Lightning Round
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Question 43. In tennis, when the ball is returned before it touches the ground, it is called a . . . ?
Answer: Volley
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Question 44. Where do relief pitchers warm up?
Answer: Bull pen
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Question 45. A punter may aim to kick the ball out of bounds within the 10 yard line, an area known as what?
Answer: Coffin corner
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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Question 46. How many ounces in a pound?
Answer: 16
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Question 47. How many tablespoons in a cup?
Answer: 16
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Question 48. How many pecks in a bushel?
Answer: 4
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Question 49. How many grams in a decigram?
Answer: 1/10
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CENTURY-Events from history. You name the century in which they took place.
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Question 50. Columbus discovered America.
Answer: 15th
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Question 51. The Battle of Jutland was fought.
Answer: 20th
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Question 52. The Post Office Department was established in this country.
Answer: 18th
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Question 53. Sir Isaac Newton announced his theory of gravity.
Answer: 17th
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THE GOOD BOOK
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Question 54. Who wrote the second-to-last book in the Old Testament?
Answer: Zechariah
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Question 55. On the death of her husband, this biblical heroine went to live with her mother-in-law and an alien people.
Answer: Ruth
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Question 56. What short man climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus?
Answer: Zaccheus
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Question 57. Name the first Christian martyr.
Answer: Stephen
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SPORTS
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Question 58. How many yards is a team penalized for being offside in football?
Answer: 5 yards
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Question 59. What is a piece of turf knocked into the air in golf?
Answer: Divot
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Question 60. What is a race involving factory-made cars called?
Answer: Stock car race
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WAR
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Question 61. The Treaty of Greenville followed what decisive action in American history?
Answer: Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Question 62. In what state did the Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg occur?
Answer: Maryland
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Question 63. The U.S. had no women soldiers in its Army until what war?
Answer: World War II
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TOM-Identify the following well-known Toms and Thomases.
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Question 64. The 13th century Dominican friar who wrote SUMMA THEOLOGICA.
Answer: St. Thomas Aquinas
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Question 65. The Kansas native named Golfer of the Year from 1977 through 1981.
Answer: Tom Watson
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Question 66. American clock manufacturer.
Answer: Seth Thomas
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Question 67. The circus midget whose real name was Charles Stratton.
Answer: Tom Thumb
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Months
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Question 68. Which month was named for the Roman god of war?
Answer: March (for Mars)
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Question 69. Which month was named after the man who said, "The die is cast. I have crossed the Rubicon"?
Answer: July (after Julius Caesar)
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Question 70. Which month was named after an ancient god who presided over gates and doors?
Answer: January (after Janus)
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Question 71. Which month was named for the emperor who ruled when Christ was born?
Answer: August (for Augustus Caesar)
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