1. What historical event was Tchaikovsky039;s 1812 Overture referencing?

a. The American War of 1812

b. The Charge of the Light Brigade Crimean War
c. !The Napoleonic Wars
d. The Russian Revolution

2. The Kingdom of Prussia briefly held land in Estonia.

a. !False
b. True

3. Joseph Stalin039;s real name was Ioseb Bessarionis dze Dzugashvili.

a. False
b. !True

4. On which day did ARPANET suffer a 4 hour long network crash?

a. October 29, 1969
b. !October 27, 1980
c. December 9, 1991
d. November 21, 1969

5. When did the Battle of the Bulge end?

a. August 6, 1945
b. !January 25, 1945
c. December 7, 1941
d. December 16, 1944

6. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?

a. Alexander Mackenzie
b. John Abbott
c. !John Macdonald
d. Robert Borden

7. How long did World War II last?

a. 4 years
b. 5 years
c. 7 years
d. !6 years

8. Which U.S. president took part in the Potsdam Conference, where the Allies
reached a peace settlement with Germany?
a. Herbert Hoover
b. !Harry S. Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on August
15th, 1944?
a. !Operation Dragoon
b. Operation Torch
c. Operation Overlord
d. Operation Market Garden
10. In what year did Kentucky become the 15th state to join the union?
a. !1792
b. 1782
c. 1788
d. 1798

11. Which U.S. President was famously 039;attacked039; by a swimming rabbit?

a. Gerald Ford
b. !Jimmy Carter
c. Ronald Reagan
d. Lydon B. Johnson

12. What country joined the EU in 2013?

a. !Croatia
b. Slovenia
c. Turkey
d. Bulgaria

1. The term quot;batteryquot; to describe an electrical storage device was coined

by?
a. Luigi Galvani
b. Alessandro Volta
c. Nikola Tesla
d. !Benjamin Franklin

2. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.

a. True
b. !False

3. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. !Courage
b. Bravery
c. Revolution
d. Innovation

4. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?

a. !James Watt
b. Albert Einstein
c. Nikola Tesla
d. Alessandro Volta

5. When was the DVD invented?

a. 1980
b. 1990
c. 2000
d. !1995
6. When was the iPhone released?
a. 2004
b. 2006
c. 2005
d. !2007

7. Who built the first laser?

a. !Theodore Harold Maiman
b. Edith Clarke
c. Jack Kilby
d. Nikola Tesla

8. Which company developed the Hololens?

a. !Microsoft
b. HTC
c. Oculus
d. Tobii

9. What round is a classic AK47 chambered in?

a. !7.62x39mm
b. 7.62x51mm
c. 5.56x45mm
d. 5.45x39mm

10. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?

a. An motorcycle
b. A motorboat
c. !A robot
d. A pickup truck

11. Which of the following is used to measure blood pressure?

a. Ruler
b. !Sphygmomanometer
c. Haemoerythrometer
d. Barometer

12. What is the most significant side venture the popular firearms company,
Remington, has pursued?
a. !Typewriters
b. Ceiling Fans
c. Door Knobs
d. Blenders

1. What tool lends it039;s name to a laststone advantage in an end in Curling?

a. Screwdriver
b. !Hammer
c. Drill
d. Wrench
2. Josh Mansour is part of what NRL team?
a. Sydney Roosters
b. !Penrith Panthers
c. Melbourne Storm
d. North Queensland Cowboys

3. Formula E is an auto racing series that uses hybrid electric race cars.
a. !False
b. True

4. When was the first official international game played?

a. 1880
b. !1872
c. 1865
d. 1863

5. Which country will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup?

a. !Qatar
b. Japan
c. Switzerland
d. USA

6. Who won the 2017 Formula One World Drivers039; Championship?

a. Nico Rosberg
b. Sebastian Vettel
c. !Lewis Hamilton
d. Max Verstappen

7. Which Formula 1 driver switched teams in the middle of the 2017 season?
a. Rio Haryanto
b. !Carlos Sainz Jr.
c. Jolyon Palmer
d. Daniil Kvyat

8. Which of these Russian cities did NOT contain a stadium that was used in the
2018 FIFA World Cup?
a. Kaliningrad
b. Yekaterinburg
c. RostovonDon
d. !Vladivostok