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1. Who was known as the "Lion of Kashmir" and was the first prime minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947?
Mohammed Abdullah
Chanakya
Homi Bhabha
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

2. In what year did the Grand Central Terminal in New York City open, Canberra become the capital of Australia, and the First Balkan War end?

1907
1913
1920
1927

3. Introduced in 1962, what was the first sugar-free soda sold throughout the U.S.?

Tab
Fresca
Diet Coke
Diet-Rite Cola

4. Which famous Spanish artist worked with French painter Georges Braque to originate the Cubist movement in 1907?

Salvador Dali
Esteban Vicente
Diego Rivera
Pablo Picasso

5. What was the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history?

1900 Galveston Hurricane
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
1974 Super Outbreak of Tornadoes
1985 Chicago Heat Wave

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