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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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About what kind of bird did each of these people write: a. Edgar Allen Poe b. John Keats c. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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If the difference between two numbers is 6, and the difference of their squares is 180, what is the sum of the numbers?

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This Broadway musical with a one-word title was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein in 1943, won the Pulitzer prize in 1944, was turned into a film in 1955, and was the first musical to include a ballet in it. What was it?

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Just minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President on January 20, 1981, a historic event took place, involving the number 444. What was it?

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She became one of the world's richest women in 1975 at the age of 24, when she inherited money from her father, one of the world's richest men. She died in 1988. Who was she?

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This city has such a pleasant climate that it's sometimes called theSunshine City. This city is also nicknamed the Winter Baseball Capital of the U.S. Which city is this?

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Can you name the colony, famous for its free port, tourism, and gambling, located 40 miles west of Hong Kong?

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The late Groucho Marx quipped that ...what?... was the chief cause of divorce?