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Ornithology is the scientific study of birds. The origins of the word ornithology come from the Greek ornithologos and late 17th-century Latin ornithologia meaning "bird science". An ornithologist is someone who studies ornithology — the branch of science devoted to birds. Ornithologists study every aspect of birds, including bird songs, flight patterns, physical appearance, and migration patterns. The information ornithologists gather is used to better understand how birds function, and to learn how birds relate to their natural environment.
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🌀. Today's Question:
Which country in Latin America does not have an army?

Nicaragua

Colombia

Costa Rica

Argentina


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The Central American nation of Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that does not possess a standing military. On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war in that year. In a ceremony in the Cuartel Bellavista, Figueres broke a wall with a mallet symbolizing an end to Costa Rica's military spirit. In 1949, the abolition of the military was introduced in Article 12 of the Costa Rican Constitution. The budget previously dedicated to the military now is dedicated to security, education and culture. Costa Rica maintains small forces capable of law enforcement and foreign peacekeeping, but has no permanent standing army.


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🚣. Which of Christopher Columbus's ships ran aground and had to be abandoned?

The Nina

The Pinta

The Santa Maria

None of the above.


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Christopher Columbus had three ships on his first voyage, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. La Santa María was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. While exploring the islands now known as the West Indies, the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas Day 1492 and had to be abandoned. Columbus returned to Spain aboard the Nina, but he had to leave nearly 40 crewmembers behind to start the first European settlement in the Americas—La Navidad. When Columbus returned to the settlement in the fall of 1493, none of the crew were found alive.
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What was Disney’s Goofy called originally?

Dippy Dawg

Oswald

Mortimer

Zippy Dawg


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Goofy is a funny-animal cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy debuted in animated cartoons, starting in 1932 with Mickey's Revue as Dippy Dawg, who is older than Goofy would come to be. Later the same year, he was re-imagined as a younger dog, now called Goofy, in the short The Whoopee Party. During the 1930s he was used extensively as part of a comedy trio with Mickey and Donald. Starting in 1939, Goofy was given his own series of shorts that were popular in the 1940s and early '50s.

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📞. Whose death was marked by a minute of silence during which none of America's telephones rang?

Thomas Edison

Albert Einstein

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Alexander Graham Bell


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Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. Bell died of complications arising from diabetes on August 2, 1922. Upon the conclusion of Bell's funeral, "every phone on the continent of North America was silenced in honor of the man who had given to mankind the means for direct communication at a distance".
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Today's Question:

🎶 Daisy Hawkins is the original name of which Beatles hit song?

Hey Jude

Penny Lane

Elenor Rigby

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds


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Eleanor Rigby is a song by the Beatles, released on the 1966 album Revolver and as a 45 rpm single. However, the original name of the protagonist that he chose was not Eleanor Rigby but Miss Daisy Hawkins. In 1966, McCartney recalled how he got the idea for his song: I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head ... "Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church". I don't know why. McCartney said he eventually came up with the name "Eleanor" from actress Eleanor Bron. "Rigby" came from the name of a store in Bristol, "Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers". He recalled in 1984, "I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. 'Eleanor Rigby' sounded natural.
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🌀 Today's Question:

✈️ The city of Liverpool, England is served by an airport named after which man?

William Shakespeare

Paul McCartney

Sir Winston Churchill

John Lennon


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Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving North West England. In 2001, the airport was renamed after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of The Beatles, 21 years after his death. A 7 foot tall bronze statue stands overlooking the check-in hall. On the roof is painted the airport's motto, a line from Lennon's song "Imagine": "Above us, only sky". In 2005 the Yellow Submarine, a large-scale work of art, was installed on a traffic island at the entrance to the airport.

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Today's Question:

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Lancer and Lace were the Secret Service code names for which First Couple?
The Reagans

The Clintons

The Kennedys

The Carters


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Previous Answer: The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. The Secret Service code name for John F. Kennedy was Lancer. Jacqueline Kennedy's Secret Service code name was Lace. The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity, and tradition.
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According to legend, through which city did Lady Godiva famously ride naked?

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Jericho

Coventry

Babylon

London


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Yesterday's Answer: Lady Godiva, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend dating back at least to the 13th century, rode naked – only covered in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom had watched her ride and was struck blind or dead. Coventry was the capital of England more than once in the 15th century when the seat of Government was held in Coventry. Coventry's heritage includes the Roman Fort at Baginton, Lady Godiva, St Mary's Guildhall and three cathedrals.
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Today's Question:

🌀 Which cartoonist created "The Far Side"?

Gary Larson

Garry Trudeau

Charles M. Schulz

Matt Groening

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Gary Larson is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to newspapers for 15 years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. The Far Side was ultimately carried by more than 1,900 daily newspapers, translated into 17 languages. His 23 books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than 45 million copies.

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📚 Which author wrote "The Firm", "The Pelican Brief" and "The Client"?

Stephen King

Danielle Steel

John Grisham

Tom Clancy


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Previous Answer: John Ray Grisham is a bestselling writer, attorney, politician, and activist best known for his popular legal thrillers. Grisham's first bestseller was The Firm (1991); it sold more than seven million copies. The book was adapted into a 1993 feature film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise. Eight of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and A Time to Kill. His books have been translated into 42 languages.
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Who said, "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"?

Mark Twain

Yogi Berra

Benjamin Franklin

Edgar Allan Poe


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Yesterday's Answer: "Yogi" Berra was a professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, all but the last for the New York Yankees. Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, Berra was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Berra, who quit school after the eighth grade, was also known for his malapropisms as well as pithy and paradoxical quotes, such as "It ain't over 'til it's over", while speaking to reporters. Simultaneously denying and confirming his reputation, Berra once stated, "I really didn't say everything I said." Berra died of natural causes during his sleep at an assisted-living facility in West Caldwell, New Jersey, on September 22, 2015.

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Today's Question:
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Which author was expelled from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point?

Ernest Hemingway

Mark Twain

Edgar Allan Poe

Charles Dickens


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Yesterday's Answer: Edgar Allan Poe was an author, poet, and critic, famous for his tales and poems of horror and mystery, including "The Raven" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." In 1830, Poe resigned a post in the U.S. Army and enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Poe decided to leave West Point by purposely getting court-martialed. A popular legend states that he won a court martial by showing up to a drill naked save for a cartridge belt, but in actuality, he simply stopped attending classes. In total, Poe collected more than 200 offenses and demerits en route to being dismissed from West Point in January 1831. He was tried for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders for refusing to attend formations, classes, or church.

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Today's Question:
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🌀 The Canary Islands are named after which animals?

Turtles

Dogs

Canaries

Ducks


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The Canary Islands is said to be derived from the Latin name Canariae Insulae, meaning "Islands of the Dogs." According to historians, the Mauretanian king Juba II named the island Canaria because it contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size". Alternatively, it is said that the original inhabitants of the island, Guanches, used to worship dogs, mummified them and treated dogs generally as holy animals. The connection to dogs is retained in their depiction on the islands' coat-of-arms. What is certain is that the name of the islands does not derive from the canary bird; rather, the birds are named after the islands.

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Today's Question:
🐙. How many hearts does an octopus have?

1

2

0

3


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Previous Answer: An octopus has three hearts. Two branchial hearts pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third keeps circulation flowing for the organs. These two smaller hearts function much like the right side of the human heart. They pump oxygen-depleted blood to the gills, where it exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen, and then pump this refreshed blood to the systemic heart. The systemic heart then propels this new oxygenated blood throughout the octopus's body, just like the left side of the human heart! Octopuses also have blue blood. To survive in the deep ocean, octopuses evolved a copper rather than iron-based blood called hemocyanin, which turns its blood blue.

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🎸 What name did B.B. King give to his guitar?

Gloria

Ginny

Lucille

Elaine


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