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Q. If Florida is nicknamed the “Sunshine State”, and California is the “Golden State”, what is New York state’s nickname?

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The “Empire State” (as in the Empire State Building)

Q. Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, stands on which river?

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The Ottawa river

Q. In which Italian city or town was Leonardo da Vinci born?

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Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci means “Leonardo from Vinci”)

Q: Bangui is the capital of which central African republic?

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Central African Republic

Q: What river goes over Niagara Falls?

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The Niagara river

Q: “Unchained Melody” was written as the theme for which film?

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Unchained (1955)

Q: What was Dutch painter Rembrandt’s first name?

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Rembrandt (full name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn)

Q: The city of Zürich is located on the shores of what lake?

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Lake Zürich

Q: On which ship did Jason and the Argonauts search for the Golden Fleece?

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The Argo

Q: What is the southernmost country in Africa?

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South Africa

Q: Texarkana lies on the border between which two US states?

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Texas and Arkansas (split into Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas)

Q: As the equator crosses South America from west to east, what is the first country it passes through?

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Ecuador (which is Spanish for “equator”)

Q: Which Beatle has the middle name ‘Paul’?

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Paul McCartney (full name: James Paul McCartney)

Q: The 80m tall giant wheel, featuring 36 observation cars, at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was designed by which engineer?

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George Ferris

Q: What is the name of the strait spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

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The Golden Gate

Q: In which English town was St. Edmund the Martyr buried in the year 903?

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Bury St. Edmunds

Q: What’s the name of this meteor crater in Arizona?

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Meteor Crater

Q: The columns of a periodic table are called ‘groups’. What are the rows called?

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Periods

Q: Born in Miami Gardens, Florida in 1979, the rapper born Tramar Lacel Dillard is known by what stage name?

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Flo Rida