And the winner of November/December trivia is (drumroll please)

Lillyan Ratcliffe!!!!


Congratulations!j

And for your prize you will receive:

That's right...a blockbuster gift card! So come to the ARC (office on the first floor of the CUB across from the ATM) with your student ID and collect your prize! Thanks to everyone who played this semester! If you didn't win, remember that you still learned a bounty of knowledge, ranging from what a autoharp is to how to identify a puffin, plus we will be playing again next semester with more chances to win.

Have a SUPERB holiday break everyone!

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Modern Language Trivia Question 5

Translate this idiomatic expression from German into English:

Ende gut, alles gut.

All is well that ends well!

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Modern languagues Trivia 4

How many official languages are there currently in the world?

a. Approximately 4,000

b. Approximately 5,000

c. Approximately 6,000

d. Approximately 7,000

The answer is D. 7,000!

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Modern Languages Trivia Question 3

What is this word and what are the four languages represented:

a. Fuerza
b. Force
c. Kraft
d. сила

The answer is strength, although some of you put force and since we're feeling magnanimous and it's pretty close we'll give it to you ;). The languages represented are a) Spanish, b) French or English, c) German, and d) Russian.

Pronunciation is as follows:

a) fwheresa

b) fors

c) krahft

d) seela

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Modern Languages Trivia Question 2

Translate this idiomatic expression from Spanish to English

Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos

The expression literally translates to "Faces seen, hearts unknown", and correlates to the English expression "You can't judge a book by it's cover". So look inside people (and your books too!) to find out what they are about!

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Modern Languages Trivia Question 1

Translate this idiomatic expression from French into English:

On n'apprend pas aux vieux singes à faire des grimaces.

The expression literally translates to "One does not teach old monkeys to make faces", which is similar to our saying "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"; while we're taking either as the answer for today's question, an interesting point is that the French saying more closely corresponds to an English saying, "You can't teach your grandmother to suck eggs" (I know, we've never hear it either!) meaning that you can't teach someone something s/he already knows.

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Biology Trivia Question 5

What is the name of this extinct animal?

a. Liger

b. Gibra

c. Quagga

d. Thylacine

The answer is C. Quagga! The Quagga is an extinct subspecies of the Plains zebra,[2] which was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State.The Quagga is mentioned in Jurassic Park as one of the animals that could be recreated by InGen or Biosyn using DNA extracted from the hides of the Quagga

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Biology Trivia Question 4

What bird is pictured here?



The answer is a puffin!

Puffins are any of three auk species (or alcids) in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. Their short wings are adapted for swimming with a flying technique under water. In the air, they beat their wings rapidly (up to 400 times per minute) in swift flight, often flying low over the ocean's surface.

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Art Trivia Question 5

Which famous Italian artist painted this work?

a. Michelangelo

b. Leonardo Da Vinci

c. Raphael

d. Donatello

The answer is C. Raphael!



Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings.

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Art Trivia Question 4

What style of painting is used in this Seurat print?

The answer is Pointillism! It is a style of painting in which small distinct dots of colour create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending.

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Art Trivia Question 3

What famous museum is featured in the film “The Da Vinci Code?”

The answer is the Louvre! The Musée du Louvre, or officially the Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or Great Louvre, or simply the Louvre — is the largest national museum of France, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument.

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Art Trivia Question 2

What is the name of this Rodin Sculpture?

a. The Gates of Hell
b. The Gates of Elysium
c. Doors of Chaos
d. Fall of the Damned

The answer is A, The Gates of Hell!

This sculpture depicts a scene from "The Inferno", the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The Gates of Hell is cast in bronze, and contains 180 figures, several of which Rodin also cast independently. One of these figures is The Thinker (also called The Poet) which can be seen perched above the door panels. You can see casts of this fine sculpture in many locations, including Musée Rodin in Paris and the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia.

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ARC Presents: A Finals Story

ARC Presents: A Finals Story
How to Prepare for the End of the Semester


TODAY, November 17th
4:00 to 5:00pm
Media Services, Room 25L

Join us as we talk about how to prepare for finals week. From ways to study to handling stress, we’ll talk about it all to help you finish the semester successfully. If you’re really lucky, maybe Santa will bring you that official carbine action Red Ryder!

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Art Trivia Question 1

Who painted this?



The answer is Pablo Picasso!

This painting, entitled Guernica, depicts the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace.

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Trivia Question 5

Which of the following questions is NOT one of the questions James Lipton asks at the end of each episode of "Inside the Actor's Studio" from Bernard Pivot's famous questionnaire?

a. What is your favorite childhood memory?

b. What sound or noise do you love?

c. What is your favorite curse word?

d. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

The answer is A. What is your favorite childhood memory?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDqWvFVDlM0

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Theatre Trivia Question 4

This acting technique uses a rigorous physical discipline to uncover an actor's innate expressive abilities:

a. Stanislavski Method Acting
b. Brecthian Style Acting
c. Alexander Technique
d. Suzuki Acting Training Method

The answer is d, Suzuki Acting Training Method. This style of training focuses on the actor's "roots," meaning his/her lower body and feet. Typically when using this method the actors will do a series of exercises that involve walking and stomping. In order to see an example check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek7S1japgw4&feature=player_embedded#.

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Theatre Trivia Question 3

What theatre is shown here?

a. The Globe

b. The Rose

c. The Curtain

d. The Swan

The answer is is A. The Globe! The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

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Theatre Trivia Question 2

A light left burning overnight on stage to keep friendly spirits illuminated and unfriendly spirits at bay is called what?

a. Theatre lamp
b. Spirit globe
c. Ghost light
d. Stage bulb

The answer is C Ghost light!!!

Not only did the ghost light ward off unfriendly spirits and light the way for friendly ones, more practically it acts like a child's night light, shedding light on the stage for anyone who is walking around without the guidance of sunlight or the house lights. Ghostlight is also the name of the UK video game publisher.

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Theatre Trivia Question 1

What kind of theatre arrangement is this picture an example of?

a. Modular
b. In the Round
c. Black Box
d. Proscenium




The answer is b, In the Round! Though this set up, in which the audience surrounds the stage area, was often used in ancient Greece and Rome, it has also been adapted for modern audiences by such performers as Metallica, Brittney Spears, and Dane Cook. Go figure!

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Music Trivia Question 5

What beat pattern us shown in this conducting image?

a. 2/4

b. 3/4

c. 4/4

d. 6/8

The answer is 4/4!

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Music Trivia Question 4

From what famous musical is the song that Susan Boyle sang on "Britain's Got Talent?"

a. West Side Story

b. Les Miserables

c. Hairspray

d. Grease

The answer is B. Les Miserables! The Tony Award-winning score features the song I Dreamed a Dream, sung as a solo by the character Fantine during the first act.

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Music Trivia Question 3

What instrument is June Carter shown playing here?

a. Sitar
b. Dulcimer
c. Autoharp
d. Dobro

The answer is c, Autoharp. June Carter Cash had a history of befriending famous men: in addition to marrying the singer/songwriter Johnny Cash, she also had some flirtations with James Dean, saying that "he gave me a rose once," and opened for Elvis Prestley!

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Finals Prep Tip

Start studying AHORA MISMO (translation: right now!!)

Start minimizing Finals stress right now by not waiting until the last minute which makes cramming your only option. Think of something small to do for each subject every day, like retyping your notes, making study questions from your reading or the notes from that day of class, or making flash cards to carry around with you to look at when you have free moments during the day. Try making up mock-tests that you can start doing now so that when finals arrive you have already been through the testing experience dozens of times. This will also truly decrease the amount of anxiety and trepidation you may have going in to an exam, because really the last thing you need on your plate during finals week is more stress!!!

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Music Trivia Question 2

Which jazz musician and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner had the nickname Satchmo?

a. Ella Fitzgerald
b. Billie Holiday
c. Duke Ellington
d. Louis Armstrong

The answer is D Louis Armstrong!

The nickname Satchmo or Satch is short for Satchelmouth, describing Armstrong's embouchure. In 1932, then Melody Maker magazine editor Percy Brooks greeted Armstrong in London with "Hello, Satchmo!", and it stuck.

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Music Trivia Question 1

What piece is shown here in this excerpt?

a. Claude Debussy’s Claire de Lune
b. George Winston’s Stars
c. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
d. George Frederic Handel’s Messiah

The answer is C, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony! This symphony is one of the most popular and well-known compositions in classical music, and one of the most often played symphonies. Thanks to one of our trivia players, we can tell you that this excerpt is in the wrong key; it should be in C minor, not A minor. Even we learn something new everyday!

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And the winner of October Trivia is (drumroll)

Ross Chuchla

Congratulations!!!

And for your prize you will receive...

So come to the ARC tomorrow (Tuesday) 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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History Trivia Question 5

Which movie does not take place during the Cold War?

a. The Hunt for the Red October

b. Dr. Strangelove

c. Red Dawn

d. Patriot Games

The answer is d. Patriot Games! Patriot Games is a Tom clancy novel, where the lead Ryan saves the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with their newborn (firstborn) son, from a factional Irish terrorist group, the Ulster Liberation Army.

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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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Citing for Research Papers Tip

Use this website: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ for help on citing in your papers.

One obstacle for college students is that you have to use a different citing method for different classes. For instance, English classes use MLA, Psychology uses APA, and Religious Studies uses Chicago. How do you keep them straight? Well, this website can help. If you go to the link above, you can see examples for each style, as well as directions on how to cite different type of sources. Lots of people don't take the time to make sure that they are citing everything correctly, but in our humble opinions, it's better to check and make sure, rather than getting points off for something silly, like putting the publisher in the wrong spot.

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Communictations Trivia Question 2

Which of the following words means "A public debate or argument"?

a. obsolete
b. forensic
c. logomachy
d. pettifog

The answer is B forensic!

That's right kids, forensic doesn't just refer to a cool branch of science, in which it means "the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems". Actually forensic is involved in a whole slew of disciplines: forensic anthropology, forensic psychology, forensic linguistics, forensic accounting....I could go on, but just Google it.

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Communictations Trivia Question 1

Which person listed below did not contribute to the creation of Twitter?

a. Jorn Barger
b. Jack Dorsey
c. Evan Williams
d. Biz Stone

The answer is A, Jorn Barger!

Dorsey, Williams & Stone are the Chairman, CEO, and Creative Director of Twitter, respectively. Early on, trying to name their creation, the team searched in the dictionary and came across the word "twitter" meaning "a short burst of inconsequential information; chirps from birds." A thus another social networking phenomenon was born

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Time Management Tip

Use your in-between times!

Make flash cards for classes in which you have to memorize a lot (a language for instance, or maybe a math class with a lot of formulas) and have them in your bag with you, so that in small moments of free time you have (walking to class, waiting for someone at lunch, in your 10 minute break in between classes) you can pull those out and get a quick study session in. You can also record yourself reading your notes or your text book, and listen to it while you're driving, or put it on your ipod so you can listen to it while walking to class. We all like listening to ourselves talk anyway, right?

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English Trivia Question 5

This excerpt from an essay was written by whom: "Women, then, have not had so much as a dog's chance of writing poetry. That is why I have laid so much stress on money and having a room of one's own."

A. Jane Austen

B. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

C. Virginia Wolf

D. Kate Chopin

The answer is C. Virginia Wolf!

F.Y.I. This essay by Woolf examines whether women were capable of producing work of the quality of William Shakespeare, amongst other topics. In one section, Woolf invented a fictional character Judith "Shakespeare's Sister", to illustrate that a woman with Shakespeare's gifts would have been denied the same opportunities to develop them because of the doors that were closed to women.

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English Trivia Question 4

What post-colonial author has a fatwa (death threat) on his life should he return to his native country?

a. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

b. Chenua Achebe

c. Salman Rushdie

d. Arundhati Roy

The answer is C. Salman Rushdie!

After writing his fourth fiction novel The Satanic Verses the leadership in Iran placed a fatwa (religious edict) concerning the content of the novel on Rushdie, which caused him to go underground for 10 years! Oh and he was also married to Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef!

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English Trivia Question 2

Who wrote the poem that ended with the line, “one could do worse than be a swinger of birches?”

A. William Carlos Williams
B. Robert Frost

C. Walt Whitman
D. Emily Dickinson

The answer is B. Robert Frost!

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English Trivia Question 2

Which famous playwright wrote the stage direction, “Exit, pursued by a bear.”?

a. Aristophanes
b. William Shakespeare
c. Tennessee Williams
d. George Bernard Shaw

The answer is b, William Shakespeare! This most famous stage direction is from the play The Winter's Tale

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English Trivia Question 1

What is the missing word in the opening line of Pride and Prejudice? “It is a truth universally ______ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

a. acknowledged
b. agreed upon
c. allowed
d. accepted

The answer is a!

(F.Y.I. Pride and Prejudice was originally titled First Impressions).

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Integrative Health Sciences Trivia Question 4

What is the correct breakdown of mileage for an Ironman Triathlon?

a. 1.3 mile swim, 67 mile cycle, 15 mile run
b. 1.5 mile swim, 82 mile cycle, 20 mile run
c. 2 mile swim, 102 mile cycle, 24 mile run
d. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile cycle, 26 mile run

The answer is d! Obviously, because it is the most insane distance humanly imaginable!

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Team ARC

Integrative Health Sciences Trivia Question 3

What yoga stance is shown here?
A. Cobra
B. Downward Facing Dog
C. Sun Salutation
D. Half-Moon

The answer is D. Half-Moon!

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Team ARC

Integrative Health Sciences Trivia Question 2

Which muscle grouping is highlighted in purple here?

A. Rhomboids
B. Rectus Abdominus
C. Lattisimus Dorsi
D. Obliques

The correct answer is D. Obliques!

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Team ARC

Integrative Health Sciences Trivia Question 1

Approximately 20% of your blood is here.
a. Veins
b. Liver
c. Lungs
d. Heart

The answer is C! Lungs

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Team ARC

Marketing Trivia Question #3

The idea of the "Marketing Mix," developed by Dr. Borden and McCarthy at Harvard Business School, expands on the 4 Ps of Marketing. Which of the following is NOT one of those 4 elements:

A. Promotion

B. Product

C. Purchaser

D. Pricing

The correct answer is C. Purchaser.

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Team ARC

Study Schedule Tip

KNOW THY SELF

If you are anything like me you are NOT a morning person. Or you may be of a different breed in that you get sleepy right after lunch. Whatever the case, everyone has a time of the day in which they are not at their best. Now hopefully the opposite is true as well, in that most people have certain times of the day in which they can think clearly and be really productive. Sense would follow in that we should all know the times of the day that we can produce the best work, and work during those times. This may require some planning, which becomes difficult for those that may procrastinate. For instance, if you are cramming for an exam, you can’t really choose to study at a specific time, because most likely you need to study every minute of whatever time you have left remaining before the exam. Try a different, possibly more successful, tactic: spread the studying out over a longer period of time during the times of the day in which you can retain the most and get the most out of your time! Can I say time one more time? The answer is yes.

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Team ARC

Marketing Trivia Question #2

Which of the following has NOT been a branding phrase for McDonalds?

a. I’m lovin’ it
b. Do you believe in magic?
c. Food, folks and fun
d. Happy Food=Happy People

The answer is D! Happy food apparently does NOT equal happy people for McDonalds.

ba da ba ba ba....

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Team ARC

Marketing Trivia Question 1

Which of the followings logos is NOT represented in this picture? (hint: each letter here comes from a famous logo and it may not be the first letter of the logo)

a. Disney
b. U-Haul
c. Ebay
d. Lego

The answer is B: U-Haul!

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Team ARC

ARC Presents: "A Time To Fill"

ARC Presents:
"A Time to Fill": Tips on Managing Your Weekly Schedule
Today, Library Room 25L, 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Join us for a multimedia presentation that will show you vital tips about managing your time. We’ll explore ways to combat procrastination, as well as talk about how to make sure you are getting the most out of your time.

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Team ARC

Sports Management Trivia Question 5

Which Stetson athlete pitched for the world champion Boston Red Sox?

a. Chris Westervelt
b. Lenny Dinardo
c. Brian Snyder
d. Ben Collins


The answer is B: Lenny Dinardo!

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Team ARC

Sports Management Trivia Question 4

How many Daytona 500s did Dale Earnhardt Sr. win?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

The answer is B! One.

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Team ARC

Sports Management Trivia Question 3

From what movie is this quote:

“I will not rest until I have you holding a Coke, wearing your own shoe, playing a Sega game featuring you, while singing your own song in a new commercial, staring you, broadcast during the Superbowl, in a game that you are winning, and I will not sleep until that happens. I’ll give you fifteen minutes to call me back.”

Answer: Jerry Maguire

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Team ARC

Sports Management Trivia Question 2

Who is the world's second highest paid athlete in salary and endorsements after Tiger Woods?

a. Alex Rodriguez
b. Kobe Bryant
c. David Beckham
d. Peyton Manning

The answer is B! Kobe Bryant

Kobe came in 2nd on Forbe's list of the world's highest paid athletes, tying with Finnish Formula One Driver Kimi Raikkonen and fellow basketball legend Michael Jordan. The members of this second place trio each earned $45 million dollars over the past year. Tiger, by the way, made $110 million in salary and endorsements!

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Team ARC

Note-taking tip #1

Take 5 (or so) short, infinitesimal minutes to look at your notes right after class

Not only does looking at your notes immediately after class ensure that when you do study for your exam you have at least looked at your notes twice before, it also gives you an opportunity to fill in any blanks that may have occurred during class. For instance, oftentimes during lectures you may abbreviate things because your professor is speaking quickly, and then say, “I’ll definitely understand that later.” And what do you know: the exam is here, you’re studying, and the cryptic anagram you’ve made now has little to no meaning. And if you have made the abominable mistake of cramming, there is no hope of contacting the professor the night before the test to clarify what your crazy excuse for notes might actually mean. Stop the madness; do yourself a favor. Read your notes after class!

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Team ARC

Sports Management Trivia Question 1

Who was the first baseball player to declare for free agency?

a. Bob Gibson
b. Curt Flood
c. Rollie Fingers
d. Willie Stargell

The answer is b, Curt Flood.

(Mr. Flood was married to the actress Judy Pace who had roles in the tv shows Sanford and Sons and Shaft!)

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Team ARC

International Studies Trivia Question 5

In what country is Neuschwanstein Castle?

a. France
b. Austria
c. Switzerland
d. Germany


The answer is D, Germany!

(Bonus Trivia: this is one of the castles Walt Disney used to model the Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom.)

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Team ARC

Poem of the Day

The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth,--

The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.

~Emily Dickinson

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Team ARC

International Studies Trivia Question 4

What does this mean?

a. Great Wall
b. Beijing
c. Emperor
d. Hong Kong

The Answer is D, Hong Kong!

(FYI, the meaning of the words "Hong Kong" is "Fragrant Harbor." We haven't been there so we can't attest to the fact; if you have let us know!)

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Team ARC

Anti-procrastination tip #2

Break big, scary assignments down

A procrastinator’s worst enemy (besides a marathon of Top Chef) is the monumental assignment waiting to be done. The longer we avoid it, the more daunting it seems. One way to make those assignments less nebulous and forbidding is to break it down into little pieces. Instead of saying to yourself “Agh I have to write that 8 page paper for English,” say “I’ll work on the intro paragraph for that paper today.” Instead of writing in your planner “read homework for Religious Studies,” break the assignment into smaller specific pieces based on your attention span: plan to read pgs 1-10 in the morning, 11-20 in the afternoon, and so on. This way you don’t have to stress about having to find time and energy to tackle the entire beast at once, but rather you have to simply fit into your schedule the very non-scary and feasible smaller pieces of the now non-frightening monster that was once making it impossible for you to sleep at night.

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Team ARC

International Studies Trivia Question 3

This is the _____ flag.

a. Russian
b. German
c. Austrian
d. French




This answer is A!

Spasiba! (that's "thank you" in Russian).

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Team ARC

International Studies Trivia Question 2

Which of the following scenes from the movie Braveheart is historically accurate?

a. Princess Isabelle bore William Wallace’s son
b. The Scots of 1280 AD wore belts with their kilts
c. King Edward enacting primae noctis in Scotland
d. Williams Wallace was defeated with the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk

The answer is D!

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Team ARC

International Studies Trivia Question 1

Where is this building?

a. Paris, France
b. Amsterdam, Netherlands
c. Barcelona, Spain
d. Minsk, Belarus






The answer is C: Barcelona, Spain

(If you ever have a chance, go here, this is one of the craziest buildings/space ships masquerading as a church ever dreamt up by a mad man).

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Team ARC

Anti-procrastination tip #1

Do the work that you DON'T want to do FIRST

As a reformed procrastinator (with occasional shameful relapses), I know the type of rationalization that goes on when you don't want to do something. Oftentimes when we have a lot of work for class to do we figure that doing the assignments that seem more interesting first will get us into the "spirit of studying" and magically help us tackle that subject that we continually avoid. For most people that is NOT the case. Try digging into that subject you're not too fond of first, because let's be honest, when we tell ourselves "I'll do it later" over and over again, most of the time we are in extreme denial!

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Team ARC

Welcome to the new ARC Blog!

Throughout the year we will be posting such fabulous treats on this site as our Word of the Day and Quote of the Week to educate and inspire you! Go ahead, try using impregnable in a sentence. Seriously, do it.

Additionally during the academic year we will be posting our tantalizing trivia challenge, in which you will be DEVOURED BY KNOWLEDGE!!!! I mean…in which you will be tested on your know-how of the academic programs at Stetson! To give you an idea, each week we will spotlight new trivia of a featured major that may be in reference to popular culture or perhaps that class you have every Tuesday and Thursday…I could say more, but good things come to those who wait, and that means you! Suffice it to say that there will be prizes of unspecified glory, not to mention the reservoir of information that will soon be yours. Trust me.

Of course we will also be letting you know through the blog of the exciting events we have planned throughout the semester that will undoubtedly be of great help to you on your journey at Stetson as well as hopefully be an enjoyable way to spend a bit of your time.

As far as what else will be featured here, all I can say is that we are constantly trying to think of fresh and fun ways of not only bringing you helpful techniques to improve your academic performance but also inspire you to be curious about the world around you and see the fun in it, as we so often do. So keep checking! You never know what we might come up with!

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Team ARC