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What computing major is headquartered at Armonk, New York?
IBM
Which parcel delivery company is known for its brown trucks and uniforms?
UPS
What word means events told in date order?
Chronological
In which US city did Washington make the first State of the Union address?
New York
The use of which technology was restricted to the US military until 2000?
GPS
In which country were the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989?
China
What was Aristotle's job in Ancient Greece?
Philosopher
Tenochtitlan was the capital of which Empire?
Aztec
The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a feature of which conflict?
Vietnam War
Leonid Brezhnev was a 20th century leader of which country?
Soviet Union
What is the name of Bill Clinton's only daughter?
Chelsea
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was opened in 1940 in which state?
Tennessee
The Russian Royal Family lived in which city before the Revolution?
St Petersburg
In which mountain range was the Incan Empire based?
Andes
The Molotov Cocktail is named after a foreign minister from which country?
Soviet Union
The Gupta Empire was a golden age of art, science, and mathematics in which ancient civilization?
India
What is the name of the marine creature whose body is called a bell?
Jellyfish
Meerkats are native to which continent?
Africa
Deathwatch, Colorado potato, and scarab are types of which insect?
Beetle
What natural phenomenon occurs when electrically charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's atmosphere?
Aurora borealis (Northern Lights)
What is the term for a massive rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground?
Tornado
What is the name for the gradual wearing away of land by the action of wind, water, or ice?
Erosion
What is the process called when a gas changes into a liquid, typically as a result of cooling or increased pressure?
Condensation
What is the name for a swirling mass of air with low atmospheric pressure, typically forming over warm ocean waters?
Tropical cyclone
What type of creature is a zebra swallowtail?
Butterfly