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Answer
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What is lava called when it is under the surface of the Earth?
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Magma
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What river forms much of the border between Germany and France?
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Rhine
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What was the job title of the boys who used to go into chimneys to clean them?
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Chimney sweep
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On what island would you find Mount Etna, possibly the world's most active volcano?
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Sicily
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What language is used in binomial nomenclature, Homo sapiens for example?
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Latin
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The wispy ones are cirrus. What are the fluffy ones?
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Cumulus
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What do ichthyologists study?
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Fish
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In what country would you find the city of Pondicherry?
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India
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What is the profession of Gus Van Sant, Kathryn Bigelow, and Alfonso Cuarón?
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Film director
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What notorious Amsterdam district is known in Dutch as De Wallen?
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Red-light district
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A Corvette is a sports car made by Chevrolet. What is a corvette, uncapitalized?
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A type of ship
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What word comes before Fever, River, and Submarine?
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Yellow
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What country in the British commonwealth is furthest away from Great Britain?
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New Zealand
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What statue did the Ghostbusters control via a Nintendo controller in "Ghostbusters II"?
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Statue of Liberty
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What breed of dog is stereotypically used to find avalanche victims, with a little keg of brandy on its neck?
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Saint Bernard
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What did Georgie Porgie do to make girls cry?
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Kissed them
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What sport were Hungary and the Soviet Union playing during the notorious "Blood in the Water" match in the 1956 Olympics?
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Water Polo
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In the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four", what is the name of the government office which spreads lies and alters history?
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Ministry of Truth
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What is the English translation of the Greek words Agápe, Éros, and Philia?
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Love
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What band was spun off from Jefferson Airplane in 1974, implying a major technology upgrade?
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Jefferson Starship
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On the other hand, Blood in the Water had the Hungarian Revolution, freshly crushed, behind. Not only the Hungarian team were playing to defend their Olympic championship: they were playing to salvage some pride to their country, especially against the Soviet team. It had so much political tension in the game itself and in the crowd.
I guess they are not names of a band. Though I thought Jefferson Jets sounded pretty good.