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1. A little fact I always got mixed up as a kid. Does the sun rise in the east or west?
2. Who has the first move first in chess? Is it black or white?
3. What about metacarpals and metatarsals, the bones with frustratingly similar names. Where are the metatarsals?
4. When blue litmus paper turns red, is it an acid or a base that is present?
5. You can't ever escape the stalagmite/stalactite conundrum. Do stalagmites point up or down?
6. Every time a quiz asks "based on populations that speak it as a first language, which is the most spoken language on Earth?" I freeze up. I know that it is either English or Mandarin (Chinese language)... but which one?
7. What does 'tautology' mean?
8. A classic problem is 'affect' versus 'effect'. Which of the following sentences illustrates the correct use of one of the words?
9. According to the Oxford Dictionary, is there any difference between the meaning of the words 'inquire' and 'enquire'?
10. Here's one I always get confused. Which US State entered the union as the 50th State, was it Alaska or Hawaii?
11. Which island is bigger in area: Crete or Cyprus?
12. For those who remember Long Playing records (LPs), this should be a piece of cake. What is the difference between a 45 and a 33 1/3 LP?
13. Ahhhh, Plato and Socrates. One wrote about the other. But which way was it? Who was the author?
14. A pair of American Presidents - namely the Roosevelts - have always confused me. Which one was President of the USA first?
15. Was Cleopatra bitten by an asp or an adder?
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