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01Who was the primary author of the Federalist Papers, writing 51 of the 85 essays?
02The Haber-Bosch process, developed in the early 20th century, is crucial for producing what industrial chemical?
03The ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, a key site of the Indus Valley Civilization, is located in which modern-day country?
04What is the astronomical term for the point in a celestial body's orbit where it is farthest from the sun?
05The literary work "The Tale of Genji," often considered the world's first novel, was written during which period of Japanese history?
06The filibuster, a tactic of prolonged debate to delay legislation, is a procedural feature most associated with which legislative body?
07The physician Avicenna, a pivotal figure in the Islamic Golden Age, authored which monumental medical encyclopedia?
08What element is named after the Latin word for the city of Paris, Lutetia?
09In linguistics, what is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of other words, but pronounced as a word itself?
10The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between which two colonial powers?
11What is the name of the geological supercontinent that preceded Pangaea, existing roughly 1 billion to 600 million years ago?
12The 1927 film "The Jazz Singer" is historically significant for being the first feature-length film to include what?
13In particle physics, which of the four fundamental forces is mediated by the gluon?
14Who was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and thus the last emperor of China?
15The ancient Phoenician city of Carthage, a major rival to Rome, was located near which modern capital city?
16The culinary technique of sous-vide involves cooking food in what medium?
17The Decembrist revolt of 1825 was an uprising by a group of army officers against the accession of which Russian Tsar?
18In American football, which team completed the only perfect season in NFL history, winning every game including the Super Bowl?
19Who directed the influential 1950 Japanese film "Rashomon," known for its innovative use of conflicting character perspectives?
20The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is a probability distribution in statistical mechanics that describes what property of particles in a gas?