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humanities	If I wanted to say the word pencil in French, what would I say?	[ "craie", "gomme", "stylo", "crayon" ]	crayon
humanities	Count to five in French: un, deux, trois, quatre, ____. What is the missing number?	[ "huit", "dix", "cinq", "cinquante" ]	cinq
humanities	What is the French word for snow?	[ "pluie", "soleil", "neige", "vent" ]	neige
humanities	Which of these is the French word for peace?	[ "confiance", "bonheur", "paix", "amour" ]	paix
humanities	What is the word for egg in French?	[ "oeuf", "quiche", "jambon", "crÃªpe" ]	oeuf
humanities	How does one say cup in French?	[ "fourchette", "assiette", "tasse", "cuillÃ¨re" ]	tasse
humanities	Youâre in France and you want to tell someone that he has a nice tie. What is the word for âtie?â	[ "cravate", "chaussette", "chaussure", "chapeau" ]	cravate
humanities	What is the French word for sea?	[ "chÃ¢teau", "montagne", "maison", "mer" ]	mer
humanities	Watch out! The road is under _____________.	[ "Construction", "Water", "Pressure", "Age" ]	Construction
humanities	What does the Latin phrase Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur mean?	[ "Latin is the mother of all languages", "Every wise man should speak Latin", "Anything said in Latin sounds profound", "You cannot see the truth, until you learn Latin" ]	Anything said in Latin sounds profound
humanities	What does Ad astra per aspera mean in English?	[ "Humankind aspires to reach the stars", "One cannot reach a star", "Rich people never smile", "To the stars through hardships" ]	To the stars through hardships
humanities	Julius Caesar once said veni, vidi, vici. What did he mean?	[ "To win is to see yourself winning", "A good enemy is a dead enemy", "A friend in need is a friend indeed", "I came, I saw, I conquered" ]	I came, I saw, I conquered
humanities	What is vir in Latin?	[ "A man", "A virus", "A human", "An enemy" ]	A man
humanities	What does Vae Victis mean?	[ "Glory to the winners", "Woe to the conquered", "If you win, you loose", "Beware of the conqueror" ]	Woe to the conquered
humanities	If your business partner says pacta sunt servanda, what does he/she mean?	[ "Your business is finished.", "Agreements must be honoured.", "You are my slave now.", "How can I serve you?" ]	Agreements must be honoured.
humanities	To whom can you say Cura te ipsum!?	[ "To a policeman who arrests you", "To your partner, expressing your love", "To a beggar, when you dont have any money", "To a doctor, when you do not agree with his/her diagnosis" ]	To a doctor, when you do not agree with his/her diagnosis
humanities	When they refer to future events in writing, some people use DV which stands for Deo volente. What does it mean?	[ "While life is, hope is", "God is (my) protector", "God wills it", "By Gods will" ]	By Gods will
humanities	When is it proper to say Nunc est bibendum?	[ "When you want to smoke", "At a party", "In court", "At a catholic mass" ]	At a party
humanities	What does Roma locuta, causa finita est mean?	[ "Rome wasnt built in a day.", "Rome has spoken, the discussion is finished.", "When in Rome, do as the Romans do.", "All ways lead to Rome." ]	Rome has spoken, the discussion is finished.
humanities	What is the meaning of sapiens?	[ "a mammal", "wise, reasonable", "walking on two legs", "human" ]	wise, reasonable
humanities	How can Nemo sine vitio est be translated into English?	[ "No one is without fault", "To sin is human", "No-one is a judge in his own case", "Fish dont have voice" ]	No one is without fault
humanities	What is the missing part of the proverb Hatred is as blind as ...?	[ "A mole", "None of these", "Love", "Darkness" ]	Love
humanities	Finish the proverb: Blood is thicker than ...	[ "Sweat", "Tears", "Wine", "Water" ]	Water
humanities	What is the missing word in the popular proverb A stitch in time saves ...?	[ "Nine", "Everybody", "A dime", "Thousands" ]	Nine
humanities	Complete the popular proverb: Tall oaks grow from ...	[ "Small saplings", "Nutritious soil", "Strong earth", "Little acorns" ]	Little acorns
humanities	What is the missing part of the proverb, The ... wounds more than a lance?	[ "Evil eye", "Tongue", "Hand", "Word" ]	Tongue
humanities	What is the end of the proverb Two wrongs dont make ...?	[ "It easier", "The world a better place", "A right", "A fight" ]	A right
humanities	What is the missing part of the saying Make a silk purse out of a ...?	[ "Cows ear", "Silk dress", "Sows ear", "Woolen sock" ]	Sows ear
humanities	What is the missing word of the proverb: A loaded ... makes no noise?	[ "Train", "Wagon", "Gun", "Horse" ]	Wagon
humanities	What is the missing word from the popular saying A burnt child dreads the ...?	[ "Stove", "Fire", "Air conditioner", "Match" ]	Fire
humanities	Complete the following proverb: Learn to walk before you ...	[ "Run", "Crawl", "Speak", "Leap" ]	Run
humanities	Which word refers to the ancient Greek songs, performed by a chorus in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus?	[ "thriambos", "dithyramb", "thyrsus", "tirsu" ]	dithyramb
humanities	Within the Olympian tradition, Dionysos was said to be the son of Zeus and which mortal woman?	[ "Semele", "Medea", "Metis", "Leda" ]	Semele
humanities	In both Greek and Roman mythology Dionysus is known by what other name?	[ "Bacchus", "Ares", "Cadmus", "None of these" ]	Bacchus
humanities	Which word refers to the ecstatic female worshippers of god Dionysos?	[ "maenads", "satyrs", "herms", "sileni" ]	maenads
humanities	Dendrites is one of the epithets used for god Dionysus.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	God Dionysus is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	Which word refers to the eating of raw flesh, a common practice in Dionysian worship?	[ "ekstasis", "sparagmos", "enthousiasmos", "omophagia" ]	omophagia
humanities	These mythological half-man and half-goat creatures, which roamed the woods and mountains, were companions of Dionysus.	[ "satyrs", "centaurs", "bacchaents", "silenis" ]	satyrs
humanities	Worshippers of god Dionysus often wore what type of attire over their shoulders?	[ "goat-skin", "lions head", "fawn skin", "sheep-skin" ]	fawn skin
humanities	Anthesteria, a festival in honour of Dionysus, celebrated the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, and the beginning of spring.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	Which one of these goddesses is NOT similar to Aphrodite in some way?	[ "Saraswati", "Turan", "Inanna", "Ishtar" ]	Saraswati
humanities	Was the lime tree goddess Aphrodites sacred tree?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
humanities	Which one of these animals was NOT sacred for Aphrodite?	[ "Dolphin", "Swan", "Sparrow", "Peacock" ]	Peacock
humanities	Which one of these names is not one of goddess Aphrodites surnames?	[ "Dionaea", "Anandymene", "Acraea", "Telaia" ]	Telaia
humanities	According to Greek mythology, who was Adonia?	[ "Adonis and Aphrodites daughter", "Aphrodites servant", "The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite", "Adonis and Aphrodites son" ]	The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite
humanities	Born in Barrow, Suffolk she studied to become one of the most important portrait painters in the 17th century.	[ "Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella", "Mary Beale", "Lucrina Fetti", "Artemesia Gentileschi" ]	Mary Beale
humanities	In her twenties, this Dutch painter became the only female member of the Haarlem painters guild and quickly adopted students of her own.	[ "Anne Killigrew", "Judith Leyster", "Giovanna Garzoni", "Maria Sibylla Merian" ]	Judith Leyster
humanities	She is the only Flemish woman to have specialized in still-life painting as early as the beginning of the 17th century.	[ "Teresa Del Po", "Maria Sibylla Merian", "Louise Moillon", "Clara Peeters" ]	Clara Peeters
humanities	She was arguably the most educated and most famous woman of the 17th century. She spoke Latin, modern European languages, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopian. She also excelled in art, music and literature.	[ "Luisa Ignacia Roldan", "Rachel Ruysch", "Anna Maria van Schurman", "Teresa Del Po" ]	Anna Maria van Schurman
humanities	This Swiss Neoclassicist painter was chosen to paint the portrait of Monsignor Nevroni, bishop of Como, before she turned 12. Later, she became a distinguished portrait painter.	[ "Elizabeth Blackwell", "Angelica Kauffmann", "Ann Bateman", "Hester Bateman" ]	Angelica Kauffmann
humanities	Born in London, she became the most important woman in the silver trade. She and her husband made their reputation with silver in the popular French rococo style.	[ "Louisa Courtauld", "Amelia Farnborough", "Mary Ann Croswell", "Marie Nicole Dumont" ]	Louisa Courtauld
humanities	This woman is referred to as the the most outstanding woman goldsmith of her generation . But this was not by chance - she was the daughter of the famous English silversmith Simon Pantin.	[ "Angelica Kauffman", "Elizabeth Godfrey", "Rebecca Emes", "Anne Seymour Damer" ]	Elizabeth Godfrey
humanities	She was the predecessor of Madame Tussaud. She modelled wax figures of famous people.	[ "Luisa Roldan", "Frances Scott", "Patience Wright", "Caroline Watson" ]	Patience Wright
humanities	Although she was very young in 1876, she had great success painting the portrait of Sarah Bernhardt.	[ "Charlotte Bonaparte", "Maria Bashkirtseff", "Louise Abbema", "Anna Bilinska" ]	Louise Abbema
humanities	The themes of this artist are feminist and political, depicting literary-historical figure groups and decorative female heads.	[ "Marie Spartali Stillman", "Suzanne Valadon", "Annie Swynnerton", "Lilly Martin Spencer" ]	Marie Spartali Stillman
humanities	In Greek mythology the Cyclopes were the so called Olympians masons. They built the marvellous palace of the gods at the top of the highest mountain in Greece - Mount Olympus.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	Why did Phaethon take Apollos chariot and ride off across the sky?	[ "He wanted to take the place of his father Helios.", "His mother Clymene drove him to take his fathers chariot.", "He wanted to impress the Greek goddess Aphrodite because he was in love with her.", "He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus." ]	He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus.
humanities	What was the name of the mythological statue in which Pygmalion fell in love and eventually the statue became a woman?	[ "Lachesis", "Galatea", "Echo", "Leda" ]	Galatea
humanities	What was the name of the Lithuanian god of the sky, earth, sea and all living creatures who decided to punish mankind and sent to the Earth the Spirit of water and the Spirit of wind?	[ "Praamzius", "Jurate", "Patrimpas", "Perkunas" ]	Praamzius
humanities	What was the name of the Lithuanian god that can be compared to the Creek god of underworld, Hades?	[ "Saule", "Pikulas", "Menulis", "Zemepatis" ]	Pikulas
humanities	According to Greek myths, this was the first robot which was made by Hephaestus to protect Crete.	[ "Rhadamanthys", "Talos", "Sarpedon", "Minos" ]	Talos
humanities	In Finnish myths the Sampo was a magic artifact made by the blacksmith IImarinen for the sorceress Louhi of Pohjola. What kind of object was this artifact?	[ "a medallion", "a mill", "a sword", "a ring" ]	a mill
humanities	According to Scandinavian mythology, the chaos will defeat the guardians of good and this catastrophe will bring the world to an end. What is the name of this final battle between evil and good, in which the gods will be outnumbered?	[ "Heimdall", "Ragnarok", "Einherjar", "Asgard" ]	Ragnarok
humanities	This is the goddess of eternal youth, the guardian of the golden apples of youth in the Scandinavian mythology.	[ "Volla", "Idun", "Freya", "Bragi" ]	Idun
humanities	According to a Polish legend, which city in Poland was named after a hero who defeated a fearful dragon?	[ "Warsaw", "Pornan", "Torun", "Cracow" ]	Cracow
humanities	What state in the U.S. is commonly believed to have Spanish as an official language?	[ "New Mexico", "Oregon", "Nevada", "Hawaii" ]	New Mexico
humanities	In what country in Africa is Spanish the official language?	[ "Libya", "Angola", "Nigeria", "Equatorial Guinea" ]	Equatorial Guinea
humanities	What language is regarded as the biggest contributor to the Spanish language after English and Latin?	[ "Persian", "Turkish", "Arabic", "Hungarian" ]	Arabic
humanities	Besides Espanol, Spanish language is also called Castellano.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
humanities	This language, spoken by the Sephardic Jews, is a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.	[ "Galician", "Ladino", "Basque", "Catalan" ]	Ladino
humanities	Spanish is one of the six official languages of the U.N.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
humanities	What is the name of the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language?	[ "Department of Spanish", "Royal Spanish Academy", "Castillian association", "Ministry of Spanish" ]	Royal Spanish Academy
humanities	What did the Royal Spanish Academy rule in 1994?	[ "English words would not be accepted into the Spanish language.", "The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.", "Spanish should be the official language of Spain.", "The term Castilian would not be used." ]	The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.
humanities	The official languages of Haiti are Spanish and French.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
humanities	In how many countries is Spanish the official language?	[ "21", "15", "32", "12" ]	21
humanities	In the movie Rent which 4 of the 8 main characters have AIDS?	[ "Roger, Maureen, Mark, Collins", "Angel, Roger, Bennie, Maureen", "Joanne, Mark, Bennie, Maureen", "Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel" ]	Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel
humanities	What drug is Rent character Mimi addicted to?	[ "Marijuana", "Meth", "Heroin", "Cocaine" ]	Heroin
humanities	What is the name of this song, featured in the movie Rent: Compassion, to fashion, to passion when its new. To Sontag. To Sondheim. To anything taboo. Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage. Lenny Bruce. Langston Hughes. To the stage. To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too. Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em...?	[ "Over The Rainbow", "Auntie Em", "La Vie Boheme", "Famous People" ]	La Vie Boheme
humanities	What is the name of the song that Maureen and Joanne sing to each other at their commitment ceremony in the film Rent?	[ "Like It or Not", "Take Me or Leave Me", "Walk Away", "Lesbian Love" ]	Take Me or Leave Me
humanities	In the movie Rent, what is Marks relation to Maureen?	[ "They used to date.", "They are cousins.", "They are siblings.", "They used to be married." ]	They used to date.
humanities	What actor gained 55 pounds and learned how to box to bring the real-life story of boxer Jake La Motta to the screen?	[ "Robert De Niro", "James Dean", "Paul Newman", "Marlon Brando" ]	Robert De Niro
humanities	In order to play insomniac Trevor Reznik in The Machinist, this actor lost 60 pounds in just a few months. Later he went from 130 pounds to 230 pounds in six months to play Bruce Wayne.	[ "Christian Bale", "Jake Gyllenhaal", "Toby Mcquire", "Matt Damon" ]	Christian Bale
humanities	This actress gave you goose pimples when her character, Annie Wilkes, told writer Paul Sheldon, Im your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. Im your number one fan.	[ "Glen Close", "Sharon Stone", "Kathy Bates", "Charlize Theron" ]	Kathy Bates
humanities	Paul Newman has starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. In what movie did Newmans character praise Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool.?	[ "The Hustler", "Slap Shot", "The Color of Money", "Hud" ]	The Hustler
humanities	What is grammaticalization?	[ "The conversion of a pidgin language into a creole language", "The gradual addition of grammar rules to a language", "The process of learning the grammar of a language", "The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word" ]	The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word
humanities	Approximately how many spoken languages are there in the world today?	[ "150", "6000", "10000", "300" ]	6000
humanities	What does the linguistics term creole mean?	[ "A dialect of French", "A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.", "A person who speaks a pidgin", "A person descended from slaves who lives in Louisiana" ]	A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.
humanities	What is Ebonics (also known as African American Vernacular and Black English)?	[ "A dialect of English", "Neither a language nor a dialect", "A separate language in its own right", "An artificial construct to satisfy some politicians ambitions" ]	A dialect of English
humanities	Of all the languages in the world today, how many are written languages?	[ "1000", "3000", "500", "200" ]	200
humanities	Which statement about English is true?	[ "It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.", "It is descended primarily from the ancient Viking language.", "It is In the same language family as Hungarian.", "It is in the same language family as Chinese." ]	It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.
humanities	Which one of the following languages is not in the same language family as the others?	[ "Russian", "English", "Farsi (the language spoken in Iran)", "Finnish" ]	Finnish
humanities	Which of the following languages is a highly inflected language?	[ "Mandarin", "Japanese", "English", "Russian" ]	Russian
humanities	Sentence structure can be described in the following way: S=Subject. O=Object. V=Verb. There are 6 possible sentence structures: SVO (as English is), SOV (as German is), OSV, OVS, VSO, and VOS. Of these 6 possible sentence structures, which one has never been found to exist?	[ "OVS", "None of these. All 6 have been found.", "OSV", "VOS" ]	None of these. All 6 have been found.
humanities	The word gargantuan is an eponym derived from a character, depicted by this 16th century French author.	[ "Alexander Dumas, pÃ¨re", "HonorÃ© de Balzac", "Victor Hugo", "FranÃ§ois Rabelais" ]	FranÃ§ois Rabelais
humanities	The term Quizling, which means a traitor, is derived from the name of Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany while serving as Minister-President of this country.	[ "Poland", "Norway", "Finland", "Austria" ]	Norway
humanities	The name of the famous womanizer Giacomo Casanova has become synonymous with the art of seduction. Who wrote the book Histoire de ma vie which covers part of Casanovas life?	[ "Alexandre Dumas", "Gustave Flaubert", "Tirso de Molina", "Giacomo Casanova" ]	Giacomo Casanova
humanities	Which of these musical instruments was named after a person?	[ "saxophone", "All of these", "piano", "clarinet" ]	saxophone
humanities	What Ancient Greek lyric poet was born on the island of Lesbos from which the term lesbian is derived?	[ "Herodas", "Sappho", "Euripides", "Homer" ]	Sappho
humanities	The word shylock, which refers to a ruthless moneylender, is derived from the name of a character appearing in what Shakespearean play?	[ "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Measure for Measure", "King Lear", "The Merchant of Venice" ]	The Merchant of Venice

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If I wanted to say the word pencil in French, what would I say?

[ "craie", "gomme", "stylo", "crayon" ]

crayon

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Count to five in French: un, deux, trois, quatre, ____. What is the missing number?

[ "huit", "dix", "cinq", "cinquante" ]

cinq

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What is the French word for snow?

[ "pluie", "soleil", "neige", "vent" ]

neige

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Which of these is the French word for peace?

[ "confiance", "bonheur", "paix", "amour" ]

paix

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What is the word for egg in French?

[ "oeuf", "quiche", "jambon", "crÃªpe" ]

oeuf

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How does one say cup in French?

[ "fourchette", "assiette", "tasse", "cuillÃ¨re" ]

tasse

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Youâre in France and you want to tell someone that he has a nice tie. What is the word for âtie?â

[ "cravate", "chaussette", "chaussure", "chapeau" ]

cravate

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What is the French word for sea?

[ "chÃ¢teau", "montagne", "maison", "mer" ]

mer

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Watch out! The road is under _____________.

[ "Construction", "Water", "Pressure", "Age" ]

Construction

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What does the Latin phrase Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur mean?

[ "Latin is the mother of all languages", "Every wise man should speak Latin", "Anything said in Latin sounds profound", "You cannot see the truth, until you learn Latin" ]

Anything said in Latin sounds profound

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What does Ad astra per aspera mean in English?

[ "Humankind aspires to reach the stars", "One cannot reach a star", "Rich people never smile", "To the stars through hardships" ]

To the stars through hardships

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Julius Caesar once said veni, vidi, vici. What did he mean?

[ "To win is to see yourself winning", "A good enemy is a dead enemy", "A friend in need is a friend indeed", "I came, I saw, I conquered" ]

I came, I saw, I conquered

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What is vir in Latin?

[ "A man", "A virus", "A human", "An enemy" ]

A man

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What does Vae Victis mean?

[ "Glory to the winners", "Woe to the conquered", "If you win, you loose", "Beware of the conqueror" ]

Woe to the conquered

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If your business partner says pacta sunt servanda, what does he/she mean?

[ "Your business is finished.", "Agreements must be honoured.", "You are my slave now.", "How can I serve you?" ]

Agreements must be honoured.

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To whom can you say Cura te ipsum!?

[ "To a policeman who arrests you", "To your partner, expressing your love", "To a beggar, when you dont have any money", "To a doctor, when you do not agree with his/her diagnosis" ]

To a doctor, when you do not agree with his/her diagnosis

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When they refer to future events in writing, some people use DV which stands for Deo volente. What does it mean?

[ "While life is, hope is", "God is (my) protector", "God wills it", "By Gods will" ]

By Gods will

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When is it proper to say Nunc est bibendum?

[ "When you want to smoke", "At a party", "In court", "At a catholic mass" ]

At a party

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What does Roma locuta, causa finita est mean?

[ "Rome wasnt built in a day.", "Rome has spoken, the discussion is finished.", "When in Rome, do as the Romans do.", "All ways lead to Rome." ]

Rome has spoken, the discussion is finished.

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What is the meaning of sapiens?

[ "a mammal", "wise, reasonable", "walking on two legs", "human" ]

wise, reasonable

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How can Nemo sine vitio est be translated into English?

[ "No one is without fault", "To sin is human", "No-one is a judge in his own case", "Fish dont have voice" ]

No one is without fault

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What is the missing part of the proverb Hatred is as blind as ...?

[ "A mole", "None of these", "Love", "Darkness" ]

Love

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Finish the proverb: Blood is thicker than ...

[ "Sweat", "Tears", "Wine", "Water" ]

Water

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What is the missing word in the popular proverb A stitch in time saves ...?

[ "Nine", "Everybody", "A dime", "Thousands" ]

Nine

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Complete the popular proverb: Tall oaks grow from ...

[ "Small saplings", "Nutritious soil", "Strong earth", "Little acorns" ]

Little acorns

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What is the missing part of the proverb, The ... wounds more than a lance?

[ "Evil eye", "Tongue", "Hand", "Word" ]

Tongue

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What is the end of the proverb Two wrongs dont make ...?

[ "It easier", "The world a better place", "A right", "A fight" ]

A right

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What is the missing part of the saying Make a silk purse out of a ...?

[ "Cows ear", "Silk dress", "Sows ear", "Woolen sock" ]

Sows ear

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What is the missing word of the proverb: A loaded ... makes no noise?

[ "Train", "Wagon", "Gun", "Horse" ]

Wagon

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What is the missing word from the popular saying A burnt child dreads the ...?

[ "Stove", "Fire", "Air conditioner", "Match" ]

Fire

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Complete the following proverb: Learn to walk before you ...

[ "Run", "Crawl", "Speak", "Leap" ]

Run

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Which word refers to the ancient Greek songs, performed by a chorus in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus?

[ "thriambos", "dithyramb", "thyrsus", "tirsu" ]

dithyramb

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Within the Olympian tradition, Dionysos was said to be the son of Zeus and which mortal woman?

[ "Semele", "Medea", "Metis", "Leda" ]

Semele

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In both Greek and Roman mythology Dionysus is known by what other name?

[ "Bacchus", "Ares", "Cadmus", "None of these" ]

Bacchus

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Which word refers to the ecstatic female worshippers of god Dionysos?

[ "maenads", "satyrs", "herms", "sileni" ]

maenads

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Dendrites is one of the epithets used for god Dionysus.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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God Dionysus is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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Which word refers to the eating of raw flesh, a common practice in Dionysian worship?

[ "ekstasis", "sparagmos", "enthousiasmos", "omophagia" ]

omophagia

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These mythological half-man and half-goat creatures, which roamed the woods and mountains, were companions of Dionysus.

[ "satyrs", "centaurs", "bacchaents", "silenis" ]

satyrs

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Worshippers of god Dionysus often wore what type of attire over their shoulders?

[ "goat-skin", "lions head", "fawn skin", "sheep-skin" ]

fawn skin

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Anthesteria, a festival in honour of Dionysus, celebrated the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, and the beginning of spring.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Which one of these goddesses is NOT similar to Aphrodite in some way?

[ "Saraswati", "Turan", "Inanna", "Ishtar" ]

Saraswati

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Was the lime tree goddess Aphrodites sacred tree?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Which one of these animals was NOT sacred for Aphrodite?

[ "Dolphin", "Swan", "Sparrow", "Peacock" ]

Peacock

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Which one of these names is not one of goddess Aphrodites surnames?

[ "Dionaea", "Anandymene", "Acraea", "Telaia" ]

Telaia

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According to Greek mythology, who was Adonia?

[ "Adonis and Aphrodites daughter", "Aphrodites servant", "The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite", "Adonis and Aphrodites son" ]

The name of a festival to celebrate Adonis and Aphrodite

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Born in Barrow, Suffolk she studied to become one of the most important portrait painters in the 17th century.

[ "Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella", "Mary Beale", "Lucrina Fetti", "Artemesia Gentileschi" ]

Mary Beale

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In her twenties, this Dutch painter became the only female member of the Haarlem painters guild and quickly adopted students of her own.

[ "Anne Killigrew", "Judith Leyster", "Giovanna Garzoni", "Maria Sibylla Merian" ]

Judith Leyster

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She is the only Flemish woman to have specialized in still-life painting as early as the beginning of the 17th century.

[ "Teresa Del Po", "Maria Sibylla Merian", "Louise Moillon", "Clara Peeters" ]

Clara Peeters

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She was arguably the most educated and most famous woman of the 17th century. She spoke Latin, modern European languages, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopian. She also excelled in art, music and literature.

[ "Luisa Ignacia Roldan", "Rachel Ruysch", "Anna Maria van Schurman", "Teresa Del Po" ]

Anna Maria van Schurman

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This Swiss Neoclassicist painter was chosen to paint the portrait of Monsignor Nevroni, bishop of Como, before she turned 12. Later, she became a distinguished portrait painter.

[ "Elizabeth Blackwell", "Angelica Kauffmann", "Ann Bateman", "Hester Bateman" ]

Angelica Kauffmann

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Born in London, she became the most important woman in the silver trade. She and her husband made their reputation with silver in the popular French rococo style.

[ "Louisa Courtauld", "Amelia Farnborough", "Mary Ann Croswell", "Marie Nicole Dumont" ]

Louisa Courtauld

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This woman is referred to as the the most outstanding woman goldsmith of her generation . But this was not by chance - she was the daughter of the famous English silversmith Simon Pantin.

[ "Angelica Kauffman", "Elizabeth Godfrey", "Rebecca Emes", "Anne Seymour Damer" ]

Elizabeth Godfrey

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She was the predecessor of Madame Tussaud. She modelled wax figures of famous people.

[ "Luisa Roldan", "Frances Scott", "Patience Wright", "Caroline Watson" ]

Patience Wright

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Although she was very young in 1876, she had great success painting the portrait of Sarah Bernhardt.

[ "Charlotte Bonaparte", "Maria Bashkirtseff", "Louise Abbema", "Anna Bilinska" ]

Louise Abbema

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The themes of this artist are feminist and political, depicting literary-historical figure groups and decorative female heads.

[ "Marie Spartali Stillman", "Suzanne Valadon", "Annie Swynnerton", "Lilly Martin Spencer" ]

Marie Spartali Stillman

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In Greek mythology the Cyclopes were the so called Olympians masons. They built the marvellous palace of the gods at the top of the highest mountain in Greece - Mount Olympus.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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Why did Phaethon take Apollos chariot and ride off across the sky?

[ "He wanted to take the place of his father Helios.", "His mother Clymene drove him to take his fathers chariot.", "He wanted to impress the Greek goddess Aphrodite because he was in love with her.", "He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus." ]

He was taunted about his origin by Epaphus, a son of Zeus.

humanities

What was the name of the mythological statue in which Pygmalion fell in love and eventually the statue became a woman?

[ "Lachesis", "Galatea", "Echo", "Leda" ]

Galatea

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What was the name of the Lithuanian god of the sky, earth, sea and all living creatures who decided to punish mankind and sent to the Earth the Spirit of water and the Spirit of wind?

[ "Praamzius", "Jurate", "Patrimpas", "Perkunas" ]

Praamzius

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What was the name of the Lithuanian god that can be compared to the Creek god of underworld, Hades?

[ "Saule", "Pikulas", "Menulis", "Zemepatis" ]

Pikulas

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According to Greek myths, this was the first robot which was made by Hephaestus to protect Crete.

[ "Rhadamanthys", "Talos", "Sarpedon", "Minos" ]

Talos

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In Finnish myths the Sampo was a magic artifact made by the blacksmith IImarinen for the sorceress Louhi of Pohjola. What kind of object was this artifact?

[ "a medallion", "a mill", "a sword", "a ring" ]

a mill

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According to Scandinavian mythology, the chaos will defeat the guardians of good and this catastrophe will bring the world to an end. What is the name of this final battle between evil and good, in which the gods will be outnumbered?

[ "Heimdall", "Ragnarok", "Einherjar", "Asgard" ]

Ragnarok

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This is the goddess of eternal youth, the guardian of the golden apples of youth in the Scandinavian mythology.

[ "Volla", "Idun", "Freya", "Bragi" ]

Idun

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According to a Polish legend, which city in Poland was named after a hero who defeated a fearful dragon?

[ "Warsaw", "Pornan", "Torun", "Cracow" ]

Cracow

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What state in the U.S. is commonly believed to have Spanish as an official language?

[ "New Mexico", "Oregon", "Nevada", "Hawaii" ]

New Mexico

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In what country in Africa is Spanish the official language?

[ "Libya", "Angola", "Nigeria", "Equatorial Guinea" ]

Equatorial Guinea

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What language is regarded as the biggest contributor to the Spanish language after English and Latin?

[ "Persian", "Turkish", "Arabic", "Hungarian" ]

Arabic

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Besides Espanol, Spanish language is also called Castellano.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

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This language, spoken by the Sephardic Jews, is a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.

[ "Galician", "Ladino", "Basque", "Catalan" ]

Ladino

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Spanish is one of the six official languages of the U.N.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

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What is the name of the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language?

[ "Department of Spanish", "Royal Spanish Academy", "Castillian association", "Ministry of Spanish" ]

Royal Spanish Academy

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What did the Royal Spanish Academy rule in 1994?

[ "English words would not be accepted into the Spanish language.", "The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.", "Spanish should be the official language of Spain.", "The term Castilian would not be used." ]

The consonants CH and LL would not be considered separate letters.

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The official languages of Haiti are Spanish and French.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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In how many countries is Spanish the official language?

[ "21", "15", "32", "12" ]

21

humanities

In the movie Rent which 4 of the 8 main characters have AIDS?

[ "Roger, Maureen, Mark, Collins", "Angel, Roger, Bennie, Maureen", "Joanne, Mark, Bennie, Maureen", "Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel" ]

Roger, Mimi, Collins, Angel

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What drug is Rent character Mimi addicted to?

[ "Marijuana", "Meth", "Heroin", "Cocaine" ]

Heroin

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What is the name of this song, featured in the movie Rent: Compassion, to fashion, to passion when its new. To Sontag. To Sondheim. To anything taboo. Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage. Lenny Bruce. Langston Hughes. To the stage. To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too. Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em...?

[ "Over The Rainbow", "Auntie Em", "La Vie Boheme", "Famous People" ]

La Vie Boheme

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What is the name of the song that Maureen and Joanne sing to each other at their commitment ceremony in the film Rent?

[ "Like It or Not", "Take Me or Leave Me", "Walk Away", "Lesbian Love" ]

Take Me or Leave Me

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In the movie Rent, what is Marks relation to Maureen?

[ "They used to date.", "They are cousins.", "They are siblings.", "They used to be married." ]

They used to date.

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What actor gained 55 pounds and learned how to box to bring the real-life story of boxer Jake La Motta to the screen?

[ "Robert De Niro", "James Dean", "Paul Newman", "Marlon Brando" ]

Robert De Niro

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In order to play insomniac Trevor Reznik in The Machinist, this actor lost 60 pounds in just a few months. Later he went from 130 pounds to 230 pounds in six months to play Bruce Wayne.

[ "Christian Bale", "Jake Gyllenhaal", "Toby Mcquire", "Matt Damon" ]

Christian Bale

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This actress gave you goose pimples when her character, Annie Wilkes, told writer Paul Sheldon, Im your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. Im your number one fan.

[ "Glen Close", "Sharon Stone", "Kathy Bates", "Charlize Theron" ]

Kathy Bates

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Paul Newman has starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. In what movie did Newmans character praise Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool.?

[ "The Hustler", "Slap Shot", "The Color of Money", "Hud" ]

The Hustler

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What is grammaticalization?

[ "The conversion of a pidgin language into a creole language", "The gradual addition of grammar rules to a language", "The process of learning the grammar of a language", "The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word" ]

The conversion of a substantive word into an auxiliary word

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Approximately how many spoken languages are there in the world today?

[ "150", "6000", "10000", "300" ]

6000

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What does the linguistics term creole mean?

[ "A dialect of French", "A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.", "A person who speaks a pidgin", "A person descended from slaves who lives in Louisiana" ]

A language which is adopted from a pidgin language, but is more complex, with its own grammatical rules.

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What is Ebonics (also known as African American Vernacular and Black English)?

[ "A dialect of English", "Neither a language nor a dialect", "A separate language in its own right", "An artificial construct to satisfy some politicians ambitions" ]

A dialect of English

humanities

Of all the languages in the world today, how many are written languages?

[ "1000", "3000", "500", "200" ]

200

humanities

Which statement about English is true?

[ "It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.", "It is descended primarily from the ancient Viking language.", "It is In the same language family as Hungarian.", "It is in the same language family as Chinese." ]

It is a language related to German in structure, but with a great deal of French vocabulary.

humanities

Which one of the following languages is not in the same language family as the others?

[ "Russian", "English", "Farsi (the language spoken in Iran)", "Finnish" ]

Finnish

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Which of the following languages is a highly inflected language?

[ "Mandarin", "Japanese", "English", "Russian" ]

Russian

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Sentence structure can be described in the following way: S=Subject. O=Object. V=Verb. There are 6 possible sentence structures: SVO (as English is), SOV (as German is), OSV, OVS, VSO, and VOS. Of these 6 possible sentence structures, which one has never been found to exist?

[ "OVS", "None of these. All 6 have been found.", "OSV", "VOS" ]

None of these. All 6 have been found.

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The word gargantuan is an eponym derived from a character, depicted by this 16th century French author.

FranÃ§ois Rabelais

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The term Quizling, which means a traitor, is derived from the name of Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany while serving as Minister-President of this country.

[ "Poland", "Norway", "Finland", "Austria" ]

Norway

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The name of the famous womanizer Giacomo Casanova has become synonymous with the art of seduction. Who wrote the book Histoire de ma vie which covers part of Casanovas life?

[ "Alexandre Dumas", "Gustave Flaubert", "Tirso de Molina", "Giacomo Casanova" ]

Giacomo Casanova

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Which of these musical instruments was named after a person?

[ "saxophone", "All of these", "piano", "clarinet" ]

saxophone

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What Ancient Greek lyric poet was born on the island of Lesbos from which the term lesbian is derived?

[ "Herodas", "Sappho", "Euripides", "Homer" ]

Sappho

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The word shylock, which refers to a ruthless moneylender, is derived from the name of a character appearing in what Shakespearean play?

[ "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Measure for Measure", "King Lear", "The Merchant of Venice" ]

The Merchant of Venice