1.

In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, quot;Something is

rotten in the state of Denmarkquot;?
a. Macbeth
b. Twelfth Night
c. King Lear
d. !Hamlet

2. In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?

a. Othello
b. Macbeth
c. King Lear
d. !Hamlet

3. Who is the musical director for the award winning musical quot;Hamiltonquot;?
a. Leslie Odom Jr.
b. Renee EliseGoldberry
c. LinManuel Miranda
d. !Alex Lacamoire

4. In Shakespeare039;s play Julius Caesar, Caesar039;s last words were...

a. !Et tu, Brute?
b. Iacta alea est!
c. Vidi, vini, vici.
d. Aegri somnia vana.

5. Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein039;s 1957 Brodway musical West Side
Story?
a. Himself
b. Richard Rodgers
c. Oscar Hammerstein
d. !Stephen Sondheim

6. How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?

a. 54
b. 25
c. !37
d. 18

7. Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950039;s musical West Side
Story?
a. !The Back Alley
b. Maria
c. Mambo
d. Tonight

8. Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway
run of Hamilton?
a. !Daveed Diggs
b. Javier Muntilde;oz
c. LinManuel Miranda
d. Wayne Brady
9. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical quot;Catsquot; is based off a book of poems
written by which author?
a. Andrew Lloyd Webber
b. Robert Frost
c. !T.S. Elliot
d. Emily Dickenson

10. Who wrote the play 039;Angels in America039;?

a. Matthew Lopez
b. Tom Stoppard
c. !Tony Kusher
d. Anthony Neilson

1. Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?
a. !Silver
b. Gold
c. Juno
d. Sword

2. According to scholarly estimates, what percentage of the world population at the

time died due to Tamerlane039;s conquests?
a. 3
b. 1
c. !5
d. lt;1

3. Which of the following ancient peoples was NOT classified as Hellenic Greek?
a. Achaeans
b. Ionians
c. !Illyrians
d. Dorians

4. Who tutored Alexander the Great?

a. King Philip
b. Plato
c. !Aristotle
d. Socrates

5. Who was the Prime Minister of Japan when Japan declared war on the US?
a. Isoroku Yamamoto
b. Michinomiya Hirohito
c. Fumimaro Konoe
d. !Hideki Tojo

6. The quot;Trail of Tearsquot; was a result of which United States President039;s

Indian Removal Policy?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. !Andrew Jackson
c. Martin Van Buren
 d. Harry S. Truman

7. Thomas Crapper was a plumber who invented the flushing toilet.

a. True
b. !False

8. The ancient city of Chicheacute;n Itzaacute; was built by which civilization?

a. Toltecs
b. Aztecs
c. !Mayans
d. Incas

9. Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began?
a. !George H. W. Bush
b. Richard Nixon
c. Ronald Regan
d. George W. Bush

10. When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?

a. 1920
b. 1880
c. 1950
d. !1980

11. Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors 69 AD?
a. Otho
b. !Vespasian
c. Vitellius
d. Galba

1. Which company designed the quot;Betamaxquot; video cassette format?

a. Panasonic
b. Fujitsu
c. !Sony
d. LG

2. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. !False
b. True

3. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. Revolution
b. Bravery
c. !Courage
d. Innovation
4. Microphones can be used not only to pick up sound, but also to project sound
similar to a speaker.
a. False
b. !True

5. When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?

a. !1982
b. 1962
c. 1972
d. 1992

6. When was the iPhone released?

a. 2006
b. 2005
c. 2004
d. !2007

7. Who built the first laser?

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

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