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The Parthenon was built around 440 B.C. a. To which goddess was the temple dedicated? B. On which hill is it located?

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According to legend, in the 11th Century, in order to convince her husband to lower taxes, Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets of Coventry. Who was the only person who looked at her?

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When the product which we call ice cream first made its appearance in the English language, around the year 1673, it wasn't called ice cream, as we know it today. By what two word phrase was it called?

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What is the name of the brightest star in the night-time sky?

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A controversial 1992 film by a controversial director, features the life of a black militant. Name the subject and director.

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The world's largest baseball-bat factory is located in which U.S. city?

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What is the most common gas in the earth's atmosphere? Is it nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, or carbon dioxide?

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What are the only two U.S. states whose shapes are completely rectangular?

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The Attorney General is the head of which governmental department?

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Of all the countries which border the Mediterranean Sea, which has the largest area?

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Shaped like a flat disk, it's about 100,000 light years in diameter, and about 10,000 light years thick. What is it?

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What are the three types of columns found in Greek architecture?

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What famous Italian carnival took place from January 31 to February 17, 2026?

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When this New York undercover policeman exposed police curruption, fears for his safety caused him to quit the police force and leave the U.S. for Europe. In 1973 a film about his life was made. What was his name, and which actor pleyd him in the film?

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Asteroids are small irregularly shaped bodies, sometimes called minor planets, which orbit the sun, and are most frequently found between which two planets?