kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: This movie legend has won more than fifty international awards, including two Academy Awards. She gained international fame with the movies Desire Under the Elms and Houseboat.
Choices: Sophia Loren; Gina Lollobrigida; Giulietta Masina; Claudia Cardinale
Answer: Sophia Loren
Category: people
Question: What Italian actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1997 tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful?
Choices: Franco Nero; Rudolph Valentiono; Roberto Benigni; Alberto Sordi
Answer: Roberto Benigni
Category: people
Question: In 1967, this Italian actor portrayed Lancelot in the movie Camelot where he met his long time romantic partner and future wife, Vanessa Redgrave.
Choices: Franco Nero; Marcello Lippi; Marcello Mastroianni; Roberto Rosselini
Answer: Franco Nero
Category: people
Question: This actress starred in the Academy Award-winning movies La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both of which were directed by her husband Federico Fellini.
Choices: Stefania Sandrelli; Sophia Loren; Valentina Cervi; Giulietta Masina
Answer: Giulietta Masina
Category: people
Question: In 1950, this Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress refused Howard Hughes invitation to make Hollywood films, preferring to work in Europe. Nevertheless, her appearance in Italian films like Bread, Love and Dreams and Woman of Rome brought her to the attention of Hollywood.
Choices: Sophia Loren; Gina Lollobrigida; Francesca Bertini; Giulietta Masina
Answer: Gina Lollobrigida
Category: people
Question: This Italian actress appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s, including Federico Fellinis 8Â½ and Sergio Leones epic Once Upon a Time in the West.
Choices: Ornella Mutti; Isabella Rossellini; Gina Lollobrigida; Claudia Cardinale
Answer: Claudia Cardinale
Category: people
Question: Who was a tailor before assuming the Office of the President?
Choices: Andrew Johnson; Millard Fillmore; Ronald Reagan; James Madison
Answer: Andrew Johnson
Category: people
Question: Who was a sheriff before being elected President of the United States?
Choices: James Polk; Rutherford Hayes; Grover Cleveland; Richard Nixon
Answer: Grover Cleveland
Category: people
Question: Who was a school principal before assuming the role of President of the United States?
Choices: Franklin Pierce; Chester Arthur; John Adams; Martin Van Buren
Answer: Chester Arthur
Category: people
Question: Which President was a former newspaper publisher?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; Warren Harding; James Garfield; William Taft
Answer: Warren Harding
Category: people
Question: Which President was a lifeguard in his early years?
Choices: Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton; Gerald Ford; John F. Kennedy
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Category: people
Question: Who was a male model before becoming President of the United States?
Choices: Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Bill Clinton; Lyndon Johnson
Answer: Gerald Ford
Category: people
Question: Who was a geologist and mining engineer before delving into the depths of the Presidency?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; William Taft; Millard Fillmore; Herbert Hoover
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Category: people
Question: Which President was a ferry boat operator in his early years?
Choices: Harry Truman; Ulysses S. Grant; Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Jackson
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: people
Question: Which President was an elevator operator in his young years?
Choices: Bill Clinton; Lyndon Johnson; Richard Nixon; George W. Bush
Answer: Lyndon Johnson
Category: people
Question: Who was a cattle rancher before becoming President?
Choices: Theodore Roosevelt; Chester Arthur; James Garfield; Millard Fillmore
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9, 1454.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Where was the birth place of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci?
Choices: In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; In a small village north of Seville; Lisbon, Portugal; In a small village south of Florence
Answer: In a small village south of Florence
Category: people
Question: Amerigo Vespucci assumed invitation by Spain to participate in a several voyages from 1499 to 1502 to explore which region?
Choices: The north cost of North America; The Madeira islands; The east cost of South America; Australasia
Answer: The east cost of South America
Category: people
Question: Which famous ruler and politician whose death marked the end of Golden Age of Florence did explorer Amerigo Vespucci work for?
Choices: John Cabot; Martin Waldseemuller; Lorenzo de Medici; Leonardo da Vinchi
Answer: Lorenzo de Medici
Category: people
Question: In 1508 Amerigo Vespucci was a chief of navigation of voyages to the Indies.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Who published the book âFour Voyages of Amerigo Vespucciâ in Latin translation?
Choices: Lorenzo de Medici; Martin Luther; King Ferdinand; Martin Waldseemuller
Answer: Martin Waldseemuller
Category: people
Question: Fernando Magellan was the first to create a world map and to name the newly discovered continent America after Amerigo Vespucci.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: On his second voyage in 1499 - 1500 Amerigo Vespucci joined an expedition with what other famous explorer?
Choices: John Cabot; Marco Polo; Alonso de Ojeda; Fernando Magellan
Answer: Alonso de Ojeda
Category: people
Question: Amerigo Vespuccis third voyage was commanded by Goncalo Coelho in the service of which country?
Choices: Portugal; Brazil; Ottoman Empire; Spain
Answer: Portugal
Category: people
Question: Amerigo Vespucci died on February 22, 1512 on the newly discovered continent of South America.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What French actress won a Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of famous singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose?
Choices: Juliette Binoche; Sophie Marceau; Audrey Tautou; Marion Cotillard
Answer: Marion Cotillard
Category: people
Question: What French actress and model made her film debut in Bernardo Bertoluccis controversial film, The Dreamers?
Choices: Eva Green; Maria Schneider; Audrey Tautou; Juliette Binoche
Answer: Eva Green
Category: people
Question: This French actress said that starring in Bernardo Bertoluccis movie Last Tango in Paris was her lifes only regret.
Choices: Isabelle Adjani; Eva Green; Maria Schneider; Emmanuelle BÃ©art
Answer: Maria Schneider
Category: people
Question: This sex symbol of the 1960s came into the public spotlight with the movie And God Created Woman in which she plays a sensual 18-year old orphan challenging small-town morals.
Choices: Simone Signoret; Jeanne Moreau; Catherine Deneuve; Brigitte Bardot
Answer: Brigitte Bardot
Category: people
Question: This renowned French actress played enigmatic and mysterious beauties in the movies Repulsion and Belle de Jour.
Choices: Nathalie Delon; Romi Schneider; Catherine Deneuve; Simone Signoret
Answer: Catherine Deneuve
Category: people
Question: What French actress starred in Louis Malles films Elevator to the Gallows and The Lovers?
Choices: Catherine Deneuve; Isabelle Adjani; Jeanne Moreau; Brigitte Bardot
Answer: Jeanne Moreau
Category: people
Question: This French actress played a French literature teacher in the movie Skirt Day, a vengeful woman in One Deadly Summer and the French Queen Margaret of Valois. She received Cesar Awards for all these roles.
Choices: Audrey Tautou; Marion Cotillard; Sophie Marceau; Isabelle Adjani
Answer: Isabelle Adjani
Category: people
Question: This French actress gained international fame with her performances in Braveheart and the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.
Choices: Laetitia Casta; Emmanuelle BÃ©art; Sophie Marceau; Catherine Deneuve
Answer: Sophie Marceau
Category: people
Question: What actress received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Anthony Minghellas movie The English Patient?
Choices: Isabelle Huppert; Vanessa Pardis; Juliette Binoche; Annie Girardot
Answer: Juliette Binoche
Category: people
Question: This actress became the first French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in the film Room at the Top.
Choices: Michelle Morgan; Anouk Aimee; Fanny Ardant; Simone Signoret
Answer: Simone Signoret
Category: people
Question: According to Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was a daughter of this Greek deity.
Choices: Athena; Hera; Aphrodite; Zeus
Answer: Zeus
Category: people
Question: To what musical instrument is Ella Fitzgeralds voice often compared, based on her improvisational ability?
Choices: Violin; Horn; Flute; Guitar
Answer: Horn
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the TV sitcom which aired from 1992 to 1999 and starred Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser?
Choices: Im With Her; Mad About You; You Are My All; Picture Perfect
Answer: Mad About You
Category: people
Question: In which of the Batman movies has Australian model Elle Macpherson appeared?
Choices: Batman  Robin; All of these; Batman Begins; Batman Forever
Answer: Batman  Robin
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the character portrayed by actress Ellen Pompeo in the TV series Greys Anatomy?
Choices: Christina Grey; Elizabeth Grey; Meredith Grey; Melissa Grey
Answer: Meredith Grey
Category: people
Question: Saint Helena was the mother of this Emperor of the Roman Empire.
Choices: Constantine the Great; Julius Caesar; Alexander the Great; Nero
Answer: Constantine the Great
Category: people
Question: What animal character did actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres voice in the 1998 comedy movie Dr. Dolittle?
Choices: Guinea pig; Raccoon; Pigeon; Dog
Answer: Dog
Category: people
Question: In 2001, English actress Helena Bonham Carter and this famous film director started a romantic relationship which grew into a domestic partnership.
Choices: Luc Besson; Tim Burton; Oliver Stone; Ridley Scott
Answer: Tim Burton
Category: people
Question: In what music video did model Helena Christensen appear in 1991?
Choices: Wicked Game; I Cant Dance; Black Or White; Losing My Religion
Answer: Wicked Game
Category: people
Question: In which of these Steven Soderbergh movies has actress Ellen Barkin appeared?
Choices: Oceans Thirteen; Oceans Eleven; All of these; Oceans Twelve
Answer: Oceans Thirteen
Category: people
Question: Where was John Davison Rockefeller born?
Choices: Cleveland, Ohio; New York City; Richford, New York; Newark, New Jersey
Answer: Richford, New York
Category: people
Question: John D. Rockefeller adhered to total abstinence from alcohol and tobacco throughout his life.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What was John D. Rockefellers first job, which he started when he was 16?
Choices: None of these; Lumberman; Assistant bookkeeper; Traveling salesman
Answer: Assistant bookkeeper
Category: people
Question: John D. Rockefeller and Laura Celestia Cettie Spelman had four daughters and one son together.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: The Standard Oil Company was founded by John D. Rockefeller after which war?
Choices: American Civil War; None of these; World War II; World War I
Answer: American Civil War
Category: people
Question: John D. Rockefeller fought in the American Civil War.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What caused John D. Rockefellers death?
Choices: heart attack; lung cancer; none of these; arteriosclerosis
Answer: arteriosclerosis
Category: people
Question: The mission of which organization is to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world?
Choices: Rockefeller University; Rockefeller Centre; Rockefeller Foundation; Standard Oil
Answer: Rockefeller Foundation
Category: people
Question: Which of the following women was married to John D. Rockefeller?
Choices: All of these; Martha Baird Allen; Laura Celestia Spelman; Abby Greene Aldrich
Answer: Laura Celestia Spelman
Category: people
Question: Where is Rockefeller Center located?
Choices: Boston; Washington, Dc; None of these; New York City
Answer: New York City
Category: people
Question: In what country was Che Guevara born?
Choices: Guatemala; Puerto Rico; Cuba; Argentina
Answer: Argentina
Category: people
Question: Che Guevara suffered from this medical condition throughout his life.
Choices: Eczema; Asthma; Rheumatism; Migraine
Answer: Asthma
Category: people
Question: Che Guevara was nicknamed Chancho by his schoolmates. What does this word mean?
Choices: Pig; Horse; Tiger; Snake
Answer: Pig
Category: people
Question: What art was Che Guevara largely interested in?
Choices: Painting; Poetry; Sculpture; All of these
Answer: Poetry
Category: people
Question: What did Che Guevara study in the University of Buenos Aires?
Choices: Medicine; Mathematics; Political science; Geography
Answer: Medicine
Category: people
Question: What is the name of the narrative written by Che Guevara as an account of his journey to Latin America?
Choices: âThe Road to Hellâ; âThe Travels of Cheâ; âThe Diaries of a Rebelâ; âThe Motorcycle Diariesâ
Answer: âThe Motorcycle Diariesâ
Category: people
Question: What were Che Guevaraâs last words according to popular belief?
Choices: None of these; âShoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.â; âThis is not the end, mark my words.â; âIâm not dying in vain.â
Answer: âShoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.â
Category: people
Question: The Maryland Institute College of Art gave Che Guevaraâs photo this title.
Choices: Most inspiring photograph of the century; Most iconic photograph in the world; Most famous photograph in the world; All of these
Answer: Most famous photograph in the world
Category: people
Question: What is the name of Che Guevaraâs first wife, whom he married in 1955?
Choices: Maria; Hilda; Aleida; Anna
Answer: Hilda
Category: people
Question: What is the title of Che Guevaras very last diary?
Choices: The African Dream; Back on the Road; The Diary of Che Guevara; Bolivian Diary
Answer: Bolivian Diary
Category: people
Question: To what island did Mata Hari and her husband Rudolph MecLeod move?
Choices: Bali; Java; Madagascar; Sumatra
Answer: Java
Category: people
Question: In what country was Mata Hari born?
Choices: The Netherlands; Spain; Germany; Austria
Answer: The Netherlands
Category: people
Question: What actress starred in the leading role in the 1931 movie Mata Hari?
Choices: Grace Kelly; Ingrid Bergman; Marlene Dietrich; Greta Garbo
Answer: Greta Garbo
Category: people
Question: Which of the following is Mata Haris birth name?
Choices: Margaretha Gertruida Zelle; Gretha MacLeod; None these; Marguerite Campbell
Answer: Margaretha Gertruida Zelle
Category: people
Question: Until age 13, Mata Hari attended only expensive schools.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: On 13 February 1917, Mata Hari was arrested and accused of spying for Germany.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: How did Mata Hari die?
Choices: She was poisoned.; She was hanged.; She was executed by firing squad.; She committed suicide.
Answer: She was executed by firing squad.
Category: people
Question: Mata Hari and her husband Rudolph MacLeod had two children.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Mata Hari studied to be a kindergarten teacher.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: In Paris, Mata Hari performed as a circus juggler, using the name Lady MacLeod
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Eva PerÃ³n was the first wife of Juan PerÃ³n (1895â1974) who served as President of Argentina.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Eva Duarte Peron was the youngest of five children born to Juan Duarte and Juana Ibarguren.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: At the age of sixteen, Evita left high school and went to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of becoming a singer.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: After Juan Peron was arrested in 1945, Evita organized a mass demonstration that led to his release. What happened a few days after his release?
Choices: Eva and Juan PerÃ³n were married.; Eva became a vice presidential candidate.; Juan PerÃ³n was convicted.; None of these
Answer: Eva and Juan PerÃ³n were married.
Category: people
Question: Eva Peron launched an active campaign for national womens suffrage.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Eva Peron supported workers demands for higher wages and backed a number of social welfare measures.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What was the purpose of the MarÃ­a Eva Duarte de PerÃ³n Welfare Foundation which was established in June 1947?
Choices: to support people in Latin American countries suffering from disasters; distribution of food, clothing, medicine, and money to needy people throughout Argentina; Both of these; None of these
Answer: Both of these
Category: people
Question: Which of the following statements is true about Eva Peron?
Choices: In 1952 she was proclaimed a spiritual leader of Argentina.; She served as head of the Ministry of Labor in Argentina.; She was invited to run for vice-president.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Eva Peron died before reaching the age of 35.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: The 1996 movie Evita starred Madonna and Antonio Banderas.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: This French actor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie Green Card.
Choices: Jean-Paul Belmondo; Vincent Cassel; Jean Reno; GÃ©rard Depardieu
Answer: GÃ©rard Depardieu
Category: people
Question: This popular French actor served in the French Indochina war but was dishonarably discharged from the military. He rose t stardom after he played the title role in the movie Rocco and His Brothers.
Choices: Fernandel; Jean Gabin; Alain Delon; Michel Piccoli
Answer: Alain Delon
Category: people
Question: In 1944, this French actor and singer was discovered by Ãdith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act. He was married to Simone Signored and they co-starred in several films.
Choices: Pierre Richard; Philippe Noiret; Jean Gabin; Yves Montand
Answer: Yves Montand
Category: people
Question: This French actor is famous for portraying fictional detective Jules Maigret. He also starred in Jean Renoirs acclaimed anti-war film La Grande Illusion.
Choices: Louis de FunÃ¨s; Michel Piccoli; Jean-Paul Belmondo; Jean Gabin
Answer: Jean Gabin
Category: people
Question: This French actor is best known to English-speaking audience for his roles in Black Swan and Oceans Twelve.
Choices: Vincent Cassel; Christopher Lambert; Bruno Cremer; Vincent Perez
Answer: Vincent Cassel
Category: people
Question: This French actor rose to fame with the success of the comedy movie The Policeman from Saint-Tropez.
Choices: Fernandel; Claude Brasseur; Jean-Louis Trintignant; Louis de Funes
Answer: Louis de Funes
Category: people
Question: This actor became famous after his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadims drama movie And God Created Woman.
Choices: Jean-Louis Trintignant; Jean-Paul Belmondo; Jean Gabin; Philippe Noiret
Answer: Jean-Louis Trintignant
Category: people
Question: This comedy actors horse-like teeth became part of his trademark. He first gained popularity in French vaudeville and operettas. His first Hollywood movie was Around the World in Eighty Days.
Choices: Andre Bourvil; Louis de Funes; Pierre Richard; Fernandel
Answer: Fernandel
Category: people
Question: This American-born French actor played Connor MacLeod in the Highlander film series.
Choices: Olivier Martinez; Michael Lonsdale; Gaspar Ulliel; Christophe Lambert
Answer: Christophe Lambert
Category: people
Question: He played the villainous Sir Hugo Drax in the James Bond film, Moonraker and French detective Lebel in The Day of the Jackal.
Choices: Yves Montand; Michael Lonsdale; Jean Rochefort; Bruno Cremer
Answer: Michael Lonsdale
Category: people
Question: On 8 April 2009 about 400 miles (640 km) east of Mogadishu, the Danish owned cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama was captured by pirates. What was the nationality of the whole crew?
Choices: French; Australian; American; English
Answer: American
Category: people
Question: On 4 April 2009 the French yacht Tanit was captured by pirates and all five people, including a 3-year-old child, were taken hostages. What was the outcome?
Choices: The French forces rescued four of the hostages,including the child, and the fifth one was killed.; The French forces rescued the people, but the child was killed.; The pirates demanded a ransom, and the hostages were released after they got the money.; The hostages managed to free themselves.
Answer: The French forces rescued four of the hostages,including the child, and the fifth one was killed.
Category: people
Question: On January 1, 2009 Somali pirates hijacked the Egyptian cargo ship Blue Star with 28 crew aboard. What kind of ransom did the pirates demand?
Choices: 100 pounds of gold; They demanded the release of a fellow-pirate that was captured earlier.; US$ 1,000,000; None of these
Answer: US$ 1,000,000
Category: people
Question: Which of these statements is true about the Somali pirates in general?
Choices: Most of them were young, around 20-35 years old.; Most of them came from Puntland, a region in northeastern Somalia.; There were at least five pirate gangs and a total of 1,000 armed men.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: According to a BBC report, most of the Somali pirates fall into this category.
Choices: Local Somali fishermen; All of this; Technical experts; Ex-militiamen
Answer: All of this
Category: people
Question: Somali pirates were known for getting their weaponry from this country.
Choices: Yemen; Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia; Oman
Answer: Yemen
Category: people
Question: What predominant type of weapons was used by the Somali pirates?
Choices: AKM assault rifles; All of these; RPG-7 rocket launchers; Semi-automatic pistols such as the TT-30
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: On 28 January 2009, Japan announced its intention of sending a naval task force to support the international forces fighting against Somalian piracy. Why was this decision unusual for Japan?
Choices: The constitution of Japan allows the use of the military forces only for defence.; All of these; Japan and Somalia had a Peace agreement.; The Japanese military is very small.
Answer: The constitution of Japan allows the use of the military forces only for defence.
Category: people
Question: When did the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing international land and sea occupations in the pursuit of pirates?
Choices: On July 10, 2009; On September 1, 2007; On December 17, 2008; Such a resolution can never be approved by Somalia.
Answer: On December 17, 2008
Category: people
Question: What was the name of the anti-piracy campaign of the European Union that started on 2 January 2009 with the capturing of eight Somali pirates?
Choices: Operation Somalia; Operation Atlanta; Operation Seizure; Operation Marine
Answer: Operation Atlanta
Category: people
Question: The 2008 book Love Letters of Great Men plays a key role in the plot of this movie.
Choices: Shakespeare in Love; Youve Got Mail; Message in a Bottle; Sex and the City
Answer: Sex and the City
Category: people
Question: In the movie Message in a Bottle, what is the occupation of Theresa Osborne, who becomes fascinated by a mysterious, intriguing love letter, found in a bottle in the sand?
Choices: psychologist; screenwriter; playwright; researcher for a major newspaper
Answer: researcher for a major newspaper
Category: people
Question: In The Police song Message in a Bottle, a castaway on an island sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. What does he find on the shore a year later?
Choices: a lake of tears; a hundred billion Valentines; a hundred withered flowers; a hundred billion bottles
Answer: a hundred billion bottles
Category: people
Question: What famous person wrote a love letter that contains the line, Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart?
Choices: Vincent van Gogh; King Henry VIII of England; Victor Hugo; Napoleon Bonaparte
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Category: people
Question: This Irish author wrote to his wife Nora Barnacle You are my only love. You have me completely in your power. They had their first romantic liaison on June 14 1904, the date that is the setting of one of his most notable novels.
Choices: Robert Louis Stevenson; Oscar Wilde; George Bernard Shaw; James Joyce
Answer: James Joyce
Category: people
Question: Passionate love letters were part of this couples timeless romance. They sometimes addressed each other as Dearest Scrupelshrumpilstilskin and Dearest Hubs.
Choices: John Lennon and Yoko Ono; Ronald and Nancy Reagan; Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor; Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
Answer: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Category: people
Question: This US President and his wife, Abigail, exchanged over 1,100 letters.
Choices: John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; George Washington; James Madison
Answer: John Adams
Category: people
Question: Which Queen of England received from her future husband Henry VIII a love letter that contained the following line:My mistress and friend: I and my heart put ourselves in your hands..?
Choices: Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymor; Catherine of Aragon; Catherine Parr
Answer: Anne Boleyn
Category: people
Question: This Hollywood legend wrote to his girlfriend Barbara Glenn, Darling I havent written because I have fallen in love and then went on to say that he was referring to his horse Cisco the kid.
Choices: Spencer Tracy; James Dean; Marlon Brando; Clark Gable
Answer: James Dean
Category: people
Question: What actress said this: âIts going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.â
Choices: Marilyn Monroe; Milla Jovovich; Paris Hilton; Lindsay Lohan
Answer: Milla Jovovich
Category: people
Question: âThe 100% American is 99% an idiot.â was a remark made by this non-American playwright.
Choices: John Galsworthy; George Bernard Shaw; J. B. Priestley; NoÃ«l Coward
Answer: George Bernard Shaw
Category: people
Question: âHow can I lose to such an idiot?â was a shout by this master of chess.
Choices: Mikhail Botvinnik; JosÃ© Capablanca; Alexander Alekhine; Aaron Nimzovich
Answer: Aaron Nimzovich
Category: people
Question: âWhile time, the endless idiot, runs screaming round the world.â was said by this American writer of poetry, plays and essays.
Choices: Kathy Acker; Carson McCullers; Elizabeth Alexander; Mary Higgins Clark
Answer: Carson McCullers
Category: people
Question: Which famous comedian of silent films said: âMan as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.â?
Choices: Buster Keaton; Charlie Chaplin; Harold Lloyd; Oliver Hardy
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
Category: people
Question: Name the Austrian journalist, writer, satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet who said, âEducation is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.â
Choices: Franz Kafka; Rudolf Steiner; Karl Kraus; Anton Webern
Answer: Karl Kraus
Category: people
Question: Which famous composer of the 17th  18th century said âIf I decide to be an idiot, then Ill be an idiot on my own accord.â?
Choices: Antonio Vivaldi; Johann Sebastian Bach; Domenico Scarlatti; George Frideric Handel
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Category: people
Question: âHalf the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of themâ was uttered by this writer and Broadway critic.
Choices: Charles Isherwood; Peter Debruge; Ben Brantley; Walter Kerr
Answer: Walter Kerr
Category: people
Question: Which one of the Beatles said this: âI resent performing for frisking idiots who dont know anything.â?
Choices: Ringo Starr; George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Answer: John Lennon
Category: people
Question: Which American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist wrote âApril comes like an idiot, babbling and stewing flowers.â
Choices: Emily Dickinson; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Sylvia Plath
Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Category: people
Question: This poet, painter and printmaker said, âWhat is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.â
Choices: Washington Irving; Robert Louis Stevenson; Edgar Allen Poe; William Blake
Answer: William Blake
Category: people
Question: What famous playwright wrote: âLife is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.â?
Choices: William Shakespeare; Ben Jonson; Christopher Marlow; Philip Marlowe
Answer: William Shakespeare
Category: people
Question: âCluelessness - There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.â is a quote by this American sociologist and author.
Choices: James Hughes; Benjamin H. Bratton; Larry Kersten; Alfred R. Lindesmith
Answer: Larry Kersten
Category: people
Question: âThe word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.â is a quote from this winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
Choices: Jimmy Breslin; Dave Barry; Art Buchwald; Charles Krauthammer
Answer: Dave Barry
Category: people
Question: In what century did Greek philosopher Plato live?
Choices: 6th-7th century BC; 1st-2nd century BC; 9th-10th century BC; 5th-4th century BC
Answer: 5th-4th century BC
Category: people
Question: According to Plato, the structure of society corresponds to the structure of which of the following?
Choices: Human soul; Animal herds; Family; Human body
Answer: Human soul
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Question: In Platoâs opinion, human society should be governed by people who possess these main virtues.
Choices: Compassion and charity; Rhetoric and persuasion; Wisdom and reason; None of these
Answer: Wisdom and reason
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Question: Platos influence has been especially strong in which of the following subjects?
Choices: Psychology; Literature; Mathematics; None of these
Answer: Mathematics
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Question: Plato believed that reality could not be perceived by which of the following type of people?
Choices: Those who use their senses; Those who have immense imagination, people of arts; Those who live with thoughts of their past of future; Those who put their own happiness above everything and everyone else
Answer: Those who use their senses
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Question: What family relationship occupied much of the thoughts of Greek philosopher Plato?
Choices: Father-son relationship; Brother-sister relationship; Father-daughter relationship; Mother-son relationship
Answer: Father-son relationship
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Question: What was the name of the famous ancient school founded by Plato in Athens?
Choices: Assembly; College; Academy; University
Answer: Academy
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Question: Plato was the middle name of Aristotle Onassis, the prominent shipping magnate of the 20th century.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In what present day country was Aristotle Onassis born?
Choices: Turkey; Macedonia; None of these; Greece
Answer: Turkey
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Question: Where did Aristotle Onassis go after leaving his home country in 1923.
Choices: Bogota, Colombia; Boston, USA; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Answer: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Question: Aristotle Onassis father had a fleet of how many ships?
Choices: 10; 20; 5; 15
Answer: 10
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Question: At the age of 16, Aristotle Onassis spoke four languages.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Aristotle Onassis had a notorious affair with this opera diva.
Choices: Monserat Caballe; Nellie Melba; Maria Callas; Magda Olivero
Answer: Maria Callas
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Question: In 1954, Aristotle Onassis was investigated by the FBI for fraud against the U.S. government.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which of these women is the mother of Aristotle Onassisâ two children?
Choices: Jacqueline Kennedy; Athina Livanos; Maria Callas; Christina Onassis
Answer: Athina Livanos
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Question: What member of Aristole Onasis family died in a plane crush?
Choices: his daughter; his son; his first wife; his mother
Answer: his son
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Question: Athina Onassis Roussel is the granddaughter of Aristotle Onassis.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In which country was David Beckham born on May 2, 1975?
Choices: Wales; England; Scotland; Ireland
Answer: England
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Question: What was David Beckhams dream job back when he was a child?
Choices: Football player; Hairdresser; Physician; Tattoo artist
Answer: Football player
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Question: David Beckhams parents were ardent fans of this football team, and they passed the passion to their son.
Choices: Tottenham Hotspur; Milan; Real Madrid; Manchester United
Answer: Manchester United
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Question: What was the first football club for which David Beckham played professionally?
Choices: Liverpool; Manchester United; Chelsea; Tottenham Hotspur
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur
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Question: What is the name of David Beckhams first-born son?
Choices: Romeo; Brooklyn; Cruz; Joseph
Answer: Brooklyn
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Question: Who became the godfather of David and Victoria Beckhams sons Brooklyn and Romeo?
Choices: Prince Charles; Jay Leno; Elton John; Tom Jones
Answer: Elton John
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Question: What is the title of the 2002 movie that involved David Beckhams name?
Choices: Kick It Like Beckham; Bend It Like Beckham; Score It Like Beckham; Twist It Like Beckham
Answer: Bend It Like Beckham
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Question: Why did David Beckham have numerous tattoos done all over his body?
Choices: He was addicted to it.; He wanted to feel more colorful.; His father had many tattoos, he followed his example.; Victoria liked him that way.
Answer: He was addicted to it.
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Question: What TV host made David Beckham take off his Shirt on their TV show in April 2008?
Choices: David Letterman; Oprah; Ellen DeGeneres; Jay Leno
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres
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Question: What is the name of the fragrance for men released by David Beckham in 2007?
Choices: David Beckham Thunder; David Beckham Reflex; David Beckham Insomnia; David Beckham Instinct
Answer: David Beckham Instinct
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Question: What was the shortest way to a womans heart according to Casanova?
Choices: Alcohol; Gratitude; Money; Power
Answer: Gratitude
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Question: What is the title of the popular partly autobiographical book written by Casanova?
Choices: Casanova; Story of My Life; Walking on Clouds; The Way to Paradise
Answer: Story of My Life
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Question: What is the first name of Casanova, the most popular lover ever born?
Choices: Gianni; Giuseppe; Giovanni; Giacomo
Answer: Giacomo
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Question: Casanova graduated from the University of Padua, Italy, with a degree in this academic field.
Choices: Art; Medicine; Law; Mathematics
Answer: Law
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Question: Casanova had a brief career in this institution.
Choices: All of these; Prison; Church; Mental institution
Answer: Church
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Question: How did Casanova once save the life of a Venetian nobleman of the Bragadin family?
Choices: By having him bled; By putting leeches all over his body; By performing CPR on him; By applying a mercury-based ointment all over his body
Answer: By having him bled
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Question: Casanova was good at playing this musical instrument and he even became a professional musician for some time.
Choices: Harpsichord; Harp; Violin; Trumpet
Answer: Violin
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Question: Apart from women, this remained Casanovas uncontrollable passion throughout his whole life.
Choices: Lying; Gambling; Stealing; Painting
Answer: Gambling
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Question: These are believed to have been the very last words of Casanova before his death.
Choices: The mind succumbs to an apathy against which nothing avails.; I have lived as a philosopher and I die as a Christian.; I am writing My Life to laugh at myself, and I am succeeding.; The cruelty of boredom!
Answer: I have lived as a philosopher and I die as a Christian.
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Question: This prolific writer and actress co-starred with her husband, Roy Rogers, in the popular television series, The Roy Rogers Show.
Choices: Dale Evans; Dale Benningfield; Dale James; Dale Garrett
Answer: Dale Evans
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Question: This character from the sitcom Green Acres, portrayed by Eva Gabor, was the wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas, a successful New York City attorney.
Choices: Lisa Douglas; Hilary Douglas; Margaret Douglas; Ashley Hunt
Answer: Lisa Douglas
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Question: This character, portrayed by Ellen Corby, was married to Zeb Walton in the TV series, The Waltons.
Choices: Bonnie; Esther; Louise; Susie
Answer: Esther
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Question: What was the name of Fred Astaires famous dancing partner in the films Roberta, The Gay Divorcee and Shall we Dance?
Choices: Jamie Foxx; Ginger Rogers; Linda Lavin; Bonnie Barrow
Answer: Ginger Rogers
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Question: In the TV series The Brady Bunch, this widowed architect married Carol Martin.
Choices: Jim Brady; Mike Brady; Tom Brady; Jon Brady
Answer: Mike Brady
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Question: This famous alcoholic actor starred in The Bank Dick. He was also quoted saying I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.
Choices: Calvin Cooliage; Jimmy Durante; W.C. Fields; George Burns
Answer: W.C. Fields
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Question: Which famous alcoholic film actor is best known for his romantic swashbuckler roles such as his role in The Adventures of Robin Hood?
Choices: Kevin Costner; Errol Flynn; Robert Conrad; Carroll OConner
Answer: Errol Flynn
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Question: Name the famous alcoholic who was Republican Senator from Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957 and made freewheeling accusations of communist sympathies against people in the U.S. government.
Choices: Joseph McCarthy; Richard Nixon; George Orwell; John F Kennedy
Answer: Joseph McCarthy
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Question: What is the name of the fictional alcoholic from The Andy Griffith Show?
Choices: Otis Campbell; Gomer Pyle; Floyd Lawson; Opie Taylor
Answer: Otis Campbell
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Question: Which alcoholic singer and movie actor was partnered with Jerry Lewis for many years?
Choices: Dean Martin; Bob Hope; Henny Youngman; Victor Hugo
Answer: Dean Martin
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Question: This famous American poet and short story writer, alleged to have died as a result of alcoholism, wrote the poem The Raven.
Choices: Mark Twain; Agatha Christie; Edgar Allan Poe; Jules Verne
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
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Question: What was the name of the animated alcoholic which was known for his belches on The Simpsons?
Choices: Moe Szyslak; Barney Gumble; Ralph Wiggum; Ned Flanders
Answer: Barney Gumble
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Question: Which politician, who suffered from alcoholism, was the 14th President of the United States?
Choices: Millard Fillmore; Abraham Lincoln; Franklin Pierce; James Buchanan
Answer: Franklin Pierce
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Question: Which American jazz singer, a famous alcoholic, was also known as Lady Day?
Choices: Ella Fitzgerald; Sarah Vaughan; Karen Carpenter; Billie Holiday
Answer: Billie Holiday
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Question: This popular American film actress and pin-up model, who starred in I Married a Witch in 1942, died as a result of her drinking problem.
Choices: Dorothy Lamour; Bette Davis; Paulette Goddard; Veronica Lake
Answer: Veronica Lake
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Question: Which Shakespearean actor, suffering from alcoholism, was nicknamed The Great Profile?
Choices: Lionel Barrymore; John Barrymore; Charlie Chaplin; Errol Flynn
Answer: John Barrymore
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Question: Which American author, who frequently exhibited eccentric behavior, due to his alcoholism, wrote In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffanys?
Choices: Truman Capote; Bill Bradley; Mark Twain; Frank Capra
Answer: Truman Capote
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Question: This Dave went all the way from driving a talking car to judging whether or not Americas Got Talent.
Choices: David Hasselhoff; David Schwimmer; David Dukes; Dave Coulier
Answer: David Hasselhoff
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Question: This would-be jockey became the heartthrob of the made for TV band The Monkees.
Choices: Davy Jones; Dave Coulier; Dave Thomas; David Cross
Answer: Davy Jones
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Question: Dave Couliers first starring TV role was in the Nickelodeon Classic Show Cut it Out!.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Dave Thomas named his restaurant chain after his daughter.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Dave Thomas co-starred with which SCTV veteran in the cult classic Strange Brew?
Choices: John Candy; Rick Moranis; Eugene Levy; Steve Martin
Answer: Rick Moranis
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Question: David Duke, the former Republican representative for Louisiana, is famous for heading what other organization?
Choices: 4H Club; NAACP; Black Panthers; Ku Klux Klan
Answer: Ku Klux Klan
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Question: This humor columnist was syndicated nationwide before he retired in 2005.
Choices: Dave Reddy; Dave Bush; Dave Loder; Dave Barry
Answer: Dave Barry
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Question: David became the first King of Israel after slaying Goliath.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: David Schwimmer, who co-starred in the television show Friends, plays a hypochondriac character in which animated movie?
Choices: Toy Story; Cars; Finding Nemo; Madagascar
Answer: Madagascar
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Question: Which Canadian actor lived on the Dog Creek Reserve until he was 8?
Choices: Chief Dan George; Adam Beach; Lorne Greene; Graham Greene
Answer: Adam Beach
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Question: This B-movie actress was born on March 10, 1957, in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Choices: Neve Campbell; Dorothy Stratten; Pamela Anderson; Shannon Tweed
Answer: Shannon Tweed
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Question: Which actress was born on October 17, 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories?
Choices: Fay Wray; Margot Kidder; Kate Ried; Catherin Ohara
Answer: Margot Kidder
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Question: He was born in Wilmot Nova Scotia in 1844, and was the first man to sail around the world alone.
Choices: Rick Hansen; William Barker; Grham Greene; Josua Slocum
Answer: Josua Slocum
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Question: Which famous person was born on October 25, 1912  in Hamilton, Ontario?
Choices: Jack Warner; James J Hill; Jack Kent Cooke; Conrad Black
Answer: Jack Kent Cooke
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Question: This Canadian author is known for his novel which was adapted into a Kevin Costner movie.
Choices: Farley Mowat; Leonard Cohen; W.P. Kinsella; W.O. Mitchell
Answer: W.P. Kinsella
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Question: Which celebrity was born Eileen Regina Edwards, in Windsor, Ontario?
Choices: Shania Twain; Pamela Anderson; Terry Clark; Ann Murray
Answer: Shania Twain
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Question: Which Canadian is the inventor of basketball?
Choices: Paul Tracey; James Naismith; Ned Hanlan; Bobby Orr
Answer: James Naismith
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Question: Which famous journalist was born in Toronto Ontario on July 29, 1938?
Choices: Peter Kent; Peter Jennings; Tom Brokaw; Brian Williams
Answer: Peter Jennings
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Question: This famous Canadian actor, who starred in over 100 movies and TV shows, is best known for playing either cowboys or ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Choices: Norm Macdonald; Lorne Greene; Glenn Ford; Barry Morse
Answer: Glenn Ford
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Question: Which of Henry VIIIs chancellors had an international reputation as a great Renaissance Humanist?
Choices: Bishop Gardiner; Richard Cromwell; Sir Thomas More; Cardinal Wolsey
Answer: Sir Thomas More
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Question: While Elizabeth I never married, she retained a lifelong attraction to her Master of Horse, Robert Dudley, who was honored with this title.
Choices: Queens consort; Earl of Essex; Earl of Leicester; Prime Minister
Answer: Earl of Leicester
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Question: Elizabeth Is privateers, known as Sea Dogs, were a colorful chapter in her reign. One of these claimed international celebrity by circumnavigating the globe. Name him.
Choices: Richard Hackluit; Walter Rawleigh; Martin Frobisher; Francis Drake
Answer: Francis Drake
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Question: Bloody Mary was the pejorative nickname given to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It is one of those dynastic ironies that the great royal enemy of Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, was also related to her in what way?
Choices: He was her cousin.; He was her uncle.; He was her brother-in-law.; He was her father-in-law.
Answer: He was her brother-in-law.
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Question: Which of he following famous English dramatists was NOT a part of the Elizabethan era?
Choices: William Shakespeare; Richard Sheridan; Christopher Marlowe; Ben Johnson
Answer: Richard Sheridan
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Question: The Tudor dynasty was founded by a Welsh adventurer, Owen Tudor, who gained prominence by marrying the widow of Henry V, Margaret Beaufort.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Mark Twains well loved story, The Prince and the Pauper involves the adventures of a teenage pauper and this English Prince who exchange their roles and identity.
Choices: Edward VI, son and heir of Henry VIII; James Stuart, the future James I who was the son of Mary Queen of Scots; Henry Fitzroi, the illegitimate son of Henry VIII; Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII
Answer: Edward VI, son and heir of Henry VIII
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Question: The Tudors are credited with their skillful use of Parliament. Yet, Parliaments met infrequently at the royal pleasure. Elizabeth I ruled almost a half century and called only 4 Parliaments during her entire reign.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress?
Choices: Patsy Mink; Amelia Earheart; Jeannette Rankin; Sally Ride
Answer: Jeannette Rankin
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Question: There were no women among the first 12 astronauts who set foot upon the moon.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What was Billy the Kids real name?
Choices: William Bonney; Henry Antrim; Henry McCarty; William Anderson
Answer: Henry McCarty
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Question: Billy the Kid was virtually unknown in his own lifetime.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Billy the Kid was born November 23 of what year?
Choices: 1859; 1861; 1865; 1852
Answer: 1859
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Question: Billy the Kid was one of the founding members of a vigilante group known as The Regulators.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: It is believed that Billy the Kid was born in this state.
Choices: New Mexico; Wyoming; New York; Texas
Answer: New York
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Question: Billy the Kid was left handed.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In what state did Billy the Kid die?
Choices: New Mexico; Oklahoma; Wyoming; Texas
Answer: New Mexico
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Question: Billy the Kid killed 21 men in his lifetime.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which President of the United States said the following, You can teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.?
Choices: Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton; George Bush; None of These
Answer: George Bush
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Question: Which politician said these words, I think gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.?
Choices: Dan Quayle; Barack Obama; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Al Gore
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Question: Which late President of the United States said the following, The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.?
Choices: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight  D. Eisenhower; Woodrow Wilson; Richard Nixon
Answer: Dwight  D. Eisenhower
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Question: This former member of the pop punk band Blink 182 was quoted as saying that he had never been to Kenya because Thats not a place where Im considered good-looking.
Choices: Brandon Boyd; Mark Hoppus; Tom DeLonge; Travis Barker
Answer: Mark Hoppus