General Awareness Test: Would You Pass?

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    Which owner introduced the exploding scoreboard and Disco Demolition Night to baseball?

    • Walter O'Malley
    • Bud Selig
    • Charlie Finley
    • Bill Veeck
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  • 2. 

    Which famous author drowned herself in the River Ouse?

    • Virginia Woolf

    • George Sand

    • Emma Bronte

    • Mary Shelley

    Correct Answer
    A. Virginia Woolf
  • 3. 

    Which ancient Greek burned down the Temple of Artemis in order to gain everlasting fame?

    • Charidemus

    • Herostratus

    • Polycrates

    • Achaeus

    Correct Answer
    A. Herostratus
  • 4. 

    What quack science involves determining a person's traits by examining bumps on their head?

    • Lamarckism

    • Physiognomy

    • Phrenology

    • Vitalism

    Correct Answer
    A. Phrenology
  • 5. 

    The "Rock of Gibraltar" is mostly made up of what type of rock?

    • Limestone

    • Granite

    • Slate

    • Shale

    Correct Answer
    A. Limestone
  • 6. 

    Naked mole rats are only found on which continent?

    • North America

    • Africa

    • Australia

    • Asia

    Correct Answer
    A. Africa
  • 7. 

    The country of Lesotho is surrounded on all sides by what other country?

    • Botswana

    • Libya

    • South Africa

    • Zimbabwe

    Correct Answer
    A. South Africa
  • 8. 

    ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electric computer, comprised how many vacuum tubes?

    • 17,468

    • 4,644

    • 8,010

    • 31,090

    Correct Answer
    A. 17,468
  • 9. 

    What is the computer term for 1000 terabytes?

    • Petabyte

    • Zettabyte

    • Exabyte

    • Gigabyte

    Correct Answer
    A. Petabyte
  • 10. 

    What was the only state in the US to execute someone by firing squad between 1960 and 2011?

    • Utah

    • Nevada

    • Oklahoma

    • Texas

    Correct Answer
    A. Utah
  • 11. 

    Which painter's last words were "where is my clock"?

    • Claude Monet

    • Salvador Dali

    • Vincent Van Gogh

    • Andy Warhol

    Correct Answer
    A. Salvador Dali
  • 12. 

    What is the minimum number of dogs in an Iditarod sled team?

    • 8

    • 20

    • 12

    • 16

    Correct Answer
    A. 12
  • 13. 

    What unit is used to measure pain?

    • Ache

    • Hex

    • Dol

    • Grue

    Correct Answer
    A. Dol
  • 14. 

    Which number follows "Blue Jay" in the name of a town in West Virginia?

    • 10

    • 6

    • 0

    • 22

    Correct Answer
    A. 6
  • 15. 

    PEZ candy are native to which European country?

    • Switzerland

    • Austria

    • Germany

    • The Netherlands

    Correct Answer
    A. Austria

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