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ASTR279 Peer Assessment Winter 2023 9
ASTR279 Peer Assessment Winter 2023 9
a. Annie Hughes
b. Dean McCoppin
c. Kent Mansley
d. !Hogarth Hughes
5. In the movie quot;Cast Awayquot; the main protagonist039;s best friend while on
the island is named
a. Willy
b. Carson
c. Jackson
d. !Wilson
6. In the 1964 film quot;Zuluquot;, what song does the British Army company sing
before the final battle?
a. The British Grenadiers
b. Scotland the Brave
c. !Men of Harlech
d. Colonel Bogey March
8. When does quot;Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyquot; take place chronologically in
the series?
a. !Between Episode 3 and 4
b. Before Episode 1
c. After Episode 6
d. Between Episode 4 and 5
9. Which famous singer was portrayed by actor Kevin Spacey in the 2004 biographical
film quot;Beyond the Seaquot;?
a. Frank Sinatra
b. Louis Armstrong
c. Dean Martin
d. !Bobby Darin
12. In the film quot;Requiem for a Dreamquot;, what drug does Jared Leto039;s
character get addicted to?
a. Oxycodone
b. Marijuana
c. Cocaine
d. !Heroin
3. Microphones can be used not only to pick up sound, but also to project sound
similar to a speaker.
a. !True
b. False
6. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2011
b. 2013
c. !2012
d. 2010
9. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters?
a. Discovery and Endeavour
b. !Challenger and Columbia
c. Enterprise and Atlantis
d. None of the Above
2. Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?
a. Gold
b. Sword
c. Juno
d. !Silver
3. 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 Midway
c. Battle of the Coral Sea
d. Attack on Pearl Harbor
4. What was the capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War?
a. !Saigon
b. Hanoi
c. Ho Chi Minh City
d. Hue
8. What was the bloodiest singleday battle during the American Civil War?
a. !The Battle of Antietam
b. The Battle of Gettysburg
c. The Battles of Chancellorsville
d. The Siege of Vicksburg
10. Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during
the U.S. Revolutionary War?
a. Nathan Hale
b. Henry Longfellow
c. Thomas Paine
d. !Paul Revere
11. Which of these theoretical phycisists first predicted the existence of
antimatter?
a. Werner Heisenberg
b. !Paul Dirac
c. Niels Bohr
d. Albert Einstein