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What did federal prosecutors indict four former players for in a separate betting scandal?
perjury related to betting on their own games
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What did an autopsy reveal was in Rashidi Wheeler's system after he died during a practice?
ephedrine
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In 2006, what prompted the women's soccer team coach, Jenny Haigh, to resign?
the release of images of alleged hazing
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After the death of Rashidi Wheeler in 2001, which athletic programs were investigated for stimulants and other banned substances?
all
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How many full-time faculty members does Northwestern employ?
3,401
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Who is Northwestern's faculty member notable for being a Holocaust denier?
Arthur Butz
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Who is Northwestern's faculty member notable for winning a Pulitzer Prize?
historian Garry Wills
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Who is Northwestern's faculty member notable for becoming a Tony Award-winning director?
Mary Zimmerman
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Who is Northwestern's faculty member notable for winning the Nobel Prize?
chemist John Pople
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Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming a U.S. Senator and presidential candidate?
George McGovern
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Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey?
Ali Babacan
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Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for being the founder of the presidential prayer breakfast?
Abraham Vereide
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Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming the Governor of Illinois and a presidential candidate?
Adlai Stevenson
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Which of Northwestern's alumni is notable for becoming the Illinois Governor and convicted felon?
Rod Blagojevich
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Who founded the Amsterdam based comedy theater Boom Chicago?
Northwestern alumni
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Where did actor Warren Beatty attend school?
Northwestern's School of Communication
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Where did actor Charlton Heston attend school?
Northwestern's School of Communication
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Where did director Gerald Freedman attend school?
Northwestern's School of Communication
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Which alumni was a co-creator of "The Young and the Restless", and "The Bold and the Beautiful"?
Lee Phillip Bell
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How many Pulitzer Prize laureates attended the Medill School of Journalism?
38
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Where did NBC correspondant Kelly O'Donnell attend school?
The Medill School of Journalism
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Where did bestselling author George R. R. Martin earn his B.S. and M.S.?
The Medill School of Journalism
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How many Emmy awards did alumni Elisabeth Leamy receive?
13
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Which CBS correspondant graduated from The Medill School of Journalism?
Richard Threlkeld
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Which graduate of The Feinburg School of Medicine was the Roswell Park Cancer Institute named after?
Mary Harris Thompson
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Which graduate of The Feinburg School of Medicine performed the first successful American open heart surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams
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Which graduate of The Feinburg School of Medicine co-founded the Mayo Clinic?
Charles Horace Mayo
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Which graduate of The Feinburg School of Medicine founded the American College of Surgeons?
Allen B. Kanavel
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Which graduate of The Feinburg School of Medicine was the first physician in space?
Joseph P. Kerwin
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What is the population of Strasbourg in 2012?
768,868
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What is the population of the transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau in 2014?
915,000
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What is the predominant language in the region of Alace?
Alemannic
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What is the largest city in the ACAL region of France?
Straßburg
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Strasbourg has an official seat in what parliament?
European
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Strasbourg has an official seat in what Parliament?
European
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What is the predominant language in Asace?
Alemannic
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What kind of name is Strasbourg?
Germanic
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What year was Grande Ile classified as a World Heritage site?
1988
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What is the culture in Strasbourg?
Franco-German
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What is the largest Islamic place of worship in France?
Strasbourg Grand Mosque
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When was the Strasbourg Grand Mosque inaugurated?
27 September 2012
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What is the second largest university in France?
University of Strasbourg
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What river is on the border of France and Germany?
River Rhine
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The River Ill flows parallel with what river for 4 kilometres?
Rhine
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What kind of waterways connect the River Ill and River Rhine within Strasbourg?
artificial
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Strasbourg is situated on what border of France and Germany?
eastern
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What was Strasbourg called in 12 BC?
Argentoratum
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What was the Roman camp destroyed by?
fire
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Who was leading the Romans at Argentoratum?
Nero Claudius Drusus
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After what year was the Legio VIII Augusta permanently stationed in Argentoratum?
year 90
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How many times was Argentoratum rebuilt during the first and fifth centuries AD?
six times
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What has been found along the current Route des Romains?
Roman artifacts
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Where was the centre of Argentoratum situated?
Grande Île
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Who shattered the fragments of a grand Mithraeum?
Christians
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When was the Bishopric of Strasbourg made an Archbishopric?
1988
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What Empire split to create France and Germany?
Carolingian Empire
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What language called Strasbourg Strossburi?
Alsatian
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What is the German spelling for Strasbourg?
Straßburg
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What was Strasbourg known as in the local language in the ninth century?
Strazburg
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In what century was Strasbourg occupied successively by Alemanni, Huns, and Franks?
fifth century
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In what year did Strasbourg declare itself a free republic?
1332
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What year was the deadly bubonic plague in Strasbourg?
1348
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How many Jews were burned to death in 1349?
over a thousand
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What time were the Jews forbidden to be in town after?
10 pm
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What did the Jews need to pay to ride a horse into town?
special tax
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Who was the political guide during the Protestant Reformation?
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck
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Who was the spiritual guide during the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Bucer
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Who spent several years as a political refugee in the city?
John Calvin
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How many other cities joined Strasbourg at the Imperial Diet of Augsburg in 1530?
four
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How many times was the Rhines bridge used during the Franco-Dutch War?
three
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When did Louis surround the city with considerable force?
September 1681
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When did Louis march into the city unopposed and proclaimed its annexation?
30 September 1681
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What was one of the causes of the War of the Reunions?
annexation
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When was the French annexation recognized by the Treaty of Ryswick?
1697
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What church was taken from the Lutherans and returned to the Catholics?
Strasbourg Cathedral
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Who were the famous students that attended German Lutheran University?
Goethe and Herder
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What revoked Strasbourg's status as a free city?
French Revolution
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Who ruled the city with an iron hand?
Eulogius Schneider
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What did the cathedrals lose in April 1794?
statues
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What was the giant Phrygian cap made out of?
tin
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Who destroyed the Phrygian cap in 1870?
Germans
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Who bombarded the city of Strasbourg?
Prussian army
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What date was the Museum of Fine Arts destroyed by fire?
24 and 26 August 1870
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What cathedral was damaged along with the medieval church of Temple Neuf?
gothic
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How many inhabitants were left without shelter after the siege?
10,000
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How many civilians died during the siege?
261
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In what year was the city annexed to the German Empire?
1871
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What was the Treaty in 1871 called?
Treaty of Frankfurt
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What Historian was in charge of rebuilding the municipal archives?
Rodolphe Reuss
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What year was the university founded?
1567
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What was the new name of the university when it reopened in 1872?
Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität
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What was established around the city?
fortifications
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Where is Fort Podbielski located?
Mundolsheim
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Where is Fort Bismark located?
Wolfisheim
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Where is for Kronprinz von Sachsen located?
Holtzheim
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Where is Fort Roon Located?
Mundolsheim
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In what war was the German Empire defeated?
World War I
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What kind of Republic did some insurgents declare Alsace-Lorraine?
independent
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What date was Strasbourg declared a soviet government by insurgents?
11 November 1918
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Who commanded the French troops on November 22?
French general Henri Gouraud
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