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1. General Joao Baptista Figueiredo, who stated "I intend to open this country up to democracy, and anyone who is against that, I will jail, I will crush," was elected president of which country in 1979?
Portugal
Brazil
Argentina
Spain

2. In which month and year did the last episode of M*A*S*H air?

March 1979
January 1985
April 1981
February 1983

3. Which is the newest religion, founded in 1957?

United Church of Christ
Christian Science
Jehovah's Witnesses
Animism

4. When was the Geiger counter invented by Hans Geiger?

1900
1908
1913
1921

5. Which was the first Japanese auto company to export their cars to the U.S., in 1958?

Toyota
Honda
Datsun
Kia

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