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 8. The first European printing press was invented in what year?
 9. What percentage of all electricity consumed in US households was used by kitchen appliances in 2001?
 10. How many miles tall is Mount Everest?
-11. How long is Iraq\'s border with Iran in kilometers?
+11. How long is Iraq's border with Iran in kilometers?
 12. How many miles long is the Nile?
 13. In what year was Harvard founded?
 14. What is the wingspan (in feet) of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet?
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 16. What is the average daily calorie intake in developed countries?
 17. In 1994, how many nations were members of the United Nations?
 18. The Audubon Society was formed in the United States in what year?
-19. How many feet high is the world\'s highest waterfall (Angel Falls, Venezuela)?
+19. How many feet high is the world's highest waterfall (Angel Falls, Venezuela)?
 20. How deep beneath the sea was the Titanic found (in miles)?
 
 ### Answers to Calibration Test for Ranges: B
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 7. A hockey puck will fit in a golf hole.
 8. The Sioux were one of the Plains Indian tribes.
 9. To a physicist, _plasma_ is a type of rock.
-10. The Hundred Years\' War was actually more than a century long.
+10. The Hundred Years' War was actually more than a century long.
 11. Most of the fresh water on Earth is in the polar ice caps.
 12. The Academy Awards ("Oscars") began over a century ago.
 13. There are fewer than two hundred billionaires in the world.
-14. In Excel, \^ means "take to the power of."
+14. In Excel, ^ means "take to the power of."
 15. The average annual salary of airline captains is over \$150,000.
 16. By 1997, Bill Gates was worth more than \$10 billion.
 17. Cannons were used in European warfare by the eleventh century.
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 ### Calibration Test for Binary: B
 
-1. Jupiter\'s "Great Red Spot" is larger than Earth.
-2. The Brooklyn Dodgers\' name was short for "trolley car dodgers."
+1. Jupiter's "Great Red Spot" is larger than Earth.
+2. The Brooklyn Dodgers' name was short for "trolley car dodgers."
 3. _Hypersonic_ is faster than _subsonic_.
 4. A _polygon_ is three-dimensional and a _polyhedron_ is two-dimensional.
 5. A 1-watt electric motor produces 1 horsepower.
 6. Chicago is more populous than Boston.
-7. In 2005, WalMart sales dropped below \$100 billion. > 80% 90% 100%
+7. In 2005, WalMart sales dropped below \$100 billion.
 8. Post-it Notes were invented by 3M.
 9. Alfred Nobel, whose fortune endows the Nobel Peace Prize, made his fortune in oil and explosives.
 10. A BTU is a measure of heat.