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What are the four president chiseled on Mt. Rushmore?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt
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What was Microsoft’s last CEO?
Steve Ballmer
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What kind of animal is a dolphin?
ex. A komodo dragon is a reptile.
A mammal
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What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
a^2+b^2=c^2
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Who won the Super Bowl?
The Seattle Seahawks
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After the original 13 colonies, which were the next three states admitted to the Union?
Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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Which company was Lucasfilms purchased by?
Disney
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How many bones does the human body have?
206-208
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Define slope.
In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m.
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Recently a former CIA and NSA computer analyst released some confidential files from the NSA database. What was this man's name?
Edward Snowden
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought a large amount of land from the French. What was this event called?
The Louisiana Purchase
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What is the newest rover on Mars sent up by NASA called?
Curiosity
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How many (main) types of clouds are there?
Four.
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How do you calculate the surface area of a cube
Add the surface area of the individual planes together.
or 6s^2 |
Recently, a Pakistani girl was shot in the head and in the neck for speaking out against the Taliban. She later spoke at the UN. What is this girl's name?
Malala Yousafzai
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What were Columbus’s 3 ships on his first voyage?
The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
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What was the first OS that Microsoft created?
MS-DOS
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How many suns are there in the galaxy?
200 to 400 billion
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How do you calculate the value of pi?
22/7
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Which famous American child actress died Feb. 10th this year?
Shirley Temple
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What American woman aided wounded soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War?
Carla Barton- Went on to found Red Cross
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Steve Jobs was the CEO of what three companies during his life?
Apple, Pixar, and NeXT
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What is the study of fingerprints called?
Dactylography
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Which Ancient Greek mathematician calculated the value of pi?
Archimedes.
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Who is Microsoft's new CEO?
Satya Nadella
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