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Mr. B's Trivia Spring and Summer 2016

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Who discovered first that there were actually 365 1/4 days in a solar year?

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Julius Caesar

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Lent is a period of 40 days that come before what holiday?

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Easter

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What year did Leonardo DeCaprio win his first Oscar Award for best actor?

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2016

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What years was George Washington president?

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1789-1797

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Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

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Andrew Johnson

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Thimphu, Bhutan, is the only world capital without a single what?

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Traffic signal

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Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia, was designed to look like what on a map?

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An airplane

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The first hit rap song was released in 1979. Was it sung by Sugarhill Gang or Chubby Checker?

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Sugar Hill Gang

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Who wrote the poems in A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends?

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Shel Silverstein

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A major tennis stadium in New York is named after which African American tennis player?

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Arthur Ashe

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What mighty river carved the Grand Canyon?

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The Colorado River

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Only one of our states was ruled by kings and queens in its past. Name the state.

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Hawaii

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The Great Lakes form part of our border with Canada. Name all five of them.

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Huron, Ontario, Michigan Erie and Superior

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In the early 1900’s, his amazing feats of magic made him an international celebrity. Who was he?

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Harry Houdini (One of America’s greatest magicians, he began his career as a trapeze performer.)

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What did President Jefferson want his explorers to find?

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A way to the Pacific Ocean

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What was the starting point of Lewis and Clark’s trip?

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St. Louis, Missouri (Gateway Arch)

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What country ruled the colonies before the American Revolution?

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England

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What is the oldest European community in the United States?

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St. Augustine

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What is the capital of Uruguay?

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Montevideo

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The Hero Two Doors Down is a book by Sharon Robinson about this baseball hero (number 42)

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Jackie Robinson

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What is the capital of Russia?

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Moscow

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What publishing company published books such as Magic Bunny and Harry Potter?

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Scholastic

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What is the capital of Peru?

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Lima

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What is the capital of Paraguay?

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Asuncion

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What is a group of dolphins called?

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a pod

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What city is known as the movie capital of the world?

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Hollywood, California

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Where can you find the largest/tallest living things on earth?

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Sequoia National Park or Muir Woods National Park or any park in California with Redwood trees

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What natural disaster caused the Pinnacles National Park landform?

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Volcano eruption

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What is the major fault in California?

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San Andreas

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What does a seismometer measure?

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earthquakes

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What state comes alphabetically after Georgia?

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Hawaii

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32
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The inventor of the first window wipers for a car was….

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Mary Anderson

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Mary Anderson invented these in 1903 to wipe off snow or rain.

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windshield wipers

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34
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A Scandinavian first name for the last name Rockne (football coach)

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Knute

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35
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Knute Rockne lost just 12, but won one for the Gipper and 104 more at this school.

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Notre Dame

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“Rudy” and “Knute Rockne, All American” are both films that focus on the football team nicknamed this.

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The Fighting Irish

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37
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Girls in this country display valuable dolls that are family heirlooms on Hina-Matsuri.

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Japan

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Hina-Matsuri (Japanese Peach Festival) is on this day.

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March 3

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Where were the 1988 Olympics held?

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Seoul, South Korea

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Who won the 1984 and 1988 Men’s Platform Diving at the olympics?

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Greg Louganis

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What were the first words Alexander Graham Bell said to his assistant on his telephone?

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Watson, come here. I want you.

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Lent is a time of prayer and fasting for what religion?

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Christian

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43
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What state will you find the Watts Towers?

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California

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44
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What is the sticky nickname for someone from Fayetteville or Charlotte, North Carolina?

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Tar Heel

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(Animals in Kid’s Books)Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above Wilbur’s pen, is one of these

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a Spider

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(Mashed-Up Book Titles) Charlotte’s Little

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Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little

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A young girl named Fern saves a pig from certain death in this E.B. White novel

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Charlotte’s Web

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A real trumpet is used by E.B. White’s title fowl in the story called “The Trumpet of” this bird

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the swan

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49
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This “Stuart Little” author also co-wrote the handbook “The Elements of Style”

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E.B. White

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What famous person is Joanne Kathleen?

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JK Rowling

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51
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What famous author is lesser known by Elwyn Brooks?

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E.B. White

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52
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Which President is pictured on the 1 dollar bill?

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George Washington

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53
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If you get an email from someone you don’t know what’s the best thing to do?

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ignore it or delete it

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54
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What fruit can you dry to make prunes?

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plums

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In the Aesop’s fable The Hare and the Tortoise,who wins the race?

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the tortoise

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56
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In a virtual world, you interact with a place online.True or False?

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true

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57
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“Honest” adopted name of abolitionist Isabella Baumfree

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Sojourner Truth

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Born a slave around 1797, she became famous as a preacher, abolitionist and women’s rights activist.

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Sojourner Truth

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Sojourner Truth died in her house on College Street in the “cereal” city

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Battle Creek, Michigan

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This monument in St. Louis gets its name from the city’s role as one “to the West”

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The Gateway Arch

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What state quarter coin has Lewis and Clark paddling in a canoe with the Gateway Arch in the background?

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Missouri

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What movie does a kid find a egg that turns into a sea monster

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water horse

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63
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Who made more 3 pointers in their career? Curry or Lebron

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Steph Curry

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64
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On March 12th, 1912 Juliette Gordon Low held the first one of these.

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Girl Scout troop meeting.

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65
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What state was the first Girl Scout meeting held?

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Georgia

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What is the slogan of the Girl Scouts?

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Do a good turn daily.

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66
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The Girl Guides in Canada are similar to what group in America?

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Girl Scouts

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67
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What is the capital city of Arkansas?

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Little Rock

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68
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What month is National Wildlife Week celebrated?

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March

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69
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in 1970 what country held the FIFA world cup?

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Mexico

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1060 W. Addison is the address of this landmark of the United States and sporting venue.

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Wrigley’s field

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This monument in St. Louis gets its name from the city’s role as one “to the west”

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The Gateway Arch

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72
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What baseball player won the home run derby in 2014?

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Yoenis Cespedes

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73
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What does NASA stand for?

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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What actor stars in Akeelah and the Bee as a spelling coach for Akeelah?

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Lawrence Fishbourne

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Who held the first Girl Scout troop meeting on March 12, 1912.

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Juliette Gordon Low

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The only major city on Route 66 in Texas’ upper panhandle; its attractions include Taylor’s Texaco station.

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Amarillo

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This Texas port was named for a Roman Catholic feast day celebrating the body of the Savior

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Corpus Christi

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Texans celebrate San Jacinto Day on April 21 to honor this general’s defeat of Santa Anna in 1836.

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Sam Houston

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Aleut is spoken in Alaska and also on this country’s Bering Island.

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Russia

80
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The coldest recorded winter temperature in the U.S. was the Jan. 1971 temp of -80 at Prospect Creek Camp in this state.

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Alaska

81
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Susan Butcher is the only woman to have won this Alaskan sled-dog race 4 times.

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Iditarod

82
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Purim celebrates her rescue of her people from a massacre.

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Esther

83
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Around what year was the Coliseum in Rome built?

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70 AD

84
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What country is landlocked? Paraguay or Uruguay?

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Paraguay

85
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This bear is named for a train station and arrives in England as a stowaway from South America.

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Paddington

86
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“If you Give a” child this 1985 Laura Numeroff book, he’s liable to ask for another

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If you Give a Mouse a Cookie

87
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A Swedish award for adolescent and children’s literature is named for this “Pippi Longstocking” author

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Astrid Lindgren

88
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Sally and her brother were looking out the window on a rainy day when they saw him standing on a doormat

A

the Cat in the Hat

89
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“Mowgli’s Brothers” is the first story in this 1894 collection

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The Jungle Book

90
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A classic book by George Selden tells of this noisy insect “in Times Square”

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The Cricket

91
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A young rabbit gets ready for bed in this classic by Margaret Wise Brown

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Goodnight Moon

92
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In this Hans Christian Andersen story, a child observes, “He has got nothing on at all!”

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

93
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Dororthy’s pal in “The Wizard of Oz” who wiped his eyes with his tail so often that “it became quite wet”

A

Cowardly Lion

94
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The first character Alice meets in Wonderland, he wears a waistcoat and a pocket watch.

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The White Rabbit

95
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Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola’s cabin boy, narrates this Robert Louis Stevenson tale

A

Treasure Island

96
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Audrey Wood and David Shannon’s new book about this great big logger introduces his wife and kids.

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Paul Bunyon

97
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Stan & Jan Berenstain have written a seris of books about a family of these title animals

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The Berenstain Bears

98
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Cavatica is the last name of the title character of this 1952 E.B. White novel

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Charlotte’s Web

99
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In Charlotte’s Web, Templeton is this kind of animal

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rat

100
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She didn’t start writing her “Little House” novels until she was in her 60’s

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

101
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He wrote 14 books about Oz, and some short stories too

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L. Frank Baum

102
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Willie Wonka owned the world’s most famous one

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Chocolate Factory

103
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Title character who turned out to be a ventriloquist from Omaha

A

The Wizard of Oz

104
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South of the Great Pyramid of Giza is this limestone sculpture, part man, part lion

A

the Sphinx

105
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It’s obstructing the flow of the Colorado River, creating Lake Mead

A

the Hoover Dam

106
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In April 1990 about a million people gathered in Central Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this observance

A

Earth Day

107
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The annual Earth Day celebration takes place during this season

A

Spring

108
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What is the Grand Canyon State?

A

Arizona

109
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What state is the Beaver State?

A

Oregon

110
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What state is the Centennial State?

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Colorado

111
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What state is the Yellowhammer State?

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Alabama

112
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What state is the Prairie State?

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Illinois

113
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What state is the Tar Heel State?

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North Carolina

114
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What state is the Pine Tree State?

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Maine

115
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What state is nicknamed the Quaker State?

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Pennsylvania

116
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What state is known as the Hawkeye State?

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Iowa

117
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What state is known as the Goober state?

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Georgia

118
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What state is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes?

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Minnesota

119
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What state is known as the Old Line State?

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Maryland

120
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During Passover, the Jewish people eat this bread.

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matzo (pronounced: maht-zuh)

121
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Unleavened bread means that there is no this and so the bread does not rise.

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yeast

122
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According to Jewish tradition, Passover remembers the time the Pharaoh of Egypt would not free these people.

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Jews

123
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On the first evening of Passover, a special meal called this is prepared.

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seder (pronounced say-der)

124
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Shavu’ot, or Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday celebrated 7 weeks after this festival.

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Passover

125
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Which U.S. President first spoke of a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”?

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Abraham Lincoln (in his Gettysburg Address of 1863)

126
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In Longfellow’s famous poem, who lived by the shining Big-Sea-Water?

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Hiawatha (a legendary Native American chief who promoted peace between his people and the settlers from Europe)

127
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Name the valley where George Washington’s army spent the long, hard winter of 1777-78.

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Valley Forge (in Pennsylvania)

128
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Who wrote the classic American folk song “This Land is Your Land”?

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Woody Guthrie (widely considered to be America’s troubadour)

129
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Which music genre originated in the U.S. reggae, jazz or ballads?

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jazz (It originated in the early 20th century in southern African American communities.)

130
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The first hit rap song was released in 1979. Who was it sung by?

A

Sugarhill Gang

131
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What do we call the religious songs that were composed and sung by African American slaves?

A

spirituals

132
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Oklahoma’s state flying mammal, the Mexican free-tailed bat, bites this Oregon State and Oregon State University animal.

A

Beaver

133
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The largest living organism is said to be a a variety of this fungus that covers 2,200 acres in an Oregon forest

A

a mushroom

134
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What is the deepest lake in Oregon?

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Crater Lake (1,943 feet deep)

135
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Nike was founded by University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowermand and this runner of his

A

Phil Knight

136
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On April 1, 1996 newspaper readers were surprised to learn that Taco Bell had bought this historic bell; April Fool’s!

A

Liberty Bell

137
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One knows that Easter falls on this date in 2018, so you might have to watch out for rotten eggs left as a joke.

A

April 1/April Fool’s Day

138
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The “core” of this computer company goes back to its founding, April 1, 1976.

A

Apple Computer

139
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SLANG:

An “explosive” way to jump into a picture right before it’s taken

A

photobomb

140
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What is the official language of Brazil?

A

Portuguese

141
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What is the official language of Bolivia?

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Spanish

142
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Whats the official language of Kuwait?

A

Arabic

143
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What is the official langauge of Haiti?

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French

144
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What is the official language of Liberia?

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English

145
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LeBron James led this team to back to back NBA titles in 2012 and 2013.

A

the Miami Heat

146
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“David Copperfield” is one of this British author’s classic novels.

A

Charles Dickens

147
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In a Victor Hugo novel, Quasimodo is the hunchback bell ringer at this Paris cathedral.

A

Notre Dame

148
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This villain from “Sleeping Beauty” got her own movie in 2014, with Angelina Jolie in the title role

A

Maleficent

149
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The latest movie about these mutants is “Days of Future Past”; what does that even mean?

A

X-Men

150
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Air racer Dusty joins a helicopter named Blade Ranger in this animated movie subtitled “Fire and Rescue”

A

Planes

151
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“Million Dollar Arm” tells the true story of an agent who goes to this country to recruit cricket bowlers to play baseball.

A

India

152
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This 800-mile-long fracture in earth’s crust runs close to San Jose and Palm Springs and is totally our fault.

A

San Andreas

153
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Who is the author of Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet?

A

Nick Bruel

154
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Who wrote the Judy Moody series books and the Stink series books?

A

Megan McDonald

155
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Barthelemy Thimmonier, an early maker of these machines, saw them smashed by a mob of angry tailors.

A

Sweing Machines

156
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Elias Howe and Isaac Singer made these type of new machines in the 1800’s.

A

Sewing machines

157
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Rainy Songs - She sang, “Now that it’s raining more than ever… you can stand under my umbrella… ella, ella, eh eh eh”

A

Rihanna

158
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The British call this a brolly. It’s one of these-don’t leave home without it on a rainy day!

A

umbrella

159
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On April 10, 1866 the ASPCA was founded. What does it stand for? Go pet your dog and give a snack!

A

American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

160
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Edwin Perkins made this drink in 1927.

A

Kool-Aid

161
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There was a candy 2,000 years ago that was made in Egypt. What type of candy was it?

A

marshmallow

162
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Fruit Smack was sold in little glass bottles for people to drink. What is it called today?

A

Kool-Aid

163
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How many players at once can be on the ice during a game of ice hockey?

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6 (the goalie, the center, two defense players, and two forwards.

164
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In what sport can you find the Islanders, Blues and the Black Hawks professional teams playing?

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Ice Hockey

165
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What children’s author wrote Ramona the Pest?

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Beverly Cleary

166
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a famous book written by this author.

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Beverly Cleary

167
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The first Arbor Day was held in Nebraska in this month in 1872.

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April

168
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At first, Anna M. Jarvis encouraged the idea of this day in the United States in May of 1905.

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Mother’s Day

169
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In old England, this day, is on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Don’t forget to call!

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Mothering Sunday (Mother’s Day)

170
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In 1914 President Wilson proclaimed the first national this in May.

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Mother’s Day

171
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Over 1,000 feet long, the USS Harry S. Truman is one of these vessels like the USS Hornet.

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An aircraft carrier

172
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In 1911 Eugene Ely made the first airplane landing on one of these, the USS Pennsylvania

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A ship

173
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The transporter: An aircraft carrier is named for this North Carolina town where history was made in 1903.

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Kittyhawk

174
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These kinds of ships include Kitty Hawk, Enterprise, Nimitz and the USS Hornet

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aircraft carriers

175
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Aircraft carriers named for stinging insects include the USS Wasp and this one, now a museum

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The Hornet

176
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Among sites celebrating the 30th anniversary of this in 1999 was the USS Hornet, the recovery ship.

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the Apollo 11 mission

177
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Ships: On July 24, 1969 the USS Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men

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The crew of Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins)

178
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In 1592 he left Pisa to become a professor of mathematics at Padua. “G”whiz!

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Galileo

179
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On the runway in Pisa at night, look at the stars as you leave the airport named for this 17th c. Italian astronomer.

A

Galileo

180
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This Italian who gave us the law of falling bodies was put on trial in 1633 for supporting the heliocentric model of the universe.

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Galileo

181
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Born in this city, Galileo is said to have dropped objects of various weights from atop its famed landmark.

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Pisa

182
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Leonardo da Vinci painted this fresco in the church of the Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan.

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The Last Supper

183
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Truly the ultimate Renaissance man, he died in France on May 2, 1519 after a few artworks, inventions and stuff.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

184
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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 near this tiny town in Toscana. Don’t think too hard!

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Vinci

185
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Leonardo’s “The Last Supper” is painted on the wall of a monastery in this northern Italian city.

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Milan

186
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This Renaissance man’s invention of the maritime lock allowed Milan to link with the Po River via a canal system.

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Da Vinci

187
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Disney Sidekick: In “Mulan”, Mushu is one of these legendary creatures.

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A dragon

188
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Cartoon Voice: Before his Donkey days, this funny guy voiced Mushu the dragon in “Mulan”

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Eddie Murphy

189
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At 17, this ex-Mousketeer sang “Reflection” on the soundtrack for “Mulan”.

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Christina Aguilera

190
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Disney Film Character” She joins the Chinese army to protect her father and ends up a hero.

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Mulan

191
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The Cubists were influenced by this great Post-Impressionist, whose water colors landscapes were made famous.

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Paul Cezanne

192
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In 1872 this Frenchman became a dad, later the father of modern art.

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Paul Cezanne

193
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(Painters and Paintings) - In the late 1800’s this Frenchman painted a feast of still life’s: “White Plate of Cherries”, “With Aplles” and “With Onions”

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Paul Cezanne

194
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(Art) Cezanne used this style in the 1870’s but found it mushy: he wanted to make it “solid and durable”

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Impressionism

195
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He’s the French Postimpressionist who painted “Mont Sainte-Victoire” and “The Card Players”

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Paul Cezanne

196
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Paul Cezanne was noted for this type of painting which often depicts a bowl or basket of fruit.

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Still life

197
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“V” This 10-letter word is the part you look through on your camera

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Viewfinder

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