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\n
\n
\n Question 1:
\n
\nWhich is the oldest institution of higher education in the U.S.?
\n
\nBrown University
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania
\nWilliams College
\nHarvard University
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nActresses Lisa Kudrow, Meryl Streep and Jane Fonda are all alumni of this school.
\n
\nTrinity College
\nColgate University
\nS.U.N.Y. Brockport
\nVassar College
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\n13 is the lucky number of which school?
\n
\nGeorgetown University
\nRochester Institute of Technology
\nColgate University
\nLehigh University
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nWhich are the colors of Purdue University?
\n
\nRed and yellow
\nGreen and brown
\nBlue and silver
\nOld gold and black
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nBoston University is the largest private university in the U.S.
\n
\nFalse
\nTrue
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nHarvard University was the most highly selective college\/university in the U.S. in 2008.
\n
\nFalse
\nTrue
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nWhich university is prominent for its botanical garden, which is one of the biggest in the U.S.?
\n
\nMiami University
\nS.U.N.Y. Brockport
\nFordham University
\nUniversity of California, Berkeley
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nWhich college\/university is the first to own a dinosaur egg?
\n
\nBrown University
\nClaremont Mc Kenna College
\nPrinceton University
\nColgate University
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhat is true about University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and Brown University?
\n
\nThey are all members of the Ivy League
\nThey are all in one and the same state
\nThey all admit about 55% of their applicants
\nThey all have filials in both Asia and Europe
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nWhich of these schools is not famous for its Medicine Department?
\n
\nTufts University
\nJohns Hopkins University
\nRochester Institute of Technology
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"26025691","dateCreated":"1281284148","smartDate":"Aug 8, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"blgallagher","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/blgallagher","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1244559100\/blgallagher-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/dahsacademicchallengeteam.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26025691"},"dateDigested":1532288286,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"#9...The Dog Days of August!!","description":"Question 1:
\n
\nWhat type of dog did Richard Nixon receive from a Texan while he was a candidate for Vice President?
\n
\nWelsh Corgy
\nCocker Spaniel
\nGolden Retriever
\nGerman Shepherd
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nWhat was the name of Richard Nixon's famous dog?
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nWhat was the name of Socks' companion at the White House during the Clinton Administration?
\n
\nBailey
\nBuddy
\nBuster
\nShoes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nName the dog that is buried alongside Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nPresident Ford's dog was named Freedom.
\n
\nFalse
\nTrue
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nWhich dog, born in the White House, had a parent who also resided in the White House?
\n
\nMillie
\nSpot Fetcher
\nNone of these
\nGeorge H.W. Bush
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nWhich of these Presidents had the most pets?
\n
\nTheodore Roosevelt
\nFranklin Delano Roosevelt
\nWoodrow Wilson
\nBill Clinton
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nWhat breed was Lassie, the world famous canine movie star?
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhat breed is known as the favourite breed of Queen Elizabeth II?
\n
\nWelsh Corgi
\nOld English Sheepdog
\nAustralian Cattle Dog
\nBorder Collie
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nWhat was the name of Fraiser's father's dog on the hit TV show set in Seattle?
\n
\nNiles
\nSkip
\nEddie
\nMarty","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26195169","body":"1.) Cocker Spaniel
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\n6.) Spot Fetcher
\n7.) Theodore Roosevelt
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\n9.) Welsh Corgi
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\n**This quiz focuses on the book and not the movie.
\n
\n
\n Question 1:
\n
\nIn which of the parts that Tolkien originally divided the book in do Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas decide to go after Merry and Pippin in "The Two Towers?"
\n
\nFirst
\nThird
\nSeventh
\nSecond
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nIn the book "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", does Gollum ever decide to be on Frodo's side?
\n
\nNo
\nYes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nIn the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," what is the name of Gandalf's horse?
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nIn the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," does Eowyn have romantic interest in Aragorn?
\n
\nNo
\nYes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nDoes Aragorn ever really have a doubt about his place on the throne of Gondor In the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?"
\n
\nNo
\nYes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nIs Wormtongue really sad when he sees the army of Uruk-Hai in the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?"
\n
\nA little
\nMaybe
\nNot in the least
\nYes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nIn the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," does Aragorn fall off of a cliff?
\n
\nYes
\nNo
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nDo the orcs ride wolves in the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?"
\n
\nNo
\nYes
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhich tree-like race kills all of the orcs at the end of the battle of Helms deep in the book, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nIn the book "The Two Towers" what people never comes to the aid of the Rohirim but does come in the movie?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"25696079","dateCreated":"1279288647","smartDate":"Jul 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"blgallagher","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/blgallagher","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1244559100\/blgallagher-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/dahsacademicchallengeteam.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/25696079"},"dateDigested":1532288286,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"#7...7-16-10...Annual Geek Question Edition!","description":"This quiz
\n contains general tech questions.
\n
\n
\n Question 1:
\n
\nWho is credited with designing the first automatic digital computer?
\n
\nBill Gates
\nCharles Babbage
\nSteve Wozniak
\nSteve Jobs
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nWhat does XML stand for?
\n
\nexcellent markup language
\nextensive markup language
\neasy markup language
\nextensible markup language
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nWhen did the Nintendo system debut in the U.S.A.?
\n
\n1970
\n1985
\n1980
\n1998
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nThe giant sub atomic particle collider, capable of reproducing the big bang conditions, is located in which research facility?
\n
\nKAOS
\nNASA
\nCERN
\nNone of these
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nWhy did NASA change the name of the treadmill built for the space station from T-2 to Colbert?
\n
\nJon Stewart's fans voted for the name.
\nNone of these
\nSteven Colbert's fans voted for the name.
\nbecause T-2 has terminator connotations
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nThis engineer, called "the father of supercomputing," has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry.
\n
\nBill Gates
\nCharles Babbage
\nSeymour Gray
\nSteve Jobs
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nWhich company made the first commercial portable cell phone in 1983?
\n
\nSamsung
\nMotorola
\nNokia
\nAtt
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nWhen did Pioneer release its first consumer laser disc player in the U.S.A.?
\n
\n1980
\n1988
\n1972
\n1992
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhy did the U.S.A. launch the Galileo space probe?
\n
\nto explore Pluto
\nto explore Jupiter
\nto explore Mercury
\nto explore the sun
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nWhen was the Atari company founded?
\n
\n1972
\n1985
\n1980
\n1968","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26150029","body":"1.) Charles Babbage
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\n
\nWhich of these is not one of the colors for the Atlanta Braves team uniforms?
\n
\nWhite
\nBlue
\nRed
\nGreen
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nWhat was the previous name of the Chicago Cubs?
\n
\nChicago Colts
\nChicago Bears
\nChicago Red Stockings
\nChicago Dolphins
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nWhat year was MLB founded?
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nWhich of these became the Red Sox's home ballpark in 1912?
\n
\nPNC Park
\nFenway Park
\nWrigley Fields
\nNational Park
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nWhat baseball team is often referred to as the "Bucs" or the "Buccos"? (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nWho broke the career home run record in 1974? (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nWho broke Hank Aaron's career home run record?
\n
\nBarry Bonds
\nLarry Bonds
\nBinny Jane
\nBoe Jinards
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nWhat baseball team was founded in Manhattan in 1960?
\n
\nNew York Rockies
\nNew York Mets
\nNew York Cardinals
\nNew York Brewers
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhat is the cap insignia of the Los Angeles Dodgers?
\n
\nD over L
\nA over L
\nT over A
\nA over D
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nWhat baseball team played their first game on April 5, 1993?
\n
\nColorado Rockies
\nAtlanta Braves
\nHouston Astros
\nFlorida Marlins","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26008737","body":"1.) Green
\n2.) Chicago Colts
\n3.) 1869
\n4.) Fenway Park
\n5.) Pittsburgh Pirates
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\n7.) Barry Bonds
\n8.) New York Mets
\n9.) A over L
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\n
\nIf the crow has any interruption in her note like hiccup, or a croak with a kind of swallowing, it signifies this event.
\n
\nRain and haze
\nWind and tornado
\nWind and rain
\nFog and thunder
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nA reddish ring around the moon means this.
\n
\nRainbow or bright sunshine
\nRain or snow
\nWind or rain
\nFog or haze
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nSuch the weather will be if at dusk the sky is red.
\n
\nDry
\nSnowy
\nHot
\nRainy
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nThe first frost will come within this many days, after you hear the first cicada.
\n
\n45
\n90
\n60
\n50
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nThese are often used as weather indicators. Before the weather gets dry, they open up. If it will be wet, they return to their normal shape.
\n
\nPine cones
\nWillow sprigs
\nPea pods
\nDandelions
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nThis flower opens up in sunny weather. When rain is expected, it closes tightly.
\n
\nPrimrose
\nScarlet Pimpernel
\nDaisy
\nNasturtium
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nIf at noon on the 2nd of February you see this animal's shadow, be sure the weather will be cold.
\n
\nA weasel
\nA hog
\nA groundhog
\nA hedgehog
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nIf the tail of these animals appears thicker, then you could expect a severe winter.
\n
\nSquirrels
\nBears
\nSkunks
\nMarmots
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nIf these birds do run for shelter during rain, the weather is going to get worse.
\n
\nHens
\nPigeons
\nOwls
\nEagles
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nYou should expect this, if fish jump out of the water while the weather is nice.
\n
\nRain
\nRainbows
\nLightning storm
\nExtreme heat","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26146929","body":"1.) wind and rain
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\n8.) squirrels
\n9.) hens
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\n
\nWhen did the legal separation of the American colonies from Great Britain occur?
\n
\nJuly 4, 1776
\nJuly 5, 1776
\nJuly 2, 1776
\nJuly 4, 1777
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nThe Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. What politician had written a day earlier to his wife Abigail that "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America."?
\n
\nJohn Adams
\nThomas Jefferson
\nRichard Henry Lee
\nJames Monroe
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nIn June 1776, this statesman from Virginia proposed a resolution of independence which led to the United States Declaration of Independence.
\n
\nBenjamin Franklin
\nRichard Henry Lee
\nJohn Jay
\nJohn Witherspoon
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nHow many of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence would later become US Presidents?
\n
\n2
\n1
\n4
\n3
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nWhat do Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe have in common?
\n
\nThey all died on 2 July.
\nThey were all born on 4 July.
\nThey all signed the Declaration of Independence.
\nThey all died on 4 July.
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nComplete the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence, which has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language":
\n"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of _."
\n
\nDreams
\nFulfilment
\nTruth
\nHappiness
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nWhich of these Founding Fathers did not sign the Declaration of Independence?
\n
\nBenjamin Franklin
\nThomas Jefferson
\nGeorge Washington
\nJohn Adams
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nWho portrayed an anti-war activist and veteran, born July 4, 1946?
\n
\nTom Hanks
\nBen Affleck
\nTom Cruise
\nJohn Travolta
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nWhat treaty signed in signed on September 3, 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War?
\n
\nTreaty of Paris
\nTreaty of London
\nTreaty of Amsterdam
\nTreaty of Madrid
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nWho recorded the 1973 ballad "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" which opens with the lyrics,
\n"Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight
\nForcin' a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July"?
\n
\nBruce Springsteen
\nSoundgarden
\nU2
\nBeach Boys","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"25928707","body":"1.) July 2, 1776
\n2.) John Adams
\n3.) Richard Henry Lee
\n4.) 2
\n5.) They all died on 4 July.
\n6.) Happiness
\n7.) George Washington
\n8.) Tom Cruise
\n9.) Treaty of Paris
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\n
\n
\n Question 1:
\n
\nAfter the death of her lover
\n, Cleopatra found true love. Though Egypt and Rome did not get along, these two people married in 36 B.C, planning to conquer Rome.
\n
\nOctavian and Cleopatra
\nPtolemy and Cleopatra
\nJulius Caesar and Cleopatra
\nAntony and Cleopatra
\n
\n
\nQuestion 2:
\n
\nWhen the ruler of the Mughal Empire married his favorite wife, they were still teenagers. She gave birth to 14 children. After her death in 1629, the grieving emperor created one of world's most beautiful edifices - Taj Mahal, paying tribute to his beloved wife.
\n
\nShah Jahan and Raza Devi
\nShah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
\nAbelard and Heloise
\nAlfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
\n
\n
\nQuestion 3:
\n
\nIn 1898, three years after their marriage, this "scientific" couple discovered polonium and radium. Thus, they won the Physics Nobel Prize in 1903 for discovering radioactivity.
\n
\nAnthony and Cleopatra
\nMarie and Pierre Curie
\nAbigail and John Adams
\nJohn Alden and Priscilla Mullins
\n
\n
\nQuestion 4:
\n
\nThe beautiful Egyptian queen was chief wife of an Egyptian Pharaoh in 14th century BC. The couple remained in history as great reformers due to the profound religious changes they made - they introduced the monotheistic worship of the sun disk.
\n
\nTutankamun and Cleopatra
\nAmenhotep IV and Nefertiti
\nNefertiti and Ay
\nTutankamun and Nefertiti
\n
\n
\nQuestion 5:
\n
\nPhilosophy brought together this ancient Greek couple. The wife had a courtesan salon which was frequented by many of the philosophers we now know, but only one of them got to really know her. Noted for her great intellectual power, she gave him inspiration for his work in rhetorics.
\n
\nAspasia and Pericles
\nAspasia and Plato
\nAspasia and Xenophon
\nAspasia and Plutarch
\n
\n
\nQuestion 6:
\n
\nShe was a successful Hollywood actress and he was the president of the USA. They never managed to be together legally, but their relationship was a public secret.
\n
\nMarilyn Monroe and John Kennedy
\nAva Gardner and Frank Sinatra
\nMarilyn Monroe and Joe DiMagio
\nAva Gardner and Bobby Kennedy
\n
\n
\nQuestion 7:
\n
\nBeing romantic poets, these two had a really romantic relationship. They knew how to do it, including all the elements a romantic story needs: secret courtship, love poems and everything necessary for their love to thrive.
\n
\nSappho and Homer
\nMarie and Pierre Curie
\nCharles and Katherine Dickens
\nRobert and Elizabeth Browning
\n
\n
\nQuestion 8:
\n
\nHe was a famous French conqueror, but this wasn't enough for her to accept the marriage proposal immediately. She hesitated at first, but finally agreed.
\n
\nNapoleon and Josephine Baker
\nNapoleon and Josephine
\nAlexander the Great and Cleopatra
\nAmenhotep and Nefertiti
\n
\n
\nQuestion 9:
\n
\nThe most famous gangster couple in history, her last name was Parker and he was the anti-authoritarian criminal Barrow.
\n
\nBarre and Lebiez
\nBonnie and Clyde
\nCuocolo and Cutinelli
\nLou Jean Poplin and Clovis
\n
\n
\nQuestion 10:
\n
\nOn April 9, 2005 their marriage ended years of speculation on a relationship which has spanned the decades since they first met in 1970.
\n
\nCharles and Camilla
\nCatherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas
\nKate Beckingsale and Len Wisemen
\nJason Priestley and Naomi Lowde","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"25924647","body":"1.) Antony and Cleopatra
\n2.) Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
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\n4.) Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti
\n5.) Aspasia and Pericles
\n6.) Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy
\n7.) Robert and Elizabeth Browning
\n8.) Napoleon and Josephine
\n9.) Bonnie and Clyde
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