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Question 1. Name the movie in which we hear TARA'S THEME, or the movie in which we hear LARA'S THEME.
Answer: GONE WITH THE WIND and DR. ZHIVAGO, respectively
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Question 2. Sandy baked 4 1/2 pounds of cookies. If she divides the cookies evenly among herself and two friends, how many pounds of cookies will she get?
Answer: 1 1/2
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Question 3. Roald Amundsen
Answer: Norwegian
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Question 4. Give me the nickname of the London murderer of at least six women in 1888, who was never apprehended.
Answer: Jack the Ripper
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Question 5. The official name for the Soviet Union is the U.S.S.R. What do these letters stand for?
Answer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Question 6. One yard equals 0.914 meters. How many meters are there in 75 yards?
Answer: 68.55
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Question 7. Only one king of England was not able to speak English. He reigned from 1714 to 1727. Was he George I, George II, or George III?
Answer: George I
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Question 8. "Would you like some freedom fries with your crow, Mr. President?" That's Salon.com's headline describing President Bush's recent turnaround, asking what group to help the United States rebuild Iraq?
Answer: The United Nations
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Question 9. What TV show did Newsweek characterize as “Comedy Central’s burpfest”?
Answer: The Man Show
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Question 10. Multiply 5.209 by 1.086. What's the product?
Answer: 5.656974
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Question 11. How much money would I have if I possessed six bits?
Answer: 75 cents
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Question 12. If a car travels 300 yards in 10 seconds, how many feet does it travel in a fifth of a second if its rate does not vary?
Answer: 18 feet
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Question 13. Here are some of the best-known trails: Appalachian Trail, Chisholm Trail, Santa Fe Trail. Now match them with their start and stop points: Texas to Kansas; Missouri to New Mexico; Maine to Georgia.
Answer: Appalachian--Maine to Georgia; Chisholm--Texas to Kansas, Santa Fe--Missouri to New Mexico
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Question 14. He addressed a Richmond convention with the famous speech, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Who was this patriot?
Answer: Patrick Henry
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Question 15. The study of word origins is called etymology. What is studied in the science of entomology?
Answer: Insects
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Question 16. A 16th century scientist put forward the then absurd notion that the sun, not the earth, was the center around which the planets revolve. Name this Polish astronomer.
Answer: Nicolas Copernicus
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Question 17. Two senior Bush administration officials urged patience with the American occupation in Iraq, comparing the attacks against U.S. forces there to guerrilla strikes by member of what political party that fought on after World War II ended?
Answer: Nazis
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Question 18. If I were cautious, I would be very careful. What would I be like if I were precocious?
Answer: A person of premature development; advanced for age
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Question 19. Taco Bell must pay an additional $11.8 million in interest to two Michigan men who successfully sued the fast-food chain for stealing their idea of an ad campaign featuring a talking what?
Answer: Chihuahua
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Question 20. A frightening fracture in the earth's crust is located in the state of California. What is this geological feature called?
Answer: San Andreas Fault
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Question 21. How many sides does a heptagon have?
Answer: 7
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Question 22. Nine ounces is what fraction of a pound?
Answer: 9/16
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Question 23. A new book titled, “Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good,” is a new book written by which actor and his business partner, about the success of their company that started with the sale of the actor’s homemade salad dressing with all the profits given away to charity?
Answer: Paul Newman
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Question 24. His ship was named Argo, and in it he sailed to find the Golden Fleece. Name him.
Answer: Jason
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Question 25. A state of lawlessness or political disorder within a country--in short, the lack of any governmental authority--is called what?
Answer: Anarchy
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Question 26. In geology, the wave-washed sediment along a coast extending throughout the surf zone, is known as what?
Answer: Beach
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Question 27. America's Unknown Soldier is buried at Arlington National Cemetery; France's, at the Arch of Triumph. Where is England's Unknown Soldier?
Answer: Westminster Abbey
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Question 28. A bear had three cubs. Each of the cubs weighed 1,457 grams. What was the total weight of the cubs in kilograms?
Answer: 4.371
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Question 29. In arithmetic, what do we call the quantity from which another quantity is subtracted?
Answer: Minuend
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Question 30. Name the song sung by Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's PINOCCHIO.
Answer: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
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Question 31. What government department controls the food stamp program, school lunches and breakfasts, and meat and poultry inspection?
Answer: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Question 32. The duckbilled platypus, the koala, and the kangaroo you find on which continent?
Answer: Australia
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Question 33. The 3-judge ruling on California's recall election was related to voting irregularities in what other state during the presidential election of 2000?
Answer: Florida
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Question 34. Fred, a traveling salesman, spent 1 3/4 hours driving on Mondays, 2 1/3 hours driving on Tuesday, and 2 1/6 hours driving on Wednesday. How many total hours did he spend driving those three days?
Answer: 6 1/4 hours
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Question 35. According to the Bible, what was man made from?
Answer: dust
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Question 36. Cell phone companies are attacking each other with ad blitzes as they brace for a new rule beginning Nov. 24 that will let customers keep what when they switch providers?
Answer: Their phone number
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Question 37. What philosopher spoke of a cave in which people are chained and in which they see shadows, thinking these shadows to be the only reality?
Answer: Plato (Accept Socrates.)
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Question 38. The cotton wedding anniversary is celebrated in the first year of marriage. In what year is the golden wedding anniversary celebrated?
Answer: 50th
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Question 39. In geology, the Moh's Scale measures the hardness of rocks and minerals. What does the Richter Scale measure?
Answer: Intensity of earthquakes
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Question 40. What does the Roman numeral M stand for?
Answer: 1,000
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Question 41. In the closest race for the National League batting title in history, what St. Louis Cardinal won the crown when challenger Todd Helton of the Rockies was intentionally walked in his last at bat?
Answer: Albert Pujols (He won by a margin of .00022, or .3587 to .3585.)
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