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0.wav | literature | 'In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine"' | Alfred Lord Tennyson | f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa | Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson? | |
1.wav | american_history | 'After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud"' | Rutherford B. Hayes | 6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c | Who was Rutherford B. Hayes? | |
2.wav | american_history | 'Hostilities in the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to General Merritt & this admiral' | George Dewey | 996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd | Who is George Dewey? | |
3.wav | literature | 'Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel' | Treasure Island | 6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c | What is Treasure Island? | |
4.wav | american_history | 'In 1843 Daniel Webster resigned as this president's Secretary of State' | John Tyler | bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5 | Who was John Tyler? | |
5.wav | literature | 'This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage' | Flaubert | c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd | Who is Flaubert? | |
6.wav | literature | 'This Thomas Hardy novel about Bathsheba Everdene was first published anonymously in 1874' | Far From The Madding Crowd | daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d | What is "Far From The Madding Crowd"? | |
7.wav | science | 'From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London' | Darwin | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | Who is Darwin? | |
8.wav | science | 'An enzyme in saliva called ptyalin converts these into maltose, a sugar' | carbohydrates (or starches) | 58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0 | What are carbohydrates (or starches)? | |
9.wav | word_origins | 'This word for what one often does to red wine before serving comes from a Latin word for an iron ring' | decant | 97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a | What is decant? | |
10.wav | word_origins | 'The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"' | a hydrant | 81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d | What is a hydrant? | |
11.wav | american_history | 'At the same time that John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allen headed this agency' | CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) | 5abd2130-146a-41b1-bcdb-974ea8e19f56 | What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)? | |
12.wav | science | 'The symbol of this element first isolated in 1783 comes from its German name' | tungsten | 9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced | What is tungsten? | |
13.wav | literature | 'In the title of a 14th century work, Sir Gawain is paired with this "knight"' | the Green Knight | 6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532 | What is the Green Knight? | |
14.wav | word_origins | 'From the Greek for "treasure", this type of book contains a trove of synonyms' | thesaurus | 81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d | What is a thesaurus? | |
15.wav | literature | 'This author said that he was acting in a play with his kids when he came up with the idea for "A Tale of Two Cities"' | Charles Dickens | f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94 | Who is Charles Dickens? | |
16.wav | science | 'Black spot is a serious fungal disease that affects these flowers; rugosas have good resistance' | roses | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | What are roses? | |
17.wav | american_history | 'In 1609 this captain was injured in a gunpowder explosion & lost his leadership role in Jamestown' | John Smith | daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d | Who is John Smith? | |
18.wav | word_origins | 'Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals' | mauve | 7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07 | What is mauve? | |
19.wav | world_history | 'Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name' | Jason | ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e | Who is Jason? | |
20.wav | science | 'A cubic inch of material contains a million billion billion of these, each with protons & neutrons in its nucleus' | atoms | 97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a | What are atoms? | |
21.wav | literature | 'He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"' | John Updike | daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d | Who is John Updike? | |
22.wav | world_history | 'In 1453 at Castillon, the French artillery won the last battle of this long war' | the Hundred Years\' War | 6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c | What was the Hundred Years' War? | |
23.wav | american_history | 'On December 20, 1860, as a result of Lincoln's election, this state seceded from the Union' | South Carolina | 00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f | What is South Carolina? | |
24.wav | american_history | 'The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War' | Dred Scott | 996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd | Who is Dred Scott? | |
25.wav | literature | 'The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo' | (James Fenimore) Cooper | 5abd2130-146a-41b1-bcdb-974ea8e19f56 | Who is James Fenimore Cooper? | |
26.wav | word_origins | 'Originally one who kept legal records for the crown, now it's a public officer who investigates deaths' | a coroner | 17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546 | What is a coroner? | |
27.wav | literature | 'In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns' | Manderley | 63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c | What is Manderley? | |
28.wav | literature | 'Chapter one of this book informs us that "There was unquestionably a Chuzzlewit in the Gunpowder Plot"' | Martin Chuzzlewit | 81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d | What is Martin Chuzzlewit? | |
29.wav | science | 'The fundamental forces are electromagnetism, gravity & these 2 "opposite" nuclear forces' | the strong & the weak | ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e | What are the strong and the weak? | |
30.wav | world_history | 'Bartolomeu Dias constructed & outfitted 4 ships for this man's 1497-1498 voyage from Lisbon to India' | Vasco da Gama | 7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07 | Who is Vasco da Gama? | |
31.wav | literature | 'In 2000 Turkish author Andrew Mango published a new biography of this founder of modern Turkey' | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | 996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd | Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk? | |
32.wav | world_history | 'In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica' | (Admiral) Byrd | 41f3c367-e0a8-4a85-89e0-c27bae9c9b6d | Who is Admiral Byrd? | |
33.wav | world_history | 'Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty' | Egypt | 17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546 | What is Egypt? | |
34.wav | american_history | 'In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934' | Alf Landon | 81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d | Who was Alf Landon? | |
35.wav | word_origins | 'No surprise here--the name of this birthstone is from the Latin for "red"' | ruby | 9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced | What is ruby? | |
36.wav | american_history | '3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this' | Department of State | 729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600 | What is the Department of State? | |
37.wav | science | 'The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "new"' | neon | daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d | What is neon? | |
38.wav | word_origins | 'This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised' | cuckold | 729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600 | What is a cuckold? | |
39.wav | american_history | 'To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail' | the Chisholm Trail | 13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4 | What is the Chisholm Trail? | |
40.wav | american_history | 'In May 1692 this village's jails were filled with witchcraft suspects, eventually totaling 150' | Salem, Massachusetts | c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306 | What is Salem, Massachusetts? | |
41.wav | world_history | 'Around 500 B.C. this Persian king built Persepolis; parts of the city's audience hall & palace are still standing' | Darius the Great | 2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365 | Who was Darius the Great? | |
42.wav | world_history | 'In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province' | (Red) China | 6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c | What is (Red) China? | |
43.wav | american_history | 'Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865' | Ford\'s Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted) | 996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd | What is Ford's Theatre? | |
44.wav | science | 'This type of rain forms when nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide react within growing droplets' | acid rain | 0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb | What is acid rain? | |
45.wav | world_history | 'In 447 he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas' | Attila | 7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07 | Who is Attila? | |
46.wav | american_history | 'In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son' | Pocahontas | c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306 | Who is Pocahontas? | |
47.wav | science | 'On a weather chart this line connects places that have the same barometric pressure' | Isobar | 34bde396-9fde-4ebf-ad03-e3a1d1155205 | What is an isobar? | |
48.wav | literature | 'Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories' | Anton Chekhov | 146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84 | Who is Anton Chekhov? | |
49.wav | world_history | 'Sir Thomas Raffles founded this city on its island of the same name' | Singapore | 729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600 | What is Singapore? | |
50.wav | science | 'Ossification, the formation of this, begins in the embryo at the end of the second month' | bone | 3cbf8fed-74d5-4690-b715-711fcf8d825f | What is a bone? | |
51.wav | american_history | 'In 1961 he became the first brother of a president appointed to a cabinet position' | Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General) | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | Who is Robert F. Kennedy? | |
52.wav | word_origins | 'Ironically, this synonym for a stupid person is based on the name of 1 of the most brilliant scholars of the 14th c.' | Dunce (from John Duns Scotus) | 2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365 | What is a dunce (from John Duns Scotus)? | |
53.wav | literature | 'This 1852 work was subtitled "Life Among the Lowly"' | Uncle Tom\'s Cabin | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? | |
54.wav | world_history | 'In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession' | Seven Years\' War | ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e | What was the Seven Years' War? | |
55.wav | literature | 'Novel in which an old seaman sings, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest --- Yo--Ho--Ho, and a bottle of rum"' | "Treasure Island" | 6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532 | What is Treasure Island? | |
56.wav | science | 'This heavenly body's prominences include dark filaments & clouds of gas' | The Sun | f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa | What is The Sun? | |
57.wav | american_history | 'In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March' | Alaska | f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94 | What is Alaska? | |
58.wav | american_history | 'From 1757 to 1762 this man was ambassador extraordinaire of the American colonies to Great Britain' | Benjamin Franklin | 78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2 | Who is Benjamin Franklin? | |
59.wav | word_origins | 'Lettuce tell you the term salad comes from the French "salade" meaning with this seasoning' | salt | 7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07 | What is salt? | |
60.wav | american_history | 'This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part"' | NRA (National Recovery Administration) | 34bde396-9fde-4ebf-ad03-e3a1d1155205 | What is the NRA (National Recovery Administration)? | |
61.wav | literature | 'His wife Mary said the caroling of a skylark in Leghorn inspired his poem "To a Skylark"' | (Percy) Shelley | 58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0 | Who is (Percy) Shelley? | |
62.wav | word_origins | 'The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic for "reuniting"' | algebra | 607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b | What is algebra? | |
63.wav | american_history | 'When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885' | Charleston | bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5 | What is Charleston? | |
64.wav | american_history | 'He obtained a charter to establish Georgia in 1732 & founded Savannah a year later' | (James) Oglethorpe | 607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b | Who is James Oglethorpe? | |
65.wav | literature | 'Where you can't go again in Thomas Wolfe title' | home | c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306 | What is home? | |
66.wav | literature | 'Dickens said this title character was "born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk" as a "posthumous child"' | "David Copperfield" | 13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4 | Who is David Copperfield? | |
67.wav | american_history | 'This president said fear itself is "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts"' | FDR | 58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0 | Who was FDR? | |
68.wav | american_history | 'Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819' | Memphis | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | What is Memphis? | |
69.wav | literature | 'He wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"' | Arthur Hailey | bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5 | Who is Arthur Hailey? | |
70.wav | science | 'by definition an anaerobe is an organism that lives in an environment free of this element' | oxygen | 2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365 | What is oxygen? | |
71.wav | literature | 'His essay "Civil Disobedience" was delivered as a lecture & printed as "Resistance to Civil Government"' | (Henry David) Thoreau | 00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f | Who is Henry David Thoreau? | |
72.wav | literature | 'Poet John Donne was first to write "No man is" this' | an island | 7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07 | What is an island? | |
73.wav | world_history | 'Portuguese sailors off course in a 1543 storm became the 1st Europeans to land in this Asian island country' | Japan | 607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b | What is Japan? | |
74.wav | literature | 'In this Orwell novel, the Ministry of Peace, also known as Minipax, concerns itself with war' | 1984 | 2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365 | What is 1984? | |
75.wav | literature | 'James Jones' 1962 novel "The Thin Red Line" was a sequel to this 1951 work' | "From Here to Eternity" | 00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f | What is "From Here to Eternity"? | |
76.wav | literature | 'Alex Haley's first major work was "The Autobiography Of" this black militant leader' | Malcolm X | 0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb | Who was Malcolm X? | |
77.wav | science | 'The pH in pH scale stands for the "potential of " this element' | Hydrogen | 9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced | What is Hydrogen? | |
78.wav | literature | 'At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel' | Ishmael | 13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4 | Who is Ishmael? | |
79.wav | word_origins | 'The name of this South American Indian group was originally the title of their emperor' | Incas | 78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2 | Who were the Incas? | |
80.wav | science | 'The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat jellyfish' | turtle/tortoise | 146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84 | What is a turtle or tortoise? | |
81.wav | world_history | 'It's been estimated that this grand inquisitor put to death about 2,000 people during his term of office, 1483-1498' | (Tomás de) Torquemada | 87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e | Who was (Tomás de) Torquemada? | |
82.wav | literature | 'His "Jungle Book" prose begins, "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills..."' | Rudyard Kipling | c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c | Who is Rudyard Kipling? | |
83.wav | world_history | 'Ferdinand & Isabella promised to make him "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" if he was successful in his 1492 voyage' | Christopher Columbus | 97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a | Who is Christopher Columbus? | |
84.wav | american_history | 'In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas' | Michigan | 23e9e50a-4ea2-447b-b589-df90dbb848a2 | What is Michigan? | |
85.wav | american_history | 'What's known as the second of these programs began with FDR's January 4, 1935 message to Congress' | the New Deal | 146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84 | What is the New Deal? | |
86.wav | science | 'Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease' | Smallpox | 63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c | What is smallpox? | |
87.wav | american_history | 'The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts' | Alien & Sedition Acts | 58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0 | What are the Alien & Sedition Acts? | |
88.wav | science | 'The tail of this body is formed when ice turns into gas as it gets closer to the sun' | a comet | f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94 | What is a comet? | |
89.wav | american_history | 'In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there' | Little Rock, AR | bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5 | What is Little Rock, AR? | |
90.wav | literature | 'Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece' | Portrait of a Lady | 13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4 | What is Portrait of a Lady? | |
91.wav | world_history | 'In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia' | South Africa | 97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a | What is South Africa? | |
92.wav | american_history | 'In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war' | War of 1812 | 87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e | What was the War of 1812? | |
93.wav | world_history | 'This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901' | Wilhelmina | 729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600 | What is Wilhelmina? | |
94.wav | literature | 'Although married to Alexei, she falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky' | Anna Karenina | 996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd | What is Anna Karenina? | |
95.wav | word_origins | 'The hero of a Robert Burns poem lends his name to this woolen cap with a pompom or a tassel' | Tam o\' Shanter | 9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced | What is Tam o' Shanter? | |
96.wav | science | 'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant' | spray cans | 0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb | What are spray cans? | |
97.wav | science | 'Singular form of the word "bacteria"' | bacterium | daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d | What is a bacterium? | |
98.wav | world_history | 'On Feb. 12, 1912, the last emperor of this dynasty abdicated, ending more than 3,000 years of Chinese monarchy' | Manchu | bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5 | What is Manchu? | |
99.wav | science | 'These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action' | hot air balloons | ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e | What are hot air balloons? |
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