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Trivia Questions

Hans Lippershey, who invented this instrument in 1608, called it a "looker"

Cesium was the first element found by this process using the band of colored light produced by a prism

As a teenager in the 1940s, this president of the Philippines attended convent schools in the U.S.

She gave birth to her 1st child, a son, during her successful 1988 campaign to become P.M. of Pakistan

In 1956 Time reported that during the Suez crisis this Egyptian president attended a Jane Russell movie

This 1st president of Indonesia was the son of a Javanese school teacher & his Balinese wife

This was Jose Lopez Portillo's 1st elective office; he was sworn in in 1976

These organizations called BBBs protect consumers from unethical business practices

Before moving to Chicago in 1856, this department store owner clerked in a Pittsfield, Mass. dry goods store

This stagecoach company owned the Pony Express during the last few months of its existence