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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Beyoncé

What year was Beyoncé’s surprise self-titled visual album released?

Answer

2013

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Beyoncé

What is the name of Beyoncé’s music group formed with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams?

Answer

Destiny’s Child

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• C.S. Lewis

In what year did C.S. Lewis become the first Cambridge chairholder of Medieval and Renaissance English?

Answer

1954

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• C.S. Lewis

What name did C.S. Lewis commonly use as a nickname?

Answer

Jack

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• C.S. Lewis

In what year did C.S. Lewis publish The Pilgrim’s Regress, his first published book of Christian fiction?

Answer

1933

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

On what date was the Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the American Revolutionary War linked to America250, signed?

Answer

September 3, 1783

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What collective name is given to the 1783 peace treaties that ended the American Revolutionary War, including the Treaty of Paris?

Answer

Peace of Paris

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which Virginia delegate became the first president of the First Continental Congress, a Revolutionary-era body linked to America250?

Answer

Peyton Randolph

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What Philadelphia world's fair celebrated the United States’ centennial in 1876, a predecessor to America250?

Answer

Centennial Exposition

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which April 1775 clashes began the armed conflict of the American Revolution commemorated by America250?

Answer

Battles of Lexington and Concord

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which December 1773 protest is regarded as a major precursor to the American Revolution commemorated by America250?

Answer

Boston Tea Party

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which congressional body, created in 2016, is responsible for planning the United States’ America250 observance?

Answer

United States Semiquincentennial Commission

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