Archive for April, 2006
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Completing the set
The word lagan (also spelled ligan) is associated with which two other English words?
A) Assault and battery
B) Beryllium and iron
C) Flotsam and jetsam
D) Legend and saga
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
Theoretically speaking
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828), a German physician, became famous for devising a highly influential theory, although it has few followers today. He believed:
A) That one’s health is controlled by four fluids called “humors”
B) That personality and abilities are revealed by the shape of one’s head
C) That wealthy people are in most cases innately superior to poor people
D) That most diseases could be cured by expertly applied electric shocks
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
Written and illustrated by…
Which of the following famous children’s books was illustrated by its author?
A) Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
B) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
C) The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
D) Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
A few brief words…
Which of the following is NOT a valid English word?
A) Skat
B) Skaw
C) Skeg
D) Skep
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
What do they study?
A zoologist studies animal life in general, but a cryptozoologist focuses on:
A) Animals that have been extinct for at least one million years
B) Animals that inhabit graveyards
C) Animals whose behavior is exceptionally puzzling
D) Animals whose existence has not been scientifically verified
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Instant success
In Polaroid photography, which was introduced in the early 1960s, a photograph is processed into a finished print immediately after the picture is taken. The inventor of Polaroid photography was:
A) Francis Crick
B) George Eastman
C) Edwin H. Land
D) Walter Polarius
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
What is it?
What is a sackbut?
A) A barrel of wine
B) A medieval musical instrument
C) A non-aggression pact between neighboring cities
D) A slothful person
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Excessively a-pealing
Which novel begins with the sentence, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”?
A) 1984, by George Orwell
B) A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
C) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
D) Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake
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Monday, April 17th, 2006
Giants of yesteryear
The largest land mammal that ever lived, Indricotherium, is most closely related to which of these mammals of today?
A) The elephant
B) The hippopotamus
C) The moose
D) The rhinoceros
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Saturday, April 8th, 2006
Writing a wrong
In this list of satirical novels and their authors, one entry is incorrect. Which?
A) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
B) The Loved One, by Auberon Waugh
C) Animal Farm, by George Orwell
D) Giles Goat-Boy, by John Barth
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