HIST: Summary

Question 1: Who recorded the 1975 album 039;Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt
Cowboy039;?
a. a. !Elton John
b. Joe Cocker
c. Billy Joel
d. John Denver
Question 2: What was the name of the planet in quot;Aliensquot;?
a. a. FR838
b. !LV426
c. Weyland Yutani Corporation Base
d. DI621
Question 3: What year was the United States Declaration of Independence signed?
a. a. 1775
b. 1774
c. !1776
d. 1777
Question 4: Botanically speaking, which of these fruits is NOT a berry?
a. a. Blueberry
b. !Strawberry
c. Concord Grape
d. Banana
Question 5: What does the Latin phrase quot;Veni, vidi, viciquot; translate into English?
a. a. !I came, I saw, I conquered
b. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
c. Past, present, and future
d. Life, liberty, and happiness
Question 6: What was the name of the German offensive operation in October 1941 to
take Moscow before winter?
a. a. Case Blue
b. Operation Barbarossa
c. !Operation Typhoon
d. Operation Sunflower
Question 7: Who was the longestserving senator in US history, serving from 1959 to
2010?
a. a. Strom Thurmond
b. Daniel Inouye
c. Joe Biden
d. !Robert Byrd
Question 8: Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
a. a. Henry V
b. !Henry II
c. Henry I
d. Richard I
Question 9: What was the first organic compound to be synthesized from inorganic
compounds?
a. a. !Urea
b. Formaldehyde

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c. Ethanol
d. Propane
Question 10: GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 was planned to allow you to play as all
previous Bond actors, with the exception of who?
a. a. Roger Moore
b. Sean Connery
c. Timothy Dalton
d. !George Lazenby
Question 1: With which doubles partner did John McEnroe have most success?
a. a. !Peter Fleming
b. Michael Stich
c. Mary Carillo
d. Mark Woodforde
Question 2: In World of Warcraft lore, who organized the creation of the Paladins?
a. a. !Alonsus Faol
b. Alexandros Mograine
c. Sargeras, The Daemon Lord
d. Uther the Lightbringer
Question 3: Which of the following countries does quot;JoJo039;s Bizarre Adventure:
Stardust Crusadersquot; not take place in?
a. a. !Philippines
b. Pakistan
c. Egypt
d. India
Question 4: What does the International System of Quantities refer 1024 bytes as?
a. a. Kelobyte
b. Kylobyte
c. !Kibibyte
d. Kilobyte
Question 5: In quot;Final Fantasy VIquot;, what is the name of summoned Gilgamesh039;s
weakest attack?
a. a. Excalisore
b. Excalisnore
c. Excalibore
d. !Excalipoor
Question 6: In the quot;Ace Attorneyquot; series, who was the truly responsible of the
forging of the autopsy report of the pivotal IS7 incident?
a. a. Tateyuki Shigaraki
b. Gregory Edgeworth
c. Manfred Von Karma
d. !Bansai Ichiyanagi
Question 7: Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin039;s ten blows during
World War II?
a. a. LeningradNovgorod Offensive
b. !VistulaOder Offensive
c. Operation Bagration
d. Crimean Offensive
Question 8: Which school in Surrey, England did Steve Backshall attend?
a. a. !Collingwood College
b. Kings International College

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c. Tomlinscote School
d. Lyndhurst School
Question 9: In 1978, Superman teamed up with what celebrity, to defeat an alien invasion?
a. a. Mike Tyson
b. Arnold Schwarzenegger
c. Sylvester Stallone
d. !Muhammad Ali
Question 10: Which of these cities is NOT in England?
a. a. !Edinburgh
b. Southampton
c. Oxford
d. Manchester
Question 1: Which of the following commercial vehicles from Grand Theft Auto IV did NOT
reappear in Grand Theft Auto V?
a. a. Benson
b. Mule
c. !Steed
d. Pony
Question 2: When was the first quot;HalfLifequot; released?
a. a. !1998
b. 1997
c. 1999
d. 2004
Question 3: The decimal number 31 in hexadecimal would be what?
a. a. !1F
b. 3D
c. 2E
d. 1B
Question 4: During development of quot;Super Mario Worldquot;, Yoshi039;s hard saddle
was originally which of these?
a. a. A slide of Gelatin
b. !A shell
c. A spike
d. A poffin
Question 5: What does the International System of Quantities refer 1024 bytes as?
a. a. Kylobyte
b. !Kibibyte
c. Kilobyte
d. Kelobyte
Question 6: What is the capital city of Bermuda?
a. a. !Hamilton
b. San Juan
c. Havana
d. Santo Dominigo
Question 7: What vault in the video game quot;Fallout 3quot; is the home of multiple
clones named Gary?
a. a. Vault 101
b. Vault 21
c. Vault 87

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d. !Vault 108
Question 8: What year did the effort to deploy the Common Core State Standards CCSS in
the US begin?
a. a. 2006
b. 1997
c. 2012
d. !2009
Question 9: The ontological argument for the proof of God039;s existence is first attributed
to whom?
a. a. Immanuel Kant
b. !Anselm of Canterbury
c. Aristotle
d. Reneacute; Descartes
Question 10: What is the codename of the eighth generation Intel Core microarchitecture
launched in October 2017?
a. a. Skylake
b. !Coffee Lake
c. Sandy Bridge
d. Broadwell

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