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1
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Capital of New Zealand and the Southernmost National Capital in the world

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Wellington

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This inspector mercilessly pursues Jean Alejandro in “Les Misérables”

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Javert

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Which US State is the “Land of Enchantment”

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New Mexico

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Author of the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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Edward Albee

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In 2013, American teen Sloane Stephen’s upset this older US female star at the Australian Open

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Serena Williams

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In the 400s BC Kings Darius and Xerxes of this empire were beat turned back trying to invade Greece

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Persian Empire

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This American General born in 1820 was called Cump by his siblings

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William Tecumseh Sherman (Civil War Union general)

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This actor’s first name is Hawaiian for “cool breeze over the mountains”

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Keanu Reeves

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First American writer to earn $1 million received in $2k for a 1903 novel set in the Klondike

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Jack London (Call of the Wild)

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In 1968 Gwendolyn Brooks succeeded this Poet Laureate of Illinois

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Carl Sandburg

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Commander Lloyd M. Bûcher was the last captain of this US ship

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USS Pueblo

Attacked and captured by North Korea, 1968

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The first inert gas discovered on Earth, it’s name is Greek for “without work”

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Argon

A- without
Ergon- work

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This company established its first village in 1950 in Alcudia on the island of Majorca

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Club Med

French travel/tourism operator

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Apsley House, the London home of this historic duke boasts an 11’4” nude statute of Napoleon

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Duke of Wellington

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This company’s “Infinity” allowed you to play characters from The Incredibles and Cars, to name a few

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Disney

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(Video game)

Make your future fighting Ghaul, leader of the Red Legion, in the second iteration of this Bungie game

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Destiny

In Destiny 2, you fight the Red Legion, a sect of the militant Cabal race

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HE & STEPHEN MERCHANT CREATED
THE BRITISH TV SHOW
“THE OFFICE”

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Ricky Gervais

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18
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LENA ON “SPLITTING UP
TOGETHER” & PAM ON
“THE OFFICE»

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Jenna Fischer

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ESTABLISHING SOME BORDERS

Argentina and Bolivia to its east

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Chile

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Poem name and author that includes the following: April is the cruellest month breeding Lilacs out of the dead land… stirring Dull roots with Spring rain

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The Waste Land
By TS Eliot

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For nearly 30 years, California’s Catalina Island was the spring training camp for this non-California Major League Baseball team

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Chicago Cubs (island was owned by gum magnate and Cubs owner Wrigley)

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In 1986 and again in 2001, people power protests in this nation pushed out male presidents and replaced them with females

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Philippines

1986-92: Corazon Aquino
2001-10: Gloria Macapagel Arroyo

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23
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This Shakespeare character is described as “a howling monster,” “a most scurvy monster,” and “some monster of the isle”

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Caliban (The Tempest)

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Born in Kiev and later became a US citizen, this leader became prime minister of a country in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century

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Gilda Meir (1947 Israel independence from Britain)

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This Austrian physicists name is now synonymous with the speed of sound

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Ernst Mach

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Seeing young people competing on reality TV on one channel and fighting a war on the next gave this author an idea for a book.

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Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games)

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27
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Category: shoe brands

This company was commissioned to make a Norwegian style shoes, hence its Weejuns

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Bass

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Rainforests in the basin of the 2,900-mile river have made Cameroon Africa’s leading timber exporter

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The Congo

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Thousands of gnus annually face a gauntlet of crocodiles while crossing the Mara River in this African country

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Tanzania (or Kenya)

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30
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Category: Vans

A music composition named for him has been called “the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world”

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Van Cliburn

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31
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Category: The Experience Music Project

In 2004, for the 40th anniversary of the Fab 4 in the US, EMP presents an exhibit titled this, like a 1977 Broadway show

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Beatlemania

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By definition, the Hashemites are either direct or collateral descendants of this prophet

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Muhammad

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Parashurama is the 6th avatar of this Hindu god

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Vishnu

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34
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Category: “Lewis” & “Clark”

This 1984 gold medalist was booed when he didn’t try to break the long jump world record

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Carl Lewis

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Category: “Lewis” & “ Clark”

He had actually worked in an oil field before he drilled for oil in 1940 film “Boom Town”

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Clark Gable

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36
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Minimum age for US Congressman

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25

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37
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Laurens Hammond invented this instrument

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Electric organ

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38
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Lenses of this shape correct farsightedness

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Convex

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39
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Ilsa Land Laszlo was the heroine of this 1942 film classic

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Casablanca

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Measured by it’s shoreline, it’s the largest bay in the Western Hemisphere

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Hudson Bay

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41
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Robert Louis Stevenson said it “goes in and out with me”

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His shadow

42
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Category: Geographical “Saints”

You might go to this resort in Cornwall to meet a man with 7 wives.

A

St. Ives

43
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In 1973, 10 years after her death, she became the first female solo artist elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame

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Patsy Kline

44
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In track and field, the long jump was formerly called this

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Running broad jump (broad jump)

45
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He was “sitting at the receipt of custom” when Jesus asked him to become a disciple.

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Matthew

46
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An institue of physical sciences at the University of Copenhagen is named for this physicist

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Niels Bohr

47
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June 28, 1914 was the last day for this heir to a European throne

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

48
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Kate Bosworth and James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of the Peckinpah film

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Straw Dogs

49
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Category: Last Battle of the War

Battle of Bosworth

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Wars of the Roses

50
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From the Latin for “of the night” these pensive musical pieces were popularized by Chopin and Bartok

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Nocturne

51
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Category: ballet

Born Margaret Hookham in England, she made her professional debut in 1934 at the age of 15

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Margot Fonteyn

52
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Category: Mapmaker, mapmaker

Get out the blue ink for this sea immediately North of Poland

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Baltic Sea

53
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The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country’s first prime minister

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John A. MacDonald

54
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Category: Caribbean

The Casals festival in this Puerto Rican city is one of the Caribbean’s best-known cultural events

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San Juan

55
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This Chilean poet wrote, “I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair”

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Pablo Neruda

56
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Category: I- 65

You’ll see Merrillville, IN & don’t forget/ this University in West Lafayette

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Purdue University

57
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Category: Yes-Vember

In Nov. 1975 the USSR said yes we have a second Sputnik; this passenger was unavailable for comment.

A

Laika (dog)

58
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Category: King of Queens

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, formally Duchess of York

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George the VI

was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947

59
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Category: Turtles and Tortoises

This third “T” word refers to turtles of brackish water, especially one in Genus Malaclemys in the Eastern United States

A

Terrapins

60
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Category: Turtles and Tortoises

The Genus Kinixys includes the only turtles with a hinge on this, the upper shell

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carapace

61
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Category: Bond Movie for Bond girl

1962: Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder

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Dr. No

62
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Who was the first US Secretary of State under George Washington?

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Thomas Jefferson
Took office March 1790

63
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Ports on the Bay include Bilbao, Spain and Bayonne, France

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Bay of Biscay

64
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Category: pop culture

A 21 crunch salute to the late Arch West, the Frito-Lay executive credited with creating this brand of tortilla chips

A

Doritos

65
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Category: Man Booker Prize

1989’s winner was this novel by Kazuo Ishiguro about a perfect English Butler, reflecting on his 30 year career

A

The Remains of the Day

66
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Category: Fiction
Washington Irving wrote “A history of” this state “from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch Dynasty”

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New York

67
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German for “shape” gives us this name of a school of psychology

A

Gestalt

68
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Category: name the city

The American Swedish institute

A

Minneapolis, Mn

69
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Melting copper and zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times

A

Brass

70
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This river Africa’s, third longest rises in the highlands of southern Guinea, near its border with Sierra Leone

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Niger river

71
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What does SCUBA stand for?

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Self contained underwater breathing apparatus

72
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Where is Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect and designer from Spain, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism, buried?

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La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain

73
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Boxer nicknamed “the Brown Bomber” this heavy weight was champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949

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Joe Louis

He is widely regarded as the first African-American to achieve the status of nationwide hero within the United States was also focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II because of his historic rematch with boxer Max Schmeling in 1938. 

74
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the oldest freshwater lake as well as the deepest, more than a mile down in some spots. It holds 20 percent of all the planet’s fresh water and is getting bigger

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Lake Baikal. Located in Siberia.

75
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This author asked for his birth name, Eric Arthur Blair, be used on his headstone

A

George Orwell

76
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Play that won the 2023 Tony for best play

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“Leopoldstadt”
Tom Stoppard’s epic semi-autobiographical play about three generations of a Viennese Jewish family before and after the Holocaust, won four of the six Tonys for which it was nominated, including best play.

77
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These preferences in economics signify a preference for variety. Rather than consuming extreme amounts of one good, consumers with these preferences prefer a balanced mix or ‘average’ of goods, which brings them more satisfaction.

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Convex preferences

This satisfies the core economic principle of utility maximization.

In the context of economics, the idea of convex preferences means that a consumer values variety. Convex preferences imply that a consumer would rather have a mix or average of goods rather than extreme amounts of one good and none of the other

Example: buffet

78
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Category: Potent Potables

For a Greyhound combine 1 1/2 ounces of gin with 5 ounces of this

A

Grapefruit juice

79
Q

A language that is a mix of Tahitian and 18th century English is official on this remote island, home to the bounty mutineers

A

Pitcairn Island

80
Q

This largest brass instrument is also the one with the lowest pitch

A

Tuba

81
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The world’s northernmost national capital. It has a name meaning “Smoke Bay,” because of all the geysers and hot springs

A

Reykjavik

82
Q

How many hearts does an octopus have?

A

3

83
Q

The Most Serene Republic of __________ adopted its constitution in 1600, making it the worlds oldest surviving republic

A

San Marino

84
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British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964
An independent nation now called

A

Belize

Its capital is Belmopan, and its largest city is the namesake city of Belize City.

85
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Which two countries have square shaped flags?

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Switzerland - red background with white cross, The white cross is known as the Swiss cross or the federal cross.

and

Vatican City - with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag. There is an emblem on the white side of it which features two keys crossed, one silver and one gold symbolising that the Pope has dominion over all spiritual matters on Earth.

86
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Which geographical imaginary line is drawn to pass through Greenwich, England?

A

The prime meridian

The prime meridian separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere. Halfway around the world, at 180 degrees longitude, is the International Date Line.

87
Q

Alphabetically, what’s the first of the four US states that meet at Four Corners Monument?

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Arizona

Four Corners Monument, marking the only spot in the United States where four states (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) come together

88
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The world’s sixty tallest volcanoes are all in what mountain range?

A

The Andes

The Andes Mountains extend over seven countries: Argentina (Mount Aconcagua), Bolivia (Huayna Potosi), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, known as Andean States.

89
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Two word term for a circle of mushrooms comes from the folktale, belief that it’s where magical beings cavorted

A

Fairy ring

90
Q

Category: Playground games

A standard croquet course may have six or nine of these metal hoops

A

Wickets

91
Q

Category: Oscar Winners on TV

This Oscar winning daughter of an Oscar winning director plays producer Eileen Rand on “Smash”

A

Anjelica Huston

Smash is an American musical drama television. It ran two seasons from
February 6, 2012 –
May 26, 2013

92
Q

Category: 1990’s #1 albums

This band’s “Monster” album included “Crush with Eyeliner”

A

REM

93
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Category: Name that war

The three battles of Ypres

A

WWI

The Belgian city of Ypres is synonymous with the First World War. Ypres gave its name to three major battles: First Ypres (19 October - 22 November 1914), Second Ypres (21 April - 25 May 1915) and Third Ypres (31 July - 10 November 1917). The severe casualties suffered in the area made Ypres a focus for post-war remembrance.

94
Q

Of the worlds five largest islands by area, the two with territory of more than one country are Borneo and this one

A

New Guinea

95
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Category: Quick History

In 1756 this city’s “black hole” made news

A

Calcutta

The Black Hole of Calcutta refers to a prison cell which was used to hold 146 mostly British prisoners captured after the Nawab of Bengal had taken over the city from the East India Company. Interred on 20 June 1756 in a tiny cell in Fort William, 123 of the prisoners died of dehydration and suffocation.

96
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Category: two people, same position

Baseball’s Mariano Rivera and TV’s Kyra Sedgwick (by the show’s title)

A

Closer

Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed “Mo” and “Sandman”, he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees’ closer for 17 seasons.

97
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If you cross any of Lesotho’s borders you can only end up in this other county

A

South Africa

98
Q

Herr Bismarck’s doctrine of practical diplomacy

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Realpolitik

Realpolitik (German: real ‘realistic, practical, actual’, and Politik ‘politics’) is the approach of conducting diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly following ideological, moral, or ethical premises.

99
Q

His essay “On the decay of the art of lying” was “Read at a Meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford”

A

Mark Twain

100
Q

Category: State of the Mall

Neonopolis & The Forum Shops

A

Nevada

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