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Answer
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What moon phase is the opposite of a full moon?
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New moon
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What TV show includes a waterpark obstacle course and, at one point, two hosts both named John?
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Wipeout
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What fruit, to the surprise of many, has over 7,500 varieties - a third of which are grown in the United States?
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Apples
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What were chainsaws originally used to cut?
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Umbilical cords
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British English calls them "brackets." What does American English call them?
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Parentheses
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What was the subject of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's book designed "for people in a hurry"?
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Astrophysics
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What device was invented by Alfred Nobel, the father of the Nobel Prize?
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Dynamite
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Which state was at one point a self-proclaimed republic until annexed in 1845?
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Texas
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What term describes a city that has a population of over 10 million?
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Megacity
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What well-known Australian projectile was once used to hunt kangaroos, emus, and birds?
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Boomerang
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What isopod is the only known creature to sever and replace an orgin?
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Tongue-eating louse
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What country celebrates Tết Nguyên Đán as its Lunar New Year?
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Vietnam
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The Masters consists of golf, uniforms, and hotels. What lexicon is also composed of these traits?
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Phonetic alphabet
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What science-fiction video game character is known as "Rockman" in his home country?
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Mega Man
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What skill-based toy composes of a "stringless yo-yo" and 2 sticks tied by their ends?
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Diabolo
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What scientist's casket is made of lead due to her extended exposure to radioactive particles?
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Marie Curie
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What part of the eukaryotic cell, popularized by meme culture, is famous for being the "powerhouse of the cell"?
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Mitochondria
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What homosexual composer is best known for writing songs for an incredibly famous ballet?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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What term can be a taxonomic family or a programming language?
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Python
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What hyphenless English word has three consecutive "double letters"?
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Bookkeeper or Bookkeeping
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