FINANCE 114: Answers

Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Books
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the Beatrix Potter books, what type of animal is Tommy Brock??
a. Frog
b. Fox
c. !Badger
d. Rabbit
Question 2:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries??
a. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
b. Pakistan and India
c. !Afghanistan and Pakistan
d. India and Nepal
Question 3:
Category: Animals
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the scientific name of the cheetah??
a. Panthera onca
b. !Acinonyx jubatus
c. Lynx rufus
d. Felis catus
Question 4:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who invented the quot;Flying Shuttlequot; in 1738; one of the key developments in the
industrialization of weaving??
a. Richard Arkwright
b. !John Kay
c. John Deere
d. James Hargreaves
Question 5:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What city is known as the Rose Capital of the World??
a. Miami, Florida
b. Anaheim, California
c. San Diego, California
d. !Tyler, Texas
Question 6:

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Category: Entertainment: Comics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the real hair colour of the mainstream comic book version Earth616 of Daredevil??
a. Black
b. !Blonde
c. Auburn
d. Brown
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Comics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the quot;Archiequot; comics, who was Jughead039;s first girlfriend??
a. Debbi
b. Margret
c. !Joani
d. Ethel
Question 8:
Category: Entertainment: Film
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Before quot;Jurassic Park IIIquot; was finalized and the Spinosaurus was chosen, which
dinosaur was going to be the star??
a. Suchomimus
b. Velociraptor
c. Tyrannosaurus Rex
d. !Baryonyx
Question 9:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The Maluku islands informally known as the Spice Islands belong to which country??
a. Chile
b. New Zealand
c. !Indonesia
d. Fiji
Question 10:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine??
a. Henry I
b. Richard I
c. !Henry II
d. Henry V
Question 1:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard

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In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada??
a. !Sudbury, Ontario
b. Victoria, British Columbia
c. Calgary, Alberta
d. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Question 2:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the name of the spy ring that helped the United States win the Revolutionary
War??
a. !Culper Ring
b. New York Spy Ring
c. Unnamed
d. Washington039;s Spies
Question 3:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
When was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany??
a. October 6, 1939
b. February 27, 1933
c. September 1, 1939
d. !January 30, 1933
Question 4:
Category: Science: Computers
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these names was an actual codename for a cancelled Microsoft project??
a. Enceladus
b. Saturn
c. !Neptune
d. Pollux
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
How many total monsters appear in Monster Hunter Generations??
a. !105
b. 100
c. 98
d. 73
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
quot;Gimmick!quot; is a Japanese Famicom game that uses a sound chip expansion in the
cartridge. What is it called??
a. VRC6

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b. VRC7
c. !FME7
d. MMC5
Question 7:
Category: Sports
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who is Manchester United039;s leading appearance maker??
a. Eric Cantona
b. !Ryan Giggs
c. Wayne Rooney
d. David Beckham
Question 8:
Category: Animals
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What bird is born with claws on its wing digits??
a. Cormorant
b. !Hoatzin
c. Secretary bird
d. Cassowary
Question 9:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
During World War I, which nation039;s monarchs were blood related??
a. Serbia, Russia, Croatia
b. !England, Germany, Russia
c. Germany, Spain, Austria
d. France, Russia, Germany
Question 10:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The son of which pope supposedly held a lecherous fecirc;te involving 50 courtesans in
the papal palace??
a. Urban II
b. Pius III
c. Innocent V
d. !Alexander VI
Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Comics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the Batman comics, by what other name is the villain Dr. Jonathan Crane known??
a. Clayface
b. Calendar Man
c. !Scarecrow
d. Bane

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Question 2:
Category: Science: Computers
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
How many Hz does the video standard PAL support??
a. 25
b. 60
c. !50
d. 59
Question 3:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The words quot;bungalowquot; and quot;shampooquot; originate from the languages of
which country??
a. !India
b. Papua New Guinea
c. Ethiopia
d. China
Question 4:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the fastest speed possible in Trackmaniasup2;: Stadium??
a. 100 kmh
b. 500 kmh
c. !1000 kmh
d. 320 kmh
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the game Nuclear Throne, what organization chases the player character throughout the
game??
a. The Bandits
b. !The I.D.P.D
c. The Y.V.G.G
d. The Fishmen
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Film
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the movie quot;Screamquot; who is Ghost Face??
a. Dewey Riley
b. Sidney Prescott
c. Archie Prescott and Philip Marv
d. !Billy Loomis and Stu Macher
Question 7:
Category: Mythology

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Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.?
a. Tyr
b. Snotra
c. Loki
d. !Jens
Question 8:
Category: Vehicles
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In 2014, over 6 million General Motors vehicles were recalled due to what critical flaw??
a. !Faulty ignition switch
b. Breaking fuel lines
c. Malfunctioning gas pedal
d. Faulty brake pads
Question 9:
Category: Entertainment: Board Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
When Magic: The Gathering was first solicited, which of the following was it originally
titled??
a. Magic
b. !Mana Clash
c. Magic Clash
d. Mana Duels
Question 10:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of the following is a major muscle of the back??
a. Trapezium
b. !Trapezius
c. Trapezoid
d. Triquetrum

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