FINANCE 114: Midterm

Question 1:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Asian continent??
a. Russia
b. Singapore
c. !Suriname
d. Georgia
Question 2:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
How many copies of the notorious E.T. game for the Atari 2600 did Atari end up selling??
a. Less than 250 Thousand
b. !1.5 Million
c. 250 Thousand
d. 1 Million
Question 3:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of the following chemicals are found in eggplant seeds??
a. Psilocybin
b. !Nicotine
c. Cyanide
d. Mescaline
Question 4:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Folic acid is the synthetic form of which vitamin??
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. !Vitamin B
d. Vitamin D
Question 5:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The core of the Sun can reach which temperature??
a. Absolute Zero Both F and C
b. !27deg; Million F 15deg; Million C
c. 8deg; Billion F deg;4.4 Billion C
d. 938,000deg; F 521093.3deg; C
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Television

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Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the Klingon039;s afterlife called??
a. Karon039;gahk
b. New Jersey
c. !Stovokor
d. Valhalla
Question 7:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Into which basin does the Jordan River flow into??
a. Aral Sea
b. Caspian Sea
c. Salton Sea
d. !Dead Sea
Question 8:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
How many protons are in an oxygen atom??
a. Two
b. !Eight
c. Four
d. Six
Question 9:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice??
a. Yuri Gagarin
b. !Gus Grissom
c. Vladimir Komarov
d. Charles Conrad
Question 10:
Category: Politics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who is the only US president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office??
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James K. Polk
d. !Grover Cleveland
Question 1:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada??
a. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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b. Victoria, British Columbia
c. !Sudbury, Ontario
d. Calgary, Alberta
Question 2:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which naval battle was considered the turning point of the Pacific Ocean Theater during
World War 2??
a. Attack on Truk Island
b. Attack on Pearl Harbor
c. !Battle of Midway
d. Battle of the Coral Sea
Question 3:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
On which day did ARPANET suffer a 4 hour long network crash??
a. November 21, 1969
b. !October 27, 1980
c. December 9, 1991
d. October 29, 1969
Question 4:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In quot;Final Fantasy VIquot;, what is the name of summoned Gilgamesh039;s weakest
attack??
a. Excalisnore
b. Excalisore
c. !Excalipoor
d. Excalibore
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Musicals Theatres
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than in any
other.?
a. !Italy
b. United States
c. France
d. Greece
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the name of the rock band that Nobuo Uematsu formed that played songs from
various Final Fantasy games??
a. The Espers
b. !The Black Mages

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c. The Final Fantasies
d. The Rock Summoners
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Cartoon Animations
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the name of Jonny039;s pet dog in The Adventures of Jonny Quest??
a. !Bandit
b. Rocky
c. Lucky
d. Max
Question 8:
Category: Entertainment: Cartoon Animations
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Townsend Coleman provided the voice for which turtle in the original 1987 series of
quot;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesquot;??
a. Raphael
b. !Michelangelo
c. Donatello
d. Leonardo
Question 9:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these animals belongs in class Chondrichthyes??
a. !Great white shark
b. Octopus
c. Killer whale
d. Catfish
Question 10:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
When was Pokemon GO released in North America??
a. June 5th, 2016
b. May 24th, 2016
c. January 2nd, 2017
d. !July 6th, 2016
Question 1:
Category: Animals
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the scientific name of the cheetah??
a. Panthera onca
b. Lynx rufus
c. !Acinonyx jubatus
d. Felis catus
Question 2:

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Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the romanized Korean word for quot;heartquot;??
a. !Simjang
b. Jeongsin
c. Aejeong
d. Segseu
Question 3:
Category: Entertainment: Television
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In quot;It039;s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaquot; what was the name of Frank039;s
wrestling persona??
a. Bird of War
b. !The Trash Man
c. Day Man
d. The Maniac
Question 4:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
When does Finland celebrate their independence day??
a. February 8th
b. January 2nd
c. November 12th
d. !December 6th
Question 5:
Category: Politics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is centralism??
a. Remaining politically neutral.
b. Conforming to one single common political agenda.
c. The grey area in the spectrum of political left and right.
d. ! Concentration of power and authority in a central organization.
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Japanese Anime Manga
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In quot;Hunter x Hunterquot;, what are members in Killua039;s family known for being??
a. Bandits
b. Ninjas
c. Hunters
d. !Assassins
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Japanese Anime Manga
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard

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Which studio animated Afro Samurai??
a. !Gonzo
b. Production I.G
c. xebec
d. Kyoto Animation
Question 8:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice??
a. Yuri Gagarin
b. Charles Conrad
c. !Gus Grissom
d. Vladimir Komarov
Question 9:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the game Warframe, what Mastery Rank do you need to have to build the Tigris
Prime??
a. !13
b. 6
c. 10
d. 18
Question 10:
Category: Entertainment: Japanese Anime Manga
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who was the Director of the 1988 Anime film quot;Grave of the Firefliesquot;??
a. !Isao Takahata
b. Hayao Miyazaki
c. Sunao Katabuchi
d. Satoshi Kon

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