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Sample questions from our Accent on Academics publication for the May 3, 2004, Volume 19/34

 1)    Which North African country was home to 14 of the 18 people arrested for the Madrid train bombings, which they are believed to have plotted in the casbah, or older section, of Tangier?       

 Answer:  Morocco.  

 2)    Identify the 1950s Democratic presidential candidate credited with saying, "He who slings mud generally loses ground." He ran twice against Eisenhower.   

  Answer:  Adlai Stevenson.  

 3)   Which word designates both any race over a zigzag course and a timed alpine race going downhill over a zigzag course?  

Answer:  Slalom.  

 4)    Identify the dish of boned, flattened chicken breasts rolled around butter, breaded, and fried, and named for the capital of Ukraine where it originated.  

Answer:  Chicken Kiev.  

 5)    Which novel by which author includes the slogan, "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH" emblazoned in huge letters on the Ministry of Truth Building? 

Answer:  1984 by George Orwell.