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general	In which US state is the city of Truth or Consequences located?	[ "Mexico", "Utah", "New Mexico", "Texas" ]	New Mexico
general	How many bones does a shark have?	[ "0", "103", "206", "100" ]	0
general	On what island does King Kong live?	[ "The Island of no Return", "The Forbidden Island", "Skull Island", "Crater Island" ]	Skull Island
general	Who invented the armonica, a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned spinning bowls?	[ "Sir Edward Elgar", "Benjamin Franklin", "Dean Shostak", "Thomas Edison" ]	Benjamin Franklin
general	What is the oldest symphony orchestra in the USA?	[ "The Symphony Orchestra of New Orleans", "The New York Philharmonic", "The Boston Philharmonic", "The Philadelphia Philharmonic" ]	The New York Philharmonic
general	Which of these events happened on April 7, 1927?	[ "The first long distance Television image was sent.", "Adolph Hitler made his infamous first attempt to take over Germany.", "The New York Stock Exchange fell 67 points (29% then)", "The first Easter Parade in was held in New York City." ]	The first long distance Television image was sent.
general	Who is Katie Hnida?	[ "The first female to be a professional boxer", "The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football", "The first American female to ride on the Space Shuttle", "The first female Prime Minister of Ecuador" ]	The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football
general	What did engineer James Wright invent in 1943?	[ "The oral polio vaccine", "Silly Putty", "The first chemical to repel sharks", "Acetate cartoon cells" ]	Silly Putty
general	In 1957 Major John Glenn, Jr. set an air speed record for the trip from California to New York. How long did the trip take?	[ "3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds", "2 hours 19 minutes 4.8 seconds", "1 hours 21 minutes 4.8 seconds", "1 hour 56 minutes 8.4 seconds" ]	3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds
general	Which mass murderer was the inspiration for the movie character Norman Bates in Psycho and for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs?	[ "Ed Gein", "Ted Bundy", "Rickie Sperko", "Jeffrey Dahmer" ]	Ed Gein
general	What was the name of Ghana before the country gained its independence?	[ "The Belgian Congo", "Ivory Coast", "The Gold Coast", "Limpopo" ]	The Gold Coast
general	What is the last name of the man credited with inventing the modern bicycle?	[ "Bremen", "Michaux", "Wright", "Turnbull" ]	Michaux
general	Where is General George Patton buried?	[ "Normandy, France", "Arlington National Cemetery", "Washington, D.C.", "Luxembourg" ]	Luxembourg
general	This author of popular novels, who was a lecturer at Wellesley College, spoke fluent English, Russian and French and made chess problems in his spare time.	[ "Brecht", "Pasternak", "Nabokov", "Steinbeck" ]	Nabokov
general	What did Earl Bakk and Clarence W. Lillehie invent in 1957?	[ "Liquid oxygen jet fuel", "Internal heart pacemaker", "High Definition Television", "Artificial heart" ]	Internal heart pacemaker
general	Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the organic compounds that by definition contain which element?	[ "Nitrogen", "Carbon", "Hydrogen", "Oxygen" ]	Carbon
general	Which of these statements regarding the words imply and infer is correct?	[ "All these statements are true", "Imply and infer mean exactly the same thing", "The speaker implies, the listener infers", "The speaker infers, the listener implies" ]	The speaker implies, the listener infers
general	These two states have Miami Universities.	[ "Florida and Georgia", "Florida and Ohio", "Florida and Alabama", "Florida and North Carolina" ]	Florida and Ohio
general	Which U.S. President settled the North Western border dispute with Canada and England?	[ "Hayes", "Polk", "Mckinley", "Pierce" ]	Polk
general	The Era of Good Feeling is generally applied to describe the national mood of the United States during which years?	[ "1783 - 1805", "1805 - 1820", "1825 - 1845", "1815 - 1825" ]	1815 - 1825
general	In music, what does andante refer to?	[ "Stop", "Moderately slow", "Lively", "Very slowly" ]	Moderately slow
general	Benny Goodman, a great clarinetist, was always compared to this great jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer.	[ "Cootie Williams", "Art Farmer", "Bunny Berrigan", "Artie Shaw" ]	Artie Shaw
general	This Sudanese/American basketball player and activist, 77 (2.31 m) tall, managed to block 397 shots during the 1985-1986 season, thus setting a rookie record.	[ "Yao Ming", "Swede Holbrook", "Manute Bol", "Wilt Chamberlain" ]	Manute Bol
general	Which U.S. President attempted to purchase Cuba from Spain?	[ "Johnson", "Pierce", "Tyler", "Taylor" ]	Pierce
general	Great Britains first test tube baby was born in what year?	[ "1962", "1980", "1978", "1975" ]	1978
general	Devils on Horseback is a type of food.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Who invented the first working television system?	[ "Thomas Edison", "Alexander Graham Bell", "John Logie Baird", "Benjamin Franklin" ]	John Logie Baird
general	Since 1815, Switzerland has been involved in only a few wars because of its policy of neutrality.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Indian Ink comes from what country?	[ "Japan", "United States", "India", "China" ]	China
general	What was the name of Margaret Mitchellâs only book written in 1936?	[ "Death on the Nile", "Double Indemnity", "Inherit The Wind", "Gone With The Wind" ]	Gone With The Wind
general	The pink ball is worth 6 points in the game of snooker.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	What infectious disease can be transmitted by a mosquito bite?	[ "trichnaria", "styorrhea", "myharia", "malaria" ]	malaria
general	This novel written by German author Herman Hesse was published in 1922.	[ "Nirvana", "Siddhartha", "Sartaka", "Samsara" ]	Siddhartha
general	This term of Indian origin refers to ones fate or destiny, as the result of ones actions.	[ "samsara", "sarana", "nirvana", "karma" ]	karma
general	A character, played by which of these actors/actresses survived in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?	[ "Red Buttons", "Shelly Winters", "Stella Stevens", "Gene Hackman" ]	Red Buttons
general	The character played by which of these actors/actresses did not survive in the disaster movie The Towering Inferno?	[ "Steve McQueen", "Susan Blakely", "Paul Newman", "Robert Wagner" ]	Robert Wagner
general	Which cast member of the TV drama Dallas starred in the film Earthquake?	[ "Larry Hagman", "Victoria Principal", "Patrick Duffy", "Mary Crosby" ]	Victoria Principal
general	In the movie Armageddon, the character played by Ben Affleck takes the place of Harry S. Stamper, portrayed by Bruce Willis and detonates the bomb that splits the asteroid in two.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	What was the special speaker system used during the 1974 theatrical release of the movie Earthquake?	[ "Tremor speaker simulators", "Seismaseats", "Sensurround", "Tremorsound" ]	Sensurround
general	Which actor/actress who starred in the film The Poseidon Adventure appeared in the TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries?	[ "Pamela Sue Martin", "Pamela Sue Anderson", "Roddy McDowell", "David Cassidy" ]	Pamela Sue Martin
general	What was the cause of the fire in the movie The Towering Inferno?	[ "Short circuit in the elevator shaft", "A loose lid on a can of kerosene stored in a closet", "Faulty electrical wiring", "Arson" ]	Faulty electrical wiring
general	A cat that was trapped in one of the burning rooms in The Towering Inferno was rescued by security guard played by O.J. Simpson.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	What contributed to the quick tipping over of the luxury ocean liner in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?	[ "There was not enough ballast", "Shelley Winters was too close to the starboard side of the boat", "Not enough speed when the wall of water hit", "Engines were at full power too long so they shut down" ]	There was not enough ballast
general	Which one of these actors/actresses did not star in the movie Earthquake?	[ "Lorne Greene", "Charlton Heston", "Ava Gardner", "Fred Astaire" ]	Fred Astaire
general	Who played the last juror to vote not guilty in the 1957 movie Twelve Angry Men?	[ "Ed Begley", "Lee J. Cobb", "Martin Balsam", "Ed Begley,Jr." ]	Lee J. Cobb
general	Which of these famous people was not an epileptic?	[ "Otto von Bismarck", "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", "Rudi Dutschke", "F.M. Dostoevsky" ]	Otto von Bismarck
general	Which was the first country to win two consecutive FIFA World Cups in 1958 and 1962?	[ "Italy", "France", "Argentina", "Brazil" ]	Brazil
general	Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba was the first person from the Western Hemisphere to do what?	[ "Be President of the U.N. General Assembly", "Win the World Chess Championship", "Win an Olympic baseball game", "Win the Nobel Prize for Literature" ]	Win the World Chess Championship
general	Why was a performance by Bob Dylan interrupted in 1998?	[ "A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.", "His lyrics did not pass the decency level required by CBS Television.", "Tom Petty had not made it into the stage in time to play the musical bridge in the song.", "The show ran 15 minutes over and ABC Television had gone to the evening news." ]	A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.
general	You go into a diner and you hear the waitress yell out Cats Eyes. What has someone just ordered?	[ "a breakfast of steak and two eggs", "strawberries and cream", "tapioca", "sunny side eggs" ]	tapioca
general	The Peace Symbol, which became an icon of the 1960s anti-war movement, derives from what?	[ "a slightly twisted cross", "None of these", "two semaphoric signals", "an image of a nuclear bomber" ]	two semaphoric signals
general	Which battleship was used by the US Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War?	[ "USS New Jersey (BB-62)", "USS Arizona (BB-39)", "USS Missouri (BB-63)", "USS Iowa (BB-61)" ]	USS New Jersey (BB-62)
general	According to the Christian tradition there are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are there in the Old Testament according to the Jewish tradition?	[ "39", "5", "24", "65" ]	24
general	Who was the first Major League Baseball player born in what was then called Czechoslovakia?	[ "Reno Bertoia", "Ernie Orvitz", "Elmer Valo", "Andy Pafko" ]	Elmer Valo
general	Which song was Billy Joels first US Top Ten Hit?	[ "Moivin Out", "Just the Way You Are", "Piano Man", "Shes Got A Way" ]	Just the Way You Are
general	In this 2005 documentary film a large number of famous comedians show how they tell one particular dirty joke.	[ "The Aristocrats", "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel", "The Elegants", "Down and Dirty Comics" ]	The Aristocrats
general	Where does the word Rastafarian come from?	[ "It comes from a Taino name", "The name of a song", "The real name of a king", "It means the good religion" ]	The real name of a king
general	Where did the word Melba come from, as in Melba toast and Peach Melba?	[ "The name of the wife of the owner of Cunard Cruise Line.", "The name of the proprietress of Del Monicos Steak House.", "The name of Henry Fords wife", "The name of an Australian singer" ]	The name of an Australian singer
general	Who is the only President who had a patent?	[ "Hoover", "Lincoln", "Jefferson", "Washington" ]	Lincoln
general	Which US President invented the baseball seventh inning stretch?	[ "Hoover", "Taft", "Wilson", "Harding" ]	Taft
general	To whom did the inventor of the typewriter sell his patent?	[ "A maker of guns", "A sewing machine company", "Thomas A. Edison", "The US government" ]	A maker of guns
general	Which if these is an area in Iraq, and a pilgrimage place for some Muslims?	[ "Tikrit", "Mosul", "Basra", "Karbala" ]	Karbala
general	What is the mathematical term for the shape of a footballs path, when thrown form one player to another?	[ "Parabola", "Catenary", "Hyperbola", "Ellipse" ]	Parabola
general	Who wrote the opera Mozart et Salieri?	[ "Berlioz", "Bizet", "Rimsky-Korsakov", "Saint-Saiens" ]	Rimsky-Korsakov
general	The Magna Carta went into effect in 1215. Who signed it?	[ "Eleanor of Aquitaine", "King John aka John Lackland", "nobody", "King Richard the Lion Hearted" ]	nobody
general	Who invented the doll that says Momma?	[ "Henry Ford", "Benjamin Banneker", "Alexander Graham Bell", "Thomas Alva Edison" ]	Alexander Graham Bell
general	Find the odd one.	[ "Taurus", "Libra", "Capricorn", "Leo" ]	Libra
general	Which of the following animals is the odd one?	[ "Ram", "Hen", "Doe", "Vixen" ]	Ram
general	Which of these is the the odd one?	[ "Narcissus", "Amethyst", "Rose", "Daisy" ]	Amethyst
general	Which number is the odd one out?	[ "11780", "13491", "17462", "15183" ]	17462
general	Name the odd one.	[ "Viper", "Vixen", "Adder", "Cobra" ]	Vixen
general	Which of the following is the the odd one?	[ "Wooden", "Steel", "Lace", "Silk" ]	Silk
general	Which of these is the odd one out?	[ "Carnelian", "Jonquil", "Beryl", "Jasper" ]	Jonquil
general	Which of the following months is the odd one?	[ "April", "December", "May", "July" ]	April
general	Which of these names the odd one?	[ "Ramon Magsaysay", "Sergio OsmeÃ±a Sr.", "Ferdinand Marcos", "Elpidio Quirino" ]	Ferdinand Marcos
general	What is another name for Ursa Major?	[ "The Great Bear", "The Great Tiger", "The Great Lion", "The Great Boar" ]	The Great Bear
general	September 3rd through 13th in the year 1752 did not exist.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	Which of the animals listed below has the longest gestation period?	[ "Rhinoceros", "Tiger", "Elephant", "Boar" ]	Elephant
general	What would you be eating if you were served Angels on Horseback?	[ "Prunes wrapped in bacon", "Clams wrapped in ham", "Oysters wrapped in bacon", "Shrimp wrapped in chicken" ]	Oysters wrapped in bacon
general	There are only 10 weight classes in male professional boxing.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Which planet is 5th from the sun?	[ "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Mars", "Earth" ]	Jupiter
general	How old was Bobby Fischer when he won the US chess championship on January 8th 1958?	[ "12", "14", "22", "19" ]	14
general	What was the previous name of the Los Angeles Dodgers?	[ "The Kansas City Dodgers", "The Brooklyn Dodgers", "The Bronx Dodgers", "The Baltimore Dodgers" ]	The Brooklyn Dodgers
general	In 1958, Pope Pius XII designated an Italian saint as the patron saint for television.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	How much did Harvard Universitys tuition and fees total for the 1958-1959 school year?	[ "$2,925", "$3,225", "$1,250", "$5,110" ]	$1,250
general	On the popular TV show The Honeymooners, Ralph worked as a bus driver for this fictional company.	[ "Cityline Bus Company", "Red and Tan Bus Company", "Metro Bus Company", "Gotham Bus Company" ]	Gotham Bus Company
general	When was Kevin Bacon born?	[ "July 8th 1958", "May 8th 1958", "April 8th 1960", "April 8th 1959" ]	July 8th 1958
general	Who won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actress?	[ "Helen Hayes", "Susan Hayward", "Althea Gibson", "Wendy Miller" ]	Susan Hayward
general	What singer won the 1958 Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance?	[ "Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star", "Bobby Darin for the song Dream Lover", "Domenico Mondugno for the song Nel Blu Dipinto", "Dick Dale for the song Lets Go Tripping" ]	Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star
general	Who was Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, when the Alaska Statehood Act was signed?	[ "Richard Nixon", "Nelson A Rockafeller", "Brian V Mitchell", "John L Truman" ]	Richard Nixon
general	Hammerfest, which is often referred to as the northernmost town in Europe, is located in this Scandinavian country.	[ "Finland", "Switzerland", "Sweden", "Norway" ]	Norway
general	How large is one micron?	[ "one million meters", "one millionth of a kilometer", "one million kilometers", "one millionth of a meter" ]	one millionth of a meter
general	Who killed Achilles according to Greek mythology?	[ "Hector aided by the Nereids", "Priam aided by Paris", "Peleus aided by Thetis", "Paris aided by Apollo" ]	Paris aided by Apollo
general	Which Latin expression means actions speak louder than words?	[ "quid edere posseum", "mei capelli sunt flagrantes", "non rape me si placet", "facta non verba" ]	facta non verba
general	Which one of these statements was not made by economist Milton Friedman?	[ "Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.", "Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.", "For the bureaucrat the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.", "Governments never learn. Only people learn." ]	For the bureaucrat the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
general	The person who developed the popular game Sudoku was from which country?	[ "Switzerland", "South Korea", "Malaysia", "Japan" ]	Switzerland
general	This red herbivorous mammal is endangered because of habitat loss and human interference.	[ "The Indian Red Badger", "Lesser Panda", "The Red Fox", "The Asian Red Squirrel" ]	Lesser Panda
general	This programming language that allowed non-scientists to use computers was developed in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz.	[ "BASIC", "PASCAL", "COBOL", "Visual BASIC" ]	BASIC
general	How many prime numbers are smaller than 23?	[ "8", "0", "11", "12" ]	8
general	Which of these is the last name of the two brothers who have each won the Cy Young Award given to the best Major League Baseball pitchers?	[ "Perry", "Niekro", "Dean", "Hernandez" ]	Perry

general

In which US state is the city of Truth or Consequences located?

[ "Mexico", "Utah", "New Mexico", "Texas" ]

New Mexico

general

How many bones does a shark have?

[ "0", "103", "206", "100" ]

0

general

On what island does King Kong live?

[ "The Island of no Return", "The Forbidden Island", "Skull Island", "Crater Island" ]

Skull Island

general

Who invented the armonica, a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned spinning bowls?

[ "Sir Edward Elgar", "Benjamin Franklin", "Dean Shostak", "Thomas Edison" ]

Benjamin Franklin

general

What is the oldest symphony orchestra in the USA?

[ "The Symphony Orchestra of New Orleans", "The New York Philharmonic", "The Boston Philharmonic", "The Philadelphia Philharmonic" ]

The New York Philharmonic

general

Which of these events happened on April 7, 1927?

[ "The first long distance Television image was sent.", "Adolph Hitler made his infamous first attempt to take over Germany.", "The New York Stock Exchange fell 67 points (29% then)", "The first Easter Parade in was held in New York City." ]

The first long distance Television image was sent.

general

Who is Katie Hnida?

[ "The first female to be a professional boxer", "The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football", "The first American female to ride on the Space Shuttle", "The first female Prime Minister of Ecuador" ]

The first female to play NCAA Division 1 football

general

What did engineer James Wright invent in 1943?

[ "The oral polio vaccine", "Silly Putty", "The first chemical to repel sharks", "Acetate cartoon cells" ]

Silly Putty

general

In 1957 Major John Glenn, Jr. set an air speed record for the trip from California to New York. How long did the trip take?

[ "3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds", "2 hours 19 minutes 4.8 seconds", "1 hours 21 minutes 4.8 seconds", "1 hour 56 minutes 8.4 seconds" ]

3 hours 23 minutes 8.4 seconds

general

Which mass murderer was the inspiration for the movie character Norman Bates in Psycho and for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs?

[ "Ed Gein", "Ted Bundy", "Rickie Sperko", "Jeffrey Dahmer" ]

Ed Gein

general

What was the name of Ghana before the country gained its independence?

[ "The Belgian Congo", "Ivory Coast", "The Gold Coast", "Limpopo" ]

The Gold Coast

general

What is the last name of the man credited with inventing the modern bicycle?

[ "Bremen", "Michaux", "Wright", "Turnbull" ]

Michaux

general

Where is General George Patton buried?

[ "Normandy, France", "Arlington National Cemetery", "Washington, D.C.", "Luxembourg" ]

Luxembourg

general

This author of popular novels, who was a lecturer at Wellesley College, spoke fluent English, Russian and French and made chess problems in his spare time.

[ "Brecht", "Pasternak", "Nabokov", "Steinbeck" ]

Nabokov

general

What did Earl Bakk and Clarence W. Lillehie invent in 1957?

[ "Liquid oxygen jet fuel", "Internal heart pacemaker", "High Definition Television", "Artificial heart" ]

Internal heart pacemaker

general

Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the organic compounds that by definition contain which element?

[ "Nitrogen", "Carbon", "Hydrogen", "Oxygen" ]

Carbon

general

Which of these statements regarding the words imply and infer is correct?

[ "All these statements are true", "Imply and infer mean exactly the same thing", "The speaker implies, the listener infers", "The speaker infers, the listener implies" ]

The speaker implies, the listener infers

general

These two states have Miami Universities.

[ "Florida and Georgia", "Florida and Ohio", "Florida and Alabama", "Florida and North Carolina" ]

Florida and Ohio

general

Which U.S. President settled the North Western border dispute with Canada and England?

[ "Hayes", "Polk", "Mckinley", "Pierce" ]

Polk

general

The Era of Good Feeling is generally applied to describe the national mood of the United States during which years?

[ "1783 - 1805", "1805 - 1820", "1825 - 1845", "1815 - 1825" ]

1815 - 1825

general

In music, what does andante refer to?

[ "Stop", "Moderately slow", "Lively", "Very slowly" ]

Moderately slow

general

Benny Goodman, a great clarinetist, was always compared to this great jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer.

[ "Cootie Williams", "Art Farmer", "Bunny Berrigan", "Artie Shaw" ]

Artie Shaw

general

This Sudanese/American basketball player and activist, 77 (2.31 m) tall, managed to block 397 shots during the 1985-1986 season, thus setting a rookie record.

[ "Yao Ming", "Swede Holbrook", "Manute Bol", "Wilt Chamberlain" ]

Manute Bol

general

Which U.S. President attempted to purchase Cuba from Spain?

[ "Johnson", "Pierce", "Tyler", "Taylor" ]

Pierce

general

Great Britains first test tube baby was born in what year?

[ "1962", "1980", "1978", "1975" ]

1978

general

Devils on Horseback is a type of food.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

general

Who invented the first working television system?

[ "Thomas Edison", "Alexander Graham Bell", "John Logie Baird", "Benjamin Franklin" ]

John Logie Baird

general

Since 1815, Switzerland has been involved in only a few wars because of its policy of neutrality.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

general

Indian Ink comes from what country?

[ "Japan", "United States", "India", "China" ]

China

general

What was the name of Margaret Mitchellâs only book written in 1936?

[ "Death on the Nile", "Double Indemnity", "Inherit The Wind", "Gone With The Wind" ]

Gone With The Wind

general

The pink ball is worth 6 points in the game of snooker.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

general

What infectious disease can be transmitted by a mosquito bite?

[ "trichnaria", "styorrhea", "myharia", "malaria" ]

malaria

general

This novel written by German author Herman Hesse was published in 1922.

[ "Nirvana", "Siddhartha", "Sartaka", "Samsara" ]

Siddhartha

general

This term of Indian origin refers to ones fate or destiny, as the result of ones actions.

[ "samsara", "sarana", "nirvana", "karma" ]

karma

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A character, played by which of these actors/actresses survived in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?

[ "Red Buttons", "Shelly Winters", "Stella Stevens", "Gene Hackman" ]

Red Buttons

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The character played by which of these actors/actresses did not survive in the disaster movie The Towering Inferno?

[ "Steve McQueen", "Susan Blakely", "Paul Newman", "Robert Wagner" ]

Robert Wagner

general

Which cast member of the TV drama Dallas starred in the film Earthquake?

[ "Larry Hagman", "Victoria Principal", "Patrick Duffy", "Mary Crosby" ]

Victoria Principal

general

In the movie Armageddon, the character played by Ben Affleck takes the place of Harry S. Stamper, portrayed by Bruce Willis and detonates the bomb that splits the asteroid in two.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

general

What was the special speaker system used during the 1974 theatrical release of the movie Earthquake?

[ "Tremor speaker simulators", "Seismaseats", "Sensurround", "Tremorsound" ]

Sensurround

general

Which actor/actress who starred in the film The Poseidon Adventure appeared in the TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries?

[ "Pamela Sue Martin", "Pamela Sue Anderson", "Roddy McDowell", "David Cassidy" ]

Pamela Sue Martin

general

What was the cause of the fire in the movie The Towering Inferno?

[ "Short circuit in the elevator shaft", "A loose lid on a can of kerosene stored in a closet", "Faulty electrical wiring", "Arson" ]

Faulty electrical wiring

general

A cat that was trapped in one of the burning rooms in The Towering Inferno was rescued by security guard played by O.J. Simpson.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

general

What contributed to the quick tipping over of the luxury ocean liner in the movie The Poseidon Adventure?

[ "There was not enough ballast", "Shelley Winters was too close to the starboard side of the boat", "Not enough speed when the wall of water hit", "Engines were at full power too long so they shut down" ]

There was not enough ballast

general

Which one of these actors/actresses did not star in the movie Earthquake?

[ "Lorne Greene", "Charlton Heston", "Ava Gardner", "Fred Astaire" ]

Fred Astaire

general

Who played the last juror to vote not guilty in the 1957 movie Twelve Angry Men?

[ "Ed Begley", "Lee J. Cobb", "Martin Balsam", "Ed Begley,Jr." ]

Lee J. Cobb

general

Which of these famous people was not an epileptic?

[ "Otto von Bismarck", "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", "Rudi Dutschke", "F.M. Dostoevsky" ]

Otto von Bismarck

general

Which was the first country to win two consecutive FIFA World Cups in 1958 and 1962?

[ "Italy", "France", "Argentina", "Brazil" ]

Brazil

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Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba was the first person from the Western Hemisphere to do what?

[ "Be President of the U.N. General Assembly", "Win the World Chess Championship", "Win an Olympic baseball game", "Win the Nobel Prize for Literature" ]

Win the World Chess Championship

general

Why was a performance by Bob Dylan interrupted in 1998?

[ "A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.", "His lyrics did not pass the decency level required by CBS Television.", "Tom Petty had not made it into the stage in time to play the musical bridge in the song.", "The show ran 15 minutes over and ABC Television had gone to the evening news." ]

A shirtless man with the words Soy Bomb written on his chest leapt on stage.

general

You go into a diner and you hear the waitress yell out Cats Eyes. What has someone just ordered?

[ "a breakfast of steak and two eggs", "strawberries and cream", "tapioca", "sunny side eggs" ]

tapioca

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The Peace Symbol, which became an icon of the 1960s anti-war movement, derives from what?

[ "a slightly twisted cross", "None of these", "two semaphoric signals", "an image of a nuclear bomber" ]

two semaphoric signals

general

Which battleship was used by the US Navy during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War?

[ "USS New Jersey (BB-62)", "USS Arizona (BB-39)", "USS Missouri (BB-63)", "USS Iowa (BB-61)" ]

USS New Jersey (BB-62)

general

According to the Christian tradition there are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are there in the Old Testament according to the Jewish tradition?

[ "39", "5", "24", "65" ]

24

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Who was the first Major League Baseball player born in what was then called Czechoslovakia?

[ "Reno Bertoia", "Ernie Orvitz", "Elmer Valo", "Andy Pafko" ]

Elmer Valo

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Which song was Billy Joels first US Top Ten Hit?

[ "Moivin Out", "Just the Way You Are", "Piano Man", "Shes Got A Way" ]

Just the Way You Are

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In this 2005 documentary film a large number of famous comedians show how they tell one particular dirty joke.

[ "The Aristocrats", "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel", "The Elegants", "Down and Dirty Comics" ]

The Aristocrats

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Where does the word Rastafarian come from?

[ "It comes from a Taino name", "The name of a song", "The real name of a king", "It means the good religion" ]

The real name of a king

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Where did the word Melba come from, as in Melba toast and Peach Melba?

[ "The name of the wife of the owner of Cunard Cruise Line.", "The name of the proprietress of Del Monicos Steak House.", "The name of Henry Fords wife", "The name of an Australian singer" ]

The name of an Australian singer

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Who is the only President who had a patent?

[ "Hoover", "Lincoln", "Jefferson", "Washington" ]

Lincoln

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Which US President invented the baseball seventh inning stretch?

[ "Hoover", "Taft", "Wilson", "Harding" ]

Taft

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To whom did the inventor of the typewriter sell his patent?

[ "A maker of guns", "A sewing machine company", "Thomas A. Edison", "The US government" ]

A maker of guns

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Which if these is an area in Iraq, and a pilgrimage place for some Muslims?

[ "Tikrit", "Mosul", "Basra", "Karbala" ]

Karbala

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What is the mathematical term for the shape of a footballs path, when thrown form one player to another?

[ "Parabola", "Catenary", "Hyperbola", "Ellipse" ]

Parabola

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Who wrote the opera Mozart et Salieri?

[ "Berlioz", "Bizet", "Rimsky-Korsakov", "Saint-Saiens" ]

Rimsky-Korsakov

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The Magna Carta went into effect in 1215. Who signed it?

[ "Eleanor of Aquitaine", "King John aka John Lackland", "nobody", "King Richard the Lion Hearted" ]

nobody

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Who invented the doll that says Momma?

[ "Henry Ford", "Benjamin Banneker", "Alexander Graham Bell", "Thomas Alva Edison" ]

Alexander Graham Bell

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Find the odd one.

[ "Taurus", "Libra", "Capricorn", "Leo" ]

Libra

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Which of the following animals is the odd one?

[ "Ram", "Hen", "Doe", "Vixen" ]

Ram

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Which of these is the the odd one?

[ "Narcissus", "Amethyst", "Rose", "Daisy" ]

Amethyst

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Which number is the odd one out?

[ "11780", "13491", "17462", "15183" ]

17462

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Name the odd one.

[ "Viper", "Vixen", "Adder", "Cobra" ]

Vixen

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Which of the following is the the odd one?

[ "Wooden", "Steel", "Lace", "Silk" ]

Silk

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Which of these is the odd one out?

[ "Carnelian", "Jonquil", "Beryl", "Jasper" ]

Jonquil

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Which of the following months is the odd one?

[ "April", "December", "May", "July" ]

April

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Which of these names the odd one?

[ "Ramon Magsaysay", "Sergio OsmeÃ±a Sr.", "Ferdinand Marcos", "Elpidio Quirino" ]

Ferdinand Marcos

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What is another name for Ursa Major?

[ "The Great Bear", "The Great Tiger", "The Great Lion", "The Great Boar" ]

The Great Bear

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September 3rd through 13th in the year 1752 did not exist.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Which of the animals listed below has the longest gestation period?

[ "Rhinoceros", "Tiger", "Elephant", "Boar" ]

Elephant

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What would you be eating if you were served Angels on Horseback?

[ "Prunes wrapped in bacon", "Clams wrapped in ham", "Oysters wrapped in bacon", "Shrimp wrapped in chicken" ]

Oysters wrapped in bacon

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There are only 10 weight classes in male professional boxing.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Which planet is 5th from the sun?

[ "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Mars", "Earth" ]

Jupiter

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How old was Bobby Fischer when he won the US chess championship on January 8th 1958?

[ "12", "14", "22", "19" ]

14

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What was the previous name of the Los Angeles Dodgers?

[ "The Kansas City Dodgers", "The Brooklyn Dodgers", "The Bronx Dodgers", "The Baltimore Dodgers" ]

The Brooklyn Dodgers

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In 1958, Pope Pius XII designated an Italian saint as the patron saint for television.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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How much did Harvard Universitys tuition and fees total for the 1958-1959 school year?

[ "$2,925", "$3,225", "$1,250", "$5,110" ]

$1,250

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On the popular TV show The Honeymooners, Ralph worked as a bus driver for this fictional company.

[ "Cityline Bus Company", "Red and Tan Bus Company", "Metro Bus Company", "Gotham Bus Company" ]

Gotham Bus Company

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When was Kevin Bacon born?

[ "July 8th 1958", "May 8th 1958", "April 8th 1960", "April 8th 1959" ]

July 8th 1958

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Who won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actress?

[ "Helen Hayes", "Susan Hayward", "Althea Gibson", "Wendy Miller" ]

Susan Hayward

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What singer won the 1958 Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance?

[ "Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star", "Bobby Darin for the song Dream Lover", "Domenico Mondugno for the song Nel Blu Dipinto", "Dick Dale for the song Lets Go Tripping" ]

Perry Como for the song Catch a Falling Star

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Who was Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, when the Alaska Statehood Act was signed?

[ "Richard Nixon", "Nelson A Rockafeller", "Brian V Mitchell", "John L Truman" ]

Richard Nixon

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Hammerfest, which is often referred to as the northernmost town in Europe, is located in this Scandinavian country.

[ "Finland", "Switzerland", "Sweden", "Norway" ]

Norway

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How large is one micron?

[ "one million meters", "one millionth of a kilometer", "one million kilometers", "one millionth of a meter" ]

one millionth of a meter

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Who killed Achilles according to Greek mythology?

[ "Hector aided by the Nereids", "Priam aided by Paris", "Peleus aided by Thetis", "Paris aided by Apollo" ]

Paris aided by Apollo

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Which Latin expression means actions speak louder than words?

[ "quid edere posseum", "mei capelli sunt flagrantes", "non rape me si placet", "facta non verba" ]

facta non verba

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Which one of these statements was not made by economist Milton Friedman?

[ "Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.", "Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.", "For the bureaucrat the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.", "Governments never learn. Only people learn." ]

For the bureaucrat the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

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The person who developed the popular game Sudoku was from which country?

[ "Switzerland", "South Korea", "Malaysia", "Japan" ]

Switzerland

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This red herbivorous mammal is endangered because of habitat loss and human interference.

[ "The Indian Red Badger", "Lesser Panda", "The Red Fox", "The Asian Red Squirrel" ]

Lesser Panda

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This programming language that allowed non-scientists to use computers was developed in 1963 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz.

[ "BASIC", "PASCAL", "COBOL", "Visual BASIC" ]

BASIC

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How many prime numbers are smaller than 23?

[ "8", "0", "11", "12" ]

8

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Which of these is the last name of the two brothers who have each won the Cy Young Award given to the best Major League Baseball pitchers?

[ "Perry", "Niekro", "Dean", "Hernandez" ]

Perry