kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: What term refers to the group of militia gunmen in the Darfur region of Sudan thought responsible for the serial massacre, rape and forced displacement in 1990 and 2001-2005?
Choices: Jihad; Janjaweed; Jilbab; Jintrap
Answer: Janjaweed
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Question: Which of the listed words links a World War II destroyer, the band Teenage Fanclub and a murderous clown called Pennywise?
Choices: Kendo; Kettle; King; Kiki
Answer: King
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Question: What was the first name of Mr Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Choices: Labatt; Limahl; LeVar; Lamar
Answer: LeVar
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Question: Which one of the listed African countries does not border a sea or an ocean?
Choices: Malawi; Madagascar; Mozambique; Mauritania
Answer: Malawi
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Question: Which genus of plants does catnip (catmint) belong to?
Choices: Nigella; Nepenthes; Nyssa; Nepeta
Answer: Nepeta
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Question: Which Odd film was set in Northern Ireland?
Choices: Odd Jobs; Odd Couple; Odds Against Tomorrow; Odd Man Out
Answer: Odd Man Out
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Question: What is the following an example of: Madam, Im Adam?
Choices: Perambulation; Palindrome; Personalisation; Personification
Answer: Palindrome
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Question: What word means a baked dish made mainly of eggs and milk?
Choices: Quivive; Quoin; Quiche; Quiddich
Answer: Quiche
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Question: Complete this famous quotation, attributed to, and denied by, Winston Churchill. 
Choices: nt talk to me about naval tradition. Its nothing but ____, sodomy, and the lash.; Ropes; Rashes; Rotten biscuits; Rum
Answer: Rum
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Question: Which engineer founded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1847?
Choices: Robert Stephenson; Igor Sikorski; George Stephenson; Joseph Strauss
Answer: George Stephenson
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Question: Which of these fish is least likely to be found in seawater?
Choices: Tench; Tuna; Tarpon; Trumpetfish
Answer: Tench
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Question: Which of the following countries has the highest population?
Choices: Uruguay; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan
Answer: Ukraine
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Question: Which of these vampire films was directed by horror supremo Wes Craven?
Choices: Vampyros Lesbos; Vampire in Brooklyn; Vampires Kiss; Vampires vs. Zombies
Answer: Vampire in Brooklyn
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Question: Which of these modern composers was born in South Africa?
Choices: John Williams; Niel van der Watt; Andrew Lloyd Webber; Alex Wurman
Answer: Niel van der Watt
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Question: Which of the following musical artists produces noise music?
Choices: Xome; Xmal Deutschland; X; XTC
Answer: Xome
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Question: Which youthful musician(s) is/are associated with the 1980s albums Killing Joke and Whats THIS for...!?
Choices: Paul Young; Martin Youth Glover; Musical Youth; Neil Young
Answer: Martin Youth Glover
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Question: What term refers to the study of fermentation?
Choices: Zonary; Zigadenus; Zymurgy; Zoolatry
Answer: Zymurgy
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Question: What is entomophobia a fear of?
Choices: Dust; Cows; Insects; Birds
Answer: Insects
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Question: What do you call a large group of islands?
Choices: Hawaii; Islet; Archipelago; Chanel
Answer: Archipelago
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Question: Who directed the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs?
Choices: Roman Polanski; Joel Coen; Steven Spielberg; Jonathan Demme
Answer: Jonathan Demme
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Question: Consuming alcohol raises your body temperature.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How many engines does a B-52 Bomber have?
Choices: 2; 8; 4; 6
Answer: 8
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Question: The 7 Virtues are:  Temperance, Charity, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, Humility, Chastity.  What are their opposites which are considered the 7 Deadly Sins?
Choices: Greed, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Conciet, Lust, Gluttony; Greed, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Dominance, Lust, Gluttony; Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride; Carelessness, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Conciet, Lust, Gluttony
Answer: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride
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Question: The Death Penalty for murder was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1965.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This mini-series, starring Native American actors Gordon Tootoosis and Gerald Auger, was produced by Steven Spielberg and got a Golden Globe nomination in 2006.
Choices: Into the West; Dances With Wolves; Powwow Highway; Dreamkeeper
Answer: Into the West
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Question: In the 2002 movie Windtalkers, US Marines used the Navajo language as their unbreakable code.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What actress played the role of a transgender man in the movie Boys Dont Cry?
Choices: Helen Hunt; Hilary Swank; Hally Berry; Heather Graham
Answer: Hilary Swank
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Question: Who is the inventor of Tupperware?
Choices: Earl Tupper; John Smith; David Silas; Janis Tupperware
Answer: Earl Tupper
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Question: What happens to a goldfish when it is kept in the dark?
Choices: It turns white.; It goes blind.; It dies.; It turns a paler color.
Answer: It turns a paler color.
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Question: What is the largest country by area in Africa?
Choices: Sudan; South Africa; Algeria; Egypt
Answer: Sudan
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Question: Which of the following materials is the densest?
Choices: Gold; Aluminum; Platinum; Iridium
Answer: Iridium
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Question: Blue litmus paper turns red when it comes in contact with alkalines.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Sugar, a naturally occurring nutrient that makes food taste sweet, is classified in chemistry as what?
Choices: Nucleic acid; Protein; Lipid; Carbohydrate
Answer: Carbohydrate
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Question: Making sugar by evaporating cane juice was developed in about 500 BC, in what country?
Choices: China; India; Egypt; Greece
Answer: India
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Question: Nowadays, sugar is used in science and manufacturing as what?
Choices: Preservative; Bulking agent; All of these; Sweetener
Answer: All of these
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Question: Brown sugar, a type of unrefined or partially refined soft sugar, generally has a lower caloric value than white sugar.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Scientists have proved that one of the health dangers, which ingesting sugar on a habitual basis involves, is the suppression of the activity of which system of the human body?
Choices: Sensory system; Immune system; Reproductive system; Cardiovascular system
Answer: Immune system
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Question: Lactose is a type of sugar consisting of two subunits (galactose and glucose), found primarily in what food?
Choices: Milk; Fruits; Vegetables; Honey
Answer: Milk
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Question: Overconsumption of sugar causes hyperactivity in children, manifested by increased movement, impulsiveness, distractibility, and mood swings.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Sugar is important for the proper function of which of these bodily systems?
Choices: Cardiovascular system; Endocrine system; Nervous system; Digestive system
Answer: Nervous system
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Question: Apart from its culinary properties, sugar has many uses in science and manufacturing. It is used for all of the following, except one.
Choices: To tan leather, printer inks and dyes.; To harden asphalt.; To increase ice creams freezing point; To help grow penicillin.
Answer: To increase ice creams freezing point
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Question: In 2004 the United States elected their _____ President.
Choices: 42nd; 30th; 43rd; 40th
Answer: 43rd
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Question: There is no water found on any other planet besides Earth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How many US states were there in 1800?
Choices: 22; 3; 30; 16
Answer: 16
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Question: What is a tort?
Choices: A kind of pie; A type of computer; A law; A type of car
Answer: A law
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Question: What city did the Indianapolis Colts move from in 1984?
Choices: Boston; New England; Baltimore; Los Angeles
Answer: Baltimore
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Question: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Zimbabwe are three countries which share just one of these four items.
Choices: Population less than 30,000 people; Independence gained from the UK; Currency; Border
Answer: Independence gained from the UK
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Question: Three of the following animals are herbivorous. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Guinea pig; Beaver; Capybara; Opossum
Answer: Opossum
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Question: The acetic acid, the acetylene and the ethene have an equal number of this atom in their molecules.
Choices: C; H; Fe; O
Answer: C
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Question: Martin Lewis Perl, Riccardo Giacconi, and Georges Charpak all received the Nobel Prize in ....?
Choices: Physics; Literature; Chemistry; Medicine
Answer: Physics
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Question: All of these French writers were born before 1900 except one.
Choices: Alexandre Dumas; Simone de Beauvoir; Marcel Proust; Gustave Flaubert
Answer: Simone de Beauvoir
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Question: Michael Ballack, Franz Beckenbauer, Oliver Kahn, and JÃ¼rgen Klinsmann all played for this team.
Choices: Wolfsburg; Bayern Munich; Schalke 04; Bayer Leverkusen
Answer: Bayern Munich
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Question: Three of these Al Pacino movies were released in the 1970s. Which one was not?
Choices: The Godfather: Part II; The Godfather; Scarface; Serpico
Answer: Scarface
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Question: All of these gadgets belong to James Bond except one.  Can you spot it?
Choices: Batarang; Cigarette lighter (a disguised timed explosive); Polarizing Sunglasses; Phone Booth Trap
Answer: Batarang
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Question: Complete the title of an 80s song by Duran Duran: 
Choices: w Moon on...; ... Thursday; ... Monday; ... Friday; ... See ya soon!
Answer: ... Monday
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Question: Finish the title of a 1988 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss:  Moon Over _____
Choices: Middlesburg; Paraguay; Miami; Parador
Answer: Parador
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Question: Finish the title of a song from the Hit TV Series, The Drew Carey Show.
Choices: on Over ____; Pittsburgh; Shaker Heights; Parma; Miamisburg
Answer: Parma
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Question: 1973 Pink Floyd album,entitled Dark Side of _____.
Choices: ... the Sun; ... Darkness.; ... the Moon; ... Parapsychology
Answer: ... the Moon
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Question: Finish the title of a 1903 clasic tune:  Shine on...
Choices: ...Chrome Fenders; ...You Crazy Diamond; ...Harvest Moon; ...In  The Sunshine
Answer: ...Harvest Moon
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Question: The song Moonriver is featured in the musical Grease, starring John Travolta.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Complete the title to this Credence Clearwater Revival tune: Bad Moon ____.
Choices: Falling; Rising; Setting; in Aquarius
Answer: Rising
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Question: This is the title of a 1979 James Bond film.
Choices: Moonspinners; Moonshadow; Moonraker; Moondogs
Answer: Moonraker
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Question: Two Moon Junction is the title to a 1988 Robert  Zemeckis film.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Did Frank Sinatra write the classic tune Moonlight Becomes You?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Which of the following composers wrote the Moonlight Sonata  for piano?
Choices: Ludwig von Beethoven; Claude DeBussey; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Igor Stravinsky
Answer: Ludwig von Beethoven
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Question: What is the name of Frank Zappas daughter?
Choices: Dweezil; Moon Beam; Elektra Moon; Moon Unit
Answer: Moon Unit
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Question: This is the title of a 1996 Tom DiCillo film starring John Turturro.
Choices: Sun, Moon and Stars; Lunar Landings; Box of Moonbeams; Box of Moonlight
Answer: Box of Moonlight
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Question: The Union of Burma changed its name in 1989 to the Union of Myanmar.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The Barents Sea is named after a Norwegian god.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The official currency of Israel is the New Israeli sheqel (NIS).
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The French Revolution broke out in 1789.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Charles Johnson was a pioneering United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The husband of Catherine the Great was Peter I.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In 800 Philip IV the Fair of France was coronated by the Pope.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The bustard is a frog.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: An average man inhales about 56,000 liters of air per day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Polar bears possess extremely good eyesight, compared to most land animal species.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In Europe and Latin America, a league is a measurement unit of what physical quantity?
Choices: Volume; Weight; Distance; Speed
Answer: Distance
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Question: This notable army officer and renowned general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War, was the first person to graduate from the oldest military academy in the United States, West Point, with no demerits.
Choices: Robert E. Lee; George Patton; Omar Bradley; Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: Robert E. Lee
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Question: Because of his notable achievements as a poet, writer, and independence movement leader, Jose Marti is considered the greatest hero of which country?
Choices: Spain; Mexico; Cuba; Argentina
Answer: Cuba
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Question: The name of this chemical compound, coined by German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich SchÃ¶nbein in 1840, comes from the Greek word for smell.
Choices: Silicone; Ozone; Osmium; Aroclor
Answer: Ozone
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Question: The first automatic electric traffic light with 3 colors was installed in Detroit, Michigan in what year?
Choices: 1920; 1885; 1850; 1942
Answer: 1920
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Question: The original name of which city is translated as The Great City of Angelsâ?
Choices: Vadodara; Los Angeles; Bangkok; BogotÃ¡
Answer: Bangkok
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Question: Three of these religious organisations are notorious for their suicides motivated by religious and spiritual beliefs. Mark the odd one.
Choices: Order of the Solar Temple; Peoples Temple; THC Ministry; Heavens Gate
Answer: THC Ministry
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Question: Leather can bring out the best in some females.  Which feline fatale said  Youre the second man who killed me this week but Ive got seven lives left.?
Choices: Catwoman; Storm; Daredevil; Miss Kitty
Answer: Catwoman
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Question: Cute little Gertie from E. T.  was no where in evidence when this actress played a evil Lolita
Choices: Drew Barrymore; Brooke Shields; Sara Gilbert; Tatum ONeil
Answer: Drew Barrymore
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Question: What color is a John Deere tractor?
Choices: Red; Blue; Green; Black
Answer: Green
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Question: Both male and female mammals have the ability to produce milk.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Approximately how many pounds of food should a normal adult horse consume in a day?
Choices: 40-50; 15-25; 5-10; 30-35
Answer: 15-25
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Question: When should corn (maize) be planted?
Choices: Spring; Winter; Fall; Summer
Answer: Spring
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Question: What was meant by spring chickens in the early 1900s?
Choices: young male chickens; old male chickens; young female chickens; old female chickens
Answer: young male chickens
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Question: How many compartments are in a cows stomach?
Choices: 6; 4; 5; 3
Answer: 4
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Question: Which is the largest crop for the Americas?
Choices: Corn; Wheat; Soybeans; Milo
Answer: Corn
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Question: Which is the correct name for a horse of either sex under the age of one year?
Choices: Colt; Yearling; Mare; Foal
Answer: Foal
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Question: How many square yards are there in an acre of land?
Choices: 4,350; 4,520; 4,840; 4,130
Answer: 4,840
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Question: Goats milk is the most consumed milk in the world.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is Willem J. Kolff credited for inventing?
Choices: Artificial kidneys and artificial heart; Computer; Heart-Lung machine; CAT scan
Answer: Artificial kidneys and artificial heart
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Question: Red fescue is a type of what?
Choices: Snake; Tree; Grass; Kangaroo
Answer: Grass
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Question: Why are Charles Dickens books so wordy?
Choices: He knew he had a short life and wanted to get everything on paper; He got paid by the word; That was the style of the day; He didnt want anyone to say Please Sir! More gruel!
Answer: He got paid by the word
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Question: What is a bo diddley?
Choices: A sandwich common to poor people; A rock and roll band; A home-made microphone; A home-made guitar
Answer: A home-made guitar
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Question: Which woodwind instrument is not made of wood and has no reeds?
Choices: Flute; Clarinet; Oboe; Accordion
Answer: Flute
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Question: Wilhelm Kolff invented what device?
Choices: Dialysis machine; Football helmet; Linotype machine; PET scan
Answer: Dialysis machine
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Question: In which US state is the city of Truth or Consequences located?
Choices: Mexico; Utah; New Mexico; Texas
Answer: New Mexico
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Question: How many bones does a shark have?
Choices: 0; 103; 206; 100
Answer: 0
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Question: On what island does King Kong live?
Choices: The Island of no Return; The Forbidden Island; Skull  Island; Crater Island
Answer: Skull  Island
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Question: Who invented the armonica, a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned spinning  bowls?
Choices: Sir Edward Elgar; Benjamin Franklin; Dean Shostak; Thomas Edison
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Question: What is the oldest  symphony  orchestra  in the USA?
Choices: The Symphony Orchestra of New   Orleans; The New York Philharmonic; The Boston Philharmonic; The Philadelphia  Philharmonic
Answer: The New York Philharmonic
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Question: Which of these events happened on April 7, 1927?
Choices: The first  long distance Television image was sent.; Adolph Hitler made his infamous first attempt to take over Germany.; The New York Stock Exchange fell 67 points (29% then); The first Easter Parade in was held in New York  City.
Answer: The first  long distance Television image was sent.
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Question: Who is Katie Hnida?
Choices: The first female to be a  professional boxer; The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football; The first  American female to ride on the Space Shuttle; The first female Prime Minister of Ecuador
Answer: The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football
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Question: What did  engineer James Wright  invent in 1943?
Choices: The oral polio vaccine; Silly Putty; The first chemical to repel sharks; Acetate cartoon cells
Answer: Silly Putty
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Question: In 1957 Major John Glenn, Jr. set an air speed record for the trip from California to New York. How long did the trip take?
Choices: 3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds; 2 hours 19 minutes 4.8 seconds; 1 hours 21 minutes 4.8 seconds; 1 hour 56 minutes 8.4 seconds
Answer: 3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds
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Question: Which mass murderer was the inspiration for the movie character Norman Bates in Psycho and  for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs?
Choices: Ed Gein; Ted Bundy; Rickie Sperko; Jeffrey Dahmer
Answer: Ed Gein
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Question: What was the name of Ghana before the country gained its independence?
Choices: The Belgian Congo; Ivory Coast; The Gold Coast; Limpopo
Answer: The Gold Coast
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Question: What is the last name of the man credited with inventing the modern bicycle?
Choices: Bremen; Michaux; Wright; Turnbull
Answer: Michaux
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Question: Where is General George Patton buried?
Choices: Normandy, France; Arlington National Cemetery; Washington, D.C.; Luxembourg
Answer: Luxembourg
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Question: This author of popular novels, who was a lecturer at Wellesley College, spoke fluent  English, Russian and French and made chess problems in his spare time.
Choices: Brecht; Pasternak; Nabokov; Steinbeck
Answer: Nabokov
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Question: What did Earl Bakk and Clarence W. Lillehie invent in 1957?
Choices: Liquid oxygen jet fuel; Internal heart pacemaker; High Definition Television; Artificial heart
Answer: Internal heart pacemaker
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Question: Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the organic compounds that by definition contain which element?
Choices: Nitrogen; Carbon; Hydrogen; Oxygen
Answer: Carbon
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Question: Which of these statements regarding the words imply and infer is correct?
Choices: All these statements are true; Imply and infer mean exactly the same thing; The speaker implies, the listener infers; The speaker infers, the listener implies
Answer: The speaker implies, the listener infers
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Question: These two states have Miami Universities.
Choices: Florida and Georgia; Florida and Ohio; Florida and Alabama; Florida and North Carolina
Answer: Florida and Ohio
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Question: Which U.S. President settled the North Western border dispute with Canada and England?
Choices: Hayes; Polk; Mckinley; Pierce
Answer: Polk
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Question: The Era of Good Feeling is generally applied to describe the national mood of the United States during which years?
Choices: 1783 - 1805; 1805 - 1820; 1825 - 1845; 1815 - 1825
Answer: 1815 - 1825
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Question: In music, what does andante refer to?
Choices: Stop; Moderately slow; Lively; Very slowly
Answer: Moderately slow
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Question: Benny Goodman, a great clarinetist, was always compared to this great jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer.
Choices: Cootie Williams; Art Farmer; Bunny Berrigan; Artie Shaw
Answer: Artie Shaw
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Question: This Sudanese/American basketball player and activist, 77 (2.31 m) tall, managed to block 397 shots during the 1985-1986 season, thus setting a rookie record.
Choices: Yao Ming; Swede Holbrook; Manute Bol; Wilt Chamberlain
Answer: Manute Bol
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Question: Which U.S. President attempted to purchase Cuba from Spain?
Choices: Johnson; Pierce; Tyler; Taylor
Answer: Pierce
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Question: Great Britains first test tube baby was born in what year?
Choices: 1962; 1980; 1978; 1975
Answer: 1978
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Question: Devils on Horseback is a type of food.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who invented the first working television system?
Choices: Thomas Edison; Alexander Graham Bell; John Logie Baird; Benjamin Franklin
Answer: John Logie Baird
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Question: Since 1815, Switzerland has been involved in only a few wars because of its policy of neutrality.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Indian Ink comes from what country?
Choices: Japan; United States; India; China
Answer: China
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Question: What was the name of Margaret Mitchellâs only book written in 1936?
Choices: Death on the Nile; Double Indemnity; Inherit The Wind; Gone With The Wind
Answer: Gone With The Wind
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Question: The pink ball is worth 6 points in the game of snooker.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What infectious disease can be transmitted by a mosquito bite?
Choices: trichnaria; styorrhea; myharia; malaria
Answer: malaria
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Question: This novel written by German author Herman Hesse was published in 1922.
Choices: Nirvana; Siddhartha; Sartaka; Samsara
Answer: Siddhartha
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Question: This term of Indian origin refers to ones fate or destiny, as the result of ones actions.
Choices: samsara; sarana; nirvana; karma
Answer: karma
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Question: A character, played by which of these actors/actresses survived in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?
Choices: Red Buttons; Shelly Winters; Stella Stevens; Gene Hackman
Answer: Red Buttons
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Question: The character played by which of these actors/actresses did not survive in the disaster movie The Towering Inferno?
Choices: Steve McQueen; Susan Blakely; Paul Newman; Robert Wagner
Answer: Robert Wagner
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Question: Which cast member of the TV drama Dallas starred in the film Earthquake?
Choices: Larry Hagman; Victoria Principal; Patrick Duffy; Mary Crosby
Answer: Victoria Principal
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Question: In the movie Armageddon, the character played by Ben Affleck takes the place of Harry S. Stamper, portrayed by Bruce Willis and detonates the bomb that splits the asteroid in two.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What was the special speaker system used during the 1974 theatrical release of the movie Earthquake?
Choices: Tremor speaker simulators; Seismaseats; Sensurround; Tremorsound
Answer: Sensurround
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Question: Which actor/actress who starred in the film The Poseidon Adventure appeared in the TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries?
Choices: Pamela Sue Martin; Pamela Sue Anderson; Roddy McDowell; David Cassidy
Answer: Pamela Sue Martin
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Question: What was the cause of the fire in the movie The Towering Inferno?
Choices: Short circuit in the elevator shaft; A loose lid on a can of kerosene stored in a closet; Faulty electrical wiring; Arson
Answer: Faulty electrical wiring
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Question: A cat that was trapped in one of the burning rooms in The Towering Inferno was rescued by security guard played by  O.J. Simpson.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What contributed to the quick tipping over of the luxury ocean liner in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?
Choices: There was not enough ballast; Shelley Winters was too close to the starboard side of the boat; Not enough speed when the wall of water hit; Engines were at full power too long so they shut down
Answer: There was not enough ballast
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Question: Which one of these actors/actresses did not star in the movie Earthquake?
Choices: Lorne Greene; Charlton Heston; Ava Gardner; Fred Astaire
Answer: Fred Astaire
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Question: Who played the last juror to vote not  guilty in the 1957 movie Twelve Angry Men?
Choices: Ed Begley; Lee J. Cobb; Martin Balsam; Ed Begley,Jr.
Answer: Lee J. Cobb
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Question: Which of these famous people  was not an epileptic?
Choices: Otto von Bismarck; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Rudi Dutschke; F.M. Dostoevsky
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
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Question: Which was the first country to win two consecutive FIFA World Cups in 1958 and 1962?
Choices: Italy; France; Argentina; Brazil
Answer: Brazil
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Question: Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba was the first person from the Western Hemisphere to do what?
Choices: Be President of the U.N. General  Assembly; Win the World Chess Championship; Win an Olympic  baseball game; Win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Answer: Win the World Chess Championship
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Question: Why was a performance by Bob Dylan interrupted in 1998?
Choices: A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.; His lyrics did not pass the decency level required by CBS Television.; Tom Petty had not made it into the stage in time to play the musical bridge in the song.; The show ran 15 minutes over and ABC Television had gone to the evening news.
Answer: A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.
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Question: You go into a diner and  you hear the  waitress yell out Cats Eyes. What has someone just ordered?
Choices: a breakfast of steak and two eggs; strawberries and cream; tapioca; sunny side eggs
Answer: tapioca
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Question: The Peace Symbol, which became an icon of the 1960s anti-war movement, derives from what?
Choices: a slightly twisted cross; None of these; two semaphoric signals; an image of a nuclear bomber
Answer: two semaphoric signals
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Question: Which battleship was used by the US Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War?
Choices: USS New Jersey (BB-62); USS Arizona (BB-39); USS Missouri (BB-63); USS Iowa (BB-61)
Answer: USS New Jersey (BB-62)
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Question: According to the Christian  tradition there are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are there in the Old Testament according to the Jewish tradition?
Choices: 39; 5; 24; 65
Answer: 24
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Question: Who was the first Major League Baseball player born in what was then called Czechoslovakia?
Choices: Reno Bertoia; Ernie Orvitz; Elmer Valo; Andy Pafko
Answer: Elmer Valo
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Question: Which song was Billy Joels first US Top Ten Hit?
Choices: Moivin Out; Just the Way You Are; Piano Man; Shes  Got A Way
Answer: Just the Way You Are
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Question: In this 2005 documentary film a  large number of famous comedians show how they tell one particular dirty joke.
Choices: The Aristocrats; Dirty Rotten Scoundrel; The Elegants; Down and Dirty Comics
Answer: The Aristocrats
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Question: Where does the word Rastafarian come from?
Choices: It comes from a Taino name; The name of a song; The real name of a king; It means the good religion
Answer: The real name of a king
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Question: Where did the word Melba come from, as in Melba toast and Peach Melba?
Choices: The name of the wife of the owner of Cunard Cruise Line.; The name of  the proprietress of Del Monicos Steak House.; The name of Henry Fords wife; The name of an Australian singer
Answer: The name of an Australian singer
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Question: Who is the only President who had a patent?
Choices: Hoover; Lincoln; Jefferson; Washington
Answer: Lincoln
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Question: Which US President invented the baseball seventh inning stretch?
Choices: Hoover; Taft; Wilson; Harding
Answer: Taft
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Question: To whom did the inventor of the typewriter sell his patent?
Choices: A maker of guns; A sewing machine company; Thomas A. Edison; The US government
Answer: A maker of guns
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Question: Which if these is an area in Iraq, and a pilgrimage place for some Muslims?
Choices: Tikrit; Mosul; Basra; Karbala
Answer: Karbala
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Question: What is the mathematical term for the shape of a footballs path, when thrown form one player to another?
Choices: Parabola; Catenary; Hyperbola; Ellipse
Answer: Parabola
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Question: Who wrote the opera Mozart et Salieri?
Choices: Berlioz; Bizet; Rimsky-Korsakov; Saint-Saiens
Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov
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Question: The Magna Carta went into effect in 1215.  Who signed it?
Choices: Eleanor of Aquitaine; King John aka John Lackland; nobody; King Richard the Lion Hearted
Answer: nobody
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Question: Who invented the doll that says Momma?
Choices: Henry Ford; Benjamin Banneker; Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas Alva Edison
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
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Question: Find the odd one.
Choices: Taurus; Libra; Capricorn; Leo
Answer: Libra
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Question: Which of the following animals is the odd one?
Choices: Ram; Hen; Doe; Vixen
Answer: Ram
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Question: Which of these is the the odd one?
Choices: Narcissus; Amethyst; Rose; Daisy
Answer: Amethyst
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Question: Which number is the odd one out?
Choices: 11780; 13491; 17462; 15183
Answer: 17462
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Question: Name the odd one.
Choices: Viper; Vixen; Adder; Cobra
Answer: Vixen
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Question: Which of the following is the the odd one?
Choices: Wooden; Steel; Lace; Silk
Answer: Silk
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Question: Which of these is the odd one out?
Choices: Carnelian; Jonquil; Beryl; Jasper
Answer: Jonquil
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Question: Which of the following months is the odd one?
Choices: April; December; May; July
Answer: April
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Question: Which of these names the odd one?
Choices: Ramon Magsaysay; Sergio OsmeÃ±a Sr.; Ferdinand Marcos; Elpidio Quirino
Answer: Ferdinand Marcos
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Question: What is another name for Ursa Major?
Choices: The Great Bear; The Great Tiger; The Great Lion; The Great Boar
Answer: The Great Bear
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Question: September 3rd through 13th in the year 1752 did not exist.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which of the animals listed below has the longest gestation period?
Choices: Rhinoceros; Tiger; Elephant; Boar
Answer: Elephant
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Question: What would you be eating if you were served Angels on Horseback?
Choices: Prunes wrapped in bacon; Clams wrapped in ham; Oysters wrapped in bacon; Shrimp wrapped in chicken
Answer: Oysters wrapped in bacon
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Question: There are only 10 weight classes in male professional boxing.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which planet is 5th from the sun?
Choices: Jupiter; Saturn; Mars; Earth
Answer: Jupiter
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Question: How old was Bobby Fischer when he won the US chess championship on January 8th 1958?
Choices: 12; 14; 22; 19
Answer: 14
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Question: What was the previous name of the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Choices: The Kansas City Dodgers; The Brooklyn Dodgers; The Bronx Dodgers; The Baltimore Dodgers
Answer: The Brooklyn Dodgers
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Question: In 1958, Pope Pius XII designated an Italian saint as the patron saint for television.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How much did Harvard Universitys tuition and fees total for the 1958-1959 school year?
Choices: $2,925; $3,225; $1,250; $5,110
Answer: $1,250
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Question: On the popular TV show The Honeymooners, Ralph worked as a bus driver for this fictional company.
Choices: Cityline Bus Company; Red and Tan Bus Company; Metro Bus Company; Gotham Bus Company
Answer: Gotham Bus Company
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Question: When was Kevin Bacon born?
Choices: July 8th 1958; May 8th 1958; April 8th 1960; April 8th 1959
Answer: July 8th 1958
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Question: Who won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actress?
Choices: Helen Hayes; Susan Hayward; Althea Gibson; Wendy Miller
Answer: Susan Hayward
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Question: What singer won the 1958 Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance?
Choices: Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star; Bobby Darin for the song Dream Lover; Domenico Mondugno for the song Nel Blu Dipinto; Dick Dale for the song Lets Go Tripping
Answer: Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star
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Question: Who was Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, when the Alaska Statehood Act was signed?
Choices: Richard Nixon; Nelson  A Rockafeller; Brian V Mitchell; John L Truman
Answer: Richard Nixon
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Question: Hammerfest, which is often referred to as the northernmost town in Europe, is located in this Scandinavian country.
Choices: Finland; Switzerland; Sweden; Norway
Answer: Norway
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Question: How large is one micron?
Choices: one million meters; one millionth of a kilometer; one million kilometers; one millionth of a meter
Answer: one millionth of a meter
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Question: Who killed Achilles according to Greek mythology?
Choices: Hector aided by the Nereids; Priam aided by Paris; Peleus aided by Thetis; Paris aided by Apollo
Answer: Paris aided by Apollo
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Question: Which Latin expression means actions speak louder than words?
Choices: quid edere  posseum; mei capelli sunt  flagrantes; non rape me si placet; facta non verba
Answer: facta non verba
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Question: Which one of these statements was not made by economist Milton Friedman?
Choices: Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.; Inflation is one form of taxation that can be  imposed without legislation.; For the bureaucrat the world is  a mere object to be manipulated by him.; Governments never learn. Only people learn.
Answer: For the bureaucrat the world is  a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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Question: The person who developed the popular game Sudoku was from which country?
Choices: Switzerland; South Korea; Malaysia; Japan
Answer: Switzerland
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Question: This red herbivorous mammal is endangered because of habitat loss and human interference.
Choices: The Indian Red Badger; Lesser Panda; The Red Fox; The  Asian  Red  Squirrel
Answer: Lesser Panda
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Question: This programming language that allowed non-scientists to use computers was developed in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz.
Choices: BASIC; PASCAL; COBOL; Visual BASIC
Answer: BASIC
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Question: How many prime numbers are smaller than 23?
Choices: 8; 0; 11; 12
Answer: 8
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Question: Which of these is the last name of the two brothers who have each won the Cy Young Award given to the best Major League Baseball pitchers?
Choices: Perry; Niekro; Dean; Hernandez
Answer: Perry
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Question: Which month is United States Aquarium Month, Candy Month, Dairy Month and Turkey Lovers Month?
Choices: June; November; August; October
Answer: June
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Question: Which French artist is considered the founder of Fauvism?
Choices: Klee; Monet; Matisse; Manet
Answer: Matisse
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Question: When Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address he was not  the main speaker. Who was the main speaker?
Choices: General Grant; Edward Everett; Mrs. Lincoln; General Meade
Answer: Edward Everett
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Question: Which of these events came first?
Choices: The completion of he first standardized French dictionary; The completion of the first standard English dictionary; The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary; The first use of the word scientist
Answer: The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary
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Question: The newton (N), named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, is a unit measuring what?
Choices: Mass; Speed; Force; Weight
Answer: Force
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Question: John Howard Lawson, Herbert Biberman, Albert Maltz, Adrian Scott, Sam Ornitz, Dalton Trumbo, Ed Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, Alvah Bessie, and Lester Cole made short speeches to denounce McCarthyism. All of them belonged to a group, known by what name?
Choices: The ten spies of the CIA; The ten players of Dr. James Naismith; The Hollywood Ten; The ten judges at the Nuremburg Trials
Answer: The Hollywood Ten
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Question: He reigned until 1725 and carried out a policy of Westernization and expansion, that transformed his country into a major European power.
Choices: Peter the Great; Augustus II of Poland; Kemal Ataturk; Frederich the Great
Answer: Peter the Great
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Question: This small, distinct religious community, whose religion resembles Islam, but is influenced by Greek philosophy and other religions, is based mostly in the Middle East. Its members call themselves the People of Monotheism.
Choices: The Druze; The Zoroastrians; The Waldentseinians; The BeHab
Answer: The Druze
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Question: This Spanish playwright and poet, author of The Dog in the Manger and The Widow from Valencia,  maintained that a writers business is to write so as to make himself understood.
Choices: Oscar Nareda; Lope de Vega; Jose Ortega y Gassett; Humberto Robinson
Answer: Lope de Vega
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Question: This English shipbuilder, merchant and navigator, whose innovative measures made the new English ships fast and highly maneuverable, was one of the main commanders of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Choices: Martin Hawkins; John Hawkins; Francis Hawkins; William Blake
Answer: John Hawkins
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Question: This form of traditional Japanese theater, which aims to make the audience laugh, is characterised by brief plays, stock characters and exaggerated dialogue.
Choices: Kabuki; Lo fat; Kyogen; Noh
Answer: Kyogen
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Question: This Dutch naval officer, who became a folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the Dutch republic and Spain, sailed out to capture the Spanish treasure fleet in 1628.
Choices: Pieter Heyn; Heindrich Van Duten; Henry Hudson; Petyr Stuvessant
Answer: Pieter Heyn
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Question: The first screen kiss was seen in the short movie The Kiss, shown in what year?
Choices: 1919; 1882; 1912; 1896
Answer: 1896
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Question: Rene Descartes, who is given credit for the invention of analytic geometry in 1637, may have been preceded in this regard by which French mathematician?
Choices: Fourier; Fermat; LaPLace; LaGrange
Answer: Fermat
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Question: A war, which was condemned by the United Nations, was fought in 1982 over a group of islands between which two countries?
Choices: Grenada and the USA; Panama and the USA; Argentina and Great Britain; Chile and Argentina
Answer: Argentina and Great Britain
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Question: In chemistry, this term refers to two elements with the same atomic number, but different atomic weights.
Choices: Isotopes; Alleles; Isochronics; Isosceles
Answer: Isotopes
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Question: This ancient thinker, who was the first person to propose a heliocentric model of the Solar system,  considered that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Choices: Aristades; Hippachus; Heron; Aristarchus
Answer: Aristarchus
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Question: Which geographical term describes a geological formation that slopes down from the center in all directions?
Choices: Quean; Quassia; Quaquaversal; Quartan
Answer: Quaquaversal
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Question: This US National Park, famous for its mineral waters, is located in southeastern Oklahoma, near the city of Sulphur.
Choices: Hot Springs; Yellowstone; Platt; Mesa Verde
Answer: Platt
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Question: The Mars family were the richest American family of 1988, according to Fortune magazine.  They named one of their most successful products after their horse, who was named what?
Choices: Snickers; Bounty; MM; Corny
Answer: Snickers
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Question: In 1915, the great American baseball player of the 1920s, Babe Ruth, hit his first home against which team?
Choices: The Yankees; The Red Stockings; The White Sox; The Red Sox
Answer: The Yankees
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Question: In 1982, this major Japanese car manufacturer was the first one to begin production of Japanese cars in the USA.
Choices: Mazda; Honda; Toyota; Mitsubishi
Answer: Honda
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Question: You can get lead poisoning from a modern pencil.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In what year were pencils first mass-produced?
Choices: 1662 A.D.; 476 A.D.; 1812 A.D.; 1821 A.D.
Answer: 1662 A.D.
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Question: Which of these is not among the reasons for which most pencils are yellow?
Choices: To show that they come from China; To make them easier to see on a desk top; To show that they are top quality; To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA
Answer: To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA
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Question: Which of these is a real event  in the history of the pencil?
Choices: The discovery of rubber in Malaysia in 1823; The discovery of lead in what is now Turkey, ca. 573 A.D.; The discovery that cedar wood has three times the tensile strength of any other wood; The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England
Answer: The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England
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Question: Who was the famous American writer  whose first job was selling and making pencils?
Choices: Henry David Thoreau; John Steinbeck; Benjamin Franklin; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Answer: Henry David Thoreau
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Question: This famous American writer wrote all of the novel Cannery Row in pencil. He claimed to have used 60 pencils a day for his writings.
Choices: John Steinbeck; Henry David Thoreau; Ernest Hemingway; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Answer: John Steinbeck
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Question: In the first manned rocket flights into space, pencils, not pens, were given to the cosmonauts and astronauts. Why?
Choices: They were less dangerous because they contained no metal.; Pencils can write in zero gravity.; They were less affected by lower amounts of oxygen.; Pencils are lighter than pens.
Answer: Pencils can write in zero gravity.
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Question: Approximately how many pencils are sold annually in the USA?
Choices: 500,000,000; 2,000,000,000; 200,000,000; 20,000,000
Answer: 2,000,000,000
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Question: A great step forward in the world of pencils was made in 1858. What was it?
Choices: Sears-Roebuck began selling pencils in their catalog.; Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.; Sarah Teasdale Wallace patented the first indelible pencil.; Irving Kellogg Watson patented the first drawing pencils in different colors.
Answer: Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.
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Question: If your pencil has a pinkish grain and little or no smell, then it is probably made from which substance?
Choices: incense-cedar; tropical rainforest wood; plastic; non-incense-cedar
Answer: plastic
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Question: If your pencil has a  reddish brown grain and a smell, what does that usually indicate?
Choices: It is made of  incense-cedar.; It is made from non-incense-cedar.; It is made from plastic.; It is made of rainforest wood.
Answer: It is made of  incense-cedar.
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Question: What happened in the pencil world in 1822?
Choices: The eraser was put onto the pencil.; Pencils were made with clips to hold onto a  pocket.; Pencils that wrote in different colors were made.; The mechanical pencil was invented.
Answer: The mechanical pencil was invented.
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Question: Who is P.L. Travers most famous literary character?
Choices: Frankenstein; Mary Poppins; Scrooge; Scarlett OHara
Answer: Mary Poppins
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Question: What event did the terrorists target in the 1977 movie Black Sunday?
Choices: Super Bowl; Democratic Convention; Times Square Ball Drop; Macys Thanksgiving Parade
Answer: Super Bowl
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Question: What was the occupation of The Greatest American Hero, according to the TV show?
Choices: Police officer; Taxi driver; Deep diver; High school teacher
Answer: High school teacher
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Question: According to the popular song, in what city is the House of the Rising Sun located?
Choices: Lexington; New Orleans; San Francisco; Dallas
Answer: New Orleans
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Question: What color is Johnnie Walkers jacket?
Choices: Brown; Pink; Red; Blue
Answer: Red
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Question: According to a popular 1960s slogan, where would you meet the nicest people?
Choices: At the AMC theaters; On a Honda; At Macys; In Las Vegas
Answer: On a Honda
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Question: On TV, what was the name of Sergeant Prestons horse?
Choices: Videl; Rex; Max; Hopper
Answer: Rex
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Question: What movie popularied the phrase Make My Day?
Choices: Die Hard; Midnight Run; Total Recall; Sudden Impact
Answer: Sudden Impact
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Question: The ending of what Steven Spielberg movie takes place at Devils Tower?
Choices: Close Encounters of the Third Kind; E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Saving Private Ryan
Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Question: What was Shakespeares last play?
Choices: A Lovers Complaint; Romeo and Juliet; The Winters Tale; The Tempest
Answer: The Tempest
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Question: An albatross can fly all day without flapping its wings.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How tall is Chicagoâs Sears Tower?
Choices: 1095 ft (334 m); 1811 ft (552 m); 1211 Ft (369 m); 1453 ft (443 m)
Answer: 1453 ft (443 m)
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Question: What 1951 film did Humphrey Bogart win an Oscar for?
Choices: The Barefoot Contessa; The Caine Mutiny; African Queen; Casablanca
Answer: African Queen