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1:
New Hampshire will hold America’s first presidential primary on January 8, 2008. Which state will hold the second a week later?
South Carolina
Nevada
Michigan
Florida
2:
Which presidential candidate said the following: “We've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop."
Mike Huckabee
Rudy Giuliani
Joe Biden
Mitt Romney
3:
Who starred in the classic American film “The Deer Hunter?”
Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino
John Savage and Harvey Keitel
Christopher Walken and Dustin Hoffman
Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro
4:
True or False: Houston has surpassed Chicago to become the third largest city (in population) in America.
True
False
5:
Who is the only professional golfer to win more Major tournaments than Tiger Woods?
Ben Hogan
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Lee Trevino
6:
According to the year 2000 U.S. census, Americans spent approximately how much money buying books in 1998?
$ 950 million
$ 6.7 billion
$ 14.4 billion
$ 28.8 billion
7:
True or False: Yale University is the largest private university in the U.S.
True
False
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