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world	Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution deals with Relations Among the States.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
world	Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1992?	[ "29", "19", "27", "22" ]	27
world	These two Oxford students were members of Monty Python.	[ "Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam", "John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson", "Michael Palin and Terry Jones", "Terry Gilliam and John Cleese" ]	Michael Palin and Terry Jones
world	This Oxford scholar wrote The Wealth of Nations.	[ "William Golding", "Thomas Hobbes", "Aldous Huxley", "Adam Smith" ]	Adam Smith
world	This Oxford graduate wrote Lord of the Flies.	[ "John Locke", "Adam Smith", "Thomas Hobbes", "William Golding" ]	William Golding
world	This Oxford graduate wrote The Leviathan, a classic work on legitimate government and society.	[ "John Locke", "William Golding", "Jonathan Swift", "Thomas Hobbes" ]	Thomas Hobbes
world	This English philosopher wrote Two Treatises on Government , a philosophical work that had a great influence on the writers of the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.	[ "Thomas Hobbes", "Adam Smith", "John Locke", "Aldous Huxley" ]	John Locke
world	This neurologist was an Oxford grad who became famous for his athletic ability.	[ "Roger Bannister", "Jonathan Swift", "Al Oerter", "Michael Spitz" ]	Roger Bannister
world	This Oxford scholar was a master of satire. He wrote A Modest Proposal, and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity.	[ "William Golding", "Roger Bannister", "Jonathan Swift", "Adam Smith" ]	Jonathan Swift
world	This Oxford scholar dared to try spread freedom and was assassinated as a result.	[ "Anwar Sadat", "King Harald", "William Penn`", "Benazir Bhutto" ]	Benazir Bhutto
world	This Oxford graduate wrote the screenplay for the movie The Third Man.	[ "John Locke", "Thomas Hobbes", "Jonathan Swift", "Graham Greene" ]	Graham Greene
world	This Romantic poet lived 1788-1824. Among his best works are Don Juan and When We Two Parted.	[ "Matthew Arnold", "Robert Browning", "Alfred Lord Tennyson", "Lord Byron" ]	Lord Byron
world	This Oxford scholar is credited with making the first mechanical computer.	[ "Isaac Newton", "G.H.Hardy", "Charles Babbage", "James Clerk Maxwell" ]	Charles Babbage
world	This great scientist was able to show the equivalence of electricity, magnetism and light via a set of equations that carry his name.	[ "G.H. Hardy", "Charles Babbage", "James Clerk Maxwell", "Isaac Newton" ]	James Clerk Maxwell
world	This Oxford scholar is the author of a series of books about a teddy bear .	[ "A.A. Milne", "Earl Gray", "lord Grey", "Lord Byron" ]	A.A. Milne
world	He was a great British mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. His attempt to give mathematics a complete axiomatic basis was foiled. In 1950 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.	[ "JRR Tolkien", "Aldous Huxley", "Bertrand Russell", "John Le Carre" ]	Bertrand Russell
world	This Oxford scholar and Indian Prime Minister was assassinated in 1984.	[ "Imran Khan", "Mohandas Gandhi", "Indira Gandhi", "Benazir Bhutto" ]	Indira Gandhi
world	He was, arguably, the greatest architect in British history. He designed St. Pauls Cathedral in London.	[ "Tim Mallett", "I.M.Pei", "Chad Varah", "Christopher Wren" ]	Christopher Wren
world	He was a great British explorer, an orientalist, and, probably, the first non-Muslim to visit Mecca and Medina.	[ "Cecil Rhodes", "Nevil Shute", "Richard Burton", "Aldous Huxley" ]	Richard Burton
world	Who wrote The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Constant Gardener?	[ "Nevil Shute", "John Le Carre", "William F. Golding", "Robert Ludlum" ]	John Le Carre
world	This Oxford scholar is given credit for developing the World Wide Web.	[ "Vannevar Bush", "Philip Larkin", "Al Gore", "Timothy Berners-Lee" ]	Vannevar Bush
world	Ah, beauty and brains! This British beauty attended Oxford but left before graduation to become an actress. She was seen in Pearl Harbor, Laural Canyon, and Serendipidy.	[ "Bridget Moynihan", "Kate Winslet", "Cate Blanchett", "Kate Beckinsale" ]	Kate Beckinsale
world	This English author depicts an Oxford scholar (Clerk) as one of the pilgrims in his most famous work.	[ "Bunyan", "Shakespeare", "Milton", "Chaucer" ]	Chaucer
world	On June 5 in 1661 Issac Newton was admitted to which college?	[ "Trinity College, Dublin", "Trinity College, North Carolina", "Trinity College, Oxford", "Trinity College, Cambridge" ]	Trinity College, Cambridge
world	On June 5 in the year 70, the Romans first broke through the walls of Jerusalem. Who was their leader?	[ "Titus", "Marcellus Aurelius", "Vespasian", "Valerian" ]	Titus
world	Denmark became a constitutional monarchy on June 5 in what year?	[ "1792", "1849", "1915", "1479" ]	1849
world	On June 5 in 1851 The Natonal Era began publishing a serial that took ten months to finish. The serial which treated slavery was made into a very popular book. Who was the author?	[ "Samuel Clemens( Mark Twain)", "Horace Greeley", "Harriet Ward Lowell", "Harriet Beecher Stowe" ]	Harriet Beecher Stowe
world	On June 5 in 1833 the first person acknowledged to be a computer programmer met the person considered the father of modern computing. Who met whom?	[ "George Kemeny met Thomas Kurtz", "Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage", "Thomas Kurtz met Ada Lovelace", "Grace Hooper met Charles Babbage" ]	Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage
world	The USA began a program of Army registration day for World War I, on June 5 in what year?	[ "1916", "1915", "1914", "1917" ]	1917
world	The first fax across the Atlantic to Europe was sent on June 5 in what year?	[ "1949", "1955", "1924", "1992" ]	1924
world	On June 5 during World War II, Rome was liberated from the Fascists. In what year did this happen?	[ "1939", "1944", "1949", "1938" ]	1944
world	The Unknown Rebel halted an entire column of Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square on June 5 in what year?	[ "1996", "1989", "2001", "1999" ]	1989
world	On June 5 in 1956 young Elvis Presley introduced his version of Hound Dog during his third appearance on a TV show. What was the show?	[ "Milton Berle Show", "Ed Sullivan", "Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Show", "Steve Allen Show" ]	Milton Berle Show
world	Which of these events did not occur on a June 5?	[ "The ever popular Kenny G. was born.", "Robert Blake was found liable for the death of his wife in a civil trial in 2000.", "The Battle of France begins in World War II.", "Robert F. Kennedy is murdered." ]	Robert Blake was found liable for the death of his wife in a civil trial in 2000.
world	On October 12th 1492, after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached the Spice Islands of East Asia. He claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, regardless of the indigenous population living there.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
world	On October 12th, 1998, this University of Wyoming student was robbed, tortured and left for dead by two attackers outside of Laramie, Wyoming.	[ "Matthew Shepard", "Russell Henderson", "Dennis Shepard", "Aaron McKinney" ]	Matthew Shepard
world	On 12 October in 1810, the first Oktoberfest was held to celebrate the marriage of then Bavarian Crown Prince Louis (Ludwig) and his bride, Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Near what city were the festivities held?	[ "Stuttgart", "Potsdam", "Augsberg", "Munich" ]	Munich
world	On 12 October in 1945, PFC Desmond T. Doss won the Congressional Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery as a medical corpsman and became the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the nations highest military award.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
world	12th October 1582 does not exist in Italy.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
world	What did children attending American public schools do for the first time on October 12, 1892?	[ "said the Pledge of Allegiance", "were released from classes by the ringing of a bell", "had provided school lunches", "said Prayers" ]	said the Pledge of Allegiance
world	On 12 October, 1960, Nikita Khrushchev pounded this on a desk at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.	[ "his fist", "his shoe", "his water glass", "his gavel" ]	his shoe
world	The Communications Act of 1912 forced amateur operators to take lengthy tests before a Department of Commerce examiner and issued commercial ship-to-shore call signs to early broadcasting stations. Name the Secretary of Commerce that oversaw this first step toward communication regulation in the United States.	[ "Herbert Hoover", "Franklin Delano Roosevelt", "Solomon Chase", "William Jennings Bryan" ]	Herbert Hoover
world	Radio Nederland, the BBC and Radio Berlin were three of the very few short wave radio stations broadcasting to international audiences before the 1930s. Short Wave referred to the wavelength of the radio frequencies such broadcasters used because they were much shorter than the typical 300 meter AM band used for commercial broadcasting.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
world	The first licensed commercial radio station in the United States was KDKA in Pittsburgh.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
world	Where is the headquarters of NATO?	[ "Brussels", "Haga", "Stockholm", "Berne" ]	Brussels
world	What are the two countries referenced in the title of the Two Plus Four Treaty, which resulted in the first expansion of NATO after the Cold War?	[ "East Germany and Federal Republic of Germany", "Poland and Ukraine", "Latvia and Lithuania", "Slovenia and Slovakia" ]	East Germany and Federal Republic of Germany
world	Where was the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949?	[ "Washington", "Paris", "London", "New York" ]	Washington
world	The International Security Assistance Force (10), that started on 20 December 2001, is a NATO-led mission for security and development in what country?	[ "Pakistan", "Afghanistan", "Iran", "Iraq" ]	Afghanistan
world	Operation Essential Harvest, meant to disarm ethnic Albanian groups, was carried out in what country?	[ "Macedonia", "Montenegro", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Serbia" ]	Macedonia
world	Who chairs the North Atlantic Council, the most senior political governing body of NATO?	[ "the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic", "the Supreme Allied Commander Europe", "the Chairman of the Military Committee", "the Secretary General" ]	the Secretary General
world	What is the NATO ACCS Management Agency responsible for?	[ "Atlantic control", "Astronautical commissions", "Activities command", "Air control" ]	Air control
world	What states are eligible for NATO membership?	[ "European and American", "European", "Any state", "EU members" ]	European
world	What does Gladio refer to?	[ "Secretary General", "a Research and Technology organisation", "a NATO base", "a NATO operation" ]	a NATO operation
world	What NATO member state does not have its own standing army?	[ "Luxembourg", "Lithuania", "Iceland", "Estonia" ]	Iceland
world	Name this Dutch shortwave radio program that runned for a total of 77 years on Radio Nederland and its predecessor?	[ "Learn to Speak Dutch!", "March Around the Breakfast Table", "The Happy Station", "How the Dutch East India Company Came to be." ]	The Happy Station
world	A commercial radio stations first job is to educate its audience	[ "True", "False" ]	False
world	The reason for GEs purchase of the NBC Television Network is ironic - GE was forced to sell its RCA stock because RCA owned the fledgling broadcasting chain in the 1930s.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
world	Is the following information true?	[ "ward R. Murrow is often credited with creating broadcast news, but he was actually Director of Talks when CBS sent him to London as WWII started. Murrow built on predecessor Paul Whites work, in creating his system of European correspondents.", "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
world	Radio did not die when pictures were added just before World War I (Britain) or just after it (U.S.). How did it survive?	[ "Aligning with the great movie production houses allowed poor mans television", "Created the combo-man (engineer and host) and began programming music to specific demographic cells.", "Started the Top 40 radio format", "Started Make Believe Ballroom" ]	Created the combo-man (engineer and host) and began programming music to specific demographic cells.
world	What sounded the death knell for radio news on commercial radio stations?	[ "FCC Part 97.12", "The Communications Act of 1934", "Radio Deregulation Act of 1981", "The Telecommunications Act of 1992" ]	Radio Deregulation Act of 1981
world	Why can one company own more than 200 radio stations in the United States?	[ "To enable better campaign advertising", "To better saturate local markets with advertising", "So that certain country and western music can be heard in any U.S. radio market", "To better present potential and existing sponsors (national, regional and local) the ability to easily purchase listeners in a market" ]	To better present potential and existing sponsors (national, regional and local) the ability to easily purchase listeners in a market
world	Which of these colors is not present on the national flag of the Bahamas?	[ "Green", "Blue", "Yellow", "Black" ]	Green
world	What is the color of the star featured on the national flag of Morocco?	[ "Blue", "Red", "Yellow", "Green" ]	Green
world	What is the only country in the world whose national flag is not rectangular?	[ "Nepal", "Eritrea", "Guyana", "The Comoros" ]	Nepal
world	What interesting object is featured on the national flag of Grenada?	[ "Head of a bird", "Clove of nutmeg", "All of these", "Flame" ]	Clove of nutmeg
world	What bird is featured on the national flag of Papua New Guinea?	[ "Raggiana Bird of Paradise", "Superb Bird of Paradise", "Magnificent Bird of Paradise", "Curl-crested Manucode" ]	Raggiana Bird of Paradise
world	Which of these colors is not present on the Seychelles flag?	[ "White", "Green", "Black", "Yellow" ]	Black
world	What country has a crown depicted in the upper left corner of its flag?	[ "Montenegro", "Liechtenstein", "Malta", "Luxembourg" ]	Liechtenstein
world	What is the only country in the world whose flag features a building?	[ "Guatemala", "Cambodia", "Egypt", "Dominica" ]	Cambodia
world	The island of Tasmania has been called by this beautiful nickname.	[ "Island of dreams", "Island of abundance", "All of these", "Island of inspiration" ]	Island of inspiration
world	What animal which became extinct in the 20th century is depicted on the Coat of arms of Tasmania?	[ "All of these", "Tasmanian Wolf", "Thylacine", "Tasmanian Tiger" ]	All of these
world	What is the name of the state capital of the Australian state of Tasmania?	[ "Brisbane", "Perth", "Hobart", "Adelaide" ]	Hobart
world	What is the island of Tasmania named after?	[ "Animal", "Explorer", "Indigenous tribe", "Mountain" ]	Explorer
world	Tasmania is famous for the production of this alcoholic beverage.	[ "Brandy", "Vodka", "Wine", "Tequila" ]	Wine
world	What celebrated Hollywood actor was born on the island of Tasmania?	[ "All of these", "Anthony Quinn", "Ava Gardner", "Errol Flynn" ]	Errol Flynn
world	What animal became one of the symbols of the island and state of Tasmania?	[ "Tasmanian Devil", "Tasmanian Wombat", "Tasmanian Wallaby", "Tasmanian Emu" ]	Tasmanian Devil
world	What is the official motto of the Australian state of Tasmania?	[ "Wisdom and Integrity", "Fertility and Faithfulness", "None of these", "Abundance and Creativity" ]	Fertility and Faithfulness
world	How many distinct seasons are characteristic of the climate of Tasmania?	[ "Two seasons", "Four seasons", "Three seasons", "One season" ]	Four seasons
world	What are the colors of the official state flag of Tasmania?	[ "Yellow and Green", "Blue, white and red", "White and red", "Green, orange and blue" ]	Blue, white and red
world	The Bayamo Anthem is the title of the national anthem of this island country.	[ "Haiti", "Jamaica", "Cuba", "Maldives" ]	Cuba
world	What is the title of the national anthem of Japan?	[ "Eternal Land", "Until the Earth Comes to an End", "May Your Reign Last Forever", "Island of the Sun" ]	May Your Reign Last Forever
world	What country has a national anthem entitled Chosen Land?	[ "Spain", "The Philippines", "Germany", "Brazil" ]	The Philippines
world	The title of the national anthem of India is Jana Gana Mana. What does this mean?	[ "Past, Present, Future", "Blessed, Sacred, Eternal", "Thou Shall Listen to the Voice of the Prince", "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People" ]	Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People
world	Oh, Bright Dawn of May is the national anthem of this European country.	[ "Ukraine", "Serbia", "Moldova", "Montenegro" ]	Montenegro
world	What country adopted The March of Independence as its national anthem?	[ "Turkey", "Nigeria", "The Republic of Ireland", "Lithuania" ]	Turkey
world	What is the title of the national anthem of Australia?	[ "God Save the Queen", "Waltzing Matilda", "Song of Australia", "Advance Australia Fair" ]	Advance Australia Fair
world	My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy is the title of the national anthem of this country.	[ "Estonia", "Chile", "Nicaragua", "Greece" ]	Estonia
world	What is the meaning of Hatikvah, the title of the national anthem of Israel?	[ "The Promised Land", "The Hope", "The Grace", "The Glory" ]	The Hope
world	God Is Great is the title of the national anthem of this African country.	[ "Libya", "Morocco", "Egypt", "Niger" ]	Libya
world	What was the U.S. state of Wisconsin named after?	[ "A river", "An English explorer", "An animal", "A local tribe" ]	A river
world	What is the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Milwaukee", "Madison", "Des Moines", "Minneapolis" ]	Madison
world	What animal nickname was given to the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Beaver State", "Skunk State", "Badger State", "Marmot State" ]	Badger State
world	The U.S. state of Wisconsin is well-known for the production of which of the following?	[ "Medicines", "Cheese", "Toothpaste", "All of these" ]	Cheese
world	What is the official state beverage of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Tomato juice", "Herbal tea", "Coffee", "Milk" ]	Milk
world	Which of these famous actors was born in the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Willem Dafoe", "Uma Thurman", "All of these", "John Travolta" ]	Willem Dafoe
world	The state of Wisconsin does not share a border with this U.S. state.	[ "Missouri", "Ohio", "All of these", "Maine" ]	All of these
world	What is the official one-word state motto of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Progress", "Prosperity", "Ahead", "Forward" ]	Forward
world	What is the state bird of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?	[ "Swallow", "Sparrow", "Robin", "Blue jay" ]	Robin
world	What type of festival is the Summerfest, held annually in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US?	[ "Film festival", "Music festival", "Food festival", "Beer festival" ]	Music festival

world

Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution deals with Relations Among the States.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

world

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1992?

[ "29", "19", "27", "22" ]

27

world

These two Oxford students were members of Monty Python.

[ "Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam", "John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson", "Michael Palin and Terry Jones", "Terry Gilliam and John Cleese" ]

Michael Palin and Terry Jones

world

This Oxford scholar wrote The Wealth of Nations.

[ "William Golding", "Thomas Hobbes", "Aldous Huxley", "Adam Smith" ]

Adam Smith

world

This Oxford graduate wrote Lord of the Flies.

[ "John Locke", "Adam Smith", "Thomas Hobbes", "William Golding" ]

William Golding

world

This Oxford graduate wrote The Leviathan, a classic work on legitimate government and society.

[ "John Locke", "William Golding", "Jonathan Swift", "Thomas Hobbes" ]

Thomas Hobbes

world

This English philosopher wrote Two Treatises on Government , a philosophical work that had a great influence on the writers of the US Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

[ "Thomas Hobbes", "Adam Smith", "John Locke", "Aldous Huxley" ]

John Locke

world

This neurologist was an Oxford grad who became famous for his athletic ability.

[ "Roger Bannister", "Jonathan Swift", "Al Oerter", "Michael Spitz" ]

Roger Bannister

world

This Oxford scholar was a master of satire. He wrote A Modest Proposal, and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity.

[ "William Golding", "Roger Bannister", "Jonathan Swift", "Adam Smith" ]

Jonathan Swift

world

This Oxford scholar dared to try spread freedom and was assassinated as a result.

[ "Anwar Sadat", "King Harald", "William Penn`", "Benazir Bhutto" ]

Benazir Bhutto

world

This Oxford graduate wrote the screenplay for the movie The Third Man.

[ "John Locke", "Thomas Hobbes", "Jonathan Swift", "Graham Greene" ]

Graham Greene

world

This Romantic poet lived 1788-1824. Among his best works are Don Juan and When We Two Parted.

[ "Matthew Arnold", "Robert Browning", "Alfred Lord Tennyson", "Lord Byron" ]

Lord Byron

world

This Oxford scholar is credited with making the first mechanical computer.

[ "Isaac Newton", "G.H.Hardy", "Charles Babbage", "James Clerk Maxwell" ]

Charles Babbage

world

This great scientist was able to show the equivalence of electricity, magnetism and light via a set of equations that carry his name.

[ "G.H. Hardy", "Charles Babbage", "James Clerk Maxwell", "Isaac Newton" ]

James Clerk Maxwell

world

This Oxford scholar is the author of a series of books about a teddy bear .

[ "A.A. Milne", "Earl Gray", "lord Grey", "Lord Byron" ]

A.A. Milne

world

He was a great British mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. His attempt to give mathematics a complete axiomatic basis was foiled. In 1950 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

[ "JRR Tolkien", "Aldous Huxley", "Bertrand Russell", "John Le Carre" ]

Bertrand Russell

world

This Oxford scholar and Indian Prime Minister was assassinated in 1984.

[ "Imran Khan", "Mohandas Gandhi", "Indira Gandhi", "Benazir Bhutto" ]

Indira Gandhi

world

He was, arguably, the greatest architect in British history. He designed St. Pauls Cathedral in London.

[ "Tim Mallett", "I.M.Pei", "Chad Varah", "Christopher Wren" ]

Christopher Wren

world

He was a great British explorer, an orientalist, and, probably, the first non-Muslim to visit Mecca and Medina.

[ "Cecil Rhodes", "Nevil Shute", "Richard Burton", "Aldous Huxley" ]

Richard Burton

world

Who wrote The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Constant Gardener?

[ "Nevil Shute", "John Le Carre", "William F. Golding", "Robert Ludlum" ]

John Le Carre

world

This Oxford scholar is given credit for developing the World Wide Web.

[ "Vannevar Bush", "Philip Larkin", "Al Gore", "Timothy Berners-Lee" ]

Vannevar Bush

world

Ah, beauty and brains! This British beauty attended Oxford but left before graduation to become an actress. She was seen in Pearl Harbor, Laural Canyon, and Serendipidy.

[ "Bridget Moynihan", "Kate Winslet", "Cate Blanchett", "Kate Beckinsale" ]

Kate Beckinsale

world

This English author depicts an Oxford scholar (Clerk) as one of the pilgrims in his most famous work.

[ "Bunyan", "Shakespeare", "Milton", "Chaucer" ]

Chaucer

world

On June 5 in 1661 Issac Newton was admitted to which college?

[ "Trinity College, Dublin", "Trinity College, North Carolina", "Trinity College, Oxford", "Trinity College, Cambridge" ]

Trinity College, Cambridge

world

On June 5 in the year 70, the Romans first broke through the walls of Jerusalem. Who was their leader?

[ "Titus", "Marcellus Aurelius", "Vespasian", "Valerian" ]

Titus

world

Denmark became a constitutional monarchy on June 5 in what year?

[ "1792", "1849", "1915", "1479" ]

1849

world

On June 5 in 1851 The Natonal Era began publishing a serial that took ten months to finish. The serial which treated slavery was made into a very popular book. Who was the author?

[ "Samuel Clemens( Mark Twain)", "Horace Greeley", "Harriet Ward Lowell", "Harriet Beecher Stowe" ]

Harriet Beecher Stowe

world

On June 5 in 1833 the first person acknowledged to be a computer programmer met the person considered the father of modern computing. Who met whom?

[ "George Kemeny met Thomas Kurtz", "Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage", "Thomas Kurtz met Ada Lovelace", "Grace Hooper met Charles Babbage" ]

Ada Lovelace met Charles Babbage

world

The USA began a program of Army registration day for World War I, on June 5 in what year?

[ "1916", "1915", "1914", "1917" ]

1917

world

The first fax across the Atlantic to Europe was sent on June 5 in what year?

[ "1949", "1955", "1924", "1992" ]

1924

world

On June 5 during World War II, Rome was liberated from the Fascists. In what year did this happen?

[ "1939", "1944", "1949", "1938" ]

1944

world

The Unknown Rebel halted an entire column of Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square on June 5 in what year?

[ "1996", "1989", "2001", "1999" ]

1989

world

On June 5 in 1956 young Elvis Presley introduced his version of Hound Dog during his third appearance on a TV show. What was the show?

[ "Milton Berle Show", "Ed Sullivan", "Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Show", "Steve Allen Show" ]

Milton Berle Show

world

Which of these events did not occur on a June 5?

[ "The ever popular Kenny G. was born.", "Robert Blake was found liable for the death of his wife in a civil trial in 2000.", "The Battle of France begins in World War II.", "Robert F. Kennedy is murdered." ]

Robert Blake was found liable for the death of his wife in a civil trial in 2000.

world

On October 12th 1492, after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a Bahamian island, thinking he had reached the Spice Islands of East Asia. He claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, regardless of the indigenous population living there.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

world

On October 12th, 1998, this University of Wyoming student was robbed, tortured and left for dead by two attackers outside of Laramie, Wyoming.

[ "Matthew Shepard", "Russell Henderson", "Dennis Shepard", "Aaron McKinney" ]

Matthew Shepard

world

On 12 October in 1810, the first Oktoberfest was held to celebrate the marriage of then Bavarian Crown Prince Louis (Ludwig) and his bride, Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Near what city were the festivities held?

[ "Stuttgart", "Potsdam", "Augsberg", "Munich" ]

Munich

world

On 12 October in 1945, PFC Desmond T. Doss won the Congressional Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery as a medical corpsman and became the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the nations highest military award.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

world

12th October 1582 does not exist in Italy.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

world

What did children attending American public schools do for the first time on October 12, 1892?

[ "said the Pledge of Allegiance", "were released from classes by the ringing of a bell", "had provided school lunches", "said Prayers" ]

said the Pledge of Allegiance

world

On 12 October, 1960, Nikita Khrushchev pounded this on a desk at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

[ "his fist", "his shoe", "his water glass", "his gavel" ]

his shoe

world

The Communications Act of 1912 forced amateur operators to take lengthy tests before a Department of Commerce examiner and issued commercial ship-to-shore call signs to early broadcasting stations. Name the Secretary of Commerce that oversaw this first step toward communication regulation in the United States.

[ "Herbert Hoover", "Franklin Delano Roosevelt", "Solomon Chase", "William Jennings Bryan" ]

Herbert Hoover

world

Radio Nederland, the BBC and Radio Berlin were three of the very few short wave radio stations broadcasting to international audiences before the 1930s. Short Wave referred to the wavelength of the radio frequencies such broadcasters used because they were much shorter than the typical 300 meter AM band used for commercial broadcasting.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

world

The first licensed commercial radio station in the United States was KDKA in Pittsburgh.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

world

Where is the headquarters of NATO?

[ "Brussels", "Haga", "Stockholm", "Berne" ]

Brussels

world

What are the two countries referenced in the title of the Two Plus Four Treaty, which resulted in the first expansion of NATO after the Cold War?

[ "East Germany and Federal Republic of Germany", "Poland and Ukraine", "Latvia and Lithuania", "Slovenia and Slovakia" ]

East Germany and Federal Republic of Germany

world

Where was the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949?

[ "Washington", "Paris", "London", "New York" ]

Washington

world

The International Security Assistance Force (10), that started on 20 December 2001, is a NATO-led mission for security and development in what country?

[ "Pakistan", "Afghanistan", "Iran", "Iraq" ]

Afghanistan

world

Operation Essential Harvest, meant to disarm ethnic Albanian groups, was carried out in what country?

[ "Macedonia", "Montenegro", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Serbia" ]

Macedonia

world

Who chairs the North Atlantic Council, the most senior political governing body of NATO?

[ "the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic", "the Supreme Allied Commander Europe", "the Chairman of the Military Committee", "the Secretary General" ]

the Secretary General

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What is the NATO ACCS Management Agency responsible for?

[ "Atlantic control", "Astronautical commissions", "Activities command", "Air control" ]

Air control

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What states are eligible for NATO membership?

[ "European and American", "European", "Any state", "EU members" ]

European

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What does Gladio refer to?

[ "Secretary General", "a Research and Technology organisation", "a NATO base", "a NATO operation" ]

a NATO operation

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What NATO member state does not have its own standing army?

[ "Luxembourg", "Lithuania", "Iceland", "Estonia" ]

Iceland

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Name this Dutch shortwave radio program that runned for a total of 77 years on Radio Nederland and its predecessor?

[ "Learn to Speak Dutch!", "March Around the Breakfast Table", "The Happy Station", "How the Dutch East India Company Came to be." ]

The Happy Station

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A commercial radio stations first job is to educate its audience

[ "True", "False" ]

False

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The reason for GEs purchase of the NBC Television Network is ironic - GE was forced to sell its RCA stock because RCA owned the fledgling broadcasting chain in the 1930s.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Is the following information true?

[ "ward R. Murrow is often credited with creating broadcast news, but he was actually Director of Talks when CBS sent him to London as WWII started. Murrow built on predecessor Paul Whites work, in creating his system of European correspondents.", "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Radio did not die when pictures were added just before World War I (Britain) or just after it (U.S.). How did it survive?

[ "Aligning with the great movie production houses allowed poor mans television", "Created the combo-man (engineer and host) and began programming music to specific demographic cells.", "Started the Top 40 radio format", "Started Make Believe Ballroom" ]

Created the combo-man (engineer and host) and began programming music to specific demographic cells.

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What sounded the death knell for radio news on commercial radio stations?

[ "FCC Part 97.12", "The Communications Act of 1934", "Radio Deregulation Act of 1981", "The Telecommunications Act of 1992" ]

Radio Deregulation Act of 1981

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Why can one company own more than 200 radio stations in the United States?

[ "To enable better campaign advertising", "To better saturate local markets with advertising", "So that certain country and western music can be heard in any U.S. radio market", "To better present potential and existing sponsors (national, regional and local) the ability to easily purchase listeners in a market" ]

To better present potential and existing sponsors (national, regional and local) the ability to easily purchase listeners in a market

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Which of these colors is not present on the national flag of the Bahamas?

[ "Green", "Blue", "Yellow", "Black" ]

Green

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What is the color of the star featured on the national flag of Morocco?

[ "Blue", "Red", "Yellow", "Green" ]

Green

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What is the only country in the world whose national flag is not rectangular?

[ "Nepal", "Eritrea", "Guyana", "The Comoros" ]

Nepal

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What interesting object is featured on the national flag of Grenada?

[ "Head of a bird", "Clove of nutmeg", "All of these", "Flame" ]

Clove of nutmeg

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What bird is featured on the national flag of Papua New Guinea?

[ "Raggiana Bird of Paradise", "Superb Bird of Paradise", "Magnificent Bird of Paradise", "Curl-crested Manucode" ]

Raggiana Bird of Paradise

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Which of these colors is not present on the Seychelles flag?

[ "White", "Green", "Black", "Yellow" ]

Black

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What country has a crown depicted in the upper left corner of its flag?

[ "Montenegro", "Liechtenstein", "Malta", "Luxembourg" ]

Liechtenstein

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What is the only country in the world whose flag features a building?

[ "Guatemala", "Cambodia", "Egypt", "Dominica" ]

Cambodia

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The island of Tasmania has been called by this beautiful nickname.

[ "Island of dreams", "Island of abundance", "All of these", "Island of inspiration" ]

Island of inspiration

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What animal which became extinct in the 20th century is depicted on the Coat of arms of Tasmania?

[ "All of these", "Tasmanian Wolf", "Thylacine", "Tasmanian Tiger" ]

All of these

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What is the name of the state capital of the Australian state of Tasmania?

[ "Brisbane", "Perth", "Hobart", "Adelaide" ]

Hobart

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What is the island of Tasmania named after?

[ "Animal", "Explorer", "Indigenous tribe", "Mountain" ]

Explorer

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Tasmania is famous for the production of this alcoholic beverage.

[ "Brandy", "Vodka", "Wine", "Tequila" ]

Wine

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What celebrated Hollywood actor was born on the island of Tasmania?

[ "All of these", "Anthony Quinn", "Ava Gardner", "Errol Flynn" ]

Errol Flynn

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What animal became one of the symbols of the island and state of Tasmania?

[ "Tasmanian Devil", "Tasmanian Wombat", "Tasmanian Wallaby", "Tasmanian Emu" ]

Tasmanian Devil

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What is the official motto of the Australian state of Tasmania?

[ "Wisdom and Integrity", "Fertility and Faithfulness", "None of these", "Abundance and Creativity" ]

Fertility and Faithfulness

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How many distinct seasons are characteristic of the climate of Tasmania?

[ "Two seasons", "Four seasons", "Three seasons", "One season" ]

Four seasons

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What are the colors of the official state flag of Tasmania?

[ "Yellow and Green", "Blue, white and red", "White and red", "Green, orange and blue" ]

Blue, white and red

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The Bayamo Anthem is the title of the national anthem of this island country.

[ "Haiti", "Jamaica", "Cuba", "Maldives" ]

Cuba

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What is the title of the national anthem of Japan?

[ "Eternal Land", "Until the Earth Comes to an End", "May Your Reign Last Forever", "Island of the Sun" ]

May Your Reign Last Forever

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What country has a national anthem entitled Chosen Land?

[ "Spain", "The Philippines", "Germany", "Brazil" ]

The Philippines

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The title of the national anthem of India is Jana Gana Mana. What does this mean?

[ "Past, Present, Future", "Blessed, Sacred, Eternal", "Thou Shall Listen to the Voice of the Prince", "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People" ]

Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People

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Oh, Bright Dawn of May is the national anthem of this European country.

[ "Ukraine", "Serbia", "Moldova", "Montenegro" ]

Montenegro

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What country adopted The March of Independence as its national anthem?

[ "Turkey", "Nigeria", "The Republic of Ireland", "Lithuania" ]

Turkey

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What is the title of the national anthem of Australia?

[ "God Save the Queen", "Waltzing Matilda", "Song of Australia", "Advance Australia Fair" ]

Advance Australia Fair

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My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy is the title of the national anthem of this country.

[ "Estonia", "Chile", "Nicaragua", "Greece" ]

Estonia

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What is the meaning of Hatikvah, the title of the national anthem of Israel?

[ "The Promised Land", "The Hope", "The Grace", "The Glory" ]

The Hope

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God Is Great is the title of the national anthem of this African country.

[ "Libya", "Morocco", "Egypt", "Niger" ]

Libya

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What was the U.S. state of Wisconsin named after?

[ "A river", "An English explorer", "An animal", "A local tribe" ]

A river

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What is the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Milwaukee", "Madison", "Des Moines", "Minneapolis" ]

Madison

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What animal nickname was given to the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Beaver State", "Skunk State", "Badger State", "Marmot State" ]

Badger State

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The U.S. state of Wisconsin is well-known for the production of which of the following?

[ "Medicines", "Cheese", "Toothpaste", "All of these" ]

Cheese

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What is the official state beverage of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Tomato juice", "Herbal tea", "Coffee", "Milk" ]

Milk

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Which of these famous actors was born in the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Willem Dafoe", "Uma Thurman", "All of these", "John Travolta" ]

Willem Dafoe

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The state of Wisconsin does not share a border with this U.S. state.

[ "Missouri", "Ohio", "All of these", "Maine" ]

All of these

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What is the official one-word state motto of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Progress", "Prosperity", "Ahead", "Forward" ]

Forward

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What is the state bird of the U.S. state of Wisconsin?

[ "Swallow", "Sparrow", "Robin", "Blue jay" ]

Robin

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What type of festival is the Summerfest, held annually in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US?

[ "Film festival", "Music festival", "Food festival", "Beer festival" ]

Music festival