Practice Test
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Clues
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WORLD RELIGION
KRISHNA & RAMA ARE BOTH CONSIDERED AVATARS OF THIS HINDU GOD
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS VISHNU?
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CABLE TV PERSONALITIES
THIS SCOTTISH- BORN CHEF IS KNOWN FOR HIS TV RANTS AT WEAKER RESTAURATEURS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS GORDON RAMSAY?
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DYNASTY
NICHOLAS II WAS THE LAST RULING CZAR OF THIS ROYAL FAMILY
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO ARE THE ROMANOVS?
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WHAT A CHARACTER!
TOPSY & SIMON LEGREE ARE BOTH CHARACTERS IN THIS BESTSELLING NOVEL
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"?
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NEW TESTAMENT GEOGRAPHY
JOHN THE BAPTIST'S MINISTRY TOOK PLACE IN THE REGION AROUND THIS RIVER
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS THE JORDAN?
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TOYS
IN 1903, WITH PRESIDENTIAL PERMISSION, MORRIS MICHTOM BEGAN MARKETING THESE TOYS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT ARE TEDDY BEARS?
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WORD ORIGINS
THIS TERM FOR A PERSON WHO WORKS FOR VARIOUS EMPLOYERS COMES FROM KNIGHTS WHO SOLD THEIR SKILLS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS FREELANCE?
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TALE TELLERS
SHE'S THE FABLED TALE TELLER IN "THE THOUSAND & ONE NIGHTS"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS SCHEHERAZADE?
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PHYSICS
REGARDING THIS DEVICE, ARCHIMEDES SAID, "GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND ON, AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS A LEVER?
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ACTRESSES
IN 2008 SHE PLAYED DAISY, THE LIFELONG FRIEND OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS CATE BLANCHETT?
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MOUNTAIN HIGH
THIS 14,700-FOOT PEAK IN THE SWISS ALPS IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SHAPE & THE DANGER OF ASCENDING IT
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS THE MATTERHORN?
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U.S. PRESIDENTS
HE WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE WAR OF 1812
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS JAMES MADISON?
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SYMPHONIES
MOZART'S LAST & PERHAPS MOST POWERFUL SYMPHONY SHARES ITS NAME WITH THIS PLANET
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS JUPITER?
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES
THIS LANGUAGE WAS INVENTED IN WARSAW IN 1887 BY DR. L.L. ZAMENHOF
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS ESPERANTO?
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SPORTS STARS
IN THE 2007-'08 SEASON, THIS CLEVELAND CAVALIER TURNED 23 & AVERAGED 30 POINTS A GAME
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS LEBRON JAMES?
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HOMOPHONES
AN ARM BONE, OR AN ADJECTIVE MEANING "FUNNY"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS HUMERUS / HUMOROUS?
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SCIENTISTS
NOW NAMED TO THE CABINET, STEVEN CHU WON A NOBEL FOR CAPTURING ATOMS WITH THESE LIGHT BEAMS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT ARE LASERS?
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MYTHOLOGY
HE OCCUPIED A CHAIR OVER WHICH THE "SWORD OF" HIM WAS SUSPENDED BY A SINGLE THREAD
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS DAMOCLES?
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BOOKS BY REPORTERS
BUSH AT WAR, "PLAN OF ATTACK" & "STATE OF DENIAL" ARE BOOKS BY THIS FAMED JOURNALIST
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS BOB WOODWARD?
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VOCAL MUSIC
CECILIA BARTOLI HAS UNEARTHED & SUNG SEVERAL FORGOTTEN ARIAS BY THIS "FOUR SEASONS" COMPOSER
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS ANTONIO VIVALDI?
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BODIES OF WATER
IT'S THE SMALLEST & EASTERNMOST OF THE GREAT LAKES
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS LAKE ONTARIO?
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WORLD LITERATURE
LOGICALLY, IT'S THE MIDDLE BOOK OF DANTE'S "DIVINE COMEDY"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS PURGATORY? (ACCEPTABLE: PURGATORIO)
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TRANSPORTATION
IN 1620 IT SAILED WEST FROM SOUTHAMPTON WITH CHRISTOPHER JONES AS CAPTAIN
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS THE MAYFLOWER?
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CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
ATOMIC NUMBER 98, THIS RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT IS THE ONLY ONE NAMED AFTER A U.S. STATE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS CALIFORNIUM?
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POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
THIS MIDWEST STATE IS THE ONLY ONE WHOSE 2-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION IS A PREPOSITION
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS INDIANA?
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SHAKESPEARE
IT COMPLETES THE LINE "SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO..."
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS "A SUMMER'S DAY"?
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THEATER
IN A 2008 REVIVAL OF THIS SHOW, THE SHARKS SING IN SPANISH
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS "WEST SIDE STORY"?
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ICE CREAM
THIS FLAVOR WAS INVENTED IN 1929 & NAMED IN PART TO REFLECT THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES AHEAD
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS ROCKY ROAD?
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SCULPTURE
SCULPTURES THAT ONCE ADORNED THE PARTHENON ARE KNOWN AS THESE, AFTER A BRITISH LORD
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT ARE THE ELGIN MARBLES?
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LITERARY CHARACTERS
IN "GREAT EXPECTATIONS", THIS AGED LADY STILL WEARS HER WEDDING DRESS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS MISS HAVISHAM?
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HISTORIC BRITS
THE "YOUNG PRETENDER" TO THE BRITISH THRONE IN THE 1740s WAS ALSO KNOWN AS BONNIE PRINCE THIS
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS CHARLIE?
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PHOTOGRAPHY
THIS FRENCHMAN LENT HIS NAME TO AN EARLY FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS LOUIS DAGUERRE?
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AFRICA
IN LATIN, THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY MEANS "PLACE OF FREEDOM"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS LIBERIA?
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RECENT BESTSELLERS
A NO. 1 BESTSELLER IN 2008 WAS THIS FEMALE MYSTERY AUTHOR'S "SCARPETTA"
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS PATRICIA CORNWELL?
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THE MOON
LATIN TERM FOR THE MOON'S "SEAS"; THE LARGEST IS ABOUT 750 MILES WIDE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT ARE MARIA? (ACCEPTABLE: MARE)
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AFRICAN AMERICANS
BORN A SLAVE, SHE HELPED FREE OTHERS & WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN?
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THEATRICAL TERMS
AS AN ADJECTIVE, IT MEANS "TIMELY"; IN THE THEATER, IT'S TO SUPPLY AN ACTOR WITH A LINE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS PROMPT?
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U.S. CITIES
THE OREGON TRAIL & PONY EXPRESS ROUTE BOTH PASSED BY CASPER IN THIS STATE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS WYOMING?
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LITERARY FIRSTS
HIS "MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE" IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE WORLD'S FIRST DETECTIVE STORY
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS EDGAR ALLAN POE?
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ASIA
DURING THE SUI DYNASTY IT WAS REPAIRED 7 TIMES TO DEFEND AGAINST THE TUJUE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS THE GREAT WALL (OF CHINA)?
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BIOLOGY
THE INTESTINAL TRACT OF THESE INSECTS, AKA WHITE ANTS, CAN BREAK DOWN CELLULOSE
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT ARE TERMITES?
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ISLANDS
SMALLER THAN ONLY GREENLAND, IT'S THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST ISLAND
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS NEW GUINEA?
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WRITERS
KAREN BLIXEN WROTE "OUT OF AFRICA" UNDER THIS NAME
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS ISAK DINESEN?
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RETAIL
HIT THE BULL'S-EYE & NAME THIS DISCOUNT RETAIL STORE FIRST OPENED BY THE DAYTON CO. IN 1962
Reveal Correct ResponseWHAT IS TARGET?
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SINGERS
THIS SINGER RENAMED HERSELF "SASHA FIERCE" FOR A 2008 DOUBLE ALBUM
Reveal Correct ResponseWHO IS BEYONCE (KNOWLES)?
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