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Famous Routes
What Came First?
Space Missions?
Rare Animals
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  • 6. What does the term “kitchen” refer to in shuffleboard?
    A. The starting area
    B. The foul line
    C. The penalty scoring area
    D. The center divider
  • C. The penalty scoring area
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  • 6. Which famous trade route was mainly used for transporting salt and gold across Africa?
    A. Silk Road
    B. Incense Route
    C. Trans-Saharan Trade Route
    D. Amber Road

  • C. Trans-Saharan Trade Route

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  • What came first?
    A. The Hoover Dam
    B. The Golden Gate Bridge
    C. The Empire State Building
    D. Mount Rushmore

✅ Answer: D. Mount Rushmore (began 1927)

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  • 6. What space shuttle mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope?

    A. STS-26
    B. STS-31
    C. STS-41
    D. STS-51

  • B. STS-31

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  • 6. The okapi is most closely related to which animal?
    A. Zebra
    B. Antelope
    C. Giraffe
    D. Horse

  • C. Giraffe

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  • 7. If a disk lands entirely in the “10-off” area, how does it affect the score?
    A. Adds 10 points
    B. Subtracts 10 points
    C. Cancels the frame
    D. Scores zero points
  • B. Subtracts 10 points


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  • 7. The Pan-American Highway runs from Alaska to which southern destination (with a notable gap)?
    A. Argentina
    B. Chile
    C. Colombia
    D. Brazil 


  • A. Argentina


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  1. What came first?
    A. The first ATM
    B. The first credit card
    C. The first online purchase
    D. The first barcode

  • B. The first credit card
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  • 7. Which mission provided the first close-up images of Pluto?

    A. Voyager 2
    B. Cassini
    C. New Horizons
    D. Pioneer 10

  • C. New Horizons
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  • 7. Which rare animal has blue blood due to copper-based hemocyanin?
    A. Snow leopard
    B. Horseshoe crab
    C. Giant panda
    D. Narwhal

  • B. Horseshoe crab

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  • 8. In regulation shuffleboard, when are points officially counted?
    A. After each disk is played
    B. After both players finish shooting
    C. After the final disk of the frame
    D. At the end of the match

  • C. After the final disk of the frame

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  • 8. What natural obstacle interrupts the Pan-American Highway?
    A. Andes Mountains
    B. Amazon Rainforest
    C. Atacama Desert
    D. Darién Gap
  • D. Darién Gap
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  • What came first?
    A. The first animated feature film
    B. The first color film
    C. The first talking movie
    D. The first movie theater

  • D. The first movie theater
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  • 8. Which Apollo mission was the last to land humans on the Moon?

    A. Apollo 15
    B. Apollo 16
    C. Apollo 17
    D. Apollo 18

  • C. Apollo 17
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  • 8. The aye-aye uses its unusually long middle finger primarily to:
    A. Dig burrows
    B. Communicate with others
    C. Extract insects from trees
    D. Defend itself

  • C. Extract insects from trees
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  • 9. Which material is traditionally used to make professional shuffleboard disks?
    A. Wood
    B. Rubber-coated steel
    C. Aluminum alloy
    D. Stainless steel with a plastic insert
  • D. Stainless steel with a plastic insert
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  • 9. The Incense Route was most important to which ancient civilization?
    A. Romans
    B. Egyptians
    C. Nabataeans
    D. Persians

  • C. Nabataeans

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  • What came first?
    A. The microwave oven
    B. The TV dinner
    C. The instant coffee
    D. The electric refrigerator

  • D. The electric refrigerator
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  • 9. What was the primary target of the Rosetta mission?

    A. Saturn’s rings
    B. Jupiter’s moons
    C. A comet
    D. An asteroid


  • C. A comet
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  • 9. The Lord Howe Island stick insect was once thought extinct. Where was it rediscovered?
    A. In a zoo breeding program
    B. On a remote volcanic island
    C. In a rainforest in Australia
    D. Underground caves

  • B. On a remote volcanic island
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  1. 10. What strategic shot involves gently placing a disk to block access to scoring zones?
    A. The knock-off
    B. The runner
    C. The guard
    D. The ricochet

  • C. The guard
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10. Which European route was historically vital for transporting amber from the Baltic Sea?
A. Via Egnatia
B. Amber Road
C. Salt Road
D. King’s Way

  • B. Amber Road

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  • What came first?
    A. The first crossword puzzle
    B. The first Scrabble game
    C. The first jigsaw puzzle
    D. The first word search

  • C. The first jigsaw puzzle
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  • 10. Which mission marked the first long-duration stay aboard a space station?

    A. Skylab 2
    B. Salyut 1
    C. Mir EO-1
    D. ISS Expedition 1

  • A. Skylab 2
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  • 10. The narwhal’s tusk is actually what?
    A. A horn made of keratin
    B. A modified bone
    C. An elongated tooth
    D. A sensory antenna
  • C. An elongated tooth