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Ans. Gangnam Style 2. ENDANGERED PRIMATES Answer these about Conservation International’s 2012 list of the top 25 endangered primates. (See http://www.conservation.org/Documents/CI_Primates-in-Peril_25-Most-Endangered-Primates_2012-2014.pdf ) 1) The capuchin and brown howler are types of this small primate. Ans. monkey 2) Grauer’s, a species found in the Congo, is a type of this larger primate. Ans. gorilla 3) One species of this primate is “ring-tailed.” Ans. lemur 4) Four species of endangered lemurs are found on this African island. Ans. Madagascar 5) One of them is found near this capital city of Madagascar. Ans. Antananarivo 6) The Javan slow loris is found on the island of Java, part of this country. Ans. Indonesia 7) The Roloway monkey has a long white one of these at the bottom of its head. Ans. a beard 8) The lemur with this “rodent” name is the world’s smallest primate. Ans. mouse lemur 9) One species is found on this Asian island, once called Ceylon. Ans. Sri Lanka 10) Five species are found in this country where the U.S. fought a long war. Ans. Vietnam LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH E 1) Political poll that asks people about their votes after they've voted Ans. exit poll 2) First name of Mr. Scrooge Ans. Ebenezer 3) James Bond title: The World is Not… Ans. Enough 4) The more common term for a negatively-charged beta particle Ans. electron 5) To breathe out Ans. exhale 6) Country ruled by Alfred the Great beginning in 886 Ans. England 7) Breakfast dish with English muffin and hollandaise sauce (2 words) Ans. eggs benedict 8) 90% of coal is used to create this other energy source . Ans. electricity 9) A female sheep Ans. ewe 10) Donkey friend of Winnie the Pooh Ans. Eeyore
1. He is estimated to have received about $100 million when he sold his television channel “Current TV” in January 2013 to Al-Jazeera, a television network in the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar. Name this former U.S. Vice-President and presidential candidate. answer: Al Gore
answer: 7 mph [2 (x + 3) = 5 (x – 3)] 3. It gets its name from an exposition at the 1925 World’s Fair and has since been expanded to include most French art between the two World Wars. Give the 2-word name for this style of design whose main architectural examples include the Chrysler Building in New York City. answer: Art Deco 4. At Lawnfield, his Ohio farm, he conducted the first “front porch campaign” for President years before William McKinley. Alexander Graham Bell used an electrical device to try and find the bullet that killed him. Name this President, assassinated in 1881 by Charles Guiteau so that Chester Arthur would become President. answer: James Garfield 5. Its current revolution, seeking to establish an Islamist republic there, has even caused its former owner, France, to now send in troops in hopes of keeping it from becoming a training ground for terrorists. Name this African nation whose cities include Timbuktu and its capital, Bamako. answer: Mali 6. Pencils and paper ready! A 5-pound roll of ground beef is advertised as 73% meat and 27% fat. To two decimal places, how many pounds of fat are in the roll ? answer: 1.35 lbs. (5 x 0.27) 7. It does not dissolve in nitric acid but does dissolve when the nitric acid has hydrochloric acid added to it to make “aqua regia.” Name this official state mineral of both California and Alaska, a precious metal whose chemical symbol is Au. answer: gold 8. People he meets include the Indian named Gray Beaver, the cruel white man Beauty Smith, and the nice white man Weedon Scott. Name this title character of a Jack London novel who has several puppies after keeping the convict Jim Hall from killing the judge who is Weedon’s father. answer: White Fang 9. The 2,500 people who live there receive no financial aid from Great Britain --other than the cost of defending it from countries like Argentina that want it back. Give the English name for this group of islands in the South Atlantic, long known as the “Malvinas” in Argentina, whose capital is Stanley. answer: Falkland Islands or Falklands 10. When describing an environment, it means “has conditions that allow for fantastic growth”. It can also mean "something that is always prolific" (like an imagination) or soil that is very productive. Give this 7-letter word that also means "capable of reproducing." answer: fertile 11. To celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2013, General Motors is revamping it and making it look more like its old Sting Ray versions of the 1960’s. But it will now go from zero to sixty in less than 4 seconds. Name this popular Chevrolet sports car. answer: Corvette 12. Popular in the early 1900’s and sometimes heard on player pianos today, its piano pieces typically have a steady beat in the left hand and lots of syncopation in the right hand. Name this American musical style whose most famous composers included the great Scott Joplin. answer: ragtime 13. One of its versions from 1789 included the phrase “no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms”—a phrase removed before final ratification. Identify this Constitutional Amendment within the Bill of Rights that says, “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” answer: Second Amendment 14. They all have curved beaks, all have four toes on each foot, and all prefer seeds as food above anything else. Give the non-scientific name for this order of birds that includes macaws, lovebirds and cockatoos and whose members like the African Grey can often imitate human sounds. answer: parrots 15. Different versions of her story all agree that she died unhappily, perhaps because of her non-marriage to Theseus. Name this woman of myth, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, who helped Theseus escape his fate by providing him both a weapon to fight the Minotaur and a thread to help him find his way out of the Labyrinth. answer: Ariadne [air-ee-AD-nee] 16. Pencils and paper ready! Each interior angle of a hexagon equals 180 times the quantity (n – 2), divided by n, where n is the number of sides in a hexagon. What is the measure of each interior angle of a hexagon ? answer: 120º [180 x 4/6] 17. In the sentence, “I wanted to see the end of the movie.”, the phrase “to see the end of the movie” can be described by this 2-word term because seeing the end of the movie is what is wanted. Give this 2-word term from grammar for something that has something done to it, such as the ball in the sentence, “John caught the ball.” answer: direct object 18. The Civil War battles of Cedar Mountain, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Chancellorsville and Williamsburg all took place in—what state where, in April 1865, Robert E. Lee officially surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War ? answer: Virginia 19. Its characters include Nancy, her boyfriend Bill Sikes, an old thief named Fagin and the Artful Dodger. Name this novel by Charles Dickens whose title character is underfed in a workhouse and memorably asks for more food. answer: Oliver Twist 20. Located on the Adirondack [add-a-RON-dack] Coast, part of it is actually in Quebec. You can see part of the Green Mountains from its shores. Name this lake near the cities of Plattsburgh, New York and Burlington, Vermont. answer: Lake Champlain 21. The constellation Pavo contains the galaxy NGC 6872, which spans more than 500,000 light-years and is now officially the largest galaxy to be described by—what adjective that, as a noun, is the shape formed by a well-thrown football ? answer: spiral galaxy 22. Its techniques include playing both “stand-up” and “butterfly”, covering the five-hole, learning how to use a blocker, and even trying to “stand on your head” for short periods of time. Identify this sports position, played by Henrik Lundqvist and Martin Brodeur, that also requires some ice skating to help keep a hockey puck out of the net. answer: goaltender or goalie 23. Its prequels include Skyward Sword and Ocarina of Time, two more products that have made bundles of money for Nintendo. Identify this series of more than a dozen video games, set in the land of Hyrule, that features the Gerudo chief Ganon Dragmire, the hero named Link, and the title princess. answer: The Legend of Zelda 24. Its government may re-evaluate its forest management policies now that temperatures of more than 100º F this summer have contributed to “bushfires” that have burned dozens of homes. Name this country whose fires like the one within Warrambungle National Park present challenges to the people running the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. answer: Australia FOUR-PART BONUSES (NOTE: Areas that use 2-part bonuses should split these in half; couple those with the lightning rounds and you’ll have enough bonuses for every correct tossup above.) 1. Name these members of Barack Obama’s Cabinet who have announced they will stay on for at least part of Obama’s second term: A. Attorney General answer: Eric Holder B. Secretary of Homeland Security answer: Janet Napolitano C. Secretary of Agriculture answer: Tom Vilsack D. Secretary of Health and Human Services answer: Kathleen Sibelius 2. Six honor students are sitting in a room and will all be speaking at graduation. A. In how many different orders can the six speeches be given ? answer: 720 (6!) B. That number is equal to 6 with an exclamation point after it, where the exclamation point represents this function. answer: factorial C. In the end, the students are told there will only be time for three speeches. How many possible combinations of three students can be chosen? answer: 120 (6 x 5 x 4) D. After the three students are chosen, in how many different ways can their speeches be ordered at graduation—given that they will speak one at a time ? answer: 6 (3 x 2 x 1)
A. Name this legendary Austrian composer who died in 1791 at age 35. answer: W. A. Mozart B. Name the west Austrian city where he was born that is home to the museum. answer: Salzburg C. Name the popular product found in the tin box. answer: snuff or tobacco (it’s a snuff box) D. What type of musical composition did that composer write more than 40 of, including those nicknamed “Jupiter”, “Prague” and “Haffner” ? answer: symphonies 4. Answer these about former U.S. President John Kennedy: A. 2013 marks 50 years since he was shot and killed, meaning it happened in this year. answer: 1963 B. He had been a Congressman from this state before being elected President. answer: Massachusetts C. Kennedy’s Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was from this state. answer: Texas D. Give the 8 words that finish this quote from Kennedy’s inaugural address: “Ask not what your country can do for you…” answer: ask what you can do for your country 5. Pencils and paper ready! A triangle has angles that measure (x2 + 2x), (4x) and (5x) degrees. A. Write an algebraic equation to find the value of x. answer: x2 + 11x = 180 [sum of 3 angles = 180º] B., C. and D. Solving the equation gives x = 9, meaning these are the measures of the three angles. answer: 99º, 36º, 45º
A. Identify this chemical, formed by a combination of ultraviolet light and oxygen. answer: ozone B. What is that chemical’s formula ? answer: O3 C. The depletion seems to be mostly the result of hypoiodous [hye-po-EYE-a-duss] acid being emitted from the ocean, an acid that contains hydrogen, oxygen and this chemical element. answer: iodine or I D. That chemical element is often added to this common condiment so that when you eat it on your food, you get a tiny bit of that element. answer: table salt
A. Rip van Winkle answer: Washington Irving B. The Masque of the Red Death answer: Edgar Allan Poe C. The Monkey’s Paw answer: W .W. Jacobs D. The Gift of the Magi answer: W. S. Porter or O. Henry
A. Name the country on the edge of both Europe and Asia where Myra is now being excavated. answer: Turkey B. Name Myra’s most famous bishop, now the Santa Claus of Christmas fame. answer: St. Nicholas C. Myra was a city in ancient Lycia and was thus close to this major body of water. answer: Mediterranean Sea D. Until it was buried by mud, Myra had been part of this medieval empire. answer: Byzantine Empire 9. Name these common fruits from some of their types: A. Navel and Valencia answer: orange B. Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Pink Lady answer: apple C. Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou answer: pear D. Royal Ann, Bing, Rainier answer: cherry 10. Answer these about the 2013 Golden Globe Awards: A. This female star of the sitcom 30 Rock was one of the co-hosts. answer: Tina Fey B. The other co-host was this star of NBC’s Parks and Recreation. answer: Amy Poehler C. Jessica Chastain won Best Actress in a Drama film for this movie about finding Osama bin Laden. answer: Zero Dark Thirty D. This film about a girl named Merida won for Best Animated Picture. answer: Brave
A. Van Eyck was Flemish, meaning he lived in this European country next to France… answer: Belgium B. …but spoke this language of Holland. answer: Dutch C. What primary color is the turban in the painting ? answer: red D. In what European country’s National Gallery would you find the painting now ? answer: England (accept equivalents)
A. A microscopic, one-celled animal consisting of a naked mass of protoplasm answer: amoeba B. A mollusk having two shells hinged together, as the oyster, clam, or mussel answer: bivalve C. Plants of a given region or period of geologic time. answer: flora D. Solid unconsolidated rock and mineral fragments that come from the weathering of rocks and… form layers on the Earth's surface. answer: sediment 13. Pencils and paper ready! For the straight line 2x + 6y = -6, give the: A. x-intercept point answer: (-3, 0) B. y-intercept point answer: (0, -1) C. slope of the line answer: -1/3 (y = -1/3 x – 1) D. point where it crosses the line y = -2 answer: (3, -2) 14. Name these books of the Old Testament that, in the King James Version of the Bible, are in consecutive order: A. Its title character is a priest who brings the Torah back to Jerusalem after the Jewish exile to Babylon. answer: Ezra B. This cupbearer to a king is allowed to supervise the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. answer: Nehemiah C. This Jewish woman becomes queen after Vashti is removed from the position for disobeying the king. answer: Esther D. This man was cursed with boils and the deaths of his children but remained patient without cursing God for what happened to him. answer: Job 15. It has long been one of America’s most vocal critics of any kind of gun control. A. Name this political organization that offers its members “24/7 defense of your Second Amendment freedoms.” answer: National Rifle Association or NRA B. Name the current Executive Vice-President of that organization. answer: Wayne LaPierre C. That organization has been heavily criticized since the December 2012 shooting at this elementary school in Newtown. answer: Sandy Hook Elementary D. Newtown is in this Eastern state. answer: Connecticut
answer: Spanish B. Angola, East Timor, Brazil answer: Portuguese C. Egypt, Yemen, Morocco answer: Arabic D. Austria, Switzerland answer: German 17. Spell these words that came to English from Japanese:
answer: S-U-S-H-I B. tsunami [tsoo-NOM-ee] answer: T-S-U-N-A-M-I C. sayonara [sy-a-NARR-a] answer: S-A-Y-O-N-A-R-A D. karaoke [cair-ree-O-kee] answer: K-A-R-A-O-K-E 18. Name the U.S. states where you’d find these lakes: A. Lake Okeechobee answer: Florida B. Lake Pontchartrain answer: Louisiana C. Lake Winnebago answer: Wisconsin D. Yellowstone Lake answer: Wyoming
A. This Denver Bronco ran back both a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in the same game—but his team still lost to the Baltimore Ravens. answer: Trindon Holliday B. Baltimore will play this AFC team next week for a trip to the Super Bowl. answer: New England or Patriots C. This Notre Dame coach announced he would stay in South Bend and not leave for the NFL even though Alabama cleaned his clock. answer: Brian Kelly D. Florida State beat up on this Midwestern college in the Orange Bowl. answer: Northern Illinois Univ. or Huskies
A. Name this American author, famed for his legal novels like The Pelican Brief and his 2012 book The Racketeer. answer: John Grisham B. Name his teenage detective character. answer: Theodore Boone C. Both of that character’s parents have this job. answer: lawyer or attorney D. That character lives in this fictional town. answer: Strattenburg
2) Peninsula that juts north from southeast Mexico Ans. Yucatán 3) Capital city of Ghana Ans. Accra 4) This Asian capital features a “Siam Hotel”. Ans. Bangkok 5) City/state/country recently voted the “greenest in Asia” Ans. Singapore 6) Brazilian city, site of the next Summer Olympics Ans. Rio de Janeiro 7) Dutch city celebrating the 400th anniversary of its Canal District Ans. Amsterdam 8) Central American country whose capital is Managua Ans. Nicaragua 9) Largest city by population in Turkey Ans. Istanbul 10) Second-largest city by population in India Ans. New Delhi LIGHTNING ROUND 2. NASA SCIENCE TERMS 1) The part of an atom with positive charge Ans. proton 2) Branch of biology that studies plant life Ans. botany 3) A star with large diameter and cooler temperatures (2 words) Ans. red giant 4) General term for moisture falling from clouds Ans. precipitation 5) Plasma, regularly “blown” away from the Sun’s surface (2 words) Ans. solar wind 6) An object, made of ice and dust, that orbits the Sun Ans. comet 7) A star that increases light output by a lot and then returns to normal Ans. nova 8) Physical state where conditions within a fluid don’t change Ans. equilibrium 9) Layer of the Sun from where Earth gets its visible light Ans. photosphere 10) Branch of astronomy that studies the origins of the universe Ans. cosmology LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH A 1) Largest organization of veterans in U.S. (2 words) Ans. American Legion 2) Ancient object that slides beads along rows to make calculations Ans. abacus 3) Title character with a daughter Rilla and a husband Gilbert (4 words) Ans. Anne of Green Gables 4) Math concept, expressed by a pair of vertical bars (2 words) Ans. absolute value 5) Semiprecious light-blue gem Ans. aquamarine 6) Adjective for an organism that must live without oxygen Ans. anaerobic [ANN-a-row-bick] 7) 5th-century warrior nicknamed "The Scourge of God" (3 words) Ans. Attila the Hun 8) In an airplane, the instrument telling the height above sea level Ans. altimeter 9) Mesoamerican civilization with capital at Tenochtitlan [ta-NOAK-teet-lawn] Ans. Aztecs 10) Continent whose native human population is zero Ans. Antarctica
1. Controlled by the French until 1962, it has been relatively stable in recent years. Name this north African country where, in January 2013, more than two dozen terrorists were killed in a police raid to free a group of hostages at its BP-Statoil-Sonatrach gas complex. answer: Algeria
answer: (x + 8) and (x – 4) 3. His work Gare St. Lazare is set in a train station in Paris, where the smoke from the trains creates an effect of clouds. He also used this cloud/ fog effect in his paintings Rouen Cathedral and Houses of Parliament. Name this French artist, considered the founder of Impressionism. answer: Claude Monet 4. During his full term in office, the U.S. bought the Philippines for $20 million. He is often considered a puppet of businessman Mark Hanna, who ran his presidential campaigns. The slogan “Remember the Maine!” was popular during his term. Name this President who decided to attend the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in September 1901, where he was shot by Leon Czolgosz [chawl-gosh]. answer: William McKinley 5. As of January 2013, you can no longer buy the 75-watt “incandescent” [in-can-DESS-unt] variety of these objects, and in 2014, you won’t be able to buy the “incandescent” 60-watt type any more, either. Name these common objects that make it easier to see things in your house—including your homework. answer: light bulbs 6. Pencils and paper ready! A recipe makes two dozen rolls with 4 cups of flour. How many cups of flour do you need for a big party where you need to make 180 rolls ? answer: 30 cups (180/24 x 4) 7. Its main dog is shipped to Seattle in a crate and eventually ends up in the Klondike, where he meets John Thornton and kills a dog named Spitz. After Thornton is killed by Indians, that character avenges his death and then goes off with the wolves. Name this story by Jack London. answer: The Call of the Wild 8. Pencils and paper ready! Homer and Jethro sit on opposite sides of a see-saw. Homer has a mass of 70 kilograms and sits 100 centimeters from the middle of the see-saw. If Jethro has a mass of 50 kilograms, how far, in centimeters, should he sit from the middle for the see-saw to work best? answer: 140 centimeters [70(100) = 50(X)] 9. Given a hull number of SSN-571, it served U.S. military interests for nearly 30 years before being moved to Connecticut and converted into a museum. In 1958, it became the first vessel to reach the North Pole underwater. Identify this first nuclear-powered submarine, named for the fictional Jules Verne sub that went 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. answer: U.S.S. Nautilus 10. Its American branch filed for bankruptcy in January 2013, hoping to go private and become profitable again with a new game after 5 years of being owned by a French company that ran it into the ground. Name this video game maker whose classic titles include “Asteroid”, “Centipede” and “Pong”. answer: Atari 11. It is used to describe the invisible difficulties women may face while advancing in the work place. Give this 2-word phrase for a barrier a woman must often break through to get promoted into an upper management position. answer: glass ceiling 12. Based on a TV series first shown in Holland, Usher and Shakira will join it in 2013 and replace its two past team leaders Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera. Name this NBC reality series in which singers can be stolen from another team—but only one singer ends up with a recording contract. answer: The Voice 13. British scientists have recently shown that the guanine found in it may help to create a temporary quadruple helix when cancer cells are about to divide. Name this biological substance that usually has a double-helix shape, a fact discovered by Watson and Crick. answer: deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA 14. His grandparents were Portuguese, but he was all American –with a career that included 7 years in the Marines before taking the job of directing the Marine Band. Identify this American musician, nicknamed “The March King”, who wrote America’s national march Stars and Stripes Forever. answer: John Philip Sousa 15. It was killed by Bellerophon [ba-LAIR-a-fun], who jammed a lance down its throat and suffocated it. Still used today to mean “an animal or person that has two genetically different cells”, what beast of Greek mythology was part lion, part snake and part goat ? answer: chimera [ky-MEER-a] 16. One of these instruments, if made in the shape of a full circle, can be divided into 400 grads as well as into 360º. Most students who have one use only the 180º variety that can also be used as a straightedge. Name this geometry tool that allows angles to be drawn precisely. answer: protractor 17. A restaurant called “La Polleria” [poy-yair-REE-a] that advertises Spanish-style cooking probably specializes in –what kind of meat for which “pollo” [POY-yo] is the Spanish word, a meat that is often served grilled, barbecued or fried ? answer: chicken 18. A recent study in Australia says that though it may be good for people with heart trouble, it may cause serious eye damage over time if taken every day. Name this common pain reliever that may also cause stomach trouble for some people but was used by millions for decades before Tylenol was invented. answer: aspirin 19. He can spin straw into gold and demands a firstborn child as payment. But when the miller’s daughter gets 3 days to guess his name, she gets to keep her baby after she sends a messenger to follow him who hears him say his unusual name out loud. Name this title character of a fairy tale. answer: Rumpelstiltskin 20. Its northeast borders the Gulf of Bothnia, while much of the rest of it borders the Baltic Sea and a tiny part of it on its west borders the Skagerrak and the North Sea. Name this country whose main cities include Gothenburg and Malmö and that is located between Norway and Finland. answer: Sweden 21. Its Type Ia [one A] is caused by a white dwarf accumulating too much matter, while its Type II is caused by a massive star collapsing under its own gravity. Name this massive and bright astronomical event that created the Crab Nebula in 1054. answer: supernovae (not “nova” or “novae”) 22. As a teenager, he was an excellent triathlete before deciding to focus on only one event. That focus, though it helped him recover from cancer, proved his undoing when he became willing to do anything to win. Name this athlete who admitted in January 2013 that he really had been using drugs to help him win the Tour de France bicycle race seven times. answer: Lance Armstrong 23. A gallon of it contains about ¾ as much energy as a gallon of gasoline and has an octane rating of 105. When sold as a vehicle fuel, it can have no more than 10% other additives and is stored at 150 pounds per square inch. Identify this substance by either its 1-word or 3-word name when sold as a vehicle fuel, or the common acronym for that 3-word name. answer: propane or autogas or Liquefied Petroleum Gas or LPG 24. Its rulers have included three Alexanders, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and two men named Nicholas. Since their government changed in 1917, they have been ruled by a Khrushchev, a Gorbachev and a Stalin—among others. Name this European country whose capital city is Moscow. answer: Russia FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. For more than 40 years, Eppie Lederer gave advice to millions throughout America through a syndicated daily newspaper column. A. Give the 2-word pen name she used until her death. answer: Ann Landers B. Eppie’s twin sister Pauline Phillips helped Eppie with the column for a while but eventually got her own column, which used this 2-word pen name for decades. answer: Abigail van Buren (or Dear Abby) C. Pauline died in January 2013 of this disease that robs you of your memory. answer: Alzheimer’s disease D. Pauline’s daughter with this first name has already been writing the column for years and continues to do so. answer: Jeanne Phillips 2. Pencils and paper ready! Copy down the following expression: 9 + 7 x 4 - 12 ÷ 10. Using the standard rules for order of operations, calculate the value of the expression if: A. No parentheses are added. answer: 35.8 [9 + 28 - 1.2 ; multiply/divide before add/subtract] C. Parentheses are put around the 9 and 7. answer: 62.8 [64 - 1.2; parentheses and multiply/divide before add/subtract] C. Parentheses are put around the 4 and 10. answer: 28.6 (9 + 19.6; divide in parentheses first) D. Parentheses are put around the 9 and 12. answer: 2.5 or 2 1/2 (25 ÷ 10; multiply in parentheses first)
A. Name this large instrument that can be heard playing the grandfather’s theme in Peter and the Wolf. answer: bassoon B. That instrument requires putting two of these objects in your mouth. answer: (double) reed C. Thus, it is considered part of this family of instruments. answer: woodwinds D. This smaller member of that family of instruments also uses two of those objects and often helps tune the rest of the orchestra before a concert. answer: oboe
A. He married his wife Louisa in this European capital city. answer: London, England B. He helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent that ended this War in which the White House was set on fire. answer: War of 1812 C. He was succeeded as President by this Democrat. answer: Andrew Jackson D. After serving as President, he spent nearly 20 years as a Congressman from this state. answer: Massachusetts
A. You find the cone’s slant height by using this theorem that calculates sides of right triangles. answer: Pythagorean Theorem B. So what is the cone’s slant height ? answer: 10 inches( C. In terms of π, give the volume of the cone in cubic inches. answer: 96π in3 (1/3 x π x 6 x 6 x 8) D. In terms of π, give the total surface area of the cone in square inches. answer: 96π in2 (π x 6 x [10 + 6])
answer: (slowest) air, water, rubber, gold, iron, diamond (fastest) 7. Give the words that fit each of these definitions from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary. They aren't meant to be particularly tricky. A. "One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient." answer: neighbor B. "A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent." answer: day C. "A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician." answer: a lighthouse D. "An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. " answer: barometer
A. Aaron Swartz, a co-founder of this social media website, took his own life. answer: Reddit B. This major soft-drink company has created an ad detailing its fight against obesity. answer: Coca-Cola or Coke C. This Fed Chairman has recommended eliminating America’s debt ceiling entirely. answer: Ben Bernanke D. This company’s new Dreamliner airplanes had to stop flying until the reasons why its lithium batteries leak is figured out. answer: Boeing
9. Name these Colorado cities famed for their skiing: A. Skiers and ski jumpers often visit this town, named for the natural hot waters that sounded like vehicles traveling on the Yampa River. answer: Steamboat Springs B. Once the home of singer John Denver, it has some of America’s highest real-estate prices because of the movie stars and executives that own property there. answer: Aspen C. This skiing town boasts the largest historic district in Colorado and is named for James Buchanan’s Vice-President. answer: Breckenridge C. People come here for its skiing, but athletes with knee injuries often come to its Steadman-Hawkins Clinic. answer: Vail 10. Name these actors in the 2012 film of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables: A. He played the superhero “Wolverine” before playing the convict Jean Valjean. answer: Hugh Jackman B. This New Zealand actor who now lives in Australia plays Inspector Javert. answer: Russell Crowe C. She played the Catwoman before playing Fantine. answer: Anne Hathaway D. He played Ali G and Borat before playing the evil Thénardier. answer: Sacha Baron Cohen
A. Name this triptych, painted around 1500. answer: (The) Garden of Earthly Delights B. Name the Dutchman who painted it. answer: Hieronymus Bosch C. When you fold the triptych up, you can see this painted on the outside of the work. answer: a picture of Earth D. The Biblical quote is from this book whose 23rd chapter begins, “The Lord is my shepherd…” answer: Psalms
A. One part of lymph is a fluid called “chyle” that comes from this part of your digestive system. answer: your intestines B. Another part is this color of blood cell that helps fight infection. answer: white blood cells C. The system that moves lymph through your body moves it in only one direction--toward this major organ. answer: your heart D. Some people get either Hodgkin’s disease or non-Hodgkin’s disease in their lymphatic system, which are both forms of this deadly ailment. answer: cancer 13. Pencils and paper ready! A pair of variables x and y are related by the equation y = Ax + B. A. Calculate A when B is zero, x is 8 and y is -32. answer: -4 (-32 = 8x) B. Calculate x when A is 3, y is 19 and B is -8. answer: 9 (19 = 3x - 8) C. and D. Now calculate A and B, given that x is 5 when y is 10 and x is -4 when y is -17. answer: A = 3, B = -5 14. Name the Asian countries where these novels are mostly set: A. Memoirs of a Geisha answer: Japan B. The Good Earth answer: China C. The God of Small Things answer: India D. The Kite Runner answer: Afghanistan
A. Cam Ward ? answer: Carolina or Hurricanes B. Ilya Bryzgalov ? answer: Philadelphia or Flyers C. Pekka Rinne ? answer: Nashville or Predators D. Martin Brodeur ? answer: New Jersey or Devils
A. Identify that system, named for a man from India who found enlightenment. answer: Buddhism B. Shinto says that many living things (and some non-living things) have a “kami” , which is one of these. answer: a spirit C. This Japanese Emperor was considered the High Priest of Shinto until 1946. answer: Emperor Hirohito D. In 1946, Japan surrendered to the West to end this major conflict. answer: World War II
A. Bucaramanga [boo-car-a-MON-ga], Cali [collie], Orinoco [or-a-NO-ko] River answer: Colombia B. Montevideo, Paysandu [pie-sonn-DOO], Rio Negro answer: Uruguay C. Arequipa [arr-a-KEE-pa], Trujillo, Viclanota River answer: Peru D. Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Madeira River answer: Bolivia
A. CD-ROM? answer: Read-Only Memory B. CD -I? answer: Interactive C. CD - R? answer: Recordable (not Read) D. CD -WO? answer: Write Only
A. Give their common last name. answer: Harbaugh B. Which team is coached by Jim? answer: San Francisco or 49ers C. Jim played quarterback at this Big 10 college. answer: Univ. of Michigan D. Baltimore coach John was a defensive back at this Ohio college. answer: Miami of Ohio
A. “Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number…” answer: When the Saints Go Marching In B. “I looked over Jordan and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home…” answer: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot C. “You may talk about your king of Gideon, You may talk about your man of Saul…” answer: Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho D. “Sister, help to trim the sail, Hallelujah…” answer: Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
1) His first name at birth was not Martin, but this M name. Ans. Michael 2) He was born in this Southern state capital city. Ans. Atlanta, GA 3) He received his B.A. from this black college. Ans. Morehouse College 4) He was pastor of this Alabama city’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Ans. Montgomery, AL 5) He called this Alabama city “the most segregated in America”. Ans. Birmingham 6) He won the Nobel Peace Prize in this year. Ans. 1964 7) He was killed in 1968 by this man. Ans. James Earl Ray 8) He was killed at a motel in this Southern city. Ans. Memphis, TN 9) First name of his widow Ans. Coretta Scott King 10) He was President of the SCLC, which stands for this.
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