C.L Exam 181-200

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181. What happened in 1859?

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In 1859, he and a small band of followers took over a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, in Virginia. A detachment of marines followed, reclaimed the arsenal, and captured Brown, who was tried for treason, convicted and hanged.

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181. Who is John Brown?

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An abolitionist of the 19th century who fought to free the laves by military force.

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182. Who is William Prescott?

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This was one or the more famous given by William Prescott, am American officer at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War.

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182. What is Prescott’s command as a proverb?

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Don’t act on something until you know you have a very good chance of success.

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183. Who is William Penn?

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A colonist of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; the founder of Pennsylvania.

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183. What did the British government give instead of money?

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The British government, which owed him obey, instead gave him a title to what is now Pennsylvania, where he established a colony with broad religious toleration.

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184. What is Fort Sumter?

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A fort at the entrance to the harbor Charleston, South Carolina; the location of the first military engagement of the Civil War.

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184. What happened on April of 1861?

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In April of 1861, several months after South Carolinavhad declared its succession from the United States , the militia of South Carolina demand that the commander of the fort surrender.

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185. What is the dowry in many other cultures?

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In many cultures, the dowry not only helps to cement the relationship between the bride and the groom’s family but also serves to reinforce traditional family roles.

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185. What is Dowry?

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Money, property, or material goods that a bride’s family give to the bridge groom or his family at the time of the wedding.

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186. What does the book contain?

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The book, which has sold millions of copies, contains practical tips in gaining influence and success.

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186. Who is Dale Carnegie?

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A American author and educator of the 20th century; Carnegie published How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1936.

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187. What is Cajun?

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A native of Louisiana believed to be descended from French people from Acadia.

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187. How have Cajun maintained a separate Culture style?

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Cajuns have maintained a separate culture including a special dialect and distinctive cooking style.

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188. What is Euthanasia?

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Painlessly putting someone to death; usually someone with an

incurable disease; mercy killing.

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188. What is a hotly debated issue?

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There have been many proposal in United States about mercy killing and whether individual who is suffering from a fatal illness has the right to request a physician to assist him on her in dying, rather than suffering a painful death.

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189. What is Intelligence Quotient?

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(I.Q.) A number meant to measure a person’s intelligence.

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189. How do you find the Ratio?

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It is obtained by taking the ratio of a person’s mental age as a measured by a standardized test, and the person’s age in years, and multiplying this ratio by 100.

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190. What is the Civil War?

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It was a war fought within our own country between northern(union) states and southern(confederate) states from 1861 to 1865 during which time, the confederacy wanted to establish a separate nation.

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190. What was the most dramatic battle?

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Battle of Gettysburg

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S.E Insert. Who is Francisco Coronado?

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Was a Spanish explorer of the late 16th century.

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S.E Insert. What did Coronado search for?

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Coronado traveled through much of what is now the southern United States searching for the legendary “ seven gold cities of Cibola”, but found no treasure.

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191. What is “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” a statement of?

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This statement is a proclamation of the pigs, who control the government in the novel, animal farm by George Orwell.

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191. What does “All animals at equal, but some are more equal than others” mean?

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The sentence is a comment in the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equal with if their citizens, but give power and privileges to a small elite.

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192. What are the pigs slogan?

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The pigs’ slogan is ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS!

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192. What is Animal Farm?

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A satirical fable by George Orwell. In which some of the animals on the Jones Farm get tired of their servitude to Mr.Jones and start a revolution to run the farm as they want.

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193. What is its role as a charm?

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From its role as a charm, it has come to be associated with any meaningless jargon and is a term frequently used by magazines.

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193. What is abracadabra?

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A cabalistic charm, supposedly constructed from the initials of the
Hebrew words Ab(father), Ben(son) and Ruach Acadasch(holy spirit) and once used as an antidote against various physical ills.

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194. What did he do?

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He was the leading spirit behinds the Boston Tea Party and served in the Continental Congress where he advocated immediate independence.

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194. Who is Samuel Adams?

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An American patriot and pamphleteer. Active in a rousing public opinion against England before the American Revolutionary War, he was responsible for the creation of the Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts and “to the World”.

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195. Who was in the movie?

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In 1951, the nice was made into a popular movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, with a screenplay by James Agee.

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195. What is the African Queen?

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(1935) A novel by C.S. Forester. It is the comic-heroic story if a missionary’s sister and a timid Cockney engineer who try to blow o a German gunboat from their pathetic steam launch, the African Queen.

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196. What is Ahmed, also associated with?

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Ahmed is also associated with the apple of Samarkand, which would cure all diseases.

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196. Who is Prince Ahmed?

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A character in the Arabian Nights, noted for the tent given bum by the family Paribanou, which would cover a whole army but might by carried in one’s pocket.

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197. Who was Ahab?

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In the Old Testament, a king of Israel who name has become a byword for wickedness.

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197. What is Ahab remembered for?

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Ahab is remembered especially for his hostility to the prophet Elijah and for his toleration of profane cuts. At the instigation if his wife Jezebel, he executed Naboth on false charges I. Order to obtain possession of a vineyard which Naboth owned and refused to sell. Is also the name of the monomaniacal captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick.

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198. Who is Horatio Alger Jr.?

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An American writer of book of boys.

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199. What us Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland?

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A whimsical story by Lewis Carroll. The little girl Alice falls down a well int a strange country where everything happens with fantastic illogicality.

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198. Where did Horatio Alger Jr. attend?

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The oldest of a Unitarian minister, Alger attended Harvard college and Harvard Divinity persuaded to come back to he United States and become a minister.

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199. What happens when Alice falls down a well?

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She finds that she can become a giantess or Pygmy by nibbling alternate sides of a major mushroom and she has a series of remarkable adventures with the white rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the mock turtle, the queen of hearts, the matter, the March hare, the duchess, the dormouse and other strange characters each who shares many characteristics of those who were in political power at the time.

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200. Who is Woody Allen?

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(Pseudonym of Allen Stewart Koenigsberg 1935- ). American film director, writer and actor.

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200. What did Allen begin doing?

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Allen began s a comedy writer and stand-up comedian and drew most of his material from events or fantasies in his own life, finding a rich vein or humor in his own insecurities.