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  • Question: Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
     



Answer: Constantinople  DD**

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  • Question: What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?


     
     

     

Answer: 18 inches.  DD**

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  • What was the name of the famous bank robber who was killed by FBI agents in a shootout in 1934?
     

Answer: John Dillinger  DD**

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  • And you thought they were just annoying little birds that pooped in public parks! But no, one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite hobbies was racing what type of bird that lends its name to a famous forge in East Tennessee?

  • Answer: Pigeons

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  • A pestle is one half of a common pair of kitchen utensils used for grinding spices. What is the name of the pestle's bowl-like partner?


  • Answer: Mortar DD**

200
  • Question: Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 and devastated which two Roman cities?


     


Answer: Pompeii and Herculaneum  DD**

200
  • Question: What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?




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Answer: Soccer.

200
  •  What was the nick name of the prison where Alcatraz Island is located?
     
     
     

The Rock 

200

  • The Norris Dam on the Clinch River, near the town of Rocky Top, was the first major project built by what newly created federal agency in 1933?

     
     


  • Answer: Tennessee Valley Authority DD**

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  • What alcoholic spirit is found in all three of these cocktails: Gimlet, Aviation, and Tom Collins?


Answer: Gin  DD**

300
  • Question: Who was the first emperor of Rome?
     

     


Answer: Augustus

300
  • Question: What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?




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Answer: Turkey.

300
  • . What was the nickname of the serial killer who terrorized London in the late 19th century?
     
     
     

Answer: Jack the Ripper

300

  • Which small town in middle Tennessee is called “The Walking Horse Capital of the World?”

     

  • Answer: Shelbyville

300


What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?




Answer: mocha

400
  • Question: In which country was the Battle of Culloden fought in 1746?
     

     


Answer: Scotland

400
  • How many dimples does an average golf ball have?

    Get with in 10 dimples 


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Answer: Between 300-500.

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  • Which notorious criminal duo was responsible for a string of bank robberies and murders during the Great Depression?
     
     
     

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde

400

  • Which out-of-this-world sounding marshmallow and graham snack cake was actually invented very much here on Earth—specifically, by Tennessee’s Chattanooga Bakery?

     
     


Answer: Moon Pie

400
  • What is the four letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking? This term can also be used to describe a type of soup thickened with the paste.




Answer: Miso

500
  • Question: What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?
     

     

     

Answer: Cusco

500
  •  Question: What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal?



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Answer: The Philippines.

500
  • In what year did the O.J. Simpson murder trial take place?
     

     
     

Answer: 1995

500

  • "Willie the Hillbilly" was once the mascot for what soft drink brand, invented by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman in 1940?

     
     



  • Answer: Mountain Dew

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  • Although it's come to mean any flavored mayonnaise in the United States, purists might suggest that what Italian word should refer to an emulsion containing only garlic and olive oil?




Answer: Aioli