kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: world
Question: What day and year did the famous Battle of Culloden near Culloden, Scotland occur?
Choices: January 16, 1754; April 16, 1746; May 7, 1743; February 5, 1823
Answer: April 16, 1746
Category: world
Question: The Culloden Moor, Scotland, the site of the Battle of Culloden, was once known by another name, Drummoisse Moor.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The term used to describe the head of family/village in Scotland is laird.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: The name of the exiled Scottish Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland was James Francis Edward Stuart.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Who smuggled the Scottish Bonnie Prince Charlie out of Scotland?
Choices: Elsie Lamond; Flora MacDonald; James Graham; Robert the Bruce
Answer: Flora MacDonald
Category: world
Question: Which is the patron saint of Scotland?
Choices: Columba; Matthew; Andrew; George
Answer: Andrew
Category: world
Question: Construction of the Alaska Railroad began in 1914.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: President Warren Harding  drove the final spike in the Alaska Railroad.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What happened in 1964 in south-central Alaska?
Choices: None of these; tsunamis and earthquake; oil discovery; tsunamis
Answer: tsunamis and earthquake
Category: world
Question: What is the common name for Prudhoe Bay?
Choices: The North Slope; South central Alaska; The Outside; The Oil Fields
Answer: The North Slope
Category: world
Question: The Trans-Alaska pipeline provided what percent of domestic oil for the US when completed?
Choices: 33%; 25%; 15%; 50%
Answer: 25%
Category: world
Question: Who was vice president of the US  when Congress gave final approval to begin construction of the Alaska pipeline?
Choices: Lyndon Johnson; Spiro Agnew; None of these; Hubert Humphrey
Answer: Spiro Agnew
Category: world
Question: Czar Alexander II of Russia agreed to sell Alaska to the U.S. for two cents an acre.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What musher and his dog relayed diphtheria vaccine via the Iditarod Trail to fight an epidemic in Nome in 1925 and became national heroes?
Choices: Robert Service and White Fang; John Muir and Rin Tin Tin; Chilkoot Bill and Wolf II; Leonhard Seppala and Balto
Answer: Leonhard Seppala and Balto
Category: world
Question: Vitus Bering and naturalist George Stellar were the first white people to set foot in Alaska in 1735 .
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: On November 7th, 2006, Sarah Palin, became the first female governor of the State of Alaska.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: When individuals file for bankruptcy in the USA they file under this section of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Choices: Chapter 19; Chapter 7; Chapter 13; Chapter 11
Answer: Chapter 13
Category: world
Question: Although he never filed for bankruptcy, this very smart and very great American President left a $107,000 debt for his heirs.
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson; George Washington; Woodrow Wilson
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Category: world
Question: What is the real first name of Screech Diamond of Saved by the Bell fame, who was forced to declare bankruptcy due to the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Choices: Derek; Dustin; Drake; Danny
Answer: Dustin
Category: world
Question: This blond beauty, born in  Athens, Georgia in 1953, made millions as a movie star but went bankrupt  due, in part, to her purchase of the entire town of Baselton, Georgia.
Choices: Kay Douglas; Kim Bassinger; Anita Bryant; Stella Stevens
Answer: Kim Bassinger
Category: world
Question: She was a very popular singer with many corporate sponserships. Her open antagonism to  homosexuals led to the loss of these sponsorships and singing success.
Choices: Anita Bryant; Amy Winehouse; Vanessa Williams; Cyndi Lauper
Answer: Anita Bryant
Category: world
Question: Two Out of Three [one might say ] Aint Bad, but this singer/actor had a $1,600,000 debt in 1983.
Choices: MeatLoaf; Gene Simmons; Eugene Whitfield; David Crosby
Answer: MeatLoaf
Category: world
Question: This man (along with his half-brother) tried to corner the worlds silver market. His failure led to his bankruptcy.
Choices: George Bannister; William C. Durant; Nelson Bunker Hunt; Sam Walton
Answer: Nelson Bunker Hunt
Category: world
Question: She was an actress famous for her role in Moulin Rouge. She is even more famous for her marriages, her sisters, and for being arrested for battery. Who is this actress who was forced into bankruptcy in 1994?
Choices: Magda Gabor; Lil Kim; Eva Gabor; Zsa Zsa Gabor
Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor
Category: world
Question: In 1936 this founder of General Motors had a debt of $914,231 forcing bankruptcy.
Choices: David L. Buick; R.E.Olds; William C. Durant; Raymond Devond
Answer: William C. Durant
Category: world
Question: All of these great athletes declared bankruptcy: Billy Sims, Leon Spinks, Lawrence Taylor, Johnny Unitas, Sheryl Swoopes.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: DÃ­a de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in what country on November 1st and 2nd?
Choices: Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Italy
Answer: Mexico
Category: world
Question: In the United States, elections are held on the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: What famous television host deemed Americas Oldest Teenager celebrates his birthday in November?
Choices: Dick Clark; Ed McMahon; Frankie Vallie; Johnny Carson
Answer: Dick Clark
Category: world
Question: What major annual thoroughbred horse race is held in Australia during the first week of November?
Choices: Kingston Town Classic; W.S. Cox Plate; Perth Cup; Melbourne Cup
Answer: Melbourne Cup
Category: world
Question: McDonalds is the worlds largest user of toys.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Wheaties is the Breakfast of Champions. At 18 appearances, which of these sports figures has graced the cover of the Wheaties box more than any other sports figure?
Choices: Sarah Huges; Michael Jordan; Babe Ruth; Tiger Woods
Answer: Michael Jordan
Category: world
Question: Coppertone was born in the kitchen of Miami pharmacist, Benjamin Green. It became one of Americas leading sun care products through the strength of its advertising campaign featuring the Coppertone Girl. What actress got her start as the 1965 Coppertone Girl?
Choices: Laura Dern; Jodie Foster; Tatum ONeal; Brooke Shields
Answer: Jodie Foster
Category: world
Question: What famous basketball players father was murdered on July 23, 1993?
Choices: Magic Johnson; David Robinson; Michael Jordan; Shaq
Answer: Michael Jordan
Category: world
Question: Which member of the RB group Destinys Child was born on July 23,1980?
Choices: Michelle Williams; Beyonce Knowles; Farrah Franklin; Kelly Rowland
Answer: Michelle Williams
Category: world
Question: This Filipino-American serial killer went on a murder spree, killing five people, that ended with his suicide on July 23, 1997.
Choices: Thug Behram; Ted Bundy; Andrew Cunanan; Michel Husson
Answer: Andrew Cunanan
Category: world
Question: A series of riots, among the worst in US history, were started on July 23, 1967. Where did this event take place?
Choices: Los Angeles, California; New York City, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan
Answer: Detroit, Michigan
Category: world
Question: This famous royal couple were married on July 23, 1986. The marriage ended some years later in a highly publicized divorce.
Choices: Diana and Charles; James Ogilvy and Julia Rawlinson; Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth
Answer: Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
Category: world
Question: Which eclectic pro marijuana actor was born on July 23, 1961?
Choices: Luke Wilson; Matthew McConaughey; Woody Harrelson; Owen Wilson
Answer: Woody Harrelson
Category: world
Question: Niles Beach is one of Cape Cods popular beaches.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Andrew Faneuil, a wealthy merchant, built Faneuil Hall and gave it to Boston on its completion in 1742.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What year was the first Boston Marathon run?
Choices: 1910; 1920; 1898; 1897
Answer: 1897
Category: world
Question: Rocky Marciano is from which city in Massachusetts?
Choices: Boston; New Bedford; Rockland; Brockton
Answer: Brockton
Category: world
Question: The ship that can be seen in Plymouth, Massachusetts is called the Mayflower.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: On May 5, 1920 two Italian-Americans, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were arrested, tried, and executed for the April 15, 1920 murders of a South Braintree paymaster and security guard and theft of the payroll. 
Choices: at did Sacco give as his alibi?; He was at the Italian consulate in Boston.; He was visiting friends in West Bridgewater.; He was at work and had a time-card to prove it.; He was in Plymouth peddling fish at the time.
Answer: He was at the Italian consulate in Boston.
Category: world
Question: One of Nathaniel Hawthornes stories is called The Old Manse (Mosses from an Old Manse). The Old Manse was Nathaniel and his wife Sofias first home and is located in Concord, Massachusetts.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Nathaniel Hawthorne is said to have changed the spelling of his name for what reason?
Choices: He was a descendant of Nathan Hawthorne, accused of an Indian massacre.; He was a descendant of John Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials.; It was the one he chose to write under.; He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials.
Answer: He was a descendant of John Hathorne, a judge in the Salem witch trials.
Category: world
Question: What do Chinese kids have for lunch on their birthday?
Choices: hoisin; siomai; noodles; siopao
Answer: noodles
Category: world
Question: Kids from Russia celebrate their birthday with a chocolate birthday cake.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: In Scotland, kids celebrating their birthday are given â¤1 for every year of their age.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Birthday celebrants in Mexico gets blindfolded and have to hit a ____________.
Choices: jar; clay pot (palayok); paper animal (piÃ±ata); pet dog
Answer: paper animal (piÃ±ata)
Category: world
Question: In Hungary, kids celebrating their birthday give out what to their classmates?
Choices: a chocolate bar; a delicious dish for lunch; a cake; a candy
Answer: a candy
Category: world
Question: On their birthday, Canadian kids get their nose greased with a margarine or butter for good luck.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Danish kids mark their birthdays by which of the following activities?
Choices: not wearing their school uniform; giving their classmates chocolates one day before their birthday; putting a scarf around the neck; putting a flag outside their house
Answer: putting a flag outside their house
Category: world
Question: Japanese kids always look beautiful on their birthday because they get a brand new set of clothes.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Everyone in Vietnam celebrates their birthdays during what holiday?
Choices: Fathers Day; Christmas Day; Mothers Day; New Years Day
Answer: New Years Day
Category: world
Question: In Italy, kids celebrating their birthday get tapped on the arm.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: The Taj Mahal is generally considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Where is the Taj Mahal located?
Choices: Agra; New Delhi; Singapore; Bombay
Answer: Agra
Category: world
Question: What was the Taj Mahal mainly made of?
Choices: white granite; black granite; clay; limestone
Answer: white granite
Category: world
Question: How many workers were recruited to build the Taj Mahal?
Choices: about 20,000 workers; about 10,000 workers; about 4 million workers; about 1 million workers
Answer: about 20,000 workers
Category: world
Question: Does the Taj Mahal comprise four minarets?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: Did the Taj Mahal tomb have any jewels in it?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: Do visitors of the Taj Mahal have to take off their shoes before entering the building?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: world
Question: About what percentage of Israels land of approximately 20,300 kmÂ² (7,849 miÂ²) is arable?
Choices: 46 %; 39%; 17%; 24%
Answer: 17%
Category: world
Question: This is one of the leading industries in Israel, as well as the most rapidly developing one.
Choices: Diamond processing; Tourism; Agriculture; High technologies
Answer: High technologies
Category: world
Question: In which form of Israeli cooperative agricultural system, several farms agree to buy and use large machinery commonly?
Choices: Shandah; Shtetl; Kibbutz; Moshav
Answer: Moshav
Category: world
Question: What is the political system of Israel?
Choices: Majoritarian democracy; Plutocracy; Theocracy; Parliamentary democracy
Answer: Parliamentary democracy
Category: world
Question: Which group of countries includes Israelâs major international trading partners?
Choices: USA, UK., Japan, France; USA, UK, Spain, Netherlands; USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia; USA, Belgium, Hong Kong, Germany
Answer: USA, Belgium, Hong Kong, Germany
Category: world
Question: This is the year of the termination of the British mandate of Palestine and the signing of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.
Choices: 1920; 1947; 1946; 1948
Answer: 1948
Category: world
Question: In 1991, Israel was attacked and for the first time did not retaliate. Which country was the attacker?
Choices: USA; Palestine; UK; Iraq
Answer: Iraq
Category: world
Question: In 1977, this Arab nation leader signed a peace agreement, known as the Camp David Accords with  Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Choices: Yitzhak Rabin; Anwar Sadat; Gamal Abdel Nasser; Saddam Hussein
Answer: Anwar Sadat
Category: world
Question: What happened to the Arabs living in Israel, after the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was signed?
Choices: All of them remained in the country.; They all left because of Israeli threats.; Some stayed in Israel, some sold their land and moved.; They all moved to the Gaza Strip.
Answer: Some stayed in Israel, some sold their land and moved.
Category: world
Question: Which was the second country after Egypt to normalize its relations with Israel with a peace treaty of 1994?
Choices: Syria; Jordan; Lebanon; Kuwait
Answer: Jordan
Category: world
Question: El Al, which is of major importance in Israel, is actually what kind of organization?
Choices: The government security organization; An international Jewish student organization; The national airline company of Israel; A religious movement  in Israel
Answer: The national airline company of Israel
Category: world
Question: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of treason and electrocuted on June 19, 1953.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: It was on a hot summer day that the outside world descended on the small town of Dayton, Tennessee to see famed defense lawyer Clarence Darrow take on The Great Commoner William Jennings Bryan in what was known as The Monkey Trial. Who was the defendant?
Choices: Arthur Garfield Hayes; John Thomas Scopes; John T Raulston; Dudley Field Malone
Answer: John Thomas Scopes
Category: world
Question: The kidnapping and rape of a theater attendant on the night of March 3, 1963, while a very horrible deed, was to have far reaching consequence outside of the town of Phoenix, AZ.  In a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court of the U. S., this ruling was made to protect the ignorant and indigent but it applies to everyone when they are arrested. Who was the defendant in this landmark case in American Jurisprudence?
Choices: John Henry Faulk; C;aremce Earl Gideon; Dred Scott; Ernesto Miranda
Answer: Ernesto Miranda
Category: world
Question: John Gotti, head of the Gambino crime family in New York, was known as The Teflon Don because three times he was brought to trial and three times he walked. But in 1992 The Dapper Don was found guilty of violating the RICO law. Who was Gottis second in command that turned states witness and helped, with his testimony, bring down Gotti?
Choices: Luca Brasi; Sammy the Bull Gravano; James McElroy; Carmine The Snake Persico
Answer: Sammy the Bull Gravano
Category: world
Question: Only the little people pay taxes, declared the Queen of Mean. What lady faced charges of tax evasion, mail fraud, extortion and filing false tax returns for over 4 million dollars?
Choices: Carolyn Warmus; Leona Helmsley; Jean Harris; Martha Stewart
Answer: Leona Helmsley
Category: world
Question: What Gothic building, regarded as a haunted place, is the burial site of Karl Marx?
Choices: Highgate Cemetery; Bunhill Fields; Kensal Green Cemetery; Oak Hill Cemetery
Answer: Highgate Cemetery
Category: world
Question: This extraordinary church in Whitby, North Yorkshire inspired Bram Stoker to write his famous book Drakula.
Choices: Greyfriars Kirk; St James; St Marys; St Giles
Answer: St Marys
Category: world
Question: This simple farm house at the seaside was transformed into a palace for King George IV.
Choices: Hampton Court Palace; Kensington Palace; Althorp; Royal Pavilion
Answer: Royal Pavilion
Category: world
Question: This house, situated in Westerham, Kent was bought by Winston Churchill in 1922.
Choices: Bowood House; Longleat House; Hatfield House; Chartwell
Answer: Chartwell
Category: world
Question: What is the birth place of Queen Victoria?
Choices: Kensington Palace; Paxton House; Blenheim Palace; Windsor Castle
Answer: Kensington Palace
Category: world
Question: These Victorian gardens in Staffordshire represent China, Egypt and a Scottish glen.
Choices: Sissinghurst Castle Garden; Bodnant; Hidcote Manor; Biddulph Grange Garden
Answer: Biddulph Grange Garden
Category: world
Question: What fountain, sculpted by Thomas Waldo Story, features female figures and cherubs dancing next to a giant shell?
Choices: Sea Nymphs in London; Artemis Fountain in Hyde Park, London; Ð¢he Fountain of Love in Cliveden; The Victoria Fountain in Old Steine, Brighton
Answer: Ð¢he Fountain of Love in Cliveden
Category: world
Question: This coastal defence site was built on the Isle of Wight to protect Great Britain from French invasion.
Choices: Spithead Forts; The Palmerston Fort; Fort Gilkicker; The Needles Old Battery
Answer: The Needles Old Battery
Category: world
Question: Where did the Tour de France start in 2007?
Choices: Covent Garden; Leicester Square; Trafalgar Square; Parliament Square
Answer: Trafalgar Square
Category: world
Question: A Gothic-styled memorial, which opened in 1872, included allegorical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America and was made of granite and marble. It was erected in memory of this Royal person.
Choices: James I; Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria; Elisabeth I; William III of England
Answer: Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria
Category: world
Question: Out of the four original counties of East Jersey, which countys seat is Hackensack?
Choices: Monmouth County; Middlesex County; Bergen County; Essex County
Answer: Bergen County
Category: world
Question: Located in South Jersey, this county seat has a name related to a Hebrew word meaning peace.
Choices: Salem; Cape May Court House; Mays Landing; Mount Holly
Answer: Salem
Category: world
Question: This county seat is known as The Military Capital of the Revolution, and contains sites like Fords Mansion and Jockey Hollow.  It was where George Washington encamped in the brutal winter of 1777.
Choices: Morristown; Trenton; Elizabeth; New Brunswick
Answer: Morristown
Category: world
Question: Mays Landing is the county seat of Monmouth County.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: This county, formed in 1714, has Flemington as its county seat.
Choices: Somerset County; Hunterdon County; Hudson County; Sussex County
Answer: Hunterdon County
Category: world
Question: This county seat, known as the Silk City, is the home city to famous American actor and comedian Lou Costello.
Choices: Newark; Somerville; Paterson; Jersey City
Answer: Paterson
Category: world
Question: Newton is the county seat of Sussex County.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Bridgeton, which has the largest historic district of any incorporated town in New Jersey, is the seat of which county?
Choices: Bergen County; Cumberland County; Camden County; Burlington County
Answer: Cumberland County
Category: world
Question: The unincorporated area of Toms River is the county seat of Warren County.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What modern-day country includes most of ancient Mesopotamia?
Choices: Saudi Arabia; Iraq; Iran; Pakistan
Answer: Iraq
Category: world
Question: Of the following 4 civilizations which occupied Mesopotamia, which came first?
Choices: Akkadians; Greeks; Assyrians; Persians
Answer: Akkadians
Category: world
Question: The Behistun Inscription was carved into a cliff wall. It was deciphered by Henry Rawlinson. It contains the same text in 3 different languages.  All 3 of the texts, however, are written in the same script. What is this script called?
Choices: Hieroglyphs; Cyrillic; Cuneiform; Hangul
Answer: Cuneiform
Category: world
Question: Which of the following pairings of ancient civilization and modern-day country is NOT CORRECT?
Choices: Harappans -- Pakistan; Phoenicians -- Egypt; Hittites -- Turkey; Babylonians -- Iraq
Answer: Phoenicians -- Egypt
Category: world
Question: Zoroastrianism is a religion which originated with which ancient civilization?
Choices: Babylonians; Persians; Greeks; Sumerians
Answer: Persians
Category: world
Question: During the reigns of which 2 Persian kings were invasions of Greece attempted?
Choices: Darius and Xerxes; Ashurbanipal and Cyrus; Cyrus and Darius; Darius and Ashurbanipal
Answer: Darius and Xerxes
Category: world
Question: What does the Greek word mesopotamia mean?
Choices: Cradle of civilization; Fertile crescent; Gods land; Between two rivers
Answer: Between two rivers
Category: world
Question: What two foods were the staples of the diet of the Sumerians?
Choices: Wheat and Barley; Beer and Bread; Falafel and Hummus; Rice and Olives
Answer: Beer and Bread
Category: world
Question: How many meals a day did ancient Mesopotamians customarily eat?
Choices: 4; 1; 3; 2
Answer: 2
Category: world
Question: Which king of the Akkadians conquered Sumeria to unite Mesopotamia under one ruler for the first time?
Choices: Rimush; Manishtushu; Sargon; Naram-Sin
Answer: Sargon
Category: world
Question: This Babylonian ruler established written laws. His laws were one of the first written codes of law in recorded history.
Choices: Xerxes; Hammurabi; Naram-Sin; Alexander
Answer: Hammurabi
Category: world
Question: This mountain contains the highest peak on the African continent.
Choices: Mount Baker; Mount Stanley; Kilimanjaro; Mount Karisimbi
Answer: Kilimanjaro
Category: world
Question: This mountain contains the highest peak in Antarctica, and is located about 750 miles (1,200 km) from the South Pole.
Choices: Mount Jackson; Vinson Massif; Mount Terror; Craddock Massif
Answer: Vinson Massif
Category: world
Question: This mountain range is located in Asia, its name means abode of snow, and it lies across the territory of six countries.
Choices: Hindu Kush; Mount Fuji; Karakoram; Himalayas
Answer: Himalayas
Category: world
Question: This mountain range is located in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Choices: Carpathian Mountains; Balkan Mountains; Caucasus Mountains; Alps
Answer: Caucasus Mountains
Category: world
Question: This mountain range is the longest on the planet, and is located in South America.
Choices: Alps; Andes; Appalachians; Apennines
Answer: Andes
Category: world
Question: The highest peak in North America is located in this mountain range.
Choices: Mount Saint Elias; Mount Logan; Mount Mitchell; Alaska Range
Answer: Alaska Range
Category: world
Question: This mountain range is located in Europe and its highest peak is Mont Blanc.
Choices: Apennines; Carpathian Mountains; Alps; Balkan Mountains
Answer: Alps
Category: world
Question: This mountain range is located in North America and its highest peak is Mount Mitchell.
Choices: Mammoth Mountain; Glass Mountain; Appalachians; White Mountains
Answer: Appalachians
Category: world
Question: What is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland?
Choices: Mount Keira; Mount Buffalo; Mount Dandenong; Mount Kosciuszko
Answer: Mount Kosciuszko
Category: world
Question: In what mountain are the peaks Manaslu and Lhotse located?
Choices: Andes; Himalayas; Alps; Caucasus Mountains
Answer: Himalayas
Category: world
Question: The Japanese multinational corporation Toyota Motor Corporation is the second largest automobile maker in the world for 2006 losing the first place to which company?
Choices: Damlier-Chrysler; Ford Motor Corporation; General Motors; Rolls-Royce
Answer: General Motors
Category: world
Question: Although it is a leading automobile maker, what else does Toyota Motor Corporation produce beside automobiles?
Choices: Furniture and mother-in-laws; Television sets and medical X-ray equipment; Looms and sewing machines; Textbooks and school supplies
Answer: Looms and sewing machines
Category: world
Question: Early Toyotas looked like a Dodge Powerwagon or a Chevrolet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: In the 1970s what caused U.S. customers to become interested in companies like Toyota, Honda and Datsun (Nissan)?
Choices: The end of the Vietnam War; The 1973 oil crisis; The Ford Pinto; The distrust of Richard M. Nixon
Answer: The 1973 oil crisis
Category: world
Question: Toyotaâs T100, which was introduced in the 1990s, is what type of car?
Choices: Ð convertible; Ð hybrid electric automobile; Ð four wheel drive suv; Ð full-size pickup
Answer: Ð full-size pickup
Category: world
Question: Where is the headquarters of the Toyota Motor Corporation located?
Choices: Tokyo, Japan; Aichi, Japan; Kansas City, Missouri; New York, New York
Answer: Aichi, Japan
Category: world
Question: What is Toyotas luxury car line called?
Choices: Nissan; Lexus; Mercedes; Volvo
Answer: Lexus
Category: world
Question: The top selling hybrid car for the U.S. of 2006 was produced by Toyota. Which one is it?
Choices: Toyota Prius; Toyota Sienna; Toyota Cressida; Toyota Scion
Answer: Toyota Prius
Category: world
Question: As the second largest automobile producer of 2006 for the United States, Toyota surpassed which company in the third place?
Choices: Chrysler Motor Corporation; American Motor Company; Honda Motor Corporation; Ford Motor Corporation
Answer: Ford Motor Corporation
Category: world
Question: Which Emmy Award winner invented CBS news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968?
Choices: Walter Cronkite; Edward R. Murrow; Don Hewitt; Fred W. Friendly
Answer: Don Hewitt
Category: world
Question: Which famous U.S. magazine chose Albert Einstein as Person of the Century in 1999?
Choices: WORLD; TIME; Der Spiegel; Newsweek
Answer: TIME
Category: world
Question: In 1959, this journalist, author of the acclaimed book Black Like Me, darkened his skin in an attempt to experience the segregation in the American South.
Choices: Emama Maxime; Carl Gordon; Paul Foot; John Howard Griffin
Answer: John Howard Griffin
Category: world
Question: Which American newspaper won the 2002 Pulitzer Award for the coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City?
Choices: Miami Herald; Wall Street Journal; New York Times; Los Angeles Times
Answer: Wall Street Journal
Category: world
Question: This American journalist, awarded the 2003 Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, took part in the uncovering of the Watergate scandal.
Choices: George F. Will; Harry Rosenfeld; Robert Woodward; Bob Schieffer
Answer: Robert Woodward
Category: world
Question: This period, in which some newspapers and magazines built their reputations thanks to their use of photography, is known as the Golden Age of Photojournalism.
Choices: 1930s-1950s; 1900-1915; 1980s-1990s; 1950s-1980s
Answer: 1930s-1950s
Category: world
Question: Which CBS news show was the first to feature live simultaneous transmissions both from the East  Coast and the West  Coast?
Choices: See It Now; Camel News Caravan; 48 Hours; Huntley-Brinkley
Answer: See It Now
Category: world
Question: Which is the United Kingdoms official newspaper first published on November 7, 1665?
Choices: The Guardian; The Times; The London Gazette; Daily Telegraph
Answer: The London Gazette
Category: world
Question: Which weekly magazine, established in 1828 in London, had the same owner as The Daily Telegraph?
Choices: The New York Times; The Argos; The Spectator; The Guardian
Answer: The Spectator
Category: world
Question: Which journalist received the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his brilliant coverage of President John F. Kennedys assassination?
Choices: Merriman Smith; Richard Harnett; Brit Hume; Vernin Scott
Answer: Merriman Smith
Category: world
Question: What does the term outside mean in Alaskan jargon?
Choices: Anywhere that is not Alaska; Out of the house; The Outhouse; The wilderness
Answer: Anywhere that is not Alaska
Category: world
Question: In Alaska, what term is used to refer to the contiguous states below Canada?
Choices: The Lower 48; None of these; The Outside; The South
Answer: The Lower 48
Category: world
Question: What does the Alaskan term break up mean?
Choices: Termination of an engagement; Breaking up a dog fight; An iceberg breaking into two pieces; End of winter, beginning of summer
Answer: End of winter, beginning of summer
Category: world
Question: In Alaskan terms, what is a snowbird?
Choices: Any native fowl in winter; A ptarmigan in winter; A person who lives in Alaska in summer only; A spruce hen
Answer: A person who lives in Alaska in summer only
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Question: The term bush refers to less populated areas of Alaska, not always accessible by roads.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What do Alaskan people call bunny boots?
Choices: Lucky charms; Native boots crafted of rabbit fur; Superinsulated boots; Rabbit hunting boots
Answer: Superinsulated boots
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Question: The Iditarod Trail in Alaska was a sled dog mail route from Seward to Nome.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In what year did the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race take place?
Choices: 1972; 1970; 1973; 1967
Answer: 1973
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Question: The Exxon Valdez was an Alaskan oil company that gained widespread infamy due to a major oil spill in the end of the 80s.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which baleen whale that can be seen in Alaskan waters has a white band on each flipper?
Choices: Bowhead; Narwhale; Beluga; Minke
Answer: Minke
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Question: Helicopters are generally believed to excel most conventional fixed-wing aircraft in what aspect?
Choices: Maneuverability; Speed; Ease of control; Amount of payload
Answer: Maneuverability
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Question: This canal, known as the largest man-made waterway in the world, with a total length of 1200 miles, is also one of the most ancient ones.
Choices: Suez Canal; Erie Canal; Corinth Canal; Grand Canal of China
Answer: Grand Canal of China
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Question: Plus 15, opened in 1970 and located in Calgary, Canada, is what type of modern transport infrastructure?
Choices: A highway; A metro station; A bridge; A skywalk
Answer: A skywalk
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Question: The Great Manmade River is a tremendous transportation infrastructure, which is not a river as its name suggests, but what?
Choices: An aqueduct; A tunnel; A canal; A network of pipes
Answer: A network of pipes
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Question: Segway HT, a two-wheeled light-mode transportation device, invented by Dean Kamen and presented in December 2001, is the worlds first vehicle of what type?
Choices: Non-polluting transportation device; Computer-controlled personal transportation device; Self-balancing transportation device; Gyroscope-enabled transportation device
Answer: Self-balancing transportation device
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Question: Cats eye, a piece of equipment invented in 1933 by Briton Percy Shaw and used in road construction, is used as what?
Choices: Warning safety device on roads; Balance sensor in aircraft; Pedestrian warning device in the United States; Signaling device in ship navigation
Answer: Warning safety device on roads
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Question: Which of these types of bridge constructions allows for the greatest span range?
Choices: Moon bridge; Suspension bridge; Truss arch bridge; Cable-stayed bridge
Answer: Suspension bridge
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Question: Of what origin is Sinterklaas, the basis of the mythical holiday figure of Santa Claus?
Choices: Dutch; Swiss; German; Swedish
Answer: Dutch
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Question: Although many people consider Santa Claus and Father Christmas to be interchangeable, the characters have different origins and are not completely identical. The American version of Santa Claus says that he lives on the North Pole, while Father Christmas is believed to reside in this country.
Choices: The Netherlands; Iceland; Finland; Denmark
Answer: Finland
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Question: What Christmas song popularized the legend according to which Santa Claus categorizes children as naughty or nice?
Choices: Twas The Night Before Christmas; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Jingle Bell Rock; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Answer: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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Question: What traditional gift-bringer is NOT correctly matched with the country?
Choices: SvatÃ½ MikulÃ¡Å¡ - Russia; Weihnachtsmann - Germany; Pai Natal - Portugal; PÃ¨re NoÃ«l - France
Answer: SvatÃ½ MikulÃ¡Å¡ - Russia
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Question: Which of these winter holiday gift-bringers is NOT a kid?
Choices: Christkind; Weihnachtsmann; JeÅ¾Ã­Å¡ek; GesÃ¹ Bambino
Answer: Weihnachtsmann
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Question: Who created the modern image of the red-suited bearded, plump Santa Claus?
Choices: Thomas Nast; Walt Disney; The Coca Cola Company; Charles Monroe Schulz
Answer: Thomas Nast
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Question: What happens to the eccentric shopping network executive, played by Whoopi Goldberg, in the 2001 TV special Call Me Claus?
Choices: She is kidnapped by Santa Claus elves.; She meets the ghost of Santa Claus who was killed by her boss.; She is chosen to become the next Santa Claus.; She founds out that her boss is the real Santa Claus.
Answer: She is chosen to become the next Santa Claus.
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Question: In his work History of New York (1809), this author Americanized Sinterklaas into Santa Claus and depicted him as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in a green winter coat.
Choices: Washington Irving; Theodore Dreiser; James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe
Answer: Washington Irving
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Question: In the comic strip Bloom County, Santa Claus tells the story of how his elves went on strike and were fired by this US President.
Choices: Ronald Reagan; Richard Nixon; John Kennedy; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: The Flying Santa is a tradition that dates back to to Christmas Day of 1929. What does it involve?
Choices: an air show featuring Santa Claus; dropping gifts from planes or helicopters; Santa Claus piloting a plane; a circus act featuring Santa Claus
Answer: dropping gifts from planes or helicopters
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Question: In many Christian countries the birth of this saint is celebrated on 24 June (Midsummer).
Choices: Saint Paul; Saint Patrick; Saint George; John the Baptist
Answer: John the Baptist
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Question: Summertime, which has become a popular jazz standard, was written by George Gershwin for this opera.
Choices: Porgy and Bess; The Ballad of Baby Doe; West Side Story; The Ghosts of Versailles
Answer: Porgy and Bess
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Question: Saint-Tropez, France has been referred to as the playground to jetsetters, fashion models, and millionaires. What former fashion model and actress made the resort world-famous in the 1950s?
Choices: Sophia Loren; Brigitte Bardot; Romy Schneider; Catherine Deneuve
Answer: Brigitte Bardot
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Question: Who originally recorded the 1966 song Summer in the City, which was later covered by B. B. King and Joe Cocker?
Choices: The Monkees; The Supremes; The Everly Brothers; The Lovin Spoonful
Answer: The Lovin Spoonful
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Question: This celebrity, who considered suntan a symbol denoting a life of privilege and leisure, made sunbathing fashionalble in the 1920s.
Choices: Marlene Dietrich; Coco Chanel; Edith Piaf; Christian Dior
Answer: Coco Chanel
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Question: Which alcoholic beverage is one of the main ingredients in the Sea Breeze cocktail?
Choices: Rum; Vodka; Wine; Whisky
Answer: Vodka
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Question: What actress wore the iconic white bikini in the 1962 James Bond film, Dr. No?
Choices: Carole Bouquet; Judi Dench; Ursula Andress; Sophie Marceau
Answer: Ursula Andress
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Question: This American-born author, who became a British subject in 1915 wrote, Summer afternoonâsummer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Choices: John Steinbeck; Harper Lee; Mark Twain; Henry James
Answer: Henry James
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Question: Which popular island destination is not correctly matched with the country?
Choices: Majorca - Spain; Bora Bora - The Dominican Republic; Santorini - Greece; Bali - Indonesia
Answer: Bora Bora - The Dominican Republic
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Question: What is the correct title of Lee Hazlewoods song, which describes a man who awakens to find that his silver spurs a dollar and a dime had been stolen by a mysterious woman?
Choices: Summer Breeze; Summer Wine; Summer Love; Summer Time
Answer: Summer Wine
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Question: In what year was the Minnesota Vikings football team established?
Choices: 1949; 1955; 1960; 1968
Answer: 1960
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Question: This famous writer was born in St. Paul, MN in the month of September, but his family moved around a lot and he once lived on Summit Avenue.
Choices: Ambrose Bierce; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Hunter S. Thompson; Stephen King
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Question: The Mall of America, one of the largest entertainment and retail complexes in the U.S., opened in 1992 on the site of the old Met Stadium. Which suburb of Minneapolis is it located in?
Choices: Burnsville; Maple Grove; St. Louis Park; Bloomington
Answer: Bloomington
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Question: At the time of European contact, the Minnesota region was home to these two large tribal groups.
Choices: Shoshone and Yurok; Ojibwe and Dakota; Navahoe and Utes; Paiutes and Cree
Answer: Ojibwe and Dakota
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Question: The famous cartoonist Charles Schulz, who was born in Minneapolis in 1922, developed a nationwide cartoon strip called Peanuts. What was the name of the dog in the cartoon strip?
Choices: Snoopy; Shirley; Stupid; Spike
Answer: Snoopy
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Question: What major U.S. interstate highway runs north and south through Minnesota?
Choices: I-39; I-29; I-90; I-35
Answer: I-35
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Question: Which of the following is the largest ethnic group to immigrate to Minnesota?
Choices: Polish; Norwegians; Irish; Germans
Answer: Germans
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Question: In the late 1880s and 1890s, two brothers, Dr. William and Dr. Charles Mayo, joined forces with an order of Catholic nuns to form one of the worlds best-known medical establishments. What town is it located in?
Choices: Moorhead; Faribault; St. Cloud; Rochester
Answer: Rochester
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Question: The headwaters of the Mississippi River originate in Minnesota.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A famous mythical logger,  Paul Bunyan, has a famous mythical ox as a sidekick. Whats the name of the ox?
Choices: King; None of these; Babe; Victor
Answer: Babe
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Question: Who was the first US President to be named Man (or Person) of the Year by Time magazine?
Choices: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; John F. Kennedy; Dwight David Eisenhower; Herbert Hoover
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Question: Who was the first monarch chosen as Man of the Year by Time magazine?
Choices: King Edward VIII; Haile Selassie; King George V!; King Harald IV
Answer: Haile Selassie
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Question: They were the first couple to win Time magazines Man of the Year award?
Choices: Eleanor and  Franklin D. Roosevelt; Bill and  Melinda Gates; Chiang Kai-shek and  Soong May-Ling; King George VIII and Wallis Simpson
Answer: Chiang Kai-shek and  Soong May-Ling
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Question: He was the first winner of Times Person of the Year title to have a black belt in karate.
Choices: Andy Grove; George W. Bush; Vladimir Putin; Chuck Norris
Answer: Vladimir Putin
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Question: What object was chosen as Person of the Year by Time magazine?
Choices: The computer; The television set; The iPhone; The World Wide Web
Answer: The computer
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Question: In December 1999, Time magazine announced its Person of the Century. Who was it?
Choices: Albert Einstein; Charles Babbage; Mahatma Gandhi; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: In 1998, Time magazine used an Internet poll to help them select Man of the Year. They rejected the person selected by this pole. Who was that person?
Choices: George Carlin; Mick Foley; Monica Lewinsky; Jerry Seinfeld
Answer: Mick Foley
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Question: Time magazines 2006 choice for Person of the Year caused a great stir and criticisms. Who won in 2006?
Choices: The Television; You; Kofi Anan; Cesar Chavesz
Answer: You
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Question: Bono was a recipient of the Time magazines Person of the Year award.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In December 1949 this man was chosen Man of the Half-Century by Time magazine.
Choices: Mahatma Gandhi; Albert Einstein; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Winston Churchill
Answer: Winston Churchill
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Question: Find the one who was never named Man (or Person) of the Year by Time magazine.
Choices: Nikita Khrushchev; Newt Gingrich; Ayatollah Khomenini; Mother Teresa
Answer: Mother Teresa
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Question: Who was the first Pope named Man of the Year by Time magazine?
Choices: Pope John Paul II; Pope Peter I; Pope John XXIII; Pope John Paul I
Answer: Pope John XXIII
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Question: Why did David Ho win Time magazines Person of the Year Award in 1996?
Choices: for his work in bringing peace between Taiwan and China; for his research into finding an AIDS/HIV vaccine; for his work on behalf of the refugees of Darfur; for his work in bringing peace to the former Yugoslavia
Answer: for his research into finding an AIDS/HIV vaccine
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Question: How many times  did President  Harry S Truman win Time magazines Man of the Year award?
Choices: 1; 3; 2; 0
Answer: 2
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Question: The first abstract choice for Man of the Year was made by Time magazine in 1950. To whom was the  award given?
Choices: The Members of the United Nations; Doctors Without Borders; The American Fighting Man; The Peacemakers
Answer: The American Fighting Man
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Question: Linus Pauling won two Nobel Prizes. Was he ever named Man (or Person) of the year by Time magazine?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: When did  Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. win Time magazines Man of the Year award?
Choices: 1973; 1978; 1963; 1968
Answer: 1963
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Question: Time magazines 1993 Man of the Yearaward was given to four people. What were they referred to as?
Choices: The Peacemakers; The Worlds Doctors; The American Scientists; The Challenger Crew
Answer: The Peacemakers
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Question: Tennis player Billie Jean King is among the people named Man of the Year by Time magazine.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: No Man of the Year award was given by Time magazine in 1966.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following was never named Man (or Person) of the Year by Time magazine?
Choices: The Endangered Earth; Albert Einstein; The Middle Americans; Lech Walesa
Answer: Albert Einstein
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Question: The founder and President of eBay won Time magazines Person of the Year award in 1999.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which city/village is the official birthplace of Memorial Day?
Choices: Waterloo, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Boalsburry, Pennsylvania; Richmond, Virginia
Answer: Waterloo, New York
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Question: The Uniform Holidays Bill according to which Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May, was passed in what year?
Choices: 1972; 1971; 1968; 1970
Answer: 1971
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Question: Indianapolis 500 is an automobile race held annually over Memorial Day weekend. What driver won the first edition of the race in 1911?
Choices: Joe Dawson; Jules Goux; Ray Harroun; Tonny Milton
Answer: Ray Harroun
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Question: Which was the first US state to recognize Memorial Day as an official holiday?
Choices: New York; New Jersey; Massachusetts; Connecticut
Answer: New York
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Question: Which flower was adopted in 1922 as an official Memorial Day symbol?
Choices: red poppy; tulip; daffodil; rose
Answer: red poppy
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Question: Which Congressman and later, US President, was the speaker at the first formal observance of Memorial Day?
Choices: James G. Blaine; Chestur A. Arthur; James A. Garfield; Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: James A. Garfield
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Question: Who composed Taps, a famous musical piece played in the US military on Memorial Day?
Choices: Army Col. James Moss; General Daniel Butterfield; General Robert Ellicombe; John C. Tidball
Answer: General Daniel Butterfield
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Question: In what year was Decoration Day renamed to Memorial Day?
Choices: 1912; 1892; 1902; 1882
Answer: 1882
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Question: The Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, United States, is guarded by members of which military unit?
Choices: 11th US Infantry; 1st Regiment of Artillery; 101st Airborne Division; 3rd US Infantry
Answer: 3rd US Infantry
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Question: What bugler first sounded the musical piece Tapson Memorial Day?
Choices: James Armstrong; Warren Becks; Oliver W. Norton; Robert Cotton
Answer: Oliver W. Norton
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Question: Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia is a military cemetery established during which war?
Choices: WW I; WW II; Vietnam War; American Civil War
Answer: American Civil War
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Question: Which statement about Memorial Day is true?
Choices: Memorial Day and Veterans Day coincide; It commemorates the contributions of those who served in the US military; Memorial Day is more recently established than Veterans Day; It commemorates US men and women who died in military service to their country
Answer: It commemorates US men and women who died in military service to their country
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Question: Which US President presided over the funeral of the Vietnam Unknown, held at Arlington National Cemetery?
Choices: Ronald Reagan; Lyndon Johnson; Dwight Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: The National Moment of Remembrance, a moment of silence at 3pm on every Memorial Day, was initiated by which US President?
Choices: Richard Nixon; John F. Kennedy; Bill Clinton; George Bush
Answer: Bill Clinton
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Question: What is the duration of the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day?
Choices: 30 seconds; one minute; two minutes; five minutes
Answer: one minute
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Question: Name the sculptor who created the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Choices: John Haserman; Thomas Hudson Jones; Lorimer Rich; Steven Harris
Answer: Thomas Hudson Jones
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Question: Which of these statements best describes the United States Navy Memorial?
Choices: a 100-foot long steel ship; a 100-foot diameter marble globe; a 100-foot diameter pentagon; a 100-foot diameter granite map of the world
Answer: a 100-foot diameter granite map of the world