1. What is the defining characteristic of someone who is described as hirsute?

a. Funny
b. !Hairy
c. Rude
d. Tall

2. CocaCola039;s original colour was green.

a. True
b. !False

3. What word represents the letter 039;T039; in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
a. Taxi
b. Turkey
c. !Tango
d. Target

4. The average woman is 5 inches 13 centimeters shorter than the average man.
a. !True
b. False

5. The Sun rises from the North.

a. True
b. !False

6. What does the Latin phrase quot;Veni, vidi, viciquot; translate into English?
a. Life, liberty, and happiness
b. !I came, I saw, I conquered
c. Past, present, and future
d. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

7. Which country, not including Japan, has the most people of japanese decent?
a. China
b. South Korea
c. United States of America
d. !Brazil

8. What is the most commonly used noun in the English language?

a. Home
b. !Time
c. Water
d. Man

9. Which of the following is not the host of a program on NPR?

a. Ira Glass
b. Peter Sagal
c. Terry Gross
d. !Ben Shapiro

10. The architect known as Le Corbusier was an important figure in what style of
architecture?
 a. Baroque
b. !Modernism
c. Gothic Revival
d. Neoclassical

1. Which of the following authors was not born in England?

a. !Arthur Conan Doyle
b. Graham Greene
c. H G Wells
d. Arthur C Clarke

2. What position does Harry Potter play in Quidditch?

a. !Seeker
b. Chaser
c. Keeper
d. Beater

3. By what name was the author Eric Blair better known?

a. !George Orwell
b. Ernest Hemingway
c. Aldous Huxley
d. Ray Bradbury

4. What039;s Harry Potter039;s dad039;s name?

a. Hairy Potter Sr.
b. !James Potter
c. Frank Potter
d. Joey Potter

5. In the year 1818, novelist Mary Shelly is credited with writing a fiction novel
and creating this infamous character.
a. !Frankenstein039;s monster
b. The Thing
c. The Invisible Man
d. Dracula

6. According to The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to the Galaxy book, the answer to life,
the universe and everything else is...
a. Death
b. Chocolate
c. !42
d. Loving everyone around you

7. What book series published by Jim Butcher follows a wizard in modern day
Chicago?
a. My Life as a Teenage Wizard
b. A Hat in Time
c. The Cinder Spires
d. !The Dresden Files
8. What was the last message of the Dolphins in quot;The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to
the Galaxyquot;?
a. !quot;So long, and thanks for all the fish.quot;
b. quot;The answer is 42.quot;
c. quot;Land of the brave.quot;
d. quot;Goodbye cruel world!quot;

9. What039;s the second book in George R. R. Martin039;s 039;A Song of Ice and
Fire039; series?
a. A Storm of Swords
b. A Feast for Crows
c. !A Clash of Kings
d. A Dance with Dragons

10. Which of the following is not a work authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky?

a. Crime and Punishment
b. !Anna Karenina
c. Notes from the Underground
d. The Brothers Karamazov

11. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. !Falcon
b. Kyte
c. Swallow
d. Eagle

12. What is the name of the town in which Lily and James Potter are buried?
a. Hogsmeade
b. Little Hangleton
c. !Godric039;s Hollow
d. Ottery St. Catchpole

1. What is the first element on the periodic table?

a. !Hydrogen
b. Lithium
c. Oxygen
d. Helium

2. On the Beaufort Scale of wind force, what wind name is given to number 8?
a. Hurricane
b. Storm
c. Breeze
d. !Gale

3. What is the chemical formula for ammonia?

a. CO2
b. CH4
c. !NH3
 d. NO3

4. Myopia is the scientific term for which condition?

a. Clouded Vision
b. Farsightedness
c. Double Vision
d. !Shortsightedness

5. The biggest distinction between a eukaryotic cell and a prokaryotic cell is:
a. The mode of reproduction
b. The presence or absence of certain organelles
c. The overall size
d. !The presence or absence of a nucleus

6. What is the unit of electrical inductance?

a. Mho
b. Weber
c. !Henry
d. Coulomb

7. Where is the Gluteus Maximus muscle located?

a. Torso
b. Arm
c. !Butt
d. Head

8. What was the first organic compound to be synthesized from inorganic compounds?
a. !Urea
b. Formaldehyde
c. Propane
d. Ethanol