ENGL: Midterm

Q: What town was quot;Springfieldquot; from quot;The Simpsonsquot; originally named

after?
1. Springfield, Missouri
2. Springfield, Oregon
3. Springfield, Massachusetts
4. Springfield, Illinois
A: Springfield, Oregon
Q: The words quot;bungalowquot; and quot;shampooquot; originate from the languages of
which country?
1. Ethiopia
2. China
3. India
4. Papua New Guinea
A: India
Q: Which of these aliases has NOT been used by electronic musician Aphex Twin?
1. GAK
2. Caustic Window
3. Bradley Strider
4. Burial
A: Burial
Q: Which of these online games was originally named LindenWorld in it039;s early
development?
1. HabboHotel
2. ActiveWorlds
3. IMVU
4. SecondLife
A: SecondLife
Q: In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash
tree Yggdrasil?
1. Nidhogg
2. Bragi
3. Odin
4. Ymir
A: Nidhogg
Q: Who is the original author of the realtime physics engine called PhysX?
1. Nvidia
2. AMD
3. Ageia
4. NovodeX
A: NovodeX
Q: Which game in the quot;Monster Hunterquot; series introduced the quot;Insect
Glaivequot; weapon?
1. Monster Hunter 2
2. Monster Hunter 4
3. Monster Hunter Stories
4. Monster Hunter Freedom
A: Monster Hunter 4
Q: Muscle fiber is constructed of bundles small long organelles called what?

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1. Myofibrils
2. Myofiaments
3. Epimysium
4. Myocardium
A: Myofibrils
Q: In which game did the character quot;Marioquot; make his first appearance?
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Super Mario Land
3. Mario Bros.
4. Donkey Kong
A: Donkey Kong
Q: Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
1. Henry V
2. Richard I
3. Henry I
4. Henry II
A: Henry II
Q: Which of these songs was released in 1996?
1. Prince quot;1999quot;
2. The Smashing Pumpkins quot;1979quot;
3. David Bowie quot;1984quot;
4. James Blunt quot;1973quot;
A: The Smashing Pumpkins quot;1979quot;
Q: Which one of the following titles by Valve is not based on a Community Mod?
1. CounterStrike
2. Day of Defeat
3. Alien Swarm
4. Ricochet
A: Ricochet
Q: What was the world039;s first handheld game device?
1. Microvision
2. Mattel Auto Race
3. Game amp; Watch
4. Game Boy
A: Mattel Auto Race
Q: Which of these cities has a 4deg; East longitude.
1. Toronto
2. Rio de Janero
3. Amsterdam
4. Hong Kong
A: Amsterdam
Q: Pete Townshend collaborated with which famous guitarist for an event at Brixton
Academy in 1985?
1. David Gilmour
2. Mark Knopfler
3. Eric Clapton
4. Jimmy Page
A: David Gilmour
Q: The Dice Tower network of board game podcasts and videos is run by which

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individual?
1. Uncle Pennybags
2. Tom Vasel
3. Jason LeVine
4. Borth Sampson
A: Tom Vasel
Q: Townsend Coleman provided the voice for which turtle in the original 1987 series of
quot;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesquot;?
1. Leonardo
2. Michelangelo
3. Donatello
4. Raphael
A: Michelangelo
Q: Which singer is portrayed by Bruce Campbell in the 2002 film 039;Bubba HoTep039;?
1. Buddy Holly
2. Johnny Cash
3. Elvis Presley
4. Hank Williams, Sr.
A: Elvis Presley
Q: What is the largest freshwater lake by volume?
1. Lake Huron
2. Lake Baikal
3. Lake Michigan
4. Lake Superior
A: Lake Baikal
Q: In the SHMUP series, quot;Gradiusquot;, what is the name of the antagonist faction you
fight against?
1. Belsar
2. ORN Empire
3. Bydo
4. Bacterion
A: Bacterion
Q: What year did Albrecht Duuml;rer create the painting quot;The Young Harequot;?
1. 1402
2. 1502
3. 1602
4. 1702
A: 1502
Q: Which of these artists did NOT remix the song quot;Fadedquot; by Alan Walker?
1. Slushii
2. Dash Berlin
3. Skrillex
4. Tieuml;sto
A: Skrillex
Q: Which country was NOT formerly part of Yugoslavia?
1. Macedonia
2. Albania
3. Serbia
4. Croatia
A: Albania

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Q: Which of these is a stop codon in DNA?
1. TAA
2. ACT
3. ACA
4. GTA
A: TAA
Q: Which of the following plastic is commonly used for window frames, gutters and drain
pipes?
1. Polyethylene PE
2. Polyvinylchloride PVC
3. Polystyrene PS
4. Polypropylene PP
A: Polyvinylchloride PVC
Q: What is the unit of electrical inductance?
1. Weber
2. Coulomb
3. Mho
4. Henry
A: Henry
Q: Which game in the quot;Monster Hunterquot; series introduced the quot;Insect
Glaivequot; weapon?
1. Monster Hunter Stories
2. Monster Hunter Freedom
3. Monster Hunter 4
4. Monster Hunter 2
A: Monster Hunter 4
Q: In quot;Starboundquot;, what is the max HP of the monster quot;Punchyquot;?
1. 100 HP
2. 50,000 HP
3. 9,000,000 HP
4. 150,000 HP
A: 50,000 HP
Q: The heavy metal band Black Sabbath hail from which English city?
1. Manchester
2. London
3. Birmingham
4. NewcastleUponTyne
A: Birmingham
Q: In which classic novel is there a character named Homer Simpson?
1. The Day of the Locust
2. Of Mice and Men
3. A Separate Peace
4. Catch22
A: The Day of the Locust

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