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Which album of the band Paul Revere and the Raiders is certified gold record by the RIAA in 1967?
1Midnight Ride
2Revolution!
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Midnight Ride is an album by Paul Revere and the Raiders, released on May 6, 1966. It reached 9th place on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold record on March 20, 1967 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Midnight Ride is an album by Paul Revere and the Raiders, released on May 6, 1966. It reached 9th place on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold record on March 20, 1967 by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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geography
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Why is the Red Sea called the Red Sea?
1Red algae
2Red sand
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The Red Sea owes its name to natural phenomena, notably the presence of cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium erythraeum, which give the water a reddish hue when they bloom.
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The Red Sea owes its name to natural phenomena, notably the presence of cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium erythraeum, which give the water a reddish hue when they bloom.
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geography
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Why is the Black Sea called the Black Sea?
2Turko-Mongolian tradition
1Black algae
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The Black Sea owes its name to a Turco-Mongolian tradition associating black with the north. Located to the north of Turkey, it was named the Black Sea.
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The Black Sea owes its name to a Turco-Mongolian tradition associating black with the north. Located to the north of Turkey, it was named the Black Sea.
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music
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What musical instrument does Fats Domino play?
1Piano
2Trumpet
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Fats Domino, a rock 'n' roll and rhythm & blues legend, mainly played the piano, accompanying it with his warm, catchy voice.
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Fats Domino, a rock 'n' roll and rhythm & blues legend, mainly played the piano, accompanying it with his warm, catchy voice.
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literature
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How many novels make up Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle?
220
110
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by Γmile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by Γmile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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sciences
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When did the French confectioner Nicolas Appert invent canned can?
11795
21895
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In 1795, French confectioner Nicolas Appert invented the method of preserving food by sterilization in hermetically sealed containers, known as appertization.
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In 1795, French confectioner Nicolas Appert invented the method of preserving food by sterilization in hermetically sealed containers, known as appertization.
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arts
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Where is exposed the fresco Delivery of the Keys painted by Pietro Perugino?
1Sistine Chapel
2St. Peter's Basilica
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Delivery of the Keys is a religiously themed fresco by Perugino and his assistants, circa 1482, part of the decoration in the middle register of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
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Delivery of the Keys is a religiously themed fresco by Perugino and his assistants, circa 1482, part of the decoration in the middle register of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
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sports
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At what age did Steffi Graf win her first Grand Slam title?
117 years old
220 years old
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Steffi Graf won her first Grand Slam title at the age of 17, in 1987, when she won the French Open. She thus became the youngest champion in the tournament's history.
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Steffi Graf won her first Grand Slam title at the age of 17, in 1987, when she won the French Open. She thus became the youngest champion in the tournament's history.
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sciences
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In anatomy, where is the floor?
1The cranial box
2The facial
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The floor (or base of the skull), located in the cranial box, is formed of three cranial pits.
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The floor (or base of the skull), located in the cranial box, is formed of three cranial pits.
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nature
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What gas forms frozen bubbles in the waters of Canadian Lake Abraham?
2Methane
1Carbon Dioxide
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Lake Abraham is a Canadian man-made lake that was created in 1972. When decaying plants on the lakebed release methane, the trapped gas causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the surface of the lake.
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Lake Abraham is a Canadian man-made lake that was created in 1972. When decaying plants on the lakebed release methane, the trapped gas causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the surface of the lake.
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