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Which one of the listed African countries does not border a sea or an ocean?
[ "Malawi", "Madagascar", "Mozambique", "Mauritania" ]
Malawi
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Which genus of plants does catnip (catmint) belong to?
[ "Nigella", "Nepenthes", "Nyssa", "Nepeta" ]
Nepeta
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Which Odd film was set in Northern Ireland?
[ "Odd Jobs", "Odd Couple", "Odds Against Tomorrow", "Odd Man Out" ]
Odd Man Out
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What is the following an example of: Madam, Im Adam?
[ "Perambulation", "Palindrome", "Personalisation", "Personification" ]
Palindrome
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What word means a baked dish made mainly of eggs and milk?
[ "Quivive", "Quoin", "Quiche", "Quiddich" ]
Quiche
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Complete this famous quotation, attributed to, and denied by, Winston Churchill.
[ "nt talk to me about naval tradition. Its nothing but ____, sodomy, and the lash.", "Ropes", "Rashes", "Rotten biscuits", "Rum" ]
Rum
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Which engineer founded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1847?
[ "Robert Stephenson", "Igor Sikorski", "George Stephenson", "Joseph Strauss" ]
George Stephenson
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Which of these fish is least likely to be found in seawater?
[ "Tench", "Tuna", "Tarpon", "Trumpetfish" ]
Tench
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Which of the following countries has the highest population?
[ "Uruguay", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "Uzbekistan" ]
Ukraine
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Which of these vampire films was directed by horror supremo Wes Craven?
[ "Vampyros Lesbos", "Vampire in Brooklyn", "Vampires Kiss", "Vampires vs. Zombies" ]
Vampire in Brooklyn
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Which of these modern composers was born in South Africa?
[ "John Williams", "Niel van der Watt", "Andrew Lloyd Webber", "Alex Wurman" ]
Niel van der Watt
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Which of the following musical artists produces noise music?
[ "Xome", "Xmal Deutschland", "X", "XTC" ]
Xome
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Which youthful musician(s) is/are associated with the 1980s albums Killing Joke and Whats THIS for...!?
[ "Paul Young", "Martin Youth Glover", "Musical Youth", "Neil Young" ]
Martin Youth Glover
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What term refers to the study of fermentation?
[ "Zonary", "Zigadenus", "Zymurgy", "Zoolatry" ]
Zymurgy
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What is entomophobia a fear of?
[ "Dust", "Cows", "Insects", "Birds" ]
Insects
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What do you call a large group of islands?
[ "Hawaii", "Islet", "Archipelago", "Chanel" ]
Archipelago
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Who directed the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs?
[ "Roman Polanski", "Joel Coen", "Steven Spielberg", "Jonathan Demme" ]
Jonathan Demme
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Consuming alcohol raises your body temperature.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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How many engines does a B-52 Bomber have?
[ "2", "8", "4", "6" ]
8
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The 7 Virtues are: Temperance, Charity, Diligence, Patience, Kindness, Humility, Chastity. What are their opposites which are considered the 7 Deadly Sins?
[ "Greed, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Conciet, Lust, Gluttony", "Greed, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Dominance, Lust, Gluttony", "Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride", "Carelessness, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Conciet, Lust, Gluttony" ]
Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride
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The Death Penalty for murder was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1965.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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This mini-series, starring Native American actors Gordon Tootoosis and Gerald Auger, was produced by Steven Spielberg and got a Golden Globe nomination in 2006.
[ "Into the West", "Dances With Wolves", "Powwow Highway", "Dreamkeeper" ]
Into the West
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In the 2002 movie Windtalkers, US Marines used the Navajo language as their unbreakable code.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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What actress played the role of a transgender man in the movie Boys Dont Cry?
[ "Helen Hunt", "Hilary Swank", "Hally Berry", "Heather Graham" ]
Hilary Swank
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Who is the inventor of Tupperware?
[ "Earl Tupper", "John Smith", "David Silas", "Janis Tupperware" ]
Earl Tupper
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What happens to a goldfish when it is kept in the dark?
[ "It turns white.", "It goes blind.", "It dies.", "It turns a paler color." ]
It turns a paler color.
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What is the largest country by area in Africa?
[ "Sudan", "South Africa", "Algeria", "Egypt" ]
Sudan
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Which of the following materials is the densest?
[ "Gold", "Aluminum", "Platinum", "Iridium" ]
Iridium
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Blue litmus paper turns red when it comes in contact with alkalines.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Sugar, a naturally occurring nutrient that makes food taste sweet, is classified in chemistry as what?
[ "Nucleic acid", "Protein", "Lipid", "Carbohydrate" ]
Carbohydrate
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Making sugar by evaporating cane juice was developed in about 500 BC, in what country?
[ "China", "India", "Egypt", "Greece" ]
India
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Nowadays, sugar is used in science and manufacturing as what?
[ "Preservative", "Bulking agent", "All of these", "Sweetener" ]
All of these
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Brown sugar, a type of unrefined or partially refined soft sugar, generally has a lower caloric value than white sugar.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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Scientists have proved that one of the health dangers, which ingesting sugar on a habitual basis involves, is the suppression of the activity of which system of the human body?
[ "Sensory system", "Immune system", "Reproductive system", "Cardiovascular system" ]
Immune system
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Lactose is a type of sugar consisting of two subunits (galactose and glucose), found primarily in what food?
[ "Milk", "Fruits", "Vegetables", "Honey" ]
Milk
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Overconsumption of sugar causes hyperactivity in children, manifested by increased movement, impulsiveness, distractibility, and mood swings.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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Sugar is important for the proper function of which of these bodily systems?
[ "Cardiovascular system", "Endocrine system", "Nervous system", "Digestive system" ]
Nervous system
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Apart from its culinary properties, sugar has many uses in science and manufacturing. It is used for all of the following, except one.
[ "To tan leather, printer inks and dyes.", "To harden asphalt.", "To increase ice creams freezing point", "To help grow penicillin." ]
To increase ice creams freezing point
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In 2004 the United States elected their _____ President.
[ "42nd", "30th", "43rd", "40th" ]
43rd
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There is no water found on any other planet besides Earth.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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How many US states were there in 1800?
[ "22", "3", "30", "16" ]
16
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What is a tort?
[ "A kind of pie", "A type of computer", "A law", "A type of car" ]
A law
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What city did the Indianapolis Colts move from in 1984?
[ "Boston", "New England", "Baltimore", "Los Angeles" ]
Baltimore
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Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Zimbabwe are three countries which share just one of these four items.
[ "Population less than 30,000 people", "Independence gained from the UK", "Currency", "Border" ]
Independence gained from the UK
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Three of the following animals are herbivorous. Which is the odd one?
[ "Guinea pig", "Beaver", "Capybara", "Opossum" ]
Opossum
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The acetic acid, the acetylene and the ethene have an equal number of this atom in their molecules.
[ "C", "H", "Fe", "O" ]
C
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Martin Lewis Perl, Riccardo Giacconi, and Georges Charpak all received the Nobel Prize in ....?
[ "Physics", "Literature", "Chemistry", "Medicine" ]
Physics
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All of these French writers were born before 1900 except one.
[ "Alexandre Dumas", "Simone de Beauvoir", "Marcel Proust", "Gustave Flaubert" ]
Simone de Beauvoir
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Michael Ballack, Franz Beckenbauer, Oliver Kahn, and Jürgen Klinsmann all played for this team.
[ "Wolfsburg", "Bayern Munich", "Schalke 04", "Bayer Leverkusen" ]
Bayern Munich
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Three of these Al Pacino movies were released in the 1970s. Which one was not?
[ "The Godfather: Part II", "The Godfather", "Scarface", "Serpico" ]
Scarface
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All of these gadgets belong to James Bond except one. Can you spot it?
[ "Batarang", "Cigarette lighter (a disguised timed explosive)", "Polarizing Sunglasses", "Phone Booth Trap" ]
Batarang
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Complete the title of an 80s song by Duran Duran:
[ "w Moon on...", "... Thursday", "... Monday", "... Friday", "... See ya soon!" ]
... Monday
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Finish the title of a 1988 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss: Moon Over _____
[ "Middlesburg", "Paraguay", "Miami", "Parador" ]
Parador
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Finish the title of a song from the Hit TV Series, The Drew Carey Show.
[ "on Over ____", "Pittsburgh", "Shaker Heights", "Parma", "Miamisburg" ]
Parma
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1973 Pink Floyd album,entitled Dark Side of _____.
[ "... the Sun", "... Darkness.", "... the Moon", "... Parapsychology" ]
... the Moon
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Finish the title of a 1903 clasic tune: Shine on...
[ "...Chrome Fenders", "...You Crazy Diamond", "...Harvest Moon", "...In The Sunshine" ]
...Harvest Moon
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The song Moonriver is featured in the musical Grease, starring John Travolta.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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Complete the title to this Credence Clearwater Revival tune: Bad Moon ____.
[ "Falling", "Rising", "Setting", "in Aquarius" ]
Rising
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This is the title of a 1979 James Bond film.
[ "Moonspinners", "Moonshadow", "Moonraker", "Moondogs" ]
Moonraker
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Two Moon Junction is the title to a 1988 Robert Zemeckis film.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Did Frank Sinatra write the classic tune Moonlight Becomes You?
[ "No", "Yes" ]
No
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Which of the following composers wrote the Moonlight Sonata for piano?
[ "Ludwig von Beethoven", "Claude DeBussey", "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "Igor Stravinsky" ]
Ludwig von Beethoven
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What is the name of Frank Zappas daughter?
[ "Dweezil", "Moon Beam", "Elektra Moon", "Moon Unit" ]
Moon Unit
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This is the title of a 1996 Tom DiCillo film starring John Turturro.
[ "Sun, Moon and Stars", "Lunar Landings", "Box of Moonbeams", "Box of Moonlight" ]
Box of Moonlight
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The Union of Burma changed its name in 1989 to the Union of Myanmar.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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The Barents Sea is named after a Norwegian god.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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The official currency of Israel is the New Israeli sheqel (NIS).
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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The French Revolution broke out in 1789.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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Charles Johnson was a pioneering United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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The husband of Catherine the Great was Peter I.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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In 800 Philip IV the Fair of France was coronated by the Pope.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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The bustard is a frog.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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An average man inhales about 56,000 liters of air per day.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Polar bears possess extremely good eyesight, compared to most land animal species.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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In Europe and Latin America, a league is a measurement unit of what physical quantity?
[ "Volume", "Weight", "Distance", "Speed" ]
Distance
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This notable army officer and renowned general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War, was the first person to graduate from the oldest military academy in the United States, West Point, with no demerits.
[ "Robert E. Lee", "George Patton", "Omar Bradley", "Dwight D. Eisenhower" ]
Robert E. Lee
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Because of his notable achievements as a poet, writer, and independence movement leader, Jose Marti is considered the greatest hero of which country?
[ "Spain", "Mexico", "Cuba", "Argentina" ]
Cuba
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The name of this chemical compound, coined by German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1840, comes from the Greek word for smell.
[ "Silicone", "Ozone", "Osmium", "Aroclor" ]
Ozone
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The first automatic electric traffic light with 3 colors was installed in Detroit, Michigan in what year?
[ "1920", "1885", "1850", "1942" ]
1920
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The original name of which city is translated as The Great City of Angels”?
[ "Vadodara", "Los Angeles", "Bangkok", "Bogotá" ]
Bangkok
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Three of these religious organisations are notorious for their suicides motivated by religious and spiritual beliefs. Mark the odd one.
[ "Order of the Solar Temple", "Peoples Temple", "THC Ministry", "Heavens Gate" ]
THC Ministry
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Leather can bring out the best in some females. Which feline fatale said Youre the second man who killed me this week but Ive got seven lives left.?
[ "Catwoman", "Storm", "Daredevil", "Miss Kitty" ]
Catwoman
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Cute little Gertie from E. T. was no where in evidence when this actress played a evil Lolita
[ "Drew Barrymore", "Brooke Shields", "Sara Gilbert", "Tatum ONeil" ]
Drew Barrymore
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What color is a John Deere tractor?
[ "Red", "Blue", "Green", "Black" ]
Green
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Both male and female mammals have the ability to produce milk.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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Approximately how many pounds of food should a normal adult horse consume in a day?
[ "40-50", "15-25", "5-10", "30-35" ]
15-25
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When should corn (maize) be planted?
[ "Spring", "Winter", "Fall", "Summer" ]
Spring
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What was meant by spring chickens in the early 1900s?
[ "young male chickens", "old male chickens", "young female chickens", "old female chickens" ]
young male chickens
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How many compartments are in a cows stomach?
[ "6", "4", "5", "3" ]
4
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Which is the largest crop for the Americas?
[ "Corn", "Wheat", "Soybeans", "Milo" ]
Corn
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Which is the correct name for a horse of either sex under the age of one year?
[ "Colt", "Yearling", "Mare", "Foal" ]
Foal
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How many square yards are there in an acre of land?
[ "4,350", "4,520", "4,840", "4,130" ]
4,840
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Goats milk is the most consumed milk in the world.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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What is Willem J. Kolff credited for inventing?
[ "Artificial kidneys and artificial heart", "Computer", "Heart-Lung machine", "CAT scan" ]
Artificial kidneys and artificial heart
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Red fescue is a type of what?
[ "Snake", "Tree", "Grass", "Kangaroo" ]
Grass
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Why are Charles Dickens books so wordy?
[ "He knew he had a short life and wanted to get everything on paper", "He got paid by the word", "That was the style of the day", "He didnt want anyone to say Please Sir! More gruel!" ]
He got paid by the word
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What is a bo diddley?
[ "A sandwich common to poor people", "A rock and roll band", "A home-made microphone", "A home-made guitar" ]
A home-made guitar
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Which woodwind instrument is not made of wood and has no reeds?
[ "Flute", "Clarinet", "Oboe", "Accordion" ]
Flute
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Wilhelm Kolff invented what device?
[ "Dialysis machine", "Football helmet", "Linotype machine", "PET scan" ]
Dialysis machine