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Residents of which state got their nickname from the tar seeping out of the ground that became a major product of the state?

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Which three major league baseball players hit the most home runs during the decade of the 1990's?

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Which two people, in 1848, published the doctrine known as the Communist Manifesto , and in which language was it written?

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The writing styles of the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians all evolved from the oldest type of writing known to mankind, dating from about 3000 BC. What was it?

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Let's say a slot machine contains three independent spinning reels; each reel has 10 symbols and 3 of them are winners. What's the probability that all three reels will turn up a winner? (write answer as a percent).

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The phrase, "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" was spoken at the funeral of what person?

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The person who served in the position as Governor of California the longest, from 1943 to 1953, went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Who was he?

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." are the first words of what 1859 novel, and who is the author?

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In this third installment of a dystopian film series, Katniss Everdeen reluctantly agrees to become the symbolic leader of the rebellion against the Capitol, while grappling with the rescue of a brainwashed Peeta.

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Some of her best-known works are Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans, but her pen name was ... what?

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The largest one of these came from a giant clam in the Philippines and weighed about 14 pounds. What was it?

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On February 3, 1959, three beloved rock and roll music artists died in a cold, wintry air crash. Who were they?

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Which 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was subtitled "The Lass that Loved a Sailor"?

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What swimming stroke is named after an insect?

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In which month of 1995 was O.J. Simpson acquitted?