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general	What was the name of Alices cat in Alice in Wonderland?	[ "Cheshire", "Dinah", "Dapple-Kit", "Rumpleteaser" ]	Dinah
general	Who is the hapless kitty villain who is constantly being outwitted by the little bird Tweety Pie?	[ "Sylvester", "Tom", "Wil E. Cat", "Garfield" ]	Sylvester
general	What was the name of the cat in Edgar Allen Poes short story The Black Cat?	[ "Midnight", "Neptune", "Blackie", "Pluto" ]	Pluto
general	Who is Mrs. Murphys best friend in the Rita Mae Brown series?	[ "Puce", "Pinky", "Kahula", "Tucker Tee" ]	Tucker Tee
general	What was the name of the First Cat in the Clinton Whitehouse?	[ "Alphie", "Monica", "Socks", "Scallops" ]	Socks
general	What is known as the Vienna Hour in a traditional Sicilian wedding reception?	[ "Desert course", "Giving toasts", "Giving wedding gifts", "Cocktail serving" ]	Desert course
general	In this country, friends of the newly weds will do anything to make the first night as hard as possible.	[ "Poland", "Germany", "China", "Norway" ]	Germany
general	The last dance at wedding receptions in Poland is Pani Mloda, also know as this dance.	[ "Jolly", "Groom", "Money", "Funny" ]	Money
general	Sangria is a drink, traditionally served at Mexican weddings. Sangria contains all these ingredients, except one.	[ "Fruit juice", "Tequila", "Brandy", "Wine" ]	Tequila
general	Ceilidh, pronounced /KAY lee/, is a traditional wedding dance in this country.	[ "Scotland", "Argentina", "Spain", "Hungary" ]	Scotland
general	At wedding ceremonies in China, both the bride and the groom are dressed in this color.	[ "Blue", "Silver", "Yellow", "Red" ]	Red
general	At wedding ceremonies in Iran, this object is placed between two candelabras on a spread, to represent the brightly future of the couple.	[ "Silver plate", "Mirror", "Lamp", "Diamond ring" ]	Mirror
general	In this country, wearing orange blossoms on your wedding day is a symbol of virginity.	[ "France", "Turkey", "Greece", "Holland" ]	France
general	The term Honeymoon originates from the times when a man and a woman remained in hiding for certain cycles of the moon and did this.	[ "Ate honeydew melons", "Chased honey bees", "Drank honey wine", "Ate honey" ]	Drank honey wine
general	Algonquin wedding feasts include many traditional American Indian foods, as well as this type of meat.	[ "Pork", "Hare", "Horse", "Deer" ]	Deer
general	The number one girls name of 2006, Emily, means what?	[ "Princess", "Flower", "Wealthy", "Industrious" ]	Industrious
general	Jacob, the most popular boys name of 2006, means one who fishes.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	This name, most popular in the 80s and 90s, means wealth, but also clairvoyance or foresight.	[ "Miranda", "Sarah", "Jessica", "Kristen" ]	Jessica
general	What does the name Zachary mean?	[ "Gods servant", "Gift from God", "God has remembered", "Warlike" ]	God has remembered
general	The name Ethan was the fourth most popular baby name of 2006, and means what?	[ "Shepherd", "Strong, optimistic", "Intelligent, wise", "Of the forest" ]	Strong, optimistic
general	Hannah means grace and charm.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	This name is of German origin and means protection.	[ "Robert", "George", "William", "Richard" ]	William
general	This was the ninth most popular 2006 male baby name. Its origin is not exactly known, but it does come from a Roman family name and it has been suggested that is was derived from the Greek word for flower.	[ "Anthony", "Michael", "Thomas", "Carlos" ]	Anthony
general	What does the e.e. in the name, e.e. cummings stand for?	[ "Edward Estlin", "Edar Eastwood", "Edward Elgar", "Edgar Edward" ]	Edward Estlin
general	The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972, that capital punishment was unconstitutional. What was the name of the case?	[ "Hammer v. Illinois", "Gregg v. Georgia", "Dagenhart v. Texas", "Furman v. Florida" ]	Gregg v. Georgia
general	Which of these most accurately describes the school of Thomism?	[ "The attempt to unify protestantism and Catholicism", "The attempt to unify Aristotles ideas with those of the Bible", "The attempt to unify Newtons mechanics and quantum mechanics", "The attempt to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity" ]	The attempt to unify Aristotles ideas with those of the Bible
general	Which of these is a genuine mathematical principle?	[ "The Pigeon Hole Principle", "The Inner Calculus Principle", "The Second Integral Theorem", "The Continuum Principle" ]	The Pigeon Hole Principle
general	Which of these words means gloomy, dark, sadly dim?	[ "insouciant", "qutianous", "prolix", "tenebrous" ]	tenebrous
general	People suffering from graphophobia are afraid of what?	[ "Hair", "Speaking", "Animals", "Writing" ]	Writing
general	The fear of women is called hierophobia.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	What term stands for the excessive fear of snakes?	[ "Arachnophobia", "Agoraphobia", "Ophidiophobia", "Novercaphobia" ]	Ophidiophobia
general	Thanatophobia is a condition, characterized by an abnormal fear of what?	[ "Death", "Needles", "Dogs", "Insects" ]	Death
general	What medical term defines the fear of eating?	[ "Phagophobia", "Mastophobia", "Foodophobia", "Emetophobia" ]	Phagophobia
general	A person who is excessively afraid of getting married suffers from what phobia?	[ "Wedophobia", "Entomophobia", "Acrophobia", "Gamophobia" ]	Gamophobia
general	Belonephobia is the irrational fear of needles.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	The fear of high objects, drafts, and air-swallowing is known as rhodophobia.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	Acrophobia is a term, defined as an excessive fear of what?	[ "Heights", "Travel", "Water", "Light" ]	Heights
general	This medical term is defined as the abnormal fear of darkness, and commonly experienced by children.	[ "Cynophobia", "Nightophobia", "Zoophobia", "Nyctophobia" ]	Nyctophobia
general	Located in the Northwest Territories, what lake empties into the Mackenzie River and is considered the largest lake that is entirely within Canada?	[ "Lake Huron", "Great Bear Lake", "Lake Superior", "Great Slave Lake" ]	Great Bear Lake
general	Which 1951 Tony winner for Best Musical had its music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and included such characters as Nathan Detroit, Miss Adelaide, and Sky Masterson?	[ "The Pajama Game", "Guys and Dolls", "Carousel", "South Pacific" ]	Guys and Dolls
general	After gaining 30 pounds and donning a set of prosthetic teeth, Charlize Theron teamed up with Christina Ricci and won a 2003 Academy Award for Best Actress in the biographical, crime, thriller movie titled Monster. What real life serial killer and prostitute did Charlize portray in this film?	[ "Lizzie Borden", "Lynette Squeaky Fromme", "Aileen Wournos", "Valerie Solanas" ]	Aileen Wournos
general	Also the name of a famous vodka, Finlandia was a symphonic poem first written in 1899 by what Finnish composer?	[ "Frederic Chopin", "Edvard Grieg", "Jean Sibelius", "Magnus Lindberg" ]	Jean Sibelius
general	What first full admiral of the Navy, uttered the famous phrase, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!, during the American Civil War at the Battle of Mobile Bay?	[ "Stephen Decatur", "David Farragut", "Oliver Hazard Perry", "John Paul Jones" ]	David Farragut
general	Name the creator of The Prelude, who was the Poet Laureate in England from 1843 to 1850 and comprised a group known as the Lake Poets with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.	[ "John Donne", "Lord Byron", "William Wordsworth", "Robert Browning" ]	William Wordsworth
general	Named after a 19th century British surgeon and anatomist, the Bowmans capsule is located in which organ/s of the human body?	[ "Lungs", "Kidneys", "Pancreas", "Brain" ]	Kidneys
general	What famous Israeli liqueur comes in a genie shaped bottle and has a distinctive chocolate/orange flavor?	[ "Sabra", "Triple Sec", "Cointreau", "Grand Marnier" ]	Sabra
general	Although almost non-existent today, what ancient religion, stemming predominantly from Persia, worshipped Ahura Mazda as an uncreated Creator and God.	[ "Hinduism", "Rastafarianism", "Zoroastrianism", "Taoism" ]	Zoroastrianism
general	What name was given to the monster created in Mary Shelleys classic novel subtitled The Modern Prometheus?	[ "The monster didnt have a name.", "Frankenstein", "Dr. Jekyll", "Victor" ]	The monster didnt have a name.
general	Most heroin-related deaths are not caused by an overdose but by a lethal combination with other drugs in the body.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	This heavy metal has the symbol Pb. It is a poisonous neurotoxin that can cause brain and blood disorders.	[ "Mercury", "Chloride", "Lead", "Chromium" ]	Lead
general	Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky in 1921, this The Dirty Dozen and Rider on the Rain actor was known in Italy as Il Brutto (The Ugly One).	[ "Ernest Borgnine", "Telly Savalas", "Charles Bronson", "Donald Pleasence" ]	Charles Bronson
general	Actors Dolph Lundgren, Lena Olin, and Ann Margaret hail from this Scandinavian country that joined the European Union in 1995.	[ "Finland", "Sweden", "Norway", "Estonia" ]	Sweden
general	What is the name for a layer of gasses that surround a large object and are held in place by the objects gravity?	[ "Atmosphere", "Molecular mass", "Escape velocity", "Surface gravity" ]	Atmosphere
general	Author Dean Koontz was so upset with the 1996 film version of this book that he has demanded creative control over every film based on one of his books.	[ "Watchers", "Carrie", "Phantoms", "Hideaway" ]	Hideaway
general	This singer sang Etta James song A Sunday Kind of Love on the TV show Star Search in 1990. She hosted a 2004 Saturday Night Live episode featuring a Sex and the City parody, where she played Samantha Jones and revealed she was a man.	[ "Mariah Carey", "Britney Spears", "Christina Aguilera", "P!nk" ]	Christina Aguilera
general	These omnivorous mammals are native to North America. They carry their young for 65 days and give birth to up to five babies. They live up to 16 years, but their average life expectancy is 2 years due to hunting and traffic deaths.	[ "raccoons", "squirrels", "deer", "coyote" ]	raccoons
general	Shortly after WWII, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was founded in this city that hosted the 1939 premiere of Gone With the Wind.	[ "Atlanta, GA", "Nashville, TN", "Birmingham, AL", "Raleigh, NC" ]	Atlanta, GA
general	Relying on a hand crank for power, this gun is considered the first machine gun since it could fire continuously.	[ "Maxim gun", "Carronade", "Gatling gun", "Howitzer" ]	Gatling gun
general	This NFL team, established in 1933, plays its home games in Heinz Field. In 2008, ESPN.com ranked this teams fans as the best in the NFL partly due to their sellout streak of 299 consecutive games.	[ "Chicago Bears", "Dallas Cowboys", "New York Giants", "Pittsburgh Steelers" ]	Pittsburgh Steelers
general	Which one of the Great Lakes is situated entirely within the United States?	[ "Lake Michigan", "Lake Erie", "Lake Huron", "Lake Superior" ]	Lake Michigan
general	In 2007 the Muslims in the world outnumbered the Christians.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	Which of these islands is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?	[ "Malta", "Corfu", "Cyprus", "Sicily" ]	Sicily
general	The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in this year.	[ "1949", "1945", "1941", "1950" ]	1949
general	What is the best selling album of all time in the United States as of 2007?	[ "The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975", "The Wall, by Pink Floyd", "Thriller, by Michael Jackson", "Led Zeppelin IV, by Led Zeppelin" ]	The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975
general	This Greek philosopher is known for writing about the fabled land of Atlantis.	[ "Plato", "Socrates", "Homer", "Aristotle" ]	Plato
general	What year did the United States boycott the International Olympic Games?	[ "1972", "1976", "1984", "1980" ]	1980
general	Who or what is Vinson Massif?	[ "Sanitations third cousin, twice removed", "The third king of Sweden", "The tallest mountain in Antarctica", "a muscle in the human body" ]	The tallest mountain in Antarctica
general	The Movie Gone with the Wind was the first feature length film shot entirely in color.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Which country has the highest population density in the world as of 2008?	[ "Singapore", "Monaco", "China", "India" ]	Monaco
general	John Travoltas mother appeared in the movie Grease.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	A chimp named Laika was the first living mammal to orbit the earth.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Wyoming was the first U. S. state to give women the right to vote.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	In the 1989 movie Bill Teds Excellent Adventure, which historical figure do the boys NOT bring back for their history presentation?	[ "Socrates", "George Washington", "Billy the Kid", "Genghis Khan" ]	George Washington
general	When a contestant selects the Daily Double on the game show Jeopardy! what is the least amount the player can wager?	[ "$5", "$100", "$50", "$250" ]	$5
general	This Greek goddess, daughter of Zeus and Metis, is the virgin patron of Athens. The Parthenon was built as her temple.	[ "Aphrodite", "Hera", "Athena", "Venus" ]	Athena
general	This is the 3rd largest city in Germany and the capital of its largest state, Bavaria.	[ "Hamburg", "Nuremberg", "Munich", "Berlin" ]	Munich
general	This word is Sanskrit for Great Soul, and is used like the title Saint. Some believe that it was first used in 1915 when speaking of Ghandi.	[ "Master", "Mahatma", "Mehta", "Mohandas" ]	Mahatma
general	This 61* and The Punisher actor was born Thomas Elliott III in Baltimore, MD. He studied at the Lee Strasburg Theatre Institute in Hollywood. He married actress Patricia Arquette in 2004.	[ "Mark Wahlberg", "Thomas Jane", "Will Patton", "Nicolas Cage" ]	Thomas Jane
general	The weekly news magazine Newsweek was launched in 1933. It has a worldwide circulation of over 4 million, and is printed in Japanese, Korean, Arabic, English, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. Where is the magazine published?	[ "London", "New York City", "Chicago", "Washington, D.C.," ]	New York City
general	Before becoming US President in 1981, he was head of a labor union.	[ "Hoover", "Truman", "Johnson", "Reagan" ]	Reagan
general	What is the full name of the 33rd US President?	[ "Harry S. Truman", "Harry Shine Truman", "Harry Simpson Truman", "Harry Simon Truman" ]	Harry S. Truman
general	Gangster Al Capone, popular as Scarface, was known by what other nickname?	[ "Snorky", "Loverboy", "The senator", "The fox" ]	Snorky
general	This amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.	[ "Fourth Amendment", "Fifth Amendment", "Sixth Amendment", "Third Amendment" ]	Fourth Amendment
general	This Hungarian-Austrian physician demonstrated that puerperal fever (also known as childbed fever) was contagious and that its incidence could be considerably reduced by enforcing appropriate hand washing behavior.	[ "Dr. J. Lister", "Dr. L. Pastuer", "Dr. J. Kirchner", "Dr. I. Semmelweis" ]	Dr. I. Semmelweis
general	It is generally accepted that the name of these islands of volcanic origin derives from a Latin term, meaning Island of the Dogs.	[ "The Canary Islands", "The Galapagos Islands", "Corn Islands", "The Solentiname Islands" ]	The Canary Islands
general	One of the two species, comprising the chimpanzee genus, is the Common Chimpanzee. What is the name of the other species?	[ "Kalapuor chimpanzee", "Lowland chimpanzee", "Bonobo chimpanzee", "Highland chimpanzee" ]	Bonobo chimpanzee
general	This Hebrew word refers to a non-human, speechless, animated being from Jewish folklore.	[ "Lemech", "Golem", "Robot", "Emes" ]	Golem
general	This American actress and stand-up comedian, host of a syndicated talk show, wrote an autobiography, entitled My Point...And I Do Have One.	[ "Ellen DeGeneres", "Phyillis Diller", "Wanda Sykes", "Joan Rovers" ]	Ellen DeGeneres
general	In trigonometry this law, which generalizes the Pythagorean theorem, is a statement about a general triangle, which relates the lengths of its sides to the cosine of a known angle.	[ "The Archimedean Principle", "The Law of Adjacent Hypotenuses", "The Rule of Three", "The Law of Cosines" ]	The Law of Cosines
general	Jonathan Larson based his rock musical on the opera La Boheme. What rock musical about young artists and musicians and their struggle, hopes and fears made it to # 2 on Entertainment Weeklys New Classics List?	[ "Hair", "The Heidi Chronicles", "Jersey Boys", "Rent" ]	Rent
general	This 1996 game introduced networked play and 3-D graphics. What game introduced or perfected this landmark first person shooter according to Entertainment Weekly?	[ "Doom", "GoldenEye007", "Grand Theft Auto", "StarCraft" ]	Doom
general	The cow as white as milk	[ "e cape as red as blood", "e hair as yellow as corn", "d the slipper as pure as gold. ", " demands the witch. As Entertainment Weekly states Everyone lives happily ever after-till Act 2. In what musical will you find the songs Cinderella at the Grave and Giants in the Sky?", "Wicked", "Into the Woods", "The Heidi Chronicles", "Prelude to a Kiss" ]	Into the Woods
general	Gollum was a marvel of computer graphics in The Lord of the Rings. What actor gave Gollum his movements?	[ "Andy Serkis", "Eddie Deezen", "Fat Joe", "Savion Glover" ]	Andy Serkis
general	The best thing about being a woman	[ "is lyric is from the album ranked # 24 On Entertainment Weeklys list of albums. What artist released a 1997 album that became the best selling album ever by a female artist?", "Mariah Carey", "Beyonce", "Madonna", "Shania Twain" ]	Shania Twain
general	What Victorian poet is the author of Porphyrias Lover, a poem written in the form of a shocking dramatic monologue?	[ "Robert Hass", "Robert Burns", "Robert Browning", "Robert Frost" ]	Robert Browning
general	Which of these songs, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, was not recorded by the singer-songwriter, born Robert Allen Zimmerman?	[ "Aint No Mountain High Enough", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Blowin in the Wind" ]	Aint No Mountain High Enough
general	Which movie, directed by Academy Award-winning director, Robert Zemeckis, includes the often quoted line Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre gonna get.?	[ "The Polar Express", "Forrest Gump", "What Lies Beneath", "Back to the Future" ]	Forrest Gump
general	Which of these actors made his debut at the age of 5 in a movie written and directed by his father?	[ "Robert Duvall", "Robert Redford", "Robert Downey, Jr.", "Robert De Niro" ]	Robert Downey, Jr.
general	What poet noted for his realistic depictions of rural life received four Pulitzer Prizes?	[ "Robert Kelly", "Robert Frost", "Robert Browning", "Robert L. Hass" ]	Robert Frost
general	Which novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson is set during the War of the Roses?	[ "The Master of Ballantrae", "The Black Arrow", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Treasure Island" ]	The Black Arrow

general

What was the name of Alices cat in Alice in Wonderland?

[ "Cheshire", "Dinah", "Dapple-Kit", "Rumpleteaser" ]

Dinah

general

Who is the hapless kitty villain who is constantly being outwitted by the little bird Tweety Pie?

[ "Sylvester", "Tom", "Wil E. Cat", "Garfield" ]

Sylvester

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What was the name of the cat in Edgar Allen Poes short story The Black Cat?

[ "Midnight", "Neptune", "Blackie", "Pluto" ]

Pluto

general

Who is Mrs. Murphys best friend in the Rita Mae Brown series?

[ "Puce", "Pinky", "Kahula", "Tucker Tee" ]

Tucker Tee

general

What was the name of the First Cat in the Clinton Whitehouse?

[ "Alphie", "Monica", "Socks", "Scallops" ]

Socks

general

What is known as the Vienna Hour in a traditional Sicilian wedding reception?

[ "Desert course", "Giving toasts", "Giving wedding gifts", "Cocktail serving" ]

Desert course

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In this country, friends of the newly weds will do anything to make the first night as hard as possible.

[ "Poland", "Germany", "China", "Norway" ]

Germany

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The last dance at wedding receptions in Poland is Pani Mloda, also know as this dance.

[ "Jolly", "Groom", "Money", "Funny" ]

Money

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Sangria is a drink, traditionally served at Mexican weddings. Sangria contains all these ingredients, except one.

[ "Fruit juice", "Tequila", "Brandy", "Wine" ]

Tequila

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Ceilidh, pronounced /KAY lee/, is a traditional wedding dance in this country.

[ "Scotland", "Argentina", "Spain", "Hungary" ]

Scotland

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At wedding ceremonies in China, both the bride and the groom are dressed in this color.

[ "Blue", "Silver", "Yellow", "Red" ]

Red

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At wedding ceremonies in Iran, this object is placed between two candelabras on a spread, to represent the brightly future of the couple.

[ "Silver plate", "Mirror", "Lamp", "Diamond ring" ]

Mirror

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In this country, wearing orange blossoms on your wedding day is a symbol of virginity.

[ "France", "Turkey", "Greece", "Holland" ]

France

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The term Honeymoon originates from the times when a man and a woman remained in hiding for certain cycles of the moon and did this.

[ "Ate honeydew melons", "Chased honey bees", "Drank honey wine", "Ate honey" ]

Drank honey wine

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Algonquin wedding feasts include many traditional American Indian foods, as well as this type of meat.

[ "Pork", "Hare", "Horse", "Deer" ]

Deer

general

The number one girls name of 2006, Emily, means what?

[ "Princess", "Flower", "Wealthy", "Industrious" ]

Industrious

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Jacob, the most popular boys name of 2006, means one who fishes.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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This name, most popular in the 80s and 90s, means wealth, but also clairvoyance or foresight.

[ "Miranda", "Sarah", "Jessica", "Kristen" ]

Jessica

general

What does the name Zachary mean?

[ "Gods servant", "Gift from God", "God has remembered", "Warlike" ]

God has remembered

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The name Ethan was the fourth most popular baby name of 2006, and means what?

[ "Shepherd", "Strong, optimistic", "Intelligent, wise", "Of the forest" ]

Strong, optimistic

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Hannah means grace and charm.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This name is of German origin and means protection.

[ "Robert", "George", "William", "Richard" ]

William

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This was the ninth most popular 2006 male baby name. Its origin is not exactly known, but it does come from a Roman family name and it has been suggested that is was derived from the Greek word for flower.

[ "Anthony", "Michael", "Thomas", "Carlos" ]

Anthony

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What does the e.e. in the name, e.e. cummings stand for?

[ "Edward Estlin", "Edar Eastwood", "Edward Elgar", "Edgar Edward" ]

Edward Estlin

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972, that capital punishment was unconstitutional. What was the name of the case?

[ "Hammer v. Illinois", "Gregg v. Georgia", "Dagenhart v. Texas", "Furman v. Florida" ]

Gregg v. Georgia

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Which of these most accurately describes the school of Thomism?

[ "The attempt to unify protestantism and Catholicism", "The attempt to unify Aristotles ideas with those of the Bible", "The attempt to unify Newtons mechanics and quantum mechanics", "The attempt to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity" ]

The attempt to unify Aristotles ideas with those of the Bible

general

Which of these is a genuine mathematical principle?

[ "The Pigeon Hole Principle", "The Inner Calculus Principle", "The Second Integral Theorem", "The Continuum Principle" ]

The Pigeon Hole Principle

general

Which of these words means gloomy, dark, sadly dim?

[ "insouciant", "qutianous", "prolix", "tenebrous" ]

tenebrous

general

People suffering from graphophobia are afraid of what?

[ "Hair", "Speaking", "Animals", "Writing" ]

Writing

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The fear of women is called hierophobia.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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What term stands for the excessive fear of snakes?

[ "Arachnophobia", "Agoraphobia", "Ophidiophobia", "Novercaphobia" ]

Ophidiophobia

general

Thanatophobia is a condition, characterized by an abnormal fear of what?

[ "Death", "Needles", "Dogs", "Insects" ]

Death

general

What medical term defines the fear of eating?

[ "Phagophobia", "Mastophobia", "Foodophobia", "Emetophobia" ]

Phagophobia

general

A person who is excessively afraid of getting married suffers from what phobia?

[ "Wedophobia", "Entomophobia", "Acrophobia", "Gamophobia" ]

Gamophobia

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Belonephobia is the irrational fear of needles.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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The fear of high objects, drafts, and air-swallowing is known as rhodophobia.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

general

Acrophobia is a term, defined as an excessive fear of what?

[ "Heights", "Travel", "Water", "Light" ]

Heights

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This medical term is defined as the abnormal fear of darkness, and commonly experienced by children.

[ "Cynophobia", "Nightophobia", "Zoophobia", "Nyctophobia" ]

Nyctophobia

general

Located in the Northwest Territories, what lake empties into the Mackenzie River and is considered the largest lake that is entirely within Canada?

[ "Lake Huron", "Great Bear Lake", "Lake Superior", "Great Slave Lake" ]

Great Bear Lake

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Which 1951 Tony winner for Best Musical had its music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and included such characters as Nathan Detroit, Miss Adelaide, and Sky Masterson?

[ "The Pajama Game", "Guys and Dolls", "Carousel", "South Pacific" ]

Guys and Dolls

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After gaining 30 pounds and donning a set of prosthetic teeth, Charlize Theron teamed up with Christina Ricci and won a 2003 Academy Award for Best Actress in the biographical, crime, thriller movie titled Monster. What real life serial killer and prostitute did Charlize portray in this film?

[ "Lizzie Borden", "Lynette Squeaky Fromme", "Aileen Wournos", "Valerie Solanas" ]

Aileen Wournos

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Also the name of a famous vodka, Finlandia was a symphonic poem first written in 1899 by what Finnish composer?

[ "Frederic Chopin", "Edvard Grieg", "Jean Sibelius", "Magnus Lindberg" ]

Jean Sibelius

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What first full admiral of the Navy, uttered the famous phrase, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!, during the American Civil War at the Battle of Mobile Bay?

[ "Stephen Decatur", "David Farragut", "Oliver Hazard Perry", "John Paul Jones" ]

David Farragut

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Name the creator of The Prelude, who was the Poet Laureate in England from 1843 to 1850 and comprised a group known as the Lake Poets with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.

[ "John Donne", "Lord Byron", "William Wordsworth", "Robert Browning" ]

William Wordsworth

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Named after a 19th century British surgeon and anatomist, the Bowmans capsule is located in which organ/s of the human body?

[ "Lungs", "Kidneys", "Pancreas", "Brain" ]

Kidneys

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What famous Israeli liqueur comes in a genie shaped bottle and has a distinctive chocolate/orange flavor?

[ "Sabra", "Triple Sec", "Cointreau", "Grand Marnier" ]

Sabra

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Although almost non-existent today, what ancient religion, stemming predominantly from Persia, worshipped Ahura Mazda as an uncreated Creator and God.

[ "Hinduism", "Rastafarianism", "Zoroastrianism", "Taoism" ]

Zoroastrianism

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What name was given to the monster created in Mary Shelleys classic novel subtitled The Modern Prometheus?

[ "The monster didnt have a name.", "Frankenstein", "Dr. Jekyll", "Victor" ]

The monster didnt have a name.

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Most heroin-related deaths are not caused by an overdose but by a lethal combination with other drugs in the body.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This heavy metal has the symbol Pb. It is a poisonous neurotoxin that can cause brain and blood disorders.

[ "Mercury", "Chloride", "Lead", "Chromium" ]

Lead

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Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky in 1921, this The Dirty Dozen and Rider on the Rain actor was known in Italy as Il Brutto (The Ugly One).

[ "Ernest Borgnine", "Telly Savalas", "Charles Bronson", "Donald Pleasence" ]

Charles Bronson

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Actors Dolph Lundgren, Lena Olin, and Ann Margaret hail from this Scandinavian country that joined the European Union in 1995.

[ "Finland", "Sweden", "Norway", "Estonia" ]

Sweden

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What is the name for a layer of gasses that surround a large object and are held in place by the objects gravity?

[ "Atmosphere", "Molecular mass", "Escape velocity", "Surface gravity" ]

Atmosphere

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Author Dean Koontz was so upset with the 1996 film version of this book that he has demanded creative control over every film based on one of his books.

[ "Watchers", "Carrie", "Phantoms", "Hideaway" ]

Hideaway

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This singer sang Etta James song A Sunday Kind of Love on the TV show Star Search in 1990. She hosted a 2004 Saturday Night Live episode featuring a Sex and the City parody, where she played Samantha Jones and revealed she was a man.

[ "Mariah Carey", "Britney Spears", "Christina Aguilera", "P!nk" ]

Christina Aguilera

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These omnivorous mammals are native to North America. They carry their young for 65 days and give birth to up to five babies. They live up to 16 years, but their average life expectancy is 2 years due to hunting and traffic deaths.

[ "raccoons", "squirrels", "deer", "coyote" ]

raccoons

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Shortly after WWII, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was founded in this city that hosted the 1939 premiere of Gone With the Wind.

[ "Atlanta, GA", "Nashville, TN", "Birmingham, AL", "Raleigh, NC" ]

Atlanta, GA

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Relying on a hand crank for power, this gun is considered the first machine gun since it could fire continuously.

[ "Maxim gun", "Carronade", "Gatling gun", "Howitzer" ]

Gatling gun

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This NFL team, established in 1933, plays its home games in Heinz Field. In 2008, ESPN.com ranked this teams fans as the best in the NFL partly due to their sellout streak of 299 consecutive games.

[ "Chicago Bears", "Dallas Cowboys", "New York Giants", "Pittsburgh Steelers" ]

Pittsburgh Steelers

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Which one of the Great Lakes is situated entirely within the United States?

[ "Lake Michigan", "Lake Erie", "Lake Huron", "Lake Superior" ]

Lake Michigan

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In 2007 the Muslims in the world outnumbered the Christians.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Which of these islands is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

[ "Malta", "Corfu", "Cyprus", "Sicily" ]

Sicily

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in this year.

[ "1949", "1945", "1941", "1950" ]

1949

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What is the best selling album of all time in the United States as of 2007?

[ "The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975", "The Wall, by Pink Floyd", "Thriller, by Michael Jackson", "Led Zeppelin IV, by Led Zeppelin" ]

The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975

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This Greek philosopher is known for writing about the fabled land of Atlantis.

[ "Plato", "Socrates", "Homer", "Aristotle" ]

Plato

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What year did the United States boycott the International Olympic Games?

[ "1972", "1976", "1984", "1980" ]

1980

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Who or what is Vinson Massif?

[ "Sanitations third cousin, twice removed", "The third king of Sweden", "The tallest mountain in Antarctica", "a muscle in the human body" ]

The tallest mountain in Antarctica

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The Movie Gone with the Wind was the first feature length film shot entirely in color.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Which country has the highest population density in the world as of 2008?

[ "Singapore", "Monaco", "China", "India" ]

Monaco

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John Travoltas mother appeared in the movie Grease.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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A chimp named Laika was the first living mammal to orbit the earth.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Wyoming was the first U. S. state to give women the right to vote.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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In the 1989 movie Bill Teds Excellent Adventure, which historical figure do the boys NOT bring back for their history presentation?

[ "Socrates", "George Washington", "Billy the Kid", "Genghis Khan" ]

George Washington

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When a contestant selects the Daily Double on the game show Jeopardy! what is the least amount the player can wager?

[ "$5", "$100", "$50", "$250" ]

$5

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This Greek goddess, daughter of Zeus and Metis, is the virgin patron of Athens. The Parthenon was built as her temple.

[ "Aphrodite", "Hera", "Athena", "Venus" ]

Athena

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This is the 3rd largest city in Germany and the capital of its largest state, Bavaria.

[ "Hamburg", "Nuremberg", "Munich", "Berlin" ]

Munich

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This word is Sanskrit for Great Soul, and is used like the title Saint. Some believe that it was first used in 1915 when speaking of Ghandi.

[ "Master", "Mahatma", "Mehta", "Mohandas" ]

Mahatma

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This 61* and The Punisher actor was born Thomas Elliott III in Baltimore, MD. He studied at the Lee Strasburg Theatre Institute in Hollywood. He married actress Patricia Arquette in 2004.

[ "Mark Wahlberg", "Thomas Jane", "Will Patton", "Nicolas Cage" ]

Thomas Jane

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The weekly news magazine Newsweek was launched in 1933. It has a worldwide circulation of over 4 million, and is printed in Japanese, Korean, Arabic, English, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. Where is the magazine published?

[ "London", "New York City", "Chicago", "Washington, D.C.," ]

New York City

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Before becoming US President in 1981, he was head of a labor union.

[ "Hoover", "Truman", "Johnson", "Reagan" ]

Reagan

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What is the full name of the 33rd US President?

[ "Harry S. Truman", "Harry Shine Truman", "Harry Simpson Truman", "Harry Simon Truman" ]

Harry S. Truman

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Gangster Al Capone, popular as Scarface, was known by what other nickname?

[ "Snorky", "Loverboy", "The senator", "The fox" ]

Snorky

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This amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.

[ "Fourth Amendment", "Fifth Amendment", "Sixth Amendment", "Third Amendment" ]

Fourth Amendment

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This Hungarian-Austrian physician demonstrated that puerperal fever (also known as childbed fever) was contagious and that its incidence could be considerably reduced by enforcing appropriate hand washing behavior.

[ "Dr. J. Lister", "Dr. L. Pastuer", "Dr. J. Kirchner", "Dr. I. Semmelweis" ]

Dr. I. Semmelweis

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It is generally accepted that the name of these islands of volcanic origin derives from a Latin term, meaning Island of the Dogs.

[ "The Canary Islands", "The Galapagos Islands", "Corn Islands", "The Solentiname Islands" ]

The Canary Islands

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One of the two species, comprising the chimpanzee genus, is the Common Chimpanzee. What is the name of the other species?

[ "Kalapuor chimpanzee", "Lowland chimpanzee", "Bonobo chimpanzee", "Highland chimpanzee" ]

Bonobo chimpanzee

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This Hebrew word refers to a non-human, speechless, animated being from Jewish folklore.

[ "Lemech", "Golem", "Robot", "Emes" ]

Golem

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This American actress and stand-up comedian, host of a syndicated talk show, wrote an autobiography, entitled My Point...And I Do Have One.

[ "Ellen DeGeneres", "Phyillis Diller", "Wanda Sykes", "Joan Rovers" ]

Ellen DeGeneres

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In trigonometry this law, which generalizes the Pythagorean theorem, is a statement about a general triangle, which relates the lengths of its sides to the cosine of a known angle.

[ "The Archimedean Principle", "The Law of Adjacent Hypotenuses", "The Rule of Three", "The Law of Cosines" ]

The Law of Cosines

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Jonathan Larson based his rock musical on the opera La Boheme. What rock musical about young artists and musicians and their struggle, hopes and fears made it to # 2 on Entertainment Weeklys New Classics List?

[ "Hair", "The Heidi Chronicles", "Jersey Boys", "Rent" ]

Rent

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This 1996 game introduced networked play and 3-D graphics. What game introduced or perfected this landmark first person shooter according to Entertainment Weekly?

[ "Doom", "GoldenEye007", "Grand Theft Auto", "StarCraft" ]

Doom

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The cow as white as milk

[ "e cape as red as blood", "e hair as yellow as corn", "d the slipper as pure as gold. ", " demands the witch. As Entertainment Weekly states Everyone lives happily ever after-till Act 2. In what musical will you find the songs Cinderella at the Grave and Giants in the Sky?", "Wicked", "Into the Woods", "The Heidi Chronicles", "Prelude to a Kiss" ]

Into the Woods

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Gollum was a marvel of computer graphics in The Lord of the Rings. What actor gave Gollum his movements?

[ "Andy Serkis", "Eddie Deezen", "Fat Joe", "Savion Glover" ]

Andy Serkis

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The best thing about being a woman

[ "is lyric is from the album ranked # 24 On Entertainment Weeklys list of albums. What artist released a 1997 album that became the best selling album ever by a female artist?", "Mariah Carey", "Beyonce", "Madonna", "Shania Twain" ]

Shania Twain

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What Victorian poet is the author of Porphyrias Lover, a poem written in the form of a shocking dramatic monologue?

[ "Robert Hass", "Robert Burns", "Robert Browning", "Robert Frost" ]

Robert Browning

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Which of these songs, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, was not recorded by the singer-songwriter, born Robert Allen Zimmerman?

[ "Aint No Mountain High Enough", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Blowin in the Wind" ]

Aint No Mountain High Enough

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Which movie, directed by Academy Award-winning director, Robert Zemeckis, includes the often quoted line Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre gonna get.?

[ "The Polar Express", "Forrest Gump", "What Lies Beneath", "Back to the Future" ]

Forrest Gump

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Which of these actors made his debut at the age of 5 in a movie written and directed by his father?

[ "Robert Duvall", "Robert Redford", "Robert Downey, Jr.", "Robert De Niro" ]

Robert Downey, Jr.

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What poet noted for his realistic depictions of rural life received four Pulitzer Prizes?

[ "Robert Kelly", "Robert Frost", "Robert Browning", "Robert L. Hass" ]

Robert Frost

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Which novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson is set during the War of the Roses?

[ "The Master of Ballantrae", "The Black Arrow", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Treasure Island" ]

The Black Arrow