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What is the official currency of Sweden

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krona

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What car company shares its name with a San Antonio mission

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Alamo

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The naked mole rat is from

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Africa

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In 2013 what city became the largest in US history to file for bankruptcy

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Detroit

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Michael Jordan lead the Chicago Bulls to how many total NBA championships

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6

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Dinosaurs roamed the Earth during what geological era

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Mesozoic

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Investment banker Patrick Bateman narrates what 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis

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American Psycho

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in 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female Cadet at what Military College

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Citadel

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who is the only u.s. President on Mount Rushmore wearing a coat

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George Washington

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what bar syrup makes a Shirley Temple cocktail red

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grenadine

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Freud’s three parts of the personality are

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the ego, the super ego and the ID

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Neil Clark Warren is the founder and TV spokesperson for what online dating site

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eHarmony

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Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone are co-founders of what company

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Twitter

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If people in China show you a photo of Dong Dong, you’re most likely looking at

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a gold medal-winning Olympian

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What 1982 Best Picture Oscar went to the true story of a man who married at 13

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Gandhi

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Lindsey Vonn is a leading athlete in what sport

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skiing

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If a man has the title of Earl what title does his wife have

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Countess

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The Bill of Rights added how many total amendments to the US Constitution

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10

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What former NBC sitcom focuses on a study group at a college called Greendale

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Community

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What Hemingway novel ends with the line ‘isn’t it pretty to think so’

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The Sun Also Rises

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In area, what’s the smallest US state

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Rhode Island

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What grammy-winning musicians real name is Ella Yelich-o’connor

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Lorde

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The ergonomic office chair called “The Aeron” it’s made by what company

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Herman Miller

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In 1989 cartoonist Scott Adams debuted with what comic strip

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Dilbert

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The running of the bulls occurs at the festival of San Fermin in what Spanish City

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Pamplona

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What’s the Italian word for bow tie pasta

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farfalle

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If you add all the numbers on a roulette wheel, what’s the total

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666
there are numbers 1 to 36 on the roulette wheel so then imagine listing underneath them 36 to 1 so then you’ve got 36 Columns of 37 but that’s twice the total number so you divide by 2 so it’s 36 * 37 is 1322 / 2 is 666

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A karyotype is a picture of a person’s what

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chromosomes

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29
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in 2009 a Barbie doll created a sensation at a German Toy Fair because it was modeled after whom

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Chancellor Angela Merkel

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If someone is a horologist what do they do for a living

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make clocks

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What Marvel superhero has an anime Nyan coating on his skeleton and claws

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Wolverine

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When it opened in 1989 the Rogers Centre in Toronto was known by what name

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Skydome

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The slogan “find God’s match for you” appears on what dating site

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Christian Mingle

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The official Anne Frank house is located in what capital city

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Amsterdam

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What Chilean poet wrote Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

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Pablo Neruda

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By what professional name is Gossip blogger Mario Lavanderia better-known

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Perez Hilton

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37
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Phlebitis is an inflammation of what specific part of the circulatory system

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vein

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What Italian braised chicken dish is referred to as Hunter Style

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chicken cacciatore

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Debuting in 2003 what fox sitcom focused on the rich and dysfunctional Bluth family

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Arrested Development

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A stylized version of what animal appears in the logo of Qantas Airlines

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kangaroo

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What States presidents are officially nicknamed Cornhuskers

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Nebraska

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The unit of measure called a femtometer is named for what physician

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Enrico Fermi

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What man won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958

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Bruce Lee

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Besides Mercury which is the only element on the periodic table that’s a liquid at room temperature

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bromine

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45
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What company makes the Wii

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Nintendo

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46
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a musical instrument named for its

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saxophone

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47
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Which phobia is weather related

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brontophobia

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48
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What is ergophobia

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the fear of work

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What is muso phobia

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the fear of mice

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Which movie was Leonardo DiCaprio not nominated for an Oscar

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Titanic

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51
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When writing a letter who should be addressed as your Excellency

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Roman Catholic Archbishop

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52
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Who’s the only u.s. President to resign from office

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Nixon

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53
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In July 2013 what famous rapper dropped the hyphen from his name

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Jay-Z

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54
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A plout is a cross between a plum and what other stone fruit

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apricot

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55
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Poet Samuel Taylor Coloriage Co wrote the book Lyrical Ballads with whom

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Wordsworth

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Crimson is a deep shade of what primary color

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red

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In 1938 what Orson Welles radio drama cause mass panic in the US

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War of the Worlds

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For what 1979 movie did Meryl Streep win her first Oscar

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Kramer vs Kramer

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59
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IO is a sulfur covered Moon that orbits what planet

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Jupiter

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60
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Aer Lingus is an airline based in what country

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Ireland

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61
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What French Queen allegedly said “Let them Eat cake”

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Marie Antoinette

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What odorless gas was discovered in 1868 following a solar eclipse

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helium

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63
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How many total seconds are in 200 minutes

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12000

64
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since 1990 what city is the capital of reunited Germany

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Berlin

65
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what was the name of Scarlett’s beloved Plantation in Gone With the Wind

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Tara

66
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the clouds in my coffee box set was released by what singer in 1995

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Carly Simon

67
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what’s the first name of the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube

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her now

68
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Manhattan’s largest Catholic Cathedral is dedicated to what saint

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Saint Patrick

69
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what country’s national anthem translates to quote March of the volunteers

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China

70
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in what process does a plant release water Vapors from its leaves

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transpiration

71
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what is the only precious gem to rate a 10 on the Mohs scale of hardness

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diamond

72
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what restaurant chain trademark the phrase meat lovers Pizza

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Pizza Hut

73
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in the Puccini opera what is Madame butterfly’s real name

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Coo Coo San

74
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what author created the fictional Street Diagon Alley

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JK Rowling

75
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the world’s longest living tortoises are native to what island chain

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Galapagos

76
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what type of pudding is made from the root of the cassava

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tapioca

77
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what Black Eyed Peas singer married Josh Duhamel

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Fergie

78
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in the intelligence test term IQ the letter Q stands for what word

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quotient

79
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what Italian directed Spaghetti Westerns include A Fistful of Dollars

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Sergio Leone

80
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Mount Elbrus is an 18000 foot high peak in in what country

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Russia

81
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what ABBA song shares its title with Napoleon’s final defeat

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Waterloo

82
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the eagle has landed was spoken by what Apollo 11 astronaut

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Neil Armstrong

83
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who painted the 1931 artwork the Persistence of memory

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Salvador Dali

84
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in The Tale of Two Cities who hides a list of condemn men’s names in her knitting

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madame defarge

85
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how many total items are in 1/2 gross

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72

86
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what Tony winning musical is based on poems by TS Eliot

A

cats

87
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in the Fashion World what French phrase means ready-to-wear

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pret-a-porter

88
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in 1844 what founder of the Mormon religion was killed by an angry mob

A

Joseph Smith

89
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featured in Back to the Future what car was discontinued

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DeLorean

90
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Nancy spungen was allegedly killed by what member of the group sex pistols

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Sid Vicious

91
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intense magnetic activity causes what invisible dark areas in on the solar surface

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sunspots

92
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most of the nation of Botswana is covered by what desert

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Kalahari

93
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Watts music has how many total beats per bar

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3

94
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what nineteenth-century monk is known as the father of modern genetics

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Gregor Mendel

95
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in what 1976 film does Robert De Niro’s character say you talking to me

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taxi driver

96
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worn by South Asian women what small decorative. Adorns the forehead

A

Bindi

97
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what band released the album Pet Sounds

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The Beach Boys

98
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what type of outdoor chair was named for the mountains of upstate New York

A

Adirondack

99
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the Federal National Mortgage Association is commonly called what two word name

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Fannie Mae

100
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what socialite trademarked the phrase that’s hot

A

Paris Hilton

101
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Marc Jacobs was the artistic director of what company known for its monogrammed bags

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Louis Vuitton

102
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what religious leader is the host of MSNBC Politics Nation

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Reverend Al Sharpton

103
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which British ocean liner was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915

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the Lusitania

104
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what lake Korean dictator War 5 in heels to make himself seem taller

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Kim Jong-il

105
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in what comic strip is mr. Wilson the neighbor of a mischievous boy

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Dennis the Menace

106
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what famed author wrote seven of his books under the pen name Richard Bachman

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Stephen King

107
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the Cayenne is a model of SUV from what car maker

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Porsche

108
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if you’re using the shake hand or pin hold grips your most likely doing what

A

playing table tennis

109
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twiced widowed Grace Machel was served as first lady of Mozambique and which other country

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South Africa she became the wife of President Nelson Mandela

110
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in the 1960s why did German radio programmers fault at playing The Beatles song Day Tripper

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it lasted more than 4 minutes

111
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Which movie was released in Mexico with the title Vaselina

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Grease

112
Q

if you undergo a blepharoplasty which drooping body parts will your doctor fix

A

eyelids

113
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The Saffir- Simpson scale is used to measure what

A

the intensity of hurricanes

114
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an attempt to rule the razor industry who created the world’s first disposable blade

A

King Gillette

115
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in 2011 Alec Baldwin was removed from a flight after playing what game

A

Words With Friends

116
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what Talking Heads song begins ‘and you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack’

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once in a lifetime

117
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what is the name of ESPN’s annual extreme sports competition

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the X Games

118
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since 2011 what is the name of the largest drink size at Starbucks

A

Trenta

119
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in what modern country are the ruins of ancient Troy

A

turkey

120
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which phrase from The Godfather was the name of the strip club on The Sopranos

A

Bada Bing

121
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at Bill Clinton’s inauguration what poet recited on the pulse of morning

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Maya Angelou

122
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in 2002 what pioneering social website did Jonathan Abrams start

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Friendster

123
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what suffragist was the first woman to have her image put on a u.s. dollar coin

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Susan B Anthony

124
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what organization was founded in 1892 with John Muir as its president

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the Sierra Club

125
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if you’ve been diagnosed with hypoglycemia what are you suffering from

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low blood sugar

126
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the original script for which classic film was titled the American

A

Citizen Kane

127
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whose real first name was Gruoch

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Lady Macbeth

128
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which of these explorers was born first Christopher Columbus Marco Polo Ferdinand Magellan

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Marco Polo Venetian Explorer 14th century Christopher Columbus was 15th century Ferdinand Magellan 16th century

129
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which female singer had a hit in 2009 with her debut single Tik Tok

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Kesha

130
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what astronomers name is repeated in the queen song Bohemian Rhapsody

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Galileo

131
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who immediately preceded John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States

A

rehnquist

132
Q

and you got the body seven main energy centers are called what

A

chakras

133
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Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for directing what 2009 film

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The Hurt Locker

134
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actress Sigourney Weaver’s father was president of what TV network in the 1950s

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NBC

135
Q

legendary lover Casanova was said to eat what shellfish by the Dozen

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oysters

136
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what vice-president faced off against Khrushchev in the famous kitchen debate

A

Nixon

137
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which Led Zeppelin drummer died in 1980

A

Bonham

138
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in 1997 IBM deep blue computer beat what Russian chess Grandmaster

A

Kasparov

139
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in 1978 what famous French Entertainer founded his own School of pantomime in Paris

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Marcel Marceau

140
Q

how many total zeroes are found in the number 10000

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4

141
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what car maker is named for the daughter of German businessman email jelinek

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Mercedes

142
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what hair color Trend comes from the French word for shade

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ombre

143
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what did the m stand for in the title of the TV series Mash

A

mobile

144
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founded in 1929 the American League for physical culture was the first u.s. Organization for

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nudists

145
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in 1970 which actor was originally cast as Dirty Harry

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Frank Sinatra

146
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which of these songs was not on Michael Jackson’s Thriller album Beat It Billy Gene black or White

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black or white

147
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if you live in Israel and everybody calls you do do which of these is most likely your first name Daniel David or Dolph

A

David

148
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before Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel what was painted on it

A

the Sky with Stars

149
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if you order your food alforno how will it be prepared

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baked

150
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what is the largest city to connect 2 continents

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Istanbul has a population of 14 million and connects Asia and Europe

151
Q

how long is an eon in genealogy

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a billion years generally and Ian actually often refers to an infinite amount of time

152
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what was Mickey Mouse’s original name

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Mortimer Mouse Mickey Mouse first appeared in episode entitled Steamboat Willie in 1928

153
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what Scottish inventor is famous for having invented the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell received his patent for the telephone on March 7th 1876 he got it working 3 days later

154
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which founding father is known for his large signature on the United States Declaration of Independence

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he became very popular in Massachusetts when British officials seized his Sloop or sailboat Liberty in 1768 and charged him with smuggling although the charges were eventually dropped

155
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what country gave the United States its famous Statue of Liberty as a gift in 1886

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France the Statue of Liberty began Construction in 1875 and was dedicated in 1886 it receives over 3 million visitors each year

156
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what is the tallest mountain in Africa

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Mount Kilimanjaro is about 200 miles south of the equator in the country of Tanzania it has three active volcanoes that are quite active causing over 1,000 people to evacuate each year

157
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what US state is famous for their juicy peaches

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Georgia in 2014 Georgia was third in US Peach production behind California and South Carolina

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