kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: Rumpole from the fabulous British TV series Rumpole of the Bailey likes his job defending people in court and does not want to be a judge. What is Rumpoles first name?
Choices: Horace; Leo; Maurice; Lionel
Answer: Horace
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Question: What is the name of the hospital lawyer on Scrubs?
Choices: Ted Buckland; Phoenix Wright; Billy Flynn; Lionel Huntz
Answer: Ted Buckland
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Question: Who was the top prosecutor, before Jack McCoy got the first chair in the top cases on Law and Order?
Choices: Benjamin Stone; Paul Moriarty; Paul Robinette; Bill Flynn
Answer: Benjamin Stone
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Question: What was the name of the first Assistant District Attorney on Law and Order?
Choices: Benjamin Stone; Paul Robinette; Bill Flynn; Michael Moriarty
Answer: Paul Robinette
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Question: Perry Mason won his cases. Week after week this D.A. lost to Perry on the TV show.
Choices: Billy Flynn; Richard Brooks; Ted Buckland; Hamilton Burger
Answer: Hamilton Burger
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Question: This lawyers unspoken last thought is, It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
Choices: Sydney Carton; Bradley J. Stevens; Allen Sneed; Joel McCreadle
Answer: Sydney Carton
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Question: He was the luckless lawyer for Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld.
Choices: Jimmy Lee Cofield; Joey Chadwick; Jackie Chiles; Johnny Childress
Answer: Jackie Chiles
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Question: In Will and Grace, Will was a fine lawyer. What was his last name?
Choices: Walker; McFarland; Truman; Adler
Answer: Truman
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Question: This lawyer-turned senator, who has the power of flight without machinery, is a character on Heroes.
Choices: Nathan Petrelli; Andy Pasdar; Clark Bennett; Gabriel Gray
Answer: Nathan Petrelli
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Question: From which law school did fictional character Elle Woods graduate?
Choices: Stanford; Alabama; Cambridge; Harvard
Answer: Harvard
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Question: Goren solves every case, but this is the name of the A.D.A. who convicts the perps on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
Choices: Lionel Hutz; Mike Cuthrie; Billy Flynn; Ron Carver
Answer: Ron Carver
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Question: On this TV show the lawyers shingle reads Attorney-at-Law, Ernest Frye - Where Winning Is Everything.
Choices: Arrest and Trial; Amen; The Antagonists; Any Day Now
Answer: Amen
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Question: The vanishing hitchhiker is an urban legend about people who suddenly disappear after they have been offered a lift. What kind of person was the vanishing hitchhiker from 1975 who reportedly scared a number of people by vanishing from their vehicles close to the Austrian-German border?
Choices: A nun; A teenager; A beautiful young lady; A farmer
Answer: A nun
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Question: Where does the ghost of Bloody Mary appear when summoned according to a popular urban legend?
Choices: In the mirror; On the roof; In the closet; Behind a closed door
Answer: In the mirror
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Question: What is the favorite victim of The Hook according to the popular urban legend?
Choices: A drunkard; A young couple; An old woman; A naughty child
Answer: A young couple
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Question: What is the Choking Doberman from the popular urban legend choking on?
Choices: A human ear; Human fingers; A hairball; A dolls head
Answer: Human fingers
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Question: How is the white woman appearing at the Belchen Tunnel in Switzerland described according to the urban legend?
Choices: Headless woman wearing a white dress; Pregnant woman in white clothes; African woman in white dress; Old woman in white clothes
Answer: Old woman in white clothes
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Question: In what type of outfit was Resurrection Mary buried according to the popular urban legend from the region of Chicago, Illinois?
Choices: Blood-red satin dress; Black lace gown; Bridal gown; White dancing dress
Answer: White dancing dress
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Question: Who tries to warn the driver of the car about the killer in the back seat according to the popular urban legend?
Choices: The signs on the road; A wolf appearing on the road; A driver of the car behind; A voice on the radio
Answer: A driver of the car behind
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Question: What was written on the girls bathroom mirror according to the popular urban legend about the The Licked Hand?
Choices: One down, two to go; Humans can lick too; Dont look under the bed; Come here doggie
Answer: Humans can lick too
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Question: With what American city is the urban legend about the Sewer alligator mostly associated with?
Choices: San Francisco; New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago
Answer: New York City
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Question: Who is the mysterious murderer from the urban legend known as The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs?
Choices: The father of the children; The babysitters boyfriend; A madman; The neighbor
Answer: A madman
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Question: Where does about 90 % of volcanic activity on Earth occur?
Choices: Near the equator; Alaska; Under the oceans; Japan
Answer: Under the oceans
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Question: Where would you find the highest tides on Earth?
Choices: Bay of Fundy; Hawaii; Cape of Good Hope; Cape Horn
Answer: Bay of Fundy
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Question: Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the book considered the first detective story?
Choices: Charles Lennox; Edgar Allan Poe; Jules Verne; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
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Question: In 1987 he became the first football coach to have Gatorade splashed on his head.
Choices: Barry Switzer; Bill Cowher; Bud Grant; Bill Parcells
Answer: Bill Parcells
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Question: In the original version of Layla by Derek and the Dominoes, the guitar riffs were played by these two men.
Choices: Eric Clapton and George Harrison; Eric Clapton and Carl Radle; Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock; Eric Clapton and Duane Allman
Answer: Eric Clapton and Duane Allman
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Question: Where was the  first museum in the USA located?
Choices: Charleston, S.C.; Philadelphia, PA.; Boston, MA.; Augusta, Maine
Answer: Charleston, S.C.
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Question: What part of the Earths water is fresh water?
Choices: between 13% and 20%; between 5% and 11%; between 20% and 22.4%; less than 5%
Answer: less than 5%
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Question: In 1962 John Steinbeck published Travels with Charley: In Search of America. Who was Charley?
Choices: Steinbecks pet poodle; Steinbecks son from his marriage to Edith Wharton; Steinbecks wife, Charlotta Pierce; Steinbecks best friend, Charles Kuralt
Answer: Steinbecks pet poodle
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Question: Although the first paperback books were published in Germany, it was in England that the paperback book first became very popular. This is considered the first paperback novel.
Choices: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; Pelham by Edward Bulwer-Lytton; The Adventures of Tom Thumb by Brigham Wise-Dunne
Answer: Pelham by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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Question: What discovery did Dr. Caspar Wistar make near his house in Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1787?
Choices: The first dinosaur bones ever found in the USA.; A note containing a plot by France to conquer the newly formed USA.; The correct formula for methane gas.; The use of ether to anesthetize dental patients.
Answer: The first dinosaur bones ever found in the USA.
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Question: Which of the following was not a result of the War of the Roses?
Choices: The end of the feudal powers of British nobles; Henry VII took power in England.; The defeat of the Spanish Armada; A strong central government in England
Answer: The defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Question: Where was the worlds first modern electrically air-conditioned building located?
Choices: San Antonio, Texas; Rome, Italy; New York, New York; Barcelona, Spain
Answer: San Antonio, Texas
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Question: If x is positive, then x^2  x.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What does querulous mean?
Choices: Always mystical; Always complaining; Always dishonest; Always asking questions
Answer: Always complaining
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Question: Who was the first US President to have vetoed over 600 pieces of legislation?
Choices: Andrew Johnson; Richard M. Nixon; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Andrew Jackson
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Question: He was the first person to portray James Bond in a visual medium, thus eliminating actors who voiced James Bond on radio.
Choices: Peter Sellers; David Niven; Woody Allen; Barry Nelson
Answer: Barry Nelson
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Question: The worlds oldest lake is also the worlds deepest lake. Where would it be found?
Choices: Siberia; Between Europe and Asia; Israel; Brazil
Answer: Siberia
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Question: What did H. Taylor Howard invent in 1976?
Choices: The QWERTYU keyboard; Windows XP; The cell phone; Satellite dish
Answer: Satellite dish
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Question: What was the first meal eaten on the moon?
Choices: Tang, rib roast, peas and carrots, and sugar cookies; Milk, eggs with cheese, and blueberries; Bacon, sugar cookies and peaches; Tang, chicken breast, and ice cream
Answer: Bacon, sugar cookies and peaches
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Question: Which of the following Steven Spielberg movies broke box office records at its release becoming the highest-grossing movie at the time?
Choices: All of these; Jurassic Park; Jaws; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Answer: All of these
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Question: What American actor portrayed Private First Class James Francis Ryan in Steven Spielbergs 1998 movie masterpiece Saving Private Ryan?
Choices: Ben Affleck; Tom Hanks; Matt Damon; Jeremy Davies
Answer: Matt Damon
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Question: What is the name of Oprah Winfreys character in the 1985 drama movie The Color Purple directed by Steven Spielberg?
Choices: Celie; Sofia; Miss Millie; Nettie
Answer: Sofia
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Question: What is the color of the little girls coat that catches the eye of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielbergs 1993 movie Schindlers List?
Choices: Green; Red; White; Black and white
Answer: Red
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Question: What kind of shark is the scary man-eating monster in the 1975 horror movie Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg?
Choices: Tiger shark; Great white shark; Whale shark; Grey shark
Answer: Great white shark
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Question: What kind of dead life form does E.T. revive in the 1982 science fiction movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg?
Choices: A dead mouse; A cut tomato; A dead fish; A dead flower
Answer: A dead flower
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Question: What kind of animal is seen in the dumbwaiter in one of the funniest scenes from the 1986 comedy movie The Money Pit, produced by Steven Spielberg?
Choices: Rat; Koala; Cat; Raccoon
Answer: Raccoon
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Question: The breathing sound of what animal was used for the breathing of the horrifying Tyrannosaurus rex in Steven Spielbergs 1993 science fiction thriller Jurassic Park?
Choices: Alligator; Rhinoceros; Hippopotamus; Whale
Answer: Whale
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Question: Which President of the United States does Anthony Hopkins portray in Steven Spielbergs historical drama Amistad?
Choices: John Adams; John Quincy Adams; Abraham Lincoln; Martin Van Buren
Answer: John Quincy Adams
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Question: Frank William Abagnale, Jr., whose real story inspired the 2002 Spielberg movie Catch Me If You Can, appeared as what character in the movie?
Choices: His characters father; A police officer arresting Frank Abagnale, Jr.; The FBI agent who is after his character; Himself
Answer: A police officer arresting Frank Abagnale, Jr.
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Question: What is the name of the Great Lion who is a central character in C. S. Lewis series of fantasy novels The Chronicles of Narnia?
Choices: Saraf; Aslan; Sarabi; Sabor
Answer: Aslan
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Question: In what childrens novel, written by L. Frank Baum, did the Cowardly Lion make his first appearance?
Choices: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Alice in Wonderland
Answer: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Question: What song composed by Elton John for the movie The Lion King won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Choices: Can You Feel the Love Tonight; Circle of Life; I Just Cant Wait to Be King; Youll Be in My Heart
Answer: Can You Feel the Love Tonight
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Question: Leo the Lion is the mascot of what Hollywood film studio, founded in 1924?
Choices: MGM; Warner Bros.; Paramount Pictures; Dreamworks
Answer: MGM
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Question: Who wrote the novel Young Lions which was adapted into a movie starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin?
Choices: Theodore Dreiser; Irwin Shaw; Truman Capote; Norman Mailer
Answer: Irwin Shaw
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Question: What novel by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy opens with this often quoted line: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.?
Choices: War and Peace; Doctor Zhivago; Crime and Punishment; Anna Karenina
Answer: Anna Karenina
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Question: What King of England was nicknamed the Lionheart because of his reputation as a brave military leader and warrior?
Choices: Richard I of England; Richard III of England; William I of England; Henry II of England
Answer: Richard I of England
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Question: Who killed the Nemean Lion, one of the most vicious monsters in Greek mythology?
Choices: Zeus; Cronus; Heracles; King Eurystheus
Answer: Heracles
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Question: What historical drama, set during Christmas 1183, stars Peter OToole as King Henry II and Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor?
Choices: Lion of the Desert; The Young Lions; The Lion in Winter; The Wind and the Lion
Answer: The Lion in Winter
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Question: Name Simbas daughter who is a central character in the Disney film The Lion King II: Simbas Pride.
Choices: Nala; Sarafina; Kiara; Sarabi
Answer: Kiara
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Question: A shade of what color is the color called jazzberry jam?
Choices: Mint green; Golden brown; Fuchsia; Red-violet
Answer: Red-violet
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Question: The color called pistachio is a shade of this general color.
Choices: Green; Brown; Red; Blue
Answer: Green
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Question: This color is the national color of the Netherlands. In Canada and the United States it is associated with the field of engineering.
Choices: Purple; Black; Blue; Orange
Answer: Orange
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Question: The color byzantium is a shade of this color.
Choices: Brown; Green; Purple; Black
Answer: Purple
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Question: A variation of what color is the shade called Harlequin?
Choices: Blue; Orange; Red; Green
Answer: Green
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Question: Which of these terms is used to describe one of the scenarios concerning the end of the world?
Choices: Red goo; Brown goo; Yellow goo; Grey goo
Answer: Grey goo
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Question: This term, denoting an internal organ, also refers to a color which is a mixture of dark brown and grey?
Choices: Liver; Lung; Kidney; Spleen
Answer: Liver
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Question: Which of these colors has the following connotations: warning, fall, warmth, hope, summer, electricity?
Choices: Red; Blue; Yellow; White
Answer: Yellow
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Question: What type of color is the color named thistle?
Choices: Green; Brown; Purple; Yellow
Answer: Purple
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Question: The color coquelicot is a shade of this basic color.
Choices: Blue; Green; Yellow; Red
Answer: Red
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Question: What actress, nicknamed The Divine Sarah, supposedly slept in a coffin, claiming it helped her understand her tragic roles?
Choices: Sarah Brightman; Sarah Bernhardt; Sarah Silverman; Sarah Paulson
Answer: Sarah Bernhardt
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Question: This comedienne, writer and actress, nicknamed Big S, is famous for performing her act as a caricature of a Jewish-American princess.
Choices: Sarah Jessica Parker; Sarah Michelle Gellar; Sarah Paulson; Sarah Silverman
Answer: Sarah Silverman
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Question: Sarah Jessica Parkers popular character Carrie Bradshaw writes a weekly column called Sex and the City for this newspaper.
Choices: The New York Glamour; The New York Fashionista; The New York Observer; The New York Star
Answer: The New York Star
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Question: What popular nursery rhyme was written by author and editor Sarah Josepha Hale, who campaigned for making Thanksgiving a national holiday in the US?
Choices: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Mary Had a Little Lamb
Answer: Mary Had a Little Lamb
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Question: One of the US First Ladies was named Sarah Childress. Who was she married to?
Choices: John Quincy Adams; John Tyler; Zachary Taylor; James K. Polk
Answer: James K. Polk
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Question: What actress, named Sarah, is not correctly matched with the TV show in which she appeared?
Choices: Sarah Chalke - Scrubs (Dr. Elliot Reid); Sarah Paulson - All My Children (Kendall Hart); Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy); Sarah Joy Brown - General Hospital (Carly Corinthos)
Answer: Sarah Paulson - All My Children (Kendall Hart)
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Question: Sarah Brightman, who became the first artist to hold #1 spots on the Billboard Classical and Dance charts simultaneously, has what type of singing voice?
Choices: Alto; Soprano; Contralto; Mezzo Soprano
Answer: Soprano
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Question: What title did Sarah Ferguson assume upon marrying Queen Elizabeth IIs second son, Prince Andrew?
Choices: Duchess of Edinburgh; Princess Royal; Duchess of York; Princess of York
Answer: Duchess of York
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Question: Whose wife was Sarah according to the Hebrew Bible and the Quran?
Choices: Ishmaels; Noahs; Isaacs; Abrahams
Answer: Abrahams
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Question: What actress and comedienne won an Emmy Award for her satirical portrayal of Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on SNL?
Choices: Sarah Silverman; Ellen DeGeneres; Tina Fey; Amy Poehler
Answer: Tina Fey
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Question: What actor depicted King Xerxes in the 2007 American action movie 300?
Choices: Rodrigo Santoro; Dominic West; Gerard Butler; David Wenham
Answer: Rodrigo Santoro
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Question: What was written with fingerprints on the wall behind the upside-down abstract painting in the 1995 thriller movie Seven?
Choices: Help me; Close!; Greed; Death
Answer: Help me
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Question: What actress portrayed the unforgettable Cruella de Vil in the 1996 Walt Disney movie 101 Dalmatians?
Choices: Kathleen Turner; Meryl Streep; Anjelica Huston; Glenn Close
Answer: Glenn Close
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Question: What is the nickname of Nicolas Cages character Randal Raines in the 2000 action movie Gone in 60 Seconds?
Choices: Casablanca; Memphis; Sway; Twister
Answer: Memphis
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Question: What plant symbolized the love between Andie and Benjamin in the 2003 romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?
Choices: Fern; Geranium; Thornapple; Rose
Answer: Fern
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Question: What is the function the Fifth Element according to the 1997 science fantasy movie The Fifth Element?
Choices: It unites the other four elements into organic life.; It joins space and matter.; It destroys the universe when activated.; It creates a bridge between space and time.
Answer: It unites the other four elements into organic life.
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Question: In the 1999 movie The 13th Warrior, Wendol appears as this animal to frighten his enemies.
Choices: Snake; Bear; Wolf; Lion
Answer: Bear
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Question: Which of these schemes from the 2004 movie Oceans Twelve requires a trained cat to be carried out?
Choices: Bakers Dozen; Crazy Larry; Hell in a Handbasket; Soft Shoulder
Answer: Hell in a Handbasket
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Question: The government of this country condemned the 1997 movie Seven Years in Tibet and the director and the starring actors were banned from ever visiting the country.
Choices: India; China; North Korea; Vietnam
Answer: China
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Question: What nickname did the priest and the cemetery gardener give to Ned, the dog in the 2007 suspense movie The Number 23?
Choices: The Nightmare; The Spectral Dog; The Devils Pooch; The Guardian of the Dead
Answer: The Guardian of the Dead
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Question: Who was the British ruler at the time of the American Revolution?
Choices: Henry VIII; George I; George III; George II
Answer: George III
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Question: Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is allowed by law to go practically anywhere she wants to in Great Britain.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The term piggy bank derives from the word pygg, an orange type of clay that used to be made into jars in which people kept their money.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Who usually is in charge of a US Army infantry company?
Choices: A sargent; A one-star general; A colonel; A captain
Answer: A captain
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Question: What was the value of the smallest valued coin ever issued by the US Treasury?
Choices: one half of a cent; one cent; one eighth of a cent; one quarter of a cent
Answer: one half of a cent
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Question: The show Mad Money aired CNBC cable/satellite TV channel on Monday, March 14, 2005 with what host?
Choices: Jim Cramer; Joel Kramer; Jack Aronsohn; Jim Aronsohn
Answer: Jim Cramer
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Question: What do the children do with their obese mothers dead body in the 1993 drama movie Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?
Choices: Lift it with a helicopter; Desert it; Bury it in the back yard; Burn it along with the house
Answer: Burn it along with the house
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Question: Who does Ken accidentally kill instead of the witness in the 1988 comedy movie A Fish Called Wanda?
Choices: A whale; Wanda; His mother; Three dogs
Answer: Three dogs
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Question: What popular female singer and actress played Elsa Morganthall Strauss-Almerson in the 1999 movie Tea with Mussolini?
Choices: Tina Turner; Barbra Streisand; Cher; Madonna
Answer: Cher
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Question: The 2005 movie Pizza My Heart was loosely based on this play by William Shakespeare.
Choices: Twelfth Night; Much Ado About Nothing; Romeo and Juliet; Othello
Answer: Romeo and Juliet
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Question: What kind of movie is the 1988 British film The Fruit Machine, also known as Wonderland in the United States?
Choices: Animated movie; A biographical account; Comedy movie; Thriller movie
Answer: Thriller movie
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Question: What Academy Award did the 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses, directed by Blake Edwards, win in 1963?
Choices: Best Actress; Best Art Direction; Best Actor; Best Original Song
Answer: Best Original Song
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Question: What is the special prize that will be given to one of the golden ticket holders in the 2005 movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Choices: They will inherit the factory.; A chocolate statue; Eternal life; A life supply of chocolate
Answer: They will inherit the factory.
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Question: What American female singer and actress makes a brief appearance in the 1999 comedy American Pie?
Choices: Fergie; Mariah Carey; Christina Milian; Cassie
Answer: Christina Milian
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Question: What legendary actress played Holly Golightly in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffanys?
Choices: Grace Kelly; Ginger Rogers; Marilyn Monroe; Audrey Hepburn
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
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Question: What is the funny name of Judy Greers character in the 1999 comedy-drama movie Jawbreaker?
Choices: Fern Mayo; Germ Apes; Hump Scratchington; Perm Pistachio
Answer: Fern Mayo
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Question: Retsina, sometimes referred to as the wine of the Gods, is produced in which country?
Choices: Germany; France; Greece; Italy
Answer: Greece
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Question: The Polish food specialties, oscypek and bryndza are what  type of food?
Choices: Soups; Salads; Cheeses; Cakes
Answer: Cheeses
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Question: This French soccer player, who in 2001 was transferred from Italian team, Juventus to Spanish club, Real Madrid, won the 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year Award.
Choices: Thierry Henry; Zinedine Zidane; Jean-Pierre Papin; Robert Pires
Answer: Zinedine Zidane
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Question: American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol, a major figure in the Pop Art movement, is of Slovakian origin.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Does Luxembourg, a small landlocked country situated in the north-west of continental Europe, have three official languages: French, German and Luxembourgish?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: This film style, generally used by film-makers with low budgets, originated in Denmark.
Choices: Dogma; Comedy; Surrealism; Film Noir
Answer: Dogma
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Question: This bloody battle, a turning point in World War II, was won by the Soviets in 1943.
Choices: Battle of Leningrad; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Kiev
Answer: Battle of Stalingrad
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Question: This modern-day European country, once ruled by Khan Asparuh, was acknowledged by the Byzantine Empire in 681.
Choices: Republic of Macedonia; Republic of Bulgaria; Republic of Romania; Czech Republic
Answer: Republic of Bulgaria
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Question: The Bigfoot of Florida is known by this name.
Choices: Ocala Beast; Skunk Ape; Swamp Beast; Miami Monster
Answer: Skunk Ape
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Question: Hairy man-apes seem to be everywhere. Which of these names is not used for them?
Choices: Yowie; Yeti; Sasquatch; Hairyman
Answer: Hairyman
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Question: The film The Legend of Boggy Creek was the tale of this creature.
Choices: Abominable Swampman; The Fouke Monster; The Creek Thing; Arkansas Beast
Answer: The Fouke Monster
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Question: The study of unknown animals is known as Cryptozoology.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A plaster cast of a reclining Bigfoot was taken in September of 2000. What is the cast called?
Choices: The Mud Mark; The Skookum Cast; The Sasquatch Impression; The Greenville Ape Wallow
Answer: The Skookum Cast
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Question: In 1958, this man discovered huge footprints left by a mysterious creature around a construction site.
Choices: Tom Slick; Jerry Crew; Red Heart; Bob Gimlin
Answer: Jerry Crew
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Question: In Bigfoot Lore, who was Albert Ostman?
Choices: The first scientist to declare Bigfoot a hoax; A man who claimed to be kidnapped by a Bigfoot; Owner of the Bigfoot restaurant in Portland, Oregon; The first man to see Bigfoot
Answer: A man who claimed to be kidnapped by a Bigfoot
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Question: Which United States President related a story about a murderous Bigfoot in a Wilderness Magazine?
Choices: Harry Truman; U.S. Grant; Billy Carter; Teddy Roosevelt
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt
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Question: Which of these men has not written a book about Bigfoot/Sasquatch?
Choices: Grover Kranz; Lawrence Hayden; Jeff Meldrum; Peter Byrne
Answer: Lawrence Hayden
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Question: In December, 1968, the corpse of an alleged Bigfoot, encased in a block of ice was examined by cryptozoologists. What was the name given to the specimen in the ice?
Choices: Snow Gnome; The Minnesota Iceman; The caveman; Chilly Will
Answer: The Minnesota Iceman
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Question: In 2008s Iron Man, Iron Mans suit is made of iron.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following powers does Hancock, from the self-titled movie, not have?
Choices: Super sharp nails; X-Ray vision; None of the Above; Super Strength
Answer: X-Ray vision
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Question: What was the name of Spider Mans main nemesis in Spider Man 2?
Choices: Venom; The Sandman; Doc Oc; The Goblin
Answer: Doc Oc
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Question: What comic book is The Human Torch from?
Choices: X-Men; Fantastic Four; Daredevil; The Incredible Hulk
Answer: Fantastic Four
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Question: What is the name of the Pixar-created family of superheroes?
Choices: The Incredibles; X-Men; The Justice League; Fantastic Four
Answer: The Incredibles
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Question: What superhero does Hugh Jackman play in the X-Men series?
Choices: The Wolverine; Professor Charles Xavier; Iceman; Colossus
Answer: The Wolverine
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Question: Which company filed for bankruptcy in May 2009 and was partially bought by the US Government to keep production?
Choices: General Electric; General Beton; General Motors; General Paper
Answer: General Motors
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Question: What is the head of the United Nations called?
Choices: General Commissioner; UN General; President General; Secretary General
Answer: Secretary General
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Question: What navy rank corresponds to the rank of land army General in the US military?
Choices: Marshal; Commodore; Admiral; Commander
Answer: Admiral
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Question: What sport are the Washington Generals associated with?
Choices: American Football; Basketball; Baseball; Soccer
Answer: Basketball
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Question: Which company developed the computer game Command  Conquer: Generals?
Choices: Electronic Arts; Microsoft; NewGame Software; Nintendo
Answer: Electronic Arts
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Question: What is the correct plural form of Attorney General?
Choices: Attorneys General; Attorney Generals; Attorneyes Generales; Attorneys Generals
Answer: Attorneys General
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Question: General Electric, one of the worlds biggest corporations, is active in many market segments. In which of these areas do they NOT operate?
Choices: finance; oil drilling; electricity; jet engines
Answer: oil drilling
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Question: Who is the protagonist of John Boormans 1998 movie The General?
Choices: Pablo Escobar, a Columbian drug lord; Idi Amin, a dictator of Uganda; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a Taliban warlord; Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland
Answer: Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland
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Question: Which of these leaders was NOT known as Generalissimo?
Choices: Augusto Pinochet; Adolf Hitler; Kim Il-sung; Chiang Kai-shek
Answer: Adolf Hitler
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Question: What is the translation of the term Ãtats gÃ©nÃ©raux which was used to refer to the French Parliament?
Choices: Military Generals; General law-makers; General Assembly; States General
Answer: States General
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Question: What word means fear of animals?
Choices: Pyrophobia; Xenophobia; Zoophobia; Tachophobia
Answer: Zoophobia
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Question: What medical term refers to the fear of horses?
Choices: Heliophobia; Iatrophobia; Equinophobia; Dendrophobia
Answer: Equinophobia
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Question: Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is chemophobia?
Choices: fear of chemicals; fear of trees; fear of amphibians; fear of angina or choking
Answer: fear of chemicals
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Question: What condition is characterized by fear of strangers?
Choices: Dendrophobia; Dystychiphobia; Xenophobia; Claustrophobia
Answer: Xenophobia
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Question: Which term means fear of spiders?
Choices: Xanthophobia; Vitricophobia; Zelophobia; Arachnophobia
Answer: Arachnophobia
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Question: What medical term means fear of women?
Choices: Dendrophobia; Bibliophobia; Anthrophobia; Gynophobia
Answer: Gynophobia
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Question: Uranophobia is the fear of heaven.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Does gamophobia mean fear of marriage?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Does sciaphobia mean fear of blood?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which company was the first to introduce the consumer camcorder in 1983?
Choices: Panasonic; Sony; JVC; Canon
Answer: Sony
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Question: What professional team did hockey great Wayne Gretzky start his career with?
Choices: Los Angeles Kings; Edmonton Oilers; St Louis Blues; New York Rangers
Answer: Edmonton Oilers
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Question: Bob Barker was the original host of the very first version of the TV hit game show The Price is Right.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is a group of bears called?
Choices: a family; a tribe; a sleuth; a band
Answer: a sleuth
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Question: The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:
Choices: man.  A plan.  A canal.  Panama.; False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which African American invented the traffic light?
Choices: Otis Boykin; Garrett Morgan; Lewis Latimer; George Washington Carver
Answer: Garrett Morgan
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Question: What number does the Roman Numeral L represent?
Choices: 5; 5000; 50; 500
Answer: 50
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Question: Of the following properties, which is the most expensive in the board game Monopoly (American edition)?
Choices: Pacific Avenue; Kentucky Avenue; Marvin Gardens; St. James Place
Answer: Pacific Avenue
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Question: This show is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera. Its 15,000th episode aired on September 7, 2006.
Choices: Days of Our Lives; General Hospital; The Guiding Light; One Life to Live
Answer: The Guiding Light
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Question: He was the first African-American pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Choices: Larry Doby; Dan Bankhead; Joe Black; Don Newcombe
Answer: Dan Bankhead
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Question: This person was the first African-American to hit a home run in Major League Baseball.
Choices: Larry Doby; Dan Bankhead; Jackie Robinson; Monte Irvin
Answer: Dan Bankhead
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Question: This man invented the alarm clock so he could awake at 4 A.M. every morning.
Choices: Levi Hutchins; Satori Koto; Jonathan Larson; Seth Thomas
Answer: Levi Hutchins
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Question: He invented instant coffee in 1901.
Choices: Satori Koto; Karl von Nestle; Eduard Helfenmier; Levi Hutchins
Answer: Satori Koto
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Question: Who invented a process to remove caffeine from coffee for the first time?
Choices: Roselius and Wimmer; Rostand and Martin; Banting and Best; Nestle and Sanders
Answer: Roselius and Wimmer
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Question: In this game show, created by Merv Griffin in 1964, you always have to say What is...? before you say the answer.
Choices: Pyramid; Wheel of Fortune; Family Feud; Jeopardy!
Answer: Jeopardy!
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Question: This popular board game is published by Parker Brothers. The board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties.
Choices: Scrabble; Trouble; Monopoly; Sorry!
Answer: Monopoly
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Question: In this American strategic life-simulation computer game you rule peoples lives. The game was developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
Choices: The Sims; Call of Duty; MaddenNFL; StarCraft
Answer: The Sims
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Question: In order to play this game, you need a net, a ball and 6 team players. Most common faults include: causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents court and double hit (two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player)
Choices: Dodgeball; Baseball; Volleyball; Football
Answer: Volleyball
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Question: Woody and Buzz Light Year are characters from this video game based on a Disney movie.
Choices: Jump In!; Toy Story; Camp Rock; Planet 51
Answer: Toy Story
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Question: According to urban legends, the Titantic sank because it was carrying which of the following?
Choices: Jack the Ripper; A man trying to outrun a gypsys curse; A cursed mummy; The Book of the Dead
Answer: A cursed mummy
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Question: According to urban legends, at Santa Fes Loretto Chapel, this structure defies the laws of physics, standing without any support.
Choices: A 12 foot tall mirror; A stained glass window depicting Jesus; A spiral staircase; A stained glass window depicting St. Joseph
Answer: A spiral staircase
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Question: According to urban legends, in Plainfield, Wisconsin the ghosts of two murdered girls return to kill and skin their parents. Why?
Choices: The parents murdered them.; The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.; The parents didnt report the girls murders.; The parents sold the girls to be murdered.
Answer: The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.
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Question: According to popular urban legends, the ghost of an Indiana teen who was killed after 5 other teens pushed her into the sewer will kill anyone who doesnt do which of the following?
Choices: Draw a cross on 5 manhole covers; Light a candle in her memory; Repost her story on Myspace; Forward her story by email
Answer: Repost her story on Myspace
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Question: According to an urban legend, in Geneva in 2002 an intoxicated groom was suffocated at his bachelor party by which of the following?
Choices: Passing out face down on the shag carpet; A strippers large breasts; His jealous best man; His own tie
Answer: A strippers large breasts
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Question: According to urban legends that spread in 1997, people in this country began pumping air from a bicycle pump into their rectum resulting in their explosion.
Choices: The United States; Poland; Thailand; South Africa
Answer: Thailand
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Question: According to a story, a teenage girl wears her new pair of shrink-to-fit jeans in the bathtub in order to acheive the perfect fit. Unfortunately, the jeans shrink so much that they kill her with their constricting force. What brand of jeans is responsible?
Choices: Levis; Abercrombie  Fitch; Tommy Hilfiger; Calvin Klein
Answer: Levis
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Question: Women who wear their purse straps across their chests are at risk of being beheaded by purse snatchers.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Thieves, rapists, gang members and psychopaths lie in wait under their victims cars and slash their victims Achilles tendon so they cant escape. When did this urban legend begin circulating?
Choices: The 1970s; The 1920s; The 1990s; The 1950s
Answer: The 1950s
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Question: According to an urban legend, an electrical worker is blinded for life when the following item/s fuse(s) to his eyes.
Choices: His contact lenses; His welding rod; His goggles; His loose shirt cuff
Answer: His contact lenses
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Question: What term means fear of darkness?
Choices: Achluophobia; Acarophobia; Ablutophobia; Acerophobia
Answer: Achluophobia
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Question: This word means fear of cats. Meow!
Choices: Ailurophobia; Arachnephobia; Alektorophobia; Apiphobia
Answer: Ailurophobia
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Question: Ataxophobia means fear of paying taxes.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Albuminurophobia is defined as fear of albums.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The fear of stars and celestial space is known as astrophobia.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which term means fear of being touched?
Choices: Apotemnophobia; Aphenphosmphobia; Anuptaphobia; Antlophobia
Answer: Aphenphosmphobia
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Question: What does amathophobia mean?
Choices: fear of dust; fear of numbers; fear of rooms; fear of candles
Answer: fear of dust
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Question: What does acrophobia mean?
Choices: snake; farm; heights; pain
Answer: heights
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Question: Autophobia means fear of cars.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Ataxiophobia means fear of riding a taxi.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In which New York City borough is Central Park located?
Choices: Manhattan; Queens; Bronx; Brooklyn
Answer: Manhattan
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Question: According to their mission statement, what is the primary goal of the US Central Intelligence Agency?
Choices: Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers; Fighting Al-Qaeda; Rescuing US citizens from terrorists around the world; Spying on all aliens on US territory
Answer: Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers
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Question: Which of these countries is NOT fictional?
Choices: Central America; Central Korea; Central African Republic; Central Europe
Answer: Central African Republic
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Question: What is the Central Processing Unit (aka CPU) responsible for?
Choices: Advising US governments on internal matters; Executing computer programs; Turning crude oil into gasoline; Crime Prevention
Answer: Executing computer programs
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Question: What is the prevalent language in Central America?
Choices: French; Spanish; English; Mayan
Answer: Spanish
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Question: What is Comedy Central?
Choices: A spin-off of the famous Monty Python group; A film studio owned by Jim Carrey; An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs; The company that owns rights to all comedy movies on YouTube
Answer: An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs
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Question: Which of these countries is in Central Europe?
Choices: Bulgaria; Poland; Portugal; Belgium
Answer: Poland
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Question: What is the position number of a Center in basketball?
Choices: 1; 3; 4; 5
Answer: 5
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Question: Not accounting for daylight saving, what is the hour difference between Central Time Zone (CST) in America and Central European Time (CET)?
Choices: 7 hours; 5 hours; 9 hours; 12 hours
Answer: 7 hours
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Question: What is Cordillera Central?
Choices: City Center in Far East Asian countries; The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries; A special undercover police unit in Australia; The geographical center of any country or region
Answer: The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries
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Question: Which of these US states comes in North and South flavours?
Choices: Dakota; Virginia; Washington; New York
Answer: Dakota
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Question: In the American Civil War, what were the southern US states referred to as?
Choices: Republicans; Democrats; Union; Confederacy
Answer: Confederacy
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Question: Which of the following is the correct name of an African nation?
Choices: Republic of North Africa; Federation of South Africa; Federation of North Africa; Republic of South Africa
Answer: Republic of South Africa
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Question: Which of these is an existing country, recognized by the United Nations?
Choices: North Vietnam; North Cyprus; North Korea; North Africa
Answer: North Korea
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Question: Which of the following is a major US airline and a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines?
Choices: Southwest Airlines; Northeast Airlines; Southeast Airlines; Northwest Airlines
Answer: Northwest Airlines
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Question: Three of these are not real bodies of water; which one is?
Choices: North Sea; Northwest Sea; South Sea; Southeast Sea
Answer: North Sea
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Question: Who was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles?
Choices: Roald Amundsen; Robert Falcon Scott; Robert Peary; Ernest Shackleton
Answer: Roald Amundsen
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Question: Name the country below which is NOT located in South America.
Choices: Surinam; Chile; Panama; Colombia
Answer: Panama
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Question: The green color is considered to be the traditional and most sacred color of this religion.
Choices: Roman Catholicism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Islam
Answer: Islam
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Question: The flag of what country consists of a simple green field with no other features?
Choices: Libya; Lebanon; Laos; Lithuania
Answer: Libya
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Question: What island is often referred to as the Emerald Isle, the green color being its symbol?
Choices: Sicily; Iceland; Jamaica; Ireland
Answer: Ireland
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Question: What does the expression to wear a green hat mean in popular Chinese culture?
Choices: to be a cuckold; to be a peasant; to be a wise person; to be an immature, foolish person
Answer: to be a cuckold
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Question: Why do most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green?
Choices: They are able to change their color in order to camouflage themselves; Because most of them feed on green plants; Their skin contains a specific green pigment; Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment
Answer: Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment
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Question: What was the green color associated with during the Middle Ages according to some stories from that period?
Choices: Lust; Friendship; Rivalry; Royalty
Answer: Lust
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Question: What is the other common name of the shade of green known as midnight green?
Choices: Hunter green; Teal; Feldgrau; Eagle green
Answer: Eagle green
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Question: What is the first name of Dr. Greene from the popular television series ER, played by actor Anthony Edwards?
Choices: Peter; John; Richard; Mark
Answer: Mark
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Question: Due to the presence of trace amounts of this chemical emeralds appear green.
Choices: Copper; Mercury; Zinc; Chromium
Answer: Chromium
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Question: What character from the famous American sitcom Friends has the last name of Green?
Choices: Rachel; Janice; Chandler; Ross and Monica
Answer: Rachel
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Question: One angstrom unit equal what length in meters?
Choices: 0.000001 meters; 1,000,000,000 meters; 0.0000000001 meters; 0.001 meters
Answer: 0.0000000001 meters
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Question: Which of these languages does not belong to the Germanic language family?
Choices: Finnish; Icelandic; Swedish; Norwegian
Answer: Finnish
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Question: This composer, who lived 1865-1957, was born to a Swedish speaking family in a Russian-owned part of Finland. His compositions include: Valse Triste,  The Swan of Tuonela, and seven fine symphonies. What is the last name of this composer?
Choices: Prokofiev; Bull; Grieg; Sibelius
Answer: Sibelius
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Question: Who was the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Choices: Xia Zhinian; Choi Chi Fung; Gao Xingjian; Cai Zhifeng
Answer: Gao Xingjian
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Question: This former Prime Minister of India was born in India to a Brahmin family. For a while this leader was a professor of Political Science at the Takshashila University and was one of the first to envision the concept of a unified India.
Choices: Chanakya; J. Nehru; M. Gandhi; Indira Gandhi
Answer: Chanakya
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Question: How many men held the title King of England in 1936?
Choices: 1 - George V; 3 -  George V, Edward VIII, and George VI; 2 -  Albert II and George VI; 0 - There was a queen
Answer: 3 -  George V, Edward VIII, and George VI
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Question: From which language do we get the word tattoo?
Choices: Tahitian; Tongan; Maori; Marshallese
Answer: Tahitian
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Question: What does the Hebrew word gaon mean?
Choices: Circumcisor; The Old Testament; Genius; Cantor
Answer: Genius
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Question: Iron makes up 35.1 % of Earth. 28.2 % is oxygen. What is the third leading element of Earths composition?
Choices: silicon; magnesium; nickel; calcium
Answer: silicon
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Question: The Mississippi is the longest North American river. The Missouri is the second. What is the third longest?
Choices: Arkansas; Rio Grande; Colorado; Hudson
Answer: Rio Grande
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Question: In physics, what does Avogadros law state?
Choices: At the same mass and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.; Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures.; Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures and masses.; At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.
Answer: At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.
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Question: Which is greater: the circumference of Earth from pole to pole or the circumference of Earth around the equator?
Choices: The polar circumference; The equatorial circumference; None of these; They are equal
Answer: The equatorial circumference