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The name of this program is:
IQuiz
College Bowl
Quizzer
None of the above
Who is
buried in
Grants tomb?
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses X. Grant
The unknown soldier
All of the above
An important South American city is called
the Vale of Paradise. What is its Spanish name?
Valparaiso
Bogota
Chichicastenango
TitiCaca
What modern country covers most of the territory
of ancient Gaul?
France
Spain
Germany
England
How deep is the Marianas Trench
in the Pacific Ocean?
7 miles
3 miles
13 miles
10 miles
What nineteenth-century philosophy had as its aim
"the greatest good (happiness) of the greatest number"?
Utilitarianism
Marxism
Pessimism
Utopianism
Who was Julius Caesar's last wife?
Calpurnia
Agrippina
Julia
Malvina
Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili is better
know as:
Joseph Stalin
Nicolai Lenin
Joseph Conrad
Rasputin
Who developed the first engine to operate on
the compression-ignition system?
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Otto
Henry Cavendish
Theodor Ziolkowski
What is the principal language of Lichtenstein?
German
French
Serbo-Croatian
Lichtensteinish
"Big Tiger", "Big Dog", and "Blaze" refer to:
poker hands
famous racehorses
football plays
nicknames for mountain peaks
What chief god in German mythology is
Wednesday named after?
Odin
Lothar
Fafnir
Widoric
How many witches make up a coven?
13
9
3
7
From which creature does sepia pigment come?
squid
whale
skunk
civet
In which city was a World Fair held in 1962?
Seattle
New York
San Antonio
Chicago
Meat from which animal is used to
make wiener schnitzel?
calf
horse
goat
chicken
What event is celebrated at Epiphany?
the arrival of the three kings
the miracle of the loaves and fishes
the resurrection
Jesus' meeting with John the Baptist
In which month does Candlemas fall?
February
May
August
December
What was the name of the German airship that flew
from New York to Germany in 55 hours in 1929?
the Graf Zeppelin
the Hindenburg
the Graf Spee
the Deutschland
The official Russian news agency is known as:
TASS
Pravda
Izvestia
UPI
Who was the youngest U.S. president?
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Warren G. Harding
What does a nephoscope measure?
velocity and direction of clouds
steam pressure
hardness of stones
depth of oceans
Who was the first king of Israel?
Saul
David
Solomon
Moses
What is the actual name of "Old Ironsides"?
USS Constitution
USS Interrepid
USS Merrimack
USS Texas
What great explorer gave the name "Golden Gate"
to the strait between the Pacific and
San Francisco Bay?
Sir Francis Drake
Captain Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Da Gama
Which period of human culture followed
the Bronze Age?
the Iron Age
the Stone Age
the Copper Age
the Middle Ages
The adventures of which famous fictional character
are based on those of Alexander Selkirk?
Robinson Crusoe
Billy Budd
Captain Ahab
David Copperfield
Which great religious figure is credited with
introducing the practice of lighting the
Christmas tree with candles?
Martin Luther
Joseph Calvin
John Knox
Cardinal Richelieu
Who is the patron saint of shoemakers?
Saint Crispin
Saint Sebastian
Saint Peter
Saint Simeon
What is the name of T. H. White's novel on which
the musical "Camelot" is based?
The Once and Future King
The Sword in the Stone
Le Morte D'Artur
Ivanhoe
Which archaeologist rediscovered Troy in 1870?
Heinrich Schliemann
Michael Ventris
Alexander Fleming
Paul Valery
Which Italian word meaning "joke" is often
applied to movements in music?
scherzo
presto
piccolo
allegretto
Which religious order originally distilled
the liquor called chartreuse?
the Carthusians
the Dominicans
the Benedictines
the Jesuits
The largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe
is in which city?
Cologne
Paris
Rheims
Leipzig
Name the climber who reached the summit of
Mount Everest in 1963.
James Whittaker
Sir Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
James Ramsey Ullman
What nickname was given to George Fox and
his followers in 1650?
Quakers
Shakers
Holy Rollers
Anabaptists
Over which legendary river did Charon act as
ferryman in Greek mythology?
Styx
Nepenthe
Lethe
Cuyahoga
In which African country does the tribe
called the Ibo live?
Nigeria
Liberia
Zambia
Beninia
Who wrote "Coming of Age in Samoa"?
Margaret Mead
Gregory Bateson
Benjamin Spock
Theodore Geisel
Which state is divided in to parishes
instead of counties?
Louisiana
South Carolina
Illinois
Delaware
What nickname is given to the forty members
of the French Academy?
Immortals
Illuminati
tete-a-chou
Academicians
Who commanded the army of the Potomac at the
Battle of Gettysburg?
General George Meade
General Sherman
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Hooker
From which language does the word "baroque" come?
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Italian
What ship was sunk in May, 1915 by a German submarine?
the Lusitania
the Mauritania
the Brittania
the Queen Mary
A statue of which president stands in
London's Trafalgar Square?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
William Howard Taft
Which famous French doctor and clergyman was
a cousin of Jean Paul Sartre?
Albert Schweizer
Lavoisier
Joseph Lister
Louis Pasteur
What is composed of shellac, turpentine, and
vermilion?
sealing wax
varnish
car wax
paint remover
What is chaparral?
a type of forest formation
a kind of horse
a spanish church
a protective leather covering
What did the Balfour Declaration of 1917 accomplish?
the establishment of a Jewish homeland
absolutely nothing
the ending of World War I
establishment of the International Monetary Commission
What was the more popular name for the
Century 21 Exposition?
Seattle World's Fair
Hemisfair
Expo '62
Dallas World's Fair
Which saint was condemned by the Roman emperor
Diocletian to be shot to death by arrows?
Saint Sebastian
Saint Swithin
Saint Ignatius Loyola
Saint Simon
What does "khaki" mean in its
original language (Hindi)?
dusty
tacky
Government Issue
dark green
Whom did Pope Leo III crown emperor of
the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day, A.D. 800?
Charlemagne
Charles the Bald
Pepin the Short
Frederick Barbarossa
Which European country has the most lakes?
Finland
Switzerland
France
Czechoslovakia
Who was the original daring young man
on the flying trapeze?
Jules Leotard
Harry Houdini
Karl Wallenda
Burt Lancaster
What objects does a cooper make?
barrels
chicken coops
wagonwheels
pewter mugs
Which Russian town is the Pacific terminus of
the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Minsk
Pinsk
What is the name of the street in London
that is especially associated with
journalism and newspapers?
Fleet Street
Carnaby Street
Whitehall
Downing Street
Which U.S. state flag features a bear?
California
Wyoming
Montana
Ohio
What stringed instrument has been described as
"America's only national instrument"?
banjo
dulcimer
electric guitar
autoharp
Who played the part of Lolita in the film
of that name?
Sue Lyon
Sandra Dee
Deborah Walley
Tuesday Weld
What was the last completed film in which
James Dean appeared?
East of Eden
Giant
Rebel without a Cause
Blackboard Jungle
Which was the first full-length animated
cartoon feature made by Walt Disney?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Bambi
Alice in Wonderland
Fantasia
Who directed Bogart and Hepburn in "The African Queen"?
John Huston
John Ford
Alfred Hitchcock
Francis Ford Coppola
Which internationally renowned actor began life
as Larushka Mischa Skikne?
Laurence Harvey
Lawrence Olivier
Michael Caine
Mickey Rooney
Who were the two male stars of the film
"Road to Utopia"?
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Who portrayed the television science instructor,
Mr. Wizard?
Don Herbert
Bob Keeshan
Jerry Mahoney
Phil Silvers
Who narrated "The Untouchables"?
Walter Winche