1.
The term quot;batteryquot; to describe an electrical storage device was coined
by?
a. Alessandro Volta
b. Nikola Tesla
c. Luigi Galvani
d. !Benjamin Franklin
2. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.
a. !False
b. True
3. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. !Courage
b. Revolution
c. Bravery
d. Innovation
4. Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency?
a. 100 Hz
b. !80 Hz
c. 90 Hz
d. 70 Hz
5. Microphones can be used not only to pick up sound, but also to project sound
similar to a speaker.
a. !True
b. False
6. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Alessandro Volta
c. !James Watt
d. Nikola Tesla
7. When was the DVD invented?
a. !1995
b. 1990
c. 1980
d. 2000
8. Mobile hardware and software company quot;Blackberry Limitedquot; was founded in
which country?
a. !Canada
b. Norway
c. United States of America
d. United Kingdom
9. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?
a. A pickup truck
b. A motorboat
c. An motorcycle
d. !A robot
10. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in
disasters?
a. Discovery and Endeavour
b. None of the Above
c. Enterprise and Atlantis
d. !Challenger and Columbia
11. Which of the following is used to measure blood pressure?
a. !Sphygmomanometer
b. Ruler
c. Haemoerythrometer
d. Barometer
1. Which of the following bones is not in the leg?
a. Patella
b. !Radius
c. Tibia
d. Fibula
2. Along with Oxygen, which element is primarily responsible for the sky appearing
blue?
a. Helium
b. !Nitrogen
c. Hydrogen
d. Carbon
3. This element, when overcome with extreme heat and pressure, creates diamonds.
a. !Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Nitrogen
d. Oxygen
4. Which psychological term refers to the stress of holding contrasting beliefs?
a. Blind Sight
b. FlipFlop Syndrome
c. SplitBrain
d. !Cognitive Dissonance
5. Anatomy considers the forms of macroscopic structures such as organs and organ
systems.
a. !True
b. False
6. What does the term quot;isolationquot; refer to in microbiology?
a. Testing effects of certain microorganisms in an isolated
enviroments, such as caves
b. The nitrogen level in soil
c. A lack of nutrition in microenviroments
d. !The separation of a strain from a natural, mixed population of
living microbes
7. Muscle fiber is constructed of bundles small long organelles called what?
a. !Myofibrils
b. Epimysium
c. Myofiaments
d. Myocardium
8. What is the largest living organism currently known to man?
a. The Coral Reef
b. Blue Whale
c. !Honey Fungus
d. Redwood Tree
9. Which major extinction event was caused by an asteroid collision and eliminated
the majority of nonavian dinosaurs?
a. Ordovicianndash;Silurian
b. Triassicndash;Jurassic
c. !CretaceousPaleogene
d. Permianndash;Triassic
10. What is an alternative name for multiple personality disorder?
a. Identity crisis
b. !Dissociative identity disorder
c. Body integrity identity disorder
d. Schizophrenia
1. Who wrote the quot;A Song of Ice And Firequot; fantasy novel series?
a. George Orwell
b. George Eliot
c. George Lucas
d. !George R. R. Martin
2. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. !Gloin
b. Bombur
c. Dwalin
d. Thorin Oakenshield
3. The novel quot;Jane Eyrequot; was written by what author?
a. Louisa May Alcott
b. Jane Austen
c. Emily Bronteuml;
d. !Charlotte Bronteuml;
4. In the year 1818, novelist Mary Shelly is credited with writing a fiction novel
and creating this infamous character.
a. !Frankenstein039;s monster
b. The Invisible Man
c. Dracula
d. The Thing
5. Which American author was also a budding travel writer and wrote of his
adventures with his dog Charley?
a. William Faulkner
b. F. Scott Fitzgerald
c. Ernest Hemingway
d. !John Steinbeck
6. Which of these book series is by James Patterson?
a. !Maximum Ride
b. The Bartemaeus Trilogy
c. Harry Potter
d. The Legend of Xanth
7. In Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice039;s kitten?
a. !Dinah
b. Smokey
c. Heath
d. Oscar
8. In which classic novel by Mark Twain did a beggar and Prince of Wales switch
clothes, and learn about social class inequality?
a. A Modern Twain Story
b. Hamlet
c. Wealthy Boy and the Schmuck
d. !The Prince and the Pauper
9. The Harry Potter series of books, combined, are over 1,000,000 words in length.
a. False
b. !True
