Set #5

Question 1

Marseilles is a port in which sea?

Answer 1

Mediterranean

Question 2

What small African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

Answer 2

Lesotho

Question 3

In which American city would you find the Gateway Arch?

Answer 3

St. Louis (Missouri)

Question 4

What specific quantity is measured in cubic units?

Answer 4

Volume

Question 5

What is the name for an angle that is 180 degrees?

Answer 5

Straight

Question 6

In which continent would you find: Río de Janeiro, Quito and Lima?

Answer 6

South America

Question 7

Which South American country shares border with Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia?

Answer 7

Paraguay

Question 8

What is the capital of Guyana?

Answer 8

Georgetown

Question 9

In which South American country would you find the highest waterfall in the world: Angel Falls?

Answer 9

Venezuela

Question 10

In which decade did the maple leaf become Canada’s official emblem?

Answer 10

1960’s

Question 11

What is the name of the stadium which is home to the Toronto Blue Jays?

Answer 11

Rogers Centre

Question 12

What was the name of Alexander the Great’s warhorse?

Answer 12

Bucephalus

Question 13

What is half of a half?

Answer 13

A quarter

Question 14

What theoretical fate will occur when the universe no longer contains any thermodynamic free energy?

Answer 14

Heat Death

Question 15

Which word, beginning with “A”, means “to shorten”, especially by leaving out certain parts of a written piece?

Answer 15

Abridge

Question 16

Which figure of speech gives an inanimate objects human-like traits?

Answer 16

Personnification

Question 17

Who is author Theodore Geisel better known as?

Answer 17

Dr. Seuss

Question 18

What is the smallest bone in the human body?

Answer 18

Stapes

Question 19

What is the largest bone in the human body?

Answer 19

Femur

Question 20

Although it varies by individual, what integer is generally accepted as the average body temperature in degrees Celsius?

Answer 20

37

Question 21

What term used by Sigmund Freud describes the human mind’s techniques to deal with feelings of anxiety, frustration and worry?

Answer 21

Defense mechanisms

Question 22

Which country was the first in the world to allow women voters in a national election?

Answer 22

New Zealand

Question 23

Which country hosted the Summer Olympics in 2004?

Answer 23

Greece

Question 24

Which is the largest of the greek islands?

Answer 24

Crete

Question 25

From the mid-15th century until the early 19th, what empire controlled much of Greece?

Answer 25

Ottoman Empire

Question 26

What hill in Athens contains the ruins of the Parthenon?

Answer 26

Acropolis

Question 27

The name of what dessert or side dish, made with oranges pineapple and flaked coconut, also refers to the food of the gods?

Answer 27

Ambrosia

Question 28

What is the capital of Latvia?

Answer 28

Riga

Question 29

What kind of energy is produced by electrons moving from atom to atom?

Answer 29

Electrical energy

Question 30

What kind of energy does a stationary object have, and that can be turned into kinetic energy?

Answer 30

Potential energy

Question 31

What American novel is believed to have been based of the life of Josiah Henson?

Answer 31

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 32

What Roman Emperor succeeded his nephew, Caligula?

Answer 32

Claudius

Question 33

Which country collects tolls for use of the Suez Canal?

Answer 33

Egypt

Question 34

From what fictional planet does Superman hail from?

Answer 34

Krypton

Question 35

What South America country if the world fifth largest exporter of wine?

Answer 35

Chile

Question 36

The sun bear and moon bear are both native to what continent?

Answer 36

Asia

Question 37

What is the largest city in New Zealand?

Answer 37

Auckland

Question 38

What unique fish did Michael Faraday study after importing a specimen form Suriname?

Answer 38

Electric Eel