kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: In the Warriors series, Cinderpaw did not choose to be a medicine cat, but she secretly wanted to be Yellowfangs apprentice anyway.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Who told Fireheart about Bluestars kits in the series Warriors?
Choices: Silverstream; Greypool; Oakheart; Mistyfoot
Answer: Greypool
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Question: Who did Warriors character Fireheart save in the fire?
Choices: Patchpelt; Tigerstar; Halftail; Bramblekit
Answer: Bramblekit
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Question: When Bluestar refuses to make them Warriors, these two apprentices go out alone to face the dark forces in the forest.
Choices: Brightpaw and Swiftpaw; Brightpaw and Cloudpaw; Swiftpaw and Fernpaw; Fernpaw and Cloudpaw
Answer: Brightpaw and Swiftpaw
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Question: Who did Warriors character Darkstripe feed a deathberry to?
Choices: Brackenfur; Greystripe; Sorrelkit; Cloudpaw
Answer: Sorrelkit
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Question: In the warriors series, according to Barely, what was Scourges greatest weakness?
Choices: He didnt care about his clanmates.; He didnt believe in Starclan.; Bloodclan had no medicine cat.; He had a soft-spot for the clans.
Answer: He didnt believe in Starclan.
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Question: Khafra is credited with building the second pyramid at Giza, as well as the majestic Great Sphinx of Giza.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Amenhotep I inherited the kingdom formed by his fathers conquests.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: She was the daughter of Thumose I and is regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs.
Choices: Merneith; Twosret; Hatshepsut; Cleopatra VII
Answer: Hatshepsut
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Question: Which pharaoh was co-regent to his stepmother Hatshepsut during the first twenty-two years of his reign?
Choices: Thumose II; Thumose I; Thutmose III; None of these
Answer: Thutmose III
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Question: What pharaoh ascended to the throne when he was only nine years old and died at the age of 18?
Choices: None of these; Ramsses II; Tutankhamun; Ankhenaten
Answer: Tutankhamun
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Question: What statement is true about Akhenaten who ruled between 1379-1334 B.C.?
Choices: His chief wife was the beautiful Queen Nefertiti.; He introduced worship of one god, the Sun disc Aten.; All of these; He moved the capital from Memphis to Akhetaten.
Answer: All of these
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Question: He was the son of Seti I and his successors and later Egyptians called him the Great Ancestor.
Choices: Thumose I; Ramses I; Ramses II; Thumose II
Answer: Ramses II
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Question: The name Cleopatra is of Greek origin and means Fatherâs gloryâ.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Khufu is generally regarded as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This pharaoh, commonly known as Cheops, ruled from 2589 to 2566 B.C.
Choices: Ramses II; Akhenaten; Amenhotep III; Khufu
Answer: Khufu
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Question: This One Piece character is the Captain of the Strawhat Pirates, and wears a straw hat himself. He gained elasticity powers after eating the Gomu Gomu Fruit.
Choices: Luffy; Usopp; Zoro; Sanji
Answer: Luffy
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Question: What One Piece character is a skilled swordsman who always carries three katanas with him?
Choices: Franky; Nami; Brooke; Zoro
Answer: Zoro
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Question: This One Piece character is a cook who uses his feet to attack and has a weakness for beautiful women.
Choices: Luffy; Brooke; Sanji; Robin
Answer: Sanji
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Question: Who controls the weather with their weapon and is the navigator of the fictional Strawhat Pirates?
Choices: Robin; Nami; Luffy; Franky
Answer: Nami
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Question: Which One Piece character is the carpenter who remodeled himself into a cyborg?
Choices: Usopp; Brooke; Franky; Luffy
Answer: Franky
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Question: Who is the living skeleton musician in One Piece?
Choices: Nami; Brooke; Franky; Luffy
Answer: Brooke
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Question: Which One Piece character is able to sprout body parts on anything except for sea stone?
Choices: Robin; Franky; Zoro; Sanji
Answer: Robin
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Question: What One Piece chracter, nicknamed King of Snipers Sogeking, is the crews marksman?
Choices: Robin; Sanji; Tony Tony Chopper; Usopp
Answer: Usopp
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Question: What character from the series One Piece is a blue-nosed reindeer who gained human properties?
Choices: Brook; Franky; Akainu; Tony Tony Chopper
Answer: Tony Tony Chopper
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Question: Name the Fleet Admiral who commands the Marine in the series One Piece.
Choices: Kizaru; None of these; Akainu; Sengoku
Answer: Sengoku
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Question: In 1935, the Brazilian government presented Eleanor Roosevelt with this gemstone, which is a form of the mineral beryl.
Choices: aquamarine; ruby; sapphire; turquoise
Answer: aquamarine
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Question: Complete the old joke about questionable stones: Whether its a _________ or a pink sapphire depends on whether youre the buyer or the seller.
Choices: amethyst; malachite; ruby; diamond
Answer: ruby
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Question: The name of this violet variety of quartz comes from Ancient Greek and means not intoxicated.
Choices: amber; amethyst; topaz; onyx
Answer: amethyst
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Question: Australia is the largest producer of this gemstone, which fluoresces under UV light and displays color play,
Choices: opal; jade; tigers-eye; onyx
Answer: opal
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Question: This gemstone originates as a soft, sticky tree resin and sometimes contains insects and other animal material.
Choices: zircon; Jasper; amber; pearl
Answer: amber
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Question: What is the other name of bloodstone whose red spots were believed to be formed by the blood of Jesus Christ?
Choices: amethyst; malachite; heliotrope; sapphire
Answer: heliotrope
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Question: What kind of gem is The Black Star of Queensland which was discovered accidentally in the 1930s and was initially used as a door stop?
Choices: opal; diamond; sapphire; ruby
Answer: sapphire
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Question: Known as The Victory Stone, it was said to be Alexander the Greats favourite gemstone.
Choices: diamond; emerald; chrysoprase; jade
Answer: chrysoprase
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Question: In ancient times this opaque jemstone was known as a rain-bringer. Its name means spotted or speckled stone.
Choices: jasper; onyx; ruby; emerald
Answer: jasper
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Question: What olive green gemstone was called Evening Emerald by Romans?
Choices: agate; opal; aquamarine; peridot
Answer: peridot
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Question: With songs like Up The Beach, Ted, Just Admit It, and Summertime Rolls this album is a regular on my playlist.
Choices: Nothings Shocking by Janes Addiction; Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden; Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band; The Mind is a Terrible Thing To Taste by Ministry
Answer: Nothings Shocking by Janes Addiction
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Question: This punk icon declared the night a possession of lovers, lust and us.
Choices: Iggy Pop; Talking Heads; Laurie Anderson; Patti Smith
Answer: Patti Smith
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Question: This masterpiece is made up of four parts comprised of Acknowledgement,Resolution,Pursuance and Psalm. Can you name what is possibly the greatest jazz album ever recorded?
Choices: Uh Huh; Kind of Blue; The Gospel; A Love Supreme
Answer: A Love Supreme
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Question: The album Hot Buttered Soul  was recorded by the the only artist who can make Burt Bacharach funky. Name this guy who invented the word, Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.
Choices: Funkedelic; Parliament; Isaac Hayes; James Brown
Answer: Isaac Hayes
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Question: With Reggae classics like Draw Your Brakes, Pressure Drop and Sitting In Limbo, this film soundtrack is an essential piece of any spectacular IPod. Can you name the  film?
Choices: Sweet and Dandy; Johnny Too Bad; Rivers Of Babylon; The Harder They Come
Answer: The Harder They Come
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Question: With the power bass of Badmotorfinger, the killer lyrics of Superunknown, or the raw power of Louder Than Love, this band is an essential part of any great shuffle.
Choices: Soundgarden; Stone Ponies; Cowboy Junkies; Nirvana
Answer: Soundgarden
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Question: Music plays an integral role in this Zack Snyder special effects extravaganza featuring girls fighting gas mask-wearing soldiers, dragons, and gigantic samurai.
Choices: The Watchmen; True Legend; 300; Sucker Punch
Answer: Sucker Punch
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Question: Odelay, Mellow Gold and Guero make a rainy day feel like L.A., so I have a healthy dose of this artist on my IPod and on call. Can you name him?
Choices: Beck; Nas; Leonard Cohen; The Beastie Boys
Answer: Beck
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Question: This artist had a period between 1972-1976 when there was no one on the planet who could touch his level of social conscience and artistry. With songs like As, Living For The City, and You Are The Sunshine of My Life, he created a new way of listening to music.
Choices: Al Green; Marvin Gaye; Curtis Mayfield; Stevie Wonder
Answer: Stevie Wonder
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Question: What was Ingrid Bergmans first Hollywood film?
Choices: Arch of Triumph; For Whom the Bell Tolls; Intermezzo: A Love Story; Adam Had Four Sons
Answer: Intermezzo: A Love Story
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Question: In 1956 Ingrid Bergman returned to Hollywood with this film.
Choices: Arch of Triumph; Joan of Arc; Anastasia; War and Peace
Answer: Anastasia
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Question: The Green Goblin was the first costumed villain Spiderman faces in which art-form?
Choices: Movies; None of these; Comics; Cartoons
Answer: Movies
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Question: There have been more than 8 cartoon series starring Spiderman.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Spiderman was the top ranked superhero on IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time in 2011.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A large part of mined diamonds are used for the industrial purposes of cutting, drilling, grinding, and polishing.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Diamonds are the hardest substance on Earth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: De Beers is a diamond cartel founded by Cecil Rhodes.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The 40th wedding anniversary is known as a diamond wedding anniversary.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: It is considered that diamonds protect from evil forces and bring health to their owner, but only if acquired in a fair way.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The scepter of the British monarch includes one of the largest diamonds in the world, the Cullinan I.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The presence of diamonds in Sierra Leone led to a civil war in the 1990s.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend is a song famously performed by Marilyn Monroe.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The word diamond is derived from the Greek word adÃ¡mas which means precious.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Taylor-Burton Diamond is cut in the shape of a heart.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following is used to light the Olympic Fire, one of the most notable symbols of the Olympic Games?
Choices: Pierre de Coubertins lighter; wood taken from mount Olympus; a parabolic mirror; None of these
Answer: a parabolic mirror
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Question: Name the Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals.
Choices: Hephaestus; Prometheus; Orpheus; Cronus
Answer: Prometheus
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Question: Which of the following astrological signs is not associated with fire, one of the four classical elements?
Choices: Aries; Sagittarius; Gemini; Leo
Answer: Gemini
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Question: Which phrase denotes a place of after-death punishment of the wicked in Christian religion?
Choices: Lake of fire; Realm of fire; Fire waterfall; Prison of fire
Answer: Lake of fire
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Question: A summer time ritual involving a spectacular firefall was practiced from 1872 until 1968 in this US national park.
Choices: Hot Springs National Park; Theodore Roosevelt National Park; Yosemite National Park; Yellowstone National Park
Answer: Yosemite National Park
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Question: In the coming-of-age 1985 movie St. Elmos Fire why does Billy (Rob Lowe) compare Jules behavior to St. Elmos fire?
Choices: Because she always causes trouble; Because her problems are merely an illusion; Because he thinks she is his guiding light; Because she has an extravagant lifestyle
Answer: Because her problems are merely an illusion
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Question: What term refers to an impulse to deliberately start fires to relieve tension?
Choices: pyrophernalia; pyromania; arson; pyrophobia
Answer: pyromania
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Question: This author coined the term pyrokinesis to refer to character Charlie McGees ability to create or to control fire with the mind.
Choices: Anthony Burgess; Thomas Pynchon; Stephen King; Kurt Vonnegut
Answer: Stephen King
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Question: The terms thimithi, anastenaria, nestinarstvo refer to what ritual involving fire?
Choices: fire-eating; fire-walking; cremation; immolation
Answer: fire-walking
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Question: What Academy Award-winning movie tells the fact-based story of of two athletes participating in the 1924 Olympic Games?
Choices: Chariots of Fire; In the Line of Fire; Courage Under Fire; Quest for Fire
Answer: Chariots of Fire
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Question: After the white wedding of this queen and Prince Albert, the white gown quickly became the standard bridal attire.
Choices: Elizabeth II; Victoria; Elizabeth I; Mary
Answer: Victoria
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Question: Why did the Queen Mother initially object to Elizabeth IIs marriage to Prince Philip?
Choices: He had ties to Germany.; He was 18 years Elizabeths senior.; He was not of noble origin.; He had a severe stammer.
Answer: He had ties to Germany.
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Question: Who was the first British royal bride to place her wedding bouquet on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, which honours the unknown dead of WWI?
Choices: Queen Mary (Mary of Teck); Victoria; Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (aka Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother); Elizabeth II
Answer: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (aka Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)
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Question: Which of these British royal brides wore a wreath of fragrant orange blossoms instead of a diamond encrusted tiara?
Choices: Diana; Victoria; Elizabeth II; Mary of Teck
Answer: Victoria
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Question: Who is the first British royal bride to have a university degree?
Choices: Diana; Elizabeth II; Sarah Ferguson; None of these
Answer: None of these
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Question: Who was Prince Charles dating when he first met his future bride, lady Diana Spencer in 1977?
Choices: Camilla Parker Bowles; actress Susan George; Lesley Hornby (aka Twiggy); Dianas sister, Sarah
Answer: Dianas sister, Sarah
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Question: What royal bride assumed the title Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of York when she married the second son of Queen Elizabeth II in 1986?
Choices: Diana Spencer; Camilla Parker Bowles; Sophie Rhys-Jones; Sarah Ferguson
Answer: Sarah Ferguson
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Question: Who was the first royal bride in history to omit the word obey from her wedding vows?
Choices: Camilla Parker Bowles; Lady Diana; Anne, Princess Royal; Sarah Ferguson
Answer: Lady Diana
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Question: Which of these British monarchs abdicated from the throne to marry a divorced woman with two ex-husbands?
Choices: None of these; King Edward VIII; King George V; King George VI
Answer: King Edward VIII
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Question: Who was was the first member of the British royal family to marry in a civil ceremony in England?
Choices: None of these; Charles, Prince of Wales; King Edward VIII; King George VI
Answer: Charles, Prince of Wales
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Question: What part of an Egyptian pharaohs body was never allowed to be seen?
Choices: His hair; His arms; His eyes; His neck
Answer: His hair
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Question: In order to deter flies from landing on his body, Pepi II of Egypt would keep around him several naked slaves whose bodies were covered with honey.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In ancient Egypt neither women nor men wore makeup.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In ancient Egypt infections were treated with mouldy bread.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In ancient Egypt, what did rich Egyptians wear in order to be distinguished from common people?
Choices: Wigs; None of these; Makeup; Slippers
Answer: Wigs
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Question: Who established himself as ruler of Egypt following Alexander the Greats death?
Choices: Cleopatra; None of these; Ramesses II; Ptolemy Soter
Answer: Ptolemy Soter
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Question: Which of the following was invented by ancient Egyptians?
Choices: All of these; Glass and earthenware; Locks with keys; Sun clocks
Answer: All of these
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Question: The Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact till present day.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Women in ancient Egypt enjoyed legal and economic equality with men.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following statements refers to Ramses II, known as Ramses the Great?
Choices: He was over 90 years old when he died.; He had 8 official wives and almost 100 concubines.; He was allegedly defeated by the Hittite army in the legendary battle of Kadesh in 1288.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: What war did the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, end?
Choices: Military alliance between France and England against Spain; American Revolutionary War; The Seven Years War; The Crimean War
Answer: The Seven Years War
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Question: The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties that ended this war.
Choices: Spanish-American War; WWI; Korean War; WWII
Answer: WWI
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Question: This Treaty of Paris forced the Spanish to remove their forces from the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
Choices: Treaty of Paris (1623); none of these; Treaty of Paris (1801); Treaty of Paris (1425)
Answer: Treaty of Paris (1623)
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Question: How many feature films was Grace Kelly in?
Choices: 40+; 30; 11; 20
Answer: 11
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Question: Grace Kelly appeared in more TV movies than big screen movies.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What movie earned Grace Kelly the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Choices: On the Waterfront; Rear Window; The Country Girl; Dial M for Murder
Answer: The Country Girl
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Question: Which actress starred with Cary Grant in a series 1930s comedies?
Choices: K. Hepburn; Both; Neither; B. Davis
Answer: K. Hepburn
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Question: Katharine Hepburn co-starred with Spencer Tracy years before Bette Davis did.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which actress did Kim Carnes sing about in 1981?
Choices: Neither; Katharine Hepburn; Bette Davis; Both
Answer: Bette Davis
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Question: Which actress was box office poison because of her series of movie flops and negative fan polls?
Choices: Both; Katharine Hepburn; Bette Davis; Neither
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
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Question: TV psychic John Edward was born in Glen Cove, New York.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following books are written by him John Edward?
Choices: One Last Time; What If God Were the Sun; All of these; After Life: Answers From the Other Side
Answer: All of these
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Question: Psychic medium John Edward was raised Roman Catholic.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What was John Edwards occupation before becoming a psychic medium?
Choices: None of these; Dancing instructor; Ðasseur; Physiotherapist
Answer: Dancing instructor
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Question: A New Jersey woman told John Edward that one day he would become internationally known with his psychic abilities.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What TV show did John Eduard produce and host from 1999 to 2004?
Choices: None of these; John Edward Cross Country; Crossing Over with John Edward; Both of these
Answer: Crossing Over with John Edward
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Question: Name John Edwards show that debuted in March 2006 on We TV.
Choices: None of these; John Edward Cross Country; Skeptical Inquirer; Crossing Over with John Edward
Answer: John Edward Cross Country
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Question: Why has psychic medium John Edward been criticised?
Choices: All of these; because of performing the mentalist techniques of hot reading and cold reading; because of his exploitation of the 9/11 tragedy; because his apparent accuracy on television is inflated by the editing process
Answer: All of these
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Question: What conclusion concerning John Edwards psychic abilities was made in Gary Schwartzs book The Afterlife Experiments?
Choices: that Edward has used foreknowledge about audience members; that Edwards abilities were genuine; that Edwards abilities were fake; None of these
Answer: that Edwards abilities were genuine
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Question: In which TV show has John Edward appeared?
Choices: Jimmy Kimmel Live; The Wayne Brady Show; All of these; Larry King Live
Answer: All of these
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Question: This monarchs reign, one of the longest in European history, ended in 1715.
Choices: Louis XIV; King Charles II; King George III; Queen Victoria
Answer: Louis XIV
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Question: This war started in 1701, when the King of France tried to unite both France and Spain under a single Emperor.
Choices: Anglo-Dutch War; War of the Spanish Succession; Anglo-Spanish War; Seven Years War
Answer: War of the Spanish Succession
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Question: The importance of this empire was said to have ended at the Battle of Poltava in 1709, a major part of the Great Northern War.
Choices: Swedish Empire; French Empire; Spanish Empire; Dutch Empire
Answer: Swedish Empire
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Question: Which great king ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786?
Choices: Alexander the Great; Peter the Great; Frederick the Great; Alfred the Great
Answer: Frederick the Great
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Question: What event occurred in Paris on the morning of July 14, 1789?
Choices: The execution of Louis XVI; The Storming of the Bastille; The outbreak of the Great French War; The Womens March on Versailles
Answer: The Storming of the Bastille
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Question: What Russian monarch abolished slavery in Russia and converted the household slaves into house serfs?
Choices: Catherine II the Great; Roman the Great; Peter the Great; Feodor III
Answer: Peter the Great
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Question: Charles XII of Sweden fled to the Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeated his army at this battle.
Choices: the Battle of Waterloo; the Battle of Montenotte; the Battle of Plassey; the Battle of Poltava
Answer: the Battle of Poltava
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Question: The Tulip Period, which lasted from 1718 to 1730, is a period of this empires history.
Choices: the Ottoman Empire; the Dutch Empire; the Austrian Empire; the Russian Empire
Answer: the Ottoman Empire
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Question: In the Gregorian calendar, Friday the 13th can occur how many times a year at most?
Choices: 6; 3; 1; 5
Answer: 3
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Question: Any months 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on this day.
Choices: Sunday; Wednesday; Monday; Friday
Answer: Sunday
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Question: What term refers to the fear of Friday the 13th?
Choices: Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia; friggatriskaidekaphobia; glossophobia; triskaidekaphobia
Answer: friggatriskaidekaphobia
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Question: Knights of this Western Christian military order were arrested on Friday, October 13, 1307 on accusations of heresy.
Choices: Knights Templar; Knights Hospitaller; Teutonic Knights; Knights of the Cross with the Red Star
Answer: Knights Templar
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Question: What movie involving cataclysmic events and starring John Cusack was intentionally released on Friday, November 13, 2009?
Choices: Ladder 49; Armageddon; Resident Evil 5; 2012
Answer: 2012
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Question: Which of these areas was struck by the Friday the 13th Storm on October 13, 2006?
Choices: Miami, Florida; Sacramento, California; Buffalo, New York; Kansas City, Missouri
Answer: Buffalo, New York
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Question: In Spanish-speaking countries, this day, commonly referred to as Martes y trece, is considered a day of bad luck instead of Friday, the 13th.
Choices: Saturday, the 13th; Tuesday, the 13th; Monday, the 13th; Tuesday, the 14th
Answer: Tuesday, the 13th
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Question: What hurricane made landfall in South Florida on Friday, August 13, 2004?
Choices: Bob; Charley; Alice; Katrina
Answer: Charley
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Question: How did Jason Voorhees, the son of a camp cook-turned-murderer, die in the slasher movie Friday the 13th?
Choices: He was decapitated with a machete; He was poisoned.; He was stabbed with a knife.; He drowned in a lake.
Answer: He drowned in a lake.
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Question: What renowned rapper died on Friday, September 13, 1996 following a drive-by shooting?
Choices: Dr. Dre; Tupak Shakur; The Notorious B.I.G..; MC Trouble
Answer: Tupak Shakur
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Question: Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous due to an asteroid impact.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This era began 65 million years ago and continues today.
Choices: Mesozoic; Cambrian; Paleozoic; Cenozoic
Answer: Cenozoic
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Question: What geological epoch began following the end of the Cretaceous period?
Choices: Eocene; Pliestocene; Oligocene; Paleocene
Answer: Paleocene
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Question: During the Cretaceous period, India separated from Gondwana and began to drift northward. Madagascar separated from India around the time the Deccan traps began to erupt, leaving India to collide with Asia. 55 million years ago, during the Cenozoic, India finally collided with southern Asia and mountain building began. What mountains are the result of this collision and are today higher than any other mountain range on Earth?
Choices: Himalaya mountains; Alps; Appalachian Mountains; Andes mountains
Answer: Himalaya mountains
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Question: Conditions during this epoch remained much the same as during the Paleocene.
Choices: Miocene; Paleocene; Eocene; Oligocene
Answer: Eocene
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Question: Horses evolved in North America but became extinct there 10,000 years ago.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: On what continent did anatomically modern humans evolve?
Choices: Asia; North America; Africa; Europe
Answer: Africa
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Question: How long ago did modern humans (Homo Sapiens) appear?
Choices: 5 million years ago; 250,000 years ago; 1 million years ago; 10,000 years ago
Answer: 250,000 years ago
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Question: Humans (Homo Sapiens) evolved from which hominid species?
Choices: Homo erectus; Homo neanderthalensis; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo rhodesiensis
Answer: Homo erectus
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Question: Is it true that we are currently living through a mass extinction?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: What geological eon, era, period, and epoch are we living in today?
Choices: Phanerozoic, Cenozoic,  Paleogene, Holocene; Phanerozoic, Paleozoic, Paleogene, Holocene; Phanerozoic, Cenozoic, Neogene, Holocene; Precambrian, Cenozoic, Neogene, Holocene
Answer: Phanerozoic, Cenozoic, Neogene, Holocene
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Question: Charles Darwin created a theory based on his studies aboard the HMS Beagle concerning evolution, natural selection, and the geology of the regions he studied. In what book did he publish his studies in 1859?
Choices: The Voyage of the Beagle; Principles of Geology; None of these; On the Origin of Species
Answer: On the Origin of Species
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Question: The fossils of this arthropod are more abundant than those of any other Burgess shale fauna.
Choices: Marrella splendens; Canadaspis laevigata; Olenelloidea olenellus; Leanchoilia superlata
Answer: Marrella splendens
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Question: Dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals to have ever lived.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The name of this super-continent means All land.
Choices: Rodinia; Pannotia; Pangaea; Gondwana
Answer: Pangaea
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Question: During what period did the first flowering plants evolve?
Choices: Silurian; Devonian; Jurassic; Cretaceous
Answer: Cretaceous
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Question: The duck bill dinosaurs are actually known as Hadrosaurs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A partial skeleton of this dinosaur was discovered in 1900.
Choices: Tyrannosaurus; Daspletosaurus; Velociraptor; Dynamosaurus
Answer: Tyrannosaurus
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Question: Allosaurus gave rise to Tyrannosaurus.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What was the predominant climate type of the Late Cretaceous period?
Choices: Tropical; Cool Temperate; Arid; Cold
Answer: Tropical
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Question: How long were dinosaurs the dominant terrestrial animals?
Choices: 225 million years; 175 million years; 160 million years; 180 million years
Answer: 160 million years
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Question: All dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What does the word trilobite mean?
Choices: Small ridges; Many ridges; Three lobed; None of these
Answer: Three lobed
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Question: This era lasted from 251 million to 65 million years ago.
Choices: Mesozoic; Paleozoic; Cenozoic; Precambrian
Answer: Mesozoic
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Question: Who coined the term Dinosauria in 1842?
Choices: Charles Darwin; Jack Horner; Charles Lyell; Sir Richard Owen
Answer: Sir Richard Owen
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Question: During what geological period did the first dinosaurs evolve?
Choices: Permian; Triassic; Mesozoic; Jurassic
Answer: Triassic
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Question: The first mammals evolved during the Triassic period.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, placodonts, mosasaurs, etc. are dinosaurs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: This pterosaur lived during the late Cretaceous and was the largest flying animal of all time with a wingspan of 39 feet.
Choices: Quetzalcoatlus northropi; Pteranodon ingens; Pteranodon sternbergi; Icarosaurus
Answer: Quetzalcoatlus northropi
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Question: Did birds evolve from dinosaurs?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: The pubis of which of these dinosaurs points forward?
Choices: Ornithischians; Stegosaurids; Saurischian; Tyrannosaurids
Answer: Saurischian
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Question: The skeleton of this dinosaur was found in Mongolia entangled with a Protoceratops skeleton.
Choices: Oviraptor; Velociraptor; Protoceratops; Achillobator
Answer: Velociraptor
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Question: Cooksonia, one of the first terrestrial plants to have evolved a vascular system, existed during the Ordovician period.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The Silurian period lasted from 443 million to 417 million years ago.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: During the late Silurian the first placoderms evolved. By the Devonian period they included Dunkleosteus and Phyllolepida. Did plates cover the heads of these fish which became extinct by the end of the Devonian?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: The Devonian period lasted from 417 million to ___ million years ago.
Choices: 360 million years ago; 355 million years ago; 357 million years ago; 354 million years ago
Answer: 354 million years ago
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Question: The Carboniferous period is divided into two separate periods. What are they known as?
Choices: None of these; Georgian and Californian; Devonian and Carboniferous; Mississippian and Pennsylvanian
Answer: Mississippian and Pennsylvanian
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Question: What does the word Carboniferous mean?
Choices: Coal producing; Oil producing; Limestone producing; Carbon producing
Answer: Coal producing
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Question: The level of oxygen during the Carboniferous was significantly higher than today.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This person described both the Silurian and Permian systems during the 19th century.
Choices: George Cuvier; Charles Darwin; Roderick Murchison; Charles Lyell
Answer: Roderick Murchison
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Question: The first reptiles evolved during the Permian period.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: A monumental mass extinction event occurred at the end of the Permian period. Approximately what percent of all life died out during this event?
Choices: 10%; 50%; 90%; 70%
Answer: 90%
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Question: The oldest known rocks come from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt and are approximately how old?
Choices: 2500 million years old; 4500 million years old; 3800 million years old; 4200 million years old
Answer: 4200 million years old
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Question: By 2.7 billion years ago Stromatolites were widespread in the Precambrian seas and still exist in hypersaline areas such as Shark Bay, Australia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This era lasted from 543 million to 251 million years ago.
Choices: Paleozoic; Cenozoic; Mesozoic; Neoproterozoic
Answer: Paleozoic
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Question: This geological period lasted from 543 million to 490 million years ago.
Choices: Ordovician; Silurian; Cambrian; Precambrian
Answer: Cambrian
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Question: What term refers to a raise in biodiversity which occurred during the Cambrian period?
Choices: None of these; Mass radiation of life; Cambrian explosion; Biodiversity boom
Answer: Cambrian explosion
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Question: Vertebrates evolved during the Cambrian period.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Anomalocaris was a predatory athropod of the Cambrian period which attained sizes of 100 cm or more.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What current day continent was once part of Laurentia?
Choices: Asia; Europe; North America; South America
Answer: North America
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Question: This ocean existed throughout the Paleozoic in the northern hemisphere and is now represented by the Pacific Ocean.
Choices: Iapetus ocean; Panthalassic ocean; Paleo-Tethys ocean; Rheic ocean
Answer: Panthalassic ocean
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Question: What geological period followed the Cambrian and lasted from 490 million to 443 million years ago?
Choices: Silurian; Ordovician; Permian; Vendian
Answer: Ordovician
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Question: What science deals with the study of ancient life, the evolution of organisms, and paleoenvironments?
Choices: Paleontology; Darwinism; Geology; Biology
Answer: Paleontology
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Question: What is a fossil?
Choices: The preserved remains or traces of an organism which is over 10,000 years old; Anything which looks of organic origin which is discovered in rocks; None of these; The preserved remains or traces of an organism
Answer: The preserved remains or traces of an organism which is over 10,000 years old
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Question: Scientists generally recognized how many major mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth?
Choices: 2; 4; 5; 6
Answer: 5
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Question: It is possible to find the ages of rocks by measuring the amount of decay an unstable atom undergoes into a more stable atom.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and energy are required by living things as well as trace amounts of numerous other elements.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: When is it believed that the Earth formed?
Choices: 4.5 billion years ago; 12 billion years ago; 3.8 billion years ago; 250 million years ago
Answer: 4.5 billion years ago
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Question: Approximately what age are the oldest fossils now known?
Choices: 540 million years old; 3.8 billion years old; 4.5 billion years old; 2.5 billion years old
Answer: 3.8 billion years old
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Question: What is the largest interval of time on most geologic time scales?
Choices: Epoch; Era; Eon; Period
Answer: Eon
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Question: What time units are shorter than epochs in geologic time scales?
Choices: None of these; Age; Period; Both of these
Answer: Age
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Question: This early super-continent formed during the Mesoproterozoic era.
Choices: Pangaea; Gondwana; Rodinia; Pannotia
Answer: Rodinia
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Question: He is the caretaker of Hogwarts and his final act in the Harry Potter series is to oversee the evacuation of younger students.
Choices: Filius Flitwick; Argus Filch; Horace Slughorn; Phineas Nigellus Black
Answer: Argus Filch
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Question: In the Harry Potter series, Quirrell was the Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts, before taking the cursed Defence Against the Dark Arts position.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In the Harry Potter series, Sybill Patricia Trelawney is the great-great-granddaughter of what celebrated seer?
Choices: Rebecca Trelawney; Katherine Trelawney; Cassandra Trelawney; Elizabeth Trelawney
Answer: Cassandra Trelawney
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Question: What is the first name of Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter series?
Choices: Alastor; Astor; Barty; Bartemius
Answer: Alastor
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Question: In the Harry Potter series, Madame Hoochs full name is Rolanda Hooch.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Name the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher during Harrys third year who resigned after the revelation that he is a werewolf.
Choices: Remus Lupin; Quirinus Quirrell; Gilderoy Lockhart; Horace Slughorn
Answer: Remus Lupin
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Question: Dolores Jane Umbridge is the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: This character makes his first appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when he arrives at Hogwarts to take Hagrid to Azkaban.
Choices: Kingsley Shacklebolt; Grogan Stump; Rufus Scrimgeour; Cornelius Fudge
Answer: Cornelius Fudge
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Question: What is the name of the company that fictional character Vernon Dursley works in?
Choices: Grittings; Great Drilling Tools; Greennings; Grunnings
Answer: Grunnings
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Question: How long was Voldemorts first reign of terror?
Choices: 11 years; 13 years; 12 years; 10 years
Answer: 11 years
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Question: What was the name of the hotel Vernon stopped before going to the cabin on the sea in the first book of the Harry Potter series?
Choices: Railway Motel; Railcoach Hotel; Railview Hotel; Railway Hotel
Answer: Railview Hotel
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Question: How many stairs are there in the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
Choices: 142; 122; 132; 152
Answer: 142
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Question: What was the name of the last student sorted in Harry Potters first year and what house was he sorted into?
Choices: Blaise Zabini - Slytherin; Bryan Zabini - Slytherin; Blaise Zabini - Hufflepuff; Bryan Zabini - Hufflepuff
Answer: Blaise Zabini - Slytherin
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Question: How many fouls are there in the fictional sport Quidditch?
Choices: 900; 300; 500; 700
Answer: 700
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Question: When was the last recorded time that all possible Quidditch fouls happened in a single game?
Choices: In 1482; In 1492; in 1472; In 1457
Answer: in 1472
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Question: Who was Slytherins seeker during Harry Potters first year?
Choices: Richard Tieze; Terence Higgs; Vince Nott; Blaise Zabini
Answer: Terence Higgs
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Question: What is the incantation for the Leg-Binding curse as revealed in the first book of the Harry Potter series?
Choices: Cruris Ligandum; Legulus-tanglatus; Locomotio Mortis; Subsisto pedes
Answer: Locomotio Mortis
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Question: How old is Nicolas Flamel in the book that Hermione reads to Harry and Ron in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone?
Choices: 666 years; 661 years; 665 years; 664 years
Answer: 665 years
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Question: What phenomenon is caused by the collision of high-energy charged particles?
Choices: Aurora Borealis; Red Tides; Mammatus Clouds; Supercells
Answer: Aurora Borealis
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Question: Which of these are harbingers of a coming storm?
Choices: None of these; Mammatus Clouds; Gravity Waves; Northern Lights
Answer: Mammatus Clouds
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Question: Red tide refers to algae that accumulate rapidly and cause discoloration of the surface water.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The term Penitentes refers to which of the following?
Choices: stones; waves; clouds; ice spikes
Answer: ice spikes
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Question: The Death Valley is home to the Sailing Stones.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these is characteristic of a supercell?
Choices: Strong winds; Substantial downbursts; Torrential rainfall and hail; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: An extreme example of a fire whirl occurred in 1923 in this country.
Choices: USA; Japan; France; China
Answer: Japan
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Question: Ice circles or ice discs can only be observed in Scandinavia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What phenomenon is caused by air displaced within a vertical plain?
Choices: Aurora Borealis; Hums; None of these; Gravity waves
Answer: Gravity waves
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Question: The Hum is a phenomenon sometimes described as sounding like a distant idling diesel engine.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: She posed herself as a princess from Java and her stage-name meant âsunâ or âeye of the dawnâ.
Choices: Josephine Baker; Mata Hari; Mae West; Gypsy Rose Lee
Answer: Mata Hari
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Question: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American Communists spying for this country.
Choices: France; USA; The Soviet Union; Germany
Answer: The Soviet Union
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Question: Aldrich Ames is a former CIA Counter-intelligence Officer who was convicted of spying for Germany.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: He was a spy for the Venetian Inquisitors from 1774 until 1782 when he was exiled from Venice.
Choices: None of these; Giacomo Casanova; Giacomo Quarenghi; Giacomo Leoni
Answer: Giacomo Casanova
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Question: What was the occupation of Klaus Fuchs who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union?
Choices: theoretical physicist; lawyer; intelligence officer; doctor
Answer: theoretical physicist
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Question: John Andre was a French officer hanged as a spy during the American Revolutionary War.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: This captain during the American Revolutionary War is widely considered to be Americaâs first spy. Before being hanged he said âI only regret that I have but one life to lose for my countryâ.
Choices: None of these; Nathan Hale; John Andre; William Hull
Answer: Nathan Hale
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Question: Bella Boyd was a confederate spy in the American Civil War.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Cambridge Five was a ring of Soviet spies based in the UK.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This spy for the Soviet Union worked as a journalist in both Germany and Japan during WWII.
Choices: Kim Philby; Richard Sorge; Guy Burgess; Donald Duart Maclean
Answer: Richard Sorge
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Question: The horror! The horror! were the last words of this character from Joseph Conrads novel Heart of Darkness.
Choices: Charles Marlow; Fresleven; Helmsman; Mr. Kurz
Answer: Mr. Kurz
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Question: This character, depicted by Mario Puzo in a famous crime novel, dies of a heart attack while playing with his grandson. His last words are Life is so beautiful.
Choices: Vito Corleone; Peter Clemenza; Michael Corleone; Tommy DeVito
Answer: Vito Corleone
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Question: Bad form, said this character and fell into the jaws of a crocodile after being kicked by the boy who wouldnt grow up.
Choices: Captain Ahab; Popeye; Captain Nemo; Captain Hook
Answer: Captain Hook
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Question: These were the last words spoken by Oscar Wildes character Dorian Grey, before the servants found his body, stabbed in the heart and suddenly aged.
Choices: Me. . .Ethan. . .All of the unclaimed. . .Dont let it happen again.; Thanks. Youve been my friend, Garraty... another time, another place.; Very well. I shall be here at eleven. Good night, Harry.; Fix my hair, Jack.
Answer: Very well. I shall be here at eleven. Good night, Harry.
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Question: This young, mysterious millionaire, later revealed to be a bootlegger, said, Well, good-by before being shot by George Wilson.
Choices: John Yossarian; Jay Gatsby; Jordan Baker; Nick Carraway
Answer: Jay Gatsby
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Question: Im cold were the last words uttered by this Catch-22 character after he was mortally injured by antiaircraft fire.
Choices: Snowden; Yossarian; Major Major; Milo Minderbinder
Answer: Snowden
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Question: This character, known for roaming the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, dies saying God and my country!
Choices: Captain Nemo; Captain Hook; Captain Ahab; Captain Aardvark
Answer: Captain Nemo
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Question: In what Ernest Hemingway novel does nurse Catherine Barkley say Dont worry, darling. Im not a bit afraid. Its just a dirty trick before dying during childbirth?
Choices: The Old Man and the Sea; The Sun Also Rises; A Farewell to Arms; For Whom the Bell Tolls
Answer: A Farewell to Arms
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Question: A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! shouts this Shakespearean character before being killed by Richmond in the final duel.
Choices: King Lear; Henry V; Richard III; Henry VI
Answer: Richard III
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Question: This character from the Harry Potter series said Come on, you can do better than that! after Bellatrix Lestrange fired a curse at him and missed.
Choices: Cedric Diggory; Sirius Black; Albus Dumbledore; Severus Snape
Answer: Sirius Black
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Question: Which colour of the rainbow comes immediately after red?
Choices: green; yellow; blue; orange
Answer: orange
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Question: Which of these pigments is dominantly found in red hair?
Choices: melanin; neuromelanin; pheomelanin; eumelanin
Answer: pheomelanin
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Question: Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a red mask and red cloth around his knees?
Choices: Donatello; Raphael; Leonardo; Michaelangelo
Answer: Raphael
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Question: Are both the solid red ball and the striped red ball in pool on odd numbers?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: What little girl had to face The Red Room in the second chapter of a famous novel?
Choices: Elizabeth Bennet; Jane Eyre; Elinor Dashwood; Matilda Wormwood
Answer: Jane Eyre
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Question: Why were red MMs banned from 1976 to 1986?
Choices: It was randomly chosen because Mars Inc. needed to reduce production of one color due to a market decline.; They were voted to be taken out.; They didnt go well with the color scheme of a new brand.; The amaranth dye was thought to be a carcinogen.
Answer: The amaranth dye was thought to be a carcinogen.
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Question: Do the red candy in the original Skilttles and the original Starburst in the red wrapper have the same flavor?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
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Question: The Second Red Scare, which dealt with negative communistic influence in the U.S., was spurred by  former Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy after which war?
Choices: The Gulf War; WWII; The Vietnam War; WWI
Answer: WWII