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SOC257 Public Speaking Fall 2022 9
SOC257 Public Speaking Fall 2022 9
Which of the following United States senators is known for performing a 24hour
long filibuster?
a. Chuck Schumer
b. John Barrasso
c. !Strom Thurmond
d. Roy Blunt
6. Former United States President Bill Clinton famously played which instrument?
a. Baritone horn
b. Violin
c. !Saxophone
d. Piano
7. Which of these was an official candidate in the 2017 British General Election?
a. !Lord Buckethead
b. James Francis
c. Robert Wimbledon
d. Sir Crumpetsby
8. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union?
a. Leonid Brezhnev
b. Boris Yeltsin
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
d. !Nikita Khrushchev
10. What year did the effort to deploy the Common Core State Standards CCSS in the
US begin?
a. 2006
b. 2012
c. !2009
d. 1997
2. Which of the following countries has officially banned the civilian use of dash
cams in cars?
a. Czechia
b. !Austria
c. South Korea
d. United States
3. Enzo Ferrari was originally an auto racer for what manufacturer before founding
his own car company?
a. Bentley
b. Mercedes Benz
c. Auto Union
d. !Alfa Romeo
4. The Chevrolet Corvette has always been made exclusively with V8 engines only.
a. True
b. !False
6. What nickname was given to Air Canada Flight 143 after it ran out of fuel and
glided to safety in 1983?
a. Gimli Superb
b. !Gimli Glider
c. Gimli Microlight
d. Gimli Chaser
1. The Axolotl is an amphibian that can spend its whole life in a larval state.
a. False
b. !True
2. What was the name of the Ethiopian Wolf before they knew it was related to
wolves?
a. Amharic Fox
b. !Simien Jackel
c. Canis Simiensis
d. Ethiopian Coyote
3. An octopus can fit through any hole larger than its beak.
a. False
b. !True