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This Pacific island group, populated by Polynesians as early as 1000 B.C. was first sighted by European explorers in 1722, and since 1899 has been administered by the United States. The capital is Pago Pago. What is it?

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Which Japanese actor won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Actor for his role in Shogun?

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In Germany's February 2025 federal election, what percentage of the vote did the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party receive?

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Actor Michael Caine received the Oscar as as Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for his role in which Woody Allen film?

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Can you name all the US states whose spelling contains only four letters?

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A jogger can run down a hill five times as fast as she can run up the hill. If a round-trip jog up and down a hill takes one and one-half hours, how long does it take her to descend the hill?

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Ancient Mesopotamian cultures including the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Sumerians lived along the shores of which two rivers?

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What principle of international law prohibits the extradition of political refugees back to countries where they face persecution?

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In what year was Edward Kennedy first elected Senator from Massachusetts?

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The Arawak indians had a word for pipe as in smoking pipe , and it's a common word related to pipes. What was it?

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In which 1992 film did Antonio Banderas and Armand Assante play brothers who flee Cuba with dreams of Latin music stardom in New York City?

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What part of speech is the word "the"? (2 word answer)

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Would the word "its" need an apostrophe in the following sentence: A dog looked for its owner?

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Which two countries in South America border neither the Atlantic nor the Pacific Ocean?

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What kind of ground covering derived its name from the U.S. space program?