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BONUS: In 399 BC, at the age of 70, Socrates was convicted and sentenced to death by drinking poison, for what crime?

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There are 17 hours difference in time zones between San Francisco and Tokyo. If an airplane leaves Tokyo at 3 p.m. on Friday, and flies 10 hours to San Francisco, what day and time does it arrive in SF? (don't forget to write am or pm and the day)

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In the Earth's southern hemisphere, what season begins in March?

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Oliver Stone won the Academy Award as Best Director twice in a four year span: for a 1986 film and a 1989 film, both related to the same subject. What were the film titles?

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A cylindrical soup can four inches in diameter and four inches tall is completely surrounded by a paper label. What is the area of that label? (to the nearest whole number)

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Who played the film role of the nervous parents in the 1991 movie, Father of the Bride ?

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What significant change in the basic rules of major league baseball first occurred in the 1973 season, and is still used today?

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The three largest cities of a certain U.S. state all begin with the letter "C." Name the state and three cities.

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Abraham Lincoln had two vice Presidents: the first had H as an initial, and the second became President upon Lincoln's death. Who were they?

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Which emperor of Rome, around 300 AD, was first to become a Christian?

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In the 18th and 19th centuries this was a generic term for many different kinds of vinegar-based sauces and condiments. Only later, after tomato sauce was added, did this product gain its current name and appearance. What is it?

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Found on most French coins are three words, the motto of France. What are they?

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As the waters of the great flood receded, Noah's Ark supposedly came to rest on what mountain, located today in what country?

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What are the three most common animal livestock on U.S. farms?

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When Louise Brown was born in London on July 25, 1978, she was the world's first baby that... what?