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Q1. Danish cartographer and explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741) died during his return from exploring what?

A
Greenland
B
The coastal areas of western North America
C
The north coast of Siberia
D
Iceland
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Q2. Where are the three great mosques Djingareyber, Sankore, Sidi Yahia?

A
Morocco
B
Timbuktu
C
Cairo
D
Srinagar
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Q3. Which play by Arthur Miller used events from early US history to mirror Senator McCarthy's communist witch hunts in the 1950s?

A
All My Sons
B
The Crucible
C
View From A Bridge
D
After The Fall
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Q4. What date was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed?

A
May 10, 1869
B
June 22, 1899
C
December 25, 1910
D
July 4, 1850
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Q5. What part did Josiah Wedgwood, of the famous English pottery, play in the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of the Species?

A
His daughter Susannah was Charles Darwin's mother
B
His pottery was used to hold Darwin's specimens for study
C
He sponsored Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands
D
He owned the publishing house which printed the work
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Q6. What is an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight which has an incidence of between 8 and 13 cases per 100,000 persons per year, and largely affects young adolescent women?

A
Opsophagos
B
Muscle dysmorphia
C
Paris syndrome
D
Anorexia nervosa
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Q7. In the 2017 Astros sign-stealing scandal in the US, what were the signs being stolen?

A
Signs in changing rooms
B
Street signs
C
Secret signs used by players in a baseball game
D
Signposts holding club logos
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