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Ans. Southern Christian Leadership Conference LIGHTNING ROUND 2 –MATH TERMS 1) Two angles that add up to 90° Ans. complementary angles 2) To divide something into two equal parts, as a line segment or angle Ans. bisect 3) For the number "5 to the 4th power", 4 is the exponent and 5 is this. Ans. the base 4) A fraction whose numerator is greater than its denominator? Ans. improper fraction 5) A point where two sides of a polygon touch each other. Ans. vertex 6) An algebraic expression with two unlike terms, such as 3x + 2y Ans. binomial 7) Transformation where all points in a figure "slide" the same direction Ans. translation 8) Adjective for a triangle with three unequal sides Ans. scalene 9) A portion of the circumference of a circle Ans. arc 10) A line segment with an endpoint that goes off infinitely in one direction. Ans. ray
2) Klingon lieutenant in Star Trek: The Next Generation Ans. Lt. Worf 3) London church where Charles Dickens is buried (2 words) Ans. Westminster Abbey 4) In physics, it’s power per unit time Ans. work 5) First name of McKinley, Henry Harrison and Howard Taft Ans. William 6) Skin growth caused by the human papillomavirus Ans. wart 7) More common name for a lycanthrope Ans. werewolf 8) A structure on a harbor shore that allows ships to dock Ans. wharf 9) 1969 rock music festival, held at a New York farm Ans. Woodstock 10) A shawl to keep warm, or the end of a movie shoot Ans. wrap END OF BASIC SET 12 BASIC SET 13 TOSSUPS 1. When several of its soldiers entered the building of its state-run TV station in January 2013, a TV technician cut the signal, causing many to think a coup had begun against its long-time President Isaias [ee-SAY-us] Afworki. Name this small country on the Red Sea that broke away from Ethiopia in 1991 and has a capital at Asmara. answer: Eritrea [air-a-TRAY-a]
answer: parabola 3. A horologist [hoar-ALL-a-just] understands the inner workings of these devices and can even make or repair them himself. Name these devices that can be both artistic and functional and are commonly used to mark the end of a school day or the beginning of a meeting or concert. answer: timepieces (accept "clocks", watches", etc.) 4. Their worst performance was at the Battle of Trenton, where George Washington captured more than 1,000 of them. Give the collective term for this group of German soldiers who were paid by England to fight against America in the Revolutionary War. answer: Hessians 5. It will soon replace the chemical it uses to help maintain its color with another chemical called “sucrose acetate isobutyrate” [ASS-a-tait eye-so-BYOO-ta-rait]. Name this popular sports drink that is now often worn by victorious coaches after their players dump a cooler full of it over their heads. answer: Gatorade 6. Pencils and paper ready! Solve this equation for x: “the square root of the quantity (x + 1) equals 4.” answer: 15 [x + 1 = 16] 7. Austrian physicist Friedrich Hasenöhrl [HOZ-un-url] has now been credited with its original idea—though he was wrong in his calculations. Give this classic equation of physics, now credited to Einstein, that describes the relationship between the energy of a quantity of matter and the mass of that matter. answer: E = mc2 8. In the Alice Childress novel A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, the main character Benjie Johnson gets hooked at the age of 13 on—what deadly and addictive derivative of morphine, sometimes referred to by a capital H ? answer: heroin 9. His will was recently auctioned off for $80,000. Name this religious leader who, at his death in Utah in 1877, provided $25 a month to each of his 18 living wives. answer: Brigham Young
answer: chisel 11. Pencils and paper ready! If the eyepiece of a microscope is 10X and the objective lens is 30X, what is the total magnification of the microscope? answer: 300 or 300X (10 x 30) 12. The opera version of this story, composed by Charles Gounod [goo-NO], has never been as popular as Gounod’s Faust except in Gounod’s native France. Name this tragedy whose opera version closely follows the Shakespeare tragedy and ends with the deaths of its title lovers. answer: Romeo and Juliet 13. Its first major consumer product was a transistor radio called the TR-55. Its major divisions now include Financial, Music Entertainment, Movie Entertainment, and Pictures Entertainment. Name this Japanese company that still makes the Walkman and the PlayStation video game console. answer: Sony Corporation 14. Like the epiglottis, it helps prevent food from going down the wrong way when you swallow. Some people with sleep apnea undergo surgery to have it reduced in size. Name this body part that hangs down from the soft palate behind the tongue. answer: uvula [YOOV-ya-la] 15. He was executed at the request of Salome [soll-a-may], the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. Before that, he had lived in the wilderness eating wild locusts and honey and had tried to prepare the Jews for the coming of Jesus. Name this Biblical son of Zacharias and Elisabeth who got his name from his immersion of Jesus in water. answer: John the Baptist 16. Pencils and paper ready! You borrow $1,000 from a bank, and for some reason, they only charge you simple interest (not compounded). If the yearly interest rate is 5.8%, how much interest will you owe at the end of a year? answer: $58 (1,000 x 0.058) 17. Different from a “helping” verb, its examples include “become”, “stay”, “feel” and “smell”. Give the grammatical term for the type of verb that is not an action word and simply connects the predicate of a sentence to the subject of the sentence. answer: linking verb 18. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…" is the beginning of-- what Constitutional Amendment within the Bill of Rights ? answer: 4th
answer: bully 20. Llewellyn [loo EL-lun] the Last was the last native prince --of what country, west of England and sharing a land border with England, whose prince today is the heir to the throne of the entire United Kingdom? answer: Wales 21. It blew up on January 28, 1986 off the coast of Central Florida after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster failed at liftoff. Name this space shuttle whose destruction 73 seconds into its flight killed its seven crew members. answer: Challenger 22. Though he’s won the PGA Championship once and the Masters three times, his success didn’t keep him from being criticized (and then strangely apologizing) for saying in January 2013 that his taxes are now so high that he may leave the state of California and go live somewhere else. Identify this American golfer, nicknamed “Lefty”. answer: Phil Mickelson 23. It bears the first name of the Italian chef who first created it in Tijuana. Made mostly of lettuce and croutons, its distinctive flavor comes from its dressing that includes olive oil, garlic, pepper and parmesan cheese. Identify this type of salad, unrelated to the emperor of ancient Rome who was told in a play to beware the ides of March. answer: Caesar salad 24. Its popular singer Pham Duy [fom DOO-ee] died in California in January 2013, where he had lived the last 35 years of his life. Name this Asian nation that, like Korea, was once divided into a North and a South and whose North fought against the United States from the late 1950’s until the mid-1970’s. answer: Vietnam FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Name these gun manufacturers whose products may be affected if Congress passes some sort of ban on guns in the near future: A. The AK [spell out] line of guns was developed by this Russian inventor. answer: Mikhail Kalashnikov [ka-LOSH-na-kov] B. This manufacturer shares its name with the longest viper snake in the world, a creature whose bite kills most people even if they get antivenin for it. answer: Bushmaster C. This maker of submachine guns is named for the Israeli military man who first designed it. answer: Uzi [OO-zee] D. This company shares its name with the term for a young male horse. answer: Colt 2. Pencils and paper ready! Using conversion factors to two decimal places, give, to the nearest whole number, the number of : A. Centimeters in 14 inches. answer: 36 (14 x 2.54 = 35.54) B. Miles in 6 kilometers answer: 4 (6 x 0.62 = 3.72) C. Meters in ten million micrometers answer: 10 (1,000,000 micrometers = 1 meter) D. Feet in 1/4 of a mile answer: 1,320 (5,280.00 x 1/4)
A. mp answer: mezzopiano [MET-so-pee-AW-no] B. f answer: forte [FOR-tay] C. accel. answer: accelerando [a-CHELL-a-ron-doe or ack-SELL-a-ron-doe] D. sf or sfz answer: sforzando [sfort-SONN-doe]
A. One famous fedora wearer was this Harrison Ford action movie character. answer: Indiana Jones B. Another was Tom Landry, the longtime coach of this NFL team. answer: Dallas or Cowboys C. A third was this late singer of hit songs like Billie Jean and Beat It. answer: Michael Jackson D. This actor who played Captain Jack Sparrow in the movies often wears a fedora in real life. answer: Johnny Depp
5. Pencils and paper ready! The three vertices of a triangle are (2, 3), (5, 6) and (7, 4). Give the coordinates of each of those vertices if the triangle is reflected across the: A. X-axis answer: (2, -3), (5, -6) and (7, -4) B. Y-axis answer: (-2, 3), (-5, 6) and (-7, 4) C. Line y = x answer: (3, 2), (6, 5), and (4, 7) D. The origin answer: (-2, -3), (-5, -6) and (-7, -4) 6. Most of the time, it is a bad thing for your car to be leaking fluid. A. A green puddle under your radiator probably means this fluid is leaking. answer: antifreeze or coolant B. You can spot a leak in your transmission fluid by the liquid being this color. answer: red C. When first put into your car, this fluid looks brown, but it usually turns black by the time it is changed 3,000 miles later. answer: motor oil D. However, if this common fluid drips from under your car's air conditioner, don't worry about it. answer: water
A. Name this Biblical judge of Israel, famed for his strength. answer: Samson B. In his youth, he killed this type of ferocious animal with his bare hands. answer: a lion C. Later on, he killed 1,000 Philistines with a jawbone of this creature. answer: an ass (or donkey) D. Name the woman he finally allowed to cut his hair. answer: Delilah
A. Hungary answer: Budapest B. Albania answer: Tirana C. Bulgaria answer: Sofia D. Greece answer: Athens 9. Tell which part of your head or face is affected by these cranial nerves: A. Olfactory nerve answer: nose B. Hypoglossal nerve answer: tongue C. Optic nerve answer: eye D. Auditory nerve answer: ear 10. Answer these about the Church of Scientology: A. This author of Battlefield: Earth started Scientology. answer: L. Ron Hubbard B. This actor, once married to Katie Holmes, is one of the most well-known Scientologists in Hollywood. answer: Tom Cruise C. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of this popular cartoon boy, is a Scientologist. answer: Bart Simpson D. This author of The Catcher in the Rye is said to have been a former Scientologist. answer: J.D. Salinger
A. Name this American artist who died in 1961 at age 101. answer: Grandma Anna Mary Robertson Moses B. Some of her ideas for paintings were inspired by the works of these lithographers. answer: Currier and Ives C. As a self-taught artist, her works tend to fit into this art category. answer: naïve (or primitive or outsider) art D. Though she spent her painting years in New York, she raised her family in this state farther south. answer: Virginia
A. North America answer: prairies B. Asia
answer: steppes C. South America answer: pampas D. South Africa answer: veldt 13. Pencils and paper ready! You are in charge of planting new grass for an entire football field 120 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide. A. How many square yards of field must you cover with grass? answer: 6,400 square yards B. How many square feet of field must you cover with grass? answer: 57,600 square feet C. If 10 pounds of grass seed covers 600 square feet, how many pounds do you need to cover the whole field? answer: 960 pounds D. If a 20-pound bag of grass seed costs $7.50, how much does it cost to buy grass seed for the whole field? answer: $360 (48 bags x 7.50) 14. Give these words that came to English from Arabic: A. A large fish, usually sold in many small cans answer: tuna B. Something you read, or where a gun’s bullets are stored answer: magazine C. Official language of Tanzania and Uganda answer: Swahili D. Candy made with crushed almonds and egg whites answer: marzipan 15. Made by a Spanish film crew, it tells the story of a family caught in the middle of a terrible natural disaster. A. Name this 2012 movie that features Ewan McGregor as Henry Bennett. answer: The Impossible B. The family is on vacation in this country whose capital city is Bangkok. answer: Thailand C. Identify the 2004 real-life disaster that hit the family in the movie while on vacation. answer: a tsunami D. Name the actress whose portrayal of Henry’s wife Maria got her an Oscar nomination in 2013. answer: Naomi Watts
A. Give the first name of the Crawleys’ youngest daughter who died after giving birth. answer: Lady Sybil Branson B. In the show, she died of this life-threatening condition, often called “toxemia with seizures.” answer: eclampsia C. Before a woman develops eclampsia, she usually develops pre-eclampsia that can be treated with a sulfate compound of this alkali earth metal. answer: magnesium sulfate D. Give the first name of the Crawleys’ oldest daughter who is finally married to Matthew. answer: Lady Mary Crawley 17. Rising in New Mexico, it flows some 500 miles to enter the Arkansas River. A. Identify this river whose name comes from the Spanish for “wild”. answer: Cimarron [SIM-a-ron] River B. The Cimarron meets the Arkansas in this U.S. state. answer: Oklahoma C. In 1541, this Spanish explorer of America’s Southwest who sought the Seven Cities of Cibola crossed the Cimarron in the process of visiting what is now Kansas. answer: Francisco Coronado D. One branch of this major trail of the mid-1800’s followed the Cimarron for many miles on its way west from Missouri. answer: Santa Fe Trail 18. Name these Ivy League colleges from how they were founded: A. It was founded in 1865 on land donated by a New York Senator. answer: Cornell B. In 1764, it was called the College of Rhode Island. answer: Brown C. It was founded by Puritan minister Eleazar Wheelock in 1769. answer: Dartmouth D. This New York City school was founded as King’s College in 1754. answer: Columbia
A. The game took place in this state. answer: Hawaii B. This conference won by defeating the AFC 62-35. answer: National Football Conference or NFC
answer: Minnesota or Vikings D. This retiring center played most of the game for the NFC but was allowed to snap one last time to AFC quarterback Peyton Manning. answer: Jeff Saturday 20. These start with Y: A. Dice game where you try to roll five-of-a-kind answer: Yahtzee B. Internet search engine, started by Jerry Yang and David Filo answer: Yahoo C. Use baker's to make bread and brewer's to make beer answer: yeast D. Fermented milk product, often fruit-flavored answer: yogurt
2) He said, “Ye are the light of the world.” Ans. Jesus or Christ 3) U.S. President who, in 1917, wanted the world safe for democracy Ans. Woodrow Wilson 4) British author of The War of the Worlds Ans. H. G. Wells 5) Rabelais said, “one-half of the world knows not this—“ Ans. how the other half lives 6) Main character in Around the World in 80 Days Ans. Phileas Fogg 7) “Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep, and”—this Ans. you weep alone 8) This activist said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Ans. Mahatma Gandhi 9) American poet who wrote of his barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world Ans. Walt Whitman 10) U.S. President who said, “The world will little note nor long remember what we say here.”
2) #2 is this British soccer star Ans. David Beckham 3) #3 is this Argentine soccer star Ans. Lionel Messi 4) #4 is Cristiano Ronaldo, a soccer star from this country Ans. Spain 5) #5 is Fernando Alonso, who races cars on this circuit Ans. Formula One 6) #6 is Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines, in this sport Ans. boxing 7) #7 is Samuel Eto’o, a soccer player from this African country Ans. Cameroon 8) #8 is this Spanish tennis star and clay-court master Ans. Rafael Nadal 9) #9 is Valentino Rossi, an Italian racer of these vehicles Ans. motorcycles 10) #10 is this female blonde Russian tennis star Ans. Maria Sharapova LIGHTNING ROUND 3 –STARTS WITH G 1) Country that gives a military award known as the Iron Cross Ans. Germany 2) Eye disease, tested for by blowing puffs of air into your eye Ans. glaucoma 3) According to the poem Mending Wall , what do good fences make? Ans. good neighbors 4) Desert that comprises most of Mongolia Ans. Gobi Desert 5) First name of U.S. President Ford Ans. Gerald 6) European "rock", given to Britain in 1713, that Spain wants back Ans. Gibraltar 7) The Florida cities of Sarasota and Clearwater are on this body of water Ans. Gulf of Mexico 8) Variety of tart green apple, named for an Australian woman Ans. Granny Smith 9) Annual baseball award for defense (2 words) Ans. Gold Glove 10) Term for a plant first growing from a seed Ans. germination END OF BASIC SET 13 BASIC SET 14 TOSSUPS 1. Her 100th birthday was celebrated in February 2013 with the creation of a postage stamp in her honor, which shows her as she looked on December 1, 1955, when she refused to move out of a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Name this woman whose refusal to move to the back of that bus sparked America’s civil rights movement. answer: Rosa Parks
answer: Winnie the Pooh 3. Art forms developed there over the centuries included calligraphy and works made from jade, silk and ivory. Name this country whose first Qin [chin] Emperor, Qin Shu Huang [chin shee wong], had a Terra Cotta Army buried with him. answer: China 4. In his later years, he owned several saloons and even refereed a boxing match, a far cry from his younger days in Kansas and Arizona when he worked in law enforcement. Identify this famous sheriff who, with two of his brothers and Doc Holliday, took part in the Gunfight at the OK Corral. answer: Wyatt Earp 5. Golfer Vijay Singh has admitted using it, not knowing it may be a banned substance. Name this substance, grown naturally in the wild, that was discussed before this year’s Super Bowl when a magazine alleged that Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis had used it to recover more quickly from injury. answer: deer-antler spray (or velvet) 6. Pencils and paper ready! X is 47.97, while Y is 47.83. After you round X to the nearest whole number and Y to the nearest tenth, express the result (X – Y) as a fraction in lowest terms. answer: 1/5 (48 – 47.8 = 0.2) 7. The Potomac [pa-TOE-muck] and James Rivers are among those that flow into it. Name this major bay whose two bridges across it, one in Virginia and one in Maryland, connect the eastern and western shores of those states. answer: Chesapeake Bay 8. If you are so interested in a TV show that important things can go on around you without your noticing, the TV show has “mesmerized” you. Spell the word “mesmerized.” answer: M-E-S-M-E-R-I-Z-E-D 9. Now available only in western Europe and the U.S., it has a “radio” feature that will play songs in random order but uses a digital rights management system in limiting free downloads for many of its customers to 10 hours per month. Name this popular Swedish service for streaming music. answer: Spotify
answer: over 11. Its third verse begins, “O beautiful for heroes proved/In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved/And mercy more than life!” Name this patriotic song by Katharine Lee Bates, inspired by a trip to Colorado, whose most famous verse concludes, “And crown thy good with brotherhood /From sea to shining sea!” answer: America the Beautiful 12. Pencils and paper ready! For a cube with sides 10 inches, calculate the numerical difference between the cube’s volume in cubic inches and the cube’s surface area in square inches. answer: 400 [103 – (6 x 10 x 10) = 1,000 – 600] 13. At these regions of the earth’s lithosphere, the convergence of oceanic and continental plates often causes earthquakes and volcanoes. What two-word name is given to these areas where one plate of the earth is thrust below another? answer: subduction zones 14. Its Frederikstade district contains its oldest section and dates from the mid-1700’s. It is connected to the mainland by the Store Baelt [STOR-a balt] bridge and to Malmo [mal-MO], Sweden by the Oresund [aw-ra-SUND] Fixed Link. Name this capital city of Denmark. answer: Copenhagen 15. Pencils and paper ready! The physical momentum possessed by a car is the product of its mass and its velocity. Find the momentum of an object that has a mass of 200 kilograms and is traveling at 9 meters per second. answer: 1,800 kg m/sec 16. Its inventor André Cassagnes [ca-SAN] sold its rights to the Ohio Art company for $25,000. Now available in blue besides its well-known red, it was built with knobs to make it look like a TV set . Name this classic toy that can create great art with only 2 knobs –and make it disappear just by shaking hard. answer: Etch-a-Sketch 17. The League named for him promises never to reveal that his real name is Sir Percy Blakeney, an English nobleman who risks his life to rescue victims of France's Reign of Terror from the guillotine-- including his wife’s brother-in-law Armand. Name this title character of a novel by Baroness Orczy. answer: The Scarlet Pimpernel 18. Harvey Fletcher helped Robert Millikan develop his oil-drop experiment to measure its electric charge, while J.J. Thomson studied its mass. Name this atomic particle that spins around the outside of an atom’s nucleus and has an electric charge of -1. answer: electron 19. It requires a grand jury indictment for serious crimes, allows accused criminals their due process, and prevents “private property be[ing] taken for public use, without just compensation." Identify this Constitutional Amendment that also prohibits both double jeopardy and self-incrimination. answer: 5th Amendment 20. Known by his friends as a serious hat collector, a collection of his hats is now on display to mark the 75th anniversary of his book The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Name this beloved author who also used hats in his stories like The Cat in the Hat. answer: Dr. Seuss (or Theodore Geisel) 21. Supplies for it now include not only a kit that includes four nails and four wheels, but paint, decals and even a coping saw with extra blades to make the car look exactly how you want it. Name this car race that most Cub Scout groups now run once a year. answer: Pinewood Derby 22. During the Great Schism of the 14th century, two men both claimed to be Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. One ruled from Rome, while the other ruled from Avignon [aw-vin-YOAN], a city in—what country that borders on Italy’s northwest ? answer: France 23. Just as a bird begins to eat from the huge pile of birdseed in your backyard, it sees your neighbor's cat, grabs several huge beakfuls of seed, and flies away. What part of the bird's anatomy holds all the extra seeds until the bird has time to digest them properly? answer: crop 24. Those who live on one help transform land into crop-producing farms and create some 40% of Israel’s annual agricultural output. Give this Hebrew word for a communal farm. answer: kibbutz FOUR-PART BONUSES 1. Pencils and paper ready! Give these fractional exponents in lowest terms, using lowest-terms fractions or simplified radicals as necessary. A. 81 to the one-half power answer: 9 (square root of 9) B. 4 to the five-halves power answer: 32 (square root of 1,024) C. 9 to the three-halves power answer: 27 (square root of 729) D. Sixteen to the negative one-half power answer: ¼ (one over the square root of 16) 2. Name the coaches of these men’s college basketball teams now ranked among America’s best: A. University of Kansas answer: Bill Self B. University of Florida answer: Billy Donovan answer: Tom Crean D. Gonzaga University answer: Mark Few 3. In English grammar, it can be “main”, “subordinate”, “dependent”, “independent” and “relative”—among other things. A. Name this grammatical unit that can form part or all of a sentence. answer: clause B. A clause often contains a subject and one of these that makes up the rest of a sentence. answer: predicate C. This type of sentence has both an independent clause and a dependent clause. answer: complex sentence D. This type of sentence has two independent clauses. answer: compound sentence
A. In what country’s Northern Territory would you find the park? answer: Australia B. What is the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory ? answer: Darwin C. What is the capital city of Australia ? answer: Canberra D. What Australian city is the largest by population ? answer: Sydney
5. Its main character is a therapist for the New York Hawks football team. A. Name this TV series on the cable station USA. answer: Necessary Roughness B. Give the first name of this therapist character. answer: Danielle (or Dani) C. Name the actress who plays the therapist “Dr. Dani.” answer: Callie Thorne D. Dr. Dani was first hired to help Hawks star Terrence King, who plays this football position. answer: wide receiver 6. Answer these about marches by John Philip Sousa: A. One version of its "lyrics" says, "Be kind to your web-footed friends." answer: Stars and Stripes Forever B. It is the theme music for Monty Python's Flying Circus. answer: Liberty Bell March C. He wrote an Inauguration March and a Funeral March for this U.S. President—both in the same year. answer: James Garfield D. He wrote this official Marine Corps march while directing the Marine Corps Band. answer: Semper Fidelis
answer: 5, 6, 7, 8 8. During his decade as mayor of New York City, he would often stand on street corners and ask people, “How’m I doin’?” A. Name this politician who died in February 2013. answer: Ed Koch [kotch] B. Koch later served 2 years as the judge on this TV series, replacing Judge Harold Wapner. answer: The People’s Court C. Name the current mayor of New York City. answer: Michael Bloomberg D. Name the mayor of New York City during the September 11th terrorist attacks. answer: Rudy Giuliani [joo-lee-AW-nee]
A. The 87 means that 87% of the gasoline is this carbon compound with 8 carbon atoms in each molecule. answer: octane B. The closer the rating is to 100, the less of this noise you will hear when the engine runs. answer: knocking C. The other 13% is this different carbon compound with 7 carbon atoms in each molecule. answer: heptane D. The two different carbon compounds are separated at an oil refinery by this process that involves boiling and is also used to purify water for drinking. answer: distillation 10. Name these tools often used to make a Pinewood Derby car: A. A “belt” version of this tool speeds up the process of smoothing out your car’s rough edges. answer: belt sander B. This type of saw is a power tool whose teeth are all on a circular belt that spins when in use. answer: bandsaw C. This electric tool helps you create holes as deep and big as you need, especially holes for nails and screws. answer: drill D. Held with two hands, this tool hollows out an area of wood and shares its name with a common device used in creating wireless computer networks. answer: router 11. Name the countries where you’d find these examples of prehistoric cave art: A. the Lascaux [las-ko] Caves answer: France B. the Altamira Caves answer: Spain C. the Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave answer: Germany D. Rock paintings at Drakensberg Park answer: South Africa
A. superior rectus answer: eye (prompt on "head" or "face") B. hamstring answer: leg C. pectoral muscle answer: chest D. flexor hallucis longus [ha-LOO-suss LONG-guss] answer: leg or foot
A. How many bacteria did you have 8 hours ago? answer: 400 (doubled twice) B. How many bacteria do you have now? answer: 800 C. How many hours from now will you have 6,400 bacteria? answer: 24 D. By the time you reach 25,600 bacteria, you have to be finished with the lab project and destroy everything, or the bacteria will take over your entire body. If it is now Friday at 3 pm, what day and time is your deadline for completion? answer: Sunday at 7 AM (800 on Fri at 3; must double 5 times, so 40 hours later) 14. Answer these about the tasks undertaken by mythology’s Argonauts: A. They chased away these creatures that were bothering King Phineas. answer: the Harpies B. They got their ship safely through the Symplegades, which were two of these objects that clashed together. answer: clashing rocks C. In the end, the Argonauts achieved their quest by retrieving this precious object that was guarded by a dragon. answer: the Golden Fleece D. One Argonaut besides Jason was this man who killed Medusa. answer: Perseus 15. Captain Christopher Newport brought John Smith to Jamestown on his first voyage there in 1607. A. Name the U.S. state that now includes what was the Jamestown settlement. answer: Virginia B., C. and D. Name the three vessels that Newport commanded on that first voyage. answer: Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery
A. Give the name and number of this American space capsule. answer: Friendship 7 B. Name the astronaut in the capsule, the first American to orbit the earth. answer: John Glenn C. The capsule launched from Cape Canaveral in this U.S. state. answer: Florida D. This man who served as backup on that flight later became the second American to orbit the earth. answer: M. Scott Carpenter
A. Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály [co-DYE] answer: Hungary B. Alexander Scriabin [scree-YAW-been] and Dmitri Shostakovich answer: Russia C. Arnold Schoenberg [SHURN-berg] and Gustav Mahler [MAW-lur] answer: Austria D. Ferde Grofé [gro-FAY] and Virgil Thomson answer: United States or U.S.
answer: Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad 19. Complete these slogans that appeared on many World War II posters. A. "Join the Navy and [blank] [blank] [blank]." answer: See the World B. Uncle Sam [blank] [blank]." answer: Wants You C. "Loose Lips Might [blank] [blank]" answer: Sink Ships D. “Buy War [blank]” answer: Bonds 20. Answer these about retiring NFL star Ray Lewis: A. He was a linebacker at this college. answer: Univ. of Miami B. When Lewis was involved in the deaths of two men after a Super Bowl party in 2000, he pled guilty to this misdemeanor charge. answer: obstruction of justice C. He wore this jersey number during his career in the NFL. answer: 52 D. When his team won the Super Bowl in 2013, they got the trophy named for this former Green Bay Packers coach. answer: Vince Lombardi Trophy
2) Area off North Carolina coast where Wright Brothers tested an airplane (2 words) Ans. Outer Banks 3) A fugitive from the sheriff in the Old West Ans. outlaw 4) Austrian city that hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976 Ans. Innsbruck 5) Term for the large Australian wilderness where few people live Ans. Outback 6) Adjective for “not paid yet” or “really, really good” Ans. outstanding 7) Plant that grows purple flowers used for dye Ans. indigo 8) A piece of paper asking you to attend a party or reception Ans. invitation 9) Where a child may play when he’s not in his own house Ans. outdoors 10) A noun meaning “allusion” or “suggestion” Ans. insinuation or innuendo LIGHTNING ROUND 2. THE WAR OF 1812 1) He was U.S. President during the War. Ans. James Madison 2) This U.S. government building was burned during the War. Ans. the White House 3) The War ended in this year when Congress ratified a peace treaty. Ans. 1815 4) This was the name of that treaty. Ans. Treaty of Ghent 5) Ghent is a city in this small European country. Ans. Belgium 6) The bombing of this Maryland fort during the War inspired our national anthem. Ans. Fort McHenry 7) This future President won the War’s Battle of New Orleans. Ans. Andrew Jackson 8) One major battle was on this Great Lake. Ans. Battle of Lake Erie 9) This American general won that battle. Ans. Oliver Hazard Perry 10) This British Prime Minister during the War shares his name with a major British city.
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