kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: This man was living a descent life in Jamaica when he decided to become a pirate. At the end of his plundering activities, he was knighted and sent back to Jamaica, this time as lieutenant governor.
Choices: Henry Every; Henry Morgan; Howell Davis; Charles Vane
Answer: Henry Morgan
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Question: This man took up piracy when he was assigned to attack French smugglers on the island of Martinique. Many months had passed since the crew last got any money, so they started to mutiny. Thus, they took over the ship that was given to them by the government authorities, renamed it to Fancy and went looking for plunder.
Choices: John Hawkins; Henry Avery; Henry Morgan; Captain Kidd
Answer: Henry Avery
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Question: This Barbary corsair was probably born in Albania. He is known as one of the boldest seafarers. It is said that he once captured the popes flagship. Another achievement of his was the plundering of a treasure amounting to the annual salary of 40,000 merchants.
Choices: Kanhoji Angria; Blackbeard; Stede Bonnet; Murat Rais
Answer: Murat Rais
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Question: In which of these movies did actress Mary Kate Olsen star without her twin Ashley Olsen?
Choices: How the West Was Fun; Factory Girl; It Takes Two; When In Rome
Answer: Factory Girl
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Question: Queen Mary I of England was also known as Bloody Mary because she persecuted which social group?
Choices: Protestants; Indians; Jews; Catholics
Answer: Protestants
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Question: Which of these world-famous tennis players became the Wimbledon 2004 Champion?
Choices: Mary Pierce; Maria Kirilenko; Maria Sharapova; Maria Bueno
Answer: Maria Sharapova
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Question: What does the J stand for in the name of the Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige?
Choices: Jane; Jada; Jasmine; Jessica
Answer: Jane
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Question: On what date do Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches observe the day of St. Mary Magdalene?
Choices: January 6; July 22; December 25; September 11
Answer: July 22
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Question: Marie Fredriksson, lead singer of the Swedish pop group Roxette, was diagnosed with what dangerous illness in 2002?
Choices: Brain cancer; Tuberculosis; Breast cancer; AIDS
Answer: Brain cancer
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Question: In 1903 and 1911, Polish-French scientist Marie Curie received which Nobel Prizes?
Choices: In Physics and in Peace; In Physics and in Chemistry; In Chemistry and in Physiology; In Physiology and in Physics
Answer: In Physics and in Chemistry
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Question: Which of these musicians didnt release a song named Maria in 1999?
Choices: Blondie; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Ricky Martin; Rage Against the Machine
Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Question: In the 19th century, English writer Mary Shelley wrote which famous gothic novel?
Choices: The Picture of Dorian Gray; Frankenstein; Interview with the Vampire; Dracula
Answer: Frankenstein
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Question: Which actress played the role of Mary in the 1998 movie Theres Something About Mary?
Choices: RenÃ©e Zellweger; Reese Witherspoon; Cameron Diaz; Gwyneth Paltrow
Answer: Cameron Diaz
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Question: A popular 1960s group, who scored big with their Smash Hit Mony, Mony .
Choices: Tommy Tarantula and the 4 Aces; Tommy and the Shilites; Tommy Hawthorne and the Chandeliers; Tommy James and the Shondelles
Answer: Tommy James and the Shondelles
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Question: This singer and entertainer is well known for his hit song, Love Me Tonight.
Choices: Tom Aragon; Tommy Lee; Tom Caruso; Tom Jones
Answer: Tom Jones
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Question: Which famous King of France, who reigned in the 17th century, is widely-known as The Sun King?
Choices: Louis XIV; Louis XVIII; Philippe I; Charles the Great
Answer: Louis XIV
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Question: Which English king, who reigned from 1714 to 1727, could not speak English?
Choices: King Edward II; King George I; King Richard III; King Arthur
Answer: King George I
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Question: Who sponsored Christopher Columbus voyage during which he discovered America?
Choices: King Henry VIII of England; Queen Elizabeth II of England; King Louis XIV of France; Queen Isabella I of Spain
Answer: Queen Isabella I of Spain
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Question: Which Queen of France was guillotined in 1793 during the French Revolution of 1789â1799?
Choices: Margrethe II; Elisabeth I; Marie Antoinette; Catherine de Medici
Answer: Marie Antoinette
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Question: Three of these names refer to one and the same queen. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Bloody Mary; Mary Tudor; Mary I of England; Mary, Queen of Scots
Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots
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Question: Which queen founded a union of the Scandinavian countries in 1397 and ruled Norway, Denmark and Sweden?
Choices: Christina I; Margaret II; Margaret I; Elizabeth I
Answer: Margaret I
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Question: Who was the father of Charles the Great, King of the Franks of the Carolingian dynasty?
Choices: King Henry Viii; King Louis the Pious; King Pippin the Short; King Charles the Bald
Answer: King Pippin the Short
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Question: Name the King of England who was married six times and established the Church of England in 1534.
Choices: King Sweyn Forkbeard; King William I the Conqueror; King Richard I the Lionheart; King Henry VIII
Answer: King Henry VIII
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Question: Born in 1683, King Philip V was the first Spanish king of which royal dynasty?
Choices: Savoy; Bonaparte; Habsburg; Bourbon
Answer: Bourbon
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Question: Which of these monarchs is not correctly matched to the country he ruled?
Choices: King Constantine II - Greece; King Harald V  - Denmark; King Carl XVI Gustaf - Sweden; King Juan Carlos I - Spain
Answer: King Harald V  - Denmark
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Question: In the 21st century, pirates still roam the seas and account for billions of dollars in loss each year.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In the past, pirates with a commission or letter of Marque to legally attack enemy ships were called freebooters.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Pirates who operated out of the West Indies were known as Buccaneers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The famed piracy in the Caribbean started around the first half of 1500s.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Two of the hotbeds for pirate activity were the islands of Tortuga and Port Royal.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Pirate society was run as a democracy in which votes were taken.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Black Bart was the most successful pirate in the Golden Age of Piracy.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: There were women pirates.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Pirate Blackbeard had the longest reign of terror among pirates.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The pirate term cackle fruit referred to bananas.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: He was a salesman of tea, coffee, and sugar.  Later, in 1876  he invented the gas motor engine.
Choices: John Ott; Samuel OReilly; Nicolaus August Otto; Ellen Ochoa
Answer: Nicolaus August Otto
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Question: This Canadian doctor is widely credited for the invention of the first gas mask, in response to German use of poison gas during World War I.
Choices: Charles Macintosh; Kokichi Mikimoto; Cluny MacPherson; Akhil Madhani
Answer: Cluny MacPherson
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Question: This woman invented a method for cleaning and curing the Indian corn crops.
Choices: Elisha Graves Otis; Elaine Jameson; Anna Keichline; Sybilla Masters
Answer: Sybilla Masters
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Question: Among his many inventions were eyeglasses for near and far-sightedness.
Choices: Mary Kies; Johannes Kepler; Charles Franklin Kettering; Gabriele Knecht
Answer: Johannes Kepler
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Question: He invented the air conditioner in 1902.
Choices: Orville Wright; Willis Haviland Carrier; Charles Martin Hall; Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Answer: Willis Haviland Carrier
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Question: This tea and coffee shop merchant from New York is the inventor of tea bags. He started sending samples of tea in small silk bags, but people preferred to dip the tea in the hot water along with the bag.
Choices: Thomas Sullivan; Roy Plunkett; Samuel Morse; Erna Hoover
Answer: Thomas Sullivan
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Question: He invented the first medical thermometer.
Choices: Lord William Thomson Kelvin; Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit; Sir Thomas Allbutt; Anders Celsius
Answer: Sir Thomas Allbutt
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Question: This pharmacist was the inventor of Coca Cola.
Choices: James Russell; Frank Robinson; Doctor John Pemberton; Viktor Schauberger
Answer: Doctor John Pemberton
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Question: This man invented the compact disc in 1965.
Choices: Seymour Cray; Percy Lavon Julian; James Russell; Sir James Dewar
Answer: James Russell
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Question: This Hungarian journalist invented and patented the ball point pen.
Choices: Laszlo Biro; James Naismith; Stephen Poplawski; Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Answer: Laszlo Biro
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Question: Who was U.S. President during the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001?
Choices: Gerald  Rudolph Ford; George Walker Bush; Ronald Wilson Reagan; James Earl (Jimmy) Carter
Answer: George Walker Bush
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Question: What U.S. President annexed Texas in 1845?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; William Henry Harrison; Millard Fillmore; John Tyler
Answer: John Tyler
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Question: Who was President during the Iran hostage crisis (1979)?
Choices: James Earl (Jimmy) Carter; Richard Milhous Nixon; William Jefferson Clinton; George Herbert Walker Bush
Answer: James Earl (Jimmy) Carter
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Question: What U.S. President faced impeachment in 1868 for steadfastly opposing Radicals in Congress?
Choices: Ulysses Simpson Grant; James Abram Garfield; James Buchanan; Andrew Johnson
Answer: Andrew Johnson
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Question: What Chief Executive was a Presidents grandson?
Choices: Chester Alan Arthur; Benjamin Harrison; Franklin Pierce; Dwight David Eisenhower
Answer: Benjamin Harrison
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Question: Who was U.S. President during the fall of the Berlin Wall, and witnessed the end of the Cold War?
Choices: William Jefferson Clinton; George Herbert Walker Bush; Richard Milhous Nixon; Gerald Rudolph Ford
Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush
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Question: What name did Christopher Columbus give to Cuba, when he landed there on April 30, 1494?
Choices: Isabella; Juana; Hispaniola; Mary
Answer: Juana
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Question: In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage in search of the Indies with which three ships?
Choices: Santa Maria, Pinta and NiÃ±a; Navidad, Isabella and NiÃ±a; Santa Maria, Navidad and Pinta; Isabella, Castilla and NiÃ±a
Answer: Santa Maria, Pinta and NiÃ±a
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Question: On his fourth voyage, Christopher Columbus was accompanied by which members of his family, called Bartolomeo and Fernando?
Choices: His brother and his son; His uncle and his brother; His two brothers; His two sons
Answer: His brother and his son
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Question: According to the contract between Columbus and the Spanish monarchs, what would happen if he discovered new mainland?
Choices: Columbus would be proclaimed Admiral of the Ocean Sea.; Columbus would marry the heir to the Spanish throne.; Columbus would have the sole right to sell slaves from the new lands.; Columbus would be appointed Governor of Andalusia.
Answer: Columbus would be proclaimed Admiral of the Ocean Sea.
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Question: Which previously-unknown plant was brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus in 1493?
Choices: Tobacco; Ginger; Black pepper; Cloves
Answer: Tobacco
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Question: Where did Christopher Columbus die on May 20, 1506?
Choices: Valladolid, Spain; Genua, Italy; Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic; St. Anns Bay, Jamaica
Answer: Valladolid, Spain
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Question: How was Christopher Columbus corpse treated immediately after his death?
Choices: The head was removed from the body.; It was burned.; It was embalmed and dehydrated.; The flesh was removed from the bones.
Answer: The flesh was removed from the bones.
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Question: In 2002, Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez changed the name of Columbus Day with what new name of the holiday?
Choices: The Day of Spain; The Day of the New World; The Day of Indigenous Resistance; The Discoverers Day
Answer: The Day of Indigenous Resistance
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Question: Columbus Day, a holiday first observed by the Tammany Society, is officially celebrated in the USA in which month?
Choices: June; January; October; July
Answer: October
Category: people
Question: Who was the first European to reach the American shores several centuries before the first voyage of Columbus?
Choices: Marco Polo; Ferdinand Magellan; Francisco Pizarro; Leifr EirÃ­ksson
Answer: Leifr EirÃ­ksson
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Question: The Leigh Light named after its inventor Humphry de Verde Leigh, is a type of what British military device from World War II?
Choices: Anti-aircraft device; Antiradar device; Anti-submarine device; Anti-tank device
Answer: Anti-submarine device
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Question: The diesel engine is named after Rudolf Diesel, an inventor of what nationality?
Choices: American; French; German; Italian
Answer: German
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Question: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. constructed the modern version of the Ferris wheel in 1893 for what major world exposition?
Choices: California Pacific International Exposition 1893; Exposition Universelle, Paris 1893; Lewis  Clark Centennial Exposition 1893; Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois 1893
Answer: Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois 1893
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Question: The zeppelin took the name of German nobleman Ferdinand von Zeppelin who bore what title?
Choices: Count; Lord; Baron; Duke
Answer: Count
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Question: Which of these popular food names derives from its inventors title?
Choices: Salad; Panino; Sandwich; Burger
Answer: Sandwich
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Question: The meringue dessert Pavlova is named after the famous Russian Anna Pavlova. What was Pavlovas occupation?
Choices: Writer; Ballet dancer; Artist; Chemist
Answer: Ballet dancer
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Question: The popular mechanical puzzle Rubiks Cube, designed by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture ErnÅ Rubik, comes in four different versions depending on the number of its squares. In the standard 3Ã3Ã3 version what is the total number of visible cube faces?
Choices: 72; 54; 27; 36
Answer: 54
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Question: The Richter magnitude scale, named after American seismologist Charles Richter, is used to quantify the size of an earthquake. What is the highest number in the scale?
Choices: 10; 9; 11; 12
Answer: 10
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Question: The Morse code, named after one of its inventors, Samuel Morse, is a method for transmitting information using short and long marks - dots and dashes. In the international Morse code standards, the pause between two words equals what?
Choices: 5 dots; 2 dashes; a dash and a dot; 3 dots
Answer: 5 dots
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Question: The Braille system, devised in 1821 by Louis Braille, is a method of reading and writing used by blind people. In the Braille alphabet each letter is represented by the so-called Braille cell, which is a grid of up to how many raised dots?
Choices: 6; 12; 7; 9
Answer: 6
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Question: Who was the first female child born to English parents in the United States?
Choices: Virginia Dare; Virginia Poole; Virginia Recker; Virginia Adcock
Answer: Virginia Dare
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Question: Who was the first American female writer whose works were published?
Choices: Cassandra Harris; Anne Bradstreet; Kathaleen Ross; Francis Persell
Answer: Anne Bradstreet
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Question: Who was the first professional woman artist in the United States?
Choices: Henrietta Johnston; Frida Kahlo; Sylvia Vonderheid; Marianne Stokes
Answer: Henrietta Johnston
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Question: Who was the first American woman to run a print shop?
Choices: Rita Mae Greener; Alice B. Woodward; Henrietta Rae; Anne Catherine Hoof Green
Answer: Anne Catherine Hoof Green
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Question: What woman appeared in the first ballet presented in the United States?
Choices: Angelina Ballerina; Suzanne Vaillande; Joan Miro; Wendy Burke
Answer: Suzanne Vaillande
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Question: Who established the first charitable organization for women in the United States?
Choices: Anne Widducombe; Anne Parrish; Anne Bronte; Anne Coulter
Answer: Anne Parrish
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Question: Who was the first woman to receive a patent?
Choices: Mary Knowles; Mary Kies; Marie Knoust; Marianne Krowles
Answer: Mary Kies
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Question: Who was the first native-born American woman to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church?
Choices: Elizabeth Ann Seton; Frances Eugina Bailey; Christina Beverly Nichols; Margaret Elaine Lewis
Answer: Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Question: Who was the first female doctor in the United States?
Choices: Elizabeth Blackwell; Claudia Martorell; Joanne Donovan; Mary Diederich
Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell
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Question: Who was the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States?
Choices: Rebecca Nolan; Rebecca Cole; Rebecca Chaney; Rebecca Crumpler
Answer: Rebecca Crumpler
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Question: This child actor born in 1958 was one of the stars of the television show Family Affair.
Choices: Rebecca Schaeffer; Judith Barsi; Anne Frank; Anissa Jones
Answer: Anissa Jones
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Question: Joan of Arc was only 16 when she died.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Lady Jane Grey died in 1554 from typhoid fever.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This Russian Emperor died at the age of 14 ending the direct male descendants of the Romanov Dynasty.
Choices: Richard II; Peter II; Ivan V; Peter I
Answer: Peter II
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Question: This promising new star died in 1988. She starred in several television shows and movies in her short career. She was the voice of Ducky in The Land Before Time and the voice of Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven. She also played Michael (Brody) and Carlas daughter in Jaws: The Revenge.
Choices: Heather ORourke; Judith Barsi; Dana Plato; Helen Shaver
Answer: Judith Barsi
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Question: This 7-year-old pilot trainee was attempting to become the youngest person to fly a plane across the United States when her plane went down.
Choices: Jessica Dubroff; James Irving; Barrington Irving; Vicky van Meter
Answer: Jessica Dubroff
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Question: On whose tombstone would you find this quotation taken from one of his most famous poems?
Choices: ote the Raven; vermore!; Edgar Allan Poe; W. E. Henly; Walt Whitman; Washington Irving
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
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Question: Known as  The Man of a 1,000 Voices , who has as his epitaph THATS ALL FOLKS! ?
Choices: Mel Blanc; Walt Disney; Robert Crumb; Mel Brooks
Answer: Mel Blanc
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Question: What sports legend has as his epitaph:
Choices: ainst All Odds; Henry Aaron; Roger Maris; Babe Ruth; Mickey Mantle
Answer: Roger Maris
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Question: On March 9, 1982 his friend led his funeral procession riding a motorcycle and  wearing a leather jacket and jeans.  Two days later at his memorial service this same friend played the Ventures song  2,000 Pound Bee  before 1,000 mourners at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.  Whose epitaph reads  I May Be Gone But Rock And Roll Lives On?
Choices: Phil Hartman; Andy Kaufman; Chris Farley; John Belushi
Answer: John Belushi
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Question: This  blue-eyed soul  singer has the following epitaph:
Choices: r Memory Of You And Your; ll Live On Through Eternity;  You Believe In Forever Then Life Is But A One Night Stand; Bill Medley; Bobby Hatfield; Maurice Gibbs; Neil Diamond
Answer: Bobby Hatfield
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Question: What great Americans self written epitaph reads:
Choices: thor Of The Declaration Of American Independence;  The Statue Of Virginia For Religious Freedom; d The Father Of The University Of Virginia; James Madison; James Monroe; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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Question: Some of this poets better known poems are  Ode to a Nightingale  and Ode to a Grecian
Choices: n .  Whose epitaph ends with the line  Here Lies One Whose Name Was Writ In Water?; William Bulter Yeats; John Keats; Percy Bysshe Shelly; Lord Byron
Answer: John Keats
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Question: What member of the  Rat Pack  has a tombstone which reads:
Choices: Dean Martin; Peter Lawford; Frank Sinatra; Joey Bishop
Answer: Dean Martin
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Question: What person, known for their involvement in the civil rights movement, said the following: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.?
Choices: Rosa Parks; John F. Kennedy; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Question: This conservationist, who along with his good friend Robert U. Johnson got Congress to approve a bill that would lead to the founding of Yosemite  Sequoia National Parks, is remembered for the following quote:  When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
Choices: Frederick Douglass; Carl Sandburg; Ansel Adams; John Muir
Answer: John Muir
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Question: What female writer, known for her very personal writings, said: And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.?
Choices: AnaÃ¯s Nin; Joan Baez; Alice Walker; Maya Angelou
Answer: AnaÃ¯s Nin
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Question: This quote is from a coach that was so successful in his field that they named the champions trophy after him: We didnt lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Choices: Vince Lombardi; Bear Bryant; Red Auerbach; John W. Heisman
Answer: Vince Lombardi
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Question: The political figure who said Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required. was voted number one in the 2002 BBC poll of Greatest Britons Ever.
Choices: Princess Diana; Sir Francis Drake; Queen Elizabeth II; Sir Winston Churchill
Answer: Sir Winston Churchill
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Question: The woman who authored Coming of Age in Samoa also authored this quote: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, its the only thing that ever has.
Choices: Edna St. Vincent Millay; Margaret Mead; Dorothy Day; Willa Cather
Answer: Margaret Mead
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Question: This British author wrote about such issues as betrayal, murder and love; he also gave us the quote Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
Choices: Lord Byron; William Shakespeare; Charles Dickens; Edmund Burke
Answer: William Shakespeare
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Question: The controversial figure who gave us the following quote died of meningitis and is buried in the famed Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.  There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Choices: Oscar Wilde; Mary Shelley; J. R. R. Tolkien; Virginia Woolf
Answer: Oscar Wilde
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Question: This German philosopher is the author of the book The Antichrist and also of this popular quote: You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
Choices: Friedrich Engels; Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Friedrich Nietzsche; Karl Marx
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Question: In 1998 we lost one of our greatest track and field competitors. Many people feel that she used steroids and that led to her early death.
Choices: Tara Erdmann; Marion Jones; Asafa Powell; Florence Griffith-Joyner
Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner
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Question: Football star Derrick Thomas died in a shoot out outside a Kansas City club in 2000.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What do Hugh OConnor and Cleopatra VII have in common?
Choices: They both died at the age of 35.; They both loved strawberries.; They both committed suicide.; They were both born in April.
Answer: They both committed suicide.
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Question: In 1963 Patsy Cline killed her abusive husband and then turned the gun on herself.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This famous writer, author of Les Miserables, wrote the following words: ...You have been privileged to receive every gift from nature, you have both fortitude and tears. Oh, Adele, do not mistake these words for blind enthusiasm - enthusiasm for you has lasted all my life, and increased day by day. My whole soul is yours. If my entire existence had not been yours, the harmony of my being would have been lost, and I must have died -- died inevitably.
Choices: Joseph Conrad; Charles Dickens; Victor Hugo; John Keats
Answer: Victor Hugo
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Question: Which famous person addressed the following words to his wife Clementine: Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years??
Choices: Lord Bryon; Mohammed Ali; Winston Churchill; Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Winston Churchill
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Question: Which famous poet wrote the following to his beloved Fanny Brawne: I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my life seems to stop there - I see no further. You have absorbd me.?
Choices: Percy Bysshe Shelley; Lewis Carol; Robert Browning; John Keats
Answer: John Keats
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Question: Name the politician who wrote the following words: Beware, Josephine; one fine night the doors will be broken down and there I shall be. In truth, I am worried, my love, to have no news from you; write me a four page letter instantly made up from those delightful words which fill my heart with emotion and joy.
Choices: George Bush; Adolf Hitler; Napoleon Bonaparte; Winston Churchill
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
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Question: Which New Zealand-born author wrote the following: Do not imagine, because you find these lines in your journal that I have been trespassing.  You know I have not - and where else shall I leave a love letter? For I long to write you a love-letter tonight.?
Choices: Mary Wordsworth; Virginia Wolf; Katherine Mansfield; George Elliot
Answer: Katherine Mansfield
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Question: Which US President addressed these words to his wife: ...Still this is the day, the day that marks 31 years of such happiness that has come to few me. I told you once that this was like adolescents dream of what marriage should be like. That hasnt changed.?
Choices: George Washington; Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: With the following words, this famous person describes to his brother Theo the passion he feels for his cousin Kee: Life has become very dear to me, and I am very glad that I love. My life and my love are one. But you are faced with a no, never never is your reply. My answer to that is, Old boy, for the present I look upon that no, never never as a block of ice which I press to my heart to thaw.
Choices: William Shakespeare; George Bernard Shaw; Lewis Carroll; Vincent Van Gogh
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
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Question: Which writer and philosopher wrote the following while he was in prison: I am a prisoner here in the name of the King; they can take my life, but not the love that I feel for you. Yes, my adorable mistress, to-night I shall see you, and if I had to put my head on the block to do it.?
Choices: D.H. Lawrence; William Wordsworth; Voltaire; Robert Browning
Answer: Voltaire
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Question: My father was also Commander in Chief. I served only one term as President. Who am I?
Choices: John Adams; James Monroe; John Quincy Adams; Zachary Taylor
Answer: John Quincy Adams
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Question: I was the 39th President of the US. My wifes name is Rosalyn. Who Am I?
Choices: Richard Nixon; G.W Bush; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Jimmy Carter
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Question: I was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and The Lewis and Clark Expedition. I also founded the University of Virginia. Who am I?
Choices: John Adams; James Monroe; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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Question: I was the first President to have been divorced. My first wifes name was Jane and my first ladys name was Nancy. I was born in Illinois in 1911. Who am I?
Choices: Gerald Ford; Richard Nixon; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: I was the 7th President of the US. I got my nickname Old Hickory during the War of 1812, my troops said I was as rough as hickory wood. My wifes name was Rachel. Who am I?
Choices: William Henry Harrison; Andrew Jackson; Andrew  Johnson; Zachary Taylor
Answer: Andrew Jackson
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Question: I was the first President to be impeached and the first Vice President to become President due to assassination. Who am I?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; William Henry Harrison; Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Johnson
Answer: Andrew Johnson
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Question: My nickname was Old Rough and Ready. I served just  sixteen months in office in 1849-1850. I was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Who am I?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; Andrew Jackson; John Quincy Adams; Benjamin Harrison
Answer: Zachary Taylor
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Question: This actress was 54 when she died in May 1990 of breast cancer, a disease she battled for over six years. She was married to Charles Bronson at the time of her death.
Choices: Eva Marie Saint; Jill St. John; Susan St. John; Jill Ireland
Answer: Jill Ireland
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Question: Svetlana Kuznietzova and Maria Sharapova are top tennis players (and beauties as well). Judging by their surnames, what country are they from?
Choices: Sweden; Switzerland; Australia; Russia
Answer: Russia
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Question: Which Mediterranean country is the most probable place of birth of a person named Pablo Diego JosÃ© Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno MarÃ­a de los Remedios Cipriano de la SantÃ­sima Trinidad Clito Ruiz?
Choices: Spain; Mexico; Greece; Italy
Answer: Spain
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Question: Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikonnen is called The Iceman. Judging by his surname, what northern country is he from?
Choices: Denmark; Canada; Finland; Norway
Answer: Finland
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Question: Edvin van der Saar is famous as the goalie of Manchester United. What nationality is his name typical of?
Choices: Turkish; French; Dutch; Danish
Answer: Dutch
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Question: Zbigniew Brzezinski served as US National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter. Judging by his name, what was his native language?
Choices: Dutch; Swedish; Polish; French
Answer: Polish
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Question: In 2007, Fabio Capello was appointed head coach of Englands national football team. His name tells that he is most likely from this country.
Choices: France; Serbia; Greece; Italy
Answer: Italy
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Question: Joe McNull was a star of .. the Polish national basketball team. His name suggests that he must have been born somewhere else. What basketball loving country is most likely his homeland?
Choices: England; France; Italy; The USA
Answer: The USA
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Question: Judging by his name, Kim Jong-il became the ruler of this axis of evil country in 1994.
Choices: Sudan; Iran; North Korea; Iraq
Answer: North Korea
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Question: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a .. Swedish football player. He was born in Sweden to a family of immigrants. What country did his parents leave to move to Sweden?
Choices: Ghana; Azerbaijan; Sri Lanka; Former Yugoslavia
Answer: Former Yugoslavia
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Question: Miss World 2005 was Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir. Judging by her last name, what country is she from?
Choices: Iceland; Kazakhstan; Thailand; Venezuela
Answer: Iceland
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Question: Kazuyoshi Funaki was a champion in ski-jumping. You dont have to be a ski-jumping expert to know that he represented this country.
Choices: Japan; South Korea; Austria; Russia
Answer: Japan
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Question: Naim SÃ¼leymanoÄlu is a Bulgarian champion in weightlifting. What origin does his last name suggest?
Choices: Turkish; Serbian; Romanian; Greek
Answer: Turkish
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Question: On what date did Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller meet?
Choices: March 3, 1887; February 6, 1885; February 20, 1887; March 18, 1890
Answer: March 3, 1887
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Question: Anne Sullivan lost her eyesight to what disease?
Choices: Cataracts; Glaucoma; Trachoma; Macular Degeneration
Answer: Trachoma
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Question: Neither Anne Sullivan nor Helen Keller ever married.  They lived together from the time Anne came to Helen as a child, until she died.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which college did Helen Keller not attend?
Choices: Radcliffe College; Wright-Humason School; The Cambridge School for Young Ladies; Harvard College
Answer: Harvard College
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Question: What president awarded Helen Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Choices: Harry Truman; Lyndon Johnson; Herbert Hoover; Warren Harding
Answer: Lyndon Johnson
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Question: When Helen Keller passed away, in what cathedral were her ashes placed?
Choices: Cathedral of the Madeleine; Washington National Cathedral.; Saint Raphaels Cathedral; Bristol Cathedral
Answer: Washington National Cathedral.
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Question: This incredibly talented African-American stand-up comedian turned his comic abilities into a successful movie career.  He was 65 when he died in December of 2005, after battling a crippling disease during the last several years of his life.
Choices: Joey Bishop; Jimmy Walker; Mel Blanc; Richard Pryor
Answer: Richard Pryor
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Question: Frank Gorshin, the man of  100 faces, was best known as an impressionist.  He was often seen on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and played this character on the TV series Batman.
Choices: The Joker; The Riddler; The Penguin; Mr. Freeze
Answer: The Riddler
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Question: Did Lane Smith, who was cast member of My Cousin Vinny, ever play the role of a President?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: This knight was known as the perfect knight  and was the only knight worthy to sit in the Siege Perilous. Which knight was the only one to succeed in the quest for the Holy Grail and free the Fisher King?
Choices: Bedivere; Tristan; Galahad; Perceval
Answer: Galahad
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Question: The young King Arthur pulled the sword Excalibur from a stone that proved the young Arthur would be the next king.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which knight met the challenge of the The Green Knight?
Choices: Merlin; Sir Galahad; Sir Gawain; Sir Kay
Answer: Sir Gawain
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Question: According to Geoffrey of Monmouths History of the Kings of England, King Arthur was the King of which realm?
Choices: Saxony; Gaul; Norway; Britain
Answer: Britain
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Question: After Queen Guinevere is found in an adulterous love affair, King Arthur is forced to condemn her to burn at the stake. Who arrives to save Queen Guinevere?
Choices: Gareth; Galahad; Lancelot; Merlin
Answer: Lancelot
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Question: He voiced the adult flower in Bambi and Mr. Stork in Dumbo. He was also the voice of Kaa in Jungle book, of the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland and of the original Honey Nut Bee on the Cheerios commercials. His face may be forgotten, his voice never will. On TV he had a lovable role as Uncle Oscar the inventor on The Adventures of Superman series.
Choices: Buster Keaton; Sterling Holloway; Chuck Mitchell; Benny Hill
Answer: Sterling Holloway
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Question: Who is the first person to serve as both Vice President and President of the United States, without having been elected to either office?
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Gerald R. Ford; Calvin Coolidge; Lyndon Johnson
Answer: Gerald R. Ford
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Question: Which president was elected to two Presidential terms without ever getting a majority of the popular vote?
Choices: Wiliam J. Clinton; George W. Bush; John Quincy Adams; Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Wiliam J. Clinton
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Question: Which U.S. President studied nuclear physics but made a career in politics and farming?
Choices: Richard M. Nixon; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Jimmy Carter
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Question: Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; Richard M. Nixon; William J. Clinton; Andrew Johnson
Answer: Andrew Johnson
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Question: Which two U.S. Presidents were the first father and son to hold the office?
Choices: William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison; George H.W. Bush and George Bush; John Adams and John Quincy Adams; Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: John Adams and John Quincy Adams
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Question: Which U.S. President was the first to formally commit American military troops to the war between North and South Vietnam?
Choices: Harry S. Truman; Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard M. Nixon; John F. Kennedy
Answer: John F. Kennedy
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Question: Under which U.S. President was the first atomic bomb developed?
Choices: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Herbert Hoover
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Question: Who was the first U.S. President to die in office?
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; Zachary Taylor; Thomas Jefferson; William Henry Harrison
Answer: William Henry Harrison
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Question: Who was the first U.S. President to take office while unmarried?
Choices: Grover Cleveland; Thomas Jefferson; James Buchanan; John Tyler
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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Question: Who was the first U.S. President to serve non-consecutive terms?
Choices: Chester Arthur; Benjamin Harrison; Grover Cleveland; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Grover Cleveland
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Question: At the age of 20 this future general was confident that he would  make an efficient adjutant (Major), though he was then without military experience. In November 1752 he was appointed adjutant of the southern district of Virginia by Governor Robert Dinwiddie.
Choices: William Howe; George Mason; Edward Braddock; George Washington
Answer: George Washington
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Question: This future general  was educated at the expense of King Louis XVI, at Brienne and the Ãcole Militaire in Paris. He graduated in 1785, at the age of 16, and joined the artillery as a second lieutenant.
Choices: Napoleon Bonaparte II; Joacham Murat; Alexander I; Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
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Question: At the age of nine this future general accompanied his father on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before starting, the boy vowed eternal hatred for Rome.
Choices: Lucius Aemilius Paulus; Hasdrubal; Quintus Fabius Maximus; Hannibal
Answer: Hannibal
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Question: In 1829, this future general graduated second in his class from the U.S. Military Academy.
Choices: John Sheridan; Robert E. Lee; William Sherman; Ulysses S. Grant
Answer: Robert E. Lee
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Question: This future general joined the German army in 1910. After winning awards for bravery in World War I, he taught in military academies. Accusations of high treason drove him to suicide in 1944.
Choices: Erich Probst; Erwin Rommel; Heinrich Himmler; Adolf Hitler
Answer: Erwin Rommel
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Question: This future general was educated at the United States Military Academy. When he graduated, the American Civil War was under way and he was assigned to the Union Army as a second lieutenant.
Choices: George Custer; Ulysses Grant; Sheridan; Robert E. Lee
Answer: George Custer
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Question: This future general, born in San Gabriel, California, was educated at the U.S. Military Academy. On his graduation in 1909 he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He served in both World Wars and as a military Governor of Bavaria.
Choices: Andrew Williams; Dwight Eisenhower; George Patton; John Pershing
Answer: George Patton
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Question: From 58 to 56 BC, this future general served as a leader of cavalry in Roman campaigns in Palestine and Egypt. He formed the Second Triumvirate, which ultimately secured the end of the Roman Republic.
Choices: Julius Caesar; Marcus Aemilius Lepidus; Mark Antony; Gaius Octavius
Answer: Mark Antony
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Question: At the age of 14, this future general, born in Kefar Malal, Israel, joined the Haganah, an underground militia.
Choices: Yassar Arafat; Moshe Dayan; Ariel Sharon; Yitzhak Rabin
Answer: Ariel Sharon
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Question: This future general, born in Tokyo, graduated from the Army Staff College at the top of his class in 1915. He served as a military attachÃ© in Switzerland and Germany from 1919 to 1922.
Choices: Yamamoto Isoroku; Zeng Guofan; TÅjÅ Hideki; Minoru Genda
Answer: TÅjÅ Hideki
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Question: Which English historical figure said: I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.?
Choices: Albert Einstein; Napoleon Bonaparte; Mark Twain; Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
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Question: Which political figure said: If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.?
Choices: Mahatma Gandhi; Napoleon Bonaparte; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
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Question: Which American actor delivered the words: Ive been accused of vulgarity. I say thats bullshit.?
Choices: Mel Brooks; Tony La Russa; Rick Moranis; Steven Seagal
Answer: Mel Brooks
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Question: Which Indian pioneer of Satyagraha made the statement: Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.?
Choices: Mahatma Gandhi; Bob Marley; Buddha; Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
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Question: Which American actor said: I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasnt met me yet.?
Choices: Jeremiah Trotter; Jacob Cohen; Gilbert Gottfried; Mickey Rooney
Answer: Jacob Cohen
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Question: What American writer said: Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.?
Choices: Mel Brooks; Mark Twain; Tom Kenny; John Steinbeck
Answer: Mark Twain
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Question: What German scientist said: The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.?
Choices: Max Born; Stephen Hawking; Albert Einstein; Otto Hahn
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: What novelist made the statement: So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.?
Choices: J.K. Rowling; Marie Antoinette; Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach; J.D. Salinger
Answer: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Question: What American novelist said: Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what hes talking about.?
Choices: Al Franken; Sam Ewing; Mark Twain; Ben Stein
Answer: Sam Ewing
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Question: Who was the first first lady, wife of George Washington?
Choices: Amelia; Elizabeth; Constance; Martha
Answer: Martha
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Question: What were the first names of the U.S. presidential couple the Jeffersons?
Choices: Tom and Anne; George and Louise; Tom and Martha; Tom and Alice
Answer: Tom and Martha
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Question: What was the last name of U.S. presidential couple John and Abigail?
Choices: Harding; Cleveland; Filmore; Adams
Answer: Adams
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Question: Who was U.S. President Abraham Lincolns wife?
Choices: Mary; Marie Louise; Josephine; Isabelle
Answer: Mary
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Question: What were the first names of the U.S. presidential couple the Madisons?
Choices: John and Julie; James and Dolly; Jack and  Sally; Joshua and Sarah
Answer: James and Dolly
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Question: How was First Lady Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower affectionately known?
Choices: Mamie; Dear Heart; Honey Bun; Dolly
Answer: Mamie
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Question: Which of the following was the first name of U.S. presidential wife Mrs. Roosevelt?
Choices: Ellen; Eleanor; Elieen; Elizabeth
Answer: Eleanor
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Question: What was the last name of the U.S. presidential couple Gerry and Betty?
Choices: The Hardings; The Tafts; The Fords; The Wilsons
Answer: The Fords
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Question: Harry and Bess were the members of which U.S. presidential family?
Choices: The Trumans; The Kennedys; The Monroes; The Van Burens
Answer: The Trumans
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Question: Who was U.S. FIrst Lady Lady Birds husband?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; John Quincey Adams; Lyndon Johnson; Teddy Roosevelt
Answer: Lyndon Johnson
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Question: Where does Iraq rank in the worlds supply of oil?
Choices: Fourth; First; Third; Second
Answer: Second
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Question: Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture by the United States in 2003, was officially born on what date?
Choices: April 28, 1939; April 28, 1935; April 28, 1960; April 28, 1937
Answer: April 28, 1937
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Question: Saddam Hussein married Sajida Talfah in 1958.  How were they related before the marriage?
Choices: She was his niece; She was his cousin; She was his aunt; She was a friend from school
Answer: She was his cousin
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Question: Why did Saddam Hussein leave Iraq in 1959?
Choices: He was involved in a failed attempt to overthrow the government.; He went to Syria to study.; He attended a terrorist camp.; He was called away to take care of family matters.
Answer: He was involved in a failed attempt to overthrow the government.
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Question: Which of these statements most accurately describes how Saddam Hussein come to power?
Choices: Saddam used the Baath Party to gain support for his election; Saddam compelled the ailing al-Bakr to resign; Saddam used the Baath Partys power to take over by force; Saddam staged a successful military take-over
Answer: Saddam compelled the ailing al-Bakr to resign
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Question: What is Saddam Husseins religion?
Choices: Sunni Muslim; Eastern Orthodox; Kurdish Muslim; Shiite Muslim
Answer: Sunni Muslim
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Question: In which direction do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow?
Choices: South to North; Northwest to Southeast; Southeast to Northwest; North to South
Answer: Northwest to Southeast
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Question: Project Babylon was Iraqs attempt to do what?
Choices: Attack Kuwait with biological weapons; Destroy Kuwaiti oil fields; Peacefully mediate the Iran-Iraq War; Build a supergun
Answer: Build a supergun
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Question: The first Iraqi nuclear reactor was named this by the French, after the Egyptian God of the dead.
Choices: Osiris; Tammuz 1; Osirius; Osiraq
Answer: Osiraq
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Question: What did Operation Opera aim at destroying?
Choices: A US aircraft carrier in the Persian gulf; The Kurdish population; An Iraqi atomic reactor; Oil fields in Kuwait
Answer: An Iraqi atomic reactor
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Question: Vincent Lombardi stated that, Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The following statement was made by which famous basketball player: What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight â itâs the size of the fight in the dog?
Choices: Greg Anderson; Larry Bird; Michael Jordan; Ben Wallace
Answer: Greg Anderson
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Question: Who said: Dont be afraid to take a  big step if one is indicated: You cant cross a chasm in two small jumps.?
Choices: Ben Franklin; David Lloyd George; Michael Phelps; Samuel Johnson
Answer: David Lloyd George
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Question: Which genius stated that, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?
Choices: Albert Einstein; Benjamin Franklin; Leonardo Da Vinci; Aristotle
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: Did Plato state that, The first and best victory is to conquer self?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes