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general	What actor won an Academy Award in 1980 for portraying a character who loved the smell of napalm in the morning?	[ "Robert Duvall", "Robert Redford", "Robert De Niro", "Robert Young" ]	Robert Duvall
general	Robert De Niro won his first Academy Award for the portrayal of this former boxing champion.	[ "Jake LaMotta", "James Braddock", "Marcel Cerdan", "Nino Benvenuti" ]	Jake LaMotta
general	Name the author of the spy thrillers The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which were adapted into movies starring Matt Damon.	[ "Robert J. Sawyer", "Robert Kerr", "Robert Coover", "Robert Ludlum" ]	Robert Ludlum
general	According to the popular TV show, at what restaurant does Alice work?	[ "Dennys", "Burger King", "McDonalds", "Mels Diner" ]	Mels Diner
general	What was the name of George and Louise Jeffersons son on All in the Family?	[ "Jamar", "Keon", "Lionel", "Tyrone" ]	Lionel
general	Who was the first member of The Monkees to quit, shortly after the bands Far East tour in December 1968?	[ "Micky Dolenz", "Davy Jones", "Peter Tork", "Michael Nesmith" ]	Peter Tork
general	Name the Dynasty star featured in the December, 1983 issue of Playboy magazine.	[ "Heather Locklear", "Joan Collins", "Emma Samms", "Catherine Oxenberg" ]	Joan Collins
general	In the 1983 movie The Big Chill, which famous magazine did Michael work for?	[ "People", "Time", "Newsweek", "Entertainment Weekly" ]	People
general	What was the name of Newsweeks unsuccessful sports publication?	[ "Sports Newsweek", "Inside Sports", "The Week in Sports", "Sports Weekly" ]	Inside Sports
general	On what game show did contestants receive unwanted joke prizes, called zonks?	[ "Family Feud", "Lets Make a Deal", "Check-Out", "The Price is Right" ]	Lets Make a Deal
general	What American star portrayed the character of Viktor Komarovsky in the 1965 drama-romance-war film Doctor Zhivago?	[ "Jack Nicholson", "Robert Redford", "Rod Steiger", "Omar Sharif" ]	Rod Steiger
general	What is rock singer Ozzy Osbournes real name?	[ "Oscilius Osbroune", "Octavius Osbourne", "John Osbourne", "James Osbourne" ]	John Osbourne
general	True of False: Jules Vernes real name was Jean-Luc Vernes.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	The movie âTo Sir, with Loveâ stars Sidney Poitier as a teacher confronted with a class of arrogant and provocative students. In what city is the movie set?	[ "Liverpool", "San Francisco", "London", "New York City" ]	London
general	What fictional teacher, portrayed by Robin Williams, told his students that, if they felt daring, they could call him O Captain! My Captain!?	[ "Mark Thackeray", "John Keating", "George Feeny", "Jaime Escalante" ]	John Keating
general	This movie tells the story of a former U.S. Marine who becomes a teacher nicknamed white bread by her minority students.	[ "Finding Forrester", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Freedom Writers", "Dangerous Minds" ]	Dangerous Minds
general	In what novel does Charles Dickens depict Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, the teacher who teaches his students nothing but facts?	[ "Hard Times", "Dombey and Son", "Bleak House", "Great Expectations" ]	Hard Times
general	Now tell your father not to teach you any more. Its best to begin reading with a fresh mind are words Miss Caroline addresses to Jean Louise, the narrator of this novel.	[ "To Kill a Mockingbird", "North and South", "The Millstone", "Jerusalem the Golden" ]	To Kill a Mockingbird
general	What 2007 movie, based on a true story, ends with a note that Erin Gruwell successfully brought many of her students to graduation and college?	[ "The Ron Clark Story", "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Freedom Writers", "Dangerous Minds" ]	Freedom Writers
general	Name the Gus Van Sant movie in which Robert Crawford, a haughty literature professor, accuses Jamal Wallace of plagiarism.	[ "Good Will Hunting", "Finding Forrester", "Beautiful Mind", "Dead Poets Society" ]	Finding Forrester
general	The movie Stand and Deliver is centered around Jaime A. Escalante, who gave up a steady well-paid job to become a dedicated teacher in a school where rebellion runs. What subject did Mr. Escalante teach?	[ "chemistry", "physics", "biology", "mathematics" ]	mathematics
general	Which of these actors has played both a disruptive student and an inspiring teacher?	[ "Richard Harris", "Sidney Poitier", "Sean Connery", "Hugh Grant" ]	Sidney Poitier
general	Which of these films does not tell the story of a real life teacher?	[ "Stand and Deliver", "Dangerous Minds", "The Principal", "The Ron Clark Story" ]	The Principal
general	Where is the loch, allegedly inhabited by the notorious Loch Ness Monster?	[ "Wales", "Southern Ireland", "Northern Scotland", "England" ]	Northern Scotland
general	Loch Ness is the largest body of water in which huge geologic fault?	[ "Great Glen", "Scotia", "Augustus", "Highlands" ]	Great Glen
general	What is the Scottish Gaelic name of the Loch Ness Monster?	[ "Monstru", "Nillie", "Neska", "Niseag" ]	Niseag
general	This town, closely linked to the legend of the Loch Ness monster, lies at the mouth of the river Ness.	[ "Glenny", "Urquhart", "Aberdeen", "Inverness" ]	Inverness
general	The exploration of the Loch Ness Monster is related to which field of study?	[ "Phycology", "Ornithology", "Mycology", "Cryptozoology" ]	Cryptozoology
general	This Saint is supposed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster and even to have tamed it.	[ "St Columba", "St George", "St John", "St Peter" ]	St Columba
general	What is the profession of Mr R.K. Wilson, who was claimed to have taken probably the most famous picture of what was supposed to be the Loch Ness Monster?	[ "Teacher", "Surgeon", "Dentist", "Lawyer" ]	Surgeon
general	This was the leader of the group that searched Loch Ness in the early 1970s and claimed to have made underwater photographs of the monster.	[ "MR Trules", "Sir Peter Scott", "Professor Jankins", "Dr. Robert Rines" ]	Dr. Robert Rines
general	What kind of creature was the extinct Plesiosaur, which is usually said to be similar to the monster of Loch Ness?	[ "Dinosaur", "Mesozoic reptile", "Humanoid", "Fish" ]	Mesozoic reptile
general	Which part of the Loch Ness monster is most noteworthy according to people who claim to have seen it?	[ "Hair", "Eyes", "Neck", "Teeth" ]	Neck
general	Who was the first professional athlete in baseball history to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week?	[ "Bo Jackson", "Mel Hubbard", "Deion Sanders", "Jim Thorpe" ]	Jim Thorpe
general	Which company did Clarence Saunders found in 1916?	[ "Kentucky Fried Chicken", "The Piggly Wiggly", "Dominos Pizza", "Burger King" ]	The Piggly Wiggly
general	In which category did Krishna Bhanji win an Academy Award in 1982?	[ "Best Director of a Foreign Film", "Video Engineering", "Sound Direction", "Best Actor" ]	Best Actor
general	In this movie Robert De Niro plays a timid and artistic NYC police detective. Bill Murray plays the criminal boss and Uma Thurman is a call girl De Niros character falls for.	[ "A Police Story", "Paths to Glory", "Mad Dog and Glory", "Turner and Hooch" ]	Mad Dog and Glory
general	In Major League Baseball, who was the first pitcher to win 200 games in his career?	[ "A.G.Spaulding", "Walter Johnson", "Cy Young", "Babe Ruth" ]	A.G.Spaulding
general	1919 saw the first general, city-wide strike in the USA. It involved about 35,000 workers. In which city did this strike occur?	[ "New York, N.Y.", "Chicago, Illinois", "Seattle, Washington", "Memphis, Tennessee" ]	Seattle, Washington
general	We all have learned that you can tell the age of a tree by the number of rings. Who was the first to discover this fact?	[ "Aristotle", "Luther Burbank", "Charles Darwin", "Leonardo Da Vinci" ]	Leonardo Da Vinci
general	Erle Stanley Gardner created the great fictional lawyer Perry Mason. On which TV show did the lawyer Perry Mason practice law?	[ "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "The Stanley Show", "The Brady Bunch" ]	The Flintstones
general	In Hindu thought, how was Krishna killed?	[ "By poisoning by Shiva", "By the abominations of mankind", "By an arrow into his heel", "By a knife into his heart" ]	By an arrow into his heel
general	Which U.S. writer of detective fiction worked for the famous Pinkerton National Detective Agency?	[ "Mickey Spillane", "Mary Higgins Clark", "Dashiell Hammett", "Louis LAmour" ]	Dashiell Hammett
general	Which is the Sanskrit word for âunion?â	[ "shiva", "sri", "krishna", "yoga" ]	yoga
general	The poor man! He was diagnosed a bilateeral perobital hematoma. What does he have?	[ "Halitosis", "Two hernias", "Two black eye", "A tumor in the center of the brain" ]	Two black eye
general	What did boxer Jack Johnson, Charlie Chaplin and actor, Errol Flynn all have in common?	[ "They were all charged with the same crime", "They all died in Paris", "They died of the same causes", "They had the same birthday" ]	They were all charged with the same crime
general	Where did Copenhagen meet Marengo?	[ "France", "Belgium", "Sherwood Forrest", "Denmark" ]	Belgium
general	Which country had the largest prison population for 2006?	[ "The United States", "Turkey", "Peoples Republic of China", "Nigeria" ]	Peoples Republic of China
general	Who was given a Honorary Academy Award in 1967?	[ "Edith Head", "John Gilbert", "Enos Edward Yakima Canutt", "Mary Astor" ]	Enos Edward Yakima Canutt
general	What was the name of Thailand before it was called Thailand?	[ "Singapore", "Siam", "Macau", "Persia" ]	Siam
general	From which radio station was the first national US broadcast made?	[ "KPHI in Philadelphia", "WWRL in Chicago", "WINS in New York", "KDKA in Pittsburgh" ]	KDKA in Pittsburgh
general	Who was the only congressman to vote against going to war against Japan on December 8, 1941?	[ "Forrest", "Stewart", "Rankin", "Wilkie" ]	Rankin
general	Rudolph Abel, considered the greatest Russian spy, was caught in the USA and arrested. What event led to his capture?	[ "Another spy confessed and gave his name", "He was caught speeding", "He two-timed his mistress", "Somebody picked up a nickel" ]	Somebody picked up a nickel
general	For whom was US pilot, Francis Gary Powers traded?	[ "Paul Konerko", "David Ortiz", "Rudolph Abel", "Jackie Robinson" ]	Rudolph Abel
general	Who was the first non-Muslim to make the journey from mecca to Medina?	[ "Richard Burton", "Robert Stanley", "Ronald Kateman", "Richard the Lion Hearted" ]	Richard Burton
general	What was the last name of the six brothers Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore and Ernesto, who were all involved with automobiles?	[ "Lamborghini", "Lancia", "Maserati", "Ferrari" ]	Maserati
general	What business did the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, operate before beginning their aeronautical work?	[ "film company", "car company", "book store", "cycle company" ]	cycle company
general	Which of the Bronte sisters wrote only one novel, which was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell?	[ "Charlotte and Emily", "Charlotte", "Anne", "Emily" ]	Emily
general	Name the actors who portrayed the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, in the 2005 movie of the same name.	[ "Jude Law and Heath Ledger", "Jude Law and Jake Gyllenhaal", "Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal", "Matt Damon and Heath Ledger" ]	Matt Damon and Heath Ledger
general	Which of Johann Strauss Is sons became known as The Waltz King and was instrumental in popularizing the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century?	[ "Josef Strauss", "Eduard Strauss", "Johan Strauss II", "Ferdinand Strauss" ]	Johan Strauss II
general	This filmmaker, famous for directing Runaway Train and Tango Cash, is the brother of Academy Award-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov.	[ "Roman Polanski", "Andrey Konchalovsky", "Andrei Tarkovsky", "Sergei Mikhalkov" ]	Andrey Konchalovsky
general	After fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered outside his Miami home, his sister Donatella stepped in as creative director of the fashion label. What is the name of Versaces older brother who became CEO of Gianni Versace S.p.A.?	[ "Francesco", "Antonio", "Tano", "Santo" ]	Santo
general	Which one of Marie Curies two daughters, Irene and Eve, followed in her mothers footsteps and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?	[ "neither of them", "Eve", "IrÃ¨ne", "both" ]	IrÃ¨ne
general	What Academy Award-winning movie, directed by the Coen Brothers, features a pregnant small-town police chief?	[ "No Country for Old Men", "Fargo", "The Big Lebowski", "The Man Who Wasnt There" ]	Fargo
general	Which one of the Kennedy brothers became known as The Lion of the Senate?	[ "Edward M. Kennedy", "Robert F. Kennedy", "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.", "John F. Kennedy" ]	Edward M. Kennedy
general	What popular gun was invented by General John T. Thompson?	[ "the JT assault rifle", "johnny gun", "sten gun", "tommy gun" ]	tommy gun
general	Which is an example of a spoonerism?	[ "Round and round the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran.", "Able was I ere I saw Elba.", "He is at the pineapple of his career.", "It is kisstomery to cuss the bride." ]	It is kisstomery to cuss the bride.
general	Which of these is a malapropism?	[ "He is at the pineapple of his career.", "Round and round the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran.", "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.", "Able was I ere I saw Elba." ]	He is at the pineapple of his career.
general	Which of the following is an eponym meaning a traitor to his country?	[ "A quisling", "A McCarthy", "A cyrano", "A ruy lopez" ]	A quisling
general	This simple but powerful bomb made out of a gas filled bottle was named after a Soviet politician and diplomat.	[ "A Khrushchev cocktail", "A Lenin bomb", "A Molotov cocktail", "A Kerensky surprise" ]	A Molotov cocktail
general	An eponym that describes a mens style is derived from the name of this Union general.	[ "General Sheridan", "General Burnside", "General Tuxedo", "General Trouser" ]	General Burnside
general	Henry Wheeler Shaw is responsible for this eponym.	[ "josh", "trouser", "scrimshaw", "tuxedo" ]	josh
general	We get the word boycott from the name of Charles C. Boycott, a terrible landlord of the 19th Century. Where did he own land?	[ "England", "Ireland", "Scotland", "Massachusetts" ]	Ireland
general	We get this word from the name of an infamous hangman.	[ "crane", "derrick", "tontine", "guillotine" ]	derrick
general	This very popular math term comes from the name of the man who wrote the first great algebra textbook.	[ "algebra", "algorithm", "program", "graph" ]	algorithm
general	We get this word from the name of a French Ambassador to Portugal.	[ "nicotine", "leotard", "zinnia", "tariff" ]	nicotine
general	We get this very popular word from one of Athenas aliases in Greek mythology.	[ "computer", "media", "lesbian", "mentor" ]	mentor
general	Who was the first official Postmaster General of the United States?	[ "Ulmer Pierce Smith", "John Jay", "Samuel Osgood", "Ben Franklin" ]	Samuel Osgood
general	What group included Nils Lofgren, Ray Bittan, Gary Tallent, and Soozie Tyrell?	[ "The Eagles", "The Dave Mathews Band", "Aerosmith", "The E Street Band" ]	The E Street Band
general	What was Beyonces first hit?	[ "Take Me as I Am", "Ring the Alarm", "Dangerously in Love", "Let Go" ]	Dangerously in Love
general	What was the first nation to field a battle tank?	[ "The USA", "Germany", "Austria-Hungary", "Britain" ]	Britain
general	In the Bible, he was the first person mentioned to be put into jail.	[ "Barabas", "Jeremiah", "Joseph", "Daniel" ]	Joseph
general	It is believed that this was the smallest dinosaur.	[ "Brachiosaurus", "Amphicoelias", "Compsognathus", "Argentinasaurus" ]	Compsognathus
general	What was the first web browser that had both graphics and text?	[ "Bob the Dog", "Mosaic", "Tillie", "Gopher" ]	Mosaic
general	Which of these was invented by William E. Spicer, a Professor of Engineering at Stanford University?	[ "Night vision goggles", "Stealth technology", "CrazyGlue", "Portable dialysis machines" ]	Night vision goggles
general	The team of this country won the first FIFA Womens World Cup.	[ "The USA", "Italy", "Brazil", "Germany" ]	The USA
general	Richard Gere is a direct descendant of the Pilgrims who came to the Western Hemisphere on the Mayflower.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	Which of these is said to have occurred at Cenacle?	[ "The Last Supper", "The assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand", "The building of the Parthenon", "The assassination of Julius Caesar" ]	The Last Supper
general	For over 1000 years most people believed that the sun circled the Earth. The scientific basis for this came from the book The Almagest written by this thinker.	[ "Aristarchus", "Hipparchus", "Aristotle", "Ptolemy" ]	Ptolemy
general	This Motown musical quartet, founded in Detroit, Michigan, scored their first #1 hit, I Cant Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) in 1965.	[ "The Temptetts", "The Four Tops", "The Temptations", "The Drifters" ]	The Four Tops
general	What does the Latin word facula refer to?	[ "A region of unexplained loss of gravity beneath the earths outer crust", "Bright spots or patches on the suns photosphere", "A measurement of the suns reflectivity", "A dark region on the suns chromosphere" ]	Bright spots or patches on the suns photosphere
general	What is the name of the chieftain, who in 1816, after the death of his father, seized power over the insignificant Zulu clan and transformed it into a nation?	[ "Dingiswayo", "Senzangakhona", "Shaka", "Impis" ]	Shaka
general	Admitted to the United States on January 3, 1959, the 49th state is both the westernmost and the northernmost US state.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
general	This musical comedy, directed by Nancy Walker, is a pseudo autobiography of 1970s disco group, Village People.	[ "Cant Stop the Music", "The Peoples Singers", "Freddie and His Friends", "Join the Action" ]	Cant Stop the Music
general	This short-lived American sitcom aired on CBS in 1995, starring Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.	[ "Burt and Alice", "Ford Fairlane", "Healeys Class", "Bless This House" ]	Bless This House
general	The Victoria Falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between which two countries?	[ "Tanzania and Zaire", "Zambia and Zimbabwe", "Kenya and Tanzania", "Zambia and Zaire" ]	Zambia and Zimbabwe
general	This award is the oldest and most prominent film award, given annually for Hindi films in India.	[ "The Mombay Gold Award", "The Diamond Star Award", "The Golden Lotus Award", "The Filmfare Award" ]	The Filmfare Award
general	This town, situated in Hawaii County, is the southernmost town in the United States.	[ "Naalehu", "Kamuela", "Mililani", "Pauoa" ]	Naalehu
general	This modern amphitheatre, officially opened in 1922, on the site of a natural amphitheatre formerly known as the Daisy Dell, is used primarily for music performances.	[ "Hollywood Bowl", "Red Rocks", "None of these", "Isirium" ]	Hollywood Bowl
general	Why are portholes typically round?	[ "Because a circle gives you the most area for the least perimeter.", "To spread out pressure on the the ships covering", "For easier and smoother entering from the outside", "They are circular by ancient tradition." ]	To spread out pressure on the the ships covering

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What actor won an Academy Award in 1980 for portraying a character who loved the smell of napalm in the morning?

[ "Robert Duvall", "Robert Redford", "Robert De Niro", "Robert Young" ]

Robert Duvall

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Robert De Niro won his first Academy Award for the portrayal of this former boxing champion.

[ "Jake LaMotta", "James Braddock", "Marcel Cerdan", "Nino Benvenuti" ]

Jake LaMotta

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Name the author of the spy thrillers The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which were adapted into movies starring Matt Damon.

[ "Robert J. Sawyer", "Robert Kerr", "Robert Coover", "Robert Ludlum" ]

Robert Ludlum

general

According to the popular TV show, at what restaurant does Alice work?

[ "Dennys", "Burger King", "McDonalds", "Mels Diner" ]

Mels Diner

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What was the name of George and Louise Jeffersons son on All in the Family?

[ "Jamar", "Keon", "Lionel", "Tyrone" ]

Lionel

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Who was the first member of The Monkees to quit, shortly after the bands Far East tour in December 1968?

[ "Micky Dolenz", "Davy Jones", "Peter Tork", "Michael Nesmith" ]

Peter Tork

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Name the Dynasty star featured in the December, 1983 issue of Playboy magazine.

[ "Heather Locklear", "Joan Collins", "Emma Samms", "Catherine Oxenberg" ]

Joan Collins

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In the 1983 movie The Big Chill, which famous magazine did Michael work for?

[ "People", "Time", "Newsweek", "Entertainment Weekly" ]

People

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What was the name of Newsweeks unsuccessful sports publication?

[ "Sports Newsweek", "Inside Sports", "The Week in Sports", "Sports Weekly" ]

Inside Sports

general

On what game show did contestants receive unwanted joke prizes, called zonks?

[ "Family Feud", "Lets Make a Deal", "Check-Out", "The Price is Right" ]

Lets Make a Deal

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What American star portrayed the character of Viktor Komarovsky in the 1965 drama-romance-war film Doctor Zhivago?

[ "Jack Nicholson", "Robert Redford", "Rod Steiger", "Omar Sharif" ]

Rod Steiger

general

What is rock singer Ozzy Osbournes real name?

[ "Oscilius Osbroune", "Octavius Osbourne", "John Osbourne", "James Osbourne" ]

John Osbourne

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True of False: Jules Vernes real name was Jean-Luc Vernes.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

general

The movie âTo Sir, with Loveâ stars Sidney Poitier as a teacher confronted with a class of arrogant and provocative students. In what city is the movie set?

[ "Liverpool", "San Francisco", "London", "New York City" ]

London

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What fictional teacher, portrayed by Robin Williams, told his students that, if they felt daring, they could call him O Captain! My Captain!?

[ "Mark Thackeray", "John Keating", "George Feeny", "Jaime Escalante" ]

John Keating

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This movie tells the story of a former U.S. Marine who becomes a teacher nicknamed white bread by her minority students.

[ "Finding Forrester", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Freedom Writers", "Dangerous Minds" ]

Dangerous Minds

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In what novel does Charles Dickens depict Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, the teacher who teaches his students nothing but facts?

[ "Hard Times", "Dombey and Son", "Bleak House", "Great Expectations" ]

Hard Times

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Now tell your father not to teach you any more. Its best to begin reading with a fresh mind are words Miss Caroline addresses to Jean Louise, the narrator of this novel.

[ "To Kill a Mockingbird", "North and South", "The Millstone", "Jerusalem the Golden" ]

To Kill a Mockingbird

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What 2007 movie, based on a true story, ends with a note that Erin Gruwell successfully brought many of her students to graduation and college?

[ "The Ron Clark Story", "The Diary of Anne Frank", "Freedom Writers", "Dangerous Minds" ]

Freedom Writers

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Name the Gus Van Sant movie in which Robert Crawford, a haughty literature professor, accuses Jamal Wallace of plagiarism.

[ "Good Will Hunting", "Finding Forrester", "Beautiful Mind", "Dead Poets Society" ]

Finding Forrester

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The movie Stand and Deliver is centered around Jaime A. Escalante, who gave up a steady well-paid job to become a dedicated teacher in a school where rebellion runs. What subject did Mr. Escalante teach?

[ "chemistry", "physics", "biology", "mathematics" ]

mathematics

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Which of these actors has played both a disruptive student and an inspiring teacher?

[ "Richard Harris", "Sidney Poitier", "Sean Connery", "Hugh Grant" ]

Sidney Poitier

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Which of these films does not tell the story of a real life teacher?

[ "Stand and Deliver", "Dangerous Minds", "The Principal", "The Ron Clark Story" ]

The Principal

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Where is the loch, allegedly inhabited by the notorious Loch Ness Monster?

[ "Wales", "Southern Ireland", "Northern Scotland", "England" ]

Northern Scotland

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Loch Ness is the largest body of water in which huge geologic fault?

[ "Great Glen", "Scotia", "Augustus", "Highlands" ]

Great Glen

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What is the Scottish Gaelic name of the Loch Ness Monster?

[ "Monstru", "Nillie", "Neska", "Niseag" ]

Niseag

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This town, closely linked to the legend of the Loch Ness monster, lies at the mouth of the river Ness.

[ "Glenny", "Urquhart", "Aberdeen", "Inverness" ]

Inverness

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The exploration of the Loch Ness Monster is related to which field of study?

[ "Phycology", "Ornithology", "Mycology", "Cryptozoology" ]

Cryptozoology

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This Saint is supposed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster and even to have tamed it.

[ "St Columba", "St George", "St John", "St Peter" ]

St Columba

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What is the profession of Mr R.K. Wilson, who was claimed to have taken probably the most famous picture of what was supposed to be the Loch Ness Monster?

[ "Teacher", "Surgeon", "Dentist", "Lawyer" ]

Surgeon

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This was the leader of the group that searched Loch Ness in the early 1970s and claimed to have made underwater photographs of the monster.

[ "MR Trules", "Sir Peter Scott", "Professor Jankins", "Dr. Robert Rines" ]

Dr. Robert Rines

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What kind of creature was the extinct Plesiosaur, which is usually said to be similar to the monster of Loch Ness?

[ "Dinosaur", "Mesozoic reptile", "Humanoid", "Fish" ]

Mesozoic reptile

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Which part of the Loch Ness monster is most noteworthy according to people who claim to have seen it?

[ "Hair", "Eyes", "Neck", "Teeth" ]

Neck

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Who was the first professional athlete in baseball history to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week?

[ "Bo Jackson", "Mel Hubbard", "Deion Sanders", "Jim Thorpe" ]

Jim Thorpe

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Which company did Clarence Saunders found in 1916?

[ "Kentucky Fried Chicken", "The Piggly Wiggly", "Dominos Pizza", "Burger King" ]

The Piggly Wiggly

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In which category did Krishna Bhanji win an Academy Award in 1982?

[ "Best Director of a Foreign Film", "Video Engineering", "Sound Direction", "Best Actor" ]

Best Actor

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In this movie Robert De Niro plays a timid and artistic NYC police detective. Bill Murray plays the criminal boss and Uma Thurman is a call girl De Niros character falls for.

[ "A Police Story", "Paths to Glory", "Mad Dog and Glory", "Turner and Hooch" ]

Mad Dog and Glory

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In Major League Baseball, who was the first pitcher to win 200 games in his career?

[ "A.G.Spaulding", "Walter Johnson", "Cy Young", "Babe Ruth" ]

A.G.Spaulding

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1919 saw the first general, city-wide strike in the USA. It involved about 35,000 workers. In which city did this strike occur?

[ "New York, N.Y.", "Chicago, Illinois", "Seattle, Washington", "Memphis, Tennessee" ]

Seattle, Washington

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We all have learned that you can tell the age of a tree by the number of rings. Who was the first to discover this fact?

[ "Aristotle", "Luther Burbank", "Charles Darwin", "Leonardo Da Vinci" ]

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Erle Stanley Gardner created the great fictional lawyer Perry Mason. On which TV show did the lawyer Perry Mason practice law?

[ "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "The Stanley Show", "The Brady Bunch" ]

The Flintstones

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In Hindu thought, how was Krishna killed?

[ "By poisoning by Shiva", "By the abominations of mankind", "By an arrow into his heel", "By a knife into his heart" ]

By an arrow into his heel

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Which U.S. writer of detective fiction worked for the famous Pinkerton National Detective Agency?

[ "Mickey Spillane", "Mary Higgins Clark", "Dashiell Hammett", "Louis LAmour" ]

Dashiell Hammett

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Which is the Sanskrit word for âunion?â

[ "shiva", "sri", "krishna", "yoga" ]

yoga

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The poor man! He was diagnosed a bilateeral perobital hematoma. What does he have?

[ "Halitosis", "Two hernias", "Two black eye", "A tumor in the center of the brain" ]

Two black eye

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What did boxer Jack Johnson, Charlie Chaplin and actor, Errol Flynn all have in common?

[ "They were all charged with the same crime", "They all died in Paris", "They died of the same causes", "They had the same birthday" ]

They were all charged with the same crime

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Where did Copenhagen meet Marengo?

[ "France", "Belgium", "Sherwood Forrest", "Denmark" ]

Belgium

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Which country had the largest prison population for 2006?

[ "The United States", "Turkey", "Peoples Republic of China", "Nigeria" ]

Peoples Republic of China

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Who was given a Honorary Academy Award in 1967?

[ "Edith Head", "John Gilbert", "Enos Edward Yakima Canutt", "Mary Astor" ]

Enos Edward Yakima Canutt

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What was the name of Thailand before it was called Thailand?

[ "Singapore", "Siam", "Macau", "Persia" ]

Siam

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From which radio station was the first national US broadcast made?

[ "KPHI in Philadelphia", "WWRL in Chicago", "WINS in New York", "KDKA in Pittsburgh" ]

KDKA in Pittsburgh

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Who was the only congressman to vote against going to war against Japan on December 8, 1941?

[ "Forrest", "Stewart", "Rankin", "Wilkie" ]

Rankin

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Rudolph Abel, considered the greatest Russian spy, was caught in the USA and arrested. What event led to his capture?

[ "Another spy confessed and gave his name", "He was caught speeding", "He two-timed his mistress", "Somebody picked up a nickel" ]

Somebody picked up a nickel

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For whom was US pilot, Francis Gary Powers traded?

[ "Paul Konerko", "David Ortiz", "Rudolph Abel", "Jackie Robinson" ]

Rudolph Abel

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Who was the first non-Muslim to make the journey from mecca to Medina?

[ "Richard Burton", "Robert Stanley", "Ronald Kateman", "Richard the Lion Hearted" ]

Richard Burton

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What was the last name of the six brothers Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore and Ernesto, who were all involved with automobiles?

[ "Lamborghini", "Lancia", "Maserati", "Ferrari" ]

Maserati

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What business did the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, operate before beginning their aeronautical work?

[ "film company", "car company", "book store", "cycle company" ]

cycle company

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Which of the Bronte sisters wrote only one novel, which was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell?

[ "Charlotte and Emily", "Charlotte", "Anne", "Emily" ]

Emily

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Name the actors who portrayed the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, in the 2005 movie of the same name.

[ "Jude Law and Heath Ledger", "Jude Law and Jake Gyllenhaal", "Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal", "Matt Damon and Heath Ledger" ]

Matt Damon and Heath Ledger

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Which of Johann Strauss Is sons became known as The Waltz King and was instrumental in popularizing the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century?

[ "Josef Strauss", "Eduard Strauss", "Johan Strauss II", "Ferdinand Strauss" ]

Johan Strauss II

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This filmmaker, famous for directing Runaway Train and Tango Cash, is the brother of Academy Award-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov.

[ "Roman Polanski", "Andrey Konchalovsky", "Andrei Tarkovsky", "Sergei Mikhalkov" ]

Andrey Konchalovsky

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After fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered outside his Miami home, his sister Donatella stepped in as creative director of the fashion label. What is the name of Versaces older brother who became CEO of Gianni Versace S.p.A.?

[ "Francesco", "Antonio", "Tano", "Santo" ]

Santo

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Which one of Marie Curies two daughters, Irene and Eve, followed in her mothers footsteps and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

[ "neither of them", "Eve", "IrÃ¨ne", "both" ]

IrÃ¨ne

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What Academy Award-winning movie, directed by the Coen Brothers, features a pregnant small-town police chief?

[ "No Country for Old Men", "Fargo", "The Big Lebowski", "The Man Who Wasnt There" ]

Fargo

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Which one of the Kennedy brothers became known as The Lion of the Senate?

[ "Edward M. Kennedy", "Robert F. Kennedy", "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.", "John F. Kennedy" ]

Edward M. Kennedy

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What popular gun was invented by General John T. Thompson?

[ "the JT assault rifle", "johnny gun", "sten gun", "tommy gun" ]

tommy gun

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Which is an example of a spoonerism?

[ "Round and round the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran.", "Able was I ere I saw Elba.", "He is at the pineapple of his career.", "It is kisstomery to cuss the bride." ]

It is kisstomery to cuss the bride.

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Which of these is a malapropism?

[ "He is at the pineapple of his career.", "Round and round the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran.", "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.", "Able was I ere I saw Elba." ]

He is at the pineapple of his career.

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Which of the following is an eponym meaning a traitor to his country?

[ "A quisling", "A McCarthy", "A cyrano", "A ruy lopez" ]

A quisling

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This simple but powerful bomb made out of a gas filled bottle was named after a Soviet politician and diplomat.

[ "A Khrushchev cocktail", "A Lenin bomb", "A Molotov cocktail", "A Kerensky surprise" ]

A Molotov cocktail

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An eponym that describes a mens style is derived from the name of this Union general.

[ "General Sheridan", "General Burnside", "General Tuxedo", "General Trouser" ]

General Burnside

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Henry Wheeler Shaw is responsible for this eponym.

[ "josh", "trouser", "scrimshaw", "tuxedo" ]

josh

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We get the word boycott from the name of Charles C. Boycott, a terrible landlord of the 19th Century. Where did he own land?

[ "England", "Ireland", "Scotland", "Massachusetts" ]

Ireland

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We get this word from the name of an infamous hangman.

[ "crane", "derrick", "tontine", "guillotine" ]

derrick

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This very popular math term comes from the name of the man who wrote the first great algebra textbook.

[ "algebra", "algorithm", "program", "graph" ]

algorithm

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We get this word from the name of a French Ambassador to Portugal.

[ "nicotine", "leotard", "zinnia", "tariff" ]

nicotine

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We get this very popular word from one of Athenas aliases in Greek mythology.

[ "computer", "media", "lesbian", "mentor" ]

mentor

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Who was the first official Postmaster General of the United States?

[ "Ulmer Pierce Smith", "John Jay", "Samuel Osgood", "Ben Franklin" ]

Samuel Osgood

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What group included Nils Lofgren, Ray Bittan, Gary Tallent, and Soozie Tyrell?

[ "The Eagles", "The Dave Mathews Band", "Aerosmith", "The E Street Band" ]

The E Street Band

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What was Beyonces first hit?

[ "Take Me as I Am", "Ring the Alarm", "Dangerously in Love", "Let Go" ]

Dangerously in Love

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What was the first nation to field a battle tank?

[ "The USA", "Germany", "Austria-Hungary", "Britain" ]

Britain

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In the Bible, he was the first person mentioned to be put into jail.

[ "Barabas", "Jeremiah", "Joseph", "Daniel" ]

Joseph

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It is believed that this was the smallest dinosaur.

[ "Brachiosaurus", "Amphicoelias", "Compsognathus", "Argentinasaurus" ]

Compsognathus

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What was the first web browser that had both graphics and text?

[ "Bob the Dog", "Mosaic", "Tillie", "Gopher" ]

Mosaic

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Which of these was invented by William E. Spicer, a Professor of Engineering at Stanford University?

[ "Night vision goggles", "Stealth technology", "CrazyGlue", "Portable dialysis machines" ]

Night vision goggles

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The team of this country won the first FIFA Womens World Cup.

[ "The USA", "Italy", "Brazil", "Germany" ]

The USA

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Richard Gere is a direct descendant of the Pilgrims who came to the Western Hemisphere on the Mayflower.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Which of these is said to have occurred at Cenacle?

[ "The Last Supper", "The assassination of Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand", "The building of the Parthenon", "The assassination of Julius Caesar" ]

The Last Supper

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For over 1000 years most people believed that the sun circled the Earth. The scientific basis for this came from the book The Almagest written by this thinker.

[ "Aristarchus", "Hipparchus", "Aristotle", "Ptolemy" ]

Ptolemy

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This Motown musical quartet, founded in Detroit, Michigan, scored their first #1 hit, I Cant Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) in 1965.

[ "The Temptetts", "The Four Tops", "The Temptations", "The Drifters" ]

The Four Tops

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What does the Latin word facula refer to?

[ "A region of unexplained loss of gravity beneath the earths outer crust", "Bright spots or patches on the suns photosphere", "A measurement of the suns reflectivity", "A dark region on the suns chromosphere" ]

Bright spots or patches on the suns photosphere

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What is the name of the chieftain, who in 1816, after the death of his father, seized power over the insignificant Zulu clan and transformed it into a nation?

[ "Dingiswayo", "Senzangakhona", "Shaka", "Impis" ]

Shaka

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Admitted to the United States on January 3, 1959, the 49th state is both the westernmost and the northernmost US state.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This musical comedy, directed by Nancy Walker, is a pseudo autobiography of 1970s disco group, Village People.

[ "Cant Stop the Music", "The Peoples Singers", "Freddie and His Friends", "Join the Action" ]

Cant Stop the Music

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This short-lived American sitcom aired on CBS in 1995, starring Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.

[ "Burt and Alice", "Ford Fairlane", "Healeys Class", "Bless This House" ]

Bless This House

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The Victoria Falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between which two countries?

[ "Tanzania and Zaire", "Zambia and Zimbabwe", "Kenya and Tanzania", "Zambia and Zaire" ]

Zambia and Zimbabwe

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This award is the oldest and most prominent film award, given annually for Hindi films in India.

[ "The Mombay Gold Award", "The Diamond Star Award", "The Golden Lotus Award", "The Filmfare Award" ]

The Filmfare Award

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This town, situated in Hawaii County, is the southernmost town in the United States.

[ "Naalehu", "Kamuela", "Mililani", "Pauoa" ]

Naalehu

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This modern amphitheatre, officially opened in 1922, on the site of a natural amphitheatre formerly known as the Daisy Dell, is used primarily for music performances.

[ "Hollywood Bowl", "Red Rocks", "None of these", "Isirium" ]

Hollywood Bowl

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Why are portholes typically round?

[ "Because a circle gives you the most area for the least perimeter.", "To spread out pressure on the the ships covering", "For easier and smoother entering from the outside", "They are circular by ancient tradition." ]

To spread out pressure on the the ships covering