1.
Electronic music producer Kygo039;s popularity skyrocketed after a certain
remix. Which song did he remix?
a. Coldplay Midnight
b. !Ed Sheeran I See Fire
c. Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing
d. aha Take On Me
2. Which essential condiment is also known as Japanese horseradish?
a. Ponzu
b. Mentsuyu
c. !Wasabi
d. Karashi
3. Which film star has his statue in Leicester Square?
a. !Charlie Chaplin
b. Paul Newman
c. Rowan Atkinson
d. Alfred Hitchcock
4. What is the unit of currency in Laos?
a. Dollar
b. Ruble
c. Konra
d. !Kip
5. Kissing someone for one minute burns about 2 calories.
a. False
b. !True
6. Pluto is a planet.
a. !False
b. True
7. Which of the following carbonated soft drinks were introduced first?
a. CocaCola
b. !Dr. Pepper
c. Sprite
d. Mountain Dew
8. How many calories are in a 355 ml can of Pepsi Cola?
a. !150
b. 200
c. 100
d. 155
9. The New York Times slogan is, ldquo;All the News Thatrsquo;s Fit tohellip;rdquo;
a. Look
b. !Print
c. Read
d. Digest
1. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. Ares
b. !Athena
c. Apollo
d. Artemis
2. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with
the front half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Lion
b. A Dragon
c. !A Horse
d. A Tiger
3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. Hermes
d. !Zeus
4. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
5. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. !Jens
b. Loki
c. Tyr
d. Snotra
6. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Hawaii
c. Vanuatu
d. !New Zealand
7. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Strength
b. Honor
c. !Victory
d. Courage
8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Kabocha
c. Soba
d. Nasu
9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Balder
b. !Odin
c. Thor
d. Frigg
10. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Sleeping amp; Waking
b. Power amp; Peace
c. War amp; Learning
d. !Thought amp; Memory
11. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Ares
b. Artemis
c. Hades
d. !Eris
1. The Battle of the Somme in World War I took place in which country?
a. Germany
b. !France
c. Austria
d. Italy
2. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. !ShamshiAdad III
b. Shalmaneser V
c. Ashurnasirpal II
d. Esharhaddon
3. What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?
a. 1981
b. 1971
c. 1986
d. !1997
4. Which historical conflict killed the most people?
a. Taiping Rebellion
b. !World War II
c. Mongol conquests
d. Three Kingdoms War
5. Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank were born the same year.
a. !True
b. False
6. Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on what
date did their new year start?
a. June 1st
b. September 25th
c. !March 25th
d. December 1st
7. What happened on June 6, 1944?
a. !DDay
b. Attack on Pearl Harbor
c. The Liberation of Paris
d. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
8. Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during
the U.S. Revolutionary War?
a. Thomas Paine
b. !Paul Revere
c. Henry Longfellow
d. Nathan Hale
9. Which of the following physicists did NOT work on the Manhattan project?
a. Richard Feynman
b. John VonNeumann
c. J. Robert Oppenheimer
d. !Murray GellMann
10. Which Nazi General was known as the quot;Desert Foxquot;?
a. !Erwin Rommel
b. Heinz Guderian
c. Wilhelm Keitel
d. Gerd von Rundstadt
