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3. The current exhibit of his work in Denver, Colorado includes his 1888 Wheatfield in Sheaves , a couple of self-portraits, and his 1885 painting The Potato Eaters—but not his painting Starry Night. Name this Dutch artist, famous for slicing off part of his left ear. answer: Vincent Van Gogh 4. Thomas Jefferson said of him, “[He] was so honest that if you turned his soul inside out, there would not be a spot on it.” He ran unopposed for his second term and received every electoral vote except one. Name this U.S. President who succeeded James Madison and whose time in office was called the “Era of Good Feeling.” answer: James Monroe
answer: crust 6. Pencils and paper ready! The longest side of a triangle is 9 inches longer than its second side and 5 inches longer than twice its shortest side. Give the shortest side of the triangle if the perimeter of the triangle is 51 inches. answer: 10 inches [2x + 5 + (2x – 4) + x = 51, so x = 10] 7. The "World's Worst Weather" is said to be found atop Mount Washington. In what northeastern state would you find Mount Washington surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest, a state just east of Vermont and just southwest of Maine whose motto is “Live Free or Die” ? answer: New Hampshire 8. Typically built in a pyramidal shape to be the home of a god, it had a shrine as its top level, which was smaller than each of the levels below it. Name this type of elevated religious building, part of large temple complexes built by the ancient Sumerians and Assyrians. answer: ziggurat 9. Though he has added new teams to his organization and increased revenue by a factor of seven, he has also been criticized for locking out players three different times, including one that cost a whole season and the lockout going on now. Name this commissioner of the National Hockey League. answer: Gary Bettman 10. Its “subordinating” type brings together an independent and a dependent clause, while its “correlative” type is used in pairs like “neither” and “nor.” Identify this part of speech whose “coordinating” type brings together phrases or sentences and includes “yet”, “but”, “for” and “and.” answer: conjunction 11. When Mitt Romney spoke at a recent dinner, he mentioned Big Bird and Sesame Street and then said, “[President Obama’s] remarks tonight are brought to you by the letter O and—what number” that , to the nearest trillion, is the current amount of America’s national debt? answer: $16 (trillion) [“trillion” is optional] 12. Each of its episodes is called a “job” because it features its five main characters working together to trick someone. Those characters include the martial artist named Christian, the thief named Parker, the computer genius Hardison, and the head of the group, Nathan Ford. Name this TV series on TNT. answer: Leverage 13. Doctors generally recommend removing them just to prevent problems—and always recommend removal if an infection they develop begins to spread within your mouth or if they come in “impacted” (or non-straight). Give the common 2-word term for these “third molars.” answer: wisdom teeth 14. It is surrounded on the north by Ethiopia, on the east by Somalia, on the south by Tanzania and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by Uganda and Sudan. Name this African country whose capital city is Nairobi. answer: Kenya 15. Pencils and paper ready! What is 2xy times 5yz ? answer: 10x2yz 16. Because of the bad economy, it is closing more than 100 of its campuses around the country. Name this largest for-profit college in America, headquartered in the southwestern state capital for which it is named. answer: University of Phoenix 17. The new novel Son is the final book in a quartet named for this novel about a boy named Jonas who escapes to the land of Elsewhere after being assigned to be his community’s “Receiver of Memory.” Name this story by Lois Lowry whose title is that of the person who gives Jonas the memories to receive. answer: The Giver 18. Though given off by termites and rice paddies, more concern is given to its emission by coal mining, landfills, cows and fire. Give the name of this chemical compound whose molecules have one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms and that, when refrigerated, is transported as “liquefied natural gas.” answer: methane (not CH4) 19. It provides an accused criminal “the right to a speedy and public trial”, allows him to be “confronted with the witnesses against him”, and allows him “to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” Identify this Constitutional Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights. answer: 6th Amendment 20. Its prelude, called “The Representation of Chaos”, is followed by two parts that detail its title happening and then a final section where Adam and Eve sing about being in the Garden of Eden together. Name this oratorio by Franz Josef Haydn [HIDE-un] that tells about the first 6 days of Earth’s existence. answer: The Creation 21. George McGovern, who died at age 90 in October 2012, served three terms as a U.S. Senator from South Dakota but is most famous today for his Presidential run in 1972 when he lost a landslide to-what President who resigned the Presidency two years later as a result of the Watergate scandal? answer: Richard Nixon 22. One TV guide, accurately but strangely, described this movie’s plot as, “A young girl lands in a new place and kills the first person she sees. She then joins up with three strangers to kill again.” Name this 1939 children’s film that starred Judy Garland as “the killer” named Dorothy and includes the song “Over the Rainbow.” answer: The Wizard of Oz 23. Antoni Dobrowolski was its last survivor when he died in Poland in October 2012 at age 108. Name this Nazi concentration camp where more than a million Jews were murdered during World War II. answer: Auschwitz-Birkenau 24. Pencils and paper ready! The amount of heat Q in Joules needed to raise the temperature of a stainless steel oven with mass M by T ºC can be estimated by the formula Q = 0.5MT. Sherona turns on her electric 100-kg stainless steel oven to heat it from 25ºC to 175ºC and bake cookies. How much electrical energy must be converted into heat before the cookies can be baked if the oven is 100% efficient ? answer: 7,500 J or 7.5 kJ (0.5 x 100 x 150) FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Its ancient area is one of 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Syria. A. Name this capital city of Syria. answer: Damascus B. The ancient markets in this second-largest Syrian city have been heavily damaged in the current civil war. answer: Aleppo C. The Crac des Chevaliers was a medieval castle built by Christians in Syria during this series of religious wars. answer: the Crusades D. Many Syrians are fighting to get rid of this dictator. answer: Bashar al-Assad [a-SOD] 2. Answer these about the planet Jupiter: A. This Italian scientist saw its first 4 satellites in 1610 with a telescope. answer: Galileo Galilei B. Name any one of those four. answer: Io, Ganymede, Europa or Callisto C. In 1973, this NASA spacecraft flew past Jupiter and was the first to pass the asteroid belt. answer: Pioneer 10 (number needed) D. This solar-powered NASA spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter and is named for Jupiter’s wife in myth. answer: Juno
A. This Madeleine L’Engle novel includes Meg Murry and Mrs. Whatsit. answer: A Wrinkle in Time B. This Robert Cormier novel includes Emile, Obie, and Archie Costello. answer: The Chocolate War C. This Klondike half-dog, half-wolf ends his days in California in a Jack London novel. answer: White Fang D. This spider stars in an E.B. White novel. answer: Charlotte
A. The series takes place at 165 Eaton Place in this capital city. answer: London, England B. The 2012 version of the series is set in 1938, just before this major conflict. answer: World War II C. The house at 165 Eaton Place is owned by Sir Hallam Holland, who is the only man in England who mistrusts this German leader. answer: Adolf Hitler D. Sir Hallam’s butler is Mr. Pritchard, who as a Quaker had this non-fighting status during World War I but drove an ambulance so he could still contribute to the war effort. answer: conscientious objector
A. What is the U.S. flag never supposed to touch? answer: the floor or ground B. What name is traditionally given to a group who carries the U.S. flag in a parade? answer: color guard (or colorbearer) C. What type of clover is supposed to bring good luck? answer: four-leaf clover D. Traditionally, where do you throw spilled salt to prevent bad luck? answer: over your left shoulder
A. “I’ve come from Alabama, with…” answer: a banjo on my knee B.”I dream of Jeannie with the…” answer: light brown hair C. “Camptown ladies sing this song” answer: Doo-dah! Doo-dah! D. “The sun shines bright on…” answer: my old Kentucky home
answer: 108, 117, 126, 135 [x + (x + 9) + (x + 18) + (x + 27) = 486] 8. Though she has enough money never to write again, she decided to write an adult novel and get away from her 7 previous volumes of fantasy. A. Name this British creator of Harry Potter. answer: J.K. Rowling B. Name her 2012 novel about a local election that is called after the death of a Parish Councillor. answer: The Casual Vacancy C. At the end of the novel, a girl named Krystal overdoses on this drug whose addicts are often treated with methadone. answer: heroin D. Heroin is made from the poppies of this plant. answer: opium poppies
A. He was the first President to use this word for a really bad economic period instead of “panic.” answer: depression B. Hoover won his term in 1928 by defeating this New York Governor, the first Roman Catholic to run for President. answer: Al Smith C. Hoover served as this Cabinet Secretary under both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. answer: Secretary of Commerce D. Hoover lost his re-election bid to this former New York Governor. answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt or FDR (first name/initial needed)
A. Name this Old Testament prophet whose book follows Isaiah. answer: Jeremiah B. Name the righteous king of Judah who reigned during the life of Jeremiah but whose reforms were not enough to keep Judah out of captivity. answer: Josiah C. Jeremiah died in this country where he was taken away, the same country where Jesus was taken for a time as a baby. answer: Egypt D. During Jeremiah’s life, Israel was taken over by this ancient city. answer: Babylon
A. This group of citizens determines if there is enough evidence to try a person for a crime. answer: grand jury B. This person is the one who initiates a lawsuit. answer: plaintiff C. This is the amount of money paid to let you out of jail before your trial. answer: bail D. This is both “a crime you’re accused of” and “the judge’s final set of instructions to a jury.” answer: charge
answer: Columbia River B. Kentucky and both Indiana and Illinois answer: Ohio River C. Texas and Oklahoma answer: Red River D. California and Arizona answer: Colorado River 13. Give the correct word that would fix the grammatical error in each of these sentences: A. Identify the state in which each of the following buildings are located. answer: is located B. Each pronoun must agree with their antecedent. answer: its antecedent C. Don’t use no double negatives. answer: any double negatives D. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. answer: have to agree
A. Baltimore answer: Indianapolis or Colts B. Cleveland and Los Angeles answer: St. Louis or Rams C. Chicago and St. Louis answer: Arizona or Cardinals D. Houston and Memphis answer: Tennessee or Titans
A. This lightest noble gas is lighter than air. answer: helium or He B. This makes up most of the air we breathe… answer: nitrogen or N C…but if we can’t breathe at all, we get this gas instead. answer: oxygen or O D. With chlorine, this makes up the table salt we eat. answer: sodium or Na
A. A loop at the end of a rope answer: noose B. Father of the Greek gods answer: Zeus C. Largest member of the deer family answer: moose D. Color halfway between yellow and green answer: chartreuse [shar-troos]
A. The museum is in this Dutch city. answer: Rotterdam B. This French Impressionist’s 1901 painting Charing Cross Bridge, London was stolen. answer: Claude Monet [mo-NAY] C. So was this Spanish Cubist’s 1971 painting Harlequin’s Head … answer: Pablo Picasso D. …and this Frenchman’s Girl in Front of an Open Window , painted in 1898 while he lived in the Marquesas Islands. answer: Paul Gauguin [go-GAN]
answer: Pontiac B. An Apache warrior, or a cry used by paratroopers and sky divers answer: Geronimo C. Indian woman in Virginia who saved Captain John Smith’s life answer: Pocahontas D. The name of this Shawnee chief, killed in 1813, is the middle name of General William T. Sherman. answer: Tecumseh 19. Name these plants in the same botanical family as your Halloween pumpkin: A. This long green vegetable, often in salads, is less prolific than zucchini. answer: cucumber B, Zucchini is one example of this vegetable whose types also include crookneck, summer and winter. answer: squash C. It’s round and green on the outside, red in the middle, and is eaten in the dead of summer. answer: watermelon D. This plant is rarely eaten but can be made into a drinking vessel or a percussion instrument. answer: gourd 20. Pencils and paper ready! The pyramid where visitors enter the Louvre Museum in Paris has a height of about 21 meters and a square base. A. Give the expression used to calculate the volume of a pyramid in terms of its base and height. answer: V = 1/3 times base times height B. If the volume of the pyramid is 8,400 m3 , what is the length of each side of the base in meters in square root form ? answer: C. To one decimal place, what is the length of each side of the base in meters? answer: 34.6 meters (20 x 1.73) D. To the nearest whole number, what is the length of each side of the base in feet? answer: 113 or 114 feet (1 m = 3.28 ft, so 34.6 m = 113.5 ft)
In honor of Newsweek magazine ending its printing of weekly magazines, answer these from a recent Newsweek quiz about U.S. government. 1) Date when the Declaration of Independence was accepted Ans. July 4, 1776 2) He was President during World War I. Ans. Woodrow Wilson 3) Country the U.S. fought in the Cold War Ans. Russia or Soviet Union 4) Person in charge of the executive branch of the federal government Ans. the President 5) Length of a U.S. Senator’s term Ans. 6 years 6) Number of voting members in U.S. House of Representatives Ans. 435 7) Number of total amendments in U.S. Constitution Ans. 27 8) He is Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2012. Ans. John Boehner [bay-nur] 9) He is Vice-President in 2012. Ans. Joe Biden 10) Pictured on a U.S. coin, she fought for women to get the vote. Ans. Susan B. Anthony
2) Third angle of an isosceles triangle with angles 37º Ans. 106º 3) Number of degrees in a straight angle Ans. 180º 4) Least common multiple of 12 and 25 Ans. 300 5) Sixteen squared Ans. 256 6) Average of 400, 500 and 750 Ans. 550 7) Number of degrees in each angle of an octagon Ans. 135º 8) Largest prime number that fits the category Ans. 997 9) Largest power of 2 that fits the category Ans. 512 10) Area of a square with sides 28 Ans. 784 LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH F 1) Capital of Kentucky Ans. Frankfort 2) Last name of Atticus and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird Ans. Finch 3) A large building where products are made in mass quantities Ans. factory 4) The F-major scale has only one of these. Ans. flats 5) For a rectangle’s area, it’s base times height. Ans. formula 6) Adjective meaning “cat-like” Ans. feline 7) Home stadium of Boston Red Sox (2 words) Ans. Fenway Park 8) Part of your car that may get bent in a minor accident Ans. fender 9) Hood, Ticonderoga and Benning, for example Ans. forts 10) Form of quartz, often used with steel to start a campfire Ans. flint END OF BASIC SET 2 BASIC SET 3 TOSSUPS 1. The governors of Delaware, Connecticut and Maryland shut down all state highways for it, while New Jersey’s governor told his population, “If you do not have power, please do not choose today to tap into your creative juices and jerry-rig a solution.” All of these state governors were planning for the expected effects of—what “frankenstorm” slamming the East Coast this week ? answer: Hurricane Sandy 2. Pencils and paper ready! Michael has 10 coins, all either dimes or quarters. How many dimes does he have if his total amount of cash is $1.60 ? answer: 6 [6 dimes, 4 quarters; 10x + 25 (10 – x) = 160, so -15x = -90] 3. The current owners of a house he designed in the Arizona mountains want to knock down that house, originally sold by his granddaughters. But they may be prevented from doing so if the city declares it a landmark. Name this “greatest American architect of all time” whose Arizona home was called Taliesin [tal-lee-ESS-un] West. answer: Frank Lloyd Wright 4. This only President born on the Fourth of July was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts before becoming its Governor and breaking a Boston police strike. Name this U.S. President who got the job after the death of Warren G. Harding and held it through most of the Roaring Twenties. answer: Calvin Coolidge 5. It requires the people it helps to spend time working on the house that others are helping them build. Name this worldwide program that creates new home owners and whose well-known volunteers include former President Jimmy Carter. answer: Habitat for Humanity 6. Pencils and paper ready! The first number in a pattern is 1. Each number in the pattern is 7 greater than 3 times the number before it. What is the 4th number in the pattern? answer: 118 (1, 10, 37, 118) 7. It can only have electrical charge, mass, and angular momentum. Name this astronomical object whose singularities prevent anything from ever escaping them—even light. answer: black hole 8. It ends with George Shelby returning to Kentucky after his father dies and setting all of his slaves free. Just before that, its title character is killed by the evil plantation owner Simon LeGree. Name this classic 19th-century novel written to inform the world of the evils of slavery, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. answer: Uncle Tom’s Cabin 9. This chemical process begins when you take an antacid to counteract heartburn caused by the digestive acids in your stomach. Name this process by which acids and bases cancel each other out to create either water or a chemical salt. answer: neutralization (accept forms of the word) 10. A new low-frequency model, called LOFAR, has been studying the “bubble” of particles that come out of some black holes at about 100 megahertz. Name this device whose “reflecting” and “refracting” types both try to look as far into space as possible. answer: telescope 11. To increase sales, its founder Steve Ells is now considering things he said at first he’d never do, including breakfast food and drive-through lanes. Name this Mexican restaurant chain, famed for its organic food, whose motto is “Food With Integrity.” answer: Chipotle 12. Dedicated to a Polish countess, it was inspired by a dog chasing its tail. Give the common nickname of this piece in three-four time by Chopin [sho-PAN] that was not written to be played in only 60 seconds. answer: "Minute" Waltz 13. Originally, it described only a moral crime like adultery. Now, it generally describes any crime whose punishment is either death or more than a year in either state or federal custody. Give this legal term for any crime that is more serious than a misdemeanor. answer: felony 14. Before you get one, you may be told to sleep less than usual. As part of one, you may be asked to sleep or to look at a strobe light while electrodes are attached to your head. Name this medical test, a type of recording that shows the electric currents generated in your brain. answer: electroencephalogram [ee-LEK-tro-en-SEF-a-la-gram] (or EEG) 15. It comes from Greek mythology—specifically, the king who was kept hungry and thirsty in the lower world because food and drink were always very near to him but just beyond his reach. Today, the scent of hamburgers or fried chicken might do it to our taste buds. Give this verb that means “to excite a hope but then prevent its fulfillment.” answer: tantalize (accept all forms of the word) 16. Pencils and paper ready! The larger of a pair of complementary angles is 6º more than twice the smaller angle. Give the measure of the smaller angle. answer: 28º [x + (2x + 6) = 90, so 3x = 84] 17. It can introduce objects of certain verbs like “glance” or “laugh” but is most often used in expressions of time or place. Name this part of speech whose common examples include “since”, “below”, “above” and “on.” answer: preposition 18. The longest one on record is a 14-foot-long version grown by a man from India. Worn by actor Charlie Chaplin, its types include the Walrus, the Fu Manchu, and the handlebar. Name this item of facial hair. answer: mustache (not beard) 19. Its characters include the longtime prisoner Dr. Manette, a Frenchman who changes his name and moves to England, and a man named Sydney Carton who dies in place of someone else. Name this Charles Dickens novel that takes place in both London and Paris. answer: A Tale of Two Cities 20. Its website suggests traveling along Crater Rim Drive if you don’t have much time to see anything there. Give the 2-word name of this National Park whose first word is the state where it’s located and that is home to Mauna Loa and Kilauea [kill-a-WAY-a], among other natural phenomena. answer: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 21. Its species include “African bush” and “African forest.” Name this mammal whose “Asian” species includes the one named Koshik at South Korea’s Everland Zoo that can now say several Korean words by sticking its trunk in its mouth. answer: elephant 22. To try and get its football team back to prominence, it hired former Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly --and now has a top-5 ranking again. Name this Catholic college in South Bend, Indiana. answer: Notre Dame 23. Its 27 regions include Picardy, Upper Normandy, Lower Normandy, and its overseas regions of Martinique and Guadaloupe. Name this European country whose other regions include Burgundy, Aquitaine, Alsace and Lorraine. answer: France 24. From the Latin word for “barricade”, give the 7-letter word for a ban on trade placed on one country by another. answer: embargo FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. In the fall of 2012, Maya Allende [ay-YEN-day] was elected mayor of an area of the capital city where her grandfather Salvador once served as her country’s President. A. Name this long and narrow South American country along the Pacific Ocean where Salvador Allende was President. answer: Chile B. Name the capital of that country. answer: Santiago C. What nation borders that country on its direct north? answer: Peru D. What nation mostly borders that country on its east? answer: Argentina 2. Pencils and paper ready! Calculate each of the following and then give each result in scientific notation: A. (2 x 102) x (4 x 10-4) answer: 8 x 10-2 B. (3 x 103) + (5 x 102) answer: 3.5 x 103 C. (6 x 10-4) / (3 x 10-6) answer: 2 x 102 D. (104) – (2 x 103) answer: 8 x 103
answer: Russia B. Henry Purcell [PURSE-ull] answer: England or Great Britain C. Johannes Brahms answer: Germany D. Giacomo Puccini [poo-CHEE-nee] answer: Italy 4. Signed at a 1941 shipboard meeting, the Atlantic Charter was a blueprint for Allied action after World War II. A. It was signed by this U.S. President… answer: Franklin Roosevelt (or FDR) (first name/initial needed) B. …and by this British Prime Minister. answer: Winston Churchill C. The Allies were allied against this leader of Nazi Germany. answer: Adolf Hitler D. The shipboard meeting was held off the coast of this country that is still part of the British Commonwealth. answer: Canada
A. Give the slope of line T. answer: -3 (18/-6) B. In slope-intercept form, give the equation of line T. answer: y = -3x + 1 (use y = mx + b) C. In slope-intercept form, give the equation of a line parallel to line T that goes through the point (2, -11). answer: y = -3x – 5 (parallel lines have same slope) D. In slope-intercept form, give the equation of a line perpendicular to line T that goes through the point (9, 9).
answer: y = (1/3)x + 6 (perp. line has slope 1/3 in this case) 6. Go on a camping trip, and you might use a propane stove to cook your food. A. Propane has only these two chemical elements in it. answer: carbon (or C) and hydrogen (or H) B. Getting the propane to catch fire and burn is equivalent to adding this chemical element to it. answer: oxygen (or O) C. Burning propane gives you two products: one, this substance that you exhale… answer: carbon dioxide (or CO2) D. … the other, this common liquid. answer: water (or H2O)
A. Name this writer whose Scarlet Plague title page calls him “author of The Sea Wolf and The Call of the Wild.” answer: Jack London B. The old man in the story tells his grandson what life was like in this northern California city before the scarlet plague. answer: San Francisco C. One boy is from the tribe of the Palo-Altos, named for the home town of this major university. answer: Stanford Univ. D. This is the name of the dog in the novel The Call of the Wild. answer: Buck
A. Name the Scandinavian country of which Christian was King. answer: Denmark B. Christian’s wife Caroline Matilda, the sister of this British King during America’s Revolutionary War, had an affair with Struensee. answer: King George III C. After Struensee was executed, Caroline was exiled to the Electorate of Hanover in this present-day country. answer: Germany D. One of the main actors in the movie is Mads Mikkelsen, who played the bad guy in this first James Bond movie with Daniel Craig. answer: Casino Royale
A. Their 1903 patent for the airplane is missing. answer: the Wright Brothers B. So is this man’s patent for the cotton gin. answer: Eli Whitney C. The bombing maps used to bomb this nation at the end of World War II are gone. answer: Japan D. Eventually, the Archives did get back an eyewitness radio report of the explosion of this airship in New Jersey in 1937. answer: Hindenburg
answer: Fiddler on the Roof B. His score for this film, the fourth in a 6-movie set, is #1 on the American Film Institute’s list as the greatest score of all time. answer: Star Wars C. This movie was about a boy named Elliot and a small creature from outer space. answer: E.T.: The Extraterrestrial D. This 2012 Steven Spielberg movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the title U.S. President. answer: Lincoln 11. I will name pairs of artists; you name the school or movement of art that they belonged to: A. Rene Magritte [ra-nay ma-GREET], Salvador Dalí answer: Surrealism B. Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin [go-GANN] answer: Post-Impressionism C. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque answer: Cubism D. Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley answer: Art Nouveau
A. The stamen consists of the filament and this part. answer: anther B. This part consists of all of the petals. answer: corolla C. The calyx [KAY-lix] is made up of the outermost whorl of these parts. answer: sepals D. The female part of a flower contains the stigma, the style and this. answer: ovary
"12x - 6 is less than 61" and "2x + 7 is greater than or equal to 11." answer: 2, 3, 4, 5 14. It is officially held in mid-December in presidential election years, and its results are counted by Congress on the January 6th after each election. A. Identify this political process that now involves a total of 538 votes. answer: Electoral College B. To win the Presidency, Barack Obama needed this number of electoral votes. answer: 270 (half of 538, plus 1) C. and D. Most states give all of their electoral votes to the person with the most popular votes. Name the two states that give them proportionally instead, allowing multiple candidates to get at least one vote. answer: Maine or Nebraska 15. Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Russell Means spent his life fighting U.S. injustice against Native Americans until he died in October 2012. A. Means was a member of this Indian tribe that defeated Custer at his Last Stand. answer: Sioux Indians B. This chief and medicine man was the leader of that tribe at Custer’s Last Stand. answer: Sitting Bull C. In 1969, the American Indian Movement that Russell Means joined began an occupation of this San Francisco island that was once a federal prison. answer: Alcatraz D. In 1973, Means helped to seize and occupy this “injured” South Dakota town on the Pine Ridge Reservation for more than two months. answer: Wounded Knee
A. Saul was headed to this city to persecute Christians when he literally “saw the light.” answer: Damascus B. This first Christian martyr was stoned in Acts, chapter 7. answer: Stephen C. Along with his wife Sapphira, he was struck dead by God for lying about some money they had made by selling a field. answer: Ananais D. The book of Acts and the book of Luke are both addressed to this person. answer: Theophilus
A. Black Mountains, Elko Hills, Las Vegas Range answer: Nevada B. Gila [HEE-la] Mountains, Superstition Mountains, Phoenix Mountains answer: Arizona C. Gallatin Range, Bitterroot Mountains, Anaconda Range answer: Montana D. Wasatch [WASS-atch] Range, Oquirrh [O-ker] Mountains, Uinta [yoo-IN-ta] Mountains answer: Utah
A. The warm, dry winds on the east side of the Rocky Mountains. answer: Chinook B. The warm, dry winds off the northern slopes of the Swiss Alps. answer: foehn (fain) C. It is channeled through France's Rhone Valley by the mountains on each side of it. answer: mistral D. The hot wind that blows dust from the Sahara Desert to the Mediterranean Sea. answer: sirocco or scirocco
A. This third baseman hit .500 in the Series, including three home runs in Game 1. answer: Pablo Sandoval B. This second baseman was traded from the Colorado Rockies at midseason. answer: Marco Scutaro [SCOOT-a-row] C. This outfielder and former Astro was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies at midseason. answer: Hunter Pence D. He is their young All-Star catcher. answer: Buster Posey
A. manzana [mon-SONN-a] answer: apple B. naranja [na-RON-haw] answer: orange C. durazno [doo-ROSS-no] answer: peach D. sandía [son-DEE-a] answer: watermelon
Name these words or phrases added to the printed Merriam-Webster dictionary for 2012. 1) A song or melody that you can’t get out of your mind Ans. earworm 2) Element 112, named for Poland’s most famous astronomer ever Ans. copernicium 3) “Something created by combining elements from 2 or more sources” Ans. mash-up 4) Red Bull or Monster, for example (2 words) Ans. energy drink 5) The state of owing more on your house than you could sell it for Ans. underwater 6) Two-word phrase for a room in a house especially designed for males Ans. man cave 7) Two-word Oprah Winfrey phrase for a sudden inspiration Ans. aha moment 8) A set of things you want to accomplish before death (2 words) Ans. bucket list 9) 6-letter adjective meaning “totally out of energy” Ans. gassed 10) 2-word phrase for "storing regularly-used data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet" Ans. cloud computing
2) Brussels Ans. Belgium 3) Geneva Ans. Switzerland 4) Lisbon Ans. Portugal 5) Rotterdam Ans. Holland or the Netherlands 6) Marseille [mar-SAY] Ans. France 7) Milan [ma-LON] Ans. Italy 8) Glasgow Ans. Scotland 9) Cologne [ka-LONE] Ans. Germany 10) Barcelona Ans. Spain LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH N 1)Planet with a "Great Dark Spot" Ans. Neptune 2) 5-letter word meaning "not sophisticated” Ans. naive 3) Fourth book of the Old Testament Ans. Numbers 4) Chemical symbol for sodium Ans. Na 5) Home city of college football’s Music City Bowl Ans. Nashville, TN 6) Small Asian country whose capital is Katmandu Ans. Nepal 7) Addictive drug found in tobacco Ans. nicotine 8) To shake your head, indicating “yes” Ans. nod 9) Place to see plants—or to tend babies Ans. nursery 10) In a novel, the person who tells the story Ans. narrator
1. It is a result of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide reacting in the atmosphere with water and sunlight. Its result over time can be damage to buildings, statues, aquatic life and forests. Give the 2-word term for this “non-basic” type of precipitation. answer: acid rain
answer: Island of the Blue Dolphins 3. It is combined with carbon to make drill bits used in mining and has the highest melting point of any metallic element. It is also used to make the filament in an ordinary light bulb. Name this chemical element, called “wolfram” in German, whose symbol is a capital W. answer: tungsten 4. Its recent imposition of martial law in 2011 has only increased the number of protests against its King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. In November 2012, one of its citizens who insulted the king on Twitter was sentenced to 6 months in jail. Name this tiny Middle Eastern country whose capital is Manama. answer: Bahrain 5. Many things are claimed to help you feel better when you have it, including echinacea [eck-a-NAY-see-a], chicken soup, and zinc lozenges. Name this common ailment, caused most often by a rhinovirus, that brings a runny nose, a sore throat and general misery. answer: the common cold 6. He kept it from raining for more than 3 years and was taken up to heaven on a chariot of fire—leaving his mantle behind for his successor. Name this Old Testament prophet who still has a place set for him during the Jewish Passover feast. answer: Elijah 7. Pencils and paper ready! John was making $8 an hour until he got a raise to $10 per hour. What percentage increase was John’s raise? answer: 25% (2/8; not 2/10, which is 20%; it’s always based on original value) 8. In 17 of the last 18 elections, the incumbent U.S. President has retained his job if this NFL team wins on the final Sunday before the election. If it loses, the President loses too —which is bad news for President Obama—because it lost this week to the Carolina Panthers. Name this team coached by Mike Shanahan [SHAN-a-han] and quarterbacked by Heisman winner Robert Griffin III. answer: Washington or Redskins 9. In its “dramatic” version, a character says something that the audience knows to be wrong. Its “situational” version happens when a person says one thing but means something else—as in when a dog on a leash pulls its owner backwards and someone says, “I see your dog is taking you for a walk.” Name this figure of speech. answer: irony 10. Since 1966, it has been supervised by the Department of Transportation. States don’t have to adopt it, but if they do, it can last only between the first Sunday in November and the middle of March. Name this concept that has given most of the U.S. the twice-a-year motto “Spring ahead; fall back.” answer: Daylight Savings Time 11. I just passed the Presidio and am on my way to the “crookedest street in the world” before making a stop at Fisherman’s Wharf. Later, I might ride a cable car up to the 9th-largest suspension bridge in the world. What large California city am I visiting that was the site of a huge earthquake in 1906? answer: San Francisco 12. Pencils and paper ready! The lateral area of a right circular cylinder is two pi, times the height, times the radius. In terms of π, give the lateral area of a right circular cylinder with height 6 inches and radius 4 inches. answer: 48π in2 (2π x 6 x 4) 13. It is used in many other languages as the unconjugated meaning of verbs, as in the Spanish verb “hablar” [aw-BLAR] meaning “to speak.” Name this verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb and usually contains the word “to”—as in the sentence, “John helped to write the song.” answer: infinitive 14. Its characters include Neff the rhino, Sergeant Calhoun and Fix-it Felix, Jr. Its title character, voiced by John C. Reilly, is a bad guy who wants to become a hero. Name this new Disney animated movie, set in Litvak’s Family Fun Center, which is a video-game arcade. answer: Wreck-It Ralph 15. The lap variety of this instrument has 6 strings, while the pedal variety has between 9 and 13. Give the 2-word name for this musical instrument whose forms include the “dobro” and, when used in country music, is often put on a flat surface so it can be played with a metal pick. answer: steel guitar (prompt on “guitar”) 16. It has recently stopped the opening of windows in taxis and removed knives from some shops in its capital city to improve security around its 2012 Communist Party Congress. Name this Asian nation, scheduled to announce that its Vice-President Xi Jinping [shee jin-PING] will ascend to its presidency. answer: China 17. He was the Emperor of Rome when Jesus was crucified. Identify this ruler whose name was also the middle name of Star Trek captain James T. Kirk. answer: Tiberius 18. Written in 1924, some parents are only now finding out that yes, many kids do still read this short story that includes the henchman Ivan and General Zaroff. Name this short story by Richard Connell whose main character, Rainsford, is hunted all over the general’s island until he fights back. answer: The Most Dangerous Game
answer: percolation (accept forms of the word) 20. Painted in 1863, it was inspired by Titian’s Venus of Urbino. It shows a fully-clothed maid in the background and a nude woman staring at the viewer in the foreground. Identify this painting by Edouard Manet [man-NAY] that shares its name with the capital of Washington state. answer: Olympia 21. Pencils and paper ready! If “f of x” is x2 + 5x – 7, what is “f of 3” ? answer: 17 (9 + 15 – 7) 22. His wife “Lemonade Lucy” added running water to the White House—but subtracted alcohol. Often called “Old 8-to-7” and “His Fraudulency”, he obtained office in the 1876 election by a controversial victory over Samuel Tilden. Name this U.S. President. answer: Rutherford B. Hayes 23. Conquered by the British in the early 1800’s, it has been ruled by a military junta for most of the last 50 years. Name this Asian country whose new capital territory at Naypyidaw [nep-YEE-daw] has replaced its former capital Yangon. answer: Myanmar (the former Burma) 24. His General Bernadotte was installed as King of Sweden in the early 1800’s. Exiled to the island of Elba after his first period as leader of France, he died on the island of St. Helena in 1821. Name this dictator who sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. answer: Napoleon Bonaparte FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Pencils and paper ready! Calculate the areas of these objects in square inches. Use square-root form as needed: A. Trapezoid with bases 8 inches and 6 inches and height 5 inches. answer: 35 sq. in. (14/2 x 5) B. Kite with long diagonal 14 inches and short diagonal 12 inches. answer: 84 sq. in. (14 x 12 x ½) C. Triangle with base 6 inches and height 12 inches. answer: 36 sq. in. (1/2 x 6 x 12) D. Rectangle 11 inches by 17 inches. answer: 187 sq. in. 2. Name these ballets: A. It features Clara and a very large Christmas tree. answer: The Nutcracker B. It has two mean and ugly stepsisters—and a glass slipper. answer: Cinderella C. In Greek myth, he tried to rescue Eurydice from the underworld. answer: Orpheus [OR-fee-us] D. Its title character doesn’t want to grow up. answer: Peter Pan
A. Name this acclaimed director of Star Wars. answer: George Lucas B. Name the major film studio that bought Lucasfilm. answer: Disney C. When the deal closes, the only entity who will own more Disney stock than George Lucas will be the estate of this late computer genius. answer: Steve Jobs D. The George Lucas firm that does post-production sound is named for this Star Wars hero. answer: (Luke) Skywalker Sound
answer: Islamabad [iz-LOM-a-bod] B. Vietnam answer: Hanoi C. Lebanon answer: Beirut [bay-ROOT] D. Bangkok answer: Thailand 5. I'll name a star; you name the Zodiac constellation that contains it: A. Pollux answer: Gemini B. Spica
answer: Virgo C. Antares answer: Scorpio D. Canus Major answer: Sirius
A. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze is about a boy in this country. answer: China B. Johnny Tremain lives in this city during the American Revolution. answer: Boston, MA C. Secret of the Andes is set on this continent. answer: South America D. Julie of the Wolves is a girl who leaves this group of people in Alaska to come to the “lower 48” states. answer: she’s an Eskimo(s)
A. This temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena, the patron saint of Athens. answer: the Download 1.25 Mb. Share with your friends:
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[1/3 Bh = 8400, so area of base is 1200 m2]