kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: world
Question: Womens Memorial is a site honoring all military women - past, present and future.  Which cemetery is it located in?
Choices: National Cemetery Webling; Arlington National Cemetery; Barrancas National Cemetery; Marietta National Cemetery
Answer: Arlington National Cemetery
Category: world
Question: Which was the first organization of veterans to distribute the official Memorial Day flower?
Choices: Veterans of Foreign Wars; Vietnam Veterans of America; American Legion; Veterans of Common Sense
Answer: Veterans of Foreign Wars
Category: world
Question: Which of the following rituals is not part of Memorial Day observance?
Choices: National Moment of Remembrance; flying the US flag at half-staff until noon; the Presidents speech at Arlington National Cemetery; changing guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Answer: changing guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Category: world
Question: What is the motto of the city of Fargo?
Choices: Gateway to the West; Red River Passage; Prairie Prosperity at its Best; Quiet town on the Prairie
Answer: Gateway to the West
Category: world
Question: In what year was the city of Fargo founded?
Choices: 1871; 1890; 1901; 1779
Answer: 1871
Category: world
Question: Fargo is the crossroads of these two major interstate highway systems.
Choices: I-30 and I-10; I-29 and I-90; I-10 and I-29; I-29 and I-94
Answer: I-29 and I-94
Category: world
Question: Is it true that the Fargo Theatre is a restored Gothic building?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: The museum honoring this professional baseball player is located in the West Acres Shopping Mall in Fargo, ND.
Choices: Kirby Puckett; Darin Erstad; Roger Maris; Travis Hafner
Answer: Roger Maris
Category: world
Question: The city of Fargo is home to an alternative high school named Woodrow Wilson.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Fargo is situated on the banks of this river.
Choices: Missouri; Danube; Mississippi; Red River
Answer: Red River
Category: world
Question: What did early settlers often called the Fargo area?
Choices: Dust Bowl; New Garden of Eden; Flat Landers; Eden Prairie
Answer: New Garden of Eden
Category: world
Question: Which one of these is not a sister city of Fargo?
Choices: Vimmerby, Sweden; Hamar, Norway; Aberdeen, Scotland; Moorhead, MN
Answer: Aberdeen, Scotland
Category: world
Question: Where is most of the movie Fargo set?
Choices: In Minnesota; In Illinois, west of Chicago; In Montana; In Fargo
Answer: In Minnesota
Category: world
Question: In what country is Lake Nyos located?
Choices: Mongolia; Between Peru and Bolivia; Cameroon; Canada
Answer: Cameroon
Category: world
Question: There are 51 countries in Africa.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Iquitos, a major port city on the Amazon River, is located east of the Andes in what country?
Choices: Peru; Argentina; Chile; Brazil
Answer: Peru
Category: world
Question: All orange juice in the Republic of Ireland is imported.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: To what nation do the Faroe Islands belong?
Choices: Egypt; France; Denmark; Australia
Answer: Denmark
Category: world
Question: Russia has the longest coastline in the world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Of the 46 peaks over 3800 in New York State, how many have a paved road going to, or near the summit?
Choices: 0; 1; 2; 5
Answer: 1
Category: world
Question: The Appalachian Trail, that runs from Georgia to Maine, crosses the Hudson River at what point?
Choices: The Patroon Island Bridge at Albany; The Mid-Hudson Bridge at Poughkeepsie; The Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County; The Bear Mountain Bridge below West Point
Answer: The Bear Mountain Bridge below West Point
Category: world
Question: The section of the Catskill Mountains famous for its Jewish resorts populated by comics like Rodney Dangerfield, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and dozens more was known as The ________ Belt.
Choices: Kosher; Borscht; Klezmer; Matzo
Answer: Borscht
Category: world
Question: Which of these is NOT a ski resort in the Catskill Mountains?
Choices: Greek Peak; Belleayre; Windham; Hunter
Answer: Greek Peak
Category: world
Question: The Adirondack State Park, at 780,000 acres, is roughly equal in area to which of the following?
Choices: Orange County, Calif.; Puerto Rico; District of Columbia; Rhode Island
Answer: Rhode Island
Category: world
Question: What is the highest point in New York City?
Choices: Towers Hill - Queens; Fieldston Hill - Bronx; Long Hill; Bennett Park - Manhattan; Todt Hill - Staten island
Answer: Todt Hill - Staten island
Category: world
Question: How high is Mt. Marcy, the highest peak in New York State?
Choices: 7,002 ft; 5,344 ft; 4,107 ft.; 4,629 ft.
Answer: 5,344 ft
Category: world
Question: Is the Taj Mahal located in India?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: What is the official language in India?
Choices: Urdu; English; Hindi; Sanskrit
Answer: Hindi
Category: world
Question: What are the colors of Indias flag?
Choices: orange, white, and green; black, white, and green; blue, yellow, and white; red, white, and blue
Answer: orange, white, and green
Category: world
Question: Is India the second most populous country in the world?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: The national anthem of which country contains the following lyrics:
Choices: say, can you see, by the dawns early light,; at so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming??; United States of America; England; Canada; Mexico
Answer: United States of America
Category: world
Question: These verses are part of the national anthem of which country:
Choices: ur history is an epic;  the most brilliant feats.; d your valour, in faith steeped,; ll protect our homes and our rights;; ll protect our homes and our rights.?; Greenland; Canada; England; Mexico
Answer: Canada
Category: world
Question: What is done to many coins so that unscrupulous people can not clip off part of  he coin to melt down?
Choices: Coins have milled  edges.; Coins have special radioactive particles so that the pieced can be traced.; Coins have dates on them.; Coins are made of very malleable metals.
Answer: Coins have milled  edges.
Category: world
Question: Ross Perot, a very successful American business man, founded Electronic Data Systems. Which statement about him is untrue?
Choices: He  old EDS to IBM .; In 1968 he was called The Fastest, Richest Texan.; When two of his employees were taken captive by Iran, he sponsored a successful rescue of the two men.; He began as a salesman for IBM.
Answer: He  old EDS to IBM .
Category: world
Question: What was the first bank to manage over 2 trillion dollars?
Choices: Royal Bank of Scotland; UBS AG of Switzerland; Credit Suisse of Switzerland; Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Answer: UBS AG of Switzerland
Category: world
Question: Who is recognized as the first female millionaire?
Choices: Sarah Breedlove; Judith Keppel; Wilhelmina Leidesdorff; Jane Robinson
Answer: Sarah Breedlove
Category: world
Question: In 1931citizens of Tenino, Washington agreed to use wooden coins.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The first bank with a drive through window was in this city.
Choices: Milan, Italy; Chicago, Illinois; Nice, France; Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: Chicago, Illinois
Category: world
Question: Prior to 1837 if  you mailed a letter, the person receiving the letter had to pay for postage.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What did ATT announce in December, 2007?
Choices: It would accept  credit cards at payphones.; It would be called  US SouthWestern Bell.; It would raise payphones rates to $1 for the first minute.; It would eliminate all of its payphones by the end of 2008.
Answer: It would eliminate all of its payphones by the end of 2008.
Category: world
Question: Which of these is considered the first supermarket in the USA?
Choices: Waldbaums; AP; King Kullen; Safeway
Answer: King Kullen
Category: world
Question: Checks were probably used by Dutch traders as early as the 1400s. In what year were the first printed checks made?
Choices: 1762; 1841; 1802; 1896
Answer: 1762
Category: world
Question: Prior to this year, all American paper money came in varying sizes.
Choices: 1889; 1854; 1929; 1829
Answer: 1929
Category: world
Question: Who was the first person to have his face on a dollar bill?
Choices: John Jay; Salmon P. Chase; Benjamin Franklin; Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Salmon P. Chase
Category: world
Question: In 2004 this Russian company, founded in 1989, accounted for about 93% of Russian natural gas production.
Choices: Lukoil; Gazprom; Kraftozm; Petroprom
Answer: Gazprom
Category: world
Question: Blagoevgrad BT is this countrys largest cigarette company. Kremikovtzi is its largest metalworking company. Mobiltel is one of its largest communications companies.
Choices: The Ukraine; Russia; Bulgaria; Estonia
Answer: Bulgaria
Category: world
Question: Which of these stores is the largest in terms of area?
Choices: GUMS (Moscow); Ibn Abou (Bahrain); Macys (New York City); Harrods (London)
Answer: Harrods (London)
Category: world
Question: When did the Dow Jones Industrial Average first hit 1,000?
Choices: 1972; 1992; 1962; 1952
Answer: 1972
Category: world
Question: What was the first of the American colonies to put E Pluribus Unum on coins?
Choices: South Carolina; Virginia; Massachusetts; New Jersey
Answer: New Jersey
Category: world
Question: The precursor of this company was founded by an employee of the US Census Bureau in 1896 in Broome County, New York.
Choices: IBM; Endicott Johnson; Johnson and Johnson; Bridgewater Korg
Answer: IBM
Category: world
Question: Sears was founded in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. Which of these Sears stores is the largest?
Choices: Toronto, Canada; Schaumburg, Illinois; Bloomington, Minnesota; Santa Clara, California
Answer: Toronto, Canada
Category: world
Question: Which county is the biggest in Maryland?
Choices: Prince Georges County; Montgomery County; Charles County; Frederick County
Answer: Frederick County
Category: world
Question: The state of Maryland has 23 counties.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Was Maryland the second state to ratify the United States Constitution?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
Category: world
Question: The highest point in Maryland is the Hoye Crest on Backbone Mountain, which is located in this county.
Choices: Frederick County; Alleghany County; Prince Georges County; Garrett County
Answer: Garrett County
Category: world
Question: What is Marylands state flower?
Choices: Camellia; Black-eyed Susan; Peach Blossom; Cherry Blossom
Answer: Black-eyed Susan
Category: world
Question: Which of the following states does not border Maryland?
Choices: Pennsylvania; Delaware; New Jersey; West Virginia
Answer: New Jersey
Category: world
Question: Baltimore is the capital of Maryland.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Which of the following is not one of Marylands state nicknames?
Choices: Old Line State; Maryland does not have a state nickname.; Free State; Garden State
Answer: Garden State
Category: world
Question: 442 is an area code of Maryland.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What is Marylands state motto?
Choices: Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine; Virtuete et armis; In God We Trust; Dirigo
Answer: Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine
Category: world
Question: Pangulo is the Filipino term for President.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What is the official residence of the President of the Philippines?
Choices: Araneta Coliseum; Cuneta Astrodome; Coconut Palace; MalcaÃ±ang Palace
Answer: MalcaÃ±ang Palace
Category: world
Question: Who is considered the first President of the Philippines?
Choices: Emilio Aguinaldo; Sergio OsmeÃ±a; Jose Laurel; Manuel Quezon
Answer: Emilio Aguinaldo
Category: world
Question: Manuel L. Quezon is the first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Who is the first President of the independent Republic of the Philippines?
Choices: Elpidio Quirino; Emilio Aguinaldo; Manuel Roxas; Manuel Quezon
Answer: Manuel Roxas
Category: world
Question: Who is the seventh President of the Philippines?
Choices: Carlos Garcia; Ramon Magsaysay; Diosdado Macapagal; Ferdinand Marcos
Answer: Ramon Magsaysay
Category: world
Question: Who is the Philippine President whose term ended up because of People Power?
Choices: Joseph Estrada; Diosdado Macapagal; Fidel Ramos; Ferdinand Marcos
Answer: Ferdinand Marcos
Category: world
Question: Who is the first female President of the Philippines?
Choices: Imelda Marcos; Corazon Aquino; Luisa Pimentel; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Answer: Corazon Aquino
Category: world
Question: Who is the thirteenth President of the Philippines?
Choices: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Corazon Aquino; Joseph Estrada; Fidel Ramos
Answer: Joseph Estrada
Category: world
Question: Who is the second female president of the Philippines?
Choices: Luisa Pimentel; Gloria Macapal Arroyo; Imelda Marcos; Corazon Aquino
Answer: Gloria Macapal Arroyo
Category: world
Question: What is the nickname of the U.S. state of Oklahoma?
Choices: Land of the Yellow Man; Land of the Red Man; Land of the Blue Man; Land of the White Man
Answer: Land of the Red Man
Category: world
Question: One of the nicknames of the U.S. state of Georgia is derived from the name of this fruit.
Choices: Apple; Strawberry; Blueberry; Peach
Answer: Peach
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state is known by the nickname The Gem State?
Choices: Texas; Rhode Island; Vermont; Idaho
Answer: Idaho
Category: world
Question: The U.S. state of South Carolina used to be known by this nickname.
Choices: Iodine Products State; Chlorine Products State; Magnesium Products State; Calcium Products State
Answer: Iodine Products State
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Friendship State?
Choices: Vermont; Texas; California; Ohio
Answer: Texas
Category: world
Question: What interesting nickname was given to the U.S. state of Florida?
Choices: Gods Waiting Room; Gods Guest Room; Gods Other Room; Gods Sleeping Room
Answer: Gods Waiting Room
Category: world
Question: What is the nickname of the U.S. state of Indiana?
Choices: All of these; Hospitality State; Morality State; Sympathy State
Answer: Hospitality State
Category: world
Question: What nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Ohio?
Choices: Birthplace of Photography; Birthplace of Rock Music; Birthplace of Modern Medicine; Birthplace of Aviation
Answer: Birthplace of Aviation
Category: world
Question: What is the nickname of the U.S. state of New Jersey?
Choices: Valley State; Garden State; Park State; Forrest State
Answer: Garden State
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Mother of Presidents?
Choices: New York; Virginia; North Carolina; Ohio
Answer: Virginia
Category: world
Question: The first recorded association of Valentines Day with romantic love is found in the poem Parlement of Foules (Parliament of Fowls), written by this medieval English author.
Choices: Geoffrey Chaucer; William Blake; Alexander Pope; William Shakespeare
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
Category: world
Question: Vinegar valentines, ostensibly given on Valentines Day, became popular during the Victorian era. What type of message do they contain?
Choices: apology; a break-up message; insult; a thank you message
Answer: insult
Category: world
Question: During the prohibition era a conflict between two powerful criminal gangs resulted in what came to be known as the Saint Valentines Day massacre. In what US city did it occur?
Choices: San Francisco; New York City; Chicago; Miami
Answer: Chicago
Category: world
Question: What is the occupation of Ashton Kutchers character, Reed Bennett, in Garry Marshalls 2010 romantic comedy Valentines Day?
Choices: writer; florist; accountant; librarian
Answer: florist
Category: world
Question: In modern times, the heart is the symbol representing love. What other organ was considered to be the seat of love and emotion in ancient times and in the Middle Ages?
Choices: liver; brain; spleen; lungs
Answer: liver
Category: world
Question: In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of desire, affection and erotic love. Who is his Greek counterpart?
Choices: Apolllo; Eros; Aphrodite; Dionysus
Answer: Eros
Category: world
Question: The name Valentine, which was very popular in Late Antiquity, is derived from the Latin word valens. What does it mean?
Choices: strong, powerful; spiritual; devoted, dedicated; enamoured
Answer: strong, powerful
Category: world
Question: In Sleepless in Seattle, Meg Ryans character impulsively writes a letter to Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) suggesting that he meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentines Day. What classic romantic movie inspired Sleepless in Seattle?
Choices: Guess Whos Coming to Dinner; The Philadelphia Story; An Affair to Remember; Casablanca
Answer: An Affair to Remember
Category: world
Question: What famous French author and WWII aviator made the following statement about love: Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.?
Choices: Anatole France; Antoine de Saint-ExupÃ©ry; HonorÃ© de Balzac; Alexandre Dumas
Answer: Antoine de Saint-ExupÃ©ry
Category: world
Question: What species of bird does the term lovebird refer to?
Choices: dove; swan; parrot; sparrow
Answer: parrot
Category: world
Question: What tragic Shakesperean heroine spoke the following words in her mad ramblings:
Choices: -morrow is Saint Valentines day,; l in the morning betime,; d I a maid at your window,;  be your Valentine.?; Lady Macbeth; Juliet; Desdemona; Ophelia
Answer: Ophelia
Category: world
Question: Who is known as a Beefeater?
Choices: someone who prepares the Queens food; a person who guards the Tower of London; someone who tastes the Queens food; a person who guards Buckingham Palace
Answer: a person who guards the Tower of London
Category: world
Question: Yorkshire pudding, a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England, is usually served with which of the following?
Choices: roast meat; fish; ice cream; strawberry jam
Answer: roast meat
Category: world
Question: Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, typically associated with this celebration.
Choices: Hogmanay; Burns Night; Bloomsday; Christmas
Answer: Burns Night
Category: world
Question: Who lives at 10 Downing Street, London, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10?
Choices: the Princess Royal; the Mayor of London; the British Prime Minister; the Heir Apparent to the throne
Answer: the British Prime Minister
Category: world
Question: Name the longest river entirely in England, which flows through London, Oxford, Reading and Richmond.
Choices: Severn; Thames; Avon; Trent
Answer: Thames
Category: world
Question: Who of the following wasnt granted the title Prince of Wales?
Choices: Edward David (Edward VIII); Prince Charles; George VI; George V
Answer: George VI
Category: world
Question: The flag of which country incorporates a red dragon as well as the Tudor colours of green and white?
Choices: Scotland; England; Wales; Northern Ireland
Answer: Wales
Category: world
Question: Which of the following is nicknamed The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?
Choices: the BBC Headquarters; St. Pauls Cathedral; the Bank of England; the Tower of London
Answer: the Bank of England
Category: world
Question: Name the English captain who claimed California for Queen Elizabeth I in 1579.
Choices: Arthur Phillip; James Cook; Horatio Nelson; Sir Francis Drake
Answer: Sir Francis Drake
Category: world
Question: What London department store was sold by Mohamed Al-Fayed to Qatar Holdings in 2010?
Choices: Harrods; Liberty; Harvey Nichols; Selfridges
Answer: Harrods
Category: world
Question: Connecticut is called The Constitution State because the first written state constitution was penned there. What is the name of that constitution?
Choices: The Fundamental Orders; The Magna Carta; The Rights of Man; The Law of Burgesses
Answer: The Fundamental Orders
Category: world
Question: Among the not so glorious firsts from Connecticut was the first traitor of the United States. What was his name?
Choices: Nathan Hale; Major Andre; Benedict Arnold; Aaron Burr
Answer: Benedict Arnold
Category: world
Question: Name the man from New Haven who invented the cotton gin.
Choices: Noah Webster; Eli Whitney; Elihu Burritt; Samuel Colt
Answer: Eli Whitney
Category: world
Question: The first woman to be elected governor, in her own right, was from Connecticut. Name her.
Choices: Olivia Wolcott; Claire Luce; Elizabeth Danbury; Ella Grasso
Answer: Ella Grasso
Category: world
Question: Which of these is among the accomplishments of P.T. Barnum, who was born in Bethel, Connecticut?
Choices: Staging the first three ring circus; Bringing Jenny Lind to America (the Swedish Nightingale); All of these; Opening an oddities museum
Answer: All of these
Category: world
Question: In which Connecticut city was the first telephone exchange in the U.S. established?
Choices: New London; Waterbury; Bridgeport; New Haven
Answer: New Haven
Category: world
Question: Which of the following was not invented in Connecticut?
Choices: Collapsible toothpaste tube; Polaroid camera; Electric light; Frisbee
Answer: Electric light
Category: world
Question: Connecticuts state hero is Nathan Hale. Who is the state heroine?
Choices: Harriet Beecher Stowe; Prudence Crandall; Jodi Rell; Patience Wesleyan
Answer: Prudence Crandall
Category: world
Question: Which of the following originated in Connecticut?
Choices: Hamburger; Hot Dog; Clam chowder; Ice cream cone
Answer: Hamburger
Category: world
Question: Name the oldest amusement park in the U.S. which is located in Bristol, Connecticut.
Choices: Mystic Playground; Riverside; Ocean Beach; Lake Compounce
Answer: Lake Compounce
Category: world
Question: What Spanish navigator first used the name Las Islas Filipinas (The Philippine Islands)?
Choices: Ferdinand Magellan; Roy Lopez de Villalobos; Sebastian del Cano; King Philip II
Answer: Roy Lopez de Villalobos
Category: world
Question: What did Spanish invaders call Pygmies, the aborigines of the Philippines?
Choices: Sakai; Malayans; Negritos; Malays
Answer: Negritos
Category: world
Question: What did ancient Filipinos call the supreme being in which they believed?
Choices: Allah; Bathala; Anito; Diwata
Answer: Bathala
Category: world
Question: During Spanish times Philippine foreign trade with Spain was carried out through this country.
Choices: Japan; Mexico; Korea; China
Answer: Mexico
Category: world
Question: Which of these was the head of the Philippine government during the Spanish period?
Choices: alcalde mayor; alcaldia; governor-general; gobernadorcillo
Answer: governor-general
Category: world
Question: Who was known as Prince of Filipino Printers?
Choices: Tomas Pinpin; Francisco Baltazar; Jose Rizal; Pedro Paterno
Answer: Tomas Pinpin
Category: world
Question: What is the typical Visayan love song called?
Choices: harana; oyayi; balitaw; kumintang
Answer: balitaw
Category: world
Question: What is the typical Tagalog love song called?
Choices: kundiman; oyayi; harana; balitaw
Answer: kundiman
Category: world
Question: Who introduced duck breeding in the Philippines?
Choices: the Chinese; the Spanish; the Indonesians; the Japanese
Answer: the Japanese
Category: world
Question: Which of these groups in the Philippines had the most elaborate tattoos in ancient times?
Choices: Tagalogs; Ilocanos; Visayans; Bicolanos
Answer: Visayans
Category: world
Question: The Danube river forms a natural border of Romania with how many countries?
Choices: 2; 1; 3; 4
Answer: 4
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of Romania?
Choices: Belgrade; Budapest; Bratislava; Bucuresti
Answer: Bucuresti
Category: world
Question: This Romanian city, which was the Axis main source of oil, was heavily bombed during WWII by the US Air Force.
Choices: Ploiesti; Brasov; Craiova; Pitesti
Answer: Ploiesti
Category: world
Question: What are the colors of the Romanian flag?
Choices: Black, yellow, blue; Red, yellow, green; Red, white, blue; Red, yellow, blue
Answer: Red, yellow, blue
Category: world
Question: Romania is famous for its achievements in womens gymnastics. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal this Romanian gymnast obtained the first 10 ever awarded in modern gymnastics.
Choices: Emilia Eberle; Lavinia Milosevici; Nadia Comaneci; Teodora Ungureanu
Answer: Nadia Comaneci
Category: world
Question: Romania is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon in terms of area.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: How do you say I love you in Romanian?
Choices: Ti amo; Te iubesc; Je taime; Te amo
Answer: Te iubesc
Category: world
Question: Where is Area 51 located?
Choices: Washington; California; Utah; Nevada
Answer: Nevada
Category: world
Question: What year was the military base in Area 5 created?
Choices: 1960; 1949; 1954; 1947
Answer: 1954
Category: world
Question: There is an Area 52.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The Federal Government finally admitted Area 51âs existence in 1997.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How large is Area 51 all buildings included?
Choices: More than 10,000 sq miles; More than 3,000 but less than 6,000 sq miles; Exactly 2,500 sq miles; Less than 3,000 sq miles
Answer: More than 3,000 but less than 6,000 sq miles
Category: world
Question: Roswell Army Air Base was located in the middle of Area 51.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What is the airspace around Nellis Air Force Base called?
Choices: Off Limits; Extraterrestrial Alley; Quarantine; The Box
Answer: The Box
Category: world
Question: Area 51âs primary purpose is to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weaponâs systems.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The 405 Freeway is AKA:
Choices: The Parking Lot; San Diego Freeway; San Andreas Freeway; The San Dimas Freeway
Answer: San Diego Freeway
Category: world
Question: The 91 Freeway is AKA The Riverside Freeway.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: If youre heading to Santa Barbara from LA Proper, its likely youll travel on the:
Choices: 101, or Ventura Freeway; 118, or San Fernando Valley Freeway; 60, or Pomona Freeway; 92, or Marina Freeway
Answer: 101, or Ventura Freeway
Category: world
Question: The 710, is AKA:
Choices: The Terminal Island Freeway; The Orange County Freeway; The Harbor Freeway; The Long Beach Freeway
Answer: The Long Beach Freeway
Category: world
Question: If Im travelling from Placentia to Diamond Bar, I want to take the 57 (Orange) Freeway.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The 105 Freeway is AKA:
Choices: The Glen Anderson Freeway; The Raymond Chandler Freeway; The Thomas Hahn Freeway; The Junipero Serra Freeway
Answer: The Glen Anderson Freeway
Category: world
Question: If Im having a Cholesterol Free snack (yeah, right) at Randys Donuts, at 805 Manchester Ave in Inglewood,  Im closest in proximity to which Freeway?
Choices: The 405, San Diego Freeway; The 110, Pasadena Freeway; The 710, Harbor Freeway; The 210, Foothill Freeway
Answer: The 405, San Diego Freeway
Category: world
Question: The 55  in Orange County is known exclusively as the Costa Mesa Freeway.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Which state is Detroit the capital of?
Choices: Illinois; Idaho; Michigan; None of these
Answer: None of these
Category: world
Question: Which automaker is NOT based in Detroit?
Choices: General Motors; Porsche; Chrysler; Ford
Answer: Porsche
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the landmark office complex in downtown Detroit, where General Motors headquarters is located?
Choices: Renaissance Center; Ancient Center; Medieval Center; Baroque Center
Answer: Renaissance Center
Category: world
Question: Detroit is on the northern bank of the Detroit River. Which of the following is located on the southern bank?
Choices: Ohio; Indiana; Ontario, Canada; Chihuahua, Mexico
Answer: Ontario, Canada
Category: world
Question: Which of these IT companies has its headquarters in downtown Detroit?
Choices: IBM; HP; Microsoft; Compuware
Answer: Compuware
Category: world
Question: What is the name of Detroits MLB team?
Choices: Detroit Pistons; Detroit Tigers; Detroit Lions; Detroit Red Wings
Answer: Detroit Tigers
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the automated train that circles downtown Detroit?
Choices: SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation); Detroit Downtown Train; Detroit Transit System; Detroit People Mover
Answer: Detroit People Mover
Category: world
Question: Detroit was established by French colonists. What does the name mean in French?
Choices: river; lake; strait; plain
Answer: strait
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Question: In which of these major American sports does Detroit have a professional team?
Choices: Baseball and Ice Hockey; Basketball, Baseball and American Football; All of these; Basketball and Baseball
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of the Great Lakes is closest to Detroit?
Choices: Huron; Superior; Erie; Michigan
Answer: Erie
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Question: Which district in downtown Detroit is famous for its restaurants and casino?
Choices: Frenchtown; Chinatown; Greektown; Polishtown
Answer: Greektown
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Question: 8 Mile Road in Detroit was featured in a movie about rapper Eminem. The road is 8 miles away from which of these?
Choices: Greektown Casino; Campus Martius; Detroit River; GMs HQ
Answer: Campus Martius
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Question: Which of the following religions has the least number of followers in Japan?
Choices: Islam; Buddhism; Christianity; Shinto
Answer: Islam
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Question: What family ruled Japan for many years, using a feudal system, until overthrown in 1868?
Choices: Yamamoto; Tokugawa; Saito; Oda
Answer: Tokugawa
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Question: Which of the following is the largest and most populous of the four main islands of Japan?
Choices: Shikoku; Hokkaido; Honshu; Kyushu
Answer: Honshu
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Question: From which country was the Japanese writing system imported and adapted for the Japanese language?
Choices: Mongolia; Okinawa; China; Korea
Answer: China
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Question: During mid-summer many Japanese return to their ancestral homes to pay homage to their departed family members. What is this custom called?
Choices: Golden Week; Oshogatsu; Obon; Shunbun
Answer: Obon
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Question: In the 1990s the site of the Tokyo Municipal government was moved to two tall twin towers located in which Tokyo municipality?
Choices: Shinjuku; Shibuya; Marunouchi; Ikeburo
Answer: Shinjuku
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Question: What political party started to dominate Japanese politics after the end of the US Occupation?
Choices: Komeito (Clean Government Party); Liberal Democratic Party; Democratic Socialist Party; Japanese Socialist Party
Answer: Liberal Democratic Party
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Question: How many Japanese Emperors were there from the end of the feudal period in 1868 to 1989, when Akihito acceded to the throne?
Choices: seven; ten; four; thirteen
Answer: four
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Question: To get from Tokyo to Osaka on the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) one must pass through which of the following cities?
Choices: Kobe; Sapporo; Nagoya; Hiroshima
Answer: Nagoya
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Question: What sport has six major tournaments a year in Japan, three in Tokyo and three in other major cities?
Choices: sumo; aikido; kendo; judo
Answer: sumo
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Question: Admiral Perry forced Japan to end its isolation policy in 1854 when his fleet sailed to Japan and made a show of force at this port city. A replica of one of Perrys steam powered black ships can be seen near the railroad station of the city.
Choices: Yokohama; Kobe; Shimoda; Hakodate
Answer: Shimoda
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Question: The number of member states in the European Union exceeds the number of official languages, as several national languages are shared by two or more countries. Which official language is spoken in the greatest number of countries?
Choices: Russian; German; French; English
Answer: German
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Question: The European Commission conducts its internal business in these three languages, sometimes called procedural languages.
Choices: English - French - German; German - Italian - English; English - French - Spanish; German - Russian - English
Answer: English - French - German
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Question: Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher and Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, mathematician and inventor. What do they have in common?
Choices: They were both in love with Mona Lisa.; Leonardo da Vinci was one of Socrates students.; The Socratic problem; Some learning programmes of the European Commission are named after them.
Answer: Some learning programmes of the European Commission are named after them.
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Question: The Common European Framework divides language learners into different levels based on what a learner is supposed to be able to do in reading, listening, speaking and writing. How many are the levels?
Choices: 5; 10; 6; 4
Answer: 6
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Question: What two languages are not official European Union languages, although they are official languages of some of the member states?
Choices: Turkish; Lithuanian; Luxembourgish; Turkish; Irish; Finnish; Luxembourgish; Maltese
Answer: Luxembourgish; Turkish
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Question: What day was proclaimed an European Day of Languages by the Council of Europe?
Choices: 26 September; 26 May; 26 December; 26 January
Answer: 26 September
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Question: An alphabet is a standardized set of letters or the basic written symbols of a language. How many official alphabetic writing systems are used in the European Union?
Choices: Three; Six; Five; One
Answer: Three
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Question: Catalan, a language spoken by over 9 million EU citizens in the autonomous community of Catalan in Spain, became an official language of the EU in 2001.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe?
Choices: Russian; Macedonian; Chinese; Turkish
Answer: Russian
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Question: According to Leonardo Orban, the first Romanian EU Commissioner, this language is the ideal solution for the language problems in the EU, as it is a neutral, logical, easy-to-learn and rich.
Choices: Esperanto; English; The body language; The language of mathematics
Answer: Esperanto
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Question: From 1990 to 2001, what was the fastest growing religion in the USA?
Choices: Catholicism; Buddhism; Islam; Later Day Saints (Mormonism)
Answer: Buddhism
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Question: In 2003, what percentage of the Americans lived within 100 miles of an ocean?
Choices: 78%; 71%; 64 %; 57%
Answer: 57%
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Question: When did the population of the USA hit the 100 million mark?
Choices: 1890; 1940; 1967; 1915
Answer: 1915
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Question: The US Constitution requires the Federal Government to make regular censuses.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In 2005, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles were respectively the first, second and third most populous cities in America. Which city was fourth?
Choices: Houston; Phoenix; Philadelphia; San Antonio
Answer: Houston
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Question: In 2005, of all American cities with a population of at least 450,000 people, which city had the biggest population density?
Choices: New York City, NY.; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, CA; Newark, New Jersey
Answer: New York City, NY.
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Question: Although it is the most populous of all American cities, where did New York City rank in 2005 compared to other big cities in the world?
Choices: Ninth; Sixth; Second; Thirteenth
Answer: Thirteenth
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Question: What is the average life expectancy for an American as estimated in 2007?
Choices: 72 years; 78 years; 75 years; 74 years
Answer: 78 years
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Question: Which state had the county with the lowest median family income for 2006?
Choices: Mississippi; Louisiana; North Dakota; South Dakota
Answer: South Dakota
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Question: Which city had the highest median income of any city in the USA for 2005?
Choices: Palm Beach, Florida; Belvedere, California; Fisher Island, Florida; New York City, NY
Answer: Fisher Island, Florida
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Question: What is the name of the main seaside strollway in the city of Puerto Vallarta?
Choices: Papantla; Olas; Gourmet; Malecon
Answer: Malecon
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Question: Is there a restaurant  from the worldwide theme restaurant chain Planet Hollywood in Puerto Vallarta?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: Puerto Vallarta is a popular gay travel destination.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these is not a golf course in the Puerto Vallarta area?
Choices: Four Seasons Golf; El Paso Golf; El Tigre Golf; Marina Golf
Answer: El Paso Golf
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Question: What types of whales can often be seen visiting the Bay of Puerto Vallarta during wintertime?
Choices: Humpback and sperm whales; Humpback whales and orcas; Blue and humpback whales; There are no whales in the region.
Answer: Humpback whales and orcas
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Question: What is Puerto Vallartas time zone?
Choices: MST - Mountain Standard Time; CST - Central Standard Time; PST - Pacific Standard Time; EST - Eastern Standard Time
Answer: CST - Central Standard Time
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Question: Which of the following movies, starring Richard Burton, was filmed in Puerto Vallarta?
Choices: Anne of the Thousand Days; Bluebeard; The Night of the Iguana; Ice Palace
Answer: The Night of the Iguana
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Question: The annual charity Becas Ball of Puerto Vallarta is held on what day of the year?
Choices: May 1; It is held on different days.; March 1; January 23
Answer: It is held on different days.
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Question: Puerto Vallarta was once known as Las PeÃ±as.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which is Puerto Ricos official currency?
Choices: Euro; Sol; U.S. Dollar; Peso
Answer: U.S. Dollar
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Question: Which of the following is a folkloric genre of music native to Puerto Rico? Essentially utilizing maracas and percussion instruments.
Choices: Salsa; Marimba; Plena; Reggaeton
Answer: Plena
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Question: Built on 1963 in Puerto Rico, this is one of worlds largest radio telescopes.
Choices: James Clerk Maxwell Telescope; Arecibo Radio Telescope; Allen Radio Telescope; Atacama Radio Telescope
Answer: Arecibo Radio Telescope
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Question: This is the highest mountain in Puerto Rico; measuring 4,390 feet in elevation.
Choices: Cerro de Punta; Monte Rico; Cerro del Torito; Monte Boriqua
Answer: Cerro de Punta
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Question: Puerto Ricos flag consists of which of three colors?
Choices: Red,Blue,and Yellow; Red, White,and Blue; Red,Green,and Black; Red,White,and Green
Answer: Red, White,and Blue
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Question: What is Puerto Ricos national anthem?
Choices: La Borinquena; Puerto Rican Power; La Isla; Boricua
Answer: La Borinquena
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Question: Celebrities such as actress Roselyn Sanchez(Rush Hour 2) and Ricky Martin(musician) were born in this famous city in Puerto Rico.
Choices: San Juan; Ponce; Loiza; Bayamon
Answer: San Juan
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Question: This is Puerto Ricos national dish. The cuisine consists of pigeons peas and white rice mixed together; seasoned with a condiment called sofrito.
Choices: Morcilla; Arroz con Pollo; Mofongo; Arroz con Gandules
Answer: Arroz con Gandules
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Question: What does the name Irish Spring refer to?
Choices: A holiday; An euphemism for bad breath; A soap brand; An uprising in Ireland
Answer: A soap brand
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Question: What kind of animal is the Springbok?
Choices: Insect; Antelope; Frog; Wild cat
Answer: Antelope
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Question: La primavera, or Spring, is Concerto No. 1, in E major which is part of The Four Seasons violin concertos. Who composed The Four Seasons?
Choices: Gioachino Rossini; Giacomo Puccini; Antonio Vivaldi; Antonio Salieri
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi
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Question: What is the capital of the Philippines?
Choices: Manila; Quezon City; Cebu City; Davao City
Answer: Manila
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Question: What phrase means good morning in Filipino?
Choices: magandang hapon; magandang umaga; magandang dalaga; magandang gabi
Answer: magandang umaga
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Question: Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion in the Philippines.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What is the highest mountain in the Philippines?
Choices: Mt. Pulog; Mt. Apo; Mt. Kitanglad; Mt. Dulang-dulang
Answer: Mt. Apo
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Question: What volcano in the Philippines is famous for its perfectly-shaped cone?
Choices: Mayon Volcano; Taal Volcano; Cagua Volcano; Mt. Pinatubo
Answer: Mayon Volcano
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Question: Who is the first president of the 1st Philippine Republic?
Choices: Gloria Arroyo; Emilio Aguinaldo; Manuel Quezon; Sergio OsmeÃ±a
Answer: Emilio Aguinaldo
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Question: Who made the following statement: I prefer a country run like hell by Filipinos to a country run like heaven by Americans. Because, however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it.?
Choices: Emilio Aguinaldo; Manuel Quezon; Sergio OsmeÃ±a; Joseph Estrada
Answer: Manuel Quezon
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Question: Who is the first woman president of the Philippines?
Choices: Gloria Arroyo; Corazon Aquino; Gloria Aquino; Corazon Arroyo
Answer: Corazon Aquino
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Question: On what continent is the Philippines located?
Choices: Asia; South America; Europe; Africa
Answer: Asia
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Question: Alcatraz Island, also referred to as The Rock, is located in the San Francisco Bay.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: When did Alcatraz Island become a federal prison?
Choices: 1963; 1934; 1970; 1920
Answer: 1934
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Question: The first Spaniard to discover Alcatraz Island named it La Isla de los Alcatraces which translates as what?
Choices: The Island of the Pelicans; The Island of the Lost Souls; The Island of the Flamingos; The Island of the Hawks
Answer: The Island of the Pelicans
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Question: What did Alcatraz serve as before becoming a federal prison?
Choices: a military fortification; all of these; a lighthouse; a military prison
Answer: all of these
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Question: The Alcatraz prison was closed in 1963.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following was not among Alcatraz inmates?
Choices: Al Capone; Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz); George Machine Gun Kelly; Mafalda Capone
Answer: Mafalda Capone
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Question: Which of the following seabirds nest in colonies on Alcatraz Island?
Choices: all of these; egrets; western gulls; cormorants
Answer: all of these
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Question: Al Capone was known as The Birdman of Alcatraz.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who occupied Alcatraz on November 20, 1969?
Choices: a group of Native Americans; a group of African-Americans; a group of students protesting against the Vietnam War; a group of inmates
Answer: a group of Native Americans
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Question: What 1995 film follows a man who spends three years in solitary confinement at Alcatraz?
Choices: The Rock; The Birdman of Alcatraz; Murder in the First; Escape from Alcatraz
Answer: Murder in the First
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Question: What is Wyomings state dinosaur?
Choices: Trex; Triceratops; Raptor; Frilled lizard
Answer: Triceratops
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Question: Wyoming is home to the 1st national park in the world.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Wyoming is among the five most populated states in the U.S.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Wyoming was the 1st U.S. state to give women the right to vote.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What minor league baseball team moved to Casper, Wyoming in 2001?
Choices: Casper Ghosts; Cowboys; Buffalo Bills; Bucking Horses
Answer: Casper Ghosts
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Question: Wyoming has never elected a female governor.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Mikhail Bakunin, an 1800s socialist, was also the father of what other ideology?
Choices: Capitalism; Anarchism; Deism; Communism
Answer: Anarchism
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Question: Karl Marx, a teacher of socialism, said that a socialist state was possible because the lower classes were being brought together from distant farms into large cities. What revolution made this possible?
Choices: American Revolution; Glorious Revolution; Enlightenment; Industrial Revolution
Answer: Industrial Revolution
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Question: What government, formed in 1871, was referred to by Marx and Engels as the first ever socialist state?
Choices: Weimar Republic; French Republic; Paris Commune; Hundred Days
Answer: Paris Commune
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Question: In 1918, after a revolution to overthrow an autocratic ruler, this country experienced a small civil war in which socialists defeated communists.
Choices: Malaysia; France; United States; Germany
Answer: Germany
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Question: Which socialist theorist advocated permanent revolution, arguing that a socialist state could only prosper if the capitalist states that influenced it also became socialist.
Choices: Josef Stalin; Mao Zedong; Leon Trotsky; Friedrich Engels
Answer: Leon Trotsky
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Question: What theory proposed socialism in one country?
Choices: Stalinism; Menshevism; Calvinism; Titoism
Answer: Stalinism
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Question: What is/are the color/colors of the socialist flag?
Choices: Red; Red, White, and Blue; Red and Yellow; Blue
Answer: Red
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Question: In 1930, this Yale graduate, author of It Cant Happen Here, became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Choices: Willa Cather; Sinclair Lewis; Theodore Dreiser; Ernest Hemingway
Answer: Sinclair Lewis
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Question: This painter, telegraph pioneer and inventor graduated from Yale in 1810.
Choices: Eli Whitney; David Bushnell; Grace Hopper; Samuel Morse
Answer: Samuel Morse
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Question: Juan Trippe was an airline entrepreneur and pioneer who graduated from Yale in 1921. Who portrayed him in Martin Scorseses movie The Aviator?
Choices: Jude Law; Alec Baldwin; Leonardo DiCaprio; Willem Dafoe
Answer: Alec Baldwin
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Question: Which of these US Presidents did not attend Yale University?
Choices: George H. W. Bush; George W. Bush; Bill Clinton; John F. Kennedy
Answer: John F. Kennedy
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Question: Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, earning a B.A. in this subject.
Choices: drama; art history; literature; biology
Answer: literature
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Question: What Yale graduate received Pulitzer Prizes for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the play Our Town?
Choices: Eugene ONeill; Thornton Wilder; Eudora Welty; Tennessee Williams
Answer: Thornton Wilder
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Question: Besides being Yale graduates, what else do the following actors have in common: Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Connelly?
Choices: None of these; They all graduated magna cum laude.; They are all Academy Award winners.; They all graduated with a degree in literature.
Answer: They are all Academy Award winners.
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Question: Which of these notable Yale graduates is not correctly matched with the movie they directed?
Choices: Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter; George Roy Hill - Gentlemans Agreement; Home for the Holidays - Jodie Foster; Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront
Answer: George Roy Hill - Gentlemans Agreement
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Question: What Yale graduate is credited with creating the first time bomb and first submarine ever used in combat?
Choices: Eli Whitney; David Bushell; Jordan Mechner; Samuel Morse
Answer: David Bushell
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Question: This actor, who earned an MFA from Yale School of Drama, is famous for his long-running roles on Law  Order and Sex and the City.
Choices: David Duchovny; Sam Waterston; Henry Winkler; Chris Noth
Answer: Chris Noth