CHE739: Essay

2021-06-09

1) In which year was Kill Bill: Vol. 1 first released in the cinema?:

1) 1997

2) 2000

3) 2006

4) 2003

2) What does hepatitis affect?:

1) Kidney

2) Stomach

3) Bladder

4) Liver

3) Nicknamed the Godfather Of Soul, who died on Christmas Day 2006?:

1) Marvin Gaye

2) Stevie Wonder

3) Ray Charles

4) James Brown

4) Which singer released the studio album 'Anti'?:

1) Drake

2) Nicki Minaj

3) Ricky Martin

4) Rihanna

5) What is the name of the handheld games console developed by Sony?:

1) Nintendo Switch

2) Xbox One

3) Game Boy Advance

 4) PlayStation Portable

6) What is the name of the fossilized resin from prehistoric pine trees that can preserve insects inside of

it?:

1) Myrr

2) Lapis Lazuli

3) Tar

4) Amber

7) Who invented the postage stamp, and is seen as the inventor of the modern postal system?:

1) Sir Alan Sugar

2) Sir Thomas Moore

3) Sir Richard Stamp

4) Sir Rowland Hill

8) Which region of the world uses '.sd' at the end of its web addresses?:

1) Sweden

2) Switzerland

3) South Korea

4) Sudan

9) What is the name of the Viking practice of sacrificing prisoners to their gods?:

1) Flägen

2) Midsommar

3) Odinskón

4) Blót

10) What is the capital city of Namibia?:

1) Caracas

2) Ashgabat

3) Accra
 4) Windhoek

11) What is the plot of the movie The Sixth Sense?:

1) A secretly ruthless woman insinuates herself into the lives of an aging actor and her circle of theater

friends.

2) A stand-up comedian embarks on a downward spiral that leads to the creation of an iconic villain.

3) A former Roman General seeks revenge against the emperor who murdered his family.

4) A withdrawn boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a child psychologist.

12) In Portuguese, what is the word for for 'black'?:

1) Nero

2) Zwart

3) Azul

4) Negro

13) In Computing, What Does The Abbreviation USB Stand for:

1) Undivided Special Breaker

2) Unilateral Series Buoy

3) Unitary System Bar

4) Universal Serial Bus

14) Which Sportswear Company Is The Brand With The Three Stripes?:

1) Reebok

2) Puma

3) Nike

4) Adidas

15) Which Roman Emperor made his horse a senator?:

1) Nero

2) Commodus

3) Augustus
 4) Caligula

16) Which author wrote 'Vanity Fair'?:

1) Oscar Wilde

2) François-René de Chateaubriand

3) Orhan Pamuk

4) William Makepeace Thackeray

17) Which of these Japanese dishes consists of stir-fried meat and vegetables?:

1) Tempura

2) Yakitori

3) Sashimi

4) Sukiyaki

18) Who won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Leading Actor for playing the role of Andrew Beckett in

Philadelphia?:

1) Daniel Day-Lewis

2) Laurence Fishburne

3) Anthony Hopkins

4) Tom Hanks

19) With which sport is Johan Cruyff associated?:

1) Golf

2) Tennis

3) Badminton

4) Football

20) What is the name of the classic board game where players must be the first to send all four of their

pieces all the way round a board?:

1) Life

2) Risk
 3) Checkers

4) Trouble

21) Who was the female Russian dancer who had a dessert named after her?:

1) Nikita Blini

2) Ilyana Tiramisu

3) Sasha Macaron

4) Anna Pavlova

22) How is steak cooked if cooked blue?:

1) Boiled

2) Very Well Done

3) Medium

4) Very Rare

23) Which stage director brought Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the screen in 1935?:

1) Franz Kafka

2) Ludwig Wittgenstein

3) Friedrich Nietzsche

4) Max Reinhardt

24) With which sport is Pelé associated?:

1) Basketball

2) Volleyball

3) Rugby

4) Soccer

25) Sea Urchin Sushi Is Known As What In Japanese?:

1) Oni

2) Ani

3) Eni
 4) Uni

26) Who Was the Queen Of The Iceni Tribe Of England Who Led An Uprising Against The Romans?:

1) Joan of Arc

2) Zenobia

3) Fulvia

4) Boudica

27) Which band includes 'Eddie Vedder'?:

1) Anti-Flag

2) The Pussycat Dolls

3) Three 6 Mafia

4) Pearl Jam

28) What is the name given to the art of miniaturising trees and maintaining their small size?:

1) Ornamental Shrubbery

2) Decorage

3) Topiary

4) Bonsai

29) Which series of horror movies were greatly influenced by a painting by Edvard Munch?:

1) Chucky

2) A Nightmare on Elm Street

3) Insidious

4) Scream

30) When did the Arab Spring topple a number of governments?:

1) 2016

2) 2004

3) 1998

4) 2010