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1
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Zeus’s winged horse in mythology

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Pegasus

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What horse was grandson of Man o War and won a famous race in 1938?

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Seabiscuit

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What country is the island of Corfu in?

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Greece

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Ibiza is part of what country?

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Spain

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Rapa Nui is part of what country?

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Chile

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What is the girl’s name in Wizard of Oz?

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Dorothy Gale

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Most populous city in Sweden?

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Stockholm

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Who said “Cogito, ergo sum”, I think therefore I am?

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Rene Descartes

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An epidemic strikes Algeria in “The Plague” by what author?

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Albert Camus

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A mysterious microorganism from space wipes out most of an Arizona town in this thriller by Michael Crichton

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The Andromeda Strain

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Who wrote Dune?

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Frank Herbert

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A mysterious microorganism from space wipes out most of an Arizona town in this thriller by Michael Crichton

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The Andromeda strain

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What are the two bones in the forearm?

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Ulna and Radius

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What bone runs from the shoulder to the elbow?

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Humerus

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What bone connects the humerus with the clavicle?

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Scapula

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What is the largest and thickest bone in the human body?

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Femur

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What is the shinbone called?

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Tibia

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What is the smaller of the lower leg bones?

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Fibula

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What are the two green numbers in roulette?

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0 and 00 (double zero)

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Who plays the US district attorney in Billions and was also in Sideways?

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Paul Giamatti

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21
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Who established the American Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

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Who wrote ‘The Faerie Queene’?

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Edmund Spenser

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23
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Who wrote “Prufrock and Other Observations”?

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TS Eliot

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24
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Who wrote “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”?

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Gil Scott-Heron

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25
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Who wrote “To a Louse”?

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Robert Burns

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Who wrote “Paradise Lost”?

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John Milton

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27
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What animals do the Sami of Scandinavia hunt?

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Reindeer

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28
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Who wrote “The Pilgrim’s Progress”?

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John Bunyan

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29
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Titan is a moon of what planet?

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Saturn

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30
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What is the fifth planet from the sun?

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Jupiter

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What German astronomer is best known for his three laws of planetary motion?

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Johannes Kepler

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32
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What German born British astronomer discovered Uranus?

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William Herschel

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Who is the most famous ancient Greek astronomer, who believed the solar system revolved around the earth?

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Ptolemy

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What Polish astronomer proposed that the earth revolved around the sun?

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Copernicus

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What Italian astronomer improved the telescope and defended the idea that the earth revolved around the sun, and also discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn?

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Galileo Galilei

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What Dutch scientist improved the telescope and first discovered Saturn moon Titan?

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Christiaan Huygens

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37
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Newton’s first law of motion is…

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Body’s in motion tend to stay in motion - Inertia

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Newton’s second law of motion is…

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F = ma: The greater the force the greater the acceleration. The greater the mass, the greater the force needed to move the object.

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Newton’s third law of motion is…

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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40
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What American anthropologist wrote about Samoan culture after spending time there?

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Margaret Mead

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41
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What American abolitionist raided Harper’s ferry?

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John Brown

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42
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What was Paul Revere’s occupation?

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Silversmith

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43
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Who wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride”?

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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44
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What American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?

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Jesse Owens

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45
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What easily frightened man was in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?

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Ichabod Crane

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46
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The B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on a city was named what?

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Enola Gay

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47
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The first atomic was code named what and dropped on what city?

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Little Boy on Hiroshima

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48
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This longest running Broadway musical premiered in 1986

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Phantom of the Opera

49
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Who wrote the music for Phantom of the Opera?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

50
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What Broadway musical features murderers Velma and Roxie?

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Chicago

51
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What highest grossing Broadway musical was released in 1997?

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Lion King

52
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What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical debuted on Broadway in 1982 and was based on a book of light verse by TS Elliot?

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Cats

53
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What Broadway musical released in 2003 tells the story of the green Galinda?

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Wicked

54
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What musical was set in revolutionary France and based on a novel by Victor Hugo?

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Les Miserables

55
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What 1975 musical centers on 17 dancers auditioning for a part?

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A Chorus Line

56
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What risque musical revue debuted in 1969, and has nothing to do with India?

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Oh, Calcutta!

57
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What most popular juke-box musical debuted in 1999?

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Mamma Mia!

58
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What musical debuted on Broadway in 1994 and is considered Broadway’s first legitimate family show?

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Beauty and the Beast

59
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What Jonathan Larson musical debuted on Broadway in 1996 and was loosely based on Puccini’s 1896 opera La Boheme?

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Rent

60
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What musical won 9 Tony awards in 1965 and is focused on Tevye and his family in 1905 Russia?

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Fiddler on the Roof

61
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Who wrote ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’, ‘All the President’s Men’ (screenplay), ‘Princess Bride’ and ‘Marathon Man’?

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William Goldman

62
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Who wrote the 1974 non-fiction book “All the President’s Men”?

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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

63
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Who were the two leads in the movie ‘All the President’s Men’?

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Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman

64
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What famous Persian Islamic scholar and poet was born in 1048?

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Omar Khayyam

65
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What are the Nepal locals who assist mountain climbers called?

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Sherpa

66
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Who wrote Catch-22?

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Joseph Heller

67
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The Summoner’s tale is part of what work by who?

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

68
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What center of Russian government is found on Red Square and finished in 1918?

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The Kremlin

69
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Around 985 who sailed from Iceland & founded a colony on Greenland?

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Erik the Red

70
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What six time Grammy winner wrote ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ and ‘Fire and Ice’?

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James Taylor

71
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What Puccini opera released in 1904 centered on a teenage bride who ends up killing herself?

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Madame Butterfly

72
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What Italian composer wrote La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904)?

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Giacomo Puccini

73
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What Puccini opera released in 1890s centered on a group of bohemians living in 1830s Paris?

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La boheme

74
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The actual area Bohemia is part of what modern country?

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Czechia

75
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What Puccini opera released in 1900 centered on Rome’s star opera singer trying to save her lover from the Chief of Police?

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Tosca

76
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Who wrote the operas Tristan und Isolde, and the Ring cycle, including Siegfried?

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Richard Wagner

77
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What 1930s American opera focuses on a black crippled beggar?

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Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin

78
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What 1850s opera focuses on the doomed love of Violetta the courtesan and Alfredo?

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La traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi

79
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What 1870s opera focuses on a fiery gypsy dancer and a naive soldier?

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Carmen, by Georges Bizet

80
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What 1790s singspiel opera is set in Ancient Egypt and borrows symbolism from Freemasonry?

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The Magic Flute, by Mozart

81
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What 1810s comedy opera features Figaro as the main character?

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The Barber of Seville, by Gioachino Rossini

82
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What 1850s opera features a hunchback court jester and his daughter Gilda?

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Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi

83
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What 1780s comedy opera…

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The Marriage of Figaro, by Mozart

84
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Capital of China?

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Beijing

85
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Capital of Japan

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Tokyo

86
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Capital of DR Congo

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Kinshasa

87
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Capital of Russia

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Moscow

88
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Capital of Indonesia

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Jakarta

89
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Capital of Egypt

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Cairo

90
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Capital of South Korea

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Seoul

91
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Capital of Peru

A

Lima

92
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Capital of Iran

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Tehran

93
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Capital of Thailand

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Bangkok

94
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Capital of Vietnam

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Hanoi

95
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Capital of Iraq

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Baghdad

96
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Capital of Colombia

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Bogota

97
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Capital of Chile

A

Santiago

98
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Capital of Afghanistan

A

Kabul

99
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Capital of Kenya

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Nairobi

100
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Capital of Germany

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Berlin

101
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Capital of Spain

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Madrid

102
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Capital of South Africa

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Pretoria

103
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Capital of Ukraine

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Kyiv

104
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Capital of Argentina

A

Buenos Aries

105
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Capital of Italy

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Rome

106
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Capital of Romania

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Bucharest

107
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What is the largest river in Europe?

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Volga

108
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What river flows through Russia, with 4/10 largest cities, incl Moscow, on its banks?

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Volga

109
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What is the 2nd largest river in Europe?

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Danube

110
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What river starts in Germany, flows through Bucharest & Sofia, through Ukraine into the Black Sea?

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Danube

111
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What 3rd largest river of Europe flows from Russia through Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea?

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Ural

112
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What river starts in Switzerland, forms much of it’s border, and then flows through Germany & Holland into the North Sea?

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Rhine

113
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What river does Hamburg lie on?

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Elbe

114
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What is the busiest port in Europe?

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

115
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What is the second busiest port in Europe?

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Antwerp, Belgium

116
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What is the largest city in Belgium?

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Antwerp

117
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What is the largest city in Europe and in Germany?

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Berlin

118
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What is the 2nd largest city in Europe and largest in Spain?

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Madrid

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