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What country does the most coffee come from?
Who was John Hancock?
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From what country did we get 'Louisiana?
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What is an oculist?
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What is a carburetor?
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What is the largest state in the union?
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Whet is en element?
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What is the smallest state in the union?
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What if a caitson?
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Who is gpvernor of Nebraska?
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What state is commonly known as the Badger state?
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What U a diamond?
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What is asbestos?
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What it steel?
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What is sugar?
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What if coke?
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What is wool?
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What is shoddy?
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What is linoleum?
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What is tinder?
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What is strawhoard?
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What is shale?
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How many stars in the American flag?
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What is the Declaration of Independence?
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What is the U. S. Constitution?
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What is congress?
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What are taxes?
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When did the U. S. take OTer the work of the Panama canal?
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Who discovered the Pacific ocean?
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Where did the Mayflower Pilgrims land?
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What city in Pennsylvania was nearly destroyed by flood in May, 1889?
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Who was the most famous French heroine?
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Who reigned longest of English sovereigns?
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Who in U. S. invented the telephone? '
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Who in U. S. invented the telegraph?
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Who invented the typesetting machine?
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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Who invented wireless telegraphy?
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Who invented the talking machine?
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Who invented the sewing machine?
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Who invented the adding machine?
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Who invented the typewriter?
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Who in the U. S. invented the submarine?
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What first pneumatic invention attracted general attention in U. S.?
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What is the first planet in order of distance from the sun?
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Who discovered the law of gravitation?
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What causes the tides?
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Is porcelain a good conductor of heat?
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Which are the five largest islands in the world?
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Name a large inland body of water having no outlet?
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What is the highest mountain in the world?
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What is the longest railroad in the world?
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What country produces and uses most carpets in the world?
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What insect carries malaria?
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What is the oldest university in the U. S.?
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Who was America's greatest humorist?
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Of what university was Woodrow Wilson president?
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What is a patent?
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What is a spectrum?
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What are the seven colors of the spectrum?
What is a shoemaker's last?
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What is a curriculum?
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What is a dictagraph?
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What is a telephone?
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What is cube root?
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What is a piano?
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What is a cotton gin?
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What is a cross-cut saw?
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What is a dynamo?
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What is meant by collateral security?
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What is a notary public?
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What is a check?
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What is a trade acceptance?
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What is a promissory note?
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What is a warranty deed?
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What is liability insurance?
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What is fire insurance?
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Can a man vote on his first papers in Nebraska?
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When was the base line surveyed between Kansas and Nebraska?
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What is the area in square miles of Nebraska?
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How many ounces of sugar to the pound?
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How many pounds of coal to a ton?
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What is the most common food?
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What is the principal imitation of butter?
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What is condensed milk?
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What is the most common and important fruit?
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What is hominy?
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What are prunes?
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What is baking powder?
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What is potash principally used for?
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How many states in the union?
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What are the five senses?
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What is a threshing machine?
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Who was Paul Revere?
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