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It was perhaps the worst college campus riot ever. It originated in a quarrel in a tavern. The violence lasted for three days, involved students and townspeople, and ended with several deaths and many injuries. It happened in the year 1354 at which English university?

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Can you name three composers whose last names begin with "R"?

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He defected from Russia in 1961, joined the Royal Ballet of England in 1962, and starred in the 1977 film, Valentino. Who was he?

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The first person to win an Oscar while playing the role of a person of the opposite sex occurred in 1983. The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to a woman who played the role of a male photographer. What was the name of the film and the name of the woman?

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This kind of bird has a distinctive call and lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. What is it?

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You begin writing down the letters of the alphabet in this pattern: You write A one time, B two times, C three times, D four times, and so on. What letter is 100th on the list?

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The American Film Institute in the year 2000 asked a jury of film-industry leaders to list the funniest movies of all time. The top two movies on the list were films in which men played the role of women. Name these films.

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In 1967, which American jurist became the first black person to hold a seat as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

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Which U.S. city has about 20 colleges and universities, including the first art school in the United States, 1805, the oldest art school for women, 1844, and the first medical school exclusively for women, 1850?

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To search for land, Noah sent what two kinds of birds out from the ark?

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These people all ran against each other for President in 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Who won the election?

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What did Presidents John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton have seven of, that Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter had six of, that George Bush and Gerald Ford only had four of?

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Which space agency has an astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, on board NASA's Artemis II mission?

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In the summer of 1992, Time-Warner, Inc. became the focus of many complaints because of the lyrics of a particular song by a particularly controversial rap music artist in an album called Body Count. What was the name of the song, and the name of the rapper?

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If you drop an object from the top of a tower, how many feet will it fall in the first second?