FIXIE Manuscript Fall 2021 2

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1.

With which Greek philosopher would you associate the phrase, quot;I know that I
know nothingquot;?
a. Pythagoras
b. !Socrates
c. Aristotle
d. Plato

2. King Henry VIII was the second monarch of which European royal house?
a. York
b. !Tudor
c. Stuart
d. Lancaster

3. The first televised presidential debate was between Jimmy Carter and Gerald
Ford.
a. True
b. !False

4. What year were the Marian Reforms instituted in the Roman Republic?
a. 102 CE
b. 264 BCE
c. !107 BCE
d. 42 BCE

5. What year was the United States Declaration of Independence signed?


a. 1777
b. !1776
c. 1775
d. 1774

6. What was Napoleon Bonaparte039;s name before he changed it?


a. !Napoleone di Buonaparte
b. Naapolion van Bonijpaart
c. Napoleona de Buenoparte
d. Napoleatilde;o do Boaparte

7. Which of the following countries was the first to send an object into space?
a. !Germany
b. USA
c. China
d. Russia

8. In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, AustriaHungary,
the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?
a. Authoritarian Alliance
b. The Axis Powers
c. The Federation of Empires
d. !The Central Powers

9. Which of these theoretical phycisists first predicted the existence of


antimatter?
a. !Paul Dirac
b. Niels Bohr
c. Albert Einstein
d. Werner Heisenberg

10. Who was the first American in space?


a. !Alan Shephard
b. Neil Armstrong
c. John Glenn
d. Jim Lovell

1. AMC039;s quot;The Walking Deadquot;, Rick, Carl, Daryl, Morgan, Carol and Maggie
were introduced to us in Season 1.
a. !False
b. True

2. In what year did quot;The Big Bang Theoryquot; debut on CBS?


a. 2009
b. !2007
c. 2008
d. 2006

3. The theme for the popular science fiction series quot;Doctor Whoquot; was
composed by who?
a. Delia Derbyshire
b. Peter Howell
c. Murray Gold
d. !Ron Grainer

4. What is the setting of the show quot;Parks and Recreationquot;?


a. London, England
b. Pasadena, California
c. !Pawnee, Indiana
d. Eagleton, Indiana

5. In Star Trek: The Next Generation, what is the name of Data039;s cat?
a. Kitty
b. !Spot
c. Tom
d. Mittens

6. British actor David Morrissey stars as which role in quot;The Walking Deadquot;?
a. Rick Grimes
b. !The Governor
c. Daryl Dixon
d. Negan

7. In quot;Star Trekquot;, Klingons are commonly referred to as quot;Black


Elvesquot;.
a. !False
b. True

8. What was the name of the inflatable duck sacrified to the crowd at the end of
Episode 34 of the 18th season of Big Brother?
a. Esteban
b. !Pablo
c. Duckster
d. Carlos

9. On the NBC show Community, whose catchphrase was quot;Pop! Pop!quot;?


a. Leonard
b. Star Burns
c. Senoir Chang
d. !Magnitude

10. On the NBC show Community what was Star Burns039; real name?
a. Neal
b. Todd
c. Grimus
d. !Alex

11. Who was the winner of quot;Big Brotherquot; Season 10?


a. Chris Mundorf
b. !Dan Gheesling
c. Ryan Sutfin
d. Bryce Kranyik

12. What Nickelodeon game show featured a house on the set that the contestants
would ransack to find hidden objects?
a. Nick Arcade
b. Nickelodeon Guts
c. Double Dare
d. !Finders Keepers

1. Which famous book is subtitled 039;The Modern Prometheus039;?


a. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
b. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
c. !Frankenstein
d. Dracula

2. What position does Harry Potter play in Quidditch?


a. Keeper
b. !Seeker
c. Beater
d. Chaser

3. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament?


a. Exodus
b. Genesis
c. !Numbers
d. Leviticus

4. Who wrote the children039;s story quot;The Little Match Girlquot;?


a. Lewis Carroll
b. Charles Dickens
c. Oscar Wilde
d. !Hans Christian Andersen

5. In the year 1818, novelist Mary Shelly is credited with writing a fiction novel
and creating this infamous character.
a. The Invisible Man
b. !Frankenstein039;s monster
c. Dracula
d. The Thing

6. The title of Adolf Hitler039;s autobiography quot;Mein Kampfquot; is what when


translated to English?
a. !My Struggle
b. My Hatred
c. My Sadness
d. My Desire

7. What book series published by Jim Butcher follows a wizard in modern day
Chicago?
a. !The Dresden Files
b. My Life as a Teenage Wizard
c. The Cinder Spires
d. A Hat in Time

8. In quot;Little Womenquot;, which of the March sisters married Laurie?


a. Jo
b. Meg
c. Beth
d. !Amy

9. In the Magic: The Gathering universe, the Fallen Empires expansion takes place
on which continent?
a. Terisiare
b. Otaria
c. !Sarpadia
d. Shiv

10. In Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice039;s kitten?


a. Heath
b. !Dinah
c. Oscar
d. Smokey

11. Who is the author of the series quot;Malazan Book of the Fallenquot;?
a. !Steven Erikson
b. J. R. R. Tolkien
c. Ian Cameron Esslemont
d. George R. R. Martin

12. Which of the following is not a work authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky?


a. The Brothers Karamazov
b. !Anna Karenina
c. Notes from the Underground
d. Crime and Punishment

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