Claremont Mckenna California Colleges

Question 1

19th century science
In 1824 Anglican priest William buckland wrote a pioneering paper on megalosaurus a creature whose name means this

Answer 1

Lizard

Question 2

On June 14 1982 Argentina forces surrendered to these forces on these islands

Answer 2

Falkland Islands to British forces

Question 3

The site of a major American naval victory over Japan in June 1942 its located 1.3K miles northwest of Hawaii

Answer 3

Midway

Question 4

The Faroe Islands belong to this country

Answer 4

Denmark
Scandinavian country of

Question 5

This 147 sq mile island where queen Victoria had a seaside home is just off the hampshire coast

Answer 5

Isle of Wight

Question 6

Quiche kingdom

Answer 6

Lorraine

Question 7

Smallest states by area

Answer 7

Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Maryland
West Virginia
South Carolina
Maine
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama

Question 8

6 states with pop lees than 1 mil

Answer 8

Wyoming
Vermont
DC - bonus
Alaska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Delaware

Question 9

Where is the US constitution currently displayed
Bonus when was it moved and to where

Answer 9

National archives building in DC
Moved to Fort Knox during ww2

Question 10

The constitution wqs penned by this Pennsylvania general assembly clerk for this much

Answer 10

Jacob shall is
$30 worth 830 in 2020

Question 11

Before going private this fine art auction house trades on the NYSE using the ticker symbol BID

Answer 11

Sothebys
Suth uh bees

Question 12

Taye diggs made his big screen debut when he helped who do this

Answer 12

Stella get her groove back

Question 13

Blue jays play here where they serve pickle poutine covered in peanut butter gravy

Answer 13

Rogers centre

Question 14

Where are the Spanish steps

Answer 14

Italy

Question 15

This company supplies the official tennis balls 🎾 of the us open

Answer 15

Wilson

Question 16

After playing wii James park wqs inspired to create this wearable exercise tracking device

Answer 16

Fit bit

Question 17

When exposed to water this oxidizes and creates this 4 letter compound

Answer 17

Iron creates rust

Question 18

Common name for the button on top of a baseball cap

Answer 18

Squatchee
Squa chee

Question 19

An old shed is a portal to a parallel universe in this best selling novel

Answer 19

Fairy tale by Stephen king

Question 20

Jack Harlow samples this no 1 fergie hit in a song about fancy accommodations

Answer 20

First class samples glamorous

Question 21

These 2 groups debated the need for a constitution

Answer 21

Federalists
Anti federalists
Andrew Jackson invented Democratic
Republican right before civil war

Question 22

Amendment 1

Answer 22

Freedom of religion
Assembly
Speech
Press

Question 23

Amendment 2

Answer 23

Right to bear arms

Question 24

Amendment 3

Answer 24

Housing of soldiers

Question 25

Amendment 4

Answer 25

Search and arrest warrants

Question 26

Amendment 5

Answer 26

Rights in criminal cases

Question 27

If you’ve watched whee of fortune you should know the most commonly used letter in English is

Answer 27

E

Question 28

Despite its name this type of symbols would NOT sit well on your head

Answer 28

Hi Hat

Question 29

A New York statue appears in the background of commercials for this company whose slogan is only pay for what you need

Answer 29

Liberty mutual

Question 30

The early 2000s movies about a boy and high fidelity were based on books by this British author

Answer 30

Nick hornby

Question 31

Wrap a tortilla around chicken and cream cheese to get this Spanish dish whose name means spices with Chile

Answer 31

Enchilada

Question 32

Films by tagline 1986 The first casualty of war is innocence

Answer 32

Platoon

Question 33

Formed in chihuahua the fuerteriver in f Mexico flies southwestward 180 miles into this gulf

Answer 33

Gulf of California

Question 34

First map of America Pennsylvania doesn’t have access to this lake which it got in a 1792 purchase

Answer 34

Erie

Question 35

Film by tagline 1976 His whole life was a million to one shot

Answer 35

Rocky

Question 36

Serrano and other chiles help flavor and. Name this cheese

Answer 36

Pepper Jack

Question 37

Much of hegels work reacts to this older german philosopher though his son Emmanuel was named for another Immanuel

Answer 37

Kant

Question 38

Key world event of hegels youth was this which broke out in the spring and summer of 1789 when he was 18

Answer 38

French Revolution