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Which event occurred earliest? (40 points)

	Battles of Lexington and Concord
	Boston Massacre
	Signing of the Declaration of Independence
	Boston Tea Party
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Who is usually credited with saying "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small"? (40 points)

	Gertrude Stein
	Henry Kissinger
	Winston Churchill
	Lawrence Summers
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The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday because (20 points)

	The volume of shoppers threatens to block out the sun
	Retailers expect holiday shoppers will cause them to turn a profit
	Many Americans experience post-holiday blues
	By convention, black clothes and shoes may be worn after Thanksgiving
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Which phenomenon is an example of syzygy? (40 points)

	A solar eclipse
	Telepathy
	Eidetic memory
	A thermonuclear reaction
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Which of these commonly-used words is not an acronym? (20 points)

	scuba
	x-ray
	radar
	laser
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A Hemingway cat is a term for (40 points)

	A brand of cigar
	A member of Ernest Hemingway's entourage
	A small sail boat used for fishing
	A cat with extra toes
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Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was known to dress as a clown to entertain children. He called his clown character (40 points)

	Krazy Klown
	Clowny Johnny
	Pogo the Clown
	Chuckles
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Who said "Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! " (40 points)

	Robert E. Lee
	Dorothy Parker
	Lee Harvey Oswald
	Albert Einstein
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Which murder mystery series enjoyed the longest run? (30 points)

	Diagnosis Murder
	Matlock
	Murder She Wrote
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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What was the outcome of Lizzie Borden's 1893 murder trial? (30 points)

	She was acquitted, but ostracized by her community
	She was convicted, but the judge vacated her sentence
	She was convicted and hanged
	A hung jury resulted in a mistrial
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