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The Bering Strait
What body of water separates Alaska from Russia?
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Meriwether and William
What were the first names of Lewis and Clark?
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Arthos, Porthos, and Aramis
What are the names of the Three Musketeers?
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The Red Baron
Who is Snoopy's arch enemy?
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Halloween
What holiday comes right before All Saints' Day?
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Estonia
What former Soviet Republic lies just across the Gulf of Finland from Finland?
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Nicholas II Romanov
Who was the last tsar of Russia?
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From the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta
What are the names of the Three Musketeers?
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Kelly Clarkson
Who won the first season of the TV series "American Idol"?
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the water stored inside the kernel
What makes popping corn pop?
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Ecuador
To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?
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William Howard Taft
Which U.S. president later became chief justice of the Supreme Court?
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Mark Twain
What author's pen name means "two fathoms deep"?
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The T-Birds
What was the name of John Travolta's gang in the movie "Grease"?
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7-up
What soft drink called itself "The Un-Cola"?
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Chile and Ecuador
What are the only two South American countries that do not border Brazil?
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Qing Dynasty
What was the last imperial dynasty of China?
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A German-held POW in WW2 who survived the firebombing of Dresden (he was held in a slaughterhouse)
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is partially inspired by the author's experience as what?
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Betty Rubble
Which Flintstones character was last to make it onto a Flintstones Vitamin?
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short for "electric or electricity biscuits"; selling point was being one of the first foods baked by electricity
Where does the name "Triscuits" come from?
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Amharic
What is Ethiopia's official language?
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Catherine of Aragon (annulled/divorced)
Anne Boleyn (executed) Jane Seymour (died from childbirth) Anne of Cleves (annulled) Catherine Howard (executed) Catherine Parr (outlived Henry!)
What were the fates of each of Henry the VIII's wives?
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The Harry Potter series
What was the most commonly challenged (sought to be banned) book or series in U.S. libraries in the 2000s?
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Cats
What was the longest-running musical on Broadway during the 20th century?
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Ben Franklin
Who was pictured on the first U.S. adhesive stamp?
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