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1. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. In what spacecraft did he make this historic trip?
Mariner 2
Apollo 5
Pathfinder 11
Freedom 7

2. What Indian-born scientist was awarded, with two others, the 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his "interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis"?

Bagha Jatin
Subhas Chandra Bose
Satyajit Ray
Har Gobind Khorana

3. In 1935, Nazi Heinrich Himmler created a state-sponsored breeding program, where every member of the SS was required to produce four children, not necessarily in wedlock. The goal was to help produce an "aryan race." What was this program called?

T-4
Herrenvolk
Endlösung
Lebensborn

4. Which U.S. president declared a "War on Poverty"?

Grover Cleveland
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter

5. In what year did the first Star Trek television show, starring William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, first air?

1964
1966
1970
1974

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