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- Two of these are said to "make a whole"...
- halves
- halfs
- halfes
- halvs
- harves
- haves
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- Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna are both...
- volcanoes
- vulcanos
- vollcanoes
- volccanoes
- volcannoes
- volcannos
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- If it does not rain for a long period, this may follow...
- drought
- drout
- drowt
- drougt
- drught
- droght
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- Not much...only a little...
- slight
- slyt
- sleight
- sleigt
- sleght
- slieght
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- The second month of the year is...
- February
- Febuary
- Febbruary
- Februery
- Feburry
- Febbuary
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- The system for sending messages using dots and dashes is...
- Morse code
- braille
- telex
- teletext
- tele code
- radar
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- Which is the second largest city in the US?
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- Detroit
- Dallas
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- Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle was...
- Waterloo
- Somme
- Dieppe
- Trafalgar
- Gallipoli
- Corsica
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- LAX, O'Hare, and JFK are all...
- airports
- stations
- ports
- harbors
- monuments
- towns
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- The king who turned anything he touched to gold was...
- Midas
- Spartus
- Janus
- Remus
- Ceres
- Sceptas
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- Which is not a musical term?
- maxim
- harmony
- counterpoint
- rhythm
- tone
- note
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- What type of animals are flies, beetles, and locusts?
- insects
- molluscs
- amphibians
- teleosts
- reptiles
- flukes
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- What type of insect is a Monarch?
- butterfly
- moth
- beetle
- mayfly
- dragonfly
- earwig
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- To which family of instruments does the piano belong?
- percussion
- woodwind
- brass
- string
- concerto
- symphony
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- In which city's harbor would you find the Little Mermaid?
- Copenhagen
- Stockholm
- Helsinki
- Amsterdam
- Bergen
- Sydney
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- The part of the eye which focuses light is the...
- lens
- sclera
- retina
- iris
- cornea
- humor
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- What can be cirrus, cumulus, or stratus?
- clouds
- storms
- rivers
- waterfalls
- sounds
- stars
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- What is the next number in the series: 1, 4, 9, 16?
- 25
- 32
- 30
- 17
- 24
- 22
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- What is the name of the Earth's natural satellite?
- the Moon
- Telstar
- Orion
- Columbia
- Mercury
- the Sun
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- Water is made up of oxygen and...
- hydrogen
- carbon
- sulphur
- helium
- nitrogen
- fluorine
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- What would you do with a thesaurus?
- read it
- eat it
- throw it
- draw it
- wear it
- drive it
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- Where in the body would you find the cochlea?
- the ears
- the eyes
- the brain
- the throat
- the lungs
- the heart
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- Which does not belong?
- New York
- London
- Paris
- Rome
- Washington
- Canberra
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- What might you do in a samba?
- dance
- sing
- run
- hop
- wait
- ride
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- Which of these was not a composer?
- Giovani
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Mahler
- Puccini
- Verdi
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- Where might you find chlorophyll?
- plants
- cameras
- hospitals
- cars
- insects
- computers
-
- What is the next number in this series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5?
- 8
- 10
- 7
- 5
- 25
- 16
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- What could you do with a Stradivarius?
- play it
- eat it
- read it
- sing to it
- race it
- ride in it
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- Which does not belong?
- Beethoven
- Van Gogh
- Michelangelo
- Rubens
- Dali
- Picasso
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- You might sign a letter with your...
- signature
- signeture
- signiture
- signatur
- signetur
- signitur
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- Someone paid to drive his or her employer is a...
- chauffeur
- chauffer
- chauffar
- chuafer
- chuaffeur
- chaufar
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- Which Roman town was covered in lava in AD 79?
- Pompeii
- Naples
- Rome
- Florence
- Pisa
- Verona
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- What is the largest animal on Earth?
- blue whale
- sperm whale
- elephant
- narwhal
- porpoise
- dolphin
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- Which of these is the furthest north?
- Berlin
- London
- Paris
- Rome
- Tokyo
- New York
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- What is the square root of 400?
- 20
- 200
- 40
- 100
- 50
- 80
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- What is the cube root of 125?
- 5
- 15
- 25
- 9
- 19
- 27
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- What number comes next in this sequence: 1, 9, 25, 49?
- 81
- 75
- 73
- 85
- 99
- 35
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- What did Jack Horner put in his pie?
- his thumb
- a knife
- 24 blackbirds
- berries
- a fork
- his teeth
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- How many "legs" do 17 starfish have?
- 85
- 95
- 102
- 119
- 136
- 105
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- What number do the Roman numerals CIX stand for?
- 109
- 1009
- 59
- 111
- 1011
- 61
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- How many seconds are there in one hour?
- 3,600
- 360
- 36,000
- 6,000
- 9,000
- 4,200
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- Which does not belong?
- pound
- fathom
- mile
- kilometer
- foot
- meter
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- Which is the longest?
- 23 decades
- 2 centuries
- 211 years
- 5,000 weeks
- 2,500 months
- 75,760 days
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- What is a silver anniversary?
- 25 years
- 30 years
- 45 years
- 35 years
- 20 years
- 55 years
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- What is a golden anniversary?
- 50 years
- 60 years
- 40 years
- 45 years
- 75 years
- 20 years
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- On a 24-hour clock, what is 32 minutes after 11:29 p.m.?
- 00:01
- 12:01
- 24:01
- 23:51
- 12:51
- 00:51
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- How many degrees are in half a circle?
- 180
- 200
- 190
- 210
- 175
- 185
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- Which of these are not part of an insect?
- ears
- eyes
- antennae
- legs
- thorax
- abdomen
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- Which vitamin is said to "help you see in the dark"?
- A
- B1
- B12
- C
- D
- E
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- Which mineral helps bones and teeth to grow?
- calcium
- iron
- magnesium
- sodium
- nitrogen
- iodine
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- Calcium carbonate is commonly known as...
- chalk
- baking soda
- washing soda
- soap
- talc
- sand
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- What do you get if you mix lead and tin?
- bronze
- zinc
- copper
- magnesium
- iron
- silver
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- Which is the largest of the United States?
- Alaska
- Texas
- Utah
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- Arizona
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- July is named after...
- Julius Caesar
- Emperor Julian
- Jupiter
- the goddess Juno
- Queen Juliana
- Pope Julius
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- Which country has the largest area?
- Russia
- China
- Canada
- Brazil
- Australia
- Greenland
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- Which of these countries is not in Africa?
- Fiji
- Malawi
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Benin
- Angola
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- Which is the nearest star to Earth?
- the Sun
- Sirius
- Canopus
- Vega
- Wolf 359
- Capella
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- How much of the Earth's surface is covered in water?
- 71%
- 76%
- 81%
- 66%
- 61%
- 86%
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- Which does not belong?
- Pittsburgh
- Little Rock
- Sacramento
- Boston
- Albany
- Austin
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- The place in which you live is your...
- residence
- resedence
- residance
- resedance
- resideance
- resadence
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- Which city has a leaning tower?
- Pisa
- Florence
- Nice
- Rome
- Naples
- Venice
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- How many dots would you find on two dice?
- 42
- 63
- 45
- 26
- 54
- 36
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- Which is the world's most famous bicycle race?
- Tour de France
- Tour de Trump
- Indy 500
- Salinas Stakes
- Bremen Cup
- Schwinn Open
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- An optician is concerned with which part of your body?
- eyes
- ears
- feet
- teeth
- heart
- hands
-
- A meal cooked over charcoal, often in the open air, is a...
- barbecue
- babecue
- barbbecue
- barbacue
- barbacu
- berbecue
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- The start of something is the...
- beginning
- begginning
- begining
- beggining
- biginning
- bigining
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- If you are assured of something, you may be given a...
- guarantee
- guarentee
- guerantee
- garentee
- garantee
- guerentee
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- More than half is a...
- majority
- magority
- magorety
- majorety
- majorrity
- mijority
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- The people next door are your...
- neighbors
- nieghbors
- neighbuors
- neighboors
- neighbores
- neighbers
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- Which does not belong?
- mercury
- gold
- zinc
- copper
- aluminum
- lead
-
- What do you get if you mix copper and zinc?
- brass
- bronze
- lead
- steel
- silver
- tin
-
- When something is dehydrated, what is removed?
- water
- sugars
- proteins
- fats
- vitamins
- minerals
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- Which vitamin is found in sunlight, milk, and cod liver oil?
- D
- A
- B
- C
- E
- K
-
- Which bone protects the brain?
- skull
- scapula
- ulna
- femur
- pelvis
- sternum
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- Which of these Roman numerals is the largest?
- M
- C
- L
- X
- V
- I
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