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W4: Week in Review, August 15, 2015 - Trivia Minute


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Question 1
How much RAM did an original base-model IBM PC come with?


    64 kilobytes


    16 kilobytes


    32 kilobytes


    4 kilobytes




Question 2
Lenovo, the company that bought IBM's PC business, is based in what country?


    Vietnam


    South Korea


    China


    Japan




Question 3
What percentage of the world's population is estimated to be left-handed?


    15 percent


    50 percent


    35 percent


    10 percent




Question 4
Which king built the fortress that eventually became the Louvre?


    Louis XIV


    John I


    Charles IV


    Phillip II




Question 5
How was Japan's surrender at the end of World War II made public?


    Newspaper announcement


    Radio broadcast


    Public speech


    Newsreel film




Question 6
What game show did Monty Hall host?


    "Let's Make a Deal"


    "Jeopardy!"


    "Match Game"


    "The Price is Right"




Question 7
Which U.S. president signed legislation that created The Smithsonian Institution?


    Franklin Pierce


    John Quincy Adams


    James K. Polk


    John Adams




Question 8
What was Marilyn vos Savant's highest reported IQ test score?


    197


    185


    228


    246




Question 9
Which of the following U.S. Presidents was NOT left-handed?


    George H.W. Bush


    George W. Bush


    Bill Clinton


    Barack Obama




Question 10
On what ship named after an American state was Japan's official instrument of surrender signed?


    Iowa


    Arizona


    Missouri


    Kansas





This week we talked about:
• The Louvre and Smithsonian Institution
• Genius Marilyn vos Savant and the Monty Hall Problem
• The introduction of the IBM Personal Computer
• International Left-Handers Day
• Japan’s surrender to end World War II
This week’s quiz will be posted soon.
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