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Answer: German Malted Rye Bread

Question: "The Devil's Picture Book" is a Puritan name for what?

Answer: A pack of playing cards

Question: “After all, tomorrow is another day” is the last line in which film?

Answer: Gone with the wind

Question: “I was dreaming of the past and my heart was beating fast” are lyrics from which major hit song?

Answer: Jealous guy.

Question: 1961 was the last year to read the same upside down and back to front. What will be the next?

Answer: 6009

Question: 20 Bottles of wine is called what?

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar?

Question: 3 What can be Tulip, Balloon or Flute?

Answer: Wine glasses

Question: A “yawl” is a type of what?

Answer: A boat

Question: A 10 ft rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung at the surface of the water. There is 1 ft between the rungs and the tide rises at 6 inches per hour, how long until 3 rungs are covered.

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Question: A Beluga is a type of what?

Answer: Whale

Question: A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occasion?

Answer: The Coronation of Elizabeth II

Question: A canton, halyard and field make up what item?

Answer: A flag

Question: A cow’s stomach has how many compartments?

Answer: 4

Question: A deep cut of beef fillet is named after which French Viscount?

Answer: Chateaubriand

Question: A firkin of beer holds how many gallons?

Answer: 9

Question: A fisherman’s bend and a cat’s paw are both types of what?

Answer: Knots

Question: A Full choir is divided into 4 ranges of voices, Tenor, Sopranos and Basses are 3, what is the other?

Answer: Altos

Question: A full size snooker table is 12 foot long, but how wide is it?

Answer: 6 feet and 1 inch

Question: A Macfarlane is what type of clothing item?

Answer: Coat

Question: A mahout is a person who works with and rides what?

Answer: Elephants

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Carsey Institute: Americans' Knowledge of Polar Regions Up, But Not Their Concern Newswise (press release) Newswise — DURHAM, NH – Americans' knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, according to new research from ... and more »

LIN-ZHEN v. HOLDER Leagle.com Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; James A. Hunolt, Senior Litigation Counsel; Jesse Lloyd Busen, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. PRESENT: ROGER J. MINER, ... and more »

Video shows need for educational overhaul UConn Daily Campus When my sister and I were growing up, my mom had multiple decks of general knowledge flashcards, which we were drilled in before starting kindergarten all the way through middle school. She did this as a single, working mother who was raised in another ...

"General Staff and Government Bear Responsibility" Bianet The General Staff bears responsibility and therefore also the political power". MP Gök stated that the operation was done with the knowledge of the Prime Ministry and the General Staff. The Uludere sub-commission visited the province of Sirnak on ...

Playful lessons for Kim Jong-eun Asia Times Online Cloud's argument rests on the distinction between declarative and performative knowledge. The former is knowledge of facts, knowledge that can be transmitted to others in written form. X tons of iron ore and Y tons of coking coal will produce Z tons of ... and more »

The Atlantic

The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge The Atlantic In Too Big To Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room, the simultaneously fascinating and frustrating book by Berkman Center senior researcher David ... and more »

Wolfram, a Search Engine, Finds Answers Within Itself New York Times There was skepticism in 2009, when Wolfram Alpha arrived, with critics saying the approach was very limited, useful mainly for math and science facts. But the technology has come a long way, including delivering many answers for Siri, ... and more »

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