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Zeeland is a province of what country?
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Netherlands
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Zealand is an island in what country?
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Denmark
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New Zealand was formerly a colony of what country?
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United Kingdom
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Sealand is a self-proclaimed sovereign micronation located on a World War II fort in the ocean, off the coast of what country?
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United Kingdom
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Cebu is an island in what country, where the Cebuano language is spoken?
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Philippines
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The cebu or zebu is a South Asian variety of what animal?
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cattle
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What famous sled dog race ends in Nome, Alaska?
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Iditarod
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What ancient civilization was divided into districts called nomes, each ruled by a nomarch?
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Egypt
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Nassau is the capital of what country?
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Bahamas
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The House of Orange-Nassau is the royal house of what country?
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Netherlands
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Those are both named after the original Nassau, a town in what country?
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Germany
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Lake Van is the largest lake in what Middle Eastern country?
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Turkey
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What is the world's best-selling van, produced from 1950 to the present?
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Volkswagen Transporter
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In Greek mythology, Theseus killed what monster inside the Labyrinth?
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Minotaur
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Some kinds of fish have a organ called a labyrinth which allows them to do what?
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breathe air
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The practice of palm reading is called what?
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palmistry or chiromancy
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What are the leaves of a palm tree called?
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fronds
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How many feet are in a yard?
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3
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How many feet are in a line of iambic pentameter?
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5
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The foot of a squid is divided into how many appendages?
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10
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What kind of doctor specializes in treating conditions of the foot?
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podiatrist
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A grist mill produces what product?
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flour
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How many mills equal a U.S. dollar?
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1000
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A miller is a kind of what insect?
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moth
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In 1837, the Analytical Engine, the first general-purpose computer, was designed but never built. Entirely mechanical instead of electronic, it had a component called the mill which performed arithmetic operations, like the CPU of a modern computer. Who designed it?
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Charles Babbage
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