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Two people dig cylindrical holes in the earth: one hole is two feet in diameter by two feet deep, and the other hole is one foot in diameter by one foot deep. The big hole is how many times the size of the small hole? Is it twice, four times, or eight times as large?

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If, after receiving a 20% discount when buying a television set, and after paying 7% tax, you paid $642, what was the original marked price of the TV set?

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In 1939, when a group of scientists found out that Germany was planning to build an atomic bomb, they persuaded which person to write a letter to which President to persuade him that the US develop the bomb first?

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"It" was established in 1694 and was nationalized in 1944. Located on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, what is it?

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On your paper draw a line segment which is 10 inches long. Now you draw all the points on the paper which are exactly 5 inches from the line, and you will get a closed figure. What is the area of this closed figure?

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In 1995, Shannon Faulkner enrolled in, but then withdrew from, which formerly all-male military academy in South Carolina?

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Which word sounds like the name of a city in Michigan, but means skillful and adept under pressure?

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On March 2, 1962, the all time record for points scored in a single NBA basketball game was set, when what great athlete scored how many points?

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This word refers to a type of sofa, a type of overcoat, a brand of cigarettes, and a city in England. What is it?

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The word jeopardy comes from the Old French, jeu parti, which means what?

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In which country would you find the Bay of Pigs?

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What do these well known people have in common? Dan Aykroyd, Neil Young, Michael J. Fox, and Peter Jennings?

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The famous dish known as the Caesar Salad was invented in the 1920's by a chef in a restaurant in which North American city?

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Which word refers to the common everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from a more formal literary language?

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The Academy Award winning film from 1937 was based on the life of a 19th Century French writer who tried to assist that wrongly accused Captain (Dreyfus); the film starred Paul Muni and was entitled The Life of ... whom?