1.

What Russian automatic gasoperated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet
Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today?
a. MG 42
b. RPK
c. !AK47
d. M16

2. What year was Canada founded in?

a. 1668
b. !1867
c. 1798
d. 1859

3. How old was Lyndon B. Johnson when he assumed the role of President of the
United States?
a. 50
b. 54
c. !55
d. 60

4. United States President Ronald Reagan was the first president to appoint a woman
to the Supreme Court.
a. False
b. !True

5. What was the transfer of disease, crops, and people across the Atlantic shortly
after the discovery of the Americas called?
a. Transatlantic Slave Trade
b. !The Columbian Exchange
c. The Silk Road
d. Triangle Trade

6. The Battle of Hastings was fought in which year?

a. 1420
b. 1204
c. !1066
d. 911

7. In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, AustriaHungary,
the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?
a. The Federation of Empires
b. Authoritarian Alliance
c. !The Central Powers
d. The Axis Powers

8. Which modern country is known as quot;The Graveyard of Empiresquot;?

a. Russia
b. China
c. !Afghanistan
d. Iraq
9. In addition to his career as an astrologer and quot;prophetquot;, Nostradamus
published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?
a. Teaching parrots to talk
b. Cheating at card games
c. !Making jams and jellies
d. Digging graves

1. Which of the following bones is not in the leg?

a. !Radius
b. Tibia
c. Fibula
d. Patella

2. Along with Oxygen, which element is primarily responsible for the sky appearing
blue?
a. Carbon
b. !Nitrogen
c. Helium
d. Hydrogen

3. Which type of rock is created by intense heat AND pressure?

a. Igneous
b. Sedimentary
c. !Metamorphic
d. Diamond

4. What is the elemental symbol for mercury?

a. Me
b. !Hg
c. Hy
d. Mc

5. What is the standard SI unit for temperature?

a. Fahrenheit
b. Rankine
c. Celsius
d. !Kelvin

6. All the following metal elements are liquids at or near room temperature EXCEPT:
a. Gallium
b. !Beryllium
c. Mercury
d. Caesium

7. Which of the following is NOT a real element?

a. Lutetium
b. Hassium
c. !Vitrainium
d. Praseodymium
8. quot;The Big Bang Theoryquot; was first theorized by a priest of what religious
ideology?
a. Jewish
b. Islamic
c. !Catholic
d. Christian

9. The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?

a. Mercury and Venus
b. !Mars and Jupiter
c. Jupiter and Saturn
d. Earth and Mars

10. In human biology, a circadium rhythm relates to a period of roughly how many
hours?
a. 8
b. !24
c. 32
d. 16

11. Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?

a. Pascal
b. !Volt
c. Hertz
d. Ohm

12. What causes the sound of a heartbeat?

a. Contraction of the heart chambers
b. Blood exiting the heart
c. Relaxation of the heart chambers
d. !Closure of the heart valves

13. When was the first mammal successfully cloned?

a. 1999
b. 1985
c. !1996
d. 2009

1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?

a. Performing a ritual involving murder.
b. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
c. !Participating in cannibalism.
d. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.

2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. !Athena
b. Artemis
c. Ares
 d. Apollo

3. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.

a. False
b. !True

4. Who was the Roman god of fire?

a. !Vulcan
b. Apollo
c. Jupiter
d. Mercury

5. Hera is god of...

a. Agriculture
b. War
c. !Marriage
d. Sea

6. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?

a. Fire
b. War
c. Sun
d. !The Sea

7. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. !Orpheus
c. Hercules
d. Daedalus

8. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?

a. !Norse
b. Hindu
c. Egyptian
d. Greek

9. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?

a. !Narcissus
b. Lachesis
c. Clotho
d. Atropos

10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Kabocha
c. Nasu
d. Soba