2025 - QR P SS 3

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Found in the west-central and northwestern parts of Kentucky, this geographic region includes Henderson and Madisonville. What is this Kentucky geographic region named for a precious mineral mined there?

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Western Coal Field(s)

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This politician and sports executive was born in Kentucky. Known as "Happy," who served as U.S. Senator, Governor, and Commissioner of Major League Baseball?

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Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler

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This city is America's most populous. A song says if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. What city features Central Park, the Statue of Liberty and the 9/11 Memorial?

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New York City

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This term referring to a harmful atmospheric condition is a portmanteau, a word made by combining two other words. It's common in highly populated areas with lots of cars, like Los Angeles and Mexico City. What is this word, a combination of "smoke" and "fog"?

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Smog

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In the late 1700s, this European power had multiple administrative districts called "viceroyalties" in the New World, ranging from what is now South America to Canada. What nation sent forth so-called conquistadors like Cortes and Pizarro?

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Spain

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U.S. presidents who graduated from this university include Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy and George Bush. Name this prestigious Cambridge, Massachusetts Ivy League school founded in 1636 as the first higher education institution in the English colonies.

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Harvard

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Who replaced retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, becoming the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court?

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Ketanji Brown Jackson

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This Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights. What Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, press, and assembly?

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First Amendment

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In America, women weren't allowed to do this until 1920. What do we call the process of participating in an election by declaring on a ballot which candidate you like?

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Voting

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On what New York Street do we find the New York Stock Exchange?

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Wall Street