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1. History: Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?

2. Science: What is the number of protons and neutrons contained in nucleus of an atom called?

3. Geography: What is the capital of South Carolina?

4. General Knowledge: Where in present-day America is the Nez Perce tribe based?

5. Business: What product carries the slogan, “Don’t leave home without it”?

6. Astronomy: What is our solar system’s Sun composed of?

7. Holidays: When was Mother’s Day declared a national U.S. holiday?

8. Theater: What city is the setting for the original “The Phantom of the Opera”?

9. Comics: What comic strip had an imaginary character called “Stupendous Man”?

10. War: What was the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War?

Answers

1. Mikhail Gorbachev

2. Mass number

3. Columbia

4. Idaho

5. American Express credit card

6. By mass, hydrogen (74 percent) and helium (25 percent)

7. 1914

8. Paris

9. Calvin and Hobbes

10. Georgia