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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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What words would you use to tell a horse to turn right or left?

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In February, 1979, which national leader said, "This is the first day of the government of God."

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Around 1499, which Italian navigator sailed to the West Indies, along the north coast of South America, and discovered the mouth of the Amazon river?

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What common item contains a hammer, an anvil, and a stirrup?

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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?

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St. Valentine's Day originated as a festival clebrated by which of these groups: the Romans, the Greeks, or the Irish?

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In 1964 a phenomenal female group from Detroit hit the pop music scene, and their first #1 hit had a question in the title. What group and what song title?

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Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Minor and Tchaikowski's Symphony Number 6 both have the same sad-sounding name. What is this one word?

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Sesame Street: a. Which character was host of the Muppet Show? B. Which person created the Muppets and Sesame Street characters? C. Which Muppet lives in the garbage can?

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In the late 1970s, the Viking spacecraft sent back to Earth photographs and reports about the surface of which planet?

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Which one of these people did not sign the Declaration of Independence: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin?

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Charles Laughton and Clark Gable starred in this 1935 Oscar winning film about rebellion on the high seas. Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando starred in the 1962 sequel. What is the title?

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Can you name the two states capitals which contain the entire name of the state in their spellings?

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Name the three bones of the ear.