Who is the god of the underworld and the dead in Greek mythology?
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Hades.
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To which family of birds does the kookaburra belong?
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Kingfisher.
Which lost city was discovered by archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911?
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Machu Picchu.
Maine Coon, Ragdoll and Sphynx are breeds of what animal?
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Cat.
The Dome of the Rock is a shrine in which Middle Eastern city?
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Jerusalem.
Pop singer Rihanna is from what Caribbean country?
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Barbados.
What is the common name for Ctenocephalides canis?
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The dog flea.
Which author first came up with the 3 laws of robotics?
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Isaac Asimov.
What is the scientific term for trees that lose their leaves in winter?
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Deciduous.
What alcohol is in a classic mojito?
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Rum.
In mythology, who had the gift of prophecy and the curse of not being believed?
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Cassandra.
Who did nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoot on live TV in 1963?
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Lee Harvey Oswald.
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
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Mars.
Who ruled as dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975?
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General Franco.
In which French city did the Popes reside during the 14th century?
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Avignon.
Who wrote the poem ‘Ozymandias’?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Wassily Kandinsky was a pioneer of what art movement?
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Abstract art.
Albert Wesker is a character in which video game franchise?
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Resident Evil.
Which boy band’s first album was ‘Up All Night’?
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One Direction.
Who played the titular role in the 1959 movie Ben-Hur?
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Charlton Heston.
Who succeeded Henry VIII as King of England in 1547?
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Edward VI.
In what type of building would you see the Dewey classification system used?
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A library.
The Holland Tunnel runs under which river?
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The Hudson River.
What is the only U.S. state named after an American?
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Washington.
In what card game can you score ‘one for his nobs’?
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Cribbage.
In what sport do competitors soop the ice and throw stones at houses?
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Curling.
Who wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451?
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Ray Bradbury.
What was the last Beatles album the band recorded before they broke up?
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Abbey Road.
What is the capital city of the state of New South Wales in Australia?
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Sydney.
Who was the first U.S. president to live in the White House?
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John Adams.
Who was the longest-serving first lady of the United States?
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Eleanor Roosevelt.
What U.S. city is the Guggenheim Museum in?
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New York.
Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Rudyard Kipling.
Who became the last Tsar of Russia in 1894?
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Nicholas II.
What is the the study of the brain and nervous system called?
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Neuroscience.
What country has the world’s highest capital city?
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Bolivia (La Paz).
What 90s girl group had a huge hit with the song No Scrubs?
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TLC.
Who wrote the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas?
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Jules Verne.
