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In 1960, one was studying at the London School of Economics and the other at the Dartford Art School. They shared a mutual interest in rhythm and blues music and eventually formed one of the most popular groups of all time, the Rolling Stones. Who were th

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Name the three bones of the ear.

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What sporting event is named for a fifth century B.C. military battle in which the Greeks defeated a much larger Persian army, and sent a messenger who collapsed and died upon delivering his message?

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

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What was the name of the Greek physician, from 400 B.C., who showed that diseases have only natural, not supernatural, causes?

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What was the name of the Christopher Columbus' flagship - the ship on which Columbus travelled in his 1492 voyage to the new world?

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He was born in Texas in 1936. He was a football star, creative writer, Rhodes Scholar, singer of folk-rock and country-and-western music, and film personality. Who is he?

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It was imported to Europe for the first time by Dutch traders around 1610. It was sold for the first time in Britain around 1660. What was it?

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What have been referred to as America's only national historic landmarks on wheels?

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CHECK ON CINEMANIA: This actress, daughter of a male movie actor, starred in the films Halloween I and II, Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda, and My Girl . Name her and her father.

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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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Which game is played on a marked board divided into two halves, each side containing 12 alternately colored points?

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In the film, Easy Rider, Jack Nicholson played the role of a person who decided to drop-out from society, leaving what profession?

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Around 1680, when King Charles II repaid a debt owed to his father, this 35-year-old man received a huge parcel of land on the western bank of the Delaware River which eventually became a state bearing his name. What was his name?