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Some people consider Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, Psycho, the greatest suspense flick of all time. What character killed a woman in the famous shower scene, and which actor and actress played these roles?

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This mountain, 11,000 feet above sea level, is snow-capped most of the year, and is the highest active volcano in Europe. What is its name?

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Around the year 1851, three different inventors created a machine called the sewing machine. You should be able to name two of these people. One was Walter Hunt. Who were the other two - more well-known - people?

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What are the only two U.S. states whose shapes are completely rectangular?

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According to the U.S. Constitution, if none of the candidates for President gains a majority of the electoral votes, how would the choice of President be made?

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He lived a gay, flamboyant life, and died amidst rumors about the cause of his death. The well-known pianist and entertainer, Wladziu Valentino Liberace was born in which of these countries - USA, Poland, Italy, or Czechoslovakia?

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After Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali, he defended his heavyweight boxing title for the first time in May, 1965, against which opponent?

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The second highest mountain in the world is known by two different names. What are they?

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In 1992, in the first organized effort to raise money for AIDS research by means of a sporting event, $1/2 million was raised by participants in which sport?

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Which African-American writer was the author of these three novels: 1961 - "Nobody Knows My Name" / 1962 -"Another Country" / 1963 - "The Fire Next Time" -

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Which two people, in 1848, published the doctrine known as the Communist Manifesto , and in which language was it written?

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In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt organized a volunteer cavalry unit composed of cowboys and ranchers. By what name were these people collectively known, and in what country did they primarily do their fighting?

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Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which one was cruel and sadistic?

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What is the term for music gradually becoming louder?

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What kind of parties swept the nation after the release of the 1978 film, National Lampoon's Animal House?