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True or false: According to the Guiness Book of Records, the world's longest automobile is a 100 foot long limousine which includes a swimming pool with diving board and a king sized waterbed.

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In which decade of the twentieth century did each of these fads or fashions reach their height? A. Bathub gin b. the beat generation c. Bra burning.

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Which hard working, hard drinking 18th century Scottish poet wrote the lyrics to the songs as "Coming Through the Rye" and "Auld Lang Syne"?

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What is the Afrikaans word which means "separateness"?

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What does an apiculturist study? Monkeys, bees, or ancient Egypt?

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What is the name of the musical instrument composed of a flat wooden sound box with 30 to 40 strings which are plucked with the fingertips.

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Which military general is said to have wept because there were no worlds left to conquer?

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Which Dutch navigator, in 1642, was the first European to discover Australia, New Zealand, and the Fiji Islands?

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The real name of this 19th century British novelist was Mary Anne Evans. Her novels include Silas Marner and Middlemarch. She wrote under what pseudonym?

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From the name of the Greek goddess of health, the one often pictured feeding a pet snake, comes an English word which concerns most people most of the time. Who is this Greek goddess?

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Name the title and the authors of the stage musical work named after a town in southwestern England?

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The fans of which radio and television talk-show host call themselves "dittoheads" to signify their agreement with his conservative opinions?

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BONUS: The word ghetto first appeared in 1516; it meant foundry, the section of the city where many Jewish people lived. In which city did the word "ghetto" originate?

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According to the constitution, what determines the exact number of electoral votes permitted to each state?

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Animals characterized by a segmented spinal column are called vertebrates. In biology, there are five classes of vertebrates, one of which is called mammals. What are the other four?