Any Topic Quiz No. 6

by Pablo C. Villaseñor


1. Who was the American patriot who said, “I know of no way of judging the future but by the past?”
2. In zoology, what is lacking in an abranchial animal?
3. What American satellite, launched in July 1962, relayed the first live television transmissions between the US and Europe?
4. What are the three elements in an alloy called German silver?
5. What is the economic theory claiming that an increase in the amount of money in circulation causes a proportionate increase in prices?
6. Who was the rapper and actor who has a single called Signs, which featured Justin Timberlake?
7. Who was the beauty products pioneer who was born Josephine Esther Mentzer?
8. Gadolinite is a silicate of what metallic element?
9. What Czech word was used to describe the mechanical workers in Karel Capek’s play R.U.R.?
10. In what German cathedral city was Charlemagne born and buried?
11. What vocal group consisted originally by Tony Butala, Jim Pike and Bob Engemann?
12. In mythology, who was the Greek warrior who killed Hector at Troy but was slain when Paris wounded him in his vulnerable heel?
13. Who landed in Smallville and was discovered by Martha and Jonathan Kent, who raised him and kept his origin a secret?
14. Do pigs have sweat glands?
15. Who was the American basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association’s Milwaukee Bucks from 1969 to 1975 and for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1975 to 1989, and named professional basketball’s most valuable player six times over the period between 1971 and 1980?
16. Galena is a sulphide of what metallic element?
17. Who was the English queen for whom King Henry VIII broke with the pope and founded the Church of England?
18. What is the art of cutting designs or engraving on a gem?
19. In ecology, what do you call the idea that there is an inherent equilibrium in most ecosystems, with plants and animals interacting so as to produce a stable, continuing system of life on earth?
20. What epithet was given to the 10th century Norwegian navigator named Eric?


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