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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the Pandora myth, what escaped after the container was opened, leaving only one thing inside?

Answer

Evils

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Pandora story, what was the original Greek name for the container she opened?

Answer

Pithos

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In the Pandora myth, what did Pandora originally open, despite the modern title “Pandora’s Box”?

Answer

A jar

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Which musical supplies the melody interpolated in the opening of Metallica's “Don't Tread on Me”?

Answer

West Side Story

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Japanese city was struck by the second atomic bomb used in warfare?

Answer

Nagasaki

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Chinese leader joined Harry Truman and Winston Churchill in issuing the Potsdam Declaration?

Answer

Chiang Kai-shek

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What kind of dance traditionally features in the formal choreography of a quinceañera?

Answer

Waltz

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• Quinceañera

What type of celebration is a quinceañera most commonly compared with in the United States?

Answer

A sweet sixteen

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• Quinceañera

In a traditional quinceañera court, how many couples often accompany the honoree?

Answer

14 couples

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• Quinceañera

What item is commonly exchanged for high heels in a quinceañera shoe ceremony?

Answer

Flat shoes

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• Quinceañera

What Spanish word commonly means the sponsors who help fund a quinceañera?

Answer

Padrinos

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• Quinceañera

In a quinceañera, what name is commonly given to the female members of the honoree’s court?

Answer

Damas

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