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Stainless steel is an alloy consisting of steel and 10% what?

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Chromium

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What was the real name of the priate Blackbeard? When did he live?

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Edward Teach lived from 1680 – 1718. His ship was named Queen Anne’s Revenge. He had captured that ship from the French. It was originally named La Concorde.

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Who found a cure for polio?

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Jonas Salk

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When was the Hollywood sign first erected?

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1923

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5
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What is the official flower of Florida state?

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The blossom of orange tree

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What is a menorah?

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A seven-branched candelabrum in judaism, i.e. a candle holder with seven branches.

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What is a single candle called that are used with a menorah?

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Shamash. Shamash is also a Mesopotamian sun god.

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In which year did Michael Fagan intrude into Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace?

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1982

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What were the names of the ships Christopher Columbus used for his voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?

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Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria

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Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a gun duel in 1804?

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Aaron Burr

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What building did artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap in fabric in 1995?

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The Berlin Reichstag

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Who was the president that Fidel Castro force out of power in 1958?

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Fulgencio Batista

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13
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How is the study of bells called?

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Campanology

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14
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Where does jerky originate from?

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Jamaica

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In which city is Taj Mahal located in?

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Agra, India

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What is the name of the only painting that Vincent van Gogh had sold during his lifetime?

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The Red Vineyard

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In crocodilians, what environmental factor determines the sex of the hatchling?

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The temperature of egg incubation. If the temperature is cool (around 30°C) the hatchlings are all female. Warmer temperatures hatch all males.

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18
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Who started eBay?

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Pierre Omidyar. He wanted to help his wife collect PEZ dispensers.

19
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Who wrote the Narina Chronicles?

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C. S. Lewis

20
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Which two Nobel prize winners have voluntarily declined the award?

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Jean-Paul Sartre, who refused all official awards, did not accept the 1964 literature prize. In 1974 he was joined by Le Duc Tho, who, with Henry Kissinger, shared the peace prize for their work to end the Vietnam War.

21
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Who two people were the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest?

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Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953.

22
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Sumo wrestlers throw what into the ring at the beginning of every wrestling match as a purifying ritual?

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Salt

23
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Stendhal syndrome refers to a collection of intense physical and mental symptoms you may experience while or after doing what?

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Viewing a work of beautiful art

24
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Eschatology is the study of what?

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The study of the end of the world. It concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or the world itself. It belongs in the theology sector.

25
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What is Docetism?

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A doctrine that Christ’s body was not human and his sufferings were only apparent.

26
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Who was the first discovered example of Homo Erectus?

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The Java Man discovered on the Java island in Indonesia.

27
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The Kitchen Debate were interpreter talks between which two important people?

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U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and President Nikita Khrushchev at the American National Exhibit on July 24, 1959 in Moscow. The talks were called the “kitchen debate” because the USA had built a model home (and kitchen) in Moscow. Khrushchev claimed that Nixon’s grandchildren would live under communism and Nixon claimed that Khrushchev’s grandchildren would live in freedom.

28
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What card game was responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of cards?

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Euchre

29
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What place is traditionally considered the resting place of Noah’s Ark?

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Mount Ararat in Turkey

30
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Which strait separates Sicily from the Italian mainland?

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Strait of Messina

31
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What is a spectometer?

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A device to measure wavelengths.

32
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Who was the first Pope to fly an airplane?

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Paul VI (Giovanni Montini, crowned 262th pope in 1963). It was the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century.

He was also the last pope to be crowned (with a papal tiara), all subsequent popes have been inaugurated.

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Which pope was the first to be from the southern hemisphere?

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Pope Fransicus (266th pope). He visited Estonia in 2018.

He is also the only jesuit pope in history.

34
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Who was the first Pope ever?

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St. Peter

35
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What are the three main secondary colors?

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Green, orange and violet.

36
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Which three countries have a dragon on their flag?

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Bhutan, Wales and Malta.

On the Malta flag, there is a cross in the upper left corner depicting a dragon being fought by Saint George.

37
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Who invented the plus and minus and equals signs?

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Robert Recorde in 1557. He said “there are no two more equal things than two parallel lines of the same length”.

The multiplication sign (x) was invented in 1631 by William Oughtred, and the division sign (÷) in 1659 by Johann Rahn.

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Who was the first French king to represent the Bourbon dynasty?

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Henry IV

39
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What is the Boyle’s Law?

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Pressure is inversely proportional to the volume. P = 1 / V
For example, if, at constant temperature, the pressure increases by 2 times, the volume of the confined gas decreases by 2.

40
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In poker, what is a hand with a pair of Aces and a pair of Eights called?

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Dead Man’s Hand. This was the hand “Wild Bill” Hickok was holding when he was murdered.

41
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How old is Earth considered to be today?

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4,5 billion years.

41
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What does the term “banzai” mean?

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From japanese, “ten thousand years” of long life, or in modern world “YESSS!!”

41
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What was the real name of Harry Houdini?

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Erik Weisz

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