kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
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Question: According to the 1990 US census the most common surname is Smith. What is the second most common name?
Choices: Brown; Williams; Jones; Johnson
Answer: Johnson
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Question: What was Disneys second full length animated film?
Choices: Peter Pan; Pinocchio; Cinderella; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Answer: Pinocchio
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Question: The invetor of the first marketed bubble gum, Walter Diemer, was actually an accountant at Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia. He did various experiments in his free time. He invented bubble gum by accident, when one of his gum mixtures turned out to be less sticky than the usual chewing gum mixture and easily stretched.  When did he invent the bubble gum?
Choices: 1955; 1915; 1935; 1928
Answer: 1928
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Question: This was the name of the first bubble gum on the market.
Choices: Hubba Bubba; Wrigleys; Dubble Bubble; Bazooka
Answer: Dubble Bubble
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Question: Bazooka introduced the first bubble gum comics named Bazooka Joe. It was first introduced in this year.
Choices: 1920; 1953; 1910; 1963
Answer: 1953
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Question: This is the most popular color of bubble gum.  When gum had to be released on the market, it was the only color the inventor had on hand.
Choices: Blue; Green; White; Pink
Answer: Pink
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Question: If you stick bubble gum in your hair, you can remove it with a small amount of this substance.
Choices: Peanut butter; Water; Flour; Alcohol
Answer: Peanut butter
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Question: This is one of the benefits of chewing gum.
Choices: Helps taste; Enhances the function of the lungs; Helps resist the urge to smoke; Alleviates stuffed nose
Answer: Helps resist the urge to smoke
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Question: Chewing gum was released in the American market in the early 1900s but became popular in Europe thanks to US soldiers who fought in this war.
Choices: Persian Gulf War; Afghanistan war; WW 1; WW 2
Answer: WW 1
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Question: Ancient Greeks also had their bubble gum. They chewed the resin of this tree to clean their teeth and freshen their breath.
Choices: Ash tree; Mastic tree; Olive tree; Pine tree
Answer: Mastic tree
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Question: To remove gum from clothes or other fabrics you should apply this first.
Choices: Hot iron; Ice cube; Oil; Butter
Answer: Ice cube
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Question: This country has the largest number of gum producers, with over 60 gum factories.
Choices: China; USA; Turkey; Russia
Answer: Turkey
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Question: According to most theories, when was the color pink invented?
Choices: 17th century; 12th century; 19th century; 15th century
Answer: 17th century
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Question: Why did the inventor of bubble gum make it pink?
Choices: It was the only color he had left; He made it pink for his daughter; It was his favorite color; Pink reminded him of his mother
Answer: It was the only color he had left
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Question: Donald Trump wore a solid pink tie in every episode of The Apprentice.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Where was the 1986  movie Pretty in Pink set?
Choices: New York; Hollywood; Chicago; Los Angeles
Answer: Chicago
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Question: Which is not a cause of the medical problem, Pink eye?
Choices: virus infection; chlorine; seasonal pollens; bacteria pneumococci
Answer: chlorine
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Question: Which of these actors played a role in the 1989 movie Pink Cadillac?
Choices: Eddie Murphy; Jack Black; Michael Douglas; Jim Carrey
Answer: Jim Carrey
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Question: What year was rock singer Pink born?
Choices: 1983; 1969; 1979; 1971
Answer: 1979
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Question: STOP signs have always been red.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: All of the following are fruits except which one?
Choices: corn; orange; cherry; apple
Answer: corn
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Question: Which of the following is the star of a show that debuted on Disney Channel in March 2006?
Choices: Miley Cyrus; Lindsay Lohan; Amanda Bynes; Jamie Lynn Spears
Answer: Miley Cyrus
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Question: Who are the presidents on Mount Rushmore?
Choices: Adams, Washington, Johnson, F. Roosevelt; Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln; Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Hamilton; Lincoln, Kennedy, Regan, Washington
Answer: Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln
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Question: The Statue of Liberty was a gift from Italy.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Lassie and Benji are the same breed of dog.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Who was the only American President to be elected to office in the Confederacy ?
Choices: John Tyler; Zachary Taylor; Andrew Jackson; Millard Fillmore
Answer: John Tyler
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Question: Beethovens Fifth Symphony is divided into four movements. What is the name of the opening one?
Choices: Allegro con brio; Scherzo: Allegro; Andante con moto; Allegro
Answer: Allegro con brio
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Question: For what part of his anatomy was Jimmy Durante famous?
Choices: His large nose; His large chin; His large ears; His large girth
Answer: His large nose
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Question: What was the name of Ricks cafe in the movie classic, Casablanca?
Choices: Ricks; The Red Parrot; Rick and Sams Cafe; Ricks Cafe American
Answer: Ricks Cafe American
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Question: Which baseball pitcher pitched 11 perfect innings, only to lose the game in the 12th?
Choices: Warren Sphan; Harvey Haddix; Lew Burdette; Johnnie Sain
Answer: Harvey Haddix
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Question: Pigs are known for their ability to smell what food really well?
Choices: Potatoes; Peanuts; Truffles; Carrots
Answer: Truffles
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Question: The Big Ten Conference is a college athletic conference located in the northern United States.  It had this many members, as of the beginning of the new millennium.
Choices: 12; 9; 11; 10
Answer: 11
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Question: What is the English name for the first book of the Bible?
Choices: Genesis; Exodus; Mathew; Luke
Answer: Genesis
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Question: Which month is celebrated as Black History Month?
Choices: January; April; March; February
Answer: February
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Question: In 1902 the first movie house opened in the USA, in this city.
Choices: Menlo Park; Los Angeles; Pittsburgh; New York City
Answer: Los Angeles
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Question: In 1386, a cow in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: How many eyelids do camels have on each of their eyes?
Choices: 2; 4; 5; 3
Answer: 3
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Question: Which of the following animals transmits the most diseases?
Choices: wasp; bee; housefly; ant
Answer: housefly
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Question: Is Olympus Mons taller than Mt. Everest?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
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Question: Square watermelons are grown in Japan.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who was/were the first passenger/s on a hot air balloon?
Choices: s rooster; all of these; a duck; sheep
Answer: all of these
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Question: What animals multiply so quickly that in 18 months they can have over million descendants?
Choices: worms; grasshoppers; rats; snakes
Answer: rats
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Question: Legend has it that MMs were made for what soldiers?
Choices: Spanish soldiers; French soldiers; Japanese soldiers; American soldiers
Answer: American soldiers
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Question: Fleas can jump 130 times their own height.
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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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.; Rum; Ropes; Rashes; Rotten biscuits
Answer: Rum
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Question: Complete the title of an 80s song by Duran Duran: 
Choices: w Moon on...; ... See ya soon!; ... Thursday; ... Monday; ... Friday
Answer: ... Monday
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Question: Finish the title of a song from the Hit TV Series, The Drew Carey Show.
Choices: on Over ____; Parma; Miamisburg; Shaker Heights; Pittsburgh
Answer: Parma
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Question: Who provided the voices of the characters in the Radio Program Amos n Andy from 1928 to 1960?
Choices: Pranklin Pierce and John Pierce; Amos Rogers and Andrew Brown; Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll; John Paul and George Ringo
Answer: Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll
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Question: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a comedy team that lasted for 20 years, from the 1930s through the 1950s. What famous baseball routine are they best known for?
Choices: The Ump is Blind!; Whos on First?; Whos Playing Who?; Whos your Daddy?
Answer: Whos on First?
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Question: This comedy duo started as a nightclub act in the late 1940s and made several successful movies in the 1950s before breaking up for good in 1956.
Choices: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; John Jacobs and Frank Sinatra; Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin; Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
Answer: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Question: Before he started making movies in Hollywood, Dudley Moore was part of a comedy duo in Great Britain in the late 60 and early 70s. What was his partners name?
Choices: Peter Baker; Peter Cook; Less Parks; Jim Jackson
Answer: Peter Cook
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Question: This comedy troupe started Something Completely Different on BBC Channel 1 in 1969.
Choices: Monty Pythons Flying Circus; Oscar Alices Comedy Revue; Arsenic and Old Laces; The Benny Hill Show
Answer: Monty Pythons Flying Circus
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Question: The Not Ready For Primetime Players debuted on Saturday Night Live in 1975. Which of these was not part of the original cast?
Choices: Garrett Morris; Jim Belushi; Jane Curtin; Chevy Chase
Answer: Jim Belushi
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Question: This musical group debuted on Saturday Night Live in 1978 and released an album called Briefcase Full of Blues that same year.
Choices: The Blues Brothers; Sunglasses and Briefcases; Dead Men Walking; The Killer Bees
Answer: The Blues Brothers
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Question: This Canadian comedy troupe started out in 1984 and included actor Dave Foley.
Choices: New kids on the Block; Big kids in the Hood; Kids in the Hall; Kids in the Attic
Answer: Kids in the Hall
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Question: How many keys are on a piano?
Choices: 56; 80; 98; 88
Answer: 88
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Question: How many stories does the Empire State Building have?
Choices: 102; 100; 150; 109
Answer: 102
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Question: How many legs does a spider have?
Choices: 8; 6; 4; 10
Answer: 8
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Question: How many planets are in the Solar System?
Choices: 10; 15; 8; 12
Answer: 8
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Question: How many stripes are on the American Flag?
Choices: 11; 13; 15; 12
Answer: 13
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Question: How many North American Great Lakes are there?
Choices: 8; 4; 6; 5
Answer: 5
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Question: How many arms does the octopus have?
Choices: 8; 14; 12; 10
Answer: 8
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Question: Approximately how many people attended the soccer match between Uruguay and Brazil during the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament?
Choices: 300,000; 500,000; 1,000,000; 199,800
Answer: 199,800
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Question: How many teeth does and adult have?
Choices: 28; 30; 32; 26
Answer: 32
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Question: Which famous book by British writer H.G. Wells presents the Martians as having octopus-like bodies?
Choices: I Robot; War of the Worlds; The Island of Doctor Moreau; The Martian Chronicles
Answer: War of the Worlds
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Question: In 1971 David Bowies song Life on Mars? appeared on which of his albums?
Choices: Hunky Dory; Young Americans; Space Oddity; Earthling
Answer: Hunky Dory
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Question: Which 1996 animated live-action film featured cartoon character Marvin the Martian?
Choices: Toy Story; Spiderman; Space Jam; Robots
Answer: Space Jam
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Question: The 1950 book The Martian Chronicles, describing the conflict between the colonists from Earth and the aboriginal Martians, was written by which author?
Choices: Ray Bradbury; Arthur Clarke; Douglas Adams; Isaac Asimov
Answer: Ray Bradbury
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Question: On the 2006 album Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which song is about the death of  bassist Fleas dog?
Choices: Wet Sand; Death of a Martian; Tell Me Baby; Dani California
Answer: Death of a Martian
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Question: The Roman god of war Mars corresponds to which god from the Greek mythology?
Choices: Ares; Zeus; Hades; Hermes
Answer: Ares
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Question: When were the 107 episodes of the American sitcom My Favorite Martian first aired?
Choices: In the 1960s; In the 1980s; In the 1990s; In the 1950s
Answer: In the 1960s
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Question: Approximately how long is the Martian solar day?
Choices: 48 hours 30 minutes; 12 hours 35 minutes; 15 hours; 24 hours 39 minutes
Answer: 24 hours 39 minutes
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Question: Who wrote the music for Brian de Palmas 2000 movie Mission to Mars?
Choices: Howard Shore; Ennio Morricone; Goran Bregovic; Slash
Answer: Ennio Morricone
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Question: Which feature on the surface of Mars inspired Iron Maidens song Face in The Sand, included in their album Dance Of Death?
Choices: The Skull on Mars; The Martian Belt; The Red Eye; The Face on Mars
Answer: The Face on Mars
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Question: Who was the father of Jem and Scout in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Choices: Harper Lee; Bob Jones; Boyd Smith; Atticus Finch
Answer: Atticus Finch
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Question: Stan Smith is married to Francine and is the father of Hayley and Steve in this popular cartoon.
Choices: The Fairly Odd Parents; All in the Family; The Simpson; American Dad!
Answer: American Dad!
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Question: In the cartoon Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Doggie Daddy spoke like what entertainer?
Choices: Charlie Chan; George Burns; Jimmy Durante; Bill Cosby
Answer: Jimmy Durante
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Question: What classic song is often played at weddings during the brides dance with her father?
Choices: White Wedding; Poppa Dont Preach; Daddys Little Girl; Now and Forever
Answer: Daddys Little Girl
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Question: Who portrays Nicoles (Staci Keanan) two fathers on the TV sitcom My Two Dads?
Choices: Tony Randall and Jack Klugman; Walter Matthau and Art Carney; Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan; Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane
Answer: Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan
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Question: Which of the following is not an original member of The Mamas  the Papas?
Choices: John Phillips; Jill Gibson; Denny Doherty; Cass Elliot
Answer: Jill Gibson
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Question: Which group recorded the hit single Sugar Daddy in 1971?
Choices: Jackson 5; Bread; Journey; The Mamas and the Papas
Answer: Jackson 5
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Question: What is the name of the British sitcom about the Home Guard during World War II?
Choices: McHales Navy; Dads Army; Fathers Flyboys; Pops Platoon
Answer: Dads Army
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Question: Daddy Warbucks is a character in this popular musical that opened in April 21, 1977.
Choices: Annie; Xanadu; Phantom of the Opera; Cats
Answer: Annie
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Question: Who wrote Jude the Obscure, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Far From the Madding Crowd?
Choices: Thomas Hardy; William Shakespeare; Walter Scott; Matthew Arnold
Answer: Thomas Hardy
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Question: What was the first Broadway comedy to run for over 5500 performances?
Choices: Grease; Hello Dolly; Oh! Calcutta; Drat, the Cat
Answer: Oh! Calcutta
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Question: This malleable, ductile, gray-white metal is very valuable. It is used in jewelry, in the production of electrical equipment, and in automobile emission systems. Certain compounds of this metal have  shown to be effective in destroying tumors.
Choices: Bronze; Copper; Manganese; Platinum
Answer: Platinum
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Question: Where was the first American-made motorcycle manufactured?
Choices: Birmingham, Alabama; Savannah, Georgia; Springfield , Massachusetts; Kansas City, Missouri
Answer: Springfield , Massachusetts
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Question: The great medieval artist, Albrect Durer wrote a textbook in this subject.
Choices: Architecture; Civil Engineering; Cooking; Geometry
Answer: Geometry
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Question: In this language, jo reggelt means good morning and Beszel angolul means Do you speak English?
Choices: Romanian; Hungarian; Russian; Croatian
Answer: Hungarian
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Question: This country is a democratic, parliamentary republic that has over 1500 islands, 700 rivers and streams, and 1000 lakes. During the winter, the shortest day is only 6 hours long. Smoked trout is a typical food  there.
Choices: Sweden; Montenegro; Denmark; Estonia
Answer: Estonia
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Question: Who is regarded as the first professional (American style) football player?
Choices: William Heffelfinger; Red Grange; Jay Berwanger; Jim Thorpe
Answer: William Heffelfinger
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Question: Ross Rebagliati, Karine Ruby, Gian Simmen, Nicola Thost, Anton Pogue, Stacia Hookman, Steve Persons, and Sabrina Sadeghi are prominent names in this  sport.
Choices: Snowboarding; Skiing; Figure skating; Team handball
Answer: Snowboarding
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Question: Where was the first iron bridge built?
Choices: Milton, Massachusetts; Paris, France; Coalbrookdale, England; Brussels, Belgium
Answer: Coalbrookdale, England
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Question: Where will you find the first public park in the USA?
Choices: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Answer: Boston, Massachusetts
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Question: What did Norman Breakey invent?
Choices: The electric alarm clock; The electric typewriter; The QWERTYU keyboard; The paint roller
Answer: The paint roller
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Question: The first European child, born in the Western Hemisphere, was born in what would become this country/state.
Choices: Canada; Cuba; Virginia; Barbados
Answer: Canada
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Question: He was the first child born in the White House in Washington, D.C.
Choices: James  Franklin Jefferson; James  Lee Washington; James Quincy Adams; James Madison Randolph
Answer: James Madison Randolph
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Question: A 1672 painting in Dobarsko in this country depicts Jesus in a rocket ship.
Choices: Croatia; Hungary; Estonia; Bulgaria
Answer: Bulgaria
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Question: Elena Andrionovna was born to Andrian Nikolayev and Valentina Tereshkova. Which statement is true about her?
Choices: Both her parents had been in outer space.; She was the first child born after the demise of the USSR.; She was the first child born by a surrogate mother.; She was the first child born in the offices of the KGB.
Answer: Both her parents had been in outer space.
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Question: The capital city of this country was once known as The Little Paris of Eastern Europe.
Choices: Bulgaria; Latvia; Croatia; Romania
Answer: Romania
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Question: The Krahule hill , known as the geographic center of Europe, is it located in this country.
Choices: Slovakia; Austria; Montenegro; Slovenia
Answer: Slovakia
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Question: The very advanced ocean liner, The Queen Mary II, was built in this country.
Choices: France; Greece; Liberia; Ireland
Answer: France
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Question: Is Aconcagua the tallest mountain in North America?
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the deepest lake in the world?
Choices: Caspian Sea; Baikal; Issyk-Kul; Tanganyika
Answer: Baikal
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Question: Does Turkey belong only in Asia?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: Greenland is part of this country.
Choices: Denmark; Iceland; Norway; United Kingdom
Answer: Denmark
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Question: What is the largest country in the world?
Choices: Russia; USA; China; Canada
Answer: Russia
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Question: What is the largest sea in the world?
Choices: Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Bering Sea; South China Sea
Answer: South China Sea
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Question: What country is generally regarded as the oldest republic in the world?
Choices: France; San Marino; Bulgaria; Denmark
Answer: San Marino
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Question: This word means a detailed record of a persons life.
Choices: Denouement; Dreeour; Dossier; Deluge
Answer: Dossier
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Question: What was the location of the final battle of the First Indo-China War between France and Vietnam?
Choices: Dien Thu; Dien Tet Hue; Dien Bien Phu; Dien Phu Wei
Answer: Dien Bien Phu
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Question: According to Greek mythology, he was the best friend of Pythias.
Choices: Damion; Daconias; Draco; Desmond
Answer: Damion
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Question: Complete this quote: Apres moi , le ......
Choices: Direz; Denouement; Deluge; Dirge
Answer: Deluge
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Question: What term refers to the events following the climax in a dramatic play?
Choices: Denorment; Delouges; Delarges; Denouement
Answer: Denouement
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Question: What is the meaning of dyspepsia?
Choices: Near-sightedness; A disease that is characterized by difficulty in reading; A recurrent  pain, hardness or ache in the upper abdomen; A religious calendar used by several non-Western groups
Answer: A recurrent  pain, hardness or ache in the upper abdomen
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Question: Which of these is NOT a state capital?
Choices: Dover; Des Moines; Denver; Dallas
Answer: Dallas
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Question: What is a doula?
Choices: A non-professional person who assists a woman during the time of  giving birth and during the postpartum period; A summer home in Russia.; A ballet movement; A highly -trained computer technician who advises web designers in the silicon-valley  of France
Answer: A non-professional person who assists a woman during the time of  giving birth and during the postpartum period
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Question: Which of these is a name of a Truffaut movie?
Choices: Day for Night; Days of  Leaud; Days in Calabria; Days in Algiers
Answer: Day for Night
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Question: This is the word in Jewish folklore for a spirit that inhabits the soul and body of a dead person.
Choices: Dibbenhook; DBennior; Daven; Dybbuk
Answer: Dybbuk
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Question: The following citation is taken from this novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. 
Choices:  wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people â he wanted the glittering things themselves.; Tender Is the Night; The Great Gatsby; The Beautiful and Damned; This Side of Paradise
Answer: The Great Gatsby
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Question: What author of fiction wrote the eight novels known as The Kent Family Chronicles?
Choices: John Jakes; Langston Hughes; Mark Twain; Ernest Hemingway
Answer: John Jakes
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Question: What British singer recorded her biggest hit, Downtown in 1964?
Choices: Myleene Klass; Amy Winehouse; Petula Clark; Lulu
Answer: Petula Clark
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Question: Name the 1978 thriller in which a Nazi death-camp doctor attempts to clone Adolf Hitler.
Choices: Heaven Can Wait; The Boys from Brazil; Foul Play; Every Which Way But Loose
Answer: The Boys from Brazil
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Question: Excluding map supplements and special editions, how many issues of The National Geographic Magazine are published each year?
Choices: 12; 52; 36; 24
Answer: 12
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Question: Who wrote the collection of 100 novellas known as The Decameron?
Choices: Emperor Huizong; Eilhart von Oberge; Alfonso VII of LeÃ³n; Giovanni Boccaccio
Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio
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Question: Who became famous in 1957 with the Jamaican folk song, The Banana Boat Song?
Choices: Charlie Parker; Max Roach; Harry Belafonte; Miles Davis
Answer: Harry Belafonte
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Question: Under what name is the Mr. Clean brand name known in Germany?
Choices: Mister Sauber; Herr Steril; Mr. Wunderbar; Meister Proper
Answer: Meister Proper
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Question: In what 1960s ABC series do the characters attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommels vaunted Afrika Korps?
Choices: The Rat Patrol; The Mod Squad; Gunsmoke; M.A.S.H
Answer: The Rat Patrol
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Question: Which video game console is credited with popularizing the use of game cartridges in 1977?
Choices: ColecoVision; Atari 2600; NES/Famicom; Sega Master System
Answer: Atari 2600
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Question: The top grossing movie of 1985 was Back to the Future, trailed closely by two movies, starring this man.
Choices: Sylvester Stallone; Tom Cruise; Eddie Murphy; Arnold Schwarzenegger
Answer: Sylvester Stallone
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Question: Sharks rarely attack humans.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How many teeth do slugs have?
Choices: 3,000; 2,000; 1,000; None
Answer: 3,000
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Question: Which of these fruits has a variety called Abraham Lincoln?
Choices: Nectarine; Tomato; Peach; Watermelon
Answer: Tomato
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Question: How big was the first telephone book?
Choices: 1 page; 50 pages; 100 pages; 10 pages
Answer: 1 page
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Question: The average US penny stays in circulation for 50 years.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: You can fry an egg on a sidewalk when it reaches how many degrees Fahrenheit?
Choices: 143; 158; 167; 172
Answer: 158
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Question: What was the first song transmitted from space to Earth?
Choices: Space Oddity; Happy Birthday; The I Love Lucy Theme Song; There has been no song transmitted from space to Earth.
Answer: Happy Birthday
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Question: Spit can freeze in mid-air at the North Pole.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Potato flavored ice cream can be bought in Idaho.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How much air do apples contain?
Choices: 1/25; 1/50; 1/10; 1/75
Answer: 1/25
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Question: When Anti-war protesters, socialists and Yippes (Youth International Party ) descended on the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the mayor of this city responded by using 12,000
Choices: Jerry Brown; Nelson Rockafeller; John Lindsay; Richard Daley
Answer: Richard Daley
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Question: Which was the first Disney production to show the death of a main character?
Choices: Bambi; Lion King; Pocahontas; Peter Pan
Answer: Lion King
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Question: On the show Law and Order, Detective Lenny Briscoe was a New York City policeman for over 30 years. In that time, how many times did he shoot a person?
Choices: 76; 0; 1; 13
Answer: 0
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Question: Exactly half of the US states have an even number of letters in their name.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who created the first billion dollar company?
Choices: Andrew Carnegie; Alexander Farkas; Samuel Walton; J.P. Morgan
Answer: J.P. Morgan
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Question: What do these people have in  common: Star Jones, Randy Jackson, President Dwight David Eisenhower, Carnie Wilson, Diego Maradona?
Choices: They have all had gastric bypass surgery.; They have all appeared on the long running BBC show Leaders of Our Times.; They have all been cited by the UN for their work with  UNICEF.; They have all received  he Legiondaire Grand Award.
Answer: They have all had gastric bypass surgery.
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Question: Nabisco makes animal crackers in a plant located in this state.
Choices: Utah; Ohio; Massachusetts; New Jersey
Answer: New Jersey
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Question: What was the first American city to fluoridate its water system?
Choices: Grand Rapids, Michigan; San Miguel, California; Yonkers, New York; Colorado Springs, Colorado
Answer: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Question: Which of these was the name of a London street which housed a prison?
Choices: Clink; Brailey; Gow; Gaol
Answer: Clink
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Question: What was the first European nation to grant women the right to vote?
Choices: Finland; Norway; Austria; Ireland
Answer: Finland
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Question: What was the Dionysia?
Choices: The ancient Athenian celebration in honor of Dionysus; The ancient Greek name for  what we call The Parthenon; A classical Greek drama that was rewritten by Shakespeare as A Midsummers Nights Dream; The ancient Spartan creed of the warrior
Answer: The ancient Athenian celebration in honor of Dionysus
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Question: Which term would best describe all the people on this list: Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, Jack Anderson, Jack Newfield, Ray Stannard Baker, Wayne Barret, Richard Behar?
Choices: Spoonerists; Positivists; Playwrights; Muckrakers
Answer: Muckrakers
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Question: The first transcontinental car trip, S.F. to NYC, was made in 1906. How long did it take?
Choices: 52  days; 5 weeks; 2 weeks; 52 hours
Answer: 52  days
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Question: Select the year in which these vents took place: Petroleum production began in the Middle East, the Cubs beat the Tigers in the World Series, and the Montreal Wanderers won the Stanley Cup.
Choices: 1924; 1916; 1932; 1908
Answer: 1908
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Question: Which 1955 movie won four Academy Awards?
Choices: Marty; Forrest Gump; Crash; The Wizard of Oz
Answer: Marty
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Question: What disease do the following famous people share: Menachem Begin, Halle Berry, Carol Channing, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Kroc, Arthur Ashe, and Ty Cobb?
Choices: Rheumatic fever; Irritated  bowel syndrome; Dyslexia; Diabetes
Answer: Diabetes
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Question: Which two of these musicians were born in Lafayette, Indiana?
Choices: Axl Rose and Shannon Hoon; Michael Stipe and Curt Cobain; Kurt Cobain and Shannon Hoon; Axl Rose and Michael Stipe
Answer: Axl Rose and Shannon Hoon
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Question: In the 1995 movie Mr. Hollands Opus, Mr. Holland teaches young Gertrude Lang to play the clarinet piece Stranger on the Shore. Who wrote this famous piece?
Choices: James Byars; Donald Byron; Acker Bilk; Toots Thielman
Answer: Acker Bilk
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Question: The USA is divided into states. England is divided into counties. Which country is divided into departments?
Choices: India; France; Ireland; Taiwan
Answer: France
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Question: Which actress and dancer appeared in Bon Jovis video Always?
Choices: Kiersten Dunst; Katie Holmes; Claire Danes; Keri Russell
Answer: Keri Russell
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Question: Which list is in increasing order regarding size?
Choices: Squad, Platoon, Company, Brigade; Squad, Platoon, Battalion, Company; Platoon, Company, Regiment , Battalion; Platoon, Squad, Company, Regiment
Answer: Squad, Platoon, Company, Brigade
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Question: In 1920 Edward P. Eddie Eagan won the first Olympic boxing gold medal for the USA. In 1932, he won a second gold Olympic medal in which sport?
Choices: Wrestling; Bobsledding; Greco-Roman Wrestling; The Shot Put
Answer: Bobsledding
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Question: Which state is famous for being the site of a series of major earthquakes in 1811 and 1812?
Choices: Hilo, Hawaii; New Madrid, Missouri; San Francisco, California; Trenton, New Jersey
Answer: New Madrid, Missouri
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Question: What was in total eclipse according to Bonnie Tylers 1983 hit?
Choices: The soul; The moon; The Sun; The heart
Answer: The heart
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Question: What group was popular in the 1960s with the hits Yummy Yummy Yummy and Chewy Chewy?
Choices: Velvet Underground; The Rolling Stones; The Ohio Express; The Beatles
Answer: The Ohio Express
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Question: Nixon received a higher percentage of the popular vote during his losing bid for the presidency than when he won in 1968.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What Woody Allen movie depicts a future with robot butlers?
Choices: Match Point; Stardust Memories; Cassandras Dream; Sleeper
Answer: Sleeper
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Question: What nations gas group, PEMEX, made headlines in 1974?
Choices: United Arab Emirates; Venezuela; Mexico; Panama
Answer: Mexico
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Question: Who was the first vice president from the Republican Party?
Choices: Thomas Jefferson; John Tyler; Hannibal Hamlin; John Adams
Answer: Hannibal Hamlin
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Question: What future senator was the first Ph.D. on the moon?
Choices: John W. Young; David Scott; Alan Shepard; Harrison H. Schmitt
Answer: Harrison H. Schmitt
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Question: What TV cat had the motto I hate meeces to pieces?
Choices: Mr. Jinks; Miss Puss; Sonja; Katz
Answer: Mr. Jinks
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Question: What company introduced the Radarange, the first countertop home microwave oven, in 1967?
Choices: Amana; Kennmore; GE; Tappan
Answer: Amana
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Question: What magazine selects The Person of the Year?
Choices: Newsweek; Sports Illustrated; Time; Rolling Stones
Answer: Time
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Question: In three of these countries corruption is widely spread. Which is the odd country?
Choices: Romania; Russia; Iceland; Ukraine
Answer: Iceland
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Question: Christianity is not the main religion in this country.
Choices: Armenia; Uruguay; Sri Lanka; East Timor
Answer: Sri Lanka
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Question: Czech Republic, Luxembourg and the UK were among the countries with most obese people in the beginning of the new century.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Ireland, New Zealand and Japan are three countries with very high consumption of this drink.
Choices: Brandy; Coffee; Coca-cola; Tea
Answer: Tea
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Question: Ireland and Nigeria are considered to be among the countries with most adults, regularly attending church services. The citizens of one of this country also go to church regularly.
Choices: Finland; Russia; Poland; Japan
Answer: Poland
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Question: Usually more than 10 million tourists visit three of these countries annually. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Poland; Belgium; Mexico; Italy
Answer: Belgium
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Question: In the beginning of the new millennium New Zealand, Australia and the UK were among the countries with highest consumption of cannabis.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In Malawi, Nigeria and Botswana, the official language is this.
Choices: English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Answer: English
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Question: This country is not a federal republic.
Choices: Laos; Austria; Ethiopia; Pakistan
Answer: Laos
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Question: San Marino, Denmark and Norway are among the countries with most _____  per capita.
Choices: Personal computers; Television sets; Credit cards; Cell phones
Answer: Personal computers
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Question: The word diamond comes from the ancient Greek word âadamasâ meaning what translated in English?
Choices: Everlasting; Powerful; Brilliant; Invincible
Answer: Invincible
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Question: The diamond is the hardest known natural material on Earth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: About half of the 26,000 kg diamonds mined annually originate from which continent?
Choices: Asia; South America; Europe; Africa
Answer: Africa
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Question: Although seemingly different, the diamond and the graphite are both allotropes of one and the same chemical element. Which one?
Choices: Nitrogen; Carbon; Oxygen; Iron
Answer: Carbon
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Question: Diamondsâ properties are commonly measured by the so called âfour Cs.â What do the four Cs stand for?
Choices: Chemical balance, color, clarity and carat; Carat, capacity, color and clarity; Cut, calcification, carat, and cut; Carat, clarity, color, and cut
Answer: Carat, clarity, color, and cut
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Question: In order for a natural diamond to form, it must be exposed to what specific conditions?
Choices: High pressure and high temperature; High pressure and absence of light; Comparatively low pressure and high temperature; High pressure and comparatively low temperature
Answer: High pressure and comparatively low temperature
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Question: What physical property of the diamond do carats measure?
Choices: Purity; Mass; Cut; Color
Answer: Mass
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Question: Diamond formation is a very slow process. It is estimated that most diamonds found in nature are of what approximate age?
Choices: 1 â 3 billion years old; 100 â 200 million years old; 30 â 40 billion years old; 100 000 â 200 000 years old
Answer: 1 â 3 billion years old
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Question: Travis Metcalfe, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has presented a fascinating theory: he believes the largest diamond known is located where?
Choices: In Earthâs core; On the moonâs dark side; At the bottom of the Mariana Trench; In a near starâs core
Answer: In a near starâs core
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Question: What did the US government buy for the Native Alaskans in 1891?
Choices: Motorized sleds; The basis of their caribou herd; A fire truck; Ice boxes
Answer: The basis of their caribou herd
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Question: Alaska, Texas and California are the three largest states in the USA. Which are the next two largest states?
Choices: Montana and New Mexico; Georgia and Iowa; Wyoming and Iowa; Montana and Georgia
Answer: Montana and New Mexico
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Question: On the sitcom Third Rock  from the Sun, John Lithgow plays Dick Solomon. What is his occupation on Earth?
Choices: Advertising writer; Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Physics; Unemployed
Answer: Professor of Physics
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Question: Which of these musicians was not among the first class inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame?
Choices: Ray Charles; Earl Hines; Benny Carter; Art Tatum
Answer: Ray Charles
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Question: In 1992 there was a petition signed by 30,000 people to change the name of Maui, Hawaii to Gilligan.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The original name of the Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby, was Miss Daisy Hawkins.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: How many continents are owned by only one nation?
Choices: 0; 2; 3; 1
Answer: 1
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Question: The first US police force to buy a police car was also the first to have a police motorcycle squad.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Thomas Harris created this terrible fictional murderer.
Choices: Michael  Everett; Garland  Saunderson; Jason Thomas; Hannibal Lecter
Answer: Hannibal Lecter
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Question: Which famous writer is not paired with the correct pseudonym?
Choices: Ellery Queen-Erle Stanley Gardner; Ellis Bell-Emily Bronte; Richard Bachman-Stephen King; Ernest V. Trueblood-William Faulkner
Answer: Ellery Queen-Erle Stanley Gardner
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Question: In the 1994 film, Pulp Fiction, these actors portray Jules Winfield and Vincent  Vega.
Choices: Ving Rhames and John Travolta; Bruce Willis and Phil Lamarr; Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta; Ving Rhames and Samuel L. Jackson
Answer: Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta
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Question: What was the first rock group to play at New Yorks Carnegie Hall?
Choices: America; The Who; The Beatles; Chicago
Answer: Chicago
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Question: What does the Hindu word Krishna mean?
Choices: the lord; dark or dark blue; daylight; my lord
Answer: dark or dark blue
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Question: Who was the first woman to have a gold record?
Choices: Teresa Brewer; Connie  Francis; Judy Garland; Shirley Temple
Answer: Judy Garland
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Question: How were the dimensions of American battleships determined?
Choices: They had to be lower than the Golden Gates bridge and small enough to go through the Panama Canal.; They had to be large enough to carry the minimum of 278 people but small enough to go through the Suez Canal.; They had to be less than 111 feet tall and less than 11 feet wide.; They had to be lower than the Brooklyn Bridge and small enough to go through the Panama  Canal.
Answer: They had to be lower than the Brooklyn Bridge and small enough to go through the Panama  Canal.
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Question: The moves in this sport include Barani, Triffus, Miller, and Randy.
Choices: Figure Skating; Ballroom Dancing; Trampoline; BMX
Answer: Trampoline
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Question: As a protest to the British Tea Tax, colonial Americans used this for making tea.
Choices: Hay; Goldenrod; Persian Root; Strawberries
Answer: Goldenrod
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Question: When did Russia declare war against Japan during World  War II?
Choices: Two days after the bombing of Hiroshima; The day after the Battle of Kursk; The day after the Battle of Stalingrad; Two days after Germany surrendered.
Answer: Two days after the bombing of Hiroshima
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Question: This word can mean a social upstart or a social climber.
Choices: Selcouth; Zabern; Pronk; Rastaquouere
Answer: Rastaquouere
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Question: Which of these famous buildings is located on the Quai dOrsay, in Paris?
Choices: The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Tomb of Napoleon; The Picasso Museum of Paris; The Eiffel Tower
Answer: The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Question: Which US President signed the law, which established the Congressional Medal of Honor - the highest military decoration awarded by the United States?
Choices: Lincoln; Grant; A. Johnson; John Adams
Answer: Lincoln
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Question: What did Jethro Tull invent in 1701, while he was living in Crowmarsh Gifford, a village in Oxfordshire, England?
Choices: The combine machine; The telescope; The first modern rifle; The seed drill
Answer: The seed drill
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Question: Which of these was introduced in Britain by Lady Mary Wortley, who was a prolific writer of diaries, essays and poems?
Choices: The piano playing; Musical modulation; Smallpox innoculation; The literary salon
Answer: Smallpox innoculation
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Question: This island was originally called Van Diemens Land in honor of Anthony van Diemen.
Choices: Australia; Indonesia; Tasmania; New Zealand
Answer: Tasmania
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Question: This statesman, born in Houghton Hall, Norfolk in 1676, is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Choices: David Gladstone; Henry Cavendish; Benjamin Disraeli; Robert Walpole
Answer: Robert Walpole
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Question: This person, who was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014, is popular as the ruler who managed to unify the regional leaders of Ireland, in order to free the land from Danish occupation.
Choices: Brian Boru; Henry II; Campbell of Munster; Patrick of Kearney
Answer: Brian Boru
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Question: This book, which bears the printed date 11th May 868, is known as the oldest-dated printed book.
Choices: The Gutenburg Bible; The Diamond Sutra scroll; The first history of China; The Book of the Dead
Answer: The Diamond Sutra scroll
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Question: After three unsuccessful runs, this socialist was elected President in 1970.
Choices: Salvador Allende; Miquel Noriega; Dmitri Kerensky; Ivan Beria
Answer: Salvador Allende
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Question: The tradition of placing the wedding ring on the third finger of the left hand originates from ancient Egypt, where they believed that a vein in this finger ran directly to the heart.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In Anglo-Saxon times the bride stood on the left of the groom to allow him to keep his right sword hand free so that he could fight off anyone trying to kidnap the bride.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The tradition of the white wedding dress dates back hundreds of years. It was worn to symbolize the virginity of the bride.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The kiss at the end of the wedding ceremony expresses a Christian belief and symbolizes the swapping of souls between the bride and the groom.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The tradition of proposing with a diamond engagement ring can be dated back to 1477 when the Archduke Maximilian of Hamburg gave one to Mary of Burgundy.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: At weddings it is common for people to toast the bride or groom. The term toast originates from Italy where it was common to place a piece of bread in the bottom of a wine cup for flavor.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: The custom of all bridesmaids dressing alike was started to ensure that bride would stand out and be the center of attention on the alter.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The wedding cake originated in ancient Rome where it was thrown at the bride or broken over her head as a sign of fertility.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In ancient times, it was common for the groom to abduct his bride. The honeymoon originated as a way for the bride and groom to go into hiding after the wedding, to keep the brides family from finding her.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The bride traditionally wears a veil, because it is considered bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Which 1968 film starred Jane Fonda as a scantily-clad sci-fi heroine?
Choices: Bambi Meets Godzilla; Bandolero!; Bullitt; Barbarella
Answer: Barbarella
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Question: What is the more common name for the superfood Vaccinium oxycoccos?
Choices: Cranberry; Cauliflower; Courgette; Cress
Answer: Cranberry
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Question: If bactrian equals two, what equals one?
Choices: Dromedary; Diamond; Daschund; Dynasty
Answer: Dromedary
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Question: In May 2008, this painter set a new world record for sale value of a painting by a living artist when Benefits Supervisor Sleeping was sold for $33.6 million. What is his/her name?
Choices: Lucian Freud; Simon Francis; Clinton Ford; Brian Froud
Answer: Lucian Freud
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Question: Which World War One battles were the first ever fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) as a joint force?
Choices: Galicia battles; Gallipoli battles; Ghent battles; Georgetown battles
Answer: Gallipoli battles
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Question: What is the name of the anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear that along with the malleus and stapes allow us to hear?
Choices: Incense; Inca; Inuit; Incus
Answer: Incus
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Question: What is the name of the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton that is woven to make coarse cloth and sacks?
Choices: Juniper; Jade; Jet; Jute
Answer: Jute
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Question: Which 1994 film featured Jean Reno as a hitman who worked out of Little Italy in New York City and offered sanctuary to a young girl when her family was murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Agency agents?
Choices: Leo; LÃ©on; Lenny; LÃ©olo
Answer: LÃ©on
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Question: What is the name for a vocal musical composition for between two and eight singers, written in the Renaissance and early Baroque eras and often performed without musical accompaniment?
Choices: Magnificat; Mass; Madrigal; Mambo
Answer: Madrigal
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Question: For which hobby would you need frames, hoops and canvas?
Choices: Needlepoint; Nudism; Newsletter printing; Netball
Answer: Needlepoint
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Question: What O-word can be added to each of the following to make a new meaningful word:
Choices: t, Board, Field; Old; Oaf; Oat; Out
Answer: Out
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Question: The fruit of this deciduous shrub or small tree is a berry 5 - 12 cm (2 â 4.7 inches) in diameter, with thick red skin and about 600 seeds.
Choices: Pear; Pomegranate; Persimmon; Pawpaw
Answer: Pomegranate
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Question: Which actress played the part of Teresa di Vicenzo in the James Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service?
Choices: Nadja Regin; Diana Rigg; Denise Richards; Tanya Roberts
Answer: Diana Rigg
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Question: What toxic chemical was released in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo sect in 1995?
Choices: Strychnine; Sulphur trioxide; Sodium cyanide; Sarin
Answer: Sarin
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Question: Which character from J. R. R. Tolkienâs The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers was also known as Fangorn and was the oldest of his kind?
Choices: ThÃ©oden; Tobold Old Toby Hornblower; Treebeard; Tom Bombadil
Answer: Treebeard