PC-SIG: World of Games/PC-SIG World of Games (CDRM1080710) (1993).iso/329/WORDS.DAT

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Words
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To trace a law case through its appeals is called
shepardizing.
bawdlerizing.
malapropism.
divination.
A
0
During the Iranian hostage crisis, what word was used for the hostage-taking?
Catalepsia.
Androlepsia.
Dementia.
Misogeny.
B
0
"Mensal" is to month as "hebdomadal" is to
year.
week.
day.
night.
B
0
"Octothorpe" is the technical name for the following symbol:
@.
*.
~.
#.
D
0
A person who engages in "matutinal pandiculation" is
lying.
cheating.
stretching.
bathing.
C
0
The opposite of the "zenith" is the
azimuth.
nadir.
altitude.
horizon.
B
0
A "diastema" is a
cowlick.
dimple.
gap between the front teeth.
freckle.
C
0
"Spring" is to "vernal" as "summer" is to
aestival.
hiemal.
autumnal.
temporal.
A
0
A "nosocomial" disease is one contracted
by contagion.
in an epidemic.
in the hospital.
in a plague.
C
0
A "filucca" is a
poisonous plant.
Nile riverboat.
virus.
medicinal agent.
B
0
"Circadian desynchronization" is produced by
inhaling airborne allergens.
crossing several time zones.
locust investations.
cutting off blood flow to the brain.
B
0
A person beset with "sternutation" is
coughing.
choking.
sneezing.
hiccuping.
C
0
A "lycanthrope" is a
vampire.
devil.
spirit.
werewolf.
D
0
A "flabella" is a fan made of
ostrich and peacock feathers.
bamboo.
silk.
linen.
A
0
"Decimal" is to "ten" as "sexagesimal" is to
5.
12.
20.
60.
D
0
When a person starts "in medias res," he is starting
at the beginning.
in the middle.
at the end.
too late.
B
0
If a doctor follows the Hippocratean principle "primum non nocere," he would
offer his services free of charge.
operate only in cases of necessity.
not harm his patients.
always tell his patients the truth.
C
0
When the law speaks of a "locus poenitentiae," it is speaking of
remorse for a crime.
a change of venue.
an opportunity to change one's mind.
a penal institution.
C
0
Who said:  "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on"?
F. Lee Bailey.
Richard Nixon.
Samuel Goldwyn.
Earl Warren.
C
0
Who said:  "He who knows no foreign language does not truly know his own"?
Goethe.
Cicero.
Plato.
Descartes.
A
0
Who said:  "Music is my only voice, but the organ is my pulpit"?
Dietrich Buxtehude.
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Felix Mendelssohn.
Camille Saint-Saens.
B
0
Who said, and of whom:  "To him I bend the knee"?
Beethoven, of Handel.
Napoleon, of Julius Caesar.
More, of Henry VIII.
Talleyrand, of Marie Antoinette.
A
0
Which philosopher's system involved "thesis," "antithesis," and "synthesis"?
Hegel.
Nietsche.
Berkeley.
Mill.
A
0
"Zener" cards are used for
poker.
pinochle.
testing extra-sensory perception.
fortune-telling.
C
0
A "digitorium" is used for
exercising the finger muscles.
hardening the fingernails.
performing calculations.
practicing the piano.
D
0
"Alopecia" refers to
hair loss.
arithmetical division.
birds' wings.
totality.
A
0
A "photic" sneeze is one caused by
high humidity.
sunlight.
an allergen.
embarrassment.
B
0
"Cryptoscopophilia" means a
desire to conceal things.
morbid fear of death.
desire to peer into windows.
a fear of loving.
C
0
"Cephalalgia" refers to
a backache.
a headache.
a muscle spasm.
brain damage.
B
0
"Gephydrophobia" is a fear of
water.
old age.
bridges.
harm.
C
0
"Haphephobia" is a fear of being
drowned.
suffocated.
cut.
touched.
D
0
"Stat" means
"immediately."
"in writing."
"when necessary."
"before meals."
A
0
A "philtrum" is
a furrow in the brow.
a gray hair.
the groove of skin running between the nose and the upper lip.
an aphrodisiac.
C
0
Your "nares" are your
nostrils.
ears.
lungs.
kidneys.
A
0
The name for the bottom of the fingernail is the
bow.
stem.
unguis.
quick.
D
0
"Ex post facto" means
"after the fact."
"if the facts are known."
"in spite of the facts."
"from the facts of the case."
A
0
"Gratis" means
"by the grace of God."
"free."
"pleased."
"great."
B
0
Someone caught "flagrante delicto" has been caught
in the act of arson.
in a serious crime.
while a crime was being committed.
resisting arrest.
C
0
"Eminent domain" refers to the right of
a landlord to evict tenants.
the state to take private property for public use.
a judge to evict a mortgagor for nonpayment of a mortgage.
the first-born child to inherit.
B
0
"Miscegenation" refers to
discrimination.
illegal immigration.
malicious mischief.
marriage between races.
D
0
"Non sequitur" refers to something that
does not logically follow.
is not overt.
is objectionable.
has no legal force.
A
0
Tarot cards are used for
fortune-telling.
solitaire.
gambling.
marking inventory.
A
0
The Torah is
a candelabrum.
a part of the Bible.
a proclamation.
an Eastern headdress.
B
0
Trinity Sunday is the Sunday after
Ash Wednesday.
Pentecost.
Easter.
Christmas.
B
0
The Valley of the Kings is found in
Rome.
Athens.
Persia.
Egypt.
D
0
"Cathay" is a poetic name for
India.
China.
Japan.
Siam.
B
0
The Louvre is located in
London.
Latvia.
Paris.
Vienna.
C
0
The chief function of the Sacred College is to
confer degrees of theology.
canonize saints.
elect the pope.
formulate canon law.
C
0
The Sorbonne is the
Arc de Triomphe.
leading French university.
French parliament building.
the river dividing Paris.
B
0
The Tuileries is
a garden.
a lighthouse.
a courthouse.
an art gallery.
A
0
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