History Trivia Question 4

Who acted as President of the Confederate States of America in the U.S. Civil War?

a. Ulysses S. Grant

b. Robert E. Lee

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Jefferson Davis

The answer is D. Jefferson Davis! Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861, after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union.

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History Trivia Question 3

True or False: the communist party in 1917 was birthed out of the Bolsheviks.

The answer is true! The Bolsheviks, founded by Vladimir Lenin, were an organization of professional revolutionaries under a democratic internal hierarchy governed by the principle of democratic centralism, who considered themselves as the vanguard of the revolutionary working class of Russia.

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Halloween Study Tip

You are NOT a vampire...so stop acting like one!

The problem with cramming is that it causes people to skip sleep altogether and put in a 10 hour study session before a test. F.Y.I. this does not create the most highly functioning brain activity for the actual test. As humans we do require sleep, and as students we also require a study plan that does not involve 10 hours straight of studying any one subject. For most people the best plan is to break studying up into 1-2 hour sessions, which does require some planning ahead of time as you may have to break that up over many days. So be smart: know your physiology.

Humans + sleep=alert brains with better chance for As.

Humans - sleep=vampires with bad grades.

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History Trivia Question 2

What Tudor ruler who reigned for more than forty years is portrayed here?
The answer is Queen Elizabeth I!!!

Elizabeth I, born on 7 September 1533, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
(from Wikipedia)

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History Trivia Question 1

When approximately do most historians argue that the Roman Empire fell?
a. 3rd century
b. 4th century
c. 5th century
d. 6th century

The answer is C! 5th century

The Roman Empire collapsed in 476 CE as Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate by Odoacer. However, the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, thrived until the death of Constantine XI and the capture of Constantinople byt the Ottoman Turks in 1453 CE.

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Check Out Our Spooktacular Trivia Board This Week!

The board includes fun history facts and **a chance to win a prize**

Featured this week are our picks for some fang-tastic reading!

(Visit the board to see more)

Keep those brains live and fresh for all the zombies out there.

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Business Trivia Question 5

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for operating a(n)

a. Ponzi Scheme

b. Forex Scam

c. Insider Trading

d. Enron scandal

The answer is A. Ponzi Scheme!In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

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Business Trivia Question 4

For what company does the CEO make $1 a year for his salary?

a. Apple

b. Tom Shoes

c. Motion Picture Academy

d. Google

The answer is D, Google. Eric E. Schmidt earned a total of $2 in the years of 2006 and 2008 for his salary as a C.E.O., but don't feel too bad for him as he is still listed in Forbes magazine as the 129th richest person in the world...Not too shabby.

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Business Trivia Question 3

What is the process called of comparing the cost, cycle time, productivity, or quality of a specific process or method to another that is widely considered to be an industry standard or best practice?

a. Benchmarking

b. Insolvency

c. Global Strategy

d. Producible Fraction

The answer is A. Benchmarking! Currently, there is no single benchmarking process that has been universally adopted, but there are popular 7 step and 12 step processes that are used frequently.

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Business Trivia Question 2

For which of the following is Sam Walton most famous?

a. Business practices
b. Horse racing
c. Military career
d. Political career

The answer is A! Business practices

In addition to Sam Walton's business accomplishments, he was Missouri's youngest Eagle Scout in 8th grade; an honors student in high school and college; a member of Beta Theta Phi and Alpha Kappa Psi; and reached the rank of captain as part of the US Army Intelligence Corps. It was after all this that Sam went into the variety store business, which led to the creation of the first Wal-Mart in 1962.

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Business Trivia Question 1

Which company created the "assembly line?"

a. General Motors
b. Walmart
c. Ford Motors
d. Chrysler

The answer is C! Ford Motors

Okay so the concept of an assembly line wasn't exactly created by one person at one point in history, in fact the concept has been in use in one way or another since about 215 BC when Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi commissioned The Terracotta Army, a collection of about 8000 life-sized clay soldiers and horses buried with him. But it was Ford Motors' use of the assembly line to produce the Model T that had tremendous impact on the world, so the company is credited with the creation of the modern assembly line process.

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Study Tip

Put the phone down and nobody will get hurt!

Sometimes we are so connected to our phone it feels as if it is a strange yet stylish appendage to our body. Yes, technology is good (some would say and some decidedly would not) BUT there is a point in which it infringes far too much into our lives. If you cannot have a five minute conversation without checking your phone for texts, you definitely are unable of getting away from your phone long enough to truly focus on any one subject. When you decide to write a paper, study, read fifty pages of your assigned reading, put the phone on silent and far far away from your reach. If you are constantly checking your phone to see if someone called or texted, you are not truly giving 100% to your studies. Do yourself a favor, cut the technological cord and be truly there with whatever you are working on.

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Religious Studies Question 5

Which movie does not include a guest appearence of a character playing the devil?

a. Dogma

b. Constantine

c. Bedazzled

d. The Passion of Christ

The answer is Dogma! The closest thing to a devil in this movie is Azrael, the demon, played by Jason Lee.

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Religious Studies Question 4

Which of the following was NOT one of the original twelve apostles?

a. Andrew

b. Bartholomew

c. Phillip

d. Luke

The answer is D. Luke! The Roman Catholic Church venerates him as Saint Luke, patron saint of physicians, surgeons, students, butchers, and artists; his feast day is 18 October.

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Religious Studies Question 3

From the Talmudic teaching name three commandments.

Anything similar to these responses would be acceptable.

I am the Lord thy God, ... Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long.Thou shalt not kill.Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.

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Religious Studies Trivia Question 2

Which of the following is one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

a. Life as we know it ultimately is or leads to suffering/uneasiness in one way or another

b. As a person puts on new clothes and discards old and torn clothes, similarly an embodied soul enters new material bodies, leaving the old bodies

c. Way wayed not eternal/unchanging way
Name named not eternal/unchanging name

d. Respectfulness, without the Rites, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the Rites, becomes timidity; boldness, without the Rites, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the Rites, becomes rudeness.

The answer is A! The Four Noble Truths, in simple form, are:

1. Life means suffering.
2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

Answer B is from Hinduism and can be found in the Bhagvad Gita; answer C is from Taoism; answer D is from Confucianism.

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ARC Presents: "From Here to December"

ARC Presents:
From Here to December
Ways to Improve Your Study Habits

Today, October 13th, in the Library room 25L
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Midterm grades got you down? Realizing that maybe you need a new way to study? Well you're in luck! We'll be talking about some helpful habits you can get into that can improve the way you study. If you can't make it to the presention, drop by our office to meet one-on-one with an academic counselor.

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Religious Studies Trivia Question 1

The original Dead Sea Scrolls are written in what language?

a. Hebrew
b. Aramaic
c. Greek
d. All of the above

The answer is D All of the above!!!

It's true, the approximately 900 documents, generally dating between 150 BCE and 70 CE, include manuscripts written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, mostly written on parchment.

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Biology Trivia Question 3

According to the most recent nutrition pyramid what of the following is not included as part of a healthy diet?

a. Grains

b. Oil

c. Sugar

d. Meat and beans

The answer is sugar!

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Biology Trivia Question 2

Which of the following movies did NOT involved using DNA for cloning?

a. Jurassic Park
b. The Island
c. A.I.
d. Alien Resurrection

The answer is C: A.I.!!!

IMDB.com tells us that Artificial Intelligence: A.I. "was based on the Brian Aldiss short story 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long,' " and that the "short story has less influence on the movie than the famous poem by William Butler Yeats, 'The Stolen Child.' The text of the poem appears in the movie in two places, and certain stanzas take on literal meaning as well (e.g. "Till the moon has taken flight")"

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Memorization Tip

Sing what you study!

Not a singer? That's ok. The majority of us learned our ABCs with a song, so it's not a huge stretch to say that most of us could handle the sound of our own voices long enough to remember something we are trying to memorize. Anything can be turned into a song, and you have a MUCH better chance of remembering it if it has some sort of melody. Don't believe me? Try singing the lyrics to Fresh Prince of Bel Air...Go. Did you remember it? And that's been off the air for 13 years!

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Biology Trivia Question 1

Which of the following holds the record for the fastest creature in the water?

a. Sailfish
b. Mako Shark
c. Bottlenose Dolphin
d. Killer Whale

The answer is a: sailfish. They have been clocked to reach speeds of 70mph. Also, the sailfish turns its body light blue with stripes when excited, confusing some fish and making it easier to catch prey. Good to know!

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Communications Trivia Question 5

Which female journalist teaches classes at Harvard?

a. Katie Couric

b. Ann Curry

c. Barbara Walters

d.Connie Chung

The answer is Connie Chung! She is also married to Maury Povich, one of the original daytime talk show hosts.

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Communications Trivia Question 4

Who was the youngest person ever to become a US news anchor?

a. Peter Jennings

b. Dan Rather

c. Tom Brokaw

d. Walter Cronkite

The answer is A. Peter Jennings!

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And the winner of the first month of ARC trivia is... (drumroll)

Mike Sigrist

Congratulations!

And for your prize you will receive

That's right! A Barnes and Noble gift card! WOOT!

So come to the ARC and get it! Thanks to everyone who played; if you didn't win, remember, we started our new month of trivia TODAY! F.Y.I. We will have DIFFERENT prize every month, but rest assured, they are all awesome!

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Communication Trivia Question 3

Visual Signals given by a person; such as, clenching of fists and lowering and spreading of the body for stability is a sign of what type of body language?

a. Defensive

b. Attentive

c. Aggressive

d.Dominant

The answer is C. Aggressive!

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