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ECON161 Practice Problems Winter 2022 8

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing various facts about history, technology, politics and world leaders. It covers topics like the HTC Vive tracking system, early vending machines, World War 2 aircraft, world leaders like Marie Antoinette and key historical events and figures from the 20th century.

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ECON161 Practice Problems Winter 2022 8

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing various facts about history, technology, politics and world leaders. It covers topics like the HTC Vive tracking system, early vending machines, World War 2 aircraft, world leaders like Marie Antoinette and key historical events and figures from the 20th century.

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1. What are the base station trackers used for the HTC Vive called?

a. Trackers
b. Constellation
c. !Lighthouse
d. Motion

2. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.


a. !False
b. True

3. Which company designed the quot;Betamaxquot; video cassette format?


a. LG
b. Panasonic
c. !Sony
d. Fujitsu

4. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. !False
b. True

5. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. !Courage
b. Revolution
c. Bravery
d. Innovation

6. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?


a. Alessandro Volta
b. !James Watt
c. Albert Einstein
d. Nikola Tesla

7. When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?


a. 1989
b. 1992
c. !1996
d. 1990

8. When was the iPhone released?


a. 2005
b. !2007
c. 2006
d. 2004

9. Which company developed the Hololens?


a. Oculus
b. HTC
c. !Microsoft
d. Tobii
1. In World War II, Hawker Typhoons served in the Pacific theater.
a. !False
b. True

2. Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, quot;Let them eat cakequot;,
yet is rumored that heshe never said it at all?
a. Czar Nicholas II
b. Henry VIII
c. !Marie Antoinette
d. Elizabeth I

3. Which infamous European traitor was known as quot;the last person to enter
Parliament with honest intentionsquot;?
a. Francis Tresham
b. !Guy Fawkes
c. Everard Digby
d. Robert Catesby

4. On which day did the attempted coup d039;etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?
a. December 24
b. !August 19
c. December 26
d. August 21

5. What did the first vending machines in the early 1880039;s dispense?
a. Cigarettes
b. !Post cards
c. Alcohol
d. Sodas

6. In what year did the First World War end?


a. !1918
b. 1912
c. 1914
d. 1916

7. When was the People039;s Republic of China founded?


a. !October 1, 1949
b. May 7, 1945
c. April 3, 1947
d. December 6, 1950

8. The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the
early 1900s offering what service?
a. Pig blood transfusion
b. Cow liver transplant
c. !Goat testicles transplant
d. Turkey breast implants
1. The largest consumer market in 2015 was...
a. !The United States of America
b. Germany
c. United Kingdom
d. Japan

2. Denmark has a monarch.


a. False
b. !True

3. Despite being seperated into multiple countries, The Scandinavian countries are
unified by all having the same monarch.
a. True
b. !False

4. Russia passed a law in 2013 which outlaws telling children that homosexuals
exist.
a. False
b. !True

5. According to the United States Constitution, how old must a person be to be


elected President of the United States?
a. !35
b. 30
c. 45
d. 40

6. Who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in July 2016?


a. David Cameron
b. Tony Blair
c. Boris Johnson
d. !Theresa May

7. What is former United States President Bill Clinton039;s full name?


a. !William Jefferson Clinton
b. William Truman Clinton
c. William Roosevelt Clinton
d. William Lincoln Clinton

8. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia and Egypt broke off ties with which country over its
supposed support for terrorism?
a. United States of America
b. Russia
c. !Qatar
d. Bahrain

9. Who was the longestserving senator in US history, serving from 1959 to 2010?
a. Joe Biden
b. !Robert Byrd
c. Strom Thurmond
d. Daniel Inouye

10. Between 1973 to 1990, what country was ruled by dictator Augusto Pinochet?
a. !Chile
b. Ethiopia
c. Nicaragua
d. Indonesia

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