useless trivia: What Word Means: A Gurgle - A Dull Thumping Sound?

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Which phrase means computer simulation that seems life like?

The Panama canal connects the pacific Ocean and which other body of water?

Nostradamus was famous for making what?

What name is given to a boxer who leads with his right hand?

Who starred as an alien in the 1970's film 'The Man Who Fell to Earth?