2008_07_16_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

Who was the last Catholic monarch of England until defeated at the Battle of the Boyne? [ANSWER] James II
Ghiberti did the East and North doors and Pisano did the south doors to what building in Florence? [ANSWER] Andre Gide
What author of the Immoralist and Straight is the Gate won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature? [ANSWER] Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St John)
In which taxonomic kingdom would you find the organism Arabidopsis thaliana? [ANSWER] Plantae
What was the revolutionary name of the Chinese communist born with the name Li3 Shu1meng2 and who went by the stage name Lan2 Ping2? [ANSWER] Jiang Qing
Who directed the film Three Men and a Baby, voiced Galvatron in the Transformers movie, and hosted the A&E series Ancient Mysteries? [ANSWER] Leonard Nimoy
Who presaged the germ theory in his The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever and wrote the poem Old Ironsides and the essay collection The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table? [ANSWER] Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Who headed the commission to return National League baseball to New York city? [ANSWER] William Shea
In psychology, what defense mechanism describes negative psychic urges being channeled toward positive ends? [ANSWER] sublimation
How many bits are in a kilobyte? [ANSWER] 8192 = 8 * 2^10

What Chilean poet wrote Sonetos de la Muerte, Despair, and Tenderness? [ANSWER] Gabriela Mistral
In 1972, what team went undefeated in the regular season before defeating the Redskins in Super Bowl VII? [ANSWER] Miami Dolphins
Khalid ibn al-Walid, known as the Sword of Allah, led the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate in victories over what empire at Damascus and Yarmouk? [ANSWER] Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)
What protagonist of a John Irving work, the son of a priapic vegetable, wrote The Pension Grillparzer? [ANSWER] T.S. Garp
Who, along with Eisenschitz, explained why Noble gasses disperse at small distances but attract at large distances? [ANSWER] Fritz London
Who wrote the Corolian overture about Corolianus and the Egmont overture, celebrating the count who helped the low countries achieve independence? [ANSWER] Ludwig van Beethoven
Antonio Prohias signed his name in morse code as the author of what comic series depicting two identical protagonists? [ANSWER] Spy vs. Spy
Who was the first prime minister of Canada? [ANSWER] John MacDonald
Ganesha was beheaded by Shiva while he was guarding what deity who got so angry that she demanded Shiva recapitate him? [ANSWER] Parvati
The Leontief paradox was a response to what economic theory that said capital-abundant nations export capital-intensive goods and labor-abundant nations export the labor-intensive good? [ANSWER] Hecksher-Ohlin theory

Mojo Jojo [ANSWER] Wheel of Fortune (0:00-0:10)
Marcel [ANSWER] Match Game (0:09-0:18)
Diddy Kong [ANSWER] Family Feud (0:01-0:15)
Bonzo [ANSWER] The Price is Right (0:46-1:05)
Mr. Teeny [ANSWER] Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (0:42-0:51)
Dr. Zaius [ANSWER] $25,000 Pyramid (0:15-0:30)
Cheetah ---Mr. Teeny [ANSWER] Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (0:01-0:18)
Chim-Chim [ANSWER] Scrabble (0:01-0:13)
Jack [ANSWER] Deal or No Deal (0:08-0:30)
Clyde [ANSWER] Jeopardy (0:19-0:35)

What four time winner of Nascar's Winston Cup currently drives the #24 Chevrolet Impala? [ANSWER] Jeff Gordon
What code name was given to the first American nuclear test, conducted exactly 63 years ago today in Alamogordo, New Mexico? [ANSWER] Trinity
What 1939 film directed by Jean Renoir begins with aviator Andre Jurieux landing at Le Bourget airfield? [ANSWER] The Rules of the Game (La Regle du jeu)
In classical mechanics, what quantity is defined as the integral of force with respect to time? [ANSWER] Impulse
On which 1971 classic rock album would you find the songs Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, and Stairway to Heaven? [ANSWER] Led Zeppelin IV
Which mathematician's work on fire control systems for World War II anti-aircraft guns inspired him to coin the term "cybernetics" in 1948? [ANSWER] Norbert Wiener
What science fiction television series features planets named Persephone, Beaumonde, and Haven? [ANSWER] Firefly
What Manuel Puig novel describes the relationship between fellow prisoners Valentin and Molina? [ANSWER] Kiss of the Spider Woman
What was the name of the title character's robotic dog in the Megaman series of videogames? [ANSWER] Rush
Which French existentialist author wrote The Myth of Sisyphus? [ANSWER] Albert Camus