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517 (15) First it was a popular comic strip. Then the little heroine, her dog, and rich uncle fought villains in a long-running Broadway musical. In the Spring of 1982, it appeared on movie screens. What show? Ans. Annie 518 (20) He was an American artist of French descent who was actually born in Haiti. This famous naturalist wrote four volumes on the birds of America. Who was he? Ans. John James Audubon 519 (5) A raisin is a sun-dried . . . ? Ans. Grape 520 (10) The Lord led the Israelites by day in a pillar of cloud. What did the Lord use to lead them by night? Ans. A pillar of fire 521. 38 (15) In 1955, two labor organizations joined forces to become our nation's largest labor organization. What is it called? Ans. AFL-CIO 522 (20) A man of many accomplishments was a brilliant German philosopher, physician, musician, missionary, and theologian, whose accomplishments in any one of these fields could be regarded as a full life's work for one man. He based his philosophy on what he called “reverence for life.” His years of work as a humanitarian won him the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. Can you name him? Ans. Albert Schweitzer 523 (10) Doing errands on Saturday, Mrs. Smith drove 5 1/2 miles to the grocery store, 3 7/10 miles to the hardware store, 8/10 mile to the laundry, and 6 1/10 miles back home. How far did she drive altogether? Ans. 16 1/10 miles 524 (5) Roman Catholics have priests. What religion has rabbis? Ans. Jewish 525 (15) The Ming Dynasty ruled in China. In what nation did the Ptolemies rule? Ans. Egypt 526 (20) Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the 6th century, B.C. In philosophy, he is noted for his doctrine of reincarnation. In mathematics, he is known for the Pythagorean Theorem. Give me the precise qualitative statement of this theorem. Ans. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two other sides. 527 (15) The motion picture THE JAZZ SINGER, starring Al Jolson, opened in 1927. This picture was a landmark in the film industry. Why? Ans. It was the first “talkie” movie. 528 (10) One of the most commonly mispronounced words in our language is spelled C-H-I-C. How do you pronounce the word? Ans. “Sheik” 529 (5) A quiver is used to carry what? Ans. Arrows 530 (5) What kind of boat is used to carry cars across a body of water? Ans. Ferryboat 531 (20) Which state sends the greatest number of delegates to the U.S. Senate? Ans. None (All send 2.) 532 (5) What name is given to the wooden poles carved with spirits of animals of the Pacific Coast Indians? Ans. Totem poles 533 (5) Write them down, then say these words in alphabetical order: garage, terrace, imagine, east. Ans. East, garage, imagine, terrace 534 (15) What common object am I describing: a wheel fitted with teeth or points on its outer rim, which are arranged to fit into a chain, such as on a bicycle. Ans. Sprocket 535 (10) “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Folks at Home,” and “Oh, Susanna,” are all songs written by what American song writer? Ans. Stephen Foster 536 (20) Two long bones connect the knee and the ankle. Give me the scientific name of the smaller one. Ans. Fibula 537 (10) Frogs, newts, and salamanders are members of a division of vertebrates which can live both on land and in water. What are they called? Ans. Amphibians 538 (20) The highest peak in the world is Mt. Everest, located in Tibet. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls. Where is it located? Ans. Venezuela 539 (5) Word was received on April 24, 1898, that Spain officially recognized a state of war between her and what country? Ans. United States 540 (10) From their house to their parents' home, the Longmans have to drive 276 miles. If they have already driven 2/3 of the distance, how far have they gone? Ans. 184 miles 541 (15) The first miracle of Jesus occurred at the city of Cana, during a wedding ceremony. What was the miracle? Ans. He turned water into wine. 542 (20) Leif Ericson, son of Eric the Red, made a voyage to North America 500 years before Columbus. What name did he give the land? Ans. Vinland 543 (10) Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper. Who invented the cotton gin? Ans. Eli Whitney 544 (10) All over the world, he was known to his friends as “Papa” Hemingway. What was this famous author's given name? Ans. Ernest 545 (20) One of the oldest works of literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh, the account of a legendary, heroic figure named Gilgamesh. What ancient civilization produced this epic? Ans. Babylonian 546 (10) If you delight someone, you make him happy. What are you doing if you delete something? Ans. You erase it. 547 (5) What season would “Indian Summer” come in? Ans. Fall 548 (15) Take the number of days in September. Multiply by the number of fingers on your left hand. Divide by the number of eyes a cat has. Subtract the number of days in a week. Add the number of strings on a violin. What is the correct answer? Ans. 72 (30/5/2/7/4) 549 (10) In New York City, there's a large park separating the north and south of Manhattan. What's its name? Ans. Central Park 550 (20) An octagon is an eight-sided geometrical figure. What's an octogenarian? Ans. A person in his 80's 551. (5) After a century of experimenting, mostly in Europe, a painter, at the cost of 12 years of hard work and miserable poverty, produced the first practical telegraph instrument. What was the name of this impoverished painter? Ans. Samuel F. B. Morse 552 (15) According to the Adjutant General's office, the casualties were: 5,655 killed, 37,783 wounded and missing. What was this three-day Civil War battle? Ans. Gettysburg 553 (5) What letter is silent when you say thumb? Ans. B
Ans. Babies are born.
Ans. I'd be a person of premature development; advanced for age. 556 (10) If I mentioned bouree, courante, galliard, gavotte, fandango, quadrille, mazurka, hornpipe, and polka, what would I be discussing? Ans. Dances 557 (15) What is the nickname for the sum of $1,000? Ans. A grand 558 (20) In Herman Melville's great American novel, Captain Ahab seeks revenge against the great white whale that the novel is named for, Moby Dick. What had the whale done to cause Ahab to pursue him so relentlessly? Ans. He bit off Ahab's leg. 559 (5) A partial or total loss of hair is a condition known as what? Ans. Alopecia or baldness 560 (15) A big trash bin is 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, 6 feet deep. What is the volume of the bin in cubic feet? Ans. 576 cubic feet 561 (5) Name the continent, rich in natural resources, which is the only continent on earth where man has not waged war? Ans. Antarctica 562 (15) Express the biblically significant number 666 as a Roman numeral. Ans. DCLXVI 563 (5) What prevents grass from growing inside dense woodland? Ans. Lack of light or shading 564 (15) This dish sounds Chinese, but it really isn't. It was invented in New York City in 1896. The chef of the Chinese Ambassador concocted the dish in search of something appealing to both the Chinese and Americans. What was it? Ans. Chop suey 565 (10) What government department controls the food stamp program, school lunches and breakfasts, and meat and poultry inspection? Ans. U.S. Department of Agriculture 566 (5) A building or shelter in which aircraft are kept is called what? Ans. Hangar 567 (15) LITTLE DORRITT, PICKWICK PAPERS, HARD TIMES, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, and DAVID COPPERFIELD are all novels by what English author? Ans. Charles Dickens 568 (5) What's the unofficial title of an American President's wife? Ans. First Lady 569 (15) Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. How did Socrates meet his death? Ans. By drinking poison hemlock. 570 (20) One bank charges $1.50 a month plus 10 cents for each check. Another bank charges 50 cents a month and 15 cents per check. If you wrote 20 checks on the first bank, how many checks would you have to write on the second bank to make the bank charges equal? Ans. 20
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Ans. Henry Morton Stanley 573 (5) In politics, E.R.A. means Equal Rights Amendment. What does E.R.A. mean in baseball? Ans. Earned-Run Average 574 (20) What British statesman coined the phrase, “Blood, toil, sweat, and tears”? Ans. Winston Churchill 575 (15) A free enterprise market economy with resources owned primarily by private individuals and groups is known as what? Ans. Capitalism 576 (15) “Hog-butcher for the World, Tool-Maker, Staker of Wheat, Player with railroads and the Nation's freight handler, Stormy, husky, brawling city of Big shoulders.” What is the name of the poem and who wrote it? Ans. “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg 577 (10) “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” These words are spoken in which of Shakespeare's tragedy plays? Ans. ROMEO AND JULIET 578. . (5) What color do most people wear on St. Patrick's Day? Ans. Green 579 (15) The number 5.91 contains units of value equal to or greater than one and units whose values are less than one. So expressed, what are the units that are less than one called? Ans. Decimals 580 (20) A traveler went from George V Coast through Victoria Land to Edward VII Peninsula. What continent was he on? Ans. Antarctica 581 (15) When a person is gregarious, he is friendly and enjoys being with other people. When a person is garrulous, what is he like? Ans. Talkative 582 (20) “England expects that every man will do his duty.” So said a great naval commander on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, at which he led the British over the French-Spanish fleet. He died on the same day. Who was he? Ans. Lord Horatio Nelson 583 (15) Match the following elements--hydrogen, helium, carbon, krypton--with their atomic numbers--6, 2, 1, 36. Ans. Hydrogen--1; Helium--2; Carbon--6; Krypton--36 584 (10) John Hancock was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Who was the chairman of the committee that drafted the document? Ans. Thomas Jefferson 585 (15) What do we call the membrane which separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and is essential in the breathing process in humans? Ans. Diaphragm 586 (5) Do you remember how to spell REMEMBER? 587 (5) A famous code of laws in the 20th century B.C. is attributed to Hammurabi. Another code consists of a system of dots and dashes representative of certain letters. The system was named after an American inventor. What am I describing? Ans. Morse Code 588 (15) Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright, The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout. But there is no joy in Mudville, . . . Complete the stanza. Ans. Mighty Casey has struck out. 589. Where do monks live? Ans. Monasteries 590 (15) If I mentioned prostate, endocrine, thymus, pituitary, and thyroid, what would I be talking about? Ans. Glands 591. (5) In some big cities there are no poles for holding telephone and power lines. Where are these lines? Ans. Buried underground 592. (5) A baseball player comes to the plate five times. He is hit by a pitched ball, he strikes out, he draws a base on balls, he singles, and he hits a sacrifice fly. What is his batting average for that game? Ans. .500 593 (5) The central government of the United States is located in Washington, D.C. Where is the central government of Canada located? Ans. Ottawa 594 (10) Divide 45 by 1/5. What is the answer? Ans. 225
Ans. Water
Ans. Homo sapiens 597 (5) If Gertrude works 7 1/2 hours a day, how many hours does she work in a 5-day work week? Ans. 37 1/2 hours 598 (20) Match these famous sailing ships with these famous seamen. Ships: H.M.S. BOUNTY, U.S.S. CONSTITUTION, HALF MOON, H.M.S. VICTORY. Captains: Horatio Nelson, Henry Hudson, William Blight, Isaac Hull. Ans. BOUNTY--Bligh; CONSTITUTION--Hull; HALF MOON--Hudson; VICTORY--Nelson 599 (15) A certain integer has the following properties: it is positive, it is prime, its square is less than 100, it is even, its square root is less than four. What is the integer? Ans. 2
Ans. A is used before a noun beginning with a consonant. An is used before a noun starting with a vowel.
Ans. “The Lottery” 602 (15) A catechism is a set of questions and answers. What is a cataclysm? Ans. Disaster, catastrophe, violent upheaval 603 (15) In mammals, the period of time between the fertilization of the egg and the birth of the young is known by what scientific term? Ans. Gestation 604 (20) A fortress-prison in Paris was the focal point of the French Revolution in 1789. Can you name it? Ans. Bastille 605 (15) This game is played with dice and counters on a board divided into two tables, each marked with twelve points in which each player tries to move his own counters from point to point, while off the board trying at the same time to block or capture those of his opponent. What is the game called? Ans. Backgammon 606 (5) What was Odysseus called by the Romans? Ans. Ulysses 607 (5) What does Smokey the Bear try to prevent? Ans. Forest fires 608 (5) A weapon used by Australian aborigines is a flat, curved stick that can be thrown so that it will return to a point near the thrower. What is it? Ans. Boomerang 609 (10) You've heard of the Tigers of Missouri and the Longhorns of Texas. What school is nicknamed the Nittany Lions? Ans. Penn State 610 (10) Don Larsen's record as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1954 was a dismal 3-21. He is best remembered, however, for what feat? Ans. In 1956 he hurled the only perfect game in World Series history. 611 (10) The “ship of the desert” is a camel. What is a prairie schooner? Ans. Covered wagon 612 (5) “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses . . . “ Where would you find these words engraved? Ans. Statue of Liberty 613 (15) Compute the number of degrees on the Fahrenheit thermometer between the freezing point and the boiling point of water. Ans. 180 degrees 614 (10) The Christian Commercial Men's Association of America became world famous because it gives out Bibles for free. This group is better known as what? Ans. The Gideons 615 (10) During the American Revolution, the so-called Battle of Bunker Hill was not fought at Bunker Hill at all. Where was it fought? Ans. Breed's Hill 616 (5) Recite the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. flag. Ans. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 617 (5) A mechanic works at a garage. Who is the person who works at a mill? Ans. Miller 618 (15) The Labrador duck, the great auk, the sabre-toothed tiger, and the passenger pigeon all share a common non-physical characteristic. What is it? Ans. Extinction is their common distinction. 619 (5) Spell the plural of the noun half. Ans. HALVES 620 (15) What object am I describing: an instrument used to keep ships and airplanes on course. It is made up of a wheel mounted in a ring so that its axis is free to turn in any direction. Ans. Gyroscope 621 (15) In 1815, a famous pair of brothers named Jakob and Wilhelm published a collection of stories that have made their name world famous. What was the surname of these brothers? Ans. Grimm 622 (5) The U.S. government is affectionately known as Uncle Sam. What two-word expression is the most common nickname for the U.S. flag? Ans. Old Glory 623 (10) Add up the total of 10% of 100, 50% of 100, and 100% of 100. Ans. 160 624. Subject: AMERICAN LITERATURE. Value: 10 points apiece. * Who is the heroine of a popular mystery series written by Carolyn Keene? Ans. Nancy Drew * Huck Finn and Jim traveled down the river on what? Ans. A raft 625 (15) She was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic and from Hawaii to California. She attempted a flight around the world with Lt. Commander Fred Noonan, but they were lost when their plane vanished in the South Pacific. Can you identify this famous female aviator? Ans. Amelia Earhart 626 (20) A person who drives a motor truck for a living is called a teamster. What do we call a person who works at a seaport to load and unload cargo on and off ships? Ans. Longshoreman or stevedore 627 (15) If you are 28 years old and you nephew is 4 years old, in how many years will you be exactly 4 times as old as he is? Ans. 4
Ans. Frank Robinson
Ans. Astigmatism 630 (20) Why can't Toad run after his list with Frog when the wind blows the paper away, in “Frog and Toad Together”? Ans. It isn't on his list of things to do. 631 (5) What is the term for the holes that a dentist fills? Ans. Cavities (caries) 632 (20) What American institution was founded with money given by an Englishman who had never visited the United States? Ans. Smithsonian Institution 633 (10) When you multiply decimal numbers, how do you determine the number of decimal places in the product? Ans. Count the number of decimal places in the problem and mark off the same number of decimal places in the answer. 634 (5) How is it possible to drink water from the bottom of a glass before drinking that which is on top? Ans. Use a straw. 635 (10) How do you spell INGENIOUS? 636 (15) If you travel to Japan or China, you may see towers with roofs curved upward. They were built as temples or memorials. What are they called? Ans. Pagodas 637 (15) Of blue whale, brontosaurus, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, and African elephant, which is the largest animal that ever lived? Ans. Blue whale 638 (15) Match these mountain ranges--Sierra Nevada, Great Smokies, Green, White--with these states--California, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Vermont. Ans. California--Sierra Nevada, New Hampshire--White, Tennessee--Great Smokies, Vermont--Green 639 (10) You've probably heard of the perfume Chanel No. 5, and you may know that its creator was equally famous for fashion design, but do you know designer Chanel's first name? Ans. Coco 640 (15) The name of China in the days of Marco Polo was Cathay. What was France called in the days of Julius Caesar? Ans. Gaul 641 (10) His works often put men and dogs against the frozen wilderness, as in his short story “To Build a Fire” or his novel The Call of the Wild. Identify this American author. Ans. Jack London 642 (15) Jerry wants to put a border fence around a tree in his backyard. If he shapes the fence in a circle, and wants a diameter of 3.5 feet, how many feet of fence will he need? Ans. 10.99 (Accept 11) 643 (10) What province is between Alberta and Manitoba? Ans. Saskatchewan 644. (5) What do you call a man who makes clothes? Ans. Tailor 645 (10) How do you say “mister” in German? Ans. Herr 646 (5) What famous bridge is found on San Francisco Bay? Ans. Golden Gate Bridge 647 (10) Who in the Bible said, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me”? Ans. David 648 (5) What jewel is found in an oyster shell? Ans. Pearl 649 (5) What is the big hand on a clock called? Ans. Minute hand 650 (5) In golf, what do you call the area for putting? Ans. Green 651. (5) What science focuses on the moon, the sun, the planets, and the stars? Ans. Astronomy 652 (10) An odometer measures automobile mileage. What does an anemometer do? Ans. Measures wind speed. 653 (10) The famous Benny Goodman performed with what musical instrument? Ans. Clarinet 654 (15) What word means a pardon or forgiveness granted by a government? Ans. Amnesty 655 (5) What animal does bacon come from? Ans. Pig
Ans. Malleability
Ans. At the end 658 (5) Name a state capital on the Hudson River Ans. Albany, New York 659. (10) There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was much faster than light. She went out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night. What kind of poem is exemplified in these verses? Ans. Limerick 660 (15) In what year did Col. Charles A. Lindbergh make his famous flight from America to Paris? Ans. 1927 661 (15) “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and success is sure.” Was it Mark Twain, Ogden Nash, Benjamin Franklin, or Robert Benchley who offered this sage advice? Ans. Mark Twain 662 (15) The 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments each extend what similar right? Ans. Voting 663 (10) If I were to mention mitochondria, lysosome, ribosomes, cytoplasm, centrosome, endoplasmic reticulum, and nucleus, I'd be talking about the parts of what? Ans. A cell 664 (15) The Ural Mountains separate Asia from Europe. What mountain range divides Spain from France? Ans. Pyrenees 665 (15) Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. What's the largest city in Alabama? Ans. Birmingham 666 (20) A dark brown residue formed by the partial decomposition of plants that grow in marshes and other wet places, is called what? Ans. Peat 667 (10) When you divide a decimal by a whole number, where do you put the decimal point in the quotient? Ans. It goes directly above the decimal point in the dividend. 668 (15) Hydraulics is the branch of science dealing with the practical use of fluids. Which branch of science involves the study of the causes and effects of sound and the phenomena of hearing? 669 (10) Which one of the following three countries does not have a common border with Russia: Sweden, Norway, or Finland? Directory: nal -> resources -> files files -> First quarter files -> First quarter files -> First quarter Download 250.04 Kb. Share with your friends:
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