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    1.

    America039;s Strategic Defense System during the Cold War was nicknamed after
    this famous movie.
    a. Jaws
    b. !Star Wars
    c. Alien
    d. Blade Runner

    2. Joseph Stalin039;s real name was Ioseb Bessarionis dze Dzugashvili.


    a. !True
    b. False

    3. Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA039;s Apollo program?
    a. !Apollo 17
    b. Apollo 13
    c. Apollo 15
    d. Apollo 11

    4. Adolf Hitler was a german soldier in World War I.


    a. False
    b. !True

    5. The Battle of Trafalgar took place on October 23rd, 1805


    a. !False
    b. True

    6. When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II?
    a. June 22, 1941
    b. !December 8, 1941
    c. June 6, 1944
    d. September 1, 1939

    7. These two countries held a commonwealth from the 16th to 18th century.
    a. Bangladesh and Bhutan
    b. North Korea and South Korea
    c. Hutu and Rwanda
    d. !Poland and Lithuania

    8. Which country was an allied power in World War II?


    a. Italy
    b. !Soviet Union
    c. Japan
    d. Germany

    9. What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
    a. !Hong Kong
    b. India
    c. Ireland
    d. Australia

    10. Who led the Communist Revolution of Russia?


    a. Vladimir Putin
    b. Mikhail Gorbachev
    c. Joseph Stalin
    d. !Vladimir Lenin

    11. Which Nazi General was known as the quot;Desert Foxquot;?


    a. !Erwin Rommel
    b. Gerd von Rundstadt
    c. Wilhelm Keitel
    d. Heinz Guderian

    1. Hera is god of...


    a. !Marriage
    b. Sea
    c. War
    d. Agriculture

    2. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.


    a. !True
    b. False

    3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
    ash tree Yggdrasil?
    a. !Nidhogg
    b. Odin
    c. Bragi
    d. Ymir

    4. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.


    a. Loki
    b. Tyr
    c. !Jens
    d. Snotra

    5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


    a. !Norse
    b. Greek
    c. Egyptian
    d. Hindu

    6. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.


    a. !False
    b. True

    7. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?


    a. Athena
    b. Hestia
    c. Aphrodite
    d. !Hera
    8. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
    a. True
    b. !False

    9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?


    a. !Ask
    b. Asmund
    c. Asger
    d. Ake

    10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?


    a. Thor
    b. Odin
    c. Balder
    d. !Loki

    11. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
    in Greek Mythology?
    a. Pig
    b. !Bull
    c. Ox
    d. Horse

    1. How many zeros are there in a googol?


    a. 1,000,000
    b. !100
    c. 10
    d. 1,000

    2. The Pythagorean theorem states that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the
    product of the squares of the other two sides.
    a. !False
    b. True

    3. What039;s the square root of 49?


    a. !7
    b. 12
    c. 9
    d. 4

    4. The proof for the Chinese Remainder Theorem used in Number Theory was NOT
    developed by its first publisher, Sun Tzu.
    a. !True
    b. False

    5. The decimal number 31 in hexadecimal would be what?


    a. 3D
    b. 1B
    c. !1F
    d. 2E

    6. What is the plane curve proposed by Descartes to challenge Fermat039;s


    extremumfinding techniques called?
    a. Cartesian Coordinates
    b. Elliptic Paraboloid of Descartes
    c. !Folium of Descartes
    d. Descarte039;s Helicoid

    7. The set of all algebraic numbers is countable.


    a. False
    b. !True

    8. The sum of any two odd integers is odd.


    a. !False
    b. True

    9. Which of these numbers is closest to the total number of possible states for an
    army standard Enigma Machine?
    a. 1.58 x 1022
    b. 1.58 x 1024
    c. !1.58 x 1020
    d. 1.58 x 1018

    10. How many books are in Euclid039;s Elements of Geometry?


    a. 17
    b. !13
    c. 8
    d. 10

    11. What is the fourth digit of pi;?


    a. 2
    b. 3
    c. 4
    d. !1

    12. What type of function is xsup2;+2x+1?


    a. Linear
    b. Exponential
    c. Rational
    d. !Quadratic

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