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Answer
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GEOGRAPHY
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(1) What is the Highest Mountain in Japan?
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Mt. Fuji
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(2) How many countries are there in South America?
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12
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(3) What is the capital of Iran?
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Tehran
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(4) Which country has a length of approximately 4,300km, although a width no larger than 180km?
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Chile
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SPORTS
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(1) What flower is the emblem for the English National Rugby team?
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Red Rose
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(2) Who Invented the sport of basketball?
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James Naismith
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(3) For which European Soccer team does Gareth Bale play for?
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Real Madrid
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(4) Who holds the MLB record for most home runs of all time?
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Barry Bonds
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HISTORY
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(1) In what year did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?
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1492
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(2) Which French King was nicknamed the "Sun King"?
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Louis XIV
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(3) Which navigator popularised smoking in England?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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(4) Name the three figures who signed the First Triumvirate.
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Julius Caesar, Pompey, Marcus Crassus
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ENTERTAINMENT
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(1) Who directed the movie "Goodfellas"?
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Martin Scorsese
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(2) What is the most pirated TV show of all time?
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Game of Thrones
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(3) What is the best-selling progressive rock album of all time?
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Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
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(4) Who is the voice of Booker DeWitt in the best-selling video game "Bioshock Ininite"
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Troy Baker
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LIITERATURE
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(1) Which Hobbits are apart of the Fellowship of the Ring in the LOTR?
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Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin
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(2) Which Russian author wrote the book "Anna Karenina"?
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Leo Tolstoy
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(3) Who is the main narrator in the book "Treasure Island"?
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Jim Hawkins
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(4) Which science-fiction book won the 1963 Hugo award for "Best Novel"?
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The Man in the High Castle
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SCIENCE
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(1) Which famous figure was born March 14, 1879?
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Albert Einstein
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(2) Who invented penicillin, in 1928?
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Alexander Fleming
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(3) What planet was discovered on February 18, 1930?
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Pluto
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(4) Who is commonly known as the "Father of Microbiology?
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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