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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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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?

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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?