ANT224 Quiz 8
August 6, 2024
Collaborators: Mick Ronald
By turning in this assignment, I agree by the university honor code and declare that all
of this is my own work.
Essay for Context
This assignment to be submitted by latest 11/03. Based on the essay given in textbook
chapter 5, answer these questions carefully.
Questions
1. Category: POP MUSIC
Question: In 2002 this rocker wed Gavin Rossdale, vocalist/guitarist of the group Bush
Answer: Gwen Stefani
2. Category: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Question: Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest
Answer: Romania
3. Category: A O L
Question: It’s the scientific study of bees
Answer: apiology
4. Category: MOVIES & TV
Question: On March 19, 2009 he said, ”I’m excited and honored to introduce my first
guest... Barack Obama”
Answer: Jay Leno
5. Category: 1845
Question: This future prime minister’s novel ”Sybil” was subtitled ”or the Two Nations”
Answer: Disraeli
6. Category: ENDS WITH ”ASH”
Question: Sometimes it’s a little longer than a hyphen; other times it’s 100 yards long
Answer: dash
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7. Category: INSECTS
Question: The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding
on rats
Answer: fleas
8. Category: U.S. CITIES
Question: Its name includes the county of which it’s the seat & the state of which it’s
the capital
Answer: Oklahoma City
9. Category: PEOPLE
Question: He skated a victory lap at the ’94 Olympics holding his baby daughter Jane,
named for his late sister
Answer: Dan Jansen
10. Category: ESTONIA
Question: Ethnically about 25% of Estonians are Russian; about 2% trace heritage to
this 2nd-most populous ex-Soviet republic
Answer: Ukraine
11. Category: SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
Question: Margarelon describes himself as ”A bastard son of Priam’s” in this play
Answer: ”Troilus and Cressida”
12. Category: PORTS
Question: This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the
building of the Suez Canal began
Answer: Port Said
13. Category: WHERE THEY’RE FROM
Question: This sitcom star says Massapequa, N.Y., where he grew up, has an Indian
name that means ”by the mall”
Answer: (Jerry) Seinfeld
14. Category: HOTELS
Question: This Asian country originated capsule hotels like the one seen <a href=”http://www.j-
archive.com/media/2010-05-07 J 13.jpg” target=” blank”>here</a>
Answer: Japan
15. Category: AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS
Question: The author of the 1st entirely self-written slave narrative was named Gustavus
Vassa, for a king of this country
Answer: Sweden
16. Category: COLOMBIAN CONNECTIONS
Question: Its name means ”peaceful” & it’s home to El Nino
Answer: the Pacific Ocean
17. Category: HUEY LONG & THE NEWS
Question: Long’s vitriolic 1920s attacks on this oil co. started by John D. Rockefeller
won him widespread popularity
Answer: Standard Oil
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18. Category: SCIENTISTS
Question: The first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, she published a treatise on radioac-
tivity in 1910
Answer: Marie Curie
19. Category: ”C” HERE
Question: To move along making loud noises, or to drink a glass of liquid quickly
Answer: to chug
20. Category: BIBLICAL ABOMINATIONS
Question: Leviticus 11:13 declares that this bird of prey, later a symbol of Roman legions,
is an abomination
Answer: an eagle
