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Doctor Zhivago is a character from a novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak. This is the historical background of the story in the book.
[ "The USSRs collapse", "WWII", "Russian Revolution", "Brezhnevs reign" ]
Russian Revolution
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Dr. Susan Calvin, the main character of many short stories, is a robopsychologist.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman works in this town.
[ "Boston", "Denver", "Fort Collins", "Colorado Springs" ]
Colorado Springs
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Frankenstein is the name of a doctor from a famous novel by Mary Shelley.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella written by this person.
[ "Robert Louis Stevenson", "Thomas Hardy", "Neil Gaiman", "John Fowles" ]
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Which is the only UN member not allowed to be on the Security Council?
[ "The Congo", "Israel", "Vietnam", "Sudan" ]
Israel
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The sewing machine was invented in a dream.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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Who drew the first pollitical cartoon published in an American newspaper?
[ "Ben Franklin", "Samuel Freeman", "Dr. Seuss", "Thomas Nast" ]
Ben Franklin
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Of which major city was Tammany Hall the leading political power brokers?
[ "New York", "Boston", "Detroit", "Chicago" ]
New York
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Approximately how fast can a sneeze travel?
[ "500 miles an hour", "100 miles per hour", "100 feet per hour", "50 feet an hour" ]
100 miles per hour
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Approximately how long does it take a fingernail to grow from the base to the tip?
[ "6 days", "6 months", "6 weeks", "2 months" ]
6 months
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What does an average single fetus acquire at the age of three months?
[ "hair", "fingerprints", "earlobes", "feet" ]
fingerprints
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What was Bachs reason in writing the Etudes?
[ "Earn money - they were sold as study pieces", "Show that the harpsichord was inferior to the piano", "Show that he could compose easy pieces, thereby promoting a large number of students to his study", "Keep his children occupied" ]
Keep his children occupied
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Classical composer Chopin had a lover named George.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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Why was the name Mercedes added to Benz?
[ "No one knows", "To make it more appealing to the French", "To make it more feminine", "To make it compete with Ford" ]
To make it more appealing to the French
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Which word refers to a person who stuffs and mounts animals for display or study?
[ "Hunter", "Taxidermist", "None of these", "Poacher" ]
Taxidermist
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M16 is the U.S. military designation for a family of rifles that had a field trial in the early 1960s in what war?
[ "Civil War", "Gulf War", "Vietnam War", "Korean War" ]
Vietnam War
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This American shoe company, that offered a job to basketball player Chuck Taylor, was opened in Malden, Massachusetts in 1908.
[ "Nike", "Converse", "Airbound", "Rebound" ]
Converse
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Tigers are native to what continent?
[ "Australia", "Africa", "Asia", "America" ]
Asia
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The ampere is a physical unit measuring what?
[ "Resistance in wire", "Electric current", "Speed of Electrons", "Voltage" ]
Electric current
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The cross on the Swiss flag is red.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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How many balls are on the snooker table at the beginning of the game?
[ "20", "15", "19", "22" ]
22
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Is the word fish both a noun and a verb?
[ "Yes", "No" ]
Yes
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What bird can be associated with the infectious disease Varicella?
[ "Crane", "Hen", "Chicken", "Blue jay" ]
Chicken
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What is the missing word in these lyrics taken from a traditional folk song of the Southern United States?
[ "eres a yellow rose of ______ Im goin for to see, ", " other soldier knows her, nobody only me.?", "Texas", "Kansas", "Jasper", "Mine" ]
Texas
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What are the lights in our homes wired in?
[ "circuits", "parallel", "pairs", "series" ]
parallel
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The telephone handset has two main parts. One is the mouthpiece or transmitter. What is the other one?
[ "telephone wire", "receiver", "numbers", "handpiece" ]
receiver
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The traffic lights has three colors. Yellow is in the middle.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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How many stanzas is The Philippine National Anthem composed of?
[ "4", "6", "7", "5" ]
5
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There are 20 consonants in the English alphabet.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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The fat is hot enough to fry in when green smoke rises from the pan.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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The normal body temperature is 37.5 ºC.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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Humans have 33 permanent teeth.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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The pitch of the guitar string becomes lower when it is tightened.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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How many directions does the compass have?
[ "2", "1", "3", "4" ]
4
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General Santa Anna , loser at San Juancinto and victor at the Alamo, went on to help promote what?
[ "Chewing gum", "The Gatling Gun", "Tacos", "Movies" ]
Chewing gum
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What type of wood did Noah build the ark out of?
[ "Oak", "Ash", "Cedar", "Gopher" ]
Gopher
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Which of these animals is considered to have the best immune system?
[ "Vulture", "Kangaroo", "Asp", "Hyman" ]
Vulture
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Which one of these inventions hit the market in 1982?
[ "The flying auto", "The TV remote control", "The wireless bra", "The compact disk" ]
The compact disk
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What album is considered to be the first rap record?
[ "Public Enemys Fight the Power", "Ike Turners Jet 88", "Sugar Hill Gangss Rappers Delight", "Yannick Bruynoghes Big Bills Rap" ]
Sugar Hill Gangss Rappers Delight
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Who played keyboards on the Beach Boys hits?
[ "Pete McIntosch", "Mike Love", "Darryl Dragon", "Stan Gibb" ]
Darryl Dragon
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Of all the invertebrates, which has the best eyesight?
[ "plankton", "octopus", "whale", "squid" ]
octopus
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Approximately what percentage of a jellyfish is water ?
[ "98", "95", "90", "85" ]
95
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In every country in the world, except one, moving the head up and down means yes and moving the head side-to-side means no. In what one nation is that not the case?
[ "Romania", "Bulgaria", "Kurdistan", "Hungary" ]
Bulgaria
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Who was Robert Van Winkle ?
[ "A fictional character who slept for many years", "Ice-T", "The first winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor", "Vanilla Ice" ]
Vanilla Ice
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What did Erik Rotheim invent in 1926?
[ "saccharin", "The aerosol spray can", "The autopilot", "chewing gum" ]
The aerosol spray can
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Which is the only US state famous for producing limburger cheese in the Chalet Cheese Co-op factory?
[ "Minnessota", "Wisconsin", "New York", "Ohio" ]
Wisconsin
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How often can a healthy adult donate blood?
[ "every 6 weeks", "every 8 weeks", "every 3 months", "every 6 months" ]
every 8 weeks
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Which actor plays a 121 years old character who tells a news reporter about his life with the Indians and the battle of Little Big Horn?
[ "Robert Duvall", "Gene Hackman", "Sir Laurence Olivier", "Dustin Hoffman" ]
Dustin Hoffman
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Who built the famous monument Taj Mahal?
[ "Shah Jehan", "Akbar", "Aurangzeb", "Babur" ]
Shah Jehan
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Which two landlocked countries are surrounded by other landlocked countries?
[ "Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan", "Austria and Switzerland", "Tajikistan and Liechtenstein", "Switzerland and Tajikistan" ]
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
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A tabby is a type of domesticated cat with tiger-like stripes and silky fur. Where does the word tabby come from?
[ "A corruption of Tabitha, a name long associated with cats and the devil", "A district of a city in China", "A suburb of Baghdad", "A corruption of its Latin name" ]
A suburb of Baghdad
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Which movie, set in New York City, was written by Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri and directed by Robert De Niro?
[ "Mad Dog and Glory - 1993", "This Boys Life - 1993", "Heat - 1995", "A Bronx Tale - 1993" ]
A Bronx Tale - 1993
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What is unusual about the curriculum of St. Helens School in Newbury, Ohio?
[ "Except for Advanced Placement classes, all classes are taught in Latin.", "Studying at least four foreign languages is mandatory.", "Unicycling is a mandatory subject.", "Although it is a Catholic school, Hebrew is a required subject." ]
Unicycling is a mandatory subject.
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Solve for X:
[ "= [(number of arms on a squid) - (height in feet of an NBA basketball hoop)] * [number of minutes taken for light from the sun to reach the earth]", "8", "24", "0", "72" ]
0
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What is a moirologist?
[ "A well-dressed woman", "A stutterer or stammerer", "Someone paid to mourn at a funeral", "A trademark used as a generic term" ]
Someone paid to mourn at a funeral
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Geologically, we are in the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era. In which geological epoch are we?
[ "Miocene", "Eocene", "Pliocene", "Holocene" ]
Holocene
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Which US state had the most estimated farmland for 2000?
[ "South Dakota", "Kansas", "Montana", "Texas" ]
Texas
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What invention is credited to American Melville R. Bissell?
[ "Indoor carpeting", "The integrated circuit", "The carpet sweeper", "The vacuum cleaner" ]
The carpet sweeper
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Which of these is best for cooling your mouth if you have just eaten very spicy food?
[ "Water", "White wine", "Red wine", "Milk" ]
Milk
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According to modern geological theories, there was only one continent about 200 million years ago. What do geologists call it?
[ "Panthalyssia", "Pannotia", "Pangaea", "Rodinia" ]
Pangaea
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What are conjugate angles?
[ "Two angles that add up to 90 degrees", "Two angles that add up to 360 degrees", "Two angles that add up to 180 degrees", "Two angles that add up to 0 degrees" ]
Two angles that add up to 360 degrees
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Of the 8 major blood types, which is the most common?
[ "AB+", "AB-", "A+", "O+" ]
O+
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Which actor sued a Los Angeles magazine for publishing a computer-generated image of him wearing a dress?
[ "Al Pacino", "Patrick Swayze", "Dustin Hoffman", "Weslery Snipes" ]
Dustin Hoffman
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This country, whose capital city is Tegucigalpa, uses the lempira as its currency.
[ "El Salvador", "Bolivia", "Nicaragua", "Honduras" ]
Honduras
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Ironically the song Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles was the first video played on MTV in the USA. Which was the second song aired on the Music Television?
[ "Madonna, Like a Virgin", "Dire Straits, Money for Nothing", "Michael Jackson, Thriller", "Pat Benatar, You Better Run" ]
Pat Benatar, You Better Run
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon on July 20th, 1969. Who was the astronaut that followed him?
[ "John Glenn", "Edwin Buzz Aldrin", "Charles P. Pete Conrad, Jr.", "Edward Smith" ]
Edwin Buzz Aldrin
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John Adams was the second President of the United States. Who was the second Vice-President of the United States?
[ "Thomas Jefferson", "John Hancock", "John Quincy Adams", "Ben Franklin" ]
Thomas Jefferson
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The Beatles first #1 hit on the US Billboard charts was I Want to Hold Your Hand. What was their second #1 hit?
[ "Hey Jude", "She Loves You", "Cant Buy Me Love", "Yesterday" ]
She Loves You
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George Taliaferro was the second black player ever to be drafted in the NFL.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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According to the 1990 US census the most common surname is Smith. What is the second most common name?
[ "Brown", "Williams", "Jones", "Johnson" ]
Johnson
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What was Disneys second full length animated film?
[ "Peter Pan", "Pinocchio", "Cinderella", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" ]
Pinocchio
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The invetor of the first marketed bubble gum, Walter Diemer, was actually an accountant at Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia. He did various experiments in his free time. He invented bubble gum by accident, when one of his gum mixtures turned out to be less sticky than the usual chewing gum mixture and easily stretched. When did he invent the bubble gum?
[ "1955", "1915", "1935", "1928" ]
1928
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This was the name of the first bubble gum on the market.
[ "Hubba Bubba", "Wrigleys", "Dubble Bubble", "Bazooka" ]
Dubble Bubble
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Bazooka introduced the first bubble gum comics named Bazooka Joe. It was first introduced in this year.
[ "1920", "1953", "1910", "1963" ]
1953
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This is the most popular color of bubble gum. When gum had to be released on the market, it was the only color the inventor had on hand.
[ "Blue", "Green", "White", "Pink" ]
Pink
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If you stick bubble gum in your hair, you can remove it with a small amount of this substance.
[ "Peanut butter", "Water", "Flour", "Alcohol" ]
Peanut butter
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This is one of the benefits of chewing gum.
[ "Helps taste", "Enhances the function of the lungs", "Helps resist the urge to smoke", "Alleviates stuffed nose" ]
Helps resist the urge to smoke
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Chewing gum was released in the American market in the early 1900s but became popular in Europe thanks to US soldiers who fought in this war.
[ "Persian Gulf War", "Afghanistan war", "WW 1", "WW 2" ]
WW 1
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Ancient Greeks also had their bubble gum. They chewed the resin of this tree to clean their teeth and freshen their breath.
[ "Ash tree", "Mastic tree", "Olive tree", "Pine tree" ]
Mastic tree
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To remove gum from clothes or other fabrics you should apply this first.
[ "Hot iron", "Ice cube", "Oil", "Butter" ]
Ice cube
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This country has the largest number of gum producers, with over 60 gum factories.
[ "China", "USA", "Turkey", "Russia" ]
Turkey
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According to most theories, when was the color pink invented?
[ "17th century", "12th century", "19th century", "15th century" ]
17th century
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Why did the inventor of bubble gum make it pink?
[ "It was the only color he had left", "He made it pink for his daughter", "It was his favorite color", "Pink reminded him of his mother" ]
It was the only color he had left
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Donald Trump wore a solid pink tie in every episode of The Apprentice.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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Where was the 1986 movie Pretty in Pink set?
[ "New York", "Hollywood", "Chicago", "Los Angeles" ]
Chicago
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Which is not a cause of the medical problem, Pink eye?
[ "virus infection", "chlorine", "seasonal pollens", "bacteria pneumococci" ]
chlorine
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Which of these actors played a role in the 1989 movie Pink Cadillac?
[ "Eddie Murphy", "Jack Black", "Michael Douglas", "Jim Carrey" ]
Jim Carrey
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What year was rock singer Pink born?
[ "1983", "1969", "1979", "1971" ]
1979
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STOP signs have always been red.
[ "False", "True" ]
False
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All of the following are fruits except which one?
[ "corn", "orange", "cherry", "apple" ]
corn
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Which of the following is the star of a show that debuted on Disney Channel in March 2006?
[ "Miley Cyrus", "Lindsay Lohan", "Amanda Bynes", "Jamie Lynn Spears" ]
Miley Cyrus
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Who are the presidents on Mount Rushmore?
[ "Adams, Washington, Johnson, F. Roosevelt", "Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln", "Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Hamilton", "Lincoln, Kennedy, Regan, Washington" ]
Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift from Italy.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Lassie and Benji are the same breed of dog.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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Who was the only American President to be elected to office in the Confederacy ?
[ "John Tyler", "Zachary Taylor", "Andrew Jackson", "Millard Fillmore" ]
John Tyler
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Beethovens Fifth Symphony is divided into four movements. What is the name of the opening one?
[ "Allegro con brio", "Scherzo: Allegro", "Andante con moto", "Allegro" ]
Allegro con brio
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For what part of his anatomy was Jimmy Durante famous?
[ "His large nose", "His large chin", "His large ears", "His large girth" ]
His large nose
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What was the name of Ricks cafe in the movie classic, Casablanca?
[ "Ricks", "The Red Parrot", "Rick and Sams Cafe", "Ricks Cafe American" ]
Ricks Cafe American
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Which baseball pitcher pitched 11 perfect innings, only to lose the game in the 12th?
[ "Warren Sphan", "Harvey Haddix", "Lew Burdette", "Johnnie Sain" ]
Harvey Haddix