Set #2 I.18-19 23 Flashcards
What is the official language of Austria?
German (Austrian German)
What office did Russian politician Boris Yeltsin hold from 1991-1999?
President
Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
What major U.S city was named for an ancient Roman who was twice made dictator and both times returned modestly to his farm?
Cincinnati (named for Cincinnatus)
What river is the largest tributary of the St. Lawerence River, forming much of the border between Ontario and Quebec?
Ottawa River
Who wrote “Sense and Sensibility”?
Jane Austen
Who wrote humorous playful poems in conversational rhythms about rural Scotland, for example, “Auld Lang Syne”?
Robert Burns
What is the largest part of the human integumentary system, as well as the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
What protein makes the epidermis tough and waterproof?
Keratin
What term refers to pits in the skin from which hair grows?
Follicles
At about 4 millimetres on average, where is the thickest skin on the human body?
Soles (of feet) or Palms (of hands)
What are the three other major members of the violin family?
Viola, Cello and Double Bass
The Canary Islands are an autonomous community of what country?
Spain
Celsius and Fahrenheit are what kind of scales of temperature?
Relative
What kind of temperature scale is Kelvin?
Absolute
In what part of the body would you find rods and cones?
Eye/Retina
What do we call a letter or letters attached to the beginning of a word to change its meaning?
Prefix
Name Canada’s highest mountain peak.
Mount Logan
This ruler was known as “The Scrooge of God”; he attacked the Roman Empire between 441 and 443 AD.
Attila the Hun
In what European country is Bordeaux located?
France
Who is the current president of France?
Emmanuel Macron
Who preceded Macron as president of France?
Francois Hollande
In what country would I find the Murray-Darling River system?
Australia
What is the current name of Constantinople?
Istanbul
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module that landed the first two humans on the moon had what nickname?
Eagle
In astronomy what is the name for a small body that orbits a planet or asteroid?
Satellite
The Book of Genesis names two specific trees in the Garden of Eden: The Tree of Life and what other?
Tree of Knowledge / Tree of Good and Evil
The leaf of what tree is the official symbol of Canada?
Maple leaf
What Spanish explorer and captain brought orange trees to Florida in 1513?
Juan Ponce de Leon
