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Cars driving in many different countries of the world have 2 or 3 letter abbreviations for their country on the back of their cars. I will give you the abbreviations. Name the country. a. D b. E c. CH

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What former politician and presidential candidate might have had a personalized license plate which reads: AU-H20?

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The winner of the first Miss America pageant, Margaret Gorman, was crowned in 1921, but she did not live in, nor represent, any U.S. state. Which place did she represent?

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This country is one of the largest wine-producing countries of the world, where wine is grown in every region of the country. Which country is this?

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The unit of currency in modern-day Israel has the same name as the unit of currency used in Israel in ancient time. What is it?

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In the list of Oscar nominees for Best Actor in 1993, two of them played biographical roles. The films were Chaplin and Malcolm X. Name the nominated actors.

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This mountain, 11,000 feet above sea level, is snow-capped most of the year, and is the highest active volcano in Europe. What is its name?

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How many numbers between 0 and 200 are divisible by both 6 and 8?

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This word relates to art, architecture, painting, sculpture, and fiction: it can describe elaborate 13th-15th century architecture or grotesque, medieval fiction. What is this adjective?

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In autumn, 1991, music promoter Bill Graham was killed in a helicopter crash after leaving Concord Pavilion, and a concert by which musical group?

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In 1936 Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan supremacy was upset when a certain black American athlete defeated his German stars, winning four gold medals in running and long jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Who was he?

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He was born in 1948 with the name Vincent Furnier, but in his entertainment career this bizarre person took a female stage name. What was it?

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What was the month, day, day of the week, and time of day of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area? (margin of error: 10 minutes in the time of day)

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A "joey" is the baby of what animal?

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At the age of twenty-three, in 1740, she became Empress of Austria. During her forty year reign she had sixteen children, one of whom was Marie Antoinette, future Queen of France. Who was she?