1. On which day did the attempted coup d039;etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?

a. December 24
b. !August 19
c. August 21
d. December 26

2. How old was Lyndon B. Johnson when he assumed the role of President of the
United States?
a. 60
b. 54
c. !55
d. 50

3. Which building was set aflame on August 24th, 1812?

a. Parliament Building
b. Grand National Assembly Building
c. Palace of the Nation
d. !The White House

4. Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank were born the same year.
a. !True
b. False

5. What was the total length of the Titanic?

a. !882 ft 268.8 m
b. 1042 ft 317.6 m
c. 759 ft 231.3 m
d. 825 ft 251.5 m

6. What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
a. !Hong Kong
b. Ireland
c. India
d. Australia

7. The coat of arms of the King of Spain contains the arms from the monarchs of
Castille, Leon, Aragon and which other former Iberian kingdom?
a. Granada
b. !Navarre
c. Galicia
d. Catalonia

8. The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after their loss in which war?
a. Crimean War
b. !World War I
c. Second Balkan War
d. Serbian Revolution

9. Which Roman Emperor led the Roman Empire to reach its maximum territorial
extent?
a. Constantine the Great
 b. Julius Caesar
c. Claudius
d. !Trajan

1. In the song ldquo;The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny,rdquo; who is the

only one to survive the battle?
a. Batman
b. Chuck Norris
c. Godzilla
d. !Mr. Rogers

2. Which band had hits in 1972 with the songs quot;Baby I039;m A Want Youquot;,
quot;Everything I Ownquot; and quot;The Guitar Manquot;
a. Smokie
b. America
c. !Bread
d. Chicago

3. Soulja Boy039;s 039;Crank That039; won a Grammy for Best Rap Song in 2007.
a. True
b. !False

4. Whose signature guitar technique is called the quot;windmillquot;?

a. Jimmy Page
b. !Pete Townshend
c. Jimi Hendrix
d. Eddie Van Halen

5. Which of the following is NOT a real song from the band Thousand Foot Krutch?
a. Give Up The Ghost
b. Let The Sparks Fly
c. Down
d. !Limitless Fury

6. May 16th of every year is known as Day, named after a punk band prominent in
the 1990s.
a. !Lagwagon
b. Less Than Jake
c. Goldfinger
d. Lit

7. Scatman John039;s real name was John Paul Larkin.

a. !True
b. False

8. Which genre of Hip Hop does MC Frontalot rap?

a. !Nerdcore
b. Horrorcore
c. Christian
 d. Crunk

9. How many studio albums have the heavy metal band, 039;Metallica039; released in
the period between 1983 and 2016?
a. !10
b. 9
c. 12
d. 7

10. Which of these is not a member of the virtual band Gorillaz?

a. Murdoc Niccals
b. !Phi Cypher
c. Noodle
d. Russel Hobbs

1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?

a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
b. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
c. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
d. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.

2. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with
the front half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Lion
b. A Dragon
c. A Tiger
d. !A Horse

3. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.

a. False
b. !True

4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. Ymir
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Odin

5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Hercules
b. Daedalus
c. Perseus
d. !Orpheus

6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?

a. !Hephaestus
b. Dyntos
 c. Artagatus
d. Vulcan

7. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?

a. Horus
b. Ra
c. Anhur
d. !Set

8. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.

a. !True
b. False

9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. !Thought amp; Memory
b. Power amp; Peace
c. War amp; Learning
d. Sleeping amp; Waking