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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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