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EE294 Midterm 10
EE294 Midterm 10
a. 2014
b. 2015
c. !2013
d. 2016
2. What is the surname of the character Daryl in AMC039;s show The Walking Dead?
a. !Dixon
b. Dickinson
c. Dicketson
d. Grimes
4. In 2008, British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay believes he almost died after
suffering what accident in Iceland while filming?
a. Being served undercooked chicken at his hotel
b. Crash landing when arriving at Keflaviacute;k airport
c. !Slipping off a cliff, and nearly drowning in icy water
d. A minor car accident in a snowstorm
5. Which actor from The Young Ones also played Lord Flashheart in one episode of
Blackadder II?
a. Christopher Ryan
b. !Rik Mayall
c. Adrian Edmondson
d. Nigel Planer
8. Which actor was not a major character in TV Show Freaks and Geeks?
a. James Franco
b. !Jonah Hill
c. Jason Segel
d. Seth Rogen
1. Whose 2016 presidential campaign slogan was quot;Make America Great Againquot;?
a. !Donald Trump
b. Bernie Sanders
c. Marco Rubio
d. Ted Cruz
2. There was a satirical candidate named quot;Deez Nutsquot; running in the 2016 US
presidential elections.
a. False
b. !True
3. Which Native American tribenation requires at least one half blood quantum
equivalent to one parent to be eligible for membership?
a. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
b. !Yomba Shoshone Tribe
c. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
d. Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
4. Which of the following United States Presidents served the shortest term in
office?
a. Warren G. Harding
b. Zachary Taylor
c. !William Henry Harrison
d. James A. Garfield
6. Donald Trump won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential
election.
a. !False
b. True
8. Which of the following United States senators is known for performing a 24hour
long filibuster?
a. Chuck Schumer
b. John Barrasso
c. !Strom Thurmond
d. Roy Blunt
10. Former United States President Bill Clinton famously played which instrument?
a. !Saxophone
b. Violin
c. Baritone horn
d. Piano
11. Former president Theodore Roosevelt 19001908 ran for another term under the
Progressive Party in 1912.
a. !True
b. False
12. Who was the longestserving senator in US history, serving from 1959 to 2010?
a. Daniel Inouye
b. Strom Thurmond
c. !Robert Byrd
d. Joe Biden
13. What year did the effort to deploy the Common Core State Standards CCSS in the
US begin?
a. 2006
b. 1997
c. 2012
d. !2009
3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. True
b. !False
4. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Athena
b. Artemis
c. !Apollo
d. Aphrodite
7. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. !Orpheus
b. Perseus
c. Daedalus
d. Hercules
10. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess
of what?
a. !Victory
b. Honor
c. Strength
d. Courage
11. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. !Eris
b. Artemis
c. Hades
d. Ares