While working on the emission of short-wave electromagnetic energy, Percy Le Baron Spencer discovered this new way to cook in 1946:
microwave oven
toaster oven
pressure cooker
gas grill
electric oven
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After this invention came to be marketed in 1945, homemakers had more than babies to burp:
tupperware
cocktail shaker
mixer
blender
waterbed
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This modern fiber was first produced in 1895 and was first known as VISCOSE, not obtaining its modern name until 1936:
rayon
nylon
dacron
teflon
futon
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In 1847, the French fashion designer and professor of fashion design Lavigne filed a patent for a machine to make this dress-makers basic tool:
sewing tape measure
needle
button
seam guide
button hole maker
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This man applied for the patent for the safety razor in 1901:
King Camp Gillette
Frederick Remington
Robert Wilkinson
Oslo Norelco
Orville Redenbacher
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This machine that helps people get to the top was first invented in 1887:
electric elevator
aluminum ladder
escalator
pogo stick
circular stairs
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This item was first produced in 1924 under the name of Celluwipes:
paper handkerchiefs
toilet paper
paper towels
glass cleaner
coffee filter
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This item was invented to be around people in 1958:
hula-hoop
plastic waistband
nylon necktie
panty hose
unisex girdle
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This sport was invented by James Naismith, and the first game was played in 1892:
basketball
soccer
rugby
tiddly-winks
lacrosse
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The Constitution of The United States was ratified by the required nine states in which year?
1788
94 BC
1864
1776
1785
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The Declaration of Independence is which part of the Constitution?
No part
The Preamble
The Introduction
The Bill of Rights
The First Article
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Under what conditions may an American citizen be made into a legal slave today?
Convicted criminals may be enslaved.
No conditions; slavery is outlawed.
Spies may be enslaved.
When they move to the south.
If they are descendants of Confederate soldiers.
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Which amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
The 23rd Amendment
The Bill of Rights
The 5th Amendment
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From what famous document did the following passage come: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty..."
The Preamble
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Monroe Doctrine
The Mayflower Compact
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Conservative students of the Constitution believe that Zero Tolerance (the seizure of property based on any measurable amount of contraband discovered), is unconstitutional based on what two amendments?
4th and 14th
1st and 5th
14th and 19th
23rd and 29th
2nd and 12th
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Which amendment is the NRA's favorite?
2nd
61st
63rd
4th
5th
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If a policeman commandeers your car to apprehend a criminal in a high-speed chase and totals your car in the process, which amendment states that you shall be compensated whether or not your property was damaged?
5th Amendment
7th Amendment
6th Amendment
1st Amendment
4th Amendment
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Which amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
7th Amendment
1st Amendment
10th Amendment
3rd Amendment
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The First Amendment protects . . .
All of the above
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom of the press
Right of petition
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Freedom of religion in the First Amendment prohibits religious ideals from being promoted to the people by whom?
Congress
Public school teachers
The President
Religious government officials
All public workers and officials
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In 1971, the 26th amendment was ratified. What did it concern?
Giving 18-year-olds the right to vote
District of Columbia statehood
The Equal Rights Amendment
Giving women the right to vote
Giving blacks the right to vote
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In 1951 the number of terms a President could serve was limited to two. Which amendment was this?
22nd
23rd
25th
12th
20th
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The 18th amendment was the only one passed partly because of domestic violence -- domestic meaning "family", not "territory." What was the true basis for this amendment?
Prohibition
Voting rights of women
The abuse amendment
The child abuse amendment
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Prohibition was repealed in the 21st amendment in what year?
1933
1945
1923
1970
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The right of U.S. citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any state on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude (15th amendment). In what year was this ratified?
1870
1964
1620
1869
1492
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The Nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote in which year?
1920
1869
1914
1945
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This Revolutionary War General, known as "Light-Horse Harry", was the father of a famous General for the Confederacy during the Civil War:
Henry Lee
Abraham Jackson
Mason Early
Griswold Handcock
Marshall Stuart
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This early President was known as "His Rotundity":
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison
Millard Fillmore
Thomas Jefferson
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Which Senator and candidate for president was known as "The Little Giant?"
Stephen A. Douglas
Thaddeus Stevens
Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
James Buchanan
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Which Civil War General came to be known as "Unconditional Surrender?"
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Benjamin Harrison
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This Indian chief was a victor along with Crazy Horse and Rain-In-the-Face at a famous massacre of the U.S. Calvary:
Sitting Bull
Running Water
Keokuk
Blackhawk
Geronimo
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Which congressman was the only man to be both the son and the father of a president?
John Scott Harrison
William Roosevelt
Carlyle Adams
Robert Johnson
Moses Lincoln
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This third political party had as its leader an ex-president and its official name was the Progressive Party. What was it commonly called?
Bull Moose Party
The No-Nothings
Whigs
Torys
The Young Republicans
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What agreement was negotiated in Paris with the French by diplomats Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Monore Doctrine
Livingston's Treaty
Treaty of 1812
SALT Treaty
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This famous Indian Chief surrendered to Zachary Taylor at Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin:
Black Hawk
Tecumseh
Pontiac
Sequoyah
Geronimo
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In what ficticious novel is a priest called to cast out the demons in a little girl?
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
Psycho
Father Brown Goes to Washington
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In what tale does a family of Oklahoma farmers leave the Dust Bowl of the 1930s to travel to California?
The Grapes of Wrath
Less Than Zero
California, Here I Come
The Reivers
Crime and Punishment
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A fisherman battles a large fish off the coast of Cuba. In what tale of modern literature does this take place?
The Old Man and the Sea
Moby Dick
Of Human Bondage
Tender is the Night
Sea of Love
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In what novel does a southern lawyer defend a black man wrongly accused of a crime while his two children watch him in court?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hurry Sundown
The Moviegoer
A Confederacy of Dunces
Reflections In a Golden Eye
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A couple of small-time drifters slaughter a Kansas family for little or no reason, then drive around until they get caught. In what novel is this the plot?
In Cold Blood
Little Coffins
Blood Games
The Killing
The Killers
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This man was the star of the top-rated Western of all time. Name him.
James Arness
Steve McQueen
James Garner
Clint Eastwood
Barney Miller
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What was the longest running sports program on Prime time network TV?
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Baseball
WWF Wrestling
Cavalcade of Sports
Hollywood Squares
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What was the longest running night time Soap?
Dallas
Peyton Place
Knots Landing
Falcon Crest
Tom, Dick, and Mary
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What is the longest running network show of all time?
The Tonight Show
Meet the Press
Sixty Minutes
Walt Disney
Andy Griffith Show
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Which explorer landed on Canada's east coast in 1497?
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain
Jacques Cartier
Humphrey Gilbert
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Which king proclaimed Canada a province of France in 1663?
Louis XIV
Henry VI
Louis XV
Charles II
Richard III
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This treaty gave Britain control of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay region:
The Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Paris
SALT Treaty
Treaty of Versailles
The Hapsburt Treaty
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In 1812, this country attempted an invasion of Canada and dismally failed.
The United States
Britain
France
Germany
Prussia
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Which act of 1840 combined upper and lower Canada into the province of Canada?
The Act of Union
The British North America Act
The Stamp Act
The Integration Act
The Canadian Act of 1840
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Who led unsuccessful rebellions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 1870 and 1885?
Louis Riel
Simon Bolivar
Louis Papineaue
Louis Metis
Louis Nye
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What man became Canada's first French Canadian Prime Minister in 1896?
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Sir Laurence Olivier
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Sir Louis St. Laurent
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In 1949 the Supreme Court of Canada became the final court of appeals. Previously it was the...:
