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What is Sputnik?
This is the name of the artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1947
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What is 26 miles and 385 feet?
This is the total length of an Olympic marathon
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What is inflation?
This is the combination of theories used to describe the steady rise of prices including cost-push and demand pull
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Who is Jimmy Carter
This person was Ronald Reagan's opponent in the 1980 election
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What is 24?
This is the name of a show featuring a counter-terrorist agent named Jack Bauer who tries to save the country in a single day. It aired 2 months after 9/11
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Who is the USSR?
This was the communist country the United States feared most
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Who are Tom Brady, Brett Favre, and Jerry Rice?
These 3 players are the only players to play in 300+ games who are not kickers
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Who is Barnes & Nobel
This company in 2013 announced it would shift its focus from large stores and focus more on Nook tablets
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Who is Walter Mondale
This person was Reagan's opponent in the 1984 election
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Where is Salt Lake City?
Norway won the most gold medals at the 2002 Olympics in what city?
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What is Apollo 11
This was the name of the Satellite launched in retaliation to the USSR
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What is 850,000?
This is the estimated total of baseballs used per team per season
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What is interest?
An ARP, or annual percentage rate, is a rate of this
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What is Supply-Side economics?
This was the macroeconomic theory that Reaganomics was based on
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What is Avatar?
This was the highest grossing movie in the 2000's
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What is the CIA
In 1947, the National Security Act set up this organization to collect info on foreign governments, corporations, and other individuals to protect government interests and safety
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What is 6?
This is the amount of World Cups won by the host country
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Who is Che Guevara
The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana bears a sculpture honoring this revolutionary
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What is playing under a rolling train
This is how Reagan almost died as a kid
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Who is Eminem
This rapper was named Best Selling Artist of the decade
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What is Deterrence
This is the name of an act to prevent a nuclear attack
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Who is Gaylord Perry?
This Hall of Fame MLB pitcher said in 1963 that "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a homerun," then proceeded to hit his only career homerun only hours after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon
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What is a Monarch Butterfly
Milkweed is being planted in the Midwest in efforts to preserve which regal insect
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What are Jelly Beans?
This is Reagan's favorite candy
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Who is Ralph Nater
This political figure has ran for president in every election since 1996, but still has not won
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