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Rosebery #11 Flashcards

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In a career spanning six decades, who directed over 50 feature films, including Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho?

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(Alfred) Hitchcock

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First introduced by the Danish chemist S.P.L. Sørensen in 1909, what measurement is currently defined as the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity in a solution?

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pH

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What ancient Greek currency unit was also the currency unit of modern Greece from 1832 until 2001, when it was replaced by the euro?

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drachma

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What jelly-like substance, obtained from red algae, can be used in place of gelatin in desserts but is often used as a solid substrate for microbiological work in petri dishes?

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agar

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In Art Speigelmen’s “Maus,” which depicts his father’s experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor, what were the Germans represented as?

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cats

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Which comic book artist and writer was known for combining film noir and manga influences in his comic art creations such as Sin City and 300?

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(Frank) Miller

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What is the title of the graphic autobiography by Marjane Satrapi that depicts her childhood in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution, adapted into an animated film in 2007?

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Persepolis

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What is the common name for the warm-blooded vertebrates of the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, and the laying of hard-shelled eggs?

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birds

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The Berlin specimen is the iconic example of which genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds?

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Archaeopteryx

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Which species of flightless birds, endemic to New Zealand, were the tallest birds to have ever existed, until they hunted to extinction about 600 years ago?

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(giant) moa

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Adult female chickens are known as hens. What are younger females known as?

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pullet(s)

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To the nearest whole centimeter, calculate both the length of a diagonal of a square with sides of 10 cm and the length of an axial diagonal of a cube with edges of 10 cm.

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14 cm and 17 cm

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In 793, what Northumbrian abbey was destroyed by the Vikings, shocking Christian Europe and beginning the Viking Age?

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Lindisfarne

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What term described the members of the lowest-ranking socio-economic class of Viking society: the slaves who were the servants of the Karls and Jarls?

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thrall(s)

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What was the name for Leif Erikson’s attempted North American colony, the best evidence for which is the archaeological site of L’Anse aux Meadows?

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Vinland

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In Norse mythology, what was the name of the immense tree that connected the Nine Worlds?

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Yggdrasil

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From what language did English borrow the word, “tsunami?”

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Japanese

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From what language did English borrow the word, “fiesta?”

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Spanish

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From what language did English borrow the word, “klutz?”

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Yiddish

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From what language did English borrow the word, “jungle?”

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Hindi

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From what language did English borrow the word, “chauffeur?”

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French

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From what language did English borrow the word, “gulag?”

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Russian

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From what language did English borrow the word, “graffiti?”

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Italian

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From what language did English borrow the word, “hooligan?”

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Irish (accept Gaelic)

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What American modernist artist, who was married to art dealer and photographer Alfred Stieglitz, is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers and New Mexico landscapes?

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(Georgia) O’Keeffe

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What Summer Olympic sport is performed on a piste, 14 metres long and 1.5 to 2 metres wide?

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fencing

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In which country is Benghazi, the site of a 2012 Islamic militant group’s attack against U.S. government facilities that was an issue in the 2016 election?

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Libya

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If you’re chatting with someone online and they type “AFK,” what will they be, temporarily?

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away from keyboard

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What is the most common meter in English poetry, most famously used by William Shakespeare in his plays and sonnets?

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iambic pentameter

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What former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent now hosts his own Emmy-award-winning show on HBO called Last Week Tonight?

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(John) Oliver

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What flavouring is derived from the seed pods of orchids that were originally native to Mesoamerica?

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vanilla

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The Eureka Rebellion, instigated by gold miners who were rebelling against the colonial authority, was a significant event in the history of which country?

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Australia

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What is the more common name for a hand-held converging lens?

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magnifying glass

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What kind of filter is often applied to sunglasses to reduce glare from reflections by horizontal surfaces?

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(vertical) polarizing

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Who is generally credited with building the first reflecting telescope in 1668, the design using a spherically ground metal primary mirror and a small diagonal mirror?

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(Isaac) Newton

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What term is used to describe the longest-wavelength waves on the electromagnetic spectrum, with wavelengths ranging from 1 meter to hundreds or thousands of meters?

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radio (waves)

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I was created in the early 16th century in Italy, possibly over a period of years. Shortly thereafter, I was moved from Italy to France, where I remain to this day. I was famously stolen in 1911 and not returned for two years.My model was Lisa del Giocondo, which is one reason why my Italian name is La Gioconda, “the happy one.” The other reason is my smile. What am I?

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Mona Lisa

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Some of Oceania is part of an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust that sank after breaking away from Australia 60–85 million years ago. What is the name of this continent?

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Zealandia (or Tasmantis)

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A significant percentage of the revenue of the government of which Polynesian island country comes from royalties from its Internet country code .tv addresses?

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Tuvalu

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By what other name is the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, famous for its nearly 1000 monumental statues, commonly known?

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Easter Island

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The sparse population of which British Overseas Territory is descended mostly from H.M.S. Bounty mutineers and the handful of Tahitians who accompanied them?

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Pitcairn Islands

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What term is used to describe the thin, wispy, stranded clouds formed at high altitudes?

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cirrus

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What is the highest category on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, used for hurricanes with a maximum sustained wind speed of higher than 251 km/h?

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(Category) 5

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The meteorological phenomenon called virga occurs when rain does what before it hits the ground?

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evaporates

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What term is used to describe the temperature to which an air mass must be cooled to become saturated with water vapour? Any lower and the vapour will condense out of the air.

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dew point

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Fill in the blank: “If you can keep your BLANK when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”

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head

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Fill in the blank: “This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a BLANK.”

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whimper

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“I wandered lonely as a BLANK/That floats on high o’er vales and hills.”

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cloud

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“You may trod me in the very dirt/But still, like BLANK, I’ll rise.”

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dust

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Anansi the Spider, Reynard the Fox, Coyote, and Br’er Rabbit are all examples of what kind of character in folklore?

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trickster(s)

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What Shakespearean character, based on a character from English folklore also known as Robin Goodfellow, describes himself as “that merry wanderer of the night?”

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Puck

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What character from the 16th century Chinese classical novel “Journey to the West,” is supernaturally strong, fast, and capable of transforming himself . . . except for his tail?

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Monkey King (or Sun Wukong)

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What Greek god plays the trickster in many myths and, in addition to his other roles, is the patron of thieves and the inventor of lying?

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Hermes

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In rhetoric, what Latin term is used to describe the fallacious argumentative strategy in which the person making the argument is attacked rather than the substance of the argument itself?

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(argumentum) ad hominem

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Which Canadian golfer, who consistently ranked in the top 10 on the PGA circuit in the early 2000s, is generally regarded as the greatest Canadian golfer of all time?

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Mike Weir

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In 2008, who won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever for a song released more than 20 years earlier but still often played due to the popular phenomenon of Rickrolling?

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(Rick) Astley

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Which gas was named from the Greek for “water forming” by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier?

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hydrogen

58
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Which chef popularized French cuisine in America, beginning with her debut cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking?”

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(Julia) Child

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The films “The Blues Brothers” and “Wayne’s World” started off as sketches on which late-night television variety show?

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Saturday Night Live

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In 1931, speculative attacks on its currency forced Britain (followed by Canada) to abandon what, which allowed the use of monetary policy to stimulate the depressed economy?

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gold standard

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Which event was part of the track and field athletics program at the Olympics from 1900 to 1920 and consisted of two teams of eight, each trying pull the other six feet forward?

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tug-of-war

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What term describes the synthesized electronic music made for the programmable sound generator sound chips used in vintage computers, consoles, and arcade machines?

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8-bit (or chiptune)

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What animated character first appeared in the opening credit sequence of the first Inspector Clouseau film, in which the detective searched for a diamond of the same name?

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Pink Panther

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In which game, played on a plastic mat, might a player hear the instruction, “Right hand yellow?”

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Twister

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In which battery-operated game of physical skill might a player attempt to retrieve the patient’s Funny Bone?

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Operation

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In which three-dimensional board game do players at first cooperate to build a working Rube Goldberg-like machine before attempting to capture opponents’ game pieces?

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Mouse Trap

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What city was the capital of Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt and is currently the second-largest city in Egypt?

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Alexandria

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Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, for many centuries one of the tallest man-made structures in the world, was located in Alexandria?

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Lighthouse (or Pharos) (of Alexandria)

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The Ptolemaic pharaohs, to unify Egypt and Greece, invented the cult of which god, who was made the protector of Alexandria?

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Serapis

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What prominent Hellenistic female philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer was murdered by a Christian mob, possibly incited by the bishop of Alexandria?

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Hypatia

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What term is used to describe a phase transition in which a gas transforms into a solid without passing through the liquid phase?

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deposition

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What metallic element is known for having a melting point above room temperature, but below normal human body temperature – hence, the metal will melt in a person’s hands?

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gallium

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In which state of matter, first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s, is a substance extremely electrically conductive because its atoms have been ionized?

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plasma

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Among the many things named after me are a penguin species and two galaxies. I gave the Pacific Ocean its name. I was born in Portugal and died in the Philippines. I organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Who am I?

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(Ferdinand) Magellan

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What day is celebrated on March 8 every year? It was historically celebrated by communist countries before being adopted by the United Nations in 1975.

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International Women’s Day

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What Himalayan massif has the highest fatality-to-summit ratio of any of the highest peaks? The ascent via the south face is considered by many to be the most difficult of all climbs.

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Annapurna

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The overture to which opera is Gioachino Rossini’s best-known piece of music, in part for its use as the theme music for The Lone Ranger in radio, television and film?

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William Tell

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What hormone, primarily produced by the pineal gland, regulates wakefulness and is used as a medicine to treat insomnia?

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melatonin

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After the 1919 season, the Boston Red Sox owner sold which player to the Yankees, beginning Boston’s 86 year championship drought and the “Curse of the Bambino” superstition?

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(Babe) Ruth

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The antielectron, the antimatter particle with the same mass as the electron but oppositely charged, is for historical reasons more commonly known as what?

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positron

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What long-running animated children’s television show revolves around the lives of an anthropomorphic aardvark and his friends and family?

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Arthur

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What downloadable puzzle game is one of the first and most successful “freemium” games, still making approximately $700 million a year, 6 years after its release?

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Candy Crush (Saga)

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What was the name of Ebenezer Scrooge’s deceased business partner in Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella A Christmas Carol?

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(Jacob) Marley

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What Imperial unit for volume is equal to 2 pints or one-quarter of a gallon?

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quart

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What working dog breed, often considered the most intelligent of all domesticated dogs, was developed in northern England and lowland Scotland for herding livestock, especially sheep?

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border collie

86
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What is the oldest post-secondary institution in Canada, established in 1663 in Quebec City?

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(Universite) Laval

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What American singer-songwriter wrote and performed “Nobody Does It Better” from the James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me, but is best known for her song, “You’re So Vain?”

A

(Carly) Simon

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What is the highest score possible in ten-pin bowling, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row?

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300

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