Test your Knowledge

Denie Guloy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:00:21 +0000

            As one goes through life and continue to learn, knowledge is gained and accumulates. In this column, allow yourself to be challenged. Let us begin.
1.   Name the car brand that contains all the five vowels of the English alphabet.
2.   Who is the only US President with a degree in MBA?
3.   How many Stanley Cups has Montreal Canadiens won?
4.   Name the NBA, NFL, NHL & MLB teams of Chicago.
5.   Correct the spelling of the last name of Arnold SCHAWRZENNEGER.
6.   The square of 5 is 25. Without using a calculator or pencil and pad, what is the square of 25? 95?
7.   What is the most frequently used vowel in the English language?
8.    What is the most frequently used word in the English language?
9.    What is the most frequently used consonant in the English language?
10. What is the only letter of the English alphabet not appearing in the name of any US state?
11. Name the smallest country in the world? The second smallest?
12. What is the largest animal that ever existed?
13. What is the fastest land animal?
14. What is the fastest air-travelling animal?
15.   A cardiologist deals with the heart. What about a rheumatologist?
16. What is the real name of Madonna?
17. What is the real name of Engelbert Humperdinck?
18. What is the real name of the late US Senator Ted Kennedy?
19. Who served the longest as Prime Minister of Canada?
20. One calls the young of a cat as kitten. What does one call the young of a kangaroo?
21. What is the real name of O. Henry?
22. What is the real name of Tandang Sora?
23. Who wrote the song WHITE CHRISTMAS?
24. Who is recognized as the inventor of \basketball and what was his nationality?
25. Who discovered penicillin?
26. Who is known as the “MAID OF ORLEANS”?
27. Who discovered gravity?
28. Who invented the scrabble?
29. Who invented the cell phone?
30. What term is used in chess describing a situation where one player is put at a disadvantage because he has to
         make a move – the player would prefer to pass and make no move.

The answers follow:
1.TOYOTA SEQUOIA
2. GEORGE W. BUSH
3. TWENTY-FOUR
4. BULLS (NFL), BEARS (NBA), BLACK HAWKS (NHL), WHITE SOX (MLB), CUBS (MLB)
5. SCHWARZENEGGER
6. 25 SQUARE IS 625; 95 SQUARE IS 9025
7. E
8. THE
9. T
10. Q
11. VATICAN; MONACO
12. BLUE WHALE
13. CHEETAH
14. PEREGRINE FALCON
15. RHEUMATOLOGIST DEALS WITH TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE JOINTS, MUSCLES
       AND BONES
16. MADONNA LOUISE VERONICA CICCONE
17. ARNOLD GEORGE DORSEY
18. EDWARD MOORE KENNEDY
19. WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING
20. JOEY
21. WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER
22. MELCHORA AQUINO
23. IRVING BERLIN
24. DR. JAMES NAISMITH – CANADIAN
25. SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
26. JOAN OF ARC
27. SIR ISAAC NEWTON
28. ALFRED MOSHER BUTTS
29. DR. MARTIN COOPER
30. ZUGZWANG

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