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0.wav
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literature
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'In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine"'
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa
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Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?
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1.wav
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american_history
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'After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud"'
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c
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Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
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2.wav
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american_history
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'Hostilities in the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to General Merritt & this admiral'
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George Dewey
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996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd
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Who is George Dewey?
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3.wav
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literature
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'Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel'
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Treasure Island
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6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c
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What is Treasure Island?
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4.wav
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american_history
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'In 1843 Daniel Webster resigned as this president's Secretary of State'
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John Tyler
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bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5
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Who was John Tyler?
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5.wav
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literature
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'This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage'
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Flaubert
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c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
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Who is Flaubert?
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6.wav
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literature
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'This Thomas Hardy novel about Bathsheba Everdene was first published anonymously in 1874'
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Far From The Madding Crowd
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daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
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What is "Far From The Madding Crowd"?
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7.wav
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science
|
'From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London'
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Darwin
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c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
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Who is Darwin?
| |
8.wav
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science
|
'An enzyme in saliva called ptyalin converts these into maltose, a sugar'
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carbohydrates (or starches)
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58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
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What are carbohydrates (or starches)?
| |
9.wav
|
word_origins
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'This word for what one often does to red wine before serving comes from a Latin word for an iron ring'
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decant
|
97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a
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What is decant?
| |
10.wav
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word_origins
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'The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"'
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a hydrant
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81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
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What is a hydrant?
| |
11.wav
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american_history
|
'At the same time that John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allen headed this agency'
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CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
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5abd2130-146a-41b1-bcdb-974ea8e19f56
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What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
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12.wav
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science
|
'The symbol of this element first isolated in 1783 comes from its German name'
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tungsten
|
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
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What is tungsten?
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13.wav
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literature
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'In the title of a 14th century work, Sir Gawain is paired with this "knight"'
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the Green Knight
|
6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532
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What is the Green Knight?
| |
14.wav
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word_origins
|
'From the Greek for "treasure", this type of book contains a trove of synonyms'
|
thesaurus
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81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
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What is a thesaurus?
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15.wav
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literature
|
'This author said that he was acting in a play with his kids when he came up with the idea for "A Tale of Two Cities"'
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Charles Dickens
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f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94
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Who is Charles Dickens?
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16.wav
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science
|
'Black spot is a serious fungal disease that affects these flowers; rugosas have good resistance'
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roses
|
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
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What are roses?
| |
17.wav
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american_history
|
'In 1609 this captain was injured in a gunpowder explosion & lost his leadership role in Jamestown'
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John Smith
|
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
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Who is John Smith?
| |
18.wav
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word_origins
|
'Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals'
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mauve
|
7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
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What is mauve?
| |
19.wav
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world_history
|
'Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name'
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Jason
|
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
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Who is Jason?
| |
20.wav
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science
|
'A cubic inch of material contains a million billion billion of these, each with protons & neutrons in its nucleus'
|
atoms
|
97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a
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What are atoms?
| |
21.wav
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literature
|
'He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"'
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John Updike
|
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
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Who is John Updike?
| |
22.wav
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world_history
|
'In 1453 at Castillon, the French artillery won the last battle of this long war'
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the Hundred Years\' War
|
6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c
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What was the Hundred Years' War?
| |
23.wav
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american_history
|
'On December 20, 1860, as a result of Lincoln's election, this state seceded from the Union'
|
South Carolina
|
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
|
What is South Carolina?
| |
24.wav
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american_history
|
'The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War'
|
Dred Scott
|
996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd
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Who is Dred Scott?
| |
25.wav
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literature
|
'The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo'
|
(James Fenimore) Cooper
|
5abd2130-146a-41b1-bcdb-974ea8e19f56
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Who is James Fenimore Cooper?
| |
26.wav
|
word_origins
|
'Originally one who kept legal records for the crown, now it's a public officer who investigates deaths'
|
a coroner
|
17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546
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What is a coroner?
| |
27.wav
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literature
|
'In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns'
|
Manderley
|
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
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What is Manderley?
| |
28.wav
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literature
|
'Chapter one of this book informs us that "There was unquestionably a Chuzzlewit in the Gunpowder Plot"'
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Martin Chuzzlewit
|
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
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What is Martin Chuzzlewit?
| |
29.wav
|
science
|
'The fundamental forces are electromagnetism, gravity & these 2 "opposite" nuclear forces'
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the strong & the weak
|
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
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What are the strong and the weak?
| |
30.wav
|
world_history
|
'Bartolomeu Dias constructed & outfitted 4 ships for this man's 1497-1498 voyage from Lisbon to India'
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Vasco da Gama
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7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
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Who is Vasco da Gama?
| |
31.wav
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literature
|
'In 2000 Turkish author Andrew Mango published a new biography of this founder of modern Turkey'
|
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
|
996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd
|
Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
| |
32.wav
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world_history
|
'In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica'
|
(Admiral) Byrd
|
41f3c367-e0a8-4a85-89e0-c27bae9c9b6d
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Who is Admiral Byrd?
| |
33.wav
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world_history
|
'Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty'
|
Egypt
|
17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546
|
What is Egypt?
| |
34.wav
|
american_history
|
'In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934'
|
Alf Landon
|
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
|
Who was Alf Landon?
| |
35.wav
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word_origins
|
'No surprise here--the name of this birthstone is from the Latin for "red"'
|
ruby
|
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
|
What is ruby?
| |
36.wav
|
american_history
|
'3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this'
|
Department of State
|
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
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What is the Department of State?
| |
37.wav
|
science
|
'The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "new"'
|
neon
|
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
|
What is neon?
| |
38.wav
|
word_origins
|
'This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised'
|
cuckold
|
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
|
What is a cuckold?
| |
39.wav
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american_history
|
'To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail'
|
the Chisholm Trail
|
13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4
|
What is the Chisholm Trail?
| |
40.wav
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american_history
|
'In May 1692 this village's jails were filled with witchcraft suspects, eventually totaling 150'
|
Salem, Massachusetts
|
c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306
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What is Salem, Massachusetts?
| |
41.wav
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world_history
|
'Around 500 B.C. this Persian king built Persepolis; parts of the city's audience hall & palace are still standing'
|
Darius the Great
|
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
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Who was Darius the Great?
| |
42.wav
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world_history
|
'In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province'
|
(Red) China
|
6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c
|
What is (Red) China?
| |
43.wav
|
american_history
|
'Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865'
|
Ford\'s Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted)
|
996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd
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What is Ford's Theatre?
| |
44.wav
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science
|
'This type of rain forms when nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide react within growing droplets'
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acid rain
|
0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb
|
What is acid rain?
| |
45.wav
|
world_history
|
'In 447 he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas'
|
Attila
|
7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
|
Who is Attila?
| |
46.wav
|
american_history
|
'In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son'
|
Pocahontas
|
c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306
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Who is Pocahontas?
| |
47.wav
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science
|
'On a weather chart this line connects places that have the same barometric pressure'
|
Isobar
|
34bde396-9fde-4ebf-ad03-e3a1d1155205
|
What is an isobar?
| |
48.wav
|
literature
|
'Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories'
|
Anton Chekhov
|
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
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Who is Anton Chekhov?
| |
49.wav
|
world_history
|
'Sir Thomas Raffles founded this city on its island of the same name'
|
Singapore
|
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
|
What is Singapore?
| |
50.wav
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science
|
'Ossification, the formation of this, begins in the embryo at the end of the second month'
|
bone
|
3cbf8fed-74d5-4690-b715-711fcf8d825f
|
What is a bone?
| |
51.wav
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american_history
|
'In 1961 he became the first brother of a president appointed to a cabinet position'
|
Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General)
|
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
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Who is Robert F. Kennedy?
| |
52.wav
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word_origins
|
'Ironically, this synonym for a stupid person is based on the name of 1 of the most brilliant scholars of the 14th c.'
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Dunce (from John Duns Scotus)
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2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
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What is a dunce (from John Duns Scotus)?
| |
53.wav
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literature
|
'This 1852 work was subtitled "Life Among the Lowly"'
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Uncle Tom\'s Cabin
|
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
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What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
| |
54.wav
|
world_history
|
'In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession'
|
Seven Years\' War
|
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
|
What was the Seven Years' War?
| |
55.wav
|
literature
|
'Novel in which an old seaman sings, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest --- Yo--Ho--Ho, and a bottle of rum"'
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"Treasure Island"
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6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532
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What is Treasure Island?
| |
56.wav
|
science
|
'This heavenly body's prominences include dark filaments & clouds of gas'
|
The Sun
|
f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa
|
What is The Sun?
| |
57.wav
|
american_history
|
'In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March'
|
Alaska
|
f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94
|
What is Alaska?
| |
58.wav
|
american_history
|
'From 1757 to 1762 this man was ambassador extraordinaire of the American colonies to Great Britain'
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2
|
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
| |
59.wav
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word_origins
|
'Lettuce tell you the term salad comes from the French "salade" meaning with this seasoning'
|
salt
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7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
|
What is salt?
| |
60.wav
|
american_history
|
'This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part"'
|
NRA (National Recovery Administration)
|
34bde396-9fde-4ebf-ad03-e3a1d1155205
|
What is the NRA (National Recovery Administration)?
| |
61.wav
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literature
|
'His wife Mary said the caroling of a skylark in Leghorn inspired his poem "To a Skylark"'
|
(Percy) Shelley
|
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
|
Who is (Percy) Shelley?
| |
62.wav
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word_origins
|
'The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic for "reuniting"'
|
algebra
|
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
|
What is algebra?
| |
63.wav
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american_history
|
'When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885'
|
Charleston
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bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5
|
What is Charleston?
| |
64.wav
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american_history
|
'He obtained a charter to establish Georgia in 1732 & founded Savannah a year later'
|
(James) Oglethorpe
|
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
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Who is James Oglethorpe?
| |
65.wav
|
literature
|
'Where you can't go again in Thomas Wolfe title'
|
home
|
c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306
|
What is home?
| |
66.wav
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literature
|
'Dickens said this title character was "born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk" as a "posthumous child"'
|
"David Copperfield"
|
13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4
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Who is David Copperfield?
| |
67.wav
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american_history
|
'This president said fear itself is "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts"'
|
FDR
|
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
|
Who was FDR?
| |
68.wav
|
american_history
|
'Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819'
|
Memphis
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c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
|
What is Memphis?
| |
69.wav
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literature
|
'He wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"'
|
Arthur Hailey
|
bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5
|
Who is Arthur Hailey?
| |
70.wav
|
science
|
'by definition an anaerobe is an organism that lives in an environment free of this element'
|
oxygen
|
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
|
What is oxygen?
| |
71.wav
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literature
|
'His essay "Civil Disobedience" was delivered as a lecture & printed as "Resistance to Civil Government"'
|
(Henry David) Thoreau
|
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
|
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
| |
72.wav
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literature
|
'Poet John Donne was first to write "No man is" this'
|
an island
|
7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
|
What is an island?
| |
73.wav
|
world_history
|
'Portuguese sailors off course in a 1543 storm became the 1st Europeans to land in this Asian island country'
|
Japan
|
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
|
What is Japan?
| |
74.wav
|
literature
|
'In this Orwell novel, the Ministry of Peace, also known as Minipax, concerns itself with war'
|
1984
|
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
|
What is 1984?
| |
75.wav
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literature
|
'James Jones' 1962 novel "The Thin Red Line" was a sequel to this 1951 work'
|
"From Here to Eternity"
|
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
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What is "From Here to Eternity"?
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76.wav
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literature
|
'Alex Haley's first major work was "The Autobiography Of" this black militant leader'
|
Malcolm X
|
0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb
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Who was Malcolm X?
| |
77.wav
|
science
|
'The pH in pH scale stands for the "potential of " this element'
|
Hydrogen
|
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
|
What is Hydrogen?
| |
78.wav
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literature
|
'At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel'
|
Ishmael
|
13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4
|
Who is Ishmael?
| |
79.wav
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word_origins
|
'The name of this South American Indian group was originally the title of their emperor'
|
Incas
|
78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2
|
Who were the Incas?
| |
80.wav
|
science
|
'The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat jellyfish'
|
turtle/tortoise
|
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
|
What is a turtle or tortoise?
| |
81.wav
|
world_history
|
'It's been estimated that this grand inquisitor put to death about 2,000 people during his term of office, 1483-1498'
|
(Tomás de) Torquemada
|
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
|
Who was (Tomás de) Torquemada?
| |
82.wav
|
literature
|
'His "Jungle Book" prose begins, "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills..."'
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
|
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
| |
83.wav
|
world_history
|
'Ferdinand & Isabella promised to make him "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" if he was successful in his 1492 voyage'
|
Christopher Columbus
|
97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a
|
Who is Christopher Columbus?
| |
84.wav
|
american_history
|
'In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas'
|
Michigan
|
23e9e50a-4ea2-447b-b589-df90dbb848a2
|
What is Michigan?
| |
85.wav
|
american_history
|
'What's known as the second of these programs began with FDR's January 4, 1935 message to Congress'
|
the New Deal
|
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
|
What is the New Deal?
| |
86.wav
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'Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease'
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'The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts'
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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science
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'The tail of this body is formed when ice turns into gas as it gets closer to the sun'
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a comet
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'In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there'
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Little Rock, AR
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'Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece'
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Portrait of a Lady
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world_history
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'In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia'
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South Africa
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american_history
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'In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war'
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War of 1812
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world_history
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'This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901'
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Wilhelmina
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literature
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'Although married to Alexei, she falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky'
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Anna Karenina
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'The hero of a Robert Burns poem lends his name to this woolen cap with a pompom or a tassel'
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Tam o\' Shanter
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science
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'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant'
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spray cans
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science
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'Singular form of the word "bacteria"'
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bacterium
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world_history
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'On Feb. 12, 1912, the last emperor of this dynasty abdicated, ending more than 3,000 years of Chinese monarchy'
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Manchu
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science
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'These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action'
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hot air balloons
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