POLS: Notes
Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the game quot;The Simsquot;, how many Simoleons does each family start with??
a. 10,000
b. 25,000
c. 15,000
d. !20,000
Question 2:
Category: Animals
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What scientific family does the Aardwolf belong to??
a. Felidae
b. !Hyaenidae
c. Canidae
d. Eupleridae
Question 3:
Category: Science: Computers
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What port does HTTP run on??
a. 443
b. !80
c. 23
d. 53
Question 4:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the most populous Muslimmajority nation in 2010??
a. Iran
b. Saudi Arabia
c. !Indonesia
d. Sudan
Question 5:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire??
a. India
b. Australia
c. Ireland
d. !Hong Kong
Question 6:
Category: Celebrities
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Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Gabe Newell was born in which year??
a. !1962
b. 1970
c. 1960
d. 1972
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Books
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which author cowrote quot;The Communist Manifestoquot; alongside Karl Marx??
a. Paul Lafargue
b. Robert Owen
c. !Friedrich Engels
d. Alexander Kerensky
Question 8:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these cities is NOT in England??
a. !Edinburgh
b. Manchester
c. Southampton
d. Oxford
Question 9:
Category: Entertainment: Comics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What are the names of the two quot;Canon fan trollsquot; in quot;Homestuckquot;??
a. The Wrycrown and Voksea Olkido
b. Aikter Frekik and Xagrai Ollomu
c. !Mierfa Durgas and Nektan Whelan
d. Grekei Ceknux and Riya Camacho
Question 10:
Category: Entertainment: Comics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the Marvel Universe, the planet of Svartalfheim is home to what race??
a. Kronans
b. Frost Giants
c. !Dark Elves
d. Skrulls
Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Film
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What did Alfred Hitchcock use as blood in the film quot;Psychoquot;? ?
a. Maple syrup
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b. !Chocolate syrup
c. Red food coloring
d. Ketchup
Question 2:
Category: Entertainment: Film
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the name of the actor who played Leatherface in the 1974 horror film, The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre??
a. Joe Bill Hogan
b. !Gunnar Hansen
c. Edwin Neal
d. John Dugan
Question 3:
Category: Entertainment: Television
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the TV Show quot;Donkey Kong Countryquot;, which episode did the song quot;Eddie,
Let Me Go Back To My Homequot; play in??
a. Message In A Bottle Show
b. To The Moon Baboon
c. !It039;s a Wonderful Life
d. ApeNesia
Question 4:
Category: Entertainment: Books
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of the following is NOT a work done by Shakespeare??
a. Titus Andronicus
b. Cymbeline
c. !Trial of Temperance
d. Measure For Measure
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who is a pioneer of quot;Minimal Musicquot; in 1960s??
a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. Brian Eno
c. Sigur Roacute;s
d. !Steve Reich
Question 6:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The Western Lowland Gorilla is scientifically know as??
a. Gorilla Beringei Graueri
b. Gorilla Gorilla Diehli
c. Gorilla Beringei Beringei
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d. !Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The creation of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board ESRB is often associated with
Mortal Kombat and what FMV video game??
a. Corpse Killer
b. Sewer Shark
c. The Daedalus Encounter
d. !Night Trap
Question 8:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The word quot;sciencequot; stems from the word quot;scirequot; meaning what??
a. To measure
b. !To know
c. To live
d. To count
Question 9:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The Bohemian Revolt 16181620 started after Protestants in Prague did what to their
Catholic Lords Regents??
a. Locked them in stockades
b. !Threw them out of a window
c. Insulted their mothers
d. Hung them.
Question 10:
Category: Animals
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
To which biological phylum do all mammals, birds and reptiles belong??
a. Placazoa
b. Echinodermata
c. Annelida
d. !Chordata
Question 1:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What type of dog is 039;Handsome Dan039;, the mascot of Yale University??
a. !Bulldog
b. Yorkshire Terrier
c. Pug
d. Boxer
Question 2:
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Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries??
a. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
b. India and Nepal
c. Pakistan and India
d. !Afghanistan and Pakistan
Question 3:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In World of Warcraft lore, which of the following is known as the God of Spiders in the
troll039;s loa beliefs??
a. Bwonsamdi
b. !Elortha no Shadra
c. Hakkar
d. Shirvallah
Question 4:
Category: Vehicles
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which one of the following is NOT a subcompany of the Volkswagen Group??
a. Bentley
b. !Opel
c. Bugatti
d. Porsche
Question 5:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the secondlargest city in Lithuania??
a. !Kaunas
b. Klaipda
c. Vilnius
d. Panevys
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Bjouml;rk039;s quot;Unisonquot; contains a sample of which Oval song??
a. Textuell
b. Panorama
c. Do While
d. !Aero Deck
Question 7:
Category: Celebrities
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
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The eccentric natural philosopher Tycho Brahe kept what as a pet??
a. Dog
b. Bear
c. Goat
d. !Moose
Question 8:
Category: Entertainment: Japanese Anime Manga
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the name of the school in the anime and manga quot;Gosickquot;??
a. St. Bernadette
b. St. Augustine
c. St. Mary
d. !St. Marguerite
Question 9:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In Left 4 Dead, what is the character Bill039;s last name??
a. Stevenson
b. !Overbeck
c. Fish
d. Roberts
Question 10:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which retro video game was released first??
a. Asteroids
b. !Space Invaders
c. PacMan
d. Galaga
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