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Who commanded the Allied forces for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944?

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Who coined the term "Information Superhighway" in 1994?

  • Al Gore
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Who coined the phrase "junk food"?

  • Michael Jacobson
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Who built the first steam engine powered boat?

  • Robert Fulton
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Who became the President of South Korea in 1998?

  • Kim Dae Jung
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Who became the new Pope on April 24, 2005?

  • Pope Benedict XVI
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Who became Romanian President after the 1989 Revolution?

  • Ion Iliescu
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Who became Labour Party Prime Minister of the U.K. with a landslide victory in 1997?

  • Tony Blair
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Who became Germany's leader upon the death of Adolf Hitler?

  • Admiral Karl Doenitz
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Who assumed power as Prime Minister of Libya in 1970?

  • Muammar Al-Gaddafi
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Who assassinated the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Kabila, in 2001?

  • His Bodyguard
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Who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914, to precipitate World War I?

  • Gavrilo Princip
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Who are the Egyptian and Roman versions of Aphrodite?

  • Bastet And Venus
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Who appeared on the cover of "Vanity Fair" shaving KD Lang?

  • Cindy Crawford
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While You're At The Marketplace has been which company's ad slogan?

  • Winn Dixie
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Which young girl helped drive the English from French soil in the 15th century?

  • Joan Of Arc
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Which world capital city is situated on the Tiber River?

  • Rome
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Which wine is released annually on the third Thursday in November?

  • Beaujolais Nouveau
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Which was the last province to enter confederation in Canada?

  • Newfoundland
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Which was the last major offensive operation undertaken by elite German paratroopers in WWII?

  • Attack Against Crete
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Which war was concluded by the Treaty of Utrecht?

  • War Of Spanish Succession
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Which volcano erupted from January 18-21, 1951, causing over 3,000 deaths?

  • Mt. Lamington, Papua New Guinea
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Which vegetable is not a head?

  • Potato
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Which vegetable is also known as a "courgette"?

  • Zucchini
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Which U.S. state's two letter abbreviation is first alphabetically?

  • Alaska
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Which U.S. state has "Garden State" as its nickname?

  • New Jersey
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Which U.S. state has "Aloha State" as its nickname?

  • Hawaii
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Which U.S. sandwich shop originally went by the name "Pete's Super Submarines"?

  • Subway
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Which U.S. restaurant chain has the slogan "Service with the speed of sound"?

  • Sonic
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Which U.S. President died in office in 1945, during World War II?

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Which U.S. best-selling wine is often referred to as "over-oaked" and "not food-friendly"?

  • Chardonnay
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Which type of fruit juice did Dole sell first?

  • Pineapple
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Which two nations signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987?

  • United States And Soviet Union
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Which two nations occupy the island of Hispaniola?

  • Haiti And The Dominican Republic
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Which two nations fought for control of North America in the French and Indian War?

  • England And France
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Which two countries were involved in the Louisiana Purchase?

  • U.S. And France
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Which two bodies of water are in contact with each other?

  • Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea
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Which sweetener sometimes used in cooking includes laevulose, dextrose and an anti-mold enzyme?

  • Honey
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Which supermodel once broke her back in a horse riding accident?

  • Angie Everhart
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Which state produces much of the world's raisins and market them with anthropomorphized animations?

  • California
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Which Soviet dictator's 1953 death set off a major struggle for national control?

  • Josef Stalin
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Which southern African country has Windhoek as its capital?

  • Namibia
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Which South American country extends farthest east?

  • Brazil
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Which software company makes Excel?

  • Microsoft
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Which snack is sold under the Spanish name "Chicharrones"?

  • Pork Rinds
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Which snack food industry giant acquired Stacy's Pita Chip Company in 2006?

  • PepsiCo
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Which sea lies at one end of the Great Wall of China?

  • The Yellow Sea
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Which sea is located in Israel and Jordan?

  • Dead Sea
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Which river's water is controlled by the Aswan Dam?

  • Nile
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Which river is called "Rio Bravo" by Mexicans?

  • Rio Grande
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