kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: world
Question: Who assumed office as President of Mexico on December 2006?
Choices: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; Felipe Calderon; Vicente Fox; Ernesto Zedillo
Answer: Felipe Calderon
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Question: Which of the following is not considered a Mexican dish?
Choices: Mole; Machaca; Burritos; Mofongo
Answer: Mofongo
Category: world
Question: Although it was recognized on September 27, 1821, the Independence of Mexico from Spain was declared on September 16, 1810 by this priest.
Choices: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Porfirio Diaz; Venustiano Carranza; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Answer: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Category: world
Question: Vicente Fernandez, Pedro Infante, Javier Solis, and Lola Beltran are representatives of this traditional, Mexican genre of music.
Choices: Corridos; Ranchera; Cumbia; Banda
Answer: Ranchera
Category: world
Question: What does Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) commemorate in Mexican culture?
Choices: Independence Day; Saint Virgin Mary; A Mexican battle victory over the British; A Mexican battle victory over the French
Answer: A Mexican battle victory over the French
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Question: In 1975 Mexicos capital city hosted the XIX Olympic Games.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What are the two animals featured on the Mexican flag?
Choices: Eagle and Snake; Eagle and Bear; Snake and Lion; Bear and Snake
Answer: Eagle and Snake
Category: world
Question: In 1879, which U.S. Supreme Court case invoked the famous dictum of Jefferson, calling for the erection of a wall of separation between church and state?
Choices: Quarles v. Virginia School Board; Reynolds v. United States; Wallace v. Jaffree; Laba v. Board of Education
Answer: Reynolds v. United States
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Question: In 1982, justice William J. Brennan delivered the U.S. Supreme Courts opinion on this case that stated undocumented children of alien parents cannot be denied a public education. It stemmed from a case in Texas.
Choices: Plyler v. Doe; Martinez v. Bynum; State of Wisconsin v. Yoder; State of Texas v. Martinez
Answer: Plyler v. Doe
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Question: The case of Epperson v. State of Arkansas in 1968 dealt primarily with what?
Choices: Whether U.S.  state tests may be given to home school children; Whether literacy tests are required for advancement into junior high school; Whether U.S. states must require a balance of creationism and evolution; Whether U.S. states could not forbid the teaching of evolution
Answer: Whether U.S. states could not forbid the teaching of evolution
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Question: This case came before the court of appeals of New York in 1967 and stated that school officials may be obligated to inspect school lockers. It determined that the school has parentsâ locus rights at the school, which gives them the right to inspect lockers of students in the absence of their parents.
Choices: People v. Overton; Brooks v. East Chambers High School; Doe v. Renfrow; Bellner v. Lund
Answer: People v. Overton
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Question: In this case Bobby Wayne Blair sustained permanent injury to his right eye when riding on a bus on his way to school from an object thrown by another student on the bus. The case stated that the bus driver was negligent in properly supervising the bus and the activities on that bus.
Choices: Ponton v. Newport News School Board; Fagan v. Summers; Albers v. Independent School District No. 302 of Lewis County; Blair v. Board of Education of Sherburne-Earlville Central School
Answer: Blair v. Board of Education of Sherburne-Earlville Central School
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Question: The 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case in Iowa, Erb v. Iowa State Board of Education, dealt with what?
Choices: Prayer in schools; Reduction in force must be in good faith; Sex education should be voluntary; A teachers adultery is no reason to revoke license
Answer: A teachers adultery is no reason to revoke license
Category: world
Question: When Janet Cooper wore white clothes and a white turban to school to teach her sixth grade class, she also wrote a letter to the staff of the school stating that she would wear the turban as part of her religious practice. When she refused to NOT wear the garments, she was suspended and her certificate was revoked. In this case the court found that a tenured teacher could have their certificate revoked for violating state statute by wearing religious garb in school.
Choices: Cooper v. Salem School District; Cooper v. Eugene School District; Cooper v. Fargo Public School District; Cooper v. Canton School district
Answer: Cooper v. Eugene School District
Category: world
Question: This court case dealt with a Title IX issue of the education amendments of 1972. It protects employees against gender discrimination in educational institutions.
Choices: School Board v. Richmond; Daury v. Smith; North Haven v. Board of Education v. Bell; Alexander Public School v. Phillips
Answer: North Haven v. Board of Education v. Bell
Category: world
Question: What two major airports is Queens home to?
Choices: John F.Kennedy and Newark International; Newark International and La Guardia; None of these; John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia
Answer: John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia
Category: world
Question: If each NY borough was an independent city, Queens would be among the 10 most populous cities in the U.S.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: According to the 2006 American Community Survey, Queens has the largest Asian American population outside of the western U.S.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the following movies was filmed in Queens?
Choices: Radio Days; Goodfellas; Coming to America; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the capital and largest city of France?
Choices: Bonn; Paris; Leon; Brussels
Answer: Paris
Category: world
Question: Which of these countries does not share a border with Metropolitan France, i.e. France in Western Europe?
Choices: Italy; Austria; Spain; Germany
Answer: Austria
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the river that flows through the capital city of France?
Choices: Eyre; All of these; Loire; Seine
Answer: Seine
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Question: Which of these colors is not present on the national flag of the French Republic?
Choices: White; Red; Green; Blue
Answer: Green
Category: world
Question: What is the title of the national anthem of the French Republic?
Choices: The Song of Marseille; My Mother, My Heroine; Viva France; Anthem of the Angels
Answer: The Song of Marseille
Category: world
Question: What is the official language spoken within the territory of the French Republic?
Choices: French; French and Catalan; French and Flemish; French and Basque
Answer: French
Category: world
Question: What is the most popular religion in France according to official data from 2007?
Choices: Islam; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism; Buddhism
Answer: Roman Catholicism
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the woman that has been the symbol of France for centuries?
Choices: Jeanne; Isabelle; Vivienne; Marianne
Answer: Marianne
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Question: What type of meal is the traditional French dish called Bouillabaisse?
Choices: Whole roasted pig; Soup; Rooster stew; Dessert
Answer: Soup
Category: world
Question: Which of these popular French fashion designers was not born in France?
Choices: Coco Chanel; All of these; Christian Dior; Yves Saint Laurent
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent
Category: world
Question: From which group of Native Americans do we get the word tipi?
Choices: Navaho; Shawnee; Dakota; Cree
Answer: Dakota
Category: world
Question: What do we call the dwellings built by the Pawnees?
Choices: Leuja; Tuleg; Mandan; Townhouse
Answer: Mandan
Category: world
Question: How many different tribal governments are recognized by the US government?
Choices: 563; 56; 900; 1279
Answer: 563
Category: world
Question: Which Native American group lived in hogans?
Choices: Arapajo; Apache; Cheyenne; Navajo
Answer: Navajo
Category: world
Question: What do we call the houses built by the Piute people?
Choices: Wikiup; Adobes; Terreanija; Tuleg
Answer: Wikiup
Category: world
Question: In May, 2005 the Massachusetts state government repealed a law involving Native Americans. What did the original law ban?
Choices: Native Americans owning permanent houses; Native Americans entering Boston; Native Americans teaching their own languages; Native Americans voting in state elections
Answer: Native Americans entering Boston
Category: world
Question: Who was the last Chief of the Comanches?
Choices: Red Cloud; Quannah Parker; Red Pampas; Blue Stone
Answer: Quannah Parker
Category: world
Question: What are Navajo rugs really made from?
Choices: Wool; Horse hair; Hemp; Cotton
Answer: Wool
Category: world
Question: What is the Navajo word for non-Native Americans?
Choices: Hos teen lanna; Belu lanassa; Belagana; Lo fun
Answer: Belagana
Category: world
Question: In what year did the US Government pass a law making the government responsible for preserving the languages of indigenous peoples of the USA?
Choices: 2004; 1990; 1908; 1895
Answer: 1990
Category: world
Question: What is the meaning of the Native American expression Dineâtah?
Choices: Welcome; The Little Big Horn; Navajo Land; The Greasy Grass River
Answer: Navajo Land
Category: world
Question: Who was Wilma Mankiller?
Choices: The first Native American to be elected to the US Congress; The first female Native American to be director of UNESCO; The first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee; The first female Native American to be a US Army General
Answer: The first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee
Category: world
Question: Which famous Native American ballerina has been honored for her great achievements?
Choices: Maria Takawika; Maria Tallchief; Mary Big Eagle; Donna Sixkiller
Answer: Maria Tallchief
Category: world
Question: Which list includes the five native American tribes regarded by Early Europeans as âcivilized?
Choices: Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek; Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Iroquois; Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cree; Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chirokawa, and Cree
Answer: Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek
Category: world
Question: What part did President Andrew Jackson have in destroying Native American life?
Choices: He had the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed.; He led the attacks on the homes of the Five Civilized Tribes between 1819 and 1827.; After the Battle of New Orleans, Jackson led an attack on the Natchez, Seminole, and Red Bird tribes.; Under his presidency, the lands of the Dakota (Sioux), Cheyenne, and Arapajo were taken over by the US government.
Answer: He had the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed.
Category: world
Question: In the late 1800s, the European nations scrambled to acquire colonies in Africa. Which of the following did NOT become a colony of a European country?
Choices: Tunisia; Libya; Ghana; Liberia
Answer: Liberia
Category: world
Question: The African Union is a confederation of all African countries except one. Which is the only African country that is NOT a member of the African Union?
Choices: Benin; Angola; Zimbabwe; Morocco
Answer: Morocco
Category: world
Question: This landlocked African country is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world. Its capital, Bujumbura, is located on Lake Tanganyika.
Choices: Gabon; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cape Verde
Answer: Burundi
Category: world
Question: This country in the Indian Ocean, comprising some 115 islands, is officially considered an African country.
Choices: Seychelles; Indonesia; Mauritania; Namibia
Answer: Seychelles
Category: world
Question: How many African countries are there?
Choices: 41; 53; 117; 97
Answer: 53
Category: world
Question: This land-locked country is bordered on 3 sides by the Republic of South Africa, and on the east by Mozambique. It has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world at 39% according to 2006 estimates.
Choices: Swaziland; Guinea; Burkina Faso; Gambia
Answer: Swaziland
Category: world
Question: In all of the following countries except one, Muslims comprise more than 85% of the population. Which of the following countries is NOT primarily Muslim?
Choices: Egypt; Somalia; Central African Republic; Mauritania
Answer: Central African Republic
Category: world
Question: How many different languages are spoken in Africa?
Choices: 23; 107; 342; 2000
Answer: 2000
Category: world
Question: The click languages of Africa (also known as the Khoisan languages) are spoken in all of the following countries except one. In which of these countries is a click language NOT widely spoken?
Choices: Ethiopia; Namibia; Tanzania; Botswana
Answer: Ethiopia
Category: world
Question: Which African country has the highest GDP (gross domestic product) according to 2008 estimates?
Choices: Egypt; Libya; Morocco; South Africa
Answer: South Africa
Category: world
Question: What year did the U.S. Supreme Court install its first photocopy machine?
Choices: 1980; 1959; 1973; 1969
Answer: 1969
Category: world
Question: What year was the U.S. Supreme Courts website created?
Choices: 2005; 2000; 1998; It doesnt have one
Answer: 2000
Category: world
Question: Who was the second woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Choices: Sandra Day OConnor; Chlorette Anton Whistport; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Anita Stanford Hill
Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Category: world
Question: Hearings in camera allow for television or other news related cameras to be present in the U.S. court during the hearing.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: The Dred Scott case (Scott v. Sandford, 1857) is an infamous U.S. Supreme Court case involving which of the following?
Choices: Farming; Slavery; Use of water ways; Railroads
Answer: Slavery
Category: world
Question: The Marbury v. Madison case (1803) was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the emergent doctrine of judicial review to a congressional statute.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: In the U.S. Supreme Court system, what does the term rule of four mean?
Choices: At least four justices must be present, robed and seated to in order to hear a case.; The Court will hear cases that a substantial minority of justices regards as important.; Four lawyers must be present when a case is argued.; There can be no less than four arguments pertaining to any one case.
Answer: The Court will hear cases that a substantial minority of justices regards as important.
Category: world
Question: The Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court case (1896) dealt with a crime on a riverboat in Louisiana.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to which of the following?
Choices: A speedy trial; A trial in a courtroom; A trial by jury; A public trial
Answer: A trial in a courtroom
Category: world
Question: What is the original meaning of the term Slip Opinion as applied to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Choices: An opinion that has later been overturned after careful review; Opinions sent to the printer on the same day they are made; Opinions made by the justices for their own private records; The overall opinion of the garments that the justices wear under their robes
Answer: Opinions sent to the printer on the same day they are made
Category: world
Question: Democrat Brad Henry became Governor of Oklahoma in November 2002.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Oklahoma City was founded during the Land Run of 1891.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Where was the first parking meter installed?
Choices: Guthrie; Tulsa; Enid; Oklahoma City
Answer: Oklahoma City
Category: world
Question: The first African-American owned bank in America was established in Boley, Oklahoma.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: According to a census done in the 1990s, Oklahoma is 2nd to what state in total Native American population?
Choices: Nevada; California; New Mexico; Texas
Answer: California
Category: world
Question: In 2005 Oklahoma ranked 2nd in natural gas production in the United States.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Legendary actress Joan Crawford once lived in Oklahoma.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: world
Question: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob is from what Oklahoma city?
Choices: Tulsa; Pauls Valley; Lawton; Ardmore
Answer: Lawton
Category: world
Question: Oklahoma is the birthplace of many famous astronauts, but this one was the first Native American in space.
Choices: John Herrington; Jerrie Cobb; Shannon Lucid; William Pogue
Answer: John Herrington
Category: world
Question: The state of Oklahoma has only one time zone.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Oklahoma has 6 distinct regions for tourism promotion purposes. Which of the following is not an official region?
Choices: Red Hills Country; Red Carpet Country; Great Plains Country; Frontier Country
Answer: Red Hills Country
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of Indonesia?
Choices: Bali; Bandung; Sumatera; Jakarta
Answer: Jakarta
Category: world
Question: Indonesia comprises more than 35,000 islands.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The biggest ethnic group in Indonesia is the Sundanese.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Which one of these provinces does not belong to Indonesia?
Choices: West Java; Gorontalo; North Java; North Sumatera
Answer: North Java
Category: world
Question: What word was commonly used before the 16th century to refer to the autumn season?
Choices: reap; crop; fall; harvest
Answer: harvest
Category: world
Question: What English Romantic poet wrote the poem To Autumn, which describes the season as a time of mellow fruitfulness but also evokes a sense of melancholy?
Choices: William Wordsworth; John Byron; John Keats; Paul Verlaine
Answer: John Keats
Category: world
Question: In the Northern Hemisphere, autumn begins in September. When does it begin in the Southern Hemisphere?
Choices: February; April; January; March
Answer: March
Category: world
Question: What term refers to the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox?
Choices: Harvest Moon; Blue Moon; Bright Moon; Reap Moon
Answer: Harvest Moon
Category: world
Question: In what autumn movie can you see Richard Gere and Winona Ryder walking through a beautiful fall foliage?
Choices: Autumn In New York; Autumn Sonata; Autumn Song; Autumn Leaves
Answer: Autumn In New York
Category: world
Question: What English novelist and poet, best known for her book Wuthering Heights, wrote a poem containing the verses Every leaf speaks bliss to me/ fluttering from the autumn tree?
Choices: Anne Bronte; Jane Austin; George Eliot; Emily Bronte
Answer: Emily Bronte
Category: world
Question: Which of these birds do NOT migrate in autumn?
Choices: swallows; ravens; hummingbirds; storks
Answer: ravens
Category: world
Question: What famous TV character spoke the words, There is a time of year in New York when, even before the first leaf falls, you can feel the seasons click. The air is crisp, the summer is gone. And for the first night in a long time, you need a blanket on your bed.?
Choices: Rachel Green (Friends); Susan Mayer (Desperate Housewives); Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City); Marissa Cooper (The O.C.)
Answer: Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City)
Category: world
Question: Brightly colored foliage is the image most commonly associated with autumn. What region in the US is a popular leaf peeping tourist destination?
Choices: Sonoma Valley; Great Lakes; Great Plains; New England
Answer: New England
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the popular harvest festival celebrated in China close to the autumnal equinox?
Choices: Lantern Festival; Sun Festival; Dragon Festival; Moon Festival
Answer: Moon Festival
Category: world
Question: Which capital is not the largest city (by population) in its country?
Choices: Kampala, Uganda; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan; Washington, D. C. USA
Answer: Washington, D. C. USA
Category: world
Question: Detroit is north of Canada.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What was the name of Americas first urban freeway?
Choices: Lodge; Jeffries; Reuther; Davison
Answer: Davison
Category: world
Question: Which two Great Lakes are connected by the Detroit River?
Choices: Ontario and Michigan; Erie and Superior; Huron and Michigan; Huron and Erie
Answer: Huron and Erie
Category: world
Question: Detroit was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The national flag of what country consists of three horizontal bands in red, black and white?
Choices: Syria; Egypt; Yemen; Iraq
Answer: Yemen
Category: world
Question: Which of these colors is not present in the national flag of Tanzania?
Choices: Gold; Green; Blue; Red
Answer: Red
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Question: What countrys national flag simply consists of  a blue and a yellow horizontal bands?
Choices: Zambia; Ukraine; Uruguay; Zimbabwe
Answer: Ukraine
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Question: The flag of what country is a red rectangle with a white crescent moon and a star in the center?
Choices: Turkey; Tunisia; Iran; Singapore
Answer: Turkey
Category: world
Question: What are the colors on the national flag of Somalia?
Choices: Yellow and blue; White and blue; Green, white and blue; Red and yellow
Answer: White and blue
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Question: The national flag of what country consists of a smaller white area and a larger purple section?
Choices: Chile; Brunei; Bahrain; Qatar
Answer: Qatar
Category: world
Question: What tree is depicted on the national flag of Lebanon?
Choices: Pine; Sequoia; Cedar; Fir
Answer: Cedar
Category: world
Question: What country has a red flag with a stylized eight-rayed yellow sun?
Choices: Grenada; Kyrgyzstan; Macedonia; Ethiopia
Answer: Macedonia
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Question: How many red crosses are present on the national flag of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus region?
Choices: Three; One; Five; Four
Answer: Five
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Question: The national flag of Sri Lanka features a lion holding a sword. What does the curly mane of the lion represent?
Choices: Wisdom; Meditation; Religious observance; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of Ohio?
Choices: Cleveland; Columbus; Chillicothe; Cincinnati
Answer: Columbus
Category: world
Question: When did Ohio become a state?
Choices: March 1, 1803; September 14, 1825; November 3, 1815; December 12, 1859
Answer: March 1, 1803
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Question: How many U.S. Presidents of the 19th and 20th century were born in Ohio?
Choices: 3; 5; 2; 7
Answer: 7
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Question: In which city is Ohio University located?
Choices: Athens; Miami; Columbus; Cincinnati
Answer: Athens
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Question: What is the state bird of Ohio?
Choices: Ruffled Grouse; Meadowlark; Robin; Cardinal
Answer: Cardinal
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Question: What is Ohios nickname?
Choices: Volunteer State; Buckeye State; Beaver State; Hawkeye State
Answer: Buckeye State
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Question: Which of the two teams, established in Ohio in the 20th century, joined the NFL earlier?
Choices: The Cleveland Browns; none of these; The Cincinnati Bengals; They joined the NFL in the same year.
Answer: The Cleveland Browns
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Question: How many states border Ohio?
Choices: 4; 3; 5; 2
Answer: 5
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Question: The name Ohio is derived from an Iroquois Indian word meaning what?
Choices: Large River; Great Lake; Big Tree; Many Rivers
Answer: Large River
Category: world
Question: This nearly submerged continent or microcontinent, also known as Tasmantis, sank after breaking away from Antarctica between 85 and 130 million years ago.
Choices: Zealandia; New Zealandia; Eastern Australia; Tasmania
Answer: Zealandia
Category: world
Question: Pristina is the capital of this country which gained its independence from Serbia on February 17 2008.
Choices: Kerguelen; Kosovo; Bermuda Rise; BIOT
Answer: Kosovo
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Question: A small portion of this underwater volcanic region breaks sea level, forming the Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island and the McDonald Islands.
Choices: Mariana; Heard; Kerguelen Plateau; McDonald
Answer: Kerguelen Plateau
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Question: This autonomous region is located in the Horn of Africa and is part of the Somali Republic.
Choices: Djibouti; Somaliland; Samalia; Samalilland
Answer: Somaliland
Category: world
Question: Garowe is the capital of this region in northeastern Somalia.
Choices: Southern Samaliland; Minor Somalia; Puntland; Somaliland Minor
Answer: Puntland
Category: world
Question: South Galcayo is the administrative capital of this secular, decentralized state in the central region of Somalia.
Choices: Galdumug; Galaria; Galiria; Galumua
Answer: Galdumug
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Question: This small country in Southeast Asia, also known as Timor-Leste, is located about 640 km (400 mi) northwest of Darwin, Australia.
Choices: Northern Timor; East Timor; Timor; West Timor
Answer: East Timor
Category: world
Question: In 1990 these two countries reunited to form Germany.
Choices: North and East Germany; West and South Germany; East and West Germany; Central and West Germany
Answer: East and West Germany
Category: world
Question: This supercontinent broke up into two continents, then into the seven continents existing today.
Choices: Artica; Laurasia; Gondwana; Pangea
Answer: Pangea
Category: world
Question: What two countries reunited in 1976 to form Vietnam?
Choices: Peninsular Vietnam and Mainland Vietnam; South and North Vietnam; None of these; East and West Vietnam
Answer: South and North Vietnam
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state was nicknamed Americas Dairyland?
Choices: Wisconsin; Vermont; Wyoming; Ohio
Answer: Wisconsin
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Question: What interesting reptile nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Alabama?
Choices: Alligator State; Lizard State; Snake State; Tortoise State
Answer: Lizard State
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Question: This spicy nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Connecticut.
Choices: Oregano State; Nutmeg State; Cinnamon State; Saffron State
Answer: Nutmeg State
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Question: What U.S. state is nicknamed The Volunteer State?
Choices: Delaware; Arkansas; Tennessee; New Jersey
Answer: Tennessee
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Question: What interesting nickname was coined for the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Smell-Me State; Show-Me State; Spare-Me State; Teach-Me State
Answer: Show-Me State
Category: world
Question: Which of these is one of the nicknames of he U.S. state of Arizona?
Choices: Italy of America; Sicily of America; All of these; Rome of America
Answer: Italy of America
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Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Peace Garden State?
Choices: Colorado; South Dakota; North Dakota; West Virginia
Answer: North Dakota
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Question: What interesting nickname was given to the U.S. state of Delaware?
Choices: Uncle Sams Pocket Watch; Uncle Sams Pocket Handkerchief; Uncle Sams Top Hat; Uncle Sams Tidy Whities
Answer: Uncle Sams Pocket Handkerchief
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Question: This sporty nickname is used to refer to the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Choices: State of Baseball; State of Bowling; State of Hockey; State of Rugby
Answer: State of Hockey
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Question: What fruity nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Hawaii?
Choices: Banana State; Papaya State; Pineapple State; Avocado State
Answer: Pineapple State
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Question: What Nicaraguan lake covers an amazing area of 3,255 square miles?
Choices: Lake Leon; Lake Granada; Lake Nicaragua; Lake Managua
Answer: Lake Nicaragua
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Question: This shape is enclosed in Nicaraguas flag.
Choices: Diamond; Triangle; Circle; Rectangle
Answer: Triangle
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Question: Which historical figure became dictator of Nicaraguas government in 1937?
Choices: Anastasio Somoza Garcia; Rene Schick; Carlos Fonseca; Luis Somoza Debayle
Answer: Anastasio Somoza Garcia
Category: world
Question: Which of the following is not  an actual city in Nicaragua?
Choices: Tegucigalpa; Matagalpa; Masaya; Leon
Answer: Tegucigalpa
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Question: Nicaraguas folk music predominantly implements this musical instrument.
Choices: Marimba; Bongos; Maracas; Trumpet
Answer: Marimba
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Question: Known as the Father of Modernism, he is perhaps the most influential Nicaraguan poet.
Choices: Alfonso Reyes; Ruben Dario; Julio Correa; Mario Benedetti
Answer: Ruben Dario
Category: world
Question: What is Nicaraguas official currency?
Choices: U.S. Dollar; Quetzal; Peso; Gold Cordoba
Answer: Gold Cordoba
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Question: Which of the following is one of Nicaraguas boxing world champions?
Choices: Dennis Martinez; Vicente Padilla; Alexis Arguello; Tito Trinidad
Answer: Alexis Arguello
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Question: The San Cristobal, Concepcion, and El Chonco are all names of this geographic formation in Nicaragua.
Choices: Beach; Volcano; Geyser; Mountain
Answer: Volcano
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Question: Harvard graduate Al Gore, who served as the 45th Vice President of the US, is a recipient of which of the following awards?
Choices: a Primetime Emmy Award; a Grammy Award; all of these; The Nobel Peace Prize
Answer: all of these
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Question: This author, who graduated from Harvard summa cum laude in 1954, received the Pulitzer Prize for two of his Rabbit novels.
Choices: Norman Mailer; John Updike; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Margaret Atwood
Answer: John Updike
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Question: Which Harvard graduate is not correctly matched with the literary work he created?
Choices: John Updike - Look Homeward, Angel; William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch; Norman Mailer - The Naked and the Dead; John Dos Passos - Manhattan Transfer
Answer: John Updike - Look Homeward, Angel
Category: world
Question: In 1988, this Harvard graduate became the first female Prime Minister of her country.
Choices: Tansu Ãiller (Turkey); Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan); Kim Campbell (Canada); Golda Meir (Israel)
Answer: Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
Category: world
Question: A building on the Harvard campus is named after this 19th century philosopher, author and leader of the Transcendentalist movement.
Choices: Ralph Waldo Emerson; Richard Wilbur; Henry David Thoreau; James Russell Lowell
Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: world
Question: This Israeli American actress, who graduated from Harvard College with a bachelors degree in psychology, became popular when she was cast in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
Choices: Carrie Fisher; Elisabeth Shue; Keira Knightley; Natalie Portman
Answer: Natalie Portman
Category: world
Question: This Harvard graduate, also known as the Unabomber, carried out a campaign of mail bombings.
Choices: Henry Phillips; Dr John White Webster; Viktor Kozeny; Ted Kaczynski
Answer: Ted Kaczynski
Category: world
Question: Grammy Award-winning guitarist and Harvard graduate Tom Morello is a founding member of this band.
Choices: Backstreet Boys; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Public Enemy; Rage Against the Machine
Answer: Rage Against the Machine
Category: world
Question: This multi-Emmy-winning composer, famous for the musical West Side Story, studied music at Harvard.
Choices: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Leonard Bernstein; La Monte Young; Malcolm Arnold
Answer: Leonard Bernstein
Category: world
Question: This virtuoso cellist, who received his bachelors degree from Harvard in 1976, performed for President John F. Kennedy when he was seven.
Choices: Joshua Redman; Joshua Redman; Han-na Chang; Yo-Yo Ma
Answer: Yo-Yo Ma
Category: world
Question: The month of August was originally named Sextilis in Latin. What does sextilis mean?
Choices: sixteenth; sixth; sixty; eight
Answer: sixth
Category: world
Question: What statement is true about Augustus after whom the month of August is named?
Choices: He was the last Emperor of the Roman Empire.; He was Julius Caesars son.; He was killed in battle.; He was the fist Emperor of the Roman Empire.
Answer: He was the fist Emperor of the Roman Empire.
Category: world
Question: Where is Vern Sneiders 1951 novel The Teahouse of the August Moon set?
Choices: Okinawa; Tahiti; Jamaica; Hiroshima
Answer: Okinawa
Category: world
Question: Lammas Day used to be observed in some English-speaking countries on 1 August. What was brought to church on that day?
Choices: an apple; fish; a loaf of bread; a glass of wine
Answer: a loaf of bread
Category: world
Question: Which of these internationally famous festivals takes place in August?
Choices: The Sundance Film Festival; The San Fermin Festival; The Edinburgh Festival; The Carnival of Venice
Answer: The Edinburgh Festival
Category: world
Question: Im as corny as Kansas in August is a line from the song Im in Love with a Wonderful Guy, which was performed in what Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
Choices: A Chorus Line; South Pacific; Oh! Calcutta!; Fiddler on the Roof
Answer: South Pacific
Category: world
Question: What WWII event that occurred on 6 August 1945 was code-named Little Boy?
Choices: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima; the invasion of Normandy; the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki; the liberation of Paris
Answer: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Category: world
Question: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which occurred on August 2, prompted the first large-scale involvement of U.S. armed forces in this war.
Choices: WWI; Falkland Islands War; Vietnam War; Gulf War
Answer: Vietnam War
Category: world
Question: What Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author wrote the 1932 novel Light in August?
Choices: William Burroughs; Harper Lee; Ken Kesey; William Faulkner
Answer: William Faulkner
Category: world
Question: According to a popular weather saying, what will the winter be like if the first week of August is unusually warm?
Choices: dry; short; snowy and long; mild
Answer: snowy and long
Category: world
Question: Which of these US states is larger than California in terms of area?
Choices: New Mexico; Arizona; Montana; Texas
Answer: Texas
Category: world
Question: In what California city is Knotts Berry Farm located?
Choices: Anaheim; Long Beach; Buena Park; San Diego
Answer: Buena Park
Category: world
Question: What Protestant Christian church, located in South Los Angeles, is known for its celebrity members, which include Magic Johnson, Denzel Washington, and Stevie Wonder?
Choices: Gods Grace; West Angeles Church of God in Christ; Black temple; THE C.O.G.I.C. of Los Angeles
Answer: West Angeles Church of God in Christ
Category: world
Question: What year did Disneyland open?
Choices: 1972; 1955; 1908; 1944
Answer: 1955
Category: world
Question: What are the sate colors of California?
Choices: green and white; blue and gold; red and gold; pink and grey
Answer: blue and gold
Category: world
Question: This mountain, located in Siskiyou County, is the fifth highest in California.
Choices: Mount Shasta; Yosimite; St. Helens; Rainier
Answer: Mount Shasta
Category: world
Question: What California city is subject to earthquakes due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Choices: Los Angeles; Costa Mesa; Redding; Avalon
Answer: Los Angeles
Category: world
Question: Which of the following is in the center of Californias state flag?
Choices: a mountain; a wolf; a bear; a river
Answer: a bear
Category: world
Question: In what county is the city of Pasadena?
Choices: Alta Pasa; Los Angeles; Southern; Lakers
Answer: Los Angeles
Category: world
Question: What is the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Lincoln; Jefferson City; Kansas City; Omaha
Answer: Jefferson City
Category: world
Question: The official Latin motto of the U.S. state of Missouri is Salus populi suprema lex esto. What does this mean?
Choices: The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law.; People come first, the law comes second.; All people are equal before the law.; The law belongs to the people and vise versa.
Answer: The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law.
Category: world
Question: Which of these nicknames has been used to refer to the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: The Copper State; The Sunrise State; The River State; None of these
Answer: None of these
Category: world
Question: What is the state animal of the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Mule; Goat; Goose; Sheep
Answer: Mule
Category: world
Question: What are the colors of the official state flag of the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Red, white and blue; White and blue; Green and yellow; Red and white
Answer: Red, white and blue
Category: world
Question: The U.S. state of Missouri was named after the river Missouri that flows through its territory. What is the river named after?
Choices: A tribe; A legendary creature; A mountain; An explorer
Answer: A tribe
Category: world
Question: Which of these U.S. states does not share a border with the state of Missouri?
Choices: Texas; Nevada; Mississippi; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: world
Question: Which President of the United States was born in the state of Missouri?
Choices: All of these; Harry S. Truman; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: Harry S. Truman
Category: world
Question: What is the state flower of the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Hawthorn blossom; Raspberry blossom; Peach blossom; Cherry blossom
Answer: Hawthorn blossom
Category: world
Question: Which of these sports teams is a baseball team from the U.S. state of Missouri?
Choices: Kansas City Chiefs; St. Louis Blues; St. Louis Cardinals; Springfield Lasers
Answer: St. Louis Cardinals
Category: world
Question: Which of these nicknames belongs to the U.S. state of Kansas?
Choices: Bean State; Wheat State; Rye State; All of these
Answer: Wheat State
Category: world
Question: What U.S. state has been nicknamed The Baked Bean State?
Choices: Michigan; Missouri; Massachusetts; Minnesota
Answer: Massachusetts
Category: world
Question: This culinary nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Nebraska?
Choices: Mutton State; Pork State; Lamb State; Beef State
Answer: Beef State
Category: world
Question: Which of these nicknames has been given to the U.S. state of Nevada?
Choices: Copper State; Iron State; Golden State; Silver State
Answer: Silver State
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state is also known as The Beehive State?
Choices: Utah; Montana; Ohio; Wisconsin
Answer: Utah
Category: world
Question: This sweet nickname has been given to the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Choices: Chocolate State; Sugar State; Cotton Candy State; Lollipop State
Answer: Sugar State
Category: world
Question: The U.S. state of California is known by this fruity nickname.
Choices: Pineapple State; Peach State; Grape State; Banana State
Answer: Grape State
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state has been called The Land of the Midnight Sun?
Choices: New Hampshire; Nevada; Maine; Alaska
Answer: Alaska
Category: world
Question: Which U.S. state has been nicknamed The Tar Heel State?
Choices: North Dakota; New Jersey; North Carolina; Minnesota
Answer: North Carolina
Category: world
Question: Which of these U.S. states is nicknamed The Outer Space State?
Choices: New Mexico; Georgia; Texas; New York
Answer: New Mexico
Category: world
Question: In which of these countries is Fathers Day not celebrated on the third Sunday of June?
Choices: The United Kingdom; Japan; Turkey; The Dominican Republic
Answer: The Dominican Republic
Category: world
Question: In which US state was Fathers Day first celebrated?
Choices: Utah; New York; West Virginia; Washington
Answer: West Virginia
Category: world
Question: Sonora Smart Dodd began a movement to establish Fathers Day as an officially recognized holiday. In which state did she live?
Choices: West Virginia; Washington; New York; Utah
Answer: Washington
Category: world
Question: Who was the first President to celebrate Fathers Day in the White House?
Choices: Wilson; Coolidge; Taft; Teddy Roosevelt
Answer: Wilson
Category: world
Question: Which of these Presidents was very vocal in advocating  Fathers Day as a National Holiday?
Choices: Teddy Roosevelt; Wilson; Taft; Coolidge
Answer: Coolidge
Category: world
Question: Which President was first to declare the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day?
Choices: John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson
Category: world
Question: Which one of these actors was not in the movie Fathers Day?
Choices: Alan King; Bruce Greenwood; Billy Crystal; Robin Williams
Answer: Alan King
Category: world
Question: This movie presented a realistic look at a familys reaction to a mothers suicide.
Choices: Father Figure; Father Time; Dad; Fathers Time
Answer: Father Figure
Category: world
Question: In the 1989 movie Dad Ted Danson becomes his fathers caretaker as a result of which they become closer. Who played his father?
Choices: Walter Mathau; Jack Lemmon; Karl Malden; Jack Klugman
Answer: Jack Lemmon
Category: world
Question: Halloween traditions were brought to North America by Irish immigrants between 1845 and 1852. What term is used to refer to this period?
Choices: the Great Famine; the Little Ice Age; the Great Plague; the Black Death
Answer: the Great Famine
Category: world
Question: Devils Night is chiefly associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in this US city on October 30.
Choices: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California
Answer: Detroit, Michigan
Category: world
Question: What root vegetable was carved and placed in windows to ward off evil spirits in traditional Celtic Halloween festivals?
Choices: potato; cabbage; melon; turnip
Answer: turnip
Category: world
Question: What is E.T. disguised as on Halloween in Steven Spielbergs classic sci-fi movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
Choices: pirate; the Frankenstein Monster; mummy; ghost
Answer: ghost
Category: world
Question: The Witches Spell, which came to be regarded as a Halloween poem, is spoken in what Shakespearean play?
Choices: King Lear; A Midsummer Nights Dream; Macbeth; Hamlet
Answer: Macbeth
Category: world
Question: Halloween is typically linked to the ancient harvest festival of Samhain held on October 31âNovember 1. What is the origin of Samhain?
Choices: Roman; Anglo-Saxon; Viking; Celtic
Answer: Celtic
Category: world
Question: This character from the Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas is a being from Halloween Town who opens a portal to Christmas Town.
Choices: Grinch; St. Nicholas; Dr. Finklestein; Jack Skellington
Answer: Jack Skellington
Category: world
Question: In Agatha Christies detective novel Halloween Party, Hercule Poirot must unmask the real evil of Halloween night by investigating the murder of a girl named Joyce Reynolds. How was she murdered?
Choices: She was stabbed by a neighbour while trick-or-treating.; She was drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.; She was stabbed by a man disguised as a skeleton.; She was hit with a jack-o-lantern.
Answer: She was drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.
Category: world
Question: The popular Halloween custom trick-or-treating has its roots in the late medieval practice of souling, when poor people would go door to door on Hallowmas. The practice is mentioned in this Shakespearean comedy when Speed accuses his master of puling [whimpering or whining] like a beggar at Hallowmas.
Choices: The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Measure for Measure; A Midsummer Nights Dream; King Lear
Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Category: world
Question: The Great Pumpkin is an unseen character in this comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz.
Choices: Garfield; The Family Circus; Donald Duck; Peanuts
Answer: Peanuts
Category: world
Question: What kind of creature is Eddie Munster from the 1960s TV sitcom The Munsters?
Choices: werewolf; vampire; bat; ghost
Answer: werewolf
Category: world
Question: In folklore and popular culture there is a strong connection between pumpkins and the supernatural. Which of these statements concerning the appearance of pumpkins in fiction is true?
Choices: A character from the Oz book series by L. Frank Baum has a jack olantern for a head.; All of these; Pumpkin Juice is a drink favored among the students at the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.; The Headless Horseman hurls a pumpkin in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Answer: All of these
Category: world
Question: Which of the following famous people is NOT a native of South Carolina?
Choices: Jesse Jackson; Shoeless Joe Jackson; James Dickey; Andie McDowell
Answer: James Dickey
Category: world
Question: Which motto graces the license plates of South Carolina automobiles?
Choices: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places; The Tastier Peach State; First in Flight; The Peach State
Answer: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places
Category: world
Question: South Carolina declared its independence from Great Britain at the same time as the rest of the colonies, on July 4th, 1776.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Two agricultural crops, both cultivated by slave labor, were the primary reason that South Carolina was one of the wealthiest of the colonies before the American Revolution. What were the two crops?
Choices: rice and cotton; indigo and cotton; rice and indigo; cotton and silk
Answer: rice and indigo
Category: world
Question: As of 1830, South Carolina had the largest population of any of the states of this class of people.
Choices: Catholics; Anglicans; Jews; Germans
Answer: Jews
Category: world
Question: This American Revolutionary battle is considered to be the turning point in the southern campaigns since it forced General Cornwallis to split his troops, making his plan for a major push north impossible.
Choices: Cowpens; The First Battle of Charleston; The Siege of Camden; Kings Mountain
Answer: Kings Mountain
Category: world
Question: What was the first public university in South Carolina to admit a black student in the 20th century and in what year did this happen?
Choices: Clemson University, 1962; The Citadel, 1942; Francis Marion, 1956; The University of South Carolina, 1954
Answer: Clemson University, 1962
Category: world
Question: This beautiful small city in South Carolina was named for the president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, who built the first railroad that went through it. It was famous for years for its winter colony and its horse industry, and later as a center of nuclear technology. Polo matches are played on Sunday afternoons there.
Choices: Aiken; North Augusta; Orangeburg; Sumter
Answer: Aiken
Category: world
Question: This university was established as South Carolina College in 1801. Its first class had 9 students. Its most notable architectural feature is called the horseshoe.
Choices: The University of South Carolina; Clemson University; Winthrop College; The Citadel
Answer: The University of South Carolina
Category: world
Question: From the name of which river is the name India derived?
Choices: Indiravati river; Ganga river; Periyar river; Sindhu river
Answer: Sindhu river
Category: world
Question: Cochin is the capital of the Indian state Kerala.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: India is the 17th-largest country in the world in terms of area.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: Where is the only active volcano in India?
Choices: Minicoy Island; Barren Island; Anaimudi; Ranchi
Answer: Barren Island
Category: world
Question: Mahatma Gandhi was the first president of India.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: world
Question: What is the capital of India?
Choices: Cochin; Mumbai; New Delhi; Kashmir
Answer: New Delhi
Category: world
Question: What is the national fruit of India?
Choices: orange; mango; jack fruit; apple
Answer: mango
Category: world
Question: Which of the following is believed to haunt the Queenâs bedroom in Belton House in Lincolnshire, England?
Choices: Ð¢he Knight; The Gentleman in Black; The King; The Queen
Answer: The Gentleman in Black
Category: world
Question: Visitors of Powis Castle in Powys, Wales have reported seeing which of the following?
Choices: a lady in black; a little girl; a man in black; a lady in white
Answer: a lady in black
Category: world
Question: What British prime minister lived in Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire?
Choices: Gordon Brawn; Gordon Brawn; Winston Churchill; Benjamin Disraeli
Answer: Benjamin Disraeli
Category: world
Question: Lanhydrock in Cornwall is thought to be home to several ghosts, including a man believed to have been hanged outside the gatehouse by Civil War Royalists.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True