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Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime
explorations?
a. Madagascar
b. !Brazil
c. India
d. Mozambique
3. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
a. Harold Macmillan
b. Edward Heath
c. Neville Chamberlain
d. !Winston Churchill
4. All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT:
a. !Zhai
b. Qi
c. Zhao
d. Qin
5. Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, quot;Let them eat cakequot;,
yet is rumored that heshe never said it at all?
a. Elizabeth I
b. Henry VIII
c. !Marie Antoinette
d. Czar Nicholas II
6. United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during his presidential
motorcade in Atlanta, Georgia on November 22nd, 1963.
a. !False
b. True
7. What was the bloodiest singleday battle during the American Civil War?
a. The Siege of Vicksburg
b. The Battles of Chancellorsville
c. The Battle of Gettysburg
d. !The Battle of Antietam
8. Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
a. ! Soviet Union
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. Italy
9. Who was among those killed in the 2010 Smolensk, Russia plane crash tragedy?
a. Albert Putin
b. !The Polish President
c. Pope John Paul II
d. BangDing Ow
10. The coat of arms of the King of Spain contains the arms from the monarchs of
Castille, Leon, Aragon and which other former Iberian kingdom?
a. !Navarre
b. Galicia
c. Granada
d. Catalonia
2. Who played Stan039;s dog in the South Park episode quot;Big Gay Al039;s Big Gay
Boat Ridequot;?
a. Robert Smith
b. !George Clooney
c. Matt Stone
d. Jay Leno
3. What was the name of the sea witch in the 1989 Disney film quot;The Little
Mermaidquot;?
a. Maleficent
b. Madam Mim
c. Lady Tremaine
d. !Ursula
8. What is lost in Hawaiian and is also the name of a little girl in a 2002 film
which features a alien named quot;Stitchquot;?
a. Lolo
b. Lucy
c. !Lilo
d. Lulu
9. Benny, Brain, FancyFancy, Spook and ChooChoo were known associates of what Hanna
Barbera cartoon character?
a. Yogi Bear
b. ScoobyDoo
c. !Top Cat
d. Snagglepuss
10. Which singer provided the voice of Metroid039;s Mother Brain in the animated
series quot;Captain N: The Game Masterquot;?
a. Freddie Mercury
b. Janet Jackson
c. !Levi Stubbs
d. Joan Jett
1. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. Thorin Oakenshield
b. Bombur
c. !Gloin
d. Dwalin
5. In the novel quot;Lord of the Ringsquot;, how many rings of power were given to
the race of man?
a. !9
b. 13
c. 5
d. 11
9. In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, what is the name of the
totalitarian regime that controls Oceania?
a. NeoBolshevism
b. !INGSOC
c. Earth Alliance
d. Obliteration of the Self
10. Which novel by John Grisham was conceived on a road trip to Florida while
thinking about stolen books with his wife?
a. Gray Mountain
b. !Camino Island
c. The Litigators
d. Rogue Lawyer
11. In which classic novel by Mark Twain did a beggar and Prince of Wales switch
clothes, and learn about social class inequality?
a. Wealthy Boy and the Schmuck
b. A Modern Twain Story
c. !The Prince and the Pauper
d. Hamlet
12. Which Russian author wrote the epic novel War and Peace?
a. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
b. !Leo Tolstoy
c. Vladimir Nabokov
d. Alexander Pushkin