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1
This branch of zoology pertains to the study of birds
Ornithology
Myrmecology
Apiology
Ichthyology
2
This American novelist wrote works such as
The Sound and the Fury
and
Light in August
William Faulkner
James Joyce
Thomas Mann
Leo Tolstoy
3
Disease transmitted to humans through tick bites
Lyme Disease
Typhoid
Huntington's Disease
Leprosy
4
This American playwright authored works such as
Death of a Salesman
and
The Crucible
Herman Melville
David Foster Wallace
Arthur Miller
Henry James
5
Extreme exaggeration for rhetorical effect
satire
hyperbole
metonymy
irony
6
Which of the following is NOT a Shakespearean Tragedy?
Julius Caesar
Much Ado About Nothing
King Lear
Macbeth
7
What is considered Chaucer's magnum opus?
Crime and Punishment
The Canterbury Tales
The Inferno
American History X
8
This team won the very first Super Bowl
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
9
A comic drama that relies heavily on low and physical comedy
farce
irony
satire
romance
10
In Law, this entails questioning a witness to cast doubt upon or discredit his or her testimony
plea bargain
cross examination
quid pro quo
modus operandi
11
This Greek hero features most prominently in
The Iliad
Hercules
Odysseus
Achilles
Ajax
12
This classic rock band wrote the songs "Take it Easy" and "Hotel California"
The Eagles
The Beatles
Aerosmith
The Doors
13
Which president succeeded Jefferson as fourth POTUS?
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Martin van Buren
14
When notes on a string instrument are plucked rather than bowed
moderato
pizzicato
presto
dolente
15
A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, around 50-100 pgs
romance
prose
saga
novella
16
In Hinduism, the source and substance of the universe is known as
Karma
Brahman
Ashram
Mandala
17
Which of the following was NOT an opera composer?
Bach
Puccini
Verdi
Mozart
18
This English monarch severed ties with the Church and initiated the English Reformation.
Richard III
Richard II
Henry VIII
Henry V
19
Which of the following figures is NOT associated with the Protestant Reformation?
Henry VIII
Francis of Assisi
John Calvin
Martin Luther
20
In theater, a speech delivered by a character alone on stage
melodrama
oxymoron
soliloquy
picaresque
21
Which of the following is NOT a Charles Dickens novel?
Bleak House
Great Expectations
Crime and Punishment
David Copperfield
22
In Law, creative work, invention, or similar intangible good protected by copyright is
Habeas Corpus
Intellectual Property
Due Diligence
Pro Bono
23
In Islam, this is the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca demanded in the faith
Haji
Fatwa
Dharma
Jihad
24
Name this famous Velazquez painting
Guernica
Las Meninas
Los Tiburones
El Tiempo (Cantina)
25
The Old Testament was authored in which language?
Hebrew
Sanskrit
Latin
Greek
26
How many bones are in the human body?
57
206
132
2006
27
Where was Michael Jordan born?
Charlotte
Seattle
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
28
This American President lived in Monticello and founded the University of Virginia in 1817.
George Washington
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
29
This website holds the distinction of being the first social networking site
Facebook
Friendster
Classmates.com
Myspace
30
In Greek mythology, this figure steals fire from Olympus and gives it to mortals
Zeus
Prometheus
Pan
Orpheus
31
These small objects with compositions similar to planets are found in belts in the solar system
black holes
comets
asteroids
illuminati
32
Dating back to ancient Greece, its proponents assert that nothing can be known for sure
stoicism
skepticism
utilitarianism
scholasticism
33
What is the capital of North Korea?
Seoul
Korea City
Pyongyang
Taipei
34
This Irish rock band wrote songs such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "One"
R.E.M.
The Beatles
The Ramones
U2
35
In medicine, this is a milder variant of autistic disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Dementia
Crohn's Disease
Asperber's Disorder
36
In tennis, this occurs when the first and second serves do not go into the proper box.
Unforced Error
Break of Serve
Double Fault
Ace
37
This philosopher propounded a theory of forms to describe ideal versions of the things we know
Plato
Aristotle
Nietzsche
Kant
38
The New Testament was authored in which language?
Greek
Hebrew
Sanskrit
Latin
39
Which country does NOT share a border with Venezuela?
Peru
Colombia
Brazil
Guyana
40
This great abolitionist taught himself to read while spending a childhood in slavery
Stephen Douglas
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
41
These Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne serve as inspiration for the arts and sciences
Fates
Muses
Nymphs
Oceanids
42
The longest running Broadway musical of all time is:
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
Chicago
Oklahoma!
43
Which Swiss tennis player has 17 Grand Slam titles?
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Boris Becker
44
A special website that allows users to easily modify its contents
worm
URL (Uniform Resourse Locator)
Trojan horse
wiki
45
Who wrote the Romantic Poem "Kubla Khan"?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
46
This New England intellectual and proponent of "Transcendentalism" wrote "Self-Reliance".
Herman Melville
Walt Whitman
Henry James
Ralph Waldo Emerson
47
Which Greek Tragedian wrote Oedipus Rex and Antigone?
Euripides
Aeschylus
Homer
Sophocles
48
What is the capital of Rwanda?
Dakar
Accra
Athens
Kigali
49
In music, three or more notes played simultaneously
chord
pizzicato
chorus
interval
50
These are explosions of large stars. Examples of this include the Crab Nebula.
Pulsars
Supernovae
Comets
Quasars
51
Known by many as "Great Master" Kong, he had a profound influence on Chinese political thought
Mao Zedong
Confucius
Jackie Chan
Gautama Buddha
52
Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Naples
Florence
Rome
Venice
53
Who wrote The Iliad?
Dante
Homer
Faulkner
Shakespeare
54
Who wrote the Aeneid?
Tolstoy
Homer
Chaucer
Vergil
55
Who was made president immediately following the Kennedy assassination?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
56
Also known as enteric fever, this is spread via contaminated foods and liquids
malaria
tuberculosis
shingles
typhoid
57
Which team won the first two Super Bowls?
New York Mets
Dallas Cowboys
Seattle Seahawks
Green Bay Packers
58
Which Beethoven Symphony (his last) ends with a famous chorus called "Ode to Joy"?
Third
Fifth
Tenth
Ninth
59
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are associated with which literary period?
Romanticism
Postmodernism
Classicism
Realism
60
What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
Lake Superior
Lake Travis
Lake Baikal
Lake Erie
61
Which president preceded Lincoln (as 15th POTUS)?
Dan Quayle
James Polk
James Buchanan
Chester Arthur
62
Religious leader, declared by Buddhist leaders to be the reincarnation of Compassion
Pope Francis
Dalai Lama
Osama bin Laden
Cyrus the Great
63
Which Seattle grunge group produced hits such as "Evenflow" "Alive" and "Jeremy"
Nirvana
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Green Day
64
Legendary jazz musician and composer of works such as Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain
Salvador Dali
Jefferson Davis
Miles Davis
Bruce Springsteen
65
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Pho Ga
Burkina Faso
66
This German literary titan wrote
Faust
and
The
Sorrows of Young Werther
Goethe
Tolstoy
Freud
Mann
67
This film about the life of Mozart won Best Picture in 1984
The Sting
Unforgiven
Rain Man
Amadeus
68
This Class of Primate is known for their propinquity to humans
Tardigrada
Nematoda
Anthropoids
Prosimians
69
Which country won the first World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
Argentina
Brazil
Germany
70
Who wrote The Inferno?
Chaucer
Dante
Goethe
Homer
71
Which state does NOT border on California?
Oregon
Arizona
Washington
Nevada
72
What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
Manila
Luanda
Vientiane
73
Which of the following painters is NOT associated with Impressionism
Monet
Picasso
Degas
Pissarro
74
Which baseball legend famously stated "it ain't over til it's over"?
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Nolan Ryan
75
This legendary Humphrey Bogart film is set during World War II in Morocco
All the King's Men
Casablanca
Patton
The Bridge on the River Kwai
76
Which Roman emperor first converted to Christianity in 314?
Hadrian
Nero
Julius Caesar
Constantine
77
What is the meaning of "Guten Morgen" in German?
Goodbye
Good afternoon
Dishwasher
Good morning
78
Won a National Championship while pitching at the University of Texas; Nicknamed "The Rocket"
Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Jake Arrieta
79
In Hinduism and Buddhism, this word or sound is used to facilitate meditation
Imam
Mantra
Ahimsa
Fatwa
80
What is the capital of Austria?
Canberra
Luxembourg
Prague
Vienna
81
Name this painting by Hans Holbein
Las Meninas
Les Freres
The Ambassadors
Der Ring des Nibelungen
82
Which of the following is NOT a Beatles song?
Norwegian Wood
Penny Lane
Strawberry Fields Forever
Rocket Man
83
Who wrote War and Peace?
Flaubert
Tolstoy
Faulkner
Hemingway
84
This Canadian is widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of hockey.
Che Guevara
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Rooney
Michael Faraday
85
The largest internal organ in the body; responsible for detoxifying the blood
spleen
liver
kidney
heart
86
Who was president during the War of 1812
James Madison
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson