NOT-SO-MAD SCIENTISTS | NAMES OF THE BIBLE | CITIES OF THE WORLD (ALL POPULATION FIGURES ARE AS OF 2018) | CAPITALS OF THE WORLD | COLLEGE QUARTERBACKS OF THE DECADE |
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WHO IS SIR ISAAC NEWTON?
THIS SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SCIENTIST IS FAMOUS FOR DISCOVERING THE LAW OF GRAVITY BY HAVING AN APPLE FALL ON HIS HEAD.
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WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
THIS IS THE CLASSIC SUNDAY SCHOOL ANSWER.
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WHAT IS SAINT LOUIS?
THIS METROPOLITAN AREA WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 2.8 MILLION IS BEST KNOWN FOR HARBORING THE 630 FOOT GATEWAY ARCH.
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WHAT IS BERLIN?
THIS CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF GERMANY.
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WHO IS KYLER MURRAY
THIS OKLAHOMA QUARTERBACK PLAYED FROM 2016-2018 AND WON THE 2018 HEISMAN TROPHY AS WELL AS LEADING THE SOONERS TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WHERE THEY WERE TRAMPLED BY ALABAMA.
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WHO IS ALBERT EINSTEIN?
THIS NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY GERMAN SCIENTIST IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS THEORY OF RELATIVITY. HE ALSO HAD HIS BRAIN STOLEN AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1955.
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WHO IS MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS?
IN LUKE 1, THE ANGEL GABRIEL APPEARS TO THIS YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS ENGAGED TO JOSEPH.
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WHAT IS TOKYO?
THIS CITY WITH A POPULATION OF NEARLY 37.3 MILLION IS THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE WORLD AND LIES WITHIN SIXTY MILES OF MT. FUJI.
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WHAT IS BEIJING?
THIS CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA.
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WHO IS LAMAR JACKSON?
THIS LOUISVILLE QUARTERBACK PLAYED FROM 2015-2017. HE WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY IN 2016 AND WAS SELECTED AS A HEISMAN FINALIST IN 2017. HE ALSO WON THE WALTER CAMP AWARD AND THE MAXWELL AWARD IN 2016 AS A SOPHMORE. HE LED THE CARDINALS TO A 25-14 RECORD IN THREE YEARS BEFORE BEING DRAFTER IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2018 NFL DRAFT.
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WHO IS GALILEO GALILEI?
THIS SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ITALIAN SCIENTIST IS FAMOUS FOR DISCOVERING THE FOUR LARGEST MOONS OF JUPITER WITH A TELESCOPE. WHEN NASA SENT A MISSION TO JUPITER IN THE 1990s, THEY NAMED IT AFTER HIM.
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WHO IS JOSHUA, SON OF NUN?
IN THE BOOKS OF EXODUS-JOSHUA, THE FIRST JUDGE OF ISRAEL IS THIS MAN, WHO LEADS THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE JORDAN RIVER.
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WHAT IS CAIRO?
THIS CITY WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 18.8 MILLION IS THE EIGHTH LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND BEST KNOWN FOR THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA.
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WHAT IS JAKARTA?
THIS CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF INDONESIA.
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WHO IS JOEL LANNING?
THIS IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK PLAYED FROM 2013-2017. HE STARTED AT QUARTERBACK IN 2015 AND 2016 BEFORE SWITCHING TO MIDDLE LINEBACKER IN 2017. HE EARNED FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN AND FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG 12 HONORS IN 2017 AND HELPED LEAD THE CYCLONES TO AN 8-5 RECORD AND A LIBERTY BOWL VICTORY. HE WAS LATER HIRED BY IOWA STATE AS A GRADUATE ASSISTANT IN 2019.
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WHO IS JOHANNES KEPLAR?
THIS SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY GERMAN SCIENTIST IS FAMOUS FOR DISCOVERING THE THREE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION.
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WHO IS JOHN MARK?
IN ACTS, WHEN PAUL GOES ON HIS FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY, HE TAKES WITH HIM THIS MAN, WHO LATER WROTE ONE OF THE GOSPELS.
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WHAT IS RIO DE JANEIRO?
THIS CITY WITH A POPULATION OF JUST OVER 6.3 MILLION IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE FAMOUS STATUE OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER.
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WHAT IS ABUJA?
THIS CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF NIGERIA.
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WHO IS JAKE LUTON?
THIS OREGON STATE QUARTERBACK PLAYED FROM 2014-2019. HE MADE 21 STARTS, EARNED PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS TWICE, AND LED THE BEAVERS TO A 7-18 RECORD DURING HIS TWO YEARS WITH THE PROGRAM BEFORE BEING DRAFTED BY THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS IN THE SEVENTH ROUND OF THE 2020 NFL DRAFT.
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WHO IS NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
THIS FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY SCIENTIST, KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF MODERN ASTRONOMY, IS FAMOUS FOR BEING THE FIRST SCIENTIST OF HIS DAY TO PROPOSE A HELIOCENTRIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE, OR ONE IN WHICH THE PLAN ETS REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN.
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WHO IS ZIMRI?
THIS KING OF ISRAEL WAS A FORMER ARMY COMMANDER WHO REIGNED ONLY SEVEN DAYS, HAVING BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST OF A STRING OF ASSASSINATIONS DURING A STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.
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WHAT IS PRAGUE?
THIS METROPOLITAN AREA WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 2.7 MILLION IS THE CAPITAL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
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WHAT IS KINSHASA?
THIS CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
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WHO IS C.J. BEATHARD?
THIS IOWA QUARTERBACK PLAYED FROM 2012-2016. HE STATED 28 GAMED AND LED THE HAWKEYES TO A ROSE BOWL BERTH IN 2015. HE LED THE HAWKEYES TO A 22-8 RECORD BEFORE BEING DRAFTED IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE 2017 NFL DRAFT BY THE SAN FRANSISCO 49ERS.
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