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  1. 51.

    Rubens, one of the most famous Flemish Baroque Era painters, was a student of Cornelis de Vos.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  2. 52.

    Hestia is the goddess of the hearth in Greek mythology.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  3. 53.

    Silver doesn't harm vampires.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  4. 54.

    Argentina comes from the Latin word Argentum which means silver.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  5. 55.

    February 14 is the day set aside for Valentines Day, the day celebrating love.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  6. 56.

    Anthesteria, a festival in honour of Dionysus, celebrated the maturing of the wine stored at the previous vintage, and the beginning of spring.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  7. 57.

    Goblin babies are known as changelings.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  8. 58.

    The name of Helen of Troy is derived from the Greek word meaning sun.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  9. 59.

    Hemidemisemiquaver is a musical time meaning 1/64 of a note.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  10. 60.

    Quadrille was born as part of military parades in the 17th century and was performed by 4 horsemen and their horses.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  11. 61.

    A tailor is someone who only makes new clothes.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  12. 62.

    Chamrosh is said to rule and protect all avifauna on Earth.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  13. 63.

    A bubble is a period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  14. 64.

    The official languages of Haiti are Spanish and French.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  15. 65.

    A spectator is someone who participates in activities or sporting events.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  16. 66.

    Constant means changing.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  17. 67.

    Most of the traditional Indo-European languages capitalise I, the pronoun denoting the first person singular.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  18. 68.

    The home country of Salsa is Brazil.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  19. 69.

    Besides Espanol, Spanish language is also called Castellano.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  20. 70.

    The Cyclopes gave Zeus fire.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  21. 71.

    There are several different stories about Cupids parentage and the most popular is that his mother is Venus and his father - Mars.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  22. 72.

    The definition of the phrase, cause celebre, is an issue arousing widespread controversy or heated public debate.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  23. 73.

    The real-life defendant, whose story was featured in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind, spent his whole life in Dayton, Tennessee.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  24. 74.

    The archaic word wittol, already out of use and found mostly in old books, stands for a person who is very wise.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  25. 75.

    Vlad Tepes was one of the major allies of the Ottoman Empire, therefore Romania was never put under Ottoman rule.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  26. 76.

    The group S.H.E plays country music in China.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  27. 77.

    Portugal has a unicorn on its coat of arms and royal seals.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  28. 78.

    The word Friday is derived from Frigg, the Norse goddess who was wife of Odin.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  29. 79.

    Edward Hopper once said, 'The only real influence I've ever had was myself.'

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  30. 80.

    Dexter from Dexters Lab was right-handed.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  31. 81.

    The spiralled horn of a unicorn was called an Alicorn.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  32. 82.

    When Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, Picasso was among the suspects.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  33. 83.

    The word catholic means the same whether capitalized or not.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  34. 84.

    Marduk was a Mesopotamian deity.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  35. 85.

    Phoenixes can be only male.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  36. 86.

    The goddess Anekantin was Isis' sister and Anubis' wife.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  37. 87.

    Jocose means somber or depressed.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  38. 88.

    The German noun Frage means question in English.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  39. 89.

    The word palmy means poor or underfunded.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  40. 90.

    Cronus learned he was destined to be overcome by his own son as he had overthrown his own father, that's why he wanted to kill Zeus.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  41. 91.

    In chemistry SHE stands for Standard Helium Electrode.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  42. 92.

    The Tagalog word tama means correct in English.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  43. 93.

    The Mona Lisa is not painted on a canvas.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  44. 94.

    There are female leprechauns.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  45. 95.

    Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be antonyms.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  46. 96.

    It is a very old tradition to portray goblins green.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  47. 97.

    The method of watercolor painting in which paper, crumpled plastic wrap, or other items are applied to the paint when wet and removed after drying is called decalcomania.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  48. 98.

    After Edward Hopper married painter Josephine Nivison, she became the only model for all of his female figures.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  49. 99.

    Gilgamesh is a character from the Sumerian mythology.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  50. 100.

    The archaic term puissant meant weak or wimpy.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False

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