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Who was the first Chinese-born player to actually play in an NBA game?

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Answer: Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi, whose NBA career lasted from 2001 to 2005, entered the NBA one year before his Chinese countryman, Yao Ming, was selected first in the NBA Draft.

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What type of dog is Scooby Doo from the cartoon series, "Scooby Doo"?

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Answer: Great Dane
Scooby Doo is a Great Dane. He made his first appearance on the big screen on September 13th, 1969 on the CBS show, "Scooby-Doo, Where are you!".

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What is the name of the woman who single-handedly brought to ruins the strongest man ever, Samson?

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Answer: Delilah
Delilah is arguably the most ruthless woman ever. She connived with the Philistines to take Samson down.

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The title role of the 1900's movie, "Pretty Woman", was played by which actress?

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Answer: Julia Roberts
"Pretty Woman" is about a prostitute and a wealthy businessman who fall for one another, forming an unlikely pair. Julia Roberts lover was played by Richard Gere.

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Which Italian Baroque composer claimed to have gotten inspiration for a sonata from the devil himself?

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Answer: Giuseppe Tartini
According to Giuseppe Tartini, he got the inspiration for the "Devil's Trill Sonata" (1770) when Lucifer himself, playing a violin, visited him during a dream.

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Whose body was thrown out of the window only for her corpse to be eaten by stray dogs?

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Answer: Jezebel
Jezebel was a very wicked queen of Israel during the time of the prophet Elijah. She eventually got thrown out her window, and all dogs in the city feasted on her corpse.

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"The Three Bs" (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms) are iconic classical musicians who all hail from the same country. Which country is that?

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Answer: Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms are three of the most influential musicians in Western history and as such, are credited with putting their mutual home country, Germany, "on the musical map".

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Which NBA player broke the record for most points scored during the first three starts of his career in 2012?

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Answer: Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin became an international sensation overnight partially due to his record achievement of scoring 89 points in his first three starts with the New York Knicks in early 2012.

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"A Different World" was a spinoff from which other situation comedy?

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Answer: The Cosby Show
"A Different World" features Denise Huxtable of "the Cosby Show" during her college years, away from home.

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Which was the first political party in the United States to implement a free breakfast program for school children?

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Answer: Black Panther
The Black Panther Party's "Free Breakfast for Children Program", implemented in 1969, served as the inspiration for similar initiatives run by the US federal government today.



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