Visual Prolog

A strongly typed object-oriented extension of the logic programming language Prolog:

Visual Prolog (formerly known as PDC Prolog and Turbo Prolog)

DTD

A kind of XML schema that is a set of markup declarations that define a document type for SGML-family markup languages; e.g. HTML, XML, SGML:

DTD (Document Type Definition)

The Prado

A museum and art gallery, founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture, located in Madrid, features one of the world's finest collections of European art from the 12th century to the early 19th century based on the former Spanish Royal Collection (it also contains important collections of more than 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and almost 2,000 decorative objects and works of art):

The Prado (Museo del Prado)

Gothic Architecture

A style of architecture, flourished during the high and late medieval period, evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture:

Gothic Architecture

Palazzo Vecchio

The fortress-palace that is the town hall of Florence:

Palazzo Vecchio

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The largest financial endowment of any non-profit organization which primary aims are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF or the Gates Foundation)

Harvard University

The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States:

Harvard University
Harvard University is established in 1636.

Answer for Word Find Puzzle No. 2

1. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by {MICHAELCURTIZ}
2. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe {ANDORRALAVELLA}
3. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce {ADVANTAGE}
4. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by {FYODORDOSTOYEVSKY}
5. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of {DALLAS}
6. The inventors of the hot air balloon {MONTGOLFIERBROTHERS}
7. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II {NUREMBERGTRIALS}
8. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit {SPEEDWAY}
9. The inventor of paper {ANCIENTCHINESE}
10. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by {BOBDYLAN}
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by {VICTORHUGO}
12. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of {ARGENTINA}
13. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of {DALLAS}
14. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization {YALTACONFERENCE}
15. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by {THOMASHARRIS}
16. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of {PISA}
17. The country with the largest national economy in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
18. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by {DARFURCONFLICT}
19. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by {LEOTOLSTOY}
20. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by {ORSONWELLES}
21. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by {BJARNESTROUSTRUP}
22. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan {BAKU}
23. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths {MOSQUITO}
24. The national currency used in China {YUAN}
25. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by {JACKSONPOLLOCK}
26. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by {STEVENSPIELBERG}
27. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence {THOMASJEFFERSON}
28. The capital of Bangladesh {DHAKA}
29. The third most populated country in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
30. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in {QURAN}
31. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him {MOSES}
32. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria {RUBLE}
33. The most popular mainframe operating system {ZOS}
34. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States {GREATBASINDESERT}
35. The biggest coffee producers in the world {BRAZIL}
36. The country known as "country of copper {ZAMBIA}
37. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago {LEEWARDANTILLES}
38. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) {CHERNOBYLDISASTER}
39. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century {AMERICANBISON}
40. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world) {CHATTAHOOCHEE}

Word Find Puzzle No. 2

1. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by
2. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe
3. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce
4. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by
5. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of
6. The inventors of the hot air balloon
7. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II
8. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit
9. The inventor of paper
10. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by
12. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of
13. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of
14. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization
15. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by
16. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of
17. The country with the largest national economy in the world
18. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by
19. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by
20. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by
21. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by
22. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan
23. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths
24. The national currency used in China
25. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by
26. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by
27. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
28. The capital of Bangladesh
29. The third most populated country in the world
30. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in
31. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him
32. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria
33. The most popular mainframe operating system
34. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
35. The biggest coffee producers in the world
36. The country known as "country of copper
37. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago
38. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
39. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century
40. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world)

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer and pianist, who is a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Organic LED

A light-emitting diode (LED) whose emissive electroluminescent layer is composed of a film of organic compounds and can be used in computer monitors:

Organic LED (organic light emitting diode (OLED), or organic electro luminescent device (OELD))

Gangrene

A complication of necrosis (cell death) characterized by the decay of body tissues, caused by infection or ischemia or by blocked blood vessel, which is usually the result of critically insufficient blood supply and is often associated with diabetes and long-term smoking:

Gangrene

Troy Ounce

A unit of mass that is equal to 31.1034768 grams:

Troy Ounce

Note 1: The troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily applied for gemstones, precious metals, and black powder.

Note 2: The troy pound (also known as 'troy') is equal to 373.24 grams.

Battle of Trafalgar

The sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy in 1805:

Battle of Trafalgar

Erotica

Works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions:

Erotica

Anonymous Function

A function (or a subroutine) defined and called without being bound to an identifier:

Anonymous Function
Anonymous functions originate in the work of Alonzo Church [Wikipedia] in his invention of the lambda calculus in 1936 (prior to electronic computers), in which all functions are anonymous.

InfoSphere---

A branded product line from IBM under its Information Management Software brand, announced in February 2008, which includes software products from its WebSphere and Information Server product lines; it is for centralizing and managing multiple data domains across a wide set of business requirements where trusted data is required:

InfoSphere

Go

A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google:

Go
The initial design of Go (programming language) was started in September 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, building on previous work related to the Inferno operating system.

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women (or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) is a novel by American author:

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)

Heidi Klum

A German and American model, actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and occasional singer who is married to English singer Seal:

Heidi Klum (Heidi Samuel) (1973 - )

Pythagorean Theorem

A theorem in mathematics that is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle (right-angled triangle):

Pythagorean Theorem
The Pythagorean theorem can be written as an equation:

Sodium Bicarbonate

A white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder; it has a slightly salty, alkaline taste resembling that of washing soda:

Sodium Bicarbonate (or Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate)
Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3.

Lionel Messi

An Argentine soccer player, considered as one the best players of all time, whom legend Diego Maradona declared as his successor:

Lionel Messi

Lithology

A subdivision of petrology focusing on macroscopic hand-sample or outcrop-scale description of rocks:

Lithology

Jules Verne

A French author who is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days and The Mysterious Island:

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905)

Pablo Picasso

A Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work:

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)

Draughtsman

An artist who practices or works in drawing may be referred to as a:

Draughtsman (or Draftsman)

Saudi Arabia

Wahhabi or Wahhabism is a name given to people who strictly follow Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, an 18th-century scholar from what is today:

Saudi Arabia

Global Jihad

Al-Qaeda operates as a network comprising a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for:

Global Jihad

Note 1: The founding leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda is Osama bin Laden.
Note 2: What Al-Qaeda's men call as Global Jihad is a self-invented immethodical, and eccentric concept (defined neither in Islam nor any other religion).
Note 3: Osama bin Laden and his men believe in Wahhabism an infamous religious branch to all Shia people, and even most of the Sunni branches.

Rodeo

A sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later US, Canada, Australia and South America:

Rodeo
Note: Rodeo is Spanish, from the word rodear meaning to surround.

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This is an ideal book for everyone interested in learning Spanish as a second language and also for students learning the Spanish language as their study course.
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A#---

A port of the Ada programming language to the Microsoft .NET platform:

A# (A Sharp)
A#.NET is distributed by the Department of Computer Science at the United States Air Force Academy for the Ada community under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Strictly Inclusive

In processors, where all data in the L1 cache must also be somewhere in the L2 cache; these caches are called:

Strictly Inclusive

Cuboctahedron

In geometry, a polyhedron with eight triangular faces and six square faces is called:

Cuboctahedron

Final War of the Roman Republic

The last war of the Roman civil wars of the republic, fought between Cleopatra (assisted by Mark Antony) and Octavian:

Final War of the Roman Republic (also known as Antony's civil war or the war between Antony and Octavian)

Phidias

A Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC, commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece, and his Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:

Phidias (or Pheidias)

Parthenon

A temple of the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their protector:

Parthenon

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, won five Academy Awards, an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Book):

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(Movie):

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

News Leak

A disclosure of embargoed information in advance of its official release, or the unsanctioned release of confidential information:

News Leak

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Daily News Everyone Must Read

Battle of Waterloo

The battle fought in 1815 where an Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, one an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington and the other a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher:

Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Waterloo's claim to fame is the Battle of Waterloo.

Hit Single

A recorded track or a single, in music, that has become very popular:

Hit Single
Note: In music, a single is a type of release, typically a short recording of one or more separate tracks.

Review

Review Items No. 201-220

201. The world's largest furniture retailer is:

IKEA

202. The cracker-like flat bread made of white plain flour and water is called:

Matzo (also Matzah, Matzoh or Matsah)

203. The American punk rock band from Albany, California and formed in 1991 is:

Rancid

204. The main founder of Facebook is:

Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
Zuckerberg serves as Facebook's CEO.

205. The highest region on earth is:

Tibet
With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), Tibet is the highest region on earth. It is referred to as the roof of the world.

206. The first Chinese leader who grew up in the aftermath of the revolution that established communism in 1949 is:

Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao is the President of the People's Republic of China since 2003.
He is also the Paramount Leader of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

207. The core of the Sun has a temperature of:

14,000,000 °C
The core of the Sun has a temperature of close to 13,600,000 Kelvin ([Kelvin] = [°C] + 273.15); roughly 14,000,000 °C or 14,000,000 Kelvin.

208. The Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century in Freestyle is:

Alexander Medved
Alexander Medved is also considered by some to be the best freestyle wrestler of all time.

209. The densest natural element is:

Osmium
The density of osmium is 22.61 g/cm3, slightly greater than that of iridium, the second densest element.

210. The Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. is:

iPhone

211. The son of Zeus and Leto is:

Apollo
In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo is one of the most important the Olympian deities.

212. The land of white elephant is:

Thailand

213. A set of aims and ideas that directs one's goals and actions and forms the basis of a political, economic or other systemis is called:

Ideology

214. Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature:

Herta Müller

215. The river that was known as the River of Sorrows is:

Damodar River

216. The branch of health care devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower leg is:

Podiatry

217. The smallest extant bird species is:

Bee Hummingbird

218. The Land of the Morning Calm is:

Korea

219. The only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years is:

Vesuvius (east of Naples, Italy)

220. The sport term pertaining to winning of all the matches, championships, etc. in a group of sport matches is:

Grand Slam
The best known Grand Slams are those in Tennis (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open), Golf (US Open, British Open, Masters and PGA) and Rugby (Six Nations Championship).

Review Items No. 181-200

181. An acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds is called:

Mineral Acid
Commonly used mineral acids are nitric acid, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric.

182. The most popular mainframe operating system is:

z/OS

183. MVS stands for:

Multiple Virtual Storage

Multiple Virtual Storage, commonly called MVS, developed by IBM, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers. First released in 1974, MVS had been renamed multiple times, first to MVS/XA, next to MVS/ESA, then to OS/390 and finally to z/OS .

184. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States is:

Great Basin Desert

185. The biggest coffee producers in the world is:

Brazil

186. The new crew launch vehicle being developed by NASA is:

Ares I
In October 28, 2009, Ares I-X was successfully launched. Ares I-X was the first test flight in the Ares I program.

187. The country known as "country of copper" is:

Zambia

188. The coldest place on Earth is:

Antarctica

189. COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages, was initially created by:

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992)

190. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago is called:

Leeward Antilles

191. Vienna (local name Österreich) is the capital and also one of the nine states of:

Austria

Flag of Austria

192. The only animals other than humans that have been shown to transmit identity information independent of the caller’s voice or location are:

Dolphins

193. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) was:

Chernobyl Disaster

194. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century is:

American Bison

195. Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate is called:

Baby Boom

196. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world) is:

Chattahoochee River

197. The first country to pursue Karl Marx's dream of a workers' state was:

Russia

198. Samuel Morse inaugurated his first telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore in:

1844

199. The 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young is:

Blade Runner
Blade Runner was voted the sixth best science fiction film ever made as part of the AFI's 10 Top 10.

200. A form of jet engine that cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill is:

RamjetA ramjet, also called a stovepipe jet, is a form of jet engine using the engine's forward motion to compress incoming air, without a rotary compressor.

Review Items No. 161-180

161. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by:

Leo Tolstoy

162. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by:

Orson Welles

163. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by:

Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup

164. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan (formally the Republic of Azerbaijan) is:

Baku

165. In 1973, the Cell Phone was invented by:

Martin Cooper

166. The longest river in Asia is:

Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and Asia and the third-longest in the world, after the Nile and the Amazon.

167. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria is:

Ruble (or Rouble)

168. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths is:

Mosquito

169. The national currency used in China is:

Yuan

170. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by:

Anthony Powell

171. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by:

Jackson Pollock

172. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by:

Steven Spielberg

173. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence is:

Thomas Jefferson
Reminder:
The First US President: George Washington
The Second US President: John Adams


174. One of the top ever French soccer players, manager and the current president of UEFA is:

Michel Platini

175. The highest mountain peak in the US and also in North America is:

Mount McKinley (or Denali)

176. The capital of Bangladesh is:

Dhaka
Dhaka was formerly known as Dacca and Jahangir Nagar, under Mughal rule.

177. The third most populated country in the world is:

United States
Remember:
The first and the second most populated countries in the world are China and India, respectively.

178. From the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, the Olympic Games were held in:

Olympia (in Greece)

179. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in:

Quran


180. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him was:

Moses

Review Items 141-160

141. In zoology, the biological order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and man is:

Primate

142. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit is called:

Speedway

143. The inventor of paper were:

Ancient Chinese

144. The second President of the United States was:

John Adams
John Adams (1735–1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

John Adams

145. U.S. President George H. W. Bush said, "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports." In this quote Magic is:

Earvin Johnson (Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.)
Earvin Johnson (1959-) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

146. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by:

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet and latter-day disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades.

147. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by:

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet.

148. The actress who began acting in commercials at 3 years old and her performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress in 1991 is:

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster is the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of 30.

149. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of:

Argentina

150. The monument on the border between Argentina and Chile as a celebration of the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries is:

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

151. The capital of the US state of California is:

Sacramento

152. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of:

Dallas


153. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization was:

Yalta Conference


154. A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides is called:

Polygon


155. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by author:

Thomas Harris

156. Canberra is the capital city of:

Australia

157. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of:

Pisa (Italy)



158. The largest state of the US is:

Alaska


159. The country with the largest national economy in the world is:

The United States of America


160. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by:

The Darfur Conflict

Review Items 121-140

121. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce is:

Advantage

122. The Australian chicken breed, a large, soft-feathered and good egg-layer bird, is:

Australorp

123. The capital and the most populous city of the US state of Arkansas is:

Little Rock

124. The southernmost point of Asia is:

Pamana Island (Indonesia)

125. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

126. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of:

Dallas (Texas)

127. The Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms was:

John Napier

128. The capital and largest city of Angola is:

Luanda

129. The Japanese call their country as:

Nippon

130. The city known as the City of Canals is:

Venice

131. The inventors of the hot air balloon are:

Montgolfier Brothers

132. The world’s largest dry desert is:

Sahara

133. Bride of Frankenstein, a 1935 horror film, was directed by:

James Whale

134. The animal that makes the loudest sound in the world is:

Blue Whale

135. The capital and largest city of the US state of Arizona is:

Phoenix

136. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by:

L. Frank Baum

137. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II was:

The Nuremberg Trials

138. The capital and largest city of Armenia is:

Yerevan
Yerevan is sometimes written as Erevan, Erewan, Ayrivan and Erivan.

139. The Hindu god of love, desire and lust is:

Kama

140. The capital of Alaska is:

Juneau

Review Items 101-120

101. The first President of the United States of America was:

George Washington

102. The study of horses is called:

Hippology

103. The animated cartoon character who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio is:

Woody Woodpecker

104. In 2003, The Da Vinci Code, a mystery-detective fiction novel, was written by:

Dan Brown

105. The capital of Alabama is:

Montgomery

106. The pastime which involves throwing a stone across a body of water in such a way that it bounces off the surface of the water is called:

Stone Skipping
Stone Skipping is also called Stone Skimming, Stone Skiting and Ducks and Drakes in the UK and Stone Skiffing in Ireland.

107. The first woman who hold a seat in the British parliament was:

Lady Nancy Astor

108. The capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania is:
Tirana

109. The capital and largest city of Algeria is:

Algiers

110. The jet engine was invented by:

Frank Whittle

111. The comedy of The Taming of the Shrew was written by:

William Shakespeare

112. The measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit is:

Ammeter
Electric currents are measured in amperes (A).

113. The sea that lies between Africa and Asia is:

The Red Sea

114. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by:

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) was a Hungarian-American filmmaker. He directed more than 150 movies such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca and White Christmas.

115. The mixed breed dog, a hybrid cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle is:

Goldendoodle

116. The first Zoroastrian Persian Emperor who respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered was:

Cyrus the Great

117. The first American to orbit the Earth is:

John Glenn

118. The author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion is:

J. R. R. Tolkien

119. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe, is:

Andorra la Vella

120. The largest lake in Alaska is:

Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna

Review Items 81-100

81. The largest eyes of any land mammal belong to:

Horse
Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal and as their eyes are positioned on the sides of their heads, they have a range of vision of more than 350°.

82. In Earth’s history, the period by its end, most dinosaurs become extinct was:

Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 million years ago. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events.

83. A series of water waves that is caused when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced is named:

Tsunami

84. The component added to some jet engines, primarily those on military supersonic aircraft, to provide a temporary increase in thrust, both for supersonic flight and for takeoff is:

Afterburner

85. The most common mammal in the world is:

Rat

86. The Spanish archipelago which forms one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities and an Outermost Region of the European Union is:

The Canary Islands

87. Any of several carnivorous mammals of the weasel family is called:

Polecat

88. The most popular spice in the world is:

Pepper

89. The name for a baby after eight weeks is:

Fetus

90. The hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tigre is:

Liger

Liger

91. The song with music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin, originally written in 1973, in honor of Marilyn Monroe, is:

Candle in the Wind

92. The inferior maxillary bone which forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place is:

Mandible

93. The collection of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada – United States border is named:

The Great Lakes

94. The generic German term for an air force, also the name of the German Airforce in World War II, is:

Luftwaffe

95. The longest novel ever written is:

Artamène, or Cyrus the Great
Artamène, or Cyrus the Great is a novel in ten volumes by siblings Madeleine and Georges de Scudéry. At over 2,100,000 words, it is considered the longest novel ever written, with the possible exception of Henry Darger's unpublished The Story of the Vivian Girls.

96. Charles Darwin's book, published 24 November 1859, a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, is:

On the Origin of Species

97. The abbreviation E.G. stands for:

Exempli Gratia or For Example

98. Robinson Crusoe is a novel by:

Daniel Defoe

99. The capital of Afghanistan is:

Kabul

100. Africa's largest country is:

Sudan

Review Items No. 61-80

61. The device in which a moving fluid drives a wheel or motor is:

Turbine

62. The strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand is:

Cook Strait
Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.

63. Theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale is:

Absolute Zero

64. A kind of small, flat-baked bread product that is named from Latin via Middle French meaning "cooked twice" is:

Biscuit

65. The language that has more native speakers than any other language is:

Mandarin

66. The smallpox vaccine was discovered by:

Edward Jenner

67. The romantic drama and the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell is:

Gone with the Wind

68. The largest planet within the Solar System is:

Jupiter

69. The Godfather films were directed by:

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

70. The largest continent in area is:

Asia

71. The name of Roman god meaning "Shining Father", in Latin is:

Jupiter

72. The seven-a-side ball game that is played in a swimming pool is:

Water polo

73. The most populous city of the world is:

Tokyo

74. The animal that is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia and its name means "doesn't drink" is:

Koala

75. The smallest planet in the Solar System is:

Mercury

76. The largest kind of shark is:

Whale Shark

77. The longest bone in human body is:

Femur
In human anatomy, the femur is the longest and largest bone.

78. The show Sex and the City is set in:

New York City

79. The pharaoh of Egypt who killed herself by inducing an asp to bite her was:

Cleopatra

80. The author of David Copperfield is:

Charles Dickens

Review Items No. 41-60

41. All Saints' Day, often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on:

November 1

42. The fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Cervantes, who was Don Quixote’s squire is:

Sancho Panza

43. The Canadian city hosted the 1976 Olympics is:

Montreal

44. The substance released by body tissues in allergic reactions is:

Histamine

45. Golf was originated in:

Scotland

46. The smallest ocean in the world is:

The Arctic Ocean

47. A full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern is called:

Blue Moon
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern; most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years) there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon."

48. Chess was invented in:

India

49. The Iliad and the Odyssey was written by:

Homer

50. The first complete word in the dictionary is:

Aardvark

51. The author of Tarzan is:

Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan although he produced works in many genres.

52. The world's largest lake is:

The Caspian Sea

53. The most common element on the Earth is:

Hydrogen

54. The region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana was:

The Gold Coast

55. The longest river in the world is:

The Nile

56. Land of the Rising Sun is:

Japan

57. The longest highway in the world is:

The Trans-Canada Highway

58. Australia and New Zealand are seperated by:

The Tasman Sea

59. The train is a vehicle of transportation, which was invented in 1822 by an English inventor named:

George Stephenson

60. Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is:

Tongue

Review Items No. 21-40

21. The tallest statue in the world is:

The Spring Temple Buddha

The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).

22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:

The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)

23. What was the name of the first computer game?

Tennis for Two

24. The Roman name for Portugal was:

Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)

25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:

Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).

26. The Scottish city, Aberdeen, is known as:

The Granite City
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.

27. The largest island in Canada is:

Baffin Island
It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

28. The person who first succeeded in transmitting a radio signala cross the Atlantic Ocean was:
Marconi
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor.

29. Burkina Faso was formerly called:

The Republic of Upper Volta
Burkina Faso, formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.

Flag of Burkina Faso

30. In the Old Testament, the elder brother of Moses is:

Aaron31. The longest river in Europe is:

The Volga
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia.

32. The instrument in an aircraft that measures height above sea level is:

Altimeter
An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.

Altimeter

33. A stellar explosion is called:

Supernova
It is the end time situation of a star which is going to be exploded. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could emit over its life span.34. Stocks or a financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise are called:

Bull Market

35. The abnormal fear of spiders and other arachnids is called:

Arachnophobia

36. The bird that is used as the sign of peace is:

Dove

37. The fastest animal on earth is:

Peregrine Falcon

It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.

Peregrine Falcon

38. The basic form of transport; a frame for restraining horses, used by Native Americans is:

Travois

39. The other word for an alligator pear is:

Avocado

Avocado/Alligator pear

40. The world’s deepest ocean is:

Pacific Ocean

Review Items No. 1-20

1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:

Sirius (also known as Dog Star)

3. Inventor of dynamite:

Alfred B. Nobel

4. The god of love in Greek myth:

Aphrodite (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)

5. The largest sea in the world:

South China Sea

6. The world's oldest known city:

Damascus

7. The lowest point on earth is:

The coastal area of Dead sea

8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:

Ronald Amundson

9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:

Norway

10. The youngest President of the USA:

Theodore Roosevelt

11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:

Republic

12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):

Proxima Centauri

13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:

Lewis Carroll

14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)

15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Beagle

16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:

Android

17. The largest museum in the world is:

The American Museum of Natural History

18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:

Scotland

19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:

Tom Mix

20. Coal is known as:

Black Diamond

Commonwealth of Nations

An intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states which head is a ceremonial position currently held by Queen Elizabeth II:

Commonwealth of Nations

Jinn

A kind of creature that is mentioned in Quran for several times that was created from fire about one thousand years prior to the time that Adam and Eve were created:

Jinn

Bismarck

The German political leader whose diplomacy of Realpolitik and powerful rule gained him the nickname The Iron Chancellor:

Bismarck (Otto von Bismarck 1815 – 1898)

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BASIC, the name of a programming language, is an acronym for:

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
In 1964, in US, the original BASIC was designed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz to provide computer access to non-science students.

Fibonacci Numbers

In mathematics, the numbers in the following sequence are known as:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ...

Fibonacci Numbers
Note: The first two Fibonacci numbers are 0 and 1, and each remaining number is the sum of the previous two.

Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain is the capital of:

Trinidad and Tobago (The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)

American Beauty

The 1999 American drama movie, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball, that won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography:

American Beauty

American Beauty

Venture Capital

A type of private equity capital typically provided for early-stage, high-potential, growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as a trade sale of the company or an IPO (Initial Public Offering):

Venture Capital

Tivoli Software---

The Systems Management brand of IBM:

Tivoli Software

Cloud Computing---

The Internet-based computing that is a paradigm shift following the mainframe and client-server, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like electricity:

Cloud Computing

User Agent

A client application implementing a network protocol used in communications within a client-server distributed computing system:

User Agent

Baryon

The family of composite particles made of three quarks (as opposed to the mesons which are the family of composite particles made of one quark and one antiquark):

Baryon

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Petrology

The branch of geology that studies rocks, and the conditions in which rocks form:

Petrology

Yahoo! Kids (Yahooligans)

The public web portal provided by Yahoo comprising a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids:

Yahoo! Kids (formerly known as Yahooligans)

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The adventures in this series cover her life from age 7 to 28. Each book contains only one independent story/adventure, and an adventure of hers is very short; it is narrated in 1000-3000 words.
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10. understand how math, science, literature, etc. are useful
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An English singer-songwriter, known for his soulful voice and the eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, pop and blues, died in Paris, France in 2003 of a sudden heart attack:

Robert Palmer (1949-2003)

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

The software tool released by Microsoft to determine security state by assessing missing security updates and less-secure security settings within Microsoft Windows and its components, Internet Explorer, IIS web server, etc., and Microsoft products such as SQL Server, Microsoft Office, etc.:

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

[Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can be downloaded from the following page:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184923.aspx]

Oracle OpenWorld

The world's largest conference for Oracle customers and technologists, an annual event for business decision-makers, IT management, and line-of-business end users, held in San Francisco, California; São Paulo, Brazil, and Shanghai, China:

Oracle OpenWorld
Note: All keynotes and breakout sessions are available in an online streaming media portal [see http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/index.htm].

Ozone

The molecule that in the lower atmosphere, is an air pollutant with harmful effects on the respiratory systems of animals and burning sensitive plants but, in the upper atmosphere, is beneficial by preventing potentially damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface:

Ozone
Ozone, represented by the symbol O3, is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms.

Oxygen

In Mendeleev's table, the element that has the atomic number of 8:

Oxygen
Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. It is a member of the chalcogen group (or oxygen family) on the Mendeleev's table, and is a highly reactive nonmetallic element that readily forms compounds (mainly oxides) with almost all other elements. At the standard temperature and pressure, two atoms of oxygen bind to form dioxygen, a colorless, odorless, tasteless diatomic gas with the formula O2. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust. Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes 20.9% of the volume of air.

Periodic Table of Elements

The tabular display of the chemical elements that illustrates recurring trends in the properties of the elements:

Periodic Table of Elements (also called Mendeleev's Table, Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements, or Periodic Table)

Electrophysiology

The study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues:

Electrophysiology

Cardiology

The medical specialty dealing with diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, valvular heart disease, congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, and disorders of the electrical system (electrophysiology) of the heart:

Cardiology

Working Memory

The executive and attentional aspect of short-term memory involved in the interim integration, processing, disposal, and retrieval of information:

Working Memory

Microsoft Pivot

A 2010 Microsoft experimental technology; radically new visualization of online objects, business data and leisure interests data; that allows people to visualize data and then sort, organize and categorize it dynamically, by which correlations, exceptions and trends become immediately apparent in ways they cannot when information is stuck in rows and columns:

Microsoft Pivot

EAP---

An authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections that enables extensible network access authentication:

EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)
Note: Although EAP is not limited to wireless LANs and can be used for wired LAN authentication, it is most often used in wireless LANs.

A/D--

A general term used to describe the conversion of analog (continuous) data to digital (discrete) data:

A/D (Analog to Digital)

Emoticon

A textual expression representing the face of a writer's mood or facial expression:

Emoticon

Examples

Happy:
:-)

Cool:
B-)

Angry:
X-(

Yawn:
-O

Opsimath

A person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life:

Opsimath

Semi-detached House

A house consisting of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each house layout is a mirror image of its twin:

Semi-detached House

This style of housing, although built throughout the world, is commonly seen as particularly symbolic of the suburbanisation of the United Kingdom and Ireland, or post-war homes in Central Canada. Confusingly, this is sometimes colloquially called a duplex in New England, other parts of the United States, and most of Canada, a term used elsewhere for two apartments, one above the other. [Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-detached_house]

Feudalism

The decentralized sociopolitical structure, a system of political organization, in which a weak monarchy attempts to control the lands of the realm through reciprocal agreements with regional leaders/khans:

Feudalism

Theosophy

A doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics in which all religions are attempts by the Spiritual Hierarchy to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and each religion has a portion of the truth:

Theosophy

Pulitzer Prize

One of the most prestigious award for achievements in literature that is administered by Columbia University in New York City:

Pulitzer Prize

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TWAIN--

Standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as digital cameras and scanners:

TWAIN (widely known as Technology Without An Interesting Name)

The TWAIN initiative was originally launched in 1992 by leading industry vendors who recognized a need for a standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices (the source of the data). TWAIN defines that standard. The three key elements in TWAIN are the application software, the Source Manager software and the Data Source software. The application uses the TWAIN toolkit which is shipped for free. [Reference: TWAIN, http://www.twain.org]

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Review Items No. 181-200

181. An acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds is called:

Mineral Acid
Commonly used mineral acids are nitric acid, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric.

182. The most popular mainframe operating system is:

z/OS

183. MVS stands for:

Multiple Virtual Storage

Multiple Virtual Storage, commonly called MVS, developed by IBM, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers. First released in 1974, MVS had been renamed multiple times, first to MVS/XA, next to MVS/ESA, then to OS/390 and finally to z/OS .

184. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States is:

Great Basin Desert

185. The biggest coffee producers in the world is:

Brazil

186. The new crew launch vehicle being developed by NASA is:

Ares I
In October 28, 2009, Ares I-X was successfully launched. Ares I-X was the first test flight in the Ares I program.

187. The country known as "country of copper" is:

Zambia

188. The coldest place on Earth is:

Antarctica

189. COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages, was initially created by:

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992)

190. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago is called:

Leeward Antilles

191. Vienna (local name Österreich) is the capital and also one of the nine states of:

Austria

Flag of Austria

192. The only animals other than humans that have been shown to transmit identity information independent of the caller’s voice or location are:

Dolphins

193. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) was:

Chernobyl Disaster

194. The animal, commonly known as the American Buffalo (although "Buffalo" is somewhat of a misnomer for this animal), which were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century is:

American Bison

195. Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate is called:

Baby Boom

196. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world) is:

Chattahoochee River

197. The first country to pursue Karl Marx's dream of a workers' state was:

Russia

198. Samuel Morse inaugurated his first telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore in:

1844

199. The 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young is:

Blade Runner
Blade Runner was voted the sixth best science fiction film ever made as part of the AFI's 10 Top 10.

200. A form of jet engine that cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill is:

RamjetA ramjet, also called a stovepipe jet, is a form of jet engine using the engine's forward motion to compress incoming air, without a rotary compressor.

Review Items No. 161-180

161. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by:

Leo Tolstoy

162. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by:

Orson Welles

163. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by:

Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup

164. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan (formally the Republic of Azerbaijan) is:

Baku

165. In 1973, the Cell Phone was invented by:

Martin Cooper

166. The longest river in Asia is:

Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and Asia and the third-longest in the world, after the Nile and the Amazon.

167. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria is:

Ruble (or Rouble)

168. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths is:

Mosquito

169. The national currency used in China is:

Yuan

170. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by:

Anthony Powell

171. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by:

Jackson Pollock

172. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by:

Steven Spielberg

173. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence is:

Thomas Jefferson
Reminder:
The First US President: George Washington
The Second US President: John Adams


174. One of the top ever French soccer players, manager and the current president of UEFA is:

Michel Platini

175. The highest mountain peak in the US and also in North America is:

Mount McKinley (or Denali)

176. The capital of Bangladesh is:

Dhaka
Dhaka was formerly known as Dacca and Jahangir Nagar, under Mughal rule.

177. The third most populated country in the world is:

United States
Remember:
The first and the second most populated countries in the world are China and India, respectively.

178. From the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, the Olympic Games were held in:

Olympia (in Greece)

179. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in:

Quran


180. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him was:

Moses

Review Items 141-160

141. In zoology, the biological order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes and man is:

Primate

142. The sport involving four and sometimes up to six motorcycle riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit is called:

Speedway

143. The inventor of paper were:

Ancient Chinese

144. The second President of the United States was:

John Adams
John Adams (1735–1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

John Adams

145. U.S. President George H. W. Bush said, "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports." In this quote Magic is:

Earvin Johnson (Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.)
Earvin Johnson (1959-) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

146. Blowin' in the Wind is a song written by:

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet and latter-day disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades.

147. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) is written by:

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet.

148. The actress who began acting in commercials at 3 years old and her performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress in 1991 is:

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster is the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of 30.

149. Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of:

Argentina

150. The monument on the border between Argentina and Chile as a celebration of the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries is:

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

151. The capital of the US state of California is:

Sacramento

152. D-Town and BIG D are nicknames for the US city of:

Dallas


153. In 1945, the conference for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization was:

Yalta Conference


154. A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides is called:

Polygon


155. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by author:

Thomas Harris

156. Canberra is the capital city of:

Australia

157. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of:

Pisa (Italy)



158. The largest state of the US is:

Alaska


159. The country with the largest national economy in the world is:

The United States of America


160. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by:

The Darfur Conflict

Review Items 121-140

121. In tennis, the score that comes after deuce is:

Advantage

122. The Australian chicken breed, a large, soft-feathered and good egg-layer bird, is:

Australorp

123. The capital and the most populous city of the US state of Arkansas is:

Little Rock

124. The southernmost point of Asia is:

Pamana Island (Indonesia)

125. The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel, is written by:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

126. In 1963, John F Kennedy assassinated in the city of:

Dallas (Texas)

127. The Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms was:

John Napier

128. The capital and largest city of Angola is:

Luanda

129. The Japanese call their country as:

Nippon

130. The city known as the City of Canals is:

Venice

131. The inventors of the hot air balloon are:

Montgolfier Brothers

132. The world’s largest dry desert is:

Sahara

133. Bride of Frankenstein, a 1935 horror film, was directed by:

James Whale

134. The animal that makes the loudest sound in the world is:

Blue Whale

135. The capital and largest city of the US state of Arizona is:

Phoenix

136. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by:

L. Frank Baum

137. The series of trials from 1945 to 1946 for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II was:

The Nuremberg Trials

138. The capital and largest city of Armenia is:

Yerevan
Yerevan is sometimes written as Erevan, Erewan, Ayrivan and Erivan.

139. The Hindu god of love, desire and lust is:

Kama

140. The capital of Alaska is:

Juneau

Review Items 101-120

101. The first President of the United States of America was:

George Washington

102. The study of horses is called:

Hippology

103. The animated cartoon character who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio is:

Woody Woodpecker

104. In 2003, The Da Vinci Code, a mystery-detective fiction novel, was written by:

Dan Brown

105. The capital of Alabama is:

Montgomery

106. The pastime which involves throwing a stone across a body of water in such a way that it bounces off the surface of the water is called:

Stone Skipping
Stone Skipping is also called Stone Skimming, Stone Skiting and Ducks and Drakes in the UK and Stone Skiffing in Ireland.

107. The first woman who hold a seat in the British parliament was:

Lady Nancy Astor

108. The capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania is:
Tirana

109. The capital and largest city of Algeria is:

Algiers

110. The jet engine was invented by:

Frank Whittle

111. The comedy of The Taming of the Shrew was written by:

William Shakespeare

112. The measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit is:

Ammeter
Electric currents are measured in amperes (A).

113. The sea that lies between Africa and Asia is:

The Red Sea

114. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by:

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) was a Hungarian-American filmmaker. He directed more than 150 movies such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca and White Christmas.

115. The mixed breed dog, a hybrid cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle is:

Goldendoodle

116. The first Zoroastrian Persian Emperor who respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered was:

Cyrus the Great

117. The first American to orbit the Earth is:

John Glenn

118. The author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion is:

J. R. R. Tolkien

119. The capital and largest city of Andorra, a small country in southwestern Europe, is:

Andorra la Vella

120. The largest lake in Alaska is:

Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna

Review Items 81-100

81. The largest eyes of any land mammal belong to:

Horse
Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal and as their eyes are positioned on the sides of their heads, they have a range of vision of more than 350°.

82. In Earth’s history, the period by its end, most dinosaurs become extinct was:

Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 million years ago. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events.

83. A series of water waves that is caused when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced is named:

Tsunami

84. The component added to some jet engines, primarily those on military supersonic aircraft, to provide a temporary increase in thrust, both for supersonic flight and for takeoff is:

Afterburner

85. The most common mammal in the world is:

Rat

86. The Spanish archipelago which forms one of the Spanish Autonomous Communities and an Outermost Region of the European Union is:

The Canary Islands

87. Any of several carnivorous mammals of the weasel family is called:

Polecat

88. The most popular spice in the world is:

Pepper

89. The name for a baby after eight weeks is:

Fetus

90. The hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tigre is:

Liger

Liger

91. The song with music by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin, originally written in 1973, in honor of Marilyn Monroe, is:

Candle in the Wind

92. The inferior maxillary bone which forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place is:

Mandible

93. The collection of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada – United States border is named:

The Great Lakes

94. The generic German term for an air force, also the name of the German Airforce in World War II, is:

Luftwaffe

95. The longest novel ever written is:

Artamène, or Cyrus the Great
Artamène, or Cyrus the Great is a novel in ten volumes by siblings Madeleine and Georges de Scudéry. At over 2,100,000 words, it is considered the longest novel ever written, with the possible exception of Henry Darger's unpublished The Story of the Vivian Girls.

96. Charles Darwin's book, published 24 November 1859, a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, is:

On the Origin of Species

97. The abbreviation E.G. stands for:

Exempli Gratia or For Example

98. Robinson Crusoe is a novel by:

Daniel Defoe

99. The capital of Afghanistan is:

Kabul

100. Africa's largest country is:

Sudan

Review Items No. 61-80

61. The device in which a moving fluid drives a wheel or motor is:

Turbine

62. The strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand is:

Cook Strait
Cook Strait is the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.

63. Theoretical temperature corresponds to minus 273.15 degrees on the Celsius scale is:

Absolute Zero

64. A kind of small, flat-baked bread product that is named from Latin via Middle French meaning "cooked twice" is:

Biscuit

65. The language that has more native speakers than any other language is:

Mandarin

66. The smallpox vaccine was discovered by:

Edward Jenner

67. The romantic drama and the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell is:

Gone with the Wind

68. The largest planet within the Solar System is:

Jupiter

69. The Godfather films were directed by:

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

70. The largest continent in area is:

Asia

71. The name of Roman god meaning "Shining Father", in Latin is:

Jupiter

72. The seven-a-side ball game that is played in a swimming pool is:

Water polo

73. The most populous city of the world is:

Tokyo

74. The animal that is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia and its name means "doesn't drink" is:

Koala

75. The smallest planet in the Solar System is:

Mercury

76. The largest kind of shark is:

Whale Shark

77. The longest bone in human body is:

Femur
In human anatomy, the femur is the longest and largest bone.

78. The show Sex and the City is set in:

New York City

79. The pharaoh of Egypt who killed herself by inducing an asp to bite her was:

Cleopatra

80. The author of David Copperfield is:

Charles Dickens

Review Items No. 41-60

41. All Saints' Day, often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on:

November 1

42. The fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Cervantes, who was Don Quixote’s squire is:

Sancho Panza

43. The Canadian city hosted the 1976 Olympics is:

Montreal

44. The substance released by body tissues in allergic reactions is:

Histamine

45. Golf was originated in:

Scotland

46. The smallest ocean in the world is:

The Arctic Ocean

47. A full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern is called:

Blue Moon
A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern; most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years) there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon."

48. Chess was invented in:

India

49. The Iliad and the Odyssey was written by:

Homer

50. The first complete word in the dictionary is:

Aardvark

51. The author of Tarzan is:

Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan although he produced works in many genres.

52. The world's largest lake is:

The Caspian Sea

53. The most common element on the Earth is:

Hydrogen

54. The region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana was:

The Gold Coast

55. The longest river in the world is:

The Nile

56. Land of the Rising Sun is:

Japan

57. The longest highway in the world is:

The Trans-Canada Highway

58. Australia and New Zealand are seperated by:

The Tasman Sea

59. The train is a vehicle of transportation, which was invented in 1822 by an English inventor named:

George Stephenson

60. Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is:

Tongue

Review Items No. 21-40

21. The tallest statue in the world is:

The Spring Temple Buddha

The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Henan, China (height: 128m / 420ft).

22. Because of its abundance of orchards and hop gardens, Kent is widely known as:

The Garden of England
(Kent is a county in southeast England.)

23. What was the name of the first computer game?

Tennis for Two

24. The Roman name for Portugal was:

Lusitania
(Lusitania was an ancient Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain.)

25. The first official telephone call to the moon was made by:

Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974).

26. The Scottish city, Aberdeen, is known as:

The Granite City
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands.

27. The largest island in Canada is:

Baffin Island
It is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

28. The person who first succeeded in transmitting a radio signala cross the Atlantic Ocean was:
Marconi
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor.

29. Burkina Faso was formerly called:

The Republic of Upper Volta
Burkina Faso, formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father's house" in Dioula.

Flag of Burkina Faso

30. In the Old Testament, the elder brother of Moses is:

Aaron31. The longest river in Europe is:

The Volga
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia.

32. The instrument in an aircraft that measures height above sea level is:

Altimeter
An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.

Altimeter

33. A stellar explosion is called:

Supernova
It is the end time situation of a star which is going to be exploded. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could emit over its life span.34. Stocks or a financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise are called:

Bull Market

35. The abnormal fear of spiders and other arachnids is called:

Arachnophobia

36. The bird that is used as the sign of peace is:

Dove

37. The fastest animal on earth is:

Peregrine Falcon

It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.

Peregrine Falcon

38. The basic form of transport; a frame for restraining horses, used by Native Americans is:

Travois

39. The other word for an alligator pear is:

Avocado

Avocado/Alligator pear

40. The world’s deepest ocean is:

Pacific Ocean

Review Items No. 1-20

1. The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was:

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

2. Brightest star as seen from the Earth:

Sirius (also known as Dog Star)

3. Inventor of dynamite:

Alfred B. Nobel

4. The god of love in Greek myth:

Aphrodite (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, known as Venus to the Romans.)

5. The largest sea in the world:

South China Sea

6. The world's oldest known city:

Damascus

7. The lowest point on earth is:

The coastal area of Dead sea

8. The first explorer to reach the South Pole was:

Ronald Amundson

9. The country known as the land of the midnight sun is:

Norway

10. The youngest President of the USA:

Theodore Roosevelt

11. A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an contribution to its government:

Republic

12. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun):

Proxima Centauri

13. The author of Alice in Wonderland:

Lewis Carroll

14. It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

A Meteorite (A large meteorite is thought to have collided with the earth.)

15. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Beagle

16. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human is called:

Android

17. The largest museum in the world is:

The American Museum of Natural History

18. The country known as the Land of Cakes is:

Scotland

19. The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of silent movies is:

Tom Mix

20. Coal is known as:

Black Diamond