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