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1
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What 1950-53 war has never formally concluded with no peace treaty?

A

Korean War

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2
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I played goalie for the Montreal Canadiens between 1971 and 1979. During that time I won six Stanley Cups and was the goalie for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series. Who am I?

A

Ken Dryden

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Which Italian, famous for his work in radio transmission, received the Nobel prize for physics?

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Guglielmo Marconi

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4
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What is the name for a short story, usually about animals?

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Fable

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5
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Who was the first woman member of parliament in Canada?

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Agnes Macphail

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On which island would we find Canada’s most northerly point?

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Ellesmere island

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What body of water is located north of Venezuela and south of Cuba?

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Caribbean Sea

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8
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What class of poisonous compound was named for its discovery while producing the pigment Prussian blue?

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Cyanide

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Which word is a synonym for ‘many’, or a Roman army consisting of 10 cohorts?

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Legion

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10
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What term refers to the number of waves a sound makes each second?

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Frequency (of sound)

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11
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What is the SI unit for frequency?

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Hertz

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12
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In 1521 Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a tribal skirmish on the island of Mactan, in which modern nation?

A

The Philippines

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The German-born Empress of Russia, 1762-1796, was known by what title?

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Catherine the Great

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The first wife of King Henry the VIII of England, was Catherine of what Spanish territory?

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(Catherine of) Aragon

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In 1974, what African republic was the first Portuguese colony to gain independence?

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Guinea-Bissau

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The kidnapping, or perhaps elopement of which woman set off the event leading up to the ‘Illiad’?

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Helen of Troy

17
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What is the name of the railway that runs between Moscow and Vladivostok?

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Trans-Siberian railway

18
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Which abstract expressionist was famous for his drip paintings?

A

Jackson Pollock

19
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Which exponent of magic realism chronicled the lives of the Buendia family in One Hundred Years of Solitude?

A

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

20
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Which author wrote about a title character who tilts at windmills he believes are giants and has a squire named Sancho Panza?

A

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

21
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In the myth of Hades and Persephone, Persephone swallowed seven seeds of what fruit?

A

Pomegranate

22
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What is the largest and most populated island of the French Polynesian Islands?

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Tahiti

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