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Arcadian Empire
05-22-2008, 12:32 AM
Who wants to take it?

Special prize for person who gets the most marks!

1. Sandrock149 - 12/50 (24%)
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The Greatest General Knowledge Exam - Teh Epic Exam

Section I - 50 Multiple Choice

1. Wig Wam is a band hailing from...
a) Norway
b) Ukraine
c) Sweden
d) Latvia

2. The population of Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is...
a) 1 199
b) 1 143
c) 180
d) 164

3. Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1936-1940?
a) Jacob Snieder
b) Dennis Murphee
c) Brad Dye
d) Phil Bryant

4. In which year was "Camille" released?
a) 1914
b) 1925
c) 1936
d) 1947

5. Ozzy Osbourne is a?
a) Heavy metal artist
b) Idiot
c) TV star
d) A and C

6. LINK+ is a networked catalog of participating whats in California and Nevada?
a) Police stations
b) Hospitals
c) Museums
d) Libraries

7. Medeon (pop. 5050) is a town in which country?
a) Greece
b) Italy
c) Bosnia and Herze...whatever it is.
d) USA

8. In what month did Mighty River Power abandon its coal plans at Marsden B?
a) Jan.
b) Mar.
c) Apr.
d) Dec.

9. ONIM's ID for a particular chemical is 607937, what is the chemical?
a) NANOG
b) NANI
c) MGI
d) TNOL

10. Brian Brown played in what Australian football club from 1984-88?
a) Sydney FC
b) Brunswick Juventus
c) AC Melbourne United
d) Adelaide City FC

11. Who was the first Japanese footballer to score in the Copa Libertadores?
a) Hopoda Toyada
b) Osaka Fukinishi
c) Nozomi Hiroyama
d) Osama Hashiratina

12. What is the term for applying image editing techniques to create an illusion or deception?
a) Photo editing
b) Photo manipulation
c) Photo cropping
d) Photo deceptivity

13. Dick Smith Foods was taken to court in 2003 by which company?
a) Tim Tam Corp.
b) Coca Cola Amatil
c) Arnott's Biscuits Holdings
d) Whirpool, Inc.

14. Which plant in the Myrtacecae family is endemic to Mauritius?
a) Vaughani Eugenia
b) Eucalypt Florana
c) Magnoliophyta Eugenia
d) Eugenia vaughanii

15. C.L. Moore published what collection of short stories in 1977?
a) Black God's Shadow
b) Jirel Meets Magic
c) Hellsgarde
d) DarkLand

16. What entertainment shopping center was opened in 1999 in San Francisco?
a) Metreon
b) Titantron
c) Macreon
d) Micreon

17. Ambassador Ryan Crocker works in which embassy?
a) English Embassy in Australia
b) Japanese Embassy in the US
c) US Embassy in Iraq
d) Spanish Embassy in Spain

18. Who was the first Prime Minister of South Africa?
a) Botha
b) Ernelo
c) Pongola
d) Beyers

19. Brian Moloney's father is?
a) Edward Moloney
b) Matthew Moloney
c) Daniel Moloney
d) Martha Moloney

20. Aubuous is a town and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in which country?
a) Germany
b) France
c) Holland
d) Italy

21. Hohenzollernsche Lande was a province of which Kingdom?
a) France
b) Russia
c) Germany
d) Prussia

22. Defaid Mynydd Cymru is known in Welsh as?
a) Welsh Mountain Sheep
b) Black Sheep
c) Defmyncy - a town
d) Wool

23. Flipshot was also known as Icarus in which series?
a) Indiana Jones
b) James Bond
c) He-Man
d) Power Rangers

24. Which Rolls-Royce car was only made 6 times?
a) Hexa Series
b) 3000 series
c) 15hp
d) 103-6

25. Newsradio 780, a Chicago-based radio station's full name is?
a) Newsradio 780 AM
b) WBBM (AM)
c) NGFT FM
d) Newsradio 780 FM

26. Which asteroid has a low but non-zero chance of hitting the Earth on October 31, 2041?
a) 3057-FA5
b) 1735 RK1
c) 510 CK
d) 2006 XG1

27. Terry Waller, a North American Baptist missionary created what way to drill wells?
a) Arcus Well Drilling Method
b) Baptist Well Drilling
c) Waller Well Drilling
d) Terry Waller Well Drilling Method

28. Whitehorse Bluff is a what in Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Field in south-west British Columbia?
a) Toga
b) Toya
c) Tuya
d) Tuga

29. Ori Harmelin plays the lute for which band?
a) Ensemble Santeney
b) Trossigen
c) Mit ganczern willen
d) Kees Booke

30. Holicong Middle School does NOT offer which language?
a) Spanish
b) Italian
c) French
d) German

31. John Everett Millais' 1856 painting is called?
a) Peace Concluded
b) Irish Wolfhound
c) Ruskin
d) Coats, Hats and Trousers

32. GMHC is a non-profit volunteer supported and community based AIDS service organisation in which country?
a) England
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) America

33. El'Azizia is a municipality in what country?
a) Egypt
b) Libya
c) Morocco
d) Iraq

34. Dan Ross' ninth album is entitled?
a) Robot Monster
b) So Much Time
c) Bubble Radio
d) Oh Baby

35. Which French actor was born on April 9, 1933?
a) Claude Florient
b) Neuilly du Saine
c) Leon Morin
d) Jean-Paul Belmondo

36. One Andrew Osenga album is entitled?
a) Wanted
b) Letters to the Editor, Vol. 1
c) Swing Wide
d) Anna the Alien

37. Which teacher has taught at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Valencia and Yale University?
a) V.H. Acconci
b) Hannibal Vito
c) Bernadette Mayor
d) Brian Shawin

38. Manhomen County in Minnesota has a town with a population of just over 100?
a) Bejou
b) Chief
c) Beaulieu
d) Naytawasuh

39. Frank Clifford Whitmore's nickname is?
a) Maxy
b) Rocky
c) Frankie
d) Clifford

40. Which is one of the four districts in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India?
a) Culcutta
b) Velankanni
c) Karaikal
d) Ayiramkaliyamman

41. Regina, in the Saskatchewan Province, Canada, passed it's first zoning bylaw in what year?
a) 1915
b) 1927
c) 1931
d) 1955

42. Which hockey player weighs 180lb, is 5'11'' tall, shoots left and is a center?
a) Charles Tarp
b) Steven Johnson
c) Patrick Parker
d) Joe Jensen

43. Trevor Baxendale wrote a BBC Books Original Novel in 2000 based on the British Sci-Fi TV Series "Doctor Who". What was the name of the book?
a) Eighth Doctor
b) Fitz
c) Coldheart
d) Compassion

44. The book with the ISBN 0230014933 is named?
a) Cat O'Nine Tales
b) A Roman Tragedy
c) The Man Who Robbed His Own House
d) Inprisoned

45. The female form of Naruto's main character, Naruto Uzumaki, is generically named?
a) Naruto
b) Naruko
c) Naruzo
d) None of the above.

46. St Boniface's College's (in the Plymouth area in the Southwest of England) motto is?
a) Onward and upward
b) Excelsior
c) Do Good
d) Our Best Always

47. Mulberry Bush School in Standlake in Oxfordshire, was founded by?
a) Sophie Mulberry
b) Catelyn Mulberry Bush
c) Kelly Bush Mulberry
d) Barbara Dockar-Drysdale

48. Hungary's time zone is?
a) GMT +1
b) GMT +2
c) GMT +1.5
d) GMT + or - 0

49. Crash 'n' Burn, an experimental film made in 1977 was directed by?
a) Mick McLaren
b) Clive McLaren
c) Les McLaren
d) Ross McLaren

50. Mariagerfjord is a municipality in what Danish region?
a) Mitdjylland
b) Kommunefacta
c) Nordjylland
d) Hobro

hockeyD13
05-22-2008, 03:01 AM
how do u get the anwsers to any of those :?

Arcadian Empire
05-22-2008, 03:09 AM
I go to World Book Encyclopaedia and off I go!

bigdaddychacha
05-23-2008, 04:10 AM
tl;dr
"F-"

eff if I know any of that!

Arcadian Empire
05-23-2008, 04:11 AM
Come on...at least someone try!

EDIT: Come on...it's just multiple choice!

Lincongrad
05-23-2008, 08:18 AM
I actually knew the answer to 4 of those. I'm very proud.

Imperial
05-23-2008, 10:08 AM
Too much free time AE!

tom the pit leader
05-23-2008, 01:31 PM
You are a sick person, but good idea. We should make this quiz part of the application, with minimum of 3 correct for acceptance.

Sandrock149
05-23-2008, 02:26 PM
All of them are c theer i answered!

Saloon Simon
05-23-2008, 04:54 PM
There's one question relating to New Zealand. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!

michaeru
05-23-2008, 05:39 PM
I know the answer to question 21, and raged over question 45. :P

Arcadian Empire
05-23-2008, 07:58 PM
Okay...Sandrock did every question as "C"

And he got...

12/50 - new record!