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SeasonsThere are how many equinoxes annually?

2

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Ancient HistoryThe last line of this verse suggests what mythical animal? The ancient Greeks believed in Some really crazy things, Like minotaurs, centaurs, And a horse with wings.

Pegasus

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Percent60 is 20% of what number?

300

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Franklin's WordsIn reference to the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin warnedthat "We shall all hang separately" if we fail to do what?

hang together

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CapitalsYou cannot drive from any other state to what two U.S. state capitals?

Juneau, Honolulu

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The ConstitutionWhat is the collective name for the ratified additions to the U.S. Constitutionthat deal with specifics such as prohibiting double jeopardy and excessivefines, ensuring trial by jury, and guaranteeing the rights to free assembly andfreedom of religion?

Bill of Rights

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Grammatical VoiceWhat grammatical voice is used in this line? The active actor passively passed the passel.

active

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CactiWhat tree-like cactus of the Sonoran Desert can grow to more than 70 feettall?

saguaro

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ShipsIn what enterprise were these sailing ships involved? Charles W. Morgan Kate Cory Two Brothers Nantucket Harpooner

whaling

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FolksongsThese are topics of folksongs from what country? sheep shearing, cattle driving, opal mining, walkabouts, Ned Kelly, outback trucking

Australia

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AccentsHow many accents are in this line from a tune in "The Sound of Music"? Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

4

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Baseball ScorecardsIn a 6-4-3 double play, what is the position of the player who makes the firstthrow?

shortstop

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Territorial ExpansionThis is an account of the day that the U.S. took possession of what territory? The transfer ceremony took place in Sitka in October of 1867. American and Russian soldiers marched in front of the governor's house. Then the Russian flag was lowered and the American flag was raised.

Alaska

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MatterWhat kind of matter has a low density, is easily compressed, and expandsspontaneously when placed in a larger container?

gas

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Astro EtymologyThe name for what astronomical theory was derived from the Greek words"helios" for "sun" and "kentron" for "center"?

heliocentrism (heliocentric)

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Eye GunkOften when people awaken, they find dried secretions in the corners of theireyes. What is the slang name for this eye discharge?

sleep (rheum, eye boogers, eye pus)

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Wildlife ClassificationsWhile anteaters are insectivores and lions are carnivores, what are sloths?

herbivores

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Historical LimericksWho is this limerick about? No doubt you definitely knew The man who so sought to pursue An empire for France, Who had a great chance, But was beaten at Waterloo.

Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte)

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Office OffensesTo save money, a company purchases single copies of different copyrightedcomputer programs and loads them onto all of its computers. This act thatcould easily result in copyright infringement lawsuits is called software what?

piracy

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NovelsThis passage comes from what novel? When the shoes first fell from the sky, he remembered thinking that destiny had struck him. Now, he thought so again. It was more than a coincidence. It had to be destiny.

Holes

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ExponentsWhat is the value of the cube of the quantity (2+5)?

343

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CommandsIn the Battle of Mobile Bay, David Farragut ordered his fleet to ignoreConfederate defenses and proceed at what speed?

full speed

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European TransportationWhat tunnel runs beneath the Strait of Dover?

Chunnel (Channel Tunnel)

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DisastersIn mid-2015, a tremendous earthquake killed more than 8000 people in whatmountainous Asian country?

Nepal

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Purchasing PowerA home that sold for $28,000 in 1975 might be worth several times that intoday's market thanks to what major economic factor?

inflation (or appreciation)

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FarmsWhat kind of farms feature arrays of aerogenerators?

wind farms

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ArchaeologyWhat is the archaeological term for exposing an ancient site by careful andsystematic digging?

excavation

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Crustal ComponentsWhat light metallic element is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?

aluminum

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Fictional DoctorsIn the stories by Hugh Lofting, what is the profession of Dr. Dolittle?

veterinarian

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Plane ProblemsThe towns of Heartbroke and Lonelyville are 3800 kilometers apart. Anairplane leaves Heartbroke traveling toward Lonelyville at 425 kilometers perhour. Another airplane leaves Lonelyville traveling toward Heartbroke at 525kilometers per hour. The two planes will meet in how many hours?

4

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JamestownAlthough they tried several different ventures, by the end of the 1620s, whatwas the only product produced by the Jamestown colony that drew a goodprice in England?

tobacco

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British LiteratureIn what story by Rudyard Kipling is this line found? It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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Art FormsThis quotation by Michelangelo is about what art form? The greatest artist does not have any concept which a single piece of marble does not itself contain within its excess, though only a hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.

sculpture

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Snake MnemonicsThis is a way to help you remember how to identify what venomous snake? Red on black, venom lack, but red on yellow, killer fellow.

coral snake

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Canadian TerritoriesMost of the land in the Yukon drains into what river?

Yukon River

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DamsName the largest dam in the country associated with Mao Zedong, JackieChan, and Confucius.

Three Gorges Dam

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Parasitic DiseasesThe protozoan that causes giardia inhabits certain parts of what bodysystem?

digestive system

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MonstersName the monster indicated in this passage. Evil King Minos of Crete had been feeding innocent people to his pet monster, until Theseus put a stop to it with the help of a princess and a ball of string.

Minotaur

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FactorsDetermine the greatest common factor of 60, 40, and 24.

4

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PlaguesThey gobbled up entire fields of crops, local vegetation, and even clothing.They beat against the houses, swarmed in at windows, and covered passingtrains. Name these creatures that laid siege to Nebraska, Kansas, and theDakotas that arrived in roaring clouds so thick they could block out sunlight forhours.

locusts

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ElectricityWhat kind of electricity results from an imbalance of electric charges in or onthe surface of a material?

static electricity

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HomophonesI am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odor, a smell if you will. The second some money, but not in a bill. The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around. Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?

scent, cent, sent

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Ocean MarginsName the landmass beneath relatively shallow water that extends from theedge of a continent.

continental shelf

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Government FormsWhat form of government subordinates the individual to the state bycompletely controlling political and economic matters as well as theattitudes, beliefs, and values of its citizens?

totalitarian

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MonthsWhat is the ordinal number of the month named for the Roman emperor whowas murdered by a group led by Cassius and Brutus?

seventh

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Asian BordersWhat country borders North Korea to its west?

China

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Wire DivisionsYou have a piece of wire three units in length. If you divide it into nine equalparts, what fraction of a unit equals the length of two parts?

2/3

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BirdsThese are examples of what category of birds? cassowary, emu, kiwi, rhea, penguin, great auk, ostrich, moa, elephant bird

flightless

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ForceWhen two teams are engaged in a tug of war, name the force on the rope.

tension

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ColoniesName the colony that was situated around the modern cities of Boston andSalem.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

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The SunWhich part of the Sun's atmosphere is characterized by prominences, helmetstreamers, coronal loops, and coronal mass ejections?

corona

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RhymesName the nursery rhyme from which these lines were taken. with my bow and arrow with my little eye with my thread and needle with my little book with my little trowel

Who Killed Cock Robin

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RelationshipsWhy can't a man marry his widow's sister?

Because he's dead.

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ConquistadorsWhat conquistador conquered the empire with the capital of Tenochtitlan?

Cortes

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Twin NamesA certain mom and dad who were fond of palindromes named their fraternaltwins Nella and ...

Allen

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The HolocaustComplete this title of Anne Frank's memoir? The Diary of a Young ...

Girl

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Percentage Problems40% of your gloves are leather and the rest are wool. If you have six pairs ofleather gloves, how many wool pairs do you have?

nine

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DescendantsJohn Adams was actually a descendent of John Alden and what woman hemet aboard the Mayflower?

Priscilla Mullins

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DesertsThe Kalahari, Sahara, and Nubian deserts lie on which of the world's greatplates?

African plate

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ForestsThere are three major forest biomes including coniferous, deciduous, and whatother?

tropical

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SymbolsThe red crescent in Muslim countries is equivalent to what symbol in Westernnations?

red cross

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Criminal AssociationsSheriff Slayton arrested Larry Lonigan, the lookout, shortly after BugeyeButowski assaulted Slim Slamora while robbing Carlotta's Cafe, an eventwitnessed by Bonbon Binelli. Who was the accomplice?

Larry Lonigan

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Ancient LiteratureThe codex largely replaced what rolls of parchment or papyrus used in ancientwritings?

scrolls

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WatershedsThe South American Continental Divide of the Americas lies along whatmountain range?

Andes

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Figurative LanguageThese are examples of the use of what figure of speech? War on Poverty War on Women War on Drugs War on Christmas

metaphor

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SetsWhat is the range of the set of whole numbers between 5 and 45?

38

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Colonial ProtestsWhen 1500 British troops arrived in New York City in 1766, the provincialassembly refused to provide lodging for them and thus did not comply withwhat Parliamentary act?

Quartering Act

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RelationshipsIn family relationships, what is said to be thicker than water?

blood

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AllotropesIn what phases can ozone exist?

solid, liquid, gas

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Rock FormationIn the process of rock formation, compression and compaction tend to reducewhat physical property of a sediment?

volume

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The ConstitutionAccording to the U.S. Constitution, who has the authority "to establish anuniform Rule of Naturalization"?

Congress

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Asian HistoryThe Korean peninsula was ruled by what country between 1910 and 1945?

Japan

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HobbiesName the hobby of collecting and studying postage stamps.

philately

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RiddlesWhat letter of the alphabet is the answer to this riddle? What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years, or days?

the letter "n"

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Roman NumeralsThe Republic of Hawaii was established in what year that is expressed on thegreat seal of that state as MDCCCXCIV?

1894

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French and Indian WarAs a result of the French and Indian War, France ceded much of its territory inNorth America to Great Britain and gave up Louisiana to what other Europeancountry?

Spain

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PaintingsThese are examples of what kind of painting? Church's "Twilight in the Wilderness" Gifford's "A Gorge in the Mountains" Thayer's "Cornish Headlands" Cole's "Distant View of Niagara Falls" Van Gogh's "Wheat Field with Cypresses"

landscape

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ShootingsIn 2014, there was considerable unrest following the shooting by a policeofficer of a young man in Ferguson, a town in what state?

Missouri

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Kitchen ScienceWhile a toaster transforms electrical energy into thermal energy, a blendertransforms electrical energy into what other kind of energy?

mechanical

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Limited Use WordsThe adverb "amok" is nearly always used in a phrase with what verb?

run

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EpidemicsEpidemics of typhus, influenza, diphtheria, measles, and most of all, whatother disease, devastated the Inca civilization?

smallpox

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DrainagesAbout 40% of California runoff drains into what bay?

San Francisco Bay

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RiddlesIn the riddle about St. Ives, what is the number of wives the man had or thesacks that the wives had or the cats in the sacks or the kits of the cats?

7

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Marble ProblemsRex gave half of his marbles to Ray. Ray gave half of those marbles to Rose.Rose gave 1/4 of those marbles to Rudy and kept the remaining 12. Howmany marbles did Rex initially have?

64

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ConventionsAlthough the Annapolis Convention failed in its defined purpose of modifyingthe Articles of Confederation, it did lay the groundwork for another meeting in1787 during which what document was drafted?

U.S. Constitution

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The BrainThe human brain consists of about 60% white matter and 40% of what otherkind of matter?

gray matter

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Medical HistoryFrom ancient Greece up through the 19th century in Europe, what parasiticworms were the predominant medical device used for bloodletting?

leeches

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HeliocentrismAlthough the idea that Earth revolves around the Sun had been proposed byAristarchus of Samos in the third century B.C., it was not until the 16thcentury that what Polish astronomer developed a mathematically predictivemodel supporting that notion?

Copernicus

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Official RecordsWhat is the name for the facility where a government's records and documentsare stored?

archives

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AnniversariesIn 1992, replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships arrived in New York,celebrating what anniversary of his first landing in the New World?

500th

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HomonymsWhat word for men or boys in England has the same spelling as the Americanword for heavy leather pants worn by ranch hands?

chaps

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FictionExtreme cosmetic surgery is part of normal life for every 16-year-old in whatscience fiction novel by Scott Westerfield?

Uglies

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Business MathYou buy twenty Auk Bobbleheads for $90 and sell them all for $2 each. What isyour loss?

$50

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PresidentsWhat U.S. president addressed the nation on the Cuban missile crisis?

John Kennedy

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IslandsWest Falkland Island is an overseas territory of what European country?

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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SolutionsWhat term means to lower the concentration of a solution?

dilute

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Dance TraditionsAssociated with a particular month, name the pole hung with long ribbons thatare woven into complex patterns by dancers.

maypole

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American RevolutionThe American Revolution officially ended in September of 1783 when GreatBritain formally recognized the independence of the United States. To thenearest whole year, how long had it been since the signing of the Declarationof Independence?

7 years

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MetamorphosisIn what stage are tadpoles before they become frogs or caterpillars beforethey become butterflies?

larva (larval) stage

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IdiomsIf you have disclosed a secret, you have let what kind of creature out of thebag?

cat

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Hall AreasThe entry hall in one of Mr. Trump's mansions is a rectangular space with anarea of 925 square feet. If the hall is 37 feet long, how wide is it?

25 feet

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Fortuitous WindsIn 2005, a dust devil cleaned the dust off the solar panels of the Spirit rover onwhat planet?

Mars

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Medieval CommunitiesWhat kind of medieval community was ruled either by an abbess or an abbot?

abbey

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The ConstitutionThe short prelude to the U.S. Constitution is known as what kind ofintroduction?

preamble

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ForceWhat is the name for the tendency of every body, whether at rest or in motion,to preserve its present state?

inertia

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EmpiresOne of the largest empires in world history was presided over by what Britishqueen from 1837 to 1901?

Queen Victoria

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Loss of OxygenWhat relatively dense and harmful gas produced by the incomplete combustionof carbon displaces oxygen?

carbon monoxide

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ProportionalsWhat is the fourth proportional given these first three terms? 7, 8, 14

16

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GovernmentIn relation to elections, an abstention is a refusal to do what?

vote

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ProverbsAccording to the proverbs, what that makes the world go round is also theroot of all evil?

money

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ArchaeologyWhat kind of Native American habitations are found in the alcoves ofsandstone cliffs in the U.S. Southwest?

cliff dwellings

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Operations with RadicalsSubtract the square root of 36 from the square root of 121.

5

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PerceptionWhat is the common term for tactile perception?

touch

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U.S. RiversThe mouths of these rivers are in what body of water? Sabine Trinity Nueces Brazos

Gulf of Mexico

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VoyagersWho was the first captain to sail his own ship completely around the world?

Francis Drake

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VerbsWhat is the first verb in the Gettysburg Address?

brought

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MoonsA Harvest Moon occurs close to what equinox?

autumnal equinox

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MomentumA 3000-kilogram truck moving at 15 meters per second has a momentum ofhow many kilogram meters per second?

45,000

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WordplayWhat form of wordplay is illustrated in this one-liner? I'd tell you my joke about a cow, but I always butcher it.

pun

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LegaciesTowns, counties, and forts in several states with the name Knox or Knoxvillewere named for what man who became the secretary of war for PresidentWashington?

Henry Knox

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EchoSound was traveling at 1080 feet per second at a certain scenic site in LakePowell. You are in a boat and yell toward Tapestry Wall. 1.7 seconds lateryou hear your echo. About how far away is the wall?

918 feet

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PeopleWhat is the collective name for people such as John Brown, Thomas Becket,William Tyndale, Mary Dyer, and Nathan Hale who chose death rather thanrenounce their principles?

martyrs

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Governmental AspirationsWhat word describes an individual who seeks an elective position in local,state, or national government?

candidate

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WeaponsThe propulsive power of what primitive weapon is limited to the force exertedby the user's respiratory muscles?

blowgun

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ButterfliesA butterfly's wings are attached to which segment of its body?

thorax

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TeethWhat is another name for deciduous teeth?

baby teeth

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SyllablesWhat is the third trisyllabic word in the Pledge of Allegiance?

republic

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SuperstitionsWhat are all of these things supposed to bring you? a bird that comes in your window a shark pursuing a ship sweeping dirt out the front door after dark goldfish in the house breaking a mirror a black cat crossing your path

bad luck

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SymbolsThe obverse side of the great seal of what state includes these words? Cecilius Absolutus Dominus Terrae Mariae et Avaloniae Baro de Baltimore

Maryland

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Binary ProverbsExpress as a base-2 numeral the number of words that a picture is worth.

1111101000

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CanyonsArizona is home to the Grand Canyon, British Columbia is home to the GrandCanyon of the Stikine, and Bolivia is home to the Grand Canyon of Torotoro.What U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone?

Wyoming

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MetallurgyName the process of melting ores to separate their metallic constituents.

smelting

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South American HistoryIn 1529, the Spanish queen named what conquistador as governor and captainof all conquests in New Castile, a region now known as Peru?

Francisco Pizarro

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Massive Minute ChangesIn 2015, resulting from an enormous earthquake, the height of what Himalayanmountain decreased from 29,029 feet to about 29,028 feet and 11 inches?

Mt. Everest

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Ocean CurrentsThe Guiana current flows northwestward along the northern coast of whatcontinent?

South America

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Employment CategoriesIn relation to the part of a garment that encircles the neck, workers in whatcategory of occupations include electricians, aircraft mechanics, plumbers,and carpenters?

blue collar

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AesopSome claim that the source of the phrase was a tale by Aesop in which a mansuffers the indignity of hitting himself in the head when he tried to swat a flythat just bit him. Complete this expression. Add insult to ...

injury

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Transportation HistoryThe first American transcontinental railroad was built largely during what war?

Civil War

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TippingTo the nearest whole dollar, what would be a 15% tip on a restaurant bill of$31.90?

$5

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SuffixesWhat part of speech can be made by adding any of these suffixes to words? -al, -like, -able, -ish, -adic

adjective

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CerealsWhile rice is the primary cereal of tropical regions, what is the primary cereal oftemperate regions?

wheat

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Heads of StateAt the start of the 21st century, sixteen Commonwealth nations shared whatmonarch as their head of state?

Elizabeth II

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Personification in ArtA lady holding balanced scales is the personification of what abstractconcept?

justice

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Gear RatiosIf the driven gear has 80 teeth and the driving gear has 20, what is the gearratio?

4 to 1

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SeasName the outlet stream of the Dead Sea.

There is not one.

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Literary CrittersThese are the names of what kind of animal in fiction? Merrylegs, Thunderhead, Starlight, Rusher, Pylon, Banner, The Pie, Blackjack, Florian, Gabilan, Brego, Hwin, Greatheart, Flame

horse

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CompromisesThe Compromise of 1850 authorized people in the New Mexico Territory andUtah Territory to decide if they would allow what practice?

slavery

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Square RootWhat is the square root of the quantity (-4) squared?

4

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SlopesWhat percent slope is a drop of 20 feet in 100 feet of horizontal distance?

20%

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SpeechesOne month before he was murdered, who gave the famous "charity for all"speech?

Abraham Lincoln

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Newspaper WritingThe most common structure for a news story presents the significant parts ofthe story first, followed by the rest of the details in order of decreasingimportance. Reminiscent of a geometric solid, this structure is called theinverted what?

pyramid

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SociologyThe influence that your friends have on your attitudes, values, and behavior iscalled what kind of pressure?

peer pressure

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OlivesOlive trees are native to what basin that holds an expansive sea?

Mediterranean Basin

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Historical ConnotationsThe name for what vast region in Russia has the connotation of punishment?

Siberia

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CampaigningReminiscent of a part of a tree, what are politicians doing when the cross thecountry delivering speeches and attending rallies?

stumping

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MalapropismsWhat two words should have been used in this line? We went to a giant apartment store to buy a new eclectic blanket.

department, electric

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SymmetryEvery rhombus has how many lines of symmetry?

2

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Physics HistoryThe name of what ancient Greek mathematician and physicist completes thislimerick? One morning while eating my Wheaties, I felt the earth move 'neath my feeties. The cause for alarm Was a long lever-arm At the end of which grinned ...

Archimedes

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Second ThoughtsWhat U.S. presidential candidate said this in 2015? Looking back, it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two email accounts.

Hillary Clinton

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Ancient WritingWhat type of writing used by the Mayans that consisted of pictures andsymbols also was used in ancient Egypt?

hieroglyphics

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LatitudesReminiscent of a large hoofed mammal, what name applies to the subtropicallatitudes between 30 and 35 degrees, both north and south?

horse latitudes

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MetalsWhat metal comprises about 5.6% of the Earth's crust and almost all of theEarth's core?

iron

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WildlifeIndigenous animals of what country include the Haast eagle, kakapo, moa, andkiwi?

New Zealand

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Fantasy CharactersWhat character in "The Hobbit" who lived on an island in the center of a lakeunder the Misty Mountains is described as a small, slimy creature?

Gollum

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Washington D.C.The only time that a foreign army captured and occupied the U.S. capital wasduring what war?

War of 1812

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PyramidsWhat is the name for a pyramid that has a six-sided base?

hexagonal pyramid

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NounsThese are examples of what kind of nouns? eloquence, presumptuousness, convenience, intelligence, lethargy, yearning

abstract nouns

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VerseWhat form of verse, often set to music, might have these people as subjects? Mack the Knife, Frankie and Johnny, Robin Hood, Jesse James, Davy Crockett, John Henry, Casey Jones

ballad

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Caribbean QuotesWhat Caribbean leader said this in 1961? I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.

Fidel Castro

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InjuriesWhat term is generally used in sports literature for "mild traumatic brain injury"?

concussion

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Root Beer PhysicsIf you open a bottle of root beer and just let it stand, it will soon go flatbecause of what process?

diffusion

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12th Century IndustryIn the early 12th century at the Venetian Arsenal, ship production involvedmoving the partially completed vessel down a canal past various stations,where more parts were added. Producing about one new galley per day, thiswas an early version of what kind of industrial line?

assembly line

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AllegoriesThis passage is from what British allegory? Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it. Our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery.

Animal Farm

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American RegionsParts of Montana and all of Oregon, Washington, and what other state wereonce part of the Oregon Country?

Idaho

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FactoringWhat is the largest factor of the prime number 61?

61

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ConfluencesThe confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh formswhat river?

Ohio River

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Marsupial MisnomersDespite its popular name in many places throughout the world, whatAustralian marsupial is not a bear?

koala bear

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Archaeological AgesThe Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom of ancientEgypt occurred during what archaeological age named for a metal?

Bronze Age

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NominalsWhat are the nominals in this song lyric? There were more than a thousand reeds springing up like weeds

reeds, weeds

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Maritime NamesakesWhat kind of bodies of water were named for these people? Martin Frobisher Thomas James William Baffin Baron Prudhoe Henry Hudson

bays

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Space ExplorationIn 2015, at the end of its 11-year mission, NASA's Messenger spacecraft ranout of fuel and crashed into what small planet?

Mercury

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Ancient LiteratureThe "Odyssey" of Homer begins shortly after what war had come to an end?

Trojan War

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Sports JargonThese words and phrases are related to what sport? audible, scramble, shotgun, sack, red zone, pick six, bootleg

football

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Revolutionary TimeFor about a year and a half during the French Revolution, each day was dividedinto 10 hours, each hour had 100 minutes, and each minute had 100 seconds.So, using that scheme, how many seconds were in each day?

100,000

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GasesThrough the process of methanogenesis, microorganisms produce whatcombustible gas?

methane

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IconsThese are cultural icons of what country? red telephone box double-decker bus cup of tea Big Ben

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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Building StabilizationSome 800 tons of lead counterweight were once added to the raised end ofwhat Italian structure to keep it from toppling?

Tower of Pisa

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Lighting DangersCompact fluorescent lights usually contain what harmful metal that canseparate into tiny beads if the lights are broken?

mercury

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CongressSessions of the U.S. Congress begin in what month?

January

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River CitiesThese cities are located along what river? Bonn, Koblenz, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Mannheim

Rhine River

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Enduring NovelsThese quotations came from what British novel? -When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. -The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. -Second to the right and then straight on till morning.

Peter Pan

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ToursTheodore Roosevelt's first presidential trip outside of the United States wasto check on the progress of what project in Latin America?

Panama Canal

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Bacteria ReproductionUnder the right circumstances, a certain kind of bacteria can reproduce fourtimes per hour. How many generations of bacteria are possible in a ten-dayperiod?

960

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ReferencesWhat literary technique is illustrated in these lines? His back yard is a Garden of Eden. He is a real Scrooge. French fries are my diet's Achilles heel.

allusion

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EnergyWhat kind of energy does the Sun transform into electromagnetic energy?

nuclear energy

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Tibetan ExilesSince the unsuccessful Tibetan uprising in 1959, the Dalai Lama has lived inexile in what country?

India

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AnatomyName the soft tissue that covers the roots of teeth.

gums (gingiva)

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InversionsIn an inversion, temperature increases with what?

altitude

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Constitutional ProtectionsWhat constitutional amendment includes a provision that essentially says "Weare not going to give the government more than one chance to prosecute youfor the same crime"?

5th Amendment

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Figurative LanguageWhat figure of speech is illustrated at the end of the second line of thisthought? Government is not reason, nor is it eloquence. It is force that is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

metaphor

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Military ConquestsIn 1937, troops from what country captured Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanking?

Japan

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EnergyHow much kinetic energy does a golf ball have when it is sitting an inch fromthe ground on a tee?

zero

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Patriotic SongsWhat two infinitive phrases complete the first verse of the song that begins asfollows? This is my country, land of my birth! This is my country, grandest on earth! I pledge thee my allegiance, America, the bold, For this is my country ...

to have and to hold

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Sentence SubjectsWhat kind of subject is illustrated in these examples? A good mind and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Either rats or gerbils played a role in spreading the plague throughout Europe. No great auks or passenger pigeons will be on the menu tonight.

compound subject

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NomadsA substantial percentage of the nomadic people of what central Asian countrylive in yurts?

Mongolians

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CompulsionsCompulsive use of habit-forming substances despite their well-known harmfulconsequences is called what?

addiction

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Multiplying PolynomialsWhat is the product in this example? (2x+3)(4x+5)

8(x squared) + 22x + 15

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British InstallationsIn Great Britain, what kind of facilities are Gatwick and Heathrow?

airports

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MonologuesWhat Mark Twain character says this? Don't talk about it, Tom. I've tried it, and it don't work. It ain't for me. I ain't used to it. The widder's good to me, and friendly, but I can't stand them ways. She makes me get up just at the same time every morning, she makes me wash. She won't let me sleep in the woodshed. I got to wear them blamed clothes that just smothers me.

Huckleberry Finn

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Historical DiscoveriesIn 1858, Edwin Drake began drilling on a piece of land just south of Titusvillenear what is now Oil Creek State Park in what state?

Pennsylvania

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ReciprocalsWhat is the positive difference between 1/2 and its reciprocal?

3/2 (or 1 1/2)

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ReptilesReptiles range in size from a tiny gecko that is less than an inch long to whatkind of crocodile that may grow to nearly 20 feet and weight move than a ton?

saltwater crocodile

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Planet CharacteristicsThe escape velocity of which planet is greatest?

Jupiter

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ExplorersWhat explorer conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeasterncoast of South America and claimed it for Portugal?

Pedro Cabral

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ElectionsAfter the 2014 elections, the U.S. Senate had 44 seats held by Democrats, 2seats held by independents, and how many seats held by Republicans?

54

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Land AllotmentsWhat is the term for tracts of land set aside by the federal government for useby various tribes of Native Americans?

reservations

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Parts of SpeechThese words can be used as what two parts of speech? email, torch, salt, fiddle, bottle, pocket

nouns and verbs

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TolkienCreated by J.R.R. Tolkien, what kind of creatures are these? Ancalagon the Black Glaurung Scatha Smaug

dragons

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Poetic HistoryThese verses describe what battle? The rebel Colonel Prescott proved he was wise, Outnumbered and low on ammunition As the British stormed his position He said, "Hold your fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"

Battle of Bunker Hill

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PrismsName the faces of a prism that are always parallel.

bases

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GerundsWhat compound word is formed from a combination of the gerund form of theverb "wash" and "white"?

whitewashing

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Rejected State MottoesThis could be, but is not, the motto of what U.S. state? Laughing at your altitude sickness since 1876.

Colorado

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Troop LevelsThrough what practice did the Qin Empire of China build its huge armies in thesecond century B.C., France create its large military in the 1790s,and the U.S. maintain its armed forces for most of the 20th century?

conscription (compulsory enlistment,

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DevicesThese are the basic purposes of what common machine part? -to reverse the direction of rotation -to increase or decrease the speed of rotation -to move rotational motion to a different axis -to keep the rotation of two axes synchronized

gear

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BurnsWhat category of burns results from exposure to such substances as sulfuricacid, bleach, paint remover, concrete mix, metal cleaners, mustard gas, andswimming pool chlorine?

chemical burns

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LandmarksWhat National Natural Landmark located in urban Los Angeles features liquidasphalt that has seeped up from the ground there for tens of thousands ofyears?

La Brea Tar Pits

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Parallel StructureWhat two words complete this quip by Oscar Wilde? Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever ...

they go

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PresidentsWhat man who was elected president of the Second Continental Congress in1775 added his flamboyant signature to the Declaration of Independence ayear later?

John Hancock

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SetsIf X includes the multiples of 3 between 1 and 20 and Y includes the evennatural numbers less than 16, what is the intersection of X and Y?

6, 12

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Ancient ArtThese distinguished works of art are from what ancient civilization? Nefertiti Bust Khufu's Statue Statue of Thutmose III Tutankhamun's Golden Death Mask

Egypt

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Urban EconomicsFor a city of 20,000 residents with a municipal budget of $40 million, what isthe per capita spending?

$2000

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League of Nations ActionsIn 1920, the newly formed League of Nations gave Great Britain a mandateover Palestine, but enduring problems soon erupted because what twopeoples claimed the region as a homeland?

Arabs, Jews

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Figures of SpeechEchoic words are words whose sounds imitate their referents. What isanother name for this figure of speech?

onomatopoeia

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Animal OrgansName the obvious elongated external organs found in all of these creatures. star-nosed mole caecilians bryozoans jellyfish and sea anemones abalones octopi and squids

tentacles

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CartographyWhat geographic coordinate specifies the east-west position of a point on theEarth's surface?

longitude

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Ship PoemsThis is from a poem about what ship? A sturdy little merchant ship Set sail in 1620 on a great big trip. Leaving Plymouth England on the sixteenth day, In the middle of September, it just sailed away.

Mayflower

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PresidentsWhat Kansas-born president was the supreme commander of the AlliedExpeditionary Force who launched the invasion of Normandy?

Dwight Eisenhower

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Inclined PlanesIf the length of the slope of an inclined plane is 15 feet and the top of the slopeis 3 feet from the ground, what is the mechanical advantage of thisarrangement?

5

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VolcanoesThese volcanoes are in what U.S. state? Kawailini Haleakala Mount Ka'ala Punchbowl Crater Diamond Head

Hawaii

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TapewormsTapeworms live in what tract of their hosts?

digestive tract

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Canadian ExplorersAlexander Mackenzie attempted to find a water route to the Pacific. His groupfound a river heading out of Great Slave Lake that they followed to its mouth,which much to his disappointment, opened into what ocean?

Arctic Ocean

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Office SpaceName the official office of the U.S. president in the White House.

Oval Office

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Dry TimesIn 2015, the governor imposed mandatory water-use restrictions for the firsttime in what state's history?

California

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Dystopian NovelsWhat book by James Dashner features a protagonist named Thomas, a placecalled the Glade, mechanical creatures called Grievers, bugs called BeetleBlades, explorers called Runners, and an intricate labyrinth?

The Maze Runner

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AnagramsClint Eastwood is an anagram for "Old West" what?

action

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Lunar LandingsAccording to Neil Armstrong, that which was one giant leap for mankind wasalso one small what?

step for a man

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ZoologyWhat kind of zoologist might study these creatures? alewife, snook, wahoo, plaice, ling, tilapia, mullet, pompano

ichthyologist

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CaloriesWhat class of nutrients provides more than twice as many calories per gramas proteins and carbohydrates?

fats

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ArcheryWhat kind of bows often feature pulleys at the tips of the limbs?

compound bows

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ParksYosemite National Park is located in what mountain range?

Sierra Nevada

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WaterWhat is the term for any process that turns saline water into fresh water?

desalination (desalinization)

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SenatorsHow many U.S. senators represent the states bordering Mexico?

8

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IdiomsAnything that is readily available is said to cost how much for a dozen?

a dime

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Musical InstrumentsWhat broad category of musical instruments can be strummed?

stringed instruments

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Ancient GreeceIn the Golden Age of Greece, Pericles made lasting contributions to politics,Sophocles to drama, Herodotus to history, Socrates to philosophy, andHippocrates to what other field?

medicine

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Ancient EgyptThe Greek Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt until 30 B.C., when, underCleopatra, it became a province of what empire?

Roman Empire

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Mass ExtinctionsDuring an anoxic event, what gas would become deficient or absent in theupper layers of the oceans?

oxygen

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Story StartersWhat novel begins with this? The year that Buttercup was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette.

The Princess Bride

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ScavengersScavenger birds may be either herbivorous or what?

carnivorous (or omnivorous)

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Law EnforcementWhat is the American equivalent of the law enforcement agencies in the UnitedKingdom that are called "road policing units"?

highway patrol

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