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This Chinese philosopher is best known for The Art of War, which shaped Chinese tactics for centuries afterwards.

Who is Sun Tzu?

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This bird, despite getting a bad rep due to scavenging for corpses, is actually incredibly useful to any environment its native to.

What are Vultures?

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This steel magnate made his fortune from nothing, but donated the majority of his wealth to charity before his death.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

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One of the primary herbs used in cooking, this Mediterranean herb is used in everything from spaghetti to pizza to the herb slab itself.

What is Oregano?

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Often just as expensive as the computer itself, this optional processing unit is critical for running large or complex games due to graphical and processing limitations.

What is a GPU?

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Of the disciples of Socrates and Plato, this naturalist philosopher is probably the most influential; you might know him as the father of logic. (Daily Double)

Who is Aristotle?

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This bird is famous for its bright coloring, wide range in Eastern North America, and for being Toronto’s mascot.

What are Bluejays?

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Originally a Scottish immigrant, this Canadian became obscenely wealthy by managing his company, which was the first to sell the telephone since he invented it.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

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This fragrant, flowering herb is both a common ingredient in garlic bread and decorative bush for suburban neighborhoods.

What is Rosemary?

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Despite internet reports, you cannot download free sticks of this online, though they do run significantly cheaper than other PC components. (Daily Double)

What is Ram

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This enlightenment philosopher was a strong proponent of natural rights, the concept of noble savages, and argued that a social contract was the only basis for legitimate government.

Who is Jean-Jacques Rosseau? 

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Australia lost a war to this bird, one of the largest in the world, is known for its formidable kicks and incredible resilience.

What are Emus?

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The film Citizen Kane is partially based on this newspaper tycoon, who owned a famous castle in California and pioneered the use of Yellow Journalism.

Who is William Randolph Hearst?

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This snappy plant, native to certain islands in Southeast Asia and Oceania, has been a key baking ingredient for centuries in addition to traditional medicine in China, India, and Japan. (Daily Double)

What is Ginger?

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This body controls the primary functions of the computer and is the hub of all hardware, making a good one necessary for building a proper PC.

What is a Motherboard?

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Though this German philosopher remains widely admired, critics cite his concepts, especially the Ubermensch, as inspiring fascist ideology.

Who is Fredrich Nietzsche? 

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Once one of the most common birds in North America, this cousin of a common city-dwelling bird was hunted to extinction by the expanding United States.

What are Passenger Pigeons?

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One of the less well-known contenders for wealthiest man on Earth was this German merchant who built his family’s banking fortune into one of the largest Europe had ever seen.

Who is Jakob Fugger?

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Every part of this common weed can be used to stimulate various elements of body health, as well as being really fun to blow.

What is Dandelion?

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Color technology in screens was highly limited until the invention of this color of LED by a Japanese engineer in the 1960s, previously impossible because of the additional energy required.

What is blue?

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One of the most accessible and influential members of the Absurdist movement was this French philosopher, who penned The Stranger.

Who is Albert Camus?

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Native to much of the American Southwest, this massive scavenger went extinct in the wild in 1897, but was successfully reintroduced to much of California and the Grand Canyon beginning in the late 1980s.

What are California Condors?

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Often used as an example of greed and capitalist enterprise in Germany, this man became one of the richest men in Europe by manufacturing and selling weapons to the imperial governments of the era.

Who is Krupp?

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This herb is regularly used as topical treatment for seasonal depression and other minor ailments, in addition to making a great tea.

What is St.John's Wort?

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Computers relied on disks to store memory until the recent invention of this, which remains the preferred alternative to the hard drive among enthusiasts due to superior loading times and resilience against damage.

What is a Solid State Drive?