kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: What commonplace object has parts called stretcher, runner and rib?
Choices: Underwear; Umbrella; Underlay; Urn
Answer: Umbrella
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Question: Which country gained independence from the UK and France in 1980 and has a national anthem entitled Yumi, Yumi, Yumi?
Choices: Venezuela; Virgin Islands; Vanuatu; Vietnam
Answer: Vanuatu
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Question: Which actor played the sinister Gabriel Sylar Gray in the TV series Heroes?
Choices: Zachary Quinto; Zachery Ty Bryan; Zac Efron; Zach Braff
Answer: Zachary Quinto
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Question: As a child, this singer allegedly witnessed a car accident in the desert, where a family of Native Americans were injured. He considered this incident to be the most impactful event in his life and often referred to it in his poems and songs.
Choices: Jimi Hendrix; Jimmy Somerville; James Brown; Jim Morrison
Answer: Jim Morrison
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Question: Name the author of The Asian Saga, a series of six epic novels centering on Europeans in Asia.
Choices: Henry James; James White; James Joyce; James Clavell
Answer: James Clavell
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Question: What guitarist and singer fronted a band whose debut album was titled Are You Experienced?
Choices: James Cagney; James Brown; Jimi Hendrix; Jim Morrison
Answer: Jimi Hendrix
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Question: James Dean received the first official posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in this movie.
Choices: East of Eden; Giant; Trouble Along the Way; Rebel Without a Cause
Answer: East of Eden
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Question: Although this author spent much of his life outside his native Ireland, his landmark novels Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are set in Dublin.
Choices: James Clavell; James William Mitchell; James Joyce; James Munro
Answer: James Joyce
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Question: Which of these actors, named James, is not correctly matched with an Oscar-nominated role he played?
Choices: James Oliver Cromwell - Farmer Arthur Hoggett in Babe; James Caan - Santino Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.; James Stewart - Paul Biegler in Anatomy of a Murder; James Jim Carrey - Truman Burbank in The Truman Show
Answer: James Jim Carrey - Truman Burbank in The Truman Show
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Question: Which of these US Presidents had the shortest tenure?
Choices: James Carter; James Madison; James A. Garfield; James K. Polk
Answer: James A. Garfield
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Question: What prolific 19th century novelist wrote The Leatherstocking Tales, a series of novels featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo?
Choices: James Flint; James Fenimore Cooper; James Clavell; James Ellroy
Answer: James Fenimore Cooper
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Question: Which of these accomplishments was not made by Captain James Cook, an English explorer, navigator and cartographer?
Choices: He explored a group of small islands in the heart of Polynesia which were later named after him.; He was the first to map Newfoundland.; He was the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands.; In 1774, he became the first explorer to sight Antarctica.
Answer: In 1774, he became the first explorer to sight Antarctica.
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Question: Which statement, regarding James VI of Scotland and James I of England, is true?
Choices: They are one and the same person.; They are father and son.; They are brothers.; They lived two centuries apart and are not related.
Answer: They are one and the same person.
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Question: Who wrote, directed, and starred in the 1981 movie The Four Seasons?
Choices: Alan Alda; Glen Ford; Robert DeNiro; Len Carriou
Answer: Alan Alda
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Question: Who  wrote the concertos called The Four Seasons?
Choices: Vivaldi; Schumann; Mozart; Corelli
Answer: Vivaldi
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Question: What do we call the longest day of the year?
Choices: The winter equinox; The summer equinox; The summer solstice; The winter solstice
Answer: The summer solstice
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Question: When does the vernal equinox occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
Choices: September 20, 21, or 22; December 20, 2, or 22; March 20, 21, or 22; June 20, 21, or 22
Answer: March 20, 21, or 22
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Question: Where in the USA would you find the place that in 1921 set a North American record for the largest snowfall in a 24-hour period?
Choices: Alaska; North Dakota; Vermont; Colorado
Answer: Colorado
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Question: What is a tuque?
Choices: A type of bikini that became very popular around 2004.; A type of winter snow that falls horizontally in very high latitudes.; A type of fruit that used to be called a winter peach; A winter hat typically worn in Canada.
Answer: A winter hat typically worn in Canada.
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Question: Name the famous Welsh poet who wrote the poem The Boys of Summer.
Choices: James Joyce; Theodore Roethke; e.e. cummings; Dylan Thomas
Answer: Dylan Thomas
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Question: What is the name of The Eagles lead singer and drummer who wrote the song The Boys of Summer?
Choices: Joe Walsh; Don Henley; Tim Schmit; Glen Frey
Answer: Don Henley
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Question: The book The Boys of Summer tells the story of this baseball team.
Choices: The New York Yankees; The Saint Louis Cardinals; The Brooklyn Dodgers; The Boston Celtics
Answer: The Brooklyn Dodgers
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Question: In which season did ancient Greeks celebrate Mothers Day?
Choices: Winter; Summer; Fall; Spring
Answer: Spring
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Question: In 1955 pianist Roger Williams had an instrumental hit with this record.
Choices: Autumn Leaves; Summertime; The Summer Wind; Why Do I Have Spring Fever
Answer: Autumn Leaves
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Question: In Scandinavian mythology this is the equivalent of the apocalypse.
Choices: rekjavak; odinthorisagak; ragnarok; rasnajivarak
Answer: ragnarok
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Question: Look for me by moonlight
Choices: tch for me by moonlight; l come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.; at is the title of the poem that tells of the ill-fated love of Bess the landlords daughter and her lover who lay in his blood on the highway, with a bunch of lace at his throat.?; Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight; The Highwayman; Annabel Lee; Danny Deever
Answer: The Highwayman
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Question: Who composed and performed the ballad Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
Choices: Michael Bolton; Elton John; The Beatles; None of these
Answer: Elton John
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Question: A major earthquake struck this city in 1906, killing almost 3,000 people.
Choices: Taipei; Wellington; Tokyo; San Francisco
Answer: San Francisco
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Question: Which of the following was not a game show host?
Choices: Steve Allen; Chuck Barris; Louie Anderson; Walter Bradley
Answer: Walter Bradley
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Question: How many English words (not proper nouns) begin with dw?
Choices: 3; 6; 4; 5
Answer: 4
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Question: Which former US President said I know Im getting better at golf because I hit  fewer spectators.
Choices: George W. Bush; Ford; Carter; Eisenhower
Answer: Ford
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Question: A book claiming that the story of Wilhelm Tell was just a myth was burned at the stake in Switzerland.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Spanish is an official language of this African country.
Choices: Morocco; Mozambique; Equatorial Guinea; Chad
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
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Question: Find the quote by Federico Fellini.
Choices: An idea does not pass from one language to another without change.; All language is like a wonderfully long script.; A different language is a different vision of life.; Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Answer: A different language is a different vision of life.
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Question: In Greek it is Sayapo, in Lakota it is Techihhila, in Lithuanian it is Tave myliu, in Albanian it is te dua. What is it in English?
Choices: I need help; Hello; I love you; Good morning
Answer: I love you
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Question: In the 14th Century, Moscow replaced this city as the cultural center of Russia.
Choices: Kiev; Leningrad; Riga; St. Petersburg
Answer: Kiev
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Question: A very common greeting in India is namaste or namaskar. What does it mean?
Choices: I bow  to you.; I pray your family is complete.; May you be blessed.; How are  you?
Answer: I bow  to you.
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Question: What is telesophobia?
Choices: Fear of being last; Fear of religious ceremonies; Fear of being ignored; Fear of being first
Answer: Fear of being last
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Question: Ellis Island was the location of the entry facility used by many immigrants to enter the USA. When did the facility operate?
Choices: 1890-1923; 1889-1936; 1892-1954; 1884-1939
Answer: 1892-1954
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Question: In what year did the last veteran of the American Civil War die?
Choices: 1944; 1949; 1958; 1936
Answer: 1958
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Question: Eddie Slovik was a soldier killed during World War II. How did he die?
Choices: He was the last US soldier to die in World War II.; He was the first soldier killed on D-Day.; He was shot by the US for desertion.; He was the only American prisoner of war in Hiroshima when the A-bomb fell.
Answer: He was shot by the US for desertion.
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Question: How did Jerome Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, the last member of the Bonaparte family, die?
Choices: He died of starvation in a German prisoner.; He drowned off the coast of the Island of Elba.; He died a natural death in 1995 at the age of 106.; He died of injuries sustained when he tripped over his dogs leash.
Answer: He died of injuries sustained when he tripped over his dogs leash.
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Question: In how many ways can ough be pronounced in English?
Choices: 16; 13; 1; 8
Answer: 8
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Question: What does antepenultimate mean?
Choices: next to last; last; middle; second from last
Answer: second from last
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Question: Find the correct statement.
Choices: Irrupt means to break up.; Irrupt is not a real English word.; Irrupt means  to break in or rush in.; Irrupt means to come before.
Answer: Irrupt means  to break in or rush in.
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Question: Lawrence Bohune was the first doctor in the British Colony of Virginia. When did he arrive?
Choices: 1689; 1704; 1610; 1622
Answer: 1610
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Question: Who was the first person to show that blood moved from the heart  to the lungs and back?
Choices: ibn-al-Nasif; Leonardo Da Vinci; William Harvey; William Herschel
Answer: ibn-al-Nasif
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Question: He was the first person nominated for the Oscar for Producer (Best Picture), Director, Actor and Screenwriter for the same movie.
Choices: John Huston; Otto Preminger; William Wyler; Orson Welles
Answer: Orson Welles
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Question: What was the first movie for the Olsen twins?
Choices: Little Rascals; Little Man; The Wizard; Going Overboard
Answer: Little Rascals
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Question: Where did the word golf originate?
Choices: Ireland; Canada; Italy; Scotland
Answer: Scotland
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Question: Coca Cola was originally green.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In the late 1980s which television station did Rosie ODonnell work for?
Choices: CBS; MTV; ABC; VH1
Answer: VH1
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Question: In the sitcom Cheers what was the name of the restaurant that sat above the bar?
Choices: Melvins; Mickeys; Minnies; Melvilles
Answer: Melvilles
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Question: Which of the following was invented by a woman?
Choices: circular saw; street-cleaning machine; all of these; windshield wipers
Answer: all of these
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Question: In what 1997 movie does the following exchange take place?
Choices: lvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man. ; rol Connelly: ...Thats maybe the best compliment of my life.; A Few Good Men; As Good as It Gets; Scent of a Woman; Somethings Gotta Give
Answer: As Good as It Gets
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Question: Which of the following planets is not named after a Roman god?
Choices: Neptune; Jupiter; Uranus; Mars
Answer: Uranus
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Question: What Rolling Stones member made a cameo appearance in the 2007 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End?
Choices: Keith Richards; Charlie Watts; Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman
Answer: Keith Richards
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Question: Which of these famous American authors is not a Pulitzer Prize winner?
Choices: Thornton Wilder; Mark Twain; Edith Wharton; Margaret Mitchell
Answer: Mark Twain
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Question: This landlocked Alpine country, whose official Latin name is Confoederatio Helvetica, is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons.
Choices: Austria; Switzerland; Belgium; Liechtenstein
Answer: Switzerland
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Question: In the Crimean war, which lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856, an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Ottoman Empire and Piedmont-Sardinia fought against which country?
Choices: Germany; Russia; Italy; Austria
Answer: Russia
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Question: Which statement about Gee Jon, who died on February 8, 1924, at the age of 29, is true?
Choices: He was the last person released from an American internment camp; He was the first American who died in the Northern Expedition in China; He was the first identical twin to survive separation; He was the first person in the USA executed by lethal gas
Answer: He was the first person in the USA executed by lethal gas
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Question: German chemist Martin Klaproth discovered uranium in what year?
Choices: 1891; 1938; 1789; 678
Answer: 1789
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Question: The Voltaic pile, known as the first modern electric battery, was invented by Alessandro Volta in what year?
Choices: 1459; 1800; 1890; 1902
Answer: 1800
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Question: This leader, who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1792 until 1806, is known as the last Holy Roman Emperor.
Choices: Francis II; Wilhelm XII of Saxony; Francis Ferdinand I of Austria; Wilhelm I of Prussia
Answer: Francis II
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Question: On December 3rd 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard succeeded in performing what?
Choices: The first human heart transplant; The first brain operation; The first lung transplant; The first kidney transplant
Answer: The first human heart transplant
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Question: The famous Leporello Catalogue Aria is from which Mozart opera?
Choices: Don Giovanni; La Boheme; Cosi Fan Tutti; La Traviata
Answer: Don Giovanni
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Question: The Greek word hamartia, used in Aristotles Poetics, means what?
Choices: Incredible strength; Drama; A broken heart; A fatal flaw
Answer: A fatal flaw
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Question: Who directed the 1931 musical comedy Le Million, in which the storyline centers on a lottery ticket?
Choices: Ernest Lubitsch; Josef von Sternberg; Charlie Chaplin; Rene Clair
Answer: Rene Clair
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Question: In what city was the first , free, public high school opened?
Choices: Orono; Charleston; Boston; Philadelphia
Answer: Boston
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Question: What company sold the first quartz wristwatch?
Choices: Bulova; Seiko; Omega; Casio
Answer: Seiko
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Question: A clay tablet, which dates from around 2300 bce is on display at the museum in Konya, Turkey. What is on the tablet?
Choices: The earliest known math text.; The earliest known map; The earliest known accounting ledger.; The earliest known portrait.
Answer: The earliest known map
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Question: What is the name of the first town built by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere?
Choices: Porto Espana; Santo Domingo; Isabella; Hispaniola
Answer: Isabella
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Question: In 1948 several cities in the USA had comic books burnt publicly.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In the 2004  Dennis Quaid / Sela Ward movie The Day After Tomorrow, books are burned in order to avoid freezing. Why were some characters in the movie angry?
Choices: They only burned religious books.; They burned the encyclopedias first.; They burned the oldest books first.; They did not burn the furniture.
Answer: They did not burn the furniture.
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Question: The exprssion The dog days of summer  was first used because of this.
Choices: A false idea about the effect of animals on the world; A description of how dogs pant; An astronomical idea; A superstition
Answer: An astronomical idea
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Question: In Irish it is Taim ingra leat. In Hebrew it is Ani ohev otah. In Hungarian it is Sz eretiek. In Dutch it is ik houd van jou. What is it in English?
Choices: I love you.; How are you today?; Good morning; Sleep well.
Answer: I love you.
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Question: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was the last of the Lincoln line. When did he die?
Choices: 1898; 1927; 1956; 1985
Answer: 1985
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Question: What was the last state to put photos on drivers licenses?
Choices: New Jersey; Hawaii; Alaska; New York
Answer: New York
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Question: Brian Hayes coined the term umop-episdn.  What does it mean?
Choices: A computer glitch; Alien language; Topsy-turvy; A mishmash of languages
Answer: Topsy-turvy
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Question: The Portland Alien Museum is dedicated to studying alien life and life forms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Petite Danseuse de Quartorze Ans by Edgar Degas is a painting depicting a 14-year-old dancer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In what city was the first permanent drama theater in Europe opened?
Choices: Malaga, Spain; Vilna, Lithuania; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Bucharest, Romania
Answer: Malaga, Spain
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Question: The first professional sports organization in the USA was formed in this city.
Choices: Boston; Baltimore; Charleston; Cleveland
Answer: Baltimore
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Question: What does sagination mean?
Choices: The act of fattening up; The state of being pale; The state of being morose; The act of bleeding
Answer: The act of fattening up
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Question: Who won the first chess tournament in the USA?
Choices: Adolph Anderssen; John Marshall; Paul Morphy; Henry  Bird
Answer: Paul Morphy
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Question: Who is considered the Father of Modern Dentistry?
Choices: Horace Wells; Lucien Hobbs; Norman Kingsley; Pierre Fauchard
Answer: Pierre Fauchard
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Question: What is Darlene Iskra famous for?
Choices: She was the first female architect to design a skyscraper.; She was the first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing; She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.; She was the first US female to demand the right to vote.
Answer: She was the first woman to command a US Navy ship during a war.
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Question: Andreas Gruenintzig was the doctor who first  performed this procedure.
Choices: Thyroidectomy; Bone marrow transplant; Lung transplant; Angioplasty
Answer: Angioplasty
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Question: Finish the nursery rhyme:
Choices: ter Piper picked a peck of .........; pickled pickles; pickles; pickled peppers; Peppers
Answer: pickled peppers
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Question: Who does Michael Corleone give the kiss of death in one of the most memorable scenes of the movie Godfather II?
Choices: Kay Corleone; Sonny Corleone; Tom Hagen; Fredo Corleone
Answer: Fredo Corleone
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Question: According to the New Testament, which of the 12 Apostles gave Jesus a kiss, known as the kiss of betrayal?
Choices: Thaddeus; Judas; Bartholomew; Simon the Zealot
Answer: Judas
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Question: This actress, best known for playing Ilsa Lund in one of the most popular romantic dramas, defined a kiss as a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Choices: Greta Garbo; Elizabeth Taylor; Ingrid Bergman; Katherine Hepburn
Answer: Ingrid Bergman
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Question: What movie soundtrack features Seals Grammy Award-winning song Kiss from a Rose?
Choices: GoldenEye; French Kiss; Batman Forever; Braveheart
Answer: Batman Forever
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Question: What Shakespearean comedy inspired Cole Porters musical Kiss Me, Kate?
Choices: The Taming of the Shrew; Measure for Measure; Twelfth Night; Alls Well That Ends Well
Answer: The Taming of the Shrew
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Question: What fictional character in a romantic drama were the following words addressed to: Open your eyes and look at me. No, I dont think I will kiss you. Although you need kissing badly. Thats whats wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.?
Choices: Ilsa Lund (Casablanca); Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind); Allie Hamilton (The Notebook); Rose DeWitt  (Titanic)
Answer: Scarlett OHara (Gone with the Wind)
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Question: Ace Frehley, one of the original members of Kiss, created the bands iconic logo, in which the letters SS look like lightning bolts. In which of these countries have Kiss used a modified version of their logo in order to avoid controversy?
Choices: Australia; Germany; Russia; USA
Answer: Germany
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Question: A kunik is an intimate way of greeting that involves pressing the nose and upper lip against the skin of the other person. What group of people is this form of greeting typically associated with?
Choices: Pygmies in Central Africa; Eskimos; Native Americans in the US; Tasmanian Aborigines
Answer: Eskimos
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Question: What character in the movie Casablanca was interrupted by Rick while singing, You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh ...?
Choices: Ilsa; Captain Renault; Victor Laszlo; Sam
Answer: Sam
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Question: This actress and singer, who performed her first adult on-screen kiss in the 1940 movie Little Nelly Kelly, wrote a love poem containing the lines: 
Choices: r twas not into my ear you whispered ; t into my heart ; as not my lips you kissed ; t my soul.; Liza Minneli; Ava Gardner; Judy Garland; Lauren Bacall
Answer: Judy Garland
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Question: What was the name of the first 3-D film?
Choices: The Strange Boy; The Power of Love; The Power of the Thing; It Flew to Earth
Answer: The Power of Love
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Question: Which was the first TV series regularly broadcast in color?
Choices: Bonanza; Gunsmoke; The Flintstones; Hawaii 5-0
Answer: Bonanza
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Question: Nuclear fusion is the production of energy from the splitting of certain atoms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The nickname of this U.S. state is The Equality State. Its motto is Equal Right.
Choices: Colorado; Wyoming; Maryland; Vermont
Answer: Wyoming
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Question: What was the first message spelled out in a neon sign?
Choices: Neon; Eat at Joes; The Sahara; Enter
Answer: Neon
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Question: This persons goddaughter is Gwyneth Paltrow and he hired her for her first role, Wendy in Hook. Who is he?
Choices: Robert Zemeckis; Brian DePalma; Steven Spielberg; Ridley Scott
Answer: Steven Spielberg
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Question: Edward Nigma was the name of which fictional character?
Choices: Friday; Professor  Moraiarity; The Riddler; The  Joker
Answer: The Riddler
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Question: How many miles per gallon did the 1908 Ford Model T get?
Choices: 10-15; 25-30; 20-25; 15-20
Answer: 25-30
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Question: The members of this band included Sgt. Floyd   Pepers, Janice, Zoot, Animal, and Lips.
Choices: The  Zoot Sims Big Band; Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem; The Fabulous Baker brothers; Nylon
Answer: Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem
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Question: At what temperature does water begin to boil on top of Mount Everest?
Choices: 150 degrees Fahrenheit; 212 degrees Fahrenheit; 150 degrees Centigrade; 0 degrees Kelvin
Answer: 150 degrees Fahrenheit
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Question: This is the name of the computer program developed by the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department to create a  database of crimes, criminals, and all related information.
Choices: ROBBER-E; BEAT/COP; HITMAN; BOOK-EM
Answer: HITMAN
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Question: What do Lou Gehrig, the four Beatles, Beethoven, Bach and Mr. Spock have in common?
Choices: They are asteroids.; They have stars on the New York City Walk of Fame.; They are enshrined in the US Hall of Fame in New York City.; They are stars.
Answer: They are asteroids.
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Question: What do you add to steel to make it stainless?
Choices: Copper; Zinc; Bronze; Chromium
Answer: Chromium
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Question: This word can mean to jump straight up or a foolish and/or weak person.
Choices: Zaber; Pronk; Clouth; Phenalk
Answer: Pronk
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Question: This actor played Murphy Brownâs son in the Murphy Brown sitcom.
Choices: Scott Bryce; Haley Joel Osmont; Jake Gyllendall; Jay Thomas
Answer: Haley Joel Osmont
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Question: How did Michael Moore finance his movie âRoger and Me?â
Choices: He sold hunting equipment.; He sold over 100% of the film to investors; He ran bingo games.; He managed a Walmart in Flint, Michigan.
Answer: He ran bingo games.
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Question: U.S. antitrust lawyers took Microsoft to court claiming that the company tried to use its monopolistic power to destroy this computer language.
Choices: JAVA; LINUS; LOTUS; COBOL
Answer: JAVA
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Question: Which singer led The Nude Tour?
Choices: Issac Hayes; Jewel; Ashanti; Prince
Answer: Prince
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Question: He was the first NHL player to buy his former team.
Choices: Mario Lemieux; Wayne Gretsky; Gordie Howe; Patrick Roy
Answer: Mario Lemieux
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Question: Which super computer lost a match to Garry Kasparov?
Choices: Cycletrone-Check; Cray-1; Deep Blue; Super Check
Answer: Deep Blue
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Question: What does the Arabic term, Maghrib represent?
Choices: City of the believers; Place of peace; Prison; Sunset prayers
Answer: Sunset prayers
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Question: Widely known as Crazy Bet, she was a famous Union spy in the American Civil War.
Choices: Betty Carson; Elizabeth Jenkins; Elizabeth Garrison; Elizabeth Van Lew
Answer: Elizabeth Van Lew
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Question: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which established the United States Civil Service Commission, was drafted during the office of which President?
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; Chester A. Arthur; Williaam Howard Taft
Answer: Chester A. Arthur
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Question: The melody of which 1951 pop song was written by a politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Choices: All in the Game; Lets Fall in Love; Rock Around the Clock; I Cant Help Falling in Love With You
Answer: All in the Game
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Question: The famous Japanese cherry trees were planted in Washington, D.C., around the Tidal Basin at the request of which US First Lady?
Choices: Betty Ford; Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Helen Taft; Lou Henry Hoover
Answer: Helen Taft
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Question: What does the Latin proverb, Dum spiro, spero, mean in English?
Choices: Do to others the same as you do to yourself.; I know that I dont know anything.; Dont look a gift horse in the mouth.; While I breath, I hope
Answer: While I breath, I hope
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Question: You are given a bag with 10 marbles, four red marbles and six blue marbles. You select one at random. What is the probability  that the marble you select is either blue or green?
Choices: 6 out of ten; 0; 4 out of ten; 2  out of ten
Answer: 6 out of ten
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Question: This French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher, author of the Lettres provinciales, stated the following: There are truths on this side of the Pyranees, which are falsehoods on the other.
Choices: Blaise Pascal; Democritus; Francis Mayron; Rene Descartes
Answer: Blaise Pascal
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Question: This Irish playwright, novelist and poet wrote the following line in his famous play Waiting for Godot: We are all born mad. Some remain so.
Choices: Samuel Beckett; Thomas Hardy; Marcel Proust; Bernard Shaw
Answer: Samuel Beckett
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Question: The standing long jump and the standing high jump were once Olympic sports.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This soul singer and songwriter, often called Silky Smooth because of his rich baritone, is famous for his hits Rainy Night in Georgia, Fools Rush In, This Time of the Year.
Choices: Jackie Wilson; David Ruffin; Brook Benton; Sam Cook
Answer: Brook Benton
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Question: This city, known also as Anvil City, is situated  in Northwest Alaska.
Choices: Stockton; Palmer; Barrow; Nome
Answer: Nome
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Question: Easter Island, an island in the south Pacific Ocean, is a territory of which country?
Choices: The United States; Peru; Ecuador; Chile
Answer: Chile
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Question: The Walden Pond, made famous by writer, naturalist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, is located in which US state?
Choices: Alaska; Washington; North Carolina; Massachusetts
Answer: Massachusetts
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Question: The dialectic of this philosopher is most often characterized as a three-step process of  thesis, antithesis, synthesis. According to his concept, a thesis would cause the creation of its antithesis and this would eventually result in a synthesis.
Choices: Marx; Nietzsche; Kant; Hegel
Answer: Hegel
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Question: In Freuds psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites is defined by which term?
Choices: Hysteria; Positivism; Reaction formation; Transference
Answer: Reaction formation
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Question: Bloomsday is a secular holiday, which commemorates the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the fictitious events in his novel Ulysses. Bloomsday is celebrated annually, on what date?
Choices: October 19; December 24; June 16; July 3
Answer: June 16
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Question: What does the Latin phrase ceteris paribus mean?
Choices: All other things being equal; Let the seller beware; Let the buyer beware; The case can not stand
Answer: All other things being equal
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Question: This medical term refers to a disease-causing protein agent that contains no genetic material.
Choices: Prion; Lemma; Papule; Alper
Answer: Prion
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Question: This Russian city, founded by Grand Duke George II of Russia in 1221, was called Gorky from 1932 to 1990.
Choices: Nizhny Novgorod; Okastock; Vladivostock; St. Okasburgh
Answer: Nizhny Novgorod
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Question: What song by The Beatles, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, contains the lyrics: 
Choices: hind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout ; e pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray?; Strawberry Fields Forever; Help!; Penny Lane; A Hard Days Night
Answer: Penny Lane
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Question: Which animal is the record holder for the largest male genital organ-to-body length ratio in nature?
Choices: Starfish; Horse; Slug; Elephant
Answer: Slug
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Question: The purpose of the striped fur of most tigers species is camouflage.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The California state flag originally featured a wolf.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: A day on Venus is equal to how many Earth days?
Choices: 23; 119; 243; 306
Answer: 243
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Question: A fly flies slower when the sun is behind the clouds.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Is it true that starfish can see with the help of the two eyes at the end of each leg?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which great composer wrote Wellingtons Victory , which included cannons, drums, and a lot of  brass?
Choices: Mendelssohn; Beethoven; Schumann; Schubert
Answer: Beethoven
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Question: Which was the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its freedom?
Choices: Ghana; Somalia; Malawi; Gabon
Answer: Ghana
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Question: In which US state is the Bicycle Museum of America located?
Choices: Ohio; Indiana; Massachusetts; North Carolina
Answer: Ohio
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Question: Which statement is untrue about Luxembourg?
Choices: Its original wealth came from the iron mines in the region.; It is a duchy.; Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.; It is often grouped with the Benelux group of European nations.
Answer: Its capital, Esch-sur-Alzette, is not its largest city.
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Question: Which of these famous Russian politicians was also famed as a literary critic?
Choices: Khrushchev; Trotsky; Lenin; Stalin
Answer: Trotsky
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Question: Queen Elizabeth II was coronated Queen in 1953. Whom did she directly succeed?
Choices: George VI; Edward VIII; George V; Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Answer: George VI
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Question: Who is considered the first American to be killed in the Cold War?
Choices: Alan Funt; Allen Dulles; William Donovan; John Birch
Answer: John Birch
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Question: In 1078, a battle between two rulers was averted because of a chess game.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Elmer Valo, a Major League Baseball player and coach, is one of the few American major leaguers born in this country.
Choices: Germany; The Czech Republic; Surinam; Serbia
Answer: The Czech Republic
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Question: Which of the following political figures was the first to fight a war as President of the United States?
Choices: James Monroe; Thomas Jefferson; Andrew Jackson; George Washington
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
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Question: Which was the first racehorse to run the Kentucky Derby in less than 2 minutes?
Choices: Secretariat; Cigar; Man OWar; Seabiscuit
Answer: Secretariat
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Question: Which English king had wives called Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine and Catherine, in that order?
Choices: Henry the Seventh; William the Fifth; Charles the Fourth; Henry the Eighth
Answer: Henry the Eighth
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Question: What was the name of the robot in the 1986 comedy sci-fi film Short Circuit and its 1988 sequel Short Circuit 2?
Choices: Johnny 5; C-3PO; Apollo 440; Sentinel 7
Answer: Johnny 5
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Question: This novella by H.P. Lovecraft was published in 1936 and is about a hybrid race of human/ fish/ frog people who inhabit a small town in Massachusetts.
Choices: Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Deep Ones; The Shadow Over Innsmouth; The Gods of Pegana
Answer: The Shadow Over Innsmouth
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Question: There is no cure for this disease that is characterized by the death of muscle cells and tissue. Diagnosis is often based on the results of a muscle biopsy.
Choices: Scoliosis; Multiple sclerosis; Cerebral palsy; Muscular dystrophy
Answer: Muscular dystrophy
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Question: Twilight Zone is a term used by the United States Air Force to describe the border between day and night on a planetary body.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: This song about a paralyzed war veteran whose wife cheats on him was written by Mel Tillis and performed by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. It has also been recorded by CAKE, The Killers, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller and Wolfsheim.
Choices: Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf; Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town; Reuben James; Never There
Answer: Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town
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Question: How many colonies formed United States of America in 1776?
Choices: 51; 50; 13; 7
Answer: 13
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Question: What is the correct formal name of the country known as the UK?
Choices: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Great Britain; United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; Union of Kingdoms of England and Scotland
Answer: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Question: This English city is home to a top European soccer team, which contains the word United in its name and is nicknamed The Red Devils.
Choices: Glasgow; Liverpool; Manchester; London
Answer: Manchester
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Question: What is the full name of the Benetton fashion brand?
Choices: United Benetton Designers; United Colors of Benetton; Benetton Fashion Union; Benetton Union
Answer: United Colors of Benetton
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Question: What city is the capital of the European Union?
Choices: Brussels; Strasbourg; Luxembourg; The EU has no official capital.
Answer: The EU has no official capital.
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Question: What city is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
Choices: Al Riyadh; Dauha; Abu Dhabi; Dubai
Answer: Abu Dhabi
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Question: What airport is the largest hub of United Airlines?
Choices: OHare in Chicago; Metropolitan in Detroit; Dallas Fort Worth; La Guardia in New York
Answer: OHare in Chicago
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Question: What is the meaning of soviet, as in Soviet Union?
Choices: Socialistic; Council; Communist; Republic
Answer: Council
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Question: What is the full name of UTC, the company that manufactures Sikorsky helicopters?
Choices: United Technologies Corporation; United Tennessee Company; Union of high-Technology Corporations; Union of Texas Craft-makers
Answer: United Technologies Corporation
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Question: WETYIAFHKLXVNM
Choices: UOPSDGJCB;  which of these rows would the letter Z  go?; top; none; neither; bottom
Answer: top
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Question: Who was the first person to be crowned Czar of Russia?
Choices: Nicholas III; Alexander IV; Ivan the Terrible; Mikhail Romanov
Answer: Ivan the Terrible
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Question: What was the first play Shakespeare wrote?
Choices: The Tempest; A Midsummers Night Dream; Hamlet; Henry VI, Part One
Answer: Henry VI, Part One
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Question: What do Oscar Robertson (ex-NBA All-Star) and Roy Orbison (the great singer/songwriter) have in common?
Choices: The same birthplace; The same nickname; The same birthdate; The same wife
Answer: The same nickname
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Question: In which country was Carlos Mencia born?
Choices: Guatemala; Ecuador; Nicaragua; Honduras
Answer: Honduras
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Question: What is a bibliopole?
Choices: Someone who buys books; Someone who loves books; Someone who hates books; Someone who sells books
Answer: Someone who sells books
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Question: What is the Papstiche Schweizergarde?
Choices: The formal name for the Alps; A 500 year-old brewery in Basel, Switzerland; A garden in Switzerland dedicated to peace; A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards
Answer: A 500 year-old organization of Swiss guards
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Question: The square root of a number is always smaller than that number.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Why are Cipriano dela Valera and Casiodoro de Reina famous in the Spanish-speaking world?
Choices: They are responsible for the first translation of  Don Quixote into English.; They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.; They are the publishers of the top-selling Spanish-language newspapers in  the USA.; They are the top stars of Spanish-language television in the USA.
Answer: They are responsible for the most popular Spanish version of the Bible.
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Question: What is the name of the dancer described in the following lyrics?
Choices:  would dance for you ;  jumped so high, jumped so high; en he lightly touched down.; Mr. Bojangles; Mr Butterbeans; Mr Wiggle; Mr. Greenjeans
Answer: Mr. Bojangles
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Question: The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:
Choices: man.  A plan.  A canal.  Panama.; True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What musician is often referred to as The Man in Black?
Choices: Seal; Will Smith; Johnny Cash; Prince
Answer: Johnny Cash
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Question: What kind of object does the term black hole refer to in physics?
Choices: A collapsed star; All of these; A space storm; A gap between time and space
Answer: A collapsed star
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Question: What is black color, or kuro, associated with in Japanese tradition?
Choices: Experience; Age; All of these; Nobility
Answer: All of these
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Question: What day is commonly called Black Friday in the United States?
Choices: The Friday after Easter; The first Friday of the year; The Friday after Thanksgiving; Friday the 13th
Answer: The Friday after Thanksgiving
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Question: What was the black color associated with in Native American tradition?
Choices: Storms; War; Soil; Death
Answer: Soil
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Question: What is the meaning of the expression the new black in the fashion world?
Choices: Something old-fashioned; Something that is completely unwearable; Something considered very trendy and a fashion basic; Something returning in fashion after long absence
Answer: Something considered very trendy and a fashion basic
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Question: The members of what subculture have adopted a preference for the black color?
Choices: Hippie; All of these; Hip hop; Goth
Answer: Goth
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Question: What female musician won five Grammy Awards for her album and song Back to Black?
Choices: Beyonce Knowles; Amy Winehouse; Christina Aguilera; Alicia Keys
Answer: Amy Winehouse
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Question: The outbreak of what deadly disease is often referred to as Black Death?
Choices: Tuberculosis; Plague; Malaria; Cholera
Answer: Plague
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Question: What is the name used for black tea in Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages?
Choices: Crimson tea; Grey tea; Purple tea; Brown tea
Answer: Crimson tea
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Question: Mixing what colors will result in a brown color?
Choices: Red and black; All of these; Black and yellow; Black and orange
Answer: All of these
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Question: What planet has brown clouds floating over its surface?
Choices: Jupiter; Neptune; Uranus; Saturn
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: What is James Browns honorific nickname?
Choices: King of Jazz; Godfather of Soul; King of the Blues; Chairman of the Board
Answer: Godfather of Soul
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Question: What does the term browning refer to in cooking?
Choices: All of these; Caramelization; Removing excess fat from meat by heating; Maillard reaction
Answer: All of these
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Question: What song by Irish band U2 contains the line, Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl?
Choices: The One; Beautiful Day; The Sweetest Thing; Elevation
Answer: The Sweetest Thing
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Question: What is the name of the brownish pigment that gives coloration to the human skin, iris and hair?
Choices: Mezamine; Melanin; Melamine; Methylamine
Answer: Melanin
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Question: What is the brown aura associated with in parapsychology?
Choices: Spite; Disease; Greed; Serenity
Answer: Greed
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Question: What is the most important ingredient for preparing brownies, a type of American dessert?
Choices: Chocolate; Coffee; Brown sugar; Molasses
Answer: Chocolate
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Question: What is the literal meaning of the Japanese word Chairo which denotes a brown color?
Choices: Tea color; Earth color; Chestnut color; Wood color
Answer: Tea color
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Question: What is the name of the popular song written by American composer Joseph Winner in 1869?
Choices: Little Brown Jug; Little Brown Bug; Little Brown Child; Little Brown Chair
Answer: Little Brown Jug
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Question: Complete the title of this 1983 song by Prince:
Choices: ttle Red ________; Camaro; Corvette; Impala; Malibu
Answer: Corvette
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Question: Which U.S. state is nicknamed The Golden State?
Choices: Alaska; Florida; Colorado; California
Answer: California
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Question: What Academy Award-winning actress starred in the 1981 movie On Golden Pond?
Choices: Meryl Streep; Katharine Hepburn; Susan Sarandon; Elizabeth Taylor
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
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Question: What actor portrayed agent James Bond in the 1964 movie Goldfinger?
Choices: Timothy Dalton; Sean Connery; Roger Moore; George Lazenby
Answer: Sean Connery
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Question: Which wedding anniversary is known as the Golden Wedding Anniversary, or Golden Wedding Day?
Choices: 60th anniversary; 50th anniversary; 40th anniversary; 25th anniversary
Answer: 50th anniversary
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Question: Of what animal is the legendary Golden Fleece from Greek mythology?
Choices: Cow; Dragon; Goat; Ram
Answer: Ram
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Question: In what field is the Golden Duck Award given annually?
Choices: Childrens science fiction; Egocentric celebrities; Politicians who waste government money; Animated short films
Answer: Childrens science fiction
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be from Asia?
Choices: 125; 505; 610; 450
Answer: 610
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be from the African continent?
Choices: 24; 149; 85; 239
Answer: 149
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be from the North American continent?
Choices: 79; 152; 224; 363
Answer: 79
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would speak Mandarin as their first language?
Choices: 26; 74; 432; 132
Answer: 132
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would speak English as their first language?
Choices: 352; 59; 154; 659
Answer: 59
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would speak Hindi as their first language?
Choices: 101; 5; 21; 463
Answer: 101
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be non-religious (that is: Atheist, Agnostic, Secular Humanist, No preference)?
Choices: 482; 2; 23; 171
Answer: 171
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be in the workforce?
Choices: 762; 895; 484; 225
Answer: 484
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Question: if the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be age 65 or older?
Choices: 223; 195; 74; 364
Answer: 74
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be doctors?
Choices: 16; 29; 1; 5
Answer: 1
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would be teachers?
Choices: 7; 16; 89; 36
Answer: 7
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many would own an automobile?
Choices: 425; 200; 70; 350
Answer: 70
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, what would the life expectancy of the villagers be?
Choices: 76; 66; 82; 71
Answer: 66
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, how many acres of land would be in the village?
Choices: 6000; 12000; 4000; 25000
Answer: 6000
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Question: If the world were a village of 1000 people, what would the per capita income (in USD, Atlas method) of the villagers be?
Choices: $12500; $7000; $45000; $26000
Answer: $7000
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Question: Which of these terms means fear of pins and needles?
Choices: Batrachophobia; Batophobia; Barophobia; Belonephobia
Answer: Belonephobia
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Question: Bathophobia means fear of taking a bath.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Bibliophobia means fear of reading the bible.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which term means fear of gravity?
Choices: Barophobia; Basophobia; Bolshephobia; Bacillophobia
Answer: Barophobia
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Question: What word means fear of prostitutes or venereal disease?
Choices: Cynophobia; Cyclophobia; Cypridophobia; Cymophobia
Answer: Cypridophobia
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Question: Catoptrophobia is defined as fear of mirrors.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Cancerophobia is a condition characterized by fear of malignant growth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What word means fear of newness or novelty?
Choices: Cainophobia; Carcinophobia; Caligynephobia; Cancerophobia
Answer: Cainophobia
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Question: Chiraptophobia means fear of snow.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False