POLS105 Answers Fall 2023 5

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1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?

a. 1628
b. 1605
c. 1723
d. !1606

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

3. What is the name of Broadway039;s first quot;longrunquot; musical?


a. The Book of Mormon
b. Wicked
c. !The Elves
d. Hamilton

4. In Les Miseacute;rables, who is Prison Code 24601?


a. !Jean Valjean
b. Jean Claude Van Damme
c. Javert
d. Marius Pontmercy

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


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

6. In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches039; cauldron?
a. !Newts
b. Sharks
c. Squids
d. Humans

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

8. Who played quot;Charlie Pricequot; in the musical quot;Kinky Bootsquot; on


Broadway in New York from May 26th Aug 6th 2017?
a. Ed Sheeren
b. Dallon Weekes
c. !Brendon Urie
d. Tom Cruise

9. What is Jean ValJean039;s first prisoner number?


a. !24601
b. 1729
c. 32769
d. 9430

1. The term quot;batteryquot; to describe an electrical storage device was coined


by?
a. Nikola Tesla
b. !Benjamin Franklin
c. Alessandro Volta
d. Luigi Galvani

2. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. Bravery
b. Innovation
c. !Courage
d. Revolution

3. When was the DVD invented?


a. 1980
b. 2000
c. 1990
d. !1995

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


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

5. When was the iPhone released?


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

6. Who built the first laser?


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

7. What round is a classic AK47 chambered in?


a. 5.45x39mm
b. 5.56x45mm
c. 7.62x51mm
d. !7.62x39mm
8. Which round does a WW2 M1 Garand fire?
a. 7.62
b. !.3006
c. .308
d. 7.62x51mm

9. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters?
a. Enterprise and Atlantis
b. None of the Above
c. !Challenger and Columbia
d. Discovery and Endeavour

10. Which of the following is used to measure blood pressure?


a. Haemoerythrometer
b. !Sphygmomanometer
c. Barometer
d. Ruler

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

1. There was a satirical candidate named quot;Deez Nutsquot; running in the 2016 US
presidential elections.
a. False
b. !True

2. Which Native American tribenation requires at least one half blood quantum
equivalent to one parent to be eligible for membership?
a. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
b. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
c. Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
d. !Yomba Shoshone Tribe

3. Due to the Nagoya Resolution, China agreed to allow Taiwan to compete separately
in international sporting events under what name?
a. Republic of Taipei
b. !Chinese Taipei
c. Chinese Taiwan
d. Republic of Taiwan

4. George W. Bush lost the popular vote in the 2004 United States presidential
election.
a. !False
b. True
5. According to the United States Constitution, how old must a person be to be
elected President of the United States?
a. 45
b. 40
c. !35
d. 30

6. quot;Yes, America Can!quot; was this United States politician039;s de facto


campaign slogan in 2004.
a. John Kerry
b. !George W. Bush
c. Barack Obama
d. Al Gore

7. Who was elected leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015?


a. Theresa May
b. Ed Miliband
c. David Cameron
d. !Jeremy Corbyn

8. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union?
a. !Nikita Khrushchev
b. Boris Yeltsin
c. Leonid Brezhnev
d. Mikhail Gorbachev

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