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Question: Q: Name the US president
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Answer: A: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Question: Q: What type of internal combustion engine has one upward stroke and one downward stroke to every power stroke?
Answer: A: Two stroke
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Question: Q: Which country helped Italian investors support Columbus' expedition to the Americas after Portugal had turned him down?
Answer: A: Spain
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Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece?
Answer: A: Refracting telescope
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Question: Q: Which Welwyn Garden City carpet fitter became the world's top-ranked golfer?
Answer: A: Nick Faldo
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Question: Q: Who, born in 1643, was the second scientist to be knighted?
Answer: A: Sir Isaac Newton (knighted in 1705)
Notes: *: Sir Francis Bacon was the first, knighted in 1603.
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Question: Q: Name the game
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Answer: A: Game of life
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Question: Q: Show
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Answer: A: Dynasty
Notes: *: 1981-1989
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Question: Q: The fear of menstruation is known as what?
Answer: A: Menophobia
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Question: Q: What Japanese term meaning 'divine wind' was adopted into the English language to describe World War II suicide pilots?
Answer: A: Kamikaze
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