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general	According to a study published in the Annals of Neurology, people who regularly come into contact with pesticides are 70 % more likely to develop what disease?	[ "Brain Cancer", "Alzheimers disease", "Jakob-Brezlov disease", "Parkinsons disease" ]	Parkinsons disease
general	Handel, Bach and Scarlatti were all born in what year?	[ "1685", "1789", "1785", "1613" ]	1685
general	What was the last name of Italian brothers Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Ettore, and Ernesto who were all in the automobile business?	[ "Romeo", "Peugeot", "Ferrari", "Maserati" ]	Maserati
general	Which is the correct definition for oxter?	[ "the armpit", "having much snow", "walrus ivory", "to polish" ]	the armpit
general	What is true about all objects that emit heat?	[ "They are all composed of plasmas.", "They all emit infra-red waves.", "They all emit ultraviolet rays.", "They obey Snells Law" ]	They all emit infra-red waves.
general	What did Wilhelm Schickard invent?	[ "the first automatic calculator", "the pneumatic drill", "celluloid", "the integrated circuit" ]	the first automatic calculator
general	Which list contains four of the five basic ballet moves?	[ "Cabriole, Arabesque, Pirouettem, Atimitudes", "Pirouette, Arabesque, Pas des deux, Grande cabriole", "Cabriole, Pirouette, Arabesque , Atimitudes", "Fouette, Attitude, Pirouette, Arabesque" ]	Fouette, Attitude, Pirouette, Arabesque
general	The USA owns a territory in the Pacific called The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. What is its capital city?	[ "Pago Pago", "Saipan", "Agana", "Charlotte Amalie" ]	Saipan
general	The Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki are the sacred texts of which religion?	[ "Taoism", "Sikhism", "Shinto", "Zoroastrianism" ]	Shinto
general	The dram is the monetary unit of this country whose capital city is Yerevan.	[ "Moldova", "Azerbaijan", "Armenia", "Andorra" ]	Armenia
general	The Virginia General Assembly was founded in Jamestown in what year?	[ "1774", "1719", "1819", "1619" ]	1619
general	This city state, also called Ragusa, was first to recognize the independence of the newly formed United States of America.	[ "Vatican", "Dubrovnik", "Monaco", "Malta" ]	Dubrovnik
general	What was the currency of the Netherlands, before the adoption of the euro?	[ "Gulden", "Dinar", "Krona", "Florin" ]	Gulden
general	SMERSH, the organization mentioned in the James Bond film, From Russia with Love, was a real Russian organization.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	This US President, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.	[ "Dwight Eisenhower", "Lyndon Johnson", "James Carter", "Gerald Ford" ]	James Carter
general	This US President was an instructor in classical languages. Being ambidextrous, he could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other.	[ "Garfield", "Chester A. Arthur", "Jefferson", "Teddy Roosevelt" ]	Garfield
general	This abstract strategy board game is the national game of Ghana. The board has two straight rows of six pits or cavities, called houses.	[ "Checkers", "Backgammon", "Oware", "Chess" ]	Oware
general	This English rock musician changed his name to avoid confusion with a singer from the Monkees, who had the same family name.	[ "Elvis Costello", "David Crosby", "Earl The Monkey Hinson", "David Bowie" ]	David Bowie
general	Edaphic deserts can be found on some volcanic islands, in parts of Iceland and on the Colorado plateau in the USA. Which of these most accurately defines an edaphic desert?	[ "One that gets less than 2.5 cm of rain a year", "One that gets enough rain but still lacks plants", "One that is so cold that nothing can grow", "One that has been a desert for at least 1 million years" ]	One that gets enough rain but still lacks plants
general	Dactyloscopy, a technique perfected by anthropologist Juan Vucetichs, studies what?	[ "Fingerprints", "The shape of human head", "Flightless birds", "Land dinosaurs" ]	Fingerprints
general	This US city is located at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River.	[ "Cairo, Illinois", "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Chicago, Illinois", "Memphis, Tennessee" ]	Cairo, Illinois
general	A square has four unequal sides.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	How many are in a Bakers Dozen?	[ "10", "12", "13", "5" ]	13
general	Ann has $5.00 and Jeff gives her $2.50, then she goes and buys $3.38 worth of candy. How much money does she have left?	[ "$4.12", "$3.92", "nothing", "$5.00" ]	$4.12
general	The Spanish word for dog is pero.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	A lion is part of which animal class?	[ "Mammalia", "Amphibia", "Aves", "Arachnida" ]	Mammalia
general	What 2 prominent actors did the movie Colors star?	[ "Sean Penn and Robert Duvall", "Sean Penn and Robert De Niro", "Dennis Hopper and Heath Ledger", "Robert Duvall and Aidan Quinn" ]	Sean Penn and Robert Duvall
general	Nails and hair continue to grow even after you die.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Said to be the first of the Film Noir genre, The Maltese Falcon starred Humphrey Bogart as the one and only Sam Spade. How many appearances did Bogart make as this character?	[ "3", "6", "1", "4" ]	1
general	The Killers was a film based on a short story written by Ernest Hemingway, which starred Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	In 1971 one of the classics of the Film Noir genre was made in color - Chinatown. The cast was stellar, as well as the director. Can you name him?	[ "William Friedkin", "John Huston", "Roman Polanski", "Billy Wilder" ]	Roman Polanski
general	Laura is one of the most memorable films made in the Film Noir genre, even more so thanks to Clifton Webbs performance. What was his film characters name?	[ "Whit Sterling", "Jules Amthor", "Kaspar Gutman", "Waldo Lydecker" ]	Waldo Lydecker
general	A notable movie in the Film Noir genre is Out of the Past. This movie featured Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey, who is forced to confront his past by one unsavory adversary, played by an actor who is not known for his roles playing a heavy. Name him.	[ "Raymond Burr", "Charles Laughton", "Kirk Douglas", "Vincent Price" ]	Kirk Douglas
general	The famous fictional modern detective Philip Marlowe was played by many actors over the years, from Humphrey Bogart to Elliot Gould. Can you name the author who created him.	[ "Dashiell Hammett", "Raymond Chandler", "Mickey Spilane", "Cornell Woolrich" ]	Raymond Chandler
general	Mildred Pierce put Joan Crawfords name back up there in lights. It was nominated for several Academy Awards. Both Ann Blyth and Eve Arden were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	Body Heat, written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan of Star Wars, has everything; scheming lovers, murder, blackmail and betrayal. Can you name the actor who played Matty Walkers doomed husband, Edmund?	[ "Richard Crenna", "E. G. Marshall", "Peter Boyle", "Harvey Keitel" ]	Richard Crenna
general	Periander of Corinth, Pittacus of Mitylene and Thales of Miletus have something in common. What is it?	[ "They are three of the most famous Greek characters.", "They are three of the Seven mathematicians of Greece.", "They are the Three princes of Greece.", "They are three of the Seven Sages of Greece." ]	They are three of the Seven Sages of Greece.
general	These US Presidents - William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Warren G. Harding, all have this in common.	[ "They have been elected without a plurality of popular votes.", "They were all democrats.", "They died in office of natural causes.", "They resigned from office." ]	They died in office of natural causes.
general	Three of the listed singers are baritones. Who is the odd one?	[ "Elvis Presley", "Roberto Alagna", "Robert Goulet", "Frank Sinatra" ]	Roberto Alagna
general	What did Jean Michel Jarre, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Lord Byron, and Sir Winston Churchill all have for pets?	[ "Cats", "Birds", "Horses", "Dogs" ]	Cats
general	Who is the odd one of the four writers?	[ "Thomas More", "Edmund Spenser", "Charles Dickens", "Christopher Marlowe" ]	Charles Dickens
general	Les Barker, Richard Digance and Bill Oddie are famous for being what?	[ "Musical comedians", "Radio comedians", "Impersonators", "Satirists" ]	Musical comedians
general	Paul Ehrlich, Otto Diels, and Hans Fischer are known as what?	[ "German physicists", "Austrian biologists", "German biologists", "German chemists" ]	German chemists
general	Tomas Tranströmer, Assia Djebar and Raja Rao have won one, what is it?	[ "Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry", "Pulitzer Prize for Poetry", "Neustadt International Prize for Literature", "Nobel Prize in Literature" ]	Neustadt International Prize for Literature
general	Which group consists of these three members: Thomas (Tom) Matthew DeLonge on guitar, Markus (Mark) Allan Hoppus on bass, and Travis Landon Barker on drums?	[ "East 17", "Take That", "Blink-182", "Wax" ]	Blink-182
general	Which of these psychologists was not a student of Freuds?	[ "Wilhelm Reich", "Alfred Adler", "Ulrich Neisser", "Otto Rank" ]	Ulrich Neisser
general	Which sport is mentioned in Shakespeares Henry V?	[ "Tennis", "Golf", "Bowling", "Darts" ]	Tennis
general	What was the name of Sir Isaac Newtons first wife?	[ "Iris Barrow", "Elizabeth Rachel Sandal", "Mary Chennille", "He never had a wife" ]	He never had a wife
general	Who was the first singer to get a Gold Record for a single?	[ "Tex Beneke", "Perry Como", "Elvis Presley", "Frank Sinatra" ]	Perry Como
general	He was a great silent screen star. He was well known as the best pie thrower in the movies. He was a great athlete and did almost all of his own stunts. He was famous for rarely showing emotion in his face. Who was he?	[ "Buster Keaton", "Joseph Schenck", "Charlie Chaplin", "Fatty Arbuckle" ]	Buster Keaton
general	Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra are places on the moon.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	What organization was started by Carrie Chapman Catt?	[ "League of Women Voters", "National Universal Suffrage League", "Democratic National Committee", "The Right to Life Party" ]	League of Women Voters
general	Which answer best describes how many Congressional Medal of Honor medals were awarded during the Civil War	[ "Less than 600", "Between 1200 and 2000", "Between 2000 and 4000", "Between 600 and 1200" ]	Between 1200 and 2000
general	When did Americas military actions in Korea first begin?	[ "1951", "1871", "1950", "1958" ]	1871
general	Which of these was supposedly built to house 8 human hairs?	[ "The Torii Pagoda", "The Shwedagon Pagoda", "The Masudi Temple", "The Chenwuku Temple" ]	The Shwedagon Pagoda
general	Who discovered the gyroscope effect, now used for measuring orientation?	[ "Thomas A. Edison", "Leon Foucault", "Booker T. Washington", "Johann Bohenberger" ]	Johann Bohenberger
general	Which one of these authors created the famous fictional White Rabbit which wears a waistcoat and is always worried about being late?	[ "J. R. R. Tolkien", "J. K. Rowling", "Edgar Allan Poe", "Lewis Carrol" ]	Lewis Carrol
general	Which of these cartoon characters is Bugs Bunnys rival?	[ "Martian Marvin", "All of these", "Yosemite Sam", "Elmer Fudd" ]	All of these
general	Which of these is characteristic of Rabbit, a fictional character in the series Winnie the Pooh?	[ "Bouncing and confident", "Gloomy and pessimistic", "Ashamed of being small", "Busy and responsible" ]	Busy and responsible
general	The Playboy Bunny outfit, worn by waitresses at the Playboy Clubs, consisted of bunny ears, a corset, a collar, cuffs and what else?	[ "Chains", "Fluffy tail", "Bandana", "Whiskers" ]	Fluffy tail
general	Which American author wrote the so called Rabbit novels - Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit At Rest and Rabbit Remembered?	[ "William Faulkner", "John Updike", "Michael Crichton", "Ken Kesey" ]	John Updike
general	Who voiced Roger Rabbit in the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	[ "Charles Fleischer", "Bob Hoskins", "Mae Questel", "Mel Blanc" ]	Charles Fleischer
general	Who wrote and illustrated the famous childrens book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first published in 1902?	[ "Hans Christian Andersen", "Oscar Wilde", "Lewis Carroll", "Beatrix Potter" ]	Beatrix Potter
general	What was the name of the rabbit in Disneys animated movie Bambi?	[ "Flower", "Faline", "Ronno", "Thumper" ]	Thumper
general	Who played the role of Jimmy B-Rabbit in the 2002 movie 8 Mile, directed by Curtis Hanson?	[ "Michael Shannon", "Kim Basinger", "Evan Jones", "Eminem" ]	Eminem
general	Which characters drink tea together with the March Hare at the neverending tea party in Alices Adventures in Wonderland?	[ "The Duchess and the Mad Hatter", "Dinah and the Duchess", "The Dormouse and the Mad Hatter", "The Gryphon and the Dormouse" ]	The Dormouse and the Mad Hatter
general	Which term is defined as fear of crowds, public places or open areas?	[ "Aviophobia", "None of these", "Claustrophobia", "Agoraphobia" ]	Agoraphobia
general	Which disorder is characterised by a fear of the number 13?	[ "Caligynephobia", "Triskaidekaphobia", "Anglophobia", "Xylophobia" ]	Triskaidekaphobia
general	Which condition is described as a fear of cats?	[ "Cynophobia", "Pedophobia", "Ailurophobia", "Alektorophobia" ]	Ailurophobia
general	What medical term refers to the fear of death or dying?	[ "Dinophobia", "Triskadekaphobia", "Thanatophobia", "Brontophobia" ]	Thanatophobia
general	What term refers to the fear of imperfection?	[ "Atelophobia", "Ailurophobia", "Autophobia", "Arachnophobia" ]	Atelophobia
general	A person who is afraid of heights, suffers from what disorder?	[ "Acrophobia", "Agoraphobia", "Arachnophobia", "Anglophobia" ]	Acrophobia
general	Which condition is described as an excessive fear of animals?	[ "Ailurophobia", "None of these", "Zoophobia", "Thalassophobia" ]	Zoophobia
general	Which terms means an irrational fear of the sea or the ocean?	[ "Somniphobia", "Selachophobia", "None of these", "Thalassophobia" ]	Thalassophobia
general	Which term refers to the morbid fear of thunderstorms?	[ "Triskadekaphobia", "Xylophobia", "Chionophobia", "Brontophobia" ]	Brontophobia
general	What condition is characterised by an irrational fear of taking tests?	[ "Placophobia", "Chronophobia", "Theologicophobia", "Testophobia" ]	Testophobia
general	Purple is the official color of what Hawaiian Island?	[ "Hawaii", "Lanai", "Kauai", "Maui" ]	Kauai
general	What did the Byzantine empresses do in the Purple Chamber?	[ "Give Birth", "Have their wedding night", "Rest in to be seen by others during their final days of life", "Get Married" ]	Give Birth
general	Which is not a shade of purple?	[ "Heliotrope", "Mountbatten pink", "Vermilion", "Thistle" ]	Vermilion
general	Which is a successful Australian comedy film?	[ "Sea of Purple", "Purple Kangas", "Purple Amethyst", "Alvin Purple" ]	Alvin Purple
general	Of the following, which is a British rock band?	[ "Purple Night", "24 Carat Purple", "Purpendicular", "Deep Purple" ]	Deep Purple
general	Leonard Kessler wrote a childrens book called Mr. Pines Purple House.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Steven Spielbergs movie, The Color Purple, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, how many did it actually win?	[ "5", "3", "0", "8" ]	0
general	Who were the feuding enemies of the McCoys?	[ "Earps", "Harrisons", "Daltons", "Hat fields" ]	Hat fields
general	Who was Dale Evans married to?	[ "Roy Rogers", "Buffalo Bill Cody", "Wild Bill Hickcock", "Gene Autry" ]	Roy Rogers
general	When something is especially cleaned one is said to have applied polish and .......... to it.	[ "Ajax", "Spit", "Elbow grease", "Cleanser" ]	Spit
general	The two reporters who exposed the Watergate scandal were Bernstein and this person.	[ "Dan Rather", "Bob Woodward", "Walter Lippman", "Harry Smith" ]	Bob Woodward
general	Which of the following is the title of one of Aesops most famous fables?	[ "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Cat and the Rat", "The Elephant and the Flea", "The Crow and the Scarecrow" ]	The Fox and the Grapes
general	The English poet William Blake wrote two beautiful poems concerning what two animals?	[ "The fox and the chickens", "The tiger and the lamb", "The elephant and the mouse", "The lion and the lamb" ]	The tiger and the lamb
general	What are the main ingredients of the traditional English dish Bubble and Squeak?	[ "Potato and cabbage", "Fish and ships", "Sausage and cabbage", "Bacon and eggs" ]	Potato and cabbage
general	What goes along with love according to a Frank Sinatra hit song?	[ "Broken hearts", "Marriage", "Pain", "Sex" ]	Marriage
general	What were the first names of the comedy team of Abbot and Costello?	[ "Abbot and Bob", "Dean and Jerry", "Bob and Ray", "Bud and Lou" ]	Bud and Lou
general	According to Dr. Seuss, what goes with ham?	[ "Green eggs", "Orange bacon", "Pink Sausage", "Blue Cheese" ]	Green eggs
general	Monticello, meaning small mountain in Italian, is the name of an estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, which belonged to which US President?	[ "George", "James Madison", "Thomas Jefferson", "John Adams" ]	Thomas Jefferson
general	Norwegian inventor, Johan Vaaler was granted a patent in Germany, in 1899, for the invention of what?	[ "The paperclip", "The dry cell battery", "The stapler", "Carbon paper" ]	The paperclip
general	The Japanese words Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru, which embody the proverbial principle to see no evil, to hear no evil, and to speak no evil refer to what?	[ "The Japanese names for the Biblical characters Shadrack, Meshaxk, and Abendebego.", "None of these", "The three wise monkeys.", "The names of the three diamonds in the Mitsubishi logo." ]	The three wise monkeys.
general	This Italian singer, who won the San Remo Music Festival twice, became popular in the United States in the 1950s with his song Volare.	[ "Domenico Modugno", "Rossano Brazzi", "Luigi Tenco", "Peppino Gagliardi" ]	Domenico Modugno
general	How many people signed the US Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776?	[ "2", "55", "0", "1" ]	2
general	On July 26, 1948, US President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which established what?	[ "The right of women to vote", "The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)", "Equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races", "None of these" ]	Equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races
general	Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, who was awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 1996, is famous for developing what?	[ "Face-recognition software", "Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling", "The scientific study of fingerprints", "The polygraph" ]	Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling

general

According to a study published in the Annals of Neurology, people who regularly come into contact with pesticides are 70 % more likely to develop what disease?

[ "Brain Cancer", "Alzheimers disease", "Jakob-Brezlov disease", "Parkinsons disease" ]

Parkinsons disease

general

Handel, Bach and Scarlatti were all born in what year?

[ "1685", "1789", "1785", "1613" ]

1685

general

What was the last name of Italian brothers Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Ettore, and Ernesto who were all in the automobile business?

[ "Romeo", "Peugeot", "Ferrari", "Maserati" ]

Maserati

general

Which is the correct definition for oxter?

[ "the armpit", "having much snow", "walrus ivory", "to polish" ]

the armpit

general

What is true about all objects that emit heat?

[ "They are all composed of plasmas.", "They all emit infra-red waves.", "They all emit ultraviolet rays.", "They obey Snells Law" ]

They all emit infra-red waves.

general

What did Wilhelm Schickard invent?

[ "the first automatic calculator", "the pneumatic drill", "celluloid", "the integrated circuit" ]

the first automatic calculator

general

Which list contains four of the five basic ballet moves?

[ "Cabriole, Arabesque, Pirouettem, Atimitudes", "Pirouette, Arabesque, Pas des deux, Grande cabriole", "Cabriole, Pirouette, Arabesque , Atimitudes", "Fouette, Attitude, Pirouette, Arabesque" ]

Fouette, Attitude, Pirouette, Arabesque

general

The USA owns a territory in the Pacific called The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. What is its capital city?

[ "Pago Pago", "Saipan", "Agana", "Charlotte Amalie" ]

Saipan

general

The Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki are the sacred texts of which religion?

[ "Taoism", "Sikhism", "Shinto", "Zoroastrianism" ]

Shinto

general

The dram is the monetary unit of this country whose capital city is Yerevan.

[ "Moldova", "Azerbaijan", "Armenia", "Andorra" ]

Armenia

general

The Virginia General Assembly was founded in Jamestown in what year?

[ "1774", "1719", "1819", "1619" ]

1619

general

This city state, also called Ragusa, was first to recognize the independence of the newly formed United States of America.

[ "Vatican", "Dubrovnik", "Monaco", "Malta" ]

Dubrovnik

general

What was the currency of the Netherlands, before the adoption of the euro?

[ "Gulden", "Dinar", "Krona", "Florin" ]

Gulden

general

SMERSH, the organization mentioned in the James Bond film, From Russia with Love, was a real Russian organization.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

general

This US President, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.

[ "Dwight Eisenhower", "Lyndon Johnson", "James Carter", "Gerald Ford" ]

James Carter

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This US President was an instructor in classical languages. Being ambidextrous, he could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other.

[ "Garfield", "Chester A. Arthur", "Jefferson", "Teddy Roosevelt" ]

Garfield

general

This abstract strategy board game is the national game of Ghana. The board has two straight rows of six pits or cavities, called houses.

[ "Checkers", "Backgammon", "Oware", "Chess" ]

Oware

general

This English rock musician changed his name to avoid confusion with a singer from the Monkees, who had the same family name.

[ "Elvis Costello", "David Crosby", "Earl The Monkey Hinson", "David Bowie" ]

David Bowie

general

Edaphic deserts can be found on some volcanic islands, in parts of Iceland and on the Colorado plateau in the USA. Which of these most accurately defines an edaphic desert?

[ "One that gets less than 2.5 cm of rain a year", "One that gets enough rain but still lacks plants", "One that is so cold that nothing can grow", "One that has been a desert for at least 1 million years" ]

One that gets enough rain but still lacks plants

general

Dactyloscopy, a technique perfected by anthropologist Juan Vucetichs, studies what?

[ "Fingerprints", "The shape of human head", "Flightless birds", "Land dinosaurs" ]

Fingerprints

general

This US city is located at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River.

[ "Cairo, Illinois", "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Chicago, Illinois", "Memphis, Tennessee" ]

Cairo, Illinois

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A square has four unequal sides.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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How many are in a Bakers Dozen?

[ "10", "12", "13", "5" ]

13

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Ann has $5.00 and Jeff gives her $2.50, then she goes and buys $3.38 worth of candy. How much money does she have left?

[ "$4.12", "$3.92", "nothing", "$5.00" ]

$4.12

general

The Spanish word for dog is pero.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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A lion is part of which animal class?

[ "Mammalia", "Amphibia", "Aves", "Arachnida" ]

Mammalia

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What 2 prominent actors did the movie Colors star?

[ "Sean Penn and Robert Duvall", "Sean Penn and Robert De Niro", "Dennis Hopper and Heath Ledger", "Robert Duvall and Aidan Quinn" ]

Sean Penn and Robert Duvall

general

Nails and hair continue to grow even after you die.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

general

Said to be the first of the Film Noir genre, The Maltese Falcon starred Humphrey Bogart as the one and only Sam Spade. How many appearances did Bogart make as this character?

[ "3", "6", "1", "4" ]

1

general

The Killers was a film based on a short story written by Ernest Hemingway, which starred Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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In 1971 one of the classics of the Film Noir genre was made in color - Chinatown. The cast was stellar, as well as the director. Can you name him?

[ "William Friedkin", "John Huston", "Roman Polanski", "Billy Wilder" ]

Roman Polanski

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Laura is one of the most memorable films made in the Film Noir genre, even more so thanks to Clifton Webbs performance. What was his film characters name?

[ "Whit Sterling", "Jules Amthor", "Kaspar Gutman", "Waldo Lydecker" ]

Waldo Lydecker

general

A notable movie in the Film Noir genre is Out of the Past. This movie featured Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey, who is forced to confront his past by one unsavory adversary, played by an actor who is not known for his roles playing a heavy. Name him.

[ "Raymond Burr", "Charles Laughton", "Kirk Douglas", "Vincent Price" ]

Kirk Douglas

general

The famous fictional modern detective Philip Marlowe was played by many actors over the years, from Humphrey Bogart to Elliot Gould. Can you name the author who created him.

[ "Dashiell Hammett", "Raymond Chandler", "Mickey Spilane", "Cornell Woolrich" ]

Raymond Chandler

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Mildred Pierce put Joan Crawfords name back up there in lights. It was nominated for several Academy Awards. Both Ann Blyth and Eve Arden were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Body Heat, written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan of Star Wars, has everything; scheming lovers, murder, blackmail and betrayal. Can you name the actor who played Matty Walkers doomed husband, Edmund?

[ "Richard Crenna", "E. G. Marshall", "Peter Boyle", "Harvey Keitel" ]

Richard Crenna

general

Periander of Corinth, Pittacus of Mitylene and Thales of Miletus have something in common. What is it?

[ "They are three of the most famous Greek characters.", "They are three of the Seven mathematicians of Greece.", "They are the Three princes of Greece.", "They are three of the Seven Sages of Greece." ]

They are three of the Seven Sages of Greece.

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These US Presidents - William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Warren G. Harding, all have this in common.

[ "They have been elected without a plurality of popular votes.", "They were all democrats.", "They died in office of natural causes.", "They resigned from office." ]

They died in office of natural causes.

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Three of the listed singers are baritones. Who is the odd one?

[ "Elvis Presley", "Roberto Alagna", "Robert Goulet", "Frank Sinatra" ]

Roberto Alagna

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What did Jean Michel Jarre, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Lord Byron, and Sir Winston Churchill all have for pets?

[ "Cats", "Birds", "Horses", "Dogs" ]

Cats

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Who is the odd one of the four writers?

[ "Thomas More", "Edmund Spenser", "Charles Dickens", "Christopher Marlowe" ]

Charles Dickens

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Les Barker, Richard Digance and Bill Oddie are famous for being what?

[ "Musical comedians", "Radio comedians", "Impersonators", "Satirists" ]

Musical comedians

general

Paul Ehrlich, Otto Diels, and Hans Fischer are known as what?

[ "German physicists", "Austrian biologists", "German biologists", "German chemists" ]

German chemists

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Tomas Tranströmer, Assia Djebar and Raja Rao have won one, what is it?

[ "Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry", "Pulitzer Prize for Poetry", "Neustadt International Prize for Literature", "Nobel Prize in Literature" ]

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Which group consists of these three members: Thomas (Tom) Matthew DeLonge on guitar, Markus (Mark) Allan Hoppus on bass, and Travis Landon Barker on drums?

[ "East 17", "Take That", "Blink-182", "Wax" ]

Blink-182

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Which of these psychologists was not a student of Freuds?

[ "Wilhelm Reich", "Alfred Adler", "Ulrich Neisser", "Otto Rank" ]

Ulrich Neisser

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Which sport is mentioned in Shakespeares Henry V?

[ "Tennis", "Golf", "Bowling", "Darts" ]

Tennis

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What was the name of Sir Isaac Newtons first wife?

[ "Iris Barrow", "Elizabeth Rachel Sandal", "Mary Chennille", "He never had a wife" ]

He never had a wife

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Who was the first singer to get a Gold Record for a single?

[ "Tex Beneke", "Perry Como", "Elvis Presley", "Frank Sinatra" ]

Perry Como

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He was a great silent screen star. He was well known as the best pie thrower in the movies. He was a great athlete and did almost all of his own stunts. He was famous for rarely showing emotion in his face. Who was he?

[ "Buster Keaton", "Joseph Schenck", "Charlie Chaplin", "Fatty Arbuckle" ]

Buster Keaton

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Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra are places on the moon.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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What organization was started by Carrie Chapman Catt?

[ "League of Women Voters", "National Universal Suffrage League", "Democratic National Committee", "The Right to Life Party" ]

League of Women Voters

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Which answer best describes how many Congressional Medal of Honor medals were awarded during the Civil War

[ "Less than 600", "Between 1200 and 2000", "Between 2000 and 4000", "Between 600 and 1200" ]

Between 1200 and 2000

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When did Americas military actions in Korea first begin?

[ "1951", "1871", "1950", "1958" ]

1871

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Which of these was supposedly built to house 8 human hairs?

[ "The Torii Pagoda", "The Shwedagon Pagoda", "The Masudi Temple", "The Chenwuku Temple" ]

The Shwedagon Pagoda

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Who discovered the gyroscope effect, now used for measuring orientation?

[ "Thomas A. Edison", "Leon Foucault", "Booker T. Washington", "Johann Bohenberger" ]

Johann Bohenberger

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Which one of these authors created the famous fictional White Rabbit which wears a waistcoat and is always worried about being late?

[ "J. R. R. Tolkien", "J. K. Rowling", "Edgar Allan Poe", "Lewis Carrol" ]

Lewis Carrol

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Which of these cartoon characters is Bugs Bunnys rival?

[ "Martian Marvin", "All of these", "Yosemite Sam", "Elmer Fudd" ]

All of these

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Which of these is characteristic of Rabbit, a fictional character in the series Winnie the Pooh?

[ "Bouncing and confident", "Gloomy and pessimistic", "Ashamed of being small", "Busy and responsible" ]

Busy and responsible

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The Playboy Bunny outfit, worn by waitresses at the Playboy Clubs, consisted of bunny ears, a corset, a collar, cuffs and what else?

[ "Chains", "Fluffy tail", "Bandana", "Whiskers" ]

Fluffy tail

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Which American author wrote the so called Rabbit novels - Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit At Rest and Rabbit Remembered?

[ "William Faulkner", "John Updike", "Michael Crichton", "Ken Kesey" ]

John Updike

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Who voiced Roger Rabbit in the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

[ "Charles Fleischer", "Bob Hoskins", "Mae Questel", "Mel Blanc" ]

Charles Fleischer

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Who wrote and illustrated the famous childrens book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first published in 1902?

[ "Hans Christian Andersen", "Oscar Wilde", "Lewis Carroll", "Beatrix Potter" ]

Beatrix Potter

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What was the name of the rabbit in Disneys animated movie Bambi?

[ "Flower", "Faline", "Ronno", "Thumper" ]

Thumper

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Who played the role of Jimmy B-Rabbit in the 2002 movie 8 Mile, directed by Curtis Hanson?

[ "Michael Shannon", "Kim Basinger", "Evan Jones", "Eminem" ]

Eminem

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Which characters drink tea together with the March Hare at the neverending tea party in Alices Adventures in Wonderland?

[ "The Duchess and the Mad Hatter", "Dinah and the Duchess", "The Dormouse and the Mad Hatter", "The Gryphon and the Dormouse" ]

The Dormouse and the Mad Hatter

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Which term is defined as fear of crowds, public places or open areas?

[ "Aviophobia", "None of these", "Claustrophobia", "Agoraphobia" ]

Agoraphobia

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Which disorder is characterised by a fear of the number 13?

[ "Caligynephobia", "Triskaidekaphobia", "Anglophobia", "Xylophobia" ]

Triskaidekaphobia

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Which condition is described as a fear of cats?

[ "Cynophobia", "Pedophobia", "Ailurophobia", "Alektorophobia" ]

Ailurophobia

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What medical term refers to the fear of death or dying?

[ "Dinophobia", "Triskadekaphobia", "Thanatophobia", "Brontophobia" ]

Thanatophobia

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What term refers to the fear of imperfection?

[ "Atelophobia", "Ailurophobia", "Autophobia", "Arachnophobia" ]

Atelophobia

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A person who is afraid of heights, suffers from what disorder?

[ "Acrophobia", "Agoraphobia", "Arachnophobia", "Anglophobia" ]

Acrophobia

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Which condition is described as an excessive fear of animals?

[ "Ailurophobia", "None of these", "Zoophobia", "Thalassophobia" ]

Zoophobia

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Which terms means an irrational fear of the sea or the ocean?

[ "Somniphobia", "Selachophobia", "None of these", "Thalassophobia" ]

Thalassophobia

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Which term refers to the morbid fear of thunderstorms?

[ "Triskadekaphobia", "Xylophobia", "Chionophobia", "Brontophobia" ]

Brontophobia

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What condition is characterised by an irrational fear of taking tests?

[ "Placophobia", "Chronophobia", "Theologicophobia", "Testophobia" ]

Testophobia

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Purple is the official color of what Hawaiian Island?

[ "Hawaii", "Lanai", "Kauai", "Maui" ]

Kauai

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What did the Byzantine empresses do in the Purple Chamber?

[ "Give Birth", "Have their wedding night", "Rest in to be seen by others during their final days of life", "Get Married" ]

Give Birth

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Which is not a shade of purple?

[ "Heliotrope", "Mountbatten pink", "Vermilion", "Thistle" ]

Vermilion

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Which is a successful Australian comedy film?

[ "Sea of Purple", "Purple Kangas", "Purple Amethyst", "Alvin Purple" ]

Alvin Purple

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Of the following, which is a British rock band?

[ "Purple Night", "24 Carat Purple", "Purpendicular", "Deep Purple" ]

Deep Purple

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Leonard Kessler wrote a childrens book called Mr. Pines Purple House.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Steven Spielbergs movie, The Color Purple, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, how many did it actually win?

[ "5", "3", "0", "8" ]

0

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Who were the feuding enemies of the McCoys?

[ "Earps", "Harrisons", "Daltons", "Hat fields" ]

Hat fields

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Who was Dale Evans married to?

[ "Roy Rogers", "Buffalo Bill Cody", "Wild Bill Hickcock", "Gene Autry" ]

Roy Rogers

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When something is especially cleaned one is said to have applied polish and .......... to it.

[ "Ajax", "Spit", "Elbow grease", "Cleanser" ]

Spit

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The two reporters who exposed the Watergate scandal were Bernstein and this person.

[ "Dan Rather", "Bob Woodward", "Walter Lippman", "Harry Smith" ]

Bob Woodward

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Which of the following is the title of one of Aesops most famous fables?

[ "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Cat and the Rat", "The Elephant and the Flea", "The Crow and the Scarecrow" ]

The Fox and the Grapes

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The English poet William Blake wrote two beautiful poems concerning what two animals?

[ "The fox and the chickens", "The tiger and the lamb", "The elephant and the mouse", "The lion and the lamb" ]

The tiger and the lamb

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What are the main ingredients of the traditional English dish Bubble and Squeak?

[ "Potato and cabbage", "Fish and ships", "Sausage and cabbage", "Bacon and eggs" ]

Potato and cabbage

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What goes along with love according to a Frank Sinatra hit song?

[ "Broken hearts", "Marriage", "Pain", "Sex" ]

Marriage

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What were the first names of the comedy team of Abbot and Costello?

[ "Abbot and Bob", "Dean and Jerry", "Bob and Ray", "Bud and Lou" ]

Bud and Lou

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According to Dr. Seuss, what goes with ham?

[ "Green eggs", "Orange bacon", "Pink Sausage", "Blue Cheese" ]

Green eggs

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Monticello, meaning small mountain in Italian, is the name of an estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, which belonged to which US President?

[ "George", "James Madison", "Thomas Jefferson", "John Adams" ]

Thomas Jefferson

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Norwegian inventor, Johan Vaaler was granted a patent in Germany, in 1899, for the invention of what?

[ "The paperclip", "The dry cell battery", "The stapler", "Carbon paper" ]

The paperclip

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The Japanese words Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru, which embody the proverbial principle to see no evil, to hear no evil, and to speak no evil refer to what?

[ "The Japanese names for the Biblical characters Shadrack, Meshaxk, and Abendebego.", "None of these", "The three wise monkeys.", "The names of the three diamonds in the Mitsubishi logo." ]

The three wise monkeys.

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This Italian singer, who won the San Remo Music Festival twice, became popular in the United States in the 1950s with his song Volare.

[ "Domenico Modugno", "Rossano Brazzi", "Luigi Tenco", "Peppino Gagliardi" ]

Domenico Modugno

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How many people signed the US Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776?

[ "2", "55", "0", "1" ]

2

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On July 26, 1948, US President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which established what?

[ "The right of women to vote", "The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)", "Equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races", "None of these" ]

Equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races

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Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, who was awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 1996, is famous for developing what?

[ "Face-recognition software", "Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling", "The scientific study of fingerprints", "The polygraph" ]

Techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling