phoenix,  Arizona 1949?
Choices: Gypsy Rose Lee; Sally Rand; Little Miss Firecracker; Little Egypt
Answer: Little Egypt
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Question: What is the name of the dwelling place of the Norse gods?
Choices: Olympia; Atlantis; Asgard; Valhalla
Answer: Asgard
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Question: In Norse mythology, what kind of animals are Odins two companions that kept him informed of various events?
Choices: eagles; wolves; ravens; bears
Answer: ravens
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Question: What is Bifrost in North mythology?
Choices: the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard; the serpent that kills Thor at Ragnarok; Odins great hall for fallen warriors; the wolf that kills Odin at Ragnarok
Answer: the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard
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Question: The word Friday is derived from Frigg, the Norse goddess who was wife of Odin.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The main difference between Norse gods and gods of other cultures is that Norse gods are not immortal.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What does the Latin word spiro mean?
Choices: Ghost, soul; Set on fire; Alcohol; Breathe
Answer: Breathe
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Question: What is the translation of the Latin saying Finis vitae sed non amoris?
Choices: The end of life is not the end of love.; There is no life without love.; There is life even after there is no more love.; There is no love at the end of life.
Answer: The end of life is not the end of love.
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Question: What does the Latin word bellum mean?
Choices: Chime; Stomach; War; Beauty
Answer: War
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Question: What is the meaning of the proverb Aquila non captat muscas?
Choices: The wolf doesnt capture mouses.; The eagle doesnt capture flies.; The eagle gathers no moss.; Mouses are hard to catch even for a strong man.
Answer: The eagle doesnt capture flies.
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Question: What does the word lupus mean?
Choices: Monster; Eagle; Bear; Wolf
Answer: Wolf
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Question: What does the Latin word felicitas mean?
Choices: Happiness; Oral; Emotion; Cat
Answer: Happiness
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Question: What is the translation of the saying Cui peccare licet peccat minus?
Choices: If you dont watch out you wont go far.; One who is allowed to sin, sins less.; When one tries to harm others, he harms himself.; The less one knows, the better off they are.
Answer: One who is allowed to sin, sins less.
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Question: What does the Latin word copia mean?
Choices: Abundance; Copper; Spear; Replicate
Answer: Abundance
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Question: What does the Latin word nemo mean?
Choices: Nobody; Him; Man; Name
Answer: Nobody
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Question: What does the Latin phrase Dum spiro spero mean?
Choices: This is the spirit of hope.; Hope comes when you take a breath.; While I breathe, I hope.; I hope my soul will live on.
Answer: While I breathe, I hope.
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Question: According to the legends, how many dogs did Artemis take with her while hunting?
Choices: 9; 2; 8; 7
Answer: 7
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Question: The palm tree was sacred for Artemis because it is connected with her and her twin brother Apollos birth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: According to legends why did Artemis transform the hunter Actaeon into a stag?
Choices: Because he stole her bow.; Because he killed Artemis stag.; Because he refused to build her a temple.; Because he spied her when she bathed and saw her naked.
Answer: Because he spied her when she bathed and saw her naked.
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Question: The Temple of Artemis is one of Worlds Seven Wonders. Where is it located?
Choices: Ephesus; Turkey; Sparta; Athens
Answer: Ephesus
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Question: What is the meaning of goddess Artemis title Elaphebolus?
Choices: The virgin; Deer shooting; Queen of the beasts; The hunter
Answer: Deer shooting
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Question: Was Aeginaea the name given to Artemis by her worshippers in Sparta?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which one of these names was given to Artemis by her worshipers in Athens?
Choices: Apanchomene; Agrotera; Aetole; Aeginaea
Answer: Agrotera
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Question: What did the archaic term strumpet refer to?
Choices: A prostitute; An alcoholic beverage; A breed of dog now extinct; A musical instrument
Answer: A prostitute
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Question: What does the word sylvan mean as an adjective?
Choices: Civil in manner and speech; Sleek or glossy in appearance; That which has a silver color; Of or pertaining to the woods
Answer: Of or pertaining to the woods
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Question: What does the term wench refer to?
Choices: A medieval tool used for drilling holes in wood; A wrench used in medieval times; A slab or piece of wood used in constructing a house; A young peasant girl
Answer: A young peasant girl
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Question: What did the archaic term prithee mean?
Choices: An interjection used to express a polite request; A phallic symbol; A toilet; To predict something
Answer: An interjection used to express a polite request
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Question: Which of these words is an adverb meaning away?
Choices: avaunt; hark; fie; avast
Answer: avaunt
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Question: What did the name Albion refer to?
Choices: the planet Venus; Great Britain; Greenland; purgatory
Answer: Great Britain
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Question: What did the term phlogiston originally refer to?
Choices: A herb used to alleviate fevers by the ancient Greeks; An instrument of torture and interrogation used by the ancient Greeks; A type of wheel used on Roman chariots; None of these
Answer: None of these
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Question: What did the archaic adjective anile mean?
Choices: Of or like a fox; None of these; Originating or from the Nile river; Of or like a senile old woman
Answer: Of or like a senile old woman
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Question: What is the meaning of the archaic word betwixt?
Choices: Rejected; Between; Dumbfounded or bewildered; Bewitched
Answer: Between
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Question: The archaic term puissant meant weak or wimpy.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the missing word in the popular saying: All is fair in love and ...?
Choices: Politics; Care; Hatred; War
Answer: War
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Question: Finish the popular proverb: A good example is the best ....
Choices: Advice; Teacher; Sermon; Favor
Answer: Sermon
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Question: What is the missing word in the popular proverb Dogs of the same street ... alike?
Choices: Smell; Bark; Bite; Eat
Answer: Bark
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Question: What is the missing first word in the popular saying ... is the father of wisdom?
Choices: Experience; Pain; Time; Patience
Answer: Experience
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Question: What is the missing part from the popular saying, ... are not made by sitting in the shade?
Choices: Big castles; Great things; Gardens; Biggest victories
Answer: Gardens
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Question: Finish the popular proverb: Necessity is the mother of ....
Choices: Hunger; Hard work; Robbery; Invention
Answer: Invention
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Question: What is the meaning of the popular saying, One good turn deserves another?
Choices: If youve started something good its very hard to stop.; If youve been lucky, try your luck once again.; If you enjoy something, dont stop doing it.; Always return a favor.
Answer: Always return a favor.
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Question: How does the popular saying end: Pride comes before ...?
Choices: You can feel it; Troubles; Wisdom; A fall
Answer: A fall
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Question: What is the meaning of the popular proverb, Stolen fruit is the sweetest?
Choices: The best things in life are free.; Anything is good as long as its free.; One craves things that are forbidden.; One appreciates things they havent paid for.
Answer: One craves things that are forbidden.
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Question: What is the missing part from the popular saying, ... often gives a small thing a big shadow?
Choices: Artificial light; Retelling a story; Worry; The sun
Answer: Worry
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Question: What popular proverb does this refer to: A disposition towards inquiry deprived the feline of its vital state?
Choices: Dead men tell no tales; All cats are grey in the dark; Curiosity killed the cat; A cat has nine lives
Answer: Curiosity killed the cat
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Question: What popular saying could this be: There is illumination at the termination of the subterranean excavation?
Choices: Failure teaches success; It is always darkest before the dawn; Theres a light at the end of the tunnel; He who plays with fire gets burnt
Answer: Theres a light at the end of the tunnel
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Question: What popular proverb is hidden behind these words: The stylus is more potent than the claymore?
Choices: The pen is mightier than the sword.; Many hands make light work.; Men make houses, women make homes.; Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.
Answer: The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Question: What proverb could this refer to: Elementary sartorial techniques initially applied obviate the need for repetitive similar actions to the square of three?
Choices: A stitch in time saves nine; Look before you leap; Least said soonest mended; Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Answer: A stitch in time saves nine
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Question: Which of these popular proverbs means the opposite of Silence is golden?
Choices: The squeaky wheel gets the grease; Loose lips sink ships; Walls have ears; Saying is one thing, doing is another
Answer: The squeaky wheel gets the grease
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Question: Which of these proverbs the reverse of  Wise men think alike?
Choices: Fools seldom differ; An idle brain is the devils workshop; Birds of a feather flock together; There is a black sheep in every flock
Answer: Fools seldom differ
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Question: What saying is the opposite of Good things come in small packages?
Choices: The bigger the better; An empty purse frightens away friends; Half a loaf is better than none; All that glitters is not gold
Answer: The bigger the better
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Question: What is the missing word in the popular proverb, If you chase two ____  you will not catch either one?
Choices: Deers; Rabbits; Tigers; Colds
Answer: Rabbits
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Question: How does the popular proverb end: When the cats away, the mice ___ ?
Choices: Disobey; Play; Run astray; Get drunk
Answer: Play
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Question: What is the missing from the popular saying, One mans trash is another mans ...?
Choices: Joy; Gulash; Monster Bash; Treasure
Answer: Treasure
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Question: Which were the two authors of the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee; Jerome Robbins and Robert E. Lee; Jerome Lawrence and Oliver Grant; Jerome Robbins and Oliver Grant
Answer: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
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Question: Who wrote the screenplay for the 1960 Hollywood film Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Nedrick Young and Billy Rose; Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith; Jerome Robbins and Harry Selrig; Harold Baines and John R. Diefenbach
Answer: Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith
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Question: Where does the title of the play Inherit the Wind come from?
Choices: The Bible, the Book of Psalms; The Bible, the Book of Proverbs; The Bible, the Book of Job; Shakespeares The Tempest
Answer: The Bible, the Book of Proverbs
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Question: The story in the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized version of what famous event in US history?
Choices: The 1945 Billy Mitchell trial; The 1915 Sacco and Vanzetti trial; The 1935 Roe vs Wade trial; The 1925 Scopes trial
Answer: The 1925 Scopes trial
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Question: Who played Henry Drummond in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Harry Morgan; E.G. Marshall; Spencer Tracy; Gene Kelly
Answer: Spencer Tracy
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Question: In the real-life events on which the 1960 Broadway play Inherit the Wind was based, the defense lawyer was able to take the case pro bono because he made his money defending another client. Who was this rich client?
Choices: Billy Mitchell; Al Capone; Roscoe Fatty  Arbuckle; Charlie Chaplain
Answer: Al Capone
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Question: Who plays Mathew Harrison Brady in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Frederick March; Gene Kelly; Harry Morgan; Dick York
Answer: Frederick March
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Question: Who plays E.K. Hornbeck in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Noah Beery, Jr.; Gene Kelly; Frederick March; Harry Morgan
Answer: Gene Kelly
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Question: Which actor portrays the defendant Benjamin T. Cates in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Noah Beery, Jr.; Dick York; Gene Kelly; Harry Morgan
Answer: Dick York
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Question: Who produced and directed the movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Cosmo Kramer; Stanley Kramer; Billy Budd; Billy Rose
Answer: Stanley Kramer
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Question: Who did the color cinematography for the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Warren Hoffman; Jimmy Boyd Smith; John Tomlinson; No one
Answer: No one
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Question: The real-life defendant, whose story was featured in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind, spent his whole life in Dayton, Tennessee.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Tony Randall appeared in the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who starred as the defense lawyer in the premiere of the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind?
Choices: John Gleason; Paul Muni; Frderick March; Henry Fonda
Answer: Paul Muni
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Question: In the premiere of the 1955 Broadway play Inherit the Wind, who played the role of the prosecutor?
Choices: Henry Fonda; Ed Begley; Jack Warden; John Cameron Swayze
Answer: Ed Begley
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Question: The play Inherit the Wind was written almost five years before its opening. Why did it take so long to get the play produced?
Choices: The Great Depression hurt Broadway producers.; The public did not want a play about abortions.; The public did not want a play about Sacco and Vanzetti.; Fear of the McCarthy HUAC hearings
Answer: Fear of the McCarthy HUAC hearings
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Question: Which actor won a 1988 Emmy for his portrayal of the defense lawyer in one of the TV versions of the 1955 play Inherit the Wind?
Choices: Kirk Douglas; Jason Robards, Jr.; George C. Scott; Jack Lemmon
Answer: Jason Robards, Jr.
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Question: The word goblin is probably derived from a Latin word which means what?
Choices: Ugly; Devil; Evil; Rogue
Answer: Rogue
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Question: Goblins are considered to be a type of fairy folk.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: It is believed that the goblin legend began in what European country?
Choices: Ireland; Germany; France; England
Answer: France
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Question: Which of these statements about goblins is NOT true according to legend?
Choices: Goblins love to play pranks.; Goblins are almost an entirely male race.; Goblins steal women and children.; Goblins love horse meat.
Answer: Goblins love horse meat.
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Question: It is a very old tradition to portray goblins green.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Goblin babies are known as changelings.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Green Goblin is the arch enemy of which Marvel Superhero?
Choices: Captain America; Iron-man; The Hulk; Spider-man
Answer: Spider-man
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Question: What was Sigmund Freuds major at the University of Vienna?
Choices: Law; Geography; Zoology; Medicine
Answer: Medicine
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Question: What phobia did Sigmund Freud develop in his forties?
Choices: Fear of spiders; Fear of death; Fear of nightmares; Fear of heights
Answer: Fear of death
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Question: What was the reason for the fallout between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who was initially a supporter of Freud?
Choices: All of these; They fought over a woman.; Jung poked fun at Freuds ideas about dreams.; Freud found some of Jungs ideas unscientific.
Answer: Freud found some of Jungs ideas unscientific.
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Question: Sigmund Freud, who was a heavy cigar smoker, developed this disease.
Choices: Oral cancer; Lung cancer; Stroke; Heart attack
Answer: Oral cancer
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Question: Sigmund Freud used this drug and prescribed it to his patients as an analgesic and antidepressant.
Choices: Cocaine; All of these; Marijuana; Heroine
Answer: Cocaine
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Question: Which of these historical figures was a patient of Sigmund Freud?
Choices: Emma Eckstein; All of these; Gustav Mahler; Princess Marie Bonaparte
Answer: All of these
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Question: What are the two contradictory desires that drive every human being according to Sigmund Freud?
Choices: Love and hatred; Good and evil; Hunger and thirst; Life and death
Answer: Life and death
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Question: What part of the human psyche contains the child-like drives and desires according to Sigmund Freud?
Choices: Ego; Super-ego; All of these; Id
Answer: Id
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Question: Which of these therapies did Sigmund Freud start using to resolve psychological problems?
Choices: Talk therapy; Drawing therapy; Music therapy; Sleep therapy
Answer: Talk therapy
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Question: How did Sigmund Freud choose to die, with the assistance of his doctor and friend Max Schur?
Choices: By poisoning; By suffocation; By a lethal dose of morphine; By a gunshot
Answer: By a lethal dose of morphine
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Question: What name was used to refer to Leonardos famous painting before it was known as Mona Lisa?
Choices: A Lady from Florence; Madam Florentine; Madam Lisa; A Certain Florentine Lady
Answer: A Certain Florentine Lady
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Question: What was the Mona Lisa painting called when it was in the collection at the palace at Fontainebleau?
Choices: Madam Lisa Gioconda; Wife of a wealthy Florentine; A courtesan in a gauze veil; The Mona Lisa
Answer: A courtesan in a gauze veil
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Question: The Mona Lisa is not painted on a canvas.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these is not among the theories about who is portrayed in the Mona Lisa painting?
Choices: The portrait is an idealization of all womanhood.; The portrait is an invention of Leonardos imagination; A young man in drag; The mistress of Leonardos close friend
Answer: The mistress of Leonardos close friend
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Question: Which of these artists is known to have become fascinated with the Mona Lisa painting?
Choices: Michelangelo; Berrettini; Luciani; Raphael
Answer: Raphael
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Question: Who gave the Mona Lisa painting its name?
Choices: Lisa Giocondo; King Francois I; Giorgio Vasari; Leonardo Da Vinci
Answer: Giorgio Vasari
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Question: Which King hated the Mona Lisa painting so much, that he had it removed from his palace?
Choices: King Louis XIV; Napoleon; King Francois I; King Louis XV
Answer: King Louis XV
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Question: When Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, Picasso was among the suspects.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What sentence was Vincenzo Perugia given for stealing the Mona Lisa painting in 1911?
Choices: 1 year; 7 years; 10 years; 7 months
Answer: 7 months
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Question: How long did it take Leonardo Da Vinci to finish the Mona Lisa painting?
Choices: 1 year; 6 months; 3 years; 4 years
Answer: 4 years
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Question: What does the German word Bibliothek mean when translated into English?
Choices: Library; Bookworm; Its not a real word.; Bible
Answer: Library
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Question: What does the Spanish Word lechuga mean in English?
Choices: lettuce; None of these; monster; milk
Answer: lettuce
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Question: What does the Hebrew word ××× (za-hav) translate to in English?
Choices: food; gold; None of these; money
Answer: gold
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Question: What does the Danish word fÃ¸dselsdag mean in English? (foudgshlsdag)
Choices: February; Your house; Mothers Day; Your Birthday
Answer: Your Birthday
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Question: What does the Czech phrase DobrÃ½ den mean in English?
Choices: Good Day/Hello; Good Night; How Are You?; Valentines Day
Answer: Good Day/Hello
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Question: What is the English equivalent of the Russian phrase ÐÐ¾Ð±ÑÐ¾ Ð¿Ð¾Ð¶Ð°Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°ÑÑ (Dobro poÅ¾alovat)?
Choices: Goodbye; Welcome; Thank you; Sorry
Answer: Welcome
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Question: What does the Greek word ÎÎ¿Î®Î¸ÎµÎ¹Î± (VoÃ­thia) mean in English?
Choices: Goodbye; What?; Help; Fire
Answer: Help
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Question: What does the Latin phrase Ave Maria mean in English?
Choices: By the grace of god; Hail Mary; Mary Avenue; Mary Loves you
Answer: Hail Mary
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Question: What does the Farsi phrase Ø´Ø¨ Ø¨Ø®ÙØ±  (shab bekheyr) mean in English?
Choices: Good Luck; Good night; Good Morning; Goodbye
Answer: Good night
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Question: What does the Hebrew phrase ×××ª×¨×××ª (le-hei-tra-ot) mean in English?
Choices: Come Hither; Walk far; That are just random letters.; Goodbye
Answer: Goodbye
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Question: Which ancient author wrote Ten Books of Architecture, a work that contained the principles followed by Renaissance architects?
Choices: Vitruvius; Satyros; Aristotle; Pythias
Answer: Vitruvius
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Question: Who wrote Divina Proportione which explored the use of the golden ratio in the Renaissance architecture?
Choices: Le Combusier; Luca Pacioli; Leonardo Da Vinci; Palladio
Answer: Luca Pacioli
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Question: Who was the first architect since antiquity to use the classical orders Doric, Ionic and Corinthian in an appropriate manner?
Choices: Brunelleschi; Donato Bramante; Leon Battista Alberti; Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Answer: Brunelleschi
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Question: This Renaissance architect, famous as chief architect of the Venetian Republic, wrote the treatise Four Books on Architecture.
Choices: Michelozzo Michelozzi; Leonardo Da Vinci; Giovanni Baptista Quadrio; Andrea Palladio
Answer: Andrea Palladio
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Question: Italian Mannerism is a term related to the High Renaissance.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In which year was the term photography first used?
Choices: 1839; 1876; 1729; 1903
Answer: 1839
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Question: In 1945 this man was given the Pulitzer Prize in News Photography for his famous photo of the raising the American flag on the Japanese island Iwo Jima.
Choices: Joe Rosenthal; Frank Noel; Frank Filan; Milton Brooks
Answer: Joe Rosenthal
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Question: When was the first aerial photograph taken?
Choices: 1994; 1456; 1858; 1938
Answer: 1858
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Question: When was the first underwater photograph taken?
Choices: 1966; 1946; 1976; 1856
Answer: 1856
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Question: This famous photojournalist specialized in war photographs. He covered the Spanish Civil War, The Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II (He landed on Omaha Beach!) ,The Israeli War for Independence, and The French-Indochina  War. What was his name?
Choices: Robert Capra; Spider Martin; Eddie Adams; David Eugene Smith
Answer: Robert Capra
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Question: When was the first permanently colored photograph taken?
Choices: 1861; 2001; 1990; 1959
Answer: 1861
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Question: One can be amazed at the great detail and lack of distortion in the photographs of Civil War photographer Matthew Brady. What is the major reason for this?
Choices: Outdoor photographs are always better than indoor photographs.; He used a really big camera.; He used only the purest of chemicals in his darkroom.; He used linen rather than paper for his pictures.
Answer: He used a really big camera.
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Question: When was the first picture of a university class taken?
Choices: 1827; 1906; 1876; 1840
Answer: 1840
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Question: When was the first digital camera introduced?
Choices: 1981; 1946; 1978; 1990
Answer: 1981
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Question: He was a great American photographer and one of the inventors of the Zone System. He is probably best known for his images of Yosemite National Park. What is his name?
Choices: Jacob Riis; David Eugene Smith; Minor White; Ansel Adams
Answer: Ansel Adams
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Question: Which great singer/songwriter wrote the song Photographs and Memories?
Choices: Lionel Richie; Mariah Carey; Jim Webb; Jim Croce
Answer: Jim Croce
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Question: Which phrase refers to a costly victory that results in losses so high as to make you wonder whether it was worth it?
Choices: Draconian victory; Macedonian victory; Gordian victory; Pyrrhic victory
Answer: Pyrrhic victory
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Question: What term refers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
Choices: Lou Gehrigs Disease; Tourette syndrome; Parkinsons disease; Brocas disease
Answer: Lou Gehrigs Disease