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whom did time magazine tab as their person of the year for 2011?
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[ { "title": "Time Person of the Year", "text": "title was given to Bill Clinton and Ken Starr, which led to outrage from the fans of Foley who mistakenly believed the winner of the poll would be the winner of the title. In 2006, the poll winner by a wide margin was Hugo Chávez, with 35% of the votes. The pre...
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los angeles is the largest city in california? what city holds the honor of being the second largest?
[ { "title": "Long Beach, California", "text": "Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 39th most populous city in the United States and the 7th mos...
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[ { "title": "History of the Jews in Los Angeles", "text": "Angeles. American Jewish University is located in Bel Air, Los Angeles. History of the Jews in Los Angeles History of the Jews in Los Angeles — the history of Judaism and the Jews in Los Angeles, Southern California. Los Angeles has the second larges...
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name the 1992 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “well hello mister fancypants. well, i've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: jack and shit... and jack left town.”
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[ { "title": "I Got You (Jack Johnson song)", "text": "I Got You (Jack Johnson song) \"I Got You\" is a song by American musician Jack Johnson and is the lead single from his 2013 album \"From Here to Now to You\". The song was released on June 10, 2013. The song was released on June 10, 2013 as a CD single, ...
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santa's little helper is the family dog on what tv series?
[ { "title": "Santa's Little Helper", "text": "the show, but voice artist Frank Welker has also voiced him. Santa's Little Helper has become a popular character following his appearances on \"The Simpsons\". He ranked 27th in Animal Planet's 2003 television special \"50 Greatest TV Animals\" that was based on...
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[ { "title": "Family Dog (TV series)", "text": "like a dog catcher and a cat. Family Dog (TV series) Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired from June 23 to July 28, 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the e...
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if omnipotence is latin for all powerful, what is latin for all knowing?
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[ { "title": "Latin for All Occasions", "text": "Latin for All Occasions Latin for All Occasions (\"Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus\") is a 1990 book by Henry Beard, and Latin for Even More Occasions (\"Lingua Latina Multo Pluribus Occasionibus\") is a 1991 sequel. Both contain translations of modern Engli...
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the boll weevil, a species of beetle, causes damage to which crop?
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[ { "title": "Boll Weevil Monument", "text": "display at Enterprise's Depot Museum, a few hundred feet away at 106 Railroad Street. There is a security camera nearby that monitors the monument for further vandalism. Boll Weevil Monument The Boll Weevil Monument in downtown Enterprise, Alabama, United States i...
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a staunch conservationist, which us president is credited with creating the national forest service, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, 51 bird reserves, four game preserves, and 150 national forests?
[ { "title": "Roosevelt National Forest", "text": "in 1910, and was renamed to honor President Theodore Roosevelt in 1932. The forest has a total area of 813,799 acres (1,271.56 sq mi, or 3,293.33 km²). Several volunteer groups work with the US Forest Service to help manage the Roosevelt National Forest, incl...
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[ { "title": "Environmental movement in the United States", "text": "and placed 230 million acres (360,000 mi² or 930,000 km²) under federal protection. Roosevelt set aside more Federal land for national parks and nature preserves than all of his predecessors combined. Roosevelt established the United States ...
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what had grandma been drinking too much of in the song 'grandma got run over by a reindeer'?
[ { "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer", "text": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer \"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" is a novelty Christmas song. Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by the husband-and-wife duo of Elmo and Patsy Trigg Shropshire in 1979. In the lyrics, a...
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[ { "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)", "text": "cake instead of her own recipe, with the result that Santa hits her again as he is trying to fly back to the North Pole. Grandpa and Jake pick her up; this time Grandma did not suffer amnesia. Santa's sleigh takes off into the night with him s...
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what is wrong with the grinch's heart in ‘how the grinch stole christmas' ?
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[ { "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", "text": "Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat\". Max, the Grinch's dog, and the Grinch himself also appear in the children's puppet show \"The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss\". The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max, appear in \"Seussical\", a musical which takes it plo...
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mug, hires, and barq's are all types of what?
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[ { "title": "Shafiqur Rahman Barq", "text": "is his fourth term as M.P; all from the same constituency. He was a member of the 11th, 12th, 14th & 15th Lok Sabhas of India. During 14th Lok Sabha, before completing his term Barq resigned from his post in Apr 2009. Prior to becoming M.P, Shafiqur Barq was also ...
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dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of ben bernanke, harvard grad with a phd from mit. what position does he hold, and rather poorly at that?
[ { "title": "Ben Bernanke", "text": "Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chair, Bernanke oversaw ...
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[ { "title": "Ben Bernanke", "text": "in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are \"embedded in who he (Bernanke) is\". The Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\...
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on december 14, 1911, norwegian roald amundsen became the first person to visit where?
[ { "title": "Roald Amundsen", "text": "Ikuallaq's DNA to that of other European members of Amundsen's crew. Works by Amundsen Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (; ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12,...
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[ { "title": "MS Roald Amundsen", "text": "MS Roald Amundsen MS \"Roald Amundsen\" is an upcoming new hybrid powered Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) expedition cruise ship. She will be built by Kleven Yards of Norway and is expected to be launched in 2018. She and her sistership will be the first hybr...
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what's the defining characteristic of an ungulate animal?
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[ { "title": "Ungulate", "text": "animal is normally borne by both the sole and the edge of the hoof wall. Hooves grow continuously, and are constantly worn down by use. In most modern ungulates, the radius and ulna are fused along the length of the forelimb; early ungulates, such as the arctocyonids, did not...
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what degree does a us law school graduate get?
[ { "title": "Melbourne Law School", "text": "teaching, instead of part-time practitioners. Many prominent international academics were invited to study at the School, and many Australians were given the opportunity to study abroad. In 2007 MLS accepted its last cohort of LLB students. From 2008 the only degr...
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[ { "title": "Graduate school", "text": "the term does not usually refer to medical school (whose students are called \"medical students\"), and only occasionally refers to law school or business school; these are often collectively termed professional schools. Graduate students in the humanities, sciences an...
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on december 14, 1972, eugene cernan became the last man to do what, when he followed harrison schmitt into the alm?
[ { "title": "Harrison Schmitt", "text": "Harrison Schmitt Harrison Hagan \"Jack\" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon. He is also the last living c...
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[ { "title": "Gene Cernan", "text": "Gene Cernan Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-...
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mtv's the real world is still on the air after 26 seasons. what city hosts the current incarnation, whose season finale is tonight?
[ { "title": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season)", "text": "The Real World: San Diego (2004 season) The Real World: San Diego is the fourteenth season of MTV's reality television series \"The Real World\", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different cit...
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[ { "title": "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons", "text": "and was attended by the contestants who were in the Inner Circle until the season finale. The special was hosted by Lindsay Brien from \"\" and Mark Long from \"\". Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Real World...
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arch enemey of count dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in bram stokers 1897 novel dracula?
[ { "title": "Dracula", "text": "Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that...
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[ { "title": "Count Dracula", "text": "expression is crossed out, however, and replaced by \"Hungarian yoke\" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. This has been interpreted by some to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler inte...
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on dec 16, 1773, members of the sons of liberty donned mohawk disguises and boarded the east india company ships dartmouth, eleanor, and beaver, and then performed what act of vandalism?
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[ { "title": "Chestertown Tea Party", "text": "tea from other countries or made their own tea from local spices. Soon merchants in England began to lose money, especially the East India Company. In order to keep this company from going bankrupt, Parliament passed the Tea Act of 1773. For reasons of economics ...
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a pedometer is used to measure what?
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[ { "title": "Pedometer", "text": "as proving that 10,000 Steps A Day was the proper balance of caloric intake and activity-based caloric expenditure to maintain a healthy body. Jiro Kato, who founded Yamasa Tokei Keiki Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, manufactured pedometers recognized to be accurate, and named them \"ma...
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what can be a greek god, a paris-based, high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer, and a futurama character?
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[ { "title": "Luxury goods", "text": "example, making a perfume more expensive can increase its perceived value as a luxury good to such an extent that sales can go up, rather than down. Although the technical term luxury good is independent of the goods' quality, they are generally considered to be goods at ...
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what flour brand has sponsored an annual/semi-annual bake-off since 1949, the winner of which nets a cool $1million?
[ { "title": "Pillsbury Bake-Off", "text": "Pillsbury Bake-Off The Pillsbury Bake-Off is a cooking contest, first run by the Pillsbury Company from 1949–1976, 2013 to 2014, and since 2017 as an annual contest. From 1978 to 2012, the contest was held biennially. There was no contest in 2015 to 2016. The first ...
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[ { "title": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice", "text": "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice) is a British television after-show to follow the series \"The Great British Bake Off\". Hosted by Jo Brand, the show...
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what were the two sides facing off against each other in the 70s video tape format wars?
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[ { "title": "Video tape recorder", "text": "and tape misalignments that can foul the recording mechanism. Typically, the only time the user ever touches the tape in a videocassette is when a failure results from a tape getting stuck in the mechanism. Home VCRs first became available in the early 1970s, with ...
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december 13, 1636 saw the massachusetts bay colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the pequot indians. this is recognized today as the founding of what branch of the military?
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[ { "title": "History of the US Army National Guard", "text": "of three regiments by organizing existing separate militia companies in the towns around Boston. The creation of the militia regiments was caused by the perceived need to defend the Bay Colony against American Indians, as well as colonists and mil...
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served in a traditional cocktail glass, what drink consists of equal parts brandy (or cognac), contreau, and lemon juice?
[ { "title": "Sidecar (cocktail)", "text": "the drink to an American army captain in Paris during World War I and named after the motorcycle sidecar that the captain used. Both MacElhone and Vermiere state the recipe as equal parts cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice, now known as \"the French school\". Later,...
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[ { "title": "Saint Clement's (cocktail)", "text": "carbonated citrus-flavored soft drink (like Sprite, 7-Up, or Fanta Lemon). Saint Clement's (cocktail) The Saint Clement's is a non-alcoholic cocktail. Though the ingredients may vary, it consists of orange juice mixed with bitter lemon, usually in equal prop...
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according to the nursery rhyme, who “stole a pig and away did run”?
[ { "title": "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son", "text": "the Hills and Far Away\", in which the hero is called Tom. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son \"Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son\" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621. Modern versions of the rhyme include: The 'pig' ment...
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[ { "title": "Nursery rhyme", "text": "private nursery, as an exercise for the children. It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music aid in a child's development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which aid mathematics skills. Ci...
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the first episode of what tv series, now in a record 22nd year, debuted on december 17, 1989, following 3 years as shorts on the tracey ullman show?
[ { "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show", "text": "Two additional \"Dr. N!Godatu\" cartoons that were prepared for the show never aired. The Simpson family debuted in short animated cartoons on \"The Tracey Ullman Show\", beginning with episode 3 of the first season. The shorts originally were presented on an oc...
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[ { "title": "The Tracey Ullman Show", "text": "The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show starring Tracey Ullman. It debuted on Fox on April 5, 1987 (the network's second original primetime series to air following \"Married... with Children\") and ran until May 26, 1...
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with an accepted height of 11,249 feet, what is the tallest mountain in oregon, and the 4th highest in the cascades?
[ { "title": "Carpenter Mountain (Oregon)", "text": "views of the Three Sisters, Mount Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mount Jefferson and much of the central Oregon Cascades. On clear days, it is possible to see Mount Hood. Carpenter Mountain (Oregon) Carpenter Mountain is a mountain located in Linn County,...
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[ { "title": "Bank of the Cascades Center", "text": "Bank of the Cascades Center Bank of the Cascades Center is a 4,000-permanent seat indoor arena located in Redmond, Oregon, as part of the Deschutes County Expo Center. It is named for a regional bank which purchased naming rights to the arena's name. Other ...
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what product is advertised with the slogan "when my wife bought me a what, i was so impressed i bought the company"?
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[ { "title": "What Do I Do with Me", "text": "covered by Reba McEntire for her 1994 album, \"Read My Mind.\" As listed in liner notes. What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the ...
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december 14, 2003, saw the capture of the ace of spades, iraqi dictator, saddam hussein, near what town, his home town?
[ { "title": "Saddam Hussein", "text": "found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in ad-Dawr, near Tikrit. Following his capture, Saddam was transported to a U.S. base near Tikrit, and later taken to the American base near Baghdad. Documents obtained and released by the National Security Archive d...
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[ { "title": "Ace of spades", "text": "anti-peace sign. More recently, in 2003 a deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards was issued to US Soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom, each card had the picture of a wanted Iraqi official on it. Saddam Hussein got the nickname \"Ace of Spades\" as that card bore his...
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what is the name given to the meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the hawaiian islands, which resulted in record rainfall at seatac airport this week.
[ { "title": "Pineapple Express", "text": "Pineapple Express Pineapple Express is a non-technical term for a meteorological phenomenon characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated with heavy precipitation from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands and extending to...
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[ { "title": "Earth rainfall climatology", "text": "a 16-year interval. Southern Europe experiences a 22-year cycle in rainfall variation. Other smaller term cycles are seen at 10-12 year and 6-7 year periods within the rainfall record. Places with significant impact by acid rain across the continent include ...
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according to the proverb, you should look before you do what?
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[ { "title": "Look Before You Love", "text": "Look Before You Love Look Before You Love is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones and Maurice Denham. A woman working in the British Embassy in Brazil falls in love and marries a man, but soon discovers h...
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what chapter from kenneth grahame's 1908 book the wind in the willows lent its' name to the 1967 debut album from pink floyd?
[ { "title": "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "text": "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album, named after the title of chapter seven of Kennet...
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[ { "title": "The Wind in the Willows", "text": "The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is nota...
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what 1963 alfred hitchcock movie, which introduced the ever so talented tippi hedren, took place at the lovely northern california town of bodega bay?
[ { "title": "Bodega Bay", "text": "a nuclear power plant received significant negative attention from local citizens, beginning in 1958. By 1964, the plans for the plant were abandoned. Bodega Bay was the setting for the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, \"The Birds\", starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Suzanne...
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[ { "title": "Tippi Hedren", "text": "\"Marnie\"'s screenwriter, Jay Presson Allen, Hitchcock was \"mad\" for Hedren. She felt unhappy for both and described the situation as \"an old man's cri de coeur\", adding that Hitchcock had a \"Pygmalion complex about Tippi\". She advised Hedren to finish the film and...
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according to the tongue twister, who picked a peck of pickled peppers?
[ { "title": "Peck", "text": "Peck A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints (9.09 (UK) or 8.81 (US) liters). Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, s...
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[ { "title": "Tongue-twister", "text": "following sentence was claimed as \"the most difficult of common English-language tongue-twisters\" by William Poundstone. The seething sea ceaseth and thus the seething sea sufficeth us. These deliberately difficult expressions were popular in the 19th century. The pop...
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keith moon, ginger baker, charlie watts, buddy rich, phil collins and karen carpenter are all what type of musician?
[ { "title": "The Phil Collins Big Band", "text": "The Phil Collins Big Band The Phil Collins Big Band was a side project of English rock drummer, singer and musician Phil Collins, which performed in 1996 and 1998. Although best known for his work in pop as a solo artist and progressive rock with Genesis, one...
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[ { "title": "Keith Moon", "text": "one. He's dead, so what? He didn't do anything to talk of.\" Clem Burke of Blondie has said \"Early on all I cared about was Keith Moon and the Who. When I was about eleven or twelve, my favourite part of drum lessons was the last ten minutes, when I'd get to sit at the dru...
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the male is a cob, the female a pen, & the young a cygnet: which bird are we talking about?
[ { "title": "The Trumpet of the Swan", "text": "The Trumpet of the Swan The Trumpet of the Swan is a children's novel by E.B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis (pronounced \"LOO-ee\" by the author in the audiobook, a reference to trumpeter Louis Armstrong, a point that is made explicit in ...
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[ { "title": "Talking bird", "text": "suggests that the cawing of crows originated from their being trained by the Picts to say the name of Kar, a female warrior killed fighting the titular monsters. A common hill myna provides important clues about the night of Laura Palmer's death in the television show \"T...
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who memorialized a battle of the crimean war in his 1854 poem the charge of the light brigade?
[ { "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)", "text": "The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem) \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote it on December 2, 1854...
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[ { "title": "Charge of the Light Brigade", "text": "from long-term unemployment. Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. British commande...
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what radio station do you find at 950 on your local am dial?
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[ { "title": "What Am I Gonna Do About You", "text": "on the Country Albums chart for the week of October 25, 1986, and peaked at #1 for the week of January 21, 1987. It stayed at the top for 3 consecutive weeks. What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You is the 11th studio album released by Am...
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awarded to a ‘person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that “for better or for worse, …has done the most to influence the events of the year”,' who did time magazine name their person of the year this morning?
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[ { "title": "Time Person of the Year", "text": "Time Person of the Year Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine \"Time\" that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that \"for better or for worse...
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stop, drop, and roll was drilled in your head in elementary school if you ever caught on fire. what did they expect you to do in the case of a nuclear attack?
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[ { "title": "What to Do in Case of Fire?", "text": "S-Bahn car. Tim then pulls the incriminating film out of his bag, holds a lighter to it, and asks aloud: \"What do you do if there's a fire?\", and the friends answer, \"Let it burn!\" The film contains mild nudity, mild drug use, and mature language. What ...
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“i've got to go, rock. it's all right. i'm not afraid. some time, rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for ” whom?
[ { "title": "Notre Dame Fighting Irish football", "text": "and gave his account of Gipp's final words: \"\"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all ...
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[ { "title": "Where Did It All Go Wrong?", "text": "Where Did It All Go Wrong? \"Where Did It All Go Wrong?\" is a song and single by the English rock band Oasis, originally released on their 2000 album, \"Standing on the Shoulder of Giants\". Written by guitarist Noel Gallagher, it is one of two songs on \"S...
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according to the classic 12 days of christmas song, what group were there 11 of?
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[ { "title": "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas", "text": "song's B-side, \"'Twas the Night After Christmas\", peaked at number 67 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. The music video was directed by Michael McNamara and premiered in November 1996. Redneck 12 Days of Christmas \...
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for a point each, name the 5 countries that share a border with the nation that declared war on the united states on december 13, 1941: romania
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[ { "title": "Italian declaration of war on the United States", "text": "Italian declaration of war on the United States On December 11, 1941, Italy declared war on the United States in response to that country's declaration of war upon the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor four days earlie...
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dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of ben bernanke, harvard grad with a phd from mit. what governmental position does he hold?
[ { "title": "Ben Bernanke", "text": "Ben Bernanke Ben Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chair, Bernanke oversaw ...
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[ { "title": "Ben Bernanke", "text": "in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are \"embedded in who he (Bernanke) is\". The Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would \"lose his Jewish identity\...
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according to pnc wealth management, what is the cost, rounded to the nearest $1000, of purchasing the items in the 12 days of christmas this year?
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which gilligans island character had the unique ability to construct just about anything necessary to survive from coconuts and bamboo (including a way to recharge batteries), but couldn't be arsed to fix a 2 foot hole in a boat?
[ { "title": "The Professor (Gilligan's Island)", "text": "Russell Johnson has confirmed that it was the producers' intention for his character due to concern from the censors. Unusual for its day, the show actually includes a line where the Professor directly states to Ginger his lack of interest in either s...
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[ { "title": "Anything to Survive", "text": "Anything to Survive Anything to Survive, also called Almost Too Late, is a 1990 American disaster survival film directed by Zale Dalen and starring Robert Conrad, Matt LeBlanc and Emily Perkins. It is loosely based on the true story of the Wortman family of British...
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christmas island, a territory of australia, is located in what ocean?
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[ { "title": "Flag of Christmas Island", "text": "Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official on Australia Day,...
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yesterday saw the maiden flight of the new boeing dreamliner. what model number is it given?
[ { "title": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner", "text": "Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American long-haul, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical three-class seating configurations. It is the first airl...
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[ { "title": "Boeing Model 40", "text": "Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, contains a 1927 Boeing 40B-2, number 285. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois has a 1928 Boeing Model 40-B on display in its Transportation Gallery. (N288) The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has a complete full...
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arch enemy of count dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in bram stokers 1897 novel dracula?
[ { "title": "Dracula", "text": "Dracula Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that...
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[ { "title": "Count Dracula", "text": "expression is crossed out, however, and replaced by \"Hungarian yoke\" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. This has been interpreted by some to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler inte...
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ralph wilson stadium is home to what nfl team?
[ { "title": "Ralph Wilson", "text": "Ralph Wilson Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr. (October 17, 1918 – March 25, 2014) was an American businessman and sports executive. He was best known as the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills, a team in the National Football League (NFL). He was one of the founding owners of...
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[ { "title": "Ralph Wilson", "text": "graduate of Detroit University School, now University Liggett School. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. After the war ended, he took over his father's insurance business and invested in Michigan area mines a...
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who was the first american to win a nobel prize?
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[ { "title": "First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics", "text": "the winner was an American student. In 2009, the prize went to Mor Tzaban, a high school student from Netivot, Israel. In 2012, the first prize winner was another Israeli teenager, Yuval Katzenelson of Kiryat Gat, who presented a paper entitled \"K...
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how the grinch stole christmas was written by who?
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[ { "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)", "text": "in the character Cindy Lou Who and pitched a film in which she would have a larger role as well as a materialistic representation of the Whos and an expanded backstory of the Grinch. On September 16, 1998, it was announced that Howard would d...
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if misogyny is the hatred of women, what is the hatred of men?
[ { "title": "Misogyny", "text": "as \"hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women\". In 2012, primarily in response to events occurring in the Australian Parliament, the Macquarie Dictionary (which documents Australian English and New Zealand English) expanded the definition to include not only hatred of women but...
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[ { "title": "Misogyny", "text": "Misogyny Misogyny () is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. Misogyny is manifest in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, violence against women, ...
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dec 18, 1620 is the official landing date of the mayflower. at what massachusetts location did they make land?
[ { "title": "History of Massachusetts", "text": "the harsh treatment from King James for rejecting England's official church. Although they were allowed some religious liberties in Holland, the liberalism and openness of the Dutch to all styles of life horrified them. They approached the Virginia Company and...
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[ { "title": "A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620", "text": "she too is sailing on the Mayflower to the New World. Hummy's father is who takes care of her, because Hummy's mother died, this makes Hummy's father very melancholic. This is the first novel in the De...
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in the transformer universe, who do the autobots battle?
[ { "title": "Transformers: Alternators", "text": "explains that the Binaltech universe, although originally a corruption of the timeline, must be allowed to continue as it will lead to an evolution of the Transformers species, and eventually to \"the great \". When Unicron arrives, the Autobots prevail, but ...
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[ { "title": "Who's Who in the DC Universe", "text": "a state of flux. In the \"\" episode \"Emperor Joker\", during a battle between Batman and the Ten-Eyed Man, Bat-Mite (who breaks the fourth wall) was seen reading about the Ten-Eyed Man in issue #23 of the original \"Who's Who\" series. Who's Who in the D...
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for a point each, name the 3 largest cities (by population) in africa
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[ { "title": "Largest cities in Japan by population by decade", "text": "cities proper. Source data is from the 2000 Census. In the mid-2000s, another series of municipal mergers was enacted. The \"Great Heisei Mergers\" nearly halved the number of municipalities in Japan, once again increasing the size of so...
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for a point each, name the characters in the game of clue
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[ { "title": "Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion", "text": "Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion (subtitled \"Mystery Series: Episode One\" and alternatively known as Clue Chronicles Episode 1: The Fatal Masque) is a Windows point-and-click adventure game based on the Cluedo franchise,...
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name the only us president who has won the medal of honor.
[ { "title": "Medal of Honor", "text": "and son to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The only other such pairing is Theodore Roosevelt (awarded in 2001) and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Five pairs of brothers have received the Medal of Honor: Another notable pair of related recipients are Admiral Frank Friday Fletche...
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[ { "title": "Medal of Honor", "text": "Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded...
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name the song and artist of this 2005 top ten hit: “i'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser i'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs lip sync 'em every night so i don't get 'em wrong”
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[ { "title": "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)", "text": "Intelligence\". In \"Lip Sync Battle\", Queen Latifah sang this. \"The Village Voice\" listed the song number 37 in their list of Top Singles Of The 90's in 1999. \"Blender\" put \"My Lovin'\" at 148th place on their list of 500 Greatest Songs Sin...
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dec 18, 2008 marked the death of mark felt. what prominent role in the watergate scandals did he play?
[ { "title": "Mark Felt", "text": "Mark Felt William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and Associate Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking post, from May 1972 until his retirement from the FBI in June 1973. During his time as ...
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[ { "title": "Mark Felt", "text": "wanted to create the perception that Gray \"could not control the FBI\". This could result in Nixon's firing Gray, leaving Felt as the obvious choice to run the agency. Holland said this plan (if it was one) backfired as Nixon and his team found out that Felt was the leaker....
[ "deep throat (disambiguation)", "deepthroat", "deep throat", "deep-throat", "deep throat" ]
what is the name of the christmas poo, who emerges from the toilet bowl on christmas eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diets have been high in fiber, who appears on tvs south park?
[ { "title": "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", "text": "Kyle's song and some of Kenny's antics, but said the episode was not as funny as \"The Spirit of Christmas\" shorts. Rohan said \"South Park\" \"can be brilliantly over the edge, but often tonight, it sorely needs a comic bungee cord\". In 2003, the Chica...
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[ { "title": "The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve", "text": "The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve is the 13th book in the \"Hank the Cowdog\" book series. It is Christmas Eve on the ranch on which Hank the Cowdog and his assistant, Drover, live. It starts off with them ru...
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what is the name of the king of halloween town who tries to take over christmas in the disney movie the nightmare before christmas?
[ { "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King", "text": "'zing' that the unique license could have afforded.\" The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King , is a game for the Game Boy Advance released in 2005. The events of the game take place before those of the movie, \"The Nightmare B...
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[ { "title": "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "text": "red lobster-like king who flies at night named \"Sandy Claws\". Jack sequesters himself in his tower to study Christmas and find a way to rationally explain it, but cannot. He ultimately decides that it's unfair for Christmas Town alone to enjoy the holi...
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immortalized in an 1851 painting by emmanuel gottlieb leutze, which river did george washington cross on christmas night in 1776 before attacking the hessian forces during the battle of trenton?
[ { "title": "Washington Crossing the Delaware", "text": "Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River with the Contin...
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[ { "title": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776", "text": "The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the capture of the Hessian soldi...
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what product is advertised with the slogan "when you care enough to send the very best?"
[ { "title": "Hallmark Cards", "text": "– their first international business venture. In 1944, it adopted its current slogan, \"When you care enough to send the very best.\" It was created by C. E. Goodman, a Hallmark marketing and sales executive, and written on a 3x5 card. The card is on display at the comp...
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[ { "title": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough", "text": "When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough \"When You Got Dry/How Much Is Enough\" was a double A-Side single only released on 7 inch vinyl in November 1994 by Australian rock band You Am I. Due to a pressing fault, only 449 copies were ever produced out o...
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the american ad writer robert l. may introduced what popular christmas character when he designed a new coloring book for montgomery ward in 1939?
[ { "title": "Montgomery Ward", "text": "1930s, Montgomery Ward had become the country's largest retailer and Sewell Avery became the company's chief executive officer. In 1939, as part of a Christmas promotional campaign, staff copywriter Robert L. May created the character and illustrated poem of \"Rudolph,...
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[ { "title": "Robert L. May", "text": "the 1930s, May moved to Chicago and took a job as a low-paid in-house advertising copywriter for Montgomery Ward. In early 1939, May’s boss at Montgomery Ward asked him to write a “cheery” Christmas book for shoppers and suggested that an animal be the star of the book. ...
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in tchaikovskys ballet the nutcracker, who is the nutcrackers main enemy?
[ { "title": "Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum", "text": "a fun town.\" Arlene Wagner is regarded as a \"national authority\" on the subject of nutcrackers. Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum is a museum dedicated to nutcrackers, located in Leavenworth, Washington. Founded by Arlene Wagn...
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[ { "title": "Nutcracker doll", "text": "Nutcracker doll Nutcracker dolls, also known as Christmas nutcrackers, are decorative nutcracker figurines most commonly made to resemble a toy soldier. In German tradition, the dolls are symbols of good luck, frightening away malevolent spirits. While nearly all nutcr...
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in the o. henry story “the gift of the magi”, what did della sell to buy a chain for her husband's prized pocket watch?
[ { "title": "The Gift of the Magi", "text": "in New York City. The story was initially published in \"The New York Sunday World\" under the title \"Gifts of the Magi\" on December 10, 1905. It was first published in book form in the O. Henry Anthology \"The Four Million\" in April 1906. Mr. James Dillingham ...
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[ { "title": "The Gift of the Magi", "text": "to which Jim says he sold his watch to get the money to buy her ornamental combs. Although Jim and Della are now left with gifts that neither one can use, they realize how far they are willing to go to show their love for each other, and how priceless their love r...
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december 20, 1860 saw which state secede from the union, the first of 11?
[ { "title": "1860 United States presidential election in South Carolina", "text": "win the election nationally and would cause a major upset in the Southern States. South Carolina would be the first state to secede from the Union, on December 20, 1860, and would join the newly formed Confederate States of Am...
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what cocktail consists of 1.5 oz gin, .5oz applejack, 4 dashes grenadine, the juice of 1/2 lemon, and 1 egg white?
[ { "title": "Pink Lady (cocktail)", "text": "Pink Lady (cocktail) The Pink Lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. Its pink color is due to adding grenadine. The exact ingredients for the pink lady vary, but all variations have the use of gin, grenadine and egg white in common. In its most ...
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[ { "title": "Aviation (cocktail)", "text": "Aviation (cocktail) The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass. The Aviation was created by Hugo Ensslin, head bart...
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in the classic 1990 movie home alone, where is the mccallister family headed on vacation when 8 year old kevin is mistakenly left behind?
[ { "title": "Home Alone", "text": "Home Alone Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their C...
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[ { "title": "Home Alone (video game)", "text": "Home Alone (video game) Home Alone is the title of several tie-in video games based on the film of the same name. Versions were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super NES, Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. T...
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what is the concern with ralphie getting his "official red ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time in that classic 1983 movie a christmas story?
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[ { "title": "A Christmas Story", "text": "the film on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day each year. The film was released on November 18, 1983. It earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984 and in 2012 was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being \"cultural...
[ "he'll shoot his eye out" ]
whose ghost was the first to appear to ebenezer scrooge?
[ { "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge", "text": "\"Scrooge\" is used in English as a word for a person who is miserly and tight-fisted, in spite of the fact that Ebenezer Scrooge later reformed. The character is most often noted for exclaiming \"Bah! Humbug!\" despite uttering this phrase only twice in the entire st...
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[ { "title": "Ebenezer Scrooge", "text": "Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, \"A Christmas Carol\". At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: \"The cold within him froze his old fe...
[ "marley's ghost", "jacob marley" ]
what was the name of scrooge's long suffering clerk in a christmas carol?
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[ { "title": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film)", "text": "A Christmas Carol (1984 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name. The film is directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film \"Scroog...
[ "bob cratchit", "bob cratchitt", "bob cratchet", "cratchit" ]
olive the other what is a christmas book by vivian walsh and j otto seibold?
[ { "title": "Olive, the Other Reindeer", "text": "seen in 2015. The story was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. In the song, \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", the lyric \"All of the other reindeer\" can be misheard in dialects with the cot–caught merger a...
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[ { "title": "Vivian Walsh (author)", "text": "he was a professional.\" Mr. Lunch is a hard working dog who runs a bird-chasing office. \"Monkey Business\" is about the first monkey in space. This picture book catches-up with the monkey when he is a middle-aged industrial mogul. When Vivian Walsh moved to San...
[ "raindeers", "cervus tarandus", "cratering", "rein deer", "arctic caribou", "caribou (zoology)", "reindeer herder", "reindeer", "reindeer husbandry", "rangifer (genus)", "rangerine", "reindeer herding", "reindeers", "raindeer", "reindeer habitat", "woodland reindeer", "qalipu", "ca...
named for the day of its discovery by captain william mynors, christmas island, a land mass in the indian ocean, is a territory of what nation?
[ { "title": "Supreme Court of Christmas Island", "text": "Western Australia were given concurrent authority to deal with cases on the island, and those courts became the main venue in which litigation was conducted. Since the court’s abolition, its functions have been replaced by the Supreme Court of Western...
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[ { "title": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory", "text": "Geography of the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an archipelago of 55 islands in the Indian Ocean South of India, it is situated approximately halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The islands ...
[ "australia (commonwealth realm)", "australia", "continental australia", "australias", "peace of australia", "australian city life", "city life in australia", "australocentrist", "mainland australia", "australiia", "straya", "australia (commonwealth)", "austraila", "ausrtalia", "australia...
december 22, 1864 saw general sherman's march to the sea end when he and his troops captured what port city?
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[ { "title": "Sherman's March to the Sea", "text": "Sherman's March to the Sea Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah Campaign) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Uni...
[ "savanah, ga" ]
since a misprinted telephone number in 1958, norad, the joint us/canadian organization that provides aerospace intrusion warning, among other actions, has spent no public money tracking what?
[ { "title": "NORAD Tracks Santa", "text": "an emergency landing on the ice of Hudson Bay, where Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) interceptor aircraft sent to investigate discovered Santa Claus bandaging his reindeer Dancer's front foot, after which the RCAF planes escorted him when he resumed his journey. Eve...
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[ { "title": "North American Aerospace Defense Command", "text": "North American Aerospace Defense Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace war...
[ "🎅", "santa claus rituals", "origins of santa claus", "santy claus", "santa claus in north american culture", "święty mikołaj", "santa klause", "santa claus in north america", "santa letters", "baba nuwail", "santa claus rituals", "santa claus on a fire truck", "santa klaus", "santa cla...
for a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding the place where santa klaus is both rumored to live and is known as father frost, kazakhstan.
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[ { "title": "The Frost Place", "text": "by a porch. The facade affords fine views of the Franconia Range and Mount Lafayette. Frost and his family lived in the house until 1920, and spent their summers there for nearly twenty years. The Frost Place was founded in 1976 when the farm was purchased by the town ...
[ "russia, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and turkmenistan" ]
name the artist and title of this 1971 song that hit #3: "so this is christmas and what have you done another year over and a new one just begun and so this is christmas i hope you have fun the near and the dear one the old and the young"
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[ { "title": "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That", "text": "was in turn a quotation from James Broughton's \"The Bard and the Harper\" (1965). Broughton also used the quote in his art film \"This Is It\" (1971). Pitchfork named \"This ...
[ "john lennon - happy xmas" ]
according to the song the twelve days of christmas, what is given on the seventh day and what are they doing?
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[ { "title": "The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)", "text": "The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) \"The Twelve Days of Christmas\" (Roud 68) is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the t...
[ "seven swans a-swimming" ]
on january 16, 2001, president bill clinton awarded what former president a posthumous medal of honor, the only president to have received one?
[ { "title": "Andrew Jackson Smith (Medal of Honor)", "text": "the Army denied the nomination, citing a lack of official records documenting his case. Smith's commander at Honey Hill had not included an account of Smith's actions in the official battle report. It was not until January 16, 2001, 137 years afte...
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[ { "title": "Medal of Honor", "text": "of medals. At the time, no Medals of Honor had been awarded to American soldiers of African descent who served in World War II. After an exhaustive review, the study recommended that ten Distinguished Service Cross recipients be awarded the Medal of Honor. On January 13...
[ "t ros", "feddy roosevelt", "26th president of the united states", "trust buster", "the cowboy president", "teddy roosevelt", "theodore roosavelt", "president theodore roosevelt", "theodor roosevelt", "teddy rose", "teddy roosevelt", "theodore roosevelt", "t. roosevelt", "teodoro roosevelt...
july 27, 1940 saw the introduction of what beloved cartoon character in the 8:15 short a wild hare?
[ { "title": "A Wild Hare", "text": "A Wild Hare A Wild Hare, reissued as The Wild Hare, is a 1940 \"Merrie Melodies\" cartoon supervised by Tex Avery (credited as Fred Avery on the original issue). The short subject features Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, the latter making what is considered his first official a...
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[ { "title": "What a Cartoon!", "text": "summer of 1996 when it started bearing the name of the original project: \"The What a Cartoon! Show\". The show's initial premieres for each short preceded Cartoon Network's Sunday night movie block, \"Mr. Spim's Cartoon Theatre\". The shorts continued to air on Sunday...
[ "wascally wabbit", "bugs rabbit", "väiski vemmelsääri", "bugs bunny", "bugs the bunny", "vaiski vemmelsaari", "what's up, doc%3f (catchphrase)", "buggs bunny", "bugs bunny", "bugs bunny", "%22ain't i a stinker%22", "bugs bunny's prototype", "happy rabbit (character)", "vaiski", "bug b...
according to the nursery rhyme, who couldnt put humpty back together again?
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[ { "title": "Humpty Dumpty", "text": "to put him together again is representative of this principle, as it would be highly unlikely (though not impossible) to return him to his earlier state of lower entropy, as the entropy of an isolated system never decreases. Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in ...
[ "all the kings horses and all the kings men" ]
with a name that translates as that which snatches, what figure from greek mythology is a food-stealing monster with a womans head and body and the wings and claws of a bird?
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[ { "title": "Is that a Monster, Alfie Atkins?", "text": "blamed the ball boy for stealing the boy and hit him. Alfons now thinks there's a monster under his bed. The upcoming week, Alfons tries to find the ball boy and ask him for forgiveness. The first days, he can't find it and Alfons continues to imagine ...
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according to the bart simpsons tv ad, nobody better lay a finger on my what??
[ { "title": "Butterfinger", "text": "press release. When the joke was revealed, the website redirected visitors to the fictitious \"Butterfinger Comedy Network\". In 2009, a new advertisement for Butterfinger was produced that appeared to be a homage to the earlier \"The Simpsons\" commercials. In 2010, Butt...
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[ { "title": "Bart to the Future", "text": "so good, although better than many of the real stinkers yet to come at that point. Still, it utterly failed to rise to the challenge of 'Lisa’s Wedding.'\" In a 2003 article, writers of \"Entertainment Weekly\" listed \"Bart to the Future\" as the worst \"Simpsons\"...
[ "butterfingers snackerz", "butterfinger (ice cream)", "butterfinger crisp", "nestlé butterfinger", "butterfinger snackerz", "butterfinger ice cream bars", "butterfinger bb's", "butterfinger", "the butterfinger group" ]