Why did the dinosaurs die out?
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The dinosaurs died out because mammals ate their eggs.
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The dinosaurs died out because of overpopulation and starvation.
When was email invented?
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Late 1970s;
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Mid 1960s.
How long ago did Neanderthals die out?
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25,000 years ago.
When did modern humans arrive in Europe?
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45,000 years ago
Who invented the modern thermometer?
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Galileo Galilei
Is the foreclosure system in the United States governed solely by state law?
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No, some federal laws govern over foreclosures in the United States.
How long ago did humans first arrive in the Americas?
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15,000 to 17,000 years ago.
How many species of mushrooms are there?
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14,000
What percentage of the United States population is Hispanic (Latino)?
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10%
What percentage of the United States population is African American?
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11%
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12%
True or False? "Getting an epidural during childbirth prolongs labor."
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It is unclear.
True or False? "The destruction of the New Orleans levee after Hurricane Katrina was deliberate."
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True
Does the Bible prohibit interracial marriage?
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Yes
Was Ray Bradbury's book "Fahrenheit 451" about censorship, or about television?
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Censorship
Do guns prevent crime?
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No, guns increase the crime rate.
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Yes, guns decrease the crime rate.
Who first said, "There's a sucker born every minute"?
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Michael Cassius McDonald
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P. T. Barnum
True or False? "Isaac Newton discovered his theory of gravitation when an apple fell on his head."
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True
How long ago did pre-modern humans reach Europe?
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1,200,000 years ago
Did legalizing abortion reduce crime?
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Yes.
How much blood does the average person have?
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5.6 liters (12 pints)
How many people were killed in China's Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 1989?
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10,000
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3,000-6,000
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300-600
Are communists against religion?
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No, communists do not oppose religion.
How did Attila the Hun die?
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Murdered by his wife.
What did Elvis Presley die of?
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Elvis died of a drug overdose.
True or False? "Israeli Arabs have equal rights with Israeli Jews."
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False
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True
Does a minimum wage increase unemployment?
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Yes, the minimum wage increases unemployment.
How many muscles do humans have?
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640-850
How much does the blue whale weigh at birth?
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3 tons
True or False? "Redheads are going extinct."
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False
What percentage of the United States population is Asian-American?
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4%
How many spaces should you use between sentences?
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One.
When was the Gospel of John written: before or after 90 AD?
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After 90 AD
What percentage of the United States population is caucasian (white)?
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75%
Did the United States commit genocide against the Native Americans?
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Yes
When did slavery start in North America?
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1619 -- at Jamestown.
How old was the Biblical king Ahaziah when he began to reign?
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Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign.
How many soldiers died in the American Civil War?
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620,000
Does depleted uranium (DU) cause birth defects?
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Yes
On 9/11, what caused the World Trade Center's Twin Towers to collapse?
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Structural damage from the airplane impact and subsequent fires.
How tall is the average American man?
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5 feet 7 inches
Are cell phones safe for your health?
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No, cell phones are not safe.
Mobile phone radiation and health - eNotes.com Reference
Cell phone users had an increased risk of malignant gliomas.
Link between cell phone use and a higher rate of acoustic neuromas.
Tumors are more likely to occur on the side of the head that the cell handset is used.
One hour of cell phone use per day significantly increases tumor risk after ten years or more.
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Yes, cell phones are safe.
Who invented Zero?
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The Babylonians
Was the Roman Emperor Caligula insane?
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It is unclear.
Does Randolph Byrd's 1988 study "Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population" serve as good evidence that God answers prayers for the sick?
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Yes
Did Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert have the penile piercing now known as a 'Prince Albert'?
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No
Is a male praying mantis capable of mating with its head still on?
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Yes, a male mantis can mate with its head on.
How fast could Tyrannosaurus Rex run?
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10-25 miles/hr
Was the United States the first industrialized nation to outlaw slavery?
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No
What date did composer Johann Pachelbel die?
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March 3, 1706
What is the largest insect?
How many people have been killed in Syria's recent uprising against Bashar al-Assad?
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i. 5,000-8,000
True or False? "Apatosaurus liked to live in swamps and shallow water."
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False
Who invented the fire escape?
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Anna Connelly in 1887.
Did Freemasons place some of their symbols in the Great Seal of the United States?
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No
True or False? "The very first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in 1787."
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False
How many Roman Catholics are there in the United States?
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68 million
Is waterboarding torture?
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Yes
Did Albert Einstein get good or bad grades in school?
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Good grades.
Was there an increase in cancer as a result of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster?
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No
How many people attended the 1995 “Million Man March” organized by the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan?
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800,000 to 900,000
When did polar bears first appear?
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150,000 years ago
True or False? "Dartboards are made out of horsehair."
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False
True or False? "Vaccines eradicated polio."
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True
Was Archaeopteryx capable of powered flight, or just gliding?
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It is unclear
What is the most intelligent animal, after humans?
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Chimpanzee
When did humans domesticate the camel?
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2000 BC
Do the genes affecting baldness come from your mother's side of the family or your father's side?
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Both mother's side and father's side.
What is the average bra size in the United States?
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36C
When did modern humans first leave Africa?
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60,000 years ago
What is the etymology of "mafia"?
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From the Arabic "mahia" meaning "bold man"
Do angels have free will?
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No
When did the I-35 bridge in Minnesota collapse?
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2007
Did the city of Gerar exist in the time of Abraham?
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No
Is Elvis Presley alive or dead?
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Dead
True or False? "The teeth of Archaeopteryx are a reptilian feature."
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True
Did French queen Marie Antoinette say, "Let them eat cake"?
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No, she never said, "Let them eat cake."
True or False? "Walt Whitman was homosexual."
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True
At what time of day did Abraham Lincoln die?
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7:22 am
Did George Washington have wooden teeth?
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No, his dentures were not made of wood.
True or False? "Archaeopteryx had a sternum the same as modern birds."
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False
What was the cause of Alexander the Great's death?
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Malaria
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Typhoid fever
When was the last common ancestor of humans and orangutans?
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14 million years ago
How much harder is diamond than corundum?
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4 times harder.
When did the Yellowstone volcano last erupt explosively?
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640,000 years ago
How much water does the average toilet use per flush?
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1.6 gallons per flush
Was anyone killed on Krystallnacht?
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Yes
What percentage of the earth is covered by water?
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70%
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80%
True or False? "When the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1860, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be elected."
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True
What percentage of the United States population is Native American (Indian)?
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1%
True or False? "The Inca were not defeated by steel and horses, but by disease and civil war."
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True
True or False? "The first stamp issue of the U.S. was offered for sale on July 1, 1847, in New York City, with Boston receiving stamps the following day and other cities thereafter."
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True
What is the heaviest insect?
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Goliath Beetle
Were blacks better off enslaved in the southern United States, or free in Africa?
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Slaves in the United States
True or False? "Several Gallup poll studies of the general population have shown that those with higher IQs tend not to believe in God.""
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True
Does the Bible's New Testament approve of slavery?
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Yes
What did Secretary of War Stanton say immediately after Abraham Lincoln's death?
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It is unclear.
True or False? "Each year about 8,000 Americans receive a venomous snakebite, but no more than about 15 die; most of the deaths are from rattlesnake bites."
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True