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- Words
- 50
- 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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