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Enormously popular in Japan, these virtual reality pets have been adopted by children, teens, and adults of both sexes, and recently invaded the United States. What are they called?

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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?

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Would the word "its" need an apostrophe in the following sentence: A dog looked for its owner?

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This community service organization, founded in Chicago in 1905, was originally for business men, but today includes people from all walks of life. It is named because meetings were held at the members' different homes. Which organization?

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Generally speaking, who lives longer: cats or dogs?

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On June 28, 1914, a young man named Gavril Princip darted out of a crowd in a Bosnian city and fired two bullets into a car, killing two passengers. Who were they?

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Which country's flag contains a red and blue ying-yang symbol in the center of a white field?

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Can you name the only room in the White House named after a foreign country?

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In 1986, in the largest covert CIA operation since the Vietnam War, the U.S. sent $400 million worth of weapons to support a rebel group fighting in which country?

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Just before the Gold Rush, the town of San Francisco, especially the section along the Bay, was known by what name?

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What is the name of the effect, named after a 19th Century Austrian physicist, which causes the sound of a moving object to change its pitch as it approaches and then passes you?

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How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 70?

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Name a country which contains each of these four-letter words, in the same order. Example: Chin = China: a. Many b. Hail c. Done

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Who was the original host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" from 1954 to 1957?

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Which actress and actor starred in the film, "10", and who was the director?