Lightning Round
ANIMALS
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Question 43. Which of the following is not a type of whale: humpback, bowhead, pygmy, bluenose?
Answer: Bluenose
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Question 44. Which of the following is not a breed of beef cattle: Hereford, Guernsey, Shorthorn, or Brahman?
Answer: Guernsey
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Question 45. Were cats first tamed by the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, or the Siamese?
Answer: Egyptians
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RUSSIA
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Question 46. What is the official language of Russia?
Answer: Russian
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Question 47. The Soviet Union was known by what initials?
Answer: U.S.S.R.
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Question 48. Name the first popularly elected President of Russia.
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
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YOUR WARSHIP
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Question 49. The first warships recorded sailed on what river?
Answer: Nile
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Question 50. Did the early Norsemen invade the British Isles, Rome, Egypt, or India?
Answer: British Isles
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Question 51. During World War II, the conflict in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack against what site?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
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U.S.A.-Name the large city from its location.
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Question 52. In southeastern Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico.
Answer: Houston
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Question 53. At the east end of Lake Erie, on the Niagara River.
Answer: Buffalo
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Question 54. In southwestern Tennessee, on the Mississippi River.
Answer: Memphis
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ANIVERBS- Human behavior can often be described most vividly by using a verb derived from the name of an animal.
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Question 55. To trick by using ingenuity or cunning
Answer: Fox
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Question 56. To move, crawl, or drag with a serpentine movement
Answer: Snake
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Question 57. To mimic
Answer: Ape
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CALIFORNIA-Answer these questions about the Golden Bear State.
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Question 58. This is the state's most famous bridge.
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge
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Question 59. What took place at 5:13 A.M. on April 18, 1906?
Answer: San Francisco earthquake
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Question 60. What Steinbeck novel deals with people moving from the dust bowl to California during the Depression?
Answer: THE GRAPES OF WRATH
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Question 61. This Neil Simon play is set at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Answer: CALIFORNIA SUITE
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GALS-Name these gals--words that begin with G A L.
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Question 62. A festive occasion
Answer: Gala
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Question 63. A sailor's name for the kitchen
Answer: Galley
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Question 64. The fastest pace of any animal
Answer: Gallop
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CHILDREN-Name these famous children or teenagers.
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Question 65. The child who on August 18, 1587, became the first English baby born in America.
Answer: Virginia Dare
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Question 66. She lived in the White House during the Clinton administration.
Answer: Chelsea
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Question 67. The Austrian prodigy who at the age of 5 composed “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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