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Who was the oldest person ever to manage a major-league baseball team?
Cornelius McGillicuddy,Sr. better known as Connie Mack who managed the Philadelphia Athletics through the 1950 season when he was 87
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A single swallowtail flag was found under the body of a fallen soldier after what American battle?
Battle of Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876)
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What is the largest ethnic group in the world without an independent state of their own?
- Kurds
- (25 to 40 million mostly Muslim, about half in Turkey and most of the others in Syria, Iraq and Iran)
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius from the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty that ruled over the Roman Empire from 96 to 192 A.D.were known as what?
The "Five Good Emperors"
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Popular among the tourists along the Nile River is a traditional wooden sailing boat called a what?
Felucca
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"Of Mice and Men", "The Grapes of Wrath", "East of Eden", "Tortilla Flat", "The Red Pony" and "Cannery Row" were all stories written by whom? BB
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
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What is a bindlestiff?
Hobo
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George Milton and Lenny Small are characters from what John Steinbeck story? BB
Of Mice and Men
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King Henry the VIII, King Louis the XIV, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo Da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin all suffered from what disease? AP
Gout (the disease of kings)
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The buildup of uric acid in the joints causes what affliction?
Gout
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Who or what was the Biblical idol or god recited in the Book of Leviticus to whom the Canaanites sacrificed children?
Moloch (Molech, Molekh, Molek or Moloc)
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What is the plastic horn that produces a loud, distinctive monotone note that has become a symbol of South African soccer as the stadiums are filled with it's loud and raucous sound that that reflects the exhilaration of supporters?
Vuvuzela
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What year was the first digital image created and what was the photo of? BB
1957 digital photo by Russell Kirsch of his infant son created on a SEAC (Standards Electronic Automatic Computer) the only programmable computer in the United States at that time
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The longest match in tennis history between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 was how long?
11 hours, 5 minutes over three days and suspended twice because of darkness
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At 12:01 PM on September 16, 1920, the deadliest bomb blast on US soil up to that time killed 38 people and injured 143 and was detonated at what location?
- Wall Street
- (it was thought to be the work of anarchists but was never solved)
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What was the terrorist group in the early 1920s led by Italian anarchist Luigi Galleani who advocated revolutionary violence including bombing and assassination and whose followers carried out a series of deadly bombings in several American cities in 1919?
Galleanists
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Early 20th century anarchist Luigi Galleani wrote and distributed a 46 page book called "Health to You" that was a guide to what?
- Bomb-Making
- (the New York City Police Bomb Squad considered it accurate and practical)
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Name the two anarchists who were convicted and executed in 1927 after a controversial trial and a series of appeals for murdering two men in a 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts?
Sacco and Vanzetti
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According to Forbes Magazine, who ranks as the most financially successful artist launched by the tv show American Idol?
Carrie Underwood (Kelly Clarkson is ranked second)
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According to Starbucks, what is their share of coffee consumption in the United States?
Less that 10% (less than 1% internationally)
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Who is the largest producer of retail packaged coffee in the United States?
Folgers
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What is a traditional Irish walking stick called?
Shillelagh
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Traditionally, the Irish walking stick known as a shillelagh is made from what?
Wood from a blackthorn tree
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The famous drawing known as "The Praying Hands" is by what Artist?
Albrecht Durer (1508)
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Who was the first NFL Football player depicted on the front of a box of Wheaties?
Walter Payton (1986)
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