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