MED307 Progress Report Spring 2020 8

1.
In the year 1900, what were the most popular first names given to boy and girl
babies born in the United States?
a. Joseph and Catherine
b. !John and Mary
c. George and Anne
d. William and Elizabeth
2. The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50
megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much?
a. 75 Megatons
b. 150 Megatons
c. 200 Megatons
d. !100 Megatons
3. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. Shalmaneser V
b. Esharhaddon
c. !ShamshiAdad III
d. Ashurnasirpal II
4. During the Wars of the Roses 1455 1487 which Englishman was dubbed quot;the
Kingmakerquot;?
a. !Richard Neville
b. Henry V
c. Richard III
d. Thomas Warwick
5. Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?

a. Identity Fraud
b. Tax Evasion
c. !Robbing Trains
d. Murder for Hire
6. Against which country did the Dutch Republic fight the Eighty Years039; War?
a. Portugal
b. England
c. France
d. !Spain
7. When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II?
a. June 6, 1944
b. September 1, 1939
c. !December 8, 1941
d. June 22, 1941
8. Who was the first president born in the independent United States?
a. !Martin Van Buren
b. George Washington
c. John Adams
d. James Monroe
9. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
a. !France
b. Spain
c. Germany
d. England
10. Which country was Josef Stalin born in?

a. Germany
b. !Georgia
c. Russia
d. Poland
11. What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War
II?
a. Operation Aflame
b. Operation Ironclad
c. Operation Boarding Party
d. !Operation Downfall
12. Which of these theoretical phycisists first predicted the existence of

antimatter?
a. Werner Heisenberg
b. Niels Bohr
c. !Paul Dirac
d. Albert Einstein
1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?

a. !1606
b. 1605
c. 1628
d. 1723
2. In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, quot;Something is

rotten in the state of Denmarkquot;?
a. Macbeth
b. King Lear
c. !Hamlet
d. Twelfth Night
3. In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?

a. Macbeth
b. !Hamlet
c. King Lear
d. Othello
4. Who wrote the award winning musical quot;In The Heightsquot;?

a. Steven Sondheim
b. John Phillips Sousa
c. !LinManuel Miranda
d. Francis Scott Key
5. Who is the musical director for the award winning musical quot;Hamiltonquot;?
a. Renee EliseGoldberry
b. Leslie Odom Jr.
c. !Alex Lacamoire
d. LinManuel Miranda
6. In Shakespeare039;s play Julius Caesar, Caesar039;s last words were...

a. !Et tu, Brute?
b. Iacta alea est!
c. Aegri somnia vana.
d. Vidi, vini, vici.
7. In Jeff Wayne039;s Musical Version of War of the Worlds, the chances of anything
coming from Mars are...
a. A trillion to one
b. !A million to one
c. A billion to one
d. A hundred to one
8. What play is the quote quot;Hell is other peoplequot; from?

a. The Devil and the Good Lord
b. The Flies
c. !No Exit
d. The Condemned of Altona
9. How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?

a. !37
b. 25
c. 18
d. 54
10. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical quot;Catsquot; is based off a book of poems
written by which author?
a. Andrew Lloyd Webber
b. Robert Frost
c. Emily Dickenson
d. !T.S. Elliot
11. What is Jean ValJean039;s first prisoner number?

a. 9430
b. !24601
c. 1729
d. 32769
12. Who wrote the play 039;Angels in America039;?

a. Matthew Lopez
b. Anthony Neilson
c. Tom Stoppard
d. !Tony Kusher
13. The protagonist039;s names in 039;Who039;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf039;, George
and Martha, were derived from George Washington and his wife.
a. False
b. !True
1. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. True
b. !False
2. Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency?

a. 100 Hz
b. 70 Hz
c. !80 Hz
d. 90 Hz
3. When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?

a. 1990
b. 1992
c. !1996
d. 1989
4. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2010
b. 2013
c. 2011
d. !2012
5. Mobile hardware and software company quot;Blackberry Limitedquot; was founded in

which country?
a. United Kingdom
b. United States of America
c. Norway
d. !Canada
6. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?

a. !A robot
b. An motorcycle
c. A pickup truck
d. A motorboat
7. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters?
a. Discovery and Endeavour
b. !Challenger and Columbia
c. Enterprise and Atlantis
d. None of the Above
8. What is the most significant side venture the popular firearms company,
Remington, has pursued?
a. Blenders
b. Door Knobs
c. Ceiling Fans
d. !Typewriters

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5. Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what?

10. Which country was Josef Stalin born in?

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

1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?

2. In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, quot;Something is

3. In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?

4. Who wrote the award winning musical quot;In The Heightsquot;?

6. In Shakespeare039;s play Julius Caesar, Caesar039;s last words were...

8. What play is the quote quot;Hell is other peoplequot; from?

9. How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?

11. What is Jean ValJean039;s first prisoner number?

12. Who wrote the play 039;Angels in America039;?

2. Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency?

3. When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?

5. Mobile hardware and software company quot;Blackberry Limitedquot; was founded in

6. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?

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