PHIL131 Philosophy of Science Paper Spring 2019 9

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1. The communication protocol NFC stands for NearField Control.

a. !False
b. True

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


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

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. Innovation
c. !Courage
d. Bravery

5. Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency?


a. !80 Hz
b. 90 Hz
c. 100 Hz
d. 70 Hz

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


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

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

8. When was the DVD invented?


a. 2000
b. !1995
c. 1980
d. 1990

9. When was the iPhone released?


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

10. Who built the first laser?


a. Nikola Tesla
b. Edith Clarke
c. Jack Kilby
d. !Theodore Harold Maiman

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

12. What is the most significant side venture the popular firearms company,
Remington, has pursued?
a. Ceiling Fans
b. !Typewriters
c. Blenders
d. Door Knobs

1. In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?


a. Macbeth
b. !Hamlet
c. Othello
d. King Lear

2. In Les Miseacute;rables, who is Prison Code 24601?


a. !Jean Valjean
b. Marius Pontmercy
c. Javert
d. Jean Claude Van Damme

3. 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 billion to one
c. A hundred to one
d. A trillion to one

4. What play is the quote quot;Hell is other peoplequot; from?


a. The Devil and the Good Lord
b. !No Exit
c. The Flies
d. The Condemned of Altona

5. How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?


a. 54
b. !37
c. 25
d. 18

6. In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches039; cauldron?
a. Humans
b. !Newts
c. Squids
d. Sharks

7. quot;Doctor Whoquot; star David Tennant performed in a rendition of which


Shakespearean play?
a. Othello
b. The Taming of the Shrew
c. !Hamlet
d. The Tempest

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

1. Butters Stotch, Pip Pirrup, and Wendy Testaburger are all characters in which
long running animated TV series?
a. The Simpsons
b. Family Guy
c. !South Park
d. Bob039;s Burgers

2. What was the first Disney movie to use CGI?


a. !The Black Cauldron
b. Toy Story
c. Tron
d. Fantasia

3. In the Pixar film, quot;Toy Storyquot; what was the name of the child who owned
the toys?
a. Edward
b. Matt
c. !Andy
d. Danny

4. In the webcomic Homestuck, what is the name of the game the 4 kids play?
a. Homesick
b. Husslie
c. !Sburb
d. Hiveswap
5. Who created the Cartoon Network series quot;Adventure Timequot;?
a. Ben Bocquelet
b. !Pendleton Ward
c. J. G. Quintel
d. Rebecca Sugar

6. Which of the following is not a Flintstones character?


a. The Great Gazoo
b. Barney Rubble
c. !Lord Rockingham IX
d. Rockhead Slate

7. Nickelodeon rejected the pilot to Adventure Time.


a. !True
b. False

8. In quot;The Simpsonsquot;, where did Homer and Marge first meet?


a. At High School
b. At 742 Evergreen Terrace
c. !At Summer Camp
d. At Church

9. In the quot;Star Warsquot; universe, what species is Grand Admiral Thrawn?


a. Gungans
b. Twi039;lek
c. Pantorans
d. !Chiss

10. In the 1969 Cartoon show quot;Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying
Machinesquot;, which were NOT one of the lyrics in the opening theme?
a. Tab him
b. !Stab him
c. Nab him
d. Jab him

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