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Air Force One
What is the official air traffic control call sign for an aircraft carrying the President of the United States?
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a la mode
What French phrase has come to mean "served with ice cream" in the United States?
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Miranda Rights or Miranda Warning
What is the name of the "right to silence" warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in custody?
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Mt. Olympus
Where did the twelve major gods, including Zeus, live according to ancient Greek religion and mythology?
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Louis L'Amour
What novelist penned over 105 Westerns, many of which were adapted as screenplays, including "Hondo" and "The Quick and the Dead"?
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Sputnik
What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
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Sear
What cooking term means "to brown meat over a high temperature very quickly in order to seal in the juices"?
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Extradition
What is the term for the surrender by one state of an individual to answer charges in another state?
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the Torah
What are the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible known as in the Jewish faith?
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The Magnificent Seven
Which Western starring Steven McQueen was based on a 1954 Japanese film called "Seven Samurai"?
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Orville and Wilbur
What were the first names of the two Wright brothers, who were credited with the first successful airplane flight in 1903?
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Michelin
What company awards "stars" to world-class restaurants and hotels in an annual guide to culinary excellence?
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Probable Cause
What legal standard, established in the 4th Amendment, must be met before a search or arrest warrant can be issued against a suspect?
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Greek
In what language was the New Testament first written?
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Cat Ballou
Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin starred in what academy award-winning 1965 Western musical?
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1969
In what year did Apollo 11 become the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon?
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Mutton
What term refers to the meat of an adult sheep?
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Habeas Corpus
What is the name of the type of writ that allows an individual to report an unlawful detention or imprisonment?
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Mecca
Which Saudi Arabian city, visited by millions of Muslims annually for the Hajj pilgrimage, is considered the holiest site in Islam?
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Sergio Leone
What spaghetti western filmmaker directed the Fistful of Dollars trilogy, as well as "Once Upon a Time in the West"?
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Hindenberg
What is the name of the German zeppelin that famously combusted mid-flight in 1937, killing 35 people on board?
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Sturgeon
Traditionally, caviar refers to the roe (internal eggs) of what particular fish?
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William McKinley
The Secret Service began providing presidential protection after the assassination of which U.S. president?
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India
In what modern-day country did the Buddha, Siddhartha Guatama, live 400 to 500 years BCE?
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Marion Morrison
What was actor John Wayne's birth name?
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