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What happened to “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffe in 1967?

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They were killed in the Apollo 1 fire

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Name the first man in space

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Yuri A. Gagarin

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In what country did Hammurabi live?

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Babylonia

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Who was re-elected president on the slogan, “He kept us out of war?”

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Woodrow Wilson

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What was the nickname of the 1930’s killer, Charles Floyd?

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Pretty Boy Floyd

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Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

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Nebuchadnezzar

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In what year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?

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1901

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What language did Jesus Christ speak?

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Aramaic

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Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

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Eli Whitney

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Who developed the first mass-produced vaccine effective in preventing poliomyelitis

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Jonas Stalk

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Which planet takes 248 years to go around the sun?

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Pluto

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To which other living group of vertebrates are birds most closely allied?

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Reptiles

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Who founded the American Nazi Party in 1959?

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George Lincoln Rockwell

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Who created the sculpture, “The Bronco Buster,” and also painted American western scenes?

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Frederic Remington

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What U.S. president was blind in his left eye?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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In what year was the first “Battle of Bull Run” fought?

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1861

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How many stocks compromise the Dow Jones Industrial Index?

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30

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The slogan “54-40 or fight” referred to the proposed boundary between Canada and what U.S. territory?

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Oregon

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What Roman poet wrote the “Aeneid”

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Virgil

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What do the initials O.P.E.C stand for?

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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Name Christopher Columbus’ flagship

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The Santa Maria

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How did John D. Rockefeller make his fortune?

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Oil

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Vasco da Gama was the first known explorer to sail around what continent?

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Africa

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Which country’s flag is St. George’s Cross?

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England

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Who wrote “A Christmas Carol”?

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Charles Dickens

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Who wrote Alice in Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll

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What does a grub become as an adult?

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A beetle

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Name the war between Russia and Japan from 1904 to 1905

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Russo- Japanese War

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Who wrote “The World According to Garp”?

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John Irving

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In 1855, the first railroad train crossed the Mississippi river by passing into what state?

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Iowa

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Who wrote “Walden 2”B.F. Skinner

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What is the center of the theater district in London called?

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Piccadilly Circus

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To what class of sea animals does the sea lily belong to?

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Crinoids

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Name the Boston dentist who is credited with the first use of ether to stop pain.

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W.T.G Morton

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Who wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

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William Shakespear

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What is the oldest of all domesticated animals

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The dog

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Who was Robinson Crusoe’s trusted servant?

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Friday

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What U.S president named his campaign jet “Peanut One”

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Jimmy Carter

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What industry is associated with black lung disease?

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Coal mining

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What medication consists of a white crystalline compound of acetylsalicylic acid?

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Asprin

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What volcano in the northwestern part of the U.S. erupted in 1980?

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Mount St. Helens

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In what year did the U.S. celebrate its bicentrennial

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1976

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What was the native land of the painter known a El Greco?

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Greece

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In 1922, what American author wrote a book entitled “Etiquette”?

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Emily Post

45
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What new U.S agency was announced at the University of Michigan in 1961?

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The Peace Corps

46
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Who was the Greek philosopher condemned to death for “heretical teaching”

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Socrates

47
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What oxide of iron was first used as a magnet in compasses?

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Lodestone

48
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Name the bay off of New Brunswick that is known for its high tides

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Bay of Fundy

49
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What was the name of Henry Hudson’s ship?

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The Half Moon

50
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Who went around the world in 72 days in 1890?

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Nellie Bly

51
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What Frenchman won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Africa?

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James Bowie

52
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What organization is devoted to the study of birds in the U.S?

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The Audubon Society

53
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The Great Train Robbery: occurred on which British train in 1963?

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The Aberdeen Express

54
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What island in New York served as the chief U.S. immigration station from 1892 to 1943?

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Ellis Island

55
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In what country is the Aswan Dam located?

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Egypt

56
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Name the second most abundant element in the earth’ atmosphere?

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Oxygen

57
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In what city was the first U.S. Buddhist temple built?

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Los Angeles

58
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What gangster said: “I only give the people what they want?”

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Al Capone

59
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What did the ancient Romans call the common people?

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Plebeians

60
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Who drove the Golden Spike to link the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads?

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Leland Stanford

61
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Who sculpted “The Kiss?”

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Auguste Rodin

62
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An American Marine jet crashed on the deck of what U.S. aircraft carrier in 1981?

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Nimitz

63
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Which type of teeth do mice and rats lack?

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Canine

64
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What country first used Arabic numerals

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India

65
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How many rooms are there in the White House?

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132

66
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What is herpetology?

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Study of reptiles

67
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Name the plane in which movie producer Mike Todd, husband of Elizabeth Taylor, was killed in 1958

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The Lucky Liz

68
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What meat pacer promoted the use of refrigerated railroad cars

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Guastavus Swift

69
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Name the first U.S hospital ship

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The U.S.S. Red Rover

70
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Name the Celtic language of Brittany

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Breton

71
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What World War 1 ace shot down 22 enemy planes and four balloons?

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Eddie Ricken backer

72
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Who wrote “Journey to the Center of the Earth”

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Julie Verne

73
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What chemical element has the symbol Pb

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Lead

74
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What other 2 American presidents appear on Mount Rushmore Memorial long with Washington and Roosevelt?

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Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson

75
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What is the largest living bird?

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The ostrich

76
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How many planets can be seen with the naked eye

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5

77
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The resistance of an object to changes in motion is called what?

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Inertia

78
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Which contemporary economist from the University of Chicago is known for his monetarist theories?

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Milton Friedman

79
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How many people were on Noah’s Ark?

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Eight

80
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In 1909 what American explorer reached the North Pole?

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Robert Peary

81
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Who invented the sewing machine?

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Elias Howe

82
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What is the science of toxicology?

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Study of poisons

83
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What U.S. gangster was found guilty of income tax violations in 1931

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Al Capone

84
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What animal supposedly caused the great Chicago fire of 1871

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The cow

85
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In what year were the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered?

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1947

86
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With what industry was Andrew Carnegie associated?

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Steel

87
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What is the explosion of a star called?

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Nova

88
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Who was Oceanus Hopkins

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The only child born on the Mayflower

89
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What cemetery was once the property of Robert E. Lee?

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Arlington National Cemetery

90
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Who piloted the first Army test plane?

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Wilbert Wright

91
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In what year was the Boy Scouts of America founded?

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1910

92
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In what war were the first tans, lanes submarines, and poisonous gas used?

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World War 1

93
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What was the name for a Japanese pilot trained to make a suicidal crash attack?

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Kamikaze

94
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What 17th century Italian was an astronomer, mathematician, and physicist?

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Galilieo

95
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Put in order from lowest to highest the melting points for copper aluminium and iron?

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Aluminum, copper, iron

96
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During what war did Francis Scott Key write the words to “The Star Spangled Banner”?

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The war of 1812

97
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What took place between China and the U.S on January 1 1979

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Resuming of diplomatic relations

98
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Who sent the first message over the telegraph lines in 1844?

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Samuel Morse

99
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What element is also known as quicksilver?

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Mercury

100
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What was the battle cry of the French Revolution

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

101
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Who wrote the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”

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Homer

102
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Name the two Middle Eastern leaders who signed a peace treaty with President Carter in 1977

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Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin

103
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What acid is used to etch glass

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Hydroflolric acid

104
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What was “Operation Detatchment”

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It was an invasion of Iwo Jima

105
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From what country were the settlers who first brought weat, sugar cane and coffee to the amerians?

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Spain

106
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What is a limestone deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave?

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Stalacite

107
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What U.S. inventor born in Milan Ohio had over 1000 patents

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Thomas Edison

108
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Which explorer discovered the St. Lawrence river?

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Jacques Catrier

109
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The great fire of 1666 in London gave what famous architect a chance to show his talent?

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Christopher Wren

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