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Thursday, November 18th 2010. A. Clan B. Z. B. Y. C. Welcome !. W. D. V. E. General Knowledge Quiz UCB 20 10. U. F. T. G. S. H. R. I. Q. J. P. TEACHER: Juan Pablo Vanegas New Bld. K. O. N. L. M. A. Clan A. Z. B. Y. C. Welcome !. W. D. V. E. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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General Knowledge

QuizUCB 2010TEACHER:

Juan Pablo VanegasNew Bld.

Welcome!Clan B

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General Knowledge

QuizUCB 2010

Welcome!Clan A

TEACHER: Luis Carlos AdamAdm. Bld.

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QUESTION

Challenge

Are you

worldly wise?

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Who was the 16th

president of the USA?

Who was the Italian explorer

whose name inspired the

name of the new world “America”

in 1507?

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Abraham Lincoln

Americo Vespucio Amerigo Vespucci

Americus Vespucci

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What`s the nickname of

New York City?According to UNESCO, what is the largest World Heritage Area?The Great __________ Reef (Australia)

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Big Apple

barrier

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_____ `s fairy godmother gives her a

beautiful dress and turns a

pumpkin into a carriage.

Who was the first European known to have encountered

the cacao plant, from

which chocolate is

made?

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Cinderella Christopher

Columbus

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It is now believed that ________

became extinct

because of a meteorite impact.

Who was the Italian scientist,

inventor and artist that was considered a

genius?

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dinosaurs

Davinci

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The Eiffel Tower was built by

Alexander ____.

The platypus and the

echidna are the only

mammals that lay ___.

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Eiffeleggs

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Paris is the capital city

of what country?

What is the name

of the second book in the

“Lord of The Rings” Trilogy?

The ______ of the Ring.

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FranceFellowship

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The Olympic ___are held

every four years.

What was the pseudonym of

the famous British writer Eric Arthur

Blair, known for his

masterpiece “Animal Farm”?

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games

George Orwell 

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What is the fictitious nameof Milles Cyrus?

An android is a mobile

robot usually with a

_______ form.

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Hannah Montana

human

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_____ members of the Quechuan

peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the

Spanish conquest.

IQ__________ : a number used to express the apparent relative _________ of a person.

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Incas intelligence

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Famous singer

of The Beatles.

What type of music did

Louis Armstrong

play?

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John LennonJazz

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What is the last name of the

former U.S president John Fitzgerald ?

One of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism …

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kennedy

kidneys

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What is the capital city of England?

“Misch metal” a substance that ignites when scratched, is widely used in the manufacture of what commonplace object? Cigarette __________

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Londonlighter

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It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of a _______ impact.

Who wrote and delivered the famous speech "I have a dream"?

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Martin LutherKing,Jr.

meteorite

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After being defeated at Waterloo, ______was taken as a prisoner to St. Helena, an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

Who is the current president of France?

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NicolasSarkozy

Napoleon

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The American short story writer William Sydney Porter, author of “The Gift of the Magi” is better known as ______ .

What is the name of the Italian composer that wrote the lyrics of the Colombian National Anthem?

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OresteSindici

O.Henry

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ZIn 1932, the American Carlton Cole Magee invented what would be the most useful device to control the traffic of the city. What was it? The __________ meter.

Mother Teresa is recognized for her hard work with the ____.

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poorparking

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Synonym for friend, and also

name of a product that has to do with

oat meals.

The metal mercury which is liquid at room temperature and quite poisonous is also called __________.

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quicksilver

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The author of Harry Potter

books. JK _____

The great medieval mathematician known as Fibonacci, produced a series of important works in the early 13th century. One of the most relevant innovations related to numbers was the use of Arabic system notation instead of _________ .

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RowlingRoman

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Z What is oneof the most

important cities in Australia?

It is one the three countries that had the highest per capita consumption of chocolate in 2005, including Ireland, and Great Britain.

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Sydney

Switzerland

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Z Einstein is known

for his ____ of the relativity.

To get married can also be said with the expression “____ the knot”.

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theory

Tie

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Which is the English country with the highest

rate of immigration?

What does the “U” stand for in the acronym “UN”?

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United States

United

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What is the smallest

country in the world?

The 18th-century French intellectual François-Marie Arouet is better known by another name. He was ____________ , the philosopher.

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Vatican City

Voltaire

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What represents

the chemical formula H2O?

The first coin-operated vending machine dates from at least the first century BC. What product did the machine dispense?Holy ______.

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water

water

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It is a twelve-month period of time.

What is the America's first national park that is located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and it is home of a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, and bison?

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year

YellowstonePark

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Don Diego de la Vega

was better known as ____ .

By 1934, The Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha company was founded in Japan. Today, under the initials YKK Co., the company is one of the main world wide industries. What´s the product they manufacture?

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Zorro

zippers

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