kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: Who attempted to kill Grigori Rasputin in 1914?
Choices: a group of nobles led by Prince Felix Yusupov; Khionia Guseva, a former prostitute; a group of soldiers led by Nicolas II; a group of villagers
Answer: Khionia Guseva, a former prostitute
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Question: Grigori Rasputin was murdered in December 1916. His body was recovered from this river flowing through the city of Saint Petersburg.
Choices: Don; Kama; the Neva River; Volga
Answer: the Neva River
Category: people
Question: According to his secretary, Rasputin wrote a letter in which he predicted his own death as well as the death of Tsar Nicholas and his family.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This famous Cancerian is an all around talented guy. He is an actor/singer/writer who penned a song with Janis Joplin and starred in such movies as Convoy, Millennium and A Star Is Born.
Choices: Charles Bronson; William Devane; Kris Kristofferson; Clint Eastwood
Answer: Kris Kristofferson
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Question: This famous American author was born in West Virginia in 1892 but was raised in China. She wrote over 100 works of literature, her most notable one being The Good Earth, a novel about the life of a Chinese farmer.
Choices: Louisa Alcott; Pearl S. Buck; Anne Bronte; Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: Pearl S. Buck
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Question: Della Reese and Lena Horne were born on the same day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: There have been four Cancerian US Presidents up until 2006. One was born 11 July 1767, another on 4 July 1872, one on 14 July 1913 and the other on 6 July 1946. Two of the 4 had fathers that were President and the other 2 also served as Vice Presidents. Can you name them?
Choices: Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Regan, John Q. Adams; George W. Bush, Calvin Coolidge, John Q. Adams, Gerald Ford; Franklin Roosevelt, John Adams, Warren Harding, Bill Clinton; Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Spiro Agnew, George Bush
Answer: George W. Bush, Calvin Coolidge, John Q. Adams, Gerald Ford
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Question: This Roman emperor, often called the wise, is regarded as one of the most prominent Stoic philosophers.
Choices: Constantine I; Vespasian; Commodus; Marcus Aurelius
Answer: Marcus Aurelius
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Question: The term The Five Good Emperors refers to five consecutive Roman emperors noted for their virtuous and just rule. Which of these is not one of The Five Good Emperors?
Choices: Marcus Aurelius; Nerva; Trajan; Diocletian
Answer: Diocletian
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Question: What emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty has an optical disc authoring program named after him?
Choices: Augustus; Claudius; Caligula; Nero
Answer: Nero
Category: people
Question: Known as the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity, he turned the ancient Roman colony of Byzantium into a new imperial residence.
Choices: Theodosius; Maximian; Diocletian; Constantine I
Answer: Constantine I
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Question: This Roman emperor and philosopher, who ruled from AD 117 to 138, was so fond of Greek literature and culture that he was nicknamed Graeculus (Greekling).
Choices: Octavian; Hadrian; Constantine I; Marcus Aurelius
Answer: Hadrian
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Question: This Roman emperor, who allegedly killed for mere amusement and indulged in incest, ruled until 41 when he was murdered by Praetorian Guard.
Choices: Nero; Germanicus; Caligula; Septimius Severus
Answer: Caligula
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Question: Who played Commodus, the first Roman emperor born during his fathers reign, in the Academy Award-winning movie Gladiator?
Choices: Malcolm McDowell; Christopher Plummer; Ralph Fiennes; Joaquin Phoenix
Answer: Joaquin Phoenix
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Question: The first Roman emperor, Augustus, who ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14, is also known by this name.
Choices: Julian; Octavian; Claudius; Tiberius
Answer: Octavian
Category: people
Question: The deposition of this Roman emperor in 476 marked the fall of ancient Rome and the end of the Western Roman Empire.
Choices: Anthemius; Galerius; Antoninus Pius; Romulus Augustus
Answer: Romulus Augustus
Category: people
Question: Which of the following Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was the son of a Roman emperor?
Choices: Nero; None of these; Caligula; Claudius
Answer: None of these
Category: people
Question: Martha Custis Washington took an active part in politics during her husbands administration.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What was the first name of Martin Van Burens wife?
Choices: Hannah; Sarah; Ida; Harriet
Answer: Hannah
Category: people
Question: Which U.S. first lady did not attend her husbands inauguration because the couples 11-year-old son, Benjamin, was killed in a train accident only a few months before?
Choices: Mary Lincoln; Jane Pierce; Dolly Madison; Julia Tyler
Answer: Jane Pierce
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Question: How many of Mary Lincolns children died during her lifetime?
Choices: 2; 3; 1; 4
Answer: 3
Category: people
Question: What was president Grants wifes first name?
Choices: Sarah; Mary; Julia; Ida
Answer: Julia
Category: people
Question: What was Grover Clevelands nickname for his wife Frances?
Choices: Franny; Fran; Francie; Frank
Answer: Frank
Category: people
Question: This best selling author, whose works include Six of Oneand In Her Day, has once said: One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Choices: V.C. Andrews; Laura Van Wormer; Barbara Hall; Rita Mae Brown
Answer: Rita Mae Brown
Category: people
Question: Randy K. Milholland said: The shortest verse in the Bible is Jesus wept. The only thing wrong with it is the past tense.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Who said: Death doesnt really worry me that much, Im not frightened about it... I just dont want to be there when it happens.?
Choices: Woody Allen; Lenny Bruce; Steve Allen; Chevy Chase
Answer: Woody Allen
Category: people
Question: Who said: Honesty is the best policy?
Choices: Ben Franklin; Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson; George Washington
Answer: Ben Franklin
Category: people
Question: This actress said: When things are perfect, thats when you need to worry most.
Choices: Drew Barrymore; Sheryl Crow; Abigail Adams; Mary Tyler Moore
Answer: Drew Barrymore
Category: people
Question: Drew Barrymore said: A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? .
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This author is quoted as saying: All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
Choices: George Orwell; Leonard Tolstoy; George Bernard Shaw; Mark Twain
Answer: George Orwell
Category: people
Question: Benedict Arnold once said: A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: This famous female singer said: I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
Choices: Whitney Houston; Dolly Parton; Madonna; Pink
Answer: Dolly Parton
Category: people
Question: This person said: A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Choices: John Adams; Ben Franklin; Thomas Jefferson; King George
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Category: people
Question: This famous redhead, who established hegemony over most of continental Europe, was eventually defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
Choices: Napoleon Bonaparte; Richard the Lionheart; Henry VIII; Oliver Cromwell
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Category: people
Question: This redhead, who entered the English Civil War on the side of the Roundheads, managed to overthrow the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth.
Choices: Thomas Cromwell; Horatio Nelson; Francis Drake; Oliver Cromwell
Answer: Oliver Cromwell
Category: people
Question: This redhead, nicknamed the Virgin Queen, was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
Choices: Elizabeth I; Lady Jane Grey; Victoria; Mary I
Answer: Elizabeth I
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Question: This charismatic leader was King of Germany, Italy, and Burgundy, and was finally crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV.
Choices: Pepin the Short; Henry V; Frederick I Barbarossa; Charlemagne
Answer: Frederick I Barbarossa
Category: people
Question: This red-haired Italian military and political figure has been dubbed the Hero of the Two Worlds due to his military expeditions in both South America and Europe.
Choices: Enrico Fermi; Benito Mussolini; Giuseppe Mazziniâ; Giuseppe Garibaldi
Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi
Category: people
Question: Which American President was NOT a redhead?
Choices: George Washington; Martin Van Buren; Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: people
Question: Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders, this red-haired British Prime Minister once said, If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Choices: Philip Snowden; Sir John Moore; Neville Chamberlain; Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
Category: people
Question: Name the red-haired leader of the Bolsheviks who led the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia.
Choices: Vyacheslav Molotov; Leonid Breznev; Joseph Stalin; Vladimir Lenin
Answer: Vladimir Lenin
Category: people
Question: This red-haired US general, who developed a strong reputation during the Civil War, was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Choices: General G.A. Custer; Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; John Adams
Answer: General G.A. Custer
Category: people
Question: This famous redhead is an Apache helicopter pilot in the British Army Air Corps. In August 2011, it was announced that he had asked for a seat on one of the first Virgin Galactic sub-orbital flights.
Choices: Prince Edward; Prince William of Wales; Prince Harry of Wales; Prince Charles
Answer: Prince Harry of Wales
Category: people
Question: William II was which son in birth order of William I, or William the Conqueror?
Choices: First; Fourth; Third; Second
Answer: Third
Category: people
Question: Which of his sons became king after William the Conquerors death?
Choices: William Rufus; Robert Curthose; Henry I; Richard I
Answer: William Rufus
Category: people
Question: Who was the King of England before William I?
Choices: Stephen I; Lanfranc I; Edward the Confessor; Harold II
Answer: Harold II
Category: people
Question: William II reigned England in which of these time periods?
Choices: 1087 to 1100; 1090 to 1100; 1066 to 1087; 1087 to 1098
Answer: 1087 to 1100
Category: people
Question: How many children did William II of England have?
Choices: 7; 4; 0; 12
Answer: 0
Category: people
Question: William II of England was a very religious king.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: At the time William II of England was crowned king, Normandy was a part of England.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Who led the revolt against England in 1088 to take the throne from William II of England?
Choices: Odo of Bayeaux; Henry, the younger brother of William II; Archbishop Lanfranc; Robert Curthose
Answer: Odo of Bayeaux
Category: people
Question: Which of the following kingdoms did William II of England gain during his rule?
Choices: Vexin; None of these; Wales; Ireland
Answer: None of these
Category: people
Question: William II (or âRufusâ) of England died in which of the following years?
Choices: 1077; 1099; 1089; 1100
Answer: 1100
Category: people
Question: In the 1997 movie, Amistad Anthony Hopkins played this former US President.
Choices: John Adams; John Hammond; John Quincy Adams; Thomas  Jefferson
Answer: John Quincy Adams
Category: people
Question: Van Heflin played this tailor who became President.
Choices: Martin Van Buren; Henry Clay; Andrew Johnson; Harry Truman
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Category: people
Question: James Brolin played this President in 2008. Timothy Bottom played him in the 2002 movie The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course.
Choices: John F. Kennedy; Lyndon Baines Johnson; George W. Bush; Barack Obama
Answer: George W. Bush
Category: people
Question: Jeff Daniels played this President in 2000s The Crossing. Duke R. Lee played him in 1923s In the Days of Daniel Boone.
Choices: Charles Addams; George Washington; John Adams; George W.H. Bush
Answer: George Washington
Category: people
Question: William Daniels, Mr. Feeney from Boy Meets World, portrayed this President in the movie version of 1776.
Choices: John Adams; Millard  Filmore; Charles Addams; James  Madison
Answer: John Adams
Category: people
Question: Tom Selleck played this President in Ike: Countdown to D-Day.
Choices: Harry S Truman; Noah Webster; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Category: people
Question: Ken Howard played this President in 1776 and Independence.
Choices: Andrew Jackson; James Knox Polk; Thomas Jefferson; Ben Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Category: people
Question: Although 1946s Magnificent Doll was really more about the First Lady than the President, the movie featured Burgess Meredith as this President.
Choices: Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; James Monroe
Answer: James Madison
Category: people
Question: Frank Langella played this president in a 2008 film.
Choices: Nixon; Barack Obama; J.F.Kennedy; John Adams
Answer: Nixon
Category: people
Question: He may not have been the greatest US President in ability but he probably was great in girth. Wilford Brimley played this President in 2008s The Rise  of  Theodore Roosevelt.
Choices: Woodrow Wilson; William Howard Taft; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: William Howard Taft
Category: people
Question: In The Presidents Lady and in The Buccaneer, Charlton Heston played this President who probably killed a man in a duel concerning his wifes reputation.
Choices: James Knox  Polk; Andrew Jackson; Oscar Madison; James Madison
Answer: Andrew Jackson
Category: people
Question: This Presidents crowning achievement  was The Guano Treaty Act. He was portrayed by Millard Vincent in 1939s The Monroe Doctrine.
Choices: Millard Fillmore; James Monroe; Alexander Hamilton; James Madison
Answer: Millard Fillmore
Category: people
Question: Hal Holbrook toured the country in a one man show about this President. Raymond Massey, Henry Fonda and John Carradine won much fame for  playing this great man.
Choices: George Washington; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: people
Question: Kevin Kline played this hard-drinking President in 1999s Wild Wild West.
Choices: Johnson; Grant; Eisenhower; Hamilton
Answer: Grant
Category: people
Question: Ralph Bellamy played this President in 1960s Sunrise at Campobello and in the stage version of the same name. Edward Herrmann played him in  1982s Annie.
Choices: LBJ; HST; JFK; FDR
Answer: FDR
Category: people
Question: James Whitmore played this President in 1975s Giveem Hell Harry.
Choices: Truman; Clinton; Nixon; Kennedy
Answer: Truman
Category: people
Question: Who played Bill Clinton in Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me?
Choices: Timothy Bottoms; Kevin Kline; Tim Robbins; Craig  Barnett
Answer: Tim Robbins
Category: people
Question: Michael Jordan returned to the NBA twice. After his first return in 1995, he led the Chicago Bulls to three titles. What statement is true about his second return in 2001?
Choices: He joined the Washington Wizzards but his team did not did not qualify for the play-offs.; He returned to the Chicago Bulls, but played mostly as a substitute.; He played for the Washington Wizzards and led them to their first title ever.; He led the Chicago Bulls to another title.
Answer: He joined the Washington Wizzards but his team did not did not qualify for the play-offs.
Category: people
Question: Lance Armstrong had won 7 times the prestigious Tour de France cycling race before retiring. He returned in 2009. What result did he achieve in the Tour?
Choices: He won it again.; He came third.; He finished 100th, with a huge gap to the winner.; He didnt manage to finish.
Answer: He came third.
Category: people
Question: F1 driver Michael Schumacher decided to return to the track for the 2010 season. Which team did he join?
Choices: Mercedes; Ferrari; Toyota; Williams
Answer: Mercedes
Category: people
Question: Did Muhammad Ali return to boxing after his retirement in 1978?
Choices: Officially yes, but due to his Parkinsons disease he never fought again.; Yes and he lost to Larry Holmes.; Yes, he beat George Foreman in the famous fight in Kinshasa.; No
Answer: Yes and he lost to Larry Holmes.
Category: people
Question: Pele, probably the most famous soccer player ever, retired in 1974 after having won three world championships with Brazil. He returned a few months later and joined which club?
Choices: Real Madrid, Spain; Santos, Brazil; New York Cosmos, USA; He did not join any club, but he still played for the Brazilian national team.
Answer: New York Cosmos, USA
Category: people
Question: Bjorn Borg shocked the tennis world when he retired in his prime years (he was only 25 and was at the top). What did he achieve when he returned in the early 1990s?
Choices: He became the Olympic Champion.; He appeared in four Grand Slam finals, but failed to win anything.; He failed to win a single match in 10 consecutive tournaments.; He won all Grand Slam tournaments.
Answer: He failed to win a single match in 10 consecutive tournaments.
Category: people
Question: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean amazed the world performing to Ravels Bolero during the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo. 10 years later they skated at another Olympics. Did they win another medal?
Choices: No, their comeback was a complete disaster.; They won, but were disqualified for cheating.; Yes, they won bronze.; Yes, they performed to the same music and won gold again.
Answer: Yes, they won bronze.
Category: people
Question: Swimming champion Dara Torres retired and returned two times. Which statement about her comebacks is true?
Choices: She won 3 Olympic silver medals the first time, but failed to qualify the second time for the Beijing Olympic team.; Her first return in 2000, after giving birth, was a disaster, but the second time she won 5 medals at the Olympics in Sydney.; She won a gold medal and four other medals in Sydney (2000) and three silver medals in Beijing (2008).; Her first return, in Sydney, earned her 3 silver medals but the second time, in Beijing, she was not successful.
Answer: She won a gold medal and four other medals in Sydney (2000) and three silver medals in Beijing (2008).
Category: people
Question: Janne Ahonen, a top sportsman from Finland, retired in 2008, only to return to his sport a year later. What is his sport?
Choices: Nordic combined; Ski jumping; Javelin; WRC rallies
Answer: Ski jumping
Category: people
Question: George Foreman returned to boxing after a 12-year break to become the oldest heavy weight champion ever. How old was he when he beat Michael Moorer?
Choices: 51; 45; 48; 42
Answer: 45
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the electrical engineer who invented holography?
Choices: George William Manby; Dennis Gabor; Gordon Gould; William Herschel
Answer: Dennis Gabor
Category: people
Question: This German chemist was the first to develop stable, medically useful forms of heroin and aspirin.
Choices: Karl Ferdinand Braun; Moritz von Jacobi; Eugen Baumann; Felix Hoffmann
Answer: Felix Hoffmann
Category: people
Question: What American scientist invented the computer mouse?
Choices: Richard Hall Gower; Douglas Engelbart; Robert Fulton; Samuel Guthrie
Answer: Douglas Engelbart
Category: people
Question: Stainless steel, initially called rustless steel, is believed to have been invented by this man.
Choices: Alexandru Ciurcu; Joseph Day; Harry Brearley; All of these
Answer: Harry Brearley
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the American who patented the first artificial heart?
Choices: Paul Winchell; Robert Goddard; Josephine Cochrane; Samuel Colt
Answer: Paul Winchell
Category: people
Question: This man received the patent for inventing the first practical telephone.
Choices: Arnold O. Beckman; Alexander Graham Bell; Alexander Bereznyak; Willem Einthoven
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Category: people
Question: What German physiologist created the prototype of the modern contact lenses?
Choices: Fritz Klatte; Karl Drais; Adolf Eugen Fick; Konrad Zuse
Answer: Adolf Eugen Fick
Category: people
Question: This inventor received the patent for the first fountain pen on May 25, 1827.
Choices: Alexander Prokhorov; John Napier; Petrache Poenaru; Jules Montenier
Answer: Petrache Poenaru
Category: people
Question: This American chemist is the inventor of Nylon.
Choices: Tommy Flowers; Wallace Carothers; Sir Henry Cole; Clarence Birdseye
Answer: Wallace Carothers
Category: people
Question: What English social reformer and teacher invented the postage stamp?
Choices: Joseph Henry; Rowland Hill; John Mason; Frank Hornby
Answer: Rowland Hill
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the female name Katherine and its versions Catherine, Cathy, Kat, Kate?
Choices: Sacrifice; Purity; Patience; Sanctity
Answer: Purity
Category: people
Question: Of what origin is the very popular male name William?
Choices: Arabic; Old Germanic; Slavic; Hebrew
Answer: Old Germanic
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Question: What is the meaning of the popular name Rachel, derived from the Hebrew name Rahel?
Choices: Food; Wife; Righteous woman; Ewe
Answer: Ewe
Category: people
Question: The names Sean, Shane, Shaine, Shaun, and Shawn all mean what?
Choices: God is love; God is with us; God is gracious; God is light
Answer: God is gracious
Category: people
Question: Tthe male name Samuel and its derivatives Sam and Sammie all mean what?
Choices: Touched by God; God has heard; God has blessed me; God is generous
Answer: God has heard
Category: people
Question: What do the female names Eve, Evelyn, Evita, Ava, Eva, Evie all mean?
Choices: Woman; Sinful; Living; Curiosity
Answer: Living
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the popular female names Sarah, Sara and Sally?
Choices: Justice; Princess; Holy water; Integrity
Answer: Princess
Category: people
Question: Of what origin is the male name Jacob and its derivatives James, Jim, Jimmy?
Choices: Old English; Hebrew; Greek; Latin
Answer: Hebrew
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the popular male names Richard, Riccardo, Ricky?
Choices: Powerful leader; King of the army; Father of the people; Strong hand
Answer: Powerful leader
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the very popular male name David and its derivative, Dave?
Choices: Blessed; Beloved; Only one; King
Answer: Beloved
Category: people
Question: Which of the following is not among the categories in which the Nobel Prize is awarded?
Choices: Chemistry; Biology; Physiology or Medicine; Literature
Answer: Biology
Category: people
Question: In 1888, a newspaper in this country published an erroneous premature obituary of Alfred Nobel condemning him for his invention of dynamite.
Choices: Sweden; Germany; England; France
Answer: France
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Question: This American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel Humboldts Gift, was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work.
Choices: William Faulkner; Saul Bellow; Mark Twain; Harper Lee
Answer: Saul Bellow
Category: people
Question: What Academy Award-winning movie told the story of John Forbes Nash, the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics?
Choices: Arrested Development; A Beautiful Mind; Cinderella Man; A Good Year
Answer: A Beautiful Mind
Category: people
Question: During the first half of the 20th century, four members of the Curie family won 5 Nobel Prizes altogether. Which one of them did not win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Choices: Frederic Joliot-Curie; Pierre Curie; Maria SkÅodowska-Curie; IrÃ¨ne Joliot-Curie
Answer: Pierre Curie
Category: people
Question: This prize is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics but unlike the Nobel Prizes it is awarded once every four years.
Choices: the Wolf Prize in Mathematics; the Fields Medal; the Webby Award; the Abel Prize
Answer: the Fields Medal
Category: people
Question: Bertha Kinsky, Alfred Nobels secretary and housekeeper, was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in this category.
Choices: Economics; Peace; Chemistry; Literature
Answer: Peace
Category: people
Question: Which of the following European dictators was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Choices: Joseph Stalin; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: The reason why there is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics is that a mathematician had an affair with Alfred Nobels wife.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: With the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prizes are presented at an annual ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. In what capital city ise the Nobel Peace Prize presented?
Choices: Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; Oslo, Norway
Answer: Oslo, Norway
Category: people
Question: George Washington was the first President to be inaugurated in two different cities.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What year was the Whiskey Rebellion put down by George Washingtons militia force?
Choices: 1770; 1794; 1776; 1787
Answer: 1794
Category: people
Question: What treaty called for British troops to give up forts in the western frontier in 1796?
Choices: Jays Treaty; XYZ Treaty; Treaty of Paris; Versailles Treaty
Answer: Jays Treaty
Category: people
Question: After retirement as President, George Washington was called to duty one more time as Commander in Chief of the army.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: How did George Washington die?
Choices: complications from a throat infection; horse riding accident; in the line of duty; in his sleep
Answer: complications from a throat infection
Category: people
Question: When George Washington retired to Mount Vernon at age 65 he became reclusive seeing very few people other than Martha.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Which German naturalist, explorer, and geographer introduced a new section in geography called Geography of Plantsâ?
Choices: Alexander von Humboldt; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Wilhelm von Humboldt; Friedrich Schiller
Answer: Alexander von Humboldt
Category: people
Question: This famous Venetian adventurer and author wrote an autobiography, titled Histoire de ma vie.
Choices: Don Juan; None of these; Giacomo Casanova; Grigori Razputin
Answer: Giacomo Casanova
Category: people
Question: Which statement is true about Mata Hari?
Choices: She was an exotic dancer.; She was an accused spy.; She was a courtesan.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: What statement is true about British explorer Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton?
Choices: He translated One Thousand and One Nights into English.; He traveled in disguise to Mecca.; Traveled with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Time magazine named this person one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century and an Alberto Korda photograph of him was said to be the most famous photograph in the world.
Choices: Mikhail Gorbachev; Sir Winston Churchill; Ernesto Che Guevara; George Bush
Answer: Ernesto Che Guevara
Category: people
Question: Name the explorer who captained the ship Calypso from 1951 to 1996.
Choices: Jacques-Yves Cousteau; None of these; Jacques Pikard; Auquste Picard
Answer: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Category: people
Question: She became famous as the woman who captured the heart of Englands naval hero Horatio Nelson.
Choices: Jane Austen; Virginia Woolf:; Emma Hamilton; Anna Laetitia Aikin
Answer: Emma Hamilton
Category: people
Question: This British officer took part in the Arab revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916â18.
Choices: None of these; Horatio Nelson; John J. Pershing; Thomas Edward Lawrence
Answer: None of these
Category: people
Question: Sir Francis Drake was an English pirate, sailor, and hero of many battles at sea.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: You are stopped by a police officer while driving. He gives you a speeding ticket and then searches your  car. You protest his right to search. He then alludes to this US Supreme Court Case.
Choices: Lawrence  v Terry; Terry v L.A.P.D.; Terry v U.S.; Terry v Ohio
Answer: Terry v Ohio
Category: people
Question: This American actress has starred in The Conversation, Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of  the Third Kind and Tootsie. Her career has been adversely affected by Multiple Sclerosis and a brain aneurysm.
Choices: Terri Flynn; Teri Quinn; Teri Garr; Teri Flynn
Answer: Teri Garr
Category: people
Question: This great jazz trumpeter was the only  African-American musician in the band on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Choices: Clark Terry; Terry Pritchard; Jack Terry; Terry Clarke
Answer: Clark Terry
Category: people
Question: He was the brains behind the cartoons Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle.
Choices: Teri OQuinn; Terry Clark; Terry Pritchard; Paul Terry
Answer: Paul Terry
Category: people
Question: He was a right-handed pitcher for the Yankees, Athletics, Indians and Mets. In 1962 he was the World Series MVP and won the Babe Ruth Award.
Choices: Abner  Terry; Ralph Terry; Terry Pritchard; Bill Terry
Answer: Ralph Terry
Category: people
Question: Terry Gene Bollea is a famous athlete better known by this name.
Choices: Hulk Hogan; Mohammed Ali; Gerald Ford; Warren Beatty
Answer: Hulk Hogan
Category: people
Question: He is one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has also been a fairly successful actor and sports analyst.
Choices: Brad  Terry; Terry Clark; Terry Bradshaw; Stanley Terry
Answer: Terry Bradshaw
Category: people
Question: Who was the only American-born member of Monty Python?
Choices: Terry Jones; Terry Gilliam; Terry Idle; Terry Cleese
Answer: Terry Gilliam
Category: people
Question: Who was manager of the Boston Red Sox when they won their first World Series in over 90 years?
Choices: Abner Terry; Terry Barr; Terry Francona; Terry Baker
Answer: Terry Francona
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Question: In his 31-year career, this driver, nicknamed The Iceman, has won over 20 major NASCAR races.
Choices: Terry Wine; Terry Pratchett; Abner Terry; Terry Labonte
Answer: Terry Labonte
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Question: When this Terry was only 6, she appeared in a widely popular movie.
Choices: The dog who played Toto; The young sister in E.T.; The horse in Seabiscut; The young child in  Poltergeist
Answer: The dog who played Toto
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Question: In 1954 this first baseman was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Choices: Terry Francis; Bill Terry; Ron Terry; Abner Terry
Answer: Bill Terry
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Question: TERI is a private, non-profit agency that deals with this subject.
Choices: The support of  young actors and actresses; None of these; The improvement of the lives of people with autism; The improvement of the lives of retired persons
Answer: The improvement of the lives of people with autism
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Question: In which sport was Terry Sawchuck famous?
Choices: Swimming; Soccer; Hockey; Weightlifting
Answer: Hockey
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Question: Who was the winner in Season 2 of Americas Got Talent?
Choices: Steve Terry; Terry Winters; Abner Terry; Terry Fator
Answer: Terry Fator
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Question: Which of the following US Presidents was related to 11 former presidents, either by blood or marriage?
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Herbert Hoover; Zachary Taylor; Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Question: Which US President had 15 children, 8 by his first wife and 7 by his second wife?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; James Polk; John Tyler; Andrew Johnson
Answer: John Tyler
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Question: Which US President loved to cook and developed a recipe for vegetable soup?
Choices: George Washington; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Harry S. Truman; Calvin Coolidge
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Question: What US President has worn a Nazi uniform?
Choices: Woodrow Wilson; Ronald Reagan; Thomas Marshall; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: William Taft was the heaviest president of the United States.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What do these US Presidents have in common: George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan and Warren Harding.
Choices: They had no children.; All of these; They served as odd-number Presidents (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th...); They never married.
Answer: They had no children.
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Question: Who is the first US President born on the 4th of July?
Choices: Calvin Coolidge; Rutherford Hayes; James Garfield; Woodrow Wilson
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
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Question: Which of these US Presidents did not die on July 4?
Choices: Thomas Jefferson; John Adams; James Monroe; Herbert Hoover
Answer: Herbert Hoover
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Question: Which US President was fined $20 for speeding with his horse and carriage?
Choices: Ulysses Grant; James Buchanan; Millard Fillmore; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Ulysses Grant
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Question: Ariel Sharon, the 11th Prime Minister of Israel, was born in what year?
Choices: 1916; 1939; 1947; 1928
Answer: 1928
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Question: Which best describes former Prime Minister Ariel Sharons family life?
Choices: He was married twice and has three sons.; He was married twice, divorced twice and has four sons.; He was married once and has two daughters and two sons.; He was never married but has four adopted sons.
Answer: He was married twice and has three sons.
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Question: When did Ariel Sharon first fly to Israel?
Choices: in 1948; in 1947; in 1945; in 1942
Answer: in 1945
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Question: Which of the statements describes most accurately Ariel Sharons education?
Choices: He never attended college of university after high school.; He attended Hebrew University but never graduated.; He got an undergraduate degree from Tel Aviv University and did the rest of his education in the Israel Defence Forces.; He obtained an undergraduate degree from Hebrew University and a degree from Tel Aviv University.
Answer: He obtained an undergraduate degree from Hebrew University and a degree from Tel Aviv University.
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Question: When did Sharon, a Major General by rank, retire from his military career?
Choices: 1967; 1969; 1972; 1997
Answer: 1972
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Question: In which year did Ariel Sharon return to the Israel Defence Forces after his retirement?
Choices: 1993; 1983; 1977; 1973
Answer: 1973
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Question: What was the name of the first political party of Prime Minister Sharon?
Choices: Whig; Labor; Likud; Ha Eretz
Answer: Likud
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Question: Which statement best describes Ariel Sharons political life?
Choices: He was the first Prime Minister of Israel to form a party of his own.; He held many positions his first political party and never left it.; He retired from politics in 1999 but still gives speeches for his first party.; He held many positions in his first political party but finally formed a new one.
Answer: He held many positions in his first political party but finally formed a new one.
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Question: Unit 101 was an Israeli organization closely connected to Ariel Sharons life. What type of organization was it?
Choices: A commando special operations group formed by Sharon in 1953; A mechanized brigade founded by Sharon to push the Syrians away from Tiberius; A division of soldiers ordered by Sharon to attack Tyre in Lebanon; A secret group of naval operatives similar to the USAâs Navy SEALs
Answer: A commando special operations group formed by Sharon in 1953
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Question: In 1981, Arabs attacked farming settlements in northern Israel by assaults and by shooting missiles into the farms. In order to stop this, Ariel Sharon launched what  military operation?
Choices: Operation Peace for the Negev; Operation Northern Lights; Operation Peace for the Galilee; Operation Peace for the Eilat
Answer: Operation Peace for the Galilee
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Question: As Minister of Construction and Housing, Ariel Sharon was unsuccessful in finding homes for the immigrants except for those willing to live on kibbutzim.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: December 18, 2005 and January 4, 2006 were critical dates in Ariel Sharons life. What happened on these dates?
Choices: He survived two assassination attempts.; He was forced to rejoin the army after his retirement because of military conflicts.; He suffered ischemic strokes.; He lost leadership in his two main political parties.
Answer: He suffered ischemic strokes.
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Question: What is Fidel Castros real name?
Choices: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz; Juan Jesus Fidel Castro-Mejias; Fidel Ramon Castro Ruiz; Fidel Jesus Castro Biran
Answer: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
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Question: Fidel Castro once swam across the Rio Grande to sneak into the USA .
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In 1945 Fidel Castro entered the University of Havana. Besides studying law there he played which position for the schools baseball team?
Choices: Right-handed pitcher; Left-handed pitcher; First base; Centerfield
Answer: Left-handed pitcher
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Question: Which political group did Fidel Castro join during his college days?
Choices: Partido Socialismo; Partido Ortodoxos; Partido Socialisto de Eduardo Chibas; Partido Communisto de Habana
Answer: Partido Ortodoxos
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Question: What honor did Fidel Castro win in 1944?
Choices: Best Cuban Athlete; Best Cuban Eagle Scout; Best Student Debater; Best History Student
Answer: Best Cuban Athlete
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Question: Who became leader of Cuba after a coup d etat in 1940?
Choices: Hector Alejandro Batista Gonsalves; Meyer Lansky; Juan Jesus Batista; Fulgencio Batista
Answer: Fulgencio Batista
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Question: Where was the failed attack on the Cuban army, led by Fidel Castro in 1953?
Choices: Santiago; Guantanamo Bay; Moncada Barracks; Manzanillo
Answer: Moncada Barracks
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Question: When did Fidel Castro and his group assume power?
Choices: 1971; 1965; 1959; 1966
Answer: 1959
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Question: Why did the USA declare an embargo on all trade to and from Cuba on October 27, 1962?
Choices: The American mob had been forced to leave Cuba.; American spy planes found Russian battleships in Cuba.; American spy planes found Russian fighter jets in Cuba.; American spy planes found Russian-made missiles in Cuba.
Answer: American spy planes found Russian-made missiles in Cuba.
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Question: Which famous American wrote the song A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Choices: Woody Guthrie; Graham Nash; Bob Dylan; Arlo Guthrie
Answer: Bob Dylan
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Question: What settled the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
Choices: Russia took away its battleships from Cuba  and the USA removed its carriers from the North Sea.; Russia took away its jet fighters from Cuba and the USA removed their jet fighters from Finland and Holland.; Russia removed its missiles in Cuba and the US Army withdrew soldiers from West Germany.; Russia took away the missiles in Cuba and the USA took away its missiles and spy equipment  in Turkey
Answer: Russia took away the missiles in Cuba and the USA took away its missiles and spy equipment  in Turkey
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Question: Which statement is not true?
Choices: One of Fidel Castros top aides was Che Guevara.; Fidel Castro was the longest reigning ruler of the 20th century; Religion is greatly oppressed in Cuba.; In 2005 and 2006, Forbes magazine claimed that Fidel Castro was worth between $500 million and $900 million.
Answer: Religion is greatly oppressed in Cuba.
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Question: The 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Wolfovitch Begin was born in what year?
Choices: 1913; 1929; 1932; 1919
Answer: 1913
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Question: Menachem Begin was a member of the Betar Movement, which is what kind of organization?
Choices: An organization begun in Warsaw  that fought against anti-semites in Russia; A Zionist youth group formed in 1929 at first to defend Jewish youth in Poland and then throughout Europe; An organization formed by Begin to help the legal and  political status of Jews in Poland; An organization whose aim was to bring as many  European Jewish youth to Israel as was  possible.
Answer: A Zionist youth group formed in 1929 at first to defend Jewish youth in Poland and then throughout Europe
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Question: Why  was Menachem Begin released  from Siberia in 1941?
Choices: He was not released. He escaped and made his way to Turkey and then to Israel.; Stalin personally required his knowledge and  abilities; Because of the the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement; His term was up
Answer: Because of the the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement
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Question: What Zionist group did Menachem Begin join in 1942?
Choices: Irgun; Jewish Legion; Haganah; Palmach
Answer: Irgun
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Question: What was the aim of Altalena Affair that took place in June, 1948?
Choices: to kill Menachem Begin; to stop military equipment from reaching Israel; All of these; to sink the Altalena
Answer: All of these
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Question: The right-wing Israeli political party Likud was formed in what year?
Choices: 1955; 1975; 1985; 1965
Answer: 1965
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Question: When did Menachem Begin become the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel?
Choices: 1976; 1977; 1975; 1974
Answer: 1977
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Question: The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in what year?
Choices: 1981; 1979; 1978; 1980
Answer: 1978
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Question: The Israeli air strike against the Iraqi Osirak nuclear reactor, ordered by Menachem Begin, is known under what name?
Choices: Operation Theatre; Operation Violin; Operation Opera; None of these
Answer: Operation Opera
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Question: When did Prime Minister Menachem Begin  retire from public office?
Choices: 1992; 1987; 1983; 1997
Answer: 1983
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Question: Where was George Washington inaugurated as first President of the United States?
Choices: Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Annapolis; New York City
Answer: New York City
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Question: Who was George Washingtons first Secretary of Defense?
Choices: Pickering; Knox; This cabinet position did not exist; Hamilton
Answer: This cabinet position did not exist
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Question: What was George Washingtons first residence as President?
Choices: Osgood House; The White House; Blair House; Morris House
Answer: Osgood House
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Question: How many states comprised the Union when George Washington became President?
Choices: 16; 11; 13; 15
Answer: 11
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Question: What were the first three executive departments during George Washingtons tenure as President?
Choices: Defense, State, Education; Navy, Education, Treasury; Agriculture, Treasury, State; War, State, Treasury
Answer: War, State, Treasury
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Question: What was the population of the US in 1790?
Choices: 10 million; 20 million; 1 million; 4 million
Answer: 4 million
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Question: She was born in 1981 in New York and is the daughter of a real estate magnate.
Choices: Paris Hilton; Nicky Hilton; Ivanka Trump; Anna Anisimova
Answer: Ivanka Trump
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Question: This socialite, model actress, singer, fashion designer said Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in.
Choices: Claudia Schiffer; Anna Nikole Smith; Paris Hilton; None of these
Answer: Paris Hilton
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Question: This American actress and comedian starred in the 1996 movie Fatherâs Day as Carrie Lawrence.
Choices: Mishel Pheifer; Julia Roberts; Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Meg Ryan
Answer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Question: Which of these ladies has been called the Russian Paris Hilton?
Choices: Anna Anisimova; Ekaterina Maximova; Alexandra Kollontai; Anna Pavlova
Answer: Anna Anisimova
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Question: This lady is an equestrian professional. She was featured in the HBO documentary Born Rich.
Choices: Jillian Terceira; Georgina Bloomberg; None of these; Melissa Pereech
Answer: Georgina Bloomberg
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Question: Born on January 5, 1984, she is the great-granddaughter of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
Choices: None of these; Patty Hearst; Amanda Hearst; Anne Hearst
Answer: Amanda Hearst
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Question: Fashion model Lydia Hearst-Shaw is heiress to the media empire established by William Randolph Hearst.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This socialite and fashion designer married businessman Todd Andrew Meister in 2004.
Choices: Dylan Lauren; Paris Hilton; Nicky Hilton; Aerin Lauder
Answer: Nicky Hilton
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Question: Her parents are co-founders of a pioneering cosmetics company.
Choices: Aerin Lauder; Dylan Lauren; Estee Lauder; None of these
Answer: Aerin Lauder
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Question: Her fathers is a clothing designer and one of her brothers is a filmmaker.
Choices: Donna Karan; Donatela Versache; Dylan Lauren; Diane von Furstenberg
Answer: Dylan Lauren
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Question: This national scientists of the Philippines is the inventor of the videophone.
Choices: Gregorio Zara; Nina Chua; Carmen Velasquez; Jose N. Rodriguez
Answer: Gregorio Zara
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Question: This person is the inventor of the Lunar Rover, more popularly known as the Moon Buggy.
Choices: Eduardo San Juan; Dr. Abelardo Aguilar; Edward Caro; Agapito Flores
Answer: Eduardo San Juan
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Question: Filipino inventor Fe del Mundo announced that he had invented a car that runs with water as fuel.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A Filipino scientist was reportedly the one who discovered the erythromycin in 1949.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who was the Filipino that introduced the first single-chip graphical user interface accelerator and participated in developing the Ethernet controller chip that made the Internet possible?
Choices: Edgardo Vazquez; Gregorio Zara; Diosdado Banatao; Rudy Lantano Sr
Answer: Diosdado Banatao
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Question: This liquid allegedly developed by Filipino Department of Science and Technology is an iodine-rich drinking water that treats micronutrient deficiencies responsible for goiter, mental and physical retardation, and birth defects.
Choices: Goiter Program; EPI; Tubig Talino; Talino Life Program
Answer: Tubig Talino
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Question: The name of what Filipino popular means of public transportation evolved from a military designation of a light vehicle first used by the Americans in World War II?
Choices: Buggy; SUV; Jeepney; GI vehicles
Answer: Jeepney
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Question: What Welsh pirate was known for his love of fine clothing and jewelry?
Choices: Edward Teach; Francis Drake; Bartholomew Roberts; Henry Morgan
Answer: Bartholomew Roberts
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Question: What French pirate was given the title Baron by Napoleon Bonaparte?
Choices: Edward Teach; Mishel DâGramon; Jan David No; Robert Surcouf
Answer: Robert Surcouf
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Question: According to rumors this Scottish sailor left behind a great treasure.
Choices: Henry Morgan; Francis Drake; William Kidd; Edward Teach
Answer: William Kidd
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Question: What notorious English pirate was reported to have lit matches woven into his black beard to intimidate his enemies during battle?
Choices: Bartholomew Roberts; John Rackham; John Cabot; Edward Teach
Answer: Edward Teach
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Question: This famous English pirate and politician of the Elizabethan era sailed around the world, returning to England in 1580.
Choices: Amerigo Vespucci; Bartholomew Roberts; Francis Drake; Marco Polo
Answer: Francis Drake
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Question: This Welsh privateer was knighted in 1674 and the following year he took up the post of Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.
Choices: Henry Morgan; John Cabot; William Kid; Robert Morgan
Answer: Henry Morgan