kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: history
Question: What American product from the 50s was advertised with roadside signs reading slogans such as:
Choices: e place to pass;  curves; u know;  only at; beauty show?; Burma Shave; Old Spice; Aqua Velva; Colgate Shave Gel
Answer: Burma Shave
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Question: Which is the most accurate number of casualties (including killed, wounded or lost) of World War II?
Choices: 11,147,000; 16,354,000; 7,457,000; 9,127,000
Answer: 16,354,000
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Question: In 1942 there was a terrible ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 20 people. Where did it occur?
Choices: Cleveland, Ohio; Tesserendo, Belgium; in the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship; Ludwig ,Germany
Answer: Cleveland, Ohio
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Question: Which statement is true about Pete Gray, who played outfield for the St. Louis Browns during World War II?
Choices: Gray was legally  blind in one  eye.; Gray had only one arm.; Gray was the only person to lead in home runs while playing for a last place  team.; During this period Gray was the only  player to hit 50 homers in one  year.
Answer: Gray had only one arm.
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Question: What did Walter Morrison invent in 1948?
Choices: the Frisbee; the microwave; Doppler Radar; the solar battery
Answer: the Frisbee
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Question: Which of these events did not  occur in 1947?
Choices: The Dead Sea Scrolls are found.; Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.; The United Nations is founded.; The Polaroid Camera is invented.
Answer: The United Nations is founded.
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Question: Which of these did not happen in 1941?
Choices: The siege of Leningrad began.; Mount Rushmore was finished.; The Jeep was invented.; The microwave was invented
Answer: The microwave was invented
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Question: Which statement is untrue about Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in professional baseball in 1947?
Choices: He also integrated the city of Stamford, Connecticut.; His older brother was considered the best athlete in the family but was forced to take a job as a sanitation worker in Los Angeles because of segregation.; He played three sports for UCLA.; When Walter Alston signed him, both Alston and Robinson received death threats.
Answer: When Walter Alston signed him, both Alston and Robinson received death threats.
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Question: In the 1940s the USA began  the Manhattan Project to build the first Atomic bomb. The first part of this project  was to split the atom. It was accomplished by a team led by great Enricco Fermi. Where was it done?
Choices: Chicago, Illinois.; Roswell, New Mexico.; Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.; Los Arbeles, Arizona.
Answer: Chicago, Illinois.
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Question: The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine went to three men from Oxford University who played a significant role in the discovery and development of penicillin and its use as an antibiotic. Which of these scientists did not share this prize?
Choices: Sir Howard Walter Florey; Ernst Boris Chain; Sir Alexander Fleming; Paul Winchell
Answer: Paul Winchell
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Question: Which famous metaphor did Winston Churchill use in the 1940s to describe what Russia did to Eastern Europe after WWII?
Choices: The Russian Winter of  No Dissent.; The Soviet Bloc; The Soviet Gulags; The Iron Curtain
Answer: The Iron Curtain
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Question: There was fighting in the Revolutionary War for more than a year before the United States declared independence from Britain.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Where were the first shots of the American Revolutionary War fired?
Choices: Charleston, South Carolina; Lexington, Massachusetts; near the city of New York; Newark, New Jersey
Answer: Lexington, Massachusetts
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Question: What term refers to the body of delegates from the colonies who met during the Revolutionary War until a constitutional government was finally formed near the end of the war?
Choices: the Council of States; the Executive Committee of the United States; The Continental Congress; the Congress of the United Colonies
Answer: The Continental Congress
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Question: Why is July 4th, 1776 considered the birthday of the United States?
Choices: because the signing of the Declaration of Independence began on that day; because on that day the British recognized US independence; because on that day all thirteen former colonies finally agreed to a constitution for their new government; because on that day the Americans had their first victory over the British at Boston
Answer: because the signing of the Declaration of Independence began on that day
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Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the Battle of Saratoga in 1777?
Choices: It was the first major victory for the Americans.; The American victory convinced the French to give the Americans substantial aid.; British General Burgoyne invading from Canada lost his entire army.; General George Washington was wounded while directing the American troops.
Answer: General George Washington was wounded while directing the American troops.
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Question: The American victory in this battle is often called the turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South.
Choices: Battle of Kings Mountain; Battle of Charleston; Battle of Princeton; Battle of Camden
Answer: Battle of Kings Mountain
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Question: How did the French aid the American patriots during the Revolutionary War?
Choices: by allowing the French fleet to aid the Americans at a critical point of the war; by providing substantial amounts of military supplies; by sending part of the French Army to America; all of these
Answer: all of these
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Question: What statement is true about John Paul Jones who fought in the American Revolutionary War?
Choices: He used guerrilla warfare against the British.; He was able to get several Indian tribes to fight against the British.; He was successful in naval warfare against the British.; He captured several British forts in Canada.
Answer: He was successful in naval warfare against the British.
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Question: What statement is true about the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Choices: It recognized US independence.; It granted territory to the US from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.; All of these; It formed a permanent alliance between France and the US.
Answer: It recognized US independence.
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Question: Stormd at with shot and shell,
Choices: ldly they rode and well, ; to the jaws of Death,; to the mouth of Hell; de the six hundred.; e verse is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennysons The Charge of the Light Brigade. The poem; Lord Cardigan; Captain Jenyns; Major Richard Ormsby Gore; Lord Harlech
Answer: Lord Cardigan
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Question: We may have not known the meaning of 
Choices: ulez vous coucher avec moi ce joir,; t we could figure out the meaning of ; tchi gitchi. Ya, ya.  Da. Da.; o was struttin her stuff in New Orleans asking Hey Joe, want to give it a go?; Brown-eyed Lady; Lady Marmalade; Sexy Sadie; Lady Godiva
Answer: Lady Marmalade
Category: history
Question: The pros:  this pet needed no watering, feeding, worming or grooming.  You could go on a six month vacation and never have to ask your neighbor to take care of this pet.  The cons:  this pet could only learn how to stay and  was very, very boring.  Thanks to Gary Dahl, what pet sold over 1,000,000 in 1975?
Choices: Chia Pet; Elmo; Pet Rock; Invisible Dog
Answer: Pet Rock
Category: history
Question: Where would you be if you heard Tattoo yell out,  Ze plane!  Ze plane!
Choices: Hawaii Five O; Gilligans Island; Fantasy Island; Love Boat
Answer: Fantasy Island
Category: history
Question: Which of the following is NOT a quote from Saturday Night Live?
Choices: Nanoo nanoo!; We are two wild and crazy guys!; Im Chevy Chase and youre not.; Jane, you ignorant slut!
Answer: Nanoo nanoo!
Category: history
Question: Ever since the Napoleonic wars, conscript troops were blamed for a lack of professionalism and could not be trusted. However, this changed at the 1866 battle at...?
Choices: Schleswig Holstein; Koniggratz; Palermo; Paris
Answer: Koniggratz
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Question: This 1899 -1902 war marked the beginning of the decline of the British Empire
Choices: Rebellion in India; The War of independence - Ireland; The Boer War - South Africa; The Boxer uprising - China
Answer: The Boer War - South Africa
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Question: In 1905 the Russian fleet engaged the Japanese fleet in front of the Korean coast. In order to reach Korea, the Russian fleet had to cross half of the world from their western ports. Believing they were battling Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, the Russian fleet mistakenly attacked British fishing ships.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In 1853 the Crimean War began.  Which country was not part of the coalition against Russia?
Choices: France; United Kingdom; Austria; Kingdom of Piedmont
Answer: Austria
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Question: This conflict ended in a humiliating defeat for China and forced the opening of 5 ports to international trade; Canton, Shanghai, Foochow, Ningpo, and Amoy. Which conflict was it?
Choices: The 2nd Sin--Japanese War 1937 - 1945; The Korean War 1950 - 1953; The Vietnam invasion - 1979; The first Opium War 1839 - 1842
Answer: The first Opium War 1839 - 1842
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Question: This Civil War raged between 1967 - 1970, costing an estimated 1 million people their lives. In the aftermath the Non-Governmental Organization Medicins sans Frontiere was created in 1971. In which country did this civil war take place?
Choices: Cambodia; Congo; Algeria; Nigeria
Answer: Nigeria
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Question: This conflict lead to the start of a period which is referred to as The Catastrophe by the defeated. Which conflict is this?
Choices: The Soviet Annexation of the Baltic States; Estonia, Lithuania  Latvia - 1940; The Kashmir Conflict - 1947; The Arab-Israel War - 1948; The Armenian uprisal - 1915
Answer: The Arab-Israel War - 1948
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Question: On April 24th 1916 an uprising took place in this country in an attempt to gain independence from the UK.  Where did this uprising take place?
Choices: India; The Sepoy Mutiny; Ireland; The Easter Uprising; The Palestine Mandate ; Zionist Uprising; Egypt; The Urabi revolt
Answer: Ireland; The Easter Uprising
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Question: When and where did the Velvet Revolution take place?
Choices: 2000 ; Belgrade ; Yugoslavia; 2003 ; Tbilisi ; Georgia; 1989 ; Tiananmen Square, Beijing; China; 1989 ; Prague ; Czechoslovakia
Answer: 1989 ; Prague ; Czechoslovakia
Category: history
Question: The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan is also known as?
Choices: Northern Alliance; Al-Qaeda; Taliban; Amir al-MuMinin
Answer: Northern Alliance
Category: history
Question: During his lifetime Montesquieu (1689 -1755) was an outright critic of the French Absolutism. He put this forward in books like Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters - 1721). He also developed his own view on an ideal political system which he described in his Lesprit des Lois (on the Spirit of Laws -1748). What political system was he envisioning?
Choices: Autocracy; Constitutional Monarchy; Liberalism; Democracy
Answer: Constitutional Monarchy
Category: history
Question: In June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Armee suddenly invaded Russia at Nemel. After victories at Smolensk and Borodino, Napoleon managed to conquer Moscow without a fight. It was the start of the end of his army. After Russian refusals to come to terms and a big fire in Moscow, Napoleon was forced to retreat. The retreat turned into a complete disaster when crossing the Berezina river in November 1812. At what place did this crossing take place?
Choices: Borodino; Studjanka; Moscow; Smolensk
Answer: Studjanka
Category: history
Question: On September 27th, 1779 this politician was appointed by American Congress to start negotiating peace with the British.
Choices: Ben Franklin; Thomas Jefferson; John Jay; John Adams
Answer: John Adams
Category: history
Question: Between 1639 and 1858 Japan was largely isolated from the outside world. The port of Nagasaki was only open to Dutch and Chinese ships. In 1858 Commander Perry forced the Japanese Shogun to stop preventing trade. What was one of the results of this event?
Choices: A rise to power of the Shogunate; The assassination of  Tokugawa Yoshinobu; The loss of Nagasaki to a foreign power; The Meiji Restoration
Answer: The Meiji Restoration
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Question: In 1861 Italy was finally (largely) unified with Victor Emmanuel II assuming the title of King of Italy. Who became the first Prime Minister of Italy?
Choices: Camillo di Cavour; Giuseppe Garibaldi; Bettino Ricasoly; Giuseppe Mazzini
Answer: Camillo di Cavour
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Question: In 1876 the International Comittee of the Red Cross came into being. Which battle witnessed by one of the founders led to the foundation of the Red Cross?
Choices: The battle of Antietam September 27th, 1862; The battle of Sedan September 1st, 1870; The battle of Solferino June 24th, 1859; The battle of Bezzeca July 21st, 1866
Answer: The battle of Solferino June 24th, 1859
Category: history
Question: What happened at Prokhorovka on July 12th, 1943?
Choices: The biggest infantry engagement of WW II; The launch of Operation Kutzov; The biggest Tank batlle of WW II; The launch of Operation Citadel
Answer: The biggest Tank batlle of WW II
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Question: July 1969 will go into history as the month man first set foot on the Moon. However, in that same month and year another momentous event took place. Which event was that?
Choices: The Beatles give their last public performance; The Nixon Doctrine is declared; A coup in Libya brings to power Colonel Khadaffi; The Woodstock Festival
Answer: The Nixon Doctrine is declared
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Question: What is the War of Laws?
Choices: The Iraqis democratic government attempt to get an acceptable constitution; ANCs attempt to change the discrimination laws in South Africas Apartheid regime; The EU attempt to override local Member State law; The implementation of National legislation laws vs. Soviet Union laws
Answer: The implementation of National legislation laws vs. Soviet Union laws
Category: history
Question: What was the dividing line between North and South Korea after World War Two?
Choices: the 17th parallel; the 49th parallel; There was never any dividing line established.; the 38th parallel
Answer: the 38th parallel
Category: history
Question: When did the Korean War begin?
Choices: in 1946, when Korean communist guerrillas began attacking non-communist groups throughout Korea; in 1949, when Chinese communists crossed the border into northern Korea and attempted to take over the entire nation; in 1953 when the US-backed South Korean army invaded communist North Korea; in 1950 when communist North Korea suddenly attacked non-communist South Korea
Answer: in 1950 when communist North Korea suddenly attacked non-communist South Korea
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Question: Early in the Korean War, communist forces drove deep into South Korea until they were finally stopped at the perimeter surrounding this city near the southern end of Korea.
Choices: Pusan; Pyongyang; Osaka; Seoul
Answer: Pusan
Category: history
Question: Who was US President during most of the Korean War?
Choices: Eisenhower; Truman; Kennedy; Roosevelt
Answer: Truman
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Question: During the Korean War, after stopping the original communist invasion the anti-communist forces, commanded by General MacArthur, steadily drove the North Koreans back deep into North Korea. Then the war had a new development as Communist Chinese forces attacked in force. What is the most probable reason why the Chinese decided to enter the war?
Choices: MacArthurs air forces bombed communist supply bases in China.; The Chinese saw this as a chance to defeat the Americans and invade Japan.; Anti-communist forces crossed over the North Korean-China border in several places.; MacArthurs aggressive policies and proclamations made the Chinese fear that they themselves might be attacked by the anti-communist forces.
Answer: MacArthurs aggressive policies and proclamations made the Chinese fear that they themselves might be attacked by the anti-communist forces.
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Question: During the Korean War, why was General MacArthur fired as commander of the anti-communist forces in Korea by the President (who is also commander-in-chief of US armed forces)?
Choices: MacArthur refused to attack Chinese bases in China.; MacArthur publicly disagreed with the Presidents policy of limited war in Korea.; The American public demanded a more effective commander.; MacArthur refused to cooperate with NATO forces.
Answer: MacArthur publicly disagreed with the Presidents policy of limited war in Korea.
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Question: Which statement is true about the Chinese entry into the Korean War?
Choices: It caused the Nationalist forces of Taiwan to enter the war against Communist China.; It led to US bombing of targets in China.; It pushed the anti-communist forces back rapidly all the way into South Korea.; It had little effect on the course of the war.
Answer: It pushed the anti-communist forces back rapidly all the way into South Korea.
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Question: Which statement regarding the consequences of the Korean War is true?
Choices: When the war ended, China had gained some territory and special economic concessions from North Korea.; When the war ended, the South had gained a large part of North Korean territory.; When the war ended, the North had gained a large part of South Korean territory.; When the war ended, no nation made any significant gain in territory or economic concessions. The dividing line between North and South was almost the same as when the war began.
Answer: When the war ended, no nation made any significant gain in territory or economic concessions. The dividing line between North and South was almost the same as when the war began.
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Question: After conquering the vast majority of Western Europe, early in  World War II, the German High Command ordered the construction of a string of fortifications known as the Atlantic Wall. Parts of these barrier systems included mines, barbed wire, casemates and imitation stones. What were these imitation stones?
Choices: Stone walls suggesting the presence of bunkers; Circular machine gun emplacements; Camouflaged bunkers; Pointed stakes just under water level, to sink landing craft
Answer: Camouflaged bunkers
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Question: During the 1945 siege of Berlin by Russian forces, rumors spread among the German refugees in the Berlin Underground, that Russian T-34 tanks had entered the Underground.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In 1944 the Allies launched a very ambitious airborne and ground campaign into the Netherlands, codenamed Operation Market Garden.  Who was in direct charge of the 1st British Airborne Division?
Choices: Montgommery took personal control; Gen. Horrocks; Ltn. Gen. Boy Browning; Maj. Gen. Urquhart
Answer: Maj. Gen. Urquhart
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Question: In 1944 the Allies launched Operation Overlord starting the liberation of Europe. When troops entered the beaches and caught their first prisoners, they were surprised to hear this language.
Choices: Russian; Finnish; Hungarian; Japanese
Answer: Russian
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Question: What was the objective of Operation Hailstone that was launched in 1944 by the United States Navy?
Choices: Attack on Truk Atoll; Attack on Okinawa; Attack on Iwo Jima; Raid on Tokyo
Answer: Attack on Truk Atoll
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Question: During World war II, Singapores defenses were so strong that it was considered to be the Gibraltar of the Pacific. However the city fell to the Japanese relatively easy on February 15th 1942. What was the main reason for this?
Choices: The Japanese assaulted Singapore over land.; A night-time Amphibious assault caught the defenders off-guard.; Pro-Japanese resistance groups caused havoc in the city, leaving the defenders confused.; Superior Japanese Naval forces bombarded the defenders into submission.
Answer: The Japanese assaulted Singapore over land.
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Question: During World War II V-2 Rockets were never aimed at targets outside the UK.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What was the objective of Operation Husky launched in 1943?
Choices: The capture of Sicily; The bombardment of the Monte Casino Cloister; The landings at Anzio; The final defeat of German forces in Africa
Answer: The capture of Sicily
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Question: In May 1941 the Germans used airborne divisions to invade the Island of Crete. Who was the commander of these forces?
Choices: General  Hans Sponeck; General Albert Kesselring; General Kurt Student; Major Otto Skorzeny
Answer: General Kurt Student
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Question: What was the codename for the amphibious assault on Normandy, France on 6 June 1944?
Choices: Husky; Neptune; Torch; Avalanche
Answer: Neptune
Category: history
Question: Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968?
Choices: Charles Guiteau; Sirhan Sirhan; Gavrilo Princip; James Earl Ray
Answer: Sirhan Sirhan
Category: history
Question: What cartoon character made his film debut on June 9, 1934?
Choices: Daffy Duck; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Pluto
Answer: Donald Duck
Category: history
Question: Who was the first horse to claim the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on June 11, 1919?
Choices: Secretariat; Sir Barton; Affirmed; War Admiral
Answer: Sir Barton
Category: history
Question: This corporation, initially known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, was incorporated on June 15, 1911.
Choices: Texas Instruments; Hewlitt Packard; Price Waterhouse; IBM
Answer: IBM
Category: history
Question: What holiday was first celebrated on June 19, 1910?
Choices: Memorial Day; Mothers Day; Fathers Day; Flag Day
Answer: Fathers Day
Category: history
Question: On June 21, 1788 the US Constitution became the law of the land when ratified by New Hampshire.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What president signed legislation providing for an 8-hour work-day applicable to federal employees on June 25, 1868?
Choices: Ulysses S. Grant; Andrew Johnson; Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Jackson
Answer: Andrew Johnson
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Question: Who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914?
Choices: Charles Guiteau; Leon Czolgosz; Gavrilo Princip; Sirhan Sirhan
Answer: Gavrilo Princip
Category: history
Question: What soap opera moved from radio to television on June 30, 1952?
Choices: General Hospital; Young and the Restless; Guiding Light; Days of our Lives
Answer: Guiding Light
Category: history
Question: In Greek mythology, Patroclus donned Achilles armor to fight against the Trojans and was killed by Hector.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How did the Greeks overtake the city of Troy during the Trojan War?
Choices: The Trojans surrendered.; They used a wooden hollow horse.; They destroyed the walls of the city.; Achilles killed the Trojan soldiers.
Answer: They used a wooden hollow horse.
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Question: Scythian monk Dennis the Little, who lived in the sixth century invented this.
Choices: Numbering years according to the life of Jesus; The concepts of  Feudalism; The horse-pulled plow; Taking a census every decade
Answer: Numbering years according to the life of Jesus
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Question: Which of these was invented by US assistant commissioner Kathy Adams?
Choices: Stealth technology for airplanes; Fabric softeners; The reality TV show; The expression Y2K
Answer: The expression Y2K
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Question: It can be difficult to both hold a string instrument and play it. Which of these musicians holds a patent for a device used for holding a stringed instrument?
Choices: Bob Dylan; Tom Petty; Denny Dougherty; Eddie Van Halen
Answer: Eddie Van Halen
Category: history
Question: Which famous person holds a patent for a cardiac pulse monitor?
Choices: Lawrence Welk; Jay Leno; Paul Winchell; Zeppo Marx
Answer: Zeppo Marx
Category: history
Question: What famous person got a patent in 2002 for a device used to tune drumheads?
Choices: Buddy Rich; Marlon Brando; Johnny Carson; Richard Feynmann
Answer: Marlon Brando
Category: history
Question: Which famous person holds a patent for the design of  an ash tray?
Choices: Johnny Carson; Axl Rose; Rachel Carson; Lawrence Welk
Answer: Lawrence Welk
Category: history
Question: In 1951 this famous actor was awarded a patent for the design of a blowout toy. He was very famous for his musical comedies.
Choices: James Arness; Danny Kaye; Johnny Carson; Marlon Brando
Answer: Danny Kaye
Category: history
Question: Which of these people holds a patent for the design of a certain toy figure?
Choices: Paul Winchell; Lawrence Welk; Fred Rogers; George Lucas
Answer: George Lucas
Category: history
Question: This actor, who was the voice of Roger Rabbit in 1988 and did voice work in Polar Express, got  a patent for a toy adapted for pulling and stretching.
Choices: Patrick Wharton; Fred Watson; Hank Azari; Charles Fleischer
Answer: Charles Fleischer
Category: history
Question: This person worked in a patent office while in graduate school and is the co-holder of patent # 1781541 for a refrigerator.
Choices: Albert Einstein; Franz Kafka; Vince McMahn; Herbert Hoover
Answer: Albert Einstein
Category: history
Question: Few people know that this person holds a patent for a type of disposable childâs diaper.
Choices: Jamie Lee Curtis; Gary Burghoff; Elizabeth Taylor; Betty White
Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis
Category: history
Question: Which one of these people holds several patents for fishing lures?
Choices: Jamie Lee Curtis; Gary Burghoff; Jonathan Winters; Charlton Heston
Answer: Gary Burghoff
Category: history
Question: Under his real name this person holds patent #140245 for an improved method for scrapbooking.
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; Harry Houdini; Mark Twain; Charles Dickens
Answer: Mark Twain
Category: history
Question: Which of one these people holds patent #1370316 for a divers suit?
Choices: Herbert Hoover; Abraham Lincoln; Harry Houdini; Mark Twain
Answer: Harry Houdini
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Question: Which musician holds a patent for an electronic device that helps a composer, a musician, or a conductor to interactively select parts of a musical score?
Choices: Darryl The Captain Dragon; Harry Connick, Jr.; Henry Mancini; Johnny Mercer
Answer: Harry Connick, Jr.
Category: history
Question: If you recall well the performances of these men, it wonât be hard to guess which one of them holds a patent for a device that allows a performer to lean forward past his center of gravity.
Choices: Axl Rose; Gene Simmons; Chaim Witz; Michael Jackson
Answer: Michael Jackson
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Question: This man holds a patent for a special Jacuzzi-type of spa bath for women that includes a chair, a circulation valve, and a device for eliminating the dirty water.
Choices: Joseph Abrahams; Jerry Lewis; Marcel Marceau; Penn Jillette
Answer: Penn Jillette
Category: history
Question: Which of these people was issued patent # 6469 for a new method of buoying vessels over shoals?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; Stephen Decateur; Herbert Hoover; Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: history
Question: In 1974, this lady got a patent for a pantyhose with a shaping band for cheeky derriere relief.
Choices: Michelle Pfeiffer; Eartha Kitt; Donna Mills; Julie Newmar
Answer: Julie Newmar
Category: history
Question: The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have been built as the tomb of this Egyptian pharaoh.
Choices: Amenhotep; Ramses; Tut; Khufu
Answer: Khufu
Category: history
Question: What was the original height of the Great Pyramid?
Choices: 481 feet; 565 feet; 380 feet; 600 feet
Answer: 481 feet
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Question: The Great Pyramid is one of the pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex. Which monument is NOT a part of that complex?
Choices: The Pyramid of Khafre; The Great Sphinx; The Pyramid of Menkaure; The Pyramid of Amenemhet I
Answer: The Pyramid of Amenemhet I
Category: history
Question: Where in Egypt are the Pyramids of Giza situated?
Choices: In Abu Simbel, Southern Egypt; Near the Gulf of Aqaba; In the very heart of Egypt; On the outskirts of Cairo
Answer: On the outskirts of Cairo
Category: history
Question: What is the estimated frame of time in which the Great Pyramid was constructed?
Choices: more than 40 years; 10 - 15 years; 15 - 20 years; 30 - 40 years
Answer: 15 - 20 years
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Question: Which one of the Pyramids of Giza has visibly retained its polished limestone casing at its apex?
Choices: The Pyramid of Khafre; The Great Pyramid of Giza; The Pyramid of Djedefre; One of the Queens Pyramids
Answer: The Pyramid of Khafre
Category: history
Question: Which peculiarity of the Great Pyramid interior distinguishes it from the other pyramids?
Choices: The ascending passages and upper chambers; The larger number of its chambers; The underground chamber; Its wider and longer passages
Answer: The ascending passages and upper chambers
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Question: What common feature do all of the entrances of the Pyramids in Giza share?
Choices: They all face the exact north.; They all face the exact west.; They all face the Nile River bank.; They are all oriented towards the Sphinx.
Answer: They all face the exact north.
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Question: Towards the end of the 14th century, vandalized by an angered Sufi Muslim, the Great Sphinx of Giza lost what essential piece.
Choices: Its nose; Its wings; Its headdress; Its tail
Answer: Its nose
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Question: What word refers to the hundreds of flat-roofed Egyptian tombs built round the Pyramids of Giza?
Choices: Pyramidions; Mastabas; Ben-bens; Stelas
Answer: Mastabas
Category: history
Question: When was this headline breaking news:
Choices: o people found murdered outside a condominium on South Bundy Drive in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.?; May 10, 1994; June 10, 1994; June 13, 1994; May 13, 1994
Answer: June 13, 1994
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Question: The Alamo mission was captured on this day in 1836.
Choices: June 16; March 6; June 1; April 1
Answer: March 6
Category: history
Question: Sam Houston avenged the deaths of those killed at the Alamo in this battle.
Choices: Battle of Galiad; Battle of San Antonio; Battle of San Jacinto; Battle of Goliad
Answer: Battle of San Jacinto
Category: history
Question: How did General Santa Anna escape during the battle with Sam Houston (only to be caught the next day)?
Choices: He pretended to be dead in the grass.; He jumped in his Buick and headed to the river.; He switched uniforms with someone else.; He was dressed as a peasant.
Answer: He was dressed as a peasant.
Category: history
Question: Who portrayed Davy Crockett in the 1960 movie The Alamo?
Choices: Clark Gable; John Wayne; Jimmy Stewart; Richard Widmark
Answer: John Wayne
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Question: What Dukes of Hazzard star played Thumblerig the Gambler in the 1960 movie The Alamo?
Choices: Denver Pyle; Andy Griffith; James Best; Boss Hogg
Answer: Denver Pyle
Category: history
Question: Dennis Quaid played Sam Houston in the 2004 movie The Alamo.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Richard Widmark played Jim Bowie in the 1960 movie The Alamo.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Gustav has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa or Gustav I.  
Choices:  became king in 1521, after leading the rebellion against King Christian II of this country who controlled most of the Sweden.; Germany; Spain; England; Denmark
Answer: Denmark
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Question: King Carl XVI Gustaf ascended to the throne on September 15, 1973, after the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. Carl XVI Gustaf, who is probably best known as the presenter of the Nobel Prizes,
Choices: Epilepsy; Dyslexia; Hemophilia; Asthma
Answer: Dyslexia
Category: history
Question: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. These words uttered by Winston Churchill refer to the bravery of the men serving in the British Royal Air Force. What is the name given to the air warfare that was carried out by the powerful Luftwaffe against the RAF 
Choices: Battle of Midway; Battle of Normandy; Battle of Brittany; Battle of Britain
Answer: Battle of Britain
Category: history
Question: The Crusaders lost the Battle of Hattin because of the stupidity of King Guy of Jerusalem who insisted on marching the Crusaders in heavy armor through arid, waterless land and demanding the enemy come out and fight like good Christian soldiers. What Muslin leader was able to lead his quick, mobile cavalry to victory over the Knights Templar and the army of the Crusaders?
Choices: Emir Abd-ar-Rahman; Ali Pasha; Hannibal; Saladin
Answer: Saladin
Category: history
Question: It was on September 18,1862 that General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virgina battled General George McClellan on a cornfield near Sharpsburg, Maryland. What is the name of the battle that is often called the bloodiest single day of warfare in American history?
Choices: Second Bull Run; Fredericksburg; Shiloh; Antietam
Answer: Antietam
Category: history
Question: What brilliant Carthaginian general defeated the Romans in the Second Punic War at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.?
Choices: Paullus; Alexander; Hannibal; Xerxes
Answer: Hannibal
Category: history
Question: Duke Kazimir of Stettin, a member of the Teutonic Knights, insulted King Wladislaw II of Poland when he demanded the King come out and fight like a man. King Wladislaw answered when, by 7:00 p.m. July 15, 1410, 18,000 of the Order of Teutonic Knights were dead or dying and 14,000 of the Order were taken prisoner. Can you name this battle?
Choices: Battle of Agincourt; Battle of Tours; Battle of Blenheim; Battle of Tannenberg
Answer: Battle of Tannenberg
Category: history
Question: Operation Barbarossa is the largest land invasion in history. The superior German army moved further and faster than any other army in the history of modern warfare. But it was in the house-to-house and factory-to-factory fighting that the mighty German Sixth Army was defeated. What battle was the turning point for the Eastern Front in World War II?
Choices: Battle of Kursk; Battle of Stalingrad; The Somme; Battle of Narva
Answer: Battle of Stalingrad
Category: history
Question: In a few minutes of time, skill and luck met over the waters of the Pacific in June 1942. American SBD Dauntless dive bombers from the USS Yorktown and Enterprise struck three Japanese carriers and put them out of action. In what decisive battle did the Japanese lose the carriers Kaga, Soryu, Akagi and the Hiryu?
Choices: Battle of Midway; Doolittle Raid; Battle of Wake Island; Battle of the Coral Sea
Answer: Battle of Midway
Category: history
Question: The Tet Offensive was the first major defeat for the US/ARVN military forces in the Vietnam War.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: During this century Constantine I ruled, and Kama Sutra was created.
Choices: 6th century AD; 1st century BC; 4th century AD; 2nd century BC
Answer: 4th century AD
Category: history
Question: During this century the French Revolution began, and the United States Declaration of Independence was signedd.
Choices: 16th century AD; 17th century AD; 19th century AD; 18th century AD
Answer: 18th century AD
Category: history
Question: In this century paper was first produced by Chinese people, and the Silk Road between Europe and Asia was created.
Choices: 4th century BC; 3rd century AD; 2nd century BC; 2nd century AD
Answer: 2nd century BC
Category: history
Question: In this century, the Muslim conquests began, and the population on the planet was reduced to approximately 208 million people.
Choices: 4th century AD; 10th century AD; 13th century AD; 7th century AD
Answer: 7th century AD
Category: history
Question: During what century did Ramesses III, Pharaoh of Egypt, live, rule and die?
Choices: 12th century BC; 7th century BC; 2nd century BC; 5th century BC
Answer: 12th century BC
Category: history
Question: This century saw the discovery of the Americas and of a sea route along Cape of Good Hope to India.
Choices: 9th century AD; 17th century AD; 13th century AD; 15th century AD
Answer: 15th century AD
Category: history
Question: In this century gunpowder was first used in a battle, and lions become extinct in Europe.
Choices: 5th century AD; 10th century AD; 2nd century AD; 14th century AD
Answer: 10th century AD
Category: history
Question: Roman Emperors Caligula, Augustus, Claudius and Nero lived in this century.
Choices: 2nd century BC; 2nd century AD; 1st century AD; 1st century BC
Answer: 1st century AD
Category: history
Question: The Great Fire of London and the Great Plague of London occurred in this century.
Choices: 17th century AD; 9th century AD; 15th century AD; 7th century AD
Answer: 17th century AD
Category: history
Question: What century witnessed the reign of the so-called Five Good Emperors of Rome?
Choices: 3rd century AD; 2nd century AD; 3rd century BC; 4th century AD
Answer: 2nd century AD
Category: history
Question: What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 61st Academy Awards ceremony held on March 27, 1989?
Choices: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown; Working Girl; Rain Man; Driving Miss Daisy
Answer: Rain Man
Category: history
Question: What British actor was born on 23 July, 1989 in London, United Kingdom?
Choices: Daniel Radcliffe; Jamie Waylett; Nicholas Hoult; Hugh Mitchell
Answer: Daniel Radcliffe
Category: history
Question: American actress Bette Davis, who passed away on October 6, 1989, was the the first woman to be presented with this award by the American Film Institute.
Choices: Best Actress Award; Free Spirit Award; Lifetime Achievement Award; All of these
Answer: Lifetime Achievement Award
Category: history
Question: Who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace?
Choices: The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso; Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev; Nelson Mandela; Yasser Arafat
Answer: The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
Category: history
Question: What notable event happened in New York City on November 7, 1989?
Choices: The city was visited by the Pope.; A grizzly bear on the loose fell asleep on Times Square.; An earthquake struck the city.; The first African American mayor of the city was elected.
Answer: The first African American mayor of the city was elected.
Category: history
Question: What American Idol winner was born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona?
Choices: Jordin Sparks; Carrie Underwood; Kelly Clarkson; Kris Allen
Answer: Jordin Sparks
Category: history
Question: What popular artist passed away on January 23, 1989?
Choices: Man Ray; Max Ernst; Pablo Picasso; Salvador Dali
Answer: Salvador Dali
Category: history
Question: What name is commonly used to refer to the political events that took place in 1989 and are also known as Revolutions of 1989?
Choices: Autumn of Nations; The Red Veil; The Liberty Wave; All of these
Answer: Autumn of Nations
Category: history
Question: What American rapper was born on October 4, 1989 in New York City?
Choices: Lil Mama; Chris Brown; Soulja Boy; Bow Wow
Answer: Lil Mama
Category: history
Question: The first full-length episode of this popular TV sitcom premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989.
Choices: Full House; Step By Step; ALF; The Simpsons
Answer: The Simpsons
Category: history
Question: Who named the Cambrian period?
Choices: Charles D. Walcott; Adam Sedgwick; None of these; Charles Lyell
Answer: Adam Sedgwick
Category: history
Question: The Cambrian period lasted from 490 million years ago to 443 million years ago.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What term refers to the raise of biodiversity that occurred during the Cambrian period?
Choices: Biodiversity Boom; None of these; Mass radiation of life; Cambrian Explosion
Answer: Cambrian Explosion
Category: history
Question: This animal, which lived during the early Cambrian period, is possibly one of the first fish to evolve.
Choices: Haikouichthys; Coccosteus; Kimberella; Cephalaspis
Answer: Haikouichthys
Category: history
Question: During the Cambrian little or nothing lived on land.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Anomalocaris was a predatory arthropod of the Cambrian period which could reach a length of 100 cm or more.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What ocean separated Laurentia from Baltica and Siberia during the Cambrian.
Choices: Paleo-Tethys ocean; Iapetus ocean; Panthalassic ocean; Rheic ocean
Answer: Iapetus ocean
Category: history
Question: What caused the Cambrian-Ordovician mass extinction?
Choices: A drop in oxygen levels during the late Cambrian; Glaciation; None of these; Global warming
Answer: Glaciation
Category: hobbies
Question: If youve ordered a burn one, take it through the garden, pin a rose on it, what can you expect to be placed in front of you?
Choices: Hot Dog with Chili and Coleslaw; Lamb Shish - Kabob; Hamburger with Lettuce, Tomato and Onion; Tuna Melt on Rye with Lettuce and Dill Chips
Answer: Hamburger with Lettuce, Tomato and Onion
Category: hobbies
Question: If the girl next to you orders baled hay, life preserver and java for breakfast, what has she ordered?
Choices: Cream of wheat , donut and coffee; Hash browns, omelet, and coffee; Buckwheat pancakes, danish, and coffee; Shredded wheat, donut and coffee
Answer: Shredded wheat, donut and coffee
Category: hobbies
Question: Noahs Boy refers to a fish sandwich.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: hobbies
Question: Its your first day on the job at your favorite diner!  The waitress next to you yells out to the short order cook that she needs two cows, make them cry, and paint em red.  What has she requested the short order cook to prepare?
Choices: Two hamburgers with onions, cover in ketchup; Two orders of beef liver and onions with ketchup; Salisbury steak with American sauce.; Double cheeseburger, no onions, special sauce
Answer: Two hamburgers with onions, cover in ketchup
Category: hobbies
Question: Your friends favorite breakfast is a shingle with shimmy and shake, squeeze one.   What does he like to eat for breakfast?
Choices: French toast and apple juice; Link sausage,  toast and juice; Buttered toast with jam and orange juice; Short stack of pancakes and instant coffee
Answer: Buttered toast with jam and orange juice
Category: hobbies
Question: A guy orders a drag it through Georgia for his son.  What has he ordered?
Choices: Fried chicken basket; Chili dog, all the way; A slice of key lime pie; Cola with chocolate syrup
Answer: Cola with chocolate syrup
Category: hobbies
Question: What is diner-speak for an order of hash?
Choices: Burn the British; Gravel train; Customer will take a chance; Pittsburgh
Answer: Customer will take a chance
Category: hobbies
Question: Mom always told you to get plenty of iron in your diet, so you order a put out the lights and cry.  What item have you ordered?
Choices: Patty melt, no onions; Ham on rye with soup; T - Bone steak with onions; Liver and onions
Answer: Liver and onions
Category: hobbies
Question: Keep off the grass in diner-speak means this.
Choices: Tomato only; Like the sign says...; No parsley; Hold the lettuce
Answer: Hold the lettuce
Category: hobbies
Question: The final order of the night is for a Bow - wow, Pittsburgh on the bun, frog sticks, and a 55 with Hail.  What has been ordered?
Choices: Bratwurst, no bun, mashed potatoes, cherry coke with Ice.; Bacon wrapped steak with fries and black coffee.; Kielbasa, extra mustard, frog legs and a chocolate shake.; Hot dog, burn or toast the bun, side of french fries and a root beer with ice.
Answer: Hot dog, burn or toast the bun, side of french fries and a root beer with ice.
Category: hobbies
Question: A fellow comes in on the night shift and orders a Hockey puck with wax, wreck em, frog sticks in the alley, and draw one in the dark.  What on Earth does he want to eat?
Choices: Medium-rare burger, onion rings, fries, and a strawberry shake.; Tuna salad with cheese, fries on the side and black forest cake.; Liver, no onions, frog legs, fried eggs, and black coffee.; Well done burger with American cheese, fries on the side, scrambled eggs, and black coffee.
Answer: Well done burger with American cheese, fries on the side, scrambled eggs, and black coffee.
Category: hobbies
Question: Chicks on a raft with blowout patches refers to what?
Choices: Western omelet with french toast; Eggs on toast with pancakes; Scrambled eggs and sausage; Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
Answer: Eggs on toast with pancakes
Category: hobbies
Question: Finally, a customer orders Bossy in a bowl, bullets or whistleberries, a blonde with sand, a bucket of cold mud, and belchwater.  What have they ordered?
Choices: Beef stew, baked beans, coffee with cream and sugar, chocolate ice cream, and seltzer water.; Chili con carne with Lima beans, ice tea, a vanilla sundae and a Perrier water.; Tomato soup, fried okra, root beer, chocolate ice cream, and Perrier water.; Chicken noodle soup, blackberries, vanilla coke, German chocolate cake and seltzer water.
Answer: Beef stew, baked beans, coffee with cream and sugar, chocolate ice cream, and seltzer water.
Category: hobbies
Question: Due to the shape of its fruits, Aztecs called this tree Ahuacuatl, which meant testicle tree.
Choices: Apple; Banana; Avocado; Pear
Answer: Avocado
Category: hobbies
Question: This fruit is generally considered to grow on a tree, but the tree is actually a giant herb. The fruit contains potassium and vitamin B, which are necessary for the production of sex hormones.
Choices: Strawberry; Banana; Peach; Cherry
Answer: Banana
Category: hobbies
Question: This food is a very good source of energy. It also contains phenylethylamine, which triggers the same reaction in the body as falling in love does.
Choices: Honey; Beeswax; Chocolate; Sugar
Answer: Chocolate
Category: hobbies
Question: Although too smelly, this member of the onion family is considered to be an aphrodisiac. It also has antioxidant properties and is used in alternative medicine.
Choices: Spinach; Leeks; Celery; Garlic
Answer: Garlic
Category: hobbies
Question: Although natural, this food contains more calories than beet-sugar. It is used in a lot of skin-care products, but in the ancient Egyptians considered it --to be a cure for impotence and sterility.
Choices: Honey; Chocolate; Avocado; Cinnamon
Answer: Honey
Category: hobbies
Question: This very nutritious and rich in proteins seafood is stated to be the favourite one of Casanova. He was famous as one of the worlds greatest lovers and an ardent connoisseur of this food, which was always on his menu.
Choices: Crabs; Fish; Oysters; Leeks
Answer: Oysters
Category: hobbies
Question: These fruits were used as wedding breakfast in France. Newlyweds had a soup of thinned sour cream, borage and powdered sugar, and these.
Choices: Strawberries; Blackcurrant; Cherries; Peaches
Answer: Strawberries
Category: hobbies
Question: As this drink relaxes and stimulates the senses, it is considered the proper drink for a romantic evening. The recommended quantity is one or two glasses, otherwise you will get sleepy and spoil the moment.
Choices: Whisky; Tea; Wine; Coffee
Answer: Wine
Category: hobbies
Question: This drink is a widely known stimulant, but if you have too much, it becomes a depressant. Its active ingredient - caffeine - is known as the worlds most popular drug.
Choices: Water; Orange juice; Tea; Coffee
Answer: Coffee
Category: hobbies
Question: Having been cultivated for more than 1000 years, this is one of the oldest spices in the world. However, you should be aware of its hallucinogenic properties it taken in large quantities. In Asia, It was highly appreciated for its aphrodisiac qualities.
Choices: Black pepper; Nutmeg; Turmeric powder; Cinnamon
Answer: Nutmeg
Category: hobbies
Question: Whisky is traditional for this country. The beverages color can give you a hint about its age.
Choices: Wales; USA; Scotland; Ireland
Answer: Scotland
Category: hobbies
Question: Tequila is named after a town with the same name in the country where it is a traditional drink.
Choices: Chile; Spain; Portugal; Mexico
Answer: Mexico