MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS II

1.  In a recent episode of the TV show "Castle," one of the characters suffered from "hyperosmia."
What is this condition?                        

2. What Catholic religious order built the "Alamo," and other missions in Texas?

3.  What city was the territorial capital and first state capital of Oklahoma?

4.  What is the Periodic Table symbol for the element copper?

5.  Who was the 15th President of  the U.S.?

6.  What Amendment to the Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?

7.  Who was the last President of the U.S. who was not nominated by the Republican or Democratic parties?

8. The metric measure "tonne" is equivalent to how many U.S. pounds?

9. The Roman numeral "D" stands for what number?

10.  Besides, Centigrade and Fahrenheit, was is the other widely used measure of temperature?

ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS II

ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS I

1.  Heightened sense of smell

2.  Franciscans

3.  Guthrie

4.  Cu

5.  James Buchanan

6.  Fourth Amendment

7.  Millard Fillmore (Whig)

8.  2,204.62 pounds

9.  500

10.  Kelvin (K)

WORLD HISTORY IV QUESTIONS

WORLD HISTORY IV QUESTIONS

         
  

  
               

  1.   In what year did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
 
  2.  In 1607, the Mayflower was headed for Virginia, but mistakenly landed where? 

  3.  In 1520, what Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztecs in Mexico?

  4.  In 1532, what Spanish Conquistador conquered the Incas in Peru?

   5.  The “Age of Reason” is also known as what?

   6.  In 1611 a new version of the Bible was created that was less congenial to Puritanism more congenial to the King.  What was this version called?         

   7.    The English Bill of Rights took effect in what year?       

   8.  Revolutionary fervor in the U.S. was fueled by what document written by Thomas Payne?

  9.  Who was the leader of the radical, violent Jacobins during the French Revolution?

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS

1.  1588

2.  Cade Cod, Mass.

3.  Hernan Cortez

4.  Franiscco Pizarro

5.  The Enlightenment

6.  The King James version

7.  1689

8.  ”Common Sense”

9.  Robespierre

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY II, QUESTIONS 10/24 TO 10/30

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY II QUESTIONS 10/24-10/30

10/24

1.  1901, The first person to go over  Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was a woman.  What was her name?

2.  1929, what is this date when the  American stock market crashed disastrously referred to

3. 1989,What is the  name of the disgraced American TV preacher who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud?

10/25

4.  1920, King Alexander of Greece died of blood poisoning after being bitten by what animal?

5.  1962 What American author who won a  1940 Pulitzer Prize for his book The Grapes of Wrath was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

6.  1983. American invaded what tiny island nation?

10/26/

7.  1881, What famous event occurred in Tomstone AZ.?

10/27

8.  1659, Four members of what religious group were hanged in Boston because of their religious beliefs and social customs?

10/28

9.  1831, Who invented the electric generator which turned mechanical energy into electricity?

10/29

10.  What two countries united to form the new nation of Tanzania?

10/30

11.  In the “Rumble in the Jungle,” Muhammed Ali knocked out what other fighter?

THIS WEEK ON HISTORY II 10/24-10/30 ANSWERS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY ANSWERS II  10/24 TO 10/30

1.  Annie Edson Taylor

2.  Black Thursday

3. Jim Baker

4.  His pet monkey

5.  John Steinbeck

6.  Grenada

7.  Gunfight at the OK Corral

8.  Quakers (Society of Friends)

9.  Michael Faraday

10.  Tanganyika and Zanzibar

11.  Geogre Foreman

WORLD HISTORY III QUESTIONS

WORLD HISTORY III QUESTIONS

1.   What was Michelangelo’s (1475-1564) last name? 

 2.  Who created/invented calculus?

 3.  Who invented the mechanical printing press (around 1440 A.D.)? 

 4.  Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was a master of many  fields, including painting.  Which painting is Da Vinci’s “masterpiece?”

 5.  What was Philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli’s (1469-1527) most famous book? 

 6.  During the 1500’s-1600’s, what 3 astronomers revolutionized the field?

 7.  What famous Renaissance writer stressed that science must be based on observation and mathematics? 

 8.  In reaction to the Renaissance and Reformation, the Catholic Church set up brutal inquisitions.  The most notorious was in what country ? 

9.  The famous Taj Mahal was built in the 1600’on orders from whom? 

10.  Who is credited with starting the Reformation?

 

WORLD HISTORY III ANSWERS

1.  Di Buonarotti

2.  Isaac Newton

3.  Johannes Gutenberg

4.  The Mona Lisa

5.  The Prince

6.  Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler

7.  Francis Bacon (1561-1630)

8.  Spain

9.  Shah Jihan

10.  Martin Luther

WORLD HISTORY II QUESTIONS

1. Who was the first Christian Roman Emperor?

2.  What Frankish King led the forces that defeated the Arabs at the battle of Poitiers in 732 A.D. and prevented Arab domination of Europe?                          

3.  Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?  

4.  In what year was the Battle of Hastings where the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons?

5.  What ancient empire is credited with the invention of gunpowder, paper money and the magnetic compass?                      

6.  The political, economic and social system that dominated Europe during the Dark Ages was called what?      

7.  What was the name of the series of European wars that lasted 116 years?

8.  Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?

9.  Whos is generally regarded as the Father of the Renaissance?  

10.  What was  the name of the famous  English legal document that was signed by the King in 1215 A.D.

ANSWERS TO WORLD HISTORY II

1.  Constantine

2.  Charles Martel

3.  Charlemagne

4.  1066 A.D.

5.  China

6.  Feudalism

7.  Hundred Years War

8.  Osman I

9.  Francisco Petrarch

10.  Magna Charta

Finally the correct title and URL for this trivia blog

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MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS.

1.  25.4 mm equals how many inches?  

2. No is the symbolic what element in the periodic table? 

3.  The month named January is named after what Roman God?  

4.  The day of the week named Friday is named after what Norse Godess?   

5.  What is the birthstone for the month of January?

6.  What state in the U.S. has the motto "Live Free or Die"?

7.  What is the state flower of Texas? 

8.  What does the Latin phrase 'non compos mentos' mean in English? 

9.  Who wrote 'cogito ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)?

10.  How many kilometers are there in a mile?            

ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS I

1.  one

2.  Nobelium

3.  Janus

4.  Freya (or Frigg)

5.  Garnet

6.  New Hampshire

7.  Bluebonnet

8.  "not of sound mind."

9.  Descarte

10.  1.6

GEOGRAPHY, ETC. QUESTIONS I

1. What is the capital of Belarus?

2.  The Faeroe (Faroe) islands are a self-governing region of what nation?

3.  What nation is the only one to have a firearm on its national flag?

4.  Uruguay is located between what 2 other countries?

5.  The Pitcairn islands are an overseas territory of what nation ?

6.  What is the capitol of Viet Nam?

7.  What is the capitol of Azerbaijan?

8.  What nation whose name ends on "stan" has the largest land area?

9.  Sakhalin Island is part of what country?

10.  What is the capital of the state of Delaware?

GEOGRAPHY I ANSWERS

1.  Minsk

2.  Denmark

3.  Angola

4.  Argentina and Brazil

5.  United Kingdom

6.  Hanoi

7.  Baku

8.  Kazakhstan

9.  Russia

10.  Dover

SPORTS I QUESTIONS

SPORTS I QUESTIONS

1.     What  NFL team has the most Super Bowl victories (6)?

 

2.     What NFL quarterback holds the record for most passing yardage (554) in one game?

3.   What NFL placekicker currently holds the record for field goal accuracy (90.4%)?

4.  Texas A&M University  sports teams and graduates are referred to as ______________.

5.   Cody Kessler is currently the starting quarterback for what college team?

6.  Alec Kessler was a 6’11’’ Center who became an orthopedic surgeon after his basketball career.  For which NBA team did he play?

7.  Who holds the NBA record for most rebounds in a games (55)?

8.  What team won the first two Super Bowls?

9.  What NFL quarterback holds these records (among others)?  Highest career passer rating in regular season with a minimum of 1,500 passing attempts (106.4), only quarterback to have a career passer rating of over 100.0 in the regular season, and only quarterback to have a career passer rating of over 100.0 in both the regular and postseason

10.  In 1961, who was the major league baseball who first broke Babe Ruth’s regular season record of 60 home runs?

 

SPORTS I ANSWERS

1.  Pittsburgh Steelers

2.  Norm Van Brocklin

3.  Dan Bailey (Dallas Cowboys)

4.  Aggies

5.  U.S.C. Trojans

6.  Miami Heat

7.  Wilt Chamberlaini (55)

8.  Green Bay Packers

9.  Aaron Rodgers (Packers)

10.  Roger Maris (61)

WORLD HISTORY I QUESTIONS

Answers are in the post below.

1.  Civilization first appeared around 5,000 BC in the area known as _______________.

2.  The first written legal code appeared in the 1700's B.C.  It was named after the Babylonian  Emperor at that time.  It is referred to as the ____________________.

3.  The earliest civilization was created on the island of Crete and is known as what?

4.  The sole still standing survivor(s) of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World  are the ___________.

5.  In 332 B.C. Alexander the Great Conquered Egypt.  He named its new capital ________.

6.  The defeat of what group/empire was celebrated by construction of the Parthenon in Athens?

7.  Democracy first appeared the  city-state of ______.

8. Who was the first Roman Emperor?

9.  What Roman Empire first divided the empire into east and west divisions?

10.  Who was the last Roman Emperor?

11.  "Buddha" founded his religion around 2500 years ago.  What was his real name?

12.  What ancient civilization is given credit for creating the game of Chess?

ANSWERS TO WORLD HISTORY I

1.  Mesopotamia

2.  Code of Hammurabi

3.  Minoa

4.  Pyramids at Giza (Egypt)

5.  Alexandria

6.  Persians

7.  Athens

8.  Augustus

9.  Diocletian

10.  Romulus Augustus

11. Siddartha Gautama, or Gautama Buddha or Shakyamuni

12.  India

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 10/17-10/23

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 10/17-10/23

The  answers are in the post immediately below

ON OCT.  17

(Q. 1)  1814, 320,000 gallons of beer from ruptured vats reportedly killed 9 people when it rushed into the streets of the St. Giles District of what city?

OCT. 18

(Q. 2)  1898,  the U.S. formally took possession of what territory?


(Q. 3) 1977, Who tied Babe Ruth's record of 3 home runs in a single World Series game?

OCT. 19

(Q. 4)  1781, British General Cornwallis surrendered at the Last Battle of the American Revolution,  the  battle of _____________________.

(Q. 5)  1789, who was sworn in as the First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

OCT. 20

(Q. 6)  1740, this woman became the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father.

(Q. 7)  1977,  in  plane crash, the lead singer (Ronnie Van Zant) guitarist (Steve Gaines) and 4 other members of what rock group died?

OCT. 21

(Q. 8)  1805, British Admiral Sir Hortio Nelson died in the fighting but nonetheless scored a crucial victory against the French in what battle

(Q. 9)  1879,  who invented the light bulb?

OCT.  22

(Q. 10)  1966, who/what  was the first all-female singing group to have a #1 selling album?

OCT. 23

(Q. 11)  Article I, sec. 9, cl. 2 of the Constitution provides: "
The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."  On this date in 1861 Pres. Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus  for all military-related cases for what city/area?

ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK IN HISTORY DIRECTLY ABOVE ,10/17-10/23

1.  London

2.  Puerto Rico

3.  Reggie Jackson

4 .  Yorktown (Virginia)

5.  John Jay

6.  Maria Teresa

7.  Lynyrd Skynyrd

8. Trafalgar

9.  Thomas Edison

10.  The Supremes ("Supremes A-Go-Go")

11. District of Columbia