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general	Which month is United States Aquarium Month, Candy Month, Dairy Month and Turkey Lovers Month?	[ "June", "November", "August", "October" ]	June
general	Which French artist is considered the founder of Fauvism?	[ "Klee", "Monet", "Matisse", "Manet" ]	Matisse
general	When Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address he was not the main speaker. Who was the main speaker?	[ "General Grant", "Edward Everett", "Mrs. Lincoln", "General Meade" ]	Edward Everett
general	Which of these events came first?	[ "The completion of he first standardized French dictionary", "The completion of the first standard English dictionary", "The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary", "The first use of the word scientist" ]	The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary
general	The newton (N), named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, is a unit measuring what?	[ "Mass", "Speed", "Force", "Weight" ]	Force
general	John Howard Lawson, Herbert Biberman, Albert Maltz, Adrian Scott, Sam Ornitz, Dalton Trumbo, Ed Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, Alvah Bessie, and Lester Cole made short speeches to denounce McCarthyism. All of them belonged to a group, known by what name?	[ "The ten spies of the CIA", "The ten players of Dr. James Naismith", "The Hollywood Ten", "The ten judges at the Nuremburg Trials" ]	The Hollywood Ten
general	He reigned until 1725 and carried out a policy of Westernization and expansion, that transformed his country into a major European power.	[ "Peter the Great", "Augustus II of Poland", "Kemal Ataturk", "Frederich the Great" ]	Peter the Great
general	This small, distinct religious community, whose religion resembles Islam, but is influenced by Greek philosophy and other religions, is based mostly in the Middle East. Its members call themselves the People of Monotheism.	[ "The Druze", "The Zoroastrians", "The Waldentseinians", "The BeHab" ]	The Druze
general	This Spanish playwright and poet, author of The Dog in the Manger and The Widow from Valencia, maintained that a writers business is to write so as to make himself understood.	[ "Oscar Nareda", "Lope de Vega", "Jose Ortega y Gassett", "Humberto Robinson" ]	Lope de Vega
general	This English shipbuilder, merchant and navigator, whose innovative measures made the new English ships fast and highly maneuverable, was one of the main commanders of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.	[ "Martin Hawkins", "John Hawkins", "Francis Hawkins", "William Blake" ]	John Hawkins
general	This form of traditional Japanese theater, which aims to make the audience laugh, is characterised by brief plays, stock characters and exaggerated dialogue.	[ "Kabuki", "Lo fat", "Kyogen", "Noh" ]	Kyogen
general	This Dutch naval officer, who became a folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the Dutch republic and Spain, sailed out to capture the Spanish treasure fleet in 1628.	[ "Pieter Heyn", "Heindrich Van Duten", "Henry Hudson", "Petyr Stuvessant" ]	Pieter Heyn
general	The first screen kiss was seen in the short movie The Kiss, shown in what year?	[ "1919", "1882", "1912", "1896" ]	1896
general	Rene Descartes, who is given credit for the invention of analytic geometry in 1637, may have been preceded in this regard by which French mathematician?	[ "Fourier", "Fermat", "LaPLace", "LaGrange" ]	Fermat
general	A war, which was condemned by the United Nations, was fought in 1982 over a group of islands between which two countries?	[ "Grenada and the USA", "Panama and the USA", "Argentina and Great Britain", "Chile and Argentina" ]	Argentina and Great Britain
general	In chemistry, this term refers to two elements with the same atomic number, but different atomic weights.	[ "Isotopes", "Alleles", "Isochronics", "Isosceles" ]	Isotopes
general	This ancient thinker, who was the first person to propose a heliocentric model of the Solar system, considered that the Earth revolves around the Sun.	[ "Aristades", "Hippachus", "Heron", "Aristarchus" ]	Aristarchus
general	Which geographical term describes a geological formation that slopes down from the center in all directions?	[ "Quean", "Quassia", "Quaquaversal", "Quartan" ]	Quaquaversal
general	This US National Park, famous for its mineral waters, is located in southeastern Oklahoma, near the city of Sulphur.	[ "Hot Springs", "Yellowstone", "Platt", "Mesa Verde" ]	Platt
general	The Mars family were the richest American family of 1988, according to Fortune magazine. They named one of their most successful products after their horse, who was named what?	[ "Snickers", "Bounty", "MM", "Corny" ]	Snickers
general	In 1915, the great American baseball player of the 1920s, Babe Ruth, hit his first home against which team?	[ "The Yankees", "The Red Stockings", "The White Sox", "The Red Sox" ]	The Yankees
general	In 1982, this major Japanese car manufacturer was the first one to begin production of Japanese cars in the USA.	[ "Mazda", "Honda", "Toyota", "Mitsubishi" ]	Honda
general	You can get lead poisoning from a modern pencil.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	In what year were pencils first mass-produced?	[ "1662 A.D.", "476 A.D.", "1812 A.D.", "1821 A.D." ]	1662 A.D.
general	Which of these is not among the reasons for which most pencils are yellow?	[ "To show that they come from China", "To make them easier to see on a desk top", "To show that they are top quality", "To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA" ]	To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA
general	Which of these is a real event in the history of the pencil?	[ "The discovery of rubber in Malaysia in 1823", "The discovery of lead in what is now Turkey, ca. 573 A.D.", "The discovery that cedar wood has three times the tensile strength of any other wood", "The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England" ]	The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England
general	Who was the famous American writer whose first job was selling and making pencils?	[ "Henry David Thoreau", "John Steinbeck", "Benjamin Franklin", "Nathaniel Hawthorne" ]	Henry David Thoreau
general	This famous American writer wrote all of the novel Cannery Row in pencil. He claimed to have used 60 pencils a day for his writings.	[ "John Steinbeck", "Henry David Thoreau", "Ernest Hemingway", "Nathaniel Hawthorne" ]	John Steinbeck
general	In the first manned rocket flights into space, pencils, not pens, were given to the cosmonauts and astronauts. Why?	[ "They were less dangerous because they contained no metal.", "Pencils can write in zero gravity.", "They were less affected by lower amounts of oxygen.", "Pencils are lighter than pens." ]	Pencils can write in zero gravity.
general	Approximately how many pencils are sold annually in the USA?	[ "500,000,000", "2,000,000,000", "200,000,000", "20,000,000" ]	2,000,000,000
general	A great step forward in the world of pencils was made in 1858. What was it?	[ "Sears-Roebuck began selling pencils in their catalog.", "Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.", "Sarah Teasdale Wallace patented the first indelible pencil.", "Irving Kellogg Watson patented the first drawing pencils in different colors." ]	Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.
general	If your pencil has a pinkish grain and little or no smell, then it is probably made from which substance?	[ "incense-cedar", "tropical rainforest wood", "plastic", "non-incense-cedar" ]	plastic
general	If your pencil has a reddish brown grain and a smell, what does that usually indicate?	[ "It is made of incense-cedar.", "It is made from non-incense-cedar.", "It is made from plastic.", "It is made of rainforest wood." ]	It is made of incense-cedar.
general	What happened in the pencil world in 1822?	[ "The eraser was put onto the pencil.", "Pencils were made with clips to hold onto a pocket.", "Pencils that wrote in different colors were made.", "The mechanical pencil was invented." ]	The mechanical pencil was invented.
general	Who is P.L. Travers most famous literary character?	[ "Frankenstein", "Mary Poppins", "Scrooge", "Scarlett OHara" ]	Mary Poppins
general	What event did the terrorists target in the 1977 movie Black Sunday?	[ "Super Bowl", "Democratic Convention", "Times Square Ball Drop", "Macys Thanksgiving Parade" ]	Super Bowl
general	What was the occupation of The Greatest American Hero, according to the TV show?	[ "Police officer", "Taxi driver", "Deep diver", "High school teacher" ]	High school teacher
general	According to the popular song, in what city is the House of the Rising Sun located?	[ "Lexington", "New Orleans", "San Francisco", "Dallas" ]	New Orleans
general	What color is Johnnie Walkers jacket?	[ "Brown", "Pink", "Red", "Blue" ]	Red
general	According to a popular 1960s slogan, where would you meet the nicest people?	[ "At the AMC theaters", "On a Honda", "At Macys", "In Las Vegas" ]	On a Honda
general	On TV, what was the name of Sergeant Prestons horse?	[ "Videl", "Rex", "Max", "Hopper" ]	Rex
general	What movie popularied the phrase Make My Day?	[ "Die Hard", "Midnight Run", "Total Recall", "Sudden Impact" ]	Sudden Impact
general	The ending of what Steven Spielberg movie takes place at Devils Tower?	[ "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Saving Private Ryan" ]	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
general	What was Shakespeares last play?	[ "A Lovers Complaint", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Winters Tale", "The Tempest" ]	The Tempest
general	An albatross can fly all day without flapping its wings.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	How tall is Chicagoâs Sears Tower?	[ "1095 ft (334 m)", "1811 ft (552 m)", "1211 Ft (369 m)", "1453 ft (443 m)" ]	1453 ft (443 m)
general	What 1951 film did Humphrey Bogart win an Oscar for?	[ "The Barefoot Contessa", "The Caine Mutiny", "African Queen", "Casablanca" ]	African Queen
general	Which of Henry VIIIâs wives outlived him?	[ "Catharine of Aragon", "Anne Boleyn", "Catharine Parr", "Jane Seymour" ]	Catharine Parr
general	The hands and feet have the most bones in the human body.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	This actor, whose autobiography was called My Wicked Wicked Ways, starred in the movies Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Istanbul (1957) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941).	[ "Claude Rains", "Errol Flynn", "Anthony Quinn", "George Reeves" ]	Errol Flynn
general	What substance do South American Indians use on the tips of their poison darts?	[ "ammonia", "Metrazol", "curare", "snake venom" ]	curare
general	Which of these movies did not win 11 Academy Awards?	[ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "Braveheart", "Titanic", "Ben Hur" ]	Braveheart
general	There is no country in the world whose name begins with this letter of the alphabet.	[ "O", "Q", "Y", "X" ]	X
general	Which of the following people was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?	[ "Marthin Luther King Jr.", "John Paul II", "Nelson Mandela", "Yasser Arafat" ]	John Paul II
general	Which of these US states is not named after a river?	[ "Illinois", "Alabama", "Iowa", "Colorado" ]	Iowa
general	Which of these cities is not a capital of a country in the European Union?	[ "Warsaw", "Copenhagen", "Lisbon", "Zurich" ]	Zurich
general	Which of these is not an actual name of a sea?	[ "Red Sea", "Yellow Sea", "White Sea", "Blue Sea" ]	Blue Sea
general	Which of these is not an American writer?	[ "Eugene ONeill", "Ernest Hemingway", "Joseph Conrad", "John Steinbeck" ]	Joseph Conrad
general	Which of the following battles was not fought during World War Two?	[ "Battle of Guadalcanal", "Battle of Kursk", "Battle of Jutland", "Battle of Tobruk" ]	Battle of Jutland
general	The flag of which of the countries listed below is not red and white?	[ "Poland", "Jamaica", "Turkey", "Japan" ]	Jamaica
general	Which of these is not a prime number?	[ "13", "3", "2", "1" ]	1
general	The ancient Roman Empire stretched from modern day Great Britain to Egypt. Which present day country was not part of the Roman Empire?	[ "Poland", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "France" ]	Poland
general	What country has a plain green flag?	[ "Lithuania", "Libya", "Ireland", "Dominica" ]	Libya
general	According to Leonardo da Vinci the color green represented what?	[ "water", "wealth", "wisdom", "earth" ]	water
general	Emerald is the birthstone for this month.	[ "May", "September", "April", "July" ]	May
general	In the movie The Green Mile, Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, but he was not the first choice for the role. Who was originally considered for the role?	[ "George Clooney", "John Travolta", "Bruce Willis", "Tim Robbins" ]	John Travolta
general	According to legend, each leaflet of a 4-leaf clover has a meaning. What does the 1st leaf mean?	[ "Luck", "Hope", "Strength", "Prosperity" ]	Hope
general	Wally the Green Monster is the mascot for which sports team?	[ "Cincinnati Reds", "Baltimore Orioles", "Boston Red Sox", "Chicago White Sox" ]	Boston Red Sox
general	What album was released by the rock band Weezer in 2001?	[ "The Green Album", "Greenage", "Rock it Green", "Greenation" ]	The Green Album
general	The Green Lantern is a Marvel comics superhero with a power ring which enables him to control the physical world for as long as his willpower allows.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	What kind of person is described by the expression green around the gills?	[ "Physically ill", "New at fishing", "Gardner novice", "Jealous over someone" ]	Physically ill
general	Zoophobias are some of the most widespread abnormal fears. Which of the following is not a fear associated with animals?	[ "Neophobia", "Entomophobia", "Cynophobia", "Felinophobia" ]	Neophobia
general	This phobia forces people indoors.	[ "Phagophobia", "Necrophobia", "Heliophobia", "Erythrophobia" ]	Heliophobia
general	Arrange the listed phobias in the following order: fear of clowns, fear of speaking in public, fear of smells, fear of needles.	[ "Osmophobia, Coulrophobia, Trypanophobia, Glossophobia", "Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia, Coulrophobia", "Coulrophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia", "Trypanophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Coulrophobia" ]	Coulrophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia
general	What does a person who has a gymnophobia fear?	[ "Closed spaces", "Nudity", "Rivers", "Bright colours" ]	Nudity
general	Three of the following terms mean one and the same thing - fear of storms. Which is the forth one that is related to sleep?	[ "Keraunophobia", "Clinophobia", "Brontophobia", "Astraphobia" ]	Clinophobia
general	Which of the following words is a synonym of paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th)?	[ "Aphenphosmphobia", "Friggatriskaidekaphobia", "Triskaidekaphobia", "Arachnophobia" ]	Friggatriskaidekaphobia
general	Which word refers to the fear of long words?	[ "Ornithophobia", "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", "Radiophobia", "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" ]	Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
general	Which of the following words is related to phobias?	[ "Irrationality", "Strength", "Genetic", "Popularity" ]	Irrationality
general	Which world denotes a phobia of a small rodent?	[ "Technophobia", "Entomophobia", "Ophidiophobia", "Musophobia" ]	Musophobia
general	Which of the following terms refers to the fear of being buried alive?	[ "Gephyrophobia", "Phagophobia", "Taphephobia", "Mysophobia" ]	Taphephobia
general	The Hundred Years War -- a series of related conflicts between France and England, started in 1337 and lasted how many years?	[ "100", "115", "117", "116" ]	116
general	In the 1957 movie classic, 12 Angry Men, after a preliminary vote it becomes clear that only one of the jurors, Davis, does not see the open and shut nature of the case. What is Davis juror number and what is his profession?	[ "Juror #8, an architect", "Juror #2, a bank clerk", "Juror #12, an advertising executive", "Juror #10, a garage owner" ]	Juror #8, an architect
general	According to Luke 6:13, Jesus called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Which one did Jesus not choose?	[ "Judas Iscariot", "Thomas", "Mark", "Thaddaeus" ]	Mark
general	Listen to the audio and name the performer.	[ "Phil Collins", "David Bowie", "John Lennon", "Freddie Mercury" ]	David Bowie
general	In 1867, Alfred Nobel introduced the first Pyrotechnic Fuse blasting cap, using what primary explosive to detonate dynamite?	[ "Lead azide", "Mercury fulminate", "Hydrogen peroxide", "Black powder" ]	Mercury fulminate
general	Buddhism, a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of SiddhÄrtha Gautama, traces its origins to which country?	[ "Taiwan", "Thailand", "India", "China" ]	India
general	How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand?	[ "22", "6", "0", "4" ]	4
general	German-born princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of what country, from June 28, 1762 until her death?	[ "France", "England", "Austria", "Russia" ]	Russia
general	Until its replacement by the EMS scale, the Medvedev-Sponheuer-KÃ¡rnÃk scale was the most commonly applied scale in Europe, used to measure what?	[ "Hurricane intensity", "Wind speed", "Ultraviolet radiation", "Earthquake intensity" ]	Earthquake intensity
general	Name the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.	[ "The Senate", "The Supreme Court", "The Congress of the United States", "The House of Representatives" ]	The Congress of the United States
general	In the Spring of 1967, this city was 700 acres of rock and timber. In a little more than 6 months it would be transformed in a high-tech city. It was comissioned by a company, whose mission was simple - to build the biggest and fastest subsonic commercial jetliner ever constructed.	[ "Greenbank, Washington", "Walla Walla, Washington", "Everett, Washington", "Olympia, Washington" ]	Everett, Washington
general	To build the 747, The Boeing Co. needed to design and construct a large number of tools. Approximately how many?	[ "170 000", "1 800", "270 000", "45 000" ]	270 000
general	The Boeing 747 project was so big, that there were no buildings that could house it. Boeing constructed the largest building in the world for this purpose.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	The total assembly of the Boeing 747 would require how many individually numbered and catalogued parts?	[ "300 000", "4 000 000", "5 000 000", "500 000" ]	4 000 000
general	The Boeing 747 project was bankrolled by the President of an airline company, when in 1965 a downpayment of $250,000,000 was made. Which was the airline company?	[ "American Airlines", "Pan American", "Delta", "United" ]	Pan American
general	The incredibles was a term used during the production of 747 referring to what?	[ "The airlines which put downpayments and helped jumpstart the project", "The significant others of the workers", "The 20 000 contractors helping Boeing", "The rugged team of workers" ]	The rugged team of workers
general	The first 747 was due to roll out of the production line in which year?	[ "1969", "1972", "1970", "1971" ]	1969
general	The 747 was the second airplane designed with a cockpit above the deck.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	The tail assembly of 747 stands the height of a building of approximately how many stories?	[ "approx. 8 stories", "approx. 6 stories", "approx. 4 stories", "approx. 2 stories" ]	approx. 6 stories

general

Which month is United States Aquarium Month, Candy Month, Dairy Month and Turkey Lovers Month?

[ "June", "November", "August", "October" ]

June

general

Which French artist is considered the founder of Fauvism?

[ "Klee", "Monet", "Matisse", "Manet" ]

Matisse

general

When Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address he was not the main speaker. Who was the main speaker?

[ "General Grant", "Edward Everett", "Mrs. Lincoln", "General Meade" ]

Edward Everett

general

Which of these events came first?

[ "The completion of he first standardized French dictionary", "The completion of the first standard English dictionary", "The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary", "The first use of the word scientist" ]

The completion of he first standardized Italian dictionary

general

The newton (N), named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, is a unit measuring what?

[ "Mass", "Speed", "Force", "Weight" ]

Force

general

John Howard Lawson, Herbert Biberman, Albert Maltz, Adrian Scott, Sam Ornitz, Dalton Trumbo, Ed Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr, Alvah Bessie, and Lester Cole made short speeches to denounce McCarthyism. All of them belonged to a group, known by what name?

[ "The ten spies of the CIA", "The ten players of Dr. James Naismith", "The Hollywood Ten", "The ten judges at the Nuremburg Trials" ]

The Hollywood Ten

general

He reigned until 1725 and carried out a policy of Westernization and expansion, that transformed his country into a major European power.

[ "Peter the Great", "Augustus II of Poland", "Kemal Ataturk", "Frederich the Great" ]

Peter the Great

general

This small, distinct religious community, whose religion resembles Islam, but is influenced by Greek philosophy and other religions, is based mostly in the Middle East. Its members call themselves the People of Monotheism.

[ "The Druze", "The Zoroastrians", "The Waldentseinians", "The BeHab" ]

The Druze

general

This Spanish playwright and poet, author of The Dog in the Manger and The Widow from Valencia, maintained that a writers business is to write so as to make himself understood.

[ "Oscar Nareda", "Lope de Vega", "Jose Ortega y Gassett", "Humberto Robinson" ]

Lope de Vega

general

This English shipbuilder, merchant and navigator, whose innovative measures made the new English ships fast and highly maneuverable, was one of the main commanders of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

[ "Martin Hawkins", "John Hawkins", "Francis Hawkins", "William Blake" ]

John Hawkins

general

This form of traditional Japanese theater, which aims to make the audience laugh, is characterised by brief plays, stock characters and exaggerated dialogue.

[ "Kabuki", "Lo fat", "Kyogen", "Noh" ]

Kyogen

general

This Dutch naval officer, who became a folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the Dutch republic and Spain, sailed out to capture the Spanish treasure fleet in 1628.

[ "Pieter Heyn", "Heindrich Van Duten", "Henry Hudson", "Petyr Stuvessant" ]

Pieter Heyn

general

The first screen kiss was seen in the short movie The Kiss, shown in what year?

[ "1919", "1882", "1912", "1896" ]

1896

general

Rene Descartes, who is given credit for the invention of analytic geometry in 1637, may have been preceded in this regard by which French mathematician?

[ "Fourier", "Fermat", "LaPLace", "LaGrange" ]

Fermat

general

A war, which was condemned by the United Nations, was fought in 1982 over a group of islands between which two countries?

[ "Grenada and the USA", "Panama and the USA", "Argentina and Great Britain", "Chile and Argentina" ]

Argentina and Great Britain

general

In chemistry, this term refers to two elements with the same atomic number, but different atomic weights.

[ "Isotopes", "Alleles", "Isochronics", "Isosceles" ]

Isotopes

general

This ancient thinker, who was the first person to propose a heliocentric model of the Solar system, considered that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

[ "Aristades", "Hippachus", "Heron", "Aristarchus" ]

Aristarchus

general

Which geographical term describes a geological formation that slopes down from the center in all directions?

[ "Quean", "Quassia", "Quaquaversal", "Quartan" ]

Quaquaversal

general

This US National Park, famous for its mineral waters, is located in southeastern Oklahoma, near the city of Sulphur.

[ "Hot Springs", "Yellowstone", "Platt", "Mesa Verde" ]

Platt

general

The Mars family were the richest American family of 1988, according to Fortune magazine. They named one of their most successful products after their horse, who was named what?

[ "Snickers", "Bounty", "MM", "Corny" ]

Snickers

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In 1915, the great American baseball player of the 1920s, Babe Ruth, hit his first home against which team?

[ "The Yankees", "The Red Stockings", "The White Sox", "The Red Sox" ]

The Yankees

general

In 1982, this major Japanese car manufacturer was the first one to begin production of Japanese cars in the USA.

[ "Mazda", "Honda", "Toyota", "Mitsubishi" ]

Honda

general

You can get lead poisoning from a modern pencil.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

general

In what year were pencils first mass-produced?

[ "1662 A.D.", "476 A.D.", "1812 A.D.", "1821 A.D." ]

1662 A.D.

general

Which of these is not among the reasons for which most pencils are yellow?

[ "To show that they come from China", "To make them easier to see on a desk top", "To show that they are top quality", "To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA" ]

To copy the style of the first pencils made in the USA

general

Which of these is a real event in the history of the pencil?

[ "The discovery of rubber in Malaysia in 1823", "The discovery of lead in what is now Turkey, ca. 573 A.D.", "The discovery that cedar wood has three times the tensile strength of any other wood", "The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England" ]

The discovery of graphite in Seathwaite, Burrowdale, England

general

Who was the famous American writer whose first job was selling and making pencils?

[ "Henry David Thoreau", "John Steinbeck", "Benjamin Franklin", "Nathaniel Hawthorne" ]

Henry David Thoreau

general

This famous American writer wrote all of the novel Cannery Row in pencil. He claimed to have used 60 pencils a day for his writings.

[ "John Steinbeck", "Henry David Thoreau", "Ernest Hemingway", "Nathaniel Hawthorne" ]

John Steinbeck

general

In the first manned rocket flights into space, pencils, not pens, were given to the cosmonauts and astronauts. Why?

[ "They were less dangerous because they contained no metal.", "Pencils can write in zero gravity.", "They were less affected by lower amounts of oxygen.", "Pencils are lighter than pens." ]

Pencils can write in zero gravity.

general

Approximately how many pencils are sold annually in the USA?

[ "500,000,000", "2,000,000,000", "200,000,000", "20,000,000" ]

2,000,000,000

general

A great step forward in the world of pencils was made in 1858. What was it?

[ "Sears-Roebuck began selling pencils in their catalog.", "Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.", "Sarah Teasdale Wallace patented the first indelible pencil.", "Irving Kellogg Watson patented the first drawing pencils in different colors." ]

Hyman Lipman began putting an eraser on the end of pencils.

general

If your pencil has a pinkish grain and little or no smell, then it is probably made from which substance?

[ "incense-cedar", "tropical rainforest wood", "plastic", "non-incense-cedar" ]

plastic

general

If your pencil has a reddish brown grain and a smell, what does that usually indicate?

[ "It is made of incense-cedar.", "It is made from non-incense-cedar.", "It is made from plastic.", "It is made of rainforest wood." ]

It is made of incense-cedar.

general

What happened in the pencil world in 1822?

[ "The eraser was put onto the pencil.", "Pencils were made with clips to hold onto a pocket.", "Pencils that wrote in different colors were made.", "The mechanical pencil was invented." ]

The mechanical pencil was invented.

general

Who is P.L. Travers most famous literary character?

[ "Frankenstein", "Mary Poppins", "Scrooge", "Scarlett OHara" ]

Mary Poppins

general

What event did the terrorists target in the 1977 movie Black Sunday?

[ "Super Bowl", "Democratic Convention", "Times Square Ball Drop", "Macys Thanksgiving Parade" ]

Super Bowl

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What was the occupation of The Greatest American Hero, according to the TV show?

[ "Police officer", "Taxi driver", "Deep diver", "High school teacher" ]

High school teacher

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According to the popular song, in what city is the House of the Rising Sun located?

[ "Lexington", "New Orleans", "San Francisco", "Dallas" ]

New Orleans

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What color is Johnnie Walkers jacket?

[ "Brown", "Pink", "Red", "Blue" ]

Red

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According to a popular 1960s slogan, where would you meet the nicest people?

[ "At the AMC theaters", "On a Honda", "At Macys", "In Las Vegas" ]

On a Honda

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On TV, what was the name of Sergeant Prestons horse?

[ "Videl", "Rex", "Max", "Hopper" ]

Rex

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What movie popularied the phrase Make My Day?

[ "Die Hard", "Midnight Run", "Total Recall", "Sudden Impact" ]

Sudden Impact

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The ending of what Steven Spielberg movie takes place at Devils Tower?

[ "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Saving Private Ryan" ]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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What was Shakespeares last play?

[ "A Lovers Complaint", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Winters Tale", "The Tempest" ]

The Tempest

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An albatross can fly all day without flapping its wings.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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How tall is Chicagoâs Sears Tower?

[ "1095 ft (334 m)", "1811 ft (552 m)", "1211 Ft (369 m)", "1453 ft (443 m)" ]

1453 ft (443 m)

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What 1951 film did Humphrey Bogart win an Oscar for?

[ "The Barefoot Contessa", "The Caine Mutiny", "African Queen", "Casablanca" ]

African Queen

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Which of Henry VIIIâs wives outlived him?

[ "Catharine of Aragon", "Anne Boleyn", "Catharine Parr", "Jane Seymour" ]

Catharine Parr

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The hands and feet have the most bones in the human body.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This actor, whose autobiography was called My Wicked Wicked Ways, starred in the movies Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Istanbul (1957) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941).

[ "Claude Rains", "Errol Flynn", "Anthony Quinn", "George Reeves" ]

Errol Flynn

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What substance do South American Indians use on the tips of their poison darts?

[ "ammonia", "Metrazol", "curare", "snake venom" ]

curare

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Which of these movies did not win 11 Academy Awards?

[ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "Braveheart", "Titanic", "Ben Hur" ]

Braveheart

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There is no country in the world whose name begins with this letter of the alphabet.

[ "O", "Q", "Y", "X" ]

X

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Which of the following people was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

[ "Marthin Luther King Jr.", "John Paul II", "Nelson Mandela", "Yasser Arafat" ]

John Paul II

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Which of these US states is not named after a river?

[ "Illinois", "Alabama", "Iowa", "Colorado" ]

Iowa

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Which of these cities is not a capital of a country in the European Union?

[ "Warsaw", "Copenhagen", "Lisbon", "Zurich" ]

Zurich

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Which of these is not an actual name of a sea?

[ "Red Sea", "Yellow Sea", "White Sea", "Blue Sea" ]

Blue Sea

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Which of these is not an American writer?

[ "Eugene ONeill", "Ernest Hemingway", "Joseph Conrad", "John Steinbeck" ]

Joseph Conrad

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Which of the following battles was not fought during World War Two?

[ "Battle of Guadalcanal", "Battle of Kursk", "Battle of Jutland", "Battle of Tobruk" ]

Battle of Jutland

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The flag of which of the countries listed below is not red and white?

[ "Poland", "Jamaica", "Turkey", "Japan" ]

Jamaica

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Which of these is not a prime number?

[ "13", "3", "2", "1" ]

1

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The ancient Roman Empire stretched from modern day Great Britain to Egypt. Which present day country was not part of the Roman Empire?

[ "Poland", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "France" ]

Poland

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What country has a plain green flag?

[ "Lithuania", "Libya", "Ireland", "Dominica" ]

Libya

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According to Leonardo da Vinci the color green represented what?

[ "water", "wealth", "wisdom", "earth" ]

water

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Emerald is the birthstone for this month.

[ "May", "September", "April", "July" ]

May

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In the movie The Green Mile, Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, but he was not the first choice for the role. Who was originally considered for the role?

[ "George Clooney", "John Travolta", "Bruce Willis", "Tim Robbins" ]

John Travolta

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According to legend, each leaflet of a 4-leaf clover has a meaning. What does the 1st leaf mean?

[ "Luck", "Hope", "Strength", "Prosperity" ]

Hope

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Wally the Green Monster is the mascot for which sports team?

[ "Cincinnati Reds", "Baltimore Orioles", "Boston Red Sox", "Chicago White Sox" ]

Boston Red Sox

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What album was released by the rock band Weezer in 2001?

[ "The Green Album", "Greenage", "Rock it Green", "Greenation" ]

The Green Album

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The Green Lantern is a Marvel comics superhero with a power ring which enables him to control the physical world for as long as his willpower allows.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What kind of person is described by the expression green around the gills?

[ "Physically ill", "New at fishing", "Gardner novice", "Jealous over someone" ]

Physically ill

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Zoophobias are some of the most widespread abnormal fears. Which of the following is not a fear associated with animals?

[ "Neophobia", "Entomophobia", "Cynophobia", "Felinophobia" ]

Neophobia

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This phobia forces people indoors.

[ "Phagophobia", "Necrophobia", "Heliophobia", "Erythrophobia" ]

Heliophobia

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Arrange the listed phobias in the following order: fear of clowns, fear of speaking in public, fear of smells, fear of needles.

[ "Osmophobia, Coulrophobia, Trypanophobia, Glossophobia", "Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia, Coulrophobia", "Coulrophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia", "Trypanophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Coulrophobia" ]

Coulrophobia, Glossophobia, Osmophobia, Trypanophobia

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What does a person who has a gymnophobia fear?

[ "Closed spaces", "Nudity", "Rivers", "Bright colours" ]

Nudity

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Three of the following terms mean one and the same thing - fear of storms. Which is the forth one that is related to sleep?

[ "Keraunophobia", "Clinophobia", "Brontophobia", "Astraphobia" ]

Clinophobia

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Which of the following words is a synonym of paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th)?

[ "Aphenphosmphobia", "Friggatriskaidekaphobia", "Triskaidekaphobia", "Arachnophobia" ]

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

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Which word refers to the fear of long words?

[ "Ornithophobia", "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", "Radiophobia", "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" ]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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Which of the following words is related to phobias?

[ "Irrationality", "Strength", "Genetic", "Popularity" ]

Irrationality

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Which world denotes a phobia of a small rodent?

[ "Technophobia", "Entomophobia", "Ophidiophobia", "Musophobia" ]

Musophobia

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Which of the following terms refers to the fear of being buried alive?

[ "Gephyrophobia", "Phagophobia", "Taphephobia", "Mysophobia" ]

Taphephobia

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The Hundred Years War -- a series of related conflicts between France and England, started in 1337 and lasted how many years?

[ "100", "115", "117", "116" ]

116

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In the 1957 movie classic, 12 Angry Men, after a preliminary vote it becomes clear that only one of the jurors, Davis, does not see the open and shut nature of the case. What is Davis juror number and what is his profession?

[ "Juror #8, an architect", "Juror #2, a bank clerk", "Juror #12, an advertising executive", "Juror #10, a garage owner" ]

Juror #8, an architect

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According to Luke 6:13, Jesus called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Which one did Jesus not choose?

[ "Judas Iscariot", "Thomas", "Mark", "Thaddaeus" ]

Mark

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Listen to the audio and name the performer.

[ "Phil Collins", "David Bowie", "John Lennon", "Freddie Mercury" ]

David Bowie

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In 1867, Alfred Nobel introduced the first Pyrotechnic Fuse blasting cap, using what primary explosive to detonate dynamite?

[ "Lead azide", "Mercury fulminate", "Hydrogen peroxide", "Black powder" ]

Mercury fulminate

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Buddhism, a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of SiddhÄrtha Gautama, traces its origins to which country?

[ "Taiwan", "Thailand", "India", "China" ]

India

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How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand?

[ "22", "6", "0", "4" ]

4

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German-born princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of what country, from June 28, 1762 until her death?

[ "France", "England", "Austria", "Russia" ]

Russia

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Until its replacement by the EMS scale, the Medvedev-Sponheuer-KÃ¡rnÃk scale was the most commonly applied scale in Europe, used to measure what?

[ "Hurricane intensity", "Wind speed", "Ultraviolet radiation", "Earthquake intensity" ]

Earthquake intensity

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Name the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.

[ "The Senate", "The Supreme Court", "The Congress of the United States", "The House of Representatives" ]

The Congress of the United States

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In the Spring of 1967, this city was 700 acres of rock and timber. In a little more than 6 months it would be transformed in a high-tech city. It was comissioned by a company, whose mission was simple - to build the biggest and fastest subsonic commercial jetliner ever constructed.

[ "Greenbank, Washington", "Walla Walla, Washington", "Everett, Washington", "Olympia, Washington" ]

Everett, Washington

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To build the 747, The Boeing Co. needed to design and construct a large number of tools. Approximately how many?

[ "170 000", "1 800", "270 000", "45 000" ]

270 000

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The Boeing 747 project was so big, that there were no buildings that could house it. Boeing constructed the largest building in the world for this purpose.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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The total assembly of the Boeing 747 would require how many individually numbered and catalogued parts?

[ "300 000", "4 000 000", "5 000 000", "500 000" ]

4 000 000

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The Boeing 747 project was bankrolled by the President of an airline company, when in 1965 a downpayment of $250,000,000 was made. Which was the airline company?

[ "American Airlines", "Pan American", "Delta", "United" ]

Pan American

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The incredibles was a term used during the production of 747 referring to what?

[ "The airlines which put downpayments and helped jumpstart the project", "The significant others of the workers", "The 20 000 contractors helping Boeing", "The rugged team of workers" ]

The rugged team of workers

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The first 747 was due to roll out of the production line in which year?

[ "1969", "1972", "1970", "1971" ]

1969

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The 747 was the second airplane designed with a cockpit above the deck.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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The tail assembly of 747 stands the height of a building of approximately how many stories?

[ "approx. 8 stories", "approx. 6 stories", "approx. 4 stories", "approx. 2 stories" ]

approx. 6 stories