ECON246 Economic Forecast Spring 2024 8

1. The largest consumer market in 2015 was...
a. !The United States of America

b. United Kingdom
c. Germany
d. Japan
2. How many people are in the U.S. House of Representatives?

a. 415
b. !435
c. 260
d. 50
3. Which of the following United States senators is known for performing a 24hour
long filibuster?
a. Chuck Schumer
b. John Barrasso
c. Roy Blunt
d. !Strom Thurmond
4. Who was elected leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015?

a. !Jeremy Corbyn
b. David Cameron
c. Ed Miliband
d. Theresa May
5. What is former United States President Bill Clinton039;s full name?

a. !William Jefferson Clinton
b. William Lincoln Clinton
c. William Roosevelt Clinton
d. William Truman Clinton
6. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union?
a. Leonid Brezhnev
b. !Nikita Khrushchev
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
d. Boris Yeltsin
7. Which former US president used quot;Let039;s Make America Great Againquot; as

his campaign slogan before Donald Trump039;s campaign?
a. !Ronald Reagan
b. Gerald Ford
c. Richard Nixon
d. Jimmy Carter
8. Between 1973 to 1990, what country was ruled by dictator Augusto Pinochet?
a. Ethiopia
b. Nicaragua
c. !Chile
d. Indonesia
1. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. True
b. !False
2. Microphones can be used not only to pick up sound, but also to project sound
similar to a speaker.
a. !True
b. False
3. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?

a. Nikola Tesla
b. Albert Einstein
c. Alessandro Volta
d. !James Watt
4. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2011
b. 2010
c. 2013
d. !2012
5. When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?

a. 1992
b. 1972
c. !1982
d. 1962
6. When was the iPhone released?

a. 2004
b. !2007
c. 2006
d. 2005
7. Who built the first laser?

a. !Theodore Harold Maiman
b. Nikola Tesla
c. Jack Kilby
d. Edith Clarke
8. Which company developed the Hololens?

a. HTC
b. Oculus
c. Tobii
d. !Microsoft
9. Mobile hardware and software company quot;Blackberry Limitedquot; was founded in

which country?
a. United Kingdom
b. Norway
c. !Canada
d. United States of America
10. What round is a classic AK47 chambered in?

a. !7.62x39mm
b. 5.56x45mm
c. 7.62x51mm
d. 5.45x39mm
11. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in
disasters?
a. Enterprise and Atlantis
b. None of the Above
c. !Challenger and Columbia
d. Discovery and Endeavour
1. Named after a character he played in a 1969 film, what is the name of the ski
resort in Utah that Robert Redford bought in 1968?
a. Turner
b. Woodward
c. Booker
d. !Sundance
2. Which actress039;s real name was Frances Ethel Gumm?

a. !Judy Garland
b. Marilyn Monroe
c. Doris Day
d. Julie Andrews
3. What is Doug Walker039;s YouTube name?

a. AngryJoeShow
b. The Cinema Snob
c. !The Nostalgia Critic
d. The Angry Video Game Nerd
4. Before voicing Pearl in Steven Universe, Deedee Magno Hall was part of which
American band?
a. !The Party
b. The Cheetah Girls
c. The Pussycat Dolls
d. The Weather Girls
5. Which celebrity announced his presidency in 2015?

a. !Kanye West
b. Leonardo DiCaprio
c. Miley Cyrus
d. Donald Trump
6. Which famous New York Yankees outfielder did Marilyn Monroe marry?
a. Babe Ruth
b. !Joe DiMaggio
c. Tino Martinez
d. Mason Williams
7. Which radio personality calls himself quot;The King of All Mediaquot;?

a. Ryan Seacrest
b. Pete Tong
c. !Howard Stern
d. Rush Limbaugh
8. Who was Donald Trump039;s first wife?

a. Nancy Davis
b. Marla Maples
c. Melania Knauss
d. !Ivana Zelniacute;kovaacute;
9. Which TV chef wrote an autobiography titled quot;Humble Piequot;?

a. !Gordon Ramsay
b. Antony Worrall Thompson
c. Ainsley Harriott
d. Jamie Oliver
10. In 2014, this new top 100 rapper who featured in quot;Computersquot; and
quot;Body Dancequot; was arrested in a NYPD sting for murder.
a. DJ Snake
b. Swae Lee
c. !Bobby Shmurda
d. Young Thug
11. How old was Muhammad Ali when he died?

a. !74
b. 61
c. He039;s still alive
d. 56
12. Which television show has Dan Gheesling been on?

a. Jeopardy
b. !Big Brother
c. The Bachelor
d. Survivor

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1. The largest consumer market in 2015 was...

a. !The United States of America

2. How many people are in the U.S. House of Representatives?

4. Who was elected leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015?

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

7. Which former US president used quot;Let039;s Make America Great Againquot; as

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

5. When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?

6. When was the iPhone released?

7. Who built the first laser?

8. Which company developed the Hololens?

9. Mobile hardware and software company quot;Blackberry Limitedquot; was founded in

10. What round is a classic AK47 chambered in?

2. Which actress039;s real name was Frances Ethel Gumm?

3. What is Doug Walker039;s YouTube name?

5. Which celebrity announced his presidency in 2015?

7. Which radio personality calls himself quot;The King of All Mediaquot;?

8. Who was Donald Trump039;s first wife?

9. Which TV chef wrote an autobiography titled quot;Humble Piequot;?

11. How old was Muhammad Ali when he died?

12. Which television show has Dan Gheesling been on?

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