Questions
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Answer
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF DENMARK?
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COPENHAGEN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS THE RADIO BROADCASTER FOR THE “WAR OF THE WORLDS”?
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WELLES
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IN WHICH CITY IS MICHELANGELO’S STATUE OF DAVID LOCATED?
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FLORENCE
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WHAT WAS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S PROFESSION?
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ARCHITECT
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS NAIROBI THE CAPITAL?
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KENYA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HILLBILLY FAMILY THAT HAD A FAMOUS FEUD WITH THE MCCOY FAMILY?
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HATFIELD
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WHAT KIND OF POISON DID SOCRATES TAKE AS HIS EXECUTION?
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HEMLOCK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST PERSON TO COMPLETE A SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
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LINDBERGH
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ANDY GRIFFITH WAS THE SHERIFF OF WHAT TOWN ON TELEVISION’S “ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW”?
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MAYBERRY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR WHO FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED?
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NERO
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WHAT IS THE CITY IN WHICH THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IS LOCATED?
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COOPERSTOWN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE UNIT OF MEASURE THAT REFERS TO A SIX-FOOT DEPTH OF WATER?
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FATHOM
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED RADIUM?
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CURIE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “BRAVE NEW WORLD”?
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HUXLEY
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IN ADDITION TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND THE BELMONT STAKES WHAT HORSE RACE COMPRISES THE TRIPLE CROWN?
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PREAKNESS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE CRIMINAL WHO WAS KILLED BY FBI AGENTS OUTSIDE OF A CHICAGO MOVIE THEATER?
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DILLINGER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SINGER WHO POPULARIZED A DANCE KNOWN AS THE “TWIST”?
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CHECKER
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OVER WHICH RIVER IS THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE?
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HUDSON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED DYNAMITE?
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NOBEL
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CHINESE RELIGION FOUNDED BY LAO TSE?
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TAOISM
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMMANDER WHO LOST THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER?
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CUSTER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT USED AT SEA TO PLOT POSITION BY THE STARS?
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SEXTANT
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WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS GREEK DOCTOR?
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HIPPOCRATES
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IN WHICH CITY DOES THE COTTON BOWL TAKE PLACE?
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DALLAS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES?
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DOYLE
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FOR WHICH COUNTRY IS THE DRACHMA THE MONETARY UNIT?
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GREECE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MANSION IN VIRGINIA THAT WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON’S HOME?
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MONTICELLO
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WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN ASIA?
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YANGTZE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO RECEIVED THE BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR THE MOVIE “ON THE WATERFRONT”?
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BRANDO
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MALE STAR OF THE MOVIE “CASABLANCA”?
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BOGART
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OF WHICH COUNTRY IS BUDAPEST THE CAPITAL?
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HUNGARY
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WHO IS KNOWN AS “THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY”?
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EUCLID
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE HUSBAND-WIFE SPIES WHO WERE ELECTROCUTED IN 1951 FOR PASSING ATOMIC SECRETS TO RUSSIA?
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ROSENBERG
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMPOSER WHO WROTE THE OPERA “DON GIOVANNI”?
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MOZART
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE JAMES BOND NOVELS?
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FLEMING
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF BUFFALO BILL?
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CODY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF MARK TWAIN?
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CLEMENS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ISLAND ON WHICH NAPOLEON WAS BORN?
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CORSICA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO FIRST DEVELOPED A VACCINE AGAINST POLIO?
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SALK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO BEGAN THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY?
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LUTHER
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FINLAND?
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HELSINKI
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE THAT LANDED THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON?
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EAGLE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE COSMONAUT WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH?
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GAGARIN
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF ROY ROGER’S DOG?
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BULLET
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL’S ASSISTANT?
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WATSON
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE COMPOSER OF THE “MAPLE LEAF RAG”
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JOPLIN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PLAYWRIGHT WHO WROTE “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”?
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WILLIAMS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “LITTLE WOMEN”?
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ALCOTT
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST PERSON TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST?
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HILLARY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED RHETT BUTLER IN “GONE WITH THE WIND”?
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GABLE
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IN WHICH COUNTRY IS ANGEL FALLS LOCATED?
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VENEZUELA
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF CANADA?
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OTTAWA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE TWENTY-FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT?
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ARTHUR
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GOLDFISH IN THE STORY OF PINOCCHIO?
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CLEO
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VILLAINOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND IN H. G. WELLS’S BOOK “THE TIME MACHINE”?
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MORLOCKS
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE CHARACTER PORTRAYED BY ROBERT STACK ON THE TELEVISION SHOW “THE UNTOUCHABLES”?
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NESS
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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA?
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CANBERRA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED “THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY”?
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DALI
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE TELEGRAPH?
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MORSE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER ON WHICH BONN IS LOCATED?
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RHINE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM A WHALE THAT IS USED TO MAKE PERFUME?
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AMBERGRIS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SUBMARINE IN JULES VERNE’S “20,000 LEAGUES BENEATH THE SEA”?
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NAUTILUS
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CLOWN ON THE “HOWDY DOODY” TELEVISION SHOW?
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CLARABELL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF DAGWOOD’S BOSS IN THE COMIC STRIP “BLONDIE”?
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DITHERS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MOVIE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED SPARTACUS?
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DOUGLAS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS?
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BARTON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE UNION GENERAL WHO DEFEATED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
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MEADE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AVENUE THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS ATLANTIC AVENUE IN THE GAME OF MONOPOLY?
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VENTNOR
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WHICH GAME USES A DOUBLING CUBE?
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BACKGAMMON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO SUPPOSEDLY KILLED JESSE JAMES?
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FORD
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE EUROPEAN AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE TRIAL”?
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KAFKA
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THE GENERAL NAMED HANNIBAL WAS FROM WHAT CITY?
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CARTHAGE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BRITISH ADMIRAL WHO WON THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR?
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NELSON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INDIAN COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR WHICH JIM THORPE PLAYED FOOTBALL?
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CARLISLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PLAY IN WHICH ELWOOD P. DOWD IS A CHARACTER?
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HARVEY
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WHAT FAMOUS KNOT DID ALEXANDER THE GREAT UNDO?
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GORDIAN
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL AUTO THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY FROM 1957–1959?
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EDSEL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SONG WRITER WHO WROTE THE SONG “I LOVE PARIS”?
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PORTER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN AUTHOR TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE?
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LEWIS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE WIRELESS RADIO?
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MARCONI
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED “AMERICAN GOTHIC”?
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WOOD
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IN WHAT PROFESSION WAS EMMETT KELLY?
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CLOWN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH ROME?
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TIBER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE POET WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE “DON JUAN”?
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BYRON
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FRENCH AUTHOR WHO WROTE “THE STRANGER”?
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CAMUS
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WHO WAS THE FIRST RULER OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE?
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CHARLEMAGNE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO IS REGARDED AS THE NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND?
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BURNS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER KNOWN AS “THE GALLOPING GHOST”?
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GRANGE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF ROY ROGERS’ HORSE?
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TRIGGER
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE THAT SUNK IN THE ATLANTIC IN 1963?
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THRESHER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO REMOVED THE THORN FROM THE LION’S PAW IN THE STORY FROM AESOP’S FABLES?
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ANDROCLES
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY EXCLUDING THE SUN?
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SIRIUS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LAND OF THE GIANTS IN “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”?
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BROBDINGNAG
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE FEMALE STAR OF THE MOVIE “CASABLANCA”?
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BERGMAN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR KNOWN AS “THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES”?
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CHANEY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BASEBALL PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES?
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COBB
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF PERRY MASON ON TELEVISION?
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BURR
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MOST POPULAR PIN-UP GIRL OF WORLD WAR II?
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GRABLE
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH?
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ANTARTICA
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE JOCKEY WITH THE MOST LIFETIME WINNERS IN HORSE RACING?
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BAZE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS THE VOICE OF MR. MAGOO?
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BACKUS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED SERGEANT FRIDAY ON “DRAGNET”?
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WEBB
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED THE FATHER ON THE TELEVISION SHOW “FATHER KNOWS BEST”?
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YOUNG
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE VENTRILOQUIST WHO PROVIDED THE VOICE FOR CHARLIE MCCARTHY?
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BERGEN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE BRITISH SHIP “BOUNTY” WHEN THE MUTINY OCCURRED?
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BLIGH
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT “CLERMONT”?
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FULTON
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF GERMANY’S LARGEST BATTLESHIP THAT WAS SUNK IN WORLD WAR II?
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BISMARCK
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE JUDGE WHO WAS KNOWN AS “THE LAW WEST OF THE PECOS”?
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BEAN
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WHAT IS JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH’S PROFESSION?
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ECONOMIST
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE UNION IRONCLAD SHIP THAT FOUGHT THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD MERRIMACK?
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MONITOR
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT?
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BARNARD
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO SAID “I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY”?
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HALE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PILOT OF THE U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA IN 1960?
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POWERS
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT SEPARATES ASIA FROM EUROPE?
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URAL
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED THE SHERIFF IN THE MOVIE “HIGH NOON”?
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COOPER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOXER WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE “MANASSA MAULER”?
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DEMPSEY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE COMIC STRIP “LI’L ABNER”?
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CAPP
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BASEBALL PLAYER WHO PITCHED A PERFECT GAME IN THE 1956 WORLD SERIES?
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LARSEN
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST MAN TO RUN THE MILE IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES?
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BANNISTER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE “BROTHERS KARAMAZOV”?
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DOSTOYEVSKI
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR WHO RECEIVED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS WRITINGS ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
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SANDBURG
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE COMIC STRIP “WOODY WOODPECKER”?
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LANTZ
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE WIND SPEED?
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ANEMOMETER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “OUR TOWN”?
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WILDER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SINGER WHO MADE A HIT RECORDING OF THE SONG “WHO’S SORRY NOW”?
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FRANCIS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE CUBAN LEADER THAT CASTRO OVERTHREW?
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BATISTA
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE RUBBER ROLLER ON A TYPEWRITER?
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PLATEN
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST CONFEDERATE MILITARY PRISON DURING THE CIVIL WAR?
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ANDERSONVILLE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF “THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY”?
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STONE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF FLASH’S GIRLFRIEND IN THE COMIC STRIP “FLASH GORDON”?
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ARDEN
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST MOVIE TO RECEIVE THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE?
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WINGS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE DISCOVERER OF THE VACCINATION FOR SMALLPOX?
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JENNER
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOY IN THE BOOK “TREASURE ISLAND”?
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HAWKINS
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE BOXER WHO WON THE BOXING TITLE FROM JOHN L. SULLIVAN?
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CORBETT
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE THE SONG “HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN”?
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BERLIN
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF BILLY THE KID?
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BONNEY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE SINGER WHOSE THEME SONG WAS “WHEN THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY”?
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CROSBY
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FROM WHAT MUSICAL IS THE SONG “BAUBLES BANGLES AND BEADS”?
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KISMET
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WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME OF THE ACTOR WHO PORTRAYED DR. WATSON IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES?
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BRUCE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING THE U.S. CIVIL WAR?
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BRADY
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A NUMBER TWO WOOD IN GOLF?
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BRASSIE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE POET WHO WROTE THE LINE “INTO EACH LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL”?
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LONGFELLOW
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF GENE AUTRY’S HORSE?
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CHAMPION
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN THROUGH WHICH LADY GODIVA SUPPOSEDLY MADE HER FAMOUS RIDE?
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COVENTRY
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL?
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EDERLE
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE FIRST FLIER TO FLY SOLO AROUND THE WORLD?
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POST
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WHAT IS THE LAST NAME OF THE MAN WHO WROTE THE POEM “IT COULDN’T BE DONE”?
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GUEST
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WHO WAS THE RACEHORSE OF THE YEAR FOR MANY SUCCESSIVE YEARS IN THE 1960S?
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KELSO
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WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH AMERICA?
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ACONCAGUA
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