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5x + 6y = -1 and -3x - 9y = -21. answer: x = -5, y = 4 (multiply 1st eq’n by 3 and 2nd by 2 and then add them together to get 9x = -45) 3. Located in Milan’s Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, it was created by an artist who had never worked in that medium before. Name this mural, painted on a dry wall by Leonardo da Vinci, that shows Jesus and his apostles eating a Passover meal together. answer: The Last Supper 4. His original plan was to get Confederate POW's released by capturing Abraham Lincoln. But at some point, he decided that Lincoln’s plan to grant citizenship to all blacks was more than he could stand. Name this struggling actor who decided, in April 1865, to just shoot Lincoln instead. answer: John Wilkes Booth 5. Its mayor is longtime NBA star Dave Bing, who is trying to keep it out of bankruptcy by restructuring its government and its heavily unionized work force so that neither a bankruptcy judge nor its state’s governor Rick Snyder will have to do it. Name this largest city in Michigan. answer: Detroit, MI 6. Pencils and paper ready! How much money do you have in your pockets if you have 6 quarters, 8 dimes, 9 nickels, and 12 pennies? answer: $2.87 (1.50 + 0.80 + 0.45 + 0.12) 7. In physics, its “potential” type is measured as the product of mass, height and the gravitational constant g. What physical parameter has a “kinetic” version that you possess while going down a hill on your skis that is calculated by multiplying your mass and the square of your speed? answer: energy 8. Its details of 19th-century Dutch family life and history are amazing--especially considering that Mary Mapes Dodge had never been to Holland. Name this children’s novel where the good deeds of Gretel and her brother restore their father’s health and bring them good fortune. answer: Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates (prompt on "silver skates") 9. Once partitioned between the Ottomans and Habsburgs for almost the entire 17th century, it was forcibly broken away from Austria after World War I and then occupied by Soviet forces until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Name this European country, roughly trisected from east to west by the Tisza and Danube Rivers. answer: Hungary 10. This cartoon character's PBS TV series features the same characters as his books, including Francine, Mary Alice (nicknamed "Muffy"), Binky, Buster, and of course, his little sister D.W. Name this aardvark created by Marc Brown. answer: Arthur 11. Begun by the Johnson Publishing Company in the 1940’s, it sponsors an annual Fashion Fair and calls itself “the heart, the soul and the pulse of Black America.” Identify this magazine, published by the creators of Jet magazine and named for an Asian tree whose wood is black. answer: Ebony 12. During the three years he spent in Paris with his wife Minna, he finished his opera Rienzi that led to an eventual job as court musician for Bavaria’s “Mad” King Ludwig. Name this German composer, most famous today for his extravagant Ring cycle of operas. answer: Richard Wagner [vog-nur] 13. You can choose one based partly on what it invests in—like stocks or bonds. Give the 2-word term for this investment vehicle that gets its name from the way that it brings together money from many investors into one large pool from which to buy things. answer: mutual fund 14. If a normal adult male, at age 25, has all of his wisdom teeth removed, how many teeth should be left in his mouth? answer: 28 (32 - 4) 15. He gave Artemis her hunting dogs and taught Apollo to prophesy. Name this Greek nature god who had the horns of a goat and played the pipes. answer: Pan 16. Pencils and paper ready! Two angles combine to create a straight line when added together. If one angle is 107º, what is the other angle? answer: 73º 17. As a verb, it can mean "to cause annoyance or irritation.” As a noun, it is "a framework of iron bars that keeps the fuel within a fireplace." Give this 5-letter word that can also be “what you do to a block of Parmesan cheese before putting it on Italian food.” answer: grate 18. Known as “poor knights” in several European languages, many chefs recommend it be made with day-old bread because that holds more egg without falling apart than fresher bread does. Name this common breakfast recipe that involves frying bread after soaking it in a mixture of eggs, cinnamon and sugar. answer: French toast 19. Its main character leaves a small town in Scotland to seek his fortune from his Uncle Ebenezer –only to have Ebenezer put him on a ship headed for Carolina. When the ship is blown back toward Europe, that main character joins forces with Alan Breck Stewart and eventually receives his fortune from his uncle. Name this novel by Robert Louis Stevenson about young David Balfour. answer: Kidnapped 20. Thought to be a remnant of the Ice Age’s Lake Bonneville, it is heavily populated by brine shrimp and brine flies that don’t mind its lack of fresh water. The sand on its Bridger Bay Beach is made of lime, and the water there actually keeps you afloat. Name this huge body of water in north-central Utah. answer: Great Salt Lake 21. The most historically active volcano of this type is Cerro Gordo in Nicaragua, while the famous volcano of this type is Mexico’s Paricutín [par-ree-coo-TEEN]. Give the two-word term for this simplest type of volcano, which forms when material is blown into the air, breaks up, falls to the ground, and then solidifies. answer: cinder cone (or scoria cone) volcano 22. The rule-makers of golf want to ban this specific type of club from the game by prohibiting the “anchoring of the club in making a stroke.” Give the specific 2-word term for this club with an extra-long handle that allows even a new golfer to hit the ball into the hole more often because his stomach helps keep the club in the right place. answer: belly putter 23. This home of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus [doy-chuss SHAU-shpeel-house] is now the third most popular city for Broadway musicals after New York and London—provided that those musicals are heavy in visual effects. Name this large city in northern Germany, sometimes called “Broadway on the Elbe.” answer: Hamburg 24. Sometimes called “the blond” because its water looks yellowish, it drains into the Tyrrhenian [tye-REE-nee-un] Sea. Still crossable by both the Milvius Bridge and the Ponte Sant’Angelo, it contained the harbor of Ostia that helped supply ancient Rome with wheat. Name this river that still goes past the city of Rome. answer: Tiber River FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. For President Obama’s second inauguration, he is actively seeking corporate donors. Identify the four available donor packages, which are based on how much you donate and named for the first four U.S. Presidents. answer: George Washington, John Adams (first name/initial needed), Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
A. The first coin will be a quarter? answer: 3/7 B. The first two coins will total 15 cents? answer: 2/21 [2 x (2/7 x 1/6)] C. The first coin is not a penny? answer: 6/7 D. The first 3 coins you get are a dime, a penny and a nickel in that order? answer: 1/105 [(2/7 x 1/6 x 1/5)]
A. Darius Milhaud [mil-O] answer: France B. John Corigliano [ca-rig-lee-ON-o] answer: U.S. or United States C. Sergei Rachmaninoff [rock-MON-a-noff] answer: Russia D. Manuel de Falla [mon-well day FY-a] answer: Spain
A. He succeeded this President who was the first to get the job after a President died. answer: John Tyler B. Polk was buried in this Southern state where he was raised. answer: Tennessee C. Polk is still the only President who ever served in this position that is the first in Presidential succession after Vice-President. answer: Speaker of the House of Representatives D. Polk sent John Slidell to try and buy what is now the southwestern U.S. from this country. answer: Mexico 5. Pencils and paper ready! Give each of these geometric quantities: A. The side of a cube with volume 729 cubic inches. answer: 9 inches (cube root of 729) B. The radius of a sphere with surface area 100 π square inches. answer: 5 inches (4 π x r x r = 100 π) C. One diagonal of a rhombus if the other diagonal is 10 inches long and the area of the rhombus is 160 square inches. answer: 32 inches (1/2 x 10 x diagonal = 160) D. The height of a pyramid with base 18 square inches and volume 360 cubic inches. answer: 60 inches (1/3 x base x height = 360) 6. When sperm whales rise too quickly to the surface, they can die from the same disease that may also kill human scuba divers who come up to the surface too quickly. A. Name this ailment that can cause gas bubbles to form in your joints. answer: decompression sickness (or the bends or Caisson's disease) B. What gas is formed in your joints while you suffer from that ailment? answer: nitrogen C. Another gas that may cause the disease is this one, found in the compound "Trimix" [TRY-mix]. answer: helium D. The only real way to feel better is to do this. answer: go back into recompression
A. She gets a family house left to her in a will and decides to make a boys' school out of it. answer: Jo March B. That girl's father is gone from home, taking part in this war. answer: the Civil War C. The boy named Theodore Laurence goes by this "feminine" nickname. answer: Laurie D. Meg gets married to a boy with this common first name. answer: John
A. Name this palace of the last French kings before the French Revolution. answer: Palace of Versailles [vur-SIGH] B. One part of the palace grounds contains a small estate given to this queen and wife of King Louis XVI who is quoted as saying, “Let them eat cake.” answer: Marie Antoinette C. In this century, the French ruler Louis-Philippe made Versailles into a Museum of the History of France. answer: 19th or 1800’s D. In 2012, the Royal Opera of Versailles performed a one-act farce by this composer of The Barber of Seville. answer: Gioacchino Rossini 9. At Standard Temperature and Pressure (or STP), give the pressure reading in: A. atmospheres answer: 1 atm B. millimeters of mercury answer: 760 mm Hg C. kilopascals (to three decimal places) answer: 101.325 kPa D. torr answer: 760 10. Answer these about gifts on Dave Barry’s 2012 Christmas Gift Guide: A. You can buy a horn to put on your cat’s head to make it look like one of these mythical creatures. answer: unicorn B. You can buy a “tattoo” of your favorite entertainer to place on this bathroom fixture. answer: Toilet Tattoo C. You can buy flip-flops covered with an artificial version of this plant. answer: artificial grass D. You can even buy one of these that will burn the logo of your favorite NFL team right into your bread. answer: toaster
A. He was born in this largest South American country. answer: Brazil B. He designed many of the government buildings in this current capital city of that country. answer: Brasilia C. He helped design the United Nations Headquarters building in this city. answer: New York City D. He even designed buildings in this north African country, controlled by the French until the 1960’s. answer: Algeria
A. Chocolate really doesn’t affect this teenage skin condition much for most people. answer: acne B. This 6-letter word is a fancy name for "dermatitis" [dur-ma-TIGHT-us]. answer: eczema [EK-za-ma] C. Caused by a fungus that can be picked up from your dog, its variations include "jock itch" and "athlete's foot." answer: ringworm D. Small children get this one from a staph or strep infection that causes itchy blisters on the skin. answer: impetigo [imp-a-TY-go]
answer: -68, -48, -22, 10 14. Give the correct spellings of these food-related words: A. "cannoli", an Italian dessert answer: C-A-N-N-O-L-I B. "fricassee" [FRICK-a-see], a meat dish served in a white sauce answer: F-R-I-C-A-S-S-E-E C. vinaigrette [VIN-a-gret], an oil-and-vinegar sauce answer: V-I-N-A-I-G-R-E-T-T-E D. rotisserie [RO-tiss-a-ree], an appliance that rotates food on a spit answer: R-O-T-I-S-S-E-R-I-E
A. This former drummer for Nirvana is the lead singer for the Foo Fighters. answer: Dave Grohl B. This founder of the band Coldplay is married to Gwyneth Paltrow. answer: Chris Martin C. This New Jersey native whose hits include “Livin’ on a Prayer” has done country duets with Jennifer Nettles and LeAnn Rimes. answer: John Bon Jovi D. Mick Jagger is still this very old British band’s lead singer. answer: The Rolling Stones
A. Name this hero and friend of the Three Musketeers. answer: D'Artagnan [dar-TAN-yun] B. Name the author who created him. answer: Alexandre Dumas pere C. His death is told at the very end of this other novel by that author. answer: The Man in the Iron Mask D. Name any one of the Three Musketeers. answer: Athos or Porthos or Aramis
A. Allegheny [al-a-GAY-nee] National Forest answer: Pennsylvania B. Wayne National Forest answer: Ohio C. Chippewa [CHIP-a-wah] National Forest answer: Minnesota D. Manistee National Forest answer: Michigan 18. Launched in 2012 by NASA, this pair of space probes has already examined in detail the two radiation belts surrounding Earth. A. Identify these probes—or the American namesake of those radiation belts. answer: Van Allen Probes/Belts B. Those belts are created by this area surrounding Earth that separates the ozone layer and the solar wind. answer: magnetosphere C. The belts are affected in large measure by plasma ejections from this celestial body. answer: the Sun D. The inner belt contains many of these positively-charged particles. answer: protons 19. In December 2012, he capped off a sensational season by becoming the first freshman ever to win college football’s top award. A. Name this star quarterback at Texas A&M. answer: Johnny Manziel B. What award did he win ? answer: the Heisman Trophy C. This defensive star at Notre Dame finished second in the voting. answer: Manti Te’o D. This quarterback at Kansas State finished a distant third. answer: Collin Klein
A. Name this country whose capital city is Maputo. answer: Mozambique B. What European colonial power owned Mozambique for many years ? answer: Portugal C. The Island of Mozambique was discovered by this Portuguese explorer in 1498. answer: Vasco da Gama D. That Portuguese explorer was on his way to this large Asian country. answer: India
Name the authors of these works listed as acceptable reading in the under-8th-grade Common Core standards for English now used in most U.S. states. Note that some of these authors are not American. 1) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Ans. Samuel Clemens (or Mark Twain) 2) The Dark is Rising Ans. Susan Cooper 3) The poem Jabberwocky Ans. Lewis Carroll (or Rev. C. Dodgson) 4) The poem The Road Not Taken Ans. Robert Frost 5) The poem Casey at the Bat Ans. Ernest Lawrence Thayer 6) The poem The New Colossus Ans. Emma Lazarus 7) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Ans. Mildred Taylor 8) Tuck Everlasting Ans. Natalie Babbitt 9) The poem O Captain! My Captain! Ans. Walt Whitman 10) The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Ans. Katherine Paterson LIGHTNING ROUND 2 –MENTAL MATH Do these without pencil or paper. 1) 20% of 360 Ans. 72 2) Remainder when 99 is divided by 6 Ans. 3 3) 5 x 104, as an integer Ans. 50,000 4) 5) Least common multiple of 9 and 12 Ans. 36 6) Complementary angle of 21º Ans. 69º 7) 523, as a Roman numeral Ans. DXXIII 8) End time of a movie starting at 8:20 that runs 3 hours, 40 minutes Ans. 12:00 9) 10) Solve for x if 7x + 3 = 66 Ans. 9 LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH O 1) The beginning of most fairy tales (4 words) Ans. Once Upon a Time 2) Having to do with the mouth Ans. oral 3) Broadway musical with songs "Who Will Buy?" and "Consider Yourself" Ans. Oliver! 4) State whose major colleges call their annual football rivalry "the Civil War" Ans. Oregon 5) Adjective meaning “unwilling to compromise” Ans. obstinate 6) Implement used to row a boat Ans. oar 7) Olive, canola, palm or crude, for examples Ans. oils 8) Password used by Ali Baba to enter his cave (2 words) Ans. Open Sesame 9) Nasty stuff dealt with by Dr. Seuss’ Bartholomew Ans. oobleck 10) The song "Maryland, My Maryland" has this Christmas carol’s melody (3 words)
1. In December 2012, it may elect its first woman leader ever, Park Geun-Hye, a fact heartening to feminists but also discouraging --because that woman only got to this point because of her father. Name this Asian nation that selects its leaders partly on their ability to deal with “the North.” answer: South Korea
answer: x = 60 ( 3. Credited to the Abbot Suger [soo-zhay] in the mid-12th century, it features pointed arches and flying buttresses and received its “barbaric” name because it looked so different from the Romanesque style that preceded it. Name this architectural style illustrated by London’s Westminster Abbey. answer: Gothic 4. This 1898 conflict was fought by two countries, though no military action was ever seen on the soil of either one. Name this war of the late 19th century that ended with the Treaty of Paris and resulted in the freedom of Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. answer: Spanish-American War 5. It has four teeth in its upper jaw and doesn’t eat meat, making it different from a rodent. To get enough nutrients from plants, it must eat much of its own droppings. Name this animal, known for its short gestation period, that often falls prey to foxes and wolves and has a species known as the “cottontail.” answer: rabbit 6. Pencils and paper ready! Convert the fraction  to a percentage.
answer: 12% 7. Scientists have found seven of them with the Hubble Telescope that were formed more than 13 billion years ago but whose light is just now reaching Earth. Name this astronomical object, defined by NASA as “a large system of stars and gas, held together by gravity”, whose examples include the Milky Way. answer: galaxy 8. His Key West, Florida museum, still home to the 6-toed cats he liked, has been told by a judge to follow the Animal Welfare Act that regulates circuses and zoos. Name this American author who was living in Key West when he finished his novel A Farewell to Arms and also wrote The Old Man and the Sea. answer: Ernest Hemingway 9. Its White Desert is located in its Farafra [far-AW-fra] depression that is inhabited mostly by Bedouins [BED-oo-unz] and is considered part of its “red” land. Name this northeast African nation whose “black” land is the fertile soil that allows crops to be grown each year after the Nile River floods. answer: Egypt 10. His Wardenclyffe facility on New York’s Long Island was intended to create a worldwide wireless communications system. Identify this Serbian electrical engineer who came to America and developed the AC induction motor. answer: Nikola Tesla 11. Their “Magical Mystery Tour” movie, made for British TV in 1967, was the subject of a 2012 documentary shown on PBS. Name this legendary rock group made up of John, Paul, George and Ringo. answer: the Beatles 12. Though born in Russia, he grew up in the U.S. and wrote more than 20 #1 songs, including “White Christmas.” Name this legendary composer who also wrote the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun and the song “God Bless America” and whose last name is a European capital city. answer: Irving Berlin 13. Its first passenger flight in 1929 went from Dallas, Texas to Jackson, Mississippi. In 2012, it bought a sizable chunk of Virgin Atlantic Airways as well. Name this oldest continuously- operating U.S. airline, headquartered in Atlanta, that now uses the slogan, "Keep climbing.” answer: Delta Airlines 14. Problems within its “spectrum” include Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. Name this mental disorder that may prevent children from dealing well with other people or even talking to anyone else at all. answer: autism (accept forms of the word) 15. In Russian myth, he is a father figure and blacksmith who forges chains that keep the Earth and the oceans in place. Name this folk figure, depicted as an elf in some nursery rhymes, who is the personification of cold and, as “The Christmas Song” says, may be "nipping at your nose" in winter. answer: Jack Frost 16. Pencils and paper ready! A right circular cylinder has a volume of 160π square inches. What is the height of the cylinder if the diameter of the cylinder is 8 inches? answer: 10 inches (radius is 4 and πr2h = 160π, so 16πh = 160π) 17. One word is wrong in the following sentence; you tell which word is wrong, and what it should be changed to: “Neither my grandparents nor my brother are coming to see my football game.” answer: change “are” to “is” (verb should agree with the subject closest to it) 18. A Dutchman named Johan Huibers has built a life-size version of this historical object but included some plastic animals. Some 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high as measured in “cubits”, it is discussed in the first chapters of Genesis as the only way to avoid a rainstorm that flooded the whole earth. Identify this object that completed its journey by landing on Mount Ararat. answer: Noah’s Ark 19. Mercutio is the first of six characters to die in this Shakespeare tragedy. Based on an Italian story and set in Verona, this play tells about the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Name this Shakespeare tragedy that ends with the deaths of its title lovers. answer: Romeo & Juliet 20. Its current President has announced plans to build hundreds of regional airports so that each of its cities with more than 100,000 people will eventually have its own airport within 40 miles. Name this South American country that is expanding its Guarulhos [gwa-ROOL-yose] International Airport to be ready for both soccer’s next World Cup and the next Summer Olympics. answer: Brazil 21. In spite of some scientists’ concerns about it, recent reports indicate that it hasn’t actually increased any in the last 15 years or so. Name this process in which changes in rainfall patterns and a rise in sea level are attributed by extreme environmentalists to an average increase in Earth’s temperature. answer: global warming 22. It has gone into complete disarray over the last few years, and the Catholic schools in it that are now leaving it to form their own league is the last straw for it to totally fall apart. Name this college athletic conference whose past members have included Villanova, Providence, Syracuse and Georgetown. answer: Big East 23. The piano used in this film had only 58 keys but still sold for more than $600,000 in 2012. Name this classic movie in which actor Dooley Wilson, as Sam, sits at that small piano and plays the song “As Time Goes By” for Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick and Ingrid Bergman’s character Ilsa. answer: Casablanca 24. Home of the world’s oldest university, it is famed for its spaghetti sauce made with meat that its residents call “ragú.” The lunchmeat called “mortadella” that is made there contains actual pig fat, a substance removed from the cheap American version that is still named for it. Identify this Italian city. answer: Bologna [ba-LONE-ya] FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Begun by Dr. Maulana Karenga, it begins the day after Christmas and continues through New Year’s Day. A. Name this 7-day holiday, celebrated by some African-Americans. answer: Kwanzaa B. During Kwanzaa, greetings are given in this language that gave English the word “safari” and The Lion King names Pumbaa and Simba. answer: Swahili C. and D. Name any two of the three official colors of Kwanzaa. answer: red, black and green 2. Pencils and paper ready! Set A is “multiples of 8.” Set B is “positive even integers less than 90.” Set C is “two-digit numbers whose first digit is odd.” Take the intersection of sets A and B. Then give the 4 elements that make up the intersection of that result with Set C. answer: {16, 32, 56, 72} 3. Name these things you need to play some musical instruments: A. A snare drum is hit with a drumstick; a marimba, bass drum or kettle drum is hit with a stick that goes by this name. answer: mallet B. The thing you push with your foot while playing a piano to make a note last longer. answer: pedal C. You need one of these thin pieces of material to vibrate in order to get any sound out of a clarinet or saxophone. answer: reed D. A trumpet commonly has 3 of these, pushed down in various combinations to produce different notes. answer: valves
A. Name this former Massachusetts Governor, the longest-serving in the state’s history. answer: Michael Dukakis [doo-KAW-kuss] B. Dukakis ran for President in 1988 and lost to this Republican. answer: George H.W. Bush or Bush 41 or Bush I C. He is only the second governor of a U.S. state to have this ethnic background. answer: Greek-American D. The first governor with such an ethnic background was Spiro Agnew, who governed Maryland and then became Vice-President under this Republican President. answer: Richard Nixon 5. Complete these sentences that were part of Euclid's ancient geometry: A. A [blank] is a plane figure contained by one line, such that all straight lines falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure equal one another. answer: circle B. A [blank] triangle has its three sides unequal. answer: scalene C. [This adjective] describes straight lines which, being in the same plane and indefinite in both directions, do not meet one another in either direction. answer: parallel D. All of these 90º angles are congruent. answer: right angles 6. More than 99% of the salt in seawater occurs as one of six different ions dissolved in the water. Two of the six ions are sodium and chlorine, which together make up more than 85% of those ions. Name the next four largest ions by concentration, three elemental ions and one compound. answer: potassium, magnesium, calcium, sulfate 7. Answer these about American author Washington Irving: A. In 1832, he wrote a book with the same name as this Spanish museum, built by the Moors. answer: Alhambra B. In 1859, he wrote a 5-volume biography of this famed U.S. President. answer: George Washington C. His story about Sleepy Hollow is contained in the "sketch book" of this fictional character. answer: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Canyon D. Charles Dickens said that Irving's books about British Yuletide celebrations influenced Dickens' writing of this story. answer: A Christmas Carol
A. Identify this 17th-century French explorer who made his travels without using a DeVille or an Escalade. answer: Antoine de Cadillac B. He is credited with founding this major American city. answer: Detroit, Michigan C. After he was sent to France, he spent time in this infamous prison, stormed some 70 years later. answer: the Bastille [bah-STEEL] D. In his early days, he owned land in the Acadia area of what is now this U.S. state. answer: Maine 9. Name the states where you’d find these National Monuments: A. Mount St. Helens, a Monument created after the huge volcanic eruption there in 1980. answer: Washington B. Walnut Canyon, a set of cliff dwellings created by the Sinagua [seen-OG-wa] Indians answer: Arizona C. Little Bighorn Battlefield, where Custer made his Last Stand answer: Montana D. Statue of Liberty National Monument answer: New York 10. His 2012 Christmas special for television included Rod Stewart. A. Name this popular Canadian singer whose albums include Crazy Love and Call Me Irresponsible. answer: Michael Bublé [boo-BLAY] B. His show also included this fellow Canadian singer of Call Me Maybe. answer: Carly Rae Jepsen C. On his Christmas album, he sings “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, written by this composer more famous for his Broadway classic The Music Man. answer: Meredith Willson D. He also sang this “unfinished” German composer’s version of Ave Maria. answer: Franz Schubert
A. It got its name from an exhibition in this European city. answer: Paris, France B. Touches of Art Deco can be seen in this San Francisco bridge. answer: Golden Gate Bridge C. The Canadian Supreme Court building in this city is also Art Deco. answer: Ottawa D. Art Deco can even be seen in this famed New York music hall. answer: Radio City Music Hall
A. Name these tissues at the back of your throat. answer: tonsils B. If they get inflamed, you get tonsillitis [ton-sa-LITE-us]. Spell “tonsillitis.” answer: T-O-N-S-I-L-L-I-T-I-S C. They are part of this system of the body that helps the immune system guard against disease. answer: lymphatic system D. The pharyngeal [fair-in-GHEE-ul] type of tonsils are often called by this other term. answer: adenoids
answer: A = 38º, B = 56º, C = 52º, D = 34º [A + C = 90º, so B + D also = 90º; thus B = 56º and D is 34°; also, C = 52° and A = 38º] 14. Give the correct spellings of these words from the study list for the 2013 National Spelling Bee: A. “compendium” [kum-PEN-dee-um], a shorter version of a much longer work answer: C-O-M-P-E-N-D-I-U-M B. “depilatory” [da-PILL-a-tor-ee], a product that removes hair from your body answer: D-E-P-I-L-A-T-O-R-Y C. “baccalaureate” [back-a-LOR-ee-ut], a religious ceremony as part of a high-school graduation answer: B-A-C-C-A-L-A-U-R-E-A-T-E D. “geologist”, a person who studies rocks answer: G-E-O-L-O-G-I-S-T 15. Answer these about the film Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail: A. This is the castle where Galahad meets all the pretty girls. answer: Castle Anthrax B. When a shrub is needed to satisfy the Knights of Nie, one is obtained from this shrubber. answer: Roger the Shrubber C. When the wooden horse doesn't work to get inside the French castle, a large wooden one of these animals is suggested as the next possibility. answer: a wooden badger D. This member of the Python cast played King Arthur. answer: Graham Chapman
A. God of the underworld answer: Pluto or Hades [HAY-deez] B. God of war answer: Ares [AIR-eez] C. God of wine answer: Dionysus [dy-a-NYE-suss] answer: Hermes [HUR-meez]
A. This Danish explorer came to Alaska in 1741 and died there soon after. answer: Vitus Bering B. In 1784, this country created a settlement on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. answer: Russia C. This is now the capital city of Alaska. answer: Juneau D. The famed Iditarod [eye-DIT-a-rod] dog sled race honors the dogs who carried medicine to fight this deadly disease across the ice when planes couldn’t get to the Alaska town of Nome. answer: diphtheria 18. Name these types of glaciers: A. These obviously-named glaciers can be found in the Andes, Alps and Himalayas. answer: mountain glaciers B. Huge continent-size glaciers, known by this 2-word term, are found only in Antarctica and Greenland. answer: ice sheets C. Alaska's Malaspina is this type of glacier, caused when a valley glacier spills into a flat plain and spreads out into lobes. answer: Piedmont glaciers D. These glaciers are named for the hollows they occupy that are shaped like a bowl. answer: cirque glaciers 19. Since the San Francisco 49ers lost their #1 quarterback to a concussion in 2012, their backup has played so well that he is now the starter even though the #1 quarterback has been cleared for duty. A. Name the #1 quarterback who is now on the bench. answer: Alex Smith B. Name the former backup who now starts each week and led the 49ers to the 2013 Super Bowl. answer: Colin Kaepernick C. Name the 49ers’ head coach. answer: Jim Harbaugh D. Which NFL division contains the 49ers ? answer: NFC West (prompt on “NFC”)
A. What state is home to the school that Holden Caulfield leaves? answer: Pennsylvania B. Name Holden's brother who died from leukemia. answer: Allie C. Name Holden's little sister. answer: Phoebe D. Name Holden's brother who writes for Hollywood. answer: D.B.
2) This little girl’s real name is Alana Thompson. Ans. Honey Boo Boo 3) The 3rd version of this video game includes Witch Doctors and Demon Hunters. Ans. Diablo 3 4) This songwriter’s real name is Elizabeth Grant. Ans. Lana del Rey 5) The most recent Brazilian version of this reality series is abbreviated BBB12. Ans. Big Brother 6) This U.S. airline was the most-searched. Ans. Southwest Airlines 7) This American gymnast became famous for her “not impressed” look. Ans. McKayla Maroney 8) This is Google’s series of smartphones and tablets. Ans. Nexus 9) This former San Diego Charger linebacker took his own life. Ans. Junior Seau 10) This video by South Korean singer Psy is the most-viewed YouTube video ever. Download 1.25 Mb. Share with your friends:
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