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Which Spanish explorer, in 1513, was the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean?

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In 1989, when a Beverly Hills policeman pulled over her Rolls Royce, this 71-year old woman slapped him. Who was she?

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What does it mean: To 86 someone?

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Which critically acclaimed 2017 coming-of-age film, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, follows a strong-willed high school senior navigating her turbulent relationship with her mother and her desire to escape Sacramento?

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Two of the five Great Lakes are considered separate lakes, but are actually one lake, separated by the Strait of Mackinac. Together they form the largest of the Great Lakes. Which two lakes are they?

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After the American Civil War, 15,000 freed slaves emigrated to what African country?

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Australia is divided into eight states or territories. One of them is an island state about 150 miles south of the mainland. What is its name, and what is its capital city?

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What Netflix political thriller series features Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland, an FBI agent who answers a cryptic phone call that plunges him into a vast conspiracy within the White House?

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Which dangerous drug, whose generic name was originally a trade name, was first developed in Germany in 1898?

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One of the main characters of John Grisham's novel The Testament travels to Brazil where he catches a mosquito-transmitted virus known by what two-word name?

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This Mexican television series follows a drug lord and his son, who escape prison and seek refuge in a remote area, only to find themselves battling a horde of zombies alongside a pursuing special forces unit. What is the title of this action-horror show?

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What 2018 action-adventure film stars Alicia Vikander as a young Lara Croft on her first perilous expedition to a mythical island off the coast of Japan, hoping to solve the mystery of her missing father?

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What language, now extinct, was spoken by the Goths, the tribe that invaded the Roman Empire?

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Barbra Streisand's first two film leads, in 1968 and 1969, were in films with two-word titles. What were they?

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What three-word Latin phrase meaning "with highest praise or honor" represents the highest academic honor granted to a graduate?