kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: Which NBA star made this statement: Sometimes a players greatest challenge is coming to grips with his/her role on the team.?
Choices: Scottie Pippen; Larry Bird; Michael Jordan; Dennis Rodman
Answer: Scottie Pippen
Category: people
Question: George Halas said that the things which hurt instruct.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What NBA coach stated that, You can only receive what you are willing to give?
Choices: Avery Johnson; Pat Riley; Larry Brown; Phil Jackson
Answer: Pat Riley
Category: people
Question: Did basketball coach Bob Knight say: Learn to do things right and then do them right every time?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: people
Question: Which football coach said:  You carry on no matter what the obstacles are. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher and you win.?
Choices: Bill Walton; Frosty Westering; John Wooden; Vince Lombardi
Answer: Vince Lombardi
Category: people
Question: Is this a Chinese proverb: If  we dont change the direction were going, were likely to end up where were headed?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: people
Question: Who said that, Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.?
Choices: Susan B. Anthony; Emily Dickinson; Jim Valvano; Helen Keller
Answer: Helen Keller
Category: people
Question: What was the name of Richard Nixons wife?
Choices: Vera; Linda; Donna; Pat
Answer: Pat
Category: people
Question: The name of Richard Nixons famous dog was Checkers.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Richard Nixon was raised in which of the following religions?
Choices: Quaker; Catholic; Baptist; Jehovah Witness
Answer: Quaker
Category: people
Question: Richard Nixon served in the U.S. Army.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Richard Nixon was not the first U.S. President to resign from office.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Former president George H. W. Bush was a member of the Nixon administration.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Hes not a Priest or Deacon, but in court, this Atlanta Falcons defensive veteran has a real first name he can swear to.
Choices: Barrister James; Lawyer Mallory; Judge Fielding; Lawyer Milloy
Answer: Lawyer Milloy
Category: people
Question: At 53, Muggsy Bogues was the smallest player in NBA history but he was big enough to outgrow his real given name, Moses.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Knute is perhaps the most famous name in college football but it was not Coach Rocknes real first name.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Duke, Dizzy, Peewee,  Satchel, Whitey, Yogi: all of these famous baseball handles were nicknames, except for one, which was a given first name.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What was the nickname of Byron White, the only professional football player ever appointed to the Supreme Court?
Choices: Whitey; Ambulance Chaser; Whiz Kid; Whizzer
Answer: Whizzer
Category: people
Question: What was the real name of Connie Mack, the legendary manager of the Philadelphia As?
Choices: Connie MacDonald; Casey McDonald; Cornelius Macdougal; Cornelius McGillicuddy
Answer: Cornelius McGillicuddy
Category: people
Question: The three DiMaggio brothers, who played major league baseball at the same time, were actually born with which of the following names?
Choices: Joseph, Dominico, Vincente; Guido, Dom, Vincenzo; Guiseppe, Dominic, Vincent; Chico, Zeppo, Irving
Answer: Guiseppe, Dominic, Vincent
Category: people
Question: The Alous, with four family members in the MLB, may lineup as baseballs most impressive brood, but only one Alou boasts even the hint of a nickname. What is it?
Choices: Mo; Jessie; Matty; Marty
Answer: Matty
Category: people
Question: Which of the boxing champions below carried a name into the ring most different from his actual birth name?
Choices: Jack Dempsey; Sugar Ray Robinson; Max Baer; Rocky Marciano
Answer: Sugar Ray Robinson
Category: people
Question: Is it true that Pancho Segura and Pancho Gonzalez, who were both kings on the tennis court,  were christened with the same first name.
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
Category: people
Question: Rather than be paraded through the streets of Rome, this queen chose to die from the bite of an asp.
Choices: Cleopatra; Berenice; Nefertiti; Boadicea
Answer: Cleopatra
Category: people
Question: Name the cult leader of the Peoples Temple who was responsible for the suicide/murder of over 900 members of the Peoples Temple on November 18th 1978.
Choices: Jim Jones; Donald  Cinque  DeeFreeze; Randy Weaver; David Koresh
Answer: Jim Jones
Category: people
Question: This former German journalist helped Andreas Baader escape imprisonment and formed the Red Army Fraction. What German terrorist and author of The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla hanged herself on May 9, 1976?
Choices: Eva Haule; Irmgard Moller; Ulrike Meinhof; Gudrun Ensslin
Answer: Ulrike Meinhof
Category: people
Question: I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. What British author, played by Nicole Kidman, in The Hours, filled her pockets with stones and walked into a river near her home?
Choices: Virgina Woolf; Gertrude Stein; Sara Teasdale; Alice B. Toklas
Answer: Virgina Woolf
Category: people
Question: Sigmund Freud, the Father of Psychoanalysis, committed suicide on September 23, 1939.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This authors novel The Bell Jar was based on her own mental breakdown while a student at Smith. What author of Ariel and Winter Trees, killed herself by placing her head in a gas oven?
Choices: Sylvia Plath; Elizabeth Bishop; Sara Teasdale; Anne Sexton
Answer: Sylvia Plath
Category: people
Question: Razors pain you;
Choices: vers are damp;; ids stains you;; d drugs cause cramps;; ns arent lawful;; oses give;; s smells awful;; u might as well live.; o wrote the poem?; Mark Twain; Sara Teasdale; Dorothy Parker; Oscar Wilde
Answer: Dorothy Parker
Category: people
Question: On September 11, 2001 Flight # 93 had forty crew members and passengers whose brave actions saved America from one more unspeakable terror on that day of horror. Lisa Jefferson, a customer representative, was on the telephone with one of the passengers and reported his comments as the passengers tried to take back the plane. Whose cry of Lets roll became a rallying cry for the nation?
Choices: Mark Bingham; Jeremy Glick; Edward Felt; Todd Beamer
Answer: Todd Beamer
Category: people
Question: On September 11, 2001 according to U.S. Today 3,949 planes were in the air space over the United States when, for the first time in United States history, all air traffic was stopped. Though often overlooked, air controllers brought the planes and passengers down safely to the nearest airport. How long did it take for the air controllers to get everyone safely on the ground?
Choices: About two hours; About five hours; About three hours; About four hours
Answer: About three hours
Category: people
Question: Nicknamed The Splendid Splinter, this Hall of Fame baseball player interrupted his career twice to serve in World War II and the Korean War.
Choices: Ted Williams; Yogi Berra; Jackie Robinson; Mickey Mantle
Answer: Ted Williams
Category: people
Question: Stepping in to head The Washington Post after the death of her husband, this lady took her fight to publish the Pentagon Papers all the way to the United States Supreme Court. But it was her backing of two unknown reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, that helped change the course of American history. Who was Attorney General John Mitchell referring to when he said to tell her she was gonna get her *** caught in a big fat wringer if thats published?
Choices: Christie Hughes; Elisabeth Murdoch; Anne Cox Chambers; Katherine Graham
Answer: Katherine Graham
Category: people
Question: On October 20, 1973 in an effort to keep the Watergate tapes from the office of Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox, President Richard Nixon ordered his  Attorney General to fire Archibald Cox. What was the name of the Attorney General who resigned rather than break his word to congress that the White House would not interfere with the investigation?
Choices: Elliot Richardson; John Sirica; Daniel Ellsberg; John Dean
Answer: Elliot Richardson
Category: people
Question: I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt in winter , is how this lady described her feelings when she confronted bus driver James Blake. She was later called Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Choices: Coretta Scott King; Myrlie Evers; Shirley Chisholm; Rosa Parks
Answer: Rosa Parks
Category: people
Question: The engineer of engine # 382 was trying to make up 95 minutes of lost time when he rounded an s-curve to find four cars of  a passenger train stalled on the track. Shouting at the fireman to jump, the engineer began to brake the train. What is the name of the engineer who rode engine # 382 to his death in order to save the passengers on the stalled train?
Choices: John Henry; Casey Jones; Alvin York; Johnny Chapman
Answer: Casey Jones
Category: people
Question: Who was the 8th President of the United States?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; James Monroe; Martin Van Buren; Andrew Johnson
Answer: Martin Van Buren
Category: people
Question: James Buchanan was a Republican.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Which of the following U.S. presidents was not assassinated while in office?
Choices: John F. Kennedy; William McKinley; Abraham Lincoln; Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: George W. Bush became the 42nd President of the United States.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: The 37th U.S. President, Richard Nixon was impeached due to the Watergate scandal.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as vice-president under John F. Kennedy, was sworn into office the day after President Kennedy was shot.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Which of these U.S. presidents was in office less than 1 year?
Choices: Millard Fillmore; John Tyler; John F. Kennedy; William Henry Harrison
Answer: William Henry Harrison
Category: people
Question: How many terms can a U.S. president serve?
Choices: 2; 4; 1; 3
Answer: 2
Category: people
Question: Who served as the 23rd President of the United States?
Choices: Benjamin Harrison; Chester A. Arthur; James Garfield; William Mckinley
Answer: Benjamin Harrison
Category: people
Question: Who was the first U.S. president to serve over 12 years?
Choices: Grover Cleveland; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Theodore Roosevelt; George Washington
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: Who was the father of Nicholas II of Russia?
Choices: Tsar Alexander II; Tsar Nicholas I; Tsar Alexander III; Tsar Peter
Answer: Tsar Alexander III
Category: people
Question: Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna was from which country?
Choices: Austria; Germany; England; Denmark
Answer: Germany
Category: people
Question: Both Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna were first cousins of King George V of England.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: How many children did Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have?
Choices: 3; 5; 6; 4
Answer: 5
Category: people
Question: What language did Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna use in private conversation?
Choices: French; English; Russian; German
Answer: English
Category: people
Question: Nicholas II actually became Tsar of Russia before he married Alexandra.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: When Nicholas abdicated the throne in 1917, he also abdicated for his heir, Alexis.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Alexandra Fyodorovnas sister was married to Nicholas IIs brother.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Who portrayed Rocky Balboa in the Rocky films?
Choices: Arnold Schwarzenegger; Sylvester Stallone; The Rock; Harrison Ford
Answer: Sylvester Stallone
Category: people
Question: Who played Dr. Frank N. Furter in the comedy-horror musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Choices: Jim Sharman; Barry Bostwick; Tim Curry; Richard OBrien
Answer: Tim Curry
Category: people
Question: What is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains?
Choices: Mount Elbert; Mount Lincoln; Mount Harvard; Blanca Peak
Answer: Mount Elbert
Category: people
Question: This Rocky was killed in a plane crash on August 31, 1969.
Choices: Rocky DeSantos; Rocky Fain; Rocky Johnson; Rocky Marciano
Answer: Rocky Marciano
Category: people
Question: What are Rocky Mountain oysters?
Choices: Pine cones; Cow dung; Bull testicles; Shell fish
Answer: Bull testicles
Category: people
Question: Rocky Johnson, a former Canadian professional wrestler, is the father of what actor and former wrestler?
Choices: Tony Atlas; Junkyard Dog; The Rock; Bryan Clark
Answer: The Rock
Category: people
Question: Rocky Top is the official song of what US state?
Choices: Tennessee; Wyoming; Texas; Kentucky
Answer: Tennessee
Category: people
Question: Which Rocky was a former fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Choices: Rocky Martin; Rocky Bleier; Rocky Johnson; Rocky Balboa
Answer: Rocky Bleier
Category: people
Question: Rocky Road ice cream is traditionally composed of chocolate ice cream, nuts and what else?
Choices: pretzels; Caramel; Fudge; Marshmallows
Answer: Marshmallows
Category: people
Question: Winfield Scott was a United States lieutenant general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. In the 1852 presidential election, Scott was the unsuccessful Whig Party candidate, losing to this Democrat.
Choices: Franklin Pierce; John Tyler; William Henry Harrison; Millard Fillmore
Answer: Franklin Pierce
Category: people
Question: One of the following statements concerning the life and personality of Sir Walter Scott is wrong.
Choices: All of these statements are actually true.; He was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime.; He is sometimes known as the Great Magician.; He was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet.
Answer: All of these statements are actually true.
Category: people
Question: Just one of these could be the work of George Gilbert Scott.
Choices: Painting; Church; Symphony; Sculpture
Answer: Church
Category: people
Question: Jason Scott Lee is an Asian American movie actor. He starred in all these movies except one.
Choices: Tale of the Mummy; The Jungle Book; Ride the High Country; Soldier
Answer: Ride the High Country
Category: people
Question: Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer and amateur poet. One of his poems was added to already existing music, and the combination was adopted as the American national anthem in 1931. This is the name of the above-mentioned poem.
Choices: His poem did not have a name.; The Defence of Fort MHenry; To Anacreon in Heaven; The Star-Spangled Banner
Answer: The Defence of Fort MHenry
Category: people
Question: This Tracy, who won two Academy Awards, portrayed Captain Culpepper, Henry Drummond, Richard Sumner and Stanley Banks.
Choices: Oliver Tracy; Tracy Lord; Tracy Austin; Spencer Tracy
Answer: Spencer Tracy
Category: people
Question: This comedienne, named Tracey, hosted a weekly television variety show  which ended with the catchphrase Go Home.
Choices: Tracey Gold; Tracey Bergman; Tracey Harris; Tracey Ullman
Answer: Tracey Ullman
Category: people
Question: This actress, known for her performance in the TV series The Avengers, portrayed Tracy Bond in Her Majestys Secret Service.
Choices: Diana Smythe; Diana Rigg; Emma Peel; Kim Basinger
Answer: Diana Rigg
Category: people
Question: This Tracy, who was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, played recurring characters such as Dominican Lou, Mrs. Parker, Reggie Owens, Captain Munclair Vanderhousen III, and Tate Witherspoon.
Choices: Tracy Bergman; Tracy McGrady; Tracy Morgan; Tracy Austin
Answer: Tracy Morgan
Category: people
Question: Tracey E. Bergman played in which soap opera set in Genoa City, Wisconsin?
Choices: As the World Turns; The Young and the Restless; The Guiding Light; General Hospital
Answer: The Young and the Restless
Category: people
Question: Fast Car, Talkin Bout a Revolution, Baby Can I Hold You, and Give Me One Reason are some of the songs by this Tracy.
Choices: Tracy Ullman; Tracy Harris; Tracy Chapman; Spencer Tracy
Answer: Tracy Chapman
Category: people
Question: This cartoonist, famous for his colourful villains, is the creator of the comic strip detective Dick Tracy.
Choices: Dr. Suess; Charles Schultz; Chester Gould; Dwight Good
Answer: Chester Gould
Category: people
Question: This Tracy is the screenwriter and producer of such works as Saturday Night Live, Odyssey 5, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Fire in the Sky.
Choices: Tracy Bergman; Tracy Harris; Tracy Torme; Tracy Chapman
Answer: Tracy Torme
Category: people
Question: On the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, actress Tracey Gold portrayed which character?
Choices: Carol Seaver; Julie Costello; Maggie Seaver; Kate Macdonald
Answer: Carol Seaver
Category: people
Question: Who portrayed the wealthy Philadelphian socialite Tracy Lord in the 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story?
Choices: Leslie Caron; Priscilla Lane; Claudette Colbert; Katharine Hepburn
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
Category: people
Question: What does the female name Aba mean?
Choices: Born on a journey; Born in the wild; Born on a holy day; Born on a Thursday
Answer: Born on a Thursday
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the name Amy according to popular beliefs?
Choices: Favorite; Mild; Beloved; Pretty
Answer: Beloved
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the French female name Ariane?
Choices: Gracious; Fine; Holy; Graceful
Answer: Holy
Category: people
Question: What does the female name Aisha mean?
Choices: Eternal; Smooth; Alive; Faithful
Answer: Alive
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the name Barbara according to traditional beliefs?
Choices: Strange; Sleek; White; Black
Answer: Strange
Category: people
Question: What is the meaning of the name Jessica?
Choices: Gods blessing; Gods love; Gods anger; Gods grace
Answer: Gods grace
Category: people
Question: What does the Cornish name Kerensa mean?
Choices: Love and peace; Loyalty and devotion; Faith and strength; Care and kindness
Answer: Love and peace
Category: people
Question: What does the Hawaiian female name Malia mean ?
Choices: Brave and bold; Sweet and loving; Calm and peaceful; Faithful and devoted
Answer: Calm and peaceful
Category: people
Question: The surname Eriksson is in the top 5 of the most common names in which European country?
Choices: Denmark; Norway; UK; Sweden
Answer: Sweden
Category: people
Question: Of what origin is the popular surname OBrien?
Choices: British; Scottish; Irish; Swedish
Answer: Irish
Category: people
Question: According to the 2007 statistics of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, what is the most common surname in Canada?
Choices: Tremblay; Li; Wilson; Dubois
Answer: Li
Category: people
Question: Which of the following surnames is not of German origin?
Choices: Hoffmann; Meyer; Fischer; Roux
Answer: Roux
Category: people
Question: Cohen is the most common and respected Jewish surname of biblical origins borne by 2.52% of people in Israel. But being a Cohen has some disadvantages. Which of the following are people bearing this name forbidden by Jewish religious law?
Choices: To marry; To divorce; To participate in politics; To marry a divorced woman
Answer: To marry a divorced woman
Category: people
Question: Novak (Nowak) is a popular surname in which of the following countries?
Choices: Slovakia; Poland; All of these; Slovenia
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Identify the line that contains only surnames typical for the Spanish-speaking countries.
Choices: GonzÃ¡lez, Patel, Ruiz, Navarro, Ortiz; MartÃ­nez, Alonso, Lopez, Gil, Morales; PÃ©rez, MÃ©szÃ¡ros, DÃ­az, Sanz, Molina; VÃ¡zquez, Serrano, Ortiz, Ferreira, Delgado
Answer: MartÃ­nez, Alonso, Lopez, Gil, Morales
Category: people
Question: Of what origin is the surname Kerr?
Choices: German; French; Belgian; Scottish
Answer: Scottish
Category: people
Question: If your surname was De Jong, your home country would most probably be this one.
Choices: The Netherlands; Denmark; Sweden; Japan
Answer: The Netherlands
Category: people
Question: Which of these is the most widespread surname in the world by number of people bearing it?
Choices: Smith; Ivanov; Rodriguez; Li
Answer: Li
Category: people
Question: Who were Princess Dianas parents?
Choices: The Earl and Countess Spencer; The Viscount and Viscountess Althorp; The Earl and Countess of Althorp; The Duke and Duchess of Althorp
Answer: The Viscount and Viscountess Althorp
Category: people
Question: Princess Diana had one brother and one sister.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Princess Diana of Wales was actually born on one of the royal estates.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Princess Diana had no American ancestors.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What was Princess Dianas job prior to her marriage?
Choices: waitress at Harrods; governess; teachers assistant; socialite
Answer: teachers assistant
Category: people
Question: Where is Princess Diana buried?
Choices: Balmoral Castle; Highgrove House; Althorp Park; Kensington Palace
Answer: Althorp Park
Category: people
Question: What spot became the unofficial memorial of Princess Diana in Paris?
Choices: The Champ de Mars; The fountains at La Place du Trocadero; The small Statue of Liberty on an island in the Seine; The replica of the Torch of the Statue of Liberty on the Place dAlma
Answer: The replica of the Torch of the Statue of Liberty on the Place dAlma
Category: people
Question: Princess Dianas sister dated Prince Charles, before Diana and Charles became engaged.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: The teddy bear toy is named after former president Theodore Roosevelt.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to serve more than two terms.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Franklin as President was best remembered for implementing this program, which many believe ended the Great Depression.
Choices: The New Way; The New Deal; The New America; The New World Order
Answer: The New Deal
Category: people
Question: President Theodore Roosevelt walked Eleanor down the aisle on her wedding day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Theodore Roosevelts first wife, Alice, and his mother, Martha, died on the same day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Both Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were democrats.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Throughout her husbands presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt often ranked higher in popularity polls than Franklin did.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Which state was admitted into the union during Theodore Roosevelts presidency?
Choices: New Mexico; Nevada; Arizona; Oklahoma
Answer: Oklahoma
Category: people
Question: Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a bi-monthly newspaper column called New in Washington.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Who is the author of the self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People?
Choices: George Bush; John Maxwell; Dale Carnegie; Norman Vincent Peale
Answer: Dale Carnegie
Category: people
Question: Who created the fictional character Big Brother?
Choices: Robert Louis Stevenson; Joseph Heller; William Golding; George Orwell
Answer: George Orwell
Category: people
Question: This author, often referred to as The Father of Science Fiction, wrote the novel The War of the Worlds.
Choices: Douglas Adams; George Orwell; Herbert George Wells; J.R.R. Tolkien
Answer: Herbert George Wells
Category: people
Question: Freddie Prinze died in 1977 of a drug overdose.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Singer Aaliyah was killed in a car crash in 2001.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Which of the following people did NOT die from either an intentional or accidental gun shot wound?
Choices: Brandon Lee; Mike Jones; Jon-Erik Hexum; Jonathan Brandis
Answer: Jonathan Brandis
Category: people
Question: This eponym comes from the name of a humorous character from the writings of Teddy Roosevelts VP, Charles W.G. Fairbanks.
Choices: dweeb; booby; dummy; blurb
Answer: blurb
Category: people
Question: This eponym comes from the name of a mentally slow character  from a cartoon by E.C. Segar, the man who drew Popeye.
Choices: dweeb; mobster; idiot; goon
Answer: goon
Category: people
Question: We know that a scrooge is a miserly, unhappy person. From which Dickens novel do we get this word?
Choices: A Tale of Two Cities; A Christmas Carol; Nickolas Nickalby; The Pickwick  Papers
Answer: A Christmas Carol
Category: people
Question: An atlas is a collection of maps. Where do we get the word atlas from?
Choices: A Roman god; The name of a Greek god; A famous Greek map maker; A famous Roman map maker
Answer: The name of a Greek god
Category: people
Question: He was a Greek who talked incessantly. This got on Zeus nerves so the talkative one was imprisoned  under a fruit tree. Whenever he tried to get one of the fruits, the fruit moved away from him. What was his name?
Choices: Pyhrrus; Dazzalus; Cicero; Tantalus
Answer: Tantalus
Category: people
Question: We get the word bikini from the name of a tiny atoll in the Pacific.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: The Ritz cracker gets its name from Cesar  Ritz, a famous German hotel owner.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: We get this term for a type of clothing from the royal name of  J.T. Brudnell, a famous British cavalry officer .
Choices: cardigan; derby; ragland; tuxedo
Answer: cardigan
Category: people
Question: This type of fruit gets its name from the name of an Australian fruit breeder.
Choices: Nectarine; Sweet Susan plum; Granny Smith apple; Bosc pear
Answer: Granny Smith apple
Category: people
Question: Which president used to go skinny dipping on warm nights?
Choices: Teddy Roosevelt; Abraham Lincoln; John Quincy Adams; William Howard Taft
Answer: John Quincy Adams
Category: people
Question: This U.S. president gave the longest inauguration speech ever to that date.
Choices: William Jefferson Clinton; Rutherford B. Hayes; William Henry Harrison; John F. Kennedy
Answer: William Henry Harrison
Category: people
Question: Which U.S. president fathered 15 children: 8 with his first wife and 7 with his second wife?
Choices: Lyndon B. Johnson; Zachary Taylor; William Taft; John Tyler
Answer: John Tyler
Category: people
Question: This U.S. president survived gall bladder surgery when he was 17 years of age.
Choices: George Washington; Dwight Eisenhower; Abraham Lincoln; James K. Polk
Answer: James K. Polk
Category: people
Question: Which president was engaged once but never married, making him the first U.S. president never to have been married when elected President of the United States?
Choices: James K. Polk; James F. Cooper; Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan
Answer: James Buchanan
Category: people
Question: Abraham Lincoln carried bills, his mail, and personal notes in his hat.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which of these presidents only wore suits that he custom tailored himself?
Choices: Thomas Jefferson; James Garfield; Andrew Johnson; Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Category: people
Question: Which of these U.S. presidents died of throat cancer?
Choices: Ulysses S. Grant; Rutherford B. Hayes; Abraham Lincoln; Franklin D. Roosevelt
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Category: people
Question: It is said that this president was a genius, who could write in Greek with his left hand and in Latin with his right at the same time.
Choices: Woodrow Wilson; James Garfield; Rutherford B. Hayes; Calvin Coolidge
Answer: James Garfield
Category: people
Question: Which U.S. president had his jaw removed?
Choices: Ronald Reagan; William McKinley; James Garfield; Grover Cleveland
Answer: Grover Cleveland
Category: people
Question: This president battled chronic stomach pain throughout his life, worsening during the time of his presidency.
Choices: Franklin Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; Calvin Coolidge; Woodrow Wilson
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
Category: people
Question: Which U.S. president published more than 16 books during his life?
Choices: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Herbert Hoover; James E. Carter
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Category: people
Question: This U.S. president married his girlfriend just 3 months after meeting her.
Choices: John Adams; George W. Bush; Theodore Roosevelt; William J. Clinton
Answer: George W. Bush
Category: people
Question: Which U.S. president was related to 11 former presidents by blood or marriage?
Choices: John Adams; LBJ; JFK; FDR
Answer: FDR
Category: people
Question: President Calvin Coolidge had a special bathtub made just for him.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: He was the first Roman Catholic US President and his father was a prominent businessman.
Choices: Lyndon Johnson; James Carter; Franklin D. Roosevelt; John Kennedy
Answer: John Kennedy
Category: people
Question: In his 1916 presidential campaign for reelection, his supporters said he kept us out of war, but in his second term he led the US into World War One. He was only the second Democrat elected to the Presidency since the American Civil War.
Choices: William Howard Taft; Woodrow Wilson; Warren G. Harding; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
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Question: He was a peanut farmer from Plains Georgia, a governor of Georgia and a graduate of the US Naval Academy.
Choices: Gerald Ford; James Carter; George Bush; Lyndon Johnson
Answer: James Carter
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Question: He will be remembered for positive accomplishments in foreign affairs, especially for improving relations between the United States and China. But he will also be remembered for the scandal that forced him to be the first President to resign from office.
Choices: Richard Nixon; Harry Truman; George Bush; Ronald Regan
Answer: Richard Nixon
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Question: He had to make some tough decisions, such as whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. But he seldom shied away from decisions or defending his policies. He was reelected in one of the biggest political upsets in US presidential history.
Choices: Warren Harding; Lyndon Johnson; Harry Truman; Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: Harry Truman
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Question: He was the first Vice-President in the twentieth century to become President after the death of a President. Later he was reelected for a four-year term on his own and proved to be one of the most progressive Republican Presidents in the 20th century.
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Calvin Cooledge; Woodrow Wilson; William Howard Taft
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
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Question: He first became famous in Hollywood. As President he sometimes got his speech lines a little confused, but he went a long way with his friend Gorbachev toward ending the Cold War.
Choices: George Bush; Ronald Reagan; William Clinton; Richard Nixon
Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Question: Who was the only 20th century US President who was not elected as President or Vice-President by the people of the United States?
Choices: Gerald Ford; Lyndon Johnson; William H. Taft; Richard Nixon
Answer: Gerald Ford
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Question: Who was the only US President in the 20th century who served as a US Army general before he became President?
Choices: Dwight Eisenhower; James Carter; Herbert Hoover; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Dwight Eisenhower
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Question: Which US President was elected to four presidential terms?
Choices: Woodrow Wilson; Ronald Reagan; Calvin Coolidge; Franklin Roosevelt
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt
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Question: Which of the following US Presidents was NOT the governor of a state before becoming President?
Choices: William Clinton; James Carter; Richard Nixon; Ronald Reagan
Answer: Richard Nixon
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Question: Which US President was largely responsible for forming the international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in the Gulf War in the early 1990s?
Choices: George Bush; William Clinton; James Carter; Richard Nixon
Answer: George Bush
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Question: This man was a famous inventor and an American founding father.
Choices: Millard Fillmore; George Washington; Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Jefferson
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Question: This man wrote pamphlets such as Common Sense and the Rights of Man.
Choices: Thomas Paine; Thomas Jefferson; Lincoln Stubbs; Austin Paul
Answer: Thomas Paine
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Question: This man was a Confederate general but his loyalties almost always lied with the United States. He distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War and in the American Civil War.
Choices: Robert E. Lee; Daniel Walsh; Thomas Stone Wall Jackson; Rutheford B. Hayes
Answer: Robert E. Lee
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Question: This man, who was a key figure in the Reagan administration, was involved in the Iran-Contra Affair.
Choices: Oliver North; John Threadgill; Chesty Puller; Douglas McArthur
Answer: Oliver North
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Question: This World War 2 general rushed to Belgium to rescue the 101st airborn.
Choices: George S. Patton; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Chesty Puller; Douglas McArthur
Answer: George S. Patton
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Question: This Civil War general led the march from Atlanta to Savannah.
Choices: Tyler Reynolds; William T. Sherman; Ulysses S. Grant; Thomas Jackson
Answer: William T. Sherman
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Question: This man served as U.S. President and was the primary writer of the Constitution.
Choices: Thomas Jefferson.; James Madison; John Adams; James Monroe
Answer: James Madison
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Question: This first lady saved a portrait of George Washington while the British burned the White House during the War of 1812.
Choices: Laura Bush; Susan B. Anthony; Dolley Madison; Martha Washington
Answer: Dolley Madison
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Question: This woman, born into slavery, worked on the underground railroad and was a Union spy during the U.S. Civil War.
Choices: Betsy Ross; Martha Washington; Harriet Tubman; Amelia Earhart
Answer: Harriet Tubman
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Question: Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
Choices: John Glenn; Buzz Aldrin; George HW Bush; Neil Armstrong
Answer: Neil Armstrong
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Question: The term Pharaoh derives from the Egyptian words Pr-Aa meaning this.
Choices: Great House; King of All; Scorpion King; Eternal Light
Answer: Great House
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Question: This pharaoh ruled Egypt for more than 66 years and had many wives and children (according to some sources, he had as many as 200 sons and 200 daughters). The most famous of his wives was Nefertari.
Choices: Rameses II; Akhenaten; Menes; Rameses I
Answer: Rameses II
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Question: Thutmose III is considered to have been a great military expert.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Queen Cleopatra the Seventh was an ancient Egyptian ruler of what nationality?
Choices: Greek; Babylonian; Egyptian; Nubian
Answer: Greek
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Question: King Akhenaten led a religious revolution in Egypt when after proclaiming that Aten (the sun disc) was the the only god. This made him and his wife extremely hated among the Egyptians and possibly led to his death (even though there is no evidence supporting the theory about unnatural death). What was the name of his chief wife?
Choices: Tiy; Cleopatra; Nefertiti; Tey
Answer: Nefertiti
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Question: Tutankhamun succeeded Akhenaten when he was just 8 (this is true). He adopted Akhenatens monotheistic ideas and strengthened the cult in Aten.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Khufu was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypts Old Kingdom from approximately 2589 BC to 2566 BC. He is most famous for building this monument.
Choices: The Great Pyramid of Giza; The Caesarium; Cleopatras Needle; The Karnak Temple
Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza
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Question: Ancient Egypt was actually divided into two kingdoms- Upper and Lower Egypt. The cobra was one of the symbols of Upper Egypt. What kind of animal was the symbol of Lower Egypt?
Choices: Falcon; Vulture; Shark; Eagle
Answer: Vulture
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Question: After the team of Howard Carter opened the tomb of King Tutankhamen, some of the archaeologists died in strange circumstances. This sparked the rumor of the Curse of the Pharaohs (this is true). However, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the inventor of the Sherlock Holmes) rejected the idea and proved it was groundless.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: There is evidence that incestuous marriage was widespread at some point of Egyptian history. For example, Maatkare Hatshepsut, regarded as the earliest known queen regnant in history, married Thutmose II.   What was her relationship to Thutmose II?
Choices: He was her father; He was her son; He was her grandfather; He was her half-brother
Answer: He was her half-brother
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Question: Whose last words were reported to have been Tomorrow I shall no longer be here.?
Choices: William Shakespeare; Edward Cayce; Nostradamus; Joanne Dixson
Answer: Nostradamus
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Question: Whose dying words supposedly were I should never have switched from Scotch to martinis?
Choices: Wallace Berry; P.T. Barnum; Humphrey Bogart; W.C. Fields
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
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Question: What were the last words of Malcolm X?
Choices: I am still alive; Lets cool it brothers; Oh, God! Im hit; No one panic - Im alright
Answer: Lets cool it brothers
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Question: Whose final words are quoted here: I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.?
Choices: Martin Luther; Picasso; Michelangelo; Leonardo Da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
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Question: What were the last words of the eloquent English romantic poet Lord Byron?
Choices: There is nothing but  death; Good night; The rest is silence; I am still in love with life and words.
Answer: Good night
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Question: Whose last words were: Thomas Jefferson survives.?
Choices: Aaron Burr; Thomas Jefferson; George Washington; John Adams
Answer: John Adams
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Question: What was the last word of Alexander Graham Bell?
Choices: No; Good; Yes; Damn
Answer: No
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Question: Which witty prolific writer met death with these words: Either that wallpaper goes, or I go.?
Choices: Oscar Wilde; Dorothy Parker; George Bernard Shaw; Mark Twain
Answer: Oscar Wilde
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Question: The last words of what great 20th century writer were: Does nobody understand?
Choices: James Joyce; F.Scott Fitzgerald; Jean Paul Satre; Franz Kafta
Answer: James Joyce
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Question: Joseph Turner, the great English impressionist is reported to have said which of these words just before he died?
Choices: I am afraid to die; Lord help my poor soul; The Sun is God; Wait - just one more brush stroke
Answer: The Sun is God
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Question: Whose last words were Dont let it end like this...Tell them I said something.?
Choices: Panco Villa; Picasso; Billy the Kid; Eugene ONeill
Answer: Panco Villa
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Question: Whose final words were..Nothing but death.
Choices: Georgia OKeefe; Gertrude Stein; Jane Austen; Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer: Jane Austen
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Question: What were Beethovens last words?
Choices: Friends applaud -  the comedy is over; I have lived like a philosopher, and died like a Christian.; Drink to me; What did you say?
Answer: Friends applaud -  the comedy is over
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Question: What were Gandhis last words?
Choices: Well if it must be so; Oh God! Oh God!; Lord help my poor soul; Into your hands I commend my spirit
Answer: Oh God! Oh God!
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Question: What were the last words of the Roman Emperor Caligula?
Choices: Its good to be the king; I am still alive; My horse, my horse; I dont want to go on the cart
Answer: I am still alive
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Question: Who stated But we dont want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.?
Choices: Hillary Clinton; Condoleezza Rice; Nancy Pelosi; Madeline Albright
Answer: Condoleezza Rice
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Question: Color television. I wont believe it till I see it in black and white. Then, there is the quote, In two words im-possible. Who is the movie producer famed for his misspeak?
Choices: Steven Spielberg; Samuel Goldwyn; Barry Meyer; Jack Warner
Answer: Samuel Goldwyn
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Question: Oops, she did it again! What bright young singing star replied to the question, What is the best part of being famous?, with the answer, I get to go to a lot of overseas places like Canada.?
Choices: Taylor Swift; Miley Cyrus; Leann Rimes; Britney Spears
Answer: Britney Spears
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Question: Whose last words were They couldnt hit an elephant at this distance.?
Choices: General Robert E Lee; Stonewall Jackson; General U. S. Grant; General John Sedgwick
Answer: General John Sedgwick
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Question: What President of the United States got in trouble with the broccoli growers of America when he stated, Im President of the United States and Im not going to eat it anymore.?
Choices: Jimmy Carter; George W. Bush; George H. W. Bush; Bill Clinton
Answer: George H. W. Bush
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Question: This comedian calls himself an Executive Transvestite whilst asking the question Cake or Death?!
Choices: Eddie Izzard; Dame Edna; Milton Berle; Benny Hill
Answer: Eddie Izzard
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Question: Which Comedian made this quip: Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!?
Choices: Richard Pryor; George Carlin; Steven Wright; Jerry Seinfeld
Answer: Steven Wright
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Question: Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another. â was said by which unapologetic satirist?
Choices: George Carlin; Lewis Black; Louis Anderson; Jerry Seinfeld
Answer: George Carlin
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Question: This comedian complained of having an apartment infested with Koala Bears. It was the cutest infestation, ever!
Choices: Norm MacDonald; Adam Sandler; Dane Cook; Mitch Hedberg
Answer: Mitch Hedberg
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Question: This chronically smoking comedian put his audience in place with this line Non-smokers die every day. Sleep tight!
Choices: Bill Hicks; Andrew Dice Clay; Dennis Leary; Richard Pryor
Answer: Bill Hicks
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Question: This comedienne who said Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.  is one of the handful of early women to pave the way for future aspiring funny women.
Choices: Ellen Degeneres; Paula Poundstone; Lily Tomlin; Joan Rivers
Answer: Lily Tomlin
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Question: The Emperors New Clothes, The Red Shoes, The Snow Queen, The Real Princess are fairy tales written by this author.
Choices: Katherine Porter; Mark Twain; Franz Kafka; Hans Christian Anderson
Answer: Hans Christian Anderson
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Question: Who wrote the short stories Taras Bulba, The Cloak, the Colash, The Overcoat, Why the Two Ivans Quarrelled?
Choices: Isak Vlavek; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Thomas Mann; Nikolai V. Gogol
Answer: Nikolai V. Gogol
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Question: Who wrote Young Goodman Brown, Wakefield, Rappaccinis Daughter and Mr. Bullfrog?
Choices: Nathaniel Hawthorne; James Fenimore Cooper; Nora Ebbs Wethering; Franz Kafka
Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Question: Name the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Little Britain.
Choices: Herbert Barnes Kellogg; Washington Irving; James Fenimore Cooper; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Answer: Washington Irving
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Question: Who penned the short stories The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Blue Coat and X-ing a Paragrab?
Choices: Edgar Allen Poe; James Fenimore Cooper; Stephen Benet; Stephen Crane
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe
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Question: Name the author of The Lady or the Tiger, The Magic Egg, Mr. Tolmin and The Widows Curse?
Choices: Mark Twain; Bernard Capes; Harte Crane; Frank R. Stockton
Answer: Frank R. Stockton
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Question: The Tell -Tale Heart, The Murder in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Purloined Letter are short stories by this author.
Choices: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Edgar Allen Poe; Rudyard Kipling; Stephen Crane
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe
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Question: Who wrote Bartleby the Scrivener, Billy Budd Foretopman and The Piazza?
Choices: Harte Crane; Stephen Benet; Stephen Crane; Herman Melville
Answer: Herman Melville
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Question: Name the author of A Dogs Tale, The  Notorios Jumpoing Frog of Calaveras County, The True Story.
Choices: Bernard Capes; Mark Twain; Bret Harte; Harte Crane
Answer: Mark Twain
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Question: Who is the author of The Canterville Ghost, The Model Millionaire, The Happy Prince and The Remarkable Rocket?
Choices: Oscar Wilde; Washington Irving; Bernard Capes; Noel Coward
Answer: Oscar Wilde
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Question: This case allowed police officers to pat down people for weapons without violating the 4th Amendment of the U.S. constitution.
Choices: Cornwell v. Michigan; Terry v. Ohio; Brown v. Board of Education; Smith v .The United States
Answer: Terry v. Ohio
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Question: All arrestees are read this warning before questioning due to the case with the same name.
Choices: Bill of Rights; Article 4; Miranda; 1st Amendment
Answer: Miranda
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Question: This blood alcohol content level is generally accepted by all 50 U.S. states as the level consistent with being legally intoxicated.
Choices: .001; .01; .10; 1.0
Answer: .10
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Question: Which of the following statements is true about the Life Imprisonment sentence in the U.S.?
Choices: You stay in prison until you die.; You are executed after all of your appeals have run out.; You are given a 100-year prison sentence; You stay in prison for 25 years and are then eligible for a parole hearing.
Answer: You stay in prison for 25 years and are then eligible for a parole hearing.
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Question: When there is reason to believe that a domestic assault has occurred (example: husband hitting wife) the police in the U.S. must do which of the following?
Choices: Have a judge approve the arrest; Take the victim to the hospital for an exam; Arrest the aggressor; Arrest both parties
Answer: Arrest the aggressor
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Question: What does the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantee?
Choices: To be free of illegal searches; Right to due process; Right to bear arms (guns); Right to free speech
Answer: Right to free speech
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Question: What Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty?
Choices: 7th; 8th; 6th; 5th
Answer: 5th
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Question: U.S. police officers can shoot a man running from a felony he committed if he is running away with a gun.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In the U.S. a person under the age of 17 cannot be tried as an adult.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Bail and bond are synonymous.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How was the late Earl of Mountbatten related to Prince Philip.
Choices: He was Prince Philips grandson.; He was Prince Philips cousin.; He was Prince Philips uncle.; He was Prince Philips great grandson.
Answer: He was Prince Philips uncle.
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Question: Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to how many children?
Choices: 5; 3; 4; 6
Answer: 4
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Question: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, was born where?
Choices: Scotland; England; Ireland; Wales
Answer: England