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What fruit used to be called a "Persian apple"?

Watermelon
Grapes
Pomegranates
Peaches
What animal is responsible for killing up to 2.4 billion birds every year in the USA alone?

Foxes
Cats
Coyotes
Humans
In what year did the Oklahoma City bombing take place?

1994
1996
1995
1993
What is the name of the actress famous for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films?

Carrie Fisher
Shelagh Fraser
Billie Catherine Lourd
Daisy Ridley
The annexation of what U.S. state led to the Mexican-American War from 1846 until 1848?

Florida
Texas
New Mexico
California
What planet was originally referred to as "George's Star"?

Uranus
Venus
Neptune
Mercury
During what war did the Battle of Jutland take place?

Napoleonic Wars
Second Northern War
World War II
World War I
From what country did Cambodia declare its independence in 1953?

Italy
Spain
England
France
What is the name of this man who served as emperor of Ethiopia for 44 years?

Haile Selassie
Gigar
Menelik
Sahle Dengel
Who was the first person to be named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year"?

Charles Lindbergh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mahatma Gandhi
Albert Einstein
Who wrote the 1962 novel "A Clockwork Orange"?

Ray Bradbury
Anthony Burgess
H. G. Wells
J. D. Salinger
What year was the Mormon Church founded?

1845
1815
1860
1830
Who is the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office?

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
George W. Bush
Grover Cleveland
In the game of Monopoly, how much money do you receive for coming in second place in a beauty contest?

$200
$10
$50
$100
During what time period did the Tyrannosaurus Rex live?

Jurassic
Cenozoic
Cretaceous
Triassic
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