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Parthenon B. This is the gateway to the Acropolis. answer: the Propylea
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B. This is the gateway to the Acropolis. answer: the Propylea [pro-pa-LAY-a] C. This temple contains the tomb of its namesake; its south side contains six "caryatid" [care-ee-AT-id] figures as supporting columns. answer: the Erechtheum [a-RECK-thee-um] D. A temple to the goddess Athena is there, dedicated to Athena in this “victorious” form of hers. answer: Temple of Athena Nike
A. It manages the printing of money and the nation’s finances. answer: Dept. of the Treasury B. It supervises America’s national parks. answer: Dept. of the Interior C. It supervises American wage earners and ensures they’re treated fairly answer: Dept. of Labor D. It supervises drilling for oil and natural gas answer: Dept. of Energy 9. Name these U.S. states where the Mormons lived before moving to what is now Utah: A. They built their first temple in 1836 in the town of Kirtland in this state. answer: Ohio B. They moved out of this state after its Governor Lilburn Boggs issued an "extermination order" in 1838. answer: Missouri C. Joseph Smith was murdered in this state in 1844. answer: Illinois D. The Church began in this state in 1830. answer: New York 10. Give these words that include either the Greek or Latin root for the word “star”: A. Printed sign that looks like a small star, found on the 8 of a computer keyboard answer: asterisk B. An event like Hurricane Sandy that causes great hardship and suffering answer: disaster C. A person who travels in outer space answer: astronaut D. Medieval device used to measure the altitude of a celestial object answer: astrolabe
A. Gorky Park, named for a famed author answer: Russia B. The Wiener Prater [vee-nur PROT-ur], within the 2nd district of a European capital city answer: Austria C. Carthage Land, probably named after the rival city of ancient Rome answer: Tunisia D. EuroDisneyland answer: France
A. A canine named Stan can talk and write. answer: Dog With a Blog B. A male singer teams with a female songwriter. answer: Austin and Ally C. Milo and Oscar live in an aquarium in a pet store. answer: Fish Hooks D. A girl from Texas becomes a nanny to four children in New York City. answer: Jessie 13. Spell these words on the study list for the 2013 National Spelling Bee: A. “cucumber” [CUE-cum-bur], a green vegetable answer: C-U-C-U-M-B-E-R B. “obliterate” [a-BLIT-a-rate], to totally destroy answer: O-B-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-E C. “predicament” [pre-DICK-a-munt], a serious problem answer: P-R-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T D. “optometry” [op-TOM-a-tree], the study of eye diseases answer: O-P-T-O-M-E-T-R-Y 14. Pencils and paper ready! Convert these fractions to decimals: A. 3/4
answer: 0.75 B. 9/20
answer: 0.45 C. 1/16
answer: 0.0625 D. 11/40
answer: 0.275 15. Only five men have a granite block honoring them in the New York Yankees’ Monument Park. A. This pitcher, turned outfielder, held the career home-run record for nearly 40 years. answer: George Herman “Babe” Ruth B. He held the record for consecutive games played for more than half a century. answer: Lou Gehrig C. After Mickey Mantle received a plaque from this Yankee center fielder, Mantle gave him one back and told him to hang his a little higher than Mantle’s. answer: Joe DiMaggio D. Miller Huggins never played for the Yankees but is there because he was good at this job. answer: manager
A. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland answer: Lewis Carroll (or Charles Dodgson) B. Great Expectations answer: Charles Dickens C. Frankenstein answer: Mary Shelley D. Pride and Prejudice answer: Jane Austen 17. Give these algebra terms: A. A number, like 5 or 13, that never changes no matter what answer: constant B. A set of elements that two other sets of elements have in common answer: intersection C. One-word term for the coordinate point (0, 0) answer: origin D. A relation where a domain element matches up with only one range element answer: function 18. Name these Broadway shows that had at least one performance canceled because of Hurricane Sandy—from the plot synopsis furnished by Playbill: A. “A spunky orphan girl finds a home with a New York millionaire during the Depression…” answer: Annie B. “This is the story of the Banks family and how their lives change when [a] nanny arrives at their home at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London.” answer: Mary Poppins C. “Simba grows up in the African heartland until tragedy forces him to run away.” answer: The Lion King D. “An obscure and ambitious actress becomes the powerful and controversial first lady of Argentina.” answer: Evita
A. Its allotropes include graphite and diamond. answer: carbon B. Its dioxide compound helps cause acid rain. answer: sulfur C. Combines with sodium to create table salt answer: chlorine D. Its German name is Kalium, which starts with K. answer: potassium (whose chemical symbol is K)
A. Identify this religious building in Rome, named for the uncle of Pope Julius II. answer: Sistine Chapel B. Name the painter who created the priceless artwork, much of it while lying on his back. answer: Michelangelo Buonarroti C. The central ceiling vault contains 9 scenes from this Biblical book. answer: Genesis D. Some of those scenes feature this natural disaster. answer: the flood for which Noah built his ark
1) One stroke under par on a hole in golf Ans. birdie 2) To sleep for just 10 minutes Ans. catnap 3) A person who likes to stay up very late (2 words) Ans. night owl 4) Three strikes in a row in bowling Ans. turkey 5) An informant for the police Ans. stoolpigeon 6) Romantic movie that appeals mostly to girls (2 words) Ans. chick flick 7) Two strokes under par on a hole in golf Ans. eagle 8) Rich and privileged person (2 words) Ans. fat cat 9) Driver who uses his lane—and yours, too (2 words) Ans. road hog 10) Unknown political candidate who just might win (2 words) Ans. dark horse
1) The one closest to Earth Ans. Venus 2) Farthest planet from Sun between 1979 and 1999 Ans. Neptune 3) It orbits the sun once in 88 Earth days Ans. Mercury 4) Known as the “red” planet Ans. Mars 5) The only planet not named for a Greek or Roman god Ans. Earth 6) Its moons include Io and Callisto. Ans. Jupiter 7) In 2011, it had a “Great White Spot.” Ans. Saturn 8) Planet between Saturn and Neptune Ans. Uranus 9) Called both the “evening star” and the “morning star” Ans. Venus 10) Called the “blue planet” because of the water on its surface Ans. Earth
2) Where the water runs out of your bathtub Ans. drain 3) Spanish word for “two” Ans. dos [dose] 4) General term for information a computer might use Ans. data 5) The numbers 6 and 8 have only one of them; 14 has two Ans. digits 6) Camel species with one hump Ans. Dromedary 7) Adjective describing a super-messed-up family Ans. dysfunctional 8) A road you take to get around road construction Ans. detour 9) Capital of Bangladesh Ans. Dhaka [da-KAW] 10) Adjective meaning “not sharp” or “not smart” Ans. dull END OF BASIC SET 4 BASIC SET 5 TOSSUPS 1. As it becomes more popular, its chairman Chung Mong-koo is restraining production to try and avoid the quality issues that have plagued Toyota. Name this South Korean firm, a partner with Kia, whose U.S. car brands include the Tucson, the Santa Fe, the Accent, the Elantra and the Sonata. answer: Hyundai
answer: 400 mL [100 (0.25) = (100 + x) (0.05), so 20 = 0.05x] 3. Lorenzo de Medici [MED-a-chee] was the patron of this Renaissance painter whose last name is Italian for “Little Barrel.” Name this contemporary of Raphael and Michelangelo who painted Primavera and Birth of Venus. answer: Sandro Botticelli 4. It first came to America without the aid of the ship Speedwell that was supposed to accompany it. It made its most famous voyage in just 67 days. Name this sailing vessel that dropped anchor near Cape Cod, Massachusetts on November 11, 1620 and was carrying a group of Pilgrims to the New World. answer: Mayflower 5. European scientists have discovered a way of making it by changing the atomic structure of a liquid without waiting for nature. Identify this common material, created for centuries by heating and the cooling, that “flows” like a liquid but has the mechanical properties of a solid –including fragility. answer: glass 6. Pencils and paper ready! Convert 32% to a fraction in lowest terms. answer: 8/25 (32/100 = 8/25) 7. Israeli researchers have created a way to trap light within ultra-thin film of this chemical compound whose varieties include hematite and magnetite. Name this substance, commonly found on metal objects that are exposed to rain and snow for a period of time. answer: iron oxide (or rust) 8. Though he wrote the Johnny Cash hit song “A Boy Named Sue”, he is more famous for cartoons and for children’s books. Name this American poet who wrote A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. answer: Shel Silverstein 9. During the 30 years he led the Soviet Union, many cities changed their names to honor him—partly, perhaps, because they were afraid not to. Name this short dictator with a big mustache who succeeded Lenin and kept power by killing millions of people who might have tried to stop him. answer: Josef Stalin 10. It looks like a cross between a lizard and a bird, and its males have sharp venomous spurs on their hind legs to defend themselves. Name this mammal, the only one to lay eggs. answer: duck-billed platypus 11. Their original reality show has created spinoffs in which two of them “take Miami” and “take New York” while the third one shows married life with her husband, NBA player Lamar Odom. Give the last name of this set of three celebrity sisters whose first names all start with K. answer: the Kardashian sisters 12. Sung in the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, the title of this work by Henry Lyte comes from what two men said to Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Name this hymn whose second verse says, “Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not…” answer: Abide With Me 13. Oregon’s Measure 80 legalizing it failed in 2012, but Washington’s Initiative 502 legalizing it passed. Identify this substance whose known physical effects and illegality under current federal law caused Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to say, after Amendment 64 legalized it in his state, “Don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish [crackers] too quickly." answer: marijuana 14. Its bones include the hip bones, the sacrum [SAY-crum] and the coccyx [KOCK-six]. Its structure forms a cavity that, in pregnant women, widens to allow the baby to be born. Give this general term for the set of bones between your abdomen and your legs. answer: pelvis 15. He is said to have loaned Perseus his winged sandals and his helmet of invisibility. A sculpture of him carrying the infant Dionysus was found in 1877. Name this Greek messenger god and conveyor of souls to the Underworld. answer: Hermes [hur-meez] 16. Pencils and paper ready! In square-root form, what is the distance between the point (2, 6) and the point (5, 10) ? answer: 17. It can mean “a coat of arms or an emblem” and can also mean “the top of a mountain or of a wave.” Give this 5-letter word that is also the brand name of a best-selling toothpaste. answer: Crest 18. He spent 5 years as Governor of Massachusetts after 1776 and became known as a great fund-raiser for American troops. Name this man who signed the Declaration of Independence before anyone else--using his normal, very large signature. answer: John Hancock 19. In Shakespeare plays, this title is held by Duncan, several Henry’s, John, Lear, and Richard the Third. Name this royal title whose holder is typically married to a queen. answer: King 20. Settled by the Dutch, it was called “Richmond” until 1975. Unlike the rest of New York City, it often votes Republican. Identify this borough, the only one not connected to the city’s subway system, that is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. answer: Staten Island 21. Once called 34 Tauri, its discoverer thought it was a comet at first even though it lacked a coma or a tail. German astronomer Johann Bode noted that it circulates beyond the orbit of Saturn. Name this first planet to be discovered with a telescope--the telescope of British astronomer Sir William Herschel. answer: Uranus 22. After his days as a top athlete, he became a doctor and was the first to begin testing athletes for steroid use. But he was not using steroids on May 6, 1954 at Oxford University, when he did something no other runner had ever done before. Name this British track star, the first to run a mile in less than four minutes. answer: Sir Roger Bannister 23. For most of the 19th century, it was ruled by the King of Holland. It is now the second-smallest country by population in the European Union and the world’s only grand duchy. Name this small nation north of France, west of Germany and east of Belgium. answer: Luxembourg 24. It was to include a payroll tax hike, an income tax hike and a sequester that would cut billions in government spending. Give the common 2-word term for this set of economic circumstances that would have hit America on January 1, 2013 if nothing had been done. answer: fiscal cliff FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. He spent nearly 40 years in the Army before retiring to take over as head of another government organization. A. Name this former general who suddenly resigned from that organization in November 2012 after the FBI discovered he was having an affair. answer: David Petraeus [pa-TRAY-us] B. What government organization had he been the head of? answer: Central Intelligence Agency or CIA C. His mistress wrote his new biography with this 2-word title, a term often used in high-stakes poker. answer: All In D. He spent a year and a half as head of the multinational coalition forces in this country that executed its former dictator Saddam Hussein. answer: Iraq 2. Pencils and paper ready! A. Write the number 0.00357 in standard scientific notation. answer: 3.57 x 10-3 B. Give the ones digit of the number that equals "11 to the fourth power." answer: 1 (all powers of 11 end in 1) C. Number of items in a bakers' dozen? answer: 13 D. If A is the sum of all negative integers greater than -4 and B is 32, calculate A times B. answer: -192 (-6 x 32)
A. He was born in this European country. answer: Germany B. He became close friends with this composer’s wife Clara—especially after that composer was confined to a mental hospital. answer: Robert Schumann C. His Wiegenlied [VEE-gun-leet] contains this famous nighttime tune. answer: Brahms’ Lullaby D. Brahms wrote this number of symphonies, five fewer than Beethoven wrote. answer: four
A. He was President for most of this decade of the 20th century. answer: 1950’s B. These two states joined the Union during his time in office. answer: Alaska and Hawaii C. After World War II, he served as President of this Ivy League school in New York City. answer: Columbia Univ. D. He was the first President specifically limited to two terms by this Constitutional Amendment. answer: 22nd Amendment 5. Pencils and paper ready! A circle has radius 10 inches. In terms of π: A. What is the diameter of the circle? answer: 20 in. (10 x 2) B. What is the circumference of the circle? answer: 20π sq. in. (C = πd) C. If a 90º sector is removed from the circle, what is the length of the arc between the two endpoints ? answer: 5π in. (20π x 90/360) D. What is the total area of the removed sector? answer: 25π in2 (100π area x 90/360; accept clearly equivalent answers) 6. I'll name a planet; you name its satellite that has the largest diameter: A. Mars
answer: Phobos B. Jupiter answer: Ganymede C. Saturn answer: Titan D. Neptune answer: Triton
A. The Courtship of Miles Standish answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow B. The Ransom of Red Chief answer: O. Henry (or W.S. Porter) C. The House of the Seven Gables answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne D. The Outcasts of Poker Flat answer: Bret Harte
A. In 1940, Hitler planned Operation Sealion to invade this island country. answer: Britain or England B. In 1941, Hitler used Operation Barbarossa to unsuccessfully attack this country. answer: Russia or U.S.S.R or Soviet Union C. In November 1942, the Allies used Operation Torch to invade the northern part of this continent. answer: North Africa D. In September 1944, the Allies used Operation Market Garden to capture bridges in this country that had been under Nazi control for more than four years. answer: Holland (or the Netherlands) 9. It describes how electoral votes are to be counted—and that the votes for President and for Vice-President are to be counted separately. A. Identify this Constitutional Amendment. answer: 12th Amendment B. That Amendment says the President of the Senate counts the votes, who is this man right now. answer: Joe Biden (the Vice-President) C. If no one had gotten a majority of electoral votes in 2012, the election would have gone to this chamber of Congress , with each state getting one vote. answer: House of Representatives D. In that case, this number of votes would be needed to select the President. answer: 26 (half of 50, plus one) 10. Name the European countries famed for each of these sets of cheeses: A. Gorgonzola and Provolone answer: Italy B. Limburger and Passendale answer: Belgium C. Emmentaler [em-un-TALL-ur] and Appenzeller [OP-unt-sell-ur] answer: Switzerland D. Stilton and Cheddar answer: England (accept equivalents)
A. The craft of tying or knotting cords in geometric patterns. answer: macramé [MAK-ra-may] B. This Indonesian technique of dyeing fabric requires certain areas of the cloth to first be covered with a dye-resistant substance so they will not be dyed when everything else is. answer: batik [ba-TEEK] C. This method of adding color to clothing may use string or rubber bands to keep the color from reaching certain areas of the fabric. answer: tie-dye D. Webster's defines it as "the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework." answer: embroidery
A. This disease is often called “hardening of the arteries.” answer: arteriosclerosis or artherosclerosis B. This chest pain comes from a lack of oxygen to the heart muscle itself. answer: angina pectoris C. The superior and inferior of this vein returns blood from the body to your heart’s right atrium. answer: vena cava D. These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart. answer: arteries 13. Pencils and paper ready! A. Calculate the slope of the line 2x - 16y = 96 in lowest terms. answer: y = 1/8 x - 6 B. Give the result when x to the 9th power is cubed. answer: x27 C. Solve for y in the equation 5y - 2 = -2y - 23. answer: -3 (7y = -21) D. Solve for x in the equation 2/5 x = 12. answer: 30 (12/0.4) 14. Give these words that come to English from Dutch: A. The dental version of this thread is used to remove food from between your teeth. answer: floss B. You could be arrested for this crime if you are hanging out on a street corner with nothing to do. answer: loitering C. A triangular device to hold the canvas an artist is painting. answer: easel D. A sharp spear used to catch a whale or other large fish answer: harpoon
A. carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, selenium [sa-LEE-nee-um] answer: copse B. beryllium [ba-RILL-ee-um], neodymium [nee-o-DIM-ee-um] answer: bend C. copper, rhenium [REE-nee-um] answer: cure D. tungsten, iodine, nitrogen, potassium answer: wink
A. The Koran has 114 of these; in English, they might be "chapters". answer: suras B. A Shi'ite Muslim should pay a "khum" [koom], or this percentage of his earnings, to his leaders or to the poor. answer: 20% or one-fifth C. The Koran chapter on this Old Testament prophet says he was swallowed by a whale. answer: Jonah D. One Koran chapter on this Old Testament character tells how he was sold into slavery by his brothers. answer: Joseph 17. Give the capital cities of these Asian countries: A. Japan answer: Tokyo B. Mongolia answer: Ulaanbaatar [oo-lon BAW-tur] C. Jordan answer: Amman [a-MONN] D. North Korea answer: Pyongyang 18. Answer these about types of snowflakes as defined by the International Commission on Snow and Ice: A. This type looks like something you’d see on a pine tree. answer: needles B. This type looks like part of a neuron. answer: dendrites C. This type can be solid or hollow (as well as Doric, Ionic or Corinthian). answer: columns D. A “stellar” snowflake is shaped like one of these astronomical objects. answer: star
A. That coach was this man who formerly coached LeBron James in Cleveland. answer: Mike Brown B. Most fans were sure the Lakers would re-hire this coach who led them to 5 NBA titles. answer: Phil Jackson C. This Laker star really wanted Jackson to be re-hired. answer: Kobe Bryant D. Instead, the Lakers hired this former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks coach. answer: Mike D’Antoni
A. Name this famed Catholic cathedral in Paris. answer: Notre Dame B. Name the author of the classic novel set in that cathedral that features a hunchbacked man. answer: Victor Hugo C. What was the name of that hunchbacked man? answer: Quasimodo D. The four bells replace a set of bells removed during the French Revolution and melted down to make this heavy metal armament. answer: cannon
Some answers may appear more than once. 1) Nantucket County Ans. Massachusetts 2) Fairfax County Ans. Virginia 3) Westchester County Ans. New York 4) Marin [ma-RIN] County Ans. California 5) Somerset County Ans. New Jersey 6) Fairfield County Ans. Connecticut 7) Loudoun [rhymes with “cowden”] County Ans. Virginia 8) Morris County Ans. New Jersey 9) Pitkin County Ans. Colorado 10) Hunterdon County Ans. New Jersey LIGHTNING ROUND 2 –COMPLETE THE SAYING 1) You can lead a [blank] to water, but you can’t make it drink Ans. horse 2) April [blank] bring May flowers Ans. showers 3) As the [blank] flies, meaning “the most direct route” Ans. crow 4) Make a mountain out of a [blank] Ans. molehill 5) Great [blank] from little acorns grow Ans. oaks 6) Every [blank] has a silver lining Ans. cloud 7) Like a [blank] in a china shop Ans. bull 8) A [blank] out of water, meaning “someone unable to cope” Ans. fish 9) Eat [blank], a bird, meaning “to take back something you bragged about” Ans. crow 10) [Blank] sky at morning, Sailor take warning; [blank] sky at night, Sailor’s delight” Ans. red
1) Major part of a cooked chicken besides breast, leg and wing Ans. thigh 2) A rock with an inscription—or a computer device that looks like it Ans. tablet 3) Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these. Ans. tuffet 4) Giving aid and comfort to a national enemy Ans. treason 5) What an airplane does on the ground before liftoff Ans. taxi 6) Machine used to produce neat print before computers came along Ans. typewriter 7) Capital of Florida Ans. Tallahassee 8) Astronomical device made in “reflecting” and “refracting” types Ans. telescope 9) Small sharp object that sticks paper to a bulletin board Ans. thumbtack 10) Fish sold under the brand names Star Kist and Chicken of the Sea Ans. tuna
1. The new paper currency it released in 2012 was designed with blind people in mind; thus, it has small raised lines on the front that indicate how many “rand” each bill is worth. Name this country where sighted people can tell bills apart by their color, by the game animal displayed, and by the picture of Nelson Mandela on each one. answer: South Africa
answer: Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings 3. Originally presented by the Downtown Athletic Club, only one defensive player has ever won it; the vast majority of winners are running backs or quarterbacks like former Baylor star Robert Griffin III, who now plays for the Washington Redskins. Name this trophy given annually to America’s best college football player. answer: Heisman Trophy 4. During his time in office, the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed that obtained Florida from Spain. He helped engineer the Louisiana Purchase while Minister to France. Name this fifth U.S. President. answer: James Monroe 5. After he realized what he had done in turning over an innocent person to Jewish and Roman authorities, the Bible records that he took his own life. Name this subject of the Giotto [joe-toe] painting The Betrayal of Christ who stands in the foreground, facing Jesus and about to kiss him. answer: Judas Iscariot (both names needed) 6. Pencils and paper ready! What is the height of a trapezoid whose bases are 6 centimeters and 8 centimeters and whose area is 63 square centimeters? answer: 9 cm [63 = h (6 + 8)/2] 7. Surfers love the North Shore of this Hawaiian island, while beachgoers love Waikiki [wye-kee-kee], history buffs love Pearl Harbor, and shoppers love the capital city of Honolulu. Name this main island of Hawaii, the state’s most densely populated. answer: Oahu [o-AW-hoo] 8. Russia used a version of it called a tachanka [ta-CHON-ka] during its Civil War, though it contained a machine gun instead of a man with a bow and arrow. Name this vehicle whose usefulness in warfare was ended after the horses that pulled it started to grow so large that they could actually be ridden in battle. answer: chariots 9. It can be seen in the movement of wind and ocean current and by trying to throw a ball straight while moving in a circle. Name this effect that produces a clockwise flow in the Southern Hemisphere and a counterclockwise flow in the Northern Hemisphere. answer: Coriolis effect
answer: Hostess Brands 12. Pencils and paper ready! When a driver traveling at x miles per hour on dry pavement puts on his brakes, the car needs a “stopping distance” in feet S to come to a complete stop that is found by the formula S = 0.0515x2 + 1.1x. To one decimal place, what is the stopping distance in feet needed for a car going 20 miles per hour? answer: 42.6 ft (20.6 + 22) 13. A biologist using an electron microscope might notice a mitochondrion inside this cell organelle. The mitochondrion would be old and worn-out and in the process of digestion by enzymes. Name this organelle that generally handles a cell’s digestion and removal of waste products. answer: lysosome 14. Named for the day a Dutch explorer first arrived there, it lies 2,000 miles west of Chile, to whom it has belonged since 1888. Give the English name of this Southern Hemisphere island, renowned for the large stone heads once created by its inhabitants, that is sometimes called “Rapa Nui” or “Isla de Pascua.” answer: Easter Island 15. Pencils and paper ready! Over four weeks, a factory coming back online can make 300 cars one week, 700 cars the second week, 1,200 cars the third week and 1,800 cars the fourth week. Using these trends, how many cars would be made the fifth week? answer: 2,500 (adds 400, then 500, then 600…) 16. Her most recent acting job is as Elizabeth Taylor in a 2012 TV movie, but her acting is now less-known than her police record that includes substance abuse and theft charges. Name this 20-something star of the films Herbie: Fully Loaded, Freaky Friday, The Parent Trap and Mean Girls. answer: Lindsay Lohan 17. Its characters include a wild boy named Dan and a quiet violinist named Nat who are both part of a small boarding school run by Fritz Bhaer and his wife, who is the sister of the former Meg March. Name this Louisa May Alcott novel, subtitled Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys and the sequel to Little Women. answer: Little Men 18. In optics, it is measured in diopters [dye-OP-turz]. In other branches of science, it can be measured in horsepower. Give this physical quantity, defined as “work per unit of time”, whose SI unit is the watt. answer: power
answer: Drug Enforcement Administration (prompt on “DEA” before it is read) 20. It has announced plans to start building a 220-floor skyscraper in December 2012 and have it finished in only 3 months--though like all Communist countries, it tends to exaggerate a lot. Name this Asian nation where the skyscraper, when finished, will stand near the Xiangjiang [zong-zhong] River. answer: China 21. Botswana produces more valuable ones than anywhere else in the world. Those sold at auction in recent years include the Graff Pink, the Sun-Drop, and the Archduke Joseph sold in November 2012 for more than $20 million. Identify this precious gem, the hardest mineral known to man. answer: diamond 22. It features the heads of Macy’s and Gimbel’s department stores shaking hands and ends with Doris agreeing to marry her neighbor, a lawyer named Fred. Name this classic Christmas film where a man named Kris Kringle tells everyone, including a judge, that he’s the real Santa Claus. answer: Miracle on 34th Street 23. Researchers have never studied (until now) how these glands can help heal human skin wounds like burns and ulcers, partly because the animals used in research don’t have these glands. Identify these glands that, if proven useful in healing, could be stimulated by having patients sit in a steam room or undergo vigorous exercise. answer: sweat glands 24. In 2012, it publicly apologized after an investigation found that its subcontractors in the former East Germany used political prisoners in the 1980’s as unpaid labor to put together many of its sofas—which is one way to keep prices down. Name this Swedish furniture giant. answer: Ikea FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. It is less than 10 miles wide at the point where southwestern Europe gets closest to northwestern Africa. A. Identify this narrow strait between the two continents. answer: Strait of Gibraltar [ja-BRAWL-tur] B. The Strait separates this European country from Africa… answer: Spain C. …and this African country from Europe. answer: Morocco D. The island of Gibraltar is owned neither by Spain nor by Morocco, but by this European country. answer: England (accept equivalents) 2. Give the words that fit each of these definitions from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary. Don't think about these too hard; these aren't meant to be particularly tricky. A. "One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided." answer: half B. "A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness." answer: manna C. "A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures, and no postures but attitudes." answer: an opera D. "To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication [mast-a-KAY-shun], humectation [hyoo-meck-TAY-shun], and deglutition [dee-gloo-TISH-un]." answer: to eat
A. As the boulder falls, its edges do this, causing the gas along its path to glow. answer: they increase in temperature (accept "heats up", "gets hot" or equivalents) B. The visible trail created by the glowing gas is called either a "shooting star" or this more formal 6-letter word. answer: meteor C. This term, related to the last answer, is given to the falling boulder itself. answer: meteoroid D. If any part of the boulder reaches Earth, that part of the boulder is called this. answer: meteorite
A. Name this area of land bordered by Israel and Egypt. answer: Gaza Strip B. Gaza is also bordered by this major body of water. answer: Mediterranean Sea C. Israel retaliated for the rockets by destroying the headquarters of this government/terrorist group that has ruled Gaza for the last 5 years. answer: Hamas [ha-MOSS] D. Hamas has fired rockets at this Israeli city, the country’s second-largest by population after Jerusalem. answer: Tel Aviv [tell a–VEEV]
A. This small bird is Snoopy’s friend and secretary in the comic strip Peanuts. answer: Woodstock B. These mythological sea nymphs, part bird and part woman, lured sailors to their death on the rocks by their singing. answer: sirens C. This National League baseball team has a bird for a nickname. answer: St. Louis Cardinals (prompt on St. Louis) D. This grayish European bird has a well-known two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. answer: cuckoo 6. New York City's Carnegie Hall has been the scene of some great music. A. Its opening night in 1891 featured this legendary composer of the 1812 Overture as a conductor. answer: P. I. Tchaikovsky B. In 1893, it was home to the premiere of Dvorak's [VOR-zhox] 9th Symphony, known by this 2-word nickname. answer: From the New World C. In 1925, this American composer premiered his Concerto in F, the year after he wrote Rhapsody in Blue. answer: George Gershwin D. In 1943, this American composer made his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic. answer: Leonard Bernstein
A. He was the last President born in this century. answer: 18th or 1700’s B. He is the only president born in this Eastern state. answer: Pennsylvania C. During the War of 1812, he helped defend this Maryland city from the British. answer: Baltimore D. He was succeeded as President by this man. answer: Abraham Lincoln
A. The bottom of the pyramid is this group of organisms, such as plants, that make their own food. answer: autotrophs B. This type of animal eats autotrophs. answer: herbivore or primary consumer C. This type of animal eats herbivores. answer: carnivore or secondary consumer D. This type of animal eats carnivores. answer: tertiary consumer or secondary carnivore
A. Name this 2012 film that stars Suraj Sharma as a boy on a lifeboat with Richard Parker. answer: Life of Pi B. Name the movie’s director who won an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain. answer: Ang Lee C. Who wrote the novel Life of Pi ? answer: Yann Martel D. In what country was Pi born? answer: India
A., B. and C. Name the three supercontinents mentioned in the story. answer: Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia D. One of Big Brother's mottoes is "Ignorance is [this]." answer: strength
answer: Canada B. Adam Oates answer: United States or U.S. C. Pavel Bure [ba-RAY] answer: Russia D. Mats Sundin [sun-DEEN] answer: Sweden 12. Pencils and paper ready! When a driver traveling at x miles per hour on wet pavement puts on his brakes, the formula you heard before changes to S = 0.1x2 + 1.1x. A. What is the stopping distance in feet now needed for a car going 10 miles per hour? answer: 21 ft (10 + 11) B. What shape is the graph of S ? answer: parabola C. If the two parabolas for “wet S” and “dry S” are graphed in the same plane, tell which parabola is steeper and which one is wider. answer: “wet S” is steeper and “dry S” is wider D. Which way do the parabolas open ? answer: they both open upward
A. the Louvre [loov] answer: France B. Tretyakov Gallery answer: Russia C. Queensland Gallery of Modern Art answer: Australia D. CaxiaForum Barcelona answer: Spain
answer: Cape buffalo, African elephant, leopard, lion, rhinoceros 15. In any order you want, name the four stages in the life of every butterfly. answer: egg, larva (or caterpillar), pupa (or chrysalis), adult 16. Pencils and paper ready! The U.S. Consumer Price Index was valued at 100 in 1967 and 585 in 2005. A. If this is graphed as a straight line with the year as horizontal, what’s the slope of the line to the nearest integer ? answer: 13(485/38 = 12.76) B. Using that integer, what was the Index in 1977 to the nearest integer? answer: 230 (100 + 130) C. What was the Index in 1987 to the nearest integer? answer: 360 (100 + 260) D. What was the Index in 1997 to the nearest integer? answer: 490 (100 + 390)
A. Identify this major holiday season, celebrated each autumn by lighting rows of clay lamps. answer: Diwali [da-WALL-lee] B. Name the goddess of wealth and prosperity who is prayed to. answer: Lakshmi C. Name the religion whose followers pray to that goddess. answer: Hinduism D. This religious sect, famed for wearing turbans and carrying small daggers, celebrates Diwali as the time when its Sixth Guru, Har Govind, was released from prison. answer: Sikhism
A. This state’s major cities include Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orlando. answer: Florida B. This state’s major cities include Billings, Bozeman and Miles City. answer: Montana C. This is the set of hundreds of small islands off the southwest coast of Alaska. answer: Aleutian [a-LOO-shun] Islands D. This state is home to White Sands National Monument. answer: New Mexico
A. Many diamonds come from mines in this country’s Northwest Territory. answer: Canada B. This Belgian city is famed for its diamond trading center. answer: Antwerp C. Though Botswana produces more valuable diamonds than anywhere else, this European country produces the largest number of uncut diamonds each year. answer: Russia D. The De Beers Company, a major diamond firm, is headquartered in this South African city. answer: Johannesburg
A. The winner in the American division is this 3-letter acronym that has been around since the 1980’s for a specific computer image format. answer: GIF B. The winner in the British division is this word, coined by a British TV show for a complete and unmitigated disaster in every possible way. answer: omnishambles C. One of the contenders was the acronym YOLO, which stands for this phrase and is used by people to justify irresponsible decisions. answer: You Only Live Once D. Another contender was this word used in the media to describe Hurricane Sandy. answer: superstorm
1) The first Pilgrim Thanksgiving feast was in this year, 1 year after the Mayflower arrived. Ans. 1621 2) That feast featured a lot of the “Eastern wild” species of this fowl. Ans. turkey 3) This U.S. President made Thanksgiving the last Thursday in November. Ans. A. Lincoln 4) But he first declared a Thanksgiving in August 1863 after this Union victory. Ans. Gettysburg 5) The first Pilgrim Thanksgiving feast was eaten with this Indian tribe. Ans. Wampanoag 6) He was the great King of that Indian tribe. Ans. Massasoit 7) The first feast was described in this Pilgrim’s History of Plimouth Plantation. Ans. W. Bradford 8) Visiting Plimouth Plantation today, you can see this animal’s Wiltshire Horned species... Ans. sheep 9) … and this animal’s San Clemente Island species. Ans. goat 10) This U.S. President made Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.
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