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Lackluster sales caused Japanese retailers to take what action with the 360?
scaling down and in some cases discontinuing sales
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How many major hardware revisions has the 360 had?
Two
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By what other name is the 360 S model known?
"Slim"
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Which SKUs did the 360 S replace?
the original "Elite" and "Arcade" models
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What component of the 360 S prevents overheating issues prevalent in prior versions?
a redesigned motherboard
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What video input format is not supported by the 360 E?
S/PDIF
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How many launch titles did the 360 have in Japan?
Six
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What was the name of the Japanese developer that strongly supported the 360?
Mistwalker
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What was Mistwalker's first title for the 360?
Blue Dragon
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Blue Dragon surpassed this sales figure in Japan?
200,000 units
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What was Mistwalker's second 360 title to be released?
Lost Odyssey
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What PC operating system is required to stream content to a 360?
Windows XP with Service pack 2 or higher
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What modified AV protocol does the 360 utilize?
UPnP
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What codecs are supported for 360 streaming from uShare?
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV
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What video formats are supported for UPnP streaming?
WMV, MOV, TS
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What extra features do Xbox Live Gold members get?
integrated online game playing capabilities outside of third-party subscriptions
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What information does Microsoft allow users to retain when transitioning Live subscriptions?
profile information, friends list, and games history
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What does a user need to do to transfer a Live account to the new system?
users need to link a Windows Live ID to their gamertag on Xbox.com
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What is the annual cost of a Live Gold membership in USD?
$59.99
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How many users are subscribed to Xbox Live?
30 million
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What hardware device was merged with the video marketplace?
the Zune
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Where and when was the Zune HD marketplace announced?
E3 2009
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The Zune video marketplace was merged with what Live feature?
Xbox Live Video Store
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What was the new name of this Live video store?
Zune Marketplace
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How many countries were slated for the Zune Marketplace launch?
7
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When did wars between Britain and France in North America start?
1689
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What was the most important North American conflict between France and Britain called?
Queen Anne's War
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What French colony did Great Britain conquer in Queen Anne's War?
Acadia
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When was the final French and Indian War fought?
1754–63
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What future American founding father fought in the French and Indian War?
George Washington
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What was the biggest war the US got involved with in the early 19th century?
the War of 1812
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What conflict caused Britain to blockade trade?
a major war with Napoleon's France
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What uprising did Britain support in North America?
Indian insurrection
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What country was the first the US ever declared war upon?
the United Kingdom
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What was the initial US strategy in the War of 1812?
invading British Canada, hoping to use captured territory as a bargaining chip
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Who was the Secretary of War who modernized the US military at the beginning of the 20th century?
Elihu Root
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Which military academy did Root help grow?
West Point
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What military advisement committee was established by Root?
General Staff
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What officer rotation doctrine was developed under Root's guidance?
the principle of rotating officers from staff to line
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What then-US protectorate did Root write a government charter for?
the Philippines
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When World War I started, what was the official US position?
neutral
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When did World War I commence?
August 1914
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What German war policy precipitated US involvement in WWI?
submarine attacks
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What year did the US enter World War I?
1917
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The United States built its army prior to joining the war in what way?
peacetime draft
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The Vietnam War was an element of what US diplomatic policy?
Containment
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Communists were defeated in what country in 1972?
Indonesia
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What term did critics of the Vietnam War use to describe it?
a "quagmire"
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When did the draft end?
1973
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Which president ended the draft?
1973
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How many nations were against Iraq in the US-led coalition?
34
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What precipitated the Persian Gulf War?
the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
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When did this precipitating event take place?
August 1990
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When did hostilities in the Persian Gulf War begin?
January 1991
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How many US veterans of the Persian Gulf War have been classed as permanently disabled?
180,000
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In what African country did US troops participate in peacekeeping operations?
Somalia
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What was the name of the Somalian warlord who directed massacres of peacekeeping troops?
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
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In what Somalian city did American troops become trapped?
Mogadishu
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How many US soldiers were killed in the battle of Mogadishu?
Eighteen
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What is the title of the book and movie about the Mogadishu uprising?
Black Hawk Down
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When did the US send troops to the Philippines to battle terrorists?
January 2002
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Terrorists in the Philippines were linked to what larger terrorist organization?
al-Qaida
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Where did anti-terrorist fighting take place?
the Sulu Archipelago
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How many troops did the US initially send to the Philippines?
1,200
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What was the name of the Philippine terrorist group the US was sent to help combat?
Abu Sayyaf
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What battle ended a British invasion from Canada in the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
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When was the battle of Saratoga fought?
1777
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What Prussian expatriate helped train the Continental army?
General von Steuben
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What two European countries entered the Revolutionary War against Britain?
France and Spain
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What advantage did Britain lose when the European countries entered the war?
its naval advantage
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What was the US policy when France declared war on England in 1793?
to remain neutral
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What treaty with England conflicted with the United States' Treaty of Alliance with France?
the Jay Treaty
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Where did US ships and French privateers fight between 1798 and 1800?
the Caribbean
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What US President negotiated a truce with France to end the undeclared war at sea?
John Adams
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When was the Treaty of Alliance with France signed?
1778
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What treaty ceded territory to the US extending west to the Mississippi River?
Treaty of Paris
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What three major tribes occupied these formerly British territories?
Shawnee, Cherokee, Choctaw
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When was the Battle of Wabash fought?
1791
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What was the decisive battle in the Northwest territories against the native population there?
the Battle of Fallen Timbers
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When was this deciding battle fought?
1794
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What dividing line separated slave states from free states?
the Mason–Dixon line
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When was Lincoln elected?
1860
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How did slave states react to Lincoln's election?
states in the South seceded from the United States
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What was the first state to formally secede?
South Carolina
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When did Confederate forces bombard Fort Sumter?
April 12, 1861
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Where did the American army fight the Spanish in the Spanish American War?
Cuba
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The army in this war was primarily made up of what sort of units?
volunteers and state militia
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What colonies did Spain hand over to the US after the war?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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What island territory voluntarily joined the US as a colony in 1898?
Hawaii
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What is the name of the naval base the US leased from a newly independent Cuba?
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base
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When was the Philippine-American War fought?
1899–1902
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Where did the US defeat occupying Spanish forces prior to the Philippine American War?
Manila
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Who led American forces in this war?
General Elwell Otis
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How many troops did the US send to the Philippines?
100,000
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Who was the rebel leader captured by US forces at the end of this war?
Emilio Aguinaldo
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How many battleships did the US Navy lose at Pearl Harbor?
eight
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How many Americans were killed during the Pearl Harbor attack?
2,403
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What term describes the overall US strategy in the Pacific in WWII?
island hopping
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When did the Allies invade North Africa?
1942
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Which two Japanese cities were hit with atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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