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humanities	Hades is considered one of the Twelve Olympians.	[ "Yes", "No" ]	No
humanities	What is the name of the daughter of the goddess, Demeter?	[ "Aphrodite", "Hestia", "Luna", "Persephone" ]	Persephone
humanities	What is the name of the 3 headed dog that guards the Underworld?	[ "Romulus", "Cerberus", "Grendel", "Remus" ]	Cerberus
humanities	The city of Athens was almost named after Poseidon, rather than Athena.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	Hermes is the Greek god of shepards, land travel, weights and measures, oratory, literature, merchants and athletics. His Roman equivalent however, is usually considered to be just the god of trade, profit and travel. Who is the Roman god in question?	[ "Mercury", "Juno", "Saturn", "Mars" ]	Mercury
humanities	Dionysus is the Greek god of wine. Who is the Roman god of wine?	[ "Mars", "Cacius", "Aurora", "Bacchus" ]	Bacchus
humanities	Cupid is the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
humanities	Hephaestus is the Greek God of fire and the patron of blacksmiths. Who is the Roman god of fire and craftsmanship?	[ "Vulcan", "Vitrus", "Spock", "Theia" ]	Vulcan
humanities	The Greek goddess of flowers is Chloris. Who is the Roman goddess of flowers, the personification of spring?	[ "Diana", "Flora", "Fauna", "Gaia" ]	Flora
humanities	Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, was very popular and powerful among Greek sailors. His Roman equivalent was inferior in power and popularity. Who was the Roman god of the sea?	[ "Orion", "Neptune", "Mars", "Saturn" ]	Neptune
humanities	Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, is known as Pluto in Roman mythology.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	Eros is the Greek personification of the dawn and his siblings are the sun (Helios) and the moon (Selene). Who is the Roman personification of the dawn, whose siblings are Sol (sun) and Luna (moon).	[ "Aurora", "Gaia", "Celeste", "Hestasia" ]	Aurora
humanities	Which one of these words means sooty or murky; having a dark or dusky color?	[ "Fuliginous", "Inkhorn", "Somnolent", "Alfresco" ]	Fuliginous
humanities	Hemidemisemiquaver is a musical time meaning 1/64 of a note.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	Which word means a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisers?	[ "Pratfall", "Estival", "Xeriscape", "Camarilla" ]	Camarilla
humanities	The word thimblerig means to play by the rules, to be fair.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
humanities	What word means to be not reputable or decent?	[ "Louche", "Jocose", "Prehensile", "Demulcent" ]	Louche
humanities	Prothalamion is a funeral song.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
humanities	What word means melancholy, gloomy, or having a peevish temperament?	[ "Wimple", "Golconda", "Askew", "Atrabilious" ]	Atrabilious
humanities	Aparatchik is a blindly devoted official, follower or member of an organization.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	What word means a defamatory falsehood published for political effect?	[ "Roorback", "Anabasis", "Roister", "Cineast" ]	Roorback
humanities	The word henotheism means denial of the existence of gods other than ones own.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
humanities	It is estimated that this country has more English speakers than the United States.	[ "India", "Japan", "China", "UK" ]	China
humanities	The Mazateco language is the native language of the Mazatec peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico. Besides by words, messages in this language can be conveyed by what other means?	[ "By clicking ones tongue", "By tramping", "By whistling", "By singing" ]	By whistling
humanities	The creator of the most widely used constructed international language, Esperanto, philologist L. L. Zamenhof, had what other profession?	[ "Psychologist", "Librarian", "Ophthalmologist", "Cook" ]	Ophthalmologist
humanities	Which of the following languages does not use a definite article?	[ "German", "French", "Modern Greek", "Russian" ]	Russian
humanities	In which country should you be careful with any objects labelled gift (when the word is used as a noun)?	[ "Finland", "Germany", "Sweden", "Norway" ]	Germany
humanities	Which of these words begins with one and the same sound in a great percentage of the languages in the world?	[ "Bread", "Smile", "Mother", "Love" ]	Mother
humanities	Which is the only South American country that uses English as its official language?	[ "Brazil", "Ecuador", "Guyana", "Suriname" ]	Guyana
humanities	Most of the traditional Indo-European languages capitalise I, the pronoun denoting the first person singular.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
humanities	Which is the common official language of Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland?	[ "German", "English", "Swedish", "French" ]	German
humanities	What is the country with the greatest number of official languages?	[ "India", "South Africa", "USA", "China" ]	India
humanities	Which Broadway show features the character of Billy Bigelow as the male lead?	[ "Carousel", "South Pacific", "A Chorus Line", "Oklahoma" ]	Carousel
humanities	Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical features the comic character Ado Annie?	[ "Carousel", "MAME", "Barnum", "Oklahoma" ]	Oklahoma
humanities	The character of Professor Harold Hill was created by composer Meredith Willson for which musical about Mid-West small town life in the turn of the 20th century?	[ "Kiss Me Kate", "The Music Man", "Guys and Dolls", "Life on the Mississippi" ]	The Music Man
humanities	Carrie Pepperidge is the comic relief in which Rogers and Hammerstein show?	[ "Hello Dolly", "Mame", "Carousel", "Oklahoma" ]	Carousel
humanities	Shoeless Joe Hardy sold his soul to the devil in which 50s musical revised in the 1990s?	[ "Damn Yankees", "The Redhead", "Candide", "Annie Get Your Gun" ]	Damn Yankees
humanities	Charlemange of the Holy Roman Empire was a character in which Fosse musical?	[ "Pippin", "Spamalot", "Camelot", "A Little Night Music" ]	Pippin
humanities	Marian the Librarian is the main love interest in which show?	[ "Chicago", "Me and My Girl", "The Music Man", "The Will Rogers Follies" ]	The Music Man
humanities	Sportin Life is the likable villain in which Gershwin show?	[ "Porgy and Bess", "West Side Story", "Big River", "Showboat" ]	Porgy and Bess
humanities	The beautiful Belle changes everyones fate in which Broadway musical?	[ "The Wiz", "The Boy From Oz", "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast" ]	Beauty and the Beast
humanities	Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a second banana character in which Frank Lessor musical?	[ "La Cage aux Folles", "Me and My Girl", "My One and Only", "Guys and Dolls" ]	Guys and Dolls
humanities	Often called the Father of American Anthropology, he established the first PhD program in anthropology in America.	[ "Richard L. Jantz", "Corey s. Sparks", "Franz Boas", "Jonathan Marks" ]	Franz Boas
humanities	This fossil, first discovered in 1924, proved that the human race really had a natural history.	[ "Taung Child", "Pitdown Man", "Java Man", "Neanderthal Man" ]	Taung Child
humanities	The name of of which extinct species means working man in Greek?	[ "Homo antecessor", "Homo ergaster", "Homo habilis", "Homo cerpanensis" ]	Homo ergaster
humanities	This diminutive species was nicknamed hobbits after J.R.R Tolkiens fictional race of similar size.	[ "Homo erectus palaejavanicus", "Homo erectus soloensis", "Homo floresiensis", "Homo heidelbergensis" ]	Homo floresiensis
humanities	The discovery site of which species was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987?	[ "Rudolf Man", "Handy Man", "Georgia Man", "Peking Man" ]	Peking Man
humanities	Turkana boy, a fossil famous for being almost a complete skeleton, was discovered in Kenya in which year?	[ "1974", "1984", "1962", "1981" ]	1984
humanities	What is the meaning of the anthropology term Pithecanthropus in Greek?	[ "ape man", "caveman", "upright man", "wise man" ]	ape man
humanities	This anatomist is famous for his discovery of the first specimen of early hominid remains ever found outside Europe.	[ "Henry McHenry", "David Pilbeam", "Svante Paablo", "Eugene Dubois" ]	Eugene Dubois
humanities	The Cro-Magnons, considered virtually identical to contemporary humans, were discovered in France in which year?	[ "1860", "1868", "1863", "1900" ]	1868
humanities	Name the remains of a prehistoric man, whose discovery in 1996 raised sensitive political issues, related to the Native Americans rights.	[ "Boxgrave Man", "Kennewick Man", "Lindow Man", "Red Lady of Paviland" ]	Kennewick Man
humanities	This double-letter word is used to describe many items and is even the last name of some very famous people and fictional characters.	[ "Small", "Narrow", "Little", "Lesser" ]	Little
humanities	This is an activity you usually do on snow but sometimes it is done on water.	[ "Running", "Skating", "Skiing", "Shooting" ]	Skiing
humanities	This double-letter word refers to a yummy baked dish that can be delivered to your house hot and ready to eat.	[ "Rolls", "Spaghetti", "Pizza", "Moonpies" ]	Pizza
humanities	The word savvy means intelligence or common sense.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	The word vacuum means a space entirely devoid of matter.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	These furry bundles of joy sometimes cause severe allergies in people.	[ "rattle snakes", "wobbles", "goons", "kittens" ]	kittens
humanities	Which of the following words best fits this sentence: The next ____ will be out soon for everyone to read.?	[ "newspaper", "bubble", "issue", "pizzas" ]	issue
humanities	A bubble is a period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	Sometimes people who hike very long distances hide supplies in boxes along their route. What are these boxes called?	[ "suppliboxes", "route boxes", "bounce boxes", "roadplies" ]	bounce boxes
humanities	In 2007 this expression was introduced to describe an economy that is in a real frenzy.	[ "latteconomy", "cappuccino economy", "caffeine economy", "Potus" ]	cappuccino economy
humanities	Someone who did not like the hardware made by Apple might use this expression.	[ "MacIntrash", "Sourapple", "Roottenmacs", "Jobs Sobs" ]	MacIntrash
humanities	Because of the high cost of medical care, some older adults are abandoned by their caretakers. What is this called?	[ "gerontal deprivation", "patriloss", "parentaloss", "granny dumping" ]	granny dumping
humanities	Sometimes people can get so many e-mails that they cannot deal with them. They might just delete them all and start again. What is this action called?	[ "e-mail bankruptcy", "e-looting", "Instamesagloss", "virtual bankruptcy" ]	e-mail bankruptcy
humanities	This new form of exercise which combines step aerobics with soul music.	[ "Stephopping", "Exergaming", "Aerohop", "Funkinetics" ]	Funkinetics
humanities	Which of these words describes movies that contain extreme and unnecessary violence.	[ "xoviolence", "gorno", "tremovile", "xtremolence" ]	gorno
humanities	In computer messaging punctuation marks are sometimes used to show human emotion. What do we call a series of such marks?	[ "emoticons", "textations", "virtutions", "emailotions" ]	emoticons
humanities	The mentoring system is all the rage. Which word refers to a person being mentored?	[ "monitor", "mentator", "mentee", "mentationary" ]	mentee
humanities	This word refers to a newly wed man who was a bachelor for many years.	[ "a Benedict", "a Neothorpe", "a Neosexual", "a Bachephile" ]	a Benedict
humanities	Which word refers to a very long-winded person?	[ "mzee", "lopomo", "A.S.S. Graduate", "twonk" ]	A.S.S. Graduate
humanities	This is a Navaho legend, explaining the formation of a constellation. According to this myth there was a girl who married a bear. Her younger sister told their father and he got so furious, he killed the bear. In order to revenge, the bigger sister turned into a bear and began chasing her siblings. She killed her seven brothers who flew up in the sky and formed this constellation.	[ "Ursa Minor", "Ursa Major", "Lynx", "Draco" ]	Ursa Major
humanities	This Navajo god of rains, whose name means water sprinkler, often played waggish tricks on mankind, but he never harmed anyone.	[ "Skywoman", "Dineh", "Spider Woman", "Tonenili" ]	Tonenili
humanities	When evoked to cure an illness, this spirit could take the form of either a woman or a man, depending on the gender of the patient.	[ "Aningan", "Atira", "Breathmaker", "Asgaya Gigagei" ]	Asgaya Gigagei
humanities	This military practice was widespread among American Indian tribes well before the European colonists came to the New World. It provided warriors with proof of his courage and a war trophy.	[ "Shouting", "Snake Dance", "Riding horses", "Scalping" ]	Scalping
humanities	These items, taken from birds, were usually accepted as marks of honor or sources of ideas. They were also symbols of the Creative Force.	[ "Claws", "Wings", "Feathers", "Beaks" ]	Feathers
humanities	This animal was considered an important spirit among most of the Northern tribes. It was responsible for sorrow and death, and was an omen of impending evil.	[ "Coyote", "Bear", "Eagle", "Raven" ]	Coyote
humanities	According to the Iroquois, this woman fell from a hole in the sky and brought light to the world.	[ "Sunwoman", "Skywoman", "Moonwoman", "Cloudwoman" ]	Skywoman
humanities	According to the Iroquois these demon gods flew during storms and ate people as humans were very delicious to them.	[ "Bodyless", "Storm heads", "Flying heads", "Big heads" ]	Big heads
humanities	This bird is considered to be the master of the sky. It is the carrier of prayers, venerated for its courage and wisdom.	[ "Eagle", "Vulture", "Owl", "Condor" ]	Eagle
humanities	According to the Pawnees this star was evil, since it had driven the Sun out of the sky.	[ "Sirius", "Morning star", "Evening star", "Venus" ]	Evening star
humanities	Which one of these Renaissance artists was at first apprenticed to a goldsmith?	[ "Raphael Sanzio", "Leonardo da Vinci", "Michelangelo Caravaggio", "Alessandro Botticelli" ]	Alessandro Botticelli
humanities	The Birth of Venus, The Annunciation, Medusa, and Flora are four artworks that all have this in common.	[ "They are exposed in the same gallery", "They depict one and the same subject", "They have one and the same author", "They have nothing in common" ]	They are exposed in the same gallery
humanities	Michelangelos marble sculpture, Moses, was originally intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II in St. Peters Basilica, but after the popes death the sculpture was placed in a church on this hill -- one of the famous seven hills in Rome.	[ "Esquiline", "Celio", "Palatino", "Aventino" ]	Esquiline
humanities	Which Medici family member commissioned the great Florentine architect Brunelleschi to reconstruct the Church of San Lorenzo in 1419?	[ "Cosimo I the Great", "Cosimo the Elder", "Giovanni di Bicci de Medici", "Salvestro de Medici" ]	Cosimo the Elder
humanities	This one of Donatellos bronze statues was notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast, since classical times.	[ "The Feast of Herod", "David", "Mary Magdalen", "St. Mark" ]	David
humanities	Caravaggio was a Baroque painter, and this was the main subject in most of his artwork.	[ "Animals", "Young men", "Landscapes", "Nude women" ]	Young men
humanities	Only one of these sculptures is not a work of Antonio Canova, famous for his ability to delicately render nude flesh in his statues.	[ "The Three Graces", "Daedalus and Icarus", "Cupid and Psyche", "The Virgin" ]	The Virgin
humanities	Typical of the baroque architecture, this was the paradigm of the basilica, mainly in Italy and France.	[ "Clerestory windows", "Apse of one end", "Crossed dome and nave", "Interior colonnades" ]	Crossed dome and nave
humanities	Which of these words means to be transitory or perishable?	[ "Panoptic", "Antithetical", "Caducity", "Cavil" ]	Caducity
humanities	Indomitable means unconquerable.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	Which of these words is defined as indifferent or nonchalant?	[ "Binary", "Askew", "Pococurante", "Lissome" ]	Pococurante
humanities	The term waddy is a noun that means sailor.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
humanities	What word defines a person who lives in seclusion for religious reasons?	[ "Garderobe", "Wimple", "Canard", "Anchorite" ]	Anchorite
humanities	Panoptic means having a panoramic view.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	What noun refers to a bald-headed man or a man that is looked at with humor or mock pity?	[ "Libertine", "Pilgarlic", "Infix", "Distrait" ]	Pilgarlic
humanities	The word palmy means poor or underfunded.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
humanities	What word means either cheerful and optimistic or having good digestion?	[ "Eupeptic", "Demulcent", "Resplendent", "Estival" ]	Eupeptic
humanities	Jocose means somber or depressed.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
humanities	What is a privet?	[ "an electronic circuit", "a prudish person", "a type of animal", "a type of shrub" ]	a type of shrub

humanities

Hades is considered one of the Twelve Olympians.

[ "Yes", "No" ]

No

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What is the name of the daughter of the goddess, Demeter?

[ "Aphrodite", "Hestia", "Luna", "Persephone" ]

Persephone

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What is the name of the 3 headed dog that guards the Underworld?

[ "Romulus", "Cerberus", "Grendel", "Remus" ]

Cerberus

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The city of Athens was almost named after Poseidon, rather than Athena.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Hermes is the Greek god of shepards, land travel, weights and measures, oratory, literature, merchants and athletics. His Roman equivalent however, is usually considered to be just the god of trade, profit and travel. Who is the Roman god in question?

[ "Mercury", "Juno", "Saturn", "Mars" ]

Mercury

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Dionysus is the Greek god of wine. Who is the Roman god of wine?

[ "Mars", "Cacius", "Aurora", "Bacchus" ]

Bacchus

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Cupid is the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Hephaestus is the Greek God of fire and the patron of blacksmiths. Who is the Roman god of fire and craftsmanship?

[ "Vulcan", "Vitrus", "Spock", "Theia" ]

Vulcan

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The Greek goddess of flowers is Chloris. Who is the Roman goddess of flowers, the personification of spring?

[ "Diana", "Flora", "Fauna", "Gaia" ]

Flora

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Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, was very popular and powerful among Greek sailors. His Roman equivalent was inferior in power and popularity. Who was the Roman god of the sea?

[ "Orion", "Neptune", "Mars", "Saturn" ]

Neptune

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Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld, is known as Pluto in Roman mythology.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Eros is the Greek personification of the dawn and his siblings are the sun (Helios) and the moon (Selene). Who is the Roman personification of the dawn, whose siblings are Sol (sun) and Luna (moon).

[ "Aurora", "Gaia", "Celeste", "Hestasia" ]

Aurora

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Which one of these words means sooty or murky; having a dark or dusky color?

[ "Fuliginous", "Inkhorn", "Somnolent", "Alfresco" ]

Fuliginous

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Hemidemisemiquaver is a musical time meaning 1/64 of a note.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Which word means a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisers?

[ "Pratfall", "Estival", "Xeriscape", "Camarilla" ]

Camarilla

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The word thimblerig means to play by the rules, to be fair.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What word means to be not reputable or decent?

[ "Louche", "Jocose", "Prehensile", "Demulcent" ]

Louche

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Prothalamion is a funeral song.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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What word means melancholy, gloomy, or having a peevish temperament?

[ "Wimple", "Golconda", "Askew", "Atrabilious" ]

Atrabilious

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Aparatchik is a blindly devoted official, follower or member of an organization.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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What word means a defamatory falsehood published for political effect?

[ "Roorback", "Anabasis", "Roister", "Cineast" ]

Roorback

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The word henotheism means denial of the existence of gods other than ones own.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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It is estimated that this country has more English speakers than the United States.

[ "India", "Japan", "China", "UK" ]

China

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The Mazateco language is the native language of the Mazatec peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico. Besides by words, messages in this language can be conveyed by what other means?

[ "By clicking ones tongue", "By tramping", "By whistling", "By singing" ]

By whistling

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The creator of the most widely used constructed international language, Esperanto, philologist L. L. Zamenhof, had what other profession?

[ "Psychologist", "Librarian", "Ophthalmologist", "Cook" ]

Ophthalmologist

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Which of the following languages does not use a definite article?

[ "German", "French", "Modern Greek", "Russian" ]

Russian

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In which country should you be careful with any objects labelled gift (when the word is used as a noun)?

[ "Finland", "Germany", "Sweden", "Norway" ]

Germany

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Which of these words begins with one and the same sound in a great percentage of the languages in the world?

[ "Bread", "Smile", "Mother", "Love" ]

Mother

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Which is the only South American country that uses English as its official language?

[ "Brazil", "Ecuador", "Guyana", "Suriname" ]

Guyana

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Most of the traditional Indo-European languages capitalise I, the pronoun denoting the first person singular.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Which is the common official language of Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland?

[ "German", "English", "Swedish", "French" ]

German

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What is the country with the greatest number of official languages?

[ "India", "South Africa", "USA", "China" ]

India

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Which Broadway show features the character of Billy Bigelow as the male lead?

[ "Carousel", "South Pacific", "A Chorus Line", "Oklahoma" ]

Carousel

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Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical features the comic character Ado Annie?

[ "Carousel", "MAME", "Barnum", "Oklahoma" ]

Oklahoma

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The character of Professor Harold Hill was created by composer Meredith Willson for which musical about Mid-West small town life in the turn of the 20th century?

[ "Kiss Me Kate", "The Music Man", "Guys and Dolls", "Life on the Mississippi" ]

The Music Man

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Carrie Pepperidge is the comic relief in which Rogers and Hammerstein show?

[ "Hello Dolly", "Mame", "Carousel", "Oklahoma" ]

Carousel

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Shoeless Joe Hardy sold his soul to the devil in which 50s musical revised in the 1990s?

[ "Damn Yankees", "The Redhead", "Candide", "Annie Get Your Gun" ]

Damn Yankees

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Charlemange of the Holy Roman Empire was a character in which Fosse musical?

[ "Pippin", "Spamalot", "Camelot", "A Little Night Music" ]

Pippin

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Marian the Librarian is the main love interest in which show?

[ "Chicago", "Me and My Girl", "The Music Man", "The Will Rogers Follies" ]

The Music Man

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Sportin Life is the likable villain in which Gershwin show?

[ "Porgy and Bess", "West Side Story", "Big River", "Showboat" ]

Porgy and Bess

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The beautiful Belle changes everyones fate in which Broadway musical?

[ "The Wiz", "The Boy From Oz", "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast" ]

Beauty and the Beast

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Nicely-Nicely Johnson is a second banana character in which Frank Lessor musical?

[ "La Cage aux Folles", "Me and My Girl", "My One and Only", "Guys and Dolls" ]

Guys and Dolls

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Often called the Father of American Anthropology, he established the first PhD program in anthropology in America.

[ "Richard L. Jantz", "Corey s. Sparks", "Franz Boas", "Jonathan Marks" ]

Franz Boas

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This fossil, first discovered in 1924, proved that the human race really had a natural history.

[ "Taung Child", "Pitdown Man", "Java Man", "Neanderthal Man" ]

Taung Child

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The name of of which extinct species means working man in Greek?

[ "Homo antecessor", "Homo ergaster", "Homo habilis", "Homo cerpanensis" ]

Homo ergaster

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This diminutive species was nicknamed hobbits after J.R.R Tolkiens fictional race of similar size.

[ "Homo erectus palaejavanicus", "Homo erectus soloensis", "Homo floresiensis", "Homo heidelbergensis" ]

Homo floresiensis

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The discovery site of which species was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987?

[ "Rudolf Man", "Handy Man", "Georgia Man", "Peking Man" ]

Peking Man

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Turkana boy, a fossil famous for being almost a complete skeleton, was discovered in Kenya in which year?

[ "1974", "1984", "1962", "1981" ]

1984

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What is the meaning of the anthropology term Pithecanthropus in Greek?

[ "ape man", "caveman", "upright man", "wise man" ]

ape man

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This anatomist is famous for his discovery of the first specimen of early hominid remains ever found outside Europe.

[ "Henry McHenry", "David Pilbeam", "Svante Paablo", "Eugene Dubois" ]

Eugene Dubois

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The Cro-Magnons, considered virtually identical to contemporary humans, were discovered in France in which year?

[ "1860", "1868", "1863", "1900" ]

1868

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Name the remains of a prehistoric man, whose discovery in 1996 raised sensitive political issues, related to the Native Americans rights.

[ "Boxgrave Man", "Kennewick Man", "Lindow Man", "Red Lady of Paviland" ]

Kennewick Man

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This double-letter word is used to describe many items and is even the last name of some very famous people and fictional characters.

[ "Small", "Narrow", "Little", "Lesser" ]

Little

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This is an activity you usually do on snow but sometimes it is done on water.

[ "Running", "Skating", "Skiing", "Shooting" ]

Skiing

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This double-letter word refers to a yummy baked dish that can be delivered to your house hot and ready to eat.

[ "Rolls", "Spaghetti", "Pizza", "Moonpies" ]

Pizza

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The word savvy means intelligence or common sense.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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The word vacuum means a space entirely devoid of matter.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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These furry bundles of joy sometimes cause severe allergies in people.

[ "rattle snakes", "wobbles", "goons", "kittens" ]

kittens

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Which of the following words best fits this sentence: The next ____ will be out soon for everyone to read.?

[ "newspaper", "bubble", "issue", "pizzas" ]

issue

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A bubble is a period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Sometimes people who hike very long distances hide supplies in boxes along their route. What are these boxes called?

[ "suppliboxes", "route boxes", "bounce boxes", "roadplies" ]

bounce boxes

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In 2007 this expression was introduced to describe an economy that is in a real frenzy.

[ "latteconomy", "cappuccino economy", "caffeine economy", "Potus" ]

cappuccino economy

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Someone who did not like the hardware made by Apple might use this expression.

[ "MacIntrash", "Sourapple", "Roottenmacs", "Jobs Sobs" ]

MacIntrash

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Because of the high cost of medical care, some older adults are abandoned by their caretakers. What is this called?

[ "gerontal deprivation", "patriloss", "parentaloss", "granny dumping" ]

granny dumping

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Sometimes people can get so many e-mails that they cannot deal with them. They might just delete them all and start again. What is this action called?

[ "e-mail bankruptcy", "e-looting", "Instamesagloss", "virtual bankruptcy" ]

e-mail bankruptcy

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This new form of exercise which combines step aerobics with soul music.

[ "Stephopping", "Exergaming", "Aerohop", "Funkinetics" ]

Funkinetics

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Which of these words describes movies that contain extreme and unnecessary violence.

[ "xoviolence", "gorno", "tremovile", "xtremolence" ]

gorno

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In computer messaging punctuation marks are sometimes used to show human emotion. What do we call a series of such marks?

[ "emoticons", "textations", "virtutions", "emailotions" ]

emoticons

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The mentoring system is all the rage. Which word refers to a person being mentored?

[ "monitor", "mentator", "mentee", "mentationary" ]

mentee

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This word refers to a newly wed man who was a bachelor for many years.

[ "a Benedict", "a Neothorpe", "a Neosexual", "a Bachephile" ]

a Benedict

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Which word refers to a very long-winded person?

[ "mzee", "lopomo", "A.S.S. Graduate", "twonk" ]

A.S.S. Graduate

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This is a Navaho legend, explaining the formation of a constellation. According to this myth there was a girl who married a bear. Her younger sister told their father and he got so furious, he killed the bear. In order to revenge, the bigger sister turned into a bear and began chasing her siblings. She killed her seven brothers who flew up in the sky and formed this constellation.

[ "Ursa Minor", "Ursa Major", "Lynx", "Draco" ]

Ursa Major

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This Navajo god of rains, whose name means water sprinkler, often played waggish tricks on mankind, but he never harmed anyone.

[ "Skywoman", "Dineh", "Spider Woman", "Tonenili" ]

Tonenili

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When evoked to cure an illness, this spirit could take the form of either a woman or a man, depending on the gender of the patient.

[ "Aningan", "Atira", "Breathmaker", "Asgaya Gigagei" ]

Asgaya Gigagei

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This military practice was widespread among American Indian tribes well before the European colonists came to the New World. It provided warriors with proof of his courage and a war trophy.

[ "Shouting", "Snake Dance", "Riding horses", "Scalping" ]

Scalping

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These items, taken from birds, were usually accepted as marks of honor or sources of ideas. They were also symbols of the Creative Force.

[ "Claws", "Wings", "Feathers", "Beaks" ]

Feathers

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This animal was considered an important spirit among most of the Northern tribes. It was responsible for sorrow and death, and was an omen of impending evil.

[ "Coyote", "Bear", "Eagle", "Raven" ]

Coyote

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According to the Iroquois, this woman fell from a hole in the sky and brought light to the world.

[ "Sunwoman", "Skywoman", "Moonwoman", "Cloudwoman" ]

Skywoman

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According to the Iroquois these demon gods flew during storms and ate people as humans were very delicious to them.

[ "Bodyless", "Storm heads", "Flying heads", "Big heads" ]

Big heads

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This bird is considered to be the master of the sky. It is the carrier of prayers, venerated for its courage and wisdom.

[ "Eagle", "Vulture", "Owl", "Condor" ]

Eagle

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According to the Pawnees this star was evil, since it had driven the Sun out of the sky.

[ "Sirius", "Morning star", "Evening star", "Venus" ]

Evening star

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Which one of these Renaissance artists was at first apprenticed to a goldsmith?

[ "Raphael Sanzio", "Leonardo da Vinci", "Michelangelo Caravaggio", "Alessandro Botticelli" ]

Alessandro Botticelli

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The Birth of Venus, The Annunciation, Medusa, and Flora are four artworks that all have this in common.

[ "They are exposed in the same gallery", "They depict one and the same subject", "They have one and the same author", "They have nothing in common" ]

They are exposed in the same gallery

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Michelangelos marble sculpture, Moses, was originally intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II in St. Peters Basilica, but after the popes death the sculpture was placed in a church on this hill -- one of the famous seven hills in Rome.

[ "Esquiline", "Celio", "Palatino", "Aventino" ]

Esquiline

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Which Medici family member commissioned the great Florentine architect Brunelleschi to reconstruct the Church of San Lorenzo in 1419?

[ "Cosimo I the Great", "Cosimo the Elder", "Giovanni di Bicci de Medici", "Salvestro de Medici" ]

Cosimo the Elder

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This one of Donatellos bronze statues was notable as the first unsupported standing work in bronze cast, since classical times.

[ "The Feast of Herod", "David", "Mary Magdalen", "St. Mark" ]

David

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Caravaggio was a Baroque painter, and this was the main subject in most of his artwork.

[ "Animals", "Young men", "Landscapes", "Nude women" ]

Young men

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Only one of these sculptures is not a work of Antonio Canova, famous for his ability to delicately render nude flesh in his statues.

[ "The Three Graces", "Daedalus and Icarus", "Cupid and Psyche", "The Virgin" ]

The Virgin

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Typical of the baroque architecture, this was the paradigm of the basilica, mainly in Italy and France.

[ "Clerestory windows", "Apse of one end", "Crossed dome and nave", "Interior colonnades" ]

Crossed dome and nave

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Which of these words means to be transitory or perishable?

[ "Panoptic", "Antithetical", "Caducity", "Cavil" ]

Caducity

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Indomitable means unconquerable.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Which of these words is defined as indifferent or nonchalant?

[ "Binary", "Askew", "Pococurante", "Lissome" ]

Pococurante

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The term waddy is a noun that means sailor.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What word defines a person who lives in seclusion for religious reasons?

[ "Garderobe", "Wimple", "Canard", "Anchorite" ]

Anchorite

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Panoptic means having a panoramic view.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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What noun refers to a bald-headed man or a man that is looked at with humor or mock pity?

[ "Libertine", "Pilgarlic", "Infix", "Distrait" ]

Pilgarlic

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The word palmy means poor or underfunded.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What word means either cheerful and optimistic or having good digestion?

[ "Eupeptic", "Demulcent", "Resplendent", "Estival" ]

Eupeptic

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Jocose means somber or depressed.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What is a privet?

[ "an electronic circuit", "a prudish person", "a type of animal", "a type of shrub" ]

a type of shrub