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Question 1. Pork is what we call meat from a pig. What kind of meat do we call venison?
Answer: Deer meat
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Question 2. Originally the word "stadium" was a Greek measure of length (about 600 feet). What does the word mean today?
Answer: a sports arena
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Question 3. Each angle of an equilateral triangle measures what?
Answer: 60o
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Question 4. What is H2O the symbol of?
Answer: Water
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Question 5. The scale of a map is: 3/4 of an inch = 10 miles. If the distance on the map between two towns is 6 inches, what is the actual distance?
Answer: 80 miles
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Question 6. Thailand used to be called Siam. What did Kampuchea used to be called?
Answer: Cambodia
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Question 7. John Paul Jones is noted for saying, "I have not yet begun to fight." Who said, "We have met the enemy and they are ours"?
Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry
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Question 8. What is the all-time bestselling book?
Answer: Bible
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Question 9. The friends Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, are better known by what collective name?
Answer: Three Musketeers
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Question 10. How did a pizza delivery man, since killed, say he was forced into robbing a bank?
Answer: He had a bomb strapped to his body.
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Question 11. This man thought up the modern idea of what Santa Claus looks like. He also created the symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties--the donkey and the elephant. Name this political cartoonist.
Answer: Thomas Nast
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Question 12. Dill pickles are made from what vegetable?
Answer: Cucumbers
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Question 13. In the earlier days of the automobile, what was the platform motorists mounted to step into the car?
Answer: Running board
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Question 14. In a speech to the nation, President Bush said he would ask Congress for $87 billion to fight terrorism and continue operations where?
Answer: Iraq
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Question 15. In an address to the opening session of what United Nations body, President Bush offered no apology for ordering the invasion of Iraq. Instead, he reiterated his case against Saddam Hussein?
Answer: General Assembly
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Question 16. Give me the name of the tallest building in the world and tell me where it's located.
Answer: Sears Building in Chicago
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Question 17. A sports arena built by the Emperor Titus year A.D. 80 still stands despite centuries of pillage and earthquakes. Name this tourist attraction and the European city where it's located.
Answer: Colosseum in Rome
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Question 18. What nation billed the U.S. a million dollars for maintenance of a downed spy plane?
Answer: China
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Question 19. When Hurricane Isabel first hit U.S. soil, it hit where?
Answer: North Carolina coast
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Question 20. The federal government is evaluating technology that would put what aboard commercial flights: a. A mechanism to automatically seal the cockpit door in the event of an emergency, b. A computerized autopilot that could land the plane, c. A sniffer to detect explosives, or d. Video cameras to monitor pilots and passengers?
Answer: d. Video cameras to monitor pilots and passengers
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Question 21. What Walt Disney cartoon character has three pesky nephews?
Answer: Donald Duck
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Question 22. An odometer measures car mileage. What does an anemometer do?
Answer: It measures wind speed.
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Question 23. A senator from Kentucky was the chief architect both of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and of the Great Compromise of 1850. Who was he?
Answer: Henry Clay
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Question 24. Castor and Pollux are the names of two stars in what constellation?
Answer: Gemini
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Question 25. He recently became the first Democratic contender to end his presidential campaign. Name the U.S. senator from Florida.
Answer: Bob Graham
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Question 26. In 1644, Peter Stuyvesant lost what in a battle with the Portuguese?
Answer: His leg
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Question 27. Islam is the religion of Arabia, founded by Mohammed. What is the name of the God of the Moslems?
Answer: Allah
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Question 28. What did Benjamin Franklin invent because he got tired of having to carry two pairs of glasses with him--one for close-up and the other for distance?
Answer: Bifocals
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Question 29. As stated in the popular proverb, what does haste make?
Answer: Waste
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Question 30. In heraldry and mythology, what is the horse with a single horn called?
Answer: unicorn
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Question 31. Is the Hoosier State Indiana, Iowa, or Illinois?
Answer: Indiana
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Question 32. He led the Nationalist forces to victory during the Spanish Civil War, and ruled Spain from 1936 to 1975.
Answer: Francisco Franco
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Question 33. Identify the respective family names of Romeo and Juliet.
Answer: Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet
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Question 34. Biologists have a word for the offspring of two animals or plants of different species which are crossbred. What is the word?
Answer: Hybrid
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Question 35. New Hampshire is called the Granite State. What state is called the Sunflower State?
Answer: Kansas
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Question 36. A new book says the year before Princess Diana died, she was alienated from a family member who wrote to her saying she had mental problems. Who was it?
Answer: Her brother, Earl Spencer
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Question 37. The third leading cause of death in the United States is stroke. Do strokes occur in the heart, the liver, the stomach, or the brain?
Answer: Brain
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Question 38. What state has the largest population?
Answer: California
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Question 39. Multiply a baker's dozen by a score; divide by the number of boroughs in New York City; and subtract the number of keys on a piano. What is the answer?
Answer: -36 (13; 20; 5; 88)
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Question 40. What ancient people worshipped Anubis, God of the Dead, who was reputed to be the inventor of embalming?
Answer: Egyptians
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Question 41. What is a geometric figure with eight equal sides called?
Answer: Octagon
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