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These plants, native to hot, dry regions of the U.S. and Mexico, are grown for ornament, fiber, and food, but more famously, as the main ingredient of tequila. What are they?

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In air miles, is San Francisco closer to Honolulu or New York?

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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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In the summer of 1998, 3.7 billion people world-wide viewed what televised event?

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India is poised to launch its three-person Gaganyaan-1 spacecraft as early as what month in 2026?

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98% of the composition of each U.S. penny is what metal?

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He was the owner of the New York Yankees who was banned from baseball for life, but he's back after a 2 1/2 year suspension. His name is George Steinbrenner. What was he banned for?

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This woman, whose husband was the President of the United States, died in 1982 at the age of 97 years old. What was her name?

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Beginning around 1000 BC, the first King of Israel was Saul. Who were the next two?

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Name the county of extreme southwest England bounded by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

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The highest-rated series episode in TV history was the February, 1983 broadcast of what show (and what event)?

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At the end of the cold war, many countries of eastern Europe abandoned rigid Communist Party rule. What was the last European country to do so?

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In 1997 Sotheby’s in New York sold what body part of a fossilized tyrannosaurus rex for $1 million?

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A certain major league baseball team owner recorded one of the largest selling records of all time. Who is it and what is the song title?

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What was the name of the U.S. Army Lieutenant court-martialled for permitting atrocities in Vietnam in 1971?