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Randy Lilleston,

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noted.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "We shopped three drugstore chains to determine which was the least expensive for

a basket of 20 brand-name items. Which chain had the lowest prices?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "CVS", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Rite Aid", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

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"hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, died Aug. 9, 1995, as we noted. How old was he when

he died?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "43", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "48", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "53", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "58",

"correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Although Garcia was in a rehab center at the time of his death, he actually died of a heart attack.", "hint" : "",

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month will the eclipse occur?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "April", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "May", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "June", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

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"correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "One day a week, typically Tuesday or Wednesday, shoppers 55 and older get 15 to 25 percent off their purchases at

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long-form content, from full-length movies ... to classic TV staples,” we recently noted.", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Netflix", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Hulu",

"correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "YouTube", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Streamberry", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Many of those

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and

CNN.

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