Quiz about Academic Team Tryout Test

Question 1

Identify the bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.

Accepted Answer

Femur

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Pelvis

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Tibia

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Fibula

Question 2

In the world of classic cartoons, whose best buddy is Barney and wife is Wilma?

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Fred Flintstone

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Scooby Doo

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Nut McGee

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Homer Simpson

Question 3

What ancient people built the pyramids?

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Egyptians

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Israelites

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British

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Africans

Question 4

Where did the Olympic Games originate?

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Greece

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England

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Italy

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America

Question 5

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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July 4th, 1776

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July 4th, 1886

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May 4th, 1776

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May 4th, 1886

Question 6

What famous president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1862?

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Abraham Lincoln

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George Washington

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 7

Who first stepped on the moon?

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

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Buzz Lightyear and Woody

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Sally Ride

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Chris Hadfield

Question 8

Who invented the lightbulb?

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Thomas Edison

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Benjamin Franklin

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Henry Ford

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Alexander Graham Bell

Question 9

Which country first used paper money?

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China

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The United States

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Great Britain

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Germany

Question 10

What famous playwright wrote Hamlet?

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William Shakespeare

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George Bernard Shaw

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Samuel Beckett

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Henrik Ibsen

Question 11

Which of the following state capitals is the farthest north?

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Des Moines, Iowa

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Sacremento, California

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Topeka, Kansas

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Denver, Colorado

Question 12

What is the next number in the sequence: 2,5,10,17

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26

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22

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24

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28

Question 13

For the following penalties, indicate how many yards a team is penalized if the foul is called. Give the yardage used in high school football. (You do NOT need to indicate the whether the penalty is from the line of scrimmage.)

Holding

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10

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5

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15

Question 14

A football field is one hundred yards long. How many inches long is the field?

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3,600

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1,200

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2,400

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1,000

Question 15

Who wrote the famous Harry Potter series of books?

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J.K. Rowling

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Stephen King

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Dan Brown

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Charles Dickens

Question 16

What is the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii?

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Honolulu

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Kailua

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Makaha

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Pearl City

Question 17

What country gave the United States it's famous Statue of Liberty as a gift in 1886?

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France

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Germany

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England

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Scotland

Question 18

A rainbow has how many colors?

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7

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6

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9

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12

Question 19

A thermometer is a measuring device for measuring what?

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temperature

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blood pressure

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humidity

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distance

Question 20

Peter Pan is the captain of which group of boys?

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Lost Boys

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The Seven Dwarfs

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Lost Men

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Neverland Boys

Question 21

From which direction does the sun rise?

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East

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West

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North

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South

Question 22

What type of animal is a bat?

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mammal

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bird

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reptile

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amphibian

Question 23

A triangle consists of how many sides?

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Three

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Five

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Four

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Seven

Question 24

What is the decimal value of the fraction 2/5?

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0.4

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0.25

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0.5

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0.2

Question 25

What is it called in bowling when you knock down all ten pins on your first toss?

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Strike

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Turkey

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Frame

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Spare

Question 26

What color is the Mexican dish called guacamole?

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green

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Orange

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Red

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blue

Question 27

If you add up each of the interior angles in a triangle, what would the total be?

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180 degrees

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60 degrees

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360 degrees

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90 degrees

Question 28

If it's noon in New York City, what time is it in San Francisco?

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9:00 am

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3:00 pm

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8:00 am

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4:00 pm

Question 29

Which digit is in the thousandths place in the number 3,654.019

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9

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3

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0

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6

Question 30

Which consonant is silent in the following words?
castle, moisten, wrestle

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t

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w

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e

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s

Question 31

This Artist is a musical genius, started playing piano at age 4, and was born in a town named Yonkers.

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Lady Gaga

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Katy Perry

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Bruno Mars

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Seth McFarlane

Question 32

Crescendo means...

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Get gradually louder

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Get faster

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Get slower

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Get gradually softer

Question 33

All of the athletes in this game are considered greats in their sport. Given the athlete, name the sport for which they were named to the Hall of Fame.

Muhammad Ali

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Boxing

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Basketball

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Golf

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Tennis

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Baseball

Question 34

All of the athletes in this game are considered greats in their sport. Given the athlete, name the sport for which they were named to the Hall of Fame.

Red Grange

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Football

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Boxing

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Bicycling

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Hockey

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Baseball

Question 35

This part of map began appearing on maps centuries ago. What part of a map is it?

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compass rose

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legend

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scale

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key

Question 36

One kind of market exists when people try to get around currency restrictions or the rationing of goods such as food and gasoline. In what kind of illegal market to people buy and sell more than they are allowed to, usually at higher prices?

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black market

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green market

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bear market

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bull market

Question 37

This cartoon figure dressed in a swallow-tailed coat, vest, tall hat, and striped trousers was often seen as a symbol of the United States. Whose slogan, "I Want You" helped recruit new members to the U.S. Army in the early 1900s?

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Uncle Sam

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Brother Johnathan

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William Tell

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George Washington

Question 38

When the author does the opposite of what you expect to make a point (or to make you laugh)

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irony

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extol

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empirical evidence

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theme

Question 39

We have been _____________________ for our guests for over an hour!

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waiting

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weighting

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wiating

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wating

Question 40

What kind of dog is Snoopy from the comic peanuts?

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Beagle

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Golden Retriever

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Weiner Dog

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Golden lab

Question 41

Which team won the 2016 Super Bowl?

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Broncos

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Notre Dame

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Giants

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Falcons

Question 42

What planet is the closets to earth?

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Venus

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Mars

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Saturn

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Earth

Question 43

The word "prime" means:

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two factors

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more than one factor

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one factor

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no factors

Question 44

The math word "composite" means:

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3 or more factors

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one factor

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two factors

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no factors

Question 45

In math, what does the word "perpendicular" mean?

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vertical; straight up and down; upright.

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a wavy line

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a pig pen

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horizontal lone

Question 46

What is an adjective?

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describes a noun

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describes a verb

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takes the place of a noun

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connects two parts of a sentence

Question 47

In math, what does "simplify" mean?

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to reduce a fraction

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to reduce a number line

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to reduce a mulitple

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to reduce to a puddle of nothing :)

Question 48

What colors are the stars on the American flag?

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White

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Red

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Blue

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Gray

Question 49

How many bones do sharks have?

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0

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132

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568

Answer

83

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