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        REFERENCE QUESTIONS:

      • How many member nations are in the United Nations and what is the
        General Assembly and its main concerns?
      • Who shares your birthday? What happened the day you were born?
      • In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched and
        what was it called?
      • Where can I find Brenda Newmann's topic in "Teaching Kids
        Smart Spending and Saving Habit"?
      • Can you tell me the top three nations ranked in the World's Top
        Tourism Destinations?
      • How many tornadoes are reported across the United States in an
        average year?
      • How many gold, silver, bronze medals did the United States win
        during the 2000 Summer Sydney Olympic games?
      • Who is David Wu and what is his position in US government?
      • What Nobel Prize Award was given to Mother Teresa and in what
        year?
      • Among the 50 most widely spoken languages in the world, which
        one ranks no. 1 and how many people speak it and in how many
        countries?
      • Do you know the cost of higher education in the US from 1986 to
        2000?
      • Who was the third president of the United States?


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