by Pablo C. Villaseñor
1. In what country can you find the Plains of Abraham where the final and decisive battle of the French and Indian wars was fought on September 13, 1759?
2. In telecommunications technology, what does the acronym CDMA stand for?
3. Who was The Flash’s mentor who died during the Crisis of Infinite Earths?
4. What Irish rock group formed in 1977 by Bono Vox, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen?
5. In the movie Bionicle, what is the glorious city threatened by mysterious dark forces?
6. What animals are kept or bred in a kennel?
7. What North American rock group acquired its name when its members worked as Bob Dylan’s backing band and made a solo debut in 1968 with Music from Big Pink?
8. Who created the memorable character of failed businessman Willy Loman in the 1949 play Death of a Salesman?
9. What insects reside in formicaries?
10. In photography, what is the number used to calculate the ratio of light passing through a lens?
11. Gelding is a castrated what animal?
12. What was the codename of the built-up phase of the Operation Desert Storm, the military action aimed to eject the Iraqi army from Kuwait in 1991?
13. In physics, what is the symbol for conductance?
14. Who played the role of Don Logan in the movie Sexy Beast?
15. What term was given to a pioneer who went to California, USA in 1849 to look for gold?
16. Who directed the movie Million Dollar Baby, the wrenching story of a female boxer starring Hilary Swank?
17. What is the first name of female tennis player Hantuchova of Slovakia?
18. What is the more familiar term for French letter?
19. In the Old Testament, who was the first Jewish high priest, the son of Amram and the father of Abihu, Eleazer, Ithamar, and Nadab?
20. What do you call a sexually imperfect and sterile cow calf, born as the twin of a bull calf?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 4
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Any Topic Quiz No. 3
by Pablo C. Villaseñor
1. In the Roman Catholic Church, what do you call the voluntary contributions to the papal treasury?
2. In what country is the Thar Desert located?
3. What is the belief that intelligence and ability may be judged from the shape of a person’s skull?
4. Which duo has dance hits titled Chocolate and Boogaloo?
5. What was opened at the Paris Exhibition in 1889, which draws about six million visitors yearly?
6. Who was the Jewish leader empowered by Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem?
7. Pewter is an alloy of tin, copper, lead and what other metallic element?
8. What members of a religious order are sometimes known as the HOUNDS OF GOD?
9. What loose international movement, which was sparked by the book of Peter Singer, was against the infliction of suffering on animals, whether for scientific, military or commercial research or in being raised for food?
10. Ganja is commonly known by what name?
11. What Martin Scorsese’s biopic tells about the eccentric American billionaire Howard Hughes?
12. What atoll in the Marshall Islands has the same name as the two-piece swimsuit said to have an explosive effect?
13. Feretory is a shrine for the relics of what?
14. Who is often called AMERICA’S OLDEST TEENAGER because of his youthful appearance and dedication to rock music?
15. Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of what South American country?
16. In military, who is the commanding officer’s personal staff officer?
17. Who was the Roman god of gates and doors represented with two opposite faces?
18. Who was the legendary character created by Washington Irving in his 1819 tale of a man who falls into a magical 20-year sleep and wakes up to find he has slumbered through the Revolutionary War?
19. What English alphabet letter represents Koppa of the earliest Greek alphabet?
20. What is the arrangement if it is described as abecedarian?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 3
1. In the Roman Catholic Church, what do you call the voluntary contributions to the papal treasury?
2. In what country is the Thar Desert located?
3. What is the belief that intelligence and ability may be judged from the shape of a person’s skull?
4. Which duo has dance hits titled Chocolate and Boogaloo?
5. What was opened at the Paris Exhibition in 1889, which draws about six million visitors yearly?
6. Who was the Jewish leader empowered by Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem?
7. Pewter is an alloy of tin, copper, lead and what other metallic element?
8. What members of a religious order are sometimes known as the HOUNDS OF GOD?
9. What loose international movement, which was sparked by the book of Peter Singer, was against the infliction of suffering on animals, whether for scientific, military or commercial research or in being raised for food?
10. Ganja is commonly known by what name?
11. What Martin Scorsese’s biopic tells about the eccentric American billionaire Howard Hughes?
12. What atoll in the Marshall Islands has the same name as the two-piece swimsuit said to have an explosive effect?
13. Feretory is a shrine for the relics of what?
14. Who is often called AMERICA’S OLDEST TEENAGER because of his youthful appearance and dedication to rock music?
15. Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of what South American country?
16. In military, who is the commanding officer’s personal staff officer?
17. Who was the Roman god of gates and doors represented with two opposite faces?
18. Who was the legendary character created by Washington Irving in his 1819 tale of a man who falls into a magical 20-year sleep and wakes up to find he has slumbered through the Revolutionary War?
19. What English alphabet letter represents Koppa of the earliest Greek alphabet?
20. What is the arrangement if it is described as abecedarian?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 3
Friday, June 12, 2009
Any Topic Quiz No. 2
by Pablo C. Villaseñor
1. What is the Lord’s Prayer in Latin?
2. Who played the role of climatologist Jack Hall in the movie THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW?
3. What word was coined by writer Bill Cardoso, which describes the frenetic participatory journalism?
4. Tennis player Roger Federer is a native of what country?
5. What is the Japanese style of fencing using bamboo staves?
6. Who played the role of Randall “Memphis” Raines in the movie GONE IN 60 SECONDS?
7. Pedagogy is the art or science of what?
8. What is the short poem composed of three versified rhyming lines, each consists only of seven syllables but expresses a complete thought?
9. What acid is lacking with pellagra, the disease affecting the skin and nervous system?
10. What 1975 film marked John Travolta’s film debut?
11. What do you call a female swan?
12. What nickname was given to the plutonium A-bomb that the US dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?
13. What was the ruling dynasty of Islam from 749 to 1258 A.D.?
14. In The Little Mermaid story, who was the father of Ariel and king of the undersea world?
15. Which British baron and poet wrote the following: “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?”
16. The Manila hemp is commonly known by what name?
17. Who was the Zambian prime minister who was also called THE BLACK LION?
18. What is the trademark of the cultivated Jamaican citrus fruit, a three-way cross between a grapefruit, a tangerine, and an orange?
19. Who is Kal-El, Krypton’s last son?
20. What do you call a subsoil that is permanently frozen?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 2
1. What is the Lord’s Prayer in Latin?
2. Who played the role of climatologist Jack Hall in the movie THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW?
3. What word was coined by writer Bill Cardoso, which describes the frenetic participatory journalism?
4. Tennis player Roger Federer is a native of what country?
5. What is the Japanese style of fencing using bamboo staves?
6. Who played the role of Randall “Memphis” Raines in the movie GONE IN 60 SECONDS?
7. Pedagogy is the art or science of what?
8. What is the short poem composed of three versified rhyming lines, each consists only of seven syllables but expresses a complete thought?
9. What acid is lacking with pellagra, the disease affecting the skin and nervous system?
10. What 1975 film marked John Travolta’s film debut?
11. What do you call a female swan?
12. What nickname was given to the plutonium A-bomb that the US dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945?
13. What was the ruling dynasty of Islam from 749 to 1258 A.D.?
14. In The Little Mermaid story, who was the father of Ariel and king of the undersea world?
15. Which British baron and poet wrote the following: “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?”
16. The Manila hemp is commonly known by what name?
17. Who was the Zambian prime minister who was also called THE BLACK LION?
18. What is the trademark of the cultivated Jamaican citrus fruit, a three-way cross between a grapefruit, a tangerine, and an orange?
19. Who is Kal-El, Krypton’s last son?
20. What do you call a subsoil that is permanently frozen?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 2
Friday, December 5, 2008
Any Topic Quiz No. 1
by Pablo C. Villaseñor
1. What is the science of improving the human race by selective breeding?
2. What movie narrates a true story of a quadriplegic’s battle for the right to die whose 30-year struggle after a diving accident paralyzed him from neck down?
3. Which country dubbed itself The Warm Heart of Africa?
4. In the Christian Church, what is the plate used for the bread at the Eucharist?
5. What kitchen ingredient is called Savior of the Poor Man’s Table?
6. In what movie was the winning in the Winter Olympics of Jamaica’s bobsledding team immortalized?
7. What was the popular name for the unidentified mutilator and murderer of, at least, five women prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888?
8. Who was the Roman orator and statesman who once said, “The good of the people is the chief law?”
9. What do you call a young hawk?
10. Which former Serbian president was called The Butcher of the Balkans?
11. What was the title of the first cable TV program to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series?
12. What was the military treaty concluded in 1955 by the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey with the United States of America cooperating, and was replaced by the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) when Iraq withdrew in 1958?
13. Who played the role of Harold Shand in the 1980 movie The Long Good Friday?
14. Who was the Justice League member dubbed The Fastest Man Alive?
15. In mythology, who was the mortal who became sea divinity by eating magic grass?
16. The word Gallic pertains to what European country?
17. Who was the Spanish theologian and jurist who was also called The Father of International Law?
18. In mathematics, what is an integer multiplied by all lower integers?
19. What Malaysian island owns a coral reef, which was once described by Jacques Cousteau as one of the ten wonders of the underwater world?
20. Which of the 12 animal signs in the Chinese astrology is the only mythical one?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 1
1. What is the science of improving the human race by selective breeding?
2. What movie narrates a true story of a quadriplegic’s battle for the right to die whose 30-year struggle after a diving accident paralyzed him from neck down?
3. Which country dubbed itself The Warm Heart of Africa?
4. In the Christian Church, what is the plate used for the bread at the Eucharist?
5. What kitchen ingredient is called Savior of the Poor Man’s Table?
6. In what movie was the winning in the Winter Olympics of Jamaica’s bobsledding team immortalized?
7. What was the popular name for the unidentified mutilator and murderer of, at least, five women prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888?
8. Who was the Roman orator and statesman who once said, “The good of the people is the chief law?”
9. What do you call a young hawk?
10. Which former Serbian president was called The Butcher of the Balkans?
11. What was the title of the first cable TV program to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series?
12. What was the military treaty concluded in 1955 by the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey with the United States of America cooperating, and was replaced by the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) when Iraq withdrew in 1958?
13. Who played the role of Harold Shand in the 1980 movie The Long Good Friday?
14. Who was the Justice League member dubbed The Fastest Man Alive?
15. In mythology, who was the mortal who became sea divinity by eating magic grass?
16. The word Gallic pertains to what European country?
17. Who was the Spanish theologian and jurist who was also called The Father of International Law?
18. In mathematics, what is an integer multiplied by all lower integers?
19. What Malaysian island owns a coral reef, which was once described by Jacques Cousteau as one of the ten wonders of the underwater world?
20. Which of the 12 animal signs in the Chinese astrology is the only mythical one?
Answers to Any Topic Quiz No. 1
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