When did modern humans arrive in Europe?
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30,000 years ago
How much is customary for a man to spend on an engagement ring?
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Men should decide on their own how much to spend.
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One month's salary.
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Two months' salary.
Is Pluto a planet?
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No.
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Yes.
True or False? "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' is a ripoff of Madonna's 'Express Yourself.'"
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False
Does the fossil record contain intermediate (transitional) forms?
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No.
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Yes.
How much US government debt does China hold?
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$910 billion
Was the killing of Osama bin Laden legal?
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No
Will Sarah Palin run for president in 2012?
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Yes
How many nuclear warheads does the United States have?
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10,000
Was the Iraq war legal under international law?
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Yes.
What is the greatest novel ever written?
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Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
Who talks more on average: men or women?
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Men and women talk roughly the same amount.
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Women talk more.
How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
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200
How many members does Alcoholics Anonymous have?
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About 2 million.
How many nuclear weapons are there in the world?
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24,000
How long ago did Neanderthals die out?
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30,000 years ago.
How many barrels per day were leaking in BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
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40,000 barrels per day
How big is the average human penis?
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About 5 inches long.
Is Antarctic sea ice expanding or shrinking?
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Shrinking
What did Elvis Presley die of?
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Elvis died of a drug overdose.
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Elvis died of a heart attack.
How many spiders does the average person eat during his lifetime?
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No spiders
In general, do men or women handle pain better?
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Women
Who killed Notorious B.I.G.?
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Dawoud Muhammad (Nation of Islam member)
True or False? "Legally, there is no authority under international law for the United States to intervene in Libya unless authorized by the Security Council."
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False
Does Ecstasy cause brain damage?
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No
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Yes
Do baby girls prefer the color pink more than baby boys do?
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No
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Yes
Will Apophis Asteroid collide with Earth on April 13, 2036?
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Yes
Was Wikileaks right to release the State Department Cables?
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No
Was Sarah Palin's account of Paul Revere's ride correct or incorrect?
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Correct
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Incorrect
Did Osama Bin Laden have a life-threatening kidney disease?
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No
Should Turkey be in the EU?
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded (like modern birds and mammals) or cold-blooded (like modern reptiles)?
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Warm-blooded.
What country is the world's biggest polluter?
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China is the world's biggest polluter.
Was Ray Bradbury's book "Fahrenheit 451" about censorship, or about television?
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Censorship
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Television
True or False? "The discovery of Arsenic-loving bacteria would strongly suggest that life got started on our planet at least twice."
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False
True or False? "The French are rude."
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False
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True
Is Scientology a cult?
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No, Scientology is not a cult.
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Yes, Scientology is a cult.
What percentage of our DNA do humans and chimpanzees share?
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98%
How did King Tut die?
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Malaria.
Would imposing a no-fly zone in Libya be easy?
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Yes
Is Amanda Knox innocent or guilty?
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Innocent
Who should be responsible for the preservation of Italy's archeological sites, such as Pompeii?
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An International body.
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Private companies.
Please don't privatise Pompeii | Science | The Guardian
Business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has called for the site to be privatised.
Was Osama bin Laden alive or dead on 4/1/2011?
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Alive.
True or False? "Osama Bin Laden's burial at sea was a proper Muslim burial."
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False
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True
Does diet soda increase risk for stroke and heart attack?
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Yes
Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children?
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Yes
Do Eskimos have a very large number of words for "snow"?
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No, Eskimos have about the same number of words for snow as any other language.
How many people have been killed in Syria's recent uprising against Bashar al-Assad?
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1,500-2,000
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5,000-8,000
Do Israeli settlements in the West Bank justify terrorism?
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Yes
Why did the dinosaurs die out?
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The dinosaurs died out because of a single meteorite or asteroid impact.
What was the magnitude of the earthquake off the coast of Japan on 3/11/2011?
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8.9
True or False? "All the swans in England are the property of the Queen."
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True
True or False? "The lost continent of Atlantis really existed."
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False
Does eating at night cause more weight gain than eating during the day?
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No, eating at night is the same as eating during the day.
How many Palestinian non-combatants were killed in Operation Cast Lead?
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More than 700
What is the best cure for a hangover?
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There is no known cure or prevention for hangovers.
Does washing mushrooms affect their flavor?
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No
Do suicides increase over the Christmas/New Years holidays?
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No, there are no more suicides during the holidays.
How many boys are born in China for every 100 girls?
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About 120
True or False? "Mushrooms absorb water if you wash them."
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False
Is it immoral to use cocaine?
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No
True or False? "In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured."
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False
Is St. John's Wort effective at fighting depression?
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No, St. John's Wort does not have a significant impact on depression.
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Yes, St. John's Wort is effective at fighting depression.
Where is Osama bin Laden?
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Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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Pakistan
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Washington, DC.
Is there such an animal as a 'bigfoot' or 'sasquatch'?
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Yes
What percentage of scientists believe in god?
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About 40% of scientists believe in god.
Is waterboarding torture?
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It depends on the context.
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Yes
Should the West intervene militarily in Libya's civil war?
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Yes
Is terrorism always wrong?
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No
Are Israel's settlements in the West Bank legal?
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No
Which are smarter, cats or dogs?
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Dogs are smarter.
Was Lindy Chamberlain guilty or innocent in the death of her daughter in 1980?
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Innocent
Is homosexuality genetic (at least in part)?
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Yes
How many people died in Haiti's January 12, 2010 earthquake?
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70,000 - 100,000
True or False? "Most people can tell the difference, when blindfolded, between red and white wine."
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False.
Are boys or girls better on average at spatial reasoning?
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Boys are better at spatial reasoning.
True or False? "The universe was created through the big bang."
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True
Did Osama Bin Laden run drugs to fund his operations?
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No
Each day, how many American children go hungry?
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1 million
True or False? "Pakicetus was a primitive whale."
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True
Is global warming occurring?
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Yes.
True or False? "Television and radio stations are legitimate military targets."
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True
Does Israel spy on the United States?
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No
Is there any truth to astrological predictions?
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No, there is no truth to astrology.
How many nuclear warheads does Russia have?
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13,000
True or False? "Scientists Have an Atheist Agenda."
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True
True or False? "Marriage makes you richer."
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True
Are diamonds a good investment?
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No, diamonds are a poor investment.
Can animals be homosexual?
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Yes
Did humans evolve from other animals?
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Yes
How old is the Earth?
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4.5 billion years old.
How many Jews died in the Holocaust?
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5 to 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.
Are we winning the War on Drugs?
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No
What was the best movie of 2010?
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Inception
Do children get hyper when you give them sugar?
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No, sugar has no effect on the behavior of children.
Did cetaceans (whales and dolphins) evolve from land mammals?
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Yes
How many nuclear warheads does France have?
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300
True or False? "Sarah Palin has smoked marijuana (cannabis)."
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True
Are poinsettias poisonous?
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No, poinsettias are not poisonous.
Is a very large proportion of body heat lost through the head?
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No, you lose the same amount of heat through your head as anywhere else.
What causes tides?
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The gravitational pull of the moon causes tides.
What is the oldest religion in the world?
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Hinduism
Does the Bible say that homosexuals should be killed?
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Yes
True or False? "Senator Richard Blumenthal served in Vietnam."
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False.
True or False? "Public schooling is a socialist institution."
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True
Who is the most beautiful man in the world?
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Hugh Jackman - delete
Was the movie "Watchmen" faithful to the original comic book?
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Yes
True or False? "The HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation."
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False
True or False? "The chance of Apophis passing through the keyhole, a 600-metre patch of space, is 1 in 5,500 based on current information."
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True
True or False? "There is an innate gender bias in the types of toys boys and girls prefer."
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True
True or False? "Similarly, it is anticipated that girls will be more emotional and talkative, and so their verbal skills are emphasised by teachers and parents."
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True
True or False? "There is almost nothing we do with our brains that is hard-wired."
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True
Did Osama Bin Laden receive significant funding from the CIA when he was fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan?
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No
The 10 key myths about Osama bin Laden | World news | guardian.co.uk
He did not receive any direct funding or training from the US during the 1980s.
The Afghan mujahideen, via Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency, received large amounts of both.
Some bled to the Arabs fighting the Soviets but nothing significant.
True or False? "Bin Laden was forced to leave any cash he had when he in effect fled Saudi Arabia in 1991 for Pakistan and then Sudan."
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True
True or False? "Osama Bin Laden partied a lot when he was young."
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False.
True or False? "Intelligent design has systematically failed to stand up to any scrutiny."
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True
Was Newt Gingrich a successful Speaker of the House?
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No