GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 30.
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:00 pmQ1. Who was the author of the famous poem 'After Apple-Picking'? ROBERT FROST
Q2. What was the title of the first pilot of the original Star Trek series? THE CAGE
Q3. What was said to have begun in Wilmer McLean's back yard and ended in his front parlor? THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
Q4. Complete this Walt Whitman quote: 'Come lovely and soothing _____.' DEATH
Q5. Do sea fish drink water? Why or why not? YES, TO BALANCE THE SALT CONCENTRATION
Q6. As used in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the term 'fishmonger' most closely means what? PIMP
Q7. In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams and was transformed into what? A DUNG BEETLE
Q8. In C++, a typical link list requires all of the following EXCEPT what?
A) strings B) structs C) pointers D) classes A) STRINGS
Q9. Carnegie Mellon University was created, in its present form, when Carnegie Tech and the Mellon Institute merged in what year? 1967
Q10. Which country started the construction of the Panama Canal? FRANCE
Q11. What is the name of the formula used to bind the terms involved in estimating the number of technological civilizations that may exist in our galaxy? THE DRAKE EQUATION
Q12. The battle of Gettysburg was fought partly because of what? SHOES
Q13. What is the seventh term in the series: 2,5,11,17,23...? 41
Q14. Complete this quote from Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943: 'I think there is a world market for maybe _______ computers.' 5
Q15. List the last names of the United States Presidents who served from the start of WWII to the conclusion of America's involvement in Vietnam in alphabetical order EISENHOWER, FORD, JOHNSON, KENNEDY, NIXON, ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN.
Q16. Which writer removed her husband's heart, wrapping it in silk, and took it everywhere she went, until she died? SHELLEY
Q17. Which King built the Palace of Nymphenburg? WITTELSBACH
Q18. Which Greek deity did Alexander the Great enjoy dressing as while he rode his chariot? ARTEMIS
Q19. Why did Genghis Khan kill his brother? ARGUEMENT OVER FISH
Q20. What kind of sandwiches did Henry Ford devour weekly? WEED
Q21. The CIA has spent millions training otters to carry bombs. What other animals did they train to carry and plant bombs? CATS
Q22. Udmalbet is a darkly-striped vegetable from India. What type of veggie is it? EGG PLANT
Q23. Which artist created the 'Retinue of Bacchus'? PIRANESI
Q24. What type of instrument is a forfex? SCISSOR
Q25. Which sociologist coined the term 'invidious consumption'? VEBLEN
Q2. What was the title of the first pilot of the original Star Trek series? THE CAGE
Q3. What was said to have begun in Wilmer McLean's back yard and ended in his front parlor? THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
Q4. Complete this Walt Whitman quote: 'Come lovely and soothing _____.' DEATH
Q5. Do sea fish drink water? Why or why not? YES, TO BALANCE THE SALT CONCENTRATION
Q6. As used in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the term 'fishmonger' most closely means what? PIMP
Q7. In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams and was transformed into what? A DUNG BEETLE
Q8. In C++, a typical link list requires all of the following EXCEPT what?
A) strings B) structs C) pointers D) classes A) STRINGS
Q9. Carnegie Mellon University was created, in its present form, when Carnegie Tech and the Mellon Institute merged in what year? 1967
Q10. Which country started the construction of the Panama Canal? FRANCE
Q11. What is the name of the formula used to bind the terms involved in estimating the number of technological civilizations that may exist in our galaxy? THE DRAKE EQUATION
Q12. The battle of Gettysburg was fought partly because of what? SHOES
Q13. What is the seventh term in the series: 2,5,11,17,23...? 41
Q14. Complete this quote from Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943: 'I think there is a world market for maybe _______ computers.' 5
Q15. List the last names of the United States Presidents who served from the start of WWII to the conclusion of America's involvement in Vietnam in alphabetical order EISENHOWER, FORD, JOHNSON, KENNEDY, NIXON, ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN.
Q16. Which writer removed her husband's heart, wrapping it in silk, and took it everywhere she went, until she died? SHELLEY
Q17. Which King built the Palace of Nymphenburg? WITTELSBACH
Q18. Which Greek deity did Alexander the Great enjoy dressing as while he rode his chariot? ARTEMIS
Q19. Why did Genghis Khan kill his brother? ARGUEMENT OVER FISH
Q20. What kind of sandwiches did Henry Ford devour weekly? WEED
Q21. The CIA has spent millions training otters to carry bombs. What other animals did they train to carry and plant bombs? CATS
Q22. Udmalbet is a darkly-striped vegetable from India. What type of veggie is it? EGG PLANT
Q23. Which artist created the 'Retinue of Bacchus'? PIRANESI
Q24. What type of instrument is a forfex? SCISSOR
Q25. Which sociologist coined the term 'invidious consumption'? VEBLEN
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