ANSWER: Geography

Bering Strait

The Bering Strait, known to natives as Imakpik, is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the easternmost point (169°43' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA, the westernmost point (168°05' W) of the North American continent, with latitude of about 65° 40' north, slightly south of the polar circle.

The Bering Strait has been the subject of scientific speculation that humans migrated from Asia to North America across a land bridge at a time when lower ocean levels–perhaps a result of glaciers locking up vast amounts of water–exposed a ridge beneath the ocean. This would have allowed humans to walk from Siberia to Alaska, thus populating North and South America.

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QUESTION: Geography

What is the name of the strait between Alaska and Russia?

ANSWER: Miscellaneous

It was the first item sold on ebay

The online auction website was founded as AuctionWeb in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. One of the first items sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade Pez candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book, The Perfect Store, and confirmed by eBay.

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QUESTION: Miscellaneous

What is the significance of the broken laser pointer that Pierre Omidyar sold in 1995 for $14.83?

ANSWER: Politics

Larry Speakes

Larry M. Speakes is a former acting spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan, having held the position from 1981 to 1987.

When James Brady was shot in the assassination attempt on President Reagan on March 30, 1981, he was unable to return to work, though he retained the title of "Press Secretary" for the duration of Reagan's term. In Brady's absence, Speakes took over the job of handling the daily press briefings.

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QUESTION: Politics

Who filled in as Ronald Reagan's press secretary for 7 years after James Brady was wounded?

ANSWER: Actors

Morgan Freeman



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QUESTION: Actors

What future movie star played Easy Reader on PBS's The Electric Company?

ANSWER: Flags

Australia

The flag of Australia is the only one to fly over a whole continent. It has a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper quarter next to the flag pole, a large seven point star is positioned under the Union Jack, and to the side are five smaller stars. The Union Jack represents Australia's historical link with Britain, the large seven point star, the commonwealth star, represents the six states and the territories, and the small stars form the Southern Cross, a prominent feature of the southern hemisphere night sky.

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Record: 291-240

QUESTION: Flags

What is the only national flag to fly over an entire continent?

ANSWER: Mythical Creatures

Chupacabra

The chupacabras, is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1995 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabras as a contemporary legend.

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QUESTION: Mythical Creatures

What mythical animal takes its name from the Spanish word for "goat-sucker"?

ANSWER: Dolls

Cabbage Patch Kids

Xavier Roberts, the inventor and manufacturer of Cabbage Patch Kids, is an American artist and businessman. During the American Folk art movement of the late 1970s[ambiguous], Roberts observed several techniques involving the making of dolls from various materials. Influenced by the quilts that his mother, Eula, made, he began experimenting with a quilted doll. After much experimentation, Roberts created a type of doll he called "Little People". Roberts and a small group of friends began to travel from state to state in the southeastern U.S. attending folk art exhibitions. At these exhibitions, Roberts began selling these handcrafted dolls he called "babies". Going into business as Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc., Roberts started producing Little People in his hometown of Cleveland, at a converted medical clinic, which he rechristened "Babyland General Hospital". The Little People evolved by 1982 into Cabbage Patch Kids, which quickly became a major toy fad. In 1984 alone, 20 million dolls were bought, and by 1999, 95 million had been sold worldwide.

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QUESTION: Dolls

What kind of doll has Xavier Robert's signature on the left buttock?

QUESTION: Disney

The Incredibles

The Incredibles is the first Pixar film to focus on people, rather than animals, insects, monsters, or toys. It is the first film not rated G. It is also the first film not wholly developed by Pixar in-house talent.

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QUESTION: Disney

What is the first Pixar film that was not rated G?

ANSWER: Monarchs

King John of England

John was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death.

During his lifetime John acquired two epithets. One was "Lackland", because, as his father's youngest son, he did not inherit land out of his family's holdings, and because as King he lost significant territory to France. The other was "Softsword" signifying his supposed lack of prowess in battle.

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QUESTION: Monarchs

What monarch was called "Lackland" for having inherited no estate?

ANSWER: Movies

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QUESTION: Movies

How many fingers does E.T. have on each hand?

ANSWER: Books

Alex Cross

Cross is an African-American detective and psychologist living and working in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. He works in the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), but eventually becomes a Senior Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After his stint with the FBI, Alex returns to private psychology practice, but continues to consult for the MPD and the FBI as needed, ultimately rejoining the MPD as a special consultant to the Major Case Squad.

Patterson portrays Dr Cross as a lonely individual, yet he is a model father and is quite empathetic in dealing with the public. Despite the fact that he is well educated and makes a decent living, he chooses to continue residing in the Southeast quadrant of D.C. He is very involved in the community, most notably volunteering at St Anthony's Parish in his neighborhood.

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QUESTION: Books

What James Patterson detective first appeared in his novel Along Came a Spider?

ANSWER: Music

Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann was commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891. The original production was staged by Marius Petipa on 18 December 1892, premiering on a double-bill with a now semi-forgotten Tchaikovsky opera, Iolanta.

In act II, Clara and the Prince arrive at the Kingdom of Sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Fairy and the people of the Kingdom of Sweets perform several dances for Clara and the Prince - a Spanish Dance, a Chinese Dance, an Arabian Dance, a Russian Dance, the Dance of the Clowns, the Dance of the Reed Flutes, the Waltz of the Flowers, and the Grand Pas de Deux, which includes the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The dances in the Kingdom of Sweets are not always performed in this order.

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QUESTION: Music

The famous 1892 suite containing Russian, Arabian, and Chinese dances is abridged from what ballet?

ANSWER: Planets

Saturn

Saturn was one of the Titans, the children of Gaia and Ouranos (Earth and Sky). Since he had castrated his father, he feared that his children would do something similar to him, so to try to avoid his fate, he ate his children. Don't worry. One of the children of Saturn was Jupiter (Zeus) who survived, may have helped induce the vomiting of his brothers and sisters, and defeated his father and the other Titans.

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QUESTION: Planets

What planet is named for the Roman god who ate all his children?

ANSWER: Cooking

Spin it



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QUESTION: Cooking

How can you tell a raw egg from a boiled one without cracking the shell?

ANSWER: Beverages

Passion Fruit

The hurricane is an extremely sweet alcoholic drink made from lime juice, passion fruit syrup and rum. It is one of many popular drinks served in New Orleans.

The creation of this passion fruit-colored relative of a Daiquiri drink is credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O’Brien. In the 1940s, he needed to create a new drink to help him get rid of all of the less popular rum that local distributors forced him to buy before he could get a few cases of more popular liquors such as scotch and whiskey. He poured the concoction into hurricane-lamp-shaped glasses and gave it away to sailors. The drink caught on, and it has been a mainstay in the French Quarter ever since.

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QUESTION: Beverages

What tropical fruit flavor is the syrup in a hurricane rum cocktail?

ANSWER: History

Delaware

Before Delaware's coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, located near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the thirteen colonies participating in the American Revolution and on December 7, 1787, became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, therefore becoming known as The First State.

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Record: 283-238

QUESTION: History

What was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?

ANSWER: Anatomy

Deltoid

In human anatomy, the deltoid muscle is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the shoulder. Anatomically, it appears to be made up of three distinct sets of fibers though electromyography suggests that it consists of at least seven groups that can be independently coordinated by the central nervous system.

It was previously called the Deltoideus and the name is still used by some anatomists. It is called so because it is in the shape of the Greek letter Delta (triangle). It is also known as the common shoulder muscle, particularly in comparative anatomy (e.g., in lower animals).

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QUESTION: Anatomy

What shoulder muscle gets its name from its triangular shape?

ANSWER: Printing

Key (Black)

The CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key black. Though it varies by print house, press operator, press manufacturer and press run, ink is typically applied in the order of the abbreviation.

The “K” in CMYK stands for key since in four-color printing cyan, magenta, and yellow printing plates are carefully keyed or aligned with the key of the black key plate. Some sources suggest that the “K” in CMYK comes from the last letter in "black" and was chosen because B already means blue. However, this explanation, though plausible and useful as a mnemonic, is incorrect.

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QUESTION: Printing

In the CMYK model used in color printing, what color does K represent?

ANSWER: Cleaning Products

Wisk



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QUESTION: Cleaning Products

What product targeted ring around the collar in their ads?

ANSWER: Theatre

Roller Skates

Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) and Arlene Phillips (choreography), with later revisions by Don Black (lyrics) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics for the 2nd US tour). The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates. It is one of the longest running musicals in West End history with 7,461 performances, but the Broadway production only ran for 761 performances. It is the most popular musical show in Germany.

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QUESTION: Theatre

What item do the cast members of Starlight Express wear throughout the play?

ANSWER: Geography

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. The population of the city has increased from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.21 million in 2009. The Rawalpindi/Islamabad Metropolitan Area is the third largest in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants.

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