FINANCE 114: Research

1 What was the nickname of the original model for HalfLife039;s protagonist Gordon
Freeman?
a. Gordon the Alien Biker
b. Gordon the Space Biker
c. Ivan the Alien Biker
d. !Ivan the Space Biker
2 Which of these was the name of a bug found in April 2014 in the publicly available
OpenSSL cryptography library?
a. Corrupted Blood
b. Shellscript
c. !Heartbleed
d. Shellshock
3 In the Lego Island trilogy, who taught Pepper Roni how to read?
a. Mama Brickolini
b. Officer Nick Brick
c. !Officer Laura Brick
d. Papa Brickolini
4 How many women joined the United States Armed Services during World War II?
a. 500,000
b. 100,000
c. 225,000
d. !350,000
5 Pete Townshend collaborated with which famous guitarist for an event at Brixton
Academy in 1985?
a. !David Gilmour
b. Jimmy Page
c. Eric Clapton
d. Mark Knopfler
6 According to quot;Star Warsquot; lore, which planet does ObiWan Kenobi come from?
a. Tatooine
b. !Stewjon
c. Naboo
d. Alderaan
7 What three movies, in order from release date, make up the quot;Dollars Trilogyquot;?
a. quot;The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyquot;, quot;For A Few Dollars Morequot;,
quot;A Fistful of Dollarsquot;
b. quot;For a Few Dollars Morequot;, quot;The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyquot;,
quot;A Fistful of Dollarsquot;
c. quot;For a Few Dollars Morequot;, quot;A Fistful of Dollarsquot;, quot;The Good,
the Bad, and the Uglyquot;
d. !quot;A Fistful of Dollarsquot;, quot;For a Few Dollars Morequot;, quot;The Good,
the Bad, and the Uglyquot;
8 In Magic: The Gathering, which of the following was the first publicly released foil card?
a. Dirtcowl Wurm
b. Beast of Burden
c. Revenant
d. !Lightning Dragon

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9 In the Overlord Anime who was Cocytus made by?
a. Bukubukuchagama
b. !Warrior Takemikazuchi
c. Ulbert Alain Odle
d. Peroroncino
10 What was the name of the first Bulgarian personal computer?
a. Pravetz 82
b. IZOT 1030
c. Pravetz 8D
d. !IMKO1
1 The Swedish word quot;Grunkaquot; means what in English?
a. !Thing
b. Pineapple
c. People
d. Place
2 According to Toby Fox, what was the method to creating the initial tune for
Megalovania?
a. !Singing into a Microphone
b. Using a Composer Software
c. Playing a Piano
d. Listened to birds at the park
3 Which of the following games in the The Legend of Zelda franchise was released in
North America before Japan?
a. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
b. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
c. !The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
d. The Legend of Zelda: Majora039;s Mask
4 How long did the Warsaw Uprising during World War II last?
a. !63 Days
b. 55 Days
c. 224 Days
d. 20 Days
5 What is the full name of the footballer quot;Cristiano Ronaldoquot;?
a. Cristiano Luis Armando Ronaldo
b. Cristiano Ronaldo los Santos Diego
c. !Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
d. Cristiano Armando Diego Ronaldo
6 In the book series quot;Odd Thomasquot;, Danny Jessup has what genetic disease?
a. Adrenoleukodystrophy
b. ! Osteogenesis Imperfecta
c. Spinocerebellar ataxia
d. Cystic Fibrosis
7 In addition to his career as an astrologer and quot;prophetquot;, Nostradamus published
a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?
a. !Making jams and jellies
b. Teaching parrots to talk
c. Cheating at card games
d. Digging graves
8 What is the official name of Prince039;s backing band?

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a. The Wailers
b. !The Revolution
c. The Paupers
d. The Heartbreakers
9 What type of sound chip does the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES have?
a. Programmable Sound Generator PSG
b. !ADPCM Sampler
c. PCM Sampler
d. FM Synthesizer
10 How many types of quarks are there in the standard model of physics?
a. 2
b. 4
c. !6
d. 3
1 The Internet Meme quot;All your base are belong to usquot; is based on the poorly
translated English Version of which Video Game?
a. !Zero Wing
b. Wing Commander
c. Star Wars: XWing
d. FZero
2 What is the world039;s oldest board game?
a. !Senet
b. Checkers
c. Go
d. Chess
3 In the Gamecube Version of quot;Resident Evilquot; what text document is open on the
monitor of the computer in the Visual Data Room?
a. Document on B.O.Ws
b. Nothing
c. !A GDC Document
d. Text Document on Herbs
4 What is the name of the song by Beyonceacute; and Alejandro Fernaacute;ndez
released in 2007?
a. Hasta Dondes Estes
b. La ultima vez
c. !Amor Gitano
d. Rocket
5 In which country is Tallinn located?
a. Sweden
b. Finland
c. !Estonia
d. Poland
6 In the Friday The 13th series, what year did Jason drown in?
a. 1955
b. !1957
c. 1953
d. 1959
7 What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
a. Australia

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b. Ireland
c. !Hong Kong
d. India
8 Which former Coronation Street actress was once a hostess on the British Game Show
quot;Double Your Moneyquot;?
a. !Amanda Barrie
b. Sue Nicholls
c. Violet Carson
d. Jean Alexander
9 The ancient city of Chicheacute;n Itzaacute; was built by which civilization?
a. Toltecs
b. !Mayans
c. Aztecs
d. Incas
10 Which is not a country in Africa?
a. Somalia
b. Senegal
c. !Guyana
d. Liberia

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