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Answer all of the questions on the quiz, then select the Score button to grade the quiz.

There are 15 Questions total.

1. Who was voted 2006 NBA Coach of the Year?

Pat Riley
Mark Cuban
Phil Jackson
Avery Johnson

2. Which of the following is NOT a disease of cacao bean plants?

Black Pod
Grey Pod
Frosty Pod
Witches’ Broom

3. Which month did British university lecturers begin their strike action?

February
March
April
May

4. What is the name of the song that will be American Idol runner-up, Katharine McPhee’s, first single?

Do I Make you Proud
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
My Destiny
Genie in a Bottle

5. In which city is the Canadian parliament building located?

Ottawa
Quebec
Montreal
St. Lawrence

6. Six hundred legs were found on what rediscovered species?

a centipede
a octopus
a spider
a millipede

7. Surgery to cause a dog to be unable to bark is called what?

bark no more
de-barking
no-bark
silent barking

8. Where is the 2006 FIFA World Cup being held?

Britain
USA
Ireland
Germany

9. Scientists think they may have found the oldest fossils. Where are they?

Brazil
Alaska
China
Australia

10. For which tournament did Michelle Wie fail to qualify for that would have put her name in history?

Women's U.S Open
Men's U.S Open
LGPA
PGA tour

11. Woodrow Wilson is the only president to...

Receive a Bachelor's degree
Receive a Master's degree
Receive a Ph.D.
Go to war

12. Who wrote "Candide"?

Aristotle
Socrates
Voltaire
Descartes

13. Which country elected Alan Garcia as President?

Peru
Italy
Sweden
Costa Rica

14. What is the name of the first predicted 2006 hurricane?

Maria
Katrina II
Ivan
Alberto

15. What evidence led to the discovery that a nine-year-old boy had been a pirate?

The boy’s diary was found
A child-sized leg bone was found
The ship’s captain wrote about it in his log
The boy’s entire skeleton was found in the shipwreck

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