CHE323: Practice Quiz
2020-04-25
1) Which region of the world uses '.ni' at the end of its web addresses?:
1) Niger
2) Nigeria
3) Namibia
4) Nicaragua
2) Which American music duo released the song 'Cecilia'?:
1) MercyMe
2) Three 6 Mafia
3) The Velvet Underground
4) Simon & Garfunkel
3) Who is the founder of Twitter?:
1) Steve Wozniak
2) Elon Musk
3) Bill Gates
4) Jack Dorsey
4) In which country would you find Chichen Itza?:
1) Israel
2) Indonesia
3) Greece
4) Mexico
5) Who was the NBA's most valuable player in 1976, 1977 and 1980?:
1) Michael Jordan
2) Yao Ming
3) Kobe Bryant
4) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6) What is the capital city of Kenya?:
1) Managua
2) Kampala
3) Georgetown
4) Nairobi
7) 'Relax' was a one hit wonder in 1985 by which artist?:
1) Quiet Riot
2) Divinyls
3) Jeannie C. Riley
4) Frankie Goes to Hollywood
8) 'You Are Not Alone' is a song by which musician?:
1) Nicki Minaj
2) Neil Young
3) Eric Clapton
4) Michael Jackson
9) Name The SI Unit Of Pressure:
1) Borland
2) Newton
3) Ohm
4) Pascal
10) Name the capital of Argentina.:
1) Sao Paolo
2) Mendoza
3) Cordoba
4) Buenos Aires
11) Which piece of written work starts with the line 'Mr Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged
countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in
sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.'?:
1) The City & the City
2) Frankenstein
3) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
12) Which Finnish rock music group released the album 'III'?:
1) Nightwish
2) Stratovarius
3) Sonata Arctica
4) Haloo Helsinki!
13) Who won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the role of Sgt. Emil Foley in
An Officer and a Gentleman?:
1) Charles Durning
2) John Lithgow
3) James Mason
4) Louis Gossett, Jr.
14) Which English singer-songwriter released the studio album '÷'?:
1) Mika
2) Morrissey
3) Dido
4) Ed Sheeran
15) In which book series does 'Ginny Weasley' appear?:
1) Voyages Extraordinaires
2) Percy Jackson & the Olympians
3) Twilight
4) Harry Potter
16) Who plays the role of Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?:
1) Don Cheadle
2) Benedict Wong
3) Chris Hemsworth
4) Jeremy Renner
17) What is the capital city of Indonesia?:
1) Yaounde
2) Singapore
3) Kuala Lumpur
4) Jakarta
18) Which car manufacturer makes the Veyron?:
1) Honda
2) Ferrari
3) Chevrolet
4) Bugatti
19) Phnom Penh is the capital city of which country?:
1) Netherlands
2) Lebanon
3) Bhutan
4) Cambodia
20) The territory of Easter Island belongs to which country?:
1) Scotland
2) Tanzania
3) USA
4) Chile
21) Who won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Leading Actor for playing the role of Lee Chandler in
Manchester by the Sea?:
1) Andrew Garfield
2) Ryan Gosling
3) Viggo Mortensen
4) Casey Affleck
22) What does the word 'rosso' mean in Italian?:
1) Yellow
2) Ten
3) Eight
4) Red
23) Which author wrote 'William Tell'?:
1) Sebastian Brant
2) Agatha Christie
3) Rainer Maria Rilke
4) Friedrich Schiller
24) What is the name of the character played by David Hyde Pierce on the show 'Frasier'?:
1) Frasier Moon
2) Roz Doyle
3) Martin Crane
4) Niles Crane
25) Who won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Leading Actor for playing the role of Gordon Gekko in
Wall Street?:
1) William Hurt
2) Marcello Mastroianni
3) Jack Nicholson
4) Michael Douglas
26) What is a person who has made a pilgimage to Mecca?:
1) Mujahideen
2) Khafoor
3) Imam
4) Hajji
27) Who wrote the book "The Origin of Species"?:
1) Kurt Vonnegut
2) Thomas Hardy
3) Ernest Rutherford
4) Charles Darwin
28) What was the name of the major uprising led by Toussaint L'Ouverture in the 18th century?:
1) Liberian Revolution
2) American Revolution
3) French Revolution
4) Haitian Revolution
29) What Was A Ballista?:
1) A Scientific Instrument
2) A Position in the Church
3) A Tax on Feudal Landowners
4) A Siege Machine
30) What is the capital city of Mauritius?:
1) Vilnius
2) Castries
3) Pristina
4) Port Louis