1. Name the famous Robert Louis Stevenson story in which some pirates sing a song containing
the following lines: "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest -- / Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
2. Complete the following Shakespearean line by filling in the blank: "Friends, Romans,
countrymen, lend me your ___________."
3. Consider this sentence. "When she called me a thief, my blood started boiling." Which of
the following is the best name for the figure of speech in that sentence -- a symbol? a simile? a
metaphor? or an allusion?
4. In what craft, occupation, career, or profession did Enrico Caruso become famous during the
late 19th and early 20th Centuries?
5. Carrying news of a Greek victory over the invading Persian army, a Greek messenger ran
the whole twenty-six miles back to Athens, delivered the happy news, and then dropped dead of
exhaustion. What was the name of this famous battle won by the Greeks?
6. Name the Italian general and dictator who ruled over Italy during World War Two.
7. Name the victorious Confederate general who was accidentally shot and killed by his own men
after the Battle of Chancellorsville.
8. Who replaced Jimmy Carter as U.S. president in January of 1981?
9. President Vladimir Putin of Russia was once head of the KGB. What is the KGB?
10. What animal has the Democratic Party of the U.S. used as a symbol since the elections of
1874?
11. Name both the capital city of Hungary and the river on which that city is situated.
12. In which of the U.S. states does one find the Great Salt Lake?
13. If you suffer from acrophobia, what are you afraid of?
14. Which of the following terms best describes a person who risks losing his money by starting a
new company or business venture in hopes of making a profit -- monopolist? robber baron?
entrepreneur? or socialist?
15. What is the property of moving objects which is calculated by multiplying the mass of the
object by the velocity of the object?
16. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles in a light year -- six thousand miles?
six million miles? six billion miles? or six trillion miles?
17. What is the proper term for the molten rock deep within the mantle of the earth?
18. Which of the following is the proper term for the division of a single cell into two "daughter"
cells -- ambiosis? thrombosis? mitosis? or halitosis?
19. Contraceptives are designed for which of the following purposes -- preventing heart-burn?
preventing pregnancy? preventing athlete's foot? or preventing strokes?
20. What is the main difference between an airframe and a mainframe?
21. Name the river where John the Baptist did most of his baptizing.
22. In classical mythology, the female gorgon Medusa's head was covered with which of the
following -- snakes? hair red as blood? laurel leaves? or a golden fleece?
23. Name the famous American football coach who in 1928 during a half-time pep talk asked his
team "to win one for the Gipper."
24. What does the abbreviation anon. stand for?
25. Name the city in which Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was born.