UNIV143 Interdisciplinary Seminar Fall 2019 3

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1. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.

a. True
b. !False

2. Which company designed the quot;Betamaxquot; video cassette format?


a. LG
b. !Sony
c. Panasonic
d. Fujitsu

3. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. !False
b. True

4. Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone
jack?
a. Revolution
b. Bravery
c. !Courage
d. Innovation

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


a. !James Watt
b. Nikola Tesla
c. Alessandro Volta
d. Albert Einstein

6. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. !2012
b. 2010
c. 2013
d. 2011

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


a. 1962
b. 1972
c. 1992
d. !1982

8. When was the iPhone released?


a. 2005
b. !2007
c. 2006
d. 2004

9. Which company developed the Hololens?


a. Oculus
b. Tobii
c. !Microsoft
d. HTC

10. Which round does a WW2 M1 Garand fire?


a. !.3006
b. .308
c. 7.62
d. 7.62x51mm

11. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in
disasters?
a. Enterprise and Atlantis
b. Discovery and Endeavour
c. None of the Above
d. !Challenger and Columbia

1. What is the capital of Indonesia?


a. Bandung
b. Palembang
c. !Jakarta
d. Medan

2. Which of the following countries banned the use of personal genetic ancestry
tests?
a. !Germany
b. Austria
c. Sweden
d. Canada

3. Which of the following former Yugoslavian states is landlocked?


a. Bosnia and Herzegovina
b. Montenegro
c. Croatia
d. !Serbia

4. How many countries does the United States share a land border with?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 1
d. !2

5. How many countries does Spain have a land border with?


a. !5
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4

6. Where is the fast food chain quot;Panda Expressquot; headquartered?


a. San Diego, California
b. Sacramento, California
c. Fresno, California
d. !Rosemead, California

7. Fucking is a village in which country?


a. Czech Republic
b. Germany
c. !Austria
d. Switzerland

8. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.


a. !True
b. False

9. Japan has lefthand side traffic.


a. False
b. !True

10. What is the name of the Canadian national anthem?


a. O Red Maple
b. LeafSpangled Banner
c. March of the Puck Drop
d. !O Canada

11. What is the secondlargest city in Lithuania?


a. Vilnius
b. !Kaunas
c. Panevys
d. Klaipda

12. In which country is Tallinn located?


a. Sweden
b. !Estonia
c. Finland
d. Poland

13. How many time zones are in Russia?


a. 8
b. !11
c. 5
d. 2

1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?


a. 1628
b. 1605
c. !1606
d. 1723

2. Which Shakespeare play inspired the musical 039;West Side Story039;?


a. Othello
b. !Romeo amp; Juliet
c. Macbeth
d. Hamlet

3. Who is the musical director for the award winning musical quot;Hamiltonquot;?
a. Renee EliseGoldberry
b. Leslie Odom Jr.
c. !Alex Lacamoire
d. LinManuel Miranda

4. What is the name of Broadway039;s first quot;longrunquot; musical?


a. The Book of Mormon
b. !The Elves
c. Wicked
d. Hamilton

5. In Shakespeare039;s play Julius Caesar, Caesar039;s last words were...


a. Vidi, vini, vici.
b. Aegri somnia vana.
c. !Et tu, Brute?
d. Iacta alea est!

6. In Jeff Wayne039;s Musical Version of War of the Worlds, the chances of anything
coming from Mars are...
a. !A million to one
b. A hundred to one
c. A billion to one
d. A trillion to one

7. After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than
in any other.
a. France
b. United States
c. Greece
d. !Italy

8. Who played quot;Charlie Pricequot; in the musical quot;Kinky Bootsquot; on


Broadway in New York from May 26th Aug 6th 2017?
a. Tom Cruise
b. Dallon Weekes
c. !Brendon Urie
d. Ed Sheeren

9. The World Chess Championship in Chess, Act 1 is set in which Italian city?
a. !Merano
b. Rome
c. Milan
d. Venice

10. Which of these plays was famously first performed posthumously after the
playwright committed suicide?
a. !4.48 Psychosis
b. The Birthday Party
c. Much Ado About Nothing
d. Hamilton

11. Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway
run of Hamilton?
a. Javier Muntilde;oz
b. LinManuel Miranda
c. !Daveed Diggs
d. Wayne Brady

12. Who wrote the play 039;Angels in America039;?


a. Anthony Neilson
b. Matthew Lopez
c. Tom Stoppard
d. !Tony Kusher

13. The protagonist039;s names in 039;Who039;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf039;, George


and Martha, were derived from George Washington and his wife.
a. False
b. !True

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