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What is the name given to the first battery?
2Voltaic battery
1Electrochemical cell
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Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta is a Lombard physicist and chemist. He is known for his work on electricity and for the invention of the first electric battery, called the voltaic battery. His name is at the origin of the unit of electrical voltage.
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Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta is a Lombard physicist and chemist. He is known for his work on electricity and for the invention of the first electric battery, called the voltaic battery. His name is at the origin of the unit of electrical voltage.
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geography
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What is the capital of Libya?
2Tripoli
1Benghazi
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Tripoli is the capital of Libya and the capital of the homonymous district. Tripoli is the largest city, the main port and the largest industrial and commercial center of Libya. It is also the seat of government and a university city.
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Tripoli is the capital of Libya and the capital of the homonymous district. Tripoli is the largest city, the main port and the largest industrial and commercial center of Libya. It is also the seat of government and a university city.
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history
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Who was the perpetrator of the Sarajevo assassination in 1914?
1Gavrilo Princip
2FΓ©lix Ioussoupov
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The Sarajevo attack was the assassination on Sunday 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, by the Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip. This event is considered to be the trigger for the First World War.
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The Sarajevo attack was the assassination on Sunday 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, by the Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip. This event is considered to be the trigger for the First World War.
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music
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On which album by French singer Jacques Dutronc does the song Et moi, et moi, et moi feature?
1Jacques Dutronc (1966)
2Jacques Dutronc (1968)
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Et moi, et moi, et moi is Jacques Dutronc's first EP, released in 1966 by Vogue. The title song is a satire of the petit-bourgeois way of life and appears on the album Jacques Dutronc (1966).
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Et moi, et moi, et moi is Jacques Dutronc's first EP, released in 1966 by Vogue. The title song is a satire of the petit-bourgeois way of life and appears on the album Jacques Dutronc (1966).
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music
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On which Γdith Piaf's album does the song La Vie en rose appear?
1Chansons Parisiennes
2Edith Piaf Sings
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Γdith Piaf's song La Vie en rose appears on the album Chansons Parisiennes, released in 1947. It is one of the French singer's most famous songs.
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Γdith Piaf's song La Vie en rose appears on the album Chansons Parisiennes, released in 1947. It is one of the French singer's most famous songs.
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music
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On which George Harrison's album does the song Awaiting on You All appear?
1All Things Must Pass
2Extra Texture (Read All About It)
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Awaiting on You All is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass.
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Awaiting on You All is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass.
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arts
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Which American artist painted the famous painting American Gothic in 1930?
1Grant Wood
2Thomas Eakins
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American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired by a cottage designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive top window and decided to paint it with "the kind of people he imagined [he] would live in that house. Β»
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American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired by a cottage designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive top window and decided to paint it with "the kind of people he imagined [he] would live in that house. Β»
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geography
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What is the capital city of Saint Lucia?
1Castries
2Saint Lucia
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Saint Lucia's capital is Castries, a city on the island's northwest coast, known for its bustling port and colonial history.
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Saint Lucia's capital is Castries, a city on the island's northwest coast, known for its bustling port and colonial history.
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sciences
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Which Italian engineer and architect discovered the Steam Turbine in 1629?
1Giovanni Branca
2Leonardo da Vinci
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Giovanni Branca is an Italian engineer, architect and technical writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He described steam turbines in 1629.
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Giovanni Branca is an Italian engineer, architect and technical writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He described steam turbines in 1629.
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history
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During the United States Declaration of Independence, how many British North American colonies seceded?
213
19
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The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, generally referred to as the "Declaration of Independence of the United States of America", is a political document by which the thirteen British North American colonies seceded from Great Britain on 4 July 1776 to form the "United States of America".
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The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, generally referred to as the "Declaration of Independence of the United States of America", is a political document by which the thirteen British North American colonies seceded from Great Britain on 4 July 1776 to form the "United States of America".
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