Family Business Trivia Question 4

According to Family Business Magazine's August 2008 list of the world's oldest family companies, which country has the most of the oldest family owned businesses?

a. France
b. Italy
c. United States
d. Germany

The answer is D, Germany!

Germany is home to 17 of the world's oldest family owned companies. It's oldest is #6 Hotel Pilgrim Haus in Soest, founded in 1304 by of Anderhach family. The United States is a close second with 16 companies, with Zildjian Cymbal Co. ranking # 32; Italy has 13, including a business tied for second as the oldest in the world, Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli est. 1000; and France is home to 11 of the companies, including the other second place company, Château de Goulaine, est. 1000.
Check out the entire list of the world's oldest companies here: http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/worldsoldest.html

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Family Business Trivia Question 3

According to another list by Family Business Magazine, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Ford Motor Co. are the top one and two largest family businesses in the United States. Florida is home to 4 of the top 30 companies on this list; which Florida company below is NOT of America's largest family businesses?

a. Jabil Circuit Inc.
b. Cheeburger Cheeburger Inc.
c. Publix Super Markets Inc.
d. JM Family Enterprises Inc.

The answer is B, Cheeburger Cheeburger!

In fact, Cheeburger Cheeburger isn't even a family business. Carnival Corp. is the fourth Florida based family business that made Family Business Magazine's list. Here are their rankings as America's largest family businesses: Publix Super Markets Inc. #13; Carnival Corp. #24; Jabil Circuit Inc. #26; JM Family Enterprises Inc. #27. See the complete list, and some information on the companies here: http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/largest_u.s.html

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Family Business Trivia Question 2

According to a list compiled by Family Business Magazine, what is America's oldest family business?

a. The Seaside Inn and Cottages
b. Saunderskill Farms
c. Zildjian Cymbal Co.
d. Shirley Plantation

The answer is C, Zildjian Cymbal Co.

Exisiting since 1623, the company was founded 14 generations ago in Constantinople by an alchemist named Avedis I, who discovered an extremely musical metal alloy to create powerful, durable cymbals. The sultan named him “Zildjian,” Armenian for “cymbalsmith.” The family arrived in the U.S. in 1929, in time for Avedis Zildjian III to establish ties with hot, rising jazz drummers. His son Armand (1921-2002) created the company’s modern factory. Today his daughters Craigie (CEO) and Debbie (VP-human resources) are Zildjian’s first women leaders in its long history. The other three business are also among the oldest: The Seaside Inn and Cottages founded in 1667; Saunderskill Farms in 1680; and Shirley Plantation in 1638. You can check out the whole list here: http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/oldestcos.html

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Another Mid-Semester Tip

Ask yourself, “Would I pay myself for what I’m doing right now?”

If your job was to be a full-time student, which for many of you it is, would you be earning your weekly paycheck? Whether we admit it or not, many of us receive some type of funding to be here: we get scholarships, grants, loans, etc. Thereby it is your job to be here; well scratch that, it isn’t just your job to be here, it is your job to do well here. Are you fulfilling the terms of that contract? If you were an employer would you pay someone for the job that you are doing? Food for thought.

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Family Business Trivia Question 1

True or False: Family businesses must be owned by family members

The answer is False!

Family businesses may have owners who are not family members. Family businesses may also be managed by individuals who are not members of the family. However, family members are often involved in the operations of their family business in some capacity and, in smaller companies, usually one or more family members are the senior officers and managers.

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Theatre Trivia Question 5

If you want to feature an actor in the place the audience will look first--in the United States--where should you direct the actor to stand?

a. Center stage
b. Downstage right
c. Upstage
d. Downstage left

The answer is B, Downstage right!

Downstage right puts the actor on the front of the stage, a place sure to bring attention, and at the audience's left. Since Americans read left to right, they are inclined to look to the left first.

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Theatre Trivia Question 4

The practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities is known as what?

a. Begging
b. Sponging
c. Busking
d. All of the above

The answer is C, Busking!

People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Buskers may also be known as street performers, street musicians, minstrels or troubadours. Busking performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining: acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, clowning, comedy, contortions & escapes, dance, fire eating, fire breathing, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime and a mime variation where the artist performs as a living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or recite poetry or prose as a bard, street art (sketching and painting, etc.), street theatre, sword swallowing, and even putting on a flea circus. In the USA, busking is protected under the freedom of speech, and about the only reasons that can be used to regulate or ban busking behavior are public safety issues and noise issues. It's not considered begging because these performers are providing a service to those who offer tips.

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Theatre Trivia Question 3

A piece of unscripted action, often comic in intention, used to establish a character or fill a pause in dialogue is called what?

a. blocking
b. improv
c. fill
d. business

The answer is D, Business!

A playwrite may sometimes simply suggest "business" in the script to indicate the need for action at a certain point in the play. This directs gives directors and actors the freedom to decide what sort of "business" should be. Many trivia players picked B. improv, so let's explore the difference: improvisational theatre (also known as improv) is a form of theatre in which the improvisational actors/ improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously; while an actor may be given the opportunity to improvise action to fill a scripted area of business, business may also be blocked and scripted by the director.

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Theatre Trivia Question 2

Who is considered the "Father of Greek Drama"?

a. Antiphanes
b. Aeschylus
c. Aristophanes
d. Alcaeus

The answe is B, Aeschylus!

Aeschylus (c. 525 BC/524 BC – c. 456 BC/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy/drama, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus. Only seven of an estimated seventy to ninety plays by Aeschylus have survived into modern times; one of these plays, Prometheus Bound, is widely thought to be the work of a later author.

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Mid-Semester Tip

Be kind to yourself :)

It hurts when someone says something nasty to you, or even worse about you behind your back. We forget that while this is painful, the most harmful words are the ones we say to ourselves. Telling yourself, “You are SO going to FAIL this exam,” or repeating “you’re so stupid, you’re so stupid” when you don’t get how to do a math problem, may be a common practice for you. Know that, this does not help. Not only does it not help, it goes a long way to making it impossible for you to actually do well in something. When these thoughts start to cross your mind, acknowledge that they’re happening, let them go, and replace them with the nice gooshy warm positive thoughts, that will absolutely do more to help you than you can ever realize. We suggest the ever powerful, “you CAN do this!” Simple, yet right to the point.

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Theatre Trivia Question 1

What is bad luck to say in a theater?

a. MacBeth
b. Good Luck
c. Et tu, Brute?
d. Oh, happy dagger!

The answer is A, MacBeth!

While many today would simply chalk up any misfortune surrounding a production to coincidence, actors and other theatre people often consider it bad luck to mention Macbeth by name while inside a theatre, and usually refer to it superstitiously as The Scottish Play, or "MacBee", or when referencing the character rather than the play, "Mr. and Mrs. M", or "The Scottish King". This is because Shakespeare is said to have used the spells of real witches in his text, purportedly angering the witches and causing them to curse the play. Thus, to say the name of the play inside a theatre is believed to doom the production to failure, and perhaps cause physical injury or death to cast members. A large mythology has built up surrounding this superstition, with countless stories of accidents, misfortunes and even deaths, all mysteriously taking place during runs of Macbeth (or by actors who had uttered the name). An alternative explanation for the superstition is that struggling theatres or companies would often put on this popular 'blockbuster' in an effort to save their flagging fortunes. However, it is a tall order for any single production to reverse a long-running trend of poor business. Therefore, the last play performed before a theatre shut down was often Macbeth, and thus the growth of the idea that it was an 'unlucky' play.

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Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 5

Who became the first African-American to be pictured on the cover of Vogue Magazine?

a. Beverly Johnson
b. Inman
c. Pat Cleveland
d. Naomi Sims

The answer is A, Beverly Johnson!

In August 1974, she became the first black woman to be featured on the front of the magazine. Beverly Johnson was a 21 years when she went into the photo studio with legendary photographer Francesco Scavullo. Before the Vogue shoot, Johnson had already made a name for herself at Glamour, which had been featuring black cover models since 1968. Johnson became a poster child for the American civil rights movement practically overnight, her name mentioned in the same breath as that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson (who was, all of a sudden, calling her to discuss race relations in America).
Info taken from the Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2009 "Beverly Johnson recalls her Vogue cover" byCaroline Ryder

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Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 4

Which of these traditional societies recognized trans people's status, and regarded them as valuable members of the community?

a. Navajo
b. Chukchi
c. Ancient Rome
d. All of these

The answer is D, all of these!

And many more as well. The Navajo recognized three sexes, male, female, and nadle, a self-defined group considered both and neither. In Rome, the physically male Gallae ceremonially became female. Every society around the world has recognised transsexuality as a fact, and in hunter-gatherer societies it is, and was, common for trans people to hold an exalted status.

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Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 3

TRIVIA, deriving from "tri-via" (crossroads), was one of the names of the Triple Goddess. Which goddess below is NOT considered a triple goddess?

a. Celtic Brigid
b. Greek Hecate
c. Slavic Morana
d. Norse Nornir

The answer is C, Slavic Morana!

Morana, the Slavic goddess of nature and death, is the sister and wife of the Slavic fertility and vegetation god, Jarilo. Jarilo is associated with the Moon and Morana is considered a daughter of the Sun. Hecate is a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess associated with magic, witches, ghosts, and crossroads; the name Trivia may first have been applied to her. Brigid ("exalted one") was the daughter of the Dagda and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann; she had two sisters, also named Brigid, and is considered a classic Celtic Triple Goddess. The Nornir (also Norns) are a kind of dísir, numerous female beings who rule the fates of the various races of Norse mythology.

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Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 2

From what Latin American country do 5 Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, Medicine and Peace--the most of any Latin American country--come from?

a. Columbia
b. Argentina
c. Mexico
d. Costa Rica

The answer is B, Argentina!

Argentina's five Nobel laureates are: César Milstein, Physiology or Medicine, 1984; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Peace, 1980; Luis Federico Leloir, Chemistry, 1970; Bernardo Houssay, Physiology or Medicine, 1947; Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Peace, 1936. The award was established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite Alfred Bernhard Nobel. It was first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields.

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When stuck, try this! (said in cheesy infomercial voice)

Is procrastination getting the better of you? Is that paper looming larger and larger over your head? Our advice: instead of tackling the beast, take on one small task, one thing you have to get done. Even if it just takes five minutes, that little moment of satisfaction you feel after doing it can be the makings of real, true-blue motivation. If not, break the beast down. Make it smaller. Find a small piece of it you can quickly get done, such as the works cited page, or typing up the quotations. If that still doesn’t work, COME SEE US!

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Women & Gender/Latin Americas/Africana Studies Trivia Question 1

What Poet wrote and read these words at President Clinton's inauguration?:

Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes, into
Your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope
Good morning.

a. Alice Walker
b. Maya Angelou
c. Toni Morrison
d. Rita Dove

The answer is B, Maya Angelou!

Angelou is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences. The first, best-known, and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on the first seventeen years of her life, brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award. Angelou has been highly honored for her body of work, including being awarded over 30 honorary degrees and the nomination of a Pulitzer Prize for her 1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie. She has served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000 and the Lincoln Medal in 2008.

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English Trivia Question 5

Read this sentence and determine what, if anything, needs to be changed:

This is going to be the most difficult exam of your college career, you had better start studying for it now.

a. There is nothing wrong with this sentence
b. Fragment: put a comma after now and finish the sentence
c. Run-on: replace that comma with a semicolon
d. Run-on: put a comma after exam

The answer is C, it's a run-on sentence!

This sentence includes two complete closely-related independent clauses not conjoined with a coordinating conjunction (remember School House Rock for work with conjuctions: "Conjunction junction what's your function?"). Replacing the comma with a semicolon is the best given solution to this problematic sentence. Another solution would be to add a coordinating conjunction: "This is going to be the most difficult exam of your college career, so you had better start studying for it now."

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English Trivia Question 4

The title of the book Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is taken from a famous quote from which Shakespeare play?

a. The Tempest
b. Midsummer Night's Dream
c. As You Like It
d. Twelfth Night

The answer is A, The Tempest!

The ironic title derives from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene I:

O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world! That has such people in't!

This line is word-by-word quoted in the novel by John the Savage, when he first sees Lenina.

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English Trivia Question 3

Which of these best picture winners was not based on a book?

a. Silence of the Lambs
b. Braveheart
c. Slumdog Millionaire
d. Schindler's List

The answer is B, Braveheart!

The movie Braveheart was not based on a book; screen writer Randall Wallace created the screenplay first, then novelized it later. Braveheart earned Wallace an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America award for Best Screenplay Adapted Directly for the Screen. While in this case the movie came first, several best picture winners have been movies adapted from novels. Amazon.com provides two lists of such novels for your enjoyment:

Books that later became Best Picture Oscar Winners 1929-1972
Books that later became Best Picture Oscar Winners 1973-Present

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English Trivia Question 2

In 1993 this suthor received the Nobel Prize for Literature for her collected works. Among the titles: Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Tar Baby, and Song of Solomon. Name the author.

a. Maya Angelou
b. Alice Walker
c. Toni Morrison
d. Angela Carter

The answer is C, Toni Morrison!

Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931, is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters. Morrison has written numerous works, including her award winning novels, children's literature (in collaboration with her son, Slade), short fiction, plays, a libretti, and non-fiction. As an editor, Morrison played an important role in bringing black literature into the mainstream.

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ARC Presents: "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters"

ARC Presents
Sense and Sensibility
and Sea Monsters:
Starting the Semester off Right

Tuesday February 2nd (Today!), 4:00-5:00 pm, Library room 25L

How are you spending your time?

Is what you are doing going to get you the grades you want?

Why do good intentions sometimes never pan out?

Come brainstorm with ARC to figure out the answers to these questions and gain confidence about doing well this semester

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English Trivia Question 1

Which of the following books was not banned?

a. The Catcher in the Rye
b. Lolita
c. James and the Giant Peach
d. 1984
e. Trick question: all of these books have been banned

The answer is E, its a trick question! Indeed all four books have been banned in some way.

The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, and often has political, religious or moral motivations. Bans on books can be enacted at the national or subnational level, and can carry legal penalties for their infraction. Books may also be challenged at a local, community level. As a result, books can be removed from schools or libraries, although these bans do not extend outside of that area. Similarly, religions may issue lists of banned books – a historical example being the Roman Catholic Church's Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. The challenges generally begin with vulgar language, with more general reasons including sexual references, blasphemy, undermining of family values and moral codes, Holden's being a poor role model, encouragement of rebellion, and promotion of drinking, smoking, lying, and promiscuity. French officials banned Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov, for being "obscene," as did the United Kingdom, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. James and the Giant Peach, a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl, has become a regular target of the censors because of the story's occasionally macabre and potentially frightening content, and is no. 56 on the American Library Association's top 100 list of most frequently challenged books. 1984 (also Nineteen Eighty-Four), by George Orwell, is a dystopian novel about the totalitarian regime of the Party, an oligarchical collectivist society. Like most dystopias, Nineteen Eighty-Four has been, throughout its history, either banned or legally challenged as intellectually dangerous to the public.

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Art Trivia Question 5

What famous artist shocked everyone with this particular art instillation in 1917?

a. Andy Warhol
b. Roy Lichtenstein
c. Marcel Duchamp
d. Jackson Pollock

The answer is C, Marcel Duchamp!

Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French/American artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. The most prominent example of Duchamp's association with Dada was his submission of Fountain, a urinal, to the Society of Independent Artists exhibit in 1917. Artworks in the Independent Artists shows were not selected by jury, and all pieces submitted were displayed. However, the show committee insisted that Fountain was not art, and rejected it from the show. This caused an uproar amongst the Dadaists, and led Duchamp to resign from the board of the Independent Artists.

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