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Ans. Atomic bomb 2 (10) What is litmus paper used for? Ans. To test whether substances are acidic or alkaline. 3 (15) One of the most brilliant constellations of the night sky, its brightest stars are Rigel and Betelgeuse. In ancient times, people called it the Mighty Hunter. What do we call it? Ans. Orion 4 (20) Japan signed World War II surrender terms in September, 1945, on board what American warship? Ans. U.S.S. Missouri 5. (5) What machine using electromagnetic waves to transmit both sound and pictures was perfected in the 1950s? Ans. Television 6 (15) An assassination in Sarajevo led to what war? Ans. World War I 7 (10) Vases of porcelain were popular in the ancient art of China. How do you spell PORCELAIN? 8 (15) Whose was the second party to reach the South Pole? Ans. Captain Robert Scott's 9 (15) Crash, bang, and slurp, are all examples of words in which a sound is imitated. What is this literary device called? Ans. Onomatopoeia 10 (20) One of the most controversial figures in American politics, he became famous in the 1950's by charging that Communists had infiltrated the American government. Conference hearings of his accusations were nationally televised in 1954. Name this man. Ans. Joseph McCarthy 11. (5) When is the sun highest in the sky? Ans. 12:00 noon 12 (10) What biological term applies to the offspring of two organisms of different species or varieties that are crossbred? Ans. Hybrid 13 (15) Who was the wife of Robert Browning? Give her full name. Ans. Elizabeth Barrett Browning 14 (10) A man who had committed murder in a Jerusalem revolt was set free from prison by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus, who was condemned to death. Who was this fortunate criminal? Ans. Barabbas 15 (10) Where is your uvula: middle ear, throat, bronchial tubes, knee, or stomach? Ans. Throat 16 (10) Mark Twain was once the pilot of what sort of vessel? Ans. A steamboat 17 (15) What's the name of the Redskin Chief's daughter in Never Never Land? Ans. Tiger Lily 18 (10) All these words function as both nouns and verbs except: support, advocate, fix, construct, or inscribe? Ans. Inscribe 19 (10) Lufthansa is the national airline carrier of what nation? Ans. Germany 20. (5) A pound equals 16 ounces. Ten ounces is what fraction of a pound? Ans. 5/8 21 (15) Who wrote the novel Little Women? Ans. Louisa May Alcott 22 (10) Uncle Sam was first drawn in 1852, when Frank Bellew showed him as a tall, gaunt man with top hat and striped pants. Later he was drawn with many of the features of one of our Presidents. Which one? Ans. Abraham Lincoln 23 (15) Two Minnesota doctors gained worldwide fame for their skill in medicine. They established a famous clinic at Rochester, Minnesota. Name the brothers and you’ve named the clinic. Ans. Mayo 24 (10) Popular among geologists is the theory that the earth's huge land masses have been slowly moving during geologic time. What theory am I talking about? Ans. Continental drift or plate tectonics 25. (5) Melanie weighed 135 pounds. By dieting she lost 10 1/2 pounds. How much did she weigh after the diet? Ans. 124 1/2 pounds 26 (20) Edmond Dantes escapes from a dungeon by sewing himself in the burial sack that was meant for a dead prisoner. This weird escape happens in a famous novel by Alexandre Dumas. Do you know the title of this book? ? Ans. The Count of Monte Cristo 27. (5) Who was Maid Marian's boyfriend? Ans. Robin Hood 28 (20) If I mentioned Augustus, Nero, Hadrian, Tiberias, Caligula, and Claudius, what would I be talking about? Ans. Roman Emperors 29. (5) What animals did the ancient Egyptians use to draw their chariots? Ans. Horses 30 (15) Horses were introduced in the Western Hemisphere in 1519, by a famous Spanish conquistador. Who was he? Ans. Hernando Cortez 31 (5) “When the going is tough, in a brawl or battle, there is no better fighting partner than a man from Down Under.” This remark, made by an American general during the Second World War, referred to soldiers from what country? Ans. Australia 32 (10) The largest civil rights organization in the United States is the N.A.A.C.P. What do these letters stand for? Ans. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33 (15) What award is given each year to the nation's best college football lineman? Ans. Outland Trophy 34 (10) “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” What is the source of this quotation? Ans. The Bible (I Corinthians 15) 35 (15) How many cubic feet are there in a cubic yard? Ans. 27
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Ans. Squawking 40 (20) Man is a member of the biological kingdom of animals. To what biological ORDER does man belong? Ans. Primates 41 (10) Blood groups are given letters. What is the commonest group of all: A, B, AB, or O? Ans. O
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Ans (Sumo) wrestlers 45. (5) What is a group of cattle called? Ans. Herd 46. (5) On August 9, 1974, he became the first president not elected to the office or to the vice presidency. Name him. Ans. Gerald Ford 47 (15) Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. Who was the second? Ans. “Buzz” 48. (5) Which ocean lies on the west side of North America? Ans. Pacific 49. (5) What is 2 cubed? Ans. 8
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Ans. Ten years 52. (5) A gigantic, destructive ocean wave is called what? Ans. Tidal wave or tsunami 53. (5) According to a nursery rhyme that begins, “There was a crooked man,” how far did the man walk? Ans. A (crooked) mile 54 (20) Quote the line from Hamlet that comes just before the words, “Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune . . . “ Ans. “To be or not to be: that is the question.” 55. (5) There are eleven men on a football team, nine on a baseball team. How many on an ice-hockey team? Ans. Six
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Ans. Laurel or olive wreaths 58 (10) The act of “stealing” an idea from a literary source and presenting it as your own in a paper, is called what? Ans. Plagiarism 59 (15) How do you spell PLAGIARISM? 60. (5) What three-letter word means “the front of a ship”? Ans. Bow
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Ans. Harvey 63 (10) If I mentioned Upper Volta, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, what would I be talking about? Ans. African countries 64 (10) What was the original name of New York City? Ans. New Amsterdam 65. (5) What products were manufactured by companies founded by Jame Ward Packard, Charles Nash, E.L. Cord, Ransom E. Olds, and David Dunbar Buick? Ans. Automobiles (cars) 66 (10) What insect might eat your house? Ans. Termite 67. (5) A sneaky person is said to be “sly as a . . . “ what? Ans. A fox 68 (10) The most frequently visited museum in the United States is located in Washington, D.C. What is it called? Ans. Smithsonian Institution 69. (10) What does antiquity mean? Ans. Ancient times 70. (5) Cleopatra was a Greek by birth, but she is usually associated with what country? Ans. Egypt 71 (15) The Periodic Table of the Elements is the common way of displaying all the chemical elements on paper. The table was developed in 1869 by a Russian scientist. Who was he? Ans. Dmitri Mendeleyev 72 (15) The same year that Robert F. Scott and four companions reached the South Pole, China became a republic and the Titanic went down. What was the year? Ans. 1912 73 (15) An attack was led by John Brown on October 16, 1859. In what Virginia city (now West Virginia) did it take place? Ans. Harpers Ferry 74 (20) What is the name of the imaginary, perfect land in James Hilton's book Lost Horizon? Ans. Shangri-la 75. (5) Human beings breathe with lungs. What do fish use to breathe? Ans. Gills 76 (15) What are the first three letters of the Greek alphabet? Ans. Alpha, beta, gamma 77 (10) “The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things, / Of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax-- / Of cabbages--and kings.” These nonsensical lines were written by Lewis Carroll in what poem? Ans. “The Walrus and the Carpenter” 78 (20) What is the only crime mentioned in the U.S. Constitution? Ans. Treason 79 (10) Natural gas is measured in cubic feet; gasoline, in gallons. What is crude oil measured in? Ans. Barrels 80 (15) Hg is the chemical symbol for what element? Ans. Mercury 81 (10) The “tears” of what creature represent insincere grief? Ans. Crocodile 82 (10) What is the name of the Virginia town where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. Ans. Appomattox Court House 83. (5) Who had a wife and couldn't keep her? Ans. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater 84. (5) One pound is equal to 0.45 kilograms. Find the weight in kilograms of a person who weighs 160 pounds. Ans. 72 kilograms 85 (10) Tell me what these animals have in common: the Labrador duck, the passenger pigeon, the sabre-toothed tiger, and the great auk. Ans. Extinction 86 (15) Many African-Americans have made contributions to scientific knowledge. Name the botanist and chemist who found many new uses for the peanut. Ans. George Washington Carver 87 (10) The English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, had many economic hardships, but it finally became prosperous. What crop accounted for its prosperity? Ans. Tobacco 88. (5) What is the name of the colorless, poisonous substance found in tobacco leaves? Ans. Nicotine 89. (5) How do you spell NICOTINE? 90 (20) Martha owns her own candy store. She sold 200 boxes of mints today. This is 4 more than twice the number she sold yesterday. How many did she sell yesterday? Ans. 98
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Ans. British Thermal Unit 93. (5) The cities are Enid, Lawton, Norman, Stillwater, and Tulsa. What is the state? Ans. Oklahoma 94 (10) Monocotyledons and dicotyledons are different classifications of: mammals, birds, insects, plants, or beds? Ans. Plants 95 (15) 285 is 5% of what number? Ans. 5,700 96. (5) What is the name of Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz? Ans. Toto 97 (20) In 1951, the greatest percentage of immigrants coming into the United States were born in Poland. Today, the largest percentage of people immigrating into this country are from what nation? Ans. Mexico 98 (15) Matthew 5-7 includes the sayings of Jesus known as the Beatitudes, the Golden Rule, and the Lord's Prayer. What name is given to the speech in which these precepts are contained? Ans. Sermon on the Mount 99 (10) Alaska was bought from Russia in 1867. From whom did we buy Florida in 1819? Ans. Spain 100. (5) What war do you associate with the warning, “Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes”? Ans. American Revolution 101 (10) An orthodontist treats what part of the body? Ans. Teeth 102 (10) He described his experience in the book The Silent World. He was among the first to use the bathyscaphe, and is noted as the inventor of the aqualung. Name this French underseas explorer. Ans. Jacques-Yves Cousteau 103 (10) The famous white marble building built by Shah Jehan as a memorial to his wife, located beside the Jumna River in Agra, India, is called what? Ans. Taj Mahal 104. (5) Express this answer in lowest terms: 21 inches is what fraction of a yard? Ans. 7/12 105 (10) Name the forger of Jupiter's thunderbolts, considered the blacksmith of the gods. Ans. Vulcan 106 (10) In what state was George Washington born? Ans. Virginia 107. (5) Who did Dr. Jekyll become, from time to time? Ans. Mr. Hyde 108 (15) “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” Who wrote this sentence? Ans. Karl Marx 109 (10) In the spring of 1970, students on many American college campuses protested U.S. military involvement in Cambodia. Student demonstrations on May 4 at what university resulted in the deaths of four Ohio students? Ans. Kent State University 110. (5) Where is Plymouth Rock? Ans. Massachusetts 111 (15) As a part of the 19th century effort to get rid of slavery, freed slaves were sent back to Africa to set up a new free country. What was the country called? Ans. Liberia 112 (10) Almost all of your food is digested and absorbed in which organ of the digestive system: is it the stomach, the small intestine, or the large intestine? Ans. Small intestine 113. (5) What animal is a master dam-builder? Ans. Beaver 114. (5) The brontosaurus, the diplodocus, and the brachiosaurus are all dinosaurs which had: tiny forelimbs, sails, horns, fins, or long necks? Ans. Long necks 115 (10) In a sentence, what does a predicate do? Ans. It describes the action of the subject. 116 (20) In 1929, Albert Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, was found guilty of accepting a bribe. This event in American history is known as what? Ans. Teapot Dome Scandal 117 (15) What is NASA’s two-word term for weightlessness? Ans. Zero gravity 118. (5) How many 1 1/2-pound loaves of bread can be made from 9 pounds of dough? Ans. 6
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Ans. Proton and neutron 121 (15) “Give me a firm spot on which to stand and I will move the earth.” A famous Greek mathematician is reported to have uttered quotation about the lever. Name him. Ans. Archimedes 122. (5) What is the product of 3/4 and 6/7? Ans. 9/14 123 (10) Define and spell MARTYR. Ans. A martyr is somebody who dies for a cause. 124 (10) Thursday John drove 278.5 miles; Friday he drove 243.7 miles; Saturday, 386 miles; and Sunday, 291.8 miles. What total distance did he drive those four days? Ans. 1,200 miles 125. (5) What is the mowed area on a golf course called that lies between the tee and the green? Ans. Fairway 126 (15) A catechism is a set of religious questions and answers. What is a cataclysm? Ans. A disaster or catastrophe 127 (10) How do you spell CATASTROPHE? 128 (10) In what century was Hudson's Bay Company in North America founded? Ans. 17th 129 (10) Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel started after a political quarrel with what man? Ans. Aaron Burr 130 (15) In Greek mythology, a man and his son were imprisoned by the King of Crete. To escape, they made two pairs of wings out of feathers and wax. They flew away, but the son fell into the sea when the sun melted the wax on his wings. Identify this famous pair. Ans. Icarus and Daedalus 131 (10) Change 5 3/7 to an improper fraction. Ans. 38/7 132 (10) Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer. Who created Sherlock Holmes? 133. (5) How did Benjamin Franklin discover electricity? Ans. He flew a kite in a lightning storm. 134 (20) The English language has many nouns used to describe groups of animals. For example, we speak of a pack of wolves. Now match these nouns--colony, bed, pride, covey--with these animals--clams, lions, ants, quail. Ans. Clams--bed, lions--pride, ants--colony, quail--covey 135 (15) A narrow current of very fast winds follows an easterly path in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These very high currents can reach speeds of more than 300 miles per hour. What are they called? Ans. Jet streams 136. (5) In a speech at Fulton, Missouri, in 1946, he declared, “An iron curtain has descended across the continent.” Name this famous British statesman. Ans. Winston Churchill 137. (5) What word means to quit working when you reach a certain age? Ans. Retire 138. (5) In which game do you have a racquet, a net, and a shuttlecock? Ans. Badminton 139 (5) Half-woman and half-fish makes what? Ans. Mermaid 140 (10) What invention spelled the end of open-range cattle feeding in the American West: was it barbed wire, the telegraph, or the Conestoga Wagon? Ans. Barbed wire 141. (5) The Battle of Gettysburg took place during which war? Ans. Civil War 142 (10) How much is 30 divided by 1/3, plus 10? Ans. 100
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Ans. Morocco 145 (10) “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.” These lines are from the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Who wrote it? Ans. Robert Frost 146. (5) Name the capital of Virginia. Ans. Richmond 147 (15) In ancient civilization, this area was called “the land between the rivers.” It formed the northeastern half of the Fertile Crescent, and today the area is part of Iraq. What was it called? Ans. Mesopotamia 148 (20) How do you spell MESOPOTAMIA? 149 (10) Diogenes was searching for an honest man. What was Ponce de Leon looking for? Ans. Fountain of Youth 150. (5) Until Copernicus presented his revolutionary theories in the 16th century, most people believed that the third planet from the sun was the center of the universe. Name this planet. Ans. Earth 151 (10) Who said, “There's a sucker born every minute”? Ans. P. T. Barnum 152 (20) The television receiver picture tube, the oscilloscope tube, and the computer screen are all made in the same way--with a CRT. What is a CRT? Ans. Cathode ray tube 153. (5) In Mexico, they say Adios. In France, they say Au revoir. What do we say? Ans. Good-bye 154 (10) What is the volume of a cube with an edge of four centimeters? Ans. 64 cubic centimeters 155. (5) The C.I.A. is the main spy agency of the United States. What were the initials of the Soviet Union's version of the C.I.A.? Ans. K.G.B. 156 (10) The United States government spends a lot of money, which it raises in two basic ways. One way is borrowing money. What is the other way? Ans. Taxing individuals and businesses. 157 (15) How many separate sheets would you have to tear out if you wanted to remove the following pages from a book: pages 7, 8, 12, 13, 21, and 22. Ans. 4
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Ans. San Francisco earthquake 160 (20) Match these grammatical terms with their grammatical properties. Terms: future perfect, nominative, passive, subjunctive. Properties: case, mood, tense, voice. Ans. Future perfect tense, nominative case, passive voice, subjunctive mood 161 (10) How do you spell VACCINE? 162. (5) Track and field competition includes many different events. In which event does the athlete, after spinning his body to gain leverage, throw a smooth wooden platter having a metal rim? Ans. Discus throw 163 (10) A clockwork machine with an upside-down pendulum beats time at a speed determined by the position of a sliding weight on the pendulum. The object is used in music to keep a regular tempo. What is it called? Ans. Metronome 164 (20) It has been said that the heart of the Christian faith is summed up in John 3:16. Give me the exact quotation of this verse. Ans. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 165 (10) What name is given to the site of prehistoric monoliths located on Salisbury Plain in England? Ans. Stonehenge 166 (10) The population of Middletown was 16,000 in 1982. In one year the population increased by 800 people. The increase represents what percent of the previous year's population? Ans. 5%
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Ans. “ . . . one giant leap for mankind.” 169 (20) A simple organism is made up of algae and fungi cells living together. It is found in arctic and tundra regions. Its main living spaces are rocks and trees. What is it called? Ans. Lichen 170. (5) Dutch gardeners produce 2,000 different varieties of what flower? Ans. Tulip 171 (20) In this medium of art, a picture is made up of scraps such as pieces of paper or cloth which are stuck to the canvas. What is it called? Ans. Collage 172. (5) New South Wales is a state in what nation? Ans. Australia 173 (5) What imaginary latitude line runs around the middle of the earth? Ans. Equator 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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