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When this Indonesian volcanic island exploded in August 1883, it blew the island apart and caused a tidal wave that killed more than 36,000 people. What was it?

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What is the two-word name for the type of vehicle that is capable of taking off from Earth, carrying a load into space, and returning to earth to be used again?

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What name is given to the darkest part of a shadow cast by the earth or moon during an eclipse?

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What do we call hollowed-out pumpkins with a face cut into one side?

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What do we call the Jewish dish of finely chopped whitefish, pike, or carp, mixed with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, cooked in a broth in the form of an oval?

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When in December, 1996, his daughter asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he replied, "another Christmas." Who were they - father and daughter?

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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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What are the first three books of the New Testament?

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Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, about two-thirds of these men were lawyers, judges, and merchants, but about ten of them had what down-to-earth vocation?

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If a rubber band weighs 40 milligrams, how many of them will weigh one kilogram?

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These two states share a common border; one has the nation's highest adult smoking rate, and the other has the nation's lowest smoking rate. What are they?

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True or False: At the time of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, it had the longest span in the world?

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Born May 29,1903 in England with the name Leslie Townes Hope, his friends in school called him Les Hope or Hopeless, so he changed his first name to what?

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What are the names of the wild dogs, nocturnal hunters, native to Australia?

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This potent emerald-green highly alcoholic licorice- flavored liqueur was popularized around 100 years ago by the artists and writers such as Oscar Wilde, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec , who drank it. It was so powerful and so addictive that it was made ill