Weekly Quiz, June 1st
In mineral exploration, what word refers to the fraudulent act of adding a precious metal to a soil sample to inflate the value of a mine?
Salting
Peppering
Seasoning
Spicing
What animal appears in UK artist Damien Hirst's famous piece The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living?
Butterfly
Shark
Tiger
Crane
The Battle of Hastings was fought between the William the Conqueror and which English king?
Alfred the Great
Richard the Lionheart
Harold II
Edward the Confessor
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
Louis Pasteur
Albert Calmette
Edward Jenner
Jonas Salk
What is the only NATO member without its own standing military?
Greece
Iceland
Luxembourg
Montenegro
The word 'myrmecophily' refers to the mutually beneficial relationship between which creatures and the greater environment?
Spiders
Flies
Bees
Ants
Typically seen in medieval times, what is a gonfalon?
A heraldic banner
A spearlike weapon
A messenger bird
A kettledrum
What breed of dog features as a playing token in a classic Monopoly set?
Poodle
English Bulldog
Labrador Retriever
Scottish Terrier
The shamrock is the national flower of which nation?
England
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Paul Edgecombe, John Coffey and Percy Wetmore are characters in which Stephen King novel?
It
The Long Walk
The Green Mile
The Mist
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