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1. The world's first nuclear power station was located in what city?
Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Santa Susana, California
Obninsk, Russia
Calder Hall, England

2. What royal leader died in 1920 from blood poisoning, after being bitten by a pet monkey?

King Edward VII (England)
King Alexander (Greece)
King Menelik II (Abyssinia)
King Christian X (Denmark)

3. Who founded Weight Watchers in 1963?

Jean Nidetch
Dean Ornish
Arthur Agatston
Jenny Craig

4. In what paper did Albert Einstein introduce his theory of relativity and the equation E=mc2?

The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
"Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution"
"An Attempt Towards a Chemical Conception of the Ether"
"An Investigation of the Stability and Periods of Oscillation of a Number of Corpuscles"

5. MTV first broadcast on August 1, 1981. What was the first music video they aired?

"I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt
"The Tide Is High" by Blondie
"Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles

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