Friday, April 10, 2009

Random Question Dumping

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1. What five-letter word, with other uses, was used by Immanuel Kant to describe a subjective principle or rule that the will of an individual uses in making a decision?
2. Which German Expressionist painter and Die Brucke founder produced the 11-work series “Berlin Street Scenes” between 1913 and 1915?
3. Which Caribbean island shares its name with the vessel that was the flagship of the five ships, the others being San Antonio, Concepción, Santiago and Victoria, that set out on an expedition in 1519? The Victoria was, of course, the only one to circumnavigate the globe.
4. Which country’s name is traditionally said to derive from the Spanish pronunciation of “Wallace”, the name of the pirate who set up the first settlement there in 1638, though another possibility relates the name to a Maya word meaning ‘muddy water’?
5. Sights include the Museum of Mining (Hornické muzeum) and the Beneš Wall, a line of garrison fortifications similar to the Maginot Line. Nicknamed the “steel heart of the republic”, it is home to the football team FC Vitkovice and a namesake ice hockey team and is served by Leos Janáček Airport. The administrative centre of the Moravian-Silesian Region, what is the third largest city of the Czech Republic?

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Answers to FE:XXXX
1. Maxim 2. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 3. Trinidad 4. Belize 5. Ostrava

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