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