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world | What is the official state bird of the U.S. state of Rhode Island? | [
"Bald eagle",
"Cardinal",
"Blue jay",
"Chicken"
] | Chicken |
world | Which of these nicknames refers to the U.S. state of Rhode Island? | [
"River State",
"Little Italy",
"None of these",
"Scarlet State"
] | None of these |
world | Which of these famous Hollywood actresses grew up in the U.S. state of Rhode Island? | [
"Vanessa Williams",
"All of these",
"Debra Messing",
"Mira Sorvino"
] | Debra Messing |
world | The U.S. state of Rhode Island became the first in North America to prohibit which of the following? | [
"Smoking in public places",
"Slavery",
"All of these",
"Child labor"
] | Slavery |
world | Which of these statements about the U.S. state of Rhode Island is true? | [
"It became the last U.S. state to ratify the Constitution.",
"None of these",
"It shares a border with only one other state.",
"It is the second-smallest state in the U.S."
] | None of these |
world | What is the state flower of the U.S. state of Rhode Island? | [
"Rose",
"Lily",
"Violet",
"Poppy"
] | Violet |
world | The Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispaniola. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
world | Which famous explorer reached the territory of the Dominican Republic in 1492? | [
"Fernando Magellan",
"Amerigo Vespucci",
"Marco Polo",
"Christopher Columbus"
] | Christopher Columbus |
world | What is the capital of the Dominican Republic? | [
"San Juan",
"Santiago",
"Santo Domingo",
"Samana"
] | Santo Domingo |
world | What is the motto of the Dominican Republic? | [
"None of those",
"âIn God we trustâ",
"God, Homeland, Liberty",
"âFurther Beyondâ"
] | God, Homeland, Liberty |
world | What is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic? | [
"Basketball",
"Football",
"Handball",
"Baseball"
] | Baseball |
world | Christianity is the predominant religion in the The Dominican Republic. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
world | What year did the Dominican Republic declare independence from Haiti? | [
"1804",
"1944",
"1904",
"1844"
] | 1844 |
world | What is the climate in the Dominican Republic? | [
"None of these",
"Mediterranean",
"Continental",
"Tropical"
] | Tropical |
world | When do the people of the Dominican republic celebrate New Yearâs Day? | [
"On January 2",
"On January 3",
"On December 31",
"On January 1"
] | On January 1 |
world | How does the dog get the pigeons off the antenna at Lake Minnewahwahs mountain in the game Dogs Life? | [
"He gets a bird feeder to get them down.",
"He barks at them until they fly away.",
"He leaves them on and lets someone else do it.",
"He pees on the antenna to electrocute them."
] | He gets a bird feeder to get them down. |
world | What is Independence Day a celebration of? | [
"American Revolutionary War",
"American Civil War",
"The Boston Tea Party",
"Declaration of Independence"
] | Declaration of Independence |
world | Which of the following famous persons was not born on July 4? | [
"Calvin Coolidge",
"Nathaniel Hawthorne",
"Giuseppe Garibaldi",
"Thomas Jefferson"
] | Thomas Jefferson |
world | In 1996 a movie called Independence Day (starring Will Smith) was released. What was it about? | [
"Political conspiracy against the people",
"Attempted alien takeover of the Earth",
"The act of signing the Declaration of Independence",
"Launching an expensive space shuttle, called July 4th"
] | Attempted alien takeover of the Earth |
world | Which one was first to recognize Independence Day? | [
"Connecticut",
"New Jersey",
"Massachusetts",
"Pennsylvania"
] | Massachusetts |
world | The American independence was recognized by Great Britain on September 3, 1783, by the Treaty of London. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
world | Which of the following pairs is wrong? It is the representative who took part in writing the draft of the declaration and their state. | [
"Roger Sherman - New York",
"Benjamin Franklin - Pennsylvania",
"John Adams - Massachusetts",
"Thomas Jefferson - Virginia"
] | Roger Sherman - New York |
world | One of the most spectacular ways to celebrate July 4th is through colorful fireworks. Which of these types of fireworks is prohibited? | [
"Roman candles",
"Sparklers",
"Smoke bombs",
"Cherry bombs"
] | Cherry bombs |
world | Decorating a Christmas tree, perhaps the most popular tradition related to Christmas celebrations, originated in which country? | [
"Finland",
"Siberia",
"Norway",
"Germany"
] | Germany |
world | Joel Roberts Poinsett imported the popular decorative Christmas plants, poinsettias from this Central American country, where he worked as a US ambassador in the 19th century. | [
"Guatemala",
"Mexico",
"Costa Rica",
"Panama"
] | Mexico |
world | At Christmas, children usually put stockings or shoes by the fireplace, by the door or by the windowsill. In which country do children fill their shoes with hay and carrots for Santaâs horse? | [
"Denmark",
"Russia",
"Sweden",
"Holland"
] | Holland |
world | Carols are popular Christmas songs, performed on Christmas day. What was the original meaning of the word carol? | [
"small group",
"Circle",
"Round dance",
"Choir"
] | Round dance |
world | It is generally considered that Santa Claus was a real person who lived in Myra in about 400 AD. In which present-day country is this place located? | [
"Germany",
"Turkey",
"Finland",
"Lithuania"
] | Turkey |
world | The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, that guides Santas sleigh, was written in what year? | [
"1602",
"1939",
"1880",
"1912"
] | 1939 |
world | The Twelve Days of Christmas is the period from Christmas day to January 6. Which festival takes place on the last day of this period? | [
"Christmas Eve",
"St. Stephenâs Day",
"Epiphany",
"Boxing Day"
] | Epiphany |
world | Who accompanies Grandfather Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus? | [
"The White Wolf",
"Snow Fairy",
"Snow Maiden",
"The White Magi"
] | Snow Maiden |
world | Which traditional Christmas plant is sometimes called the vampire plant? | [
"Holly",
"Poinsettia",
"Christmas cactus",
"Mistletoe"
] | Mistletoe |
world | The 27th Amendment, which deals with congressional pay raises, was adopted in this year. | [
"1987",
"1992",
"1984",
"1995"
] | 1992 |
world | Three of these Amendments have been adopted during the 1920s. Which is the odd one? | [
"15th Amendment",
"18th Amendment",
"19th Amendment",
"17th Amendment"
] | 15th Amendment |
world | The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is known as this. | [
"The Susan B. Anthony Amendment",
"The Woodrow Wilson Amendment",
"The Bainbridge Colby Amendment",
"The Tennessee Amendment"
] | The Susan B. Anthony Amendment |
world | The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution set this limit for the President of the United States. | [
"Two-term limit",
"Four-term limit",
"Three-term limit",
"The limit concerned the Presidential expenditure."
] | Two-term limit |
world | The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution stated this. | [
"States themselves enjoyed the privilege to sue citizens of other states.",
"States themselves did not enjoy sovereign immunity from suits made by citizens of other states.",
"States themselves could not be sued by citizens of other states.",
"States themselves could not sue citizens of other states."
] | States themselves did not enjoy sovereign immunity from suits made by citizens of other states. |
world | One of the following pairs (Amendment - the year in which it was adopted) is wrong. | [
"First Amendment - 1791",
"Sixteenth Amendment - 1913",
"Third Amendment - 1792",
"Twelfth Amendment - 1804"
] | Third Amendment - 1792 |
world | The 12th Amendment deals with this. | [
"Slavery",
"Rights to Vote",
"Severe Punishments",
"Electoral College"
] | Electoral College |
world | Up to the beginning of the 20th century, this number of Amendments were ratified. | [
"19",
"15",
"17",
"13"
] | 15 |
world | What year did congress approve the Declaration of Independence, making the 13 colonies a land of a sovereign nation? | [
"1777",
"1876",
"1677",
"1776"
] | 1776 |
world | One year after the Declaration was approved, the citizens of this city commemorated the event by setting off fireworks, ringing bells and firing their guns. | [
"Alabama",
"New York",
"Michigan",
"Philadelphia"
] | Philadelphia |
world | Each year a Liberty Medal is given on July 4th to a prominent world leader in honor of Independence Day. Which award is the medal accompanied by? | [
"$100, 000",
"$200, 000",
"$70, 000",
"$50, 000"
] | $100, 000 |
world | How many towns in the USA have liberty in their names? | [
"10",
"60",
"5",
"30"
] | 30 |
world | In Boston, July 4th replaced this major holiday, as the most celebrated. | [
"August 15",
"December 24",
"June 10",
"March 5"
] | March 5 |
world | This prominent symbol associated with early American history and the battle for American independence summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1976. | [
"The Liberty Bell",
"Fireworks",
"Yankee Doodle",
"The Statue of Liberty"
] | The Liberty Bell |
world | There was not a single signature appended to the Declaration of Independence until the 4th of July. Thomas McKean, one of the signers, did not sign the Declaration until this year. | [
"1777",
"1779",
"1785",
"1781"
] | 1781 |
world | Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence? | [
"Benjamin Franklin",
"Thomas Jefferson",
"Matthew Thornton",
"John Dunlap"
] | Thomas Jefferson |
world | In order to make the Declaration official, this President of the Continental Congress had to sign it. | [
"George Washington",
"Thomas Jefferson",
"John Hancock",
"Robert Morris"
] | John Hancock |
world | On what day did American colonies actually declare their independent from Britain? | [
"August 15",
"July 5",
"July 3",
"July 2"
] | July 2 |
world | The United States Marine Corps motto, Semper Fidelis means what in Latin? | [
"Always Faithful",
"Always and Forever",
"Always Precise",
"Always Together"
] | Always Faithful |
world | What famous U.S. Army general said: If it werent for these crazy, foolhardy, vulgar, wild, gutsy, braggarts who joined the Marine Corps, we would not have a country, a free country. A free country that allows others to call us names. We have protected this country and died for you? | [
"Chesty Puller",
"Eisenhower",
"Bradley",
"George Patton"
] | George Patton |
world | He was the longest-serving Commandant of the Marine Corps, often referred to as the grand old man of the Marine Corps. | [
"John Archer Lejeune",
"Charles Whitman",
"Pappy Boyington",
"Archibald Henderson"
] | Archibald Henderson |
world | These are the most elite Special Operation Forces of the US navy. They have fought in major conflicts, including Operation Enduring Freedom - the military response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. | [
"SAS",
"SEAL",
"GIGN",
"SWAT"
] | SEAL |
world | This Special Operation Force of the US Army is officially referred to as the Combat Application Group. It was featured in Ridley Scotâs movie, âBlack Hawk Downâ. | [
"Delta Force",
"Black Berets",
"SWAT",
"SEAL"
] | Delta Force |
world | This specialized paramilitary police unit in the USA, created in the city of Delano, California, in the 1960s, is often called upon for dangerous operations. | [
"SWAT",
"GEK",
"SBS",
"GIGN"
] | SWAT |
world | This elite combat frogman force, formerly called Decima Flottiglia MAS, is part of the Italian special forces. | [
"GVP/ESR",
"CIAES",
"Jagdkommando",
"COMSUBIN"
] | COMSUBIN |
world | This unit, formed in 1941, is part of the UK special forces. Its badge depicts a sword with an inscription: âWho dares winsâ. | [
"GEK",
"SEK",
"DGSE",
"SAS"
] | SAS |
world | The Foreign Legion, founded in 1831, is an elite rapid deployment force which consists mainly of foreign volunteers. It is a military formation within the army of which country? | [
"Austria",
"Germany",
"France",
"Australia"
] | France |
world | The fictional character John Rambo, portrayed on the big screen by actor Sylvester Stallone, belongs to what US special forces? | [
"Red Berets",
"SEAL",
"Green Berets",
"Delta Force"
] | Green Berets |
world | This Australian special force deals with reconnaissance and counter-terrorism. It played a significant role in providing security during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. | [
"SAU",
"SASR",
"DGSE",
"KS"
] | SASR |
world | GEK Cobra, founded in 1972 to protect Jewish immigrants from Palestinian terrorists, is the counter-terrorist unit of this country. | [
"Austria",
"Israel",
"Belgium",
"France"
] | Austria |
world | The counter-terrorism unit, GSG-9, established on April 17, 1973 and considered to be among the best of such units in the world, is part of the federal police of which country? | [
"Italy",
"Germany",
"Spain",
"United Kingdom"
] | Germany |
world | October is one of 7 months with 31 days. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
world | Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
world | Which of the following African countries gained its independence from the United Kingdom on October 1, 1960? | [
"South Africa",
"Nigeria",
"Ghana",
"Liberia"
] | Nigeria |
world | On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash together with what other members of his family? | [
"His brother and his sister",
"His wife and her sister",
"His wife and his sister",
"His wife and his mother-in-law"
] | His wife and her sister |
world | Which of these members of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd survived the plane crash in Mississippi on October 20, 1977? | [
"Ronnie VanZant",
"Artimus Pyle",
"Cassie Gaines",
"Steve Gaines"
] | Artimus Pyle |
world | In 2001, RB singer and actress Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash right after take-off in which part of the world? | [
"The Bahamas",
"Wisconsin",
"South Africa",
"Indonesia"
] | The Bahamas |
world | The mother of which popular American singer was killed in a plane crash in California on January 6, 1977? | [
"Elvis Presley",
"Tom Jones",
"Buddy Holly",
"Frank Sinatra"
] | Frank Sinatra |
world | When did Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, die in a plane crash on a training mission east of Moscow? | [
"January, 1977",
"March, 1968",
"June, 1961",
"December, 1986"
] | March, 1968 |
world | How old was singer Otis Redding when he was killed in a plane crash into Lake Monona, Wisconsin, in 1967? | [
"26",
"45",
"18",
"61"
] | 26 |
world | In which city was blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan expected to arrive, when his helicopter crashed killing everyone on board in 1990? | [
"Dallas",
"Los Angeles",
"Sacramento",
"Chicago"
] | Chicago |
world | This famous Norwegian explorer, the first man to reach the South Pole, died in a plane crash in the Barens Sea on June 18, 1928. | [
"Roald Amundsen",
"Robert Falcon Scott",
"Fridtjof Nansen",
"Frederick Cook"
] | Roald Amundsen |
world | Which musicians were killed in the crash on February 3, 1959, a day widely known as The Day The Music Died? | [
"The Big Bopper, Patsy Cline, Frank Sinatra",
"Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens",
"Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Stevie Ray Vaughan",
"Otis Redding, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly"
] | Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens |
world | American singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash in Tennessee together with what other popular country singer? | [
"Willie Nelson",
"Faith Hill",
"Buddy Holly",
"Cowboy Copas"
] | Cowboy Copas |
world | Which is the capital city of Scotland? | [
"Glasgow",
"Perth",
"London",
"Edinburgh"
] | Edinburgh |
world | The Shetland Islands, which belong to Scotland, were once Norwegian. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
world | What kind of animal is the haggis? | [
"breed of hunting dog",
"sheep",
"wild cat",
"It is not an animal"
] | It is not an animal |
world | When did monarchs sit on the Stone of Scone in Scotland? | [
"during a coronation ceremony",
"in the privy",
"at meal times",
"when his/her feet hurt"
] | during a coronation ceremony |
world | The Scottish island Fair Isle is famous for what? | [
"black and white sweets",
"Fairy cakes",
"blondes",
"colourful, patterned knitwear"
] | colourful, patterned knitwear |
world | It is rumoured that there are two monsters in Scotland. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
world | Is the village of Berwick in Scotland? | [
"No",
"Yes"
] | No |
world | What are Berwick cockles? | [
"wooden clogs",
"sweets",
"shellfish",
"small round stones"
] | sweets |
world | The Broons are a fictional Scottish family. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
world | Who was on the cover of the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine? | [
"Eric Clapton",
"Jimi Hendrix",
"Janis Joplin",
"John Lennon"
] | John Lennon |
world | Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show finally got their name on the cover of the March 29, 1973 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
world | The December 9, 2004 issue of Rolling Stone magazine was a special collectors issue titled The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This song, which was voted # 1, was written by a twenty-four-year old singer/songwriter whose voice spoke for many of his generation. Al Kooper played organ and Paul Butterfield played guitar. ... | [
"Hey, Jude",
"Like a Rolling Stone",
"(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction",
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
] | Like a Rolling Stone |
world | Dumping in the context of trade law is observed when this takes place. | [
"A manufacturer refuses to export his product.",
"A manufacturer in one country exports a product to another country at an unfairly low price.",
"A manufacturer imports a product at an unfairly low price in order to obviate his competition.",
"A manufacturer sells his product to a company which exports the pr... | A manufacturer in one country exports a product to another country at an unfairly low price. |
world | A small business is defined as business whose number of employees is under 1000. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
world | NAFTA includes three of these four countries. Which is the odd one? | [
"Mexico",
"Cuba",
"Canada",
"The USA"
] | Cuba |
world | Free Trade can refer to goods, services, labour and capital. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
world | Protectionism is an economic policy of promoting domestic industries through debunking foreign goods. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
world | Prices of goods rise when quantity diminishes. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
world | Although St. Valentines Day was declared a Church holiday as early as 496, it was not until the 14th century, in medieval England and France, that it was associated with romantic love. What was believed to occur on February 14th, to cause this association? | [
"Birds started pairing off.",
"Spring season began.",
"Wild animals started their search for a mate.",
"Flowers began to blossom."
] | Birds started pairing off. |
world | Saint Valentine, a kind-hearted priest who according to legends lived in Rome during the third century AD, was sentenced to death, as he disobeyed the orders of which Roman emperor? | [
"Nero",
"Julius Caesar",
"Theodosius I",
"Claudius II"
] | Claudius II |
world | Cupid, one of the major symbols in St. Valentines Day celebrations, is a mythological character, son of which goddess? | [
"Venus",
"Minerva",
"Ceres",
"Vesta"
] | Venus |
world | According to ancient legends, the phrase Your Valentine, popular among lovers today, derived from St. Valentines expression of love for his sweetheart, shortly before he died. How did he express his love? | [
"In a love note",
"In an ode",
"In a love poem",
"In a love song"
] | In a love note |
world | This female character, depicted by Shakespeare, delivers the following line in her insane speech: Tomorrow is Saint Valentines Day. | [
"Gerthrude",
"Desdemona",
"Ophelia",
"Lady Macbeth"
] | Ophelia |
world | In the symbolic language of flowers, a rose of purple color given to someone on St. Valentines Day, signifies what? | [
"Love at first sight",
"Attraction, suppressed due to intimidation",
"Strong and passionate desire",
"Respect rather than love"
] | Love at first sight |
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