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  1. In what year did Benjamin Franklin discover electricity?
    1752
  2. What singer lead the group, The Four Seasons, in the 1960s?
    Frankie Vali
  3. In rock and roll, what was the name of Frank Zappa's band?
    The Mothers of Invention
  4. Who wrote the Brandenberg Concertos in the 17th century?
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. In drama terms, what is the slang phrase used to wish an actor or actress luck?
    Break a leg
  6. What popular singer sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" at Robert Kennedy's funeral?
    Andy Williams
  7. What inspired Walt Whitman to write "O Captain! My Captain"?
    Abraham Lincoln's death
  8. In what year was the first motorcycle invented?
    1885 in Germany
  9. What football team is partially named after Edgar Allan Poe's work?
    The Baltimore Ravens
  10. Goober peas are actually what?
    Peanuts (in the south)
  11. Bob Hoskins is most famous for what Disney film?
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  12. What do the initials A.E., of writer A.E. Housman stand for?
    Alfred Edward
  13. What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
    Calcium
  14. Who sang the hit record, "Naughty Girls Need Love, Too"?
    Samantha Fox
  15. From whom did we get the word "sandwich"?
    John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-92)
  16. Who wrote, "The French Lieutenant's Woman"?
    John Fowles
  17. Dame Margot Fonteyn was famous as what?
    A ballerina
  18. How many seconds are there in a hour?
    3600
  19. How many seconds equal one day?
    86,400
  20. Who was the founder of the Quakers?
    George Fox
  21. Terry Waite is best known as what?
    A hostage
  22. John Lennon first formed what band?
    Long John and the Silvermen
  23. What religious group founded the city of Philadelphia?
    The Quakers
  24. What is a Haliaeetus leucocephalus?
    A bald eagle
  25. What is a gosling?
    A baby goose

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