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The United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic document (Resolution 217) in Paris at its third session in 1948. The document is regularly abbreviated as UDHR, which stands for what?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Deglutition is the scientific term for what common bodily function that humans do hundreds of times a day?
Swallowing
Name the only person to be a United States President and Supreme Court Justice. He was even Chief Justice! He was the 27th president and the tenth chief justice.
Taft
What was the name of the commission established to investigate the JFK assassination?
Warren Commission
What man was the running mate of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964? This man's initials are famously H.H.H.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr
What is the name for a type of rigid airship named for its German inventor that were first flown commercially in 1910 and carried tens of thousands of fare-paying passengers before World War I slowed down the airship business?
Zeppelin
Although the term was initially coined on the London Stock Exchange in the 18th century for a stockbroker who defaulted on his debts, it's now commonly used to refer to office-holders headed out the door.
Lame Duck
What "G" instrument is technically a metallophone because its set of tuned keys are made of metal plates or tubes rather than the wood of a xylophone? The instrument was featured famously in many Rush songs such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Closer to the Heart."
Glockenspiel
Looking to stimulate a stagnant Soviet economy in the '80s, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced what P-word political movement that's just Russian for "reconstruction" or "restructuring"?
Perestroika
After Chicago, what is the most populous U.S. city in the Central Time Zone?
Houston
In 2022, the U.S. Treasury minted landmark quarters featuring what "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author?
Maya Angelou
According to an urban legend, what type of animal caused the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 by knocking over a lantern?
Cow
Played by Frank Sinatra in a film version, Nathan Detroit is a gambling boss in what classic 1950s Broadway musical?
Guys and Dolls
What is the name of the private, all-male HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) located in Atlanta, Georgia which is the largest men's liberal arts college in the U.S. and is the alma matter of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee and Edwin Moses?
Morehouse College
The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in what state? We're talking about the very first McDonald's, not the first franchise location.
California
Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods and Rush Limbaugh received what prestigious medal by President Donald Trump during his presidential term?
Presidential Medal of Freedom
A lion holding a sword appears on the logo of Ceylon Tea as well as the flag of what teardrop-shaped Indian Ocean country that exports the product?
Sri Lanka
What is the name of the single-player sliding block puzzle game designed by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli in which a smartphone user tries to create a certain value by sliding and combining tiles around a grid?
2048
What 110-mile-per-hour air currents circle Earth's tropopause in a westerly direction?
Jet stream
If you were to combine words meaning 'the day before' and 'to cease work,' you'd find yourself at what notable world landmark?
Everest (Eve / Rest)
El Prat airport is located in which city on the Mediterranean Sea, which held the 1992 Summer Olympics?
Barcelona
What two one-syllable rhyming words summarize the following phrase? To handily defeat the protagonist of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Rout-Scout
More than 500 million of the Flying Pigeon PA-02 bicycles have been made, many multiples more than the next-most popular model of bicycle. The Flying Pigeon brand has been state-owned since the mid 20th century by what country?
China
Take two words and arrange them one way, you get a Canadian whisky. Arrange them the other way and you get a generic soda brand. What are the two words?
Crown Royal
What is the animal term associated with some lip gloss applicators? The name does not come from the fuzzy tip resembling fur, but rather from the hoof-shaped, angular tip of the applicator.
Doe Foot