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Play today’s sevenWhich city is home to both the Kremlin and Red Square?
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✓Moscow, where “Red Square” first meant “beautiful square” in old Russian.
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In 2006, astronomers demoted which world from planet to ‘dwarf planet’?
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✓Pluto, discovered in 1930 and named by an 11-year-old English schoolgirl.
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Which Founding Father’s face appears on the US $100 bill?
- Alexander Hamilton
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson
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✓Benjamin Franklin, one of only two non-presidents on today’s bills, with Hamilton.
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What does the Latin phrase “carpe diem” mean?
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✓“seize the day”, though the poet Horace literally wrote “pluck the day”, like ripe fruit.
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Which Norwegian artist painted “The Scream”?
- Gustav Klimt
- Egon Schiele
- Edvard Munch
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✓Edvard Munch, who made several versions of it in both paint and pastel.
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Which Winter Olympic sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting?
- Nordic combined
- Biathlon
- Ski jumping
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✓Biathlon, where racers must steady a pounding heart before every shot.
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Which element has the chemical symbol K, from its Latin name kalium?
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✓Potassium, named because it was first isolated from potash in 1807.
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