1. Which of the following terms refers to a force applied in such a way that produces rotation, twisting, or turning? precession; torque; displacement; or filistration?
2. Why is the heart of the computer industry in California called "Silicon Valley"?
3. At the center is the pulp. The pulp is surrounded by dentine, and the dentine is surrounded by enamel. What human body part have I just described?
4. What is peristalsis, and what does it have to do with the human digestive system?
5. Where should you go to search for stalactites and stalagmites?
6. Acording to astronomers, a white dwarf is which of the following? a very small comet; a kind of small star; a distant galaxy; or a very small planet?
7. The FICA taxes deducted from your paycheck pay for Social Security. What does the acronym FICA stand for?
8. Which of the following terms refers to a very large urban area in which two or more large cities run into one another? megaphonia; megalopolis; megalomania; or megatocracy?
9. Which of the states lies immediately to the south of Minnesota?
10. Name any two of the four countries which border the African nation of Uganda.
11. What term coming from a root word meaning "the observant ones or the watchers" is used to describe a group of volunteer citizens who organize to suppress crime where official police forces are weak or non-existent?
12. Palestinian officials want to establish an independent country in an area known as the West Bank. That place gets its name because it is on the west bank of what river?
13. In which of America's wars did the following men serve as principal commanders? Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Chester Nimitz.
14. In which of the arts, professions, branches of scholarship, or sciences did the late 18th and early 19th Century American named Noah Webster become most famous?
15. From 1910 until his death in 1919, Emiliano Zapata was a famous revolutionary leader who did such things as divide up the large estates of rich men who supported the government and give the pieces to the peasant farmers. In what country did he struggle for revolution?
16. What famous event from British History occurred in 1066?
17. Name the famous English architect who sometime in the 17th Century designed and supervised the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral.
18. At Easter church choirs often perform a work entitled The Messiah, a work famous for its "Hallelujah Chorus." Who wrote the work?
19. Read the following sentence carefully: "When I found the wounded soldier on the beach, I stopped his bleeding and bandaged his wounds, but he died anyway." Name all the intransitive verbs in the sentence.
20. Give me the name of the famous opera by Georges Bizet which tells the story of a very flirtatious Spanish girl. While she is in jail, she seduces the soldier who is guarding her and manages with his help to escape from the jail. Once free, she quickly abandons the soldier and begins a new romance with a bull-fighter. The heart-broken soldier ends up stabbing the girl to death.
21. Give me the name of the 18th Century Irish satirist who wrote Gulliver's Travels.
22. This one is supposed to be very easy. Who wrote the novel Gone With The Wind?
23. The standard Bible in Europe for nearly a thousand years, that is, up until the Reformation was St. Jerome's translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate Bible. In what language was the Vulgate written?
24. The sacred book of Islam is called The Koran. What is the sacred book of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints called?
25. To whom are the writers of the New Testament referring when they speak of "the voice of one crying in the wilderness"?