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Born in 1948, in Cambridge, England, she became a movie star and recorded over twenty musical hits. Her 1981 recording was the largest-selling single of the 1980's. Who is she?

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About 1000 year ago, during a voyage from Norway to Greenland, Viking Leif Ericson was blown off course and unexpectedly discovered North America. He named it after certain plants growing in the area. What did he call it?

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Which word in the English language means all of the following: An institution for the care of people, a shelter, and protection from extradition.

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Which famous recording star donated the profits from many of his single records to AIDS research?

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Who led the Delano grape strike beginning in 1965?

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Which island lies west of Great Britain?

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What company in the 1970's developed the high-tech concept of a mouse clicking graphical icons to open programs, but dropped the idea, allowing Apple to adopt it as the basis of the Macintosh?

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This young man, working in the office of The Jersey Observer newspaper, decided to pursue a career as a singer, and in 1935 won first prize in the popular radio talent show, 'Major Bowes Amateur Hour'. He later grew up to become a very popular singer. Who

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What is James Bond's favorite adult beverage, and how does he like it served?

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In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to do what?

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Which food item is named for a major port of northern Germany?

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The custom of fooling friends and relatives on the first of April began in the late 1500's in which country? Holland, France, or Italy?

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In 1933, two-thirds of American homes owned one of these household appliances. Today 99% of all homes have one or two or even ten of them. What are they?

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Which British actor and director of the National Theatre of Great Britain, knighted in 1947, is well known for his Shakespearean interpretations?

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In 1890, he and his brother organized the American Tobacco Company, and with their wealth they endowed Trinity College of North Carolina. What was their family name?