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Question 1: What part of the brain is responsible for regulating emotions?
Question 2: Who directed the 1994 film Pulp Fiction?
Pulp Fiction was Tarantino's second feature film as a director, following 1992's Reservoir Dogs. The unconventional crime film won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and revitalized the careers of stars John Travolta and Bruce Willis.
Question 3: Which famous composer wrote the opera "The Marriage of Figaro"?
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) premiered in 1786 in Vienna. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte and was based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. It is considered one of the greatest operas ever written.
Question 4: If fruits are the part of a plant that contains seeds, what is the largest fruit in the world?
While often thought of as a vegetable, pumpkins are technically a fruit since they contain seeds. The current world record for heaviest pumpkin is 2,703 pounds (1,226 kg), grown by Stefano Cutrupi in Italy in 2021.
Question 5: When did the American Civil War end?
The American Civil War ended in 1865 after 4 years of fighting between the Union and Confederate states. The war's conclusion came shortly after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Question 6: Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
The Swiss consume an average of 19.4 pounds (8.8 kg) of chocolate per person per year. Chocolate has been manufactured in Switzerland since the 18th century.
Question 7: When was Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa, completed?
The Mona Lisa is arguably the most famous painting in the world. It's believed that da Vinci began working on it in 1503, but he continued to refine the painting for many years. Art historians generally place the completion date around 1517, shortly before his death in 1519.
Question 8: In what century was the famous painting "The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh created?
Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889 while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in southern France. It depicts the view from his room's east-facing window just before sunrise. The painting is now housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Question 9: How many wheels did the first car invented by Karl Benz in 1886 have?
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen is widely regarded as the world's first production automobile. It was a three-wheeled vehicle with a rear-mounted single-cylinder engine. The first four-wheeled car wouldn't arrive until 1891.
Question 10: What was the name of the first cartoon character to appear in a comic strip?
The Yellow Kid first appeared in the comic strip Hogan's Alley in 1895. The character was created by Richard F. Outcault and is considered one of the earliest recurring comic strip characters, helping to pioneer the development of the comics medium.
The limbic system, located on both sides of the thalamus, includes the hypothalamus, the hippocampus, the amygdala, and several other nearby areas. It controls emotional responses, motivation, and memory formation.