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Ans. F. Roosevelt or FDR LIGHTNING ROUND 2 –BIBLE STORIES 1) He and his three sons lived on an ark for months. Ans. Noah 2) These 2 Old Testament cities were destroyed because of wickedness. Ans. Sodom and Gomorrah 3) He got a coat of many colors from his father Jacob. Ans. Joseph 4) She committed adultery with King David. Ans. Bathsheba 5) She gave her son Samuel to God so he could serve in the temple. Ans. Hannah 6) Prophet who saw a vision of dry bones Ans. Ezekiel 7) She died after giving birth to her son Benjamin. Ans. Rachel 8) This prophet had 450 prophets of the idol god Baal [BAY-ul] killed. Ans. Elijah 9) Roman ruler who washed his hands in the matter of Jesus Ans. Pontius Pilate 10) He saw a bright light that blinded him on the road to Damascus Ans. Paul (or Saul)
1) Matter that is neither liquid nor gaseous Ans. solid 2) Alter-ego of Clark Kent Ans. Superman 3) Number of eggs in half a dozen Ans. six 4) Type of bank account where money stays until needed Ans. savings account 5) Nickname for the state of Oklahoma Ans. Sooner State 6) Liquid in your mouth that helps you digest food Ans. saliva 7) Powdery substance, often put on breakfast cereal Ans. sugar 8) Country whose capital is Edinburgh Ans. Scotland 9) Seventh month in the old Roman calendar Ans. September 10) Metalloid element used in semiconductors Ans. silicon
1. He taught college in California before returning to his native land to teach college and join Parliament. In 2012, he became his country’s first civilian President ever. Name this leader, now under fire for his wish to shield his policies from judicial review in his native Egypt. answer: Mohamed Morsi
answer: (x – 3) and (x + 5) 3. It was largely centered in America, where advertising was widely available, and depicted big-city and media culture as the culture of everyone. Name this 20th-century art movement, practiced by Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. answer: Pop art 4. His father Joseph was Boston’s youngest bank president and an ambassador to England. Name this Democrat who wrote Why England Slept and Profiles in Courage before assuming the presidency in 1961 that he held for almost three years before he was shot and killed. answer: John F. Kennedy or JFK 5. Its popular types include Rainier and “bing.” To eat them fresh, you typically have to remove their stems and eat around the little stone in the middle. Name this popular but expensive dark-red fruit. answer: cherry 6. Pencils and paper ready! A knife is used to cut a piece of rope in such a way that 1/3 of the existing rope is cut off with each cut. What fractional part of the original rope will be left after three cuts? answer: 8/27 [(2/3)3] 7. Like a desert, it doesn’t get much rain or have much vegetation. Unlike a desert, however, it is very cold and has types known as “Alpine” and “Arctic.” Name this biome, best known for its layer of permafrost. answer: tundra 8. He and his offspring Satan and Bonfire are the subjects of more than a dozen novels by Walter Farley that tell how he came from the Arabian desert and was trained by Alec Ramsay to become the greatest racer of his time. Name this “colorful” fictional horse. answer: The Black Stallion 9. Though its sailors went all the way around Africa, they always stayed within sight of shore in case of problems. Name this ancient civilization, based in modern-day Lebanon, that contained the city of Tyre and is famous today for its skills in trading and for its phonetic alphabet. answer: Phoenicians [fa-NEE-sha] 10. As a teenager, she played Sabé in Episode I of Star Wars and the soccer player Jules Paxton in Bend It Like Beckham. Name this young British actress, perhaps more famous in America for her portrayal of Elizabeth Swann in three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. answer: Keira Knightley 11. One exhibit of its artifacts is now being advertised by saying, “[Its] farmers…didn’t know…that [there was] an active volcano in their backyard. Like many Italian cities, it was renowned for its wine. AD 79, however, was not a good year.” Name this ancient city, destroyed in that year by Mount Vesuvius. answer: Pompeii 12. Its verse that talks about storm clouds far across the sea has never been as popular as its chorus. Name this classic song by Irving Berlin, sung at many baseball games since September 11th, that talks about the mountains, the prairies and the oceans white with foam. answer: God Bless America 13. This status is sometimes granted for medical reasons but can be revoked if a prisoner doesn’t get a job, begins using drugs or alcohol, or contacts his past victims. Name this legal concept that lets inmates out of jail before the official end of their sentence. answer: parole 14. What major biological characteristic is generally true of people who have two X chromosomes and no Y chromosome? answer: they're all women (or girls or female) 15. In a novel by Terry Deary, he escapes from the rock he is chained to and comes to Eden City looking for a human hero. Name this “Fire Thief” of myth, destined to have his liver constantly chewed on by a bird for giving fire to mankind. answer: Prometheus [pro-MEETH-ee-us] 16. Pencils and paper ready! If the two legs of a right triangle are 16 feet and 12 feet, what is the length of the hypotenuse? answer: 20 feet [ 17. The verbs “swim”, “spin”, “drink”, “fling” and “sink” all have an irregular past participle in which the letter “i” changes to—what other vowel ? answer: u (swum, spun, drunk, flung, sunk) 18. Developed by its namesake to travel along a telegraph wire, it was printed out at first and used only to transmit numbers. When it began use in radio communication, the printouts stopped --but the dots and dashes remained. Name this communication system whose letters SOS still mean someone’s in trouble. answer: Morse code 19. In ancient Greece, it described the main character or “good guy” in a tragedy who has to overcome a situation or person. Today, this term still describes the main character in a story—even when he is actually a bad guy or anti-hero. Give this long word beginning with P. answer: protagonist 20. This setting for the novel Where the Red Fern Grows includes the Springfield Plateau and Boston Mountains but is nowhere near Massachusetts. Name this “hillbilly” mountain range that covers tiny areas of Oklahoma and Kansas and much larger areas of Missouri and Arkansas. answer: Ozark Mountains 21. In nutrition, it is a chemical element like zinc that your body needs to stay healthy. To a geologist, it is a crystalline solid that is formed through natural processes and has a definite chemical composition that can be identified by its physical properties. Give this 7-letter word that describes substances like quartz and diamond. answer: mineral 22. Its original members included the University of Chicago. Today, it has nearly half again as many members as its name indicates—including the two added in the fall of 2012. Name this Midwest college athletic organization whose members include Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio State. answer: Big Ten conference 23. They are thought to have arrived from eastern Polynesia and avoided contact with whites for centuries until the British came and eventually took them over in 1840 by signing the Treaty of Waitangi [wye-TONG-ghee] with them. Name this indigenous people of New Zealand. answer: Maori 24. It may have been set in motion by child abuse, fortune-telling or even a fungus that caused hallucinations. A governor finally brought an end to it in 1692, but only after 20 people had been hanged and 5 more had died in prison. Name this period of Puritan hysteria. answer: the Salem witch trials FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Name these very expensive foods that you can now buy from a vending machine in a Beverly Hills mall: A. Special tongs and forks are used to eat this French appetizer, removed from its large shell to cook and then replaced in its shell to serve. answer: escargot (or snail) B. The Caspian Sea is the world’s most common area to obtain this black paste, made from sturgeon eggs. answer: caviar C. Specially-trained pigs are used to find the black variety of these prized mushrooms--just make sure the pig doesn’t eat what it finds. answer: truffles D. These Russian pancakes are a little thicker than crepes. answer: blintz or blini 2. Pencils and paper ready! Give these percentages as a fraction in lowest terms:
answer: 6/25 B. 70% answer: 7/10 C. 50% answer: ½ D. 41 answer: 5/12 3. He gave only 30 public concerts in a 30-year career; fortunately, his works were far more numerous. A. Name this 19th-century composer who left his native Poland at age 20. answer: Frederic Chopin [sho-PAN] B. He composed nearly 30 of these pieces, from the French for "studies." answer: etudes [AY-toodz] C. All of his pieces were written for this instrument, either by itself or in combination. answer: piano D. Many of his pieces were written for this popular dance in three-four time. answer: waltz
A. Roger Williams, who left Massachusetts looking for religious freedom answer: Rhode Island B. King Kamehameha [ka-MAY-a-MAY-a] the First answer: Hawaii C. William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate of the early 1900’s answer: Nebraska D. Former U.S. Senator Sam Houston answer: Texas
A. What is the square’s perimeter ? answer: 28 in. (7 x 4) B. What is the square’s area ? answer: 49 in2 (7 x 7) C. In square-root form, how long is each diagonal of the square ? answer: 7 D. When the square is cut in half along the diagonal, what is the area of each half? answer: 24 ½ or 24.5 in2 6. In astronomy, the degree of brightness of a star can be measured in either "apparent" or "absolute" magnitude. A. On the "apparent" scale of magnitude (where the less the quantity, the brighter a star is), this celestial object has a rating of -26.5. answer: the sun B. This object has an apparent magnitude of -12.5. answer: the moon C. This "dog star" , the brightest in the night sky, has an "apparent" value of -1.5. answer: Sirius D. The "absolute" measure of magnitude is taken from a reference point of 32.6 light-years, or 10 of these larger units. answer: parsecs 7. A famed American poet included part of this speech by God in one of his works: “Too long I've owed you this apology /For the apparently unmeaning sorrow /You were afflicted with in those old days./ But it was of the essence of the trial /You shouldn't understand it at the time.” A. To which long-suffering Old Testament character was God talking? answer: Job B. Name this American poet who also wrote The Gift Outright. answer: Robert Frost C. Which of his poems contains multiple uses of the phrase, “Good fences make good neighbors” ? answer: Mending Wall D. Give the 4 words that complete this phrase from another of his poems: “Whose woods these are…” answer: I think I know 8. Answer these about the geography around ancient Phoenicia: A. Since Phoenicia covered most of modern-day Lebanon, this body of water served as its western border. answer: Mediterranean Sea B. One of Phoenicia’s major trade routes included this island, now divided between Greece and Turkey. answer: Cyprus C. Phoenicia also traded with this island, now part of Greece, that was the center of the Minoan civilization. answer: Crete D. Phoenicia bordered on this country, now in the middle of a civil war. answer: Syria 9. It is generally made of glass enclosed in a sheath, so it does not suffer the damage common with metallic cables. A. Identify this type of communications cable. answer: fiber-optic cable B. That type of cable does not carry pulses of electricity, but pulses of this instead. answer: light C. That type of cable typically replaces cables made of this metal. answer: copper D. Signals through cable suffer from “attenuation” [a-TEN-yoo-ay-shun], meaning that they do this as they travel farther. answer: get weaker (accept forms of the concept)
A. This animated film has characters named Jack Frost and North. answer: Rise of the Guardians B. This is the final Twilight movie. answer: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 C. Teenagers fight against North Korean invaders. answer: Red Dawn D. This fantasy movie, subtitled An Unexpected Journey, won’t be released for 2 more weeks yet but is bound to be popular. answer: The Hobbit
A. Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum answer: Toronto B. Holland’s Van Gogh Museum answer: Amsterdam C. Russia’s Tretyakov Gallery answer: Moscow D. America’s Guggenheim Museum answer: New York City
A. The Asteraceae [a-STAIR-a-say] family includes dandelions, daisies and these flowers that are popular in Kansas and have edible seeds. answer: sunflowers B. Flowers in the Apiaceae [A-pee-a-see-ay] family typically contain this number of petals. answer: five C. Strawberries belong to the same family as this flower popular with lovers. answer: roses D. Acacia trees and lupines belong to the same family as this green vegetable, grown in pods. answer: peas
answer: Michael 87, Richard 62, Grant 38, David 11 [x + (x – 25) + (x – 49) + (x – 76)= 198] 14. Give these words from the list for the 2013 National Spelling Bee. Note you don’t have to spell them this time. A. To kill all of the bugs in a house in a short time, especially with poison answer: exterminate B. Type of sentence that ends in a question mark answer: interrogative C. An animal without a backbone answer: invertebrate D. A place where you look into a large telescope to see the stars answer: planetarium
A. Give the official name of this African country that is just east of a country sharing part of that name. answer: Democratic Republic of Congo (which is just east of the Republic of Congo) B. Name the President of that country who refuses to negotiate with M23. answer: Joseph Kabila C. What is the capital city of that country? answer: Kinshasa D. What is the capital of the Republic of Congo? answer: Brazzaville
A. He wrote Les Miserables. answer: Victor Hugo B. He wrote Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. answer: William Shakespeare C. He wrote The Lord of the Rings. answer: J.R.R. Tolkien D. He wrote Don Quixote. answer: Miguel de Cervantes
A. Khartoum, Sudan and Cairo, Egypt answer: Nile River B. Oxford, England and London, England answer: Thames [temz] River C. Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea answer: Yalu River D. Basel, Switzerland and Bonn, Germany answer: Rhine River
A. Name this long, narrow ocean inlet, typically surrounded by cliffs. answer: fjord [fee-YORD] B. Name the European country most famous for such inlets. answer: Norway C. Some of these inlets contain large sections of this type of "sea garden", created by the bodies of small dead marine creatures. answer: coral reef D. Give the term for the dirt and rocks left behind by a retreating glacier. answer: moraine 19. The Big 10’s two new members added in 2012 will officially join at a later date. A. One is this state’s major university, located in the town of College Park. answer: Univ. of Maryland B. The other is this state university of New Jersey. answer: Rutgers C. Before those two, this state’s major university was the most recent to join the league. answer: Univ. of Nebraska D. This Big 10 member recently lost its longtime football coach, Joe Paterno. answer: Penn State Univ. 20. She spent the late 1990’s as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. A. Name this woman who is now America’s Ambassador to the United Nations. answer: Susan Rice B. Some Republicans have refused to support her if she is nominated for this Cabinet position until they hear more about what she knew about the Benghazi attack. answer: Secretary of State C. This woman currently holds that Cabinet position but has announced she will leave it in 2013. answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton D. This Massachusetts Senator and former presidential candidate would really love to be Secretary of State himself. answer: John Kerry
2) Allows freedom of assembly Ans. First 3) Began Prohibition Ans. 18th 4) Allows an income tax Ans. 16th 5) Prevents self-incrimination Ans. 5th 6) Prevents poll taxes Ans. 24th 7) Grants citizenship to those born in the U.S. Ans. 14th 8) Abolished slavery Ans. 13th 9) Keeps soldiers from living in people’s houses Ans. 3rd 10) Delays Congressional pay raises until after the next election Ans. 27th LIGHTNING ROUND 2 –POSSESSIVE PHRASES Give these phrases that have apostrophes in them to indicate possession. 1) A set of thirteen cookies or donuts Ans. baker’s dozen 2) Fungus killed by Tinactin Ans. athlete’s foot 3) Story collection including Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel Ans. Grimm’s Fairy Tales 4) Protection for the larynx at the front of a man’s neck Ans. Adam’s apple 5) Comet that reappears every 76 years Ans. Halley’s Comet 6) Full name of the YMCA Ans. Young Men’s Christian Association 7) Lewis Carroll book introducing the Mad Hatter Ans. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 8) Original name of the high mountain near Colorado Springs Ans. Pike’s Peak 9) Traditional day each spring to carry out practical jokes Ans. April Fool’s Day 10) E. B. White novel with Fern, Templeton and Avery Ans. Charlotte’s Web
1) Zero in a tennis game Ans. love 2) In math, 3) Vertical lines on a globe Ans. longitude lines 4) Trash collection and holding facility Ans. landfill 5) In Genesis, the father of Jacob's wives Leah and Rachel Ans. Laban 6) Small music holder used by marching-band participants Ans. lyre 7) It works with your cornea to refract light onto your retina. Ans. lens 8) Home city of the University of Wyoming Ans. Laramie 9) Northernmost part of both Sweden and Finland Ans. Lapland 10) First name of Madeline author Bemelmans and composer Beethoven Ans. Ludwig
answer: Palestine 2. Its main character chooses a bell from a reindeer’s harness as the first Christmas gift and finds the bell can only be heard by those who believe in the spirit of Christmas. Name this award-winning story by Chris Van Allsburg, made into a movie starring Tom Hanks, whose title object is a train that goes to Santa’s workshop. answer: The Polar Express 3. Leon Foucault [FOO-kaw] famously used one of these objects that come in “bob” and “torsion” varieties to study the earth's rotation. Identify this object, first used in accurate clocks in the Middle Ages, whose “bob” variety is a long string with a weight on its very end. answer: pendulum 4. Concertos written for it include one by Dvorak [vor-zhock], one by Schumann, two by Haydn [HIDE-un] and a set of six suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. Identify this stringed instrument, played today by Yo-Yo Ma, that is pitched higher than a string bass but lower than a viola. answer: violoncello 5. It can refer to either a creek whose height changes with the tide—or to a very slow-moving river. You can often find alligators and shrimp in it. Give the Southern term for this type of swampy water, found mainly in Louisiana. answer: bayou 6. Pencils and paper ready! Bill’s first four exam scores are 76, 80, 83 and 75. What will he have to score on his final exam to average exactly 80 over all 5 exams? answer: 86 (sum must be 400 so that 400/5 = 80) 7. While Vice-President, he wrote a Manual of Parliamentary Practice still used by Congress. He sent Lewis and Clark on their Voyage of Discovery to the West. He rested from his Virginia residence Monticello at his other house, Poplar Forest. Name this third U.S. President. answer: Thomas Jefferson 8. It gave us the phrase, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path“ and the phrase “Out of the mouth of babes…” Name this Old Testament book of poetry, largely written by King David, whose 23rd of its 150 chapters gave us the phrases, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” and “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” answer: Psalms 9. Since being created by Congress in 1969, it has never been adjusted for inflation. Thus, it requires complicated calculations by more and more people each year to see if they have to pay it. Identify this federal tax, originally created so that even rich people couldn’t totally avoid their tax obligations, that is commonly abbreviated AMT. answer: Alternative Minimum Tax (accept AMT before it is read) 10. Commonly used in many Western languages, it’s only used in English when a foreign word has one. Give the common term for this diacritical mark that is usually placed over a vowel to indicate which syllable of the word should receive the most emphasis when the word is said aloud. answer: accent mark 11. It includes the planets Uriel and Camazotz, as well as the angels Mrs Who and Mrs Which. It tells of a boy named Charles and his neighbor Calvin who travel through a “tesseract” of space to battle a cosmic evil led by the giant brain IT. Name this Newbery-winning novel by Madeleine L'Engle. answer: A Wrinkle in Time 12. Pencils and paper ready! Solve for x in the equation “the cube root of the quantity (x + 1) = 3.” answer: 26 [cube both sides to get x + 1 = 27] 13. His “schiacciato” [skee-aw-chee-AW-toe] technique lends spatial depth to his work that includes a “pumpkin” sculpture of the bald prophet Habakkuk. His most famous statue today is the one of King David as a young boy wearing a hat. Give the most common name of this Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance, a name shared by a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. answer: Donatello 14. Because sulfur dioxide is destroyed by sunlight, and because its atmosphere has a million times as much sulfur dioxide as Earth’s, scientists now think some of its many volcanoes may be active. Name this planet that spins in the opposite direction from Earth and came between Earth and the sun in 2012. answer: Venus 15. Though supported by Pope Sixtus IV to root out people who pretended to be Catholic but weren’t, it was also used by the Spanish government to punish political enemies. Name this medieval court established to find and prosecute heretics [HAIR-a-tix], a court led in Spain by Tomas de Torquemada. answer: Spanish Inquisition 16. Between 1875 and 1900, the eruption of its Askja volcano caused the emigration of thousands of its citizens, leaving it as the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Name this small country, southeast of Greenland and northwest of England, whose capital city is Reykjavik [RIKE-ya-vick]. answer: Iceland 17. He was given Kennedy Center Honors in 2012 for his decades of work in television, which include his production company called “Worldwide Pants.” Name this late-night host and Ball State University alumnus who gave us the nutty announcer Alan Kalter, Stupid Human Tricks and a nightly Top 10 List. answer: David Letterman 18. Originally called the “Titans”, it played home games at the Polo Grounds until moving to Shea Stadium. When it finally made the playoffs in 1968 led by Joe Namath, it shocked the football world by being the first AFL team to defeat an NFL team in what became the Super Bowl. Name this present-day NFL team whose longtime quarterback is former USC star Mark Sanchez. answer: New York Jets
answer: profane 20. Time does it as speed approaches the speed of light. The pupils of your eyes may do it when treated with some types of eye drops. Give this term that means “stretching” and describes what happens in math when points on a graph are multiplied by a common factor to make the graph larger or smaller. answer: dilation (accept forms of the word) 21. Pencils and paper ready! If two lines are perpendicular and one has a slope of 7/5, what must the slope of the other line be? answer: -5/7 (negative reciprocal) 22. Claimed by the Spanish, it was ceded to the United States after the Spanish-American War, and those who live there are considered U.S. citizens. Name this island whose capital is San Juan. answer: Puerto Rico 23. It contains the Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary Periods and began at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Name this geologic era of time, which began about 65 million years ago after the dinosaur extinction and is the era in which we currently live. answer: Cenozoic [sen-a-ZO-ick] Era 24. Construction on it began in 1891 and wasn’t completed for more than 20 years. It allows passengers to travel more than 5,700 miles in a week --from Moscow on one end to Vladivostok on the other. Name this world’s second-longest railroad that shares its name with a popular orchestra led by Paul O’Neill. answer: Trans-Siberian Railroad/Orchestra FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Pencils and paper ready! You buy a shirt for $20 from a table that says, “Marked down 20%!” A. How much was the shirt originally ? answer: $25 (20/0.8) B. If sales tax is 6%, how much do you pay in sales tax when buying the shirt ? answer: $1.20 (20 x 0.06) C. Thus, how much is your total purchase? answer: $21.20 (20 + 1.20) D. If you give the cashier a $20 bill and a $10 bill. how much change will you receive ? answer: $8.80 (30 – 21.20) 2. Name any four of the five U.S. states that border Georgia. answer: Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 3. It adds a third dimension to many art works by showing a huge contrast between light and dark. A. Name this artistic technique, from the Italian for "light" and "dark." answer: chiaroscuro [kee-ar-a-SCUR-o] B. That technique was often used in this 16th-century style of art, more rebellious against the past than its predecessors. answer: Mannerism C. Caravaggio used chiaroscuro a lot, including in a painting of this Biblical figure being crucified. answer: Saint Peter (not Jesus) D. The style of “tenebrism” also used chiaroscuro a lot and was most popular in this country that has given artists like Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. answer: Spain
A. What is the term for a tropical cyclone with winds 38 miles per hour or less? answer: tropical depression B. Which way do tropical storms usually rotate in the Northern Hemisphere? answer: counterclockwise C. What is the term for a tropical cyclone with winds greater than 74 miles per hour? answer: hurricane D. What is a hurricane generally called in the Pacific Ocean when it gets near Japan? answer: typhoon
A. Dressing, Revolution, fries answer: French B. measles, shepherd answer: German C. lantern, beetle answer: Japanese D. Orthodox Church, roulette, wolfhound answer: Russian
A. This Roman governor literally washed his hands of the matter of Jesus. answer: Pontius Pilate B. This high priest was the last Jewish official Jesus saw before being delivered to the Romans. answer: Caiaphas [KY-a-fuss] C. He took Jesus's body and laid it in a new sepulchre. answer: Joseph of Arimathea [air-a-ma-THEE-a] D. He was made to carry Jesus’s cross. answer: Simon of Cyrene
A. The process of doing this is known as “linear [blank].” Fill in the blank. answer: linear regression B. This is the term for any points that seem to be far, far away from the line you’re calculating. answer: outliers C. The [blank] of your line is usually considered the “rise over the run.” answer: slope D. Part of the process is calculating this value, represented by a small r and usually close to +1 if your x and y values are both generally increasing. answer: correlation coefficient
answer: Donner B. This is the doe that likes Rudolph, even when her parents forbid her to see him. answer: Clarice C. Near the end, Rudolph visits this island ruled by a lion and meets a Charlie-in-the-box. answer: the Island of Misfit Toys D. This elf wants to be a dentist and removes the teeth of the Abominable Snowman. answer: Hermey 9. Starting up a business involves a lot of paperwork with the federal government. A. For one thing, you need an Employer Identification Number from this tax entity. answer: Internal Revenue Service or IRS B. and C. That number allows you to begin paying your FICA tax every 3 months, which is partly paid by employers and partly paid by employees to fund these two federal entitlement programs. answer: Social Security and Medicare D. On top of that, employers also pay FUTA tax, which can be several hundred dollars per year per employee, in case this unfortunate event occurs. answer: FUTA is unemployment tax 10. Answer these about Newton’s Laws of Motion: A. This one talks about equal and opposite reactions. answer: Newton’s Third Law B. This one talks about inertia. answer: Newton’s First Law C. The Second Law says mass equals force, divided by this. answer: acceleration D. “Force over a unit of time” is one definition of this concept, indirectly related to the Second Law. answer: impulse 11. Name any single year during which these wars took place: A. the U.S. Civil War answer: any year from 1861 through 1865 B. World War I answer: any year from 1914 through 1918 C. World War II answer: any year from 1939 through 1945 D. the American Revolution answer: any year from 1775 through 1783
A. It smokes a hookah while talking to Alice. answer: the Caterpillar B. His theft of the tarts is the subject of the trial. answer: the Knave of Hearts C. It tells Alice that since she doesn’t care where she's going, it doesn't matter which way she goes. answer: the Cheshire Cat (both words needed; prompt as needed) D. This small lizard is picked by the other animals to go down the chimney of the White Rabbit's house and try to force out Alice, who kicks him out of the chimney. answer: Bill
A. This Ohio Republican is Speaker of the House. answer: John Boehner [BAY-nur] B. This Nevada Democrat is the Senate Majority Leader. answer: Harry Reid C. This California Democrat is the House Minority Leader. answer: Nancy Pelosi D. This Kentucky Republican is the Senate Minority Leader. answer: Mitch McConnell 14. It has a head, a neck and a body. A. Name this longest bone in the human body. answer: femur (prompt on "thigh bone") B. That bone is a major part of this part of your body. answer: leg or thigh C. Many older women that fracture that bone when they break their hip suffer from this ailment. answer: osteoporosis D. The two "branches" that protrude from the femur and help rotate the thigh are called these. answer: greater and lesser trochanters [tro-KAN-tur] 15. Some 5 miles below the earth's oceans, seismic waves suddenly change velocity. A. Name the discontinuity that causes this change. answer: Mohorovicic [mo-ho-RO-va-sitch] discontinuity B. This outermost surface of Earth is above that discontinuity. answer: crust C. This middle layer of Earth is below that discontinuity. answer: mantle D. This innermost layer of Earth is below both of the last 2 answers. answer: core
A. Name this medieval Asian conqueror, said to have had everyone killed who might know his exact burial spot. answer: Genghis Khan B. Name the Asian country that considers Genghis Khan a major symbol of its independence. answer: Mongolia C. This capital city of Mongolia has an airport and a hotel named after Genghis Khan. answer: Ulaanbaatar [oo-lon-BOT-ur] D. This neighbor of Mongolia also honors Genghis Khan as one of theirs. answer: China
A. How many ounces of meat is that? answer: 48 (3 x 16) B. If the package is 20% fat, how many ounces (to one decimal point) are fat ? answer: 9.6 (48 x 0.2) C. Thus, how many actual ounces of meat are in the package? answer: 38.4 (48 – 9.6) D. How many actual pounds of meat is that? answer: 2.4 (38.4/16, or 3 x 0.8) 18. Name the countries whose major cities include: A. Amadora, Braga and Porto answer: Portugal B. Nakuru [na-KOO-roo], Kisumu [kiss-OO-moo] and Mombasa [mom-BOSS-a] answer: Kenya C. Cali, Medellin [may-da-YEEN] and Barranquilla [bar-on-KEE-ya] answer: Colombia D. Yokohama, Osaka and Sapporo answer: Japan 19. Identify the meanings of these musical symbols: A. In a song, it is indicated by a comma above the staff. answer: a breath mark (or where you should breathe) (accept equivalents) B. The symbols "8va" [spell out] above the staff. answer: play it an octave higher (if an octave lower, the "8va" appears below the staff) C. A set of three eighth notes with a "3" over them means they should be played like this. answer: as a triplet(s) D. A “less-than” sign, like the one used in math, means the music should do this. answer: get louder (a “greater-than” sign means to get softer)
A. This is the first name of the Prince. answer: Edward Tudor B. This is the first name of the Pauper. answer: Tom Canty C. At the end of the story, the Pauper is given this position. answer: King's Ward D. Give either name of the man who is allowed to sit down in the King's presence. answer: Miles Hendon (accept either one)
1) Gerald McGrew wants to run this type of establishment. Ans. a zoo 2) This elephant hatches an egg. Ans. Horton 3) He’s a big-hearted moose. Ans. Thidwick 4) He stole Christmas. Ans. the Grinch 5) Two colors in the title One Fish Two Fish… Ans. Red Fish Blue Fish 6) First name of McBoing Boing Ans. Gerald 7) Some of these creatures had stars on their bellies; others didn’t. Ans. the Sneetches 8) Meat that goes with green eggs Ans. ham 9) Yertle is this kind of animal Ans. turtle 10) One title asks this man to please go home now Ans. Marvin K. Mooney
1) Rose Bowl Ans. California 2) New Orleans Bowl Ans. Louisiana 3) Las Vegas Bowl Ans. Nevada 4) Liberty Bowl Ans. Tennessee 5) Fiesta Bowl Ans. Arizona 6) Chick-Fil-A Bowl Ans. Georgia 7) Alamo Bowl Ans. Texas 8) Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl Ans. Florida 9) Pinstripe Bowl Ans. New York (at Yankee Stadium) 10) Belk Bowl Ans. North Carolina
1) Macy’s, Kohl’s and Target, for example (2 words) Ans. department stores 2) A mule is a cross between a horse and one of these animals. Ans. donkey 3) Scandinavian country that borders on Germany Ans. Denmark 4) Share of the profits given to a company’s shareholders Ans. dividends 5) Genetic opposite of "recessive" Ans. dominant 6) Adjective for someone deprived of their chance to vote Ans. disenfranchised 7) NHL Pacific Division team that plays home games in Central Time Ans. Dallas Stars 8) Home city of Duke University Ans. Durham, NC 9) Frank Herbert’s first novel about the planet Arrakis Ans. Dune 10) Spanish word for 200 Ans. doscientos [dose see-EN-tose]
1. Its particles can be made of silicon carbide, garnet or emery, while its backing is usually made of cloth or fiber. Name this abrasive substance, usually measured in “grit” (or particles per inch), that is used to smooth out the rough edges of your woodshop project. answer: sandpaper
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