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What word taken from the Hindu religion was popularized by author Neil Stevenson to describe a person’s online virtual image? | |
What name describes the period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance? | |
The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution both refer to what? | |
What American author is nicknamed the “Queen of Suspense”? Her first novel, Where Are the Children, was published in 1975. | |
What country did sprinter Ben Johnson represent when he won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics, which he later forfeited because of steroid use? | |
What brand of beer by Budweiser was introduced in 1989 with a slogan that began “Why ask why?” | |
In the 1979 musical, Sweeney Todd is the demon barber of what street? | |
William Henry Harrison was the first president to represent which political party? | |
On what TV network does the competitive cooking reality show MasterChef, co-hosted by Gordon Ramsey, air? | |
What is the name of the actor who portrayed House on the television show with the same name? | |
What is the name for the ring-shaped pasta that is typically stuffed with meat or cheese, and is sometimes described as “navel shaped”? | |
Waterways named the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull separate what island from New Jersey? | |
What American solo artist had a hit in the mid-1980s with the song “I Just Called to Say I Love You”? | |
What was the name of the IBM computer system that competed against former winners on Jeopardy in 2011? | |
Who directed the 2012 historical drama film Lincoln? | |
According to legend, what Trojan princess was cursed by Apollo so that no one would ever believe her prophecies? | |
What brand of shampoo used an ad campaign that contained the line “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”? | |
Also known as the “sunshine vitamin”, what vitamin can be synthesized by the body with sun exposure? | |
What U.S. National Park, located in Colorado, was created in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt, the first consciously designed to “preserve the works of man”? | |
What famous Bostonian finished third in the November 5, 2013 race for Boston mayor, garnering most of the 560 write-in votes, according to the Boston Election Department? | |
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