4,726 = the number of colleges and universities United States.
$589 billion = the amount spent by students annually.
Of that figure,
$393 billion = tuition fees, and
$196 billion = expenses like travel and housing.
538% = the percentage increase of the cost of a college education over the past three decades.
4.5 = the number times more expensive it is to go to college today than it was back in 1985, even allowing for inflation.
So is the cost worth it?
Does the education system make sense?
The vast majority of Americans never even consider these important questions. They are fixated on their kids going to college – end of debate.
Whether they have the ability or not, or whether it is the right career path for them or not, if the parents can afford it and/or the kids can get a student loan (which they usually can) then they go to college.
But there is a heavy cost to pay, as we have just seen above. By the time they graduate 70% of students are lumbered with a loan balance averaging $28,400. Nationwide in the US, student loan debt now sits at a staggering $1.2 trillion, which is nearly 50% higher than all the outstanding auto-loan debt, and almost double credit card debt.
While it is true that college graduates have more opportunities to earn more than those without a degree, the number of those good paying jobs is limited. Most college graduates have to settle for a lot less that they were planning for when they started that expensive college education.
What is often forgotten is that there are many other opportunities out there in the workplace for someone who spends their time and money learning a trade or a skill. A friend of mine who is a plumber earns many times more than many of his contemporaries with college degrees and office jobs.
In fact, since more and more young Americans are turning their noses up at manual type jobs and opting for expensive colleges, there will soon be a shortage of essential trades such as plumbers, electricians and so forth, making those jobs even more lucrative than they are now.
Twenty questions covering the usual wide range of subjects, so hopefully there will be one or two that you find easy and one or two that you find a lot more difficult.
But remember, as always if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: According to a survey conducted by Citrix, what percentage of people thought that stormy weather affects cloud computing?
a) 1% b) 15% c) 51% d) 85%
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Q. 2: What city is known as ‘The Harbor City’ ?
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Q. 3: What is another name for the prairie wolf?
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Q. 4: If your boss cuts your salary by 10% but offers to let you work 10% more to make up for it, should you accept?
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Q. 5: Six men are widely accepted to be the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. What were their names? (You get a point for each correctly named and a bonus point if can correctly name all six.)
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Q. 6: A follow-up question to # 5, which one of these Founding Fathers once wrote a scientific piece called ‘Fart Proudly’ ?
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Q. 7: What percentage of the Earth’s volcanoes are underwater?
a) 10 % b) 30 % c) 50 % d) 70 % e) 90 %
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Q. 8: In Greek mythology who attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax, but flew too close to the Sun and perished when the wax melted?
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Q. 9: And when we’re on the subject of flying, what area code would you use if you wanted to call the Kennedy Space Center in Florida?
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Q. 10: What do you call the three sides of a right-angled triangle? (Hint, you get zero points for answering ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’.)
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Q. 11: This one is the name of a famous Shakespeare tragedy and a multiplayer board game based on the popular game Reversi. What is it?
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Q. 12: What nationality is the famous musician Richard Clayderman and what instrument is associated with him? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 13: ‘Equatorial’, ‘Gulf Stream’ and ‘Humboldt’ are names give to what?
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Q. 14: Russians consume about 6 times as much what as Americans?
a) milk b) coffee c) tea d) beer e) spirits
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Q. 15: Which paper format has the largest area, the ‘International A4’ as used for example in the UK or the ‘Letter’ format used in the United States?
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Q. 16: There are seven main weight divisions used in professional boxing, what are they? (You get a point for each one you can name correctly and three bonus points if you get all seven correct.)
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Q. 17: What is the link between something to eat, something to drink, somewhere to go and something to call your daughter?
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Q. 18: What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismark, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal?
a) Kit Kat b) Wet Willie c) Unsinkable Sam
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Q. 19: What is the largest country in South America (a) by area and (b) by size of population? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 20: Who had a ‘Manic Monday’ and went on to ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ ?
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Q. 1: According to a survey conducted by Citrix, what percentage of people thought that stormy weather affects cloud computing?
a) 1% b) 15% c) 51% d) 85%
A. 1: Unbelievably the correct answer is c) 51%.
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Q. 2: What city is known as ‘The Harbor City’ ?
A. 2: Sydney, Australia.
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Q. 3: What is another name for the prairie wolf?
A. 3: Coyote.
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Q. 4: If your boss cuts your salary by 10% but offers to let you work 10% more to make up for it, should you accept?
A. 4: You should NOT accept the offer. This is a percentage question. For example, if you made $10 per hour, a 10% cut in your salary would leave you with $9 per hour. Adding 10% back would only be 10% of $9, or 90 cents so you would end up with only $9.90.
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Q. 5: Six men are widely accepted to be the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. What were their names? (You get a point for each correctly named and a bonus point if can correctly name all six.)
A. 5: The six men are widely accepted to be the Founding Fathers of the United States of America are George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and, of course, Benjamin Franklin.
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Q. 6: A follow-up question to # 5, which one of these Founding Fathers once wrote a scientific piece called ‘Fart Proudly’ ?
A. 6: Benjamin Franklin wrote a scientific piece called Fart Proudly. It was all about farts.
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Q. 7: What percentage of the Earth’s volcanoes are underwater?
a) 10 % b) 30 % c) 50 % d) 70 % e) 90 %
A. 7: The correct answer is e) 90% of all volcanoes are underwater.
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Q. 8: In Greek mythology who attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax, but flew too close to the Sun and perished when the wax melted?
A. 8: Icarus.
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Q. 9: And when we’re on the subject of flying, what area code would you use if you wanted to call the Kennedy Space Center in Florida?
A. 9: The telephone area code for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is ‘321’ which imitates the countdown before liftoff. It was assigned to the area, instead of suburban Chicago in November 1999 after a successful petition led by local resident Robert Osband. Try it out, call the Kennedy Space Center on (321) 867-5000.
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Q. 10: What do you call the three sides of a right-angled triangle? (Hint, you get zero points for answering ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’.)
A. 10: They are called ‘opposite’, ‘adjacent’ and ‘hypotenuse’.
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Q. 11: This one is the name of a famous Shakespeare tragedy and a multiplayer board game based on the popular game Reversi. What is it?
A. 11: Othello.
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Q. 12: What nationality is the famous musician Richard Clayderman and what instrument is associated with him? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 12: Richard Clayderman is French and he is a pianist.
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Q. 13: ‘Equatorial’, ‘Gulf Stream’ and ‘Humboldt’ are names give to what?
A. 13: Ocean currents.
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Q. 14: Russians consume about 6 times as much what as Americans?
a) milk b) coffee c) tea d) beer e) spirits
A. 14: The correct answer is c) tea, Russians also consume about 6 times as much tea as Americans.
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Q. 15: Which paper format has the largest area, the ‘International A4’ as used for example in the UK or the ‘Letter’ format used in the United States?
A. 15: A4 has the largest area. (A4 is 210 mm (8.25”) wide and 297 mm (11.75”) long or 62,370 m2, and US Letter is 216 mm (8.5”) wide by 279 mm (11”) long or 60,264 m2.)
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Q. 16: There are seven main weight divisions used in professional boxing, what are they? (You get a point for each one you can name correctly and three bonus points if you get all seven correct.)
A. 16: Although modern additions have been added, the seven main weight divisions used in professional boxing are ‘Flyweight’, ‘Bantamweight’, ‘Featherweight’, ‘Lightweight’, ‘Welterweight’, ‘Middleweight’ and ‘Heavyweight’.
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Q. 17: What is the link between something to eat, something to drink, somewhere to go and something to call your daughter?
A. 17: Margarita.
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Q. 18: What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismark, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal?
a) Kit Kat b) Wet Willie c) Unsinkable Sam
A. 18: The correct answer is c) Unsinkable Sam.
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Q. 19: What is the largest country in South America (a) by area and (b) by size of population? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 19: The correct answers are (a) Brazil with an area of 8,514,877 Km2, and (b) Brazil with a population of more than 195.5 million.
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Q. 20: Who had a ‘Manic Monday’ and went on to ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ ?
Hello and welcome to another week at the fasab blog.
This week, for obvious reason, I’m on a Thanksgiving theme, so this week’s quiz is not the usual random mixture, but all about Thanksgiving and, of course, turkeys.
As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States, and b) if so where, and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
A. 1: The correct answer is c) 1621.
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 2: A female turkey is a ‘hen’ and a male is a ‘tom’.
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
A. 3: Abraham Lincoln.
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
A. 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 5: A female turkey says ‘cluck’ and a male turkey says ‘gobble’.
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
A. 6: the Wampanoag tribe.
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 7: a) 90% of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving and b) 50% at Christmas.
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States and b) if so where and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 8: Correct answers are, a) Yes b) in Canada, and c) on the second Monday of October.
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
A. 9: The correct answer is c) Minnesota.
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
A. 10: Plymouth Rock.
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
A. 11: Mexico and Central America. (A point for either answer.)
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
A. 12: The correct answer is b) 3 days.
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
A. 13: Potatoes.
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
A. 14: Benjamin Franklin.
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
A. 15: It was Gimbel’s Department Store in Philadelphia, in 1920.
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
A. 16: It is called a ‘wattle’.
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
A. 17: It is known as ‘Black Friday’.
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
A. 18: Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 19: 102 Pilgrims made the journey and it took them 66 days.
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
Another random selection of questions in today’s quiz.
This has become quite a long running feature on the fasab blog. I enjoy putting them together, I hope you all continue to enjoy trying them out.
As always you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: What is Bugs Bunny’s catchphrase?
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Q. 2: Where in the USA is the Sonoma wine growing region?
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Q. 3: Which sad word stems from the combined Greek words for goat and song?
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Q. 4: In ‘Star Trek’, from which planet did Spock’s mother come?
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Q. 5: Which animal is not a Chinese year?
a. Ox b. Crow c. Hare d. Goat
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Q. 6: Who is the only American President to have served non-consecutive terms in office?
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Q. 7: Thomas Selfridge was the first fatality in a plane crash. Who was the pilot?
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Q. 8: In which American town or city was the ‘Little House On The Prairie’ TV series set?
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Q. 9: If you saw ‘canard’ on a French Menu, what type of meat would be on offer?
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Q. 10: Which historical character did Errol Flynn play in the 1941 movie ‘They Died With Their Boots On’?
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Q. 11: Whose face is said to have launched a thousand ships?
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Q. 12: Who directed ‘Jaws’, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and ‘ET’?
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Q. 13: What are the three styles of port? (a point for each)
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Q. 14: Which country has special tea houses and is famous for it’s elaborate tea ceremonies?
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Q. 15: Jack Bauer and Aaron Pierce are the only two characters that have appeared in seven seasons of the TV series ‘24’. What does Aaron Pierce do for a living?
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Q. 16: Alan Shepard was the first man to do what?
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Q. 17: Plus or minus 10, what percentage of the life forms on earth live in the oceans and seas?
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Q. 18: The car in the ‘Knightrider’ series was called ‘KITT’. What does this acronym stand for?
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Q. 19: Who sucked apple sauce to become the first American to eat in space?
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Q. 20: The Academy Award winning song ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’ was written for which classic 1940 movie?
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Q. 1: What is Bugs Bunny’s catchphrase?
A. 1: ‘Whats Up Doc?’
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Q. 2: Where in the USA is the Sonoma wine growing region?
A. 2: California
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Q. 3: Which sad word stems from the combined Greek words for goat and song?
A. 3: Tragedy
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Q. 4: In ‘Star Trek’, from which planet did Spock’s mother come?
A. 4: Earth
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Q. 5: Which animal is not a Chinese year?
a. Ox b. Crow c. Hare d. Goat
A. 5: b. Crow
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Q. 6: Who is the only American President to have served non-consecutive terms in office?
A. 6: Grover Cleveland
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Q. 7: Thomas Selfridge was the first fatality in a plane crash. Who was the pilot?
A. 7: Orville Wright
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Q. 8: In which American town or city was the ‘Little House On The Prairie’ TV series set?
A. 8: Walnut Grove
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Q. 9: If you saw ‘canard’ on a French Menu, what type of meat would be on offer?
A. 9: Duck
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Q. 10: Which historical character did Errol Flynn play in the 1941 movie ‘They Died With Their Boots On’?
A. 10: General Custer
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Q. 11: Whose face is said to have launched a thousand ships?
A. 11: Helen of Troy
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Q. 12: Who directed ‘Jaws’, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and ‘ET’?
A. 12: Steven Spielberg
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Q. 13: What are the three styles of port? (a point for each)
A. 13: Ruby, tawny and vintage
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Q. 14: Which country has special tea houses and is famous for it’s elaborate tea ceremonies?
A. 14: Japan
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Q. 15: Jack Bauer and Aaron Pierce are the only two characters that have appeared in seven seasons of the TV series ‘24’. What does Aaron Pierce do for a living?
A. 15: Secret Service agent
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Q. 16: Alan Shepard was the first man to do what?
A. 16: Hit a golf ball on the moon
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Q. 17: Plus or minus 10, what percentage of the life forms on earth live in the oceans and seas?
A. 17: Circa 90%
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Q. 18: The car in the ‘Knightrider’ series was called ‘KITT’. What does this acronym stand for?
A. 18: Knight Industries Two Thousand
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Q. 19: Who sucked apple sauce to become the first American to eat in space?
A. 19: John Glenn
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Q. 20: The Academy Award winning song ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’ was written for which classic 1940 movie?
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