Alphaquiz # 8

Alphaquiz # 8

1. In philosophy the belief that human society is improving or can be improved thru conscious human effort is called what?

2. Who is the infamous living prisoner in Attica Correctional Facility in New York?

3. What is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world located in Canada?

4. What game show title is taken from the musical High Society and sung by Cole Porter?

5. Which Chinese actor portrayed the philosopher Confucius in the movie with the same title in 2010?

6. What geometrical shape can be very close describe the shape of our planet Earth?

7. Michael Peter Balzary is the real name of which famous rock band guitarist?

8. Which Will Smith film is based on the novel written by Chris Gardner?

9. Reality TV star and socialite Kim Kardashian is engaged to which NBA player?

10. Named after its designers the high-speed Russian aircaft MiG stands for what?

11. What style of 18th-century painting and decorations is associated with King Louis XV of France and the painter Francois Boucher?

12. According to legend what is the name of the shepherd who found the infants Romulus and Remus- the twin of founded Rome?

13. Which literary English adventurer was popularized by the novel King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard?

14. What famous sport was invented by James Gibb in 1901?

15. Sicko a 2007 documentary focussing on the American health care system is directed by who?

16. Literally means "things beyond the dowry", what word originally means an item given to a wife by her new husband during their wedding day?

17. What famous diet plan was designed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston?

18. New Horizons a NASA robotic spacecraft mission is currently en route to which member of the solar system?

19. Calico Jack - real name John Rackham was an English pirate most remembered for the design of which famous flag?

20. What medical or cosmetic surgery was invented by Dr. Giorgio Fischer in 1974?



ANSWERS

1. Meliorism
2. Mark David Chapman
3. Manitoulin Island
4. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
5. Chow Yun Fat
6. Oblate Spheroid
7. Flea
8. The Pursuit of Happiness
9. Kim Humpries
10. Mikoyan and Gurevich
11. Rococo
12. Faustulus
13. Alan Quartermain
14. Table Tennis
15. Michael Moore
16. paraphernalia
17. South Beach Diet
18. Pluto
19. Jolly Roger
20. Liposuction