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Edward Teach, an Englishman who turned to an extremely savage form of piracy, was better known by what colorful name?

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Can you name the authors of each of these futuristic novels? a. 1516: Utopia b. 1932: Brave New World c. 2001: A Space Odyssey

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In the 1970's at Oakland's Technical High School, he was a 3-sport star: football, basketball, and baseball. He received two dozen college scholarship offers for football. He went on to become a great star in baseball, playing on a local major league team

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Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. To which people does this refer?

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What was the name of the person who called himself the Buddha, and in which country was the Buddha born?

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Name the films with people's names in the title: a. 1980 film in which Goldie Hawn enlists in the army? b. 1976 interpretation of a medieval story starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn? c. Bawdy 1963 film about an adventurous 18th Century Englishman

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According to the United Nations and international law, the territorial waters of most countries extend how many miles out to sea from their shorelines?

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Which 1995 film, based on an 1811 Jane Austin novel, starred Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant?

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What is the name of the TV quiz show where celebrities occupied the spaces on a Tic-Tac-Toe board?

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Legend has it that travellers would meet at the intersection of three crossroads to exchange news, gossip, and tiny interesting facts. What English word just might derive from this idea?

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In Great Britain on October 5, 1962, the Beatles released their first single record, which reached # 17 on the British charts. What was the title?

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England's first and second Civil Wars took place in what six-year range? Name any year, and if it's within 10 years, o.k.

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If a cone has a circular base of diameter 10 cm. and a slant height of 10 cm. then the volume is what?

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Which tennis player won the Wimbledon mens' singles championship 7 of the last 8 years of the 20th century?

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What tropical lizard has the ability to change colors?