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In what year was the Liberty Bell recast into the bell now associated with American independence?

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1753

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What double date appears on U.S. Bicentennial quarter, half-dollar, and dollar coins?

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1776–1976

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Who probably engrossed the parchment copy of the United States Declaration of Independence?

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Timothy Matlack

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Which Pennsylvania town hosted one of the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence in 1776?

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Easton

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How many stars did the 1777 Flag Resolution specify for the first official U.S. flag?

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13

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In what year did the Articles of Confederation take effect as the United States' first constitution?

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1781

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Which state was the only one not to send delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention?

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Rhode Island

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Which Renaissance scholar helped popularize the expression “Pandora’s box” by translating Hesiod’s vessel as a box?

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Erasmus

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The Saturnian moon Pandora, named after the mythic figure, was discovered by which space probe’s images?

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Voyager 1

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In Hesiod’s Greek myth, what did Pandora’s arrival bring to human life?

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Suffering

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In Greek mythology, which man accepted Pandora despite Prometheus warning him about gifts from Zeus?

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Epimetheus

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In the 2009 film Avatar, what is Pandora’s native intelligent species called?

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Na’vi

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