Set #1 - I.16/17#12 Flashcards
On the periodic table, which element is represented by atomic number 26?
Iron
The invention of what board game allegedly involved studying the front page of the “New York Times” to determine letter distribution?
Scrabble
What is the international signal of distress, usually sent by radio?
S.O.S
Who is the author of the Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who is the author of “The Three Musketeers”?
Alexandre Dumas
What does “MIA” stand for?
Missing in action
What does “RSVP” stand for?
Repondez S’il vous plait
What does “ATM” stand for?
Automated Teller Machine
What does “USSR” stand for?
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Who wrote “To kill a Mockingbird”?
Harper Lee
What is the English name of “Aquarius”?
The Water Bearer
What is the English name of “Canis Major”?
The Greater Dog
What is the English name of “Crux Australis”?
The Southern Cross
What is the English name of “Corvus”?
The Crow
What is the English name of “Sagittarius”?
The Archer
What is the English name of “Corona Australis”?
The Southern Crown
What is the English name of “Libra”?
The Scales
What is the English name of “Lupus”?
The Wolf
In what country did Buddhism originate?
India
The Persian Gulf War was of 1991 was the result of Iraq’s seizure of what country?
Kuwait
In what internationally famous museum are the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone located?
The British Mueseum
What is the largest Great Lake entirely in Canada?
Great Bear Lake
Originating in Quebec, what is the name of the dish, now commonly served across Canada, made with cheese, fries and gravy?
Poutine
Which of the three main ingredients in poutine was supposedly not present in the dish when it was originally created?
Gravy
One potential explanation of the etymology of the word poutine is that the original French word possibly derived from what English ‘P’ word?
Pudding
In biology, what is the term for the manner of moving on land using two rear limbs or legs?
Bipedal
What is the official language of Bangladesh?
Bengali/Bangla
What is considered the hardest of all minerals?
Diamond
Im what Marilyn Monroe film features the song ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’?
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
When the British annexed the Punjab regions of India, what famous diamond, also called the Mountain of Light, and supposedly cursing all men who own it, become part of the British Crown Jewels?
Koh-I-Noor
What scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals, from talc to diamond?
Mohs scale
Name the fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Bile
What prolific English playwright, born in 1564, saw most of his plays produced in London’s Globe Theatre.
William Shakespeare
In the federal parliament, what is a law called before it is passed?
Bill
In what Canadian city did John A. Macdonald establish his original law offices?
Kingston
Name the present leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong-un
In what country was Nazi leader Adolf Hitler born?
Austria
Name the director of the FBI who built the organization into a major arm of the federal law enforcement in the United States?
J. Edgar Hoover
What country is home to the companies Samsung and Hyundai?
South Korea
In 1370, construction began on a fortress in Paris that later came to symbolize royal despotism. Name this fortress.
The Bastille
What does “NASA” stand for?
Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration
What does UNESCO stand for?
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
