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How do you call a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.?

poltergeist

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How do you call the ‘temporary prevalence of a disease’?

epidemic

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What’s the word for an epidemic that has spread over a large area?

pandemic

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How do you call the portion of the Internet that is hidden from conventional search engines, as by encryption; the aggregate of unindexed websites?

Dark or deep web

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What word is defined as “the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent”?

lava

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Those killed in Pompeii didn’t die from the eruption of lava spilling over them; instead they were …?

Buried under volcanic ash that poured over the town.

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What’s the word for a website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser?

a wiki

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What site obtains and publishes secret and classified material in a way that protects its sources (often whistle-blowers, journalists, and activists)?

WikiLeaks

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When was Wikipedia founded?

2001

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Wikipedia is a massive, online encyclopedia operating in more than … languages.

300

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When did the elbow bump become prevalent?

During the early stages of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

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In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) promoted using elbow bumps instead of handshakes to slow the spread of…?

bird flu

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What does LGBT stand for?

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

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What celebration commemorated in September, marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year?

Rosh Hashanah

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According to the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah not only marks the new year—it also honours the creation date of Adam and Eve when?

Some 5,700 years ago

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How are copies of books produced before 1501 from movable type called?

incunabula

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