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Sci / Tech: General Technology: General Technology: Has Anyone Seen My Slide Rule?

1	Along with the advent of the personal computer in the 1980s, a number of memory storage devices were invented or adapted for use in our personal computers. Which of the following memory storage mediums came in 8", 5.25", 3.5" and a few other irregular sizes?

optical disc

flash drive

removable hard disk

floppy disk

World: World Leaders: World Leaders: Historically Inadequate

2	Which American military leader's greatest claim to fame was losing his last battle, his life, and all his troops, to a large number of angry American Indians led by Sitting Bull?

J. E. B. Stuart

George A. Custer

George B. McClellan

George Crook

Literature: Fables and Fairy Tales: Fables and Fairy Tales: Verdict: Guilty!

3	This little girl is cruel to a mammal: after an accomplice cut up the wolf's belly she helped to fill that belly with stones which resulted finally in the drowning of that animal.

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

Sleeping Beauty

Rapunzel

Humanities: Eponyms (Words from Names): Eponyms (Words from Names): People Who Became Words - 1

4	The tenants of a cruel English estate agent decided to protest against him by socially ostracizing him. Which word in the English dictionary did this result in?

Neglect

Punishment

Criticize

Boycott

History: 1960s Nostalgia: 1960s Nostalgia: Flower Power Daze (American)

5	Who provided security at the Rolling Stones' 1969 Altamont concert?

Rent-A-Cop

Hells Angels

Vienna Boy's Choir

Royal Canadian Mounties

People: New Zealanders: New Zealanders: Famous New Zealanders (1)

6	"Where she goes, we go. Where she stands, we stand", was declared by Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage on 3 September 1939. Who is the "she" he is referring to?

Great Britain.

Germany.

USA.

Mae West.

Animals: Identify the Animal: Identify the Animal: Animal Magic

7	Which of these is a lizard?

skink

skyros

skirl

skiffle

Movies: Biographical Movies: Biographical Movies: Classic Movies About Famous Women

8	"Cleopatra" was a much-discussed movie in its day. Why?

The affair between stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

All of these

Huge expenses that placed the film way over budget

Enormous delays in finishing production

General: Thematic 10Q Average: Thematic Media: The Anti-'Simpsons' Quiz

9	Which network produces 'The Simpsons'?

CBS

Fox

ABC

NBC

Hobbies: Monopoly (U.S. Version): Monopoly (U.S. Version): Monopoly (US version) For Dummies

10	What are the names of the cards that you draw?

Hit-or-Miss and Cross Your Fingers

Potluck and Good Luck

Chance and Another Chance

Chance and Community Chest

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