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5.8 KiB
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182 lines
5.8 KiB
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# Author: Lee Clarke, 1st April 2002
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# Editor:
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# Last edited: 2002/07/05 19:09:11
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# Comment: many mixed quiz questions, Authors nick removed on request
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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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# Tip* (provide one or more hints)
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# TipCycle? [#] (Specify number of generated tips)
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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: Animals
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Question: What is the only animal, other than a human that can catch leprosy?
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Answer: The Armadillo
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Category: Computer Games
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Question: Which legendary games designer/producer created the Super Mario Brothers franchise for Nintendo?
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Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto
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Category: General
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Question: Aesthetic principles derived from the literature and art of ancient Greece & Rome, but found as ideals in all ages is called?
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Answer: Classicism
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: North American Indian language family including languages of Alaska and north-western Canada, the Pacific coast and the south-western United States.
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Answer: Athapascan
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: What is the literal translation of the Latin word 'video'?
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Answer: I See
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: Which 1946 Louis Reard creation, was nicknamed "four triangles of nothing"?
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Answer: The Bikini
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: Who is the supreme head of the Church Of England?
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Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
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Category: General
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Question: Whose picture was on the first adhesive nickel postage stamp in the US?
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Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: One of the twelve members of the administrative council of the Mormon church, is called a(n) .......?
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Answer: Apostle
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: General
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Question: The process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times is called?
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Answer: Multiplication
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Literature
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Question: Which novel by Mary Shelley was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus'?
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Answer: Frankenstein
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Magazines
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Question: Which magazine always features an obituary on its last page?
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Answer: Rolling Stone
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Magazines
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Question: Who was the first male to appear on the cover of Playboy in 1964?
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Answer: Peter Sellers
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Movies
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Question: In which movie did Bruce Willis play the role of Corben Dallas?
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Answer: The Fifth Element
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Category: Movies
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Question: What does Steven Spielberg try to include in every film he makes, claiming it is for luck?
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Answer: Scene With A Shooting Star
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Movies
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Question: Which actor played the role of Chewbacca in the Star Wars trilogy?
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Answer: Peter Mayhew
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Movies
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Question: Which actress won the 2002 Academy Award for best actress in a leading role, for her part in the movie, 'Monster's Ball'?
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Answer: Halle Berry
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Music
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Question: The theme tune for 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' was written by which composer?
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Answer: John Philip Sousa
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Music
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Question: What was the working title for The Beatles' song, 'Yesterday'?
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Answer: Scrambled Eggs
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Music
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Question: Which native of Flint, Michigan, once advised us to "drive your Chevrolet through the USA"?
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Answer: Pat Boone
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Quotes
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Question: Which tennis player , when asked if he had learned anything from his US Open loss said, "Yeah...I learned I needed to lose 15 pounds"?
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Answer: Andre Agassi
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Quotes
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Question: Who said, "People don't credit me with much of a brain, so why should I disillusion them."?
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Answer: Sylvester Stallone
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Soccer
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Question: Which English Premier League team plays their home games at Elland Road?
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Answer: Leeds United
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Sports
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Question: According to Olympic rules, what number of feathers must a badminton bird (shuttlecock) have?
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Answer: Fourteen
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Sports
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Question: What is the name of the oldest National Hockey League team in the US?
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Answer: The Boston Bruins
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: Star Trek
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Question: What is Mr Spock's pulse rate?
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Answer: 242 Beats Per Minute
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: TV
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Question: What is the address of The Munsters?
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Answer: 1313 Mockingbird Lane
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Author: DonkeyTron
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Category: The Simpsons
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Question: Who has starred in such movies as 'The Erotic Adventures Of Hercules' & 'Dial M For Murderousness'?
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Answer: Troy McClure
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Category: Weights & Measures
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Question: The liquid measure of a capacity equal to 1/8 of a fluid ounce is a(n) ..........?
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Answer: Fluid Dram
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Author: DonkeyTron
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