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general	Which company developed the computer game Command Conquer: Generals?	[ "Electronic Arts", "Microsoft", "NewGame Software", "Nintendo" ]	Electronic Arts
general	What is the correct plural form of Attorney General?	[ "Attorneys General", "Attorney Generals", "Attorneyes Generales", "Attorneys Generals" ]	Attorneys General
general	General Electric, one of the worlds biggest corporations, is active in many market segments. In which of these areas do they NOT operate?	[ "finance", "oil drilling", "electricity", "jet engines" ]	oil drilling
general	Who is the protagonist of John Boormans 1998 movie The General?	[ "Pablo Escobar, a Columbian drug lord", "Idi Amin, a dictator of Uganda", "Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a Taliban warlord", "Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland" ]	Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland
general	Which of these leaders was NOT known as Generalissimo?	[ "Augusto Pinochet", "Adolf Hitler", "Kim Il-sung", "Chiang Kai-shek" ]	Adolf Hitler
general	What is the translation of the term Ãtats gÃ©nÃ©raux which was used to refer to the French Parliament?	[ "Military Generals", "General law-makers", "General Assembly", "States General" ]	States General
general	What word means fear of animals?	[ "Pyrophobia", "Xenophobia", "Zoophobia", "Tachophobia" ]	Zoophobia
general	What medical term refers to the fear of horses?	[ "Heliophobia", "Iatrophobia", "Equinophobia", "Dendrophobia" ]	Equinophobia
general	Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	What is chemophobia?	[ "fear of chemicals", "fear of trees", "fear of amphibians", "fear of angina or choking" ]	fear of chemicals
general	What condition is characterized by fear of strangers?	[ "Dendrophobia", "Dystychiphobia", "Xenophobia", "Claustrophobia" ]	Xenophobia
general	Which term means fear of spiders?	[ "Xanthophobia", "Vitricophobia", "Zelophobia", "Arachnophobia" ]	Arachnophobia
general	What medical term means fear of women?	[ "Dendrophobia", "Bibliophobia", "Anthrophobia", "Gynophobia" ]	Gynophobia
general	Uranophobia is the fear of heaven.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Does gamophobia mean fear of marriage?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
general	Does sciaphobia mean fear of blood?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
general	Which company was the first to introduce the consumer camcorder in 1983?	[ "Panasonic", "Sony", "JVC", "Canon" ]	Sony
general	What professional team did hockey great Wayne Gretzky start his career with?	[ "Los Angeles Kings", "Edmonton Oilers", "St Louis Blues", "New York Rangers" ]	Edmonton Oilers
general	Bob Barker was the original host of the very first version of the TV hit game show The Price is Right.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	What is a group of bears called?	[ "a family", "a tribe", "a sleuth", "a band" ]	a sleuth
general	The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:	[ "man. A plan. A canal. Panama.", "False", "True" ]	True
general	Which African American invented the traffic light?	[ "Otis Boykin", "Garrett Morgan", "Lewis Latimer", "George Washington Carver" ]	Garrett Morgan
general	What number does the Roman Numeral L represent?	[ "5", "5000", "50", "500" ]	50
general	Of the following properties, which is the most expensive in the board game Monopoly (American edition)?	[ "Pacific Avenue", "Kentucky Avenue", "Marvin Gardens", "St. James Place" ]	Pacific Avenue
general	This show is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera. Its 15,000th episode aired on September 7, 2006.	[ "Days of Our Lives", "General Hospital", "The Guiding Light", "One Life to Live" ]	The Guiding Light
general	He was the first African-American pitcher in Major League Baseball.	[ "Larry Doby", "Dan Bankhead", "Joe Black", "Don Newcombe" ]	Dan Bankhead
general	This person was the first African-American to hit a home run in Major League Baseball.	[ "Larry Doby", "Dan Bankhead", "Jackie Robinson", "Monte Irvin" ]	Dan Bankhead
general	This man invented the alarm clock so he could awake at 4 A.M. every morning.	[ "Levi Hutchins", "Satori Koto", "Jonathan Larson", "Seth Thomas" ]	Levi Hutchins
general	He invented instant coffee in 1901.	[ "Satori Koto", "Karl von Nestle", "Eduard Helfenmier", "Levi Hutchins" ]	Satori Koto
general	Who invented a process to remove caffeine from coffee for the first time?	[ "Roselius and Wimmer", "Rostand and Martin", "Banting and Best", "Nestle and Sanders" ]	Roselius and Wimmer
general	In this game show, created by Merv Griffin in 1964, you always have to say What is...? before you say the answer.	[ "Pyramid", "Wheel of Fortune", "Family Feud", "Jeopardy!" ]	Jeopardy!
general	This popular board game is published by Parker Brothers. The board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties.	[ "Scrabble", "Trouble", "Monopoly", "Sorry!" ]	Monopoly
general	In this American strategic life-simulation computer game you rule peoples lives. The game was developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.	[ "The Sims", "Call of Duty", "MaddenNFL", "StarCraft" ]	The Sims
general	In order to play this game, you need a net, a ball and 6 team players. Most common faults include: causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents court and double hit (two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player)	[ "Dodgeball", "Baseball", "Volleyball", "Football" ]	Volleyball
general	Woody and Buzz Light Year are characters from this video game based on a Disney movie.	[ "Jump In!", "Toy Story", "Camp Rock", "Planet 51" ]	Toy Story
general	According to urban legends, the Titantic sank because it was carrying which of the following?	[ "Jack the Ripper", "A man trying to outrun a gypsys curse", "A cursed mummy", "The Book of the Dead" ]	A cursed mummy
general	According to urban legends, at Santa Fes Loretto Chapel, this structure defies the laws of physics, standing without any support.	[ "A 12 foot tall mirror", "A stained glass window depicting Jesus", "A spiral staircase", "A stained glass window depicting St. Joseph" ]	A spiral staircase
general	According to urban legends, in Plainfield, Wisconsin the ghosts of two murdered girls return to kill and skin their parents. Why?	[ "The parents murdered them.", "The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.", "The parents didnt report the girls murders.", "The parents sold the girls to be murdered." ]	The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.
general	According to popular urban legends, the ghost of an Indiana teen who was killed after 5 other teens pushed her into the sewer will kill anyone who doesnt do which of the following?	[ "Draw a cross on 5 manhole covers", "Light a candle in her memory", "Repost her story on Myspace", "Forward her story by email" ]	Repost her story on Myspace
general	According to an urban legend, in Geneva in 2002 an intoxicated groom was suffocated at his bachelor party by which of the following?	[ "Passing out face down on the shag carpet", "A strippers large breasts", "His jealous best man", "His own tie" ]	A strippers large breasts
general	According to urban legends that spread in 1997, people in this country began pumping air from a bicycle pump into their rectum resulting in their explosion.	[ "The United States", "Poland", "Thailand", "South Africa" ]	Thailand
general	According to a story, a teenage girl wears her new pair of shrink-to-fit jeans in the bathtub in order to acheive the perfect fit. Unfortunately, the jeans shrink so much that they kill her with their constricting force. What brand of jeans is responsible?	[ "Levis", "Abercrombie Fitch", "Tommy Hilfiger", "Calvin Klein" ]	Levis
general	Women who wear their purse straps across their chests are at risk of being beheaded by purse snatchers.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	Thieves, rapists, gang members and psychopaths lie in wait under their victims cars and slash their victims Achilles tendon so they cant escape. When did this urban legend begin circulating?	[ "The 1970s", "The 1920s", "The 1990s", "The 1950s" ]	The 1950s
general	According to an urban legend, an electrical worker is blinded for life when the following item/s fuse(s) to his eyes.	[ "His contact lenses", "His welding rod", "His goggles", "His loose shirt cuff" ]	His contact lenses
general	What term means fear of darkness?	[ "Achluophobia", "Acarophobia", "Ablutophobia", "Acerophobia" ]	Achluophobia
general	This word means fear of cats. Meow!	[ "Ailurophobia", "Arachnephobia", "Alektorophobia", "Apiphobia" ]	Ailurophobia
general	Ataxophobia means fear of paying taxes.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	Albuminurophobia is defined as fear of albums.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	The fear of stars and celestial space is known as astrophobia.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
general	Which term means fear of being touched?	[ "Apotemnophobia", "Aphenphosmphobia", "Anuptaphobia", "Antlophobia" ]	Aphenphosmphobia
general	What does amathophobia mean?	[ "fear of dust", "fear of numbers", "fear of rooms", "fear of candles" ]	fear of dust
general	What does acrophobia mean?	[ "snake", "farm", "heights", "pain" ]	heights
general	Autophobia means fear of cars.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
general	Ataxiophobia means fear of riding a taxi.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
general	In which New York City borough is Central Park located?	[ "Manhattan", "Queens", "Bronx", "Brooklyn" ]	Manhattan
general	According to their mission statement, what is the primary goal of the US Central Intelligence Agency?	[ "Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers", "Fighting Al-Qaeda", "Rescuing US citizens from terrorists around the world", "Spying on all aliens on US territory" ]	Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers
general	Which of these countries is NOT fictional?	[ "Central America", "Central Korea", "Central African Republic", "Central Europe" ]	Central African Republic
general	What is the Central Processing Unit (aka CPU) responsible for?	[ "Advising US governments on internal matters", "Executing computer programs", "Turning crude oil into gasoline", "Crime Prevention" ]	Executing computer programs
general	What is the prevalent language in Central America?	[ "French", "Spanish", "English", "Mayan" ]	Spanish
general	What is Comedy Central?	[ "A spin-off of the famous Monty Python group", "A film studio owned by Jim Carrey", "An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs", "The company that owns rights to all comedy movies on YouTube" ]	An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs
general	Which of these countries is in Central Europe?	[ "Bulgaria", "Poland", "Portugal", "Belgium" ]	Poland
general	What is the position number of a Center in basketball?	[ "1", "3", "4", "5" ]	5
general	Not accounting for daylight saving, what is the hour difference between Central Time Zone (CST) in America and Central European Time (CET)?	[ "7 hours", "5 hours", "9 hours", "12 hours" ]	7 hours
general	What is Cordillera Central?	[ "City Center in Far East Asian countries", "The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries", "A special undercover police unit in Australia", "The geographical center of any country or region" ]	The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries
general	Which of these US states comes in North and South flavours?	[ "Dakota", "Virginia", "Washington", "New York" ]	Dakota
general	In the American Civil War, what were the southern US states referred to as?	[ "Republicans", "Democrats", "Union", "Confederacy" ]	Confederacy
general	Which of the following is the correct name of an African nation?	[ "Republic of North Africa", "Federation of South Africa", "Federation of North Africa", "Republic of South Africa" ]	Republic of South Africa
general	Which of these is an existing country, recognized by the United Nations?	[ "North Vietnam", "North Cyprus", "North Korea", "North Africa" ]	North Korea
general	Which of the following is a major US airline and a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines?	[ "Southwest Airlines", "Northeast Airlines", "Southeast Airlines", "Northwest Airlines" ]	Northwest Airlines
general	Three of these are not real bodies of water; which one is?	[ "North Sea", "Northwest Sea", "South Sea", "Southeast Sea" ]	North Sea
general	Who was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles?	[ "Roald Amundsen", "Robert Falcon Scott", "Robert Peary", "Ernest Shackleton" ]	Roald Amundsen
general	Name the country below which is NOT located in South America.	[ "Surinam", "Chile", "Panama", "Colombia" ]	Panama
general	The green color is considered to be the traditional and most sacred color of this religion.	[ "Roman Catholicism", "Buddhism", "Hinduism", "Islam" ]	Islam
general	The flag of what country consists of a simple green field with no other features?	[ "Libya", "Lebanon", "Laos", "Lithuania" ]	Libya
general	What island is often referred to as the Emerald Isle, the green color being its symbol?	[ "Sicily", "Iceland", "Jamaica", "Ireland" ]	Ireland
general	What does the expression to wear a green hat mean in popular Chinese culture?	[ "to be a cuckold", "to be a peasant", "to be a wise person", "to be an immature, foolish person" ]	to be a cuckold
general	Why do most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green?	[ "They are able to change their color in order to camouflage themselves", "Because most of them feed on green plants", "Their skin contains a specific green pigment", "Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment" ]	Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment
general	What was the green color associated with during the Middle Ages according to some stories from that period?	[ "Lust", "Friendship", "Rivalry", "Royalty" ]	Lust
general	What is the other common name of the shade of green known as midnight green?	[ "Hunter green", "Teal", "Feldgrau", "Eagle green" ]	Eagle green
general	What is the first name of Dr. Greene from the popular television series ER, played by actor Anthony Edwards?	[ "Peter", "John", "Richard", "Mark" ]	Mark
general	Due to the presence of trace amounts of this chemical emeralds appear green.	[ "Copper", "Mercury", "Zinc", "Chromium" ]	Chromium
general	What character from the famous American sitcom Friends has the last name of Green?	[ "Rachel", "Janice", "Chandler", "Ross and Monica" ]	Rachel
general	One angstrom unit equal what length in meters?	[ "0.000001 meters", "1,000,000,000 meters", "0.0000000001 meters", "0.001 meters" ]	0.0000000001 meters
general	Which of these languages does not belong to the Germanic language family?	[ "Finnish", "Icelandic", "Swedish", "Norwegian" ]	Finnish
general	This composer, who lived 1865-1957, was born to a Swedish speaking family in a Russian-owned part of Finland. His compositions include: Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela, and seven fine symphonies. What is the last name of this composer?	[ "Prokofiev", "Bull", "Grieg", "Sibelius" ]	Sibelius
general	Who was the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?	[ "Xia Zhinian", "Choi Chi Fung", "Gao Xingjian", "Cai Zhifeng" ]	Gao Xingjian
general	This former Prime Minister of India was born in India to a Brahmin family. For a while this leader was a professor of Political Science at the Takshashila University and was one of the first to envision the concept of a unified India.	[ "Chanakya", "J. Nehru", "M. Gandhi", "Indira Gandhi" ]	Chanakya
general	How many men held the title King of England in 1936?	[ "1 - George V", "3 - George V, Edward VIII, and George VI", "2 - Albert II and George VI", "0 - There was a queen" ]	3 - George V, Edward VIII, and George VI
general	From which language do we get the word tattoo?	[ "Tahitian", "Tongan", "Maori", "Marshallese" ]	Tahitian
general	What does the Hebrew word gaon mean?	[ "Circumcisor", "The Old Testament", "Genius", "Cantor" ]	Genius
general	Iron makes up 35.1 % of Earth. 28.2 % is oxygen. What is the third leading element of Earths composition?	[ "silicon", "magnesium", "nickel", "calcium" ]	silicon
general	The Mississippi is the longest North American river. The Missouri is the second. What is the third longest?	[ "Arkansas", "Rio Grande", "Colorado", "Hudson" ]	Rio Grande
general	In physics, what does Avogadros law state?	[ "At the same mass and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.", "Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures.", "Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures and masses.", "At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules." ]	At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.
general	Which is greater: the circumference of Earth from pole to pole or the circumference of Earth around the equator?	[ "The polar circumference", "The equatorial circumference", "None of these", "They are equal" ]	The equatorial circumference
general	Which country has Bratislava as its capital city, and the koruna as its unit of currency?	[ "Slovenia", "Slovakia", "Macedonia", "Latvia" ]	Slovakia
general	A specimen from which of these species was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest bony fish alive?	[ "Whale shark", "Bluefin tuna", "Oarfish", "Blue whale" ]	Oarfish
general	The color named gamboge is a shade of this color.	[ "Grey", "Yellow", "Blue", "Purple" ]	Yellow
general	Ube is a shade of this color.	[ "Brick", "Mustard", "Olive", "Lavender" ]	Lavender
general	What type of color is the shade called icterine?	[ "Yellow", "Green", "Red", "Blue" ]	Yellow

general

Which company developed the computer game Command Conquer: Generals?

[ "Electronic Arts", "Microsoft", "NewGame Software", "Nintendo" ]

Electronic Arts

general

What is the correct plural form of Attorney General?

[ "Attorneys General", "Attorney Generals", "Attorneyes Generales", "Attorneys Generals" ]

Attorneys General

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General Electric, one of the worlds biggest corporations, is active in many market segments. In which of these areas do they NOT operate?

[ "finance", "oil drilling", "electricity", "jet engines" ]

oil drilling

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Who is the protagonist of John Boormans 1998 movie The General?

[ "Pablo Escobar, a Columbian drug lord", "Idi Amin, a dictator of Uganda", "Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a Taliban warlord", "Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland" ]

Martin Cahill, a criminal from Dublin, Ireland

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Which of these leaders was NOT known as Generalissimo?

[ "Augusto Pinochet", "Adolf Hitler", "Kim Il-sung", "Chiang Kai-shek" ]

Adolf Hitler

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What is the translation of the term Ãtats gÃ©nÃ©raux which was used to refer to the French Parliament?

[ "Military Generals", "General law-makers", "General Assembly", "States General" ]

States General

general

What word means fear of animals?

[ "Pyrophobia", "Xenophobia", "Zoophobia", "Tachophobia" ]

Zoophobia

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What medical term refers to the fear of horses?

[ "Heliophobia", "Iatrophobia", "Equinophobia", "Dendrophobia" ]

Equinophobia

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Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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What is chemophobia?

[ "fear of chemicals", "fear of trees", "fear of amphibians", "fear of angina or choking" ]

fear of chemicals

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What condition is characterized by fear of strangers?

[ "Dendrophobia", "Dystychiphobia", "Xenophobia", "Claustrophobia" ]

Xenophobia

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Which term means fear of spiders?

[ "Xanthophobia", "Vitricophobia", "Zelophobia", "Arachnophobia" ]

Arachnophobia

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What medical term means fear of women?

[ "Dendrophobia", "Bibliophobia", "Anthrophobia", "Gynophobia" ]

Gynophobia

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Uranophobia is the fear of heaven.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Does gamophobia mean fear of marriage?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

general

Does sciaphobia mean fear of blood?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

general

Which company was the first to introduce the consumer camcorder in 1983?

[ "Panasonic", "Sony", "JVC", "Canon" ]

Sony

general

What professional team did hockey great Wayne Gretzky start his career with?

[ "Los Angeles Kings", "Edmonton Oilers", "St Louis Blues", "New York Rangers" ]

Edmonton Oilers

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Bob Barker was the original host of the very first version of the TV hit game show The Price is Right.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

general

What is a group of bears called?

[ "a family", "a tribe", "a sleuth", "a band" ]

a sleuth

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The following group of words (as a whole) makes up a palindrome:

[ "man. A plan. A canal. Panama.", "False", "True" ]

True

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Which African American invented the traffic light?

[ "Otis Boykin", "Garrett Morgan", "Lewis Latimer", "George Washington Carver" ]

Garrett Morgan

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What number does the Roman Numeral L represent?

[ "5", "5000", "50", "500" ]

50

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Of the following properties, which is the most expensive in the board game Monopoly (American edition)?

[ "Pacific Avenue", "Kentucky Avenue", "Marvin Gardens", "St. James Place" ]

Pacific Avenue

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This show is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera. Its 15,000th episode aired on September 7, 2006.

[ "Days of Our Lives", "General Hospital", "The Guiding Light", "One Life to Live" ]

The Guiding Light

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He was the first African-American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

[ "Larry Doby", "Dan Bankhead", "Joe Black", "Don Newcombe" ]

Dan Bankhead

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This person was the first African-American to hit a home run in Major League Baseball.

[ "Larry Doby", "Dan Bankhead", "Jackie Robinson", "Monte Irvin" ]

Dan Bankhead

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This man invented the alarm clock so he could awake at 4 A.M. every morning.

[ "Levi Hutchins", "Satori Koto", "Jonathan Larson", "Seth Thomas" ]

Levi Hutchins

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He invented instant coffee in 1901.

[ "Satori Koto", "Karl von Nestle", "Eduard Helfenmier", "Levi Hutchins" ]

Satori Koto

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Who invented a process to remove caffeine from coffee for the first time?

[ "Roselius and Wimmer", "Rostand and Martin", "Banting and Best", "Nestle and Sanders" ]

Roselius and Wimmer

general

In this game show, created by Merv Griffin in 1964, you always have to say What is...? before you say the answer.

[ "Pyramid", "Wheel of Fortune", "Family Feud", "Jeopardy!" ]

Jeopardy!

general

This popular board game is published by Parker Brothers. The board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties.

[ "Scrabble", "Trouble", "Monopoly", "Sorry!" ]

Monopoly

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In this American strategic life-simulation computer game you rule peoples lives. The game was developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

[ "The Sims", "Call of Duty", "MaddenNFL", "StarCraft" ]

The Sims

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In order to play this game, you need a net, a ball and 6 team players. Most common faults include: causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents court and double hit (two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player)

[ "Dodgeball", "Baseball", "Volleyball", "Football" ]

Volleyball

general

Woody and Buzz Light Year are characters from this video game based on a Disney movie.

[ "Jump In!", "Toy Story", "Camp Rock", "Planet 51" ]

Toy Story

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According to urban legends, the Titantic sank because it was carrying which of the following?

[ "Jack the Ripper", "A man trying to outrun a gypsys curse", "A cursed mummy", "The Book of the Dead" ]

A cursed mummy

general

According to urban legends, at Santa Fes Loretto Chapel, this structure defies the laws of physics, standing without any support.

[ "A 12 foot tall mirror", "A stained glass window depicting Jesus", "A spiral staircase", "A stained glass window depicting St. Joseph" ]

A spiral staircase

general

According to urban legends, in Plainfield, Wisconsin the ghosts of two murdered girls return to kill and skin their parents. Why?

[ "The parents murdered them.", "The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.", "The parents didnt report the girls murders.", "The parents sold the girls to be murdered." ]

The parents didnt tell their subsequent son about his sisters.

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According to popular urban legends, the ghost of an Indiana teen who was killed after 5 other teens pushed her into the sewer will kill anyone who doesnt do which of the following?

[ "Draw a cross on 5 manhole covers", "Light a candle in her memory", "Repost her story on Myspace", "Forward her story by email" ]

Repost her story on Myspace

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According to an urban legend, in Geneva in 2002 an intoxicated groom was suffocated at his bachelor party by which of the following?

[ "Passing out face down on the shag carpet", "A strippers large breasts", "His jealous best man", "His own tie" ]

A strippers large breasts

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According to urban legends that spread in 1997, people in this country began pumping air from a bicycle pump into their rectum resulting in their explosion.

[ "The United States", "Poland", "Thailand", "South Africa" ]

Thailand

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According to a story, a teenage girl wears her new pair of shrink-to-fit jeans in the bathtub in order to acheive the perfect fit. Unfortunately, the jeans shrink so much that they kill her with their constricting force. What brand of jeans is responsible?

[ "Levis", "Abercrombie Fitch", "Tommy Hilfiger", "Calvin Klein" ]

Levis

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Women who wear their purse straps across their chests are at risk of being beheaded by purse snatchers.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Thieves, rapists, gang members and psychopaths lie in wait under their victims cars and slash their victims Achilles tendon so they cant escape. When did this urban legend begin circulating?

[ "The 1970s", "The 1920s", "The 1990s", "The 1950s" ]

The 1950s

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According to an urban legend, an electrical worker is blinded for life when the following item/s fuse(s) to his eyes.

[ "His contact lenses", "His welding rod", "His goggles", "His loose shirt cuff" ]

His contact lenses

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What term means fear of darkness?

[ "Achluophobia", "Acarophobia", "Ablutophobia", "Acerophobia" ]

Achluophobia

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This word means fear of cats. Meow!

[ "Ailurophobia", "Arachnephobia", "Alektorophobia", "Apiphobia" ]

Ailurophobia

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Ataxophobia means fear of paying taxes.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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Albuminurophobia is defined as fear of albums.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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The fear of stars and celestial space is known as astrophobia.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Which term means fear of being touched?

[ "Apotemnophobia", "Aphenphosmphobia", "Anuptaphobia", "Antlophobia" ]

Aphenphosmphobia

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What does amathophobia mean?

[ "fear of dust", "fear of numbers", "fear of rooms", "fear of candles" ]

fear of dust

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What does acrophobia mean?

[ "snake", "farm", "heights", "pain" ]

heights

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Autophobia means fear of cars.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Ataxiophobia means fear of riding a taxi.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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In which New York City borough is Central Park located?

[ "Manhattan", "Queens", "Bronx", "Brooklyn" ]

Manhattan

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According to their mission statement, what is the primary goal of the US Central Intelligence Agency?

[ "Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers", "Fighting Al-Qaeda", "Rescuing US citizens from terrorists around the world", "Spying on all aliens on US territory" ]

Providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers

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Which of these countries is NOT fictional?

[ "Central America", "Central Korea", "Central African Republic", "Central Europe" ]

Central African Republic

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What is the Central Processing Unit (aka CPU) responsible for?

[ "Advising US governments on internal matters", "Executing computer programs", "Turning crude oil into gasoline", "Crime Prevention" ]

Executing computer programs

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What is the prevalent language in Central America?

[ "French", "Spanish", "English", "Mayan" ]

Spanish

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What is Comedy Central?

[ "A spin-off of the famous Monty Python group", "A film studio owned by Jim Carrey", "An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs", "The company that owns rights to all comedy movies on YouTube" ]

An American TV station that broadcasts mostly comedy programs

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Which of these countries is in Central Europe?

[ "Bulgaria", "Poland", "Portugal", "Belgium" ]

Poland

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What is the position number of a Center in basketball?

[ "1", "3", "4", "5" ]

5

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Not accounting for daylight saving, what is the hour difference between Central Time Zone (CST) in America and Central European Time (CET)?

[ "7 hours", "5 hours", "9 hours", "12 hours" ]

7 hours

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What is Cordillera Central?

[ "City Center in Far East Asian countries", "The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries", "A special undercover police unit in Australia", "The geographical center of any country or region" ]

The central mountain range in several Spanish speaking countries

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Which of these US states comes in North and South flavours?

[ "Dakota", "Virginia", "Washington", "New York" ]

Dakota

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In the American Civil War, what were the southern US states referred to as?

[ "Republicans", "Democrats", "Union", "Confederacy" ]

Confederacy

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Which of the following is the correct name of an African nation?

[ "Republic of North Africa", "Federation of South Africa", "Federation of North Africa", "Republic of South Africa" ]

Republic of South Africa

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Which of these is an existing country, recognized by the United Nations?

[ "North Vietnam", "North Cyprus", "North Korea", "North Africa" ]

North Korea

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Which of the following is a major US airline and a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines?

[ "Southwest Airlines", "Northeast Airlines", "Southeast Airlines", "Northwest Airlines" ]

Northwest Airlines

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Three of these are not real bodies of water; which one is?

[ "North Sea", "Northwest Sea", "South Sea", "Southeast Sea" ]

North Sea

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Who was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles?

[ "Roald Amundsen", "Robert Falcon Scott", "Robert Peary", "Ernest Shackleton" ]

Roald Amundsen

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Name the country below which is NOT located in South America.

[ "Surinam", "Chile", "Panama", "Colombia" ]

Panama

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The green color is considered to be the traditional and most sacred color of this religion.

[ "Roman Catholicism", "Buddhism", "Hinduism", "Islam" ]

Islam

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The flag of what country consists of a simple green field with no other features?

[ "Libya", "Lebanon", "Laos", "Lithuania" ]

Libya

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What island is often referred to as the Emerald Isle, the green color being its symbol?

[ "Sicily", "Iceland", "Jamaica", "Ireland" ]

Ireland

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What does the expression to wear a green hat mean in popular Chinese culture?

[ "to be a cuckold", "to be a peasant", "to be a wise person", "to be an immature, foolish person" ]

to be a cuckold

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Why do most fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds appear green?

[ "They are able to change their color in order to camouflage themselves", "Because most of them feed on green plants", "Their skin contains a specific green pigment", "Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment" ]

Because of a reflection of blue light coming through an over-layer of yellow pigment

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What was the green color associated with during the Middle Ages according to some stories from that period?

[ "Lust", "Friendship", "Rivalry", "Royalty" ]

Lust

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What is the other common name of the shade of green known as midnight green?

[ "Hunter green", "Teal", "Feldgrau", "Eagle green" ]

Eagle green

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What is the first name of Dr. Greene from the popular television series ER, played by actor Anthony Edwards?

[ "Peter", "John", "Richard", "Mark" ]

Mark

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Due to the presence of trace amounts of this chemical emeralds appear green.

[ "Copper", "Mercury", "Zinc", "Chromium" ]

Chromium

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What character from the famous American sitcom Friends has the last name of Green?

[ "Rachel", "Janice", "Chandler", "Ross and Monica" ]

Rachel

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One angstrom unit equal what length in meters?

[ "0.000001 meters", "1,000,000,000 meters", "0.0000000001 meters", "0.001 meters" ]

0.0000000001 meters

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Which of these languages does not belong to the Germanic language family?

[ "Finnish", "Icelandic", "Swedish", "Norwegian" ]

Finnish

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This composer, who lived 1865-1957, was born to a Swedish speaking family in a Russian-owned part of Finland. His compositions include: Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela, and seven fine symphonies. What is the last name of this composer?

[ "Prokofiev", "Bull", "Grieg", "Sibelius" ]

Sibelius

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Who was the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

[ "Xia Zhinian", "Choi Chi Fung", "Gao Xingjian", "Cai Zhifeng" ]

Gao Xingjian

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This former Prime Minister of India was born in India to a Brahmin family. For a while this leader was a professor of Political Science at the Takshashila University and was one of the first to envision the concept of a unified India.

[ "Chanakya", "J. Nehru", "M. Gandhi", "Indira Gandhi" ]

Chanakya

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How many men held the title King of England in 1936?

[ "1 - George V", "3 - George V, Edward VIII, and George VI", "2 - Albert II and George VI", "0 - There was a queen" ]

3 - George V, Edward VIII, and George VI

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From which language do we get the word tattoo?

[ "Tahitian", "Tongan", "Maori", "Marshallese" ]

Tahitian

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What does the Hebrew word gaon mean?

[ "Circumcisor", "The Old Testament", "Genius", "Cantor" ]

Genius

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Iron makes up 35.1 % of Earth. 28.2 % is oxygen. What is the third leading element of Earths composition?

[ "silicon", "magnesium", "nickel", "calcium" ]

silicon

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The Mississippi is the longest North American river. The Missouri is the second. What is the third longest?

[ "Arkansas", "Rio Grande", "Colorado", "Hudson" ]

Rio Grande

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In physics, what does Avogadros law state?

[ "At the same mass and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.", "Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures.", "Volumes of gases containing the same number of molecules have equal pressures and masses.", "At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules." ]

At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules.

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Which is greater: the circumference of Earth from pole to pole or the circumference of Earth around the equator?

[ "The polar circumference", "The equatorial circumference", "None of these", "They are equal" ]

The equatorial circumference

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Which country has Bratislava as its capital city, and the koruna as its unit of currency?

[ "Slovenia", "Slovakia", "Macedonia", "Latvia" ]

Slovakia

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A specimen from which of these species was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest bony fish alive?

[ "Whale shark", "Bluefin tuna", "Oarfish", "Blue whale" ]

Oarfish

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The color named gamboge is a shade of this color.

[ "Grey", "Yellow", "Blue", "Purple" ]

Yellow

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Ube is a shade of this color.

[ "Brick", "Mustard", "Olive", "Lavender" ]

Lavender

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What type of color is the shade called icterine?

[ "Yellow", "Green", "Red", "Blue" ]

Yellow