1.
The derisive acronym quot;PIIGSquot; refers to which of the following European
countries and their economic statuses?
a. Poland, Iceland, Italy, Greenland, Spain
b. Poland, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Serbia
c. !Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain
d. Portugal, Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Serbia
2. The land of Gotland is located in which European country?
a. Denmark
b. !Sweden
c. Germany
d. Norway
3. What name was historically used for the Turkish city currently known as
Istanbul?
a. Adrianople
b. Souml;uuml;t
c. Huuml;davendigar
d. !Constantinople
4. What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
a. Liechenstein
b. Bahrain
c. Malta
d. !Monaco
5. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
a. False
b. !True
6. What is the region conjoining Pakistan, India, and China with unknown leadership
called?
a. !Kashmir
b. Quin
c. Gibraltar
d. Andorra
7. Where is the quot;Sonoran Desertquot; located?
a. Africa
b. South America
c. Asia
d. !North America
8. The Alps are a mountain range on which continent?
a. !Europe
b. North America
c. Asia
d. Africa
9. How many countries share a land border with Luxembourg?
a. 2
b. !3
c. 5
d. 4
10. What is the longest river in Europe?
a. Thames
b. Rhine
c. Danube
d. !Volga
1. Which author and poet famously wrote the line, quot;The female of the species is
more deadly than the malequot;?
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Wordsworth
c. Edgar Allan Poe
d. !Rudyard Kipling
2. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. Thorin Oakenshield
b. !Gloin
c. Bombur
d. Dwalin
3. By what nickname is Jack Dawkins known in the Charles Dickens novel, 039;Oliver
Twist039;?
a. Mr. Fang
b. Fagin
c. !The Artful Dodger
d. Bullrsquo;seye
4. What is the name of the protagonist of J.D. Salinger039;s novel Catcher in the
Rye?
a. Fletcher Christian
b. Jay Gatsby
c. Randall Flagg
d. !Holden Caulfield
5. The book quot;The Little Princequot; was written by...
a. !Antoine de SaintExupeacute;ry
b. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
c. F. Scott Fitzgerald
d. Jane Austen
6. In the novel quot;Lord of the Ringsquot;, how many rings of power were given to
the race of man?
a. 13
b. !9
c. 11
d. 5
7. What was the last message of the Dolphins in quot;The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to
the Galaxyquot;?
a. quot;Land of the brave.quot;
b. quot;The answer is 42.quot;
c. !quot;So long, and thanks for all the fish.quot;
d. quot;Goodbye cruel world!quot;
8. What was the first ever entry written for the SCP Foundation collaborative
writing project?
a. SCP999
b. SCP001
c. SCP1459
d. !SCP173
9. Which of the following is not a work authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky?
a. !Anna Karenina
b. Notes from the Underground
c. Crime and Punishment
d. The Brothers Karamazov
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
