& VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
the first nation to launch a satellite and a man to space Correct answer-THE SOVIETS
Taiwan's official name is ______. Correct answer-REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Who was the author of Catcher in the Rye? Correct answer-JD SALINGER
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago narrowly lost a presidential election against which candidate?
Correct answer-FIDEL RAMOS
Who was the Japanese emperor that presided over Japan's transition towards modernization?
Correct answer-EMPEROR MEIJI
When a human is infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), _____ may occur.
A. HIV/AIDS
B. SORE EYES
C. WARTS
D. SMALLPOX Correct answer-WARTS
The South and North Korea are separated at which parallel? Correct answer-38TH
Which writer wrote Historie de ma vie and became famous in history for his womanizing? Correct
answer-GIACOMO CASANOVA
Which is the 12th longest river in the world? Correct answer-MEKONG
Which is not part of the United Kingdom?
A. Scotland
B. Wales
C. Ireland
D. England Correct answer-IRELAND
Which was the last dynasty to rule over China? Correct answer-QING DYNASTY
The Ottoman Empire had its beginnings where? Correct answer-ANATOLIA
During the Seven Years' War, which country occupied Manila and most of Luzon? Correct answer-
GREAT BRITAIN
What is inscribed on the gates of hell in Dante's Inferno? Correct answer-ABANDON ALL HOPE, ALL
YE WHO ENTER HERE
Who was the communist revolutionary who led a revolution in Cuba, died in Bolivia, and then was
immortalized in countless T-shirts and merchandise? Correct answer-CHE GUEVARA
Where are white blood cells in the human body made? Correct answer-BONE MARROW
, Who made St. Peter's Baldachin or Ciborium in St. Peter's Basilica? Correct answer-GIAN LORENZO
BERINI
In the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great of Prussia took what part of Habsburg
Austria and made it part of Prussia? Correct answer-SILESIA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was educated where? Correct answer-SWITZERLAND
On the feast day of whom did the Imperial Japanese Army invade the Philippines? Correct answer-
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
who is the author of death of a salesman? Correct answer-ARTHUR MILLER
which of the following works can be viewed as an attack on communism
A. Les Miserables
B. Animal Farm
C. The Crucible
D. The Island of Dr. Moreau Correct answer-ANIMAL FARM
who was the patron goddess of the three witches in macbeth Correct answer-HECATE
of the following contemporary authors, which one is not famous for dabbling in the horror genre
A. Stephen King
B. Clive Barker
C. Anne Rice
D. Danielle Steele Correct answer-DANIELLE STEELE
Which of the following is not a Shakespearean couple?
A. Brutus and Titania
B. Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
C. Hamlet and Ophelia
D. Othello and Desdemona Correct answer-BRUTUS AND TITANIA
Which poet is known for such masterpieces as stopping by woods on a snowy evening and the road
not taken Correct answer-ROBERT FROST
Who wrote the pearl and the red pony Correct answer-JOHN STEINBACK
what is the name of the lead vampire hunter in bram stoker's dracula Correct answer-DR
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING
in which shakespearean play does oberon appear? Correct answer-A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM
who created the chthulu mythos, a series of neo-horror-mythology Correct answer-HP LOVECRAFT
who is famous for her book mythology Correct answer-EDITH HAMILTON