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RANDOM!!!
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For what does the following abbreviation stand? What is it's significance? FBI
What is Federal Bureau of Investigation – US law enforcement agency (investigates crimes)
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How many quarts in a gallon?
What is 4
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What are the three branches of government and their main responsibilities?
What is Executive – enforces laws Legislative – makes laws Judicial – interprets laws
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Piece of cake; Easy as pie
What is very easy
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2013 in roman numerals
What is MMXIII
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For what does the following abbreviation stand? What is it's significance? CDC
What is Center for Disease Control – focuses on the prevention of diseases and promotion of health (US)
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How many minutes in a 1/4 of an hour?
What is 15
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Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
What is James Madison
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Chip off the ol' block; Chip on your shoulder
What is just like your parents, holding a grudge
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Who is considered the “King of Rock-n-Roll”? The “King of Pop”? The “Fab Four”?
What is Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, the Beatles
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For what does the following abbreviation stand? What is it's significance? AIDS
What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – final stage of HIV infection
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How many ounces in a pound?
What is 16
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How many members are in the senate and house of representatives and what are their terms?
What is S=100 (6 years – 1/3 re-elected every 2 years) H of R=435 (2 years)
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Kick the bucket; Know it like the back of my hand
What is to pass away, have memorized it completely.
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Who are Lewis and Clark?
What is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were explorers commissioned (paid) by Pres. Thomas Jefferson to explore and map the American West (sparked by Louisiana Purchase)
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For what does the following abbreviation stand? What is it's significance? ACLU
What is American Civil Liberties Union – civil rights organization (people of color; women; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; prisoners; and people with disabilities)
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How many weeks in a year?
What is 52
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What is When/where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? By whom? When/where was President John F. Kennedy assassinated? By whom? When/where was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated? By whom?
What is... April 14, 1865 (year only) – Washington, D.C. John Wilkes Booth November 22, 1963 (year only) – Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald April 4, 1968 (year only) – Memphis Tennessee James Earl Ray
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You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink; Don't put all your eggs in one basket
What is you can give someone an opportunity, but they don't have to use it, don't risk losing everything by putting all you efforts into one course of action
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence; President ____________ led the US in the Civil War, while __________ presided over the Confederacy.
What is Thomas Jefferson (main author = wrote the first draft) Benjamin Franklin & John Adams made revisions Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were part of the original committee to draft the declaration (along with Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams), and more than likely helped make revisions along with other members of the Second Continental Congress. Abe Lincoln Jefferson Davis
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For what does the following abbreviation stand? What is it's significance? URL
What is Uniform Resource Locator (more commonly known as a “web address”)
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How many yards make a mile?
What is 1760
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Two times in this century, riots have broken out in Los Angeles. The first occurred in 1965 in an area called _____, and the next one happened in 1992, after the courts’ verdict regarding police abuse of whom?
What is Watts, Rodney King
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A stitch in time saves nine; All is fair in love and war; You catch more flies with honey
What is preventative measures/preparation/work now will lead to less work later, during situations where lobe is at stake or during war, people are not bound by rules of fair play, it is easier to get what you want by flattering people and being polite to them than by making demands
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What is the theory of evolution and who proposed it?
What is he process in which species change over time using natural selection.- Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace. Darwin published the famous book, “On the Origin of Species”, but Wallace and Darwin discovered the theory at roughly the same time.