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“holding strong to their no delivery policy, a location of what restaurant chain owned by the Morell family once famously refused delivery to the Pentagon”

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Five Guys

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Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Palikir

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Chandler, Arizona hosts an annual festival dedicated to racing what leggy animal with an eye larger than its brain?

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Ostrich

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The person or organization that receives property being transported by a carrier

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Cosignee

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The islands of Murano and Burano are part of which coastal city?

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Venice

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About 9.2 billion oscillations between two energy levels of a cesium-133 atom: That’s the surprisingly-complex official definition of what unit?

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Second

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The first African-American to win the Nobel peace prize, this man was appointed to the UN Palestine commission in 1947

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Ralph Bunche

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This musical tops the World Almanac’s list of longest running Broadway shows

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The Phantom of the Opera

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On a map of time zones, you might find “+1 day” to the left of this “-1 day“ the right of it

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The international date line

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In 2015, nearly 60 years after the artist’s death, Tate Liverpool exhibited works from the atypically-colorless “Black Pourings” period of what American artist?

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Jackson Pollock

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In 2015, Microsoft tossed out the venerable Internet Explorer in favor of a new browser with what name?

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Edge

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Yerevan is the capital of

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Armenia

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The “Bashful Elephant” is a sad-looking rock formation in what New Mexico park with a buttload of bats?

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Carlsbad Caverns

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The nation’s unemployment rate was 25% when FDR took his first presidential oath of office in this year

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1933

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In 1856, American adventurer William Walker conquered this Central American country and ruled it as “president”

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Nicaragua

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In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos & Phobos, two tiny moons of this planet

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Mars

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This specialty of Sonora is actually a burrito that’s been fried

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Chimichanga

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The first major battle of the Civil War, in July 1861, was the first battle of here

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Bull Run (Manassas)

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This color obtained from a plant dye is also known as blue-violet

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Indigo

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His opera “Tristan und Isolde” was first performed in 1865

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Wagner

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At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys and this trio saying “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday“ in a tribute to Kobe Bryant

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Boyz II Men

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In one of his first major rules, Luis Guzman starred with Al Pacino in this 1993 film about a criminal trying to go straight

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Carlito’s Way

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In a pretty big 1987, who played a former angel in “Wings of Desire,” starred in the cult classic “Happy New Year,” and narrated “The Princess Bride”?

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Peter Falk

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What color makes up most of the flag of Bangladesh?

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Green

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Alphabetically, this French novelist is the last man quoted in “Bartlett’s”
Emile Zola
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Littleneck clams are named for a bay on what island?
Long Island
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Vacationland is a nickname used in the license plates for this Eastern Time Zone US state
Maine
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Offensive lineman Mekhi Becton only played 31 games for this AFC team from 2020-2023 after they drafted him 11th overall in 2020
New York Jets
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“what is the name of the rustic themed camping resort that opened in 1971 at Walt Disney World?”
Fort Wilderness
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“what Utah jazz player in the NBA is the NBA's all-time leader in career assists and career steals”
John Stockton
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The patron of people with hangovers, Bibiana is a saint both in Roman Catholicism and what other branch that hadn't yet branched in the 4th century?
Orthodoxy
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Renaissance-era soldiers too green for the cavalry had to fight on the ground, giving us what babyfied term for foot soldiers?
Infantry
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A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3212 feet
South America Angel Falls in Venezuela
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In 1542, missionary sent by Ignatius of Loyola to Ireland, were hampered by this king
King Henry VIII
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Thanks to a group of science students, in 2006 this largest mammal of Alabama became the state’s official mammal
The black bear
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This Cowboy has the most career rushing attempts with 4409; he’s not a bad dancer, either
Emmitt Smith
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This “30 rock” actress changed her own name— it used to have a “J “before the second “K”
Jane Krakowski
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The main European producer of peaches is this nation, growing vast quantities of them in it’s Campania region
Italy
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On a sitcom he played cable TV host Tim Taylor
Tim Allen
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Washington state has a yearly festival devoted to the Dungeness type of this
Crab
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Most of the world's biggest snakes are constrictors, but the longest venomous species is what royal jerk from Southeast Asia?
King cobra
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Don't say Hawaii: Marine Corps Base Hawaii is on the windward side of what island?
Oahu Same answer: The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet is headquartered in Pearl Harbor, just west of Honolulu on what island?
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Brass is an alloy of copper and what other metallic element?
Zinc
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Popularized in the Pacific Theater of World War II, what ingredient is made by electrifying dough instead of heating it?
Panko
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Sanaa is the capital of
Yemen
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The lyrics to "The Lion King" were written by what guy who, uh, shares his name with a cereal grain?
Tim Rice The lyrics to "Evita" were written by what guy who's 2 years older than Andrew Lloyd Webber?
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Found on Lake Michigan, it’s the largest city in Wisconsin
Milwaukee (Capital is Madison)
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In 1598 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, got cuffed by this royal after he turned his back on her
Queen Elizabeth I
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Bess Truman was born in the state in 1885
Missouri
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Starts with a “D”: It’s a woman who assists in childbirth and helps with the baby afterwards
Doula
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By area, it’s the largest African country on the Mediterranean
Algeria
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Ava Duvernay’s 2016 documentary examines the complicated history of this amendment
13th
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This sport has long been known as the “sweet science“
Boxing
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Before he was president , he went to Stanford and became a mining engineer
Herbert Hoover 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933
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This Alfonso Cuarón drama took the top price of the 2019 British film Academy award
Roma
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Jessica "Miss Daisy" Tandy's only feature-length collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock was the 1963 film, "The WHAT"?
The Birds
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The only country in Central America with English as the official language
Belize
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Written in 6/8 time that sounds an awful lot like 2/2, "Semper Fidelis" was written by what guy who was himself a U.S. Marine?
John Philip Sousa He died in 1932.
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“Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBos both won Academy Awards for playing the same character in different versions of what movie?”
West Side Story Played Anita
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The Roman Catholic funeral mass is named for what Latin word for "rest"?
Requiem
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As the (correct) nickname implies, what "master gland" tells your other endocrine glands to secrete hormones?
Pituitary gland
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The Nittany Lion is the mascot of what university
Penn State University Represents an eastern mountain lion which once roamed the area. The name “Nittany” is derived from Mount Nittany, a prominent feature near Penn State.
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“Happy Together” (1967) band
The Turtles
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He was Bob Woodward to Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford (All the President’s Men) 1976
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June 19, 1970: with the purchase of a Reno casino, this billionaire became the biggest gambling operator in Nevada
Howard Hughes
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The last arrow fired in an archery contest, today means a final result
Upshot
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Resh is the 20th letter in this alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet
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Because it blocks the metabolizing action of the enzyme CYP3A4, people who take Lipitor or Buspar should avoid what juicy fruit?
Grapefruit
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Baby oysters are called
Spats
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Baby octopus are called a
Fry
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The most recently-discovered element, tennessine lines up in Group 17 on the periodic table. What's that group's common name?
Halogen Fluorine and chlorine, but not sodium, belong to this elemental group that's Greek for "salt-producing"
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Actor who played Prince Charmont in the 2004 film *Ella Enchanted* and Will Graham in the television show *Hannibal*
Hugh Dancy Hannibal ran from 2013-2015 The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon (1981), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006) and focuses on the relationship between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen)
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In 1953, what American company introduced the ready-to-cook frozen fish stick?
Gorton’s
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“What man-made lake is actually a reservoir that was created during the construction of the Hoover Dam?”
Lake Mead
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“in 2022, what US gymnast became the youngest person ever to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom”
Simone Biles
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Only US state where you can find diamond mines.
Arkansas
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Towering some 270 feet above the Chao Praya River, the Wat Arun is a focal point in the skyline of what city?
Bangkok
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Though vegan versions are available, what enzyme-y cheese ingredient is traditionally harvested from a calf's stomach?
Rennet
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the largest Indian reservation in the United States
the Navajo Nation exceeds the size of ten U.S. states. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in Window Rock, Arizona.
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Beating out Indonesia, what Indian Ocean country is the world's top producer of vanilla?
Madagascar
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Madeira wine comes from a namesake island that's closer to Morocco than what nation it actually belongs to?
Portugal
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The intentional production of smoke to protect crops from frost damage
Agricultural smudging
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What raccoon relative, known for its long snout is often spotted in Central and South America?
Coati
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Tom Cruise 2002: Cop framed for future crime
Minority Report
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Branch or division of metaphysics concerned with questions regarding the constituents of reality
Ontology What is there?
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Info on Turkish baths and how to take a self guided tour of the Hagia Sophia is provided in the Rick Steves guide to this city
Istanbul
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It’s a “hare” brained superstition, but lots of people swear by it— saying this for good luck on the first day of each month
Rabbit rabbit
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Ngerulmud is the capital of this nation in Micronesia
Palau
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Losing to The Silence of the Lambs, which movie was the first animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar?
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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Megavolt, Bushroot and Quacker Jack were recurring antagonists to what 1990s Disney title cartoon superhero?
Darkwing Duck
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This dress wearing android had us all re-creating her trademark hallway dance in 2023– minus the part with all the murdering
Megan
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In the 1870s, Irish physicist George Stoney coined the name of what elementary particle with a mass about 1/1836 that of a proton?
Electron
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The Subaru logo makes more sense when you realize that "Subaru" is the Japanese name for what star cluster that's also called M45?
Pleiades
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Who was the President during the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair
Grover Cleveland
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Gloria Estfan's first top-10 Billboard hit encouraged us to shake our bodies while doing what dance?
Conga
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Year Titanic sunk
1912
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Bono doesn't know how to count in Spanish, as we learned at the beginning of what 2004 U2 single?
Vertigo
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In 2010’S The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dave Stutler, played by this actor, is just an average guy, but the wizard Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) sees in him a hidden talent for sorcery.
Jay Baruchel
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A map from 60 years ago would say "West Pakistan" for modern Pakistan, and "East Pakistan" for what country that went solo in '71?
Bangladesh
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Kidney beans, spinach, and penne rigate pasta are among the top 10 ingredients in what Progresso soup?
Minestrone Etymologically related to a lot of other words, the Italian for "to serve" or "to dish up" gives us the name

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