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Chemistry: acid will turn litmus paper what color?

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What television show popular in the 1970's and 1980's and named after a woman holds the record for winning the most Emmy awards by a TV Series?

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According to John Gray's bestselling self-help book, Men are from ..., and Women from ... ?

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Distinguished British actor Anthony Hopkins played the film role of what U.S. President?

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What are the two most common items lost by passengers on the London tube?

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This 19th-20th social reformer was a strong advocate of abstinence from alcohol. With her hatchet she led raids of saloons, breaking bottles and destroying furniture. Who was she?

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Cable TV channel C-SPAN recently sponsored a survey to rank the US Presidents. According to the opinion of 58 scholars, which three Presidents ranked highest? standards: leadership, authority, administration, moral standings, etc.

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What is the Japanese dish of deep fried vegetables and seafood?

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Which 17th century English physicist and mathematician is said to have discovered the principle of gravity?

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Which crew members of Apollo 11 were the first two human beings to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969)?

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In 1933, two-thirds of American homes owned one of these household appliances. Today 99% of all homes have one or two or even ten of them. What are they?

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The first starring role for both Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw came about in which 1969 film based on a Philip Roth novel?

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What pair of economic philosophers were the driving force behind communism when they wrote the 1848 book "The Communist Manifesto"?

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Which German company, maker of precision cameras, revolutionized the world of casual photography in 1930 when it introduced 35 mm film in a canister, easily transportable and smoothly inserted into a camera?

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A book written in the 1970's by Robert Pirsig gained cult following. The title referred to both a religious sect and a form of transportation. What was the name of this book?