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FIN157 Practice 7
FIN157 Practice 7
a. !1867
b. 1668
c. 1859
d. 1798
2. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. Ashurnasirpal II
b. Esharhaddon
c. !ShamshiAdad III
d. Shalmaneser V
5. United States President Ronald Reagan was the first president to appoint a woman
to the Supreme Court.
a. False
b. !True
6. Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden
Purchase?
a. !Franklin Pierce
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Andrew Johnson
d. James Polk
7. What is the name of the ship which was only a few miles away from the RMS
Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912?
a. Carpathia
b. Commerce
c. !Californian
d. Cristol
9. The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the
early 1900s offering what service?
a. !Goat testicles transplant
b. Pig blood transfusion
c. Turkey breast implants
d. Cow liver transplant
1. Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
a. Winston Churchill
b. Clement Attlee
c. !Neville Chamberlain
d. Stanley Baldwin
2. Before 2011, quot;True Capitalist Radioquot; was known by a different name. What
was that name?
a. Texan Capitalist Radio
b. United Capitalists
c. True Republican Radio
d. !True Conservative Radio
3. Due to the Nagoya Resolution, China agreed to allow Taiwan to compete separately
in international sporting events under what name?
a. Chinese Taiwan
b. Republic of Taipei
c. !Chinese Taipei
d. Republic of Taiwan
5. Donald Trump won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential
election.
a. !False
b. True
9. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia and Egypt broke off ties with which country over its
supposed support for terrorism?
a. !Qatar
b. United States of America
c. Bahrain
d. Russia
11. What are the first names of the first father and son pair that were both Prime
Ministers of Canada?
a. John and Louis
b. Brian and Pierre
c. !Justin and Pierre
d. Brian and Justin
12. Who is the only US president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. !Grover Cleveland
c. James K. Polk
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Which of the following United States Presidents served the shortest term in
office?
a. Zachary Taylor
b. James A. Garfield
c. Warren G. Harding
d. !William Henry Harrison
7. Donald Trump won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential
election.
a. True
b. !False
8. What is centralism?
a. Remaining politically neutral.
b. Conforming to one single common political agenda.
c. ! Concentration of power and authority in a central organization.
d. The grey area in the spectrum of political left and right.
10. Which of these was an official candidate in the 2017 British General Election?
a. James Francis
b. !Lord Buckethead
c. Sir Crumpetsby
d. Robert Wimbledon