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Show ASK MS i ANOTHER A General Quiz ? 1. In navy slang, what is known as an "ash can"? 2. Which of the following is not both in Europe and Asia Russia, Turkey and Iran. 3. Which, Plato, Aristotle or Socrates first expounded his philosophy? 4. Where is the original Bridge of Sighs? 5. The projectile called shrapnel shrap-nel is named after a general who served in what country's army? 6. What are Kiushiu, Shikoku and Riukiu? 7. What is Polaris? 8. Who was secretary of state in George Washington's first cabinet? cab-inet? 9. How much of Greenland's total area (736,518 square miles) is ice-free land? 10. Where is the world's largest organ? The Answers 1. A depth bomb. 2. Iran. 3. Socrates. 4. Venice (connecting the palace pal-ace of the doge with the prison). 5. Britain (Henry Shrapnel, 1761-1842). 6. Islands of Japan. 7. The North star. 8. Thomas Jefferson. 9. Only 31,284 square miles. 10. In Convention hall in Atlantic City. It contains seven manuals, or keyboards, 487 keys, 933 stops, 32 pedals, 7 blowers, with motors totaling 365 horsepower and 33,056 pipes, ranging in height from a quarter inch to 64 feet. |