kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: religion-faith
Question: In the mystery novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown the secrets of the Holy Grail are kept by this secret society.
Choices: The order of the Phoenix; The priory of Sion; The Illuminati; The order of the Dragon
Answer: The priory of Sion
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Question: In the 1991 movie The Fisher King, Robin Williamsâ character is obsessed with the legend of the Fisher King and tries to get the Holy Grail. He believes that this object is actually the Grail.
Choices: Ð° silver cauldron; Ð° crystal champagne glass; Ð° sport trophy; Ð° crystal plate
Answer: Ð° sport trophy
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Question: The Holy Grail was a popular theme in many literary works from the 19th century such as the Arthurian cycle The Idylls of the King. Who was its author?
Choices: Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Jane Austin; Walter Scott; Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Question: The Holy Grail is usually presented as a large beautiful cup or dish. But medieval author Wolfram von Eschenbach claimed in his poem Perzival that the Grail was actually a crown given by God.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The search for The Holy Grail is one of the central themes in the opera Persifal by this German composer.
Choices: Richard Wagner; Karl Maria von Webber; Robert Schumann; Franz Fischer
Answer: Richard Wagner
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Question: At Christmas, Christians celebrates the Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ in which city?
Choices: None of these; Bethlehem; Nazareth; Jerusalem
Answer: Bethlehem
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Question: Which Christian saint, regarded as the first martyr of Christianity, is commemorated on December 27 or 26?
Choices: Saint Matthew; Saint Andrew; Saint Paul; Saint Stephen
Answer: Saint Stephen
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Question: On September 8 or September 21, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate the birth of this important biblical figure to parents Joachim and Anna.
Choices: King Solomon; John the Baptist; Virgin Mary; King David
Answer: Virgin Mary
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Question: Which event is regarded as the greatest feast in the Christian calendar?
Choices: Resurrection of Jesus; Ascension of Christ; Epiphany; Nativity of Christ
Answer: Resurrection of Jesus
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Question: He is considered to be the first Jew  to set foot on land that would become part of the USA.
Choices: Asser Lev; Joachim Gaunse; Luis de Torres; Solomon Franco
Answer: Joachim Gaunse
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Question: In 1649 he was warned out of trying to settle in Boston.
Choices: Joachim Gaunse; Solomon Franco; Asser Lev; Luis de Torres
Answer: Solomon Franco
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Question: In 1656 the first Jewish cemetery in the USA was founded in this city.
Choices: Philadelphia, PA; Newport , RI; New  York City, NY; Charleston, SC
Answer: New  York City, NY
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Question: He is considered the first Jew on American land to get the right  to serve in a militia.
Choices: Asser Lev; Solomon Franco; Myer Myers; Asser Levy
Answer: Asser Levy
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Question: In 1665, Abraham de Lucena was arrested and fined for selling goods at retail prices.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The funds to build the first Lutheran church were advanced by a Jew.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The British Plantation Act gave Jews the right to become naturalized citizens with rights to trade within the colonies. In what year was it enacted?
Choices: 1740; 1763; 1699; 1749
Answer: 1740
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Question: This was the first colony to give Jews full political rights.
Choices: Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; New York; South Carolina
Answer: New York
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Question: This offered Jews full equality in all future US territories and states.
Choices: The Northwest Territory Act; The Future Farm and Territory Act; The Stamp Act; The Homestead Act
Answer: The Northwest Territory Act
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Question: He was the first Jew to serve in a state legislature.
Choices: Jonas Phillips; Dr. Levi Myers; Myer Myers; Asser Levy
Answer: Dr. Levi Myers
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Question: This famous pirate, who was a marrano, played a significant role in American history.
Choices: Jean Lafitte; Alexander Hamilton; Lafayette; John Jay
Answer: Jean Lafitte
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Question: He was the first Jewish Commodore in the US Navy. He ended the practice of flogging which used to be an accepted form of punishment in the US Navy.
Choices: Uriah Phillip Levy; Abraham Moise Silver; Myer Myers; Asser Lev
Answer: Uriah Phillip Levy
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Question: The Bnai Brit , a well known social welfare organization, was formed to help people who suffered in this American tragedy.
Choices: The sinking of the Chalmers; The Civil War; The San Francisco earthquake; The great Chicago fire.
Answer: The great Chicago fire.
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Question: Morris Raphall, a Rabbi from New York City, was the first to open a session of Congress with a prayer. In what year did he do this?
Choices: 1843; 1819; 1860; 1825
Answer: 1860
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Question: The  first Yiddish play was produced in New York in this year.
Choices: 1902; 1894; 1882; 1897
Answer: 1882
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Question: He was the first American-born Rabbi to lead a Chassidic group.
Choices: Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver; Rabbi Chaim Nathan Silver; Rabbi Jacob ben Yakov Halevy; Rabbi Levi Yitzach Halevi Horowitz
Answer: Rabbi Levi Yitzach Halevi Horowitz
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Question: Which of the following may save sinners according to the King James version of the Bible?
Choices: membership in a certain religion; personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ; good works like almsgiving and fasting; baptism
Answer: personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ
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Question: What is the punishment for human sins as it is written according to the Bible?
Choices: excommunication from the religion; longer life; physical death; second or spiritual death
Answer: second or spiritual death
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Question: According to the Bible, is there anything that humans can do to be saved from Hell, the bottomless pit where worms dieth not?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: At Nazareth, this Biblical figure grew and waxed in spirit. His name means the anointed one.
Choices: Isaac; Jesus Christ; Paul; Moses
Answer: Jesus Christ
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Question: According to the Bible, people are reconciled with God because of His Sons death at the cross in Mount Golgotha.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: According to the Bible, Jesus turned water to wine in this wedding feast that He had attended in Cana. Which of His miracles was this?
Choices: last miracle; second miracle; least miracle; first miracle
Answer: first miracle
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Question: According to the Bible, who should believers use as mediator between them and God when they pray?
Choices: Mary; Joseph; Jesus Christ; John, the Baptist
Answer: Jesus Christ
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Question: Which epistle states that there is one mediator between God and men?
Choices: Ephesians; Philemon; Romans; Timothy
Answer: Timothy
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Question: According to the King James Version of the Bible, what did God command people to do always, day and night?
Choices: rejoicing; drinking wine; sinning; praying
Answer: praying
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Question: In the Bible, are there any verses that strictly mention âtrinityâ as a term?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: What three things does the religious concept of the Trimurti represent?
Choices: Father, Grandfather, and Son; Heaven, Earth and Hell; Father, Mother, and Child; Creator, Protector, and Destructor
Answer: Creator, Protector, and Destructor
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Question: Biology divides cellular life forms into three basic life domains. What are they?
Choices: Endoderm, Mesoderm, and Exoterm; Archaea, Glycosis, and Endoderm; Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucaryota; Archaea, Mesoder, and Exoterm
Answer: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucaryota
Category: religion-faith
Question: Is Nona the goddess of death in the Roman myth of the triple spinning fate goddesses?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: religion-faith
Question: In biology, is the Great Apes family a species trinity comprising of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: Which one of these three basic chemical compounds can turn the blue litmus into red?
Choices: Salt; Base; None of them; Acid
Answer: Acid
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Question: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is the patron saint of which of the following?
Choices: Merchants; All of these; Archers; Sailors
Answer: All of these
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Question: St. Nicholas is revered by both Orthodox and Catholic Christians.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Saint Nicholas is one of the sources of the holiday figure of Santa Claus.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Where was the historical Saint Nicholas born?
Choices: Asia Minor; Cartagena; His birthplace is unknown.; Rome
Answer: Asia Minor
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Question: St. Nicholas is believed to have made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Saint Nicholas was released from prison in 313, after this emperor issued the Edict of Milan, extending official tolerance to Christianity.
Choices: Octavian; Marcus Aurelius; Constantine the Great; Diocletian
Answer: Constantine the Great
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Question: Saint Nicholas died on 6 December.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The splendid Basilica di San Nicola (Basilica of Saint Nicholas) is in Rome.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The historical Saint Nocholas was a Greek Bishop of what ancient town?
Choices: Myra; Beit Jala; Patara; Paternopoli
Answer: Myra
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Question: According to legend Saint Nicholas provided dowries to three young women who could not afford to marry.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: Saint Brigitta was a Swedish nun and founder of the Bridgettine Order.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Nicknamed Black Angel, he was a prominent commander in the Chechen separatist movement against Russia.
Choices: Magomed Khanbiyev; Ruslan Gelayev; Mukhtar Suleimanov; Abdulkhalik Kurbanov
Answer: Ruslan Gelayev
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Question: His name means King of Kings and he ruled the Malian Empire for over twenty years.
Choices: Mansa Musa; Mustapha Kartali; Malcolm X; Margery Kempe
Answer: Mansa Musa
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Question: What statement is true about Saint Godric of Finchale?
Choices: He was never formally canonized.; He was an English hermit.; None of these; Both of these
Answer: Both of these
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Question: He was an African-American Muslim minister and an advocate for the rights of African Americans.
Choices: Lamen Kebe; Malcolm X; Sali-Bul Ali; Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Sori
Answer: Malcolm X
Category: religion-faith
Question: James, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, was known by which of these names?
Choices: All of these; James, son of Alphaeus; James the Greater; James the Less
Answer: All of these
Category: religion-faith
Question: Junichiro Koizumi is a politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: He was a Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1978 until his death in 2005.
Choices: John Paul I; Pope John Paul II; Benedict XVI; Paul VI
Answer: Pope John Paul II
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Question: Margery Kempe was an English religious mystic whose autobiography is one of the earliest in English literature.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This Spanish knight founded the Society of Jesus in 1534.
Choices: Martin Luther; Ignatius of Loyola; Pope Paul V; John Calvin
Answer: Ignatius of Loyola
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Question: He wrote the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.
Choices: Luke the Evangelist; John the Evangelist; Matthew the Evangelist; Mark the Evangelist
Answer: Luke the Evangelist
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Question: He was a Christian saint from Egypt and a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers.
Choices: Saint Menas; Anthony the Great; Saint Varus; Saint Rais
Answer: Anthony the Great
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Question: What statement is true about Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family?
Choices: He was the founder of the Jesuit Order.; He was canonized by Pope Gregory Ksaverity.; He was a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: religion-faith
Question: St Anicetus was the first Roman Bishop to forbid Montanism.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: Leo IX launched a dispute regarding celibacy of the clergy.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Mary Faustina Kowalska was a Russian nun and mystic, venerated by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: According to Christian tradition, this saint attached a silver hand to the icon of Theotokos, which has since then been known as Three-handed?
Choices: Ignatius of Antioch; Cosmas of Maiuma; John of Damascus; Abraham the Writer
Answer: John of Damascus
Category: religion-faith
Question: Vladimir the Great converted to Christianity and baptised all of Kievan Rus.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Saint Stephen is often depicted with a crown for martyrdom.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Saint Helena was Roman empress and the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the earliest identified Christian house church?
Choices: Dura-Europos church; Monastery of Saint Anthony; Megiddo church; Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains basilica
Answer: Dura-Europos church
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Question: Megiddo church, one of the oldest church buildings discovered by archaeologists, is located in Israel.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This Coptic Orthodox monastery is located in an oasis in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Choices: St. George Monastery; St. Anthony Monastery; St. Bishoy Monastery; St. Mina Monastery
Answer: St. Anthony Monastery
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Question: Which statement is true about Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains basilica in Metz, France?
Choices: It was built in 380 AD.; It was originally built to be part of a Roman spa complex.; It is one of the oldest churches in Europe.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion is an Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the oldest cathedral in Germany?
Choices: Hildesheim Cathedral; Cathedral of Trier; Regensburg Cathedral; Aachen Cathedral
Answer: Cathedral of Trier
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Question: The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is located in Syria.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these churches was designed by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, who were professors of geometry at the University of Constantinople?
Choices: Saint Catherineâs Monastery; None of these; The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion; Hagia Sophia
Answer: Hagia Sophia
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Question: Which monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, where, according to the Hebrew Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments from God?
Choices: St. Anthony Monastery; St. Simeon Monastery; St. Paul Monastery; Saint Catherineâs Monastery
Answer: Saint Catherineâs Monastery
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Question: What church was built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth?
Choices: Church of the Nativity, Raleigh; All of these; Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem; Church of the Nativity, Arbanassi
Answer: Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
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Question: Emanuel Swedenborg is a Dutch scientist, philosopher, mystic and theologian.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: religion-faith
Question: What did Emanuel Swedenborg claim?
Choices: all of these; that the presence of the spiritual sense makes the Word Divine; that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ had occurred; that the Last Judgement had already occurred
Answer: all of these
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Question: Emanuel Swedenborg claimed that he could talk with angels, demons and other spirits.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What prominent Swedish author called Emanuel Swedenborg nothing but a fool?
Choices: Carl Jung; August Strindberg; HonorÃ© de Balzac; Johan Henrik Kellgren
Answer: Johan Henrik Kellgren
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Question: In 1710, Emanuel Swedenborg made a grand tour through the Netherlands, France, and Germany.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Emanuel Swedenborg lived in the 19th century.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Emanuel Swedenborg supported the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these is a work by Emanuel Swedenborg?
Choices: Heaven and Hell; All of these; The Last Judgment; Arcana Coelestia
Answer: All of these
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Question: What happened in April 1745, when Emanuel Swedenborg was having dinner in a private room at a London tavern.
Choices: Darkness fell upon his eyes.; He hurried home.; All of these; He saw a man sitting in the corner, who told him: Do not eat too much!
Answer: All of these
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Question: How many saints are recognized in Judaism ?
Choices: 613; 3; 4; 0
Answer: 0
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Question: The first five books of the Old Testament are referred to as what?
Choices: The Torah; The Sacred Writings of Abraham; The Code; The Bible
Answer: The Torah
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Question: In Judaism, who is considered to be the first Jew ?
Choices: Abraham; Moses; Noah; Adam
Answer: Abraham
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Question: Why is the city of Hebron so important to Judaism ?
Choices: It is where the first Capital of Israel stood; It is believed that Abraham, Sarah, Issac, Rebekkah, Leah and Jacob are buried there; It was a stop on the way out of Egypt; It is where Jeremiah was born
Answer: It is believed that Abraham, Sarah, Issac, Rebekkah, Leah and Jacob are buried there
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Question: In the context of Judaism, who was Abrahams wife ?
Choices: Leah; Rachel; Sarah; Rebekkah
Answer: Sarah
Category: religion-faith
Question: How many laws are in the first five books of the Old Testament?
Choices: 2150; 1000; 613; 100
Answer: 613
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Question: Why will Jews not eat pork?
Choices: Pigs are symbols of evil; Pigs cause disease if not properly cooked; Pigs do not chew their cud and they do not have cloven hoofs; Pigs are dirty
Answer: Pigs do not chew their cud and they do not have cloven hoofs
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Question: In Judaism, what do we call food that is permissible to be eaten?
Choices: Parve; Kosher; Fleisch; Gribnitz
Answer: Kosher
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Question: According to Judaism, what work is permissible on Sunday?
Choices: Only transportation to synagogue; Charity; None; Any work
Answer: Any work
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Question: What does the word Rabbi mean?
Choices: My overseer; MY priest; My leader; My teacher
Answer: My teacher
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Question: The witch hunts started as a result of the superstitions of some Catholic Monks. This Dominican monk is considered to be the initiator of the witch hunts as he prepared a detailed manual of deviltry for the Church.  It did not take long before women in Southern France were sent to the stake, condemned for cohabitation with the devil.
Choices: Thomas Aquinas; John XXII; Gregory; Hugo de Boniols
Answer: Thomas Aquinas
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Question: The first woman accused of witchcraft was burned around 1275. This was the reason for her condemnation.
Choices: Bringing misfortune; Participating in witch ring-dance rituals; Healing a child with magical water; Having intercourse with the devil
Answer: Having intercourse with the devil
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Question: Many of witchcraft confessions were extorted by means of torture, called ordeal. This method of torture was not used during the process of the ordeal.
Choices: The Iron Maiden; The Thumbscrew; The sound of trickling water; Hot pincers
Answer: The sound of trickling water
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Question: Burning women who were supposedly witches was a common practice on the European continent. In England, however, they punished witches in this way.
Choices: Starved them to death; Hanged them; Buried them alive; Stabbed them with a silver lance
Answer: Hanged them
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Question: Most of the victims of the witch hunts were women. However, there were some men also burned, accused of being witches. This is why.
Choices: They were more intelligent than other people; They collected herbs; They tried to protect women accused of witchcraft; They often went out for a walk during full moon
Answer: They tried to protect women accused of witchcraft
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Question: As the witch hunts expanded, any woman could be tried as a witch, but in the beginning these were the most common victims of the Holy Inquisition.
Choices: Educated women; Beautiful young girls; Old, lonely women; Women of middle age who gave birth to twins
Answer: Old, lonely women
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Question: It was a common conception that the number of people involved in the witchcraft activities could be boundless. For example, in 1609 the witch hunting French official Pierre de Lancre stated that all 30,000 dwellers of the French region Labourd were witches, including  these people.
Choices: Physicians; Young girls; Priests; Teachers
Answer: Priests
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Question: The famous Salem Witch trial started with an incident in January, 1692. A Caribbean-born slave was accused of initiating the witch phenomenon. Twenty more people were killed as no one of them confessed to being a witch. What was the reason that triggered the Salem witch craze?
Choices: Several babies in the town were born dead; There were innumerable storms over the town destroyed the crops; A severe drought made the local river dry up; Eight little girls from the town got ill with strange symptoms such as convulsions, incomprehensible speech, and trance-like states
Answer: Eight little girls from the town got ill with strange symptoms such as convulsions, incomprehensible speech, and trance-like states
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Question: This was a common torture method used in Scotland, which made the accused witch confess her deeds. The method caused hallucinations and made it easy for the inquisitors to extort confessions to flying, turning into animals, meeting the devil and taking part in witchesâ Sabbaths.
Choices: Whipping; The Iron Maiden; Sleep deprivation; Overheating
Answer: Sleep deprivation
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Question: Witch hunts still exist today. In 1981 a woman was killed by the mob, throwing stones at her as they believed she was a witch. This was the reason for stoning her to death.
Choices: Her sorcery incited the attack upon Pope John Paul II; Her spells were the reason for the ozone hole; Her magic killed the child of a neighbour; Her sorcery caused a tsunami in Mexico
Answer: Her sorcery incited the attack upon Pope John Paul II
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Question: According to the Old Testament, the prophet Hosea was instructed by God to marry a prostitute.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Bible. How many verses does it contain?
Choices: 176; 150; 200; 138
Answer: 176
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Question: According to the Old Testament, Moses was 105 years old when he died.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It is stated in the Old Testament that Jeremiah, Hosea, Jonah, and Job were prophets.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: According to The Old Testament, the prophet Jonah was sent to which city to warn its inhabitants of the coming judgment on them?
Choices: Ninevah; Joppa; Ai; Tarshish
Answer: Ninevah
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Question: The prophet Haggai is mentioned in the book of Ezra.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: According to the Book of Genesis, what did G-D  create last, on the sixth day, as almost an afterthought?
Choices: Eve; Adam; The fishes of the waters; The birds of prey
Answer: Adam
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Question: What was the name of Abrahams first wife?
Choices: Sarah; Haggar; Haggai; Ruth
Answer: Sarah
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Question: Who was Issacs wife according to Genesis?
Choices: Leah; Rebecca; Rachel; Ruth
Answer: Rebecca
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Question: Judaism has three  Patriarchs -Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Who are the four Matriarchs?
Choices: Sarah, Rebecca, Ruth, Naomi; Sarah , Rebecca , Rachel, Ruth; Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel; Sarah , Rebecca , Leah, Ruth
Answer: Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel
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Question: Which of these is not one of Jacobs twelve sons?
Choices: Naphtali; Gad; Ephraim; Zebulon
Answer: Ephraim
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Question: What is the name of Jacobs only daughter according to Genesis?
Choices: Dina; Leah; Laban; Mileah
Answer: Dina
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Question: The  Book of Genesis contains the first Biblical reference to someone being put into prison. Who was  put into prison?
Choices: Cain; Potiphar; Judah; Joseph
Answer: Joseph
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Question: Who was the third son of Adam and Eve, sometimes described as the quiet one?
Choices: Seth; Eli; Abel; Nahor
Answer: Seth
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Question: The Hebrew people lived in the first ghetto when they were in Egypt. Where was this place?
Choices: Cannan; Barnes-Kaddesh; Nubia; Goshen
Answer: Goshen
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Question: According to the genealogy of Jesus, who was the father of Jesse?
Choices: David; Obed; Boaz; Samson
Answer: Obed
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Question: In which of the following lands did Job live when he was first mentioned in the book of Job?
Choices: Judea; Uz; Galilee; Nazareth
Answer: Uz
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Question: Who was king of Judaea during the birth of Jesus?
Choices: King David; King Solomon; King Herod; King Darius
Answer: King Herod
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Question: According to the Bible, how old was Joseph when he was put in charge of the whole land of Egypt, as Pharaoh had ordered.
Choices: 40 years old; 30 years old; 22 years old; 35 years old
Answer: 30 years old
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Question: According to the Bible after Sarahs death, Abraham married another woman. What was her name?
Choices: Keturah; Jessica; Naomi; Sheba
Answer: Keturah
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Question: From what tribe of Israel was Samson according to the Bible?
Choices: Benjamin; Gad; Dan; Levi
Answer: Dan
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Question: This Biblical character is Jacobs father-in-law as well as father of Rachel and Leah.
Choices: Laban; Terah; Noah; Aram-balam
Answer: Laban
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Question: Which is the sixth book of the New Testament?
Choices: Mark; Romans; Galatians; Luke
Answer: Romans
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Question: According to the Bible, when Naomi told her two daughters-in-law to leave her and go to their homes, which daughter-in-law decided to stay?
Choices: Rebbecca; Judy; Beth; Ruth
Answer: Ruth
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Question: Which of the following did Jesus call first to be his disciple?
Choices: Philip; James; Simon; Judas
Answer: Simon
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Question: What kind of person may you call Judas?
Choices: Someone who follows you; A thief; A friend who betrayed you; A person who committed suicide
Answer: A friend who betrayed you
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Question: Which of the following events can be referred to as an Armageddon?
Choices: A battle between former allies; A death of a charismatic leader; The last gathering of a group of friends; The last and completely destructive battle
Answer: The last and completely destructive battle
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Question: Which use of Goliath is correct?
Choices: Switzerland is the Goliath of international politics.; The FIFA 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy was like David against Goliath.; The local grocery successfully competed against the nearby Goliath supermaket; Fiesta is a real Goliath among Fords models.
Answer: The local grocery successfully competed against the nearby Goliath supermaket
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Question: How would you describe a Samaritan?
Choices: A person who helps people in need; An enemy; A person who migrates to a foreign country; An egoist
Answer: A person who helps people in need
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Question: Who is the salt of the earth?
Choices: People who spread gossips; Decent, reliable people; People who do not keep their word; All Christians
Answer: Decent, reliable people
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Question: Who can be best described as doubting Thomas?
Choices: Someone who believes only what he sees; Anyone who doesnt believe in God; A left-wing politician; A scientist (especially in physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology)
Answer: Someone who believes only what he sees
Category: religion-faith
Question: Which of the following can be described as a prodigal son?
Choices: The youngest son in the family; A young man who wastes his parents money on parties; A son that is very obedient and does dutifully everything his parents tell him; The firstborn son
Answer: A young man who wastes his parents money on parties
Category: religion-faith
Question: What does the sentence Ann was the apple of Marks eye tell us about the relation between those two?
Choices: Mark hates Ann.; Mark is deeply in love with Ann.; Ann is deeply in love with Mark.; Ann hates Mark.
Answer: Mark is deeply in love with Ann.
Category: religion-faith
Question: What characteristic is commonly attributed to King Solomon?
Choices: Wealth; Lust; Hunger; Wisdom
Answer: Wisdom
Category: religion-faith
Question: What message am I conveying, if I say I dont know him from Adam?
Choices: I know very little about the person.; In spite of the negative form, the idiom means that you know someone very well.; The person is completely unknown to me.; I dont know his true character.
Answer: The person is completely unknown to me.
Category: religion-faith
Question: What does the phrase of biblical proportions mean?
Choices: of a vast, enormous scale; of little importance; related to a flood; very sinful in its nature
Answer: of a vast, enormous scale
Category: religion-faith
Question: If John knows Mary in the biblical sense, what can we say about the pair?
Choices: Mary is Johns sister.; They have had sex.; Their parents decided about their marriage.; They are in a Platonic relationship (ie. love, but no sex).
Answer: They have had sex.
Category: religion-faith
Question: What Biblical character said the following?
Choices:  petition and my request is this:If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet  I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the kings question.; Esther; Martha; Ruth; Deborah
Answer: Esther
Category: religion-faith
Question: The following words belong to this biblical figure:
Choices: y the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said,A boy is born! That day-may it turn to darkness; may the God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it.; Jesus; John the Baptist; Abraham; Job
Answer: Job
Category: religion-faith
Question: What Biblical hero delivered these words?
Choices: t of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.; Samson; Solomon; David; Samuel
Answer: Samson
Category: religion-faith
Question: What Biblical character asked the following question? 
Choices:  I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?; Peter; Jude; Jesus; Paul
Answer: Jesus
Category: religion-faith
Question: What character from the Bible said the following? Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave womans son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.
Choices: Ruth; Sarah; Leah; Rebeccah
Answer: Sarah
Category: religion-faith
Question: Who said the following: It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Choices: John; Jesus; Joseph; Matthew
Answer: Jesus
Category: religion-faith
Question: What Biblical figure said this? 
Choices: am now an old man and dont know the day of my death. Now then, get your weapons-your quiver and bow-and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my  blessing before I die.; Jacob; Esau; Adam; Issac
Answer: Issac
Category: religion-faith
Question: Name the Biblical character who delivered these words: Pick me up and throw me into the sea, and it will become calm, I know that is is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.
Choices: Obadiah; Micah; Haggai; Jonah
Answer: Jonah
Category: religion-faith
Question: What character from the Bible said this?
Choices: rd dont you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!; Queen Vashti; Martha; Mary; Queen Sheba
Answer: Martha
Category: religion-faith
Question: Who delivered these words: Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, âWhat is his name? Then what shall I tell them?
Choices: Joseph; Jonah; Moses; Aaron
Answer: Moses
Category: religion-faith
Question: What is the symbol of the dhamma (dharma)?
Choices: flag; wheel; chair; flower
Answer: wheel
Category: religion-faith
Question: What Buddhist term refers to the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth?
Choices: Dharma; Samsara; Naraka; Asura
Answer: Samsara
Category: religion-faith
Question: What does the word buddha mean?
Choices: light; the only one; god; awake
Answer: awake
Category: religion-faith
Question: What is the path to happiness in Buddhism?
Choices: ancient path; path of freedom; path of love; middle way
Answer: middle way
Category: religion-faith
Question: According to Buddhism what are the3 evil roots/defilements that hide the truth from us?
Choices: hatred, greed, selfishness; delusion, confusion, anger; delusion, hatred, jealousy; delusion, hatred, greed
Answer: delusion, hatred, greed
Category: religion-faith
Question: In Buddhism which of these beings inhabit Hells?
Choices: Brahmas; Preta; Naraka beings; Asuras
Answer: Naraka beings
Category: religion-faith
Question: According to Buddhism, life is or leads to suffering in one way or another.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: It is generally accepted that the last words of the Buddha were: All component things are transient, work out your salvation with diligence.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: Kamma is only one of the 5 natural laws that Buddha spoke about.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: According to Buddhism there are realms of existences other than human and animal realm.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: Immanuel Kant criticized Emanuel Swedenborg and termed him a âspook hunterâ.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: Clouds are made up of these.
Choices: Carbon atoms; Water droplets and ice crystals; Oxygen ions; Dust mites
Answer: Water droplets and ice crystals
Category: science-technology
Question: This formation is a conical hill or mountain. It is formed by mantle material being pressed through an opening in the Earths crust.
Choices: A volcano; A hill; An earthquake; A geyser
Answer: A volcano
Category: science-technology
Question: Japan suffers from this event very often. It is the sudden, light or violent movement of the earths surface caused by the release of energy in the earths crust.
Choices: Volcano; Earthquake; Tide; Tsunami
Answer: Earthquake
Category: science-technology
Question: It is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
Choices: Australia; South America; Antarctica; Arctica
Answer: Antarctica
Category: science-technology
Question: It is the longest river in the world
Choices: Themes; The Amazon; The Nile; Danube
Answer: The Nile
Category: science-technology
Question: Why do travelers to La Paz, Bolivia, often become ill as soon as they arrive?
Choices: Because of the high temperature; Because of the humidity; Because of the soil quality; Because of the altitude
Answer: Because of the altitude
Category: science-technology
Question: In the US, why do we change our clocks on the daylight saving time dates in April and October?
Choices: To conserve energy; To increase the hours of the day; To extend the working day; Because the tourist period in most countries starts in May
Answer: To conserve energy
Category: science-technology
Question: These are places of arid land with really low rainfall and high tempertures variation. Their vegetation is insignificant and the population of people and animals is very limited.
Choices: Oceans; Raiforests; The equator; Deserts
Answer: Deserts
Category: science-technology
Question: This is a gemstone made by fossilized tree sap that is at least 30 million years old.
Choices: Obsidian; Amber; Tourmaline; Malachite
Answer: Amber
Category: science-technology
Question: This is the largest island on Earth and one third of it is a national park.
Choices: Greenland; Madagaskar; Australia; Alaska
Answer: Greenland
Category: science-technology
Question: Which of these organs has no known function in the human body?
Choices: tonsils; appendix; uvula; pineal gland
Answer: appendix
Category: science-technology
Question: The main function of this organ of respiration is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream.
Choices: stomach; diaphragm; trachea; lung
Answer: lung
Category: science-technology
Question: This gland is shaped like a butterfly and helps regulate energy in the body.
Choices: parathyroid; thyroid; adrenal; thymus
Answer: thyroid
Category: science-technology
Question: The cerebellum section of the brain controls the fine movement and equilibrium, among other things.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: These organs are very sensitive and often fail in people with very high blood pressure or diabetes.
Choices: pancreas; kidneys; ovaries; lungs
Answer: kidneys
Category: science-technology
Question: Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the body.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: This is one of the first signs of pregnancy.
Choices: Swollen Feet; Missed period; Hair loss; Waddling
Answer: Missed period
Category: science-technology
Question: This doctor takes care of you and your baby during pregnancy.
Choices: Psychologist; Periodontist; Obstetrician; Pediatrician
Answer: Obstetrician
Category: science-technology
Question: What is the most common method of child birth?
Choices: Cesarean; Vaginal; Water birth; In Vitro Fertilization
Answer: Vaginal
Category: science-technology
Question: The mother determines the sex of the baby.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: science-technology
Question: What are common side effects of pregnancy?
Choices: Stretch marks; Morning Sickness; All of the these; Weight gain
Answer: All of the these
Category: science-technology
Question: How far along are you approximately, when you feel the baby move for the first time?
Choices: 10 weeks; 35 weeks; 2 weeks; 20 weeks
Answer: 20 weeks
Category: science-technology
Question: What is suggested that you not do several hours before you go into labor?  It could get you embarrassed.
Choices: Eat fish; Have sex; Talk on the phone; Eat food
Answer: Eat food
Category: science-technology
Question: What is also delivered along with the baby or immediately after its birth?
Choices: Feet; Shoulders; Placenta; Handbook
Answer: Placenta
Category: science-technology
Question: These small bodies are considered left overs from the formation of the Solar system some 4.6 billion years ago.
Choices: Comets; Stars; Planets; Asteroids
Answer: Asteroids
Category: science-technology
Question: These are lumps of ice and dust.  When they get close enough to the Sun they gradually evaporate.  Jets of gas and dust create long tails that people can see from Earth.
Choices: Asteroids; Comets; UFOs; Stars
Answer: Comets
Category: science-technology
Question: This planet is slightly smaller than Earth and its closest neighbor (excluding the Moon).
Choices: Venus; Uranus; Mars; Saturn
Answer: Venus
Category: science-technology
Question: This planet is has the largest  group of moons - 31, but it is best known for its ring system.
Choices: Neptune; Mars; Saturn; Venus
Answer: Saturn
Category: science-technology
Question: This planet of the Solar System was named after a Greek god of the sea and earthquakes. The name is actually the Roman translation of the gods name.
Choices: Mercury; Neptune; Pluto; Uranus
Answer: Neptune
Category: science-technology
Question: As this is the closest planet to the Sun, its temperatures at the surface range between -300 and 800 F (hot enough for lead to melt).
Choices: Neptune; Mercury; Pluto; Venus
Answer: Mercury
Category: science-technology
Question: The surface of this planet is unique, it is the only one which has water in large quantities.
Choices: Saturn; Pluto; Earth; Mars
Answer: Earth
Category: science-technology
Question: Which Solar System celestial bodys revolution around the Sun takes 248 years?
Choices: Saturn; Pluto; Neptune; Uranus
Answer: Pluto
Category: science-technology
Question: This is the largest planet in our solar system. It is most famous for its Great Red Spot.
Choices: Mars; Neptune; Saturn; Jupiter
Answer: Jupiter
Category: science-technology
Question: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, and Sycorax are names of the icy moons of this planet.
Choices: Uranus; Jupiter; Saturn; Venus
Answer: Uranus
Category: science-technology
Question: The popular chat room abbreviation asl or a/s/l stands for age, sex, and location.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: An icon or animation to represent a participant used in Internet chat and games is referred to as this.
Choices: Bitmap; Cookie; Applet; Avatar
Answer: Avatar
Category: science-technology
Question: If you and I are chatting over the Internet and I write LOL, that means that I am doing this.
Choices: Crying; Laughing; Sleeping; Eating
Answer: Laughing
Category: science-technology
Question: The terms smiley and emoticon refer to one and the same thing.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: http://www.123facts.com/ is referred to as this.
Choices: TCP; WAP; URL; USB
Answer: URL
Category: science-technology
Question: One of the following pairs (chat abbreviation - its  meaning) is wrong.
Choices: BRB - Be Right Back; ATM - At The Moment; TTYL - To Tell You a Lie; TIA - Thanks In Advance
Answer: TTYL - To Tell You a Lie
Category: science-technology
Question: One of these things will not help you to get in touch with your neighbours PC.
Choices: Hub; Router; Cache server; Network card
Answer: Cache server
Category: science-technology
Question: If they call me a newbie then I am new to the Internet; and/or new to the subject in general.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: In chat jargon, the emoticon  [8-] refers to this person.
Choices: Elvis; Ronald Regan; Frankenstein; The Pope
Answer: Frankenstein
Category: science-technology
Question: The medical term cardio, deriving from a Greek word, refers to which organ of the human body?
Choices: Brain; Liver; Lungs; Heart
Answer: Heart
Category: science-technology
Question: The term arthro is of Greek origin. It refers to which part of the body?
Choices: Head; Skin; Bone; Joint
Answer: Joint
Category: science-technology
Question: Gastro is a common medical prefix, derived from the Greek word gastros which means what?
Choices: Gas; Brain; Cell; Stomach
Answer: Stomach
Category: science-technology
Question: The word hepato, which derives from Greek, refers to the kidney.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: science-technology
Question: Erythrocytes are a type of blood cells, consisting mainly of hemoglobin. What does the word erythro mean?
Choices: Red; Knowledge; Cell; White
Answer: Red
Category: science-technology
Question: The term thrombo, which comes from Greek, refers to a blood clot.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: The word adeno, deriving from Greek, refers to which to what body part?
Choices: Flesh; Brain; Gland; Kidney
Answer: Gland
Category: science-technology
Question: The two terms nephro and ren both refer to the kidneys.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: Onco, coming from the Greek word onkos refers to what?
Choices: Ear; Nerve; Eye; Tumor
Answer: Tumor
Category: science-technology
Question: The food colorants, cochineal and carmine, are made from what?
Choices: Frogs; A kind of insect; FDC Red Dye #40; None of these
Answer: A kind of insect
Category: science-technology
Question: Jell-O, the popular gelatin dessert, is made in part, from what?
Choices: Bones and hides; Red ants; None of these; Horses and cows hooves
Answer: Bones and hides
Category: science-technology
Question: Twinkies, the sponge cake with creamy filling, created by Hostess, have an indefinite shelf life.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: science-technology
Question: Which of these statements, related to the effects of eating turkey, is true?
Choices: Turkey slows your metabolic rate which makes you drowsy; A turkey makes you sleepy as it contains the natural sedative L-tryptophan; Increased blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract makes one drowsy; None of these
Answer: None of these
Category: science-technology
Question: The traditional Japanese dish, sushi, is always made with raw fish.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: science-technology
Question: What food results in negative calories when eaten?
Choices: Carrots; Celery; All of these; Radishes
Answer: All of these
Category: science-technology
Question: Chop Suey, a pasta dish consisting of short noodles, was originally made and served in which country?
Choices: Thailand; USA; China; Vietnam
Answer: USA
Category: science-technology
Question: Gatorade, a non-carbonated sports drink, was invented by researchers at the University of Florida and named in honor of the Florida Gators, the schools football team.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: In 2003, the FDA issued a warning about a possible connection between green onions and which disease?
Choices: None of these; Gall stones; Hepatitis A; Cancer
Answer: Hepatitis A
Category: science-technology
Question: In the USA, the color of the plastic tags, used to seal bread bags, indicates on what day the loaves were baked.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: Death of heart tissues due to loss of blood supply correctly describes the condition known as Myocardial Infarction.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: science-technology
Question: This progressive generative disease of the brain results in loss of cognitive ability and uncontrolled movements, called chorea, the Greek word for dance.
Choices: Alzheimers Disease; Myasthenia Gravis; Multiple Sclerosis; Huntingtons Disease
Answer: Huntingtons Disease