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6867 lines
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# Author: I really forgot, please tell me! No mails match this file.
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# Editor: Moxon, |casiotone|, Julika
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# Last edited: 2002/07/05 19:09:09
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# Comment:
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## Demo-Entry:
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# Category: History
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# Question: Chinese philosopher (um 500 v. Chr.) ?
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# Answer: Konfuzius
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# Regexp: [ck]onfu(ts|z)ius
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# Author: anonymous
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# Level: hard
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# Comment: demo-entry, ÄÖÜäöüß ^° !"§$%&/()=? `Ž
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# Score: 5
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# Tip: Kon......
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# Tip: ...fuz...
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# Tip: ......ius
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## valid keys:
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# ----------
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# Category? (should always be on top!)
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# Question (should always stand after Category)
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# Answer (will be matched if no regexp is provided)
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# Regexp? (use UNIX-style expressions)
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# Author? (the brain behind this question)
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# Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty)
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# Comment? (comment line)
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# Score? [#] (credits for answering this question)
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## WARNING:
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# -------
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# DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost.
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# you may add as much comments as you want into the part above
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# <!========================================================!>
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What do the initials 'VCP' stand for?
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Answer: Video Cassette Player
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What do the initials 'VCR' stand for?
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Answer: Video Cassette Recorder
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does 'A&W' (of root beer fame) stand for ?
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Answer: Allen & Wright
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Regexp: Allen ?(and|&) ?Wright
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does 'AOL' stand for?
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Answer: America Online
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does S.O.S. stand for?
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Answer: Save Our Souls
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Category: Acronyms
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Question: What does N.A.S.A stand for?
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Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Category: Acronyms
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Question: What does the acronym 'scuba' mean?
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Answer: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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Regexp: Self[- ]Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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Category: Advertising
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Question: Who is the dog on the crackerjack box?
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Answer: Bingo
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Category: Agriculture
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Question: What is ground being 'rested' for a season called?
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Answer: fallow
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: After what were the B52 bombers named?
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Answer: a fifties #hairdo#
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Regexp: (hair ?style|hair ?do)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: How many engines are on a B52 bomber?
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Answer: eight
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Regexp: (eight|8)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: How many gallons of fuel does a jumbo jet use during take off?
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Answer: four thousand
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Regexp: (Four thousand|4[, ]?000)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What does a pilot drop to slow an airplane?
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Answer: flaps
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What is the world's fastest passenger aircraft?
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Answer: Concorde
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What type of craft is the US's Airforce One?
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Answer: Boeing #747#
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Whic country developed the first jet fighter?
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Answer: Germany
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Which two nations built the concorde?
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Answer: Britain and France
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Regexp: (Britain|France) (and|&) (Britain|France)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Who built the 'Cherokee' and 'Comanche' aircraft?
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Answer: Piper
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Who built the hurricane aircraft?
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Answer: Hawker
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Category: Alcohol
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Question: From what is the liqueur kirsch made?
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Answer: cherries
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Regexp: cherr(y|ies)
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Category: Alcohol
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Question: From which plant is tequila derived?
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Answer: cactus
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Category: America
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Question: As what is California also known?
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Answer: Golden State
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Category: America
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Question: As what is Minnesota also known?
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Answer: Gopher State
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Category: America
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Question: What city is also known as Beantown?
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Answer: Boston
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Category: America
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Question: What state is 'The Golden State'?
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Answer: California
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Category: America
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Question: What state is also called the 'Garden State'?
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Answer: New Jersey
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Category: America
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Question: What state is the 'Hoosier State'?
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Answer: Indiana
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Category: America
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Question: Where are the headquarters of the CIA?
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Answer: #Langley#, Virginia
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Category: America
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Question: Which date is inscribed on the book held by the Statue Of Liberty?
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Answer: July 4 1776
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Category: American Cities
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Question: What is the most air polluted city in the United States?
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Answer: Los Angeles
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Regexp: (Los Angeles|LA)
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Category: American General Knowledge
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Question: Where is the Kitty Hawk?
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Answer: The #Smithsonian# Institute
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Category: American History
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Question: What mountain has the figures of three mounted confederate heroes of the Civil War?
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Answer: #Stone# Mountain
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Category: American History
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Question: What state is only part of the United States by treaty?
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Answer: Texas
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Category: Anagrams
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Question: Which two fruits are an anagram of each other?
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Answer: lemon and melon
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Regexp: [ml]e[ml]on (and |& )?[ml]e[ml]on
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: How many litres of air is in an adult lung?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: How many times do your ribs move every year during breathing?
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Answer: five million
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Regexp: ((Five|5) million|5[ ,]?000[ ,]?000)
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Like fingerprints, what other print is individual?
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Answer: #tongue#prints
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Of what does the typical man have 13,000?
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Answer: whiskers
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What do the auricularis muscles move?
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Answer: #ear#s
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the Scientific name for the eardrum?
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Answer: tympanic membrane
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the scapula?
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Answer: shoulder blade
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the sternum?
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Answer: breastbone
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the tympanic membrane?
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Answer: eardrum
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Regexp: ear ?drum
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the second largest bone in the foot?
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Answer: talus
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the smallest bone in the human body?
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Answer: #stirrup# bone
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Where are one quarter of the bones in the human body?
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Answer: feet
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Which is the most sensitive finger?
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Answer: forefinger
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Regexp: (fore|index)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a camelopard also known?
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Answer: giraffe
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a giraffe also known?
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Answer: camelopard
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a moose also known?
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Answer: algonquin
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is an algonquin more commonaly known?
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Answer: moose
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: At what age does a filly become a mare?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Does a wild rabbit live 10, 15 or 20 years?
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Answer: 10
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Regexp: (ten|10)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How fast (mph) can a kangaroo hop?
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Answer: forty
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Regexp: (forty|40)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many hours a day does a ferret sleep?
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Answer: twenty
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Regexp: (twenty|20)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many hours does an antelope sleep at night?
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Answer: one
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Regexp: (one|1)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many teeth does a walrus have?
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Answer: eighteen
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Regexp: (eighteen|18)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: If a robin's egg is put in vinegar for thirty days, what colour does it become?
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Answer: yellow
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Name one male fish that gives birth?
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Answer: sea horse or pipe fish
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Regexp: (sea ?horse|pipe ?fish)
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Tip: s.. h.... or p... f...
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Tip: .e. .o... or .i.. .i..
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Tip: ..a ..r.. or ..p. ..s.
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Tip: ... ...s. or ...e ...h
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Tip: ... ....e or .... ....
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Of what are walrus tusks made?
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Answer: ivory
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Question: If body temperature was 86 degrees, how many years would a man man live?
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Answer: two hundred
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Regexp: (two hundred|200)
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Question: In 1986, what was the maximum fuel capacity (in litres) imposed in Formula 1 racing?
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Answer: 195
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Regexp: (one hundred (and )?ninety five|195)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: On what do honeybees have a type of hair?
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Answer: eyes
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Some animals always grow new teeth to replace the old. Name one of them!
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Answer: crocodile
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Some animals always grow new teeth to replace the old. Name one of them!
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Answer: shark
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal can get the disease 'heaves'?
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Answer: horse
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal can hop as fast as 40 mph?
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Answer: kangaroo
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal has red patches on its rear?
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Answer: mandrill
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal lives in a form?
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Answer: hare
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal lives in a warren?
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Answer: rabbit
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal's milk is more than 54% fat?
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Answer: humpback #whale#
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What are the only other animals on which the pill works?
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Answer: #gorilla#s
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What bird is associated with Lundy Island?
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Answer: puffin
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What colour is a robin's egg?
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Answer: blue
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What comprises than 54% of humpback whale's milk?
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Answer: fat
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What dog is named after a Mexican state?
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Answer: chihuahua
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What herbivore sleeps one hour a night?
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Answer: antelope
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What insect has a type of hair on it's eyes?
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Answer: honey#bees#
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a female deer called?
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Answer: doe
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a male deer called?
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Answer: buck
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a marsupium?
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Answer: pouch
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a word for a castrated ram?
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Answer: wether
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a young whale called?
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Answer: calf
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is another name for the coyote?
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Answer: prairie wolf
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is another name for the prairie wolf?
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Answer: coyote
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the chihuahua named after?
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Answer: A #Mexican state#
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Regexp: (Mexican state|state in Mexico)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the heaviest snake?
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Answer: anaconda
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the largest lizard?
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Answer: Komodo Dragon
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the longest venomous snake?
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Answer: king cobra
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the scientific name for a turkey's wishbone?
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Answer: furcula
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the technical name for an animal's pouch?
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Answer: marsupium
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What lives in a formicary?
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Answer: #ant#s
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What type of frog is the smallest frog?
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Answer: gold frog
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What was the first animal on the endangered species list?
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Answer: peregrine falcon
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What well known marsupial is the wallaby related to?
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Answer: kangaroo
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Where do ants live?
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Answer: formicary
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Regexp: for[mn]icary
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest African bird of prey?
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Answer: lammergeyer
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest aquatic bird?
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Answer: albatross
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest known butterfly?
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Answer: Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
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Regexp: Queen Alexandra('s)? Bird ?wing
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the only animal other than humans that can get leprosy?
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Answer: armadillos
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which mammals fly?
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Answer: bats
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which snake kills the most humans?
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Answer: king cobra
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: With which island is the puffin associated?
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Answer: #Lundy# Island
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Category: Animal kingdom
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Question: Where are there over 58 million dogs?
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Answer: USA
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Regexp: (U.?S.?A?.?|(United )?States?( of )?America)
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Category: Animals
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Question: What is the most venomous snake (no, it's not the king cobra!)?
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Answer: Inland #Taipan#
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Category: Archaeology
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Question: Approximately how many years old is the first known written advertisement?
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Answer: three thousand
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Regexp: (three thousand|3[, ]?000)
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Category: Archaeology
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Question: In which ruins was the first known written advertisement found?
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Answer: Thebes
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Category: Archaic Terms
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Question: What date is the 'Ides' of March?
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Answer: Fifteenth
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Regexp: (Fifteen|15)
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Category: Architecture
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Question: Which famous million dollar building cost more than a million dollars?
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Answer: Sydney #Opera House#
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Category: Art
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Question: Who painted 'Irises'?
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Answer: Vincent #Van Gogh#
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Category: Arts
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Question: What is the art of tracing designs and making impressions of them called?
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Answer: lithography
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Category: Arts
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Question: Which is the largest museum in the world?
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Answer: Louvre
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Category: Arts
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Question: Who is a successful recording artist, talented landscape artist, and author of children's books?
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Answer: Ricky Van Shelton
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Category: Astology
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Question: Who was born when Pluto, the astrological sign for death, was directly above Dallas, Texas?
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Answer: John F. #Kennedy#
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Category: Astrology
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Question: What is the astrological sign for death?
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Answer: Pluto
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Category: Astrology
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Question: What is the zodiacal symbol for Capricorn?
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Answer: goat
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Category: Astrology
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Question: Which constellation is represented by a goat?
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Answer: Capricorn
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: As what is Polaris also known?
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Answer: North Star
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: As what is the North Star also known?
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Answer: Polaris
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Saturday is named after which planet?
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Answer: Saturn
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What constellation is represented by scales?
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Answer: Libra
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the most essential tool in astronomy?
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Answer: telescope
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the name given to a group of stars?
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Answer: constellation
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the name of brightest asteroid visible from earth?
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Answer: Vesta
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the only day named after a planet?
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Answer: Saturday
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the small irregular white cloud that zips around Neptune approximately every 16 hours called?
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Answer: Scooter
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the technical name for 'falling stars'?
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Answer: meteors
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What planet is nearest the sun?
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Answer: Mercury
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: When does a full moon rise?
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Answer: sunset
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?
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Answer: Venus
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who coined the theory that the earth revolves around the sun?
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Answer: Nicolaus #Copernicus#
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
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Answer: Galileo
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who invented the telescope?
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Answer: #Galileo# Galilei
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Category: Atmosphere
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Question: What is the stratosphere immediately above?
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Answer: troposphere
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Category: Atmosphere
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Question: What is the troposphere immediately lower than?
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Answer: stratosphere
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Category: Aviation
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Question: How many 'Air Force One'(s) are there?
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Answer: two
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Regexp: (two|2)
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Category: Baseball
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Question: Who wore a cabbage leaf under his cap?
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Answer: Babe Ruth
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Category: Beverages
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Question: What drink is named after the queen of England who was famous for her 'sanguinary' persecution of the protestants?
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Answer: Bloody Mary
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Category: Beverages
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Question: What is made of fermented grape juice?
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Answer: wine
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Category: Big Peepers
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Question: Which animal has the largest eyes?
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Answer: giant squid
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Category: Biology
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Question: As what is haemophilia also known?
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Answer: royal disease
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Category: Biology
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Question: Of what is keratitis an inflammation?
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Answer: cornea
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Category: Biology
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Question: On what side should you sleep to improve digestion?
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Answer: right
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Category: Biology
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Question: To what disability can keratitis lead?
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Answer: blindness
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Category: Biology
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Question: What appears when the sun activates melanocytes?
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Answer: freckles
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Category: Biology
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Question: What body function is improved if you sleep on your right side?
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Answer: digestion
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Category: Biology
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Question: What carries sensations from the tongue to the brain?
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Answer: lingual nerve
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Category: Biology
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Question: What does the body release that dilates small blood vessels and so causes a person to blush?
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Answer: peptides
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Category: Biology
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Question: What does the lack of iodine in the diet cause?
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Answer: goitre
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Regexp: (goiter|goitre)
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Category: Biology
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Question: What does the pancreas produce?
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Answer: insulin
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Category: Biology
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Question: What element is lacking in a diet when goitre occurs?
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Answer: iodine
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Category: Biology
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Question: What falls out with phalacrosis?
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Answer: hair
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Category: Biology
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Question: What falls out with phalacrosis?
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Answer: hair
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Category: Biology
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Question: What fleshy muscular organ is joined to the hyoid bone?
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Answer: tongue
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Category: Biology
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Question: What gland secretes fluid that washes the eyes?
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Answer: #tear# gland
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is activated for freckles to appear?
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Answer: melanocytes
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the biological name for the shin bone?
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Answer: tibia
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the biological term for the voice box?
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Answer: larynx
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the common name for the larynx?
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Answer: voice box
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the hardest bone in the human body?
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Answer: jawbone
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the latin name for the top set of vertebrae?
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Answer: cervical
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the royal disease?
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Answer: haemophilia
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Regexp: ha?emophilia
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Category: Biology
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Question: What is the tibia more commonly known as?
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Answer: shin bone
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Category: Biology
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Question: What muscle is joined by the lingual nerve to the brain?
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Answer: tongue
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Category: Biology
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Question: What muscles move the ears?
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Answer: auricularis
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Category: Biology
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Question: What protein makes blood red?
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Answer: Haemoglobin
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Regexp: Ha?emolglobin
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Category: Biology
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Question: What small region at end of medulla oblongata serves as 'bridge' to brain?
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Answer: pons
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Category: Biology
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Question: When a tumour is cancerous, what is it said to be?
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Answer: malignant
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Category: Biology
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Question: With age, what organ shrinks faster in males than in females?
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Answer: brain
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Category: Birthstones
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Question: What is the birthstone for May?
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Answer: emerald
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Category: Birthstones
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Question: What is the birthstone for September?
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Answer: sapphire
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Category: Botany
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Question: Approximately how many years old are oak trees before they produce acorns?
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Answer: fifty
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Regexp: (fifty|50)
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Category: Botany
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Question: One ragweed plant can release approximately how many grains of pollen?
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Answer: one billion
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Regexp: (one|1) billion
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Category: Botany
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Question: To which family does the coffee plant belong?
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Answer: madder
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Category: Botany
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Question: Which tree only produces acorns after it is fifty years old?
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Answer: oak
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Category: Britain
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Question: How many inches tall are the bearskins worn by the guards at Buckingham Palace?
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Answer: twenty
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Regexp: (twenty|20)
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Category: Britain
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Question: In the House of Lords, where does the Lord Chancellor sit?
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Answer: wool#sack#
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Category: Britain
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Question: In which park are Queen Mary's gardens?
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Answer: #Regents# Park
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Category: Britain
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Question: What are the only two london boroughs that start with the letter 'e'?
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Answer: Ealing and Enfield
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Regexp: (Ealing (and |& )?Enfield|Enfield (and |& )?Ealing)
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Category: Britain
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Question: What does 'The Monument' in London commemorate?
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Answer: #Great Fire# of London
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Category: Britain
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Question: What was the second bridge built across the Thames?
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Answer: #Westminster# Bridge
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Category: Britain
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Question: Where is Selfridges?
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Answer: Oxford Street, London
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Regexp: Oxford St(reet|.)?
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Category: Britain
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Question: Which building commemorates the Great Fire of London?
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Answer: Monument
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Category: Britain
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Question: Who at Buckingham Palace wears bearskins?
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Answer: guards
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Category: British History
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Question: What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?
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Answer: Iron Lady
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Category: Buildings
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Question: What is the largest inhabited castle in the world?
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Answer: Windsor Castle
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Category: Buildings
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Question: Where is the 'whispering gallery'?
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Answer: St. Paul's Cathedral
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Regexp: St.? Paul'?s
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Category: Buildings
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Question: Where would you find a nave, apse, atrium and narthex?
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Answer: Basilica
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Category: Cars
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Question: How is 75% of petrol in an engine wasted?
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Answer: combustion
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Category: Cars
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Question: What make of car is a 'Thunderbird'?
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Answer: Ford
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Category: Cars
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Question: What make of car is an 'Espace'?
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Answer: Renault
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Category: Cars
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Question: Which country has the most cars per mile of road?
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Answer: England
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Category: Cartoon Decorum
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Question: Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear ······?
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Answer: pants
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: For which cartoon character was Beethoven a favourite composer?
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Answer: Shroeder
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Regexp: Sc?hroeder
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: How many freckles did Howdy Doody have?
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Answer: forty eight
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Regexp: (forty eight|48)
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: The maiden names of which two cartoon characters are Slaghoople and Mcbricker?
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Answer: Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What are the names of Donald Duck's nephews?
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Answer: Huey Dewey and Louey
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Regexp: Huey,? (Duey|Dewey),?( and)? (Louey|Louie|Lewey)
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What city do Batman and Robin patrol?
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Answer: Gotham City
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What expression did Clark Kent's newspaper boss like to use?
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Answer: #Great Caesar's ghost#!
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Regexp: Great Caesar'?s ghost
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What is Dennis the Menace's surname?
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Answer: Mitchell
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What was the first cartoon character called?
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Answer: Oswald the Rabbit
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: What were Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble's maiden names?
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Answer: Slaghoople and Mcbricker
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Which comic is drawn by Sam Keith?
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Answer: The Maxx
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Which magician did Lothar assist?
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Answer: Mandrake
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who did the voices of Bugs Bunny, Sylvester and Tweety Pie?
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Answer: Mel Blanc
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who drew the comic 'The Maxx'?
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Answer: Sam Keith
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Question: Baseball: The San Diego ·······?
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Answer: Padres
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who patrols Gotham City?
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Answer: Batman and Robin
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who took dictation from Perry Mason?
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Answer: Della Street
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who was Barney Rubble's best friend?
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Answer: Fred Flintstone
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who was Fred Flinstone's best friend?
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Answer: Barney Rubble
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who was born on Krypton?
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Answer: Superman
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who was the black assistant of Mandrake the Magician?
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Answer: Lothar
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Category: Cartoon Trivia
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Question: Who was the first voice of Mickey Mouse?
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Answer: Walt Disney
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Category: Cartoon trivia
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Question: What film was the last featuring Mel Blanc's voice?
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Answer: Jetsons
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: 20% of what is in the metal part at the end of a pencil?
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Answer: sulphur
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: As what is sulphur also known?
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Answer: brimstone
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: For what is the chemical formula H2O2?
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Answer: hydrogen peroxide
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: For what metal is 'Au' the chemical symbol?
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Answer: gold
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: Of what is 98% of the weight of water made?
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Answer: oxygen
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: To what group of elements do cerium, praesiodymium and promethium belong?
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Answer: #rare earth# metals
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What does the symbol 'Am' represent?
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Answer: americium
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is a corrosive substance with a pH value less than 7 called?
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Answer: acid
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is calcium oxide commonly called?
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Answer: lime
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the atomic number for thalium?
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Answer: eighty one
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Regexp: (eighty one|81)
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the atomic number of Bromine?
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Answer: thirty five
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Regexp: (thirty five|35)
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the atomic number of Molybdenum?
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Answer: forty two
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Regexp: (forty[- ]two|42)
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the atomic number of sulphur?
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Answer: 16
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the atomic number of uranium?
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Answer: ninety two
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Regexp: (ninety two|92)
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the chemical name for quicksilver?
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Answer: mercury
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
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Answer: Au
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the chemical symbol for iron?
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Answer: Fe
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the heaviest naturally occuring element?
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Answer: uranium
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the symbol for copper?
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Answer: Cu
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What is the symbol for tin?
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Answer: Sn
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What term is applied to ethyl alcohol that has been treated with poison to make it unfit for human consumption?
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Answer: denatured
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Category: Chemistry
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Question: What type of paper is used to test for acidity and alkalinity?
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Answer: litmus
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Category: Choking
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Question: On what do approximately 100 people choke to death every year?
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Answer: ballpoint pens
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Category: Christianity
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Question: How long did it take God to create the Universe?
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Answer: #six days# - he rested on the seventh
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Regexp: (six|6) days
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Category: Christianity
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Question: How many children did Noah have?
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Answer: three
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Regexp: (three|3)
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Category: Christianity
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Question: How many sayings did Jesus say from the cross?
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Answer: seven
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Regexp: (seven|7)
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Category: Christianity
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Question: How many times did Peter deny Jesus?
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Answer: three
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Regexp: (three|3)
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Category: Christianity
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Question: How old was Sarah when she had a child?
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Answer: ninety
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Regexp: (ninety|90)
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Category: Christianity
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Question: On which day was the resurrection of Christ?
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Answer: Easter Sunday
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Category: Christianity
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Question: What are the first three words of The Bible?
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Answer: In the beginning
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Category: Christianity
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Question: What two biblical cities did God destroy with fire and brimstone?
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Answer: Sodom and Gomorrah
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Regexp: Sodom (&|and) G[eoa]mm?orr?ah
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Category: Christianity
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Question: Which two books in the Old Testament list the ten commandments? (in order of appearance)
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Answer: Exodus and Deuteronomy
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Regexp: Exodus (and |& )?Deuteronomy
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Category: Christianity
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Question: Who killed Goliath?
|
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Answer: David
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Category: Christianity
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Question: Who replaced Moses as the prophet of the Israelites?
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Answer: Joshua
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Category: Christianity
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Question: Whose name did God change to Israel?
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Answer: Jacob
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Category: Christmas Trivia
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Question: In the 'Twelve days of christmas', how many items in total are sent by 'my true love'?
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Answer: seventy eight
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Regexp: (seventy eight|78)
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Category: Clichés
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Question: A bird in the hand is worth ······?
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Answer: two in the bush
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Regexp: (two|2) in the bush
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Category: Clichés
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Question: A stitch in time saves ····?
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Answer: nine
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Regexp: (nine|9)
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As clear as a ·······?
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Answer: bell
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As close as two ······ in a pod?
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Answer: peas
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As easy as ······?
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Answer: pie
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As hard as ·······?
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Answer: nails
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As mad as a ·······?
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Answer: wet hen or hatter
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Regexp: (wet hen|hatter)
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of ······?
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Answer: rocking chairs
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As pretty as a ······?
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Answer: picture
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As sick as a ······?
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Answer: dog
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Category: Clichés
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Question: As sly as a ······?
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Answer: fox
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Category: Clichés
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Question: Hell hath no fury like a ······?
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Answer: woman scorned
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Category: Clichés
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Question: Time ···· when you're having fun?
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Answer: flies
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Category: Clothing
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Question: On what is an espadrille worn?
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Answer: foot
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Regexp: (foot|feet)
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Category: Cocktails
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Question: What are the essential ingredients of a daiquiri?
|
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Answer: rum and lemon
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Regexp: (rum (and |& )?lemon|lemon (and |& )?rum)
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Category: Cocktails
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Question: What cocktail is based on rum and lemon?
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Answer: daiquiri
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Category: Codes
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Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'c'?
|
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Answer: charlie
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Category: Codes
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Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'f'?
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Answer: foxtrot
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Category: Codes
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Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'h'?
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Answer: hotel
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Category: Codes
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Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 't'?
|
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Answer: tango
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Category: Codes
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Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'x'?
|
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Answer: X-ray
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Regexp: X[- ]?ray
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Category: Codes
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Question: Using morse code, what does trasmitting using 3 dots, 3 dashes and 3 dots?
|
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Answer: SOS
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Category: Coins
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Question: What is a south african coin containing 1 troy ounce of gold called?
|
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Answer: Krugerrand
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Category: Collective Names
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Question: What is a group of donkeys called?
|
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Answer: herd
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Category: Collective Names
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Question: What is a group of geese called?
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Answer: gaggle
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Category: Companies
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Question: The De Beers group of companies controls more than 80% of the world's supply of ······?
|
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Answer: rough #diamonds#
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Category: Companies
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Question: What product built Hershey, Pennsylvania?
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Answer: chocolate
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Category: Companies
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Question: Which company controls more than 80% of the world's rough diamond supply?
|
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Answer: De Beers
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Category: Computers
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Question: What country did the operating system 'Linux' come from?
|
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Answer: Finland
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Category: Computers
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Question: What does 'IBM' stand for?
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Answer: International Business Machines
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Category: Computers
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Question: What does the 'x' mean when referring to the speed of a CD-rom (eg. 32x)?
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Answer: #times# (faster than standard speed)
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Category: Computers
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Question: What type of printer did Seiko develop for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
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Answer: dot matrix
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Category: Computers
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Question: What was invented over 3000 years ago that is now considered the first 'computer'?
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Answer: abacus
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Category: Computers
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Question: What was the first version of Microsoft Windows to have networking capabilities?
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Answer: Windows for #Workgroups#
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Category: Computers
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Question: What was the first version of Microsoft Windows?
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Answer: Windows #286#
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Category: Computers
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Question: Who is the CEO of Apple computers?
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Answer: Steve Jobs
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Category: Contraception
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Question: After who is the 'Ramses' brand condom named?
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Answer: Pharaoh #Ramses II#
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Category: Corporations
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Question: As what is America Online better known?
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Answer: AOL
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Category: Cosmology
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Question: What is the most widely accepted theory for the creation of the universe?
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Answer: Big Bang
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Category: Cosmology
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Question: What was created with the big bang?
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Answer: Universe
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Category: Crafts
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Question: What is kaolin?
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Answer: pure china #clay#
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Category: Crafts
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Question: What is liquid clay used in pottery called?
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Answer: slip
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Category: Crafts
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Question: What is pure china clay called?
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Answer: kaolin
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Category: Culture
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Question: Because the emu and the kangaroo cannot walk backwards, they are on the Australian ······?
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Answer: coat of arms
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Category: Culture
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Question: For which country is the lotus flower the national symbol?
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Answer: India
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Category: Culture
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Question: In which country is it polite to stick your tongue out at your guests?
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Answer: Tibet
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Category: Culture
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Question: In which country is milk the most popular beverage?
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Answer: USA
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Regexp: (U.?S.?A?.?|(United )?(States)? ?(of )?America)
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Category: Culture
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Question: In which town does the famous 'running of the bulls' take place?
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Answer: Pamplona
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Category: Culture
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Question: Israel has the highest per capital consumption of ······?
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Answer: turkey
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Category: Culture
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Question: What London landmark has an 11 foot long hand?
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Answer: Big Ben
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Category: Culture
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Question: What animals are on the Australian coat of arms?
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Answer: emu and kangaroo
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Regexp: (kangaroo (and|&) emu|emu (and|&) kangaroo)
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Category: Culture
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Question: What are the roads of Guam paved with?
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Answer: coral
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Category: Culture
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Question: What are the sandals called that are worn in ceremonial japanese tradition?
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Answer: tabi
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Category: Culture
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Question: What city do the Italians call the Monaco of bavaria?
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Answer: Munich
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Category: Culture
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Question: What do the Italians call Munich?
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Answer: Monaco of Bavaria
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Category: Culture
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Question: What famous building is located on the banks of the river Jumna?
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Answer: Taj Mahal
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Category: Culture
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Question: What happened on screen for the first time in India in 1977?
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Answer: Screen #kiss#
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is a water taxi known as in Venice?
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Answer: gondola
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the most common name in italy?
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Answer: Mario Rossi
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the name of a quarter of Jerusalem that can be translated as 'hundred gates'?
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Answer: Mea Shearim
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the name of the wrought iron tower in Paris?
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Answer: #Eiffel# Tower
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the national symbol for India?
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Answer: lotus flower
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the sacred river of Hinduism?
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Answer: Ganges
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Regexp: Gang(a|es)
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Category: Culture
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Question: What is the tribal african word for dowry?
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Answer: lobola
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Category: Culture
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Question: When is turkey traditionally eaten in America?
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Answer: thanksgiving
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Category: Culture
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Question: Where are the Hausa and Ibo tribes?
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Answer: Nigeria
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Category: Culture
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Question: Where do the English monarchs live?
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Answer: Buckingham Palace
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Category: Culture
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Question: Where is the Blarney Stone?
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Answer: Blarney Castle, Ireland
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Regexp: (Blarney|Ireland)
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Category: Culture
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Question: Where was it once against the law to have a pet dog?
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Answer: Iceland
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Category: Culture
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Question: Where would one eat a taco?
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Answer: Mexico
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Category: Culture
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Question: Which country eats the most turkey per capita?
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Answer: Israel
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Category: Culture
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Question: Which famous museum is in Paris, France?
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Answer: Louvre
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Category: Culture
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Question: Which nationality calls Munich the 'Monaco of Bavaria'?
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Answer: Italians
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Germany's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: deutsche mark
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Regexp: deutsch(e )?mark
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Israel's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: shekel
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Regexp: (shekel|sheqel)
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Italy's equivalant to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: lira
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Japan's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: yen
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Mexico's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: peso
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Spain's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
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Answer: peseta
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Category: Currencies
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Question: The quetzal is the currency of ······?
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Answer: Guatemala
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Category: Currencies
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Question: What is the Japanese currency?
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Answer: yen
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Category: Currencies
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Question: What is the currency of Guatemala?
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Answer: quetzal
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Category: Currencies
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Question: What is the monetary unit of India?
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Answer: rupee
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Category: Currencies
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Question: Which country has the currency 'yen'?
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Answer: Japan
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Category: Currency
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Question: What country's currency is the Bolivar?
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Answer: Venezuela
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Category: Currency
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Question: What is the currency of Venezuela?
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Answer: Bolivar
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Category: Definition
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Question: What is armagnac?
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Answer: brandy
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What does a chronometer measure?
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Answer: Time
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is a catalogue of languages called?
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Answer: ethnologue
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is a gondola?
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Answer: water taxi
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is a one-party system of government in which control is maintained by force and regimentation?
|
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Answer: fascism
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is a word for a sorcerer who deals in black magic?
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Answer: necromancer
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is another name for a sleepwalker?
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Answer: somnambulist
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is ornamental work in silver or gold thread called?
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Answer: filigree
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What is the name given to a pregnant goldfish?
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Answer: twit
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Category: Definitions
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Question: What word means 'to chew the cud'?
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Answer: ruminate
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Regexp: ruminan?t
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Category: Dimples
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Question: What has 336 dimples?
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Answer: a #golf ball#
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Regexp: Golf ?ball
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Category: Disease
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Question: Sleeping sickness is carried by which insect?
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Answer: tsetse fly
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Category: Disease
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Question: What disease is carried by the tsetse fly?
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Answer: sleeping sickness
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Category: Distress Signals
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Question: What is the international cry for help?
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Answer: mayday
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Category: Education
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Question: What degree do the intials 'DDS' stand for?
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Answer: Doctor of Dental Surgery
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Category: Egypt
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Question: What egyptian object is also known as 'the key to the Nile'?
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Answer: Ankh
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Category: Electronics
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Question: As what was Sony's video recorder known?
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Answer: betamax
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Category: Electronics
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Question: Circuits can be wired in parallel or ······?
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Answer: series
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Category: Entomology
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Question: What is the only insect that can turn its head?
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Answer: praying mantis
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Category: Environmentalism
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Question: Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for how many hours?
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Answer: three
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Regexp: (three|3)
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Category: Famous Dead Bodies
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Question: Where is Sir Herbert Baker buried?
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Answer: Westminster Abbey
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Category: Famous Genitals
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Question: For how much did an American urologist buy Napoleon's penis? (US Dollars)
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Answer: $#3800#
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Category: Famous Initials
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Question: For what are Allen and Wright most famous?
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Answer: root beer
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Category: Famous Places
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Question: What Surrey town is famed for its salts?
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Answer: Epsom
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Category: Farming
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Question: What is the most rural state in the USA?
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Answer: North Dakota
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Category: Fear
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Question: If hell is a lake of fire, what would the temperature be? (in degrees Fahrenheit)
|
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Answer: 833
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Category: Film and Television
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Question: Who is the main character in 'Touched By An Angel'?
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Answer: Monica
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Category: Flags
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Question: How many stars are there on the New Zealand flag?
|
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Answer: four
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Regexp: (four|4)
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Category: Flags
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Question: What colours are on the Belgian flag?
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Answer: yellow, black and red
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Regexp: (yellow|black|red),? ?(yellow|black|red),? ?(and )?(yellow|black|red)
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Category: Flags
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Question: Which country has a plain green flag?
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Answer: Libya
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Category: Flags
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Question: Whose flag has the national arms on one side and the treasury seal on the other?
|
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Answer: Paraguay
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Category: Flea Abilities
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Question: How many times its own length can the average flea jump?
|
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Answer: 150
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Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?fifty|150)
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Category: Folklore
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Question: Who was the tallest of Robin Hood's men?
|
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Answer: Little John
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Category: Food
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Question: How many herbs and spices are used in Kentucky Fried Chicken?
|
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Answer: eleven
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Regexp: (eleven|11)
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Category: Food
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Question: How many pieces of bun are in a Mcdonald's Big Mac?
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Answer: three
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Regexp: (three|3)
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Category: Food
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Question: In which country did edam cheese originate?
|
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Answer: Holland
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Category: Food
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Question: In which country did the word 'biscuit' originate?
|
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Answer: France
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Category: Food
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Question: What breakfast cereal was invented at Battle Creek Sanitarium?
|
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Answer: Cornflakes
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Category: Food
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Question: What did Charles Jung invent?
|
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Answer: fortune cookies
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Category: Food
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Question: What is another name for the carambula?
|
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Answer: star fruit
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Regexp: star ?fruit
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Category: Food
|
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Question: What is the most widely used seasoning?
|
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Answer: salt
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Category: Food
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Question: What is the oldest known vegetable?
|
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Answer: pea
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Category: Food
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Question: Where were Cornflakes invented?
|
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Answer: Battle Creek Sanitarium
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Category: Food
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Question: Where were fortune cookies invented?
|
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Answer: United States
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Category: Food
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Question: Who invented fortune cookies?
|
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Answer: Charles Jung
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Category: Food
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Question: Who invented the Egg Mcmuffin?
|
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Answer: Ed Peterson
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Category: Food and Drink
|
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Question: What berries give gin its flavour?
|
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Answer: #juniper# berries
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Category: Fruit
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Question: A tayberry is a cross between which two fruits?
|
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Answer: blackberry and raspberry
|
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Regexp: (rasp|black)berry (and|&) (rasp|black)berry
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Category: Fruit
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Question: Unlike other oranges, what does a navel orange not have?
|
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Answer: seeds
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Category: Fruit
|
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Question: What fruits are usually served 'belle helene'?
|
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Answer: pears
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Category: Fruit
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Question: What is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry?
|
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Answer: tayberry
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Category: Fruit
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Question: What is another name for the star fruit?
|
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Answer: carambula
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Category: Fruit
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Question: Where is most of the vitamin C in fruits?
|
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Answer: skin
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Category: Fun Runs
|
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Question: What is San Francisco's equivalent to Sydney's 'City To Surf' race?
|
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Answer: #Bay to Breakers# footrace
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Category: Furniture
|
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Question: What is the metal part of a lamp surrounding the bulb and supporting the shade called?
|
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Answer: harp
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Category: Furniture
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Question: Where did venetian blinds originate?
|
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Answer: Japan
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Category: Games
|
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Question: How many dots are on a twister mat?
|
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Answer: thirty
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Regexp: (thirty|30)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: How many folds does a Monopoly board have?
|
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Answer: one
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Regexp: (one|1)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: How many numbers are on the spinner in the game of 'Life'?
|
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Answer: ten
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Regexp: (ten|10)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: How much does Park Place cost in Monopoly (in US Dollars)?
|
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Answer: 450
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Category: Games
|
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Question: In a game of horseshoes, how many feet apart must the stakes be?
|
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Answer: forty
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Regexp: (forty|40)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: In roulette, what number is green?
|
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Answer: zero
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Regexp: (zero|0)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: Moving anti-clockwise on a dartboard, what is the number next to '4'?
|
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Answer: eighteen
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Regexp: (eighteen|18)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: To what do opposite faces of a dice always add up?
|
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Answer: seven
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Regexp: (seven|7)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What is another name for the card game 'Blackjack'?
|
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Answer: Twenty-one
|
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Regexp: (twenty[- ]one|21)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What is another name for the card game 'Twenty-one'?
|
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Answer: Blackjack
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What is the best possible score in blackjack?
|
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Answer: twenty one
|
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Regexp: (twenty one|21)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What is the most popular sport in england?
|
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Answer: darts
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What is the tallest piece on a chessboard?
|
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Answer: king
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What number is at 12 o'clock on a dartboard?
|
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Answer: 20
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Regexp: (twenty|20)
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Category: Games
|
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Question: What sport/game is Bobby Fischer associated with?
|
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Answer: chess
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Category: Games
|
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Question: Where did the card game 'bridge' originate?
|
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Answer: Turkey
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Category: Games
|
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Question: Where does the annual Poker World Series take place?
|
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Answer: Las Vegas
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Category: Gastronomy
|
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Question: Approximately how many pounds of cereal will the average american/canadian eat every year?
|
|
Answer: twelve
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Regexp: (twelve|12)
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Category: Gems
|
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Question: Peridot is the birthstone for ······?
|
|
Answer: August
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Category: Gems
|
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Question: What is the birthstone for August?
|
|
Answer: peridot
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: During which month is the longest day in the Northern hemisphere?
|
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Answer: June
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: During which month is the longest day in the Southern hemisphere?
|
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Answer: December
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: During which month is the shortest day in the Northern hemisphere?
|
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Answer: December
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: During which month is the shortest day in the Southern hemisphere?
|
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Answer: June
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: What does a month beginning with a Sunday always have?
|
|
Answer: Friday the 13th
|
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Regexp: Friday (the )?(13th|thirteenth)
|
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|
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Category: General Knowledge
|
|
Question: What game usually starts with 'is it animal, vegetable or mineral'?
|
|
Answer: twenty questions
|
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Regexp: (twenty|20) questions
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Category: General Knowledge
|
|
Question: What is the name of the office used by the president in the Whitehouse?
|
|
Answer: Oval office
|
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: What is viewed during a a pyrotechnic display?
|
|
Answer: fireworks
|
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: What system do the blind use for reading?
|
|
Answer: braille
|
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: Where will children as young as 15 be jailed for cheating on their finals?
|
|
Answer: Bangladesh
|
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Category: General Knowledge
|
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Question: With what day does a month start if it has a Friday the 13th?
|
|
Answer: Sunday
|
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|
|
Category: Genetics
|
|
Question: How many chromosomes do each body cell contain?
|
|
Answer: forty six
|
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Regexp: (forty[- ]six|46)
|
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|
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Category: Geograhy
|
|
Question: What is the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo?
|
|
Answer: Kinshasa
|
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|
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Category: Geography
|
|
Question: Abuja is the capital of ······?
|
|
Answer: Nigeria
|
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|
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Category: Geography
|
|
Question: Accra is the capital of ······?
|
|
Answer: Ghana
|
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|
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Category: Geography
|
|
Question: Albany is the capital of ·····?
|
|
Answer: New York
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Answer: Guinea-Bissau
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Answer: Djibouti
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Answer: Guatemala
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Answer: #six# - Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria
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Answer: North America
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Answer: California
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Answer: London
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Answer: London
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Answer: Athens
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Answer: London
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Answer: Libya
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Answer: Ecuador
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Answer: Cumbria
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Answer: Turkey
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Answer: Mississippi
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Answer: Mississippi
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Answer: #Indian# Ocean
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Answer: #San Francisco# Bay
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Answer: Humber
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Answer: Northern
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Answer: Southern
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Answer: Nepal
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Answer: Rwanda
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Answer: Jamaica
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Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Answer: Kuwait
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Answer: Michigan
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Answer: Gabon
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Answer: Malawi
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Answer: Togo
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Answer: Luxembourg
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Answer: Equatorial Guinea
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Question: Mayfair, London is a district of little streets near ······?
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Answer: Hyde Park
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Answer: Mexico
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Answer: Uruguay
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Answer: Tennessee
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Answer: Nile
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Answer: India
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Answer: Cyprus
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Answer: Taiwan
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Answer: Botswana
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Question: On the London Underground, which station has a different name on two of its platforms?
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Answer: Bank and Monument
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Regexp: (Bank (and|&) Monument|Monument (and|&) Bank)
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Question: On the banks of which river is the Taj Mahal?
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Answer: River #Jumna#
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Answer: Oahu
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Answer: River #Fylde#
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Answer: Mersey
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Answer: Black Sea
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Answer: East
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Answer: Burkina Faso
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Answer: Mauritius
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Answer: Papua New Guinea
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Answer: North Carolina
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Answer: Virginia
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Answer: Saudi Arabia
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Answer: Italy
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Answer: Chile
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Answer: Dominican Republic
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Answer: Singapore
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Answer: Illinois
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Answer: Australia
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Question: Tegucigalpa is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Honduras
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Question: Through which ocean does the International Date Line approximately follow the 180 degree meridian?
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Answer: Albania
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Answer: Mongolia
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Answer: Liechtenstein
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Answer: Belize
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Answer: Oslo
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Answer: #New York# City
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Answer: Antarctica
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Answer: Libya
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Answer: Sudan
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Answer: Egypt
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Answer: Egypt
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Answer: China
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Answer: Costa Rica
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Answer: Paraguay
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Question: What country was once known as 'The Breadbasket of Russia'?
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Answer: Ukraine
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Question: What country's capital is Caracas?
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Answer: Venezuela
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Answer: The Mason-Dixon Line
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Answer: turkey
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Question: What does the George Washington Bridge span?
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Answer: #Hudson# River
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Question: What is a peanut if it is not a pea or a nut?
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Answer: legume
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Question: What is also known as Amundsen Scott Station?
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Answer: South Pole
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Answer: Spain
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Answer: Tirana
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Answer: Canberra
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Answer: Dhaka
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Regexp: (dhakk?a|dacc?a)
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Answer: Bridgetown
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Answer: Brasilia
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Regexp: Bra[zs]ilia
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Answer: Ouagadougou
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Question: What is the capital of California?
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Answer: Sacramento
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Answer: Santiago
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Answer: Bogota
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Answer: Nicosia
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Answer: Djibouti
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Question: What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
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Answer: Malabo
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Answer: Libreville
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Question: What is the capital of Gambia?
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Answer: Banjul
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Question: What is the capital of Ghana?
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Answer: Accra
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Answer: Guatemala
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Question: What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
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Answer: Bissau
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Question: What is the capital of Honduras?
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Answer: Tegucigalpa
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Answer: Budapest
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Answer: Boise
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Answer: Springfield
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Answer: New Delhi
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Answer: Des Moines
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Question: What is the capital of Italy?
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Answer: Rome
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Answer: Kingston
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Question: What is the capital of Kuwait?
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Answer: Kuwait
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Question: What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
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Answer: Vaduz
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the capital of Luxembourg?
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Answer: Luxembourg
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Question: What is the capital of Luxembourg?
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Answer: Luxembourg
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Answer: Lilongwe
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Question: What is the capital of Mali?
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Answer: Bamako
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Question: What is the capital of Mauritius?
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Answer: Port Louis
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Question: What is the capital of Mexico?
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Answer: Mexico City
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Answer: Lansing
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Question: What is the capital of Missouri?
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Answer: #Jefferson# City
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Question: What is the capital of Mongolia?
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Answer: Ulan Bator
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Regexp: (Ulan Bator|Ulaanbaatar)
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the capital of Montana?
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Answer: Helena
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Question: What is the capital of Nepal?
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Answer: Kathmandu
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Answer: Albany
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Question: What is the capital of Nigeria?
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Answer: Abuja
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Question: What is the capital of North Carolina?
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Answer: Raleigh
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Question: What is the capital of North Dakota?
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Answer: Bismarck
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Question: What is the capital of Ohio?
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Answer: Columbus
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Question: What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
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Answer: Port Moresby
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
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Answer: Harrisburg
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the capital of Rwanda?
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Answer: Kigali
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
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Answer: Riyadh
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Question: What is the capital of Senegal?
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Answer: Dakar
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Question: What is the capital of Singapore?
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Answer: Singapore
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Question: What is the capital of Tennessee?
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Answer: Nashville
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Question: What is the capital of Texas?
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Answer: Austin
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Question: What is the capital of Thailand?
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Answer: Bangkok
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Question: What is the capital of Togo?
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Answer: Lome
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Category: Geography
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Answer: Ankara
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Answer: Montevideo
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Question: What is the capital of Virginia?
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Answer: Richmond
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Question: What is the capital of Wyoming?
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Answer: Cheyenne
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Question: What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
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Answer: Santo Domingo
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Question: What is the circle of the earth at 0 degrees latitude called?
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Answer: equator
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Question: What is the correct name of Bangkok?
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Answer: Krung Thep
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Question: What is the deepest land gorge in the world?
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Answer: Grand Canyon
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Question: What is the fifth largest country in the world?
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Answer: Brazil
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Question: What is the highest peak in Fiji?
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Answer: Mount Victoria
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Regexp: M(oun)?t.? ?Victoria
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Question: What is the largest city in China?
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Answer: Shanghai
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Question: What is the largest city in Ecuador?
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Answer: Guayaquil
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Question: What is the largest city in Switzerland?
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Answer: Zurich
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Answer: Nicaragua
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Question: What is the largest exclusively Indonesian island?
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Answer: Sumatra
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Question: What is the largest ocean?
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Question: What is the most mountainous country in Europe?
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Answer: Switzerland
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Question: What is the oldest town in Belgium?
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Answer: Tongeren
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Question: What is the only borough of New York City that is not on an island?
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Answer: Bronx
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Question: What is the river capital of the world?
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Answer: Akron
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Question: What is the saltiest sea in the world?
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Answer: The #Dead Sea#
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Answer: Africa
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Question: What is the second largest ocean?
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Answer: #Atlantic# Ocean
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Question: What is the second largest state in the USA?
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Answer: Texas
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Question: What is the smallest Canadian province?
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Answer: Prince Edward Island
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Question: What is the smallest state in the USA?
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Answer: Rhode Island
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the windiest place on earth?
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Answer: #Mount Washington#, New Hampshire
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Regexp: (Mount|Mt.?) ?Washington
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the world's highest waterfall?
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Answer: Angel Falls
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Question: What is the world's largest desert?
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Answer: #Sahara# Desert
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Question: What is the world's largest lake?
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Answer: Caspian Sea
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Category: Geography
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Question: What is the world's largest sea?
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Answer: Mediterranean
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Question: What is the world's widest river?
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Answer: Amazon
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Question: What lake is approximately 394,000 sq. km in area?
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Answer: Caspian Sea
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Question: What ocean is found along the East border of Asia?
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Category: Geography
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Question: What place is known as 'the land nowhere near'?
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Answer: Cape Three Points
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Regexp: Cape (Three|3) Points
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Category: Geography
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Question: What seaport's name is spanish for 'white house'?
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Answer: Casablanca
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Category: Geography
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Question: What small island is in the bay of Naples?
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Answer: Isle of #Capri#
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where are the 'wallops'?
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Answer: Hampshire
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where are the Nazca lines?
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Answer: Peru
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where are the two steepest streets in the USA?
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Answer: San Francisco
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Angel Falls?
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Answer: Venezuela
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Calcutta?
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Answer: India
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Cape Hatteras?
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Answer: North Carolina
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Eurodisney?
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Answer: #Paris#, France
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Gorky Park?
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Answer: Moscow
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Lake Maracaibo?
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Answer: Venezuela
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Mount Washington?
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Answer: New Hampshire
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Tabasco?
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Answer: Mexico
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is Tongeren?
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Answer: Belgium
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is area 51 generally said to be?
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Answer: Groom Lake
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the Blue Grotto - la Grotta Azzurra ?
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Answer: Capri, Italy
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Regexp: Capri
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the Machu Picchu?
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Answer: Peru
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the Taj Mahal?
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Answer: India
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the bridge of San Luis Rey?
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Answer: Peru
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the land of 10,000 lakes?
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Answer: Minnesota
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the statue 'Le Petit Pissoir'?
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Answer: Brussels
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the wailing wall?
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Answer: Jerusalem
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the world's biggest prison camp?
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Answer: Siberia
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Category: Geography
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Question: Where is the world's largest desert?
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Answer: North Africa
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which Californian desert drops below sea level?
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Answer: Death Valley
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which English county has the smallest perimeter?
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Answer: Isle of Wight
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which Portuguese colony reverted to China in December 1999?
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Answer: Macau
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which South American country has both a Pacific and Atlantic coastline?
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Answer: Colombia
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which US state gets the most rainfall?
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Answer: Hawaii
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which bridge spans the Hudson River?
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Answer: #George Washington# Bridge
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which country administers Martinique?
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Answer: France
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which country has the most emigrants?
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Answer: Mexico
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which country is known as the roof of the world?
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Answer: Tibet
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which country occupies the 'horn' of Africa?
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Answer: Somalia
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which country owns Corfu?
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Answer: Greece
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which imaginery line approximately follows the 180 degree meridian through the Pacific Ocean?
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Answer: International Date Line
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the largest lake in South America?
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Answer: Lake #Maracaibo#
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the most populated state/territory in Australia?
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Answer: New South Wales
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the most remote island in the southern atlantic ocean?
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Answer: #Bouvet# Island
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the only musical bird that can fly backwards?
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Answer: hummingbird
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the only sea below sea level?
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Answer: Dead Sea
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which is the smallest independent country?
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Answer: Vatican City
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which island country lies immediately to the East of Réunion?
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Answer: Mauritius
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which island country lies immediately to the West of Mauritius?
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Answer: Réunion
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Regexp: r[ée]union
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which island country lies to the East of Mauritius?
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Answer: Australia
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which island country lies to the West of Australia?
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Answer: Mauritius
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which large city is on the Southeastern coast of Australia?
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Answer: Sydney
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which ocean has an area of approximately 166 sq. km?
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which river passes through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine before arriving at the Black Sea?
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Answer: Danube
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Category: Geography
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Question: Which tropic passes through Australia?
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Answer: Tropic of #Capricorn#
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Category: Geography
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Question: Who owns the island of Bermuda?
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Answer: Britain
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Category: Geography
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Question: Yaounde is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Cameroon
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Category: Geogrophy
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Question: Approximately what percentage of the earth do the oceans cover?
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Answer: seventy one
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Regexp: (seventy one|71)
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Category: Geology
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Question: What is the highest active volcano in the world?
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Answer: Cotopaxi
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Category: Geology
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Question: What is the most reliable geyser in the world?
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Answer: Old Faithful
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Category: Geology
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Question: What type of rock is marble?
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Answer: metamorphic
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Category: Geometry
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Question: What is the sum of all the angles in a square? (in degrees)
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Answer: three hundred and sixty
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Regexp: (three hundred (and )?sixty|360)
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Category: Glass Making
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Question: What is the glass capital of the world?
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Answer: Toledo
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Category: Handy Hints
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Question: By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, in what can you not sink?
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Answer: quicksand
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Category: Hisory
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Question: Who invented the predecessor to today's computers?
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Answer: Charles Babbage
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Category: History
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Question: After who was America named?
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Answer: Amerigo Vespucci
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Category: History
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Question: After who was Mickey Mouse named?
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Answer: Mickey Rooney
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Category: History
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Question: Approximately how many children did pharaoh Ramses II father?
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Answer: one hundred and sixty
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Regexp: (One hundred (and )?sixty|160)
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Category: History
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Question: As what was Istanbul previously known?
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Answer: Constantinople
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Category: History
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Question: As what was Taiwan formerly known?
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Answer: Formosa
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Category: History
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Question: As what was winchester known by the Romans?
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Answer: Venta Bulgarum
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Category: History
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Question: Between which countries was the shortest war in history?
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Answer: Zanzibar and England
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Regexp: (zanzibar( and| &|,)? england|england( and| &|,)? zanzibar)
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Category: History
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Question: By who was Gerald Ford almost assassinated?
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Answer: Squeaky Fromme
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Regexp: (Lynette|Squeaky) Fromme
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Category: History
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Question: East Berlin was the capital of ······?
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Answer: East Germany
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Category: History
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Question: From what did Alexander the Great suffer?
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Answer: epilepsy
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Category: History
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Question: George Washington Carver advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace what?
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Answer: cotton and tobacco
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Regexp: (cotton (and |& )tobacco|tobacco (and |& )cotton)
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Category: History
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Question: George Washington Carver advocated planting what to replace cotton and tobacco?
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Answer: peanuts and sweet potatoes
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Regexp: (Pea ?nuts (and |& )(sweet )?potatoe?s|(Sweet )?potatoe?s (and |& ) pea ?nuts)
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Category: History
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Question: Germany was split into two zones by which agreement?
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Answer: #Yalta# agreement
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Category: History
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Question: His wife was Roxana, his horse was Bacephalus, he was?
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Answer: Alexander the Great
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Category: History
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Question: How many British officers were forced by Indian troops into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
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Answer: 146
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Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?forty[- ]six|146)
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Category: History
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Question: How many people were killed in the battle of Lexington?
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Answer: eight
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Regexp: (eight|8)
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Category: History
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Question: How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison?
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Answer: twenty seven
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Regexp: (twenty seven|27)
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Category: History
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Question: In 1962, for what did Britain and France sign an agreement to build together?
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Answer: Concorde
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Category: History
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Question: In 1975, what re-opened after an 8 year closure?
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Answer: Suez Canal
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Category: History
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Question: In the 15th century, what was the war between the houses of Lancaster and York?
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Answer: War of the #Roses#
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Category: History
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Question: In which battle was George A. Custer defeated?
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Answer: Battle of #Little Bighorn#
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Category: History
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Question: In which country was paper money first used?
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Answer: China
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Category: History
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Question: King Richard the ········?
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Answer: Lionhearted
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Regexp: Lionheart
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Category: History
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Question: Near what falls did Jimmy Angel crash his plane in 1937?
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Answer: Angel Falls
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Category: History
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Question: Of which Cambodian party was Pol Pot the leader?
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Answer: Khmer Rouge
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Category: History
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Question: Of which ship was Miles Standish captain?
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Answer: The #Mayflower#
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Category: History
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Question: On what date did America become an independant nation?
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Answer: July 4th, 1776
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Regexp: (July 4(th)?,? 1776|4(th)?( of)? July,? 1776)
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Category: History
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Question: On what day of the week did Solomon Grundy die?
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Answer: Saturday
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Category: History
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Question: On what was Pennsylvania incorrectly spelled?
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Answer: Liberty Bell
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Category: History
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Question: The date of which Christian festival was fixed in 325AD by the Council of Nicaea?
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Answer: Easter
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Category: History
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Question: The ······ Tea Party?
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Answer: Boston
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Category: History
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Question: Through the streets of what town did Lady Godiva ride naked?
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Answer: Coventry
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Category: History
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Question: What 19th century war between Russia and England, Turkey, Britain and France, was named after a peninsula in the Black Sea?
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Answer: #Crimean# War
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Category: History
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Question: What English city was known to the Romans as Venta Bulgarum?
|
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Answer: Winchester
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Category: History
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Question: What Shakespearean king was actually king of Scotland for 17 years?
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Answer: Macbeth
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Category: History
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Question: What United States president was in office during the civil war?
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Answer: Abraham #Lincoln#
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Category: History
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Question: What colour was Diana Spencer's engagement photograph suit?
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Answer: blue
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Category: History
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Question: What country was formerly known as Siam?
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Answer: Thailand
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Category: History
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Question: What country was ruled by Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge party?
|
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Answer: Cambodia (Kampuchea)
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Regexp: (Kampuchea|Cambodia)
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Category: History
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Question: What did 'DMZ' stand for in the vietnam war?
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Answer: Demilitarized Zone
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Regexp: Demilitari[sz]ed Zone
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Category: History
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Question: What did David Stirling found?
|
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Answer: SAS
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Regexp: S.?A.?S.?
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Category: History
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Question: What did Ed Peterson invent?
|
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Answer: Egg Mcmuffin
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Category: History
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Question: What did Eli Whitney invent?
|
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Answer: cotton gin
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Category: History
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Question: What did Erik Rotheim invent in 1926?
|
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Answer: aerosol
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Category: History
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Question: What did Henry Shrapnel invent?
|
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Answer: The #exploding shell#
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Category: History
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Question: What did Louis Cartier invent?
|
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Answer: wristwatch
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Category: History
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Question: What did Marie Curie die of on 4th July, 1934?
|
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Answer: #radiation# poisoning
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Category: History
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Question: What did Pennsylvania legalise before any other colony?
|
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Answer: witchcraft
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Category: History
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Question: What did Victorian women bathe in to try to enlarge their breasts?
|
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Answer: strawberries
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Category: History
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Question: What famous artist could write with both his left and right hand at the same time?
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Answer: Leonardo #da Vinci#
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Category: History
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Question: What food was almost non-existent in Ireland in the 1840's?
|
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Answer: potatoes
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Category: History
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Question: What is the 15' by 18' cell that 146 captured british officers were forced into by indian troops in the 19th century called?
|
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Answer: Black Hole of Calcutta
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Category: History
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Question: What kind of teeth did George Washington have?
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Answer: #wood#en
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Category: History
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Question: What missionary station was built by Albert Schweitzer?
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Answer: Lambarene
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Category: History
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Question: What period is also known as the age of fish?
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Answer: #Devonian# period
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Category: History
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Question: What pre-tv radio show turned film caused people to commit suicide when it was first aired?
|
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Answer: War Of The Worlds
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Category: History
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Question: What war lasted from June 5 to June 11, 1967?
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Answer: Six day war
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Category: History
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Question: What was Alaska called before 1867?
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Answer: Russian America
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Question: What was Alexander The Great's wife's name?
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Answer: Roxana
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Question: What was George A Custer's horses' name?
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Answer: Comanche
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Question: What was King Arthur's mother's name?
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Answer: Igraine
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Question: What was Russian America called after 1867?
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Answer: Alaska
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Question: What was Thailand formerly known as?
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Answer: Siam
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Question: What was named after Amerigo Vespucci?
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Answer: America
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Question: What was the D-Day invasion password?
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Answer: Mickey Mouse
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Question: What was the capital of East Germany?
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Answer: East Berlin
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Question: What was the first American colony to legalise witchcraft?
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Answer: Pennsylvania
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Question: What was the first fighting vehicle?
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Answer: war #chariot#
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Question: What was the first product to have a barcode?
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Answer: Wrigley's gum
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Question: What was the first ship to reach the Titanic after it sank?
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Answer: Carpathia
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Question: What was the last chinese dynasty?
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Answer: Manchu
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Question: What was the leading cause of death in the late 19th century?
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Answer: tuberculosis
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Question: What was the name of the first ironclad warship ever launched?
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Answer: HMS #Warrior#
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Question: What was the name of the scandal that resulted in the resignation of president Nixon?
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Answer: Watergate
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Question: What wonder stood 32m high in rhodes harbour?
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Answer: Colossus of Rhodes
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Question: When was D-day?
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Answer: June 6th, 1944
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Regexp: (6(th)? (of )?June,? 1944|June 6(th)?,? 1944)
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Question: When was Julius Caesar murdered?
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Answer: Ides of March
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Question: When was the Greek alphabet first used?
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Answer: 800 BC
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Regexp: 800 ?BC
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Question: Where did 'The Mayflower' take the pilgrims?
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Answer: New World
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Category: History
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Question: Where did Bill and Hilary Clinton switch on Christmas lights in 1995?
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Answer: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Regexp: (belfast|northern ireland)
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Category: History
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Question: Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in 1945?
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Answer: Yalta
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Category: History
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Question: Where did Guinevere retire to die?
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Answer: Amesbury
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Question: When was the date of the Christian festival Easter fixed by the Council of Nicaea?
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Answer: #325# AD
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Question: Where did the Bay Of Pigs take place?
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Answer: Cuba
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Question: Where did the Birkenhead sink?
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Answer: Danger Point
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Category: History
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Question: Where did the bayonet originate?
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Answer: Bayonne, France
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Regexp: (Bayonne|France)
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Category: History
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Question: Where was Napoleon defeated?
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Answer: Waterloo
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Question: Where was Nelson mandela in prison?
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Answer: Robben Island
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Category: History
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Question: Where were numerous French nuclear tests conducted?
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Answer: Muraroa Atoll
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Category: History
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Question: Where were the Hanging Gardens?
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Answer: Babylon
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Question: Where were the first books printed?
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Answer: China
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Category: History
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Question: Which Apollo space mission put the first men on the moon ?
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Answer: Apollo 11
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Regexp: Apollo (eleven|11)
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Category: History
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Question: Which Baltic seaport was the German rocket centre during WWII?
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Answer: Peenemunde
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Question: What was the name of Buffy's doll in the 1970's show 'Family Affair'?
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Answer: Mrs. #Beasley#
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Category: History
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Question: Which Spanish explorer first travelled to Jamaica?
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Answer: Christopher #Columbus#
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Category: History
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Question: Which US president said 'the buck stops here'?
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Answer: Harry #Truman#
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Category: History
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Question: Which british comedian was the first man to appear on the cover of 'playboy'?
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Answer: Peter Sellers
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Category: History
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Question: Which country blew up a Greenpeace ship in New Zealand?
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Answer: France
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Category: History
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Question: Which country was split into two zones by the Yalta agreement?
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Answer: Germany
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Category: History
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Question: Which emperor made his horse a senator?
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Answer: Caligula
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Question: Which famous actor is honored in a statue in Leicester Square?
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Answer: Charlie Chaplin
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Category: History
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Question: Which famous explorer visited Australia and New Zealand, then surveyed the Pacific coast of North America?
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Answer: Captain George #Vancouver#
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Category: History
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Question: Which frontiersman died at the Alamo?
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Answer: Davy Crockett
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Regexp: Dave?y Crockett
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Category: History
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Question: Which houses fought the War of the Roses?
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Answer: Lancaster and York
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Regexp: (York (and |& )?Lancaster|Lancaster (and |& )?York)
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Category: History
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Question: Which is the most ancient walled city?
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Answer: Jericho
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Category: History
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Question: Which nation did Moshoeshoe found?
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Answer: Basotho
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Category: History
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Question: Which nation was led by Genghis Khan?
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Answer: #Mongol#ia
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Category: History
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Question: Which nursery rhyme was the first gramophone recording?
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Answer: Mary Had A Little Lamb
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Category: History
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Question: Which period was first, jurassic or carboniferous?
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Answer: carboniferous
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Category: History
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Question: Which president was responsible for the 'Louisiana Purchase'?
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Answer: Thomas #Jefferson#
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Category: History
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Question: Which racist organisation was formed in Tennessee in 1865?
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Answer: Ku Klux Klan
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Question: Which film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer won the Oscar for best picture in 1965?
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Answer: The #Sound Of Music#
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Category: History
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Question: Which ship did Charles Darwin captain?
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Answer: HMS Beagle
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Category: History
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Question: Which was the first Chinese dynasty?
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Answer: Shang
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Category: History
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Question: Which was the first magazine to publish a hologram on its cover?
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Answer: National Geographic
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Category: History
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Question: Who advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton and tobacco?
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Answer: George Washington #Carver#
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Category: History
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Question: Who appeared on the back of a US banknote in 1875?
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Answer: Pocahontas
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Category: History
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Question: Who assassinated John Lennon?
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Answer: Mark David Chapman
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Regexp: Mark (David )?Chapman
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Category: History
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Question: Who assassinated president Kennedy?
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Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
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Regexp: Lee (Harvey )?Oswald
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Category: History
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Question: Who became president of South Africa in 1989?
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Answer: F.W. #de Klerk#
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Category: History
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Question: Who built Camelot?
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Answer: King #Arthur#
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Category: History
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Question: Who built the Lambarene missionary station?
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Answer: Albert #Schweitzer#
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Category: History
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Question: Who built the Taj Mahal?
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Answer: Shah Jahan
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Category: History
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Question: Who burned Atlanta in 1864?
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Answer: General #Sherman#
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Category: History
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Question: Who captained the HMS Beagle?
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Answer: Charles #Darwin#
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Category: History
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Question: Who committed the first daytime robbery?
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Answer: Frank and Jesse James
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Regexp: (Jesse (and|&) Frank|Frank (and|&) Jesse) James
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Category: History
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Question: Who developed the first nuclear submarine?
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Answer: Soviet Union
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Regexp: (Russia|U.?S.?S.?R.?|Soviet Union)
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Category: History
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Question: Who did Squeaky Fromme try to assassinate?
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Answer: Gerald Ford
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Category: History
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Question: Who died three days after Elvis Presley?
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Answer: Groucho Marx
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Category: History
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Question: Who died three days before Groucho Marx?
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Answer: Elvis Presley
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Category: History
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Question: Who discovered the Grand Canyon?
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Answer: Francisco #Coronado#
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Category: History
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Question: Who drafted most of the American Declaration of Independence?
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Answer: Thomas #Jefferson#
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Category: History
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Question: Who fiddled while Rome burned?
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Answer: Nero
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Category: History
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Question: Who fixed the date of the Christian festival 'Easter'?
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Answer: Council of Nicaea
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Category: History
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Question: Who forced 146 captured British officers into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
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Answer: #Indian# troops
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Category: History
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Question: Who introduced bagpipes to the British Isles?
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Answer: Romans
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented crop insurance?
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Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the aerosol?
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Answer: Erik Rotheim
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the ballpoint pen?
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Answer: Georgo and Laszlo #Biro#
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the cotton gin?
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Answer: Eli #Whitney#
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the exploding shell?
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Answer: Henry Shrapnel
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Question: If Brazil had won the 1998 tournament, how many times would they have won the soccer World Cup?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the gatling gun?
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Answer: Richard Gatling
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Category: History
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Question: Who invented the wristwatch?
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Answer: Louis #Cartier#
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Question: Who is considered the father of medicine?
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Answer: Hippocrates
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Category: History
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Question: Who is identified with the word 'eureka'?
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Answer: Archimedes
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Category: History
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Question: Who is known as the high priest of revenge?
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Answer: Philip Seldon
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Category: History
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Question: Who is known for his 'theory of evolution'?
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Answer: Charles #Darwin#
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Category: History
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Question: Who is recognised as the father of geometry?
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Answer: Euclid
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Category: History
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Question: Who killed Jesse James?
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Answer: Robert #Ford#
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Category: History
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Question: Who led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979?
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Answer: Jim Jones
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Question: Who led the children of Israel out of Egypt?
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Answer: Moses
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Category: History
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Question: Who led the mongols?
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Answer: Genghis Khan
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Category: History
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Question: Who married actress Nancy Davis?
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Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Category: History
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Question: Who met in Yalta in 1945 (in alphabetical order)?
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Answer: Churchill Roosevelt Stalin
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Regexp: Churchill,? Roosevelt,? (and )?Stalin
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Question: Who ordered the persecution of the Christians in which Peter and Paul died?
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Answer: Nero
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Category: History
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Question: Who presided over the trial of Jesus?
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Answer: Pontius Pilate
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Category: History
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Question: Who received the nobel peace prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership?
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Answer: #Martin Luther King# Jr
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Category: History
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Question: Who ruled rome when Christ was born?
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Answer: Augustus Caesar
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Regexp: (Caesar Augustus|Augustus Caesar)
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Category: History
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Question: Who said 'eureka'?
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Answer: Archimedes
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Category: History
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Question: Who said 'public service is my motto'?
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Answer: Al Capone
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Category: History
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Question: Who sailed to the new world in 'The mayflower'?
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Answer: pilgrims
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Category: History
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Question: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
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Answer: John Wilkes Booth
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Category: History
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Question: Who signed the 'thanksgiving proclamation'?
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Answer: Abraham #Lincoln#
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Category: History
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Question: Who started the second Punic war?
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Answer: Carthage
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Category: History
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Question: Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England?
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Answer: Anthony Eden
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Category: History
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Question: Who tried to create the 'Great Society'?
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Answer: Lyndon B #Johnson#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was 'The Elephant Man'?
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Answer: Joseph Merrick
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Category: History
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Question: Who was George Washington's vice-president?
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Answer: John #Adams#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was Joseph Merrick?
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Answer: The #Elephant Man#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was King Arthur's foster-father?
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Answer: Ector
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Category: History
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Question: Who was Ulysses' son, who grew to manhood in his absence?
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Answer: Telemachus
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Category: History
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Question: Who was assassinated on December 8, 1980 in New York City?
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Answer: John Lennon
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Category: History
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Question: Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas?
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Answer: President John F. #Kennedy#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was captain of 'The Mayflower'?
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Answer: Miles #Standish#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Answer: George A. #Custer#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was forced by Indian troops into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
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Answer: #British# officers
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Category: History
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Question: Who was given the only Nobel Peace Prize award during WWI?
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Answer: International #Red Cross#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was kidnapped on the night of March 1, 1932?
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Answer: Charles Lindbergh Jr
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Category: History
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Question: Who was known as 'the peanut president'?
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Answer: Jimmy Carter
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the first (and last) catholic president?
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Answer: John Fitzerald #Kennedy#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
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Answer: Chuck Yeager
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?
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Answer: Captain #Matthew Webb#
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the first woman in space?
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Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the lead singer for Creedence Clearwater Revival, and recently released 'Blue Moon Swamp'?
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Answer: John Fogerty
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
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Answer: Pol Pot
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Category: History
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Question: Who was the only survivor of Custer's last stand?
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Answer: his #horse#
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Category: History
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Question: Who were the first people to be elected into the Aviation Hall Of Fame?
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Answer: The #Wright Brothers#
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Category: History
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Question: Who wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?
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Answer: Galileo
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Category: Hobbies
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Question: What hobby was developed by the Palmer Paint Company?
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Answer: Painting by #number#s
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Category: Hobbies
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Question: Who invented painting by numbers?
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Answer: palmer paint company
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Category: How many?
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Question: How many years in a vicennial?
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Answer: twenty
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Regexp: (twenty|20)
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Category: Human Achievment
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Question: Who hit the first golf shot on the moon?
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Answer: Alan Sheppard
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Category: Humanitarianism
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Question: What does the abbreviation 'UNICEF' stand for?
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Answer: United Nations Childrens' Emergency Fund
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Regexp: United Nations Childrens'? Emergency Fund
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Category: IRC
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Question: In mIRC, what colour does control-K + 4 give?
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Answer: red
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Category: IRC
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Question: On IRC, how do you ask age, sex, location?
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Answer: asl
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Regexp: a[/,]? ?s[/,]? ?l
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Category: IRC
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Question: On irc, what does a/s/l mean?
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Answer: age/sex/location
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Regexp: Age[/,]? ?Sex[/,]? ?Location
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Category: Impressive Fauna
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Question: What animal can live several weeks without its head?
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Answer: cockroach
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Category: Industry
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Question: South africa is the biggest producer and exporter of ······?
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Answer: mohair
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Category: Industry
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Question: Which country is the biggest producer and exporter of mohair?
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Answer: South Africa
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Category: Intelligence
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Question: Who founded the SAS?
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Answer: David Stirling
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Category: Interesting Fact
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Question: More people are killed by donkeys every year than are killed in ······?
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Answer: plane crashes
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Category: Inventors
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Question: Who invented 'bifocal' lenses for eyeglasses?
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Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Category: Inventors
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Question: Who invented the most common projection for world maps?
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Answer: Gerardus #Mercator#
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Category: Jokes
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Question: In the old gag, where is Prince Albert?
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Answer: In a #can#
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Category: Language
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Question: From what Irish words is 'Dublin' derived?
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Answer: dubh linn
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Category: Language
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Question: From what language is the term 'finito'?
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Answer: Italian
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Category: Language
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Question: Merging the words 'melt' and 'weld' created which word?
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Answer: meld
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Category: Language
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Question: Other than Germany, whose official language is German?
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Answer: Austria
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Category: Language
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Question: The word rodent comes from the italian 'rodere', which means?
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Answer: gnaw
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Category: Language
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Question: What city's name is derived from the words 'dubh linn'?
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Answer: Dublin
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Category: Language
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Question: What does 'alma mater' mean in English?
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Answer: bountiful mother
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Category: Language
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Question: What does 'majuba' mean?
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Answer: place of rock pigeons
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Category: Language
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Question: What does 'shogun' mean in English?
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Answer: military governor
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Category: Language
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Question: What does the Irish 'dubh linn' mean?
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Answer: black pool
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Regexp: black ?pool
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Category: Language
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Question: What does the word 'karate' translate to in English?
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Answer: open hand
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Category: Language
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Question: What is 'blackpool' in Irish?
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Answer: dubh linn
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Category: Language
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Question: What is 'bountiful mother' in Latin?
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Answer: alma mater
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Category: Language
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Question: What is 'military governor' in Japanese?
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Answer: shogun
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the English word for 'fiesta'?
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Answer: festival
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the Israeli 'knesset'?
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Answer: parliament
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the Old English word for 'sneeze'?
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Answer: fneasan
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the Spanish word for 'festival'?
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Answer: fiesta
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the language of Hungary?
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Answer: Magyar
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the literal meaning of 'pince-nez'?
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Answer: pinch nose
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Regexp: pinch[- ]?nose
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the meaning of the Mercedes Benz motto 'Das beste oder nichts'?
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Answer: The best or nothing
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Category: Language
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Question: What is the official language of Austria?
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Answer: german
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Category: Language
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Question: What two words make the word 'meld'?
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Answer: melt and weld
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Regexp: (weld (and |& )?melt|melt (and |& )?weld)
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Category: Language
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Question: What was the language of ancient India?
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Answer: Sanskrit
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Category: Law
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Question: In which country was it once against the law to slam your car door?
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Answer: Switzerland
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Category: Lawn Mowers
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Question: How fast does the tip of a standard rotary mower travel? (in km/h)
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Answer: two hundred
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Regexp: (two hundred|200)
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Category: Legends
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Question: What was the Lone Ranger's real name?
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Answer: John Reid
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Category: Legends
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Question: Where does Nessie live?
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Answer: Loch Ness
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who are santa's reindeer, in alphabetical order?
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Answer: blitzen, comet, dancer, dasher, prancer and vixen
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Regexp: blitzen(,| and)? comet(,| and)? dancer(,| and)? dasher(,| and)? prancer(,| and)? vixen
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who created the round table?
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Answer: Merlin
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who was Bonnie Parker's partner?
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Answer: Clyde Barrow
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who was Clyde Barrow's partner?
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Answer: Bonnie Parker
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who was John Reid?
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Answer: Lone Ranger
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Category: Legends
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Question: Who was the Lone Ranger's Indian companion?
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Answer: Tonto
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Category: Literature
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Question: As what did H.G. Wells refer to Adolf Hitler?
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Answer: A #certifiable lunatic#
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Category: Literature
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Question: How many books are there in Anne Rice's vampire series?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Literature
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Question: How many stories did enid blyton publish in 1959?
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Answer: fifty nine
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Regexp: (fifty[- ]nine|59)
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'A Christmas Carol', how many ghosts visited Scrooge?
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Answer: four
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'A Christmas Carol', what was the name of the miser?
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Answer: Ebenezer #Scrooge#
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Alice In Wonderland', who never stopped sobbing?
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Answer: Mock Turtle
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', about what was Mercutio's long monologue?
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Answer: Queen Mab
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who gave a long monologue about Queen Mab?
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Answer: Mercutio
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who said 'I have a faint cold, fear thrills through my veins'?
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Answer: Juliet
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who says 'make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies?
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Answer: Juliet
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Category: Literature
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Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who says 'what must be must be'?
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Answer: Juliet
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Category: Literature
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Question: In one of Donald Horne's novels, as what was Australia dubbed?
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Answer: The #lucky country#
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Category: Literature
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Question: In one of Donald Horne's novels, which was 'the lucky country'?
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Answer: Australia
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Category: Literature
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Question: In the Dr Seuss books, which elephant hatched an egg?
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Answer: Horton
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Category: Literature
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Question: In which book did four ghosts visit Scrooge?
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Answer: A Christmas Carol
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Category: Literature
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Question: On what book was 'Three Days Of The Condor' based?
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Answer: Six Days Of The Condor
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Regexp: (Six|6) Days Of The condor
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Category: Literature
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Question: The Hardy Boys and ······?
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Answer: Nancy Drew
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Category: Literature
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Question: What Dr Seuss character steals Christmas?
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Answer: Grinch
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Category: Literature
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Question: What controversial book did Germaine Greer write?
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Answer: The #Female Eunuch#
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Category: Literature
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Question: What shakespearean play refers to the date of epiphany?
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Answer: Twelfth Night
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Category: Literature
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Question: What story features flopsy, mopsy and cottontail?
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Answer: Peter Rabbit
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Category: Literature
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Question: What subject did 'Mr. Chips' teach?
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Answer: Latin
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Category: Literature
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Question: What was H.G Wells' first novel?
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Answer: The #Time Machine#
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Category: Literature
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Question: What was Lestat's last name?
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Answer: de Lioncourt
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Category: Literature
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Question: What were the dolls in the novel 'Valley Of The Dolls'?
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Answer: pills
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Category: Literature
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Question: What were the two cities in 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
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Answer: London and Paris
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Regexp: (Paris,? (and |& )?London|London,? (and |& )?Paris)
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Category: Literature
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Question: Which Tennesee Williams play is about a Sicilian-American woman?
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Answer: The #Rose Tattoo#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Which book featured the miser Scrooge?
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Answer: A Christmas Carol
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Category: Literature
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Question: Which is the only book written by Margaret Mitchell?
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Answer: Gone With The Wind
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who created 'Horton' the elephant?
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Answer: Dr. Seuss
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Regexp: Dr.? Seuss
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who created 'Maudie Frickett'?
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Answer: Jonathan Winters
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who created 'The Saint'?
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Answer: Leslie Charteris
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who did Macduff kill?
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Answer: Macbeth
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who did author Leslie Charteris create?
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Answer: The #Saint#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who dubbed Australia 'the lucky country'?
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Answer: Donald Horne
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who killed Macbeth?
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Answer: Macduff
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Regexp: Ma?cduff
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who said 'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks'?
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Answer: Romeo
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who was Winnie the Pooh's neighbour?
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Answer: Piglet
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who was the author of 'Dracula'?
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Answer: Bram Stoker
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who was the human companion of Willow?
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Answer: Mad Mardigan
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote '1984'?
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Answer: George Orwell
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'A Christmas Carol'?
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Answer: Charles #Dickens#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
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Answer: Charles #Dickens#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
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Answer: Charles #Dickens#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'Alice In Wonderland'?
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Answer: Lewis Carroll
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'Gone With The Wind'?
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Answer: Margaret Mitchell
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'Psycho'?
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Answer: Robert Bloch
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'The Birds'?
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Answer: Daphne du Maurier
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'The Female Eunuch'?
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Answer: Germaine Greer
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'The Hobbit'?
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Answer: J.R.R. #Tolkien#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'The Rose Tattoo'?
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Answer: Tennessee Williams
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'The Time Machine'?
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Answer: H.G. Wells
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Regexp: H.?G.? Wells
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'Valley Of The Dolls'?
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Answer: Jacqueline Susann
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'Weird Harold and Fat Albert'?
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Answer: Bill Cosby
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote 'little lamb, who made thee'?
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Answer: William Blake
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote the 'Dragonriders Of Pern' series?
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Answer: Anne McCaffrey
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Regexp: Anne Ma?cCaffrey
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote the 'Father Brown' crime stories?
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Answer: G.K. #Chesterton#
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote the 'Myth' series?
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Answer: Robert Asprin
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote the 'Noddy' books?
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Answer: Enid Blyton
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who wrote the vampire series that featured Lestat as the main character?
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Answer: Anne Rice
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Category: Literature
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Question: Who's last words were 'Thus with a kiss I die'?
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Answer: Romeo
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Category: Longevity
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Question: How old was the world's oldest man?
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Answer: one hundred and forty one
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Regexp: (One hundred (and )?forty[- ]one|141)
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Category: Longevity
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Question: Who was the world's oldest man?
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Answer: Bir Narayan Chaudhari
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Category: Maritime Trivia
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Question: On a ship, what is the line that indicates the maximum load that may be transported?
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Answer: #Plimsoll# Line
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: How many different letters are used in the roman numeral system?
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Answer: seven
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Regexp: (seven|7)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is 65% of 60?
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Answer: 39
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Regexp: (Thirty[- ]nine|39)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in a reflex angle?
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Answer: three hundred and fifty nine
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Regexp: (three hundred (and |& )?fifty[- ]nine|359)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in an acute angle?
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Answer: eighty nine
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Regexp: (eighty[- ]nine|89)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in an obtuse angle?
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Answer: one hundred and seventy nine
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Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?seventy[- ]nine|179)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in a reflex angle?
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Answer: one hundred and eighty one
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Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?eighty[- ]one|181)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in an acute angle?
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Answer: one
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Regexp: (one|1)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in an obtuse angle?
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Answer: ninety one
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Regexp: (ninety[- ]one|91)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value?
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Answer: four
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Regexp: (four|4)
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Category: Mathematics
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Question: What is the square root of one quarter?
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Answer: one half
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Regexp: ((One |A |1 )?half|1/2)
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Category: Measurement
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Question: What instrument measures walking distance?
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Answer: pedometer
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Category: Medicien
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Question: In what body part does an osteopath specialise?
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Answer: #bone#s
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Category: Medicine
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Question: A salt enema was given to children to rid them of ······?
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Answer: Threadworm
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Category: Medicine
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Question: Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by which pharmaceutical company?
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Answer: Bayer
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Category: Medicine
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Question: In the early 20th century, rattlesnake venom was used to treat which illness?
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Answer: epilepsy
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Category: Medicine
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Question: North American Indians ate watercress to dissolve gravel and stones in the ······?
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Answer: bladder
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Category: Medicine
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Question: North American Indians ate watercress to dissolve what in the bladder?
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Answer: gravel and stones
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Regexp: (gravel|stones)
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Category: Medicine
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Question: On what part of the body is an 'LTK procedure' performed?
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Answer: eyes
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What did North American Indians eat to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder?
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Answer: watercress
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
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Answer: blood pressure
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What does hepatitis affect?
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Answer: liver
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What instrument measures blood pressure?
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Answer: sphygmomanometer
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What is a the technical name for a heart attack?
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Answer: myocardial infarct
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What is acute nasopharyngitis?
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Answer: A #cold#
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What is another name for consumption?
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Answer: tuberculosis
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What is another name for tuberculosis?
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Answer: consumption
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Category: Medicine
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Question: What was given to children to rid them of threadworm?
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Answer: salt enema
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Category: Medicine
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Question: Who ate watercress to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder?
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Answer: North American #Indians#
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Category: Medicine
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Question: Who invented the smallpox vaccine?
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Answer: Edward Jenner
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Category: Medicine
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Question: Who was the first to use rubber gloves during surgery?
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Answer: Dr. W. S. #Halstead#
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Category: Military
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Question: As a result of their wearing high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, as what were the first US marines known?
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Answer: leathernecks
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Category: Military
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Question: What do the letters 'SAM' mean in SAM missiles?
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Answer: Surface To Air
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Regexp: Surface[- ]To[- ]Air
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Category: Military
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Question: What is the mascot of the US naval academy?
|
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Answer: goat
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Category: Military
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Question: What is the naval equivalent of an army Major?
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Answer: Lieutenant Commander
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Category: Military
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Question: With which hand do soldiers salute?
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Answer: right
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Category: Minerals
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Question: What forms when a diamond is cut with a laser?
|
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Answer: #graphite# dust
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Category: Minerals
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Question: What is also known as the 'bishop's stone'?
|
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Answer: amethyst
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Category: Minerals
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Question: What is the violet variety of quartz otherwise known as?
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Answer: amethyst
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Category: Mining
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Question: Approximately how deep are the deepest mines? (in km)
|
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Answer: four
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Regexp: (4|four)
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Category: Mining
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Question: In which country is the largest gold refinery?
|
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Answer: South Africa
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Category: Mining
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Question: What is the deepest mine in the world?
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Answer: Western Deep Levels Mine
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Category: Mining
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Question: What is the name of the largest gold refinery?
|
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Answer: Rand Refinery
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Category: Mining
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Question: Where are the deepest mines?
|
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Answer: South Africa
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Category: Minreals
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Question: Graphite dust is formed when what is cut with a laser?
|
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Answer: diamond
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Category: Misnomers
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Question: What are Swedish buns called?
|
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Answer: Danishes
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Regexp: Danish(es)?
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Category: Modern Myths
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Question: What has no reflection, no shadow, and can't stand the smell of garlic?
|
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Answer: vampire
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Category: Monuments
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Question: Which man has the most monuments erected in his honour?
|
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Answer: Buddha
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Category: Monuments
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Question: Which woman has the most monuments erected in her honour?
|
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Answer: Virgin Mary
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: From which team did Marlboro switch its backing to Mclaren in the 1974 season?
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Answer: BRM
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: How many pole positions did Ayrton Senna score?
|
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Answer: sixty five
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Regexp: (sixty[- ]five|65)
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: In 1976, James Hunt was disqualified after winning which Grand Prix?
|
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Answer: British
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Name the first automobile racetrack in America.
|
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Answer: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Over what time period is the Le Mans endurance motor race?
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Answer: Twenty four hours
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Regexp: (Twenty[- ]four|24) ?(h(ou)?rs?|(One |1 ?)day)
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: To which team did Marlboro switch its backing from BRM in the 1974 season?
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Answer: Mclaren
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Regexp: Ma?claren
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: What colours was the Ferrari Formula 1 car in the 1964 US Grand prix?
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Answer: blue and white
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Regexp: (blue (and |& )white|white (and |& )blue)
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: What event marked the 1954 french grand prix?
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Answer: The return of #Mercedes#
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Where do the Italians host the Grand Prix?
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Answer: Monza
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Which car won the 1953 Italian Grand Prix?
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Answer: Maserati
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Which new engine regulation replaced the 2.5 litre rule at the start of the 1961 season?
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Answer: #1.5 litre# rule
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Regexp: 1.5
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Who hosts the Monza Grand Prix?
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Answer: Italy
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Who qualified for pole position in the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix?
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Answer: Elio #de Angelis#
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Who was disqualified after winning the 1976 British Grand Prix?
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Answer: James Hunt
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Who was the driver for the Jordan team in the 1998 Grand Prix?
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Answer: Damon Hill
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Category: Motor Racing
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Question: Who won the 1966 F1 championship?
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Answer: Jack Brabham
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Category: Mottos
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Question: Whose motto is 'Be prepared'?
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Answer: Boy Scouts
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Category: Mountain Climbing
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Question: Who conquered the Matterhorn in 1865?
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Answer: Edward Whymper
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Category: Movie Stars
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Question: Who was Lauren Bacall's first husband?
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Answer: Humphrey Bogart
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: About which family are the Godfather films?
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Answer: Corleone
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: For which film did Art Carney win best actor Oscar in 1974?
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Answer: Harry and Tonto
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In 'Star Wars', who was C3P0's sidekick?
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Answer: R2D2
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In 'The Shining' what was the child's imaginary friend's name (the one who told him things that were going to happen)?
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Answer: Tony
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the 'Nightmare On Elm Street' films, who played Freddy Krueger?
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Answer: Robert Englund
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Regexp: Robert Engl[au]nd
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'American Hot Wax', who did Jay Leno play?
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Answer: Mookie
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'American Hot Wax', who played the 'Mookie'?
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Answer: Jay Leno
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'Hackers', how old was 'zero_kool' when he was first arrested?
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Answer: eleven
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Regexp: (eleven|11)
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'Home Alone', who played the baddies?
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Answer: Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern
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Regexp: (Joe Pesci (and |& )Daniel Stern|Daniel Stern (and |& )Joe Pesci)
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'Pretty Woman', for who was Goldie Hawn the body double?
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Answer: Julia Roberts
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In the film 'The Day Of The Jackal', who played the Jackal?
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Answer: Edward Fox
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In what did someone squish her hands to make the sound of e.t walking?
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Answer: jelly
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In what film did Whoopi Goldberg make her screen debut?
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Answer: The #Color Purple#
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In which James Bond film does the villain cheat at golf?
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Answer: Goldfinger
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In which film did Henry Fonda play a fallen priest?
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Answer: The Fugitive
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In which film did Paul Newman and Robert Redford hold hands and jump into a river?
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Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: In which film was Goldie Hawn the body double for Julia Roberts?
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Answer: Pretty Woman
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Juliette Binoche won an academy award for best supporting role in which film?
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Answer: English Patient
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Pancho was whose faithful sidekick?
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Answer: #Cisco Kid#'s
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: The film 'The Wizard Of ······'?
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Answer: Oz
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Tippi Hedren is best known for her lead role in which film?
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Answer: The #Birds#
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Was Shirley Temple 21, 25 or 29 when she made her last film?
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Answer: 21
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What Marlon Brando film was widely banned?
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Answer: Last Tango In Paris
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What did Dorothy's house land on in 'The Wizard Of Oz'?
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Answer: The #Wicked Witch of the West#
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What film featured a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth?
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Answer: Austin Powers
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What film is generally considered the worst film ever made?
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Answer: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What film marked James Cagney's return to the screen after 20 years?
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Answer: Ragtime
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What film starred Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes and Bill Paxton?
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Answer: Twister
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What film starred Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Meg Ryan?
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Answer: Sleepless in Seattle
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What is the name of the film in which Steven Segal's character dies?
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Answer: Executive Decision
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What is the sequel to the film 'Every Which Way But Loose'?
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Answer: Every Which Way You Can
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Ben Stiller's character called in 'Mystery Men'?
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Answer: Mr. Furious
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Regexp: (Mr.?|Mister) Furious
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Eddie Murphy's character name in 'Beverley Hills Cop'?
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Answer: Axel Foley
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Garth's last name in 'Wayne's World'?
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Answer: Algar
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was John Wayne's real name?
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Answer: Marion Morrison
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Keanu Reeves' computer world alias in 'The Matrix'?
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Answer: Neo
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Keanu Reeves' first big film?
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Answer: Point Break
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was Kevin Bacon's first big hit?
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Answer: Footloose
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was painted on Peter Fonda's helmet motorcycle helmet in 'Easy Rider'?
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Answer: stars and stripes
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was the first film directed by Robert Redford?
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Answer: Ordinary People
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was the name of the pinball machine in the film 'Tommy'?
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Answer: Wizard
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was the name of the two space shuttles in 'Armegeddon'?
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Answer: Freedom and Independence
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Regexp: (Freedom (& |and )?Independence|Independence (& |and )?Freedom)
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: What was used for blood in the film 'psycho'?
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Answer: #chocolate# syrup
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Which basketball star played a genie in 'Kazaam'?
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Answer: Shaquille O'Neal
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Regexp: Shaquille O'?Ne[ai]l
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Which film preceded 'Magnum Force' and 'The Enforcer'?
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Answer: Dirty Harry
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Which films are about the Corleone family?
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Answer: The #Godfather# films
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Which was the first 'Indiana Jones' film?
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Answer: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who appeared in 'St. Elmo's Fire', 'The Scarlett Letter' and 'Striptease'?
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Answer: Demi Moore
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who did Charlie Becker play in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
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Answer: The #mayor of the munchkins#
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who directed 'The Shining'?
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Answer: Stanley #Kubrick#
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who directed the Movie 'Psycho' from Robert Bloch?
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Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who directed the classic thriller 'The Birds'?
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Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who directed the film 'Ordinary People'?
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Answer: Robert Redford
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who directed the film 'The Birds' from Daphne du Maurier?
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Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who does the voice for Yoda in the Star Wars films?
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Answer: Frank Oz
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played 'Johnny Mnemonic'?
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Answer: Keanu Reeves
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Clyde to Faye Dunaway's Bonnie?
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Answer: Warren Beatty
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Dr. Frankenfurter in the pop-culture film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
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Answer: Tim Curry
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Dr. Kildare?
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Answer: Richard Chamberlain
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Eddie in the pop-culture film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
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Answer: Meat Loaf
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Hopalong Cassidy?
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Answer: William Boyd
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Louis in 'Interview With The Vampire'?
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Answer: Brad Pitt
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played Queen Amidala in the latest 'Star Wars' film?
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Answer: Natalie Portman
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played in the film 'Ragtime' after 20 years offscreen?
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Answer: James Cagney
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the 'Universal Soldier'?
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Answer: Jean-Claude Van Damme
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Regexp: Van[- ]Damme
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the mayor of the munchkins in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
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Answer: Charlie Becker
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the murder victim in the original version of 'Psycho'?
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Answer: Janet Leigh
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the president of the U.S in 'Air Force One'?
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Answer: Harrison Ford
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the title role in the 'Mad Max' series of films?
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Answer: Mel Gibson
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who played the title role in the 1978 version of 'Superman'?
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Answer: Christopher Reeve
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who starred in 'Conan The Barbarian'?
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Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who starred in the 1952 film 'Niagara'?
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Answer: Marilyn Monroe
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who starred in the film 'The Man With Two Brains'?
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Answer: Steve Martin
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who starred in the film version of 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?
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Answer: Gregory Peck
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was Dr. Zhivago's great love?
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Answer: Lara
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was John Wayne's musical co-star in true grit?
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Answer: Glen Campbell
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was Miss Hungary in 1936?
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Answer: Zsa-Zsa Gabor
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Regexp: (zsa[- ]zsa gabor|gabor)
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was the Cisco Kid's faithful sidekick?
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Answer: Pancho
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was the director of 'Terminator' and 'Titanic'?
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Answer: James Cameron
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Who was the villain in 'Star Wars'?
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Answer: Darth Vader
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Category: Movie Trivia
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Question: Whose films include 'Giant', 'Written On The Wind' and 'A Farewell To Arms'?
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Answer: Rock Hudson
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Category: Movie trivia
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Question: In which film did Jay Leno play 'Mookie'?
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Answer: American Hot Wax
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Category: Multiple Meanings
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Question: What animal has the same name as a high church official?
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Answer: cardinal
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Category: Music
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Question: 'Hang On Sloopy' was the official rock song of which band?
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Answer: Ohio
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Category: Music
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Question: 'White Room' was a hit off which Eric Clapton album?
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Answer: Cream
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Category: Music
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Question: As what is Merle Haggard also known as?
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Answer: Okie from Muskogee
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Category: Music
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Question: Besides the Stones, which group had the longest touring career until the founder's death in 1995?
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Answer: The #Grateful Dead#
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Category: Music
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Question: Bill Justis was a studio musician when he recorded this 'sloppy' instrumental in october 1957?
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Answer: Raunchy
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Category: Music
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Question: Country singer Vince ····?
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Answer: Gill
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Category: Music
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Question: Crosby, Stills and Nash's debut album included a song about a girl and the colour of her eyes. Name that song.
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Answer: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes
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Category: Music
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Question: For whom did Colonel Tom Parker act as manager?
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Answer: #Elvis# Presley
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Category: Music
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Question: Formerly with Spencer Davis, he went on to form Traffic with Dave Mason. He is?
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Answer: Steve Winwood
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Category: Music
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Question: From what platform does the 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' leave Pennsylvania station?
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Answer: twenty nine
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Regexp: (twenty nine|29)
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Category: Music
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Question: From which station does the 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' leave?
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Answer: #Pennsylvania# station
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Category: Music
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Question: Hey! What was the name of the hit song released by 'The Romantics' in February 1980?
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Answer: That's #What I Like About You#
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Category: Music
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Question: How many members are in the 'fairfield four'?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Music
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Question: How old was Leann Rhimes when she became a country music star?
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Answer: fourteen
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Regexp: (fourteen|14)
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Category: Music
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Question: How old was Leann Rhimes when she recorded her first album?
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Answer: eleven
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Regexp: (eleven|11)
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Category: Music
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Question: In 'La Traviata', what does Violetta sing?
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Answer: Sempre Libera
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Category: Music
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Question: In 'La Traviata', who sings 'Sempre Libera'?
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Answer: Violetta
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Category: Music
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Question: In 1958, who had a pop music hit with 'Willie and the Hand Jive'?
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Answer: Johnny Otis
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Category: Music
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Question: In 1968, who released 'Carnival of life' and 'Recital'?
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Answer: Lee Michaels
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Category: Music
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Question: In 1981, who won song of the year with 'Sailing'?
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Answer: Christopher Cross
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Category: Music
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Question: In 1987, who released her second album 'Solitude Standing'?
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Answer: Suzanne Vega
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Category: Music
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Question: In a 1976 release, who wanted to 'fly like an eagle'?
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Answer: #Steve Miller# Band
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Category: Music
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Question: In late 1957, Buddy Holly's solo release 'Peggy Sue' challenged which song recorded with The Crickets?
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Answer: Oh Boy
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Category: Music
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Question: In the opera 'Don Giovanni', what was Leporello?
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Answer: servant
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Category: Music
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Question: In which Verdi opera does Violetta sing 'Sempre Libera'?
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Answer: La Traviata
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Category: Music
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Question: In which opera does Leporello entertain a vengeful jilted lover?
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Answer: Don Giovanni
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Category: Music
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Question: Michael di Lorenzo was one of the lead dancers on which Michael Jackson video?
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Answer: Beat It
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Category: Music
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Question: R. Kelly sings: 'If I can see it then I can do it, if I just believe it, there's nothing to it'. What's the song title?
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Answer: I Believe I Can Fly
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Category: Music
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Question: Randy Travis said his love was 'deeper than the ······'?
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Answer: holler
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Category: Music
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Question: Savage Garden took 13 nominations and 10 wins at which awards?
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Answer: #ARIA# awards
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Category: Music
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Question: Singer Paula ······?
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Answer: Abdul
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Category: Music
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Question: Sung by Robert Palmer, '······ to love'?
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Answer: Addicted
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Category: Music
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Question: What Don Mclean song laments the day Buddy Holly died?
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Answer: American Pie
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Category: Music
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Question: What album holds the world record for copies sold?
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Answer: Thriller
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Category: Music
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Question: What are the separators on a guitar neck called?
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Answer: frets
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Category: Music
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Question: What classic rock band sang the song 'Paint It, Black'?
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Answer: Rolling #Stones#
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Category: Music
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Question: What did George Harrison discover on the Witwatersrand?
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Answer: gold
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Category: Music
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Question: What did Sheryl Crow do before she became a singer?
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Answer: teach
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Category: Music
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Question: What does the term 'DJ' mean?
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Answer: Disc Jockey
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Category: Music
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Question: What hardcore rock group sings, 'Blind' and 'Clown'?
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Answer: Korn
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Category: Music
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Question: What instrument are you playing when you perform a rim shot?
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Answer: #drum#s
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Category: Music
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Question: What instrument does an organ grinder play?
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Answer: hurdy gurdy
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Category: Music
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Question: What is Cape Town's major choir called?
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Answer: #Philharmonic# choir
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Category: Music
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Question: What is Elton John's real name?
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Answer: Reginald Dwight
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Category: Music
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Question: What is Vanilla Ice's real name?
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Answer: Robert van Winkle
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Category: Music
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Question: What is a cello's full name?
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Answer: violoncello
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Regexp: viol[io]ncello
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Category: Music
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Question: What is a violoncello usually called?
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Answer: cello
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Category: Music
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Question: What is the name given to the type of West Indian music made famous by artists such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh?
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Answer: reggae
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Category: Music
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Question: What is the official birthplace of country music?
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Answer: Bristol
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Category: Music
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Question: What license plate number is on the Volkswagon on the cover of The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Album?
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Answer: 281F
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Category: Music
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Question: What song did Elton John and George Michael sing as a duet?
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Answer: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
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Regexp: Don'?t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
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Category: Music
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Question: What song was originally 'Good Morning To You' before the words were changed and it was published in 1935?
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Answer: #Happy Birthday# To You
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Category: Music
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Question: What song's words were changed and then published in 1935 as 'Happy Birthday To You'?
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Answer: Good Morning To You
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Category: Music
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Question: What was Elvis Presley's twin brother's name?
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Answer: Garon
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Category: Music
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Question: What was Jethro Tull before donating his name to a British epic rock group?
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Answer: agriculturist
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Category: Music
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Question: What was the average age of United States soldiers in the Vietnam war?
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Answer: nineteen
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Regexp: (19|nineteen)
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Category: Music
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Question: What was the first CD pressed in the USA?
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Answer: Born In The USA
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Regexp: Born in the U.?S.?A
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Category: Music
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Question: What was the original name of Paul McCartney's fictional church cleaner 'Eleanor Rigby'?
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Answer: Miss Daisy Hawkins
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Category: Music
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Question: Where did George Harrison discover gold?
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Answer: Witwatersrand
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Category: Music
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Question: Where is the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame?
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Answer: Cleveland, Ohio
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Regexp: (cleveland|ohio)
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Category: Music
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Question: Which 1960's group sang a song inspired by 'Alice In Wonderland'?
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Answer: The #Jefferson Airplane#
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Category: Music
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Question: Which 1980's Pink Floyd album was made into a film that starred Bob Geldof, and featured the artwork of cartoonist Gerald Scarfe?
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Answer: The Wall
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Category: Music
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Question: Which Australian duo took 13 nominations and 10 wins at the ARIA awards?
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Answer: Savage Garden
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Category: Music
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Question: Which Elton John song was re-recorded as a requiem for Lady Diana Spencer?
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Answer: Candle In The Wind
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Category: Music
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Question: Which british group recorded the 1983 hit 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'?
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Answer: Yes
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Category: Music
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Question: Which country and western singer is known as the 'okie from muskogee'?
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Answer: Merle Haggard
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Category: Music
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Question: Which singer is a former school teacher?
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Answer: Sheryl Crow
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Category: Music
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Question: Which singer/songwriter worked in a factory making toilets for airplanes before he recorded 'Aint No Sunshine'?
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Answer: Bill Withers
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Category: Music
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Question: Who 'imagined' a better world?
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Answer: John Lennon
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Category: Music
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Question: Who advised us to 'break on through to the other side'?
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Answer: #Jim Morrison# (of The Doors)
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Regexp: (Jim Morrison|Doors)
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Category: Music
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Question: Who appeared solo at the Woodstock festival after leaving 'The Lovin' Spoonful'?
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Answer: John Sebastian
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Category: Music
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Question: Who began his career with 'The Yardbirds' and established himself as one of the best rock guitarists of his generation?
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Answer: Eric Clapton
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Category: Music
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Question: Who began his professional career with Black Sabbath?
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Answer: Ozzy Osbourne
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Category: Music
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Question: Who collaborated with John Lennon on 'Whatever Gets You Through The Night'?
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Answer: Elton John
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Category: Music
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Question: Who did a version of 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' on his 1977 debut album?
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Answer: George Thorogood
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Regexp: George Thou?rou?gh?ood
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Category: Music
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Question: Who did the music for the 1970's film 'Saturday Night Fever'?
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Answer: Bee Gees
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Category: Music
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Question: Who discovered gold on the Witwatersrand?
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Answer: George Harrison
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Category: Music
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Question: Who founded 'Live Aid' and 'Band Aid'?
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Answer: Bob Geldof & Midge Ure
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Regexp: (bob)? geldof( and| &|,)? (midge)? ure
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Category: Music
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Question: Who is Reginald Dwight known as?
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Answer: Elton John
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Category: Music
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Question: Who is Robert van Winkle?
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Answer: Vanilla Ice
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Category: Music
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Question: Who is the elder statesman of 'british blues', and fronted 'The Bluesbreakers'?
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Answer: John Mayall
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Category: Music
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Question: Who is the lead singer of 'The Doors'?
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Answer: Jim Morrison
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Category: Music
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Question: Who is the only singer to have no.1 hits in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's?
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Answer: Cliff Richard
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Category: Music
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Question: Who produced 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'?
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Answer: George Martin
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Category: Music
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Question: Who recorded 'A Boy Named Sue'?
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Answer: Johnny Cash
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Category: Music
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Question: Who released 'Time, Love and Tenderness' in 1981?
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Answer: Michael Bolton
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Category: Music
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Question: Who released 'Tuesday Night Music Club' in 1993?
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Answer: Sheryl Crow
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Category: Music
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Question: Who released a chart-busting album in 1976 which featured 'The Lido Shuffle'?
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Answer: Boz Scaggs
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Category: Music
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Question: Who released the double album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' in 1973?
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Answer: Elton John
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'All Right Now'?
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Answer: Free
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Any Way You Want Me'?
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Answer: Elvis Presley
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Bad Case Of Loving You'?
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Answer: Robert Palmer
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Beat It'?
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Answer: Michael Jackson
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Beauty and the Beast'?
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Answer: Celine Dion
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Born In The USA'?
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Answer: Bruce Springsteen
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Forever and Ever, Amen'?
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Answer: Randy Travis
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Good Morning To You?
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Answer: Mildred and Patty Hill
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'I'm A Believer'?
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Answer: Monkees
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'In The Air Tonight'?
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Answer: Phil Collins
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Islands In The Stream' with Dolly Parton?
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Answer: Kenny Rogers
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Regexp: Kenny Rod?gers
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Islands In The Stream' with Kenny Rogers?
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Answer: Dolly Parton
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Jet Airliner'?
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Answer: #Steve Miller# Band
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'Rescue Me'?
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Answer: Fontella Bass
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'That's Alright Mama'?
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Answer: #Elvis# Presley
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'We've only just begun'?
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Answer: Carpenters
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang 'You Can Call Me Al'?
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Answer: Paul Simon
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang about 'Commitment'?
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Answer: Leann Rhimes
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Regexp: Leanne? Rhimes
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang about 'The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B'?
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Answer: The #Andrews Sisters#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang about Desmond and Molly Jones?
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Answer: The #Beatles#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang for 'Bad company' and 'Free', then went out on his own?
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Answer: Paul Rodgers
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Regexp: Paul Rod?gers
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sang with 'The Dakotas'?
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Answer: Billy J. Kramer
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Regexp: Billy J.? Kramer
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Category: Music
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Question: Who sings 'Sweet Home Alabama'?
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Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wanted 'a lover with a slow hand'?
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Answer: The #Pointer Sisters#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wanted 'a new drug'?
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Answer: #Huey Lewis# and The News
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was 'hooked on a feeling'?
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Answer: Blue Suede
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was a member of 'Crosby, Stills and Nash' and 'The Hollies'?
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Answer: Graham Nash
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was the Indian maiden in Johnny Preston's 'Running Bear'?
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Answer: Little White Dove
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was the first female to enter the Billboard charts in 1985?
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Answer: Whitney Houston
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was the oldest member of The Beatles?
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Answer: Ringo Starr
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Category: Music
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Question: Who was the only songwriter to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice?
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Answer: Johnny Logan
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote 'Roll Over Beethoven'?
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Answer: Chuck Berry
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the opera 'The Giant'?
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Answer: Sergei #Prokofiev#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the opera 'The Masked Ball'?
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Answer: Giuseppe #Verdi#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the opera 'Tosca'?
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Answer: Giacomo #Puccini#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the opera 'norma'?
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Answer: Vincenzo #Bellini#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the oprea 'La Traviata'?
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Answer: Guiseppe #Verdi#
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with Bob Geldof?
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Answer: Midge Ure
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Category: Music
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Question: Who wrote the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with Midge Ure?
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Answer: Bob Geldof
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Category: Music
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Question: Who's first release was 'Talking Heads 77'?
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Answer: Psycho Killer
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Category: Music
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Question: ····· in the name of love?
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Answer: Stop
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Category: Muthology
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Question: In Greek mythology, the riddle of what did Oedipus solve?
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Answer: sphinx
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Category: Mytholgy
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Question: Apollo was the Greek god of ······?
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Answer: prophecy and archery
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Regexp: (prophecy (and|&) archery|archery (and|&) prophecy)
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Dionysus was the greek god of ······?
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Answer: Wine
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Egyptian mythology, what is the life force called?
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Answer: Ka
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Egyptian mythology, who is known as the god of the desert?
|
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Answer: Ash
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the underworld?
|
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Answer: Osiris
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Egyptian mythology, who was Horus' mother?
|
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Answer: Isis
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Egyptian mythology, who was Isis the wife of?
|
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Answer: Osiris
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In English mythology, who caused the death of the Lady of Shallot?
|
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Answer: Sir Lancelot
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology who did Athena turn into a spider?
|
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Answer: Arachne
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, how many heads did Hydra have?
|
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Answer: nine
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, into what did Athena turn Arachne?
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Answer: spider
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, what animal is associated with Athena?
|
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Answer: owl
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, what did Daedalus construct for Minos?
|
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Answer: labyrinth
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, what was Minos the king of?
|
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Answer: Crete
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, where did Perseus kill his grandfather?
|
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Answer: #Larrisan# games
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who did Jocasta marry?
|
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Answer: Oedipus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who did Minos hire to construct the labyrinth?
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Answer: Daedalus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who had nine heads?
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Answer: Hydra
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who hired Daedalus to construct the labyrinth?
|
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Answer: Minos
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who ruled over the island of Samos?
|
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Answer: Polycrates
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
|
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Answer: Oedipus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who turned Arachne into a spider?
|
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Answer: Athena
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who was Jason's wife?
|
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Answer: Medea
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who was Medea's husband?
|
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Answer: Jason
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who was the only mortal gorgon?
|
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Answer: Medusa
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who was the son of Peleus and Thetis?
|
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Answer: Achilles
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Category: Mythology
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Question: In Greek mythology, who were Achilles' parents?
|
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Answer: Peleus and Thetis
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Regexp: (Peleus (and |& )Thetis|Thetis (and |& )Peleus)
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Neptune was the Roman god of the ······?
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Answer: sea
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Persephone was the Greek goddess of ······?
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Answer: spring
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Poseidon was the Greek god of the ······?
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Answer: sea
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Category: Mythology
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Question: What mythical Scottish town appears for one day every 100 years?
|
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Answer: Brigadoon
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Which Norse god had the Valkyries as handmaidens?
|
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Answer: Odin
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Which Titan had snakes for hair?
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Answer: Medusa
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who did the Norse god Odin have as handmaidens?
|
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Answer: #Valkyrie#s
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who is the Greek messenger god?
|
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Answer: Hermes
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who is the Norse god of lightning?
|
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Answer: Odin
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who is the Norse god of mischief?
|
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Answer: Loki
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who is the Norse god of thunder and war?
|
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Answer: Thor
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who is the mother of Apollo and Artemis?
|
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Answer: Leto
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was Hercules' father?
|
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Answer: Zeus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was Hercules' stepmother?
|
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Answer: Hera
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was the Greek god of fire?
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Answer: Hephaestus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was the Greek god of prophecy and archery?
|
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Answer: Apollo
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was the Greek god of wine?
|
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Answer: Dionysus
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who was the Greek goddess of spring?
|
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Answer: Persephone
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Category: Mythology
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Question: Who, in Egyptian mythology, is the god of the dead?
|
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Answer: Anubis
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Category: Nationalities
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Question: Which people invented the compass?
|
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Answer: Chinese
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Category: Nature
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Question: Approximately how many pounds of salt is in every gallon of seawater?
|
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Answer: one quarter
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Regexp: ((One|1) quarter|1/4)
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Category: Nature
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Question: At which time of year do children grow fastest?
|
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Answer: #spring#time
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Category: Nature
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Question: By what process is rock worn down by the weather?
|
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Answer: erosion
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Category: Nature
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Question: During pregnancy, how many times its normal size does the human uterus expand?
|
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Answer: five hundred
|
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Regexp: (five hundred|500)
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Category: Nature
|
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Question: How many hearts do earthworms have?
|
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Nature
|
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Question: Of what do earthworms have five?
|
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Answer: #heart#s
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Category: Nature
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Question: What animal has bony plates and rolls up into a ball if it is frightened?
|
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Answer: armadillo
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Category: Nature
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Question: What has approximately 1/4 pound of salt in every gallon?
|
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Answer: seawater
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Category: Nature
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Question: What is the heart rate of the blue whale? (in beats per minute)
|
|
Answer: nine
|
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Regexp: (nine|9)
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Category: Nature
|
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Question: When does the human uterus expand 500 times its normal size?
|
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Answer: during #pregnancy#
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Category: Nomenclature
|
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Question: Eras are divided into units called ········?
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Answer: periods
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Category: Not Telling!
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Answer: The #moon#
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Category: Nuresry rhymes
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Question: Who sat on her tuffet?
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Answer: Little Miss Muffet
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
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Question: In the song 'Skip To My Lou', in what beverage are the flies?
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Answer: Buttermilk
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
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Question: Where did Little Miss Muffet sit?
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Answer: On her #tuffet#
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
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Question: Who is Mother Goose's son?
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Answer: Jack
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Category: Nutrition
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Answer: brown
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Category: Nutrition
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Question: Lack of Vitamin D causes which disease?
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Answer: rickets
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Category: Nutrition
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Answer: vitamin #D#
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Category: Nutrition
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Question: Six ounces of orange juice contains the minimum daily requirement for which vitamin?
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Answer: vitamin #C#
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Category: Nutrition
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Question: What does iron deficiency cause?
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Answer: anaemia
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Category: Nutrition
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Question: What makes brown bread healthier than white bread?
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Answer: wholemeal
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: Basmati is a type of what?
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Answer: Rice
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What does a notaphile collect?
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Answer: Banknotes
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What does a philluminist collect?
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Answer: Match box labels
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Regexp: Match[- ]?box labels
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What does an ombrometer measure?
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Answer: rainfall
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What is a 'funambulist'?
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Answer: A #tightrope walker#
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Regexp: tightrope
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What is a pugilist?
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Answer: boxer
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What is another name for a tightrope walker?
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Answer: funambulist
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: What is someone who collects banknotes called?
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Answer: Notaphile
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Category: Odd Words
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Question: With what is rainfall measured?
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Answer: ombrometer
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Category: Odd words
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Question: What is a 'somnambulist'?
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Answer: sleepwalker
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Category: Oil Production
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Question: Which south african oil company has estblished the only commercially proven 'oil from coal' operations in the world?
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Answer: Sasol
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Category: Olympics
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Question: In ancient Greece, where were the original Olympics held?
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Answer: Olympia
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Category: Olympics
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Question: The Olympic motto 'citius, altius, fortius' means what?
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Answer: Faster, higher, stronger
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Regexp: Faster,? higher,? stronger
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Category: Olympics
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Question: What is the Olympic motto in the original Latin?
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Answer: Citius, altius, fortius
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Category: Olympics
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Question: Where were the 1956 Summer Olympics held?
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Answer: Melbourne, Australia
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Category: Olympics
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Question: Where were the 1960 summer Olympics held?
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Answer: Rome, Italy
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Category: Olympics
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Question: Who did Zola Budd trip in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
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Answer: Mary Decker
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Category: Olympics
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Question: Who tripped Mary Decker in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
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Answer: Zola Budd
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: How many episodes were there in the original Star Trek series?
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Answer: seventy five
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Regexp: (seventy five|75)
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: In 'Star Trek' Jean ······ Picard?
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Answer: Luc
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: In 'Star Trek', what is Data's rank?
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Answer: Lieutenant Commander
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: In 'Star Trek', who was the captain of the 'Enterprise C'?
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Answer: Rachel Garret
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: What is the registry number of the enterprise in the original Star Trek?
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Answer: NCC 1701
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Regexp: NCC ?1701
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Category: One For The Trekkies
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Question: Who played Deanna Troi in 'Star Trek The Next Generation'?
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Answer: Marina Sirtis
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Category: Optics
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Question: What colour on black produces the most visible combination?
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Answer: yellow
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Category: Orienteering
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Question: On maps, what is the technical name for the 'you are here' arrow?
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Answer: ideo locator
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Category: Philosophy
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Question: The last line of which document is 'working men of all countries, unite!'?
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Answer: Communist Manifesto
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Category: Physics
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Question: At what angle above the horizon must the sun be to create a rainbow? (in degrees)
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Answer: forty
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Regexp: (forty|40)
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Category: Physics
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Question: Waves 'break' when their height is how much more than the depth of the water?
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Answer: seven tenths
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Regexp: (seven tenths|7/10|(seventy|70) (percent|%))
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Category: Physics
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Question: What is the name given to elementary particles originating in the sun and other stars, that continuously rain down on the earth?
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Answer: cosmic rays
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Category: Politics
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Question: In England, what is the Speaker of the House not allowed to do?
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Answer: speak
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Category: Politics
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Question: Of which island do Ireland, Britain, Iceland and Norway dispute ownership?
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Answer: Rockall
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Category: Politics
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Question: What does Israel call its parliament?
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Answer: Knesset
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Category: Politics
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Question: Which island do the nationalist Chinese occupy?
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Answer: Taiwan
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Category: Politics
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Question: Which nation calls its parliament 'The Knesset'?
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Answer: Israel
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Category: Politics
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Question: Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
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Answer: Georges #Pompidour#
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Category: Pop Optics
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Question: What colour lenses are required to view a 3-D film?
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Answer: red and green
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Regexp: (red|green) (and|&) (red|green)
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Category: Popsicle Inventors
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Question: Who invented popsicles?
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Answer: Frank Epperson
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: As who is Vincent Furnier known?
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Answer: Alice Cooper
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: What is Alice Cooper's real name?
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Answer: Vincent Furnier
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: What is Conway Twitty's real name?
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Answer: Harold Lloyd Jenkins
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: What is Harold Lloyd Jenkins' stage name?
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Answer: Conway Twitty
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: What is Wynonna Judd's real name?
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Answer: Christina Clair Ciminella
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: Who is Anne Mae Bullock better known as?
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Answer: Tina Turner
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Category: Pseudonyms
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Question: Who is Christina Claire Ciminella otherwise known as?
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Answer: Wynonna Judd
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Category: Psychology
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Question: Of what did Sigmund Freud have a morbid fear?
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Answer: ferns
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Category: Psychology
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Question: Who wrote 'Sexual Behavior In The Human Male' in 1948?
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Answer: Alfred #Kinsey#
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Category: Psychology
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Question: With what branch of medicine is Franz Mesmer associated?
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Answer: hypnotism
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Category: Railways
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Question: New York has the longest subway system in ······?
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Answer: North #America#
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Category: Railways
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Question: What city has the most underground stations in the world?
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Answer: New York
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Category: Recorded Media
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Question: Who is the spokesperson for the exercise tapes 'Tae Bo'?
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Answer: Billy Blanks
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Category: Recreational Chemistry
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Question: What is the common name for lysergic acid diethylamide?
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Answer: LSD
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Regexp: L.?S.?D.?
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Category: Relativity
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Question: What does the 'c' in the equation e=mc^2 stand for?
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Answer: speed of light
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Category: Religion
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Question: A catholic minister is known as a?
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Answer: Priest
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Category: Religion
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Question: In what city does a certain church forbid burping or sneezing?
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Answer: #Omaha#, Nebraska
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Category: Religion
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Question: Of the 266 popes, how many died violently?
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Answer: thirty three
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Regexp: (thirty three|33)
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Category: Religion
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Question: To where do Muslims make pilgrimage?
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Answer: Mecca
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Category: Religion
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Question: What is God called in the Muslim faith?
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Answer: Allah
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Category: Religion
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Question: What is a person who has made a pilgimage to Mecca?
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Answer: Hajji
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Category: Religion
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Question: What religious movement was founded by William Booth?
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Answer: Salvation Army
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Category: Religion
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Question: Who founded the Salvation Army?
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Answer: William Booth
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Category: Sad, But True
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Question: What are 35% of people using personal ads for dating?
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Answer: married
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Category: Saints
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Question: St Frideswide the patron saint ······?
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Answer: Oxford
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Category: Saints
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Question: St Patrick the patron saint of ······?
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Answer: Ireland
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Category: Saints
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Question: St. Bernard the patron saint of ·····?
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Answer: skiers
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Category: Saints
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Question: St. Christopher the patron saint of ······?
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Answer: travellers
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Category: Saints
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Question: Who is the patron saint of skiers?
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Answer: St. Bernard
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Regexp: (Saint |St.? ?)Bernard
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Category: Satellites
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Question: What country has the third most satellites in orbit?
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Answer: France
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Category: Science
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Question: As what is minus forty celcius the same?
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Answer: minus forty fahrenheit
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Regexp: (minus forty fahrenheit|-40 ?f)
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Category: Science
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Question: As what is minus forty fahrenheit the same?
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Answer: minus forty celcius
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Regexp: (minus forty celcius|-40 ?c)
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Category: Science
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Question: How many beams of light are used to record a holograph?
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Answer: two
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Regexp: (two|2)
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Category: Science
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Question: In what does a rhinologist specialise?
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Answer: human #nose#
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Category: Science
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Question: In what was the strength of early lasers measured?
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Answer: gillettes
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Category: Science
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Question: In which branch of science are monocotyledon and dicotyledon terms?
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Answer: Botany
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Category: Science
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Question: Meteorology is the study of ······?
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Answer: weather
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Category: Science
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Question: Of what did Aristotle say all things were made up?
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Answer: air, earth, fire, and water
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Regexp: (air|earth|fire|water),? ?(air|earth|fire|water),? ?(air|earth|fire|water),? ?(and )?(air|earth|fire|water)
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Category: Science
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Question: Of what is genetics the study?
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Answer: heredity
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Category: Science
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Question: Paedology is the study of ...... ?
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Answer: soil
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Category: Science
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Question: What did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1895?
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Answer: X-rays
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Regexp: X[- ]?rays
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Category: Science
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Question: What does breaking the sound barrier cause?
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Answer: A #sonic boom#
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Category: Science
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Question: What does the Rankine scale measure?
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Answer: temperature
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Category: Science
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Question: What is name applied to the study of soil?
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Answer: paedology
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the number of blue razor blades a given beam can puncture?
|
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Answer: gillette
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the scientific name for brimstone?
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Answer: sulphur
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the scientific name for earth's outer layer of surface soil or crust?
|
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Answer: lithosphere
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the study of prehistoric plants and animals?
|
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Answer: paleontology
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the study of the composition of substances and the changes they undergo?
|
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Answer: chemistry
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the study of the earth's physical divisions termed?
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Answer: Geography
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Category: Science
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Question: What is the term that refers to the search for the existence of ghosts?
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Answer: eidology
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Category: Science
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Question: What was the first recorded message?
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Answer: Mary had a little lamb
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Category: Science
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Question: Which freezes faster - hot or cold water?
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Answer: hot
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Category: Science
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Question: Who developed the laws of electrolysis?
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Answer: Michael #Faraday#
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Category: Science
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Question: Who discovered X-rays?
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Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen
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Category: Science
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Question: Who first transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic?
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Answer: Enrico #Marconi#
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Category: Science
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Question: Who said all things were made up of air, earth, fire, and water?
|
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Answer: Aristotle
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Category: Science
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Question: Who spoke the first recorded message?
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Answer: Thomas #Edison#
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Category: Scouts
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Question: What is the boy scout motto?
|
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Answer: Be prepared
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Category: Scouts
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Question: Who founded the Boy Scouts?
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Answer: Lord #Baden Powell#
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Category: Sea Crawlies
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Question: How many legs does a crab have?
|
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Answer: ten
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Regexp: (ten|10)
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Category: Secretions
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Question: What is cerumen?
|
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Answer: earwax
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Category: Secretions
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Question: What is the scientific name for earwax?
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Answer: cerumen
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a female calf called?
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Answer: heifer
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a female cat called?
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Answer: queen
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a male cat called?
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Answer: tom
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a person who makes barrels called?
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Answer: cooper
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a resident of Manchester called?
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Answer: Mancunian
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is a resident of liverpool?
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Answer: Liverpudlian
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is another word for a female sheep?
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Answer: ewe
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is podobromhidrosis?
|
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Answer: Smelly feet
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Regexp: (Foot[- ]Odou?r|Smelly feet)
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is the name given to male sheep?
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Answer: ram
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is the name given to the switching of letters in an expression (e.g. saying Jag of Flapan instead of Flag of Japan)?
|
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Answer: spoonerism
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Category: Semantics
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Question: What is the study of weather technically called?
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Answer: meteorology
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Category: Shoe Trivia
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Question: What is the covering on the tip of a shoelace called?
|
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Answer: aglet
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: After who was Deana Carter named?
|
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Answer: Dean Martin
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What instrument does Woody Allen play?
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Answer: clarinet
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What is Cher's maiden name?
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Answer: Sarkassian
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What is Tina Turner's real name?
|
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Answer: Anne Mae Bullock
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What is tattooed on Glen Campbell's arm?
|
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Answer: dagger
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What musical instrument did Jack Benny play?
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Answer: violin
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What was Betty Grable's nickname?
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Answer: The #Legs#
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: What was Don Rickles' nickname?
|
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Answer: Mr. Warmth
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Regexp: Mr.? Warmth
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who is Melanie Griffith's mother?
|
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Answer: Tippi Hedren
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who is Tippi Hedren's daughter?
|
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Answer: Melanie Griffith
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who is married to Eddie Van Halen?
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Answer: Valerie Bertanelli
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who is married to Valerie Bertanelli?
|
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Answer: Eddie Van Halen
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who married Mutt Lange?
|
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Answer: Shania Twain
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who married Shania Twain?
|
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Answer: Robert "Mutt" Lange
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Regexp: (Robert|Mutt) Lange
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Category: Show Biz
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Question: Who said 'you'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap'?
|
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Answer: Dolly Parton
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Category: Similes
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Question: As neat as a ······?
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Answer: pin
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Category: Space
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Question: In which state is the Houston Space Centre?
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Answer: Texas
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Category: Space
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Question: What is the biggest criterion for prospective astronauts?
|
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Answer: eyesight
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Category: Sport
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Question: As who is Cassius Clay now known?
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Answer: Mohammed Ali
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Regexp: m[uo]hamm[ae]d ali
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Atlanta ······?
|
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Answer: Braves
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Boston ······?
|
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Answer: Red Sox
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Chicago ······?
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Answer: Cubs
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Cleveland ······?
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Answer: Indians
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Florida ······?
|
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Answer: Marlins
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Houston ······?
|
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Answer: Astros
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Kansas City ······?
|
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Answer: Royals
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Milwaukee ······?
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Answer: Brewers
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The New York ······?
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Answer: Mets
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Philadelphia ······?
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Answer: Phillies
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The St. Louis ······?
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Answer: Cardinals
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Category: Sport
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Question: Baseball: The Texas ······?
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Answer: Rangers
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Category: Sport
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Question: Basketball: The Denver ······?
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Answer: Nuggets
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Category: Sport
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Question: Football: The Chicago ······?
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Answer: Bears
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Category: Sport
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Question: Football: The Dallas ······?
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Answer: Cowboys
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Category: Sport
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Question: Football: The Denver ····?
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Answer: Broncos
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Category: Sport
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Question: Football: The Pittsburgh ······?
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Answer: Steelers
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Category: Sport
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Question: Football: The San Diego ······?
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Answer: Chargers
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Category: Sport
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Question: Hockey: The Calgary ·······?
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Answer: Flames
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Category: Sport
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Question: Hockey: The Toronto ······?
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Answer: Maple Leafs
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Category: Sport
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Question: How many dimples does a golf ball have?
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Answer: three hundred and thirty six
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Regexp: (three hundred (and |& )?thirty[- ]six|336)
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Category: Sport
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Question: How many sides does a baseball homeplate have?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Sport
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Question: How many stitches are on a regulation baseball?
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Answer: 108
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Regexp: (One hundred (and )?eight|108)
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Category: Sport
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Question: In baseball, who won their first world series in 1969?
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Answer: New York #Mets#
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Category: Sport
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Question: In hockey, what is the equivalent of a rugby scrum?
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Answer: face-off
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Regexp: face[- ]?off
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Category: Sport
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Question: In rugby, what is the equivalent of a hockey face-off?
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Answer: scrum
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Category: Sport
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Question: In showjumping, how many points are incurred for knocking down a fence?
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Answer: four
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Regexp: (four|4)
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Category: Sport
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Question: In what sport did the word 'crestfallen' originate?
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Answer: cockfighting
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Category: Sport
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Question: In what sport do you find 'coursing'?
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Answer: #greyhound# racing
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Category: Sport
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Question: In what sport is the term 'terminal speed' used?
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Answer: Drag Racing
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Category: Sport
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Question: Other than England, which european country took part in the 1996 cricket World Cup?
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Answer: Netherlands
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Category: Sport
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Question: Other than skiing, which sport takes place on a piste?
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Answer: fencing
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Category: Sport
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Question: The first cricket one-day international was held between england and ······?
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Answer: Australia
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Category: Sport
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Question: What are the two basic aids in orienteering?
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Answer: map and compass
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Regexp: (map|compass) (and|&) (map|compass)
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is soccer star Pele's real name?
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Answer: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may use in a round?
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Answer: fourteen
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Regexp: (fourteen|14)
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the misshapen ear that boxers often have called?
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Answer: cauliflower ear
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the name given to a rower who competes in an individual event?
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Answer: sculler
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the regulation height for a pin in tenpin bowling? (in inches)
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Answer: fifteen
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Regexp: (fifteen|15)
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the score of a forfeited baseball game?
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Answer: 9-0
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Category: Sport
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Question: What is the score of a forfeited softball game?
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Answer: 7-0
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Category: Sport
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Question: What nationality is Gabriela Sabatini?
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Answer: Argentinian
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Category: Sport
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Question: What sport has sprint, tandem and team pursuit events?
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Answer: cycling
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Category: Sport
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Question: What sport is sometimes called 'rugger'?
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Answer: rugby union
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Category: Sport
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Question: What sport/game is Chris Evert associated with?
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Answer: tennis
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Category: Sport
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Question: What trophy is awarded to the winner of the NHL playoffs?
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Answer: Stanley Cup
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Category: Sport
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Question: What was Jack Nicklaus' nickname?
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Answer: Golden Bear
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Category: Sport
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Question: What was Mohammed Ali's original name?
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Answer: Cassius Clay
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Category: Sport
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Question: Where is Capitol Hill?
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Answer: #Washington# DC
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Category: Sport
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Question: Which country always leads the opening Olympic procession?
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Answer: Greece
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Category: Sport
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Question: Which cricket player holds the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket?
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Answer: Brian Lara
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Category: Sport
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Question: Which sport allows substitutions without stoppage in play?
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Answer: hockey
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Category: Sport
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Question: Which tennis star wore denim shorts during matches?
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Answer: Andre Agassi
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who did 'Tennis World' name rookie of the year in 1974?
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Answer: Martina Navratilova
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who had the nickname 'Golden Bear'?
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Answer: Jack Nicklaus
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who has played in the most consecutive baseball games?
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Answer: #Cal Ripken# Jr
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who holds the NHL record for the most goals scored during a regular season?
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Answer: Wayne #Gretzky#
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who hosted the 1999 cricket World Cup?
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Answer: England
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known as?
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Answer: Pele
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who was the 1990 Wimbledon women's singles runner-up?
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Answer: Zina #Garrison#
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who was the NBA MVP in 1976, 1977 and 1980?
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Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Regexp: Kareem Abdul[- ]Jabbar
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who was the NBA's most valuable player in 1976, 1977 and 1980?
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Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Regexp: Kareem Abdul[- ]Jabbar
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who was the last Briton to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
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Answer: Fred Perry
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who was the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali?
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Answer: Larry Holmes
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Category: Sport
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Question: Who won the 1982 soccer world cup?
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Answer: Italy
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Category: Sport
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Question: With what did cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi frequently play with in his hands?
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Answer: glass eye
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Category: Sport
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Question: With what sport is Chris Boardman associated?
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Answer: cycling
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Category: Sport
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Question: With what sport is Gabriela Sabatini associated?
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Answer: tennis
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Category: Sport
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Question: With what sport is Jack Nicklaus associated?
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Answer: golf
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Category: Sport and Entomology
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Question: What swimming stroke is named after an insect?
|
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Answer: butterfly
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Category: Squid Trivia
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Question: How many tentacles does a squid have?
|
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Answer: ten
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Regexp: (ten|10)
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Category: Superstition
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Question: What were comfrey baths were believed to restore?
|
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Answer: virginity
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Category: Superstitions
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Question: According to superstition, what do you make when you stub the toes on your right foot?
|
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Answer: A #wish#
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Category: Swimming
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Question: What did Captain Matthew Webb swim first?
|
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Answer: English Channel
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: As who is Terry Bollea known?
|
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Answer: Hulk Hogan
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: For which ad campaign was the line 'I can't believe I ate the whole thing' used?
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Answer: Alka Seltzer
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: From where was Ricky in 'I Love Lucy'?
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Answer: Cuba
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In 'Coronation Street', who is Ken and Denise's son?
|
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Answer: Daniel
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV series 'Seinfeld', who does Michael Richards play?
|
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Answer: Kramer
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV series 'Seinfeld', who plays Kramer?
|
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Answer: Michael Richards
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV series 'The Brady Bunch', what was Cindy's toy doll's name?
|
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Answer: Kitty Carrie All
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Regexp: Kitt(ie|y) Carr(ie|y) All
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV series 'The Fall Guy', who did Lee Majors play?
|
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Answer: Colt Seavers
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV series 'The Fall Guy', who played Colt Seavers?
|
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Answer: Lee Majors
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the TV sitcom 'Married With Children', what is the dog's name?
|
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Answer: Buck
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Category: TV Trivia
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Question: In the children's tv series 'Sesame Street', what two characters were roomates?
|
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Answer: Bert and Ernie
|
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Regexp: (Bert (and|&) Ernie|Ernie (and|&) Bert)
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Kelsey Grammer sings and plays the theme song for which TV show?
|
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Answer: Frasier
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: On 'Dragnet', who played officer Bill Gannon?
|
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Answer: Harry Morgan
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: On 'The Lucy Show', who played Vivian Bagley?
|
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Answer: Vivian Vance
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: TV series: 'American ······'?
|
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Answer: Bandstand
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: To which elemetary school did TV's 'Brady Bunch' go?
|
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Answer: #Dixie Canyon# Elementary
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What TV network features programming just for children?
|
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Answer: Nickelodeon
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What TV series from 1970-1974 starred Susan Dey?
|
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Answer: Partridge Family
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What did Dr. David Banner become when he got angry?
|
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Answer: The #Incredible Hulk#
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What is Hulk Hogan's real name?
|
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Answer: Terry Bollea
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What is Kermit D Frog's girlfriend's name?
|
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Answer: Miss Piggy
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What is the drummer's name in 'The Muppet Show'?
|
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Answer: Animal
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What is the frog's name in 'The Muppet Show'?
|
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Answer: #Kermit# D Frog
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What is the name of Jaleel White's character in the tv series 'Family ties'?
|
|
Answer: Steve Urkel
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What night club did Ricky work at on 'I Love Lucy'?
|
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Answer: The #Tropicana#
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What show/game has characters such as Bulbasaur and Pikachu?
|
|
Answer: Pokemon
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What was Lucy's maiden name on 'I Love Lucy'?
|
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Answer: McGillicuddy
|
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Regexp: Ma?cGillicuddy
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: What was the name of Ross' pet monkey on 'Friends'?
|
|
Answer: Marcel
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Which famous male actor made his name in 'I Dream Of Jeannie'?
|
|
Answer: Larry Hagman
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Category: TV Trivia
|
|
Question: Who did Larry Hagman portray in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
|
Answer: J.R. Ewing
|
|
Regexp: (J.R.|JR)
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who did Pat Sajak play on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?
|
|
Answer: Kevin Hathaway
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who did Patrick Duffy portray in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
|
Answer: Bobby Ewing
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who did Vivian Vance play on 'The Lucy Show'?
|
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Answer: Vivian Bagley
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who killed Kenny?
|
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Answer: They
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who played Bobby Ewing in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
|
Answer: Patrick Duffy
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who played George Costanza on 'Seinfeld'?
|
|
Answer: Jason Alexander
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who played Kevin Hathaway on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?
|
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Answer: Pat Sajak
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who played Steve Erkel in 'Family Matters'?
|
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Answer: Jaleel White
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who played commander Riker in 'Star Trek'?
|
|
Answer: Jonathan Frakes
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who plays many voices, such as Dr Nick, and Moe on 'The Simpsons'?
|
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Answer: Hank Azaria
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who sings and plays the theme song for the TV show 'Frasier'?
|
|
Answer: Kelsey Grammer
|
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|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
|
Question: Who starred as 'ouboet' in the first TV series of 'Orkney Snork Nie'?
|
|
Answer: Frank Opperman
|
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who was the alter ego of 'The Incredible Hulk'?
|
|
Answer: Dr. #David Banner#
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Category: TV Trivia
|
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Question: Who were Lucy and Ricky's next door neighbours and best friends?
|
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Answer: Fred and Ethel
|
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Regexp: (Fred (&|and) Ethel|Ethel (&|and) Fred)
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Category: Taboos
|
|
Question: Over what place in india is it forbidden to fly an airplane?
|
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Answer: Taj Mahal
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Category: Technology
|
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Question: Who has the world's largest double-decker tram fleet?
|
|
Answer: Hong Kong
|
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Category: Textiles
|
|
Question: What colour thread is used for filigree?
|
|
Answer: silver or gold
|
|
Regexp: (silver|gold)
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Category: The Space Race
|
|
Question: What was the name of the first space shuttle ever built?
|
|
Answer: Enterprise
|
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Category: Theatre
|
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Question: In the opera 'La Traviata', what was Violetta's occupation?
|
|
Answer: courtesan
|
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Category: Theme Parks
|
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Question: Which is the largest theme resort hotel?
|
|
Answer: Lost City
|
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Category: Things
|
|
Question: What can be tulip, balloon or flute?
|
|
Answer: #wine glass#es
|
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Category: Toys
|
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Question: From what were balloons originally made?
|
|
Answer: animal #bladders#
|
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Category: Toys
|
|
Question: What toy was originally made from the bladder of an animal?
|
|
Answer: balloon
|
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Category: Travel
|
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Question: What city does Orly airport serve?
|
|
Answer: Paris
|
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Category: Travel
|
|
Question: Which airline has the registration prefix 'VR'?
|
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Answer: Cathay Pacific
|
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Category: Travel
|
|
Question: Which city is served by Ringway Airport?
|
|
Answer: Manchester
|
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|
Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: 5% of Canadians don't know the first seven words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first nine words of which anthem?
|
|
Answer: The #American# anthem
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: 7% of Americans don't know the first nine words of the American anthem, but know the first seven words of which anthem?
|
|
Answer: #Canadian# anthem
|
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|
|
Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head of a ······?
|
|
Answer: Pez dispenser
|
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: How much do nine pennies weigh?
|
|
Answer: one ounce
|
|
Regexp: (one |1 ?)(ounce|oz)
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|
Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: Like what can a fully ripened cranberry be dribbled?
|
|
Answer: basketball
|
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: Of what are throat, foxing and platform parts?
|
|
Answer: shoe
|
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Category: Trivia
|
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Question: What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as?
|
|
Answer: money
|
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: What is 'mother's ruin'?
|
|
Answer: gin
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: What is the range, in miles, of an Aim-7 Sparrow?
|
|
Answer: twenty eight
|
|
Regexp: (twenty[- ]eight|28)
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: What keeps one from crying when peeling onions?
|
|
Answer: chewing gum
|
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Category: Trivia
|
|
Question: Who is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser?
|
|
Answer: Betsy Ross
|
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|
|
Category: Tunnels
|
|
Question: How long is the longest tunnel? (in kms)
|
|
Answer: one hundred and sixty nine
|
|
Regexp: (one hundred (and )?sixty[- ]nine|169)
|
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|
|
Category: Tunnels
|
|
Question: The world's longest tunnel connects Delaware and ······?
|
|
Answer: New York
|
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|
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Category: Tunnels
|
|
Question: The world's longest tunnel connects New York and ······?
|
|
Answer: Delaware
|
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|
|
Category: Tunnels
|
|
Question: What is the world's longest tunnel?
|
|
Answer: The #Water Supply# Tunnel
|
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|
|
Category: US Aeronautics
|
|
Question: Where is the Kennedy Space Centre?
|
|
Answer: #Cape Canaveral#, Florida
|
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|
|
Category: United States
|
|
Question: In the USA, for how many years is a patent good?
|
|
Answer: seventeen
|
|
Regexp: (seventeen|17)
|
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Category: United States
|
|
Question: What is on a 5000 acre landfill at the head of Jamaica Bay near New York City?
|
|
Answer: John F. Kennedy #Airport#
|
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Category: United States
|
|
Question: What is the most popular street name in the US?
|
|
Answer: #Park# Street
|
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Category: United States
|
|
Question: What was Nancy Davis Reagan's birth name?
|
|
Answer: Anne Frances Robbins
|
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Category: United States
|
|
Question: What was the Statue Of Liberty originally named?
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Answer: Liberty Enlightening The World
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Category: United States
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Question: Where is Stone Mountain?
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Answer: Atlanta
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Category: United States
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Question: Where were Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore freshman roommates?
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Answer: #Harvard# University
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Category: United States
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Question: Which city is a 'player with railroads, and the nation's freight handler'?
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Answer: Chicago
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Category: United States
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Question: Which two cities are known as the twin cities?
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Answer: Minneapolis and Saint Paul
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Regexp: (Minneapolis (and |& ) S(ain)?t.? Paul|S(ain)?t.? Paul (and |& )Minneapolis)
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Category: United States
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Question: Who is the only man to have been both chief justice and president of the US?
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Answer: William #Taft#
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was Al Gore's freshman roommate at Harvard?
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Answer: Tommy Lee Jones
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was Tommy Lee Jones' freshman roommate at Harvard?
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Answer: Al Gore
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was born Anne Frances Robbins?
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Answer: Nancy Davis Reagan
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was born Sarah Jane Fulks?
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Answer: Jane Wyman Reagan
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was the first black mayor of Chicago?
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Answer: Harold Washington
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Category: United states
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Question: What was Jane Wyman Reagan's birth name?
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Answer: Sarah Jane Fulks
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Category: Ventilation
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Question: If locked in a completely sealed room, of what will you die before you suffocate?
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Answer: carbon monoxide poisoning
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Category: Very Big Guns
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Question: Where is the biggest calibre cannon?
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Answer: Kremlin
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Category: Weather
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Question: Approximately how many times a minute does lightning strike the earth?
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Answer: six thousand
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Regexp: (six thousand|6[, ]?000)
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Category: Weather
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Question: Which US state holds the record for most snowfall in a day, recorded February 7, 1916?
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Answer: Alaska
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Category: What is it?
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Question: What is 9 metres high, 7 metres wide and 2,500 kilometres long?
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Answer: Great Wall of China
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Category: Wines
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Question: Good Rhine wines are bottled in what colour bottles?
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Answer: brown
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Category: Woodchucks
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Question: How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Answer: All the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood
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Category: Word Association
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Question: Which word is related to these three: rat, blue, cottage?
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Answer: cheese
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Category: Word Pairs
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Question: Cattle are bovine, sheep are ······ ?
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Answer: ovine
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Category: Words containing 'for'
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Question: Pardon?
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Answer: FORgive
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Category: World Affairs
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Question: What arabian peninsula nations recently merged under communist leadership?
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Answer: Yemen
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Category: World Climate
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Question: What is a calm ocean region near the equator called?
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Answer: doldrums
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Question: Which two teams automatically qualified for the France '98 soccer world cup?
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Answer: France and Brazil
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Regexp: (France (and|&) Brazil|Brazil (and|&) France)
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