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Question 1 of 5 What is the oldest object in the Smithsonian’s collections—and the world?

Question 2 of 5 What weighs roughly 9000 pounds and never forgets its scales?

Question 3 of 5 How many musical instruments does the Smithsonian have?

Question 4 of 5 If presidential campaign supporters over 200 years ago could have tweeted, what might they have said?

Question 5 of 5 What did Amelia Earhart carry with her on the historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?