| 1) In which country were a Saudi suspected of being an
associate of Osama bin Laden and a militant native recently sentenced to
death by firing squad for the bombing of the USS Cole 4 years ago? |
| Answer: Yemen (four others got from 5-10 years in jail
for their participation). |
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| 2) Identify the large sofa or single-breasted topcoat named
after the fourth Earl of __________, because he advocated such a style. |
| Answer: Chesterfield. |
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| 3) Which word from Greek mythology designates all of the
following: a U.S. liquid- propelled intercontinental ballistic missile;
the neck's topmost cervical vertebra; any person or thing that carries or
supports a great burden; and, in myth, a Titan known for his strength? |
| Answer: Atlas. |
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| 4) Which surname completes the following slogan used by
supporters of Grover Cleveland in response to a Republican slogan,
"________! __________! James G. __________! The continental liar from
the state of Maine"? |
| Answer: "Blaine." |
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| 5) According to founder Jim Morrison, which poet in part
inspired The Doors' name with his line "There are things that are
known as things that are unknown, in between the doors," though he's
better known for his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience? |
| Answer: William Blake. |
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| Sample questions from our Accent
on Academics publication for the October 18, 2004, Volume 20/8 |
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| 1)
SpaceShipOne, the world's first privately built manned spacecraft,
recently blasted into space for the second time in less than a week to
claim which $10 million prize? |
| Answer: Ansari X Prize
(accept X Prize; the ship, designed by Dick Rutan, had toreach an altitude
of 62 miles, which is generally considered the point at which space
begins; Mike Melvill flew it last week, and Brian Binnie did so this
time). |
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| 2)
Which term designates a long island, parallel to the mainland and
formed from a promontory of sand, that protects the shore against waves
and storms? |
| Answer: Barrier island. |
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| 3)
Which word designates both any place characterized by great heat or
flames and that section of Dante's Divine
Comedy describing hell and suffering of the damned? |
| Answer: Inferno. |
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4)
Name the dwelling place of the gods in Norse mythology. |
| Answer: Asgard (or Asgarth). |
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| 5)
Identify the Newington, Connecticut, college named for the tree in
which the colony's charter was hidden in 1687 by the legislature to keep
England's Sir Edmund Andros from seizing it to take control of the colony. |
| Answer: Charter Oak State
College. |
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