1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When was the DVD invented?

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

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

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

10. Who built the first laser?

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

11. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?

a. An motorcycle
b. A motorboat
c. A pickup truck
d. !A robot

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

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

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

1. Which naval battle was considered the turning point of the Pacific Ocean Theater
during World War 2?
a. Attack on Truk Island
b. Battle of the Coral Sea
c. Attack on Pearl Harbor
d. !Battle of Midway

2. What was William Frederick Cody better known as?

a. Wild Bill Hickok
b. Pawnee Bill
c. Billy the Kid
d. !Buffalo Bill

3. Which infamous European traitor was known as quot;the last person to enter
Parliament with honest intentionsquot;?
a. Robert Catesby
b. !Guy Fawkes
c. Everard Digby
d. Francis Tresham

4. How many sonatas did Ludwig van Beethoven write?

 a. 31
b. 21
c. 50
d. !32

5. Which historical conflict killed the most people?

a. Mongol conquests
b. Taiping Rebellion
c. !World War II
d. Three Kingdoms War

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

7. Who is attributed credit for recording the epic poem The Odyssey?
a. Aristotle
b. Socrates
c. Odysseus
d. !Homer

8. How long did World War II last?

a. 7 years
b. 5 years
c. !6 years
d. 4 years

9. What year did World War I begin?

a. 1919
b. !1914
c. 1925
d. 1905

10. Which famous military commander marched an army, which included war elephants,
over the Alps during the Second Punic War?
a. Garmanicus
b. Tiberius
c. !Hannibal
d. Alexander the Great

1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Zeus
b. Athena
c. Demeter
d. !Apollo

2. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?

a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
 c. Enlil
d. !Enkidu

3. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Charon
c. Dysnomia
d. Ceres

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

a. False
b. !True

5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?

a. Meret
b. Mut
c. !Min
d. Menu

6. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False

7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?

a. Minotaur
b. Gorgon
c. !Centaur
d. Pegasus

8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?

a. !Greek and Roman
b. Roman and Spanish
c. Greek, Roman and Norse
d. Greek and Chinese

9. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?

a. Balder
b. Thor
c. Odin
d. !Loki

10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
in Greek Mythology?
a. Ox
b. Horse
c. Pig
d. !Bull

11. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Cephisso
c. !Aristaeus
d. Carme