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What is a Cookie?
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What are? Emeralds
Thousands of years ago in Egypt, "Cleopatra's Mines" were a source of these gems.
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Who was Calvin Coolidge?
His 1925 inaugural address was the first to be broadcast on radio; he wasn't always silent.
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What is Versailles?
On Sept. 1, 1715 Louis XIV died in this city, site of a fabulous palace he built.
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What is Orient?
On October 1,1986 Northwest airlines took this word out of its name
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What is steam?
In 1861, Elisha Otis patented an elevator driven by this, not electricity
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What is Extra Sensory?
The ES in ESP stands for this kind of perception, which we don't have to tell you if you have it.
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The first Secretary of State to become president. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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What is Narnia?
According to C.S. Lewis, it was bordered on the east by the Eastern Ocean and on the north by the River Shribble.
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What is 747?
To serve as Air Force One, two of this are currently on order from Boeing.
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What is springs?
The two most common types of mechanical clocks are driven by weights or these.
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What is ex patriot?
An exile, especially one who has renounced his native country.
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Who was Ronald Reagan?
This President once appeared in an ad saying he was sending Chesterfields to all his friends for Christmas. Who was Ronald Reagan?
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What is Greece?
. To marry Elizabeth, Prince Philip had to renounce claims to this southern European country's crown.
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What are Pratt and Whitney or G.E
One of the two biggest makes of commercial jet air crafts in USA..
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What is mouse?
In 1983 Apple's Lisa computer gave PC's this device that moves the cursor around the screen.
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What is Equator?
The hottest place on earth (excluding the desserts)
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Who was Chester Arthur?
He was known as the "Dude" President, "America's First Gentleman," and "Our Chet." Who was Chester Arthur?
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Who is Charles Dickens ?
Hard times," indeed! A giant quake struck New Madrid, Mo., on Feb. 7, 1812, the day this author struck England.
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Who is Albert Santos-Dumont?
Some claim that the Wright Brothers made only a power glider and that this Brazilian rally invented the airplane.
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What are phonograph records?500
Thomas Edison's cylindrical ones were super ceded by Emile Berliner's flat variety.
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What is an equestrienne?
Dale Evans, Princess Anne, or any other horsewoman.
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Who were Martin Van Buren and both Roosevelt's?
Two of the three U.S. Presidents of Dutch Ancestry. Who were Martin Van Buren and both Roosevelts?
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What is Catalina?
Around 1542 explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this island off L.A. & it's believed he's buried there too.
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What is Texas Air?
It's acquisition of People Express, Frontier, Continental, and Eastern have made it the biggest U.S air company
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