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This 1972 criminal/comedy film starred Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn as bank thieves in Germany, and the title of the film was represented not by a word, but by a symbol. What was the title?

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What is the highest mountain peak in North America?

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In the 17-18th centuries he was employed by the British government to help stop piracy on the high seas, but he turned to piracy himself, was caught and executed in England. Who was he?

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In August, 1995, in the second-largest takeover in U.S. business history, American Broadcasting Company was acquired by what major entertainment corporation?

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Two of the five Great Lakes are considered separate lakes, but are actually one lake, separated by the Strait of Mackinac. Together they form the largest of the Great Lakes. Which two lakes are they?

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Name the title and the authors of the stage musical work named after a town in southwestern England?

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He was Hollywood's first million-dollar superstar. He signed a contract in 1917 to direct and star in eight films. Who was he?

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Can you name two animated Disney films, in one of which the title animal's father dies (1994), the other the title animal's mother dies (1942)?

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The expression "Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate" first appeared in the 1960's, and applied to what?

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When she won the 1986 Academy Award as Best Actress, she became the first hearing-impaired person to do so. What was her name and the title of the film?

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The phrase Barbary Coast often refers to San Francisco, but the word Barbary actually refers to what region of the world?

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In the Middle Ages it was said they led to eternal punishment: These negative qualities are today known as the "seven deadly sins." Some of them are: pride, greed, gluttony, envy. Can you name three others - very important ones!

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What innovative, sometimes controversial French sculptor in 1904 unveiled a bronze work of a contemplative male, that he called Le Penseur ?

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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 artist Antonio Canaletto created numerous paintings of which city?