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Question 1. I've got a list of three names who are always associated with another person. You give me the other half of each famous pair. Cain and . . . ; Laurel and . . . ; Samson and . . .
Answer: (In order) Abel, Hardy, Delilah
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Question 2. Monday's child is fair of face; Tuesday's child is . . . what?
Answer: Full of grace
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Question 3. How much is a baker's dozen?
Answer: 13
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Question 4. The Supreme Court will rule on whether what four-word phrase will remain as it is recited in the Pledge of Allegiance in most classrooms?
Answer: "one nation under God"
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Question 5. "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah." What Union Army general said this to President Lincoln in 1864?
Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman
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Question 6. The first declaration of war leading to the First World War was made on July 28, 1914. Who declared war on whom?
Answer: Austria-Hungary on Serbia.
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Question 7. The Republican chairman, Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), and the ranking Democrat, Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), seem to dislike each other intensely, making the atmosphere in what Senate Committee the worst in modern times, according to congressional analyst Norman Ornstein?
Answer: Judiciary
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Question 8. What are the three things you must to find the average of a set?
Answer: (1) Add the numbers of the set to find the sum. (2) Count the numbers in the set to determine how many there are. (3) Divide the sum by how many numbers there are in the set.
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Question 9. Absolute zero equals -459 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. What is absolute zero on the Celsius scale?
Answer: -273 degrees
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Question 10. Congressman Luis Gonzalez Posada, who heads the Peru-Morocco Friendship League, said in a radio program in Lima that King Mohammad VI of Morocco was sending Peru 20 of what animals as a gift?
Answer: Camels
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Question 11. Richard Grasso resigned as the chairman and CEO of which financial entity after an uproar over his recently disclosed $140 million pay package?
Answer: New York Stock Exchange
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Question 12. The single foremost motive which Christopher Columbus acknowledged as his purpose for undertaking his voyages of discovery was which of the following: unlimited wealth, worldwide fame, challenge and adventure, or the spreading of Christianity?
Answer: Spreading of Christianity
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Question 13. Scotland
Answer: Edinburgh
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Question 14. Name the current commissioners of the NBA, the NFL, and Major League Baseball.
Answer: David Stern, Paul Tagliabue, Bud Selig, respectively
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Question 15. At the end of the movie THE WIZARD OF OZ, one of the characters misquotes the Pythagorean Theorem. This error is actually a reflection on the brains of the screen-writer, not the character. In any event, name the character.
Answer: Scarecrow
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Question 16. Six of the nine planets have been known since ancient times. The seventh was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. Name it.
Answer: Uranus
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Question 17. He is talking about returning to his home state of South Dakota and running for governor. Name this host of “Access Hollywood,” who is scheduled to anchor a portion of NBC’s Olympics coverage next year.
Answer: Pat O’Brien
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Question 18. During what battle was our National Anthem composed?
Answer: Battle of Fort McHenry
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Question 19. The Republican-controlled Senate dealt a blow to the Bush administration on Sept. 16, voting to rescind new Federal Communications Commission rules that would allow what?
Answer: Large media companies to get even bigger.
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Question 20. In the number .4, what is the dot written before the 4 called?
Answer: Decimal point
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Question 21. Name the first five presidents of the United States in order of their inauguration.
Answer: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe
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Question 22. In a standard basketball court, the rim of the basket is elevated how many feet above the court?
Answer: Ten
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Question 23. A marsupial is an animal that carries its young in a pouch on the abdomen. What is the largest marsupial?
Answer: Kangaroo
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Question 24. This five-letter word may be defined as the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds in varying melody, rhythm, and tone, in order to form emotionally expressive compositions. What is it?
Answer: music
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Question 25. What is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 8?
Answer: 4
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Question 26. When is it possible to add 5 to 8 and get 1?
Answer: When looking at a clock: 5 hours after 8 o'clock it's 1 o'clock
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Question 27. A piece of molding 75 inches long is to be cut into small strips each 8 1/3 inches long to make picture frames. How many strips can be cut from the long pieces?
Answer: 9
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Question 28. Give me the names of Noah's three sons.
Answer: Shem, Ham, Japheth
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Question 29. Ariel Sharon plans to become the first sitting prime minister of Israel to visit what nation since both nations were carved from the former British empire more than 50 years ago?
Answer: India
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Question 30. John W. Snow has predicted that the American economy will grow at an annual rate of nearly 4 percent over the next year and will add two million new jobs before next year’s election. Who is he?
Answer: Secretary of the Treasury
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Question 31. The greatest story that literary history records from Anglo-Saxon days is about a loyal and good warrior. What is the name of this hero?
Answer: Beowulf
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Question 32. A rectangle measures 6 inches by 3 feet. Calculate the area of the rectangle, in square inches.
Answer: 216
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Question 33. Recite the first verse in the Bible.
Answer: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Question 34. Which President of the United States has handled war relief in Belgium during World War I before he became President?
Answer: Herbert Hoover
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Question 35. What is the plural of the word "mouse"?
Answer: Mice
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Question 36. What does M stand for in Roman numerals?
Answer: 1,000
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Question 37. What is the property of gold which permits it to be hammered into thin sheets?
Answer: Malleability
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Question 38. Lake Placid was the host of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. Where is Lake Placid; that is, in what state?
Answer: New York
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Question 39. On May 16, 1865, a five-cent coin was issued, and we still use it. What is it called?
Answer: Nickel
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Question 40. What are you given if you win an event in the Olympics?
Answer: Gold medal
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Question 41. What famous landmark was re-erected at Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
Answer: London Bridge
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Question 42. What are the three flavors in Neapolitan ice cream?
Answer: Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry
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