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Which 1968 film starred Jane Fonda as a scantily-clad sci-fi heroine?
[ "Bambi Meets Godzilla", "Bandolero!", "Bullitt", "Barbarella" ]
Barbarella
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What is the more common name for the superfood Vaccinium oxycoccos?
[ "Cranberry", "Cauliflower", "Courgette", "Cress" ]
Cranberry
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If bactrian equals two, what equals one?
[ "Dromedary", "Diamond", "Daschund", "Dynasty" ]
Dromedary
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In May 2008, this painter set a new world record for sale value of a painting by a living artist when Benefits Supervisor Sleeping was sold for $33.6 million. What is his/her name?
[ "Lucian Freud", "Simon Francis", "Clinton Ford", "Brian Froud" ]
Lucian Freud
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Which World War One battles were the first ever fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) as a joint force?
[ "Galicia battles", "Gallipoli battles", "Ghent battles", "Georgetown battles" ]
Gallipoli battles
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What is the name of the anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear that along with the malleus and stapes allow us to hear?
[ "Incense", "Inca", "Inuit", "Incus" ]
Incus
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What is the name of the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton that is woven to make coarse cloth and sacks?
[ "Juniper", "Jade", "Jet", "Jute" ]
Jute
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Which 1994 film featured Jean Reno as a hitman who worked out of Little Italy in New York City and offered sanctuary to a young girl when her family was murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Agency agents?
[ "Leo", "Léon", "Lenny", "Léolo" ]
Léon
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What is the name for a vocal musical composition for between two and eight singers, written in the Renaissance and early Baroque eras and often performed without musical accompaniment?
[ "Magnificat", "Mass", "Madrigal", "Mambo" ]
Madrigal
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For which hobby would you need frames, hoops and canvas?
[ "Needlepoint", "Nudism", "Newsletter printing", "Netball" ]
Needlepoint
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What O-word can be added to each of the following to make a new meaningful word:
[ "t, Board, Field", "Old", "Oaf", "Oat", "Out" ]
Out
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The fruit of this deciduous shrub or small tree is a berry 5 - 12 cm (2 – 4.7 inches) in diameter, with thick red skin and about 600 seeds.
[ "Pear", "Pomegranate", "Persimmon", "Pawpaw" ]
Pomegranate
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Which actress played the part of Teresa di Vicenzo in the James Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service?
[ "Nadja Regin", "Diana Rigg", "Denise Richards", "Tanya Roberts" ]
Diana Rigg
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What toxic chemical was released in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo sect in 1995?
[ "Strychnine", "Sulphur trioxide", "Sodium cyanide", "Sarin" ]
Sarin
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Which character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers was also known as Fangorn and was the oldest of his kind?
[ "Théoden", "Tobold Old Toby Hornblower", "Treebeard", "Tom Bombadil" ]
Treebeard
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What commonplace object has parts called stretcher, runner and rib?
[ "Underwear", "Umbrella", "Underlay", "Urn" ]
Umbrella
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Which country gained independence from the UK and France in 1980 and has a national anthem entitled Yumi, Yumi, Yumi?
[ "Venezuela", "Virgin Islands", "Vanuatu", "Vietnam" ]
Vanuatu
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Which actor played the sinister Gabriel Sylar Gray in the TV series Heroes?
[ "Zachary Quinto", "Zachery Ty Bryan", "Zac Efron", "Zach Braff" ]
Zachary Quinto
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As a child, this singer allegedly witnessed a car accident in the desert, where a family of Native Americans were injured. He considered this incident to be the most impactful event in his life and often referred to it in his poems and songs.
[ "Jimi Hendrix", "Jimmy Somerville", "James Brown", "Jim Morrison" ]
Jim Morrison
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Name the author of The Asian Saga, a series of six epic novels centering on Europeans in Asia.
[ "Henry James", "James White", "James Joyce", "James Clavell" ]
James Clavell
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What guitarist and singer fronted a band whose debut album was titled Are You Experienced?
[ "James Cagney", "James Brown", "Jimi Hendrix", "Jim Morrison" ]
Jimi Hendrix
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James Dean received the first official posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in this movie.
[ "East of Eden", "Giant", "Trouble Along the Way", "Rebel Without a Cause" ]
East of Eden
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Although this author spent much of his life outside his native Ireland, his landmark novels Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are set in Dublin.
[ "James Clavell", "James William Mitchell", "James Joyce", "James Munro" ]
James Joyce
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Which of these actors, named James, is not correctly matched with an Oscar-nominated role he played?
[ "James Oliver Cromwell - Farmer Arthur Hoggett in Babe", "James Caan - Santino Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.", "James Stewart - Paul Biegler in Anatomy of a Murder", "James Jim Carrey - Truman Burbank in The Truman Show" ]
James Jim Carrey - Truman Burbank in The Truman Show
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Which of these US Presidents had the shortest tenure?
[ "James Carter", "James Madison", "James A. Garfield", "James K. Polk" ]
James A. Garfield
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What prolific 19th century novelist wrote The Leatherstocking Tales, a series of novels featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo?
[ "James Flint", "James Fenimore Cooper", "James Clavell", "James Ellroy" ]
James Fenimore Cooper
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Which of these accomplishments was not made by Captain James Cook, an English explorer, navigator and cartographer?
[ "He explored a group of small islands in the heart of Polynesia which were later named after him.", "He was the first to map Newfoundland.", "He was the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands.", "In 1774, he became the first explorer to sight Antarctica." ]
In 1774, he became the first explorer to sight Antarctica.
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Which statement, regarding James VI of Scotland and James I of England, is true?
[ "They are one and the same person.", "They are father and son.", "They are brothers.", "They lived two centuries apart and are not related." ]
They are one and the same person.
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Who wrote, directed, and starred in the 1981 movie The Four Seasons?
[ "Alan Alda", "Glen Ford", "Robert DeNiro", "Len Carriou" ]
Alan Alda
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Who wrote the concertos called The Four Seasons?
[ "Vivaldi", "Schumann", "Mozart", "Corelli" ]
Vivaldi
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What do we call the longest day of the year?
[ "The winter equinox", "The summer equinox", "The summer solstice", "The winter solstice" ]
The summer solstice
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When does the vernal equinox occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
[ "September 20, 21, or 22", "December 20, 2, or 22", "March 20, 21, or 22", "June 20, 21, or 22" ]
March 20, 21, or 22
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Where in the USA would you find the place that in 1921 set a North American record for the largest snowfall in a 24-hour period?
[ "Alaska", "North Dakota", "Vermont", "Colorado" ]
Colorado
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What is a tuque?
[ "A type of bikini that became very popular around 2004.", "A type of winter snow that falls horizontally in very high latitudes.", "A type of fruit that used to be called a winter peach", "A winter hat typically worn in Canada." ]
A winter hat typically worn in Canada.
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Name the famous Welsh poet who wrote the poem The Boys of Summer.
[ "James Joyce", "Theodore Roethke", "e.e. cummings", "Dylan Thomas" ]
Dylan Thomas
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What is the name of The Eagles lead singer and drummer who wrote the song The Boys of Summer?
[ "Joe Walsh", "Don Henley", "Tim Schmit", "Glen Frey" ]
Don Henley
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The book The Boys of Summer tells the story of this baseball team.
[ "The New York Yankees", "The Saint Louis Cardinals", "The Brooklyn Dodgers", "The Boston Celtics" ]
The Brooklyn Dodgers
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In which season did ancient Greeks celebrate Mothers Day?
[ "Winter", "Summer", "Fall", "Spring" ]
Spring
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In 1955 pianist Roger Williams had an instrumental hit with this record.
[ "Autumn Leaves", "Summertime", "The Summer Wind", "Why Do I Have Spring Fever" ]
Autumn Leaves
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In Scandinavian mythology this is the equivalent of the apocalypse.
[ "rekjavak", "odinthorisagak", "ragnarok", "rasnajivarak" ]
ragnarok
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Look for me by moonlight
[ "tch for me by moonlight", "l come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.", "at is the title of the poem that tells of the ill-fated love of Bess the landlords daughter and her lover who lay in his blood on the highway, with a bunch of lace at his throat.?", "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight", "The Highwayman", "Annabel Lee", "Danny Deever" ]
The Highwayman
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Who composed and performed the ballad Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
[ "Michael Bolton", "Elton John", "The Beatles", "None of these" ]
Elton John
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A major earthquake struck this city in 1906, killing almost 3,000 people.
[ "Taipei", "Wellington", "Tokyo", "San Francisco" ]
San Francisco
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Which of the following was not a game show host?
[ "Steve Allen", "Chuck Barris", "Louie Anderson", "Walter Bradley" ]
Walter Bradley
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How many English words (not proper nouns) begin with dw?
[ "3", "6", "4", "5" ]
4
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Which former US President said I know Im getting better at golf because I hit fewer spectators.
[ "George W. Bush", "Ford", "Carter", "Eisenhower" ]
Ford
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A book claiming that the story of Wilhelm Tell was just a myth was burned at the stake in Switzerland.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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Spanish is an official language of this African country.
[ "Morocco", "Mozambique", "Equatorial Guinea", "Chad" ]
Equatorial Guinea
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Find the quote by Federico Fellini.
[ "An idea does not pass from one language to another without change.", "All language is like a wonderfully long script.", "A different language is a different vision of life.", "Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing." ]
A different language is a different vision of life.
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In Greek it is Sayapo, in Lakota it is Techihhila, in Lithuanian it is Tave myliu, in Albanian it is te dua. What is it in English?
[ "I need help", "Hello", "I love you", "Good morning" ]
I love you
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In the 14th Century, Moscow replaced this city as the cultural center of Russia.
[ "Kiev", "Leningrad", "Riga", "St. Petersburg" ]
Kiev
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A very common greeting in India is namaste or namaskar. What does it mean?
[ "I bow to you.", "I pray your family is complete.", "May you be blessed.", "How are you?" ]
I bow to you.
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What is telesophobia?
[ "Fear of being last", "Fear of religious ceremonies", "Fear of being ignored", "Fear of being first" ]
Fear of being last
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Ellis Island was the location of the entry facility used by many immigrants to enter the USA. When did the facility operate?
[ "1890-1923", "1889-1936", "1892-1954", "1884-1939" ]
1892-1954
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In what year did the last veteran of the American Civil War die?
[ "1944", "1949", "1958", "1936" ]
1958
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Eddie Slovik was a soldier killed during World War II. How did he die?
[ "He was the last US soldier to die in World War II.", "He was the first soldier killed on D-Day.", "He was shot by the US for desertion.", "He was the only American prisoner of war in Hiroshima when the A-bomb fell." ]
He was shot by the US for desertion.
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How did Jerome Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, the last member of the Bonaparte family, die?
[ "He died of starvation in a German prisoner.", "He drowned off the coast of the Island of Elba.", "He died a natural death in 1995 at the age of 106.", "He died of injuries sustained when he tripped over his dogs leash." ]
He died of injuries sustained when he tripped over his dogs leash.
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In how many ways can ough be pronounced in English?
[ "16", "13", "1", "8" ]
8
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What does antepenultimate mean?
[ "next to last", "last", "middle", "second from last" ]
second from last
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Find the correct statement.
[ "Irrupt means to break up.", "Irrupt is not a real English word.", "Irrupt means to break in or rush in.", "Irrupt means to come before." ]
Irrupt means to break in or rush in.
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Lawrence Bohune was the first doctor in the British Colony of Virginia. When did he arrive?
[ "1689", "1704", "1610", "1622" ]
1610
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Who was the first person to show that blood moved from the heart to the lungs and back?
[ "ibn-al-Nasif", "Leonardo Da Vinci", "William Harvey", "William Herschel" ]
ibn-al-Nasif
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He was the first person nominated for the Oscar for Producer (Best Picture), Director, Actor and Screenwriter for the same movie.
[ "John Huston", "Otto Preminger", "William Wyler", "Orson Welles" ]
Orson Welles
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What was the first movie for the Olsen twins?
[ "Little Rascals", "Little Man", "The Wizard", "Going Overboard" ]
Little Rascals
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Where did the word golf originate?
[ "Ireland", "Canada", "Italy", "Scotland" ]
Scotland
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Coca Cola was originally green.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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In the late 1980s which television station did Rosie ODonnell work for?
[ "CBS", "MTV", "ABC", "VH1" ]
VH1
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In the sitcom Cheers what was the name of the restaurant that sat above the bar?
[ "Melvins", "Mickeys", "Minnies", "Melvilles" ]
Melvilles
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Which of the following was invented by a woman?
[ "circular saw", "street-cleaning machine", "all of these", "windshield wipers" ]
all of these
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In what 1997 movie does the following exchange take place?
[ "lvin Udall: You make me want to be a better man. ", "rol Connelly: ...Thats maybe the best compliment of my life.", "A Few Good Men", "As Good as It Gets", "Scent of a Woman", "Somethings Gotta Give" ]
As Good as It Gets
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Which of the following planets is not named after a Roman god?
[ "Neptune", "Jupiter", "Uranus", "Mars" ]
Uranus
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What Rolling Stones member made a cameo appearance in the 2007 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End?
[ "Keith Richards", "Charlie Watts", "Mick Jagger", "Bill Wyman" ]
Keith Richards
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Which of these famous American authors is not a Pulitzer Prize winner?
[ "Thornton Wilder", "Mark Twain", "Edith Wharton", "Margaret Mitchell" ]
Mark Twain
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This landlocked Alpine country, whose official Latin name is Confoederatio Helvetica, is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons.
[ "Austria", "Switzerland", "Belgium", "Liechtenstein" ]
Switzerland
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In the Crimean war, which lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856, an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Ottoman Empire and Piedmont-Sardinia fought against which country?
[ "Germany", "Russia", "Italy", "Austria" ]
Russia
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Which statement about Gee Jon, who died on February 8, 1924, at the age of 29, is true?
[ "He was the last person released from an American internment camp", "He was the first American who died in the Northern Expedition in China", "He was the first identical twin to survive separation", "He was the first person in the USA executed by lethal gas" ]
He was the first person in the USA executed by lethal gas
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German chemist Martin Klaproth discovered uranium in what year?
[ "1891", "1938", "1789", "678" ]
1789
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The Voltaic pile, known as the first modern electric battery, was invented by Alessandro Volta in what year?
[ "1459", "1800", "1890", "1902" ]
1800
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This leader, who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1792 until 1806, is known as the last Holy Roman Emperor.
[ "Francis II", "Wilhelm XII of Saxony", "Francis Ferdinand I of Austria", "Wilhelm I of Prussia" ]
Francis II
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On December 3rd 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard succeeded in performing what?
[ "The first human heart transplant", "The first brain operation", "The first lung transplant", "The first kidney transplant" ]
The first human heart transplant
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The famous Leporello Catalogue Aria is from which Mozart opera?
[ "Don Giovanni", "La Boheme", "Cosi Fan Tutti", "La Traviata" ]
Don Giovanni
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The Greek word hamartia, used in Aristotles Poetics, means what?
[ "Incredible strength", "Drama", "A broken heart", "A fatal flaw" ]
A fatal flaw
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Who directed the 1931 musical comedy Le Million, in which the storyline centers on a lottery ticket?
[ "Ernest Lubitsch", "Josef von Sternberg", "Charlie Chaplin", "Rene Clair" ]
Rene Clair
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In what city was the first , free, public high school opened?
[ "Orono", "Charleston", "Boston", "Philadelphia" ]
Boston
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What company sold the first quartz wristwatch?
[ "Bulova", "Seiko", "Omega", "Casio" ]
Seiko
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A clay tablet, which dates from around 2300 bce is on display at the museum in Konya, Turkey. What is on the tablet?
[ "The earliest known math text.", "The earliest known map", "The earliest known accounting ledger.", "The earliest known portrait." ]
The earliest known map
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What is the name of the first town built by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere?
[ "Porto Espana", "Santo Domingo", "Isabella", "Hispaniola" ]
Isabella
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In 1948 several cities in the USA had comic books burnt publicly.
[ "False", "True" ]
True
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In the 2004 Dennis Quaid / Sela Ward movie The Day After Tomorrow, books are burned in order to avoid freezing. Why were some characters in the movie angry?
[ "They only burned religious books.", "They burned the encyclopedias first.", "They burned the oldest books first.", "They did not burn the furniture." ]
They did not burn the furniture.
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The exprssion The dog days of summer was first used because of this.
[ "A false idea about the effect of animals on the world", "A description of how dogs pant", "An astronomical idea", "A superstition" ]
An astronomical idea
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In Irish it is Taim ingra leat. In Hebrew it is Ani ohev otah. In Hungarian it is Sz eretiek. In Dutch it is ik houd van jou. What is it in English?
[ "I love you.", "How are you today?", "Good morning", "Sleep well." ]
I love you.
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Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was the last of the Lincoln line. When did he die?
[ "1898", "1927", "1956", "1985" ]
1985
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What was the last state to put photos on drivers licenses?
[ "New Jersey", "Hawaii", "Alaska", "New York" ]
New York
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Brian Hayes coined the term umop-episdn. What does it mean?
[ "A computer glitch", "Alien language", "Topsy-turvy", "A mishmash of languages" ]
Topsy-turvy
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The Portland Alien Museum is dedicated to studying alien life and life forms.
[ "True", "False" ]
True
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Petite Danseuse de Quartorze Ans by Edgar Degas is a painting depicting a 14-year-old dancer.
[ "True", "False" ]
False
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In what city was the first permanent drama theater in Europe opened?
[ "Malaga, Spain", "Vilna, Lithuania", "Rotterdam, The Netherlands", "Bucharest, Romania" ]
Malaga, Spain
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The first professional sports organization in the USA was formed in this city.
[ "Boston", "Baltimore", "Charleston", "Cleveland" ]
Baltimore
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What does sagination mean?
[ "The act of fattening up", "The state of being pale", "The state of being morose", "The act of bleeding" ]
The act of fattening up
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Who won the first chess tournament in the USA?
[ "Adolph Anderssen", "John Marshall", "Paul Morphy", "Henry Bird" ]
Paul Morphy