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general	The Bermuda Triangle has been responsible for the disappearances of this number of planes and ships, which have been lost till the end of the 20th century.	[ "78", "66", "52", "113" ]	66
general	Who was baseball announcer Joe Garagiolas best friend in childhood ?	[ "Stan Musial", "Yogi Berra", "Red Barber", "Chris Schenkel" ]	Yogi Berra
general	Ladino is a language composed of which two other languages ?	[ "Spanish and Portuguese", "Spanish and Arabic", "Hebrew and Spanish", "Portuguese and Italian" ]	Hebrew and Spanish
general	King Edward VIII abdicated the English throne for the woman I love. He later became the Gouverneur of what land ?	[ "Fiji", "The Bahamas", "Jamaica", "Barbados" ]	The Bahamas
general	Excluding Englands cities, which city built the first subway in Europe?	[ "Rome", "Paris", "Budapest", "Barcelona" ]	Budapest
general	Al the languages of Europe, except three, are derived from Indian languages, probably Sanskrit or Tamil. Which three are the exceptions?	[ "Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish", "Andorran, Catalan, and Provencal", "Romanian, Romansch, and English", "Hungarian, Estonian, and Finnish" ]	Hungarian, Estonian, and Finnish
general	Name all the Scandinavian countries.	[ "Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland" ]	Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland
general	Alligators and crocodiles exist together in only one place in the world, where?	[ "Samoa", "North Carolina", "Florida", "Australia" ]	Florida
general	What animals were the Canary Islands named after ?	[ "Lions", "Dogs", "Cats", "Canaries" ]	Dogs
general	President Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln and Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces, each called this.	[ "Satrapy", "Larsa", "Uruk", "Assur" ]	Satrapy
general	What was the first name of the character Masterson in the musical comedy Guys and Dolls?	[ "Uri", "Dom", "Sky", "Job" ]	Sky
general	What is the first name of the comedian, who in 1999 became host of The Daily Show?	[ "Stu", "Lou", "Jon", "Ray" ]	Jon
general	Finish the title of the Johnny Cash song, which tells the story of a man who wants to take revenge on his father for giving him a girls name: A Boy Named.....	[ "Amy", "Sue", "Liz", "May" ]	Sue
general	By what nickname was shipping magnate Onasis better known?	[ "Psi", "Ari", "Soc", "Uri" ]	Ari
general	Complete the title of this 1990 film, starring Tom Hanks: ....Versus the Volcano.	[ "Gus", "Joe", "Pat", "Tom" ]	Joe
general	Which of the following is the name of one of The Three Stooges?	[ "Moe", "Sep", "Ham", "Lou" ]	Moe
general	Which famous 19th century author had the pen-name Boz?	[ "Mark Twain", "Bozzie Haversham", "Daniel Defoe", "Charles Dickens" ]	Charles Dickens
general	What was the name of Ted Dansons character in Cheers?	[ "Dan", "Sam", "Dom", "Joe" ]	Sam
general	Which of these is a character featured in the movie Ghostbusters?	[ "Van", "Tom", "Ray", "Joe" ]	Ray
general	What is the first name of the actress who married David Duchovny in 1997?	[ "Lea", "Bea", "Mia", "Tea" ]	Tea
general	Who was the long-suffering character from the Bibles Old Testament?	[ "Zeb", "Job", "Set", "Uri" ]	Job
general	Ava and Mia were two of the wives of which famous persons?	[ "Henry VIII", "Artie Shaw", "Frank Sinatra", "Louis XIV" ]	Frank Sinatra
general	What is the name of the cartoon cat that terrorizes the mouse, Jerry?	[ "Gat", "Tom", "Cat", "Gus" ]	Tom
general	What was the name of the bartender character created and played by Jackie Gleason?	[ "Joe", "Tom", "Sam", "Gus" ]	Joe
general	What is the first name of the actress who played the main character on Maude?	[ "Amy", "Bea", "Liz", "Pat" ]	Bea
general	This word is used to denote a group of cobras.	[ "Sedge", "Knot", "Quiver", "Bale" ]	Quiver
general	What is the main symptom of the uncommon blood disorder, known as methemoglobinemia?	[ "10% greater blood volume than normal", "Bluish complexion of the skin", "Abnormally enlarged lungs", "Faster breathing because of lack of haemoglobin" ]	Bluish complexion of the skin
general	Turtles employ numerous survival techniques, Which one is not among these natural devices for survival?	[ "Their ability to breathe out of their mouth and out of their anus", "Their shells, impervious to attacks by any animals other than humans", "Their ability to live both on land and in the water", "Their incredible orientation skills - they get back to lay eggs where they were born" ]	Their shells, impervious to attacks by any animals other than humans
general	Which anatomical term defines the midline groove connecting the upper lip to the nose?	[ "Tachyon", "Edaphadium", "Serein", "Philtrum" ]	Philtrum
general	What is the name of the historic attack on Normandy on June 6, 1944, which was part of World War II military operations of the Allied Powers against Nazi Germany?	[ "Operation Overlord", "Operation Belgrani", "Operation Barbarosa", "Operation Neptune" ]	Operation Neptune
general	Bobby Leach, a circus stuntman from Cornwell, England, famous for surviving a barrel ride over the Niagara Falls, died in what way?	[ "He was one of the first casualties of WWI.", "He slipped on a orange peel and died.", "He died during an attempt to swim the English Channel.", "In 1912 he was aboard the Titanic and drowned." ]	He slipped on a orange peel and died.
general	Suppose Mr. Jones works with ANOVA, regression lines, the sign-test, and the Gaussian distribution. What field of mathematics does Mr. Jones work in?	[ "Algebra", "Statistics", "Geometry", "Calculus" ]	Statistics
general	Which of these actions has remained in history as the first official act of President Abraham Lincolns new administration?	[ "Hiring a secretary named Kennedy", "Hiring a secretary named Nicolay", "Giving Winfield Scott command of the US Army", "Abolishing slavery" ]	Hiring a secretary named Nicolay
general	A mixture of water and honey can be used for what unconventional purpose?	[ "Antifreeze for cars", "A treatment for throat infections", "A means of greasing a muffin pan", "Silver cleaner" ]	Antifreeze for cars
general	What device was invented in the early 1910s by American race-car driver, Ray Harroun?	[ "The internal combustion engine", "The brake", "The rear view mirror", "The tire iron" ]	The rear view mirror
general	According to Islamic beliefs, the Devil was created out of what?	[ "Unbreakable rocks", "Smokeless fire", "Clay", "Polluted soil" ]	Smokeless fire
general	The first novel of this Nobel Prize-winning author was called Lord of the Flies. The title is a literal English translation of one of the alternate names of the Devil -- Beelzebub.	[ "William Golding", "J. R. R. Tolkien", "Peter Sinfield", "Steven Brust" ]	William Golding
general	This man established The Church of Satan. It is an organization that promotes an interesting form of Satanism - everyone views himself as his or her own god and is therefore responsible for his or her own destiny.	[ "Ambrose Bierce", "Marquis De Sade", "Friedrich Nietzsche", "Anton Szandor LaVey" ]	Anton Szandor LaVey
general	In the 1997 movie Devils Advocate, Keanu Reeves character, Kevin Lomax, starts work in John Miltons huge law firm. Which one of these actors played Milton?	[ "Jeffrey Jones", "Al Pacino", "Val Kilmer", "Robert De Niro" ]	Al Pacino
general	Not surprisingly, the Devil is a major Arcana Tarot card. The image on the card depicts a Satyr standing over two naked human-like demons, who are chained together. What is the interpretation of this Tarot card?	[ "Death", "Self bondage", "Marriage", "Bad luck" ]	Self bondage
general	In this fifth novel in Anne Rices The Vampire Chronicles, Lestat is offered a job by the devil himself. The Devil explains to him many things about heaven and hell, and reveals some of the secrets of the world. What is the title of the novel?	[ "Tale of the Body Thief", "Inferno", "Memnoch the Devil", "Devils" ]	Memnoch the Devil
general	Sympathy for the Devil is a song, originally released by this British rock band.	[ "Black Sabbath", "The Rolling Stones", "Queen", "Sex Pistols" ]	The Rolling Stones
general	Humans are the only species that make love face-to-face.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	What animal is responsible for the most human deaths in the world?	[ "Great White Shark", "Mosquito", "Pitbull", "Wasp" ]	Mosquito
general	What book is said to be the most shoplifted?	[ "The Bible", "Websters Dictionary", "Thesaurus of English Words Phrases", "National Geographic Atlas of the World" ]	The Bible
general	What company is generally regarded as the largest toy distributor in the world?	[ "Mattel", "Barbie", "Fisher Price", "McDonalds" ]	McDonalds
general	What percent of movies released in theaters in 1985 were R-rated?	[ "81%", "45%", "90%", "95%" ]	81%
general	The Eiffel Tower is 6 inches taller in the summer than in the winter.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Austin, Texas is called The Live Music Capital of the World.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	In Utah, wine used in wine tasting cannot be swallowed.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	What is the maximum distance between Mars and the Sun?	[ "249,000,000", "500,000,000", "275,000,000", "327,000,000" ]	249,000,000
general	Which royal abode has had visitations from the ghosts of Thomas Becket, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII and Lady Jane Grey amongst many others (including a bear)?	[ "Windsor Castle", "Sandringham", "The Tower of London", "Buckingham Palace" ]	The Tower of London
general	In Native American beliefs, humans could be transformed into a dangerous cannibalistic spirits if they ate human flesh. What is the name given to these creatures?	[ "Wendigo", "Banshee", "Shaman", "Boggart" ]	Wendigo
general	Once occupied by the Romans and then later the Vikings, which Yorkshire city is said to be the most haunted in Europe if not the world?	[ "Kingston upon Hull", "Ripon", "Leeds", "York" ]	York
general	Reports of poltergeist activity date back as far as ancient Roman times.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	Which famous hoax of the early twentieth century fooled many including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?	[ "Will-o-the-Wisp", "The Amherst haunting.", "The Cottingley Fairies.", "The Cock Lane ghost." ]	The Cottingley Fairies.
general	Is the Edgar Allen Poe House in Baltimore supposedly haunted by the ghost of the eponymous author?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	No
general	Which one of the following is not said to be haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?	[ "Fords Theatre.", "The Lincoln Memorial.", "The White House.", "The family home in Springfield, Illinois." ]	The Lincoln Memorial.
general	This seemingly lifelike substance is allegedly extruded from the bodies of mediums. It can be vaporous or solid and is said to smell of ozone. What is it?	[ "Plasma", "Endoplasm", "Cytoplasm", "Ectoplasm" ]	Ectoplasm
general	Which two famous ghosts supposedly haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel?	[ "Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.", "Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.", "Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.", "Laurel and Hardy." ]	Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.
general	Which one of the following is not a Japanese ghost or spirit?	[ "zashiki-warashi", "ekimmu", "mujina", "ubume" ]	ekimmu
general	What make of pistol did actor and Southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth use to kill President Lincoln?	[ "Derringer", "Smith and Wesson", "Winchester", "Colt" ]	Derringer
general	In astronomy, what is a syzygy?	[ "An alignment of 3 celestial bodies", "A shooting star", "A comet", "An eclipse" ]	An alignment of 3 celestial bodies
general	Which of these celebrities was named after the Biblical character who was Namomis daughter-in-law?	[ "Moonunit Zappa", "Uma Thurman", "Oprah Winfrey", "Penelope Cruz" ]	Oprah Winfrey
general	Which of these statements is true about the way Michelangelo drew the snake in the Sistine Chapel?	[ "The snake is walking", "The snake appears to be speaking", "The snake is a woman", "The snake has no fangs" ]	The snake is a woman
general	What is the longest river in Asia Minor?	[ "Tigris", "Ganges", "Euphrates", "Mekong" ]	Euphrates
general	The protest march from Philadelphia to Teddy Roosevelts home in 1903 was called this.	[ "The March of the Mill Children", "The March of the Veterans", "The March of the Unemployed", "The March of the Suffrajets" ]	The March of the Mill Children
general	Which was the first jazz single to sell one million copies?	[ "Laura", "Take the A Train", "In the Mood", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" ]	Chattanooga Choo-Choo
general	Which of the following people was a big fan of bowling?	[ "Luther", "Mozart", "Cromwell", "Napolen" ]	Luther
general	Which famous actor was Arthur Millers son-in-law?	[ "Daniel Day-Lewis", "Anthony Hopkins", "Kirk Douglas", "William Shatner" ]	Daniel Day-Lewis
general	This United States Army lieutenant general was in command of the American army at the beginning of the American Civil War. He developed the Union strategy popular as the Anaconda Plan, that would be used to defeat the Confederacy.	[ "U.S. Grant", "Joseph Longstreet", "Robert E. Lee", "Winfield Scott" ]	Winfield Scott
general	This song, composed by George Harrison, one of the members of the Beatles, caused a plagiarism trial.	[ "Michelle", "My Sweet Lord", "Woman", "Love Me Do" ]	My Sweet Lord
general	The name of this company, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889, roughly translates as leave luck to heaven.	[ "Toshiba", "Subaru", "Nokia", "Nintendo" ]	Nintendo
general	It is generally accepted that this term, whose usage was reported by Newsweek in 1951, first appeared in Dr. Seusss book If I Ran the Zoo, where it names one of the comical, imaginary animals.	[ "Nerd", "Yahoo", "Bluetooth", "Spam" ]	Nerd
general	This country was formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta. On August 4, 1984, President Thomas Sankara gave it a new name which means the land of upright people.	[ "Burundi", "Kyrgyzstan", "Burkina Faso", "Djibouti" ]	Burkina Faso
general	This small agricultural town, whose motto is solidarity in work, is located in Quebec, Canada, near the St. Lawrence River.	[ "Cape Circumcision", "Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!", "Broken Back Springs", "Readymoney Cove" ]	Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!
general	Chuck Berry recorded this song in 1972 and used to call it My Alma Mater. Mary Whitehouse, a British morality campaigner, made an unsuccessful attempt to get the song banned.	[ "Johnny B. Goode", "My Ding-a-Ling", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline" ]	My Ding-a-Ling
general	This ABC TV series showed the events in an American History class at the fictional Walt Whitman High School in Los Angeles.	[ "704 Hauser", "Room 222", "Gloria", "Maude" ]	Room 222
general	This popular African-American group was founded in 1954. Its original members -- OKelly, Rudolph, Ronald and Vernon were from Cincinnati, Ohio.	[ "The Allman Brothers", "The Walers", "The Who", "The Isley Brothers" ]	The Isley Brothers
general	This scale is used to measure the intensity of a tornado by examining the damage caused by the tornado, when passing over man-made structures.	[ "Fujita", "Mercalli", "Scoville", "Hamilton" ]	Fujita
general	The album Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones was released in this year.	[ "1962", "1978", "1966", "1974" ]	1966
general	The Black Sea is not connected to the Sea of Azov.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	The concept of Men in Black (men dressed in black suits claiming to be government agents) can be observed in all of these movies except one.	[ "Memento", "A Beautiful Mind", "The Matrix", "Men In Black" ]	Memento
general	Three of the four players have been recognized as Most Valuable Player of the Chicago White Sox, which bore the nickname The Chicago Black Sox for a while. Who is the odd one?	[ "Ozzie GuillÃ©n", "Frank Thomas", "Dick Allen", "Nellie Fox" ]	Ozzie GuillÃ©n
general	One of the following statements concerning black tea is wrong.	[ "In Chinese, black tea is known as brown tea.", "Its flavor is stronger than that of most other teas.", "It is made from heavily oxidized leaves.", "It contains more caffeine than other teas." ]	In Chinese, black tea is known as brown tea.
general	The Hollywood production Meet Joe Black had 5 wins and 2 nominations.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	According to Christianity, besides black magic, there is also white magic.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	The largest one-day decline in recorded stock market history is called Black Monday and occurred on this date.	[ "September 22, 1964", "October 19, 1987", "December 8, 1990", "November 23, 1982" ]	October 19, 1987
general	This force prevents anything from escaping black holes.	[ "Centripetal force", "Nuclear force", "Centrifugal force", "Gravity force" ]	Gravity force
general	In which city and state was the first motion picture created?	[ "Chicago, IL", "Hollywood, CA", "Alexandria, VA", "West Orange, NJ" ]	West Orange, NJ
general	What was the first movie shown in the White House?	[ "The Sheik", "Cabira", "Wings", "The Birth of a Nation" ]	Cabira
general	Which U.S. president had the first bowling alley put in the White House?	[ "Nixon", "Eisenhower", "Taft", "Truman" ]	Truman
general	At one time both Canada and Ireland were governed by people of this same name.	[ "John McKenzie", "Sarah Mosely", "Mary Robinson", "Robert Hall Briscoe" ]	Mary Robinson
general	Which of these represents the largest group of soldiers?	[ "Company", "Battalion", "Squad", "Platoon" ]	Battalion
general	Which was the first nation to become Christian?	[ "Antioch", "Romania", "Armenia", "Rome" ]	Armenia
general	In the USA, what is the longest month?	[ "August", "January", "October", "April" ]	October
general	Which element is number two in the periodic table, following hydrogen?	[ "Carbon", "Lithium", "Helium", "Oxygen" ]	Helium
general	Which form of cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States?	[ "Prostate Cancer", "Breast Cancer", "Lung Cancer", "Leukemia" ]	Lung Cancer
general	Which of these conditions is the most common reason for a doctor to prescribe Lithium?	[ "Bipolar disorder", "Anemia", "Diabetes", "Glaucoma" ]	Bipolar disorder

general

The Bermuda Triangle has been responsible for the disappearances of this number of planes and ships, which have been lost till the end of the 20th century.

[ "78", "66", "52", "113" ]

66

general

Who was baseball announcer Joe Garagiolas best friend in childhood ?

[ "Stan Musial", "Yogi Berra", "Red Barber", "Chris Schenkel" ]

Yogi Berra

general

Ladino is a language composed of which two other languages ?

[ "Spanish and Portuguese", "Spanish and Arabic", "Hebrew and Spanish", "Portuguese and Italian" ]

Hebrew and Spanish

general

King Edward VIII abdicated the English throne for the woman I love. He later became the Gouverneur of what land ?

[ "Fiji", "The Bahamas", "Jamaica", "Barbados" ]

The Bahamas

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Excluding Englands cities, which city built the first subway in Europe?

[ "Rome", "Paris", "Budapest", "Barcelona" ]

Budapest

general

Al the languages of Europe, except three, are derived from Indian languages, probably Sanskrit or Tamil. Which three are the exceptions?

[ "Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish", "Andorran, Catalan, and Provencal", "Romanian, Romansch, and English", "Hungarian, Estonian, and Finnish" ]

Hungarian, Estonian, and Finnish

general

Name all the Scandinavian countries.

[ "Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland", "Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland" ]

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland

general

Alligators and crocodiles exist together in only one place in the world, where?

[ "Samoa", "North Carolina", "Florida", "Australia" ]

Florida

general

What animals were the Canary Islands named after ?

[ "Lions", "Dogs", "Cats", "Canaries" ]

Dogs

general

President Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln and Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

general

The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces, each called this.

[ "Satrapy", "Larsa", "Uruk", "Assur" ]

Satrapy

general

What was the first name of the character Masterson in the musical comedy Guys and Dolls?

[ "Uri", "Dom", "Sky", "Job" ]

Sky

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What is the first name of the comedian, who in 1999 became host of The Daily Show?

[ "Stu", "Lou", "Jon", "Ray" ]

Jon

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Finish the title of the Johnny Cash song, which tells the story of a man who wants to take revenge on his father for giving him a girls name: A Boy Named.....

[ "Amy", "Sue", "Liz", "May" ]

Sue

general

By what nickname was shipping magnate Onasis better known?

[ "Psi", "Ari", "Soc", "Uri" ]

Ari

general

Complete the title of this 1990 film, starring Tom Hanks: ....Versus the Volcano.

[ "Gus", "Joe", "Pat", "Tom" ]

Joe

general

Which of the following is the name of one of The Three Stooges?

[ "Moe", "Sep", "Ham", "Lou" ]

Moe

general

Which famous 19th century author had the pen-name Boz?

[ "Mark Twain", "Bozzie Haversham", "Daniel Defoe", "Charles Dickens" ]

Charles Dickens

general

What was the name of Ted Dansons character in Cheers?

[ "Dan", "Sam", "Dom", "Joe" ]

Sam

general

Which of these is a character featured in the movie Ghostbusters?

[ "Van", "Tom", "Ray", "Joe" ]

Ray

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What is the first name of the actress who married David Duchovny in 1997?

[ "Lea", "Bea", "Mia", "Tea" ]

Tea

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Who was the long-suffering character from the Bibles Old Testament?

[ "Zeb", "Job", "Set", "Uri" ]

Job

general

Ava and Mia were two of the wives of which famous persons?

[ "Henry VIII", "Artie Shaw", "Frank Sinatra", "Louis XIV" ]

Frank Sinatra

general

What is the name of the cartoon cat that terrorizes the mouse, Jerry?

[ "Gat", "Tom", "Cat", "Gus" ]

Tom

general

What was the name of the bartender character created and played by Jackie Gleason?

[ "Joe", "Tom", "Sam", "Gus" ]

Joe

general

What is the first name of the actress who played the main character on Maude?

[ "Amy", "Bea", "Liz", "Pat" ]

Bea

general

This word is used to denote a group of cobras.

[ "Sedge", "Knot", "Quiver", "Bale" ]

Quiver

general

What is the main symptom of the uncommon blood disorder, known as methemoglobinemia?

[ "10% greater blood volume than normal", "Bluish complexion of the skin", "Abnormally enlarged lungs", "Faster breathing because of lack of haemoglobin" ]

Bluish complexion of the skin

general

Turtles employ numerous survival techniques, Which one is not among these natural devices for survival?

[ "Their ability to breathe out of their mouth and out of their anus", "Their shells, impervious to attacks by any animals other than humans", "Their ability to live both on land and in the water", "Their incredible orientation skills - they get back to lay eggs where they were born" ]

Their shells, impervious to attacks by any animals other than humans

general

Which anatomical term defines the midline groove connecting the upper lip to the nose?

[ "Tachyon", "Edaphadium", "Serein", "Philtrum" ]

Philtrum

general

What is the name of the historic attack on Normandy on June 6, 1944, which was part of World War II military operations of the Allied Powers against Nazi Germany?

[ "Operation Overlord", "Operation Belgrani", "Operation Barbarosa", "Operation Neptune" ]

Operation Neptune

general

Bobby Leach, a circus stuntman from Cornwell, England, famous for surviving a barrel ride over the Niagara Falls, died in what way?

[ "He was one of the first casualties of WWI.", "He slipped on a orange peel and died.", "He died during an attempt to swim the English Channel.", "In 1912 he was aboard the Titanic and drowned." ]

He slipped on a orange peel and died.

general

Suppose Mr. Jones works with ANOVA, regression lines, the sign-test, and the Gaussian distribution. What field of mathematics does Mr. Jones work in?

[ "Algebra", "Statistics", "Geometry", "Calculus" ]

Statistics

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Which of these actions has remained in history as the first official act of President Abraham Lincolns new administration?

[ "Hiring a secretary named Kennedy", "Hiring a secretary named Nicolay", "Giving Winfield Scott command of the US Army", "Abolishing slavery" ]

Hiring a secretary named Nicolay

general

A mixture of water and honey can be used for what unconventional purpose?

[ "Antifreeze for cars", "A treatment for throat infections", "A means of greasing a muffin pan", "Silver cleaner" ]

Antifreeze for cars

general

What device was invented in the early 1910s by American race-car driver, Ray Harroun?

[ "The internal combustion engine", "The brake", "The rear view mirror", "The tire iron" ]

The rear view mirror

general

According to Islamic beliefs, the Devil was created out of what?

[ "Unbreakable rocks", "Smokeless fire", "Clay", "Polluted soil" ]

Smokeless fire

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The first novel of this Nobel Prize-winning author was called Lord of the Flies. The title is a literal English translation of one of the alternate names of the Devil -- Beelzebub.

[ "William Golding", "J. R. R. Tolkien", "Peter Sinfield", "Steven Brust" ]

William Golding

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This man established The Church of Satan. It is an organization that promotes an interesting form of Satanism - everyone views himself as his or her own god and is therefore responsible for his or her own destiny.

[ "Ambrose Bierce", "Marquis De Sade", "Friedrich Nietzsche", "Anton Szandor LaVey" ]

Anton Szandor LaVey

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In the 1997 movie Devils Advocate, Keanu Reeves character, Kevin Lomax, starts work in John Miltons huge law firm. Which one of these actors played Milton?

[ "Jeffrey Jones", "Al Pacino", "Val Kilmer", "Robert De Niro" ]

Al Pacino

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Not surprisingly, the Devil is a major Arcana Tarot card. The image on the card depicts a Satyr standing over two naked human-like demons, who are chained together. What is the interpretation of this Tarot card?

[ "Death", "Self bondage", "Marriage", "Bad luck" ]

Self bondage

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In this fifth novel in Anne Rices The Vampire Chronicles, Lestat is offered a job by the devil himself. The Devil explains to him many things about heaven and hell, and reveals some of the secrets of the world. What is the title of the novel?

[ "Tale of the Body Thief", "Inferno", "Memnoch the Devil", "Devils" ]

Memnoch the Devil

general

Sympathy for the Devil is a song, originally released by this British rock band.

[ "Black Sabbath", "The Rolling Stones", "Queen", "Sex Pistols" ]

The Rolling Stones

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Humans are the only species that make love face-to-face.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

general

What animal is responsible for the most human deaths in the world?

[ "Great White Shark", "Mosquito", "Pitbull", "Wasp" ]

Mosquito

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What book is said to be the most shoplifted?

[ "The Bible", "Websters Dictionary", "Thesaurus of English Words Phrases", "National Geographic Atlas of the World" ]

The Bible

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What company is generally regarded as the largest toy distributor in the world?

[ "Mattel", "Barbie", "Fisher Price", "McDonalds" ]

McDonalds

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What percent of movies released in theaters in 1985 were R-rated?

[ "81%", "45%", "90%", "95%" ]

81%

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The Eiffel Tower is 6 inches taller in the summer than in the winter.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Austin, Texas is called The Live Music Capital of the World.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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In Utah, wine used in wine tasting cannot be swallowed.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

general

What is the maximum distance between Mars and the Sun?

[ "249,000,000", "500,000,000", "275,000,000", "327,000,000" ]

249,000,000

general

Which royal abode has had visitations from the ghosts of Thomas Becket, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII and Lady Jane Grey amongst many others (including a bear)?

[ "Windsor Castle", "Sandringham", "The Tower of London", "Buckingham Palace" ]

The Tower of London

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In Native American beliefs, humans could be transformed into a dangerous cannibalistic spirits if they ate human flesh. What is the name given to these creatures?

[ "Wendigo", "Banshee", "Shaman", "Boggart" ]

Wendigo

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Once occupied by the Romans and then later the Vikings, which Yorkshire city is said to be the most haunted in Europe if not the world?

[ "Kingston upon Hull", "Ripon", "Leeds", "York" ]

York

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Reports of poltergeist activity date back as far as ancient Roman times.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Which famous hoax of the early twentieth century fooled many including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

[ "Will-o-the-Wisp", "The Amherst haunting.", "The Cottingley Fairies.", "The Cock Lane ghost." ]

The Cottingley Fairies.

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Is the Edgar Allen Poe House in Baltimore supposedly haunted by the ghost of the eponymous author?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

No

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Which one of the following is not said to be haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?

[ "Fords Theatre.", "The Lincoln Memorial.", "The White House.", "The family home in Springfield, Illinois." ]

The Lincoln Memorial.

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This seemingly lifelike substance is allegedly extruded from the bodies of mediums. It can be vaporous or solid and is said to smell of ozone. What is it?

[ "Plasma", "Endoplasm", "Cytoplasm", "Ectoplasm" ]

Ectoplasm

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Which two famous ghosts supposedly haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel?

[ "Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.", "Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.", "Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.", "Laurel and Hardy." ]

Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

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Which one of the following is not a Japanese ghost or spirit?

[ "zashiki-warashi", "ekimmu", "mujina", "ubume" ]

ekimmu

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What make of pistol did actor and Southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth use to kill President Lincoln?

[ "Derringer", "Smith and Wesson", "Winchester", "Colt" ]

Derringer

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In astronomy, what is a syzygy?

[ "An alignment of 3 celestial bodies", "A shooting star", "A comet", "An eclipse" ]

An alignment of 3 celestial bodies

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Which of these celebrities was named after the Biblical character who was Namomis daughter-in-law?

[ "Moonunit Zappa", "Uma Thurman", "Oprah Winfrey", "Penelope Cruz" ]

Oprah Winfrey

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Which of these statements is true about the way Michelangelo drew the snake in the Sistine Chapel?

[ "The snake is walking", "The snake appears to be speaking", "The snake is a woman", "The snake has no fangs" ]

The snake is a woman

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What is the longest river in Asia Minor?

[ "Tigris", "Ganges", "Euphrates", "Mekong" ]

Euphrates

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The protest march from Philadelphia to Teddy Roosevelts home in 1903 was called this.

[ "The March of the Mill Children", "The March of the Veterans", "The March of the Unemployed", "The March of the Suffrajets" ]

The March of the Mill Children

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Which was the first jazz single to sell one million copies?

[ "Laura", "Take the A Train", "In the Mood", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" ]

Chattanooga Choo-Choo

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Which of the following people was a big fan of bowling?

[ "Luther", "Mozart", "Cromwell", "Napolen" ]

Luther

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Which famous actor was Arthur Millers son-in-law?

[ "Daniel Day-Lewis", "Anthony Hopkins", "Kirk Douglas", "William Shatner" ]

Daniel Day-Lewis

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This United States Army lieutenant general was in command of the American army at the beginning of the American Civil War. He developed the Union strategy popular as the Anaconda Plan, that would be used to defeat the Confederacy.

[ "U.S. Grant", "Joseph Longstreet", "Robert E. Lee", "Winfield Scott" ]

Winfield Scott

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This song, composed by George Harrison, one of the members of the Beatles, caused a plagiarism trial.

[ "Michelle", "My Sweet Lord", "Woman", "Love Me Do" ]

My Sweet Lord

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The name of this company, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889, roughly translates as leave luck to heaven.

[ "Toshiba", "Subaru", "Nokia", "Nintendo" ]

Nintendo

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It is generally accepted that this term, whose usage was reported by Newsweek in 1951, first appeared in Dr. Seusss book If I Ran the Zoo, where it names one of the comical, imaginary animals.

[ "Nerd", "Yahoo", "Bluetooth", "Spam" ]

Nerd

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This country was formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta. On August 4, 1984, President Thomas Sankara gave it a new name which means the land of upright people.

[ "Burundi", "Kyrgyzstan", "Burkina Faso", "Djibouti" ]

Burkina Faso

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This small agricultural town, whose motto is solidarity in work, is located in Quebec, Canada, near the St. Lawrence River.

[ "Cape Circumcision", "Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!", "Broken Back Springs", "Readymoney Cove" ]

Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!

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Chuck Berry recorded this song in 1972 and used to call it My Alma Mater. Mary Whitehouse, a British morality campaigner, made an unsuccessful attempt to get the song banned.

[ "Johnny B. Goode", "My Ding-a-Ling", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline" ]

My Ding-a-Ling

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This ABC TV series showed the events in an American History class at the fictional Walt Whitman High School in Los Angeles.

[ "704 Hauser", "Room 222", "Gloria", "Maude" ]

Room 222

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This popular African-American group was founded in 1954. Its original members -- OKelly, Rudolph, Ronald and Vernon were from Cincinnati, Ohio.

[ "The Allman Brothers", "The Walers", "The Who", "The Isley Brothers" ]

The Isley Brothers

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This scale is used to measure the intensity of a tornado by examining the damage caused by the tornado, when passing over man-made structures.

[ "Fujita", "Mercalli", "Scoville", "Hamilton" ]

Fujita

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The album Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones was released in this year.

[ "1962", "1978", "1966", "1974" ]

1966

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The Black Sea is not connected to the Sea of Azov.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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The concept of Men in Black (men dressed in black suits claiming to be government agents) can be observed in all of these movies except one.

[ "Memento", "A Beautiful Mind", "The Matrix", "Men In Black" ]

Memento

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Three of the four players have been recognized as Most Valuable Player of the Chicago White Sox, which bore the nickname The Chicago Black Sox for a while. Who is the odd one?

Ozzie GuillÃ©n

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One of the following statements concerning black tea is wrong.

[ "In Chinese, black tea is known as brown tea.", "Its flavor is stronger than that of most other teas.", "It is made from heavily oxidized leaves.", "It contains more caffeine than other teas." ]

In Chinese, black tea is known as brown tea.

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The Hollywood production Meet Joe Black had 5 wins and 2 nominations.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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According to Christianity, besides black magic, there is also white magic.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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The largest one-day decline in recorded stock market history is called Black Monday and occurred on this date.

[ "September 22, 1964", "October 19, 1987", "December 8, 1990", "November 23, 1982" ]

October 19, 1987

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This force prevents anything from escaping black holes.

[ "Centripetal force", "Nuclear force", "Centrifugal force", "Gravity force" ]

Gravity force

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In which city and state was the first motion picture created?

[ "Chicago, IL", "Hollywood, CA", "Alexandria, VA", "West Orange, NJ" ]

West Orange, NJ

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What was the first movie shown in the White House?

[ "The Sheik", "Cabira", "Wings", "The Birth of a Nation" ]

Cabira

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Which U.S. president had the first bowling alley put in the White House?

[ "Nixon", "Eisenhower", "Taft", "Truman" ]

Truman

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At one time both Canada and Ireland were governed by people of this same name.

[ "John McKenzie", "Sarah Mosely", "Mary Robinson", "Robert Hall Briscoe" ]

Mary Robinson

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Which of these represents the largest group of soldiers?

[ "Company", "Battalion", "Squad", "Platoon" ]

Battalion

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Which was the first nation to become Christian?

[ "Antioch", "Romania", "Armenia", "Rome" ]

Armenia

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In the USA, what is the longest month?

[ "August", "January", "October", "April" ]

October

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Which element is number two in the periodic table, following hydrogen?

[ "Carbon", "Lithium", "Helium", "Oxygen" ]

Helium

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Which form of cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States?

[ "Prostate Cancer", "Breast Cancer", "Lung Cancer", "Leukemia" ]

Lung Cancer

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Which of these conditions is the most common reason for a doctor to prescribe Lithium?

[ "Bipolar disorder", "Anemia", "Diabetes", "Glaucoma" ]

Bipolar disorder