SOCI228 Report 1

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1. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?

a. Neville Chamberlain
b. Harold Macmillan
c. Edward Heath
d. !Winston Churchill

2. When did the Battle of the Somme begin?


a. August 1st, 1916
b. !July 1st, 1916
c. June 30th, 1916
d. July 2nd, 1916

3. What year did the Boxing Day earthquake amp; tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean?
a. 2008
b. 2002
c. 2006
d. !2004

4. Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks?
a. Walter Kniep
b. Otto Carius
c. Michael Wittmann
d. !Kurt Knispel

5. Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
a. Japan
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. ! Soviet Union

6. In 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany after it invaded which
country?
a. !Poland
b. Austria
c. Czechoslovakia
d. Hungary

7. In what year did Kentucky become the 15th state to join the union?
a. 1798
b. 1788
c. 1782
d. !1792

8. The United States of America was the first country to launch a man into space.
a. !False
b. True

9. Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on what
date did their new year start?
a. December 1st
b. !March 25th
c. June 1st
d. September 25th

10. Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice?
a. Charles Conrad
b. !Gus Grissom
c. Vladimir Komarov
d. Yuri Gagarin

11. In what year did Texas secede from Mexico?


a. !1836
b. 1844
c. 1845
d. 1838

1. Who painted the Mona Lisa?


a. Vincent van Gogh
b. Pablo Picasso
c. Claude Monet
d. !Leonardo da Vinci

2. Painter Piet Mondrian 1872 1944 was a part of what movement?


a. !Neoplasticism
b. Impressionism
c. Precisionism
d. Cubism

3. What French sculptor designed the Statue of Liberty?


a. JeanLeacute;on Geacute;rocirc;me
b. !Freacute;deacute;ric Auguste Bartholdi
c. Henri Matisse
d. Auguste Rodin

4. Albrecht Duuml;rer039;s birthplace and place of death were in...


a. Augsburg
b. Berlin
c. !Nuuml;rnberg
d. Bamberg

5. Vincent van Gogh cut off one of his ears.


a. False
b. !True

6. What year did Albrecht Duuml;rer create the painting quot;The Young Harequot;?
a. !1502
b. 1402
c. 1602
d. 1702
7. Who designed the Chupa Chups logo?
a. Andy Warhol
b. !Salvador Dali
c. Vincent van Gogh
d. Pablo Picasso

8. Who painted The Starry Night?


a. Pablo Picasso
b. Michelangelo
c. !Vincent van Gogh
d. Leonardo da Vinci

9. Which Van Gogh painting depicts the view from his asylum in
SaintReacute;mydeProvence in southern France?
a. Wheatfields with Crows
b. The Church at Auvers
c. The Sower with Setting Sun
d. !The Starry Night

10. Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest works of art, depicting the planets
Mars and Venus embrace in the heavens at night.
a. !False
b. True

11. Who painted the biblical fresco The Creation of Adam?


a. Rembrandt
b. !Michelangelo
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. Caravaggio

1. Which retired American football quarterback played himself in 039;Ace Ventura:


Pet Detective039; and 039;Little Nicky039;?
a. !Dan Marino
b. Joe Montana
c. Tom Brady
d. John Elway

2. This movie contains the quote, quot;Houston, we have a problem.quot;


a. !Apollo 13
b. Marooned
c. The Right Stuff
d. Capricorn One

3. What is the name of the dog that played Toto in the 1939 film quot;The Wizard of
Ozquot;?
a. Tommy
b. Teddy
c. !Terry
d. Toto
4. Which movie includes a giant bunnylike spirit who has magic powers including
growing trees?
a. Hop
b. !My Neighbor Totoro
c. Alice in Wonderland
d. Rise of the Guardians

5. Who plays Alice in the Resident Evil movies?


a. !Milla Jovovich
b. Kim Demp
c. Milla Johnson
d. Madison Derpe

6. Which animated film did Steven Lisberger direct in 1980 before going on to
direct Tron?
a. !Animalympics
b. The Fox and the Hound
c. The Great Mouse Detecive
d. The Black Cauldron

7. Who played the Cenobite called quot;Pinheadquot; in the original Hellraiser


films?
a. Doug Benson
b. Doug Jones
c. !Doug Bradley
d. Doug Savant

8. In which movie does Robin Williams039; character have to disguise themselves


into a woman?
a. Old Dogs
b. Jumanji
c. !Mrs. Doubtfire
d. Awakenings

9. Who provided a majority of the songs and lyrics for quot;Spirit: Stallion of the
Cimarronquot;?
a. Air Supply
b. Oasis
c. !Bryan Adams
d. Smash Mouth

10. What is the birth name of Michael Keaton?


a. Michael Fox
b. Michael Richards
c. Michael Kane
d. !Michael Douglas

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