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Which city in the U.S. has the longest formal name, but the shortest abbreviated name?
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El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula is the full name for Los Angeles, known as "LA".
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What areas are known as the 'silk stocking' districts of this famous city?
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In Central Park West, Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue in Manhattan, apartments go for $222,610 to $282,709 per room.
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Who is considered the world's most renowned living architect?
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I.M. Pei who retired in 1991; he earned this status after designing the glass pyramid entrance pavilion to the Louvre in Paris (1989).
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In which 'Oil Sheikdom' of the Far East do the wealthy still choose to live in primitive houses on stilts?
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Brunei's oil wealth results in no income tax, free education and health services, and cheap housing loans for its average citizen.
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What land did the U.S. Government buy for $7.2 million?
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In March 1867, the US bought all of Russian America (Alaska) from Russia.
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