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Most famous Chinese philosopher of all time?
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Confucius
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Which Greek city-state won the Peloponnesian War in 400s BC?
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Sparta
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Who wrote ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in the 60s?
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Harper Lee
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Author of The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Who wrote Moby Dick?
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Herman Melville
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Who wrote the Great Gatsby?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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What country does Manga come from?
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Japan
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What philosopher said “ I think, therefor I am”
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Descartes
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Quasimodo is a character from book?
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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What Russian author wrote “War and Peace”
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Leo Tolstoy
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What British author wrote “James and the Giant Peach”?
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Roald Dahl
12
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Dr. Seuss first book?
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And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street
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Dr. Seuss best selling book all time?
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Green Eggs and Ham
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What American author wrote “The Raven”?
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Edgar Allen Poe
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The magazine GQ stands for what?
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Gentleman’s Quarterly
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A Shakespearean sonnet consists of how many lines?
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17
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What book is the most stolen book in libraries?
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Guiness Book of World Records
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What is author Samuel Langhorne Clemen’s pen name?
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Mark Twain
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Who is the star character in the book The Hound of the Baskervilles?
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Sherlock Holmes
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What is the secret identity of the fictional superhero Batman?
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Bruce Wayne
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What is the secret identity of the fictional superhero Superman?
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Clark Kent
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What is the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series?
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
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First book of the Bible?
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Genesis
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Stag Party was the name originally chosen for what popular men’s magazine?
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Playboy
25
What is a flock of crows called?
A murder
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What is a baby rabbit called?
A kitten
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An animal that lives part of its life on land and part in water is known as what?
An Amphibian
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The meat of a game animal, such as deer, is called what?
Venison
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The duck billed platypus is native to what country?
Australia
30
Snoopy from the comic peanuts is what breed of dog?
Beagle
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What is a group of owls called?
A parliament
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Fastest fish in the ocean?
Sailfish
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What is a group of lions called?
a Pride
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What is a group of geese called?
A gaggle
35
National animal of Scottland?
Unicorn
36
Which snake, who’s untreated bite is almost 100 percent fatal, is the world’s fastest snake on land?
Black mamba
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The only bird that can fly backwards?
Hummingbirds
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Largest rodent in North America?
Beaver
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Largest rodent in the world?
Capybara
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What is the longest running U.S. primetime television show of all time?
The simpsons
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What is the name of the dog from the 1960s television cartoon The Jetsons?
Astro
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“Hey Boo Boo, let’s go get us a pic-a-nic basket!”, is a famous line often said by which cartoon character?
Yogi Bear
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What was the name of the coffee shop in the hit sitcom friends?
Central Perk
44
Two longest living animals
Glass Sponge (10,000+ years) and Greenland Shark (400+ years)
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In what city would you find the Wizard of Oz?
Emerald City
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In 1783, the first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occurred in what city?
Paris, France
47
In 2003, which U.S. state was officially declared the birthplace of aviation?
Ohio
48
What is a meteor called when it reaches earth’s surface?
A meteorite
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
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What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
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Who was the first human to travel into space?
Yuri Gagaran
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What is the farthest human-made object from planet Earth?
Voyager 1
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What was the name of the first manned mission to land on the moon?
Apollo 11
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An Astronomical Unit is the mean distance between the center of what two objects?
The sun and the earth
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Which planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
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Which planet is furthest from the sun?
Neptune
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What blood type do you need to be a universal donor?
O-
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Longest bone in human body?
Femur
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What vitamin is produced when a person is exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D
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What is the most common blood type in humans?
O+
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Which gland in the human body regulates metabolism?
Thyroid
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The world’s fastest growing plant is a species of what?
Bamboo
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The adult human skeleton is made of up how many bones?
206
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Animal with the fastest metabolism?
Hummingbird
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What is the common translation for the popular Latin phrase “carpe diem”?
Seize the day
66
The expression “oy vey” comes from what language?
Yiddish
67
A word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards is called a what?
Palindrome
68
In what year is Columbus credited with discovering the new world?
1492
69
Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?
Mormonism
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Who is credited to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellen
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What US city was the first to host the Olympic Games?
St Louis, MO
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On September 24, 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt established the first US national monument. What was it?
Devil's Tower in Wyoming
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Which President is on the United States 1,000 dollar bill?
Grover Cleveland
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Who was awarded the first United States patent for the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
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Who was the first billionaire in the United States?
John D. Rockefeller
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Who was the first US President to declare war?
James Madison
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The Kingdom of Joseon was founded in 1392 in what country?
Korea
78
Which Patriot leader organized the Boston Tea Party in 1773?
Samuel Adams
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What famous dictator was assassinated on the Ides of March?
Julius Caesar
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Who was vice president of the United States when Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
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What battle was fought on June 18th, 1815 in present-day Belgium?
Battle of Waterloo
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Who is credited with suggesting the word “hello” be used when answering the telephone?
Thomas Edison
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What do the letters “ZIP” stand for in the United States postal code?
Zone Improvement Plan
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Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president born in a what?
Hospital
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American mobster Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for what crime?
Tax Evasion
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Which U.S. president made the first presidential radio broadcast?
Calvin Coolidge
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Who was president of the United States when bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Harry Truman
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Who was the first U.S. president that was born a citizen of the United States?
Martin Van Buren
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According to ancient Roman religion, who was the god of the sea?
Neptune
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What future U.S. president was stranded on a desert island as a 26-year-old navy lieutenant in 1943?
John F Kennedy
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Who was the king of Britain during the American revolutionary war?
George III
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Who was first U.S. president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
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In 1952, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of which country?
Israel
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The first atom bomb was successfully tested in which U.S. state?
New Mexico
95
Who did William Shakespere marry when he was just 18?
Anne Hathaway
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In 1972 the country of Ceylon changed its name to what?
Sri Lanka
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Which Apollo 11 crew member did not walk on the moon?
Michael Collins
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The Barbie doll was launched in 1959 by which American toy company?
Mattel
99
What was the first country to use printed paper currency?
China
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The ancient citadel of Machu Picchu was built by which pre-Columbian empire?
Incan Empire
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Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?
1989
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Who was the only bachelor to serve as president of the United States?
James Buchanan
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Established in 1872, what became the world’s first national park?
Yellowstone
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Born into a family of Dutch Americans, who was the only US President to speak English as a second language?
Martin Van Buren
105
Who created Bitcoin?
Satoshi Nakamoto
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How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?
24
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
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According to Greek mythology, who was the goddess of beauty?
Aphrodite
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In country music, who was the man in black?
Johnny Cash
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Who killed Medusa?
Perseus
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The only thing that was left in Pandora's box?
Hope
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The body of a man with a head of a bull is called what?
minotaur
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What musician is known as the "Lizard King"?
Jim Morrison
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Which country and its territories cover the most time zones?
France
115
In which country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?
Oslo, Norway (regular nobel prizes in sweden)
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What is the name for the Greek goddess of victory?
Nike
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Porsche is a brand of car that originated in what country?
Germany
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According to Greek mythology, who was the god of wine?
Dionysos
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Which scientist is considered the father of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
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Alexander the great was taught by which Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
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Europe is separated from Asia by which mountain range?
Ural Mountains
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The Van Gogh museum is located in what European capital city?
Amsterdam
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By volume, what is the largest body of water in the United Kingdom?
Loch Ness
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In what month does the Oktoberfest in Munich begin?
September
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Who was the Spanish surrealist painter best known for his work “The Persistence of Memory”?
Salvador Dali
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Which country lies on the border between Spain and France?
Andorra
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What painter is famous for cutting off part of his ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
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Which painter started the impressionist movement?
Claude Monet
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Who painted a late 15th-century mural known as the Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinci
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The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painted by which post-impressionist painter?
Vincent Van Gogh
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The silkscreen paintings Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych were created in 1962 by which American artist?
Andy Warhol
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The painting La Gioconda is better known by what name?
Mona Lisa
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Smallest bone in the human body?
The stapes
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In the board game Monopoly, if you pay to get out of jail, how much does it cost?
$50
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What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Fe
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What is the world's largest lake?
Caspian Sea
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What’s the name of the fault that stretches 1,200 KM through California?
San Andreas Fault
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In science, how long is an eon?
Billion years
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Which country has the most volcanoes?
USA
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What is the world’s largest active volcano?
Mauna Loa
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Who was Black Sabbath’s iconic lead vocalist?
Ozzy Osborne
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Who was the oldest member of the rock band The Beatles?
Ringo Starr
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Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
144
Who is the lead singer for the rock band Guns N’ Roses?
Axl Rose
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What is the world’s smallest country?
Vatican City
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What city is the capital of the country Turkey?
Ankara
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Which US state has the nickname the Treasure State?
Montana
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What is the name of the Spanish islands that lie off the Northwest coast of Africa?
The Canary Islands
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City with largest population one earth?
Tokyo, Japan
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Which desert is the largest in the world?
Antarctic Polar desert
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What city is the capital of Hungary?
Budapest
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Where is the lowest point, on dry land, on the earth located?
The Dead Sea
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In which US state would you find Stone Mountain Park?
Georgia
154
What city is the capital of India?
New Delhi
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What is the capital city of the Philippines?
Manila
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In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?
Tanzania
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