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Question 1. What must an athlete not do in order to be called an amateur?
Answer: He must not earn money from his sport.
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Question 2. President Bush spoke to a subdued crowd in Richfield, Ohio in early September and said, “Things are getting better.” What was the topic?
Answer: The economy
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Question 3. Name the author of the popular book ROOTS.
Answer: Alex Haley
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Question 4. Canadian officials say getting a flu shot is even more important than usual this year because it will help distinguish the flu from what other similar disease that surfaced last year?
Answer: SARS
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Question 5. Queen Anne of England belonged to the House of Stuart. Of what royal house was King Henry VIII of England a member?
Answer: Tudor
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Question 6. The Institute of Sports Medicine claims that it is second only to football in the severity of its physical requirements. Edward Villela says that it takes more strength to get through a six-minute pas de deux than four rounds of boxing. What activity is it which takes this terrific toll?
Answer: Ballet
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Question 7. What is the name of the star which is closest to the earth?
Answer: The sun
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Question 8. Horses run in herds. Fish swim in . . . ?
Answer: Schools
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Question 9. Mademoiselle
Answer: French
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Question 10. The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. What is the NCAA?
Answer: National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Question 11. A small study of heart disease patients has found that an experimental drug reversed what may be the equivalent of years' worth of _______ in coronary arteries. Fill in the blank with a six-letter word starting with P.
Answer: Plaque
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Question 12. Fears of attacks against international media in Baghdad were heightened after a bomb damaged a hotel housing the offices of which news network?
Answer: NBC News
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Question 13. Which country recently told the U.S. and four other nations that it has nuclear weapons and will prove it by conducting a test unless the U.S. gives up its “hostile policy”?
Answer: North Korea
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Question 14. What are the only two numbers that will divide into 17 evenly?
Answer: 1 and 17
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Question 15. In what city does the Mardi Gras take place?
Answer: New Orleans
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Question 16. What TV series did Bill Clinton thank Rob Lowe for, saying it was “renewing people’s faith in public service”?
Answer: West Wing
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Question 17. Which is the only country on the U.S. State Department list of terrorist sponsors with whom the U.S. has diplomatic relations?
Answer: Syria
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Question 18. What great American said, "With malice toward none, with charity for all"?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
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Question 19. Nile
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
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Question 20. Ken is an artist who gets paid for each painting he paints. Next month he needs to paint twice as many paintings as he did this month. That will be 52 paintings. How many paintings did he complete this month?
Answer: 26
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Question 21. Who was Romeo's lover, in the story by Shakespeare?
Answer: Juliet
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Question 22. In which city is the White House located?
Answer: Washington, D.C.
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Question 23. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. What was ended with the Treaty of Paris signed 20 years later?
Answer: American Revolution
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Question 24. What is the word that means the opposite of another word?
Answer: Antonym
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Question 25. The garbage collector's morning route is 16 blocks. On every fourth block, there is only one trash dumpster, but every other block has 21 trash cans. How many containers will he empty?
Answer: 256
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Question 26. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. Who invented the lightning rod?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Question 27. What gas makes up about 78% of the earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
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Question 28. In which U.S. city did voters recently go to the polls to decide whether or not to tax espresso drinks 10 cents per cup in order to raise money for early childhood programs and higher salaries for daycare workers?
Answer: Seattle
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Question 29. The force with which bodies are pulled toward the center of the earth by gravity is called what?
Answer: Weight
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Question 30. What two states border on Florida?
Answer: Georgia and Alabama
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Question 31. The highest peak in the world is Mt. Everest, located in Nepal. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls, located in what country?
Answer: Venezuela
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Question 32. Eight quarts equals a peck. How many pecks make a bushel?
Answer: Four
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Question 33. If you have ever been to the national capital building in Washington, D.C., you have probably stood in the circular hall under the massive central dome. What is this interior space called?
Answer: Rotunda
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Question 34. Born in Haiti, he died in 1851 after pioneering American bird study. He was also a famous painter of birds. Who was he?
Answer: John James Audubon
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Question 35. Which great political document begins with these words, "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them to another . . . "
Answer: Declaration of Independence
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Question 36. The male partner of a doe is a buck. What is the male partner of a duck?
Answer: Drake
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Question 37. "Slide" is a word used in the game of baseball. But what musical instrument has a slide?
Answer: Trombone
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Question 38. "All persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth, and forever free." The preceding announcement was issued on September 22, 1862, by President Lincoln. What is it called?
Answer: Emancipation Proclamation
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Question 39. What star of Phone Booth has been dubbed “the Irish Brad Pitt”?
Answer: Colin Farrell
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Question 40. This country was carved from Prussia and Austria due to agreements made in the 18th century. The nation gained independence after World War I. Name it.
Answer: Poland
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Question 41. In 1972, Rod Carew came to bat 535 official times and had 170 hits. What was his American League-leading batting average?
Answer: .318
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Question 42. What is the word for a Swiss mountain home?
Answer: Swiss chalet
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