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ECON218 Worksheet 6

The document contains 13 multiple choice questions testing a range of general knowledge topics including history, geography, entertainment, and pop culture. The questions cover subjects such as the start date of the French Revolution, founders of religions, explorers of North America, and details about celebrities and their careers.

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1. When did the French Revolution begin?

a. 1823
b. !1789
c. 1799
d. 1756

2. Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?


a. Hinduism
b. !Mormonism
c. Buddhism
d. Christianity

3. Who was the first explorer to sail to North America?


a. Amerigo Vespucci
b. Christopher Columbus
c. !Leif Erikson
d. Ferdinand Magellan

4. All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT:
a. Zhao
b. Qi
c. Qin
d. !Zhai

5. When was quot;The Gadgetquot;, the first nuclear device to be detonated, tested?
a. August 6, 1945
b. !July 16, 1945
c. April 5, 1945
d. June 22, 1945

6. United States President Ronald Reagan was the first president to appoint a woman
to the Supreme Court.
a. False
b. !True

7. What was the unofficial name for Germany between 1919 and 1933?
a. !Weimar Republic
b. German Democratic Republic
c. Oesterreich
d. Federal Republic of Germany

8. What year did World War I begin?


a. 1919
b. 1925
c. 1905
d. !1914

9. How many years did the Hundred Years039; War last?


a. !116
b. 90
c. 101
d. 100

10. What year did the Vietnam War end?


a. !1975
b. 1967
c. 1969
d. 1978

11. When did O, Canada officially become the national anthem?


a. !1980
b. 1880
c. 1950
d. 1920

12. What was the name of the chemical that was dropped on Vietnam during the
Vietnam war?
a. Mustard Gas
b. !Agent Orange
c. Phosgene
d. Hydrogen Cyanide

1. What is generally considered to be William Shakespeare039;s birth date?


a. December 1st, 1750
b. July 4th, 1409
c. September 29th, 1699
d. !April 23rd, 1564

2. Where was Kanye West born?


a. Chicago, Illinois
b. Detroit, Michigan
c. !Atlanta, Georgia
d. Los Angeles, California

3. Which famous New York Yankees outfielder did Marilyn Monroe marry?
a. Mason Williams
b. Tino Martinez
c. !Joe DiMaggio
d. Babe Ruth

4. Marilyn Monroe was born on July 1, 1926.


a. True
b. !False

5. Which radio personality calls himself quot;The King of All Mediaquot;?


a. Rush Limbaugh
b. Pete Tong
c. Ryan Seacrest
d. !Howard Stern
6. How much weight did Chris Pratt lose for his role as StarLord in quot;Guardians
of the Galaxyquot;?
a. 30 lbs
b. !60 lbs
c. 70 lbs
d. 50 lbs

7. Lady Gaga039;s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.


a. !True
b. False

8. In which of these TV shows did the chef Gordon Ramsay not appear?
a. Ramsay039;s Kitchen Nightmares
b. !Auction Hunters
c. Hotel Hell
d. Hell039;s Kitchen

9. Who is quot;James Rolfequot; better known as?


a. PewDiePie
b. TotalBiscuit
c. PeanutButterGamer
d. !The Angry Video Game Nerd

10. By which name is Ramon Estevez better known as?


a. Emilio Estevez
b. Charlie Sheen
c. !Martin Sheen
d. Ramon Sheen

11. Which TV chef wrote an autobiography titled quot;Humble Piequot;?


a. !Gordon Ramsay
b. Antony Worrall Thompson
c. Ainsley Harriott
d. Jamie Oliver

12. What year was O.J. Simpson aquitted of his murder charges?
a. 1992
b. 1991
c. 1996
d. !1995

13. Which of these celebrities was not a member of the Jackson 5?


a. Marlon Jackson
b. Jermaine Jackson
c. Tito Jackson
d. !Bo Jackson

1. In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada?


a. Calgary, Alberta
b. !Sudbury, Ontario
c. Victoria, British Columbia
d. Halifax, Nova Scotia

2. What country is the second largest in the world by area?


a. United States of America
b. China
c. !Canada
d. Russia

3. What is the name of the former country that was succeeded by countries such as
Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia?
a. Abkhazia
b. South Ossetia
c. Czechoslovakia
d. !Yugoslavia

4. A group of islands is called an 039;archipelago039;.


a. False
b. !True

5. On which continent is the country of Angola located?


a. Europe
b. !Africa
c. Asia
d. South America

6. Which UK country features a dragon on their flag?


a. North Ireland
b. !Wales
c. England
d. Scotland

7. What is the right way to spell the capital of Hungary?


a. Budapast
b. !Budapest
c. Bhudapest
d. Boodapest

8. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?


a. Caspian Sea
b. Lake Michigan
c. Lake Huron
d. !Lake Superior

9. What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal?


a. !Iberian Peninsula
b. Scandinavian Peninsula
c. Peloponnesian Peninsula
d. European Peninsula
10. Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
a. Russia
b. !Brazil
c. The United States
d. China

11. What is the capital city of New Zealand?


a. Auckland
b. Christchurch
c. Melbourne
d. !Wellington

12. What is the northernmost human settlement with year round inhabitants?
a. McMurdo Station, Antarctica
b. !Alert, Canada
c. Honningsvaring;g, Norway
d. Nagurskoye, Russia

13. Which two modernday countries used to be known as the region of Rhodesia
between the 1890s and 1980?
a. Togo amp; Benin
b. Lesotho amp; Swaziland
c. !Zambia amp; Zimbabwe
d. Rwanda amp; Burundi

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