2009_03_04_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

Who was the oldest member of the Jackson Five? [ANSWER] Sigmund "Jackie" Jackson
Oswald Alving, a student suffering from hereditary syphilis, falls in love with his family's maid Regina (who is also his half-sister) in what Henrik Ibsen play? [ANSWER] Ghosts
Who hired Elaine Benes as his personal assistant due to her resemblance to Jackie Kennedy? [ANSWER] Mr. Justin Pitt (ACC: Mr. Pitt)
Which deceased fashion designer's art collection, including works by Picasso and Matisse, sold for more than 450 million Euros at auction last month in Paris? [ANSWER] Yves St. Lauren
If you order unagi at a Japanese restaurant, what kind of fish will you be served? [ANSWER] Eel
What freshwater lake, the second deepest in the world, is also the second largest lake in Africa? [ANSWER] Lake Tanganyika
Which Golden Glove winning catcher is currently the only player from the Montreal Expos to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame? [ANSWER] Gary "Kid" Carter (inducted 2003)
Which part of the cerebral cortex serves as the visual processing center for the human brain? [ANSWER] Occipital lobe
Who was the youngest person ever to win the Best Actor Academy Award? [ANSWER] Adrien Brody (He was 29.)
February 6th is a public holiday in New Zealand, commemorating the 1840 signing of what treaty between the British and Maori? [ANSWER] The Treaty of Waitangi

Who appeared on the Israeli five shekel note until 1984 and was offered the presidency of Israel when Chaim Weizmann died in 1952? [ANSWER] Albert Einstein
What author of the Wealth of Nations has appeared on the Bank of England reserve note since 2007? [ANSWER] Adam Smith
What artist of The Kiss and Vampire appears on the Norwegian 1000 krone note? [ANSWER] Edvard Munch
What man who appears on the New Zealand five dollar note wrote about his exploits with Tenzing Norgay? [ANSWER] Edmund Hillary
What founder of the Arpad dynasty and first king of Hungary appears on the 10000 forint bill? [ANSWER] Stephen I
What author of Out of Africa appears on the 50 kroner bill in Denmark? [ANSWER] Karen Blixen
What Egyptian ruler who lost the battle of Kaddesh nonetheless appears on the 1 pound note? [ANSWER] Ramses II
What "Flying Finn" who won nine gold medals medals over his career appeared on the FIniish markka until 1992? [ANSWER] Paavo Nurmi
Who was the first Protector of Peru (later renamed "president") but appears on the Argentite five peso? [ANSWER] Jose de San Martin
What educational reformer and founder of the Casa dei Bambini in Rome appeared on the 1000 lire note until it was replaced by the Euro? [ANSWER] Maria Montesorri

Snezka, a mountain located on the Polish border, is the tallest mountain in what nation? [ANSWER] Czech Republic
Henry the Navigator and John I were members of what Portugese royal family? [ANSWER] Aviz
Members of what religion were endowed with the so-called "5Ks" as articles of faith by the Guru Gobind? [ANSWER] Sikh
What principle, named after a mathematician and a doctor, says that allele and genotype frequencies in a population don't change from generation to generation? [ANSWER] Hardy-Weinberg
The Thieving Magpie, Bird as Prophet, and The Bird Catcher make up what trilogy by Haruki Murakami about an unemployed man who looses his cat? [ANSWER] The Windup Bird Chronicle (Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru)
Cuzco was the capital of what empire until it fell to the Spanish in 1533? [ANSWER] Inca
Before taking her current name and releasing 2008's One of the Boys, what pop artist's only previous album release was Katy Hudson, a self-titled Christian album? [ANSWER] Katy Perry
Previously known as the mho, what is the SI unit of conductance? [ANSWER] Siemens
For the opening of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Terry Gilliam used the foot of what son of Venus as depicted in a Bronzino painting? [ANSWER] Cupid
What five-time Cy Young award winner pitched a perfect game in 2003 when he was with the Diamondbacks? [ANSWER] Randy Johnson

Which rarely-seen Saturday Night Live writer is credited with creating Toonces the Driving Cat and Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer as well as a "Big Thick Novel"? [ANSWER] Jack Handey
In computer science, what adjective is applied to an algorithm that makes the locally optimal choice at each step assuming that it will ultimately lead to the global optimum? [ANSWER] greedy
Which science fiction author who created the Riverworld series of novels died last month at the age of 91? [ANSWER] Philip Jose Farmer
What 1950 Supreme Court case overturned a statute establishing racially segregated law schools at the University of Texas? [ANSWER] Sweatt v. Painter
Reese Witherspoon starred as Becky Sharp in a 2004 cinematic adaptation of what 19th century novel? [ANSWER] Vanity Fair
In Islamic theology, what name is given to the archangel of death? [ANSWER] Azrael
What is the name of Gargantua's mother in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel? [ANSWER] Gargamelle
What 2006 book, written by Ken Jennings, is subtitled "Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs"? [ANSWER] Brainiac
Jacoby Shaddix is the lead singer of what alternative rock band whose albums include Lovehatetragedy and Getting Away With Murder? [ANSWER] Papa Roach
THEME [ANSWER] Smurfs