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What is the geographical term for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas?

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How many high tides do seashores have in a week?

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Global warming is caused when what gas is released into the atmosphere?

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What is the "holy see"?

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Semitic is a descriptive term for certain peoples of the Middle East, including Jews and Arabs. The Semites are supposedly descended from the biblical Shem, the eldest son of whom?

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RCA and Columbia were the first two recording companies to produce music records made from what tough, flexible, shiny plastic?

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Born in 1606 in the Netherlands, this painter's masterpieces include The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) and The Night Watch (1642). Who was this Dutch painter?

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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 controversial rap music artist in an album called Body Count. What was the name of the song, and the name of the artist?

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The Million Man March brought 400,000 African-American men together in 1995 for speeches urging them to shoulder the responsibilities of raising families. Where was this event held, and which radical person organized it?

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Who is the main female character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind?

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What is the meaning of the aviation term, Mach 1?

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This professional basketball player was voted the National Basketball Association's most valuable player 1984-86, as well as coach of the year in 1998, and for what teams?

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How many times can someone successfully perform hara-kiri (also known as hari-kari)?

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Mt. Livermore is the highest point on which island in San Francisco Bay?

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The largest item ever made was prepared for Beduin feasts in the following way: cooked eggs stuffed into fish, the fish stuffed into cooked chickens, the chickens stuffed into a roasted sheep's carcass, and the sheep stuffed into a whole animal - of what kind?