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Questions from the New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
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1
Who wrote
Frankenstein
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F Scott Fitzgerald
John Donne
Mary Elizabeth Shelley
Charles Dickens
2
Capital of Israel and largest city in the country?
Bethlehem
Jersualem
Galilee
3
In Egyptian mythology, what was Isis' relationship to Horus?
Both
His mother
His wife
4
Who of the following is not a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend?
Lancelot
Percival
Odysseus
Galahad
5
How is the phrase "Et tu, Brute?" used today?
Pray to God for guidance
Surprise at the treachery of a friend
To ask for food
A sign of affection to a loved one
6
How was the Trojan War started in Greek mythology?
Paris abducted the Greek queen Helen
Perseus killed Medusa
Daedalus' son Icarus flew too close to the sun
Orpheus traveled to the Underworld to find his wife
7
Who was an ancient Greek physician and pioneer in study of anatomy?
Sophocles
Galen
Oedipus
Socrates
8
Who predicted an eclipse and contributed to the idea that humans were separate from gods?
Aeschylus
Thales
Sophocles
Euripides
9
Hairy-footed creatures that inhabit Middle-Earth
House-elves
White Walkers
Wookies
Hobbits
10
Where did the phrase "star-crossed lovers" originate?
The tale of Hercules and his Twelve Labors
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
11
Which of the following did Victor Hugo not write?
Les Miserables
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
La Esmeralda
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
12
Who wrote the novel
The Three Musketeers?
Benedict Spinoza
Niccolo Machiavelli
Alexandre Dumas
Leo Tolstoy
13
The governor of the Jews at the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus
Caiaphas
Pontius Pilate
Caesar
Herod
14
The largest Christian church in the world, located in the Vatican
San Petronio Basillica
Hagia Sophia
Ulm Minister
St. Peter's Basillica
15
Where were several of William Shakespeare's plays performed?
Times Square
The Globe Theater
16
What was the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America?
The Black Pearl
Mayflower
17
The system that remove wastes from your body
Skeletal system
Excretory system
Circulatory system
18
What is the main conflict of the Shakespeare play
Hamlet?
Hamlet must find his missing father
Hamlet must win back his love who has left him for another
Hamlet must kill his uncle to avenge his father's death
Hamlet must rescue his best friend, injured in war
19
What does Popeye consume to gain his strength?
Green beans
Spinach
Chili peppers
Chilidogs
20
How was the idea of manifest destiny used?
To justify the acquisition of southwest states
To free Poland from German control
To split from the North and become the Confederacy
To split from Britain and become the United States
21
Who is the Native American princess who befriended John Smith of Virginia?
Akkadevi
Meerabai
Samyukta
Pocahontas
22
Which of the following novels did John Steinbeck NOT write?
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
1984
23
What is the Greek goddess Aphorodite's Roman name?
Minerva
Ceres
Diana
Venus
24
What is considered heaven in Norse mythology?
Olympus
Jotunheim
Valhalla
Svartalfheim
25
Which of the following quotes is said often by Sherlock Holmes?
"I tire of these numbers."
"To be or not to be..."
"Elementary, my dear Watson!"
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
26
The Titan father of Zeus who was chopped to pieces by his son?
Uranus
Kronos
Set
Odin
27
What is the name of Thor's hammer?
Midas
Mjolnir
Excalibur
Neptune
28
theology
A religious group, especially one separated from larger one
Disciplined study of religious questions, like nature of God
29
Chief among the Twelve Apostles
Paul
John
James
Peter
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"The British are coming! The British are coming!"
John Hancock
Paul Revere
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
