ECO502: Practice Quiz

2018-03-09

1) What is the name of the second-most populous city in Brazil, following Sao Paulo?:

1) Brasilia

2) Salvador

3) Recife

4) Rio de Janeiro

2) What does the word 'quatro' mean in Portuguese?:

1) One

2) Ten

3) Eight

4) Four

3) With which sport is Joe DiMaggio associated?:

1) Volleyball

2) Boxing

3) Table tennis

4) Baseball

4) How does that Latin phrase 'Adversus solem ne loquitor' translate into English?:

1) To dare is to do

2) Every man is the maker of his own fortune

3) I came, I saw, I conquered

4) Do not speak against the Sun

5) Which of these quotes is from the film 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?:

1) "A boy's best friend is his mother."

2) "Oh what a day. What a lovely day!"

3) "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

 4) "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

6) Which conflict of legend was ignited by Paris and Helen?:

1) The Napoleonic Wars

2) The Crusades

3) The Punic Wars

4) The Trojan War

7) Which English rock band released the studio album 'Let It Bleed'?:

1) McFly

2) Delirious?

3) Depeche Mode

4) The Rolling Stones

8) The white elephant is the sacred animal of __________:

1) Vietnam

2) India

3) Myanmar

4) Thailand

9) What is the capital city of Cuba?:

1) Conakry

2) Nicosia

3) Roseau

4) Havana

10) In which book series would you find the character of 'Aslan'?:

1) Percy Jackson & the Olympians

2) Divergent

3) The Hunger Games

4) The Chronicles of Narnia

11) What is the chemical formula for potassium nitrate?:

1) D2O

2) KOH

3) NaOCI

4) KNO3

12) What is the largest island of Greece, home to the ancient ruined Minoan palace of Knossos?:

1) Santorini

2) Corfu

3) Rhodes

4) Crete

13) In what country is the Waterloo battlefield?:

1) The Netherlands

2) France

3) Scotland

4) Belgium

14) If you're killing a goomba, what game are you playing?:

1) Zelda

2) Call of Duty

3) Halo

4) Super Mario Bros.

15) Which actor played Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy?:

1) Keanu Reeves

2) Dan Aykroyd

3) Donald Sutherland

4) Christian Bale

16) What is the name of the dog in the movie Lady and the Tramp?:
 1) Sparky

2) Max

3) Bolt

4) Scamp

17) In which year was Up first released in the cinema?:

1) 2007

2) 2011

3) 2013

4) 2009

18) What Was The 9th Century Tax Levied To Fight The Vikings?:

1) War Bond

2) Sax Bandeg

3) Guerre Levy

4) Dane Geld

19) Which system of counting uses the numbers 0-9 and the letters a-f?:

1) Numerolettering

2) Binary

3) Ternary

4) Hexadecimal

20) Which actress played the role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment?:

1) Katharine Hepburn

2) Bette Davis

3) Emma Thompson

4) Shirley MacLaine

21) Which American rock band released the song 'Good Vibrations'?:

1) Swans
 2) The Velvet Underground

3) Aerosmith

4) The Beach Boys

22) What is the medical term for the kneecap?:

1) Humerus

2) Femur

3) Clavicle

4) Patella

23) Who is the mother of Apollo and Artemis?:

1) Diana

2) Helen

3) Aphrodite

4) Leto

24) How many points win a game in badminton?:

1) 21

2) 25

3) 20

4) 15

25) Which of these is a soccer team based in San Jose?:

1) San Jose Bengals

2) San Jose Heat

3) San Jose Hawks

4) San Jose Eathquakes

26) Which song, originally recorded by Kris Kristofferson, was later covered by Janis Joplin?:

1) Angel From Montgomery

2) La Vie En Rose
 3) Over the Rainbow

4) Me and Bobby McGee

27) Which of these is a baseball team based in Toronto?:

1) Toronto Pelicans

2) Toronto Sporting

3) Toronto Blues

4) Toronto Blue Jays

28) Who Was Known As "Coeur De Lion"?:

1) Richard III

2) James I

3) James III

4) Richard I

29) Which artist painted "Olympia":

1)

Edvard Munch

2)

Pablo Picasso

3) Henri Rousseau

4) Édouard Manet

30) Name the movie that matches the following plot summary: '24 hours in the lives of three young men

the day after a violent riot.':

1) The Lives of Others

2) The Big Lebowski

3) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

4) La Haine