Quiz Bowl Questions Flashcards
(347 cards)
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All matter is made up of these tiny particles
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Atoms
2
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What did American Indians refer to as the Iron Horse?
A
Trains
3
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Spell penicillin
A
4
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What fabric is Scotland famous for making?
A
Wool
5
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This group met for the first time on November 26, 1971
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Cabinet meeting
6
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What is the force exerted by a golf ball when struck?
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Kinetic energy
7
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How many states border the Pacific Ocean?
A
5
8
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What was England’s original use for Australia?
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Drop off debtors/prisoners
9
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What does a barometer measure?
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Air pressure
10
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Identify the largest joint in the human body
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Knee
11
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What does a botanist study?
A
Plants
12
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In SCUBA diving, what is the purpose of the cylinders on the back?
A
Hold oxygen
13
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The offspring of a female horse and a male donkey is called a what?
A
Mule
14
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What year did IL become a state?
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1818
15
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How many red stripes are on the US flag?
A
7
16
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What is the job of white blood cells?
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Fight infection
17
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When a person pushes a heavy load up a ramp onto a platform, which simple machine are they using?
A
Inclined plane
18
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Complete this nautical saying, “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight….”
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Red sky in morning, sailor’s take warning
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What figurative language is this? Cool as a cucumber
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simile
20
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Which American football team won first 2 superbowls
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Green Bay Packers
21
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What type of bridge is supported by cables that are supported by a tower?
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Suspension bridge
22
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What historical event was caused by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow?
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Great Chicago Fire
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Which philosopher passed on the thoughts of Socrates?
A
Plato
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Name this country: 8th largest country, neighbors are Bolivia and Paraguay
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Argentina
25
Who is the composer of "The Magic Flute"
Mozart
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What infamous first baseman committed an error for the Boston Red Sox?
Billy Buckner
27
What is the US Naval Base in Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
28
First US state listed in ABC order
Alabama
29
Each angle of an equilateral triangle is how many degrees?
60
30
What part of speech are a, an, and the
articles
31
What is the name of the boat that Alaska's Inuit people use for hunting and fishing?
Kayak
32
What is the most densely populated state in the Union
New Jersey
33
In which state is Mt. St. Helen's
Washington
34
Who wrote "Death of a Salesman"
Arthur Miller
35
Energy used by most living beings comes from?
The sun
36
From what civilization is Pythagoras?
Greek
37
F=ma where F (force) is measure using what?
Newtons
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What state beginning with I is the first alphabetically using 2 letters
Iowa
39
What is the original name of England's flag?
St. George's Cross
40
How many strings are on a guitar?
6
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What is the system that gets rid of waste?
Excretory system
42
In a standard basketball court, the rim is elevated how many feet?
10 feet
43
What do you call a piece of equipment used to hit the ball in cricket?
A bat
44
Name the author of the book Roots
Alex Haley
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What is the official language of Kenya?
Swahili
46
Recite the first 3 words of the US Constitution
We the people
47
Chuck Noll was the head coach of this NFL team in the 1970s
Steelers
48
What body of water holds Malta
Mediterranean Sea
49
Socrates was famous in which civilization?
Greek
50
Vacuum tubes were discovered by?
Thomas Edison
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What state is divided into 2 parts by a large lake?
Michigan
52
What are the black keys on a piano made of?
Ebony
53
What number is commonly referred to as a bakers dozen?
13
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For what crime did Al Capone spend 11 years in prison?
Tax evasion
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What chemical element has the highest melting point?
Tungsten
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Custer made his last stand at Little Bighorn in what state?
Montana
57
What sport has its Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA?
Basketball
58
A goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland caused by a lack of what chemical?
Iodine
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What overtook ketchup as the best selling condiment in 1991?
Salsa
60
What is the title of the novel by Charlotte Bronte that centers around a governess?
Jane Eyre
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In the high hurdle race, how many hurdles are you allowed to knock over without penalty?
As many as you want
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What does prognosticate mean?
predict, foretell
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If the last names of the US presidents were arranged alphabetically, who would be last?
Woodrow Wilson
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What poet wrote "For Auld Acquaintance be Forgot"
Robert Burns
65
Who said "you can fool all of the people some of the time"
Abraham Lincoln
66
How many miles must a marathon runner travel before completing the race?
26 miles
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What is the popular name for the first Volkswagen model of car?
Beetle
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In a rocket, the force that pushes the rocket upward is called what?
Thrust
69
What are estates in the old south called?
Plantations
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In theory, it is the space entirely devoid of matter...what is this state that nature abhors?
Vacuum
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Which American actress of the 50s retired to become a princess?
Grace Kelley
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Who painted "The Last Supper"
Da Vinci
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The statue of Venus de Milo is in which great museum?
The Louvre
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Who is the author of Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire
Jack London
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In 1938, there was a radio broadcast of War of the Worlds...who was its narrator?
Orson Welles
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If 2 angles are complementary, what is the sum of the angles?
90 degrees
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Spell eccentricity
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What country is directly south of Canada?
The USA
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What famous play has the line "To be or not to be"
Hamlet
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What is obtained when a dividend is divided by a divisor?
Quotient
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Identify the Civil Rights leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize
MLK Jr
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What is Jamaica's main industry?
tourism
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Name the letter of the alphabet that is most often used to signify an illiterate person's signature
X
84
In what state was the Civil War battle of Bull Run fought?
Virginia
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In what city and state is the Liberty Bell displayed?
Philadelphia, PA
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Which amendment guarantees the right of association?
First amendment
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What is the longest and strongest bone in the body?
Femur
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At its height, this civilization extended from Britain to Egypt
Roman Empire
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The Adventures of Huck Finn took place on which river?
Mississippi
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What is it called when there is a state of lawlessness or political disorder
Anarchy
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How many paintings did Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?
1
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A strait is a narrow body of water, but what term describes a narrow strip of land?
Isthmus
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A memorial was built in DC across the reflection pool from the Vietnam Memorial to honor which veterans?
Korean War
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What is the word that stands for radio detection and ranging?
RADAR
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What creatures have been building underground towns on the prairies?
Prairie dogs
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What famous satellite was launched on October 4, 1957?
Sputnik
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What do we call a dagger attached to the muzzle of a gun?
Bayonet
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Who was the first woman to head a British political party?
Margaret Thatcher
99
Who laid the capitol building's cornerstone?
George Washington
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What is the only state to fly under 6 flags?
Texas
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In which war did Polish general Polaski fight?
American Revolution
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In a 24 hour period, which animal sleeps the longest
Lion
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What mineral was found in 1849 and at Sutter's Mill?
Coal
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This injury is known to carpenters by repeated hammering?
Tennis Elbow
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First to have regulations against drug use?
Horse racing
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What do we call a four-sided figure with 2 sides parallel?
Trapezoid
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Chinese ring-necked is a variety of what bird?
Pheasant
108
The jabberwocky is found in which book by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass
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This sea animal has a soft body inside a hard shell for food and pearls
Oyster
110
Name this government agency: Main purpose to ensure vigor competition in the market
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
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Which weekend is the Indy 500?
Memorial Day weekend
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What are the tiniest tubes in the human body that carry blood?
Capillaries
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If a key signature has 3 sharps, what are the 3 sharps?
F, C, and G
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This state has the robin as state bird, apple blossom as the flower, white pine as a tree
Michigan
115
Who delivered the speech "give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
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What novel by what author tells about an English nobleman and a poor boy who switch places?
Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain
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What name was given to companies of militia organized in american revolution
Minutemen
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State known as magnolia state
Mississippi
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Capital rhode island
Providence
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Function of pony express was to carry mail to west coast, how long did it last
Year and a half
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Another name for aurora borealis
Northern lights
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This country was carved from Prussia…gained independence after WWI
Poland
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“Give me your tired, your poor”
Statue of Liberty
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Ex-slave founded tuskegee institute
Booker T. Washington
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What is a prairie dog colony called
Town
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Which great lake is only one to lie wholly
Lake Michigan
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Identify animal native to asia can expand skin of neck
Cobra
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Scale measure acidity and alkalinity
PH Scale
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Letters UFO stand for
Unidentified Flying Object
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Largest organ of the human body
Skin
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Which suffix is usually adverb
-ly
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Which mountains known as backbone of south america
Andes
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Days in september
30
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Name the first black MLB baseball player
Jackie Robinson
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Two word expression for us flag
Old Glory
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This southern city originally named terminus at end of rail line
Atlanta
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Name of bike race international
Tour de France
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In archery, the center is called
Bullseye
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Which german composer known for hungarian dances
Brahms
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What state was lincoln born
Kentucky
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Who did gerald ford replace as president
Nixon
142
Capital of sweden
Stockholm
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Mile high city
Denver
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What does atomic number mean
Number of protons in an atom
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Name pulitzer prize featuring scout
TKAM
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Book where character finds blue egg
Eragon
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Camp that housed admiral richard byrd and 42 men in antarctica
Little America
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Between what 2 lakes does the sioux canal and st marie canal control traffic
Lake Superior and Huron
149
Different halves of cerebrum called
Hemispheres
150
What is the full name of dr seuss
Theodore Seuss Geisel
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In which state is Jimmy Carter born?
Georgia
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Which state is acadia national park
Maine
153
Kind of life insurance lasts limited years but is inexpensive?
Term
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Country with mt sinai
Egypt
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Author wrote iliad and odyssey
Homer
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1908, ford introduced it in the saturday evening post
Model T
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Mt rainier is in
Washington
158
Metal not solid at room temp
Mercury
159
Name of alphabet not in the states
Q
160
Home planet of luke skywalker
Tatooine
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What state did family in grapes of wrath move to
California
162
Brazil and colombia supply 50% of world’s what
coffee
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City with largest bull-fighting ring in world
Mexico City
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Amendment concerned with church and state
First
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What year did alaska and hawaii become states
1959
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Who was french explorer of st lawrence waterway
Cartier
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Charged atom with unequal numbers is called what
Ion
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Canal joins atlantic and pacific
Panama Canal
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What element makes up 21% of atmosphere
Oxygen
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Pierre is state capital
South Dakota
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How many hours in half a week
84
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When president takes office, name of speech they give
Inauguration Address
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Literary term refers to exciting event
Climax
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American inventor for cotton gin
Eli Whitney
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Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
SCUBA
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Colonial america everything
Ben Franklin
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San diego trolley goes 16 miles to where in mexico
Tijuana
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Minnesota lake that is source for mississippi river
Itasca
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Cities opera house for phantom of the opera
Paris
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Name of series by jeff kinney
Diary of Wimpy kid
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What vitamin is required for blood clotting
K
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Identify portuguese that first sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
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What race is known as the great american race
Daytona 500
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State capital named after river named after corruption french word middle between missouri and mississippi
Des moines
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Who wrote 20000 leagues under the sea
Jules Verne
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Who was defeated at little bighorn
Custer
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What part of speech is the word quite?
Adverb
188
What animal uses its tail to signal danger?
Beaver
189
What command is used to make a dog walk on the handler’s left side?
Heel
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Edible part of the sweet potato plant?
Root
191
Who is the commander in chief of the US armed forces?
President
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What did Benjamin Franklin invent because he was tired of carrying two pairs of glasses?
Bifocals
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Name the lake that is the largest source of the Nile river?
Lake Victoria
194
What name is given to a person who makes maps?
Cartographer
195
What is the term for races that include up to and including 400m?
Dash or sprint
196
Which horse race is called the run for the roses?
Kentucky Derby
197
5 consecutive integers whose sum is 85
15, 16, 17, 18, 19
198
A cold person has a heart of stone, but a generous person has a heart of…..
Gold
199
Frigiphobia is fear of what?
Cold
200
9/1/1939
Start of WW2
201
Israeli flag...symbol in middle
Star of David
202
Who is the father of modern astronomy?
Copernicus
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Give the exact percent equivalent of ⅝
62.5%
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Name the author of uncle tom’s cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
205
Sum of first 10 positive integers
55
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Collapse of star
Black Hole
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5 branches of armed forces
Navy, army, marines, coast guard, air force
208
Type of words same backward/forward
palindrome
209
Briar rose falls into state of suspended animation
Sleeping Beauty
210
1961 turning point of JFK renewed public faith
Cuban missile crisis
211
Continent has second most independent countries
Europe
212
1928, Andrew Jackson appears on $20, what building is on the reverse
White House
213
Where was Seward’s folly
Alaska
214
Can lose up to 25% of food it buries
Squirrel
215
Year in which constitution was signed
1787
216
Title of poem begins “twas night before christmas”
A Visit from St Nicholas
217
Composer of “The Messiah”
George Handel
218
British author of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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What building did Booth kill Lincoln
Ford's Theater
220
March 29, 1963, steps of Lincoln Memorial, “I Have a Dream” speech
MLK Jr
221
The Albany plan failed because...
colonists were afraid of losing their autonomy or self-government
222
Liquid to gas to liquid
distillation
223
Finish this “No joy in mudville”
Casey has struck out
224
Brand name of hook and loop
Velcro
225
Gravestone says “Free at Last, Free at Last”
MLK Jr
226
2 colonists leaders of America’s revolutionary movement
Sam Adams and John Hancock
227
How many dimples on a golf ball
336
228
Male duck is called
Drake
229
Minutes in NBA quarter
12 minutes
230
Universities tied for heisman trophies
Notre Dame and Ohio State
231
Hyphenated term when abnormality not found when it actually is
False-negative
232
Shenandoah national park
Virginia
233
Hoover dam harness water from river
Colorado
234
Temperature of normal human
98.6 Fahrenheit
235
Main muscles helps breathe
Diaphragm
236
St basil's cathedral is located where
Moscow
237
Hardness scale for minerals
Mohs Scale
238
Author of Tales of 4th grade nothing, Superfudge
Judy Blume
239
Nation’s attic
Smithsonian
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Only crime in constitution
Treason
241
GNP
Gross National Product
242
Natural electrical discharge
Lightning
243
Western state last to approve mlk holiday and issue to popular vote
Arizona
244
Indited by grand jury means
Accused
245
Major country asks leader to be chief of state and head of partisan political
USA
246
ZIP code acronym
zone improvement plan
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Born October 2, 1869, this indian leader used peaceful protest
Mahatma gandhi birth date
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Quasimodo had what kind of job
Bellringer
249
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth the first
250
Commander british forces at rev war
Thomas Gage
251
If you buy 3lb of pennies galvanized, what are you getting
Nails
252
Which branch of science deals with the studies of languages
Linguistics
253
In what country was the fortune cookie invented?
United States
254
What happened on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918
WW1 armistice
255
What is the name of the middle aged sport where charging knights used lances
jousting
256
Where is the Freedom Trail
Boston
257
What is Minneapolis Twin City?
St. Paul
258
What is the transfer called when heat from a candle is transferred on a wire?
Convection
259
What are changes to the US constitution?
Amendments
260
What color is the 8 ball in pool?
Black
261
Name the largest city in midwest
Chicago
262
Bird lives in the southwest with its tail as long as its body..may be sprinting along highways
Road Runner
263
Name this 27th president….so fat...
Taft
264
As a result of a certain crime...Lindbergh law?
Kidnapping
265
Dill pickles are made from
Cucumbers
266
Name capital of nebraska?
Lincoln
267
Famous colonial protest?
Boston Tea Party
268
Light amplification by stimulated radiation.
LASER
269
Street celebrated in New Orleans as cradle of jazz?
Bourbon Street
270
What battle was Napoleon's final defeat?
Waterloo
271
Who sailed around Cape Hope in 1497?
Vasco de Gama
272
How much is 2.5 squared?
6.25
273
What is the name of the theme song used by Harlem Globetrotters?
Sweet Georgia Brown
274
In which 2 states is Monument Valley located?
Arizona and Utah
275
This was first discovered in 1682 by Edmond Haley, seen from earth every 67 years?
Haley's comet
276
Where is Devil’s Tower..which state?
Wyoming
277
In nutrition, what is the term given to the 14 vital elements?
Minerals
278
Term that describes the amount of water vapor in the air?
Humidity
279
What tragedy was reported in these words: “It’s bursting into flames….”?
Hindenburg
280
What household machine would you find a bobbin in?
Sewing machine
281
What is it called when a bowler takes 2 rolls to knock all the pins?
Spare
282
In which 2 states is the okey nufike swamp?
Florida/Georgia
283
Massachusetts religious group made baked beans?
Puritans
284
Which state was the first to vote to secede from union?
South Carolina
285
What famous 20th century pitcher was the first to post a no-hitter? Modern day award for pitching?
Psy Yung
286
What US president won a Pulitzer Prize for literature?
JFK
287
Identify the name of the first man-made satellite that the US placed in space?
Explorer 1
288
How does a writer indicate titles of chapters of stories, poems, etc?
Quotation Marks
289
Which branch has authority to declare war?
Legislative
290
Led NBA in points 1960-1966
Wilt Chamberlain
291
Which gland creates insulin?
Insulin
292
Name the tallest structure in DC?
Washington Monument
293
Famous black leader fought to abolish slavery
Frederick Douglass
294
4 forces that work on airplane
Thrust, Drag, Lift, Weight/Gravity
295
What would you do with a case of infantigo
Call a dr
296
Document was written in 1823 to prevent European countries from encroaching on US colonies
Monroe Doctrine
297
Which league came into attendance to solve disputes between countries before war ensued
League of nations
298
Movement of blood or magazines
circulation
299
Concept of expanding universe, telescope named after him
Hubble
300
Ancient chinese method of relieving pain
Acupuncture
301
What was france called during caesar
Gall
302
Gas greatest in oxygen
Nitrogen
303
2nd general in US
Andrew Jackson
304
Statistical summary of baseball game
Box score
305
1st black justice of supreme court
Thurgood Marhsall
306
Which president only one whose grandfather preceded him
Benjamin Harrison
307
Football played 12 games, won 7…what percentage did they win?
58%
308
What language do most people in JOrdan speak
Arabic
309
What Indian gave his name to a tree?
Sequoia
310
How many minutes in a day
1440
311
What disease associated with jonas salk
Polio
312
Which country’'s neutrality was ruined in both wars by germany
Belgium
313
Russian cosmonaut to travel in space in 1961
yuri gagarin
314
American colonial formed in protest of stamp act
sons of liberty
315
Location of treaty that ended american rev.
Paris
316
Classical composer whose symphony describes a bear, hen, clock, surprise
Hayden
317
1096-end of 13th century led by western europe, what was series called
crusades
318
8 letter term for clam shells settling on seashore, sand on beach, etc
sediment
319
Parallelogram with all sides congruent
square
320
Identify hawkeye state
Iowa
321
Federal agency monitors water and air industry
EPA- environmental protection agency
322
2 prime numbers add to 13
2 and 11
323
Egypts last queen
Cleopatra
324
How many cubic feet in a cubic yard?
27
325
What were the taxes on lead, glass, paper, etc. called
Townshend act
326
December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy
Pearl Harbor
327
Tallest mountain in oregon
Mt. Hood
328
Only state whose name contains one syllable
Maine
329
Individuals on the coins
penny (lincoln) nickel (jefferson) dime (roosevelt) quarter (washington)
330
Opposite of benign
Malignant
331
Letter between v and n on keyboard
b
332
First name is sheldon, wife is karen, owns chum bucket
Plankton
333
Second best-selling flavor ice cream
Chocolate
334
Stadium home to chicago bears
Soldier Field
335
Superman, batman, flash, and wonderwoman are members of
Justice League of America
336
Square root of 196
14
337
Strong tendon at back of leg is called
Achilles
338
French impressionist painting…water lilies, bouquets of sunflowers
Monet
339
Bulls championships 1991-1998
6
340
Where in america is the gold bullion depository
Fort Knox
341
100,000 of these a year, clear acres of trees, national disaster
Wildfire
342
Happy faced spider, everyone is a minority, volcano eruption
Hawaii
343
Justices on supreme court
9
344
First lady AND mother to us president
Abigail Adams and Barbara Bush
345
How many players TOTAL on ice in a hockey game
12
346
American born poet, road not taken -
Robert Frost
347
HOMES acronym for the great lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior
