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History

  1. During which dynasty were the pyramids at Giza built?

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    The Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex?oldid=1365733545

  2. What did the Wright brothers achieve at Kitty Hawk in 1903?

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    The first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer?oldid=1365193365

  3. Was British wartime rationing restricted to food during the Second World War?

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    Not restricted to food

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom?oldid=1362715826

  4. Which people established a medieval settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows?

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    Norse

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Anse_aux_Meadows?oldid=1364840253

Film and television

  1. Which movie princess has a pet tiger named Rajah?

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    Jasmine

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_(Aladdin)?oldid=1365337923#Miscellaneous

  2. Who portrayed Black Panther in the Marvel films?

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    Boseman

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman?oldid=1364779395

  3. Which product associated with Eleven regained global recognition?

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    Eggo waffles

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_(Stranger_Things)?oldid=1365316305#Cultural_impact

  4. Which 1937 film was the first cel animated feature film?

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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)?oldid=1366025454

Music

  1. Which singer released the album 21?

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    Adele

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(Adele_album)?oldid=1365033642

  2. Why is a metronome useful to musicians?

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    Maintain a steady tempo

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronome?oldid=1362031250

  3. Which composer continued writing music after becoming profoundly deaf?

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    Beethoven

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven?oldid=1366046655#Deafness

Sport

  1. What color jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France?

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    Yellow

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jersey_statistics?oldid=1365978446

  2. In what year were the first modern Olympic Games held?

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    1896

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games?oldid=1364372974

  3. In volleyball, how many team contacts are allowed before returning the ball?

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    Three

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball?oldid=1365019713#Gameplay

  4. Which women’s combined event is held outdoors?

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    Women's heptathlon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptathlon?oldid=1363151664

Food and drink

  1. Which country is the origin of pizza in its modern form?

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    Italy

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza?oldid=1363440412#History

  2. Which microorganisms does a sourdough starter contain?

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    Wild yeast and lactobacilli

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough?oldid=1363690678#Starter

  3. What is polenta made from?

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    Boiled cornmeal

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta?oldid=1362858594

  4. Which coffee-brewing device uses a plunger and metal mesh filter?

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    French press

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press?oldid=1364555358#Design_history

Animals and nature

  1. How is an animal that eats both plants and meat classified?

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    An omnivore

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore?oldid=1360714649

  2. What is the only continent without native ants?

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    Antarctica

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant?oldid=1363713132#Distribution_and_diversity

  3. Name the process by which plants lose water vapor through their leaves.

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    Transpiration

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpiration?oldid=1325504463

Space and astronomy

  1. Which natural satellite orbits Earth?

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    The Moon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon?oldid=1365616761

  2. Why do astronauts appear weightless while orbiting Earth?

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    The free-fall condition

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness?oldid=1362025557#Weightlessness_in_Newtonian_mechanics

  3. What did the Voyager 1 probe photograph as the Pale Blue Dot?

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    Earth

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot?oldid=1361316128

Language and words

  1. What punctuation mark ends a direct question?

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    Question mark

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_mark?oldid=1365255154

  2. Which punctuation mark can indicate the elision of one or more sounds?

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    The apostrophe

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe?oldid=1365606732#As_a_mark_of_elision

  3. What does etymology study?

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    The study of the origin and evolution of words

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology?oldid=1363804367

  4. What is an inherently funny word?

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    A word that is humorous without context

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherently_funny_word?oldid=1360309630

Inventions and discovery

  1. Which device turns sunlight directly into electricity?

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    A solar cell

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell?oldid=1361196839

  2. What links a keyboard, a ribbon, and a carriage return?

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    A typewriter

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter?oldid=1365428254

  3. What kind of traffic signal did Garrett Morgan design?

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    A manually operated traffic signal

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan?oldid=1361168428#Traffic_signal

Art

  1. What did Van Gogh do after a confrontation with a razor?

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    He severed part of his own left ear

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh?oldid=1365516977

  2. Which Spanish artist co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque?

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    Pablo Picasso

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso?oldid=1365390373#Rose_Period%3A_1904%E2%80%931906

  3. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

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    Johannes Vermeer

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring?oldid=1361287529

Mythology

  1. Who is the Greek god of the sea?

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    Poseidon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon?oldid=1365255239#Origins

  2. What is Excalibur?

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    The mythical sword of King Arthur

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur?oldid=1365284110

  3. Name the winged horse born from Medusa’s blood.

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    Pegasus

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus?oldid=1352387540

  4. What immense and central sacred tree appears in Norse cosmology?

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    Yggdrasil

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil?oldid=1359574504

Geography

  1. Which Japanese city is officially called the Tokyo Metropolis?

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    Tokyo

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo?oldid=1365982412

  2. What is the capital of Thailand?

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    Bangkok

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok?oldid=1366053999#Government

  3. Which river passes through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade?

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    The Danube

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube?oldid=1364618141#Geography

General knowledge

  1. Which month is the tenth in the Julian and Gregorian calendars?

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    October

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October?oldid=1359863433

  2. Why does a mirror reverse left and right only in the way we describe it?

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    The third axis (front-back) is reversed

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_image?oldid=1341408793#In_three_dimensions

  3. Where does the word alphabet come from?

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    The first two letters of the Greek alphabet

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet?oldid=1366003767#Etymology

Chemistry

  1. What element has the chemical symbol O?

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    Oxygen

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen?oldid=1356586589

  2. What is sublimation?

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    The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(phase_transition)?oldid=1362966876

  3. Which two operations separate a liquid mixture during distillation?

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    Selective boiling of the mixture and the condensation of the vapors

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation?oldid=1360136339

  4. What substance is dry ice the solid form of?

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    Carbon dioxide

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice?oldid=1364696874

U.S. states

  1. Which state was the most recent to join the Union, on August 21, 1959?

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    Hawaii

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii?oldid=1362956921

  2. Which person are both Washington state and the national capital named after?

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    George Washington

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)?oldid=1364216063

  3. Which city is California's state capital?

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    Sacramento

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento%2C_California?oldid=1366001702

Christmas

  1. Can a Christmas tree be artificial according to the source?

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    an artificial tree of similar appearance

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree?oldid=1360640779

  2. Peppermint is the typical flavor of which striped Christmas candy?

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    candy cane

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cane?oldid=1361377062

  3. Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker?

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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker?oldid=1360923021

  4. When was The One Horse Open Sleigh published?

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    September 1857

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells?oldid=1365209071

Halloween

  1. Name the other three Gaelic seasonal festivals listed with Samhain.

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    Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasa

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain?oldid=1352542447

  2. Which bog lights share their name with jack-o'-lanterns?

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    will-o'-the-wisps

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o'-lantern?oldid=1365159595

  3. What are Day of the Dead home altars called?

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    ofrendas

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead?oldid=1365909421

Thanksgiving

  1. Which bird leads the source's list of New England Thanksgiving foods?

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    turkey

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)?oldid=1364510851

  2. What was Squanto's Wampanoag tribal affiliation?

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    the Patuxet tribe

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto?oldid=1361840059

  3. Approximately how long ago was the turkey domesticated?

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    2,000 years ago

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)?oldid=1365991138

Easter

  1. Holy Week mourns the betrayal of Jesus on which day?

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    Spy Wednesday

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter?oldid=1363685824

  2. What does the traditional red color on Easter eggs remember?

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    the blood of Christ

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg?oldid=1362510918

  3. Which three-day observance begins on Maundy Thursday?

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    the Paschal Triduum

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday?oldid=1364136415

  4. What candle is newly blessed and lit every Easter?

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    Answer

    a new Paschal candle

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_candle?oldid=1348563141

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