Aeneid

A Latin epic poem written by Virgil in the late 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas:

Aeneid

Aeneas

A Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite, who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans:

Aeneas

Cybele

A powerful goddess (an important Earth Mother), a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals, who had existed long before the birth of Zeus:

Cybele

Phrygia

In antiquity, a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey, established by Indo-European migrants and "Sea Peoples" after the collapse of the Hittite Empire at the beginning of the 12th century BC:

Phrygia

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Review Items No. 241-260

241. Alabama is unofficially nicknamed as:

Yellowhammer State

242. The "http" people type at the beginning of any site's address stands for:

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

243. The author of Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

244. Bacteria was discovered by:

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

245. The Land of Maple Leaf:

Canada

246. Checkmate is a ballet with music written by the British composer:

Arthur Bliss

247. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by:

Charles Darwin

248. The official currency of Afghanistan:

Afghani

249. The inventor of the petrol powered automobile (gasoline-powered automobile):

Karl Friedrich Benz

250. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the discipline started even before the official opening ceremony was:

Football (Soccer)

251. The ocean that covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface and about one-quarter of the Earth's water surface area:

Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest oceanic divisions of the world.

252. The island known as the Island of Pearls:

Manihiki

253. The White City is:

Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. Its name in Serbian translates to White City.

254. The world's tallest currently-active geyser:

Steamboat Geyser
Steamboat Geyser is in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin. During major eruptions, water may be thrown more than 300 feet (90m) into the air.

255. 2001: A Space Odyssey is written by:

Arthur C. Clarke

256. The pop music group formed in Sweden in 1970, consisting of Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (the "B-boys") and Agnetha Fältskog (Anna):

ABBA

257. The currency of Denmark:

Krone (the cognate of "Crown")

258. The bird with the largest wingspans of any extant birds:

Albatross

259. The professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States:

Timberwolves (Minnesota Timberwolves)

260. Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author:

J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling

Review Items No. 221-240

221. The stethoscope was invented in France in 1816 by:

Rene Theoplhie Laennec

222. The Land of the Golden Fleece is:

Colchis
The land of the Golden Fleece is a legendary country, but the Greeks were impressed by the Colchis region of Georgia (in ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgian state kingdom and region).

223. Japanese geometrical puzzles in Euclidean geometry on wooden tablets are:

Sangaku

224. The city of Chicago is widely recognized as:

Windy City

225. The lady who won the Miss Universe 2004 crown is:

Jennifer Hawkins

226. A linear-shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges, created by tensional forces that are strong enough to cause the plate to split apart, is called:

Rift Valley

227. The biggest state of US is:

Alaska

228. The most popular indoor sport in US is:

Basketball

229. A closed or exclusive set of information services provided for users is called:

Walled Garden

230. In December 2009, TimeWarner split from:

AOL

231. The city known as Holy Land is:

Jerusalem

232. One of the top wine regions in the United States and the world, located in Napa County, California, USA:

Napa Valley

233. The broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking is:

Stone Age

234. A type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers' yeast:

Ale

235. An alternative name for measles in English-speaking countries is:

Rubeola

236. The huge bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin (the largest bell in existence):

Tsar Bell

237. The great movie developed by director/star Kevin Costner over five years, high production values, won 7 Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama:

Dances with Wolves

238. Currently the World No. 1 American professional golfer and the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008 is:

Tiger Woods
Full name Eldrick Tont Woods
Nickname Tiger

239. The capital of the People's Republic of China is:

Beijing

240. The city where the first Modern Olympics was held:

Athens

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:

Ramjet
A 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

Red Shirts

The supporters of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) of Thailand are commonly called:

Red Shirts

SaaS

A model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand:

SaaS (Software as a Service)

Adpositions

These three parts of speech, preposition, postposition and circumposition are called:

Adpositions
In grammar, an adposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase; a preposition precedes its phrase, a postposition follows its phrase, and a circumposition surrounds its phrase.

Saadi

One of the major Persian poets of the medieval period, recognized not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts, whose best known works are Bostan ("The Orchard") completed in 1257 and Gulistan ("The Rose Garden") in 1258:

Saadi

Michelangelo

An Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci:

Michelangelo

Korean War

A military conflict (1950-53) between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China (PRC), with air support from the Soviet Union:

Korean War

Israelites

The descendants of the Biblical patriarch Jacob, who also bore the name Israel:

Israelites (also known as the Twelve Tribes or Children of Israel)

John Wilkes Booth

An American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865:

John Wilkes Booth

All Saints' Day

The holiday which takes place the day after Halloween:

All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day (also called the Solemnity of All Saints, All Hallows or Hallowmas) is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November in Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

Elvis Presley

One of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, a cultural icon, he is often referred to as the King of Rock and Roll or simply the King:

Elvis Presley

InfoSphere

A branded product line from IBM under its Information Management Software brand; it is for centralizing and managing multiple data domains across a wide set of business requirements where trusted data is required:

InfoSphere

Allergen

A substance capable of causing an allergic reaction:

Allergen

Lead Guitar

A guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure:

Lead Guitar

Mark Knopfler

The lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David:

Mark Knopfler

Heavy Metal

A style of rock music traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound, and vigorous vocals which was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States:

Heavy Metal

Film Score

The background music of a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film:

Film Score
Note: The term soundtrack is often confused with film score; however, a soundtrack also includes anything else audible in the film such as sound effects and dialogue.

Answer for Word Find Puzzle No. 3

1. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of {PISA}
2. The largest state of the US {ALASKA}
3. The country with the largest national economy in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
4. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by {DARFURCONFLICT}
5. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by {LEOTOLSTOY}
6. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by {ORSONWELLES}
7. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by {BJARNESTROUSTRUP}
8. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan {BAKU}
9. In 1973, the Cell Phone was invented by {MARTINCOOPER}
10. The longest river in Asia {YANGTZERIVER}
11. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths {MOSQUITO}
12. The national currency used in China {YUAN}
13. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by {ANTHONYPOWELL}
14. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by {JACKSONPOLLOCK}
15. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by {STEVENSPIELBERG}
16. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence {THOMASJEFFERSON}
17. One of the top ever French soccer players, manager and the current president of UEFA {MICHELPLATINI}
18. The highest mountain peak in the US and also in North America {MOUNTMCKINLEY}
19. The capital of Bangladesh {DHAKA}
20. The third most populated country in the world {UNITEDSTATES}
21. From the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, the Olympic Games were held in {OLYMPIA}
22. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in {QURAN}
23. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him {MOSES}
24. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria {RUBLE}
25. The most popular mainframe operating system {ZOS}
26. MVS stands for {MULTIPLEVIRTUALSTORAGE}
27. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States {GREATBASINDESERT}
28. The biggest coffee producers in the world {BRAZIL}
29. The new crew launch vehicle being developed by NASA (in 2009) {ARESI}
30. The country known as "country of copper {ZAMBIA}
31. The coldest place on Earth {ANTARCTICA}
32. COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages, was initially created by {GRACEHOPPER}
33. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago {LEEWARDANTILLES}
34. Vienna (local name Österreich) is the capital and also one of the nine states of {AUSTRIA}
35. The only animals other than humans that have been shown to transmit identity information independent of the caller’s voice or location {DOLPHINS}
36. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) {CHERNOBYLDISASTER}
37. 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}
38. Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate {BABYBOOM}
39. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world) {CHATTAHOOCHEE}
40. The first country to pursue Karl Marx's dream of a workers' state {RUSSIA}
41. The inventor inaugurated his first telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore in 1844 {SAMUELMORSE}
42. The 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young {BLADERUNNER}
43. A form of jet engine that cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill {RAMJET}
44. An acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds {MINERALACID}
45. The world's largest furniture retailer {IKEA}
46. The cracker-like flat bread made of white plain flour and water {MATZO}
47. The American punk rock band from Albany, California and formed in 1991 {RANCID}
48. The main founder of Facebook {MARKZUCKERBERG}
49. The highest region on earth {TIBET}
50. The first Chinese leader who grew up in the aftermath of the revolution that established communism in 1949 and the President of the People's Republic of China since 2003 {HUJINTAO}
51. The Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century in Freestyle {ALEXANDERMEDVED}
52. The densest natural element {OSMIUM}
53. The Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. {IPHONE}
54. The son of Zeus and Leto {APOLLO}
55. The land of white elephant {THAILAND}

Word Find Puzzle No. 3

In order to "Improve Your General Knowledge in Leisure Time" try to solve the following Word Find Puzzle (in this way, by solving this kind of puzzles, you can naturally memorize items easier).



1. The Galileo Galilei International Airport is located in the city of
2. The largest state of the US
3. The country with the largest national economy in the world
4. The violence taking place in Darfur, Sudan began in 2003 is referred by
5. War and Peace, considered as one of the world's greatest novels, was written by
6. Citizen Kane, considered as one of the world's greatest movies ever made, was directed and produced by
7. C++ (pronounced "C plus plus"), a general-purpose programming language, was developed by
8. The capital, the largest city and the largest port of Azerbaijan
9. In 1973, the Cell Phone was invented by
10. The longest river in Asia
11. The most dangerous animal which is responsible for the most human deaths
12. The national currency used in China
13. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by
14. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 was sold for $140,000,000; No. 5, 1948 is a painting by
15. Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II, was directed by
16. The third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
17. One of the top ever French soccer players, manager and the current president of UEFA
18. The highest mountain peak in the US and also in North America
19. The capital of Bangladesh
20. The third most populated country in the world
21. From the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, the Olympic Games were held in
22. The last messages from the God, the creator of all creatures, are written in
23. The prophet who the God, the creator of all creatures, spoke with him
24. The currency unit of Belarus, Russia and Transnistria
25. The most popular mainframe operating system
26. MVS stands for
27. The largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
28. The biggest coffee producers in the world
29. The new crew launch vehicle being developed by NASA (in 2009)
30. The country known as "country of copper
31. The coldest place on Earth
32. COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages, was initially created by
33. The chain of islands in the Caribbean including ABC islands and Venezuelan archipelago
34. Vienna (local name Österreich) is the capital and also one of the nine states of
35. The only animals other than humans that have been shown to transmit identity information independent of the caller’s voice or location
36. The nuclear reactor accident, occurred on 26 April 1986 in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
37. 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
38. Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
39. The river that runs through Fort Benning (one of the largest military installations in the world)
40. The first country to pursue Karl Marx's dream of a workers' state
41. The inventor inaugurated his first telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore in 1844
42. The 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young
43. A form of jet engine that cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed and thus cannot move an aircraft from a standstill
44. An acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds
45. The world's largest furniture retailer
46. The cracker-like flat bread made of white plain flour and water
47. The American punk rock band from Albany, California and formed in 1991
48. The main founder of Facebook
49. The highest region on earth
50. The first Chinese leader who grew up in the aftermath of the revolution that established communism in 1949 and the President of the People's Republic of China since 2003
51. The Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century in Freestyle
52. The densest natural element
53. The Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
54. The son of Zeus and Leto
55. The land of white elephant

Microsoft Surface

A multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of gesture recognition:

Microsoft Surface

Pacific War

The term used to encompass the Pacific Ocean theatre, the South West Pacific theatre, the South-East Asian theatre, the Chinese theatre, and the 1945 Soviet-Japanese conflict of World War II:

Pacific War

Battle of the Coral Sea

A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia:

Battle of the Coral Sea

Howard Hughes

An American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world who directed "The Outlaw" and "Hell's Angels" movies:

Howard Hughes

Confucius

A Chinese thinker and social philosopher (551–479 BC), whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life:

Confucius (pronunciation: kən-ˈfyü-shəs)

Bábism

A religious movement that flourished in Persia (Iran) from 1844 to 1852, then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire as well as underground:

Bábism

Ottoman Empire

The empire lasted from 1299 to 1922, succeeded by the Republic of Turkey; at the height of its power in 16th–17th century, it spanned three continents, controlling Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa:

Ottoman Empire

Phototroph

The organisms, usually plants, that carry out photosynthesis to acquire energy:

Phototroph
To Remind You: Photosynthesis is the process which converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.

Syzygy

In astronomy, the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system along a straight line:

Syzygy (pronunciation: ˈsi-zə-jē)

Bioluminescence

The production and emission of light by a living organism:

Bioluminescence
By bioluminescence energy is released by a chemical reaction in the form of light emission.

George Gershwin

An American composer and pianist who composed An American In Paris:

George Gershwin

Psychonautics

A methodology for describing and explaining the subjective effects of altered states of consciousness, including those induced by mind altering substances:

Psychonautics

Mysticism

The pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or the God through direct experience, intuition, instinct or insight:

Mysticism

Psychoactive Drug

A chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior:

Psychoactive Drug (also called Psychopharmaceutical, or Psychotropic)

LSD

A semisynthetic, psychedelic, non-addictive drug well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, a sense of time distortion, ego death and spiritual experiences:

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide also known as lysergide)

Vasoconstriction

Narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, particularly the large arteries, small arterioles and veins:

Vasoconstriction

Counterculture of the 1960s

A cultural movement that mainly developed in the United States and England and spread throughout much of the western world between 1956 and 1974:

Counterculture of the 1960s

Ego Death

An experience which purportedly reveals the illusory aspect of the ego, sometimes undergone by monks, psychologists, and others interested in exploring the depths of the mind:

Ego Death

Greek Dark Age

The period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean Palatial civilization around 1200 BC, to the first signs of the Greek city-states in the 9th century BC:

Greek Dark Age (or Greek Dark Ages)

Thessaly

One of the 13 peripheries of Greece which was known as Aeolia before the Greek Dark Ages, and as Aeolia is appeared in Homer's Odyssey:

Thessaly

Peripheries

The official regional administrative divisions of Greece:

Peripheries
Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes. [Reference: wikipedia]

Myrmidons

Members of the legendary Thessalian people who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy:

Myrmidons
The word myrmidon in English means a loyal follower who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously. [Reference: Improve Your Vocabulary in Leisure Time! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036B9STY]

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.

Tivoli Software

The Systems Management brand of IBM:

Tivoli Software

Semitic Languages

A language family of largely Middle Eastern origin which includes the ancient and modern forms of Arabic, Hebrew, Akkadian, Amharic, Aramaic, Ge'ez, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre and Tigrinya among others:

Semitic Languages

Code of Hammurabi

An ancient law code, created 1790 BC in ancient Babylon:

Code of Hammurabi
It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. It is nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall diorite stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script.

Babylon

A city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad:

Babylon

Mesopotamia

A toponym for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwestern Iran:

Mesopotamia

Euphrates

The longest and historically one of the most important rivers of Southwest Asia which together with the Tigris define Mesopotamia:

Euphrates

Tigris

The eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq:

Tigris

Dram

A small mass in the Apothecaries' system of weights equal to 1/16 US ounce:

Dram
The dram was both a coin and a weight; currently, it is both a small mass in the Apothecaries' system of weights and a small unit of volume.