1. We all know what February 14th is...it's Ferris Wheel Day. Name the country that hosts the world's largest Ferris wheel and what is its height?
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The world's largest Ferris wheel is in Singapore, called the Singapore Flyer, and it reaches a height of 541 feet.
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2. What day of the month does Pancake Day fall on this February?
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Pancake Day is a common name used in the United Kingdom for Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, or Pancake Day, occurs on February 21 this year.
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3. Some of the earliest associations, circa 1382, of Valentine's Day with romance can be found in the writings of English author Geoffrey Chaucer. What is the title of Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous work?
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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
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4. Super Bowl 46 will be held on February 5th at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis. What is the Roman numeral equivalent of the number 46?
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XLVI.
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5. Name this President. Born in February 1773, was the oldest person to be elected as President until the election of Ronald Reagan, and served the shortest tenure in United States presidential history (32 days).
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the ninth President, but the first one to die in office. Harrison died on his 32nd day in office of complications from pneumonia and was succeeded by John Tyler. During the campaign of 1840 the Whig's, Harrison's party, labeled sitting President Martin Van Buren as "Martin Van Ruin". Harrison won the election using one of the most famous campaign slogans in Presidential history, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."
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