kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: What type of meat is used for the preparation of the traditional Spanish dish Cocido Madrileno?
Choices: Chicken; Pork; Beef; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: On what holiday is the Spanish dessert called turron traditionally eaten?
Choices: Christmas; Easter; All of these; New Years Eve
Answer: Christmas
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Question: What type of pasta is used for the making of the popular Spanish dish Fideua?
Choices: Sheet noodles; Vermicelli; Rice noodles; Spaghetti
Answer: Vermicelli
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Question: What vegetable is the main ingredient of the traditional Spanish soup Gazpacho?
Choices: Tomato; Cabbage; Potato; Red pepper
Answer: Tomato
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Question: In what shape is the Spanish dessert Tortell traditionally prepared?
Choices: Heart shape; O-shape; Fish shape; Star shape
Answer: O-shape
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Question: What type of food is the Spanish dish called Escalivada, which originated in Catalonia, Spain?
Choices: Dessert; Soup; Salad; Boiled meats
Answer: Salad
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Question: Which of these is used to color the traditional Spanish dish Arroz negro, or paella negra, black?
Choices: Food dye; Coal powder; Cephalopod ink; Soy sauce
Answer: Cephalopod ink
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Question: What type of nuts is used for the preparation of the traditional Spanish pie Tarta de Santiago?
Choices: Walnuts; Pistachio nuts; Peanuts; Almonds
Answer: Almonds
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Question: What vegetables are used for the preparation of the traditional Spanish stew Fabada Asturiana?
Choices: Beans; Leek; Eggplants; Carrots
Answer: Beans
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Question: What type of fish is traditionally used for the making of the Spanish stew called Marmitako?
Choices: Tuna; Pike; Carp; Mackerel
Answer: Tuna
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Question: Why was the Angel food cake, also known as Angel Cake, called so?
Choices: Because the creator of the recipe was named Angela; All of these; Because it is white; Because it is very light
Answer: Because it is very light
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Question: What type of fat is used for the preparation of the popular Chiffon cake?
Choices: No fat is used; Vegetable oil; Butter; Palm oil
Answer: Butter
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Question: In what country did the recipe for the Tiramisu cake originate?
Choices: France; Italy; United States; Spain
Answer: Italy
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Question: What fruits are added between the layers as well as on top of the Black Forest cake?
Choices: Bananas; Figs; Cherries; Peaches
Answer: Cherries
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Question: What vegetable is used for the preparation of the Passion Cake, which probably originated in the United Kingdom?
Choices: Potato; Tomato; Carrot; Cucumber
Answer: Carrot
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Question: What is the other name for the sponge cake called Battenberg cake?
Choices: Bathroom cake; Chair cake; Door cake; Window cake
Answer: Window cake
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Question: Which of these is added to the ingredients of the Devils food cake to raise the pH level of the batter and deepen its color?
Choices: Coffee powder; Baking powder; None of these; Baking soda
Answer: Baking soda
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Question: In what country is the popular Spice cake believed to have originated?
Choices: Brazil; the United States; France; Philippines
Answer: the United States
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Question: What is the famous Hungarian cake, called Dobos torte, topped with?
Choices: Cotton candy; Caramel slices; Chocolate shavings; Sugar glass
Answer: Caramel slices
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Question: What type of cake is also known as the King of Cakes?
Choices: Genoise Cake; Baumkuchen; Queen Elisabeth cake; Croquembouche
Answer: Baumkuchen
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Question: Which vegetables are considered taboo food in Buddhist tradition?
Choices: All legumes; Garlic and onion; Eggplants and tomatoes; Cabbage and lettuce
Answer: Garlic and onion
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Question: Is this the correct usage of the word inferring? 
Choices:  saying that I look good today, are you inferring that I did not look good yesterday?; No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Is this the correct usage of the word continually? 
Choices: ofessor Smith gave a speech yesterday. He spoke continually for 3 hours.; No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which of these sentences is correct?
Choices: From hence to eternity, I will search.; Whence did he come?; From whence did he come?; If you build it, thence he will come.
Answer: Whence did he come?
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Question: Which of these is correct?
Choices: The capitol building is located in the capitol.; The capital building is located in the capital.; The capitol building is located in the capital.; The capital building is located in the capitol.
Answer: The capitol building is located in the capital.
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Question: In the following sentence, which word is incorrect?  
Choices: e schools unprincipled principal understands the principle of the argument.; principal; unprincipled; principle; None of the words is incorrect; the sentence is correct as is.
Answer: None of the words is incorrect; the sentence is correct as is.
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Question: Which of the following is NOT a synonym of the word reticent?
Choices: These are all synonyms of the word reticent.; Restrained; Silent; Reluctant
Answer: These are all synonyms of the word reticent.
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Question: Which of the following is incorrect?
Choices: The class comprised 30 people.; Thirty people comprised the class.; These are all correct usages of the word comprised.; The class was comprised of 30 people.
Answer: These are all correct usages of the word comprised.
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Question: Which of these is incorrect?
Choices: He woke up at six.; All of these sentences are correct.; He awoke at six.; He awakened at six.
Answer: All of these sentences are correct.
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Question: Which of these sentences means I love you in Spanish?
Choices: Te amo.; Kocham cie.; Mi amas vin.; Ti amo.
Answer: Te amo.
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Question: Rakastan sinua is one of the ways to say I love you in which European language?
Choices: Bulgarian; French; Finnish; German
Answer: Finnish
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Question: Which expression would you use to say I love you in Danish?
Choices: Jeg elsker dig.; Volim te.; I love thee.; Je taime.
Answer: Jeg elsker dig.
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Question: In what European language does Je taime mean I love you?
Choices: Swedish; Italian; German; French
Answer: French
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Question: Which of the following sentences means I love you in German?
Choices: Ich liebe Dich.; Te amo.; Volim te.; Je taime.
Answer: Ich liebe Dich.
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Question: Volim te means I love you in three of these European languages. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Croatian; Bosnian; Italian; Serbian
Answer: Italian
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Question: What is the Swahili expression for I love you?
Choices: Te quiero; Nakupenda; Ti amo; Je taime
Answer: Nakupenda
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Question: In which Turkic language does Seni seviyorum mean I love you?
Choices: Navajo; Hebrew; Icelandic; Turkish
Answer: Turkish
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Question: Name this artificially-constructed international language, in which Mi amas vin means I love you.
Choices: Thai; Navajo; Spanish; Esperanto
Answer: Esperanto
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Question: Which of these sentences means I love you in Dutch?
Choices: Ti amo.; Ik hou van jou.; Ne mohotatse.; Ich liebe Dich.
Answer: Ik hou van jou.
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Question: The implement, used to extinguish the flame of a candle, is called this.
Choices: Candleberry; Candleholder; Candlestick; Candlesnuffer
Answer: Candlesnuffer
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Question: When something contains or yields an acid, it is this.
Choices: Acidiferous; Acidophilous; Acidimetric; Acidifiable
Answer: Acidiferous
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Question: The monitoring, recording, and measuring of a living organisms basic physiological functions is known as this.
Choices: Biomedicine; Bipartisanism; Biosystematy; Biotelemetry
Answer: Biotelemetry
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Question: Enterokinase is this.
Choices: Disease; Medical condition; Enzyme; Hormone
Answer: Enzyme
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Question: Copious perspiration is known as this.
Choices: Diaphoresis; Deuterogamy; Detumescence; Diabolisation
Answer: Diaphoresis
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Question: Gerontology is the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to these people.
Choices: Adults; Elderly; Blind people; Children
Answer: Elderly
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Question: One of these terms means preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
Choices: Homologisation; Homomorphic; Homomorphism; Homolographic
Answer: Homolographic
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Question: Hyperplasia is the abnormal increase in the number of these.
Choices: Species; Habitat; Teeth; Cells
Answer: Cells
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Question: The authority to teach religious doctrine is referred to as this.
Choices: Mastigophoran; Magistrature; Magistrateship; Magisterium
Answer: Magisterium
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Question: The word vampire is a very controversial one, when it comes to its etymology. There are many theories about its origin and meaning. According to one of these theories, vampire comes from the Magyar words vam, meaning blood, and pir. What does pir mean in Magyar?
Choices: Blood; Animal; Human; Monster
Answer: Monster
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Question: One of the most famous vampires is Dracula (some believe that he was the first vampire). In Romanian Dracul means either Dragon or Devil and therefore Dracula is translated as Son of the Dragon or Son of the Devil. Due to his favorite sadistic punishment, Vlad Dracula was nicknamed Tepes.  He preferred to kill those who opposed him in this manner.
Choices: Hanging; Disembowelment; Impalement; Beheading
Answer: Impalement
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Question: Vlad Tepes was one of the major allies of the Ottoman Empire, therefore Romania was never put under Ottoman rule.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Of course everybody knows about the Blood Vampires. They feed on the blood of their victims and prefer sucking it from the neck, the wrist or the groin. But there is another, less known, kind of vampires.  What do they feed on?
Choices: Vegetables; Flesh; Brains; Aura
Answer: Aura
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Question: Vampires are common to the folklore of many countries. The Civatateo is an Aztec vampire, created when a noblewoman died at childbirth. In aboriginal mythology, vampires had suckers on their fingers. What are the Yakshis (sort of Indian vampires) like?
Choices: Beautiful women; Ugly Men; Wounded Wolves; Innocent Children
Answer: Beautiful women
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Question: It is believed that you can stop a vampire, by throwing rice or marbles on the floor.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: One of the most popular ways of killing a vampire (apart from the trivial sharp wooden stick in the heart), is to expose the creature to sunlight. However, there is a disease, that has similar symptoms. People who suffer from it are very sensitive to sunlight and avoid going out during the day. What is this horrible disease?
Choices: Anemia; Scrapie; Influenza; Porphyria
Answer: Porphyria
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Question: This woman was believed to be a vampire. She was obsessed with her beauty and youth, and slaughtered as many as six hundred innocent women in an attempt to maintain her vitality. Although her guilt has never been proven, she is still one of the most famous serial killers in Hungarian and Slovak history.
Choices: Janos Benicka; Ilona Ujvary; Katarina Szentes; Elizabeth Bathory
Answer: Elizabeth Bathory
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Question: Silver doesnt harm vampires.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Peter Kurten was called a vampire, because he consumed the blood of some of his victims. He was accused of nine murders and seven attempted murders and was sentenced to death. He was guillotined on 2 June 1932. What was his nationality?
Choices: Briton; Romanian; Russian; German
Answer: German
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Question: The great circle on the celestial sphere, midway between the celestial poles is called this.
Choices: Equilibration; Equinity; Equilibria; Equinoctial
Answer: Equinoctial
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Question: If I am famous for my steadiness of mind under stress, then I am famous for this.
Choices: Equid; Equalization; Equanimity; Equalitarianism
Answer: Equanimity
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Question: If a statement is ambiguous, it is said to be this.
Choices: Equestrian; Equipoised; Equivocal; Equilateral
Answer: Equivocal
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Question: One of the four pairs of words below contains two synonyms.
Choices: Equal - Equivalent; Equipollent - Equipped; Equipotential - Equilateral; Equipage - Equipoise
Answer: Equal - Equivalent
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Question: Do the words equivoke and equivoque mean the same?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Gilgamesh is a character from the Sumerian mythology.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Athena was the Greek equivalent of the goddess Minerva.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Nike was a goddess, who personified triumph and victory (Greek mythology). Ironically, she was paralyzed and could not move her legs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Helicon is the name of an ancient lake, where the Muses were born.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Calliope was the muse for music.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Marduk was a Mesopotamian deity.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Svarog is the highest god of the pantheon (Slavic mythology) and the god of thunder and lightning.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The creature from Slavic mythology known as Zmey actually resembles a dragon.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Loki is the god of mischief of Norse mythology.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: One of these words has mid-17th century Latin origins and is a synonym of the word, wavy.
Choices: Unhair; Unialgal; Unduly; Undulate
Answer: Undulate
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Question: Which of these definitions does not describe a present day meaning of the word sesquipedalian?
Choices: Characterized by the use of long words; Having a lot of feet; Having many syllables; Large in length
Answer: Having a lot of feet
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Question: The archaic word wittol, already out of use and found mostly in old books, stands for a person who is very wise.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these words is used to describe something with a yellow color or tending toward a yellow color?
Choices: Xeric; Xenolith; Xanadu; Xanthic
Answer: Xanthic
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Question: The word âpromiscuousâ? is used in physical description to refer to someone with exclusive charm and sex appeal.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: We all know purple and its numerous variations, but can you name the odd one in this synonymic order dedicated to the shade of purple?
Choices: Lavender; Indigo; Amethyst; Wine
Answer: Indigo
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Question: Having in mind the words meaning, does it  fit in the following analogy: Juvenile is to young as *geriatric* is to aged.
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: The amarok, which is typical for the mythology of the Eskimos, is what kind of an animal?
Choices: whale; walrus; bear; wolf
Answer: wolf
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Question: The banshee, a female spirit in Irish mythology, is known for doing what?
Choices: Laughing; Stealing; Playing tricks; Wailing
Answer: Wailing
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Question: The hippocampus, a mythical monster with the head of a horse and body of a fish, pulled the chariot of which god?
Choices: Zeus; Poseidon; Mars; Neptune
Answer: Poseidon
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Question: Anubis was the jackal-headed judge of the dead from what mythology?
Choices: Egyptian; Aztec; Mesopotamian; Norse
Answer: Egyptian
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Question: The Kraken from seafaring lore was a monster often described as what?
Choices: Humpback whale; Giant jellyfish; Great White shark; Giant squid
Answer: Giant squid
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Question: A brownie is a legendary elf popular in the folklore of which two countries?
Choices: Germany  Austria; England  Scotland; Ireland  Wales; Denmark  Holland
Answer: England  Scotland
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Question: A cuero is a mythical giant octopus of which continent?
Choices: South America; Africa; North America; Europe
Answer: South America
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Question: A dwarf is a little humanoid creature with a large head and a long beard, typical for what mythology?
Choices: Cornish; Scottish; Celtic; Scandinavian
Answer: Scandinavian
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Question: A ghul is an evil spirit encountered by travelers in what area of the world?
Choices: Arabian Dessert; Scottish Highlands; Northern Africa; Australian Outback
Answer: Arabian Dessert
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Question: The wodewose is a club-wielding ogre with green hair who suffers from what malady?
Choices: He was mute; He was blind; He was lame; He was deaf
Answer: He was mute
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Question: The gods Atum and Ra merged.  The dominant of the two was Ra.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Priests often wore a mask of this god during mummification ceremonies.
Choices: Bastet; Hapy; Aten; Anubis
Answer: Anubis
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Question: God Bes was depicted as this.
Choices: Dwarf with lion and human features; Giant with dog and human features; Dwarf with dog and human features; Giant with lion and human features
Answer: Dwarf with lion and human features
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Question: Osiris had an equivalent in Greek mythology.  Who was this counterpart of his?
Choices: Herakles; Zeus; Hades; Hermes
Answer: Hades
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Question: Tefnut had the body of a lioness.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The name of god Amen means this.
Choices: The Wise One; The Stupid One; The Mighty One; The Hidden One
Answer: The Hidden One
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Question: At first, there was only this god. He was the dark waters of chaos.
Choices: Nun; Atum; Iris; Bes
Answer: Nun
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Question: The word tycoon means a wealthy businessperson.  What language does it come from?
Choices: Greek; Latin; Russian; Chinese
Answer: Chinese
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Question: Apart from being the name of a well-known rock group, placebo also means an innocuous medicine, prescribed only for psychological effect over the patient or for experimentations. But what is its true meaning in Latin?
Choices: Pleasure; Hypnotism; I shall please; Harmless
Answer: I shall please
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Question: The original meaning of the word grotesque was very different from the one we know. What was it?
Choices: Foolish; Big; Illiterate; Fantastic
Answer: Fantastic
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Question: The Amazon estuary is truly magnificent. The word estuary comes from this language.
Choices: Latin; Chinese; Spanish; Portuguese
Answer: Latin
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Question: The word devil is derived from the Greek word diabolos. What does diabolos mean?
Choices: Silly; Accuser; Offender; Insane
Answer: Accuser
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Question: After a divorce, the court might order one of the sides to pay an alimony. What are the origins of the word alimony?
Choices: Turkish; Greek; Latin; Japanese
Answer: Latin
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Question: The Greek word kome means hair of the head. Which one of these words derives from it?
Choices: Court; Coma; Comet; Comb
Answer: Comet
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Question: The name of the flower dandelion comes from this language.
Choices: Portuguese; Anglo-Saxon; French; Swedish
Answer: French
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Question: A good sense of humor is highly valued everywhere. The original meaning of the word humor in Latin (more accurately umor) is this.
Choices: State of mind; Body fluid; Good word usage; Good joke
Answer: Body fluid
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Question: The word nice is very popular nowadays, but its original meaning in Latin is not as nice.
Choices: Disobedient; Clumsy; Ignorant; Hideous
Answer: Ignorant
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Question: The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It consists of 45 letters and stands for this.
Choices: Part of an organ; Surgical operation; Disease; Medical device
Answer: Disease
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Question: One of the following words is a synonym of the word cognoscente.
Choices: Supervisor; Distributor; Philosopher; Connoisseur
Answer: Connoisseur
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Question: The word razzmatazz means this.
Choices: Ambiguous language; Gizmo; Knick-knack; Amulet
Answer: Ambiguous language
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Question: A nap in the early afternoon is called by this word taken from Spanish.
Choices: Enchilada; Taco; Arroyo; Siesta
Answer: Siesta
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Question: Crwth is a fascinating word. It has no vowels. This is what it means.
Choices: Tool; Musical instrument; Rulers title; Pot
Answer: Musical instrument
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Question: The she-goat Amalthea, which nursed baby Zeus, is represented by what constellation?
Choices: Hydra; Capricorn; Capra; Virgo
Answer: Capra
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Question: This constellation was named after a Greek goddess. She was beautiful, but conceited. In order to punish her for that, Poseidon sent her figure to the skies upside down.
Choices: Perseus; Aquila; Andromeda; Cassiopeia
Answer: Cassiopeia
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Question: There are many myths about this constellation. The earliest one, however, comes from a Sumerian legend about a female dragon, who ruled over the primordial ocean before the creation. But new gods rebelled against her and sent her to the skies.
Choices: Crux; Draco; Aquila; Cygnus
Answer: Draco
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Question: Although it is a galaxy, the story about its creation is not less intriguing. Many legends associate its formation with milk spilled in one way or another. However, a Mesopotamian legend explains another thing. After the deluge the ark of Utnapishtim, the Sumerian Noah, was stuck on Mount Ararat. He then made a sacrifice to the gods and this galaxy was created out of the smoke of the fire.
Choices: Aries; Draco; Ara; The Milky Way
Answer: The Milky Way
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Question: This constellation was named after a creature from the Greek mythology which is a combination between a human and a horse. Such creatures were of violent nature but there was one exception - Chiron, who was the tutor of Hercules.
Choices: Eridanus; Auriga; Delphinus; Centaur
Answer: Centaur
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Question: This is a star group in Taurus. It was called after the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Nymph Plieone - Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Merope, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Sterope.
Choices: Gemini; Aries; Pleiades; Crux
Answer: Pleiades
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Question: This constellation was named after a Greek hero who bragged to be the greatest hunter. Goddess Hera heard that and sent a scorpion after him to test his skills. The hero was stung to death by the scorpion. Zeus felt sorry and sent him to the sky.
Choices: Sagitta; Cancer; Sirius; Orion
Answer: Orion
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Question: This constellation is often associated with Ganymede, who was a beautiful Phrygian youngster. Jupiter once saw him, fell in love with the lad and came to the earth as a bird, which took him to the skies. Since then he has served as the cup bearer of the gods.
Choices: Delphinus; Aquarius; Ara; Pisces
Answer: Aquarius
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Question: This was the instrument that Orpheus played so well that his music enchanted even the wild beasts, the rocks, and the trees. After he lost his beloved one - Eurydice, Zeus placed Orpheuss musical instrument on the sky.
Choices: Triangulum; Libra; Lyre; Sagitta
Answer: Lyre
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Question: This constellation represents the twin brothers Castor and Pollux. They were born by one mother, Leda, but had different fathers. Leda got pregnant simultaneously by Jupiter and the king Tyndarus of Sparta. When Castor died, Pollux felt so sorry that he begged Jupiter to unite them again, so Jupiter reunited the brothers in the sky.
Choices: Gemini; Puppis; Pleiades; Pisces
Answer: Gemini
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Question: What does the verb to dub mean?
Choices: To make a major mistake; To study hard as in an all- nighter; To give a name; To hit very hard on the head or neck
Answer: To give a name
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Question: If you command a horse to gee, what do you expect him to do?
Choices: Stop completely; Go back a few paces; Turn left; Turn right
Answer: Turn right
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Question: If you put a hex on someone, what have you done?
Choices: Curse that person to hell; Drown him or her as a witch.; Wish him or her good luck; Put him or her under a spell
Answer: Put him or her under a spell
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Question: Which of the following terms means to search for fun?
Choices: Dap; Vex; Gad; Gob
Answer: Gad
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Question: What does to vex mean?
Choices: To annoy; To hurry; To spin very fast; To curse
Answer: To annoy
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Question: What does to sup refer to?
Choices: Eat soup very nosily; Dine in elegance; Eat an evening meal; Eat like an animal
Answer: Eat an evening meal
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Question: What does the verb hew mean?
Choices: To cut; To fasten with glue or paste; To mend; To hollow out a log
Answer: To cut
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Question: Which of the following terms means to recede?
Choices: Lob; Orb; Gee; Ebb
Answer: Ebb
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Question: What does to hie mean?
Choices: To hurry; To fear; To stop; To type by touch
Answer: To hurry
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Question: What is the meaning of the verb to jam?
Choices: To interfer with a radio signal; To spread with a jelly-like substance; To soak flax prior to spinning; To unclog a bunch of logs in a stream
Answer: To interfer with a radio signal
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Question: Which of the following fictional or legendary hybrids is not half-human?
Choices: Merman; Asterius; Half-orc; Baku
Answer: Baku
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Question: Which of the following is a legendary creature with a lion body and eagle head and wings?
Choices: Basilisk; Mandrake; Arachne; Griffin
Answer: Griffin
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Question: What is the name of the monstrous creature from Greek Mythology, that is the offspring of Typhon and Echidna?
Choices: Chimera; Pegasus; Mermaid; Chiron
Answer: Chimera
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Question: What kind of creature was the African mythological hybrid Jengu?
Choices: A water spirit; An elf; A lizard; A monstrous insect
Answer: A water spirit
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Question: This hybrid is an Egyptian sacred baboon with the head of a dog.
Choices: Sphinx; Felinity; Reprobus; Cynocephalus
Answer: Cynocephalus
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Question: What is the name of the legendary half-man and half-goat (or half-horse) creature often associated with male sexuality in Greek mythology?
Choices: Praxiteles; Anubis; Pan; Satyr
Answer: Satyr
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Question: The sphinxes, the popular legendary creatures of the Ancient Egyptians, could be depicted with three different heads. Which head that was not typical for the sphinx?
Choices: Snake head; Ram head; Bird head; Human head
Answer: Snake head
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Question: The legendary creature Peryton, that was said to come from the lost continent Atlantis, is a hybrid of what two animals?
Choices: Stag and bird; Stag and snake; Horse and lizard; Bird and insect
Answer: Stag and bird
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Question: Which of the following is an evil mythological hybrid of a woman and a bird?
Choices: Ogress; Harpy; Trowe; Titan
Answer: Harpy
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Question: The world sirena refers to this mythical or folklore hybrid of a woman and an animal?
Choices: Mermaid; Grendel; Vampire; Manticore
Answer: Mermaid
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Question: In which musical does Curly sing Surrey With the Fringe on Top to entice his girlfriend to accompany him to a party?
Choices: Oklahoma; Will Rogers Follies; The Pajama Game; Sound of Music
Answer: Oklahoma
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Question: The hit song If I Were a Rich Man, which reflected the dreams of a poor milkman, came from which musical of the 60s?
Choices: Fiddler on the Roof; 42nd Street; Chicago; Cats
Answer: Fiddler on the Roof
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Question: All That Jazz is the opening number of which 1975 Bob Fosse musical?
Choices: 42nd Street; Chicago; Fiddler on the Roof; Cats
Answer: Chicago
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Question: The moving song I Am What I Am is sung at the end of Act I of which Jerry Herman hit show?
Choices: Hello Dolly; La Cage aux Folles; Damn Yankees; My Fair Lady
Answer: La Cage aux Folles
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Question: Which musical of the 50s featured the song Some Enchanted Evening?
Choices: Mame; Hello Dolly; South Pacific; George M.
Answer: South Pacific
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Question: Whatever Lola Wants is performed by the sultry Lola trying to tempt a faithful husband in which  Bob Fosse show?
Choices: Fosse; The Pajama Game; Chicago; Damn Yankees
Answer: Damn Yankees
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Question: In which show does Eliza sing The Rain in Spain?
Choices: My One and Only; Kismet; Kiss me Kate; My Fair Lady
Answer: My Fair Lady
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Question: The word catholic means the same whether capitalized or not.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Stationery means fixed, not moveable.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Stationary is fancy writing paper.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the meaning of the adverb altogether?
Choices: Entirely; Near by; Unclothed; In the same place
Answer: Entirely
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Question: What does the collocation all together mean?
Choices: In the same place; Completely; The same as altogether; All told
Answer: In the same place
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Question: What does the word principal mean?
Choices: Origin; Main; Characteristic; Law
Answer: Main
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Question: Is counsel the correct word for a group called together for a purpose?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Counsel is giving of advice.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: These creatures ruled the world until they were overthrown by the Twelve Olympians, led by Zeus.
Choices: Cyclopes; Titans; Animals; Humans
Answer: Titans
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Question: Cronus learned he was destined to be overcome by his own son as he had overthrown his own father, thats why he wanted to kill Zeus.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Cyclopes gave Zeus fire.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Hermes is the highest ranking and most powerful god in Greek mythology.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What was Rembrandts last name?
Choices: Rembrandt is his last name; Van Dyke; Bosch; Van Rijn
Answer: Van Rijn
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Question: What was the first name of Van Goghs brother?
Choices: Theo; Pierre; Edward; Hans
Answer: Theo
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Question: For which opera did Gershwin become posthumously famous?
Choices: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; The Days Gone By; Porgy and Bess
Answer: Porgy and Bess
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Question: The music for Swan Lake, one of the most critically-acclaimed ballets, was written by this composer.
Choices: Aram Khachaturian; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Stern; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Question: Violin virtuoso Itzach Perlman is a cousin of this entertainer.
Choices: Neil Sedaka; Howie Mandel; Bob Dylan; Isaac Stern
Answer: Howie Mandel
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Question: How many reeds does an oboe have?
Choices: 3; 2; 1; 0
Answer: 2
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Question: In what country was composer and pianist, Frederic Chopin born?
Choices: France; Poland; Switzerland; Belgium
Answer: Poland
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Question: Which of the following is a type of plaster used to paint on?
Choices: Obsidium; Obstantium; Gesso; Gelato
Answer: Gesso
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Question: Which painter and founder of cubism would not divorce his first wife, Olga Khoklova, so she would not get half his wealth?
Choices: Picasso; Klee; Cezanne; Remington
Answer: Picasso
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Question: This photographer, who taught at MIT for 10 years, developed the Zone System.
Choices: Minor White; Alfred Stieglitz; Paul Curtis; Barbara Morgan
Answer: Minor White
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Question: Which of the following group of animals is not referred to as a herd?
Choices: Rhinoceroses; Boars; Chinchillas; Walruses
Answer: Rhinoceroses
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Question: Which prefix means under?
Choices: Supra-; Sub-; Un-; Super-
Answer: Sub-
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Question: Which suffix means fear?
Choices: -itis; -phobia; -philia; -mony
Answer: -phobia
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Question: Which prefix means within?
Choices: intra-; inter-; pseudo-; hemi-
Answer: intra-
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Question: When prefix means high?
Choices: Apo-; Peri-; Alti-; Pleo-
Answer: Alti-
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Question: All but one of the following suffixes changes the word from an adjective or a verb into a noun.  Which is the odd one?
Choices: -ous; -ion; -ity; -ness
Answer: -ous
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Question: Which suffix means foot?
Choices: -morph; -flex; -pus; -fer
Answer: -pus
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Question: Which suffix means one who?
Choices: -able; -ship; -ous; -er
Answer: -er
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Question: Which prefix means across a distance?
Choices: TELE-; PALEO-; PHILO-; PROTO-
Answer: TELE-
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Question: Which of the following prefixes does not mean not?
Choices: A-; In-; Non-; Pan
Answer: Pan
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Question: Which prefix means together?
Choices: CO-; PROTO-; SOLI-; HETERO-
Answer: CO-
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Question: Freya was the goddess of this.
Choices: Poetry; The flowers; Love and beauty; Old age and madness
Answer: Love and beauty
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Question: There were two major clans of Norse gods - Vanir and Æsir.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Odins favorite pets were these creatures.
Choices: Ravens; Bats; Hawks; Snakes
Answer: Ravens
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Question: What did god Tyr sacrifice in order to bind the evil Fenris wolf?
Choices: His hand; His eye; His head; His leg
Answer: His hand
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Question: Which of the following gods was famous for his talent to quickly transform his appearance?
Choices: Fenrir; Loki; Asgard; Hel
Answer: Loki
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Question: God Ori was a giant.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Goddess Skadi was not permitted to look at the gods faces, while choosing her husband among them.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Norse mythology associates the aurora with this beautiful goddess.
Choices: Frigg; Freya; Elli; Eir
Answer: Freya
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Question: He was the first man, according to Norse mythology.
Choices: Annar; Ask; Arvak; Aud
Answer: Ask
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Question: In what movie does a character say,  Yo, Adrian.?
Choices: The Godfather; Rocky; New York, New York; On the Waterfront
Answer: Rocky
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Question: Yo-Yo Ma is considered by most to be the best musician in the world to play this instrument. Yo-Yo Mas nickname for his instrument is Petunia. What type of instrument is Petunia?
Choices: Classical Guitar; Flute; Violin; Cello
Answer: Cello
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Question: If a person is downright, then he is this.
Choices: Candid; Cordial; Gentle; Compassionate
Answer: Candid
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Question: A playwright is someone who writes for the theatre. One of the following famous Greeks was not a playwright.
Choices: Aeschylus; Sophocles; Aristophanes; Tyrtaeus
Answer: Tyrtaeus
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Question: One of these is not a spright.
Choices: A dwarf.; A specter or ghost.; An elflike person.; A soul.
Answer: A dwarf.
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Question: If he denied the charges outright, then his denial cannot be described as this.
Choices: Open; Complete; Immediate; Kind
Answer: Kind
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Question: In the UK one of these parties is not considered right-winged.
Choices: United Kingdom Independence Party; Scottish National Party; Conservative Party; Democratic Unionist Party
Answer: Scottish National Party
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Question: Dexter from Dexters Lab was right-handed.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these languages is not an official national language in a South American country?
Choices: English; Dutch; German; Guarani
Answer: German
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Question: What language has the most native speakers in the world?
Choices: English; Spanish; Arabic; Mandarin
Answer: Mandarin
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Question: What movie features an actor speaking one of the Khoisan languages of southwestern Africa, which have a range of click sounds (sounds which are not found outside this region)?
Choices: A Dry White Season; The Gods Must Be Crazy; Cry Freedom; Hotel Rwanda
Answer: The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Question: The largest language family (a group of historically related languages) is the Indo-European family, which includes well-known European languages such as English, French and Russian. Which of the following languages is NOT a member of this family?
Choices: Hindi; Hebrew; Armenian; Kurdish
Answer: Hebrew
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Question: What European language is not related to any other language in the world?
Choices: English; Greek; Hungarian; Basque
Answer: Basque
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Question: The Romance languages are all descended from Latin, and form a branch of the Indo-European family. It is common knowledge that languages such as French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are related and are Romance languages. There is another major European language which is also a member of this branch. What is it?
Choices: Romanian; Irish; Hungarian; Bulgarian
Answer: Romanian
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Question: The Chinese language is related to Japanese.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What language has contributed the following words to the English language: ketchup, gong, orangutan, amok, bamboo, cockatoo, mango, paddy, gingham, compound (as in military compound) and cooties?
Choices: Portuguese; Chinese; Malay; Hindi
Answer: Malay
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Question: What language has contributed the following words to English: bungalow, jungle, thug, khaki, cot, loot, sentry, shampoo, and bangle?
Choices: Portuguese; Chinese; Malay; Hindi
Answer: Hindi
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Question: The nation of Singapore has four official languages. However, all education is conducted in this language, by law.
Choices: Tamil; Malay; Chinese; English
Answer: English
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Question: Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon are brothers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which goddess was Apollos sister?
Choices: Athena; Hestia; Hera; Artemis
Answer: Artemis
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Question: Zeus was married to this goddess.
Choices: Athena; Hestia; Hera; Demeter
Answer: Hera
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Question: Hades is considered one of the Twelve Olympians.
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: What is the name of the daughter of the goddess, Demeter?
Choices: Aphrodite; Hestia; Luna; Persephone
Answer: Persephone
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Question: What is the name of the 3 headed dog that guards the Underworld?
Choices: Romulus; Cerberus; Grendel; Remus
Answer: Cerberus
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Question: The city of Athens was almost named after Poseidon, rather than Athena.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Hermes is the Greek god of shepards, land travel, weights and measures, oratory, literature, merchants and athletics. His Roman equivalent however, is usually considered to be just the god of trade, profit and travel. Who is the Roman god in question?
Choices: Mercury; Juno; Saturn; Mars
Answer: Mercury
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Question: Dionysus is the Greek god of wine. Who is the Roman god of wine?
Choices: Mars; Cacius; Aurora; Bacchus
Answer: Bacchus
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Question: Cupid is the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Hephaestus is the Greek God of fire and the patron of blacksmiths. Who is the Roman god of fire and craftsmanship?
Choices: Vulcan; Vitrus; Spock; Theia
Answer: Vulcan
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Question: The Greek goddess of flowers is Chloris. Who is the Roman goddess of flowers, the personification of spring?
Choices: Diana; Flora; Fauna; Gaia
Answer: Flora
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Question: Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, was very popular and powerful among Greek sailors. His Roman equivalent was inferior in power and popularity. Who was the Roman god of the sea?
Choices: Orion; Neptune; Mars; Saturn
Answer: Neptune
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Question: Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, is known as Pluto in Roman mythology.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Eros is the Greek personification of the dawn and his siblings are the sun (Helios) and the moon (Selene). Who is the Roman personification of the dawn, whose siblings are Sol (sun) and Luna (moon).
Choices: Aurora; Gaia; Celeste; Hestasia
Answer: Aurora
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Question: Which one of these words means sooty or murky; having a dark or dusky color?
Choices: Fuliginous; Inkhorn; Somnolent; Alfresco
Answer: Fuliginous
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Question: Hemidemisemiquaver is a musical time meaning 1/64 of a note.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which word means a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisers?
Choices: Pratfall; Estival; Xeriscape; Camarilla
Answer: Camarilla
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Question: The word thimblerig means to play by the rules, to be fair.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What word means to be not reputable or decent?
Choices: Louche; Jocose; Prehensile; Demulcent
Answer: Louche
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Question: Prothalamion is a funeral song.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What word means melancholy, gloomy, or having a peevish temperament?
Choices: Wimple; Golconda; Askew; Atrabilious
Answer: Atrabilious
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Question: Aparatchik is a blindly devoted official, follower or member of an organization.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What word means a defamatory falsehood published for political effect?
Choices: Roorback; Anabasis; Roister; Cineast
Answer: Roorback
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Question: The word henotheism means denial of the existence of gods other than ones own.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: It is estimated that this country has more English speakers than the United States.
Choices: India; Japan; China; UK
Answer: China
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Question: The Mazateco language is the native language of the Mazatec peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico. Besides by words, messages in this language can be conveyed by what other means?
Choices: By clicking ones tongue; By tramping; By whistling; By singing
Answer: By whistling
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Question: The creator of the most widely used constructed international language, Esperanto, philologist L. L. Zamenhof, had what other profession?
Choices: Psychologist; Librarian; Ophthalmologist; Cook
Answer: Ophthalmologist
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Question: Which of the following languages does not use a definite article?
Choices: German; French; Modern Greek; Russian
Answer: Russian
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Question: In which country should you be careful with any objects labelled gift (when the word is used as a noun)?
Choices: Finland; Germany; Sweden; Norway
Answer: Germany
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Question: Which of these words begins with one and the same sound in a great percentage of the languages in the world?
Choices: Bread; Smile; Mother; Love
Answer: Mother
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Question: Which is the only South American country that uses English as its official language?
Choices: Brazil; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname
Answer: Guyana
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Question: Most of the traditional Indo-European languages capitalise I, the pronoun denoting the first person singular.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which is the common official language of Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland?
Choices: German; English; Swedish; French
Answer: German
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Question: What is the country with the greatest number of official languages?
Choices: India; South Africa; USA; China
Answer: India
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Question: Which Broadway show features the character of Billy Bigelow as the male lead?
Choices: Carousel; South Pacific; A Chorus Line; Oklahoma
Answer: Carousel
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Question: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical features the comic character Ado Annie?
Choices: Carousel; MAME; Barnum; Oklahoma
Answer: Oklahoma
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Question: The character of Professor Harold Hill was created by composer Meredith Willson for which musical about Mid-West small town life in the turn of the 20th century?
Choices: Kiss Me Kate; The Music Man; Guys and Dolls; Life on the Mississippi
Answer: The Music Man
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Question: Carrie Pepperidge is the comic relief in which Rogers and Hammerstein show?
Choices: Hello Dolly; Mame; Carousel; Oklahoma
Answer: Carousel
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Question: Shoeless Joe Hardy sold his soul to the devil in which 50s musical revised in the 1990s?
Choices: Damn Yankees; The Redhead; Candide; Annie Get Your Gun
Answer: Damn Yankees
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Question: Charlemange of the Holy Roman Empire was a character in which Fosse musical?
Choices: Pippin; Spamalot; Camelot; A Little Night Music
Answer: Pippin
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Question: Marian the Librarian is the main love interest in which show?
Choices: Chicago; Me and My Girl; The Music Man; The Will Rogers Follies
Answer: The Music Man
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Question: Sportin Life is the likable villain in which Gershwin show?
Choices: Porgy and Bess; West Side Story; Big River; Showboat
Answer: Porgy and Bess
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Question: The beautiful Belle changes everyones fate in which Broadway musical?
Choices: The Wiz; The Boy From Oz; The Lion King; Beauty and the Beast
Answer: Beauty and the Beast
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Question: Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a second banana character in which Frank Lessor musical?
Choices: La Cage aux Folles; Me and My Girl; My One and Only; Guys and Dolls
Answer: Guys and Dolls
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Question: Often called the Father of American Anthropology, he established the first PhD program in anthropology in America.
Choices: Richard L. Jantz; Corey s. Sparks; Franz Boas; Jonathan Marks
Answer: Franz Boas
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Question: This fossil, first discovered in 1924, proved that the human race really had a natural history.
Choices: Taung Child; Pitdown Man; Java Man; Neanderthal Man
Answer: Taung Child
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Question: The name of of which extinct species means working man in Greek?
Choices: Homo antecessor; Homo ergaster; Homo habilis; Homo cerpanensis
Answer: Homo ergaster
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Question: This diminutive species was nicknamed hobbits after J.R.R Tolkiens fictional race of similar size.
Choices: Homo erectus palaejavanicus; Homo erectus soloensis; Homo floresiensis; Homo heidelbergensis
Answer: Homo floresiensis
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Question: The discovery site of which species was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987?
Choices: Rudolf Man; Handy Man; Georgia Man; Peking Man
Answer: Peking Man
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Question: Turkana boy, a fossil famous for being almost a complete skeleton, was discovered in Kenya in which year?
Choices: 1974; 1984; 1962; 1981
Answer: 1984