kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: The characters of this 1997 cartoon are siblings, although they are from different animal species.  The first episode was quite dramatic, sending the brother to Hell for smoking.
Choices: Cow and Chicken; Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner; Captain Scarlet  the Mysterons; Chip and Dale
Answer: Cow and Chicken
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Question: The male in this couple was the first man in the world, according to the Bible.  God made the woman out of his rib.
Choices: Antony  Cleopatra; Rhett  Scarlet; Romeo  Juliet; Adam  Eve
Answer: Adam  Eve
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Question: This couple, created by Robert Louis Stevenson, is like getting 2 for 1. Two personalities are hidden in one, one of them being his normal identity, and the other is his dark side.
Choices: Kruder and Dorfmeister; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Edward  Wallace Simpson; Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Answer: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Question: These two are characters from a famous novel for children. It is about a boy who does not want to grow up and experiences magical adventures.  Before the novel was published, the name of his girlfriend was not common at all.
Choices: Peter Pan  Wendy; Basil Fawlty  Sybil; Popeye  Olive; Bonnie  Clyde
Answer: Peter Pan  Wendy
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Question: This proverbial couple was created by Shakespeare. They became victims of their feuding families.
Choices: Aladdin  Jasmine; Barbie  Ken; Adam  Eve; Romeo  Juliet
Answer: Romeo  Juliet
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Question: What type of teeth do rodents lack?
Choices: Canine teeth; Incisors; Premolars; They have all of these.
Answer: Canine teeth
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Question: Which of these rodents, once native to the West Indies, is now extinct?
Choices: Capybara; Laotian rock rat; Giant hutia; African mole rat
Answer: Giant hutia
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Question: Which cartoon character is known as the fastest mouse in all Mexico?
Choices: Mickey Mouse; Mighty Mouse; Stuart Little; Speedy Gonzales
Answer: Speedy Gonzales
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Question: In the 16th century, the Roman Catholic Church allowed the consumption of what meat during Lent?
Choices: Hamster meat; Rat meat; Capybara meat; Porcupine meat
Answer: Capybara meat
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Question: During the UEFA Champions League semi-final in 2006, what rodent suddenly ran onto the pitch?
Choices: Chinchilla; Squirrel; Hamster; Dormouse
Answer: Squirrel
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Question: What semi-aquatic rodent is the national animal of Canada?
Choices: Patagonian Mara; Beaver; Guinea Pig; Capybara
Answer: Beaver
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Question: Which of these mammals is not a rodent?
Choices: Vole; Hamster; Chinchilla; Rabbit
Answer: Rabbit
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Question: Keeping what rodent as a pet is illegal in the state of California?
Choices: Gerbil; Guinea pig; Hamster; Pet mouse
Answer: Gerbil
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Question: Which rodent can be trained to sniff out land mines?
Choices: The Gambian pouch rat; The Guinea pig; The American Beaver; The Chinese hamster
Answer: The Gambian pouch rat
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Question: Finish this sentence, which belongs to orator and statesman, Cicero: The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and ...
Choices: Questionable; Ugly; Evil; Bad
Answer: Evil
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Question: Complete this statement made by German philosopher, Immanuel Kant: Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized ...
Choices: Thought; Life; Social status; Mind
Answer: Life
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Question: Complete the following wise sentence which belongs to  Martin Fisher: Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their ...
Choices: Validation; Simplification; Application; Interpretation
Answer: Simplification
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Question: Complete these words, which belong to the scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Ones first step in wisdom is to question everything and ones last is to come to terms with ...
Choices: Your mind; Everything; Life; Society
Answer: Everything
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Question: Finish this observation about wisdom, made by the scientist who discovered the theory of relativity: Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to ...
Choices: Acquire it; Achieve it; Fathom it; Understand it
Answer: Acquire it
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Question: Complete this philosophical speculation of a Chinese Taoist Philosopher: Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is ...
Choices: Flexible; Yielding; Soft; Strong
Answer: Strong
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Question: Complete this philosophical observation, made by Socrates: True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the ...
Choices: Smartest of all; Eternal student; Most ignorant of all; Knowledge infant
Answer: Smartest of all
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Question: Finish these words which belong to Confucius:  Everything has its beauty, but not everyone ...
Choices: Senses it; Has it; Appreciates it; Sees it
Answer: Sees it
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Question: Complete the following proverb: Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are ...
Choices: Achievable; Yours; Near you; Possible
Answer: Yours
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Question: Finish this thought, expressed by Plato: Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say ...
Choices: A lie; A stupidity; Something; What ails them
Answer: Something
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Question: Who wrote The American Crisis?
Choices: Benjamin Franklin; John Hancock; George Washington; Thomas Paine
Answer: Thomas Paine
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Question: Which one of these men went to Princeton?
Choices: Samuel Adams; Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Paine; James Madison
Answer: James Madison
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Question: Which one of these men founded the University of Virginia?
Choices: Thomas Paine; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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Question: Who started the revolutionary group The Sons of Liberty?
Choices: Nathan Hale; Samuel Adams; Paul Revere; John Adams
Answer: Samuel Adams
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Question: John Paul Jones was the captain of the ship Bonhomme Richard. Who was the inspiration for the name of this ship?
Choices: Benjamin Franklin; George Washington; John Adams; Richard Henry Lee
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Question: Who did Thomas Jefferson think should have written the Declaration of Independence?
Choices: Roger Sherman; John Hancock; John Adams; Samuel Adams
Answer: John Adams
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Question: Which of these men was not on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence?
Choices: Thomas Jefferson; John Hancock; Benjamin Franklin; Roger Sherman
Answer: John Hancock
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Question: Which of these men was the commander at the Battle of Cowpens?
Choices: Francis Marion; Nathaniel Greene; George Washington; Daniel Morgan
Answer: Daniel Morgan
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Question: Which of these men was called The Swamp Fox?
Choices: George Washington; Francis Marion; Daniel Morgan; Nathaniel Greene
Answer: Francis Marion
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Question: What two presidents were politically at odds throughout their younger lives, but later wrote letters back and forth?
Choices: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; James Madison and George Washington; John Adams and George Washington; Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Answer: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
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Question: The wolf is a member of the canine family.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Wolves are solitary animals, hence the term lone wolf.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The leaders of a wolf pack are called the dominae.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the lower 48 states of the USA has the biggest wolf population?
Choices: Montana; Minnesota; Wyoming; Maine
Answer: Minnesota
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Question: The average adult wolf weighs between 75 and 125 pounds (35 â 60 kg.)
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Refined sugar is an important ingredient in soft drinks. It is known to cause this.
Choices: Cavities; Agitation; Headache; Sore throat
Answer: Cavities
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Question: Producing corn syrup is the second largest use of corn in North America; this is the largest.
Choices: Frozen food sales; Producing ethanol fuels; Paper and textiles; Feeding livestock
Answer: Feeding livestock
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Question: The nutritional value and vitamin content in soft drinks are generally only this much.
Choices: 1/20th of the daily requirements; 1/10th of the daily requirements; 1/8th of the daily requirements; 1/5th of the daily requirements
Answer: 1/10th of the daily requirements
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Question: If you mostly drink soft drinks and no milk, your chances of getting this are increased.
Choices: Cholera; Osteoporosis; Asthma; Pneumonia
Answer: Osteoporosis
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Question: The lack of vitamins and minerals in soft drinks causes effects on your skin.  Your skin becomes more prone to this.
Choices: Pigmentation disorders; Spots; Irregular tanning; Wrinkles and aging
Answer: Wrinkles and aging
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Question: Many soft drinks contain caffeine.  Your body absorbs caffeine more readily from soft drinks than coffee, due to this.
Choices: Coloring; Sweetness; Carbonation; Softness
Answer: Carbonation
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Question: You can reduce contact with your teeth when drinking soda, by doing this.
Choices: Using baby cup; Using a straw; Using a special glass; Drinking it slowly
Answer: Using a straw
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Question: Soft drink consumption is said to be a main contributing factor to this problem.
Choices: Nightmares; Asthma; Obesity; Malaria
Answer: Obesity
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Question: Researches have found a relationship between drinking soda pop and this.
Choices: Leprosy; Esophagus disorders; Colds and Flus; Kidney stones
Answer: Kidney stones
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Question: The setting of the stories about Winnie the Pooh is based in Sherwood Forest, England.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: One of the four pairs (a friend of Pooh - his main characteristic) is wrong. Can you spot it?
Choices: Eeyore - Melancholic; Piglet - Timid; Rabbit - Practical; Tigger - Intellectual
Answer: Tigger - Intellectual
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Question: Pooh describes himself as a Bear of Very Little ...?
Choices: Brain; Mind; Stomach; Courage
Answer: Brain
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Question: Winnie the Poohs name originates from the first thing the son of Poohs creator, Milne said: Poooh!
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Two of the works of Benjamin Hoff use Winnie the Pooh in a very accessible way in order to explain this.
Choices: Islam; Buddhism; Lamas philosophy; Taoism
Answer: Taoism
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Question: In one of the stories, Pooh and his friends played a game which became so popular worldwide that each year a World Championship takes places in Oxfordshire. The game is known as this.
Choices: Poohskiing; Poohhockey; Poohball; Poohsticks
Answer: Poohsticks
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Question: Winnie the Pooh was the favorite cartoon character of this city in 2005.
Choices: New York; Tokyo; Hong Kong; Paris
Answer: Hong Kong
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Question: The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually. This is a quote by Tigger.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The shortest national anthem is the Japanese one and it is just four verses long.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Just one of the following countries possesses farms.
Choices: Monaco; Vatican City; Nauru; Andorra
Answer: Andorra
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Question: Which is the worlds third most populous country?
Choices: Indonesia; the USA; Pakistan; Brazil
Answer: the USA
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Question: Which is the only country in South America, whose official language is English?
Choices: Guyana; Suriname; Peru; Ecuador
Answer: Guyana
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Question: How many sheep per person are there in New Zealand?
Choices: 3; 46; 12; 23
Answer: 12
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Question: How many islands does the country of Indonesia have?
Choices: 51,000; 697; 17,000; 1,000
Answer: 17,000
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Question: Which country tops the world in plastic surgery procedures?
Choices: USA; France; Germany; Russia
Answer: USA
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Question: The United Kingdom is both in the top ten for GDP and child poverty.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which was the first movie Brad Pitt played in?
Choices: Less Than Zero; A Stoning in Fulham County; No Way Out; Cutting Class
Answer: No Way Out
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Question: Men die protecting you. Perhaps they deserve more than your pity is a popular quote from this movie.
Choices: Fight Club; The Mexican; Oceans Eleven; Troy
Answer: Troy
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Question: In this movie Brad played a boy, sent to a juvenile detention center, where he is physically and sexually abused by four of the guards.
Choices: Fight Club; The Devils Own; Twelve Monkeys; Sleepers
Answer: Sleepers
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Question: Quentin Tarantino wrote the script for one of these movies, in which Brad played.
Choices: True Romance; Fight Club; Thelma  Louise; Happy Together
Answer: True Romance
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Question: A media mogul acts as a guide to Death, who takes the form of a young man to learn about life on Earth and in the process, fall in love with his guides daughter is the plot outline of this movie.
Choices: Meet Joe Black; Seven Years in Tibet; Full Frontal; The Dark Side of the Sun
Answer: Meet Joe Black
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Question: One of the following celebrities did not co-star along with Brad in Oceans Eleven.
Choices: Elliott Gould; Andy Garcia; Matt Damon; Ben Affleck
Answer: Ben Affleck
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Question: The first names of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Choices: James and Jessica; Popeye and Olive; John and Jane; Jack and Jill
Answer: John and Jane
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Question: Dick Clark was the original host of American Bandstand.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: All but one of the performers on American Bandstand did not sing live, who was it?
Choices: B. B. King; Jerry Lee Lewis; Little Richard; Janet Jackson
Answer: B. B. King
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Question: American Bandstand was shot in Philadelphia the whole time it was on the air.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The final American Bandstand show aired in what year?
Choices: 1984; 1987; 1985; 1986
Answer: 1987
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Question: Which one of these was not a segment on American Bandstand?
Choices: Spotlight Dance; Rate a Record; Karaoke; AB Top Ten
Answer: Karaoke
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Question: What was the very last song played on American Bandstand?
Choices: Together Forever - Rick Astley; Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship; Shattered Glass - Laura Brannigan; Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
Answer: Shattered Glass - Laura Brannigan
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Question: American Bandstand first premiered simply as Bandstand, in what year?
Choices: 1967; 1952; 1964; 1956
Answer: 1952
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Question: Dick Clark usually does well during his mini interviews with the performers. However he had one of the most difficult ones of his career with this singer. Who was it?
Choices: Madonna; Elvis Presley; Prince; Michael Jackson
Answer: Prince
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Question: As long as people are still having premarital sex with many anonymous partners while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence free environment, Ill be sound as a pound! (1997)
Choices: Pink Floyd The Wall; Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Topsy-Turvy
Answer: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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Question: Youll meet someone. Someone very special. Someone who wont press charges.
Choices: Addams Family Values; The Wizard of Oz; Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Answer: Addams Family Values
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Question: I think everything must go back to the fact I had a very anxious childhood. You know, my mother never had time for me. You know, when youre the middle child in a family of five million, you dont get any attention. (1998)
Choices: Toy Story 2; Shrek; Finding Nemo; Antz
Answer: Antz
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Question: First rule of leadership: everything is your fault. (1998)
Choices: Monsters, Inc; Les Triplettes de Belleville; A Bugs Life; The Nightmare Before Christmas
Answer: A Bugs Life
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Question: Old age. Its the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you dont look forward to being cured of. (1941)
Choices: Citizen Kane; The Maltese Falcon; The Lady Vanishes; Vertigo
Answer: Citizen Kane
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Question: On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. (1999)
Choices: The Beat of the Live Drum; Panic Room; Fight Club; City of God
Answer: Fight Club
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Question: One mans compost is another mans potpourri. (2000)
Choices: How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Its a Wonderful Life; The Nightmare Before Christmas
Answer: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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Question: The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But... but... think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses. (1975)
Choices: The General; Love and Death; Paths of Glory; The Great Escape
Answer: Love and Death
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Question: I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. (1998)
Choices: The Best Years of Our Lives; Before Sunset; City of Angels; Laura
Answer: City of Angels
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Question: Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable... (1939)
Choices: Fantasia; Wizard of Oz; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Miracle on 34th Street
Answer: Wizard of Oz
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Question: If a golden era of American film making existed, when would it have been, judging by the Top Ten list of the American Film Institute?
Choices: 1930-1945; 1915-1929; 1970-1998; 1946-1969
Answer: 1930-1945
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Question: Which one of the AFI Top Ten films had the most disappointing return at the box office?
Choices: The Graduate; Schindlers List; Citizen Kane; Lawrence of Arabia
Answer: Citizen Kane
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Question: Who directed two of the Top Ten American movies released in the same year?
Choices: Steven Spielberg; Mike Nichols; Victor Fleming; Frank Capra
Answer: Victor Fleming
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Question: Which are the only two musicals on the Top Ten list of the American Film Institute?
Choices: South Pacific and West Side Story; The Wizard of Oz and Singin in the Rain; The Wizard of Oz and Gigi; Singin in the Rain and South Pacific
Answer: The Wizard of Oz and Singin in the Rain
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Question: Rough-hewn, cigar-smoking Sam Spiegel was the only major producer who had a hand in making two of the Top Ten movies according to the American Film Institute. Which are they?
Choices: Lawrence of Arabia and Gone with the Wind; Gone with the Wind and On the Waterfront; On the Waterfront and Lawrence of Arabia; Schindlers List and Citizen Kane
Answer: On the Waterfront and Lawrence of Arabia
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Question: Which of these Top Ten AFI films received the fewest major awards and nominations in its time?
Choices: The Godfather; Casablanca; Singin in the Rain; Citizen Kane
Answer: Singin in the Rain
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Question: Of these four directors who filmed some of the Top 10 AFI American films, which one was NOT an American citizen?
Choices: David Lean; Elia Kazan; Michael Curtiz; Mike Nichols
Answer: David Lean
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Question: Which actor delivered the line Heres looking at you, kid, one of  the best known, oft-repeated lines in American film dialogue?
Choices: Vivian Leigh; Humphrey Bogart; Gene Kelly; Dustin Hoffman
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
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Question: Who directed the only 1990s film included in the AFI Top Ten List?
Choices: Francis Ford Coppola; Orson Welles; Steven Spielberg; Stanley Donen
Answer: Steven Spielberg
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Question: Who was the only actor to play the leading role in two movies of the AFI Top Ten List?
Choices: Al Pacino; Marlon Brando; Judy Garland; Humphrey Bogart
Answer: Marlon Brando
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Question: In Shrek 2, when the page comes to invite Fiona and Shrek to Far Far Away, he is announced by trumpeters. Before being smacked in the head, the last trumpeter plays the theme song of what TV show?
Choices: Leave it to Beaver; Gilligans Island; Hawaii Five-O; The Jeffersons
Answer: Hawaii Five-O
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Question: What is the relation between the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming in the 2004 movie Shrek 2?
Choices: She is his aunt; She is his wife; She is his mother; She is his grandmother
Answer: She is his mother
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Question: This character from the animated movie Shrek 2 is the bartender at the Poison Apple.
Choices: Snow White; Captain Hook; The Ugly Stepsister; The Big Bad Wolf
Answer: The Ugly Stepsister
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Question: What is the name of the potion that Donkey and Shrek take in the animated movie Shrek 2?
Choices: True Love; Beauty in a Bottle; Change of Life; Happily Ever After
Answer: Happily Ever After
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Question: At the end of the movie Shrek 2, Puss invites Donkey to go to what place?
Choices: Hooters; The Muffin Mans house; Tinker Bells Lounge; The Kit-Kat Klub
Answer: The Kit-Kat Klub
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Question: The sinking of which British ocean liner played a role in the United States entry into World War I?
Choices: Poseidon; Titanic; Lusitania; Atlantis
Answer: Lusitania
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Question: The Earth is in the center of the solar system?
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which one of the following is not a Nintendo handheld device?
Choices: Game Boy Advance; Game Boy Color; Nintendo DS; Nintendo UP
Answer: Nintendo UP
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Question: This railroad, built between 1891 and 1916,  is 9,288 kilometres (5,772 miles) long and spans 8 time zones.
Choices: Trans-Alpine railway; Trans-American railway; Trans-Siberian railway; Trans-Scandinavian railway
Answer: Trans-Siberian railway
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Question: What is the chemical symbol of Potassium?
Choices: Pa; K; P; Na
Answer: K
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Question: This country, which used to be known as Ceylon, was referred to as The Pearl of the East .
Choices: Sri Lanka; Singapore; Malaysia; India
Answer: Sri Lanka
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Question: Is Australia the biggest island in the world?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: All of the following took place in the same year. The VietNam War Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.  Epcot Center opened in Orlando, Fla.  A game called Trivial Pursuit appeared on the market, and at the box office,  Steven Spielbergs movie ET- the Extra Terrestrial captured our hearts and minds by storm.  What year was it?
Choices: 1987; 1980; 1982; 1989
Answer: 1982
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Question: Which of the following events did not occur in the year 1986?
Choices: The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 74 seconds after liftoff.; ALF, for  Alien Life Form  , landed on our television screens.; The Statue of Liberty celebrated her 100th Birthday, in a gala, fireworks-studded event.; George Michael captured the airwaves, not with a shout, but with a mere Careless Whisper.
Answer: George Michael captured the airwaves, not with a shout, but with a mere Careless Whisper.
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Question: In this landmark year during the 1980s,  the following events occured:  An assasination attempt was made on  ( Then)  President Reagans life.  MTV, 24 hour Music Television  debuts with  The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star.  Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are wed in a gala ceremony.  Kim Carnes smash hit single Bette Davis Eyes wins Record of the Year.  Which year was it?
Choices: 1988; 1983; 1985; 1981
Answer: 1981
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Question: On October 19, 1987, the U.S Stock Market took a severe one-day crash, which affected other international markets as well.  This grim day in the financial world, came to be widely known as this.
Choices: Bloody Sunday; Blue Thursday; Black Friday; Black Monday
Answer: Black Monday
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Question: In this year of the 1980s:  The disco ball finally dropped and faded from the dance floor.  We wore our Izods with the collars turned up.  Blondie wanted us to call her,  and Robin Williams proved he was strong to the finish  in the movie Popeye.  What year was it?
Choices: 1987; 1989; 1982; 1980
Answer: 1980
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Question: You have a time machine which transports you into the past. When you arrive there, people all around you are saying: Ive fallen, and I cant get up!  You turn on the T.V. to find 40 bands performing for 16 hours in a world concert event called Live Aid.  You finally say, Enough, already! and head down to the local cineplex, only to find Back to the Future ( what else? ) advertised on the marquee!  You turn to your guide who comes with the time machine and say, Ive had about all I can take of 1983!  Is this the correct year youve found yourself in?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: In 1982, a Worlds Fair-type exposition, named Energy Turns the World, was held in which of the following U.S. cities?
Choices: Birmingham, AL; Knoxville, TN; Ossining,  NY; Spokane, WA
Answer: Knoxville, TN
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Question: The New Coke debuted in 1988.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What does Maurice the Aye-aye say when the shark falls into the volcano and finally the sacrifice is made in the 2008 comedy movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa?
Choices: There goes the sushi.; I hope the gods like seafood.; Good fishie!; This bite may be a tough one.
Answer: I hope the gods like seafood.
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Question: In what country was actor and director Mel Gibson born and raised?
Choices: Ireland; United States; Australia; Germany
Answer: United States
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Question: Where does the first name of actor and director Mel Gibson come from?
Choices: His grandfather; A river in Ireland; A saint; It is a nickname, short for melancholic
Answer: A saint
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Question: Mel Gibson is known for making enormous investments in which of the following?
Choices: Rare animals; Real estate; Antique art; Retro vehicles
Answer: Real estate
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Question: For which of these movies did Mel Gibson receive an Academy Award for Best Director?
Choices: Apocalypto; The Man Without a Face; The Passion of the Christ; Braveheart
Answer: Braveheart
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Question: Mel Gibson is known for practical jokes on people. What did he present actress Julia Roberts with?
Choices: Half-eaten burger; Huge tarantula; Fake cat excrement; A dried rat
Answer: A dried rat
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Question: How did actress Jodie Foster once return a practical joke to Mel Gibson?
Choices: By smashing a cream cake on his head on his birthday, in front of a crowd; By hiding his clothes while he was in the shower, leaving a girlie dress instead; By putting laxative powder in his morning coffee and locking the toilet door; By hiring a bagpiper clad in a Scottish outfit to follow Mel Gibson around
Answer: By hiring a bagpiper clad in a Scottish outfit to follow Mel Gibson around
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Question: What are the names of Mel Gibsons twins born in 1982 of his marriage to dental nurse Robyn Denise Moore?
Choices: Christopher and Bianca; Joseph and Benjamin; Jeremy and Rebecca; Edward and Christian
Answer: Edward and Christian
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Question: Mel Gibson has stated in an interview that he has this health disorder.
Choices: Bipolar disorder; Heart disease; None of these; Colorblindness
Answer: Bipolar disorder
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Question: On this date, very often assumed as the formal beginning of World War II in Europe, Germany invaded Poland.
Choices: 1 October 1939; 10 March 1940; 1 September 1939; 15 November 1939
Answer: 1 September 1939
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Question: A conflict between which two Asian countries became the Pacific part of the Second World War?
Choices: China and Vietnam; Japan and Iran; Vietnam and Japan; China and Japan
Answer: China and Japan
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Question: The Manhattan Project, a scientific research project during World War II, was aimed at quickly creating what kind of weapon?
Choices: Hydrogen bomb; Jet-fighter; Submarine; Atomic bomb
Answer: Atomic bomb
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Question: After the success of  Operation Weserubun which began on 9 April 1940, this European country was occupied by German troops.  Both the government and the king remained in the country during its occupation.
Choices: Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia
Answer: Denmark
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Question: Which strategic part of Egypt was so important to the Italians, that they started the North African Campaign in 1940?
Choices: River Nile; Cairo; Giza; Suez Canal
Answer: Suez Canal
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Question: This island, situated in central Mediterranean Sea, was most heavily bombed in the period 1940-1942 when Italy challenged the British supremacy of the Mediterranean.
Choices: Malta; Sicily; Gibraltar; Tunisia
Answer: Malta
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Question: Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion during World War II, whereby Germany attempted to occupy which country?
Choices: The United Kingdom; France; Russia; China
Answer: Russia
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Question: The attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place in December 1941, was carried out by which Asian country?
Choices: Vietnam; Korea; China; Japan
Answer: Japan
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Question: Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill made important decisions about the consequences of the World War II, at which famous Conference?
Choices: The Yalta Conference; The Paris Conference; The London Conference; The Warsaw Conference
Answer: The Yalta Conference
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Question: Which of the following territories was not severely bombed by the Anglo-American forces during World War II?
Choices: Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Yugoslavia; Tokyo; Dresden
Answer: Yugoslavia
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Lawrence Alamain is this persons brother.
Choices: Roman; John Black; Bo Brady; Steafano
Answer: John Black
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Susan Banks is the ex-wife of this man.
Choices: Brandon; Victor; Eric; John Black
Answer: John Black
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Question: Susan, from the soap opera Days of our Lives, can be described as what?
Choices: A hateful old hag that never took a bath; A demon; Fun-loving, sweet, simple-minded with less-then-perfect features; A great person to have as a best friend
Answer: Fun-loving, sweet, simple-minded with less-then-perfect features
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Susan first appeared as Kristen Blakes what?
Choices: Boyfriend; Doctor; Child; Impostor
Answer: Impostor
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives,  Kristen Blake walked into Dr. Robbins office pretending to be pregnant by wearing what object?
Choices: Overalls; A dog; Pregnant womens clothes; A pillow
Answer: A pillow
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Question: In Days of our Lives, Susan had been hired by Stefano to take Kristens place at the doctor appointments and in the delivery room. She would then give her baby to who?
Choices: Sami; Hope; Marlana; Kristin
Answer: Kristin
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Susan would sometimes get out her doll, named this, and pretend she was her baby.
Choices: Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis; Lisa Marie; Queen Elizabeth
Answer: Lisa Marie
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, when Susan would not leave Salem, Kristen threatened to burn down what place?
Choices: Graceland; Ivan pike; Salem; England
Answer: Graceland
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Question: In the Days of our Lives, Susan sought psychiatric help from which Doctor (without mentioning any names to her of course)?
Choices: Kate; Marlena; Brandon; Sami
Answer: Marlena
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Susan kept these two persons locked up in a secret room in the wine cellar.
Choices: Marlena and Kristen; Roman and Jack; Sami and Carrie; Jennifer and Mrs Horton
Answer: Marlena and Kristen
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, who is the twin brother of Sami Brady?
Choices: Philip Brady; Bo Brady; Eric Brady; Shawn Brady
Answer: Eric Brady
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, who is Sami Brady half-sister of?
Choices: Abigail; Carrie Brady, Isabella Brady, and D.J. Craig; John Black; Eric and Carrie
Answer: Carrie Brady, Isabella Brady, and D.J. Craig
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Question: Samantha Gene Brady of  Days of our Lives, was born on this date.
Choices: January 21, 1984; October 19, 1984; December 31, 1984; September 20, 1984
Answer: October 19, 1984
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, a few months after his birth, Eric Brady was kidnapped by whom?
Choices: Bo Brady; Stefano DiMera.; Tony DiMera; Roman Brady
Answer: Stefano DiMera.
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Sami Brady went down to the Titan Offices and witnessed John and Marlena doing this on the table in the conference room.
Choices: Eating lunch; Making love; Cleaning; Kissing
Answer: Making love
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Carrie was somewhat disfigured after suffering burns on her face as a result of what?
Choices: Grease popping in her face as she cooked; Acid being thrown at her face; Her home burning down and her narrowly escaping; Being evil
Answer: Acid being thrown at her face
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, Belle was kidnapped from her crib by this person.
Choices: Carry; MeMe; Hope; Sami
Answer: Sami
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Question: The day of Belles Christening, all hell broke loose on Days of our Lives.  In front of the entire congregation, she tearfully confessed that she had had an affair with John.
Choices: Marlena; Sami; MeMe; Bell
Answer: Marlena
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, what did Marlena give Sami for her 17th birthday?
Choices: A gun; Her everlasting love; A bracelet; A diamond pendant
Answer: A diamond pendant
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Question: In the soap opera Days of our Lives, around the time Sami decided to seek advice from her ill mother, Marlena was in the hospital fighting a case of this disease.
Choices: Leukemia; Anemia; Dementia; Arthritis
Answer: Anemia
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Question: In Days of our Lives, Sami had to marry Austin in order to get Will back.  They were married in Carrie and Austins hotel room using this couples wedding bands.
Choices: Abe  Lexies; Jennifers  Jacks; Austin  Carries; Hopes  Bos
Answer: Abe  Lexies
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Question: In Days of our Lives, how did Roman die?
Choices: He died worrying about Sami; He died while on a mission for the ISA; He was murdered; Marlena paid someone to shoot him so she could be with John
Answer: He died while on a mission for the ISA
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Question: In Days of Our Lives, Hopes mother, Addie, had been suffering from this disease during her pregnancy.
Choices: Breast Cancer; Leukemia; Ulcer; 7 year itch
Answer: Leukemia
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Question: In Days of Our Lives, Belle joined her fellow teens on a trip to Puerto Rico, where Shawn and Philip went on an adventure to find some missing jewels, including a ruby belonging to her.
Choices: Alice Horton; Hope Brady; Marlena Black; Sami Reed
Answer: Alice Horton
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Question: How many people are estimated to have died in World War II?
Choices: About 15 million; About 30 million; About 90 million; About 60 million
Answer: About 60 million
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Question: Which event provoked the Second Sino-Japanese War?
Choices: Japans occupation of Manchuria; The Nanking Massacre; Japans attack on Beijing; The Battle of Shanghai
Answer: Japans occupation of Manchuria
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Question: Even though Japan had been fighting China since 1937, historians consider this date the start of World War II.
Choices: 1 October 1939; 8 September 1939; 15 October 1939; 1 September 1939
Answer: 1 September 1939
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Question: Which countries were invaded by Germany in Operation Weserubung in 1940?
Choices: Denmark and Norway; Bulgaria and Romania; Malta and Alexandria; Gibraltar and Malta
Answer: Denmark and Norway
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Question: What was the aim of the North African Campaign, which took place from September 13, 1940 to May 13, 1943?
Choices: To capture Sudan; To make Libya British possession; To make Egypt Italian possession; To split Allied forces in two
Answer: To make Egypt Italian possession
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Question: What is the name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which began on 22 June 1941?
Choices: Fallschiimjager; Soviet winter; Great Patriotic War; Operation Barbarossa
Answer: Operation Barbarossa
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Question: Who was commander of the Japanese warplanes that carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Choices: Chuichi Nagumo; Chiang Kai-shek; Nasakoto Yakata; Mao Zedong
Answer: Chuichi Nagumo
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Question: What was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945?
Choices: Bad Boy; Little Boy; Big Boy; Fat Boy
Answer: Little Boy
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Question: After World War II, Central and Eastern European communist countries formed which of the following organizations?
Choices: The Communist Manifesto; The Warsaw pact; Soviet Union of Eastern Republics; The League of Nations
Answer: The Warsaw pact
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Question: It was publicly announced that on January 1, 2000 all California bars, clubs, and card rooms must be smoke-free.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It was on April 14, 2000 that an US F-15 accidentally shot 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq killing 26 people.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What year did the movie Stand By Me come out in the movie theatres?
Choices: 1989; 1987; 1986; 1984
Answer: 1986
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Question: What was the name of the bully in the blockbuster movie Stand By Me?
Choices: Dick Worley; Bobby Thigpen; Johnny Mozzarella; Ace Merrill
Answer: Ace Merrill
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Question: The hit movie Stand By Me is based on one of Stephen Kings short stories.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In the movie Stand By Me, Gordie is getting chased by a dog and has to climb a fence. What is the name of the dog?
Choices: Spot; Chopper; Toy; Pluto
Answer: Chopper
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Question: What does Vern accidentally drop, while the boys are walking on the train tracks in the movie Stand By Me?
Choices: a comb; keys; a book; money
Answer: a comb
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Question: Does actor John Cusack appear in the hit movie Stand By Me?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: What are the boys looking for in the hit movie Stand By Me?
Choices: World Series tickets; a treasure chest; gold; a dead body
Answer: a dead body
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Question: What actor played the role of the troubled teen Teddy Duchamp in the hit movie Stand By Me?
Choices: River Phoenix; Jack Black; Corey Feldman; Corey Haim
Answer: Corey Feldman
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Question: In the movie Stand By Me, what is the nickname of the boy who wins the Pie Eating Contest?
Choices: Bigboy; Fudgeboy; Lardass; Chubby
Answer: Lardass
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Question: Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss appeared in the hit movie Stand By Me.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What actor played the role of Chris Chambers in the hit movie Stand By Me?
Choices: Mark Wahlberg; Wil Wheaton; Johnny Depp; River Phoenix
Answer: River Phoenix
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Question: Who directed the popular movie Stand By Me?
Choices: Ron Howard; Henry Winkler; Rob Reiner; Ernest Thomas
Answer: Rob Reiner
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Question: Call me Ishmael.
Choices: th the above line, the narrator of this 1851 novel by Herman Melville laconically introduces himself in the very first sentence, making it one of the best-known opening sentences in English literature.; Moby-Dick; Mardi: And a Voyage Thither; Redburn; The Confidence-Man
Answer: Moby-Dick
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Question: There were four of us. 
Choices: is is the beginning of a humorous story of 1889 by Jerome K. Jerome, which has some real-life characters and was initially intended to be a serious work, but ended up one of the most successful comedy books, with a humour that has proven to be fresh and witty even nowadays.; They and I; Three Men in a Boat; The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; The Diary of a Pilgrimage
Answer: Three Men in a Boat
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Question: It was a pleasure to burn.
Choices: is popular novel by Ray Bradbury, depicting a fictional world of the near future, is in fact an indirect condemnation of the present and a considerate warning about the forthcoming fate of human society.; Fahrenheit 451; Vanity Fair; The Good Life; The Martian Chronicles
Answer: Fahrenheit 451
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Question: No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than mans and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their affairs they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. 
Choices: is is the beginning of this Herbert Wells intense and suspenseful novel, where the existence of the world and human kind has been put in jeopardy.; The Invisible Man; Little Wars; The Chronic Argonauts; The War of the Worlds
Answer: The War of the Worlds
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Question: It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression as pretty as an airport.
Choices:  is typical for author Douglas Adams, this 1988 detective novel begins with a humorous and unusual line, grabbing attention from the very first sentence.; The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Answer: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Question: If you really want to hear about it, the first thing youll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I dont feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. 
Choices: ing one of the most controversial and widely disputed literary works of the 20th century, this novel by J. D. Salinger has been banned several times in the United States for inappropriate and immoral content.; Franny and Zooey; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Catcher in the Rye; The Laughing Man
Answer: The Catcher in the Rye
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Question: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Choices: me the famous Jane Austens novel, beginning with those words, concerning the problems of love and marriage, which was initially entitled First Impressionsâ?.; Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Lady Susan
Answer: Pride and Prejudice
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Question: This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain. And the electric chair was there, too, of course.
Choices:  this Stephen King novel, these are the leading character and narrators first words of the story of his life, and the unusual encounter which changes it forever.; The Eyes of the Dragon; Insomnia; The Green Mile; It
Answer: The Green Mile
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Question: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Choices: guably the best of his works, Tolstoy severely criticizes the highest circles of Russian society through this tragic love story of two of its members, one of them being Alexei Vronsky.; A Confession; The Power of Darkness; Family Happiness; Anna Karenina
Answer: Anna Karenina
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Question: One version of this rare brain disorder is better known as Mad Cow and can be contracted by eating contaminated beef. There is no known cure.
Choices: Lyme disease; Leptospirosis; Protothecosis; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Answer: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Question: Named after a river region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the symptoms of this viral disease include: red eyes, bleeding from orifices, and organ failure.  The disease causes a type of hemorrhagic fever and the fatality rate is often 90%.
Choices: Rubella; Ebola; Dengue fever; Varicella zoster virus
Answer: Ebola
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Question: People diagnosed with this disease have an insatiable urge to eat non-food substances like dirt, paper, glue and clay.
Choices: Diastrophic dysplasia; Feingold syndrome; Behrs syndrome; Pica
Answer: Pica
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Question: It is estimated that the Black Death wiped out 1/4 of Englands population, totaling 4.2 million from 1347 to 1351.  What is the name of this bacteria thought to have been responsible for this plague?
Choices: Klebsiella pneumoniae; Salmonella enterica; Plesiomonas shigelloides; Yersinia pestis
Answer: Yersinia pestis
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Question: Name the most lethal outbreak in human history with an estimated 50 to 100 million people killed worldwide between 1918 and 1919. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks!
Choices: Spanish flu; Typhoid fever; Indian bird flu; Smallpox
Answer: Spanish flu
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Question: Complete these lyrics from the song Summer Nights, featured on the soundtrack of the movie Grease:
Choices: ok her bowling in the arcade,;  went strolling, drank lemonade, ;  made out, under the dock,;  stayed out until ..................; midnight; it was dawn; 9 oclock; 10 oclock
Answer: 10 oclock
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Question: What does bonjour mean in French?
Choices: Bye; Hello; Yes; No
Answer: Hello
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Question: What is the meaning of oui in French?
Choices: No; Yes; Hello; Bye
Answer: Yes
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Question: In French, what does non mean?
Choices: No; Bye; Hello; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: What does the French expression au revoir mean?
Choices: Hello; No; Bye; Yes
Answer: Bye
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Question: What does âescargotâ mean in French?
Choices: Fish; Snail; Cat; Dog
Answer: Snail
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Question: What is the meaning of the French word âchienâ?
Choices: Cat; Snail; Fish; Dog
Answer: Dog
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Question: What is the French word for cat?
Choices: Poisson; Chien; Escargot; Chat
Answer: Chat
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Question: Which of these is the French word for fish?
Choices: Chat; Escargot; Poisson; Chien
Answer: Poisson
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Question: Which of these expressions will you use to thank somebody in French?
Choices: Chat; Merci; Pour; Oui
Answer: Merci
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Question: What is the meaning of the French word pour?
Choices: Non; Merci; For; Poisson
Answer: For
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Question: What Hollywood actor portrayed Casanova in the 2005 movie entitled Casanova, based on the life of the popular adventurer?
Choices: Johnny Depp; Antonio Banderas; Heath Ledger; Ryan Phillippe
Answer: Heath Ledger
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Question: Which of these is NOT a son of Adam and Eve?
Choices: Enoch; Cain; Abel; Seth
Answer: Enoch
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Question: Noah sent these two birds out of the ark to search for land:
Choices: raven and hawk; hawk and jay; raven and dove; dove and hawk
Answer: raven and dove
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Question: Jacob had 12 sons.  Which of his wives/maids bore the most babies?
Choices: Zilpah; Leah; Rachel; Bilhah
Answer: Leah
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Question: Which of these animals did the Israelites worship while Moses was on the mountain?
Choices: bull; calf; duck; ram
Answer: calf