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What video game character was originally called Jumpman?

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In the film Apollo 13, Tom Hanks played the role of which astronaut?

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What video game franchise is set in the fictional region of Hyrule?

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What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

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What two 'colorful' rivers meet to form the world's longest river?

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In order to convince the Egyptian Pharaoh to free the Israelite slaves, god imposed 10 plagues upon the Egyptians. What was the tenth, and worst of the 10 plagues of Egypt?

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What programming language, created by Guido van Rossum in 1991, is named after a comedy group?

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This island was controlled by many different countries from the 8th century B.C. until 1860 A.D., when Giuseppe Garibaldi conquered it and made it an official part of its current country. Which island?

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They grow in clusters and range in color from pale green to black. What are they?

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What dance craze of the 1960s was popularized by Chubby Checker?

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Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres starred in a new production of this Richard Wagner opera at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, during the 2025–26 season. What is the title of this operatic film?

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He reigned over the German state of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. His people called him "The Great," for he brought great military prestige to his country after the Seven Years' War. Who was he?

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

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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 rap

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Which Canadian singer/songwriter wrote, among other works, the song "My Way" and the theme to "The Tonight Show"?