Set #1 - I.16/17#12

Question 1

On the periodic table, which element is represented by atomic number 26?

Answer 1

Iron

Question 2

The invention of what board game allegedly involved studying the front page of the “New York Times” to determine letter distribution?

Answer 2

Scrabble

Question 3

What is the international signal of distress, usually sent by radio?

Answer 3

S.O.S

Question 4

Who is the author of the Great Gatsby?

Answer 4

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 5

Who is the author of “The Three Musketeers”?

Answer 5

Alexandre Dumas

Question 6

What does “MIA” stand for?

Answer 6

Missing in action

Question 7

What does “RSVP” stand for?

Answer 7

Repondez S’il vous plait

Question 8

What does “ATM” stand for?

Answer 8

Automated Teller Machine

Question 9

What does “USSR” stand for?

Answer 9

Union of Socialist Soviet Republics

Question 10

Who wrote “To kill a Mockingbird”?

Answer 10

Harper Lee

Question 11

What is the English name of “Aquarius”?

Answer 11

The Water Bearer

Question 12

What is the English name of “Canis Major”?

Answer 12

The Greater Dog

Question 13

What is the English name of “Crux Australis”?

Answer 13

The Southern Cross

Question 14

What is the English name of “Corvus”?

Answer 14

The Crow

Question 15

What is the English name of “Sagittarius”?

Answer 15

The Archer

Question 16

What is the English name of “Corona Australis”?

Answer 16

The Southern Crown

Question 17

What is the English name of “Libra”?

Answer 17

The Scales

Question 18

What is the English name of “Lupus”?

Answer 18

The Wolf

Question 19

In what country did Buddhism originate?

Answer 19

India

Question 20

The Persian Gulf War was of 1991 was the result of Iraq’s seizure of what country?

Answer 20

Kuwait

Question 21

In what internationally famous museum are the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone located?

Answer 21

The British Mueseum

Question 22

What is the largest Great Lake entirely in Canada?

Answer 22

Great Bear Lake

Question 23

Originating in Quebec, what is the name of the dish, now commonly served across Canada, made with cheese, fries and gravy?

Answer 23

Poutine

Question 24

Which of the three main ingredients in poutine was supposedly not present in the dish when it was originally created?

Answer 24

Gravy

Question 25

One potential explanation of the etymology of the word poutine is that the original French word possibly derived from what English ‘P’ word?

Answer 25

Pudding

Question 26

In biology, what is the term for the manner of moving on land using two rear limbs or legs?

Answer 26

Bipedal

Question 27

What is the official language of Bangladesh?

Answer 27

Bengali/Bangla

Question 28

What is considered the hardest of all minerals?

Answer 28

Diamond

Question 29

Im what Marilyn Monroe film features the song ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’?

Answer 29

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Question 30

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?

Answer 30

Koh-I-Noor

Question 31

What scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals, from talc to diamond?

Answer 31

Mohs scale

Question 32

Name the fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

Answer 32

Bile

Question 33

What prolific English playwright, born in 1564, saw most of his plays produced in London's Globe Theatre.

Answer 33

William Shakespeare

Question 34

In the federal parliament, what is a law called before it is passed?

Answer 34

Bill

Question 35

In what Canadian city did John A. Macdonald establish his original law offices?

Answer 35

Kingston

Question 36

Name the present leader of North Korea?

Answer 36

Kim Jong-un

Question 37

In what country was Nazi leader Adolf Hitler born?

Answer 37

Austria

Question 38

Name the director of the FBI who built the organization into a major arm of the federal law enforcement in the United States?

Answer 38

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 39

What country is home to the companies Samsung and Hyundai?

Answer 39

South Korea

Question 40

In 1370, construction began on a fortress in Paris that later came to symbolize royal despotism. Name this fortress.

Answer 40

The Bastille

Question 41

What does “NASA” stand for?

Answer 41

Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration

Question 42

What does UNESCO stand for?

Answer 42

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization