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The name of what disease means, in Italian, bad air?

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Around 1720, how many Brandenburg Concertos did Johann Sebastian Bach compose altogether?

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BONUS 3: The word "vaccine" comes from the Latin word vaccinus which refers to what?

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From 1954-1969 he served as the first president of North Vietnam, and he later led North Vietnam's struggle to defeat the U.S.-supported government in South Vietnam. Who was he?

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The framework of the Statue of Liberty was designed by which well-known European engineer?

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The late Groucho Marx quipped that ...what?... was the chief cause of divorce?

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What are the names of the two major mountain ranges of Switzerland?

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In the history of ship development, around 3000 B.C., what was the first civilization to discover sails and build boats out of planks of wood?

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Early in 2000, the Broadcast Film Critics Association published their list of the top films of the 1990s. The two highest-ranked films were directed by Steven Spielberg. What two films were they?

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Which German company, maker of precision cameras, revolutionized the world of casual photography in 1930 when it introduced 35 mm film in a canister, easily transportable and smoothly inserted into a camera?

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During the 1980's which entertainer was considered to be the poet laureate of Colorado?

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What day of the week was January 1, 1995?

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Spelling: Spell the name of the city of southeast Mexico called Oaxaca (wú-hä-kú).

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If all the U.S. state capitals were listed in alphabetical order, the first and last on the list would be capitals of bordering states. Can you name them?

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These two words differ in spelling by one letter: one means to influence, the other means to cause. What are the two words?