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  1. Q1Type the answer

    How many days are in the month of February in a common (non-leap) year?

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    ✓Twenty-eight.

  2. Q2Multiple choice

    Which of these is a woodwind instrument?

    • Trumpet
    • Clarinet
    • Trombone
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    ✓The clarinet.

  3. Q3Type the answer

    What is the capital of Russia?

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    ✓Moscow — home to the Kremlin and Red Square.

  4. Q4Multiple choice

    What is the powerhouse-sized gas that makes stars, and the universe, mostly out of?

    • Helium
    • Hydrogen
    • Oxygen
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    ✓Hydrogen — the simplest and most abundant element.

  5. Q5Type the answer

    In the kitchen, what does it mean to ‘blanch’ a vegetable?

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    ✓To briefly boil, then plunge into ice water to stop cooking.

  6. Q6Type the answer

    Which artist sculpted the marble statue ‘David’ in Florence?

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    ✓Michelangelo — the 17-foot statue took three years to carve.

  7. Q7Type the answer

    What is the only U.S. state whose name is just one syllable?

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    ✓Maine — the sole single-syllable state.

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