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Q1. What term is used for both a railroad station and a military storage facility? Answer

Q2. Correct the grammar of this sentence: "None of us are able to work through the summer without a vacation." Answer

Q3. Between 1790 and 1840, what country accepted convicts? Answer

Q4. Cirrhosis is a common and very serious disease of the liver. What is the most common cause of cirrhosis? Answer

Q5. Since the Middle Ages, the House of Grimaldi has ruled what principality? Answer

Q6. BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson is not just military history, but political, social, and economic history as well. What war does this book examine? Answer

Q7. More than one man has been sued for divorce by his third or even his fourth wife, but what 19th century American religious leader was sued for divorce by his 27th wife? Answer

Q8. What color was Moby Dick? Answer

Q9. What is the heaviest element that a star can form by nuclear fusion? Answer

Q10. The voluntary relinquishing of a known right is called (a) waiver, (b) liquidation, (c) proxy, or (d) tort? Answer

Q11. Who won a Pulitzer Prize in the 1920’s for his first full-length play with this title? "Beyond the Horizon" Answer

Q12. Two countries were admitted to the United Nations on the same day in 1973. One of these was East Germany. Name the other. Answer

Q13. The oldest anti-apartheid organization in South Africa is the Natal-Indian Conference founded in 1894. Who founded it? Answer

Q14. Put yourself in Galileo’s position: on top of the Tower of Pisa. You drop a lead ball. It has no initial velocity. In feet per second, what will its velocity be in 1.5 seconds? Answer

Q15. Quartzite is a metamorphic rock. What was quartzite originally before it became quartzite? Answer

Q16. Abraham Lincoln is alleged to have realized his opposition to slavery when, at the age of 19, he saw a slave auction in what large city on the Mississippi River? Answer

Q17. If a wheel rotates 12 times per minute, how many degrees does it rotate in 5 seconds? Answer

Q18. Name the mythical setting of the series for children by L. Frank Baum. Answer

Q19. The list of interests and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin seems endless. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that he is credited with perfecting the design of a type of chair still popular today. What type? Answer

Q20. Born in 1811, he retired from the concert stage in 1827 at the age of 16. He came out of retirement in 1833. His most popular works are his 19 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES. Name him. Answer

Q21. What type of musical notation indicates silence or nor sound? Answer

Q22. It is the belief of some scientists that one letter in the English alphabet has its origin in the ancient hieroglyphic picture of the human eye. It shouldn’t be too hard to guess the letter. Answer

Q23. Which fictional character was dubbed the "Knight of the Woeful Countenance" by his squire? Answer

Q24. Which former military leader wrote "My American Journey"? Answer

Q25. What botanical adjective beginning with the letter "s" refers to plants whose thick, fleshy leaves and stems conserve water? Answer

Q26. Who was serving as Commander in Chief in the United States when Hiroshima was devastated by an atomic bomb? Answer