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Answer
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In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
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Peru
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What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
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N
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Who delivered the less famous two-hour speech that preceded Abraham Lincoln's two-minute Gettysburg Address?
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Edward Everett
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"Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what?
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Finding shapes in clouds
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What insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"?
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Moth
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Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from the name of a district of what world capital?
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Baghdad
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Which First Lady was a ninth-generation descendant of Pocahontas?
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Edith Wilson
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For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, LBJ had four buttons installed in the Oval Office labeled "coffee", "tea", "Coke", and what?
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Fresca
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Khrushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the U.N. was in response to a delegate from what nation?
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The Philippines
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Which landlocked country (besides San Marino and Vatican City) is entirely contained within another country?
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Lesotho
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Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting "American Gothic"?
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His dentist
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Which U.S. president appeared on the television series "Laugh-In"?
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Richard Nixon
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Which English King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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Henry II
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If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow?
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Oak tree
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Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
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Volt
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Which colonial power ended its involvement in India by selling the rights of the Nicobar Islands to the British on October 18, 1868?
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Denmark
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Professor Maathal Wangari won the Nobel Prize for which category?
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Peace
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Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?
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Bombardier Billy Wells
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How many cubes does the cube designed by Ernö Rubik consist of?
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26
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The most-watched TV episode of all time, the final episode of "M*A*S*H" aired at 8:30 p.m. on February 28, 1983, following what sitcom?
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Alice
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Copra can be obtained from which fruit?
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Coconut
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