HIST228 Historical Investigation Spring 2021 10

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1.

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


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

2. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.


a. True
b. !False

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


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

4. Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency?


a. 90 Hz
b. 70 Hz
c. 100 Hz
d. !80 Hz

5. Microphones can be used not only to pick up sound, but also to project sound
similar to a speaker.
a. False
b. !True

6. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?


a. Alessandro Volta
b. Nikola Tesla
c. !James Watt
d. Albert Einstein

7. When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?


a. 1989
b. 1990
c. !1996
d. 1992

8. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2011
b. 2010
c. !2012
d. 2013

9. Which of the following cellular device companies is NOT headquartered in Asia?


a. !Nokia
b. LG Electronics
c. HTC
d. Samsung

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

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

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


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

2. Which of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
a. American Idiot
b. Newsies
c. !Rent
d. The Color Purple

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


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

4. Who wrote the award winning musical quot;In The Heightsquot;?


a. Steven Sondheim
b. !LinManuel Miranda
c. Francis Scott Key
d. John Phillips Sousa

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


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

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


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

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

8. quot;Doctor Whoquot; star David Tennant performed in a rendition of which


Shakespearean play?
a. The Taming of the Shrew
b. The Tempest
c. !Hamlet
d. Othello

9. Who serves as the speaker of the prologue in Shakespeare039;s Romeo and Juliet?
a. Montague
b. Capulet
c. !Chorus
d. Refrain

10. After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than
in any other.
a. !Italy
b. Greece
c. France
d. United States

11. Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway
run of Hamilton?
a. Wayne Brady
b. !Daveed Diggs
c. Javier Muntilde;oz
d. LinManuel Miranda

1. The flag of South Africa features 7 colours.


a. !False
b. True

2. What is the capital of Jamaica?


a. !Kingston
b. Bridgetown
c. PortauPrince
d. San Juan

3. What are the four corner states of the US?


a. South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa
b. Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
c. !Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
d. Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah

4. Which of these is NOT a province in China?


a. Fujian
b. Sichuan
c. Guangdong
d. !Yangtze

5. Israel is 7 hours ahead of New York.


a. !True
b. False

6. Which German city is located on the River Isar?


a. Dortmund
b. Berlin
c. Hamburg
d. !Munich

7. Which country has three capital cities?


a. !South Africa
b. China
c. United Kingdom
d. Somalia

8. How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?


a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. !0

9. The Alps are a mountain range on which continent?


a. Asia
b. North America
c. Africa
d. !Europe

10. Which country is the Taedong River in?


a. South Korea
b. Japan
c. !North Korea
d. China

11. What is the largest freshwater lake by volume?


a. !Lake Baikal
b. Lake Huron
c. Lake Superior
d. Lake Michigan
12. What is the largest country in the world ?
a. Canada
b. Brazil
c. !Russian Federation
d. China

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