The Complete Knowledge Bowl Online Question List

Listed below is the entire question list for kbpractice.com. Hopefully, it can help you in your studying and allow you to learn more trivia. The questions were curated from a list of old PDFs that had been used for old meets and transferred to a database for use on the internet.

Number	Subject	Question	Answer
1	109. Extinct Creatures	Identify the two massive creatures of the Pleistocene epoch that resembled modern elephants.	mammoth, mastodon
2	95. Settings	Many of the 'One Thousand and One Nights' tales are set in what ancient city adjacent to the Tigris River?	Baghdad
3	20. The Liberty Bell	A person wanting to see the Liberty Bell would have to travel to what state?	Pennsylvania
4	64. Animals	It is an aquatic fur-bearer with webbed feet closely related to the marten. It inhabits lakes and streams, feeding on fish. Name this mammal with a flattened tail that burrows in the banks of streams.	otter
5	73. U.S. License Plates	'Heart of Dixie' is on the license plates of what state?	Alabama
6	18. Laos	Laos is one of the four nations in the opium-poppy-growing region known as what triangle?	Golden Triangle
7	58. Water Treatment	There is practically no chance of an outbreak of cholera if water is treated with the proper amount of what greenish, gaseous halogen?	chlorine
8	102. Holidays	During what month is Labor Day celebrated by American workers?	September
9	9. Gargantuan Dinosaurs	In 1995, dinosaur experts noted that a previously unknown, enormous dinosaur had been unearthed in Argentina. Name this creature believed to be about two tons heavier than the next largest meat eater, tyrannosaurus rex.	Gigantosaurus carolinii
10	36. Military Disasters	In 1812, Napoleon's army suffered nearly 500,000 casualties while retreating from what Eastern European city?	Moscow
11	86. Amphibians	The legs of amphibians evolved from what structures on fish?	fins
12	6. Required Symbols	What group of Europeans wore yellow stars on their clothing in the 1940s?	Jews
13	13. Archaeology	Tiahuanaco is a large complex of ceremonial and religious buildings near what lake between Peru and Bolivia?	Titicaca
14	68. Lava	What kind of basalts form when, like being squeezed from a toothpaste tube, elongated blobs of lava break out underwater and flow over previously deposited blobs?	pillow basalt (pillow lava)
15	71. Disasters	According to some accounts, it was sparks from the great Chicago fire of 1871 that started the forest fires that destroyed a million acres of Michigan and Wisconsin timberland. In this fire, more than 1200 people died in what Wisconsin logging town?	Peshtigo
16	17. Agreement	Correct this ill-conceived sentence. There exists in this land many creatures that I would prefer not to feed.	exist
17	109. Circles	What is the line of centers for two circles with radii of	12 and 17 if the circles are concentric?
18	83. Taxonomy	Name two mollusks in the class Bivalvia.	clam, oyster, scallop, cockle, mussel
19	120. Seismology	Name the record produced by the marking device on a seismograph.	seismogram
20	52. Spheres	Using 22/7 for pi, to the nearest cubic inch, what is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 20 inches?	4190
21	101. Turpentine	Turpentine is manufactured from what complex substance secreted by plants?	resin
22	16. Expressions	What word is missing from these expressions? ----head ----ing somebody on a good ---- having ---- on your face	egg
23	116. Vote Losses	What crisis that occupied Jimmy Carter during his last months in office may well have been the single most important factor in his defeat by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election?	Iran hostage crisis
24	105. Theater	Spanning the width of the stage, what is the name for the surface behind the acting area upon which scenery is usually painted?	backdrop (backcloth)
25	23. Atom Nuclei	Each atomic nucleus consists of one or more protons and one or more neutrons, with the exception of what one element?	hydrogen (or deuterium)
26	30. Fields of Science	What branch of geography studies the distribution of plants and animals on Earth?	biogeography
27	29. Pronouns	Restate this sentence using a first-person singular pronoun. She is pretty and witty and bright.	\| am pretty and witty and bright.
28	63. Writing	What word completes this line by Bernard Baruch that illustrates parallel structure? Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't ...	mind
29	109. Ancient Egyptians	What ancient Hellenistic ruler of Egypt shared power with her father, Ptolemy XII, with Ptolemy XIII and XIV, and later had relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?	Cleopatra
30	1. Animal Names	Most animals have two names. What is the general term for the second name of the critters in this list? Sula nebouxii - blue-footed booby Carcharodon carcharias - great white shark Odocoileus hemionus - mule deer Crotalus cerastes - sidewinder	common name
31	1. Military Formations	Name the military formation developed by Philip II of Macedon and used by Alexander the Great in which the troops carry overlapping shields and long spears.	phalanx
32	3. Invertebrates	What creature has these features? -most highly developed of the invertebrates -eyes are almost exact replicas of human eyes -body length of up to 65 feet -ten arms	giant squid
33	64. Justice	From a literary point of view, rewarding the good and punishing the bad is what kind of justice?	poetic justice
34	104. Organs	What organ of the digestive system is a greenish sac occupying a depression on the underside of the liver?	gallbladder
35	51. Algebraic Fraction Addition	What is the sum of 3/y and 4/x?	(4y + 3x)/xy
36	116. Engagements	In what battle did the Texans led by Sam Houston kill or capture Santa Anna's entire Mexican force of more than 1300 with only nine American deaths?	Battle of San Jacinto
37	10. Knowledge Galore	What adjective means 'having unlimited, total knowledge of everything'?	omniscient
38	45. Italian Towns	Name the Italian town in which a marble tower inclines nearly seventeen feet from the perpendicular.	Pisa
39	29. National Parks	The three U.S. national parks in the Sierra Nevada are Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and what other?	Sequoia
40	106. Earth's Spheres	Which sphere of our planet is divided into plates?	lithosphere
41	10. Campaign Pledges	What six words, used in his 1988 presidential campaign, often came back to haunt George Bush in 1992?	Read my lips. No new taxes.
42	58. Gunfights	In the 1880s, the notorious Clantons were gunned down by Doc Holliday and three brothers with what surname?	Earp
43	da Abraham Lincoln	What name is missing in this passage? Lincoln's first love affair of which there is any record was that with ----, a slender, blue-eyed blonde, nineteen years old, a very lovely and universally admired and generally fascinating girl of South Carolina descent, whose father kept the village tavern at New Salem, Illinois.	Anne Rutledge
44	106. Plant Life	Derived from the name of a Roman goddess, what is the collective name for all the different kinds of plants growing in a given region?	flora
45	32. Historical Periods	These titles are about what period in European history? Heraldry The Knights Tournaments Living in Castle Times The Crusades and the Crusader States	medieval (Middle Ages)
46	24. Petroleum	What adjective describes petroleum before it has been refined?	crude
47	11. Industrial Fiascoes	What model of car, discontinued in 1960, was advertised under this motto? Looks right! Built right! Priced right!	Edsel
48	8. Space Exploration	What adjective describes an unstable orbit from which an object is gradually spiraling into the body it is traveling around?	decaying
49	66. Clock Arithmetic		What is 8 + 8 in modulo 12?
50	44. Substance Abuse	Those controlled substances that contribute to muscle bulk while having many harmful physical and psychological effects are called ...	steroids
51	26. Explorers	What Portuguese explorer, employed by the king of Spain, embarked in 1519 from Seville, sailed through the strait that now bears his name, and was killed in the Philippines in 1521?	Magellan
52	4. Back Phrases	To 'back up' means to support and to be 'laid on one's back' means to be sick. What phrase containing 'back' means to assume a defensive position against insurmountable odds?	back against the wall
53	4. Historical Epics	The poet, Luiz de Camoes, wrote 'The Lusiads,' a history of the Portuguese people. In this work, he emphasizes what 15th-century explorer who discovered a sea route to India?	Vasco da Gama
54	16. Voting	Someone with a summer home in New Hampshire, a winter home in Arizona, and businesses in both Vermont and New Mexico could be a registered voter for a national election in how many precincts?	one
55	18. Fables	In an Aesop fable, a skinny wolf meets a strong, fat mastiff. The wolf is envious at first, but then notices the dog's collar mark resulting from being tied up, often keeping him from running around wherever he wants. Seeing that, the wolf runs off to the forest. The moral is that it is better to starve free than to be a fat what?	slave (prisoner, captive)
56	25. Religious Freedom	English Protestants who would not accept allegiance in any form to the Church of England included the Pilgrims, the Quakers, and the Baptists. These groups that advocated secession from the established church were collectively known as ...	separatists
57	80. Novels	In what Sinclair Lewis novel, a kind of 'Pilgrim's Progress' for the medical profession, must a young doctor fight his entire life against various temptations to abandon his ideas for wealth and fame?	Arrowsmith
58	45. Logarithms		Evaluate log base 4 of 32.
59	16. People	Complete this title of a biography. The Greatest Showman on Earth: A Biography of ...	P.T. Barnum
60	10. Horses	Founder, an affliction of horses, resulting from overfeeding, affects what part of a horse?	hoofs
61	93. History of Medicine	In 1971, U.S. doctors visited China to investigate reports of the success of an ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles into various parts of the body to produce anesthesia and relief from pain. Name this practice.	acupuncture
62	3. Medieval Membership	What organizations in medieval Europe were exclusive, created to preserve the privileges of their members, and to protect various trades and economic pursuits?	guilds
63	31. Collapses	An inward collapse of a vessel is an ...	implosion
64	122. Biographies	The name of what river completes this title of a biography? Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the ...	Nile
65	8. Last Words	In 1692, what were the last two words uttered by Giles Corey in Salem, Massachusetts?	More weight.
66	60. Propaganda Techniques	When a speaker insists an audience make one of two choices, he might say, 'You are either with us or against us.' Another way of expressing that thought is to say, 'You are either part of the solution or' what?	part of the problem
67	41. Sunburn	Prolonged exposure to what type of radiation from the Sun will cause sunburn?	ultraviolet radiation
68	9. Ornamentation	What hyphenated noun indicates knickknacks or keepsakes placed about a room for ornamentation?	bric-a-brac
69	85. Ocean Wave Physics	An anchored boat rises and falls once every 6 seconds as waves with crests 20 meters apart pass under it. These waves have a velocity of how many meters per minute?	200
70	5. Lakes	Titicaca is the second-largest lake of South America. Name the largest.	Maracaibo
71	40. Reports	In the 1960s, the surgeon general released a report which described what factor as outweighing all other factors as a cause of lung disease?	cigarette smoking
72	82. Parodies	This ditty by Ogden Nash is a parody of another work by what U.S. poet? I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.	Joyce Kilmer
73	49. Revolutions	Major developments during the Industrial Revolution included Watt's steam engine, Kay's flying shuttle, Cartwright's power loom, and Hargreaves' ...	spinning jenny
74	18. Metamorphic Rock	If metamorphic rock is subjected to such intense heat and pressure that it melts, it becomes what kind of rock?	igneous
75	39. Sad Tales	This dialogue is from what story by Nathaniel Hawthorne? 'Georgiana,' said he, 'has it never occurred to you that the mark upon your cheek might be removed?' 'No, indeed,' said she, smiling; but perceiving the seriousness of his manner. 'To tell you the truth it has been so often called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it so.'	The Birthmark
76	19. Indian Wars	The major engagements against the Indians in the Creek War were fought by Tennesseans under what general who later became U.S. president?	Andrew Jackson
77	64. First Ladies	This is about whom? Some difficulties arose after her husband's election. She was accused of extravagance and disloyalty to the Union cause. Her mind was weakened by the loss of three of her four sons and by the terrible assassination.	Mrs. (Mary) Lincoln
78	111. Provocative Punctuation	What word for a punctuation mark completes this controversial statement that remained on the WhiteHouse.gov site well after millions of health plans had been cancelled in 2013? For Americans with insurance coverage who like what they have, they can keep it. Nothing in this act or anywhere in the bill forces anyone to to change the insurance they have.	period
79	29. Theater	In a dramatic presentation, these are examples of what kind of characters? -the braggart soldier -the buffoon -the penny pincher -the coward -the absent-minded professor -the trickster -the bov next door	stock characters
80	70. Sports Math	In what sport do participants call out a solution to the following? Cube root of 64!	golf
81	97. Book Parts	In a book, what is the termf or each side of each leaf?	page
82	TT. Exercise	What calisthenic exercises are similar to sit-ups but involve only repeated shorter movements of the abdominals?	crunches
83	27. Algae Comparisons	Phytoplankton is microscopic while seaweed is ...	macroscopic
84	109. Colonial Ministers	When Roger Williams emigrated from England to Boston in 1631, he declined an offer to become minister of the first Boston congregation because it had not formally separated from what church?	Anglican (Church of England)
85	15. Continental Borders	What body of water is contiguous with these African countries? Namibia Senegal Liberia Cameroon	Atlantic Ocean
86	12. Color	What is the collective name for colors formed by mixing any two of these three colors? red, yellow, blue	secondary colors
87	3. Symbols	A five-pointed star symbolizes America. What symbol composed of two tools represented Communist ideology?	hammer, sickle
88	113. Assassinations	What Asian leader of the world's largest democracy was assassinated by two of her own bodyguards in 1984?	Indira Gandhi
89	112. Australian Songs	A swagman steals and butchers a jumbuck in the song, 'Waltzing Matilda.' What is a jumbuck?	sheep
90	1. Chemical Symbols	What is the chemical symbol for the element in	diamonds?
91	7. Scholarships	Cecil Rhodes organized an enormous diamond mining operation in South Africa. His wealth enabled him to establish the Rhodes Scholarship Program enabling British, American, and German students to attend what university?	Oxford
92	Sis Simplification	Simplify this expression. 3p - 6(4- Sp)	33p - 24
93	81. Electoral Votes	A state with 32 members in the U.S. House of Representatives has how many votes in the Electoral College?	34
94	14. Quartiles	The first quartile equals what percentile?	25th percentile
95	48. Evil Porksters	Name the fierce-looking Berkshire boar who leads the rebellion against Mr. Jones in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.'	Napoleon
96	Extra 10. Pronouns	There are three pronouns in this sentence. All are what type of pronouns? You and I will see him shortly.	personal
97	6. Novels	In what novel by John Steinbeck do several friends hunt frogs to finance a party for their friend, Doc?	Cannery Row
98	103. Averages	Roy caught an 8-pound bass and an 11-pound bass. How much must his third bass weigh in order that all his fish average 7 pounds?	2 pounds
99	115. Demonyms	What demonym corresponds with the name, Europe?	European
100	30. Comparative Anatomy	What term indicates the lower bill in birds, one of the paired appendages closest to the mouth in arthropods, and the lower jaw in vertebrates?	mandible
101	6. Seas	What sea is to the northeast of Australia?	Coral Sea
102	90. Fungus Photography	In a photo, you see what looks like a cloud emerging from the top of a puffball. What does that cloud consist of?	spores
103	97. Anthologies	Whose collection of short stories is entitled, 'Night Shift'?	Stephen King's
104	57. Symbols	What bird has the same symbolic meaning as the olive branch?	dove
105	98. Astronomical Events	What occurs when a full Moon crosses the plane of the Earth's umbra?	lunar eclipse
106	101. True Stories	Complete this title of a memoir by Esther Hautzig about her Polish family being forced into cattle cars and moved to Siberia to weed potato fields and work in mines to survive. The Endless ...	Steppe
107	61. Switching Sides	Some researchers say the reason that, unlike in earlier wars, a relatively high percentage of American soldiers defected after becoming prisoners-of-war during the Korean War was because they were subjected to what kind of coercive persuasion?	brainwashing
108	118. Devices	What mechanical device invented early in the 19th century consists of a wheel with a heavy rim mounted on an axis pivoted on both ends within a light circular frame?	gyroscope
109	65. Proverbs	Complete this proverb. You never miss the water until the well ...	runs dry
110	26. Lost Ships	All six members of the crew of what boat are lost in Sebastian Junger's book, 'The Perfect Storm'?	Andrea Gail
111	55. Space Exploration	In spacecraft, what is the name for a chamber between the flight deck and the vacuum of space that is used by crew members when beginning or returning from space walks?	air lock
112	22. Islam	Name two of the three holiest cities of Islam.	Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
113	79. It's Really a Pain	Name the painful, involuntary muscle contractions thought to be associated with dehydration, low potassium, calcium, or sodium levels, or low glucose levels in the body.	cramps
114	14. New York Geography	These cities in New York are all along what river? Troy, Albany, Kingston, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, West Point	Hudson River
115	69. Astronomical Anagrams	'Dinar' and 'drain' are anagrams for what term indicating a point on the celestial sphere directly below the observer?	nadir
116	112. Crimes	Burglary is also known as breaking and what?	entering
117	21. Squares	How many square yards are in a square 33 feet on a side?	121 square yards
118	43. Argument	The truth or falsity of an idea is determined not by where it came from, but by the evidence supporting it. To argue that a claim is true or false on the basis of its origin is to commit what fallacy?	genetic fallacy
119	42. Legends	What creature is described by Himalayan tribesmen as a giant creature having an upright stance, a covering of black to reddish hair, and the appearance of a bear, ape, or human?	yeti (abominable snowman)
120	59. National Movements	What similar national movement that paralleled the National Socialism movement in Germany began in Italy around 1919?	fascism
121	41. Historical Figures	Steve Biko, Paul Kruger, Pieter Botha, Andres Pretorius, and Nelson Mandela played significant roles in the history of what country?	South Africa
122	31. Carrion	What is the consumption of carrion from the same species called?	cannibalism
123	4. Motion	Name the temperature at which atomic motion ceases altogether.	absolute zero
124	18. Hurricanes	As a hurricane sweeps across the Caribbean and heads for the North American mainland, it will be preceded by a sudden rise in sea level of ten feet or more. This phenomenon is a ...	storm surge
125	43. Seawater	What is more concentrated in seawater just below forming ice packs than it is in the open ocean?	salt
126	124. River Cities	Name the largest U.S. city not in Texas that developed along the Rio Grande River.	Albuquerque
127	78. State Government	What official is primarily responsible for overseeing a state's budget?	governor
128	11. Censorship	In 1557, Pope Paul IV established the 'Index of Prohibited Books,' a listing of those books that Catholics were forbidden to read. This index recognized the importance of what recent invention in spreading the Reformation?	printing press
129	47. Literary Honors	Ernest Hemingway was referring to what book when he said this? All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. It's the best book we've had. There was nothing before. There has been nothing so good since.	Huckleberry Finn
130	116. Epitaphs	What was the occupation of the man whose epitaph reads as follows? Jedediah Goodwin Born 1828 Going! Going!! Going!!! Gone!!! 1876	auctioneer
131	67. Radians	Express 135 degrees in terms of radians.	(3pi)/4
132	19). Natural Gas	About 10% of natural gas is propane and butane, another 10% consists of ethane, and the other 80% is	methane
133	104. Anthropology	What form of man was named from the first discovery of a skullcap and some limb bones in a cave of the Neander Valley in Germany?	Neanderthal man
134	28. Generals	This is about what general? In a masterpiece of planning and execution, he crossed the Mississippi near Vicksburg and marched to insert his army between John Pemberton's at Vicksburg and Joseph Johnston's at Jackson and won five battles.	Ulysses Grant
135	67. Mexico	On an island in Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs built their capital city named ...	Tenochtitlan
136	65. Mysteries	What state is the setting for these mysteries? The Tanglewood Murder Transcendental Murder Mayflower Murder Fatal Cape Cod Funeral Murder at Plymouth Plantation Murder at Walden Pond	Massachusetts
137	100. Governmental Programs	What executive department is responsible for administering federal health-care programs?	Health and Human Services
138	105. Brain Waves	The long, slow brain waves characteristic of a relaxed state are named by which letter of the Greek alphabet?	alpha
139	44. Science Fiction	These lines are from what science fiction story? -Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? -If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. -'Life,' said Marvin dolefully, 'loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.'	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
140	36. Percentage	There are 350 people wanting Mr. Bush to give them a job. 64% of these people have read Mr. Tower's book, 'How to Win Friends and Influence Senators.' What percent of the job applicants have read Mr. Tower's book?	224
141	94. Court	In a court of law, these are all examples of what? duress, self defense, insanity, intoxication, diminished responsibility	defenses
142	75. Soils	Soils lower than 7.0 pH are acidic while soils higher than 7.0 are what?	alkaline
143	89. Spindles	Name the line around which a spindle rotates.	axis
144	Sis Speed	For a constant speed, distance equals velocity multiplied by time. Using the same quantities, what does time equal?	distance divided by velocity
145	44. Numbers	What two-digit number is the square of the sum of its digits?	81
146	18. Poetic Meter	What kind of meter is illustrated in this iambic verse? From fairest creatures we desire increase, That there by beauty's Rose might never die.	pentameter
147	51. Agricultural Practices	A main purpose of no-till planting is to reduce what?	erosion
148	117. Wartime Literature	Alun Lewis' poem, 'After Dunkirk,' is about what war?	World War Il
149	45. City Nicknames	In what state are cities with these nicknames located? City of Witches Birthplace of Basketball The Whaling City The Birthplace of American Liberty Beantown	Massachusetts
150	da Death Law	Legally, the failure to respond to external stimuli, the absence of reflex movement, and prolonged flat electroencephalograph readings are indicators of what kind of death?	brain death
151	53. Crazy Horse	To whom was Crazy Horse referring when he spoke these words? Then Long Hair came. They say we massacred him, but he would have done the same to us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the last.	George Custer
152	115. Mountains	The Sierras are in what state?	California (or Nevada)
153	61. Pronouns	What is the intensive pronoun in this verse? Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.	yourself
154	52. Amendments	What part of the Bill of Rights relates to this statement made after John Peter Zenger was acquitted in 1735? You have laid a noble foundation for securing that to which nature has given us a right - the liberty - both of exposing and opposing arbitrary power by speaking and writing truth.	{st amendment
155	23. Government	What form of government is associated with landed wealth, monetary wealth, or religious superiority?	aristocracy
156	22. Clouds	What affix attached to a cloud's name indicates an increased probability that precipitation will occur?	-nimbus
157	27. Music Geography	What state lies immediately south of the state celebrated in the name of a musical that included this song? Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’	Texas
158	112. Nitro!	What Swede discovered that when nitroglycerin is mixed with an absorbent inert substance like diatomaceous earth, it becomes much safer to handle?	Alfred Nobel
159	37. Political Views	Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan was a staunch isolationist until 1941. What happened in December of that year to change his mind?	the attack on Pearl Harbor
160	35. Efficiency	A drill with an efficiency of 60% is run by a motor with an efficiency of 80%. What is the overall efficiency of this combination?	48%
161	7. Spectra	The visible spectrum is wavelengths of radiant energy between about 3000 and 8000 angstroms. What is the corresponding name for the spectrum including all other wavelengths from gamma rays to radio waves?	invisible spectrum
162	54. Exiles	Who was first exiled to the island of Elba and later to the island of St. Helena?	Napoleon
163	90. Seafloor Spreading	Name the long, narrow sea adjacent to Mexico that was created by seafloor spreading.	Sea of Cortes (Gulf of California)
164	Ts The Sun	What is the term for that imaginary line where the Sun's rotation is fastest?	equator
165	72. Straits	The Korean Strait separates South Korea from what country to its east?	Japan
166	25. Myths	In Scandinavian myths, who is Freya's brother?	Frey
167	Alt. 5. Dominance	In the midst of the Mesozoic era, the dominant life forms belonged to what taxonomic class?	reptiles
168	71. Forestlands	Any extensive stand of trees that may be hundreds or even thousands of years old is called what kind of forest?	old-growth (virgin)
169	66. Dimensions	Usually we consider only the three dimensions of length, width, and depth. But Albert Einstein noted that there is what fourth dimension?	time
170	94. Cinema	What art form is central to these films? Footloose Singing in the Rain Step Up Take the Lead All That Jazz Saturday Night Fever Breakin' Strictly Ballroom	dance
171	85. Ancient Literature	With what ancient civilization are these literary works associated? Creation Epic The Elevation of Ishtar Ishtar's Descent into Hades Gilgamesh	Babylonia
172	25. Termites	In a termite nest, the only female that lays eggs is called the what?	queen
173	66. Gold Mining	The California gold rush began with the discovery of what kind of gold in streambed sands and gravels where the gold had eroded out of hard rock vein deposits?	placer gold
174	96. The United Nations	In addition to Russia, what other two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are European?	France, Great Britain
175	6. Early Coalitions	James Winthrop of Massachusetts, Melancton Smith of New York, and Patrick Henry and George Mason of Virginia were among the people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. How were the members of this coalition known?	antifederalists
176	46. Stories	This is from what story? How bad could a worm taste? Billy had eaten fried liver, salmon loaf, mushrooms, tongue, and pig's feet. Heck, he could gag anything down for fifty dollars, couldn't he?	How to Eat Fried Worms
177	56. Economics	One consequence of the Exxon Valdez oil spill was that many consumers joined together and refused to purchase any Exxon products. Name this kind of protest.	boycott
178	48. Biological Symmetry	Starfish have radial symmetry. What kind of symmetry is associated with these creatures? giraffe tuna centipede	bilateral
179	65. Criminal Conduct	What offense is based on causing bodily harm to a person by any means or making physical, provocative, or offensive contact with a person?	battery
180	51. Displacement	You walk 3 kilometers west and then 7 kilometers north. To the nearest tenth, what is your displacement from the starting point?	7.6 kilometers
181	36. Land Acquisitions	Name a ten-mile-wide strip of land over which the United States gained control in 1903.	Canal Zone
182	84. Physiological Responses	Name the immune response by the body against some of its own tissues and cells.	autoimmunity
183	70. Brief Marriages	Eva Anna Paula Braun's name when she died in 1945 was Eva Anna Paula ...	Hitler
184	25. National Park System	In what state is there a national park around a deep-blue lake in the heart of an inactive volcano?	Oregon
185	57. Curiosity	Curiosity plays a central role in the story of Bluebeard's wives and also what Greek mythical woman who couldn't keep from opening a box?	Pandora
186	103. Compass Reading	On a compass, what direction is opposite from a bearing of 315 degrees?	135 degrees
187	8. Manufacturing	Previously it had taken one man 18 minutes to assemble a magneto, but his assembly line cut that time to 5 minutes. He then extended the system to the production of entire automobiles. Who was this industrialist?	Henry Ford
188	106. Modifiers	What are the two superlative forms of the adjective, 'charitable'?	least (most) charitable
189	26. Science Fiction	What name for an incarnation of Vishnu was also used by Arthur Clarke for an enormous, cylindrically shaped space ship?	Rama
190	46. Personal Accounts	Who wrote this in 1927? I'm crabbing 15 degrees to offset drift, on course with plenty of fuel. I have a drink of water. In hanging up the canteen, I let my map slide toward the open window. I grab it with a start. If I lose this sheet of paper, this key to Paris, I'd have to turn back.	Charles Lindbergh
191	47. Waterfalls	What waterfall in Venezuela is more than twenty times higher than Niagara Falls?	Angel Falls
192	16. Root Words	The root word in 'theocracy' and 'theology' means ...	divine (godlike)
193	27. Scientific Vocabulary	What term has these meanings? -the distance a signal can travel -the difference between the highest and the lowest of a set of values -the geographic region in which a plant or animal may be found	range
194	85. Short Stories	This quote is from what story? You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight.	The Tell-Tale Heart
195	40. Liquids	What property of water prevents it from penetrating into tiny spaces such as pores in dirty clothing?	surface tension
196	47. Distinctive Destinations	A trip to Predappio, the birthplace and burial site of what dictator, is a popular pilgrimage for Italian Neo-Fascists?	Benito Mussolini
197	56. Old West Outlaws	The largest single robbery of the Union Pacific Railroad occurred in 1877 by a gang led by what famous outlaw who was killed by a Texas Ranger less than a year later?	Sam Bass
198	119. Meteorological Hazards	What is this about? Water may travel down-channel as fast as 22 mph with a viscous forward wall of sediment and water standing 5 feet in height.	flash floods
199	116. Optics	What is the term for any optical device that transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam?	lens
200	63. Poetry	In the poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, you weep alone if you weep, but what happens if you laugh?	the world laughs with you
201	18. Subordinate Clauses	Identify the subordinate clause in this line. Those who do not grow fins on their backs are rarely pickled.	who do not grow fins on their backs
202	53. Big Birds	What North American crane is endangered?	whooping crane
203	8. Mining	While a vein is a long, branching deposit of a mineral, a wide, flat deposit of a mineral is called a ...	bed
204	73. Literature	What literary element may involve a struggle between characters, a character's struggle against external circumstances, or a character's inner battle?	conflict
205	78. Matter	What is the term for any liquid or gaseous material that can flow?	fluid
206	93. Geologic Processes	While erosion involves movement caused by phenomena such as water, wind, ice, or gravity, the breaking down of rocks independent of movement is called what?	weathering
207	76. Rock	Displaying a well-developed conchoidal fracture, it is an excellent material for arrowheads and knives. Name this volcanic glass of rhyolitic composition formed by rapid cooling of a viscous lava.	obsidian
208	52. Sentence Transformations	Restate the following sentence replacing the prepositional phrase with an indirect object. Marybelle wrote an ode to me.	Marybelle wrote me an ode.
209	90. Peninsula History	The rugged Balkan Peninsula juts crooked fingers southward from Europe into the eastern Mediterranean. Name the great civilization that developed on the southern end of this peninsula.	Greek (Greece)
210	40. Mosquitos	Name the three sections in the body of a mosquito.	head, thorax, abdomen
211	41. Fictional Ships	What ship in Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island,' is named for a West Indies island east of Cuba that is divided into two countries?	Hispaniola
212	114. Pressure	Who discovered the principle that if the speed at which a gas or liquid flows across a surface is increased then the pressure which it exerts on that surface will decrease?	Daniel Bernoulli
213	14. Disease	Alice the anthropologist contracted breakbone fever in the Brazilian jungles two years ago. Periodically, ever since, its symptoms have resurfaced. What is the term for each such recurrence?	relapse
214	81. Decimal Conversions	Convert the decimal numeral .0076 into a percentage.	16%
215	4. Freedom Fighters	The remarkable commander of the Argentine army who was destined to become the liberator of Chile and Peru was Jose de ...	San Martin
216	20. Age Problems	Carol is 22 years older than Beulah. When Beulah is as old as Carol is now, she will be three times her present age. How old is Carol now?	33
217	43. Foot Soldiers	What compound word describes the holes dug by members of the infantry to serve as shelters?	foxholes
218	17. Musicals	These words are from a song in what musical by Jerome Kern? Ol’ man river, dat ol' man river, He must know sumpin’, but don't say nothin’, He just keeps rollin’, he keeps on rollin' along.	Show Boat
219	60. Shared Names	What name is shared by a battle site in Cuba and the capital of Puerto Rico?	San Juan
220	93. The Sahara	On an alphabetical list of the countries of the Sahara Desert, which is last?	Tunisia
221	13. Fan Problems	Fred fabricated 30 fans, some with 3 blades and some with 4, and used a total of 103 blades. How many	3-bladed fans did he fabricate?
222	29. Nucleotides	Which is last on an alphabetical list of the four bases in DNA nucleotides?	thymine
223	23. Plagues	In 1923, a cloud 300 miles long, 100 miles wide, and a half mile high plagued Montana. What insects composed this cloud that devoured every green blade, leaf, and stalk in its wake?	grasshoppers (locusts)
224	122. Quadrilaterals	Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram with congruent diagonals. It must be a what kind of quadrilateral?	rectangle
225	67. African Capitals	Lusaka is the capital of what African nation?	Zambia
226	Alt. 1. Faults	Reverse faults are one of the two most common types of dip-slip faults. Name the other.	normal faults
227	6. English History	In 1721, Robert Walpole became the first in British history to hold what office?	prime minister
228	27. Nonfiction	A recent nonfiction book subtitled 'The Fists of Righteous Harmony' is about what rebellion in the summer of 1900?	Boxer Rebellion
229	32. Memorial	A memorial in Hawaii honors the 1,102 sailors killed on what ship in 1941?	U.S.S. Arizona
230	41. Sumeria	Our system of time based on a sixty-minute hour was derived from a Sumerian mathematical system, as is our method of dividing a circle into how many degrees?	360
231	24. Invertebrates	Arthropod bodies are usually segmented and covered by an exoskeleton made up of separate plates. What flexible structures between the plates allow the animal to move?	joints
232	98. Health Disorders	Name the condition in which the body or one of its components is invaded by a virus or microorganism which multiplies to produce injurious effects.	infection
233	14. Navigation	You can determine your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere by measuring the altitude, in degrees, of what star?	Polaris
234	2. Chemical Compounds	These are what kinds of compounds? citric oxalic lactic tartaric	acids
235	55. Canadian Ecology	Life in many eastern Canadian lakes has been virtually exterminated due to a mixture of industrial exhaust and water. What is the name for the precipitation thus formed?	acid rain
236	16. Reformers	What reformer was the most famous practitioner of nonviolence in India?	Mohandas Gandhi
237	33. Last Lines	What two words complete this last line in George Orwell's '1984'? He loved ...	Big Brother
238	Sis Logic	Which of a pair of plump twins created by Lewis Carroll said this? If it was so, it might be, and , if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.	Tweedledee
239	114. Joints	Name the three bones that articulate at the elbow.	humerus, radius, ulna
240	111. Winds	Atmospheric circulations that rotate counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere are called what kind of cyclones?	anticyclones
241	11. Geology	With what phenomenon are seismically-induced coastal-bluff failures associated?	earthquakes
242	97. Cycles	The carbon cycle involves the storage and cyclic movement of organic and inorganic forms of carbon between the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and what other sphere?	atmosphere
243	59. Russian Novels	It has been called 'Exhibit A on the consequences of wrong choices.' Name this story by Leo Tolstoy in which the central character leaves her husband and son for an affair with another man and ends up losing everything.	Anna Karenina
244	86. Eastern Europe	What country is between Estonia and Lithuania?	Latvia
245	16. Trigonometry	On an alphabetical list, which trigonometric ratio is last?	tangent
246	86. Light	Someone is standing knee-deep in water, and it looks as if her legs are separated from her feet. What optical phenomenon accounts for this?	refraction
247	64. Petrology	What is the name for rock formed from cemented gravel and cobbles?	conglomerate
248	96. Liquids	A liquid partially fills a closed container. Some molecules escape into the gas phase. Some of these reenter the liquid phase. Eventually the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation and there is no net change in the number of molecules in the gas phase. This is the ---- pressure of the liquid.	vapor
249	29. Chemical Reactions	Carbon monoxide can be reacted with steam to produce carbon dioxide and what gas?	hydrogen
250	19. Peace During Wartime	Derived from the Latin terms 'arma' meaning 'weapons' and 'statium' meaning 'stopping,' what is the term for a truce or temporary cessation of hostilities during wartime?	armistice
251	19. Harsh Customs	This describes a custom of what people between the 7th and 11th centuries? The headsman's dead body was placed on a ship with his belongings for use in the next life, along with a slave girl. The ship was then set alight by a close relative.	Vikings (Norsemen)
252	83. Animal Symmetry	What kind of symmetry does the octopus have?	bilateral symmetry
253	23. Symbols	Depictions of the Grim Reaper often show him carrying what kind of agricultural implement?	scythe
254	31. Rousing Music	What are the first three words in the John Philip Sousa march title that ends with 'Forever'?	Stars and Stripes
255	22. Fish	During the heat of the day, fish will move into deeper, colder water. This is partly because warm water contains less of what element than cold water?	oxygen
256	81. Hemingway	This describes what Ernest Hemingway novel? Henry cannot pursue a military career because he had deserted his post. He cannot pursue architecture because he gave that up to join the army. He finally just wants to lead an ordinary, married life with Catherine and his son, but they both die.	A Farewell to Arms
257	67. Science Fiction	This is from what British science fiction work? On Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars, and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for the same reasons.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
258	103. Seeds	For seeds to germinate, the temperature must be within certain favorable limits and there must be sufficient moisture available. What else must be present?	oxygen
259	63. Literature	What are the first words in this passage by John Donne? Every man is a piece of the continent - a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea Europe is less. Any man's death diminishes me.	No man is an island.
260	39. Subsistence	In contrast to agricultural societies which rely mainly on domesticated species, what is the hyphenated name for a primitive society in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals?	hunter-gatherer
261	9. U.S. History	What form of literature is illustrated by the 'Federalist Papers,' written in support of the U.S. Constitution?	essays (nonfiction)
262	I21s Distance Between Points	What is the distance between these points on a graph?	AQ, 4), BO, 9)
263	122. Wartime Literature	What war is the setting of the book from which this excerpt was taken? At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be particularly happy. He wished that he, too, had a red badge of courage.	Civil War
264	56. Early U.S. History	The Northwest Ordinance delineated the rules for governing the Old Northwest, an area lying north of the Ohio River and east of what other river?	Mississippi
265	108. Misheard Lyrics	These are misheard lines from what patriotic song? -From every mouse inside -Let Rita sing -Of the icing -Land of the Pilgrim's bride	America (My Country Tis of Thee)
266	26. Expressions	To say one thing and mean another is to speak with what kind of sense organ characteristic of scaly, legless reptiles?	forked tongue
267	64. Marine Topography	The areas exposed during low tide and flooded during high tide are called tidal ...	flats
268	Ts Vertebrates	The embryos of higher vertebrates have a notochord. What develops from this structure?	spinal (vertebral) column
269	104. Literary Characters	Name the character in 'The Caine Mutiny' whose strawberry investigation was a reenactment of an earlier incident when he discovered who stole five pounds of cheese.	Captain Queeg
270	10. Ruined Receptions	Philip of Macedon was assassinated at his daughter's wedding in 336 B.C. Name the 20-year-old son who succeeded him.	Alexander
271	37. Plant Anatomy	What part of a plant cell consists of layers of a tough carbohydrate called cellulose?	cell wall
272	83. Nash Verse	What word completes this couplet by Ogden Nash? A child need not be very clever To learn that 'Later, dear' means ...	never
273	43. Electricity	Which type of electrical current powers most household appliances?	alternating current (AC)
274	35. Revolutionary Hardships	The Continental Army camped in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the winter spanning what two years?	1777-1778
275	32. Word Stems	What word that means 'side' may be preceded by prefixes such as 'multi,' 'uni,' 'bi,' and 'equi'?	lateral
276	6. Verbs	Verbs that express information received through sight, hearing, smell, and taste are classified as what kind of verbs?	sensory verbs
277	87. Vonnegut	The title of what Kurt Vonnegut novel came from the name of a game played with a loop of string?	Cat's Cradle
278	1. Astronomy	Reflective, emission, dark, and planetary are the four categories of heavenly diffuse masses of interstellar dust and gas?	nebulas
279	Sis Zoology	The European hedgehog most closely resembles what North American mammal?	porcupine
280	6. Fables	In an Aesop fable, a skinny wolf meets a strong, fat mastiff. The wolf is envious at first, but then notices the dog's collar mark resulting from being tied up, often keeping him from running around wherever he wants. Seeing that, the wolf runs off to the forest. The moral is that it is better to starve free than to be a fat ...	slave (prisoner, captive)
281	97. Purchasing Problems	When you asked Rocky what he paid for his Bullwinkle statue, he said, 'If you multiply my price by 4, add 70 to that product, and subtract 50 from that sum, the remainder is $220.' So, how much did Rocky pay for the statue?	$50
282	25. The Zodiac	'Aqr' is the abbreviation for what constellation?	Aquarius
283	51. Russia	Name Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean.	Vladivostok
284	32. Island Histories	This occurred on what islands? A revolutionary 'committee of safety,' organized by Sanford B. Dole called in U.S. Marines from a nearby cruiser, supposedly to protect American lives, and established a new government with Dole as president.	Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii)
285	42. Language History	He insisted on Americanized spellings of words such as 'wagon' and 'center' instead of the British 'waggon' and 'centre.' Name this author of these works. The Blue-Backed Speller American Dictionary of the English Language	Noah Webster
286	66. Ancient Cities	Name the most important prehistoric Minoan settlement on Crete.	Knossos
287	124. Weaponry	A lightweight rifle with a relatively short barrel is called a ...	carbine
288	97. Novel Portraits	This is from what novel by Oscar Wilde? How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this I would give everything!	The Picture of Dorian Gray
289	70. Congressional History	Only eleven states were represented at the first meeting of Congress in April of 1789. North Carolina did not ratify the Constitution until a few months later. What state waited until 1790 to complete the union of the original thirteen states?	Rhode Island
290	123. Pronoun Case	The last pronoun in this line is in what case? We decided to give this our full and undivided attention.	possessive
291	113. Valleys	Narragansett Bay, Delaware Bay, and San Francisco Bay are all examples of drowned river valleys called what?	rias
292	118. Science History	Some 300 years ago, he directed sunlight through a slit onto a triangular glass prism, spreading the light into a spectrum of colors. Then he placed a second prism in the spectrum, and the light rays recombined to form white light. Name this English scientist who also formulated theories of universal gravitation.	Isaac Newton
293	25. 19th-Century Lawyers	Georges Picquart was himself imprisoned because of his ardent defense of what French army officer unjustly convicted of treason in 1894?	Alfred Dreyfus
294	48. Marsupials	Wombats are burrowing marsupials native to Australia and what nearby island separated from the continent by the Bass Strait?	Tasmania
295	52. Cases	To what case in 1919 was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. referring when he said this? The question is whether the words are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.	Schenck v. U.S.
296	43. Verb Tenses	What tense is illustrated by this sentence? I have been on Devil's Island for nineteen years.	present perfect
297	27. Mineral Changes	As a result of the high temperatures and pressures deep within the Earth's crust, minerals in solid rock can recrystallize and form new minerals. This process is called ...	metamorphism
298	79. Medical Treatments	Injuries to which body system are most likely candidates for therapy involving traction?	skeletal system
299	77. Body Defenses	What has a person developed who has developed a resistance to infection by a specific pathogen?	an immunity
300	76. Danger	What international radiotelephone distress signal has the same meaning as the Morse code signal, 'SOS'?	mayday
301	92. Congress	How many people serve as whips in the U.S.	Congress?
302	78. River Topography	Successive floods over many years may deposit sediment in long strips along both banks of a river, sometimes several feet above the valley floor. Such river banks are called natural what?	levees
303	85. Voting	If Sandy was born in 1985, what was the first year that she would have been eligible to vote in a U.S. federal election?	2003
304	30. Political Power	What political party ruled the Soviet Union?	Communist Party
305	11. The Medical Profession	What term refers to a doctor serving a training period in a hospital after completing medical school?	intern
306	44. Wheels	A bike wheel 28 inches in diameter covers how many feet in 6 complete turns?	44
307	60. Political Affiliations	Fewer than five percent of the Chinese people are members of what political organization that has absolute control over that nation's government?	Communist Party
308	101. Texts	Name the section at the end of a textbook which might include these in a list. A History of English Drama A Critical History of English Poetry Oxford History of English Literature The Rise of the Novel	bibliography
309	56. Astronomical Middles	The central region of a star, planet, or galaxy is called the ...	core
310	82. Colonial Trades	What did colonial milliners make?	hats
311	49. Papaya Percentages	Fresh papaya contains 70% water by weight while dry papaya is 10% water by weight. How many kilograms of dry papaya can be obtained from 20 kilograms of fresh papaya?	6.66 (or 6 2/3)
312	55. Exponents Galore	What is the sum of 3 raised to the fourth power and 7 raised to the third power?	424
313	38. Balloons	Hot-air balloons fly because what property of the air inside the balloon is less than that of the air outside the balloon?	density
314	108. Traditions	What state celebrates both Lyndon Baines Johnson Day and San Jacinto Day?	Texas
315	23. Matter	What common characteristic of a sample of matter is determined by multiplying its length times its width times its height?	volume
316	63. Galaxies	What somewhat uncommon galaxies lack well-defined nuclei and have no definite shape or structure?	irregular galaxies
317	36. Literature	This is from what work by Thomas Malory? Thenne within two yeres king Uther felle seke of a grete maladye. And in the meane whyle hys enemyes ursurpped upon hym, and dyd a grete bataylle upon his men, and slewe many of his peple.	Morte d'Arthur
318	27. Mythical Women	A woman who robbed travelers was turned into a dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite a six-headed monster called Scylla. Who was the woman?	Charybdis
319	16. Lewis Carroll	What character in 'Alice in Wonderland' spoke these words? What matters it how far we go? The scaly friend replied, There is another shore, you know, Upon the other side.	Mock Turtle
320	34. Cemeteries	In what state is the Gettysburg National Cemetery?	Pennsylvania
321	4. Modular Math		To what number is 64 congruent in modulo 12?
322	120. Marine Disasters	The U.S.S. Scorpion and the U.S.S. Thresher were both lost at sea. What kind of vessels were they?	submarines
323	72. Islands	What islands in the eastern Atlantic have the same name as a small bird?	Canary Islands
324	40. Early Americans	The ancestors of American Indians who crossed the Bering Strait across a land bridge were of what genus and species?	Homo sapiens
325	81. Lakes	Located in the Great Rift Valley with a depth exceeding 4700 feet, name the deepest lake in Africa.	Lake Tanganyika
326	12. Polluted Ponds	What scenic lake near Mt. St. Helens was devastated in 1980?	Spirit Lake
327	80. Pressure	In newtons per square meter, what is the pressure on a 2 square meter surface being pushed with a force of	12 newtons?
328	120. Magnetism	What kind of magnet has a magnetic field only during the time of current flows through the solenoid at its core?	electromagnet
329	13. Monuments	In what city can you see Gustave Eiffel's greatest engineering achievement?	Paris
330	45. Health History	In the fifth century, the Hindu physician, Susruta, noted the relationships of malaria to mosquitoes and of plague to what mammals?	rats (or guinea pigs)
331	76. Anniversaries	In 2012, the city of San Francisco celebrated the 75th anniversary of what bridge?	Golden Gate Bridge
332	33. News Quotes	What name completes this excerpt from a 1963 news story? Meantime, a recently fired rifle was found on the sixth floor of the book depository, a room with a clear view down Elm Street. Ownership of the rifle was quickly traced to ...	Lee Harvey Oswald
333	101. Prepositions	What preposition is in the first, second, and third lines of the song, 'America'?	of
334	50. Curves	What fundamental unit of architecture involves a semicircle rising from the top of one vertical element to the top of another?	arch
335	113. Newspapers	What is the term for a newspaper issue of one press run?	edition
336	51. Industrial Developments	What invention of 1831 by Cyrus McCormick greatly accelerated the harvesting of grain?	(mechanical) reaper
337	26. Creepy Stories	This is from what story by Edgar Allan Poe? It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain, but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!	The Tell-Tale Heart
338	105. British Mysteries	What character says this in a mystery? 'Come, Watson, come!' he cried. 'The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!' Sherlock	Holmes
339	35. Vocabulary	Creation of unusual new words such as 'boatomania' or 'stupiditis' is called ...	coining (neologisms)
340	42. Asimov	In Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel,' the joint heroes are a man and a...	robot
341	63. Territories	The State of Deseret, established in 1849, only lasted about a year until it became known as what territory?	Territory of Utah
342	78. Encephalitis	Equine encephalitis is a mosquito-borne type of viral encephalitis originally isolated as an encephalitis that affects what mammals?	horses
343	37. European Capitals	What is the southernmost Scandinavian capital city?	Copenhagen
344	Ts Levers	A lever is a simple machine used to change direction, gain force, or gain ...	speed
345	23. Crowd Control	This is from what novel? .. a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.	1984
346	27. Archaeological Finds	In the early 16th century, the explorer, Francisco de Cordoba, found remnants of what great civilization on the Yucatan Peninsula?	Maya
347	89. Deserts	Name the only two countries that are at least partially located in the Gobi Desert.	China, Mongolia
348	Alt. 4. Betrayals	This is about an incident in what future state? General Thomas Jesup requested a truce conference, but when Osceola complied, he was treacherously taken captive and died in prison less than three months later.	Florida
349	Alt. 4. Seasons	In the Northern Hemisphere, what season occurs between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox?	summer
350	104. Transportation Homonyms	What name is shared by a boat-shaped passenger car on an airship, a railroad freight car without a top, and a long, narrow, flat-bottomed Venetian boat?	gondola
351	22. Literary Quotes	Who wrote this? All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.	George Orwell
352	41. Educational Malapropisms	What word should the writer of this line have used? The amount of education you have determines your loot in life.	lot
353	40. Baseball Physics	You hit two balls. One is a baseball. The other is the same size as a baseball but weighs twice as much. How many times harder do you have to hit the heavier ball to make it go as far as the lighter one?	two times
354	117. Matter Measures	Two units of volume are the ml and cc. These abbreviations stand for what?	milliliter, cubic centimeter
355	42. Fish	These are varieties of what kind of fish whose name is reminiscent of a venomous arachnid? lionfish, stonefish, butterfly cod, firefish, turkeyfish, dragonfish	scorpionfish
356	11. Sports Queries	What word completes this line by Vince Lombardi? If winning isn't everything, why do they keep ...	score
357	109. Fantasy Series	'City of Bones,' 'City of Ashes,' 'City of Glass,' City of Fallen Angels, 'City of Lost Souls,' and 'City of Heavenly Fire' are the books in a series of fantasy novels by Cassandra Clare. Complete the title of the series. The Mortal ...	Instruments
358	Ts Old West Ballets	Name Aaron Copland ballet with these sections. Gun Battle The Open Prairie Card Game at Night Street in Frontier Town Celebration After Billy's Capture	Billy the Kid
359	85. Insects	Ladybugs are major predators of what small, sap-sucking insects also known as plant lice?	aphids
360	46. History of Law	What emperor of the Byzantine Empire ordered his scholars to collect and organize all Roman law into a single code?	Justinian
361	44. Liquids	What is defined as a liquid which dissolves another compound to form a homogeneous liquid mixture in one phase?	solvent
362	33. Protests	'Disinvestment' is a form of what kind of economic protest?	boycott
363	11. Radical Fiction	As dams, bridges, and concrete destroy the environment in the American West, a burned-out veteran, a mad doctor, a revolutionary, and a polygamist outdoorsman join forces to dismantle the machinery of progress in what novel by Edward Abbey?	The Monkey Wrench Gang
364	63. Midpoints	Determine the midpoint of the segment from (-6,5) to	(2,5).
365	45. Silicate Minerals	Some rock-forming silicate minerals such as feldspars and quartz are nonferromagnesians. What two elements are lacking in these minerals?	magnesium, iron
366	64. Disease	What disease agent discussed in the book, 'The Hot Zone,' was also the basis of the movie, 'Outbreak'?	virus
367	40. Influence in Government	Public opinion and lobbying have the least influence on which of the three branches of American government?	judicial branch
368	Alt. 2. Homophones	Spell the missing homophone in this analogy. While someone who is well known and highly regarded is eminent, an event that is about to take place is ...	imminent
369	122. Arthropods	Name the most distal section of the arthropod body that lies behind the thorax or cephalothorax.	abdomen
370	59. Stars	Rigel and Betelgeuse are the two brightest stars in what constellation?	Orion
371	43. Spiders	What is the shape of the unique red marking on the underside of a black widow spider?	hourglass
372	28. Bodies of Water	What sea is between Borneo and Hong Kong?	South China Sea
373	81. Mythical Climbs	Name the woman suggested by this passage. The pair crossed the Styx safely and began the long climb up the passage to the surface of the earth. Orpheus never looked back, though he was greatly tempted.	Eurydice
374	75. Midwest City Namesakes	A city in what state was named after the French Canadian settler Julien Dubuque?	lowa
375	44. Digraphs	What word contains the first instance of a consonant digraph in the lyrics of 'Home on the Range'?	where
376	1. Ichthyology	Fish that spend most of their lives feeding in the open ocean but migrate to spawn in fresh water are described by what adjective?	anadromous
377	73. Bays	What bay in eastern Canada is known for its unusually dramatic tidal fluctuations?	Bay of Fundy
378	45. Voice	Transform this sentence into passive voice. J.J. painted the bird.	The bird was painted by J.J.
379	19: Chemical Processes	The process by which an acid reacts with a base to form a salt and water is called ...	neutralization
380	53. Ballots	Reminiscent of a continental country, what is another name for a secret ballot?	Australian ballot
381	69. Criminals	Along with Bonnie Parker, who was accused of committing twelve murders during a two-year crime spree in the 1930s?	Clyde Barrow
382	33. Greek Myths	While Selene was the goddess of the Moon, name her twin brother who was the Sun god.	Helios
383	93. Planarians	Planarians have what structures that allow them to see about as well as you can with your eyes shut?	eyespots
384	4. Vocabulary	What single word can have these meanings? -a filming technique -a Greek mythical character -a metal dish	pan
385	92. Forms of Government	In what form of government is power is exercised by elected representatives rather than directly by the people themselves?	republic
386	23. Dunes	The tallest sand dunes in the U.S. are in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in what state?	Colorado
387	27. Myths	What substance did Daedalus use to affix feathers to himself and his son, Icarus, to make wings?	wax
388	95. Life Functions	Ingestion is a synonym for what?	eating (consuming, devouring, etc.)
389	14. Scientific Notation	What number is equivalent to 7.2 x 10 to the fifth power?	720,000
390	64. Science Fiction	In what Ray Bradbury story is getting to a Sun Dome the goal of astronauts who crash on Venus during a perpetual rainstorm?	The Long Rain
391	28. Canine History	Saint Bernard dogs were originally bred in what country?	Switzerland
392	10. Brewery Microorganisms	Some organisms release energy from glucose without oxygen. This process used in breweries is called ...	fermentation
393	37. Meteorite Strikes	The chances that the next major meteorite to strike	Earth will hit land are closest to how many in 10?
394	32. South America	A boat sailing northwest from the Falkland Islands would make land in what South American country?	Argentina
395	69. Ancient Literature	Great Homeric epics were written in what language?	Greek
396	41. U.S. Archaeology	The Great Serpent Mound associated with the Hopewell or Adena culture is in what state?	Ohio
397	Alt. 2. Pronouns	What type of singular pronoun is illustrated in this quip? The closest anyone ever comes to perfection is on a job application form.	indefinite
398	6. Curves	Although the Gateway Arch in St. Louis looks something like a parabola, it is actually what other type of curve illustrated by a chain hanging from two points?	catenary
399	116. Cracked Spheres	Which sphere of the Earth is cracked into perhaps a score of pieces?	lithosphere
400	1. Expeditions	Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway, what is the term for overland hunting expeditions in Africa?	safaris
401	33. Reproduction	A structure in which embryonic development takes place in reptiles is an ...	egg
402	81. Glaciers	Where in a valley glacier does the ice move slowest?	along the edges
403	90. Gears	If the driver gear in a gear train is rotating in a clockwise direction, in what direction does the gear adjacent to it called the follower rotate?	counterclockwise
404	78. Proofreading	What component is missing in this sentence? Fossils brought in from as far away as Borneo.	a predicate
405	74. Clerihews	What form of wordplay is used in the last line of this clerihew? Roddy MacDowell, Trying to get fitted for his Ape character, threw in the towel. The suit was too small (he'd apparently acquired a case of the chunkies), And he finally said, 'Anything's more fun than apparel of monkeys!'	pun
406	75. Giants	He stole the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral to hang on his mare's neck. His mare's tail felled the entire Forest of Orleans. He entered the world through Gargamelle's left ear shouting 'drink - drink - drink.' What did Rabelais name this giant?	Gargantua
407	41. Etymology	During the 19th century, the British prohibited slavery in India, the killing of infant girls, and the ritual suicide of widows. They also suppressed thuggee, a cult that required members to commit ritual murder and robbery. What modern word is based on that cult?	thug
408	2 First Aid	What phrase is used for a patient's respiration, pulse rate, blood pressure, and body temperature?	vital signs
409	30. Political Slang	In the 1920s, what color indicated Communism?	red
410	I21s Cellars	What kind of cellar is described in this excerpt? Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch, Bulbs broke out of boxes hunting chinks in the dark, Shoots dangled and drooped, Lolling obscenely from mildewed crates, Hung down long yellow evil necks, like trovical snakes.	root cellar
411	85. Number Palindromes	The odometer on Bob's Camaro reads 94682. What is the fewest number of miles he must drive before the numbers on his odometer form a palindrome?	67
412	55. Parts of Books	What is the term for the main body of a printed work, as distinct from a preface or footnotes or an appendix?	text
413	Zi The Declaration	What word in the solemn promise at the end of the Declaration of Independence is also the name for one of the U.S. capital cities?	Providence
414	110. Japanese Entertainers	What color of makeup covers most of a geisha's face?	white
415	94. Libraries	The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is in what state?	Illinois
416	99. American Metropolises	What U.S. city is on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia?	Washington D.C.
417	22. Operas	The name of what aria in Bizet's 'Carmen' could be translated as 'The Bullfighter Song'?	Toreador Song
418	12. Marbles	Mr. Perot had 1000 more than 3 times the number of marbles possessed by Mr. Quayle. Together they had exactly 29,000 marbles. How many marbles did Mr. Perot have?	22,000
419	69. Slogans	Translate this Nazi slogan. Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer.	One nation, one people, one leader.
420	17. Nicknames	What is a nickname for Australians?	Aussie (Digger)
421	11. Adventure Novels	What paranormal ability is central to Steven Gould's novel, 'Jumper'?	teleportation
422	5. Gothic Romances	In 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' what is the relationship between Madeline and Roderick?	brother and sister (or twins)
423	95. Hydrology	While the bed load of a stream indicates rocks and boulders that bounce along its bottom and the suspended load indicates rocks and soil carried in suspension, materials carried in solution such as sodium and calcium are known as what load?	dissolved load
424	79. Aviation	What is the term for a non-rigid airship?	blimp
425	66. Poetic Counsel	This is from what poem by William Cullen Bryant? So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night.	Thanatopsis
426	9. Graphing	What can be said of two lines with equal slopes but different y-intercepts?	They are parallel.
427	103. Nuclear Disasters	There have been two Level 7 nuclear accidents. Name the facilities where these occurred.	Chernobyl, Fukushima
428	12. Assassins	What presidential assassin was killed near Bowling Green, Virginia?	John Wilkes Booth
429	25. Organic Chemistry	These are abbreviations for varieties of what category of organic compounds? PETE, HDPE, LDPE, PP, PS, PVC	plastics
430	48. Silly Acronyms	What make of car could be an acronym for 'Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object'?	Volvo
431	4. Feuds	In what part of the United Kingdom did feuds occur involving the Macpherson Clan against the Davidson Clan and the Campbells against the MacDonalds?	Scotland
432	32. Bays	Name the largest bay contiguous with the Canadian Shield.	Hudson Bay
433	59. Mythical Allusions	What mythical Greek woman's name is used in a modern allusion to any present that seems valuable but is actually a curse?	Pandora
434	61. Explorers	On an alphabetical list of land masses explored by James Cook, which is first?	Australia
435	41. Net Namesakes	What popular search engine on the World-Wide Web has a name reminiscent of a race of brutes created by Jonathan Swift?	Yahoo
436	72. A Climatic Conglomeration	In what state are there nearly 150 climate zones ranging from rain forest to desert to snowy peaks?	Hawaii
437	76. Biological Conventions	In binomial nomenclature, which taxonomic division is not capitalized?	species
438	118. Censorship	Name the method of television and radio censorship in which verbal profanity is replaced by a 1000 hertz sound.	bleeping
439	45. Seagoing Vessels	What abbreviation precedes the names of these historical ships? Hood Bounty Leopard Challenger Resolution Dreadnought	H.M.S.
440	50. Poems	This is about what Gothic church in London? Let me take this other glove off As the vox humana swells, And the beauteous fields of Eden Bask beneath the Abbey bells. Here, where England's statesmen lie, Listen to a lady's cry.	Westminster Abbey
441	102. Medieval Geography	A crusader on a ship in 1189 traveling from Crete to Cyprus crossed what sea?	Mediterranean
442	114. English Novels	This is a partial synopsis of what novel? Young Jim set out on an adventure on the ship Hispanola to find buried treasure on Skeleton Island. On the cruise, he discovers his love of the sea and befriends John Silver.	Treasure Island
443	115. Missionaries	Marquette, Michigan, was named in honor of the French missionary, Jacques Marquette, who explored the region. What other missionary accompanied him?	Louis Jolliet
444	13. Telescopes	The two principal types of optical telescopes are reflecting and ...	refracting
445	94. Landforms	Similar to silty water entering a lake, when a lava flow enters a standing body of water, it creates a landform called a lava what?	delta
446	26. Racing	What kind of racing involves vehicles with elongated front-suspensions, light front wheels, oversize rear tires, and a straight course of 440 yards?	drag racing
447	14. Ranching	What is untanned cattle skin called?	rawhide
448	15. American Government	What is the title of the chief legal officer of the U.S. government?	attorney general
449	37. Space Projects	In 2005, NASA directed a spacecraft to plunge into a comet in an effort to see a piece of the solar system that has not changed in four billion years. The probe's name was Deep ...	Impact
450	8. Adjectives	What degree of comparison is used by the adjective in Dr. Seuss quote? You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.	comparative
451	19. War Songs	These songs all relate to what conflict? The Ballad of Ira Hayes Blitzkrieg Bop Nagasaki Nightmare Enola Gay	World War II
452	78. European Leaders	What position of leadership did these British people hold at various times? Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron	prime minister
453	122. Seasonal Songs	Name any of the three most enduring, seasonal songs composed by Irving Berlin.	White Christmas, Easter Parade, Happy Holiday
454	14. Geological News	For the first time, geologists extracted intact rock samples in 2007 from two miles deep within what infamous rupture that runs 800 miles along the length of California?	San Andreas Fault
455	18. Albinism	Albinism is caused by the absence of what pigment in the skin?	melanin
456	50. Taking the Blame	What noun related to a hollow-horned, bearded ruminant indicates a person who gets the blame for someone else's mistakes?	scapegoat
457	122. Marine Life	In mollusks and brachiopods, name the tissue that secretes the substance that forms the shell.	mantle
458	Sis Areas of Triangles	A triangle has a height of 22 feet and a base of 9 feet. What is its area?	99 square feet
459	56. Blood	What substance in red blood cells forms a reversible bond with oxygen molecules?	hemoglobin
460	12. Philosophy	This line penned to John Adams by Thomas Jefferson is reminiscent of a remark by what 17th-century philosopher? I feel, therefore I exist.	Rene Descartes
461	58. Asian Nations	What nation of southeast Asia between Burma and Cambodia has a southern coastline on the Gulf of Siam and the Indian Ocean?	Thailand
462	50. Allusions	This sentence alludes to an event in the life of what one-time European leader? The last game of the tournament proved to be the team's Waterloo.	Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte)
463	42. Inventions	What French invention is indicated in these quotations? -the one and only cure for gray hair -a cure for dandruff -a machine that makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason	guillotine
464	36. Agriculture	In the 1920s, two-thirds of the commercial fertilizer sold in the U.S. went to Southern farmers who used it to shorten the maturity time for cotton and thereby short-circuit the biological time table of what small, long-snouted beetle?	boll weevil
465	Ts Hobbits	The hobbit Bilbo Baggins lives at Bag End in what community?	Hobbiton
466	11. Alien Math	A cell from the planet Trio got into the space station. Every hour, that cell split into three cells which immediately grew to the size of the first cell. This process started at midnight and the station was completely filled by noon. At what time was the container one-third filled?	11 a.m.
467	27. Cinematic Techniques	What is the cinematic term for animation of models made of plasticine or clay?	claymation
468	49. Arthropods	Found in many but not all arthropods, what kind of eye is composed of a large number of small, closely packed ommatidia, each with its own lens and nerve receptors?	compound eye
469	57. Dependent Clauses	As what part of speech is the dependent clause used in this line? Bill reiterated everything he had said about Whitewater before.	noun
470	75. Triangular Trade	One part of triangular trade involved what thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar?	molasses
471	10. New Fruits	Although brought to Europe from South America in 1596, what plants with red edible fruit were erroneously considered poisonous and not widely consumed until about 200 years later?	tomatoes
472	41. Assassinations	In what state did James Earl Ray kill Martin Luther King?	Tennessee
473	75. Surprising Questions	Whose minister of foreign affairs posed this question to Robert Livingston and James Monroe? What would you give for the whole of Louisiana?	Napoleon
474	35. Imaginary Botany	The Hurbah tree, the Pendick tree, sparkweed, kingsfoil, hazia, and fourfoil are imaginary plants in what series of novels by Ursula Le Guin?	Earthsea
475	40. The Skull	The bony cavity of the skull that contains and protects the eyeball is an ...	orbit
476	19. American Parks	In what national park are these visible? Shinomo quartzite Tapeats sandstone Bright Angel shale redwall limestone Coconino sandstone Kaibab limestone	Grand Canyon
477	45. Cities	La Paz is the largest city in what country?	Bolivia
478	79. Composers	What was the nationality of the composer of 'The Nutcracker Suite'?	Russian
479	23. The Caribbean	What is the first country due west of Puerto Rico?	Dominican Republic
480	29. Participles	What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb 'tread'?	trodden, trod
481	92. Fictional Wounds	In 'The Lord of the Rings,' Frodo is wounded in the shoulder by what weapon?	knife (dagger)
482	43. Novels	DuBose Heyward published a novel later made into an opera by George Gershwin. It concerns life in a black tenement section of the Charleston waterfront, Catfish Row. Name the opera.	Porgy and Bess
483	50. Earth's Spheres	The pedosphere exists at the interface of the lithosphere and what other sphere?	atmosphere
484	Alt. 3. Transportation Projects	In 1817, digging began on the greatest American construction project yet undertaken. What was being built?	Erie Canal
485	7. Plant Reproduction Analogies	Onions are to bulbs as potatoes are to ...	tubers
486	33. Weathering	What substance is always involved in the weathering process called frost wedging?	water (or ice)
487	Ts Wilderness Tales	This is from what Jack London story? He was beaten, but he was not broken. He saw, once and for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. He had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. That club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway.	The Call of the Wild
488	89. Amendments	John Rockefeller said this about what amendment in 1932? I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognized. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased. The speakeasy has replaced the saloon.	18th Amendment
489	1. Navigation	What navigation instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies was so-named because, originally, it had an arc of 60 degrees?	sextant
490	60. Government Authorization	What document is held by those who have official permission to perform certain activities such as flying an airplane, teaching high school students, practicing psychotherapy, or wiring new construction?	license
491	da The Ocean Floor	Seamounts are most prevalent in which ocean?	Pacific
492	10. Complements	What is the subject complement in this? The relatively young volcano is not yet fully formed.	formed
493	87. Plant Reproduction	Name the reproductive structures that grow underneath the fronds of ferns.	spores
494	44. State Nicknames	Sometimes called the 'Gem State' because nearly every type of gemstone has been found there, what state is also called the 'Potato State'?	Idaho
495	92. Significant Documents	What document from the French Revolution echoed the self-evident truths of America's Declaration of Independence?	Declaration of the Rights of Man
496	20. Greek Myths	What mythical race that dwelled in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia were men with the bodies of horses?	centaurs
497	36. Pollution	What type of water pollution is caused by the disposal of waste heat from industry or power generation?	thermal (heat) pollution
498	64. Forms of Government	These features are typical of what form of government? -one political party -complete national effort directed towards the goals of the party -control over every aspect of citizen's lives	totalitarianism
499	4. Seas	The Gulf of Oman lies between the Persian Gulf and what sea?	Arabian
500	70. Violations	Bigamists violate what kind of contracts?	marriage contracts
501	24. Speedy Sprints	If a sprinter ran the 100-meter dash in 9.69 seconds, to the nearest tenth, what was his average speed for the race?	10.3 meters per second
502	8. Occupational Diseases	Anthracosis is a lung disease associated with the mining of what fossil fuel?	coal
503	29. Court Positions	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said that 'when a nation is at war, many things that might be said in times of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight.' This test for conditions under which freedom of speech may be abridged is called clear and present ...	danger
504	32. Bird Poems	This verse is from a poem about what kind of bird? My Aerie, built on craggy cliff, or in a tree top high. I soar above the reaching hills, on lifting winds I fly.	eagle (hawk, falcon, bird of prey)
505	121. Triangular Trade	One part of triangular trade involved what thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar?	molasses
506	5 Shifting	What inappropriate shift is in this line? The yellowish-green creature gnawed open the door and then comes slithering up the stairs.	shift in tense
507	39. Fiction	This book depicts a man with living tattoos that predict the future. Name this work by Ray Bradbury.	The Illustrated Man
508	39. Historical Documents	What document was signed by these people? William Whipple Matthew Thornton Robert Paine William Williams Benjamin Rush Josiah Bartlett John Hancock	Declaration of Independence
509	48. Amethyst	Amethyst is a purple gem variety of what mineral composed of silica?	quartz (corundum)
510	41. Dramatic Traditions	In 2010, about half the inhabitants of Oberammergau took part in what play staged once every decade?	Passion Play
511	46. Symbols	An image of what historic structure in Philadelphia is depicted on the back of a U.S. $100 bill?	Independence Hall
512	115. Climates	Alluvial fans are usually associated with what type of climate?	arid (semiarid)
513	119. Prime Numbers	What is the next prime number after 23?	29
514	31. Visual Problems	What vision problem involves the perception of two images from a single object?	diplopia (double vision)
515	32. Roman Architecture	The ancient Roman aqueducts repeatedly incorporated what distinctive architectural structure?	arch
516	53. Paleontological Fantasy	These lines are from what novel? -Life will find a way. -You know, at times like this, one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct.	Jurassic Park
517	4. Poetic Photography	What term used early in Poe's 'The Raven' for a hinged window covering is also the name of a device on cameras that controls the duration of a photographic exposure?	shutter
518	123. Number Conversions	Express the base-6 number 53 as a decimal number.	33
519	103. Anagrams	'Animosity' is an anagram for 'is no' what?	amity
520	46. Government	What is the general term for a level of government smaller than a U.S. state?	local government
521	55. Legal Slang	What term that as a noun indicates one of the digits of the hand may be used as a verb meaning 'to inform on'?	finger
522	22. Astronaut Combinations	Ten astronauts want to get aboard a rescue vehicle that only has room for seven. How many different sets of seven people could get aboard this craft?	120
523	6. Laws of Motion	Which of Newton's laws explains why a cannon is pushed backward when it is fired?	third law
524	37. Naval Vessels	What aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway was named after the site of Cornwallis’ surrender of the British forces in the American Revolution?	Yorktown
525	56. Chile	When the Spanish first arrived in Chile, its northern part was part of what empire?	Inca
526	17. Resuscitation	What three letters stand for the critical steps in cardiopulmonary resuscitation?	ABC
527	57. Distance Problems	What is the number of feet traversed in one second by a car going 30 miles per hour?	44 feet
528	108. Milestones	Name the 184-pound satellite that orbited the Earth every 96.1 minutes in 1957, sending shock waves throughout Washington, D.C.	Sputnik
529	2. Valleys	What kind of steep valley that extends into the sea may be characterized by truncated spurs, hanging valleys, and high waterfalls?	fiord
530	98. Wheeling and Dealing	In 1801, President Jefferson learned that what European leader had secretly reacquired the Louisiana Territory from Spain?	Napoleon
531	24. Ocean Currents	In the North Atlantic, the equatorial current is deflected northward through the Caribbean where it becomes what other major current?	Gulf Stream
532	83. Danish Navigators	Vitus Bering guided Russian sailors to the North American coast in 1741. He died on the return voyage from what deficiency disease?	scurvy
533	32. Drought	Name the long, sinuous cracks that open at the Earth's surface as the result of the depletion of groundwater.	fissures
534	16. Amendments	Which amendment guarantees the assistance of counsel during legal proceedings?	Sixth Amendment
535	19. Plant Anatomy	Identify the flattened structures that develop from a superficial group of tissues on the sides of the stem apex.	leaves
536	21. Italian History	King Victor Emmanuel III allowed whom to become dictator of Italy in 1922?	Benito Mussolini
537	24. Nuclear War	What is the compound word for nuclear weapons capacity in excess of that needed to destroy an enemy?	overkill
538	46. Explorations	This is from a journal about what expedition? As we went along, our hopes of seeing the waters of the Columbia arose to painful anxiety. After four miles, we reached a small gap formed by the mountains. We had reached the hidden sources of that river which had never yet been seen by civilized man.	Lewis and Clark
539	47. The Sound Barrier	Name the audible phenomenon that accompanies the breaking of the sound barrier by aircraft.	sonic boom
540	48. Arbitrary Enumeration	According to an agreement reached in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for purposes of representation and taxation, a slave was to be counted as what fraction of a free person?	3/5
541	72. Latin Roots	What is the meaning of the root in mortify, mortification, immortalize, and mortality?	death
542	38. Inadequate Plans	This is about what 18th-century U.S. document? It gave too much power to the states and too little to the federal government.	Articles of Confederation
543	56. Sentence Types	What sentence structure is illustrated in this? Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.	compound sentence
544	9. Sentence Mood	What grammatical mood is illustrated in this Irish bull by Woody Allen? The food here is terrible and the portions are too small.	indicative
545	64. Authority Abuse	The unnecessary use of force by law enforcement, including shootings and beatings, is called police ...	brutality
546	4. Geologic Processes	What is typically turned into stone through petrifaction?	wood (trees)
547	4. Marine Zoology	Name any creature that would be an appropriate subject in a course entitled 'Decapod Anatomy.'	crab, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, squid, cuttlefish
548	60. African Leaders	What former prisoner of nearly 30 years was elected president of his country in 1994, just two years after apartheid officially ended?	Nelson Mandela
549	105. Fog	A well-defined mass of fog observed in the distance over the sea is called a fog what?	bank
550	117. Body Cells	What type of cell can be either nonmyelinated or myelinated?	neuron (nerve cell)
551	54. Constitutional Clauses	What words from the preamble to the U.S. Constitution mean to maintain internal peacefulness within a country?	insure domestic tranquillity
552	9. Colonies	What colony in the southeast corner of modern Massachusetts was a separate entity until 1691 when it became part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay?	Plymouth
553	28. Prisoners	Voltaire and the Marquis de Sade were among the most famous detainees in what Paris prison?	Bastille
554	82. Art	Artists refer to the surface character or 'feel' of any material as its what?	texture
555	13. Leaders	What is this about? It starts as an invisible discharge called a stepped leader which moves downward in discrete steps. The stepped leader may be initiated by a small discharge near the cloud base, releasing free electrons that move earthward.	lightning
556	69. Anatomical Adjectives	Distal anatomical structures are farthest from the body's midline. What adjective indicates structures closer to the body's midline?	medial
557	91. Shared Terms	What term in journalism for a particular perspective used to write a story also describes the mathematical figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point?	angle
558	120. Monarchies	Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, except that the king must comply with the Koran and what body of law?	Sharia law
559	40. Architectural History	Name the house that Edgar Kaufmann, a department store owner in Pittsburgh, had designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.	Fallingwater
560	45. Waterways	By 1825, Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, and Troy, New York, were connected by what canal?	Erie Canal
561	40. Plant Classification	Any plant can be uniquely classified by using a combination of its genus and ...	species
562	56. Precipitation	Western Oregon tends to receive a great deal of precipitation while eastern Oregon on the other side of the mountains tends to have a dry climate. This results from what effect?	rainshadow effect
563	LOT. Cliches	Complete this line from 'The 13 Clocks' by James Thurber. The fat is in the fire, the die is cast, the jig is up, the goose is cooked, and the cat is ...	out of the bag
564	96. Abbreviations	If the abbreviations in this sentence are alphabetized, what does the first one mean? The sec. of the M.D. was asked to make a cc of the c.o.d. invoice from the co. DBA U.S.A. Mfg. for the mdse. costing $2200 ea. ASAP.	as soon as possible
565	9. Game Numbers	Add the number of squares on a checkerboard to the number of squares on a chess board.	164
566	38. Meteorology	What type of meteorological phenomenon has had such names as Alice, Bud, Clara, and Daniel?	hurricanes
567	120. Astronomical Observations	Granulations are the small, transient, granular markings on the photosphere of what heavenly body?	Sun
568	71. Musicians	In 1792, Goethe was publishing studies in the science of optics, Haydn was at the height of his fame, and the body of what composer was lying in an unmarked pauper's grave in a Vienna cemetery?	Wolfgang Mozart
569	56. Saturation	Achromatic colors have zero saturation while the saturation of chromatic colors is expressed as values between what two numbers?	Q)°1
570	53. Oceania	What Pacific island visited by Samuel Wallis, James Cook, and William Bligh and annexed by France in 1880 was written about by Robert Louis Stevenson and inspired paintings by Paul Gauguin?	Tahiti
571	95. Sports	Name the most widely played athletic sport in the world.	soccer
572	45. Historical Practices	What is the term for the training and adapting of animals to live in a human environment and to be of use to people?	domestication (domesticate)
573	54. National Movements	What movement initiated around the end of the 19th century had the goal of returning exiled Jewish people to their homeland?	Zionism
574	37. Proverbs	What proverb about the integumentary system and good looks essentially means that you cannot judge a person's character by how he or she appears?	Beauty is only skin deep.
575	44. Economic Geography	Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. lobster supply is harvested off the coast of what state?	Maine
576	122. Colonial Powers	What European country controlled major colonies in northeastern and southern Africa?	England (Great Britain)
577	3. Slogans	This is the slogan of what self-governing U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands? Where America's day begins.	Guam
578	38. Life Symmetry	What type of symmetry is characteristic of animals having a longitudinal axis and a dorsoventral axis?	bilateral symmetry
579	61. Wind Instruments	Although the saxophone is usually made of brass, it is classified as a woodwind instrument because it produces sound through the vibration of which of its components?	reed
580	Zi Oceanic Gases	What gas is formed in ocean water through the metabolic processes of fish?	carbon dioxide
581	87. Fast Fellas	In 2012, Fearless Felix jumped from a balloon 24 miles high and became the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. Who accomplished that same feat 65 years earlier in a rocket-powered airplane?	Chuck Yeager
582	34. Fractured History	Correct the one wrong word in this sentence. Queen Elizabeth's navy went out and defeated the Spanish Armadillo.	Armada
583	44. Federal Administrations	What is the acronym for the federal agency which conducts research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere?	NASA
584	107. Writing Techniques	What literary technique is illustrated in this line? Bill sat on his deck watching the magnificent forest in the morning sunlight for what would be the last time.	foreshadowing
585	110. Funky Proverbs	How is this proverb usually stated? A feathered biped in the phalanges is equal to two of the same in the shrubbery.	A bird in the hand ...
586	56. City Nicknames	Motown is the nickname for what U.S. city?	Detroit
587	TT. French	What is the common French expression meaning 'That's life!'?	C'est la vie
588	2. Astronomy	What planet has these characteristics? -orbital inclination of 25 degrees -surface area about 1/4 of the Earth -sidereal period of 687 days -2 satellites	Mars
589	86. Weight Problems	A jar contains 10,000 lead shot averaging 0.2216 grams each. What is the total weight of the shot?	2216 grams
590	110. Dice Probability	If you have a die in the shape of a regular icosahedron, what are the chances of it landing on a particular side?	1 in 20
591	101. The Mediterranean	These are districts on what Mediterranean island? Limassol, Paphos, Kyrenia, Lamarca, Famagusta, Nicosia	Cyprus
592	35. Africa	The second largest country in sub-Saharan Africa is on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered to the north by Zaire, to the east by Zambia, and to the south by Namibia. Name it.	Angola
593	42. History of Geometry	Name the Greek geometrician who determined the value of pi to the third decimal place.	Archimedes
594	28. Inflated Writing	After it is decoded, what is the last word in this sentence? He fiveced the fivemidable threetor three capithreelnine.	capitulate
595	26. Vetoes	The concept of a veto originated in what ancient empire?	Rome
596	38. Matter Matters	Fluids include liquids and what else?	gases
597	44. Lenses	A compound lens consists of an array of simple lenses with a common what?	axis
598	42. The Brain	The brain is composed of how many hemispheres?	two
599	60. Anthropological Finds	Fossil remains of what humanoid were found in Zhoukoudian Cave in 1927?	Peking man
600	3. Algebraic Expressions	Express these words as an algebraic equation. Twice the sum of nine and y is the same as the difference of y and seven.	2(9+y) = y-7
601	113. Photography	What adjective describes photographs taken from airplanes?	aerial
602	59. Family Ties	The Scottish physicist who first developed a practical application for radar was a descendant of what man who developed the steam engine?	James Watt
603	1. Legends	What pure knight, the son of Lancelot and Elaine, achieved the vision of the Holy Grail?	Galahad
604	118. Old West	Identify this Old West character. History isn't sure whether she was a frustrated feminist or just a foul-mouthed transvestite shrew. In any case, she was ahead of her time. She lived in Deadwood, South Dakota and may have been an Indian scout and Pony Express rider.	Calamity Jane
605	102. Football	What football violation is called when the quarterback or punter is hit after passing or kicking the ball?	roughing
606	38. Explorations	Name the largest river basin explored by Jacques Cartier.	St. Lawrence
607	30. Arachnids	The bodies of arachnids are divided into two parts including the abdomen and the ...	cephalothorax
608	90. Disasters	The horrific explosion of the SS Grandcamp in 1947 occurred in what U.S. state?	Texas
609	38. International Conflict	A conflict between nations which does not involve the use of arms but is conducted by means of political and economic pressure is a ---- war.	cold
610	84. Clipped Words	What is the clipped word for 'situation comedy'?	sitcom
611	49. Fables	This is from what fable? Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye, Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon! ,	Animal Farm
612	59. Numeration in Fiction	In what science fiction tale does the decimal equivalent of the binary number 0101010 have particular significance?	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
613	60. Industrial Revolution	These names are associated with the history of the development of what invention relevant to the Industrial Revolution? the Greek scientist Hero Denis Papin Thomas Newcomen James Watt	steam engine
614	73. Musicians	What instrument was played by these musicians? Van Cliburn Victor Borge Vladimir Horowitz Ludwig van Beethoven	piano
615	93. Integumentary Injuries	These are stages of what injury to the skin resulting from exposure? -The exposed part of the body turns white, accompanied by a burning sensation. -The skin reddens, swells, and blisters. -The skin becomes waxy and hard, and it may turn purplish or black. -Nerves become damaged and feeling is lost.	frostbite
616	34. Art History	What is the French term for those innovative artists who are 'ahead of their time' and who establish new directions for others to follow?	avant-garde
617	12. Empires	The last significant outposts of the Spanish empire in the late 1800s included the Philippines and what two islands in the Caribbean?	Cuba, Puerto Rico
618	67. International Ground Rules	What enduring policy set forth by the fifth U.S. president established that the New World and the Old World were to remain distinctly separate spheres of influence and that the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries?	Monroe Doctrine
619	79. DNA	The process of cutting DNA, inserting foreign DNA, and then rejoining DNA molecules is called gene what?	splicing
620	16. Algebraic Multiplication	What is the product of (x+3y) and (x-8y)?	xX squared - 5xy - 24(y squared)
621	115. Nouns	In contrast to nouns such as tree, book, and policeman, what kind of nouns are these? wool, energy, water, weather, air	uncountable
622	79. Iconic Sculpture	What statue is indicated in this limerick? His gift from the City of Light Holds her torch on our shores, shining bright. Bartholdi's great feat At our door serves to greet New arrivals, a welcoming sight.	Statue of Liberty
623	5. Treaties	A hasty and costly peace between the new Bolshevik government in Russia and the Central Powers freed up many battalions of German troops to fight on the Western Front. What Russian leader signed that agreement?	Nikolai Lenin
624	79. Algebra	Solve this for x. The log of x to the base 2 is 5.	32
625	122. Sentence Parts	What is the subject complement in this line? The formerly expansive gardens of the palace were unkempt and looked nearly dead.	dead
626	7. Colonial Commerce	Slaves and molasses were two of the three items exchanged in 'triangular trade. What was the third?	rum
627	81. Mammals	What carnivorous marsupial lives in the wild only on the island of Tasmania?	Tasmanian devil
628	117. Ecosystems	In contrast to a lentic ecosystem, a lotic ecosystem contains what kind of water?	running (moving) water
629	44. Grammatical Goofs	What words are misplaced in this line? A circuit court has awarded $3 million to a retired Bethlehem Steel worker who was exposed to asbestos and his wife.	and his wife
630	26. Prognostications	Napoleon said, 'You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck. I have no time for such nonsense.' He was commenting on what invention by Robert Fulton?	steamboat (steamship)
631	23. Artistic Surnames	'Buonarroti' is the last name of what famed artist?	Michelangelo
632	26. Music	The 'Goldberg Variations' by Johann Bach were written for what musical instrument?	piano (clavier, harpsichord)
633	40. Trigonometry	On an alphabetical list, which trigonometric ratio is first?	cosine
634	82. Pressure	A metal cube is 10 inches on a side. If the cube weighs 280 pounds, how many pounds per square inch is exerted on the surface below?	2.8 psi
635	42. Hydrocarbons	Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain one or more pairs of carbon atoms joined by double or triple chemical bonds. What kind of hydrocarbons contain carbon atoms joined by single chemical bonds?	saturated
636	29. Weddings	Who in 1981 married Lady Diana Spencer?	Prince Charles
637	21. Musical Mood Markings	While 'morendo' means dying and 'vivace' means lively, what is the meaning of 'dolce'?	sweetly
638	49. Treaties	Signed in a Dutch city, the Treaty of Utrecht essentially ended what early 18th-century war?	War of the Spanish Succession
639	37. Taxonomic Zoology	What is the next major subdivision above genus?	family
640	25. Light	The speed of light in ordinary glass is almost 124,000 miles per second. This is about what fraction of the speed of light in a vacuum?	2/3
641	116. Song Geography	Name the region referred to in this song lyric. Old times there are not forgotten	Dixie
642	12. Insect Hormones	The hormone ecdysone makes insects shed their exoskeletons, a periodic process called what?	molting
643	79. Gliding	A glider pilot who sees no dust devils or clouds must rely to some degree on luck to locate rising streams of warm air called what?	thermals (updrafts)
644	60. Novels	Complete this title of Karen Hesse's novel about what happened to a family during the terrible drought and storms of the 1930s in the panhandle of Texas. Out of the ...	Dust
645	14. Injuries	Name the common injury that occurs when a blow breaks blood vessels near your skin's surface, allowing a small amount of blood to leak into underlying tissues.	bruise
646	5. Northern Habitats	What structures incorporating domes are associated with Inuits?	igloos
647	24. Invertebrate Anatomy	A group of up to ten similar segments behind the thorax of a crustacean makes up what region of its body?	abdomen
648	41. Couplets	What three words complete this quote by Alexander Pope? Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead. For fools rush in where angels ...	fear to tread
649	44. Medieval Concepts	In medieval times, the acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord was called ...	homage
650	26. Respiration	Many organisms can break down glucose anaerobically, which means without what?	oxygen (air)
651	26. Food Physics	This is what happens when you are making what? When heated, the moisture inside the hull turns into superheated pressurized steam. The starch inside the seed gelatinizes and becomes pliable. As the temperature increases, the hull ruptures and its contents expand into an airy foam that cools and sets into a crispy puff.	popcorn
652	33. Fictional Characters	Who is the main character in a story by James Thurber in which these imaginary medical conditions are found? obstreosis streptothicosis coreopsis	Walter Mitty
653	56. Organs	This is about what organ? The outer sclera encloses the choroid, consisting of tissue filled with blood vessels. The innermost layer is the retina.	eye
654	3. Exponents	What is the square root of (a to the 8th times b to the 12th)?	a to the 4th times b to the 6th
655	12. Branches of Government	The judicial branch of the government exercises its check on which other branch of government through judicial review?	legislative
656	23. Arctic Mammals	In summer they are brown but in winter they are all white. Name these small mouse-like mammals that live in the tundra.	lemmings
657	2. Physiology	What division of the nervous system supplies stimulation to the involuntary muscles and the glands?	autonomic nervous system
658	49. Occupations	Someone who drives cattle, pigs, or sheep to market is called a ...	drover
659	13. Colossal Constructions	The Aswan High Dam is in the southern part of what country?	Egypt
660	38. Speeches	These words are from a speech by whom? I have today ordered to Vietnam the Air Mobile Division which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men. Additional forces will be needed later, and they will be sent as requested.	Lyndon Johnson
661	23. Solids	What kind of polyhedron has faces that are all identical polygons?	regular polyhedron
662	100. Elections	How many of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election in midterm elections?	435
663	12. Legal Maneuvers	How did President Nixon avoid impeachment on charges of presidential involvement in the Watergate scandal?	He resigned.
664	76. Mammals	Name the smallest North American mammal.	shrew
665	17. Corporate Anagrams	'No wire unsent' is an anagram for what major communications corporation?	Western Union
666	14. The Mideast	What Egyptian statesman wanted to create a union with Syria and Yemen called the United Arab Republic?	Gamal Nasser
667	37. Triangles	Given that the two base angles of a triangle are each 60 degrees and that the length of a side from the	vertex to the base is 9, what is the length of the base?
668	5. Ancient Literature	What ancient Greek wrote these tales? The Frog and the Ox The Bald Man and the Fly The Dog and the Shadow	Aesop
669	125. Tusks	While tusks are generally curved, what marine mammal has a single straight tusk with a helical shape?	narwhal
670	32. East Coast Islands	In what state is the island located that the Dutch originally called Conyne Eylandt?	New York
671	10. Gliding	A glider pilot who sees no dust devils or clouds must rely to some degree on luck to locate rising streams of warm air called ...	thermals (updrafts)
672	72. Memorial Architecture	Like a famous home in Monticello, the design of what presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. was based on the Roman Pantheon?	Jefferson Memorial
673	28. Symptoms	Name any one of the three most common symptoms of motion sickness.	nausea, fatigue, dizziness (vertigo)
674	43. The Constitution	What adjective meaning 'greatest' or 'paramount' is missing in this line? Article VI provides that the Constitution and all federal laws and treaties shall be the ---- law of the land.	supreme
675	106. Peninsulas	What major peninsula lies north of Guatemala?	Yucatan
676	92. Proverbs	According to the proverb, virtue is its own what?	reward
677	39. Science Literature	Who in 1687 wrote this work? Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica	Isaac Newton
678	20. Musicals	What character in 'The King and I' sings this? Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I'm afraid.	Anna
679	8. Clouds	A rotating, cone-shaped column of air that extends downward from the base of a thunderstorm but does not reach the ground is known as what kind of cloud?	funnel cloud
680	24. Human Anatomy	These are parts of what body system? -spindle organs in striated muscle -Pacini's corpuscles in the dermis -Meissner's corpuscles in the dermis -hair cells in inner ear -Ruffini's corpuscles in joints	nervous system
681	106. Astronomical Interrelationships	Caused by the gravitational force of one or more other celestial bodies, what is the term for distortions that occur in the shape of a celestial body?	tides
682	3. Regional Clothing	Name the knee-length skirt made of tartan wool with deep pleats worn as part of the dress for the men in the Scottish highlands.	kilt
683	101. Hot Spots	The temperature of what part of the Earth may be as high as 6600 degrees C, even hotter than the Sun's surface?	core
684	4. Diseases	The three main diseases associated with smoking cigarettes are lung cancer, heart disease, and what other?	emphysema
685	14. Law Vocabulary	What is the term for a petition seeking review of a case that has been decided by a court of law?	appeal
686	41. Angles	From 130 degrees 29 minutes 43 seconds subtract 20 degrees 30 minutes 40 seconds.	109 degrees 59 minutes 3 seconds
687	56. Radioactivity	The half-life of a radioactive element is 300 years. A sample of 12 grams of this element will be reduced to 3 grams in how many years?	600 years
688	31. Art History	He designed and printed currency, cast church bells and cannon in bronze, fashioned ornate andirons, and pioneered copper plating in America. Name this goldsmith, engraver, silversmith, and hero of the American War of Independence.	Paul Revere
689	64. Creative Writing	What literary device is used in this phrase? And the silken sad uncertain ...	alliteration
690	15. Organs	What digestive organ in the adult human body weighs about three and a half pounds, measures about 8 inches across, 6.5 inches vertically, and is 4.5 inches thick?	liver
691	63. Movie Making	What word is called out by a movie director ordering actors to begin playing a scene?	action
692	29. Hearsay	Hearsay evidence is inadmissible because what amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the accused the right to confront witnesses against him?	6th amendment
693	Sis Czars	The eldest son of a Russian czar was the czarevitch. The czar's wife was called the ...	czarina
694	69. Reflections	What is the repetition of a radar or sonar signal by reflection from a surface called?	echo
695	36. Art	Samuel Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and many others have argued that the beauty of the fine arts is reason enough for carrying them on. Complete this slogan with that intent. Att for ...	art's sake
696	107. Monuments	What term for an ancient structure or monument comes from two Greek words meaning 'great' and 'stone'?	megalith
697	88. Virtues	These quotations are about what virtue? -Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. -By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.	perseverance (endurance, persistence)
698	25. Astronomy	There is a systematic uniformity in the motion of the planets. All travel around the Sun from west to east in nearly the same plane called the ...	ecliptic
699	17. Hydrology	As distinct from surface water, what is the term for all subsurface water?	groundwater
700	45. Light	Monochromatic light consists of only one color. What kind of light consists of several colors?	polychromatic light
701	52. Bones	The ankle is at the distal end of what two long bones?	tibia, fibula
702	17. Fossils	Ancient insects were sometimes trapped in amber, a fossil resin from cone-bearing, evergreen, needle-leaved trees collectively known as ...	conifers
703	22. Gas Density	A gas has a density of 1.50 grams per liter at a pressure of 760 millimeters. What will be the density if the pressure drops to 730 millimeters?	1.44 grams per liter
704	16. Infinitives	As what part of speech is the infinitive used in this statement? She waited to answer until she had completed baking her quiche.	adverb
705	14. Quadrilaterals	The perimeters of two similar quadrilaterals are 24 and 30. One side of the smaller quadrilateral is 8.	The corresponding side of the larger figure is what?
706	41. Novels	In this novel, Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, wants to run to somewhere comfortable, beautiful, and elegant, and ends up at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. There she finds an angel statue that had been sold to the museum by whom?	Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
707	81. Conflict	What is the German word that means 'conflict' or 'altercation' or 'quarrel'?	Streit
708	I21s Ratios	There are 840 Nirvana Night School students. The ratio of those taking pig Latin to those not taking pig Latin is 4 to 3. How many pig Latin students are there?	480
709	15. Money Problems	Pedro has 4 pesetas less than 3 times as much as Paloma. Pablo has one and one-half times as many as Paloma. They have 106 pesetas altogether. How many does Pablo have?	30
710	1. The Earth's Crust	Which element accounts for 47% of the mass of the Earth's crust?	oxygen
711	1. Trigonometry	What is the next positive angle coterminal with an angle of 105 degrees?	465 degrees
712	15. Metals	The word element 'ferro' indicates ...	iron
713	Sis Mongolians	Tamerlane was a descendant of what earlier Mongol conqueror?	Genghis Khan (or Kublai Khan)
714	60. Combining Sentence	Combine these two sentences such that the information in the second is used as an appositive in the first. In 1733 Franklin published a book. It was an almanac.	In 1733 Franklin published a book, an almanac.
715	69. Disorders	Name the sudden, recurrent disorder of the brain characterized by abnormal electrical activity causing mental and physical dysfunction.	epilepsy
716	20. Grammatical Mood	What mood is in these quotes by Albert Einstein? -If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber. -If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.	subjunctive
717	17. Unions	In the early 1900s, members of what union were known as Wobblies?	Industrial Workers of the World
718	8. Verb Tense	Express 'Vlad bites' in the present perfect tense.	Viad has bitten
719	7. Geologic Activity	Name the vents found in Yellowstone and Lassen national parks from which steam issues into the air.	fumaroles (steam vents)
720	18. Sites	Bar Harbor, Booth Bay Railway Museum, and the Portland Headlight Lighthouse are in what state?	Maine
721	10. Scientific Instruments	A rotating triple objective may be on what scientific instrument?	microscope
722	53. Folklore	What was the object of Parsifal's quest?	Holy Grail
723	33. African Dictators	Before he was ousted in 1979, what Uganda dictator was responsible for the slaughter of some 300,000 of his countrymen?	Idi Amin
724	83. Hot Spots	In 1913, the highest air temperature ever recorded was 134 degrees F at Furnace Creek Ranch in what U.S. valley?	Death Valley
725	14. Curves	A squashed or elongated circle is called an ...	ellipse (oval)
726	20. Colonial Period	What day is referred to below? In 1621, Governor Bradford sent out hunters 'that we might after a more special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.'	Thanksgiving
727	15. Algebraic Exponents		What is xy to the zero power?
728	120. Reptilian Relatives	What is the land-dwelling relative of the sea turtle?	tortoise
729	35. Respiratory Problems	What is the term for a continuous, coarse, whistling sound in the chest during breathing?	wheezing
730	33. Digestive Physiology	The sphincter at the base of the stomach controls the release of the gastric contents into which division of the small intestine?	duodenum
731	22. Tense	Restate this line in the future perfect progressive form. I osculate.	\| will (shall) have been osculating.
732	20. Consecutive Integers	The sum of two consecutive even integers is 258. What is the larger integer?	130
733	28. U.S. Decades	During what decade was the U.S. draft abolished and women integrated into the regular branches of the armed services?	1970s
734	52. Named Latitudes	What is the name of latitude 23 degrees 26 minutes 16 seconds south?	Tropic of Capricorn
735	60. Novels	This is about what American novel? A great coon dog and his master are wounded and doomed to a shared and terrible destiny. This is a classic tale about a young boy who must struggle with poverty and the trappings of sharecropper life.	Sounder
736	TT. Storms	Name the cloud-free central vortex of a tropical cyclone.	eye
737	29. Excretions	Bilirubin is a yellow substance that results from the breakdown of red blood cells. It is excreted as a component of what green liquid?	bile
738	86. Bear Behavior	Bears are mistakenly said to be doing what when they are actually denning?	hibernating
739	34. Nonfiction	Complete the title of this account by Henry Morton Stanley. How I Found ...	Livingstone
740	29. Advertising	A short, catchy song used in radio or television commercials is called a ...	jingle
741	39. Physical Processes	The taking up of a gas by a solid or liquid, or the taking up of a liquid by a solid, is called what?	absorption
742	119. Neologisms	In 1898, what term was introduced for the process by which plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic salts using sunlight for energy and chlorophyll as a catalyst?	photosynthesis
743	31. Etiquette	Who was born in Baltimore in 1872 and grew up to become America's foremost expert and writer on the topic of etiquette?	Emily Post
744	43. Novels	In what novel did natives refer to the central character and former ship's officer as Tuan Jim?	Lord Jim
745	Zi Government	In contrast to a unitary government in which a central authority holds the power or a confederation in which the member states are clearly dominant, what 'ism' indicates a type of government where power is divided between the national government and other governmental units?	federalism
746	45. Medical Examinations	An arthrogram is an x-ray technique for examining the interior of what skeletal structures?	joints
747	44. Federal Buildings	Statuary Hall, the Great Rotunda, and the Senate Chamber are in what building?	Capitol
748	11. Landforms	What are these? Namib Gibson Kalahari Mojave Great Sandy	deserts
749	20. Slopes	What is the product of the slopes of two perpendicular	lines?
750	12. French Novels	What scientist is the protagonist and narrator of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'?	Professor Pierre Aronnax
751	6. Bygone Civilizations	This is about what civilization? From about 250 CE until around 900 CE, they built temples and monuments, created numerous works of art and writing, continued their astronomical observations, and built a network of cities which lay buried under jungle growth for centuries. Excavation in Guatemala indicates their culture was quite advanced as early as 200 to 150 BCE.	Maya
752	32. Angles	Two complementary angles are in the ratio of 1 to 5. What are the measures of the angles?	15, 75 degrees
753	109. Authors	Who wrote this line? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes.	Jules Verne
754	44. Glacial Deposition	What is the two-word name for a residual formation at the furthest point of a glacier's advance?	terminal moraine
755	62. Word Combos	What portmanteau word can be made from 'spoon' and 'fork'?	spork
756	21. Energy	What modern devices for storing electrical energy evolved from Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile?	batteries
757	39. Novels	Catherine, who keeps birds in her room, has a mother who wants to make her 'a fine lady - dumb, docile, and accomplished' and a father who wants 'to sell her like a cheese to some lack-wit seeking a wife.' In this book by Karen Cushman, Catherine is called ...	Birdy
758	68. Inverses		What is the additive inverse of -3/10?
759	LOT. Political Activism	Politically speaking, what kind of groups are these? Greenpeace American Israel Public Affairs Committee National Rifle Association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Sierra Club	advocacy (pressure, lobby, special interest)
760	47. Birds and Lovers	It perched on the bust of Pallas Athene. With what one word did this bird answer the questions of a bereaved lover?	nevermore
761	25. Ecological Relationships	Because the clownfish lives among the tentacles of sea anemones, feeding on the anemones' leftover food but remaining unaffected by their stinging tentacles, what symbiotic relationship exists between the two?	commensalism
762	46. Prohibited Airspace	Essentially a demilitarized zone in the sky, what is the military phrase for a region over which aircraft from a belligerent nation are not permitted to fly?	no-fly zone
763	58. Science History	What Dutchman was first to record these kinds of observations? In the water were many little animalcules, whereof some were roundish, while others, a bit bigger, consisted of an oval. On these last, I saw two little legs near the head and two little fins at the hindmost end.	Anton van Leeuwenhoek
764	120. Marine Biology in the News	In 2012, scientists reported sighting a totally white orca. What kind of whale is this?	killer whale
765	68. Western Rivers	Name the southern of the two major rivers that drain central California.	San Joaquin
766	124. Island Partitions	In 1921, the Irish Free State was established consisting of 26 Irish counties. Six counties in Ulster remained part of the United Kingdom and became collectively known as what?	Northern Ireland
767	34. Weather Maps	What type of front is indicated on a weather map by a line from which black hemispheres and black triangles are alternately emerging from either side?	stationary front
768	68. Medical Providers	A soldier trained to provide first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield is called a ...	medic (combat medic, corpsmen)
769	75. Finding Fugitives	What kind of hunter captures fugitives for whom a monetary reward is offered?	bounty hunter
770	46. Instruments	What is the basic instrument of a seismologist?	seismograph
771	111. Fruits	What fruit has a high food value, being about 54 percent sugar and 7 percent protein, and is of special importance to desert peoples of North Africa and the Middle East?	dates
772	117. Nutrition	In human nutrition, name either of the necessary bulk minerals that begin with 's.'	sodium, sulfur
773	110. Imaginary Creatures	In the Harry Potter series, what kind of creature is a Norwegian ridgeback, Hungarian horntail, Swedish short-snout, Common Welsh green, Hebridean black, and a Chinese fireball?	dragon
774	26. Geometric Instruments	Name the instrument used in geometry for drawing circles.	compass
775	36. Under the Curve	What is the area under the curve defined below? y = 3 times (x squared) from x = 2 tox =5	117
776	54. Pioneers	In 1847, the Mormons established a permanent settlement near what body of water?	Great Salt Lake
777	44. Impounded Waters	What do Australians call an oxbow lake?	billabong
778	11. Clashes	In 1770, a crowd pressed in upon a detachment led by Thomas Preston in Massachusetts. The soldiers fired into the mob, killing five people. How did this incident become popularly known?	Boston Massacre
779	Sis Settings	From certain root words in this line by Robert Heinlein, you can tell the story is set where? I see in 'Lunaya Pravda' that Luna City Council has passed on first reading a bill to examine, license, inspect, and tax, public food vendors operating inside municipal pressure.	Moon
780	111. Calories	How much heat, in calories, is needed to raise 10 grams of water from 10 to 25 degrees Celsius?	150
781	91. Body Regulation	Name the system of ductless glands that regulates bodily functions by means of hormones secreted into the bloodstream.	endocrine system
782	3. Queens	What ancient queen died from the bite of an asp?	Cleopatra
783	44. Fiction	Who says this in 'The Red-Headed League'? Upon first meeting with Mr. Jabez Wilson, I noticed beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labor, that he is a Freemason, that he takes snuff, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately. I could deduce nothing else.	Sherlock Holmes
784	3. Mythical Kidnappings	Every year since her abduction by Hades, what daughter of Demeter and Zeus spends six months on Earth and six months in the underworld?	Persephone
785	4. Igneous Rock	While extrusive igneous rock comes from lava, intrusive igneous rock comes from what?	magma
786	19. Points	Find the distance between these two points. A (-4,7) and B (4,-8)	17
787	Alt. 5. Reasoning	While deductions from correct premises are always 100% probable, with what category of reasoning are the conclusions always less than 100% probable?	induction
788	24. Matter	Which phase of matter is described either as amorphous or crystalline?	solid
789	19. Novels	What novel by Dan Brown draws on conspiracy theories involving the Roman Catholic Church, Opus Dei and the Priory of Sion?	The Da Vinci Code
790	37. Sculpture	Which of the four main methods a sculptor uses to achieve a desired form is missing from this list? assembly, carving, modeling	welding
791	71. Bioluminescence	Bioluminescence is light produced by organisms as a result of conversion of what kind of energy to radiant energy?	chemical energy
792	92. Expressions	What cliche meaning to change one's opinion comes from the American military command to turn 180 degrees while marching?	do an about face
793	96. Atoms	You have a neutral atom with 18 electrons. What is its atomic number?	18
794	14. Acceleration	To the nearest tenth, a body dropped from a height of how many meters will strike the ground in \| second?	4.9 meters
795	113. Communications	Before they became major television networks, the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System were based on what kind of communications technology first developed by Lee De Forest?	radio
796	26. Bells	Name the biggest bell in the clock tower at the northeastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London.	Big Ben
797	Alt. 2. Settings	These novels are all partly set in what country? Climbing the Pyramid Tampico Gold Mission in Cancun Four Days to Veracruz	Mexico
798	56. Jeffersonian Astronomy	What are the 'stones' Thomas Jefferson is talking about in this excerpt? I would more easily believe that a Yankee professor would lie than that stones would fall from heaven.	meteorites (meteors)
799	36. Big Eyes	In 2008, New Zealand marine biologists were studying the carcass of what colossal creature when they measured its eye at eleven inches across, the largest animal eye on earth?	giant squid
800	66. Geological Formations	Derived from a French word meaning fish bone, what is the term for a jagged, narrow ridge that separates two adjacent glacial valleys or cirques?	arete
801	70. Chocolate	Chocolate is obtained from the seeds of what kind of tree?	cacao
802	125. The Great Seal	What Latin phrase on the Great Seal of the United States often mistranslated as 'new world order' is more properly translated as 'a new order of the ages'?	Novus Ordo Seclorum
803	41. Shoals	Name the extensive area of shoals off southeast Newfoundland where the Labrador Current and Gulf Stream merge.	Grand Banks
804	35. Mark Twain	What town, in a short story by Mark Twain, was corrupted when a sack of gold left at a bank by a stranger turns out to be filled with lead?	Hadleyburg
805	31. Arabian Nights	Name the Persian woodcutter from the 'Arabian Nights' who happened upon a thieves' cave filled with riches.	Ali Baba
806	70. Southeast Asian Earthquakes	The Indian Ocean earthquake that spawned the enormous tsunami of 2004 measured 9.0 on the Richter scale. It was the largest recorded quake since the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in what U.S. state?	Alaska
807	9. U.S. Geography	If you were somewhere in the state of New York and headed due east, what is the maximum number of other states you could pass through before reaching the Atlantic?	three
808	57. Graphic Arts	Creating motion in graphic images on film through small progressive changes in each drawing cell is called what?	animation
809	15. Light	The speed of light in ordinary glass is almost 124,000 miles per second. This is about what fraction of the speed of light in a vacuum?	2/3
810	105. Palindromes	What word completes this palindromic inquiry? Eva, can I pose as Aesop ina...	cave
811	69. Generals	When James Polk delivered his war message to Congress in 1846, what general took command of U.S. troops that captured Tampico and occupied El Paso?	Winfield Scott
812	51. Figures of Speech	What literary device is in these phrases? beloved enemy cruel kindness	oxymoron
813	112. Punishment	What is the term for a prison for those convicted of major crimes?	penitentiary
814	25. Etymology	These words came into English from what language? poppycock, coleslaw, monsoon, polder, keelhaul, muddle, harpoon, patroon	Dutch
815	Zi Scales	The pH scale expresses either the acidity of a solution or its ...	alkalinity (or neutrality)
816	14. Winds	What major winds govern the climate of India?	monsoons
817	45. Electrical Resistance	In what type of electrical circuit can the resistance be calculated as the sum of the individual resistances of its elements?	series circuit
818	26. History of Medicine	What 17th-century English physician was ridiculed for his idea that the heart is a muscle that pumps blood around the body through the arteries and veins?	William Harvey
819	58. The Senate	A temporary interruption of the Senate's unfinished business is called a ...	recess
820	27. Asian Rivers	The mouth of China's Yellow River is in what sea?	Yellow Sea
821	3. Land Deals	The Russian government actually had to spend a large sum of money to gain the support of members of the U.S. Congress and important American newspapers for the $7 million purchase of what territory in 1867?	Alaska
822	64. Bone Math	What is the total number of malleus, incus, and stapes	bones in one body?
823	114. Territorial Acquisition	Name the war which eventually enabled the U.S. to acquire Guam and Puerto Rico.	Spanish-American War
824	70. United Nations	For what principal organization of the United Nations does the abbreviation GA stand?	General Assembly
825	41. Revolutionary Milestones	In an especially inflammatory move, General Thomas Gage dispatched a column of British regulars in April, 1775 to seize the gunpowder believed stored in what Massachusetts town?	Concord
826	57. Blood Banks	When whole blood is collected from a donor, what kind of substance must be added to it to prevent it from turning into a semisolid or solid mass?	anticoagulant
827	I21s Genetics	What stage of mitosis is indicated by this passage? The centromeres divide, and the attached spindle fibers progressively shorten, pulling the chromatids apart.	anaphase
828	30. Etymology	The term 'derringer' comes from Henry Deringer and the word 'mausoleum' comes from King Mausolus. Such words that originate from the names of people are called ...	eponyms
829	24. Fictional Murders	In what story do sixteen people hear the will of the murdered Samuel Westing and compete to identify the killer in order to earn an enormous reward?	The Westing Game
830	96. The Sun	What envelope encircling the Sun is hotter by a factor of nearly 200 than that star's surface?	corona
831	122. Physical Fitness	Abs is the abbreviation for what muscles?	abdominal muscles
832	125. Australians	If there are 21 million people in Australia and the country includes 3 million square miles, how many	people are there per square mile?
833	53. Color	The three secondary colors include orange, violet, and what other?	green
834	20. Humor	What form of humor is illustrated in this line? While the health risk of eating raw eggs is real, so too is the potential for eggsessive overreaction.	pun
835	72. Verbs	What kind of verbs are illustrated in these examples? -After losing the cribbage match of the century, Ron became morose. -The auk in the wedding dress looked radiant.	linking verbs
836	22. Ancient Inventions	Which of Archimedes' inventions was a kind of pump?	Archimedes screw
837	55. Submarines	Name the captain of Jules Verne's submarine, 'Nautilus.'	Captain Nemo
838	14. Cliches	What expression that cites two months of the year means that adversity will be followed by good fortune?	April showers bring May flowers.
839	119. Plate Tectonics	The Hellenic arc lies just to the south of what sea?	Aegean Sea
840	31. Science Fiction	Name this work by Arthur Clarke. An enormous artifact enters our solar system. People land on its shell and begin exploring the complex, miles-long interior and then it leaves.	Rendezvous with Rama
841	25. Participles	What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb 'burn'?	burned, burnt
842	34. Feline Spelling	What unique spelling did William Blake use for the big feline 'in the forests of the night'?	tyger
843	96. Sentence Objects	What is the indirect object in this line? The herpetologist fed his snakes mice.	snakes
844	75. Aviation	Name the device that controls the motions of airplanes in flight without the constant supervision of man.	automatic pilot (autopilot)
845	11. Legislative Tactics	What tactic was illustrated when Huey Long spoke before the Senate for 15 hours and 30 minutes, urging continued Senate confirmation for senior employees of the National Recovery Administration and describing his favorite recipes?	filibuster
846	8. Russia	In 1922, what name did the Bolsheviks give to the former Russian empire?	U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union)
847	119. Loose Chunks	Meteorites are meteors that actually strike the Earth and meteors are chunks of debris that enter Earth's atmosphere. What is the name for millions of objects, smaller than asteroids, that orbit the Sun?	meteoroids
848	80. Special Stones	What is the color of the sacred stone built into the east comer of the Kaaba, the focal point of the hajj?	black
849	122. Syllabication		How many syllables are in 'electrocapillarity'?
850	70. Court Rulings	The ruling in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case was that segregation does not deprive blacks of the equal protection of the laws required by which amendment?	14th Amendment
851	55. Healing Dihydrogen Oxide	A mineral spring supposed to have healing properties is called a ...	spa
852	86. Mesopotamians	What ancient seafaring Mesopotamian people, famous for their process of dying fabric purple, also invented glassblowing?	Phoenicians
853	73. Mountains	What mountain range is the setting for these works? The Amethyst Ring Our Children of the Sun The Lost Tomb of Viracocha A Walking Tour of Machu Picchu Inca Gold	Andes
854	85. European Regions	What is the easternmost Nordic country?	Finland
855	29. Craftsmen	What is the term for skilled craftsmen who make such items as clothing, jewelry, furniture, household items, and tools?	artisan
856	8. Algebraic Exponents		What is x if the cube root of x equals 2?
857	2. European History	What period encompasses the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern period?	the Renaissance
858	52. Emissions	What radioactive emission was discovered by Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen?	x-rays
859	29. Wounds	The danger of tetanus is significant with what kind of wounds from needles, ice picks, large splinters, or nails?	puncture wounds
860	19. Christmas Tunes	What is the next line in this Christmas carol? Faithful friends who are dear to us ...	Gather near to us once more
861	28. Heroes	In the western novel, what is the nickname of the character who says this? When you call me that, smile.	the Virginian
862	13. Edible Fruit Art	What fruit is depicted in Hugo Van Der Goes' painting entitled, 'The Fall of Man'?	apple
863	113. Pronouns	What are the relative pronouns in this line? Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.	who, which
864	32. Hazards	Yuri Yamnowitz works in his luminous radium watch factory in Chernobyl. He has rented much of his floor space to the government for the storage of barrels of benzene and bales of asbestos. One way or another, Yuri is more likely than most to end up with what disease?	cancer
865	24. Adventure Novels	This is from what Jules Verne story? Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the center of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius?	Journey to the Center of the Earth
866	37. Astronomy	The V.L.A. is an abbreviation for 'very large array.' This is a group of telescopes designed to detect what kind of waves?	radio
867	45. Archaeology	In what present-day country have archaeologists excavated the sites of the Indus civilization at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?	Pakistan
868	25. Deserts	The northern reaches of Petrified Forest National Park extend into the heart of a colorful fantasyland of mesas, buttes, and badlands. This region of Arizona stained by mineralized water is known as what desert?	Painted Desert
869	9. European History	Through major reclamation projects, what European nation is especially known for transforming what were formerly lakes, mudflats, and marshes into usable land called polders?	Netherlands
870	6. Organized Crime	Name the network of Sicilian criminal organizations active abroad and in the U.S.	Mafia
871	87. Electricity	A coulomb is to charge and a volt is to potential difference as what is to current?	ampere (amp)
872	da Twisted Tales	In what story by O. Henry do Bill and Sam discover that the boy they have kidnapped is such a terror that they actually have to pay the father to take the kid back?	The Ransom of Red Chief
873	30. History of Science	During what century did Sir William Herschel discover Uranus?	18th
874	12. Electricity	A charge passes through a wire in the form of what kind of subatomic particles?	electrons
875	89. Laws of Physics	Pascal's Law states that a change in pressure is transmitted equally to all parts of a confined what?	fluid (liquid)
876	28. American Colonies	Sir William Berkeley became the royal governor of which British colony in America?	Virginia
877	11. Flower Tunes	These words from a musical are addressed to what flower? Every morning you greet me, Small and White, Clean and bright You look happy to meet me.	Edelweiss
878	87. Poems	These are examples of what kind of poems? The Death of Morgan The Dying Cowboy Robin Hood and the Monk Lochinvar The Shooting of Dan MacGrew The Highwayman	ballads
879	49. Insurrections	In 1988, the intifada began in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as revolt against the military occupation by what country's forces?	Israel
880	74. Word Categories	What is the collective name for these apparently meaningless words that make a pause or hesitation in speech? um, like, totally, ah, really, whatever, right	fillers
881	101. Newspapers	These are newspapers in what state? Ithaca Times The Buffalo News East Hampton Star Poughkeepsie Journal Cooperstown Crier Finger Lakes Times Gotham Gazette	New York
882	14. Polygons	When a 24-inch piece of wire is bent into the shape of an equilateral dodecagon, each side has a length of	---- inches.
883	98. Composers	What German musician composed the music about the legend of a spectral ship commanded by a Dutch sea captain who had sworn to round the Cape of Good Hope if it took him all eternity?	Richard Wagner
884	da Force	You are swinging a ball on the end of a string around your head. At the instant the string breaks, what kind of force is no longer exerted on the ball?	centripetal
885	107. A Little Horse, of Course	What is another name for the 'dawn horse'?	eohippus
886	64. Creatures Below	This quote from '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' is about what creature? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. The arms fixed to its head were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.	giant squid
887	36. Chemistry	What element is the backbone of organic molecules?	carbon
888	47. Prohibitions	In times of crisis, a local or national government may prohibit people from going out into the streets after a given hour. Such a prohibition is called a ...	curfew
889	100. Art Viewing	Also known as the center of interest, the area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the viewer's eye is continually drawn is called {Oss	focal point
890	40. Australia	The Murray River separates New South Wales from what other Australian state to its south?	Victoria
891	1. The Mideast	What nation has shorelines on the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?	Saudi Arabia
892	18. Light	Light travels in waves of various lengths. The shorter the wavelength, the greater is what power of a microscope?	resolving power
893	66. Constitutional Amendments	What amendment states this? In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.	6th amendment
894	24. The Heart	Which of the three layers of the heart is thickest?	myocardium
895	16. Nonfiction	Complete this title. Spirit of Endurance - The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the ...	Antarctic
896	1. Triples	Complete this Pythagorean triple using 'c' as the missing variable name. a squared plus b squared equals ...	c squared
897	43. Monumental Mugs	The Mount Rushmore monument is carved on a cliff in what hills?	the Black Hills
898	59. Accents	Which word below is accented on the third syllable? Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.	approbation
899	42. Historical Fiction	What war is the backdrop for the novel, 'My Brother Sam Is Dead'?	American Revolution
900	104. Massive Projects	Name the greatest dam in the region once ruled by people including Hatshepsut, Thutmose, and Tutankhamen.	Aswan (Aswan High Dam)
901	32. International Negotiations	In 2009, Bill Clinton directly negotiated with what country to secure the release of two American journalists after several months of their detention?	North Korea
902	101. Governmental Antonyms	What is the opposite extreme of totalitarianism?	anarchism
903	82. Floods	A flood level with a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year is known as what kind of flood?	100-year flood
904	95. Latin Roots	What is the meaning of the root word in denomination, nominative, nomenclature, and nominal?	name
905	70. Allusions	This sentence alludes to an event in the life of what one-time European leader? The last game of the tournament proved to be the team's Waterloo.	Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte)
906	62. Literary Styles	Hellenism indicates the assimilation of the thought and styles of what ancient civilization?	Greek
907	57. Logic	What is the converse of this conditional? If the bug is long, then its legs are myriad.	If its legs are myriad, then the bug is long.
908	36. Evil Plants	A work by John Wyndham in which the survivors of mysterious explosions in space are hounded by monster plants is entitled 'The Day of the ...'	Triffids
909	42. Free Fall	For a freely falling body at terminal velocity, the force of gravity is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the force of ...	friction
910	49. Poems	What is the nation mentioned in this excerpt? And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night. And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into flame with its heat.	United States
911	120. German Technology	Huge quantities of what gas were essential to Ferdinand von Zeppelin's vehicles?	hydrogen
912	6. Anatomy	Name the ball of capillary-like blood vessels in kidneys where urine production begins.	glomerulus
913	24. Awards	What coveted awards are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?	Oscars
914	20. Combustion	These steps occur in what kind of combustion? -A substance with a relatively low ignition temperature release heat through oxidation or fermentation. -The heat cannot escape and the temperature rises above the ignition point. -Combustion occurs if oxygen is present.	spontaneous combustion
915	29. Proteins	The properties of a protein are determined by its particular sequence of what?	amino acids
916	2. Binary Numbers	As a binary numeral, express the number of digits on one hand.	101
917	46. Partial People	According to the original U.S. Constitution, what	fraction of a slave did not count as a person?
918	71. Sentence Analysis	What two types of objects are in this line? My little brother, Igor, gives her grief.	indirect object, direct object
919	59. Earth's Evolution	Evidence for what ages include rock scouring and scratching, moraines, drumlins, valley cutting, erratics, and the deposition of till?	ice ages (glacial ages)
920	47. Ecology	The modification of a living organism to help it adjust to the conditions of its environment is called ...	adaptation
921	105. Colonial Towns	In 1630, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded what town that grew into a city of 20,000 within the next fifteen years?	Boston
922	16. Economics	What economic concept is suggested by this quote? There are plenty of good 5-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country really needs is a good 5-cent nickel.	inflation
923	49. Military Decorations	The Iron Cross is to Germany as the Victoria Cross is to what nation?	Great Britain (England)
924	102. Oceania Geography	What is the southwesternmost Polynesian country?	New Zealand
925	110. Lodging	In contrast to the American plan, what lodging plan includes no meals?	European plan
926	97. Legislative Geography	How many senators are from those states with borders	contiguous to California?
927	63. Blood Donation	Donated blood is usually separated into its components by what machine that spins it around at high speed?	centrifuge
928	115. Aviation	The greater the difference between the thrust and the drag, the faster an airplane does what?	accelerates (increases speed)
929	68. Nonce Words	Form a nonce word by adding a suffix meaning 'disease' to indicate the problem someone has who exaggerates too much and too often?	exaggeritis (overstatitis, hyperbolitis)
930	4. Theaters	In a theater layout, 'SL' stands for 'stage left' and 'UR' stands for 'upstage right.' For what does 'DS' stand?	downstage
931	73. Division in Other Bases	Divide 1011 base 2 by 11 base 2.	11 remainder 10 (or 3 rem. 2)
932	32. Surnames	Many surnames were originally linked to a profession, such as Cooper to a barrel maker, Chandler to a maker of candles, and Thatcher to a roofer. What surname was originally linked to a maker of arrows?	Fletcher
933	47. Battery Dangers	What gas is being given off when bubbling occurs in a battery cell?	hydrogen
934	112. Ireland	Who is the patron saint of Ireland?	St. Patrick
935	37. Mixtures	If the correct mix for powdered lemonade is 1/4 cup for 2 quarts of water, how much mix should be used with 1 1/2 gallons of water?	3/4 cup
936	29. Allusions	The name of what literary character is missing from this comment by Justice Anthony Kennedy about serving on the Supreme Court? Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain ---- cutting your own tow line.	Queeg
937	28. Legal Documents	What document issued by a judicial official directs a law enforcement officer to arrest an individual accused of a specific offense?	warrant
938	27. Homophones	What words in this sentence would be found on a list of homophones? The flea bite did not faze him.	flea, bite, not, faze, him
939	113. U.S. Rivers	Brownsville, Texas is adjacent to what river?	Rio Grande
940	102. Protests	In 1913, on the day before President Wilson's inauguration, 5000 suffragettes marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, demanding the right to do what?	vote
941	36. Physical Properties	What adjective describes a solid that can be drawn out to form a thin wire?	ductile
942	72. Revolutionary Allies	During the American Revolution, Britain also declared war on France and what two other European countries that were providing aid to the Americans?	Spain, Netherlands
943	96. Advertising	What propaganda technique is used when a celebrity with a perfect complexion recommends some face cream that she claims to rely on?	testimonial
944	13. Humanitarian Missions	In 1993, eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed while searching for Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his lieutenants in Mogadishu, the capital of what country?	Somalia
945	105. Homonyms	What homonym can indicate a stroke of luck, a kind of flatworm, the end parts of an anchor, or the fins on a whale's tail?	fluke
946	111. 20th-Century Wars	This is about a war in what country? During the nine-year war, 130,000 Soviet troops, with massive air and armor support, proved unable to defeat the mujahideen.	Afghanistan
947	20. Lakes	The waters of over 25 rivers drain into it but only one drains out. Name this enormous South American lake.	Titicaca
948	98. Science Fiction	In what book of short stories is there a robot named Robbie, a nearly perfect playmate for a young girl, and a robot named Nestor 10 who won't allow his employers to put themselves at risk in order to do their work?	\|, Robot
949	79. Journalism	According to the editor, Charles Dana, when a dog bites a man, that is not news. What did he say is news?	When a man bites a dog.
950	6. Plate Tectonics	Laurasia, once the northern part of Pangaea, split off and eventually became Greenland and what three continents?	North America, Asia, Europe
951	49. Lines	What is the equation for a line which is the locus of a point whose ordinate exceeds its abscissa by 12?	y=xt+12
952	111. Folksongs	What is Molly crying in this song? In Dublin's fair city Where girls are so pretty 'Twas there I first met with Sweet Molly Malone She drove a wheelbarrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying ...	cockles and mussels
953	28. Mountain Ranges	The Berkshire, Endless, Cumberland, Great Smoky, and Blue Ridge Mountains are parts of what mountain system?	Appalachians
954	35. Tides	The highest high tides and the lowest low tides occur when what three bodies in the solar system are aligned?	Earth, Moon, Sun
955	59. Negative Exponents	Solve this equation for x. x squared + 5=y	x = (y-5) to the 1/2 power
956	31. Law Changes	Forty-three years after the Scopes 'monkey trial,' what state finally abolished its law prohibiting the teaching of evolution?	Tennessee
957	116. Colors	What is the complementary color of red?	green
958	61. Emergency Care	These are among the things you should do when administering what first-aid procedure? -kneel alongside the victim -interlock fingers and use the heel of the bottom hand only for compressions -perform quick, forceful compressions straight down on the chest	CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
959	118. The Cabinet	Which head of an executive cabinet office does not have the title of secretary?	attorney general
960	25. Speeches	What are the next three words in this excerpt from a 1973 speech by Richard Nixon? In all my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am...	not a crook
961	90. Afflictions	These are disorders of what body system? alveolitis, pneumoconiosis, empyema, pleurisy, pneumothorax, asbestosis, nasopharyngitis	respiratory system
962	37. Marine Biology	In addition to having cartilage, gill covers, and an air bladder, members of the class Osteichthyes have a skeleton composed of ...	bone
963	61. Religious Traditions	Traditions of what religion include Muharram, Mawlid al-Nabi, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha?	Islam
964	69. Sports	This jargon is part of what sport? hook shots divots links	golf
965	118. Songs	Hit popular songs from earlier years, especially the 1950s, are called golden what?	oldies
966	84. Offenses	The commercial harvest of white sturgeon in California has been illegal for 100 years. So, when several men were caught selling illegally caught sturgeon to a local fishmonger, they were charged with what crime?	poaching
967	26. European Cities	To avoid raids by the Lombards, this tribe withdrew to the marshes of the Adriatic and built a town on stilts and piles driven into the mud with canals running throughout. In doing so, this tribe, the Veneti, founded what city?	Venice
968	113. Legendary Allusions	What is the last word in this verse by John Masefield? We fly a banner all of black, With scarlet Skull and Boneses, And every merchantman we take We send to Davey ...	Jones's
969	27. Prospectors	The miner Borax Smith earned his nickname from his strike in what valley?	Death Valley
970	60. Volcanoes	Beyond Earth, the greatest number of volcanoes are on what planet?	Venus
971	87. Sap	Name the unusually milky, viscous sap of the rubber tree.	latex
972	LOT. Illustrators	He illustrated articles by Theodore Roosevelt as well as Henry Longfellow's 'Hiawatha' and Francis Parkman's 'The Oregon Trail.' Name this artist-correspondent sent by Hearst to Cuba.	Frederic Remington
973	124. Police Agencies	They claim to always get their man. Who are they?	Royal Canadian Mounted Police
974	18. Constitutional Compromise	The Three-Fifths Compromise between the northern and southern states stipulated that a slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and ...	taxation
975	4. Grammar	How does 'rare' function in this statement by Fred Allen? Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.	predicate adjective
976	81. Villains	These are villains in novels about what protagonist? Rosa Klebb, Sir Hugo Drax, Emilio Largo, Ernst Blofeld, Francisco Scaramanga	James Bond
977	50. Work Problems	Orvis can build a duck blind in 4 hours and Zeke can do the same job in 6 hours. How long would it take both of them working together to build the blind?	24 hours (2 hours 24 minutes)
978	55. Societal Groups	The following are examples of what small communities in which the members share common interests, property, possessions, resources, work, and income? Harmony Society, Brook Farm, Twin Oaks, Oneida Community, Amana Colonies	communes
979	121. Verb Identification	Identify the words used as verbs in this example. Whenever I hear 'to be or not to be,' I want to be alone.	hear, want
980	112. Literary Conflict	If a character is fighting against something within himself or herself, such as fear, anger, or melancholy, the conflict is ...	internal
981	Extra 15. Ancient Literary Forms	Dating back to at least the 6th century B.C., what is the name for brief stories illustrating human tendencies through animal characters?	fables
982	46. Exhortations	Complete this statement by Patrick Henry. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs. United we stand, ...	divided we fall
983	55. Organ Afflictions	Rheumatic fever affects the valves of the ...	heart
984	32. Hymns	These are what type of hymn? Glory to God (Gloria Patri) Glory Be (Gloria in excelsis) Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus)	doxologies
985	54. Spoonerisms	Translate the question in this spoonerism. Silence is best. I mat my mistress and my sleazy lumber. I'll shake off my toes, for they encumber. What if I tub my stow?	What if \| stub my toe?
986	3. Piracy	Piracy flourished in the Caribbean largely thanks to pirate bases at Port Royal in Jamaica, Tortuga off Haiti, and Nassau in what island group?	Bahamas
987	29. Representation	Each state must have at least how many members in	the House of Representatives?
988	10. Velocity	In free space, to the nearest thousand miles per second, what is the velocity of all electromagnetic waves?	186,000
989	73. Novels	In what story by Lois Lowry is Jonas chosen to be the Receiver of Memory?	The Giver
990	10. Gears	On a gear, what is the term for the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth?	pitch
991	51. Elections	What is the name for the list of candidates endorsed by a political party in an election?	ticket
992	69. Architecture	What term do architects use for elongated, cylindrical, upright supports?	columns
993	67. Civil War Leaders	Both the North and the South offered command of their armies to what Virginian?	Robert E. Lee
994	64. Particle Physics	What particles are the building blocks of protons and neutrons?	quarks
995	33. Ship Stops	What is the name for mooring locations along a wharf or pier?	berths
996	63. Clauses	What kind of pronoun introduces the dependent clause in this example? The guy who is wearing the red suit, the black boots, and the goofy hat is Mr. Claus.	relative pronoun
997	58. Weight	A 200-pound parachutist with bathroom scales tied beneath his feet falls from a high-flying airplane feet first. A few seconds later, what is his weight according	to the scales?
998	42. Assonance	What words illustrate assonance in this line? All day Buck brooded by the pool or roamed restlessly above the camp.	brooded, pool
999	124. Research Designs	A double-blind control is used in many experiments to eliminate intervening variables and experimenter what?	bias
1000	77. Punned Nursery Rhymes	What Scandinavian country completes this pun based on a children's rhyme? Little Miss Muffet liked neither curds ...	Norway
1001	12. Settlements	Sault Sainte Marie, founded in 1668, was the first permanent European settlement in the Michigan region. It is located between which two of the Great Lakes?	Superior, Huron
1002	40. Technology Wars	At the time in 1957 when the U.S. had a 3-pound satellite almost ready for launch, the Soviet Union orbited what 185-pound satellite of their own?	Sputnik
1003	1. Fields of Science	The discipline that studies the factors determining the causes, frequencies, and distributions of diseases in populations is ...	epidemiology
1004	Zi Mexico	The Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Campeche are adjacent to what Central American country?	Guatemala
1005	23. Courts	What court was the judicial body associated with the League of Nations?	World Court
1006	14. Art	Name the line at which the ground and the sky meet in a painting.	horizon
1007	8. Gases	What gas has 93 percent of the lifting capacity of hydrogen?	helium
1008	16. Around the World	Juan Sebastian Elcano actually completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after what original leader of the expedition was killed in the Philippines?	Ferdinand Magellan
1009	65. Poetry Sequences	What comes next in this sequence of poetry stanzas? septet, sextain, quintain, quatrain, tercet ...	couplet
1010	Ts Historic Art	In what tiny independent state within Italy did Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?	Vatican City
1011	21. Twain's Opinion	Who is Mark Twain speaking about? She has been dumb, deaf, and blind, ever since she was a year-and-a-half old. Now, at sixteen years of age, this miraculous creature passes the Harvard University examinations in Latin, German, and French history, and does it not in a commonplace fashion.	Helen Keller
1012	36. Official Titles	What title of an officer empowered to enforce hunting regulations is also that of the chief administrator of a prison?	warden
1013	45. Riots	In 1965, a highway patrolman stopped a black driver for speeding. A crowd gathered and tempers flared. Two days later, 34 people were dead and over 35 million dollars in damages had occurred. These riots were in what part of Los Angeles?	Watts
1014	86. Prodigies	Name the Salzburg-born musical infant prodigy who composed operas while still a child.	Mozart
1015	79. Wind	The prevailing winds of the polar region are easterlies while the prevailing winds of the middle latitudes are what?	westerlies
1016	41. Congress	Who has the constitutional power to call special sessions of Congress?	the president
1017	51. Earth Science Adjectives	Something which is aeolian is borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by what?	wind
1018	52. Patriots	Richard Henry Lee was a member of which colony's most prominent family?	Virginia's
1019	46. Verbs	What must a transitive verb have that an intransitive verb always lacks?	an object
1020	61. Civil War Finale	In what state did Robert E. Lee surrender the Confederate forces to Ulysses Grant?	Virginia
1021	9. Maritime Ceremonies	What Roman god of the sea traditionally presides at crossing-the-equator ceremonies?	Neptune
1022	82. Dendrological Poetry	Longfellow speaks of what kind of tree in the first line of 'The Village Blacksmith'?	chestnut
1023	13. Ballets	Peter Tchaikovsky wrote the music for what ballet that tells of a beautiful princess and her first moments with Prince Charming?	Sleeping Beauty
1024	27. Stephen Foster	What are the first words of the verse that continues as follows? ... wake unto me. Starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee	Beautiful Dreamer
1025	63. Crime	A customer who steals merchandise from a retail establishment that is open for business has committed what crime?	shoplifting
1026	61. Inflammatory Diseases	Mumps usually affects what type of glands?	salivary glands
1027	79. Novels	This is from what Jack London story? Men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.	The Call of the Wild
1028	91. Vertebrate Zoology	What kind of creatures may have up to 400 vertebrae?	snakes
1029	42. Poetic Characters	Who is the central character in the poem from which these lines were taken? Saw the firefly, Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening, With the twinkle of its candle Lighting up the brakes and bushes ...	Hiawatha
1030	115. Organic Chemistry	In 1878, the German physiologist Wilhelm Kuhne introduced what term for the complex organic substances whose catalytic reactions produce chemical changes in digestion?	enzyme
1031	89. Journalism	How would Teddy Roosevelt have classified these journalists? -Greg Palast who wrote about the Exxon Valdez -Morgan Spurlock who wrote about health problems related to McDonald's fast food -Gary Weiss who wrote about the mob on Wall Street -Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who wrote about Watergate	muckrakers
1032	86. Machines	The cutting edges of knives and chisels are what kind of simple machines?	wedges
1033	121. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply 3a times 4b times 5c.	60abc
1034	41. Slopes	What is the slope of the line described below? 3x + 4y = -24	-3/4
1035	71. Directions	Cordell Walker walks 10 yards west, turns left and walks another 10 yards. He again turns left and walks 10 yards. He then makes a 45-degree turn to the right and walks straight. In which direction is Walker walking now?	southeast
1036	82. Figures of Speech	What figure of speech is used in the last three words of this example? 'Whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.	simile
1037	83. Archaeology	These sites are nearest to what river? Temple of Luxor Valley of the Kings Temple of Karnak	Nile
1038	25. 18th-Century Visionaries	What two-word alliterative phrase applies to the men who played major roles in declaring U.S. independence and establishing the Constitution?	Founding Fathers
1039	56. Weaponry	'Bleeding Kansas' is associated with whose 'bibles'?	Beecher's bibles
1040	110. Wars	What series of medieval wars were fought to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control?	Crusades
1041	43. Entertainment	What is the term for each of the sequential productions that make up a TV series?	episode
1042	16. Science Fiction Dialogue	This is from what Robert Heinlein story? 'As it was in the beginning, so it now and ever shall be, World without end.' Mike smiled happily. 'You grok it!' 'I don't grok it,' Jubal answered gruffly.	Stranger in a Strange Land
1043	85. Sports Sayings	How is this saying usually stated? A superb application of tactics to score points is a superlative procedure to deny the opposing team an opportunity to do the same.	The best defense is a good offense.
1044	30. Ozone	The rate of ozone production in the atmosphere depends on the concentration of oxygen and the intensity of what band of the solar spectrum?	ultraviolet
1045	117. Organized Speculation	What is it that Stephen Hawking called a good one if it does these things? -describes a large class of observations on the basis of a model with few arbitrary elements -makes definite predictions about the results of future observations -applies to a variety of circumstances	a theory
1046	25. The Skeletal System	Name the first cervical vertebra by which the head articulates with the occipital bone.	atlas
1047	51. Babylon	Talents, minas, and shekels were all used in ancient Babylon as ...	money (currency, coins)
1048	22. Saggy Balloons	Every balloon eventually deflates because the air inside gradually seeps out through the rubber through what process?	diffusion
1049	39. Migration	Somewhat reminiscent of Hitler's 'final solution,' what was Andrew Jackson's policy calling for the forced migration of Indians from the southeastern states to unsettled lands across the Mississippi?	removal
1050	71. Tissues	It has a hard and relatively rigid matrix impregnated with inorganic salts such as calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate. Name this body tissue.	bone
1051	18. Deadly Disagreements	Alexander Hamilton called whom 'a dangerous man of whom he could detail a still more despicable opinion'?	Aaron Burr
1052	12. Sentence Transformation	Transform this sentence from first person singular to second person plural. I smell a rat.	You smell a rat.
1053	107. Circumnavigation	The first person to circumnavigate both Tasmania and the Australian mainland was Matthew who?	Flinders
1054	8. Happy Trails	The introduction of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in 1880 made wagon travel so unattractive and slow that what trail between Missouri and New Mexico fell into disuse?	Santa Fe Trail
1055	37. Lake Locations	Lake St. Clair is between which two of the Great Lakes?	Huron, Erie
1056	60. Novels	This is from what story? 'Blow the conch,' whispered Piggy. 'If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals.'	Lord of the Flies
1057	77. Anatomy	A scanning electron micrograph of tissue in what organ would show numerous alveoli?	lung tissue
1058	55. Learning	Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a bell. Then for a long time no food accompanied the bell and eventually the dogs quit salivating. This kind of conditioning is known by what name associated with dinosaurs and dodos?	extinction
1059	Alt. 2. Lofty Sites	In what country is the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site located?	Nepal
1060	71. Lake States	Name the westernmost state that borders Lake Erie.	Michigan
1061	25. Just Desserts	You have just consumed what kind of ethnic meal if your dessert includes the message, 'Ignore previous cookie'?	Chinese food
1062	42. Proverbs	A Japanese proverb says, 'The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.' What is the American equivalent of this proverb having to do with grease?	The squeaky wheel gets the grease
1063	4. Continental Names	What continent has a name that literally means 'opposite from the bear'?	Antarctica
1064	17. Red Hair	This is a line from what novel? 'You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair,' said Anne reproachfully. 'People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.	Anne of Green Gables
1065	78. Science Fiction	In John Campbell's 'The Thing,' the alien can take on the form of different people and even different animals. Name this fictional ability.	shapeshifting
1066	23. Languages	What language is the dominant classical and scholarly language of the Indian subcontinent, the sacred language of Hinduism, and the scriptural language of Buddhism?	Sanskrit
1067	110. Animal Tales	This is from what story by Marjorie Kinnan? Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever.	The Yearling
1068	72. Light Speed	To the nearest thousand, express 300,000 kilometers per second in miles per second.	186,000
1069	94. Gas Volume	A 738 milliliter volume of gas at zero degrees C under a pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury is cooled to minus 200 degrees C and compressed to 75 atmospheres. What is the volume of the gas now?	2.6 milliliters
1070	32. Fractures	What bone runs along the front of the shoulder to the sternum?	clavicle (collar bone)
1071	105. National Monuments	Name the national monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota.	Mt. Rushmore
1072	112. Logic	What is the contrapositive of this statement? If p then q.	If not q then not p.
1073	89. Cacti	While thorns are modified branches or stems, cactus spines are modified what?	leaves
1074	41. Wars	What war resulted in the end of the Ottoman, German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian empires?	World War \| (Great War)
1075	31. Algebraic Expressions		X= 3 and y = 8. What is the value of 1/2 xy?
1076	65. Allusions	Harold Ickes alluded to what former Asian leader when he said this in the 1940s? Today in Europe, the Nazi Attila may gloat that he has destroyed democracy.	Attila the Hun
1077	30. Newspaper Headlines	What was the surname of the two people about whom this headline was written? Flying machine soars three miles in teeth of high wind over sand hills and waves on Carolina coast	Wright
1078	18. Eponyms	The bayonet was named after what French town?	Bayonne
1079	70. Science Fiction	In what first novel by Vonnegut do engineers and executives take over America and attempt to completely automate the country?	Player Piano
1080	41. Animals and Novels	What type of animal is central to Marjorie Rawlings' book, 'The Yearling'?	deer
1081	35. American Colonization	Unlike New England, which was colonized mainly by families, most settlers in Virginia and Maryland were single men bound in servitude and known as what kind of servants?	indentured servants
1082	40. Native American History	Annually, Shoshone Indians gathered at the foot of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River in what state during the salmon run?	Idaho
1083	22. Fictional Nations	In '1984,' which is last in a list of the three superstates?	Oceania
1084	17. Industrial Concepts	In anticipation of a surge in demand for their Oscillating Auk Lamps, AukCo managers had 900 of them assembled. After a year, AukCo still had 893 left. What is the name for the excess quantity?	surplus (glut, oversupply)
1085	34. Dissociative Disorders	Fred, in an amnesiac state, wandered to another city and set up a new life. Ten years later, the amnesia reversed and he awakened in a strange place with a full memory of his original identity but no memory about the previous decade. Name this severe dissociative disorder.	fugue
1086	125. Muscles	A muscle twitch consists of three distinct periods. The latent period occurs prior to stimulation. After stimulation comes the contraction period. This is followed immediately by what period?	relaxation period
1087	123. Polygons	What is the term for a ten-sided polygon?	decagon
1088	125. Physiology	What is the general physiological term for these conditions? sluggishness, weariness, exhaustion, languor, sleepiness, tiredness, debilitation	fatigue
1089	21. Work Problems	Plumber Mike can install the rough plumbing in a house in 16 days while plumber Mavis can do it in 8 days. If they work together for 4 days, what fraction of the entire job will be completed?	3/4
1090	6. Poetic Excerpts	Name the poet who wrote these lines. I wanted the gold and I sought it I scrubbed and mucked like a slave.	Robert Service
1091	48. Landforms	Deep sea fans have the same basic shape as what other fans found at the base of steep canyons that open onto plains at the base of mountains?	alluvial fans
1092	64. Children's Poems	What is the last word in this passage by Robert Louis Stevenson? Children, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle. If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk ...	sedately
1093	65. Ambiguity	State a four-word ambiguous sentence that could have both of these meanings. -Those are some apples that are better cooked than eaten fresh. -Those are some people who are preparing apples through application of heat.	They are cooking apples.
1094	116. Military History	The heavily armed European soldiers of the 17th and 18th centuries who transported themselves on horseback but fought on foot were called ...	dragoons
1095	123. Novels	Name the Irving Stone novel that was made into a movie starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II.	The Agony and the Ecstasy
1096	19. Magnetism	The flipping of the Earth's magnetic field is called a magnetic ...	reversal
1097	Alt. 3. Runoff	Approximately half the land area of the contiguous 48 states is in the drainage basin of what river?	Mississippi
1098	45. Libraries	Name the de facto U.S. national library.	Library of Congress
1099	98. Seas	What sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, lies between the Dardanelles and Crete?	Aegean Sea
1100	111. Travertine	The travertine deposited along streams and hot springs is a variety of what kind of sedimentary rock?	limestone
1101	115. Regions	What European country includes the regions of Kempen, Flanders, and Ardennes?	Belgium
1102	68. Soils	The smallest inorganic components of soil are particles of what fine-grained earthy material that is plastic when wet and hard when dried?	clay
1103	I21s Seas	What major sea that is named for an extensive archipelago is west of the Mariana Islands?	Philippine Sea
1104	12. Ships of Olde	What kind of ships were used by Leif Ericson and the Vikings on their voyages of discovery and plunder?	longships (longboats)
1105	69. Diffusion	Diffusion occurs in all states of matter, but it occurs rapidly enough to be noticed in a reasonable period of time only with respect to what two states of matter?	liquids, gases
1106	103. European Leaders	Who headed up the new government of Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War?	Francisco Franco
1107	83. Europe	These are regions in what country? Umbria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Latium, Campania	Italy
1108	125. Participles	What is the present participle of the verb 'munch'?	munching
1109	55. Gas Consumption	Nadine travels 100 miles and burns gas at the rate of 15 miles per gallon. With the same quantity of gas, how far could she go if she only got 12 miles per gallon?	80 miles
1110	66. Coin Problems	In a jar, there is $1.17 in pennies, nickels, and dimes. There are 25 coins in all. If there are twice as many	nickels as pennies, how many nickels are in the jar?
1111	90. Newspapers	What adjective describes the inches by which advertising is typically sold in magazines and newspapers?	column
1112	11. Plant Growth	Most plants grow from the tip, but herbivores like bison and wildebeests are assured of a continued food supply because what category of plants grows from the base of the stems?	grasses
1113	1. Psychotherapy	What kind of therapy is a psychologist using when she tells these things to her patient? You feel drowsy. Your eyelids are heavy. You are sinking deeper and deeper into your chair. You are falling asleep. You are deep asleep.	hypnotism
1114	28. Computing	What in computing is a part of a record containing a specific item of data?	field
1115	38. Acting	The '5 W's' that comprise the essential tools in understanding a dramatic character include who, where, when, what, and ...	why
1116	38. Devices	What mechanical device invented early in the 19th century consists of a wheel with a heavy rim mounted on an axis pivoted on both ends within a light circular frame?	gyroscope
1117	57. Colonial Publications	What influential pamphlet published in 1776 included these sections? -Of the Origin and Design of Government in General -Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession -Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs -Of the Present Ability of America	Common Sense
1118	LOT. Kansas	The region that became Kansas was first acquired as a United States territory in what real estate deal?	Louisiana Purchase
1119	59. Maritime Pillaging	The same activity that, in peacetime, was considered piracy became what perfectly legal naval strategy during wartime?	privateering
1120	121. Special Numbers	What is the largest numeric six-digit palindrome?	999999
1121	85. Desert Flora	What national park just east of Palm Springs, California, was named for a treelike plant with sword-shaped leaves named after the Hebrew leader who succeeded Moses as leader of Israel?	Joshua Tree National Park
1122	79. Root Words	What is the meaning of the root word in precise, concise, decision, and incision?	cut
1123	75. Craters	Name the crater at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula believed by many scientists to be the site of a meteor or comet impact that caused the extermination of the dinosaurs.	Chickxulub
1124	35. Trilogies	The three parts of this trilogy included 'The Trees,' 'The Fields,' and 'The Town.' The title of this work by Conrad Richter was 'The Awakening ...'	Land
1125	43. Sentence Repair	Correct this sentence by changing one word to a compound word. She seems to be some better today.	change some to somewhat
1126	47. Personal Records	These are lines from whose 20th record of personal experiences and observations? -Look how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. -Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. -I can shake off everything as I write. My sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn.	Anne Frank
1127	31. Medical Etymology	What medical term was taken from the Latin words meaning 'against' and 'a way of life'?	antibiotic
1128	25. Shellings	Name the largest city shelled by the Bosnian Serbs in 1995.	Sarajevo
1129	19. Wartime Weaponry	What devices were developed for Allied troops in World War I as countermeasures to German attacks using phosgene, chlorine gas, and mustard gas?	gas masks
1130	40. Citadels	What citadel in Moscow is the center of the Russian government and was formerly the headquarters of the Soviet government?	Kremlin
1131	120. Homographs	What homograph can indicate either common tools of loggers or lines about which an object is symmetrical?	axes
1132	57. Energy Transference	Heat energy may be transferred from one location to another within a medium in the form of photons or electromagnetic waves. Name this category of heat transfer.	radiation
1133	83. Planets	What is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt?	Ceres
1134	58. Adapting Ideas	Henry Ford's design for his automobile manufacturing plant was influenced by what industry in Chicago that used fixed stations and pulley systems?	meatpacking
1135	69. Dutch Settlements	Located on Manhattan Island, what was the principal town in the colony of New Netherland?	New Amsterdam
1136	49. Carnivores	It has white fur in the winter. Name this fox that lives in the frozen northlands of Canada, Greenland, and Siberia.	Arctic fox
1137	68. Ocean Waves	The greatest height that a mid-ocean wave can have is about one-seventh of its wavelength. When this is exceeded the wave becomes too steep and will break causing a ...	whitecap
1138	62. Criminal Jargon	What term used formally in law enforcement is synonymous with these slang words? canary, rat, snitch, fink, squealer, stool pigeon	informant (informer)
1139	20. Exponent Factoring	Factor x to the fifth + 3(x squared).	X squared(x cubed + 3)
1140	76. Geology	Ground motion, ground displacements, landslides, and tsunamis may be caused by what geologic phenomena?	earthquakes (meteorite impacts, volcanic eruptions)
1141	Sis Appropriations	When Congress does not complete its appropriations work by the beginning of the next fiscal year, to keep federal agencies operating in the interim, it may pass what kind of appropriation?	continuing appropriation
1142	120. Tombs	Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jehan lie side by side in a vault beneath the central dome of what Asian monument?	Taj Mahal
1143	69. Composite Numbers	Divide the sum of the first three composite numbers	by the fourth composite number.
1144	28. So Long, Kids!	Who wrote this? When, lo, as they reached the mountain-side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed; And the Piper advanced and the children followed, And when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain-side shut fast.	Robert Browning
1145	1. Color Displays	The production of lustrous and continually changing colors as light plays on mother-of-pearl or soap bubbles is called what?	iridescence (opalescence)
1146	67. Trees	Name the uppermost portion of a tree including the branches and leaves.	crown
1147	19. Knighthood	What title is carried by a knight?	sir (or don)
1148	61. Bones	Name any of the three main bones of the arm.	humerus, radius, ulna
1149	12. Acting	The curtain is about to go up, and suddenly one of the actors is showing extreme apprehension and anxiety at the prospect of having to perform before an audience. Identify this psychological condition.	stage fright
1150	29. Wartime Foods	During World War I, what food was liberty cabbage?	sauerkraut
1151	65. Legends	In his last moments of life, who shot an arrow into the distance and asked to be buried with his bow wherever it landed?	Robin Hood
1152	36. Insects	Name the slender wingless insect, related to the grasshopper, which is elongate in every part and closely resembles the twigs or stalks of the vegetation on which it lives.	walking stick
1153	19. Atrocities	The systematic killing off of entire racial or cultural groups is called ...	genocide
1154	76. Continents	What continent has these characteristics? -an area of 7 million square miles -a population of 260 million -a lowest point of 131 feet below sea level at Salinas Grande -the world's southernmost city -Mt. Aconcagua	South America
1155	35. Religious Analogies	Jews are to synagogues as Muslims are to ...	mosques
1156	15. Hexagons	The side of a regular hexagon is 6. Its area equals how many times the square root of 3?	54
1157	Zi Adventure Novels	In Eric Campbell's novel, 'Place of Lions,' an airplane crashes in what vast Tanzanian plain west of the Great Rift Valley?	Serengeti
1158	18. Pronouns	What are the four third-person pronouns in the subjective case?	he, she, it, they
1159	23. Populations	What is the net change in population given this data? immigration = 29 mortality = 278 emigration = 312 natality = 115	-446
1160	57. Engineers	Willy Messerschmitt was a German engineer mostly remembered for designing and building a wide range of what?	airplanes (aircraft)
1161	70. Story Starters	What English story begins with this line? Alice was beginning to get tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do.	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1162	50. The Atmosphere	The magnetopause is the outer edge of what part of the Earth's atmosphere?	magnetosphere
1163	de Deserts	What desert is about 500 miles east of the Canary Islands?	Sahara Desert
1164	41. Business Math	When a store offers a discount of 30% off the list price of nosegays, it loses 16% of its cost. What percentage of profit would it make by selling them at 10% off the list price?	8%
1165	48. Medical Practices	Name the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person in order to build immunity against a related disease.	vaccination (immunization)
1166	38. Diseases	What skin color is associated with jaundice?	yellow
1167	58. Chemistry History	What Russian chemist is usually credited with discovering that the properties of elements are periodic functions of their atomic weights?	Dmitri Mendeleev
1168	111. Impounded Waters	What do Australians call an oxbow lake?	billabong
1169	54. Tales	Name the tale in which the hair of a character named Ichabod stood straight on end when he saw a stranger across the marsh holding his own head on the pommel.	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1170	Zi Latin Phrases	When would a 'post mortem' examination be conducted on Phileas Vanderslumgullion?	after his death
1171	63. Political Party Emblems	Who was president when the emblem of the Democratic Party was a hickory pole and a broom?	Andrew Jackson
1172	50. Weather Fronts	Cold fronts usually move along the ground at a faster rate than warm fronts. What type of front results when a cold air mass overtakes a warm front?	occluded front
1173	37. Monuments	These words refer to what monument? From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome. Her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.	Statue of Liberty
1174	45. Rifts	A major, lengthy fissure in Iceland is believed to be a portion of what undersea ridge that runs more than 8000 miles?	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1175	85. Architecture	Jeffersonian architecture was born in the region that became what state?	Virginia
1176	25. Biological Sacs	The allantois is a sac functioning to collect metabolic wastes and to participate in gas exchange. The allantois is found in what?	eggs
1177	57. Botany	You're walking along a flagstone path to an old mansion in Kentucky and spot something growing in grayish scaly patches right on the path. Name this primitive life form that consists of fungus and algae.	lichen
1178	33. Mountains	Near the relatively flat region called the Altiplano is what mountain range?	Andes
1179	9. Disorder in the Court	In court one day, Mabel Mudslinger was on the witness stand when she called the judge a 'senile old porcupine' just before she threw her combat boots at the bailiff and made noises with her hand in her armpit. She could be cited for what offense?	contempt
1180	118. Simultaneity	If it is impossible for two events to occur at the same time, such as getting both heads and tails in a single coin flip, the events are said to be mutually ...	exclusive
1181	4. Taxation	The IRS selects about one of every hundred personal income tax returns for a thorough review called a tax	audit
1182	15. Powers of Numbers	The number 0.0001 equals 1 times ten to what power?	minus fourth power
1183	60. Straits	What country is on both sides of the Cook Strait?	New Zealand
1184	2. Biographies	Complete this title of a biography about an American abolitionist and publisher. I Will Be Heard: The Life of ...	William Lloyd Garrison
1185	da Patterns	The term comes from a Scottish town famed for its textile production. What adjective indicates a fabric figured with a pattern of colorful, curved droplet shapes?	paisley
1186	24. Divisible Numbers	What multiple of 12 that is smaller than 50 is the smallest number with 10 divisors?	48
1187	Alt. 2. Experiments	By arbitrary agreement, the graph of the dependent variable in an experiment is plotted on which axis?	y-axis (ordinate)
1188	121. State Sites	These are all in what state? Kit Carson Memorial State Park Pancho Villa State Park Cibola National Forest Santa Fe National Historic Trail Carlsbad National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico
1189	84. Machines	Which simple machine is applied in escalators and loading ramps?	inclined planes
1190	88. Liquid Physics	What phenomenon is responsible for the shape of liquid droplets or soap bubbles?	surface tension
1191	124. Poetic Legends	What word completes this verse? My name is Tom Thumb, From the fairies I've come. When King Arthur shone, His court was my home. In me he delighted, By him I was ...	knighted
1192	66. Composite Organisms	Although there are numerous variations, what mutualistic life form most often consists of ascomycete fungus and a green algae?	lichen
1193	96. Lightning Misnomers	What is a common name for a lightning flash that appears to produce no thunder because it occurs so far away that the sound waves dissipate before they reach the observer?	heat lightning
1194	20. Wage Hikes	In 1914, when factory workers were paid about eleven dollars a week, what major U.S. industrialist announced that his employees would earn five dollars for an eight-hour shift?	Henry Ford
1195	49. Archaeology	L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is the only settlement in the Americas that was definitely built by what European people?	Vikings (Norsemen)
1196	45. Imperialist Influences	Officially inaugurated as a city in 1931, what European country planned New Delhi to replace Calcutta as the capital of India?	Great Britain (United Kingdom)
1197	47. Space Programs	What American space program was named after a sign of the zodiac also known as the Twins?	Gemini
1198	65. Business Pricing	Reminiscent of organisms that live by consuming other organisms, what kind of pricing is the practice of selling a service or product at a very low price in order to dominate a market and drive out competition?	predatory pricing
1199	50. Conquistadors	While searching for gold between 1539 and 1541, Hernando de Soto discovered what river?	Mississippi River
1200	118. War Nicknames	Mad Anthony Wayne received his nickname for his reckless and daring leadership during what armed conflict?	American Revolution
1201	4. Bodily Tissues	These are different varieties of what type of tissues? cardiac smooth striated	muscle
1202	38. The American Revolution	Matthew Johnson was an American colonist who supported British rule in America during the Revolution. His sentiments were with what political party?	Tory (Loyalist)
1203	117. Cloud Composition	What composes cirrus and cirrostratus clouds?	ice crystals (ice)
1204	40. Legendary Kings	These works are all related to what monarch? Parzival The Once and Future King Idylls of the King Merlin, Lancelot, and Tristram The Sword in the Stone The Defense of Guinevere	King Arthur
1205	16. Slang	What slang adjective indicating a lack of direct light means dishonest and unethical?	shady
1206	91. Scary Stories	In Dean Koontz' novel, 'Watchers,' what kind of dog is Einstein?	golden retriever
1207	30. Numbers	The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The number named is 18 more than the number named when the digits are reversed. What is the number?	75
1208	7. Oceanography History	The research ship Challenger lowered a weighted hemp rope to a depth of five miles in an area south of Guam. Name the trench being probed.	Marianas Trench
1209	112. U.S. Rivers	The Kissimmee River brings water to what national park?	Everglades
1210	56. Planaria	The eyespots of planaria act as what kind of receptors?	photoreceptors
1211	40. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is used when photos of a national candidate show him having a burger at a fast food chain, playing basketball with locals on a schoolyard court, and chatting with laborers at an auto plant?	plain folks
1212	52. Series	There were 18 vampire bats in the first room of a cave. The next room had 45 such creatures and 99 were in the next. If this continues, how many are in the next room?	207
1213	17. Algebraic Fractions :	X divided by PQ/4 equals 4X divided by what?	PQ
1214	94. Fortifications	During World War II, the Germans built what line of fortifications in Italy from the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, through the Apennines, to the Adriatic coast in the east?	Gustav Line
1215	2. Mythic Men	The name of what Scandinavian mythological figure means 'thunder'?	Thor
1216	Ts Teeth	The eight sharp front teeth are called ...	incisors
1217	Zi Voltaire on Government	What predicate adjective completes this thought by Voltaire? It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are ...	wrong
1218	71. Infections	Name the fungal infection of the foot caused by various dermatophytes.	athlete's foot
1219	53. Britain	What constituent country of the United Kingdom occupies the northern third of Great Britain?	Scotland
1220	96. Homonyms	Spell the word which means 'to receive' which is a homonym for another word that means 'other than.'	accept
1221	112. Water	Connate groundwater is trapped in sedimentary deposits at the time of their formation. Meteoric groundwater is derived from what?	precipitation (rain, snow)
1222	88. Court	What kind of court is empowered to determine the guilt or innocence of members of the armed forces subject to military law?	court-martial
1223	24. Skeletal System	Name the thin, flat structures between each pair of vertebrae.	disks
1224	7. Sculpture	Statuettes are small sculptural representations of humans or animals. What is another name for such sculptures?	figurines
1225	16. Presidential Orders	This note delivered to Henry Stimson concerned what decision? Sec War Reply to your 41011 Suggestions approved Release when ready but not sooner than August 2 HST	dropping the atomic bomb
1226	37. Ocean Landforms	What is the common name for a zone of sediment that accumulates between the average low-water ocean level and a landward change in topography?	beach
1227	125. City Names	What state includes these cities whose names came from Native American tribes inhabiting the region? Yazoo, Natchez, Biloxi	Mississippi
1228	32. Political Slang	The phrase 'red state' has come to indicate those U.S. state that predominately vote for candidates of what party?	Republican
1229	11. Mineral Genesis	Almost all minerals come from what molten liquid material deep in the Earth?	magma
1230	2. The Electoral College	In what article of the Constitution did the framers define the procedures by which electors would be chosen in each state?	no where
1231	34. Ancient Fights	To the nearest mile, the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. occurred how far from Athens?	26 miles
1232	54. Clouds	What cloud classification means 'feathery'?	cirrus
1233	66. Landforms	These are two categories of what? fringing barrier	reefs
1234	37. Texas History	Sam Houston's capture of what military leader abruptly ended Mexico's effort to subdue Texas?	Santa Anna
1235	78. European Rivers	The headwaters of the three largest rivers that flow through Portugal are all in what country?	Spain
1236	102. Alternative Medicine	Although there is no evidence to support the healing effects of magnet therapy, the claim is that magnets have some positive effects on blood because of what iron-rich substance in erythrocytes?	hemoglobin
1237	44. Nash Verse	What word completes this couplet by Ogden Nash? A child need not be very clever To learn that 'Later, dear' means ...	never
1238	23. Natural Lakes	Donner Lake in California, Flathead Lake in Montana, Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota are examples of meltwater lakes dammed by accumulations of unconsolidated debris called what?	moraines
1239	56. Fictional Clericals	James Bond's boss, M, has a secretary named ...	Miss Moneypenny
1240	103. Futuristic Novels	These lines are from what Ray Bradbury novel? -A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? -The terrible tyranny of the majority. -Time was burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him. So if he burnt things with the firemen and the sun burnt Time. that meant evervthing burnt!	Fahrenheit 451
1241	10. European History	It appeared in Constantinople in 1347 and proceeded to sweep across Europe, killing off one-third of the population in three years. What was it?	plague
1242	116. Suppression	What is the term for the suppression of information or ideas by government officials, church authorities, or private pressure groups?	censorship
1243	29. The Great Basin	What state occupies most of the Great Basin?	Nevada
1244	100. City Nicknames	While Manila is called the Pearl of the Orient, what Hungarian city is known as the Pearl of the Danube?	Budapest
1245	47. Injuries	The condition characterized by pain over the lateral epichondyle of the humerus radiating to the outer side of the arm and forearm is commonly called ...	tennis elbow
1246	33. Prefixes	What prefix meaning 'beyond' or 'extremely' can be added to words such as sonic, sensitive, violet, and pure?	ultra-
1247	37. Business Markup	If a store pays $40 to a wholesaler for a Swiss Army eyebrow curler and then sells it for $75, what is the markup?	87.5%
1248	110. Government Agencies	What is the abbreviation for the federal agency in the United States that is the equivalent of the Israeli Mossad?	CLA.
1249	110. Hydrocarbons	Used as a household fuel and refrigerant, what hydrocarbon is a gas, one molecule of which consists of 4 carbon atoms and 10 hydrogen atoms?	butane
1250	30. Vows	In marriage vows, what words often precede the following? .. and obey	love, honor
1251	116. Naval Vessels	Name the fast, maneuverable warships used during World War II to escort fleets and convoys.	destroyers
1252	120. Chemical Processes	Name the process of making a substance white by destroying its coloring matter.	bleaching
1253	45. Area Measurement	There are 4840 square yards in what standard measure of land area?	acre
1254	45. Lever Problems	Will weighs 90 Ibs and Wilma weighs 60 lbs. Both are balanced on a seesaw. Given that Will is 10 feet away from Wilma, how far must Wilma be from the seesaw's fulcrum?	6 feet
1255	65. Elections	The person who has not been prominently in the public eye as a candidate but is brought forward as a compromise candidate when a nomination convention reaches a deadlock is called a what?	dark horse
1256	41. Marine Enemies	Occasionally, a school of what kind of creatures will race through the water and smash their somewhat pointed snouts into a shark, killing it in a matter of minutes of battering-ram punishment?	dolphins (porpoises)
1257	73. Longitude	The prime meridian passes through how many continents?	three
1258	1. Mythology and Chemistry	The name of the son of Creusa and Apollo is the same as that for an atom with a net electric charge. What is	it?
1259	30. Mountain Ranges	What mountain range was formed by the convergence of the Juan De Fuca plate with another major plate?	Cascades
1260	62. Failed Plans	In the early 19th century, William Hull, Stephen Van Rensselaer, and Henry Dearborn commanded different forces in a failed three-pronged invasion of what country?	Canada
1261	19. Tornadoes	Although a precise location cannot be defined, the region of the U.S. called Tornado Alley is definitely between what two American mountain ranges?	Rockies, Appalachians
1262	3. Officeholders	These people have held what office in what city? Abraham Beame, Edward Koch, David Dinkins, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg	mayor of New York City
1263	31. Bow and Arrow Physics	If you use a bow to shoot a 5-pound arrow, which factor of momentum will be very low?	velocity (speed)
1264	49. Bad Relations	The competitive buildup of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War was known as what kind of race?	arms race
1265	74. Double Dactyls	What body parts complete this double dactyl? Higgledy-piggledy Nicholas Williamson Sat in the bathtub and Scratched at his nose. Seldom was schoolboy so Anthropocentrically Gifted with flexible Bendable ...	toes
1266	16. Experts	A jurist is thoroughly knowledgeable about the ...	law
1267	89. Opera at the Movies	In the movie, 'Apocalypse Now,' what song from a Wagnerian opera is played through speakers on helicopters during an attack on a Vietnamese village that has a beach suitable for surfing?	Ride of the Valkyries
1268	102. Traditions	What day celebrated annually that inspired the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act promotes ecology, heightens awareness of pollution, and encourages respect for the environment?	Earth Day
1269	8. Inventors	Who invented these? -harmonic multiple telegraph -telephonic telegraphic receiver -magneto-electric telephone	Alexander Graham Bell
1270	120. Steinbeck	In what story by John Steinbeck does Jody Tiflin learn about horses, joy, and sorrow?	The Red Pony
1271	42. Lines	Given a line m and a point P that is not on m, how	many lines that pass through P are parallel to m?
1272	112. Energy Transformations	Photosynthesis is a reduction reaction in which chlorophyll-containing plants convert light energy to what other kind of energy?	chemical (potential) energy
1273	21. Science Talk	'Periodic' describes an event occurring at regular intervals. What is the noun form of this term?	periodicity
1274	Alt. 1. Sets	What kind of mathematical set is the set of multiples of 31?	infinite set
1275	101. Early Colonies	Name England's first overseas colony in the New World.	Newfoundland
1276	5. Half-Lives	What fraction of a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 24 hours will still be radioactive at the end of 7 days?	1/128
1277	15. Visual Defects	In nearsightedness, light rays are focused in front of what part of the eye?	retina
1278	28. Folksongs	A folksong about what American hero includes these words? Said de Big Bend Tunnel on de C & O road gonna cause de death of me	John Henry
1279	90. Political Party Evolution	During whose presidency in the 1820s did the Jeffersonian Republican Party evolve into the Democratic Party?	Andrew Jackson's
1280	24. Presidential Initiatives	This is about what U.S. president? He flexed America's muscles for all nations to see by parading the U.S. Navy fleet around the world in 1908.	Theodore Roosevelt
1281	7. Fossil Taxonomy	Trilobites belong to what phylum?	arthropod (Arthropoda)
1282	114. Aeronautical Abbreviations	What does the abbreviation stand for in this statement? The CG is the point at which an aircraft would balance if it were possible to suspend it at that point.	center of gravity
1283	14. Seas	What sea is between the United Kingdom and the European mainland?	North Sea
1284	76. Unification	The unification of Spain was facilitated in 1469 by the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of where?	Castile
1285	41. Breaking Up is Hard to Do	The breakup of what country led to fighting among Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, and Croats?	Yugoslavia
1286	47. Equations	Solve this equation. 2x squared + 8x = 0	x = 0 (or x = -4)
1287	74. Science Fiction	In what work by Kurt Vonnegut does a religious prophet preach comfortable untruths called 'foma' to members of corporations and other 'granfalloons'?	Cat's Cradle
1288	33. High Crimes	What federal crime involves gathering secret information related to national security and transmitting it to enemies of the United States.	espionage (spying)
1289	60. Etymology	From what language were these words derived? cartoon cameo sonnet fresco	Italian
1290	33. Court Talk	What term may indicate person being sued, the party responding to a civil complaint, or the person who has been accused of a crime?	defendant
1291	101. For the Birds	Although they were so plentiful in 1736 that they sold at six for a penny in Boston, what birds became extinct in 1914?	passenger pigeons
1292	40. Cube Surface Areas	A cube contains 125 cubic inches. In square inches, what is its total surface area?	150
1293	72. Spelling Stories	This is from what story? When Milo looked up he saw an enormous bee, at least twice his size. 'I am the Spelling Bee. Don't be alarmed: a-l-a-r-m-e-d.'	The Phantom Tollbooth
1294	48. Native Currency	Strings or belts of beads fashioned from whelk shells that were once used by many Native Americans as currency are called what?	wampum
1295	83. Debates	A famous series of debates involving what two men was held in 1858 in Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton, Illinois?	Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
1296	31. Novelists	Name the American writer of these popular novels. Then Again, Maybe I Won't Superfudge	Judy Blume
1297	Alt. 1. Federal Departments	Federal programs providing services to farmers are administered by what U.S. executive department?	Department of Agriculture
1298	Alt. 5. Barometers	What kind of barometer contains metal that shrinks when air pressure rises and expands when air pressure falls?	aneroid barometer
1299	15. Triangles	If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite these angles are ...	equal
1300	63. Botanists	George Washington Carver's reputation is based largely on his promotion of peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes as alternatives to what crop?	cotton
1301	90. First Aid	Name the points where arteries can be held against a bone to reduce arterial bleeding.	pressure points
1302	108. Air Masses	Maritime air masses form over what?	water (oceans)
1303	51. The Caribbean	You are coloring a map of the Caribbean island countries. How many colors do you need so that all countries touching one-another will be colored	differently?
1304	22. Operatic Settings	What city that is the setting for 'Madame Butterfly' was also the target for the second atomic bomb of World War II?	Nagasaki
1305	113. Glaciers	Reminiscent of a word from cattle ranching, what is the term for the separation of a mass of ice from a glacier?	calving
1306	51. Fantasies	The plot of Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass' is built around moves in a game of ...	chess
1307	41. Breeds	These are breeds of what kind of animals? Minorcas, Wyandottes, Cochins, Anconas, Leghorns, Brahmas	chickens
1308	25. Angles	What is the supplement of an angle whose complement is 20 degrees?	110 degrees
1309	47. Fuels	What is the term for a liquid fuel derived from natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sand, or the fermentation of biomass?	synfuel
1310	39. Book Title Geography	This book is about what region? Trespassers on the Roof of the World	Tibet (Nepal)
1311	75. Employment Categories	Except for elected officials, the judiciary, and military personnel, all people employed by a government make up what service?	civil service
1312	82. Critical Technology	The most significant invention that gave birth to the Industrial Revolution was what kind of engine?	steam engine
1313	118. Fables	This is the first sentence of what beast fable? Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.	Animal Farm
1314	68. Bird Abbreviations	The abbreviation for the electromagnetic unit is identical to what Australian flightless bird?	emu
1315	6. Abbreviations	What abbreviation could have been used below? This incredible document, namely, the Constitution, has served this nation well since its creation.	Viz.
1316	54. Historical Fiction	The name of what town completes this title of a story by Patricia Clapp set in 17th-century Massachusetts? Witches' Children: A Story of...	Salem
1317	Alt. 2. Genetic Traits	Ralphie has a dominant gene which causes his skin to produce an uneven pattern of protective melanin pigment when exposed to the Sun. Name this skin condition.	freckles
1318	86. Forces	What force has caused the shape of the Earth to be deformed from a sphere to an oblate spheroid?	centrifugal force
1319	93. Food Etymology	The term, Buffalo wings, comes from the name of a city in which they originated. That city is in what state?	New York
1320	56. Business History	In colonial times, the joint stock company was a forerunner of what modern business arrangement?	corporation
1321	100. Space Nonfiction	Complete this title of the true story of seven astronauts who traveled 4.4 million miles to repair a telescope. Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix the ...	Hubble (or HST or Hubble Space Telescope)
1322	10. Elements in Literature	It doesn't necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, evil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living 'happily ever after.' In any case, what is the term for the opponent to the protagonist?	antagonist
1323	27. Inventors	Resulting in a profound effect on Western society, what British inventor patented a spinning device in 1769 that produced cotton thread hard and firm enough for the warp of woven fabric?	Richard Arkwright
1324	83. Trails	What is the name for a permanent mark cut into trees to indicate a trail?	blaze
1325	16. Plant Reproduction	Horticulturists use pieces of stems, leaves, and roots to form new plants. Name these pieces of plants to be planted.	cuttings
1326	52. Mountain Formation	What mountain system is still being forced upward as India continues to push against the Asian plate?	Himalayas
1327	4. Distance Problems	A bike travels for 10 minutes at an average speed of 5.5 meters per second. In meters, how far does it go?	3300
1328	117. Hail	Hail is formed when what kind of air currents in a thunderstorm carries water droplets aloft?	updrafts
1329	54. Steamboats	The first voyage of Fulton's Clermont was a round trip from New York City to what town and back?	Albany
1330	42. Bulbous Herbs	Garlic consists of a cluster of bulblets called ...	cloves
1331	28. Canadian History	Around the year 1800, most of the settlers in Lower Canada were French while most of them in Upper Canada were ...	British
1332	71. Speeches	John Kennedy included these words in a speech about what goal for America? No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space, and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.	landing a man on the Moon
1333	120. Acid Rain	Which Canadian province adjacent to the United States is least affected by acid rain?	British Columbia
1334	100. Poetry	This is from what poem by Samuel Coleridge? Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.	Kubla Khan
1335	95. Free Fall	How long does it take a watermelon to fall 122.5 meters?	5 seconds
1336	25. Supreme Court Traditions	Just by virtue of their location on the bench during sessions of the Supreme Court, what can you say about the two justices sitting at the far left and far right?	They have the least seniority.
1337	Alt. 5. Zeal	What topic is missing in this passage? During the day and night I talked much with John Brown, and found him as brave as a man could be, and sensible upon all subjects except ----, upon which he was a religious fanatic.	slavery
1338	46. Literature	Prose is divided into two major categories. With which category are these authors mainly associated? William Faulkner Herman Melville Zane Grey Mark Twain	fiction
1339	74. Presidents	Kansas was the home state of what U.S. president?	Dwight Eisenhower
1340	64. Work Problems	Bob worked twice as long as Jan. Jan worked one hour more than Kim. Kim worked 2 hours less than Pedro. Pedro worked 3 hours. How many hours did Bob work?	4 hours
1341	95. Political Slang	A wealthy political donor is sometimes referred to as what kind of cat?	fat cat
1342	39. Mining	Mining operations deal with two categories of materials. In lode deposits, minerals occur in veins, layers, or as particles in rock masses. What kind of deposits consist of minerals in unconsolidated materials such as river gravels or beach sands?	placer deposits
1343	34. Sound	Ultrasound is pitched higher than any human can hear while sound lower than anyone can hear is called ...	infrasound
1344	102. Folklore	This suggests the folklore in what part of the United Kingdom? Every lake has its kelpie, often seen by the shepherd sitting upon the brow of a rock, dashing along the surface of the deep, or browsing upon the pasture on its verge.	Scotland
1345	27. Animals	What group of living creatures is described by these features? -lay eggs on land -poikilothermic -dry, scaly skins	reptiles
1346	39. Monuments	Cleopatra's Needle in New York's Central Park is what kind of architectural structure?	obelisk
1347	23. Acting	Name the actor's trick of looking away from the person who has addressed a remark to him, and then looking back quickly when the meaning of the remark sinks in.	double take
1348	83. Anthropology	During the Neolithic period, people began to train animals to live among humans. Name that process.	domestication
1349	78. Ancient Literature	In ancient Greek drama, Ismene, a law-abiding, prudent woman, is the foil of what other character who is headstrong, outspoken, and unwilling to keep her place?	Antigone
1350	35. Body Systems	Which two body systems begin with 'e'?	endocrine, excretory
1351	25. Immigration	The formal removal of aliens from the U.S. because they have violated immigration laws is called ...	deportation
1352	3. Plays	In what Shakespearean play do the Weird Sisters play an important part?	Macbeth
1353	122. Graph Reflections	What are the coordinates of the point (7,-4) after it is reflected over the y-axis?	(-7,-4)
1354	38. Vocalists	In 1945, Mahalia Jackson's records sold by the millions, including such songs as 'I Believe' and 'He's Got the Whole World ...'	in His Hands
1355	46. Trinomial Factoring	Factor b squared + Sb + 6.	(b+2)(b+3)
1356	79. Subduction	The volcanoes of Chile result from the subduction of what plate beneath the South American plate?	Nazca plate
1357	32. Land Forms	What large, craterlike depression can be formed either by a violent volcanic explosion that ejects a vast quantity of material or by the collapse of a volcanic cone into an underground cavity left by the loss of magma?	caldera
1358	Sis Astronomy	If the big bang theory is correct, the energy left from this primordial event should be spread out throughout the universe. What adjective describes this type of radiation?	background
1359	50. Facilities	What kind of facilities are the Abbey, Ford's, the Globe, the Old Vic, the Bolshoi, and Grauman's Chinese?	theaters
1360	88. Direct Objects	What is the direct object of the gerund phrase in this sentence? Picking up supplies was one of his most important daily duties.	supplies
1361	103. Art History	Many old paintings and mosaics depict people that seem to be as tall as buildings or mature trees. This indicates that these artists had not yet developed techniques for representing what?	proportion (or perspective)
1362	105. Earth's Interior	What layer of the Earth encases the mantle?	crust
1363	65. Legislation and Politics	Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act irrevocably split the Whig Party. Southern Whigs joined the Democratic Party while northern Whigs reorganized themselves into what new and enduring party?	Republican
1364	50. System Functions	Which body system performs these major functions? -retaining of body fluids -maintenance of body homeostasis -protection of the body from disease and external injury	integumentary system
1365	64. Foot Problems	What life form causes athlete's foot?	fungus
1366	67. Presidential Nicknames	What 19th-century U.S. president was referred to by some as 'His Accidency' because he succeeded to the job as the result of an assassination?	Andrew Johnson
1367	51. Motion	Suppose an object is moving steadily at three feet per second. Three feet per second with respect to what? To you? To a field? To the Moon? Motion has meaning only when it is measured with respect to something called a frame of ...	reference
1368	44. Fruits	The nectarine began as a mutation of what other fruit?	peach
1369	60. Economic Acronyms	What is the acronym for a cost of living allowance?	COLA
1370	23. Weaponry	This is about what weapon introduced in the First World War? Its sweeping, rapid-fire spray of bullets made it so deadly that armies found any advance difficult and costly.	machine gun
1371	106. Fluid Mechanics	What happens to an object placed in a fluid if its density is greater than that of the fluid?	It sinks.
1372	99. Organs	The epiglottis closes over the larynx to prevent food and fluids from entering what tube that descends to the bronchi?	trachea
1373	57. Paneling Problems	The cost of paneling is $.60 per square foot. How much will it cost to panel a wall 26 feet wide and 8 feet high?	$124.80
1374	90. Ancient Metallurgy	Early metalworkers poured melted copper into molds to make swords and daggers. Later, they added tin to make what much harder alloy?	bronze
1375	73. Heavenly Bodies	What body in our solar system is comprised of these? 1.4% oxygen 4% metals 28% helium 70% hydrogen	the Sun
1376	41. Glues	What is another term for the hardening of adhesives?	curing
1377	55. Minerals	Kimberlites occur as carrot-shaped, vertical intrusions called what?	pipes
1378	3. Vertebrate Taxonomy	If the classes of vertebrates are arranged alphabetically, which is last?	reptiles (Reptilia)
1379	53. Folk Heroes	What American frontiersman was a celebrated Indian fighter, marksman, brawler, and a keelboatman on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers?	Mike Fink
1380	104. Circulatory System	The two types of fluids that move through the circulatory system include blood and what watery, clear to yellowish substance that contains white blood cells?	lymph
1381	9. Executive Powers	What presidential power did George Washington exercise in relation to those involved in the Whiskey Rebellion and Jimmy Carter use in relation to those who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War?	pardon
1382	36. Dog Doggerel	Name this form of humorous doggerel. Lassie Had a lovely doggy chassis. But under all that fur, She wasn't a her!	clerihew
1383	37. Stars	A star is a ball of gases caught between the opposing forces of thermal nuclear energy trying to expand it and what force trying to contract it?	gravity
1384	8. Pronouns	There are exactly three pronouns in which person?	second person
1385	72. Marine Biology	What structures do most aquatic animals possess for gas exchange?	gills
1386	Alt. 1. Boiling Points	Water boils at the lowest temperature at the top of what mountain in the United States?	Mt. McKinley (Denali)
1387	47. Oh, Beans!	Of Montezuma II, emperor of the Aztecs, it is said that he only took one beverage with his meals, and that he often consumed some 60 portions per day. This beverage was made from beans from the pods of what tree that grows only within 20 degrees of the equator?	cacao (or cocoa)
1388	96. Civil War Battles	The Battle of Pittsburgh Landing in Tennessee is better known as the Battle of ...	Shiloh
1389	88. Kepler	Johannes Kepler finally discarded one of the most cherished principles of ancient astronomy - that the heavenly bodies must move in circles. He concluded that the orbit of Mars is not a circle but instead, has what other shape?	ellipse
1390	5. Root Words	What is the meaning of the root word in the following terms? post meridian dial diary diurnal	day
1391	29. Collaboration	What is the legal term for an unlawful, secret, treacherous, or surreptitious plan to perform an illegal act?	conspiracy
1392	52. Slavery	Slavery in America began in 1619 when the Dutch brought captured Africans to what first permanent English New World colony?	Jamestown
1393	91. Medicinal Hooey	What is wrong with this actual statement by a physician? The patient suffered a fatal demise.	redundancy (pleonasm, tautology)
1394	61. Disorders	Atrial flutter is an abnormal rhythm of what organ?	heart
1395	57. African Nationalities	What is the nationality of most people living in Cape Town and Pretoria?	South African
1396	39. Unusual Homes	She built an enormous house with doors opening into blank walls and staircases leading nowhere. At the time of her death, the house contained 160 rooms, 950 doors, 47 fireplaces, and some10,000 window panes. This heiress of an American rifle company was Sarah who?	Winchester
1397	64. Symbols	The shield in front of the eagle on the obverse side of the Great Seal of the United States has how many	stripes?
1398	12. Revolutions	This is about what revolution? In the early 1700s, the brothers Lombe erected in England a building 500 feet long and 6 stories high in which 26,586 wheels worked 73,726 yards of silk thread every time the water wheel went round.	Industrial Revolution
1399	10. Lake Shores	Identify the three states that have a shoreline on Lake Superior.	Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin
1400	110. Canadian Celebrations	The Festival Acadien de Clare is to Nova Scotia as the Calgary Stampede is to what other province?	Alberta
1401	109. Economic Homonyms	What term that can indicate a type of plant with aromatic foliage or a kind of candy also has these denotations? -undamaged, perfect condition -an abundant amount -to fabricate -a place where coins are manufactured	mint
1402	74. Military Vocabulary	What is the military term for a soldier who is wounded, killed, captured, or missing during an engagement with the enemy?	casualty
1403	69. Forecasting	The NWS is a primary branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For what does this abbreviation stand?	National Weather Service
1404	37. Herculean Labors	In the first of his twelve labors, what kind of creature did Hercules strangle?	lion (Nemean lion)
1405	87. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is illustrated in this example? I'm Matt Holliday, and I found there's nothing, simply nothing, better than Saul Salmonella's Salmon Oil Capsules to put that extra whap in my swing.	testimonial
1406	101. Telescopes	What category of telescopes uses one or more polished, curved mirrors to gather light and concentrate it at a focal point?	reflector (reflecting telescope)
1407	93. Archaeology	There is some speculation that Cadbury Hill in England might have been the site of what castle that is central to the Arthurian legends?	Camelot
1408	111. Revolutionary Assaults	What fort between Lake Champlain and Lake George in New York was seized in 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont?	Fort Ticonderoga
1409	54. Glacial Deposition	What is the two-word name for a residual formation at the furthest point of a glacier's advance?	terminal moraine
1410	8. Sailing	If you sail due west from any point on the western coast of Iceland, what is the next land mass you would encounter?	Greenland
1411	3. Famous Folks	These people all lived in what state? Horatio Alger Susan Anthony Clara Barton Luther Burbank John Quincy Adams Ralph Waldo Emerson John F. Kennedy	Massachusetts
1412	64. European Islands	Emerald Isle is another name for ...	Ireland
1413	19. Waves	What is another name for mechanical longitudinal waves?	compression (compressional) waves
1414	124. Muscles	These muscles are located in what region of the human body? pyramidalis transversus abdominis rectus abdominis	abdomen
1415	Zi Publications	What is the collective name for such publications as these? Good Housekeeping Sports Illustrated Popular Mechanics Entertainment Weekly	periodicals
1416	25. Kitchen Vessels	What common cooking vessel produces superheated water?	pressure cooker
1417	26. Crimes	What crime that occurs in retail stores is also known as a 'five-fingered discount'?	shoplifting
1418	24. Michigan Regions	Name the northern part of Michigan between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.	Upper Peninsula
1419	55. Mideast Geography	What country occupies the southeasternmost part of the Arabian Peninsula?	Oman
1420	114. Blood Tests	For most blood tests, blood is extracted from what kind of vessel?	vein
1421	46. Animal Behavior	Name the depressions made by buffalo rolling and dusting themselves.	wallows
1422	6. Voice	What voice is used in this line? Raging flood waters destroyed the French town.	active
1423	Ts Raids	This is about what facility? This Paris arms depot and prison was attacked in the search for arms on July 14, 1789, and the prisoners inside were freed.	Bastille
1424	13. Independent Islands	The two autonomous regions within the Kingdom of Denmark are the Faeroe Islands and what other enormous island?	Greenland
1425	da Scientists	He lost an eye in an explosion, took up organic chemistry, and went on to develop the field of spectroscopy. Name this German chemist after whom laboratory burners were named.	Robert Bunsen
1426	98. Political 'isms'	What 'ism' indicates political views far to the left or very far to the right?	extremism
1427	95. Mining	Many copper deposits are disseminated throughout an enormous body of igneous rock, requiring miners to excavate tremendous quantities of material. What type of mine is typically used in this situation?	open-pit
1428	68. Linear Equations	What is the value of x in this equation?	-5x + 20 = 25
1429	111. Protozoans	What protozoans get around by using pseudopodial locomotion?	amoebas
1430	45. Mideast Regions	Name the hilly area on the border between Syria and Israel that Israel seized during the Six Day War of 1967.	Golan Heights
1431	15. Energy	Name the process in which rays or waves of energy travel through a vacuum.	radiation (propagation)
1432	98. Lakes	Name the largest Eurasian freshwater lake.	Lake Baikal
1433	19. River Mouths	The James, and Rappahannock Rivers flow into what bay?	Chesapeake Bay
1434	65. Seaports	Casablanca is a seaport in what African nation?	Morocco
1435	55. Teeth	The flat-edged teeth at the front of the mouth are ...	incisors
1436	38. Cinema	The process of hiring actors to play the characters in a script is called ...	casting
1437	39. Religions	What religious sect takes its name from the 17th-century Swiss Mennonite bishop, Jakob Ammann?	Amish
1438	6. Folklore	With what island nation are zombie legends mainly associated?	Haiti
1439	97. Monarch's Wives	What are the correct names for the two misstated in this line? Two of Henry VIII's wives were Catherine the Arrogant and Anne of Cloves.	Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves
1440	30. Health	The period between the introduction of a disease-causing organism into the body and the onset of symptoms is called ...	incubation
1441	87. Rockets	Name the propulsive force of a rocket engine.	thrust
1442	40. Horticulture	Plants developed to have considerably shorter than normal growth for the species are called ...	dwarfs
1443	36. Holiday Hostilities	The October War of 1973 began when a coalition of Arab states launched a surprise attack on Israel on what day regarded as the most holy day in Judaism?	Yom Kippur
1444	42. Bullion	The largest U.S. Bullion Depository is in what state?	Kentucky
1445	44. Terrorism	The forcible seizure of an aircraft or ship while the vehicle is in transit is called ...	hijacking
1446	41. History of Mexico	The name of what people who controlled most of central Mexico prior to the Aztecs was taken from their capital city of Tollan?	Toltec
1447	64. Minerals	Minerals can break either by fracturing or by what other process?	cleaving
1448	113. Planets	Name the second biggest gas giant.	Saturn
1449	70. Science Fiction	What story by Jules Verne tells the tale of four men who are fired from a huge cannon at Cape Canaveral to our planet's natural satellite?	From the Earth to the Moon
1450	118. Scary Stories	What story by Stephen King begins with this? Not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine.	Cujo
1451	14. Einsteinian Limericks	What word completes this ditty? There was an old man who observed, 'I confess I am somewhat unnerved. I had never before Seen the truth of the lore That, where matter is, space must be ...	curved
1452	6. Volcanoes	Name the part of the volcano within which Crater Lake is situated.	caldera
1453	69. Park Highlights	In what park could you see Cleopatra's Needle and the Metropolitan Museum of Art?	Central Park
1454	118. Transportation	These are special terms linked with what major form of transportation? paddle highball red ball telltale car knocker gandy dancer	railroad
1455	89. Regions	What historical region incorporated into China in 1950 has an average elevation of 15,000 feet?	Tibet
1456	10. Juries	A hung jury cannot agree on what?	a verdict
1457	43. Political Affiliations	Fewer than five percent of the Chinese people are members of what political organization that has absolute control over that nation's government?	Communist Party
1458	22. Symbiosis	Ostriches typically hang in the immediate neighborhood of zebras. Ostriches have poor senses of hearing and smell while the zebra's are well developed. But ostriches have well developed vision which zebras don't have. This illustrates what form of symbiosis?	mutualism
1459	37. Oxygen	Oxygen has been added to the Earth's atmosphere as a result of two processes. One is photochemical dissociation. Name the other.	photosynthesis
1460	70. Land Forms	What compound word may refer to any of these land areas? swamp, peatland, slough, marsh, muskeg, bog, fen, pothole, mire	wetland (everglade, quagmire, swampland)
1461	31. Machines	A combination of two or more simple machines is what kind of machine?	compound machine
1462	120. Paintings	These were creations of what Spanish painter born in Crete? View of Toledo Laocoon	El Greco
1463	100. Environmental Disasters	In 1991, Iraqi soldiers ignited some 700 oil well fires in what country?	Kuwait
1464	8. Island Partitions	In 1921, the Irish Free State was established consisting of 26 Irish counties. Six counties in Ulster remained part of the United Kingdom and became collectively known as what?	Northern Ireland
1465	29. Planets	About what fraction of the Earth's size is Mercury?	1/2
1466	69. Short Story Settings	What country is the setting for Hemingway's story, 'In Another Country,' in which Nick Adams is hospitalized while trying to regain use of a knee wounded in a World War I skirmish?	Italy
1467	96. Symbols	What elderly man is the personification of time?	Father Time
1468	67. Fossil Fuels	The value of fossil fuels relies on the exothermic oxidation of carbon to form carbon dioxide and the oxidation of hydrogen to form what substance?	water
1469	20. Scientific Laws	What scientific law states that the amount of energy in the universe today is identical to the amount of energy that was in the universe when the first diatoms appeared?	law of conservation of energy
1470	84. Mideast Nations	These people all played in role in the history of what modern country? Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Darius, Reza Khan, Reza Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Iran
1471	da The Cold War	What symbol is indicated below? In the fall of 1989, the most visible symbol of the Cold War was chipped away piece by piece by a joyful population determined to end the politically enforced partition of their country.	Berlin Wall
1472	116. Song Lyrics	This is from a verse taken from what American folksong? The old church bell will peal with joy, Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah!	When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1473	18. Biology	What is the next subdivision below family in biological classification?	genus
1474	8. Space Exploration	What U.S. space program was named for the brother of Artemis who was the Greek god of prophecy, medicine, fine arts, and poetry?	Apollo
1475	80. Ornithology	These are characteristics of what birds? -They breed in colonies on islands and rocky cliffs of the North Atlantic and Pacific. -Their nests are in holes they dig in the earth. -They fly close to the surface of the water. -They can use their wings to fly underwater in pursuit of small fish.	puffins
1476	10. Zero Points	Either the point for zero on a number line or the point for (0,0) in a coordinate plane is called the ...	origin
1477	56. Foods	The length of time a food product may be stored and still be safe to eat is called its ...	shelf life
1478	23. Cities	These cities are in what state? Goldsboro Greensboro Asheville Winston-Salem Durham Raleigh	North Carolina
1479	66. Physical Science	A glass may be filled with water such that the amount of water actually exceeds the volume of the glass without spilling. This is due to the principle of surface ...	tension
1480	33. Armor	What kind of armor worn by knights in the Middle Ages consisted of thousands of interlocking rings painstakingly linked by hand to form a shirt, cap, or leggings?	(chain) mail
1481	80. Halloween Probability	A bag holds 6 carob candy canes, 8 licorice lollipops, and 14 guacamole gumballs. In lowest terms, the chances that the first item pulled randomly from the bag will be a gumball are ...	1/2 (or 1 in 2 or .5)
1482	29. Poetry	According to Edward Lear, what creature went to sea in a pea-green boat with an owl?	pussycat
1483	39. Astronomy History	There was doubt about the usefulness of Bode's law due to the apparent gap between Mars and Jupiter. But in 1801, what asteroid was found that filled the gap?	Ceres
1484	43. Short Stories	The story by Kurt Vonnegut that opens in the year 2081 when everybody was finally equal is entitled 'Harrison ...'	Bergeron
1485	12. Canadian Neighbors	Name either U.S. state that borders Manitoba.	Minnesota, North Dakota
1486	121. Homonyms	What homonym can indicate the articulations of the skull or thread used surgically to close wounds?	sutures
1487	68. The Spine	The sacral section of the spinal cord is shortest. Which section is longest?	thoracic
1488	125. Pirates	In the early 19th century, Jean Lafitte prowled the waters of what gulf?	Gulf of Mexico
1489	7. Elemental Etymology	The name for what element comes from the Greek word, 'chloros,' meaning 'green'?	chlorine
1490	24. Wordy Writing	What one word can replace five pretentious words in this sentence? I can't be a pro basketball player due to the fact that I am less than four feet tall.	because (since, as)
1491	58. Judge Talk	What word is used by a judge when refusing to honor an attorney's objection in court?	overruled
1492	44. Inventors	He said, 'If I had been technically trained, I would have quit.' Name this inventor who spent eight frustrating years developing the safety razor.	King Gillette
1493	57. Weather Phenomena	A waterspout results from what?	tornado over water
1494	43. Angle Supplements	What is the supplement of an angle with a measure of 124 degrees 42 minutes 8 seconds?	55 degrees 17 minutes 52 seconds
1495	19. Terraforming	The terraforming of the planet Venus would require that most of what pervasive gas be removed from its atmosphere?	carbon dioxide
1496	19. Currencies	During the American Revolution, the colonies issued their own money, but American troops were paid by the Continental Congress in paper money called ...	continentals
1497	57. Military Organization	What is the rank of the officer who commands an army platoon?	lieutenant
1498	47. Ancient History	Many civilizations including Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria developed in a region of southwest Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers called ...	Mesopotamia
1499	32. Investment Fraud	You just found out that the Home Fusion Corporation into which you invested $8000 is actually a sham operation. You should issue a complaint to what agency of the federal government?	Securities and Exchange Commission
1500	62. Anatomical Abbreviations	What is the meaning of the abbreviation in the phrase, GI tract?	gastrointestinal
1501	111. Circles	For two circles with radii of 11 and 6, what is their line	of centers if the circles are tangent externally?
1502	118. Atmospheric Particles	While particles greater than ten micrometers in diameter tend to settle to the ground in a matter of hours, particles less than 1 micrometer can stay in the atmosphere for weeks and are mostly removed by what?	precipitation (rain, snow)
1503	6. Historical Novels	These novels are all set during what period of European history? The Minstrel's Tale A Templar's Apprentice Tales of the Crusades Keeper of the Grail Troubadour	medieval period (Middle Ages)
1504	17. Cylinders	If you double the radius of a right cylinder and triple its height, its volume is multiplied by ...	12
1505	65. Acids	What adjective describes an acid with a basicity of one?	monobasic
1506	38. Injuries	Muscle is to strain as ligament is to what other kind of injury?	sprain
1507	75. Dictators	This physician assumed power in Haiti in 1957. Later he was elected as president for life in that nation, but his tenure was cut short by severe rioting and he had to flee. Who was this doctor and dictator?	Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc)
1508	30. Special Diets	What adjective indicates a diet that omits any foods that might irritate the gastrointestinal tract?	bland
1509	42. Matter	Matter consists of elements, compounds, and mixtures. Which of these may be homogeneous or heterogeneous?	mixtures
1510	14175 Root Words	What does the root word 'graph' mean?	write
1511	36. Symptoms	Often occurring at the beginning of an infection and often associated with a fever, name the sensation of coldness accompanied by shivering and paleness.	chills
1512	38. Musicals	These are characters in what long-running musical? Victoria, Alonzo, Mr. Mistoffelees, Asparagus, Bill Bailey, Old Deuteronomy, Bombalurina, Bustopher Jones, Carbucketty, Griddlebone, Growltiger, Macavity, and the Rum Tum Tugger	Cats
1513	18. Drugs	Benadryl is an antihistamine that relieves itching, but it also causes drowsiness. What is another name for this secondary effect?	side effect
1514	10. Scientific Method	In an experiment, name the variable the hypothesis predicts will change with changes in the independent variable.	dependent variable
1515	34. Professions Abroad	People in the U.S. who make law their profession are attorneys or lawyers. In Britain, members of this profession are ...	barristers (solicitors)
1516	96. Triangles	What is the measure of the each base angle if the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 40 degrees?	70 degrees
1517	91. Seaside Cities	What body of water is directly north of Algiers?	Mediterranean Sea
1518	4. Inscribed Figures	For a sphere inscribed in a cube, the diameter of the sphere is equal to the length of what?	edge of cube
1519	47. Chemical Idioms	What idiom about dihydrogen oxide means that someone is undergoing great perplexity or difficulties?	in deep water (in over his head)
1520	110. Plant Pests	One day, Farmer Ron was wandering through his orchard when he noticed that most of the leaves on his prized plum trees were severely curled. Close inspection of the leaves revealed huge numbers of what tiny green wingless insects?	aphids
1521	32. Sports	What Winter Olympics competition that is a form of pairs figure skating may include moves from tangos, waltzes, and fox trots?	ice dancing
1522	26. Royal Technology	Who because of the advent of television became the first British monarch to be crowned in full view of all the people?	Queen Elizabeth II
1523	38. Trigonometric Angles	As an angle increases from 0 to 90 degrees, its	cotangent decreases from infinity to ...
1524	27% Historical Quotes	He said, 'The people of Nebraska are for free silver. Therefore I am for free silver. I'll look up the reasons later.' Name this congressman known as the Great Commoner.	William Jennings Bryan
1525	73. Science History	What woman discovered that thorium, polonium, and radium are radioactive?	Marie Curie
1526	50. Historical Passages	To whom does this quote refer? Rather than go into exile, he chose to accept the death penalty which consisted of drinking a cup of hemlock.	Socrates
1527	11. Seamounts	The Emperor Seamounts are what kind of mountains?	volcanic
1528	115. Anthropology	Tools made of what began to emerge in the Paleolithic period?	stone
1529	106. Monty Python	From what is the pin to be removed in this passage? First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more--no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou proceed to three.	Holy Hand Grenade
1530	80. Atmospheric Crud	What is the term for a slight clouding of the atmosphere caused by the suspension of soot, dust, or other particulate matter?	haze (smog, smaze)
1531	22. Library Science	Books such as 'Don't Know Much about History' and 'An Illustrated Outline History of Mankind' would be given numbers between what values in the Dewey Decimal System?	900-999
1532	9. Mideast History	Born in the Ukraine, she emigrated to the U.S. in 1906 and then to Israel in 1921. Name this founder of Israel and prime minister during the Arab-Israeli war of 1973.	Golda Meir
1533	94. Westerns	These lines are from what western novel? -The older the violin, the sweeter the music. -If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.	Lonesome Dove
1534	90. Allusions	The name for a subversive group or device placed within enemy ranks alludes to what gift left at the gates of Troy?	Trojan horse
1535	18. Ancient Literature	Patroclus was killed in 'The Iliad' while wearing the armor of ...	Achilles
1536	14. Drills	Name the hard alloy used on the tips of masonry bits.	carbide
1537	48. Federal Support	What kind of grant is provided by the federal government to state and local governments with only broad stipulations on how the funds should be used?	block grant
1538	10. Modifiers	What is dangling in this example? Smashed almost beyond recognition, I saw my bicycle lying on the driveway.	participle (participial phrase)
1539	48. Digestive Analogies	In the digestive system, proteases are to proteins as lipases are to ...	lipids (fats)
1540	32. Battle Poems	This is from a poem about what Civil War battle? So came one, when a signal gun awoke on the Southern side, / And Hunt's brigade with a cannonade to the challenge of Lee replied, / Like arrows sent from a bow well bent to the heart of a distant targe, / Virginia's hope rode down the slope with Pickett leading the charge!	Gettysburg
1541	19. Forest Dwellers	What forest was a temporary home for the legendary Maid Marian?	Sherwood Forest
1542	72. Primitive Weaponry	The bow and arrow replaced what other weapon described as a special stick used to throw a spear?	atlatl
1543	70. The Russian Revolution	The name of what party completes this line by a leading Menshevik in 1917? There has been no transfer of power to the Soviets, but a seizure of power by one party, the ...	Bolsheviks
1544	21. Bygone Theories	This was evidence for what theory? If the Sun occupied the center of the celestial sphere, we would pass near different parts of the sphere at different times, and the sizes and shapes of the constellations should vary.	geocentric
1545	82. Legislatures	What legislative body successfully waged the American War of Independence?	Continental Congress
1546	91. Cartography	Name the pattern of lines on a chart or map, such as those representing latitude and longitude, used as a reference for locating points.	grid
1547	4. Artists	What was the nationality of the artist who painted the Mona Lisa?	Italian
1548	39. Chemical Processes	Coal is mixed with steam and oxygen under controlled conditions to produce methane in a process called coal ...	coal gasification
1549	42. Continental Margins	A continental margin is divided into three parts including the continental rise, the continental slope, and the continental ...	shelf
1550	8. Prefix Derivations	These prefixes are derived from what language? ante, pre, contra, pro, ob, semi	Latin
1551	101. Renewable Energy	Much of New Zealand's electricity is generated from what two renewable resources?	hydropower, wind
1552	118. Novels	Who is the central character in Mary Stewart's novel, 'The Crystal Cave'?	Merlin
1553	54. Entertainment	With what form of entertainment was Phineas Taylor Barnum associated?	circus
1554	Ts Forms of Drama	What is the phrase for a serialized melodrama for daytime television?	soap opera (soap)
1555	24. Explorers	Who was the first European to set foot on the island of San Salvador?	Christopher Columbus
1556	3. Literary Quotes	This is in what book by Izaak Walton? Nay, the trout is not lost, for pray take notice that no man can lose what he never had.	The Compleat Angler
1557	111. Heteronyms	Spell the heteronym that, depending on its pronunciation, can mean 'an injury' or 'wrapped in a series of coils.'	wound
1558	49. Migrators	What Arctic bird is the world's undisputed migration champion?	(Arctic) tern
1559	20. Dramatic Characters	A character in a play so different from another in stature, appearance, or personality that the other is highlighted by the contrast is called a ...	foil
1560	16. Discount Problems	You have a $1000 platinum auk statue for sale. How much less will you make if you sell it for an 80% discount in comparison to a 60% discount followed by another 20% discount?	$120
1561	9. lowa History	The region that became Iowa was originally part of what land transaction in 1803?	Louisiana Purchase
1562	28. Convicts	Between 1850 and 1868, nearly ten thousand convicts were sent from Europe to the Perth colony in what modern-day nation?	Australia
1563	2. Stellar Geography	When observing the North Star, you measure the angle made by your line of sight and the horizon. That angle equals your ...	latitude
1564	62. Political Philosophy	Complete this quote by Karl Marx. The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the ...	proletariat
1565	38. Great Lake Anagrams	What word can be made from the first letter of the four Great Lakes shared by the U.S. and Canada?	shoe (hose, hoes)
1566	87. Legendary Old West Guys	The grave of what man killed during a poker game is on Deadwood's Boot Hill next to Calamity Jane's?	Wild Bill Hickok
1567	25. Wartime Literature	Kate Sherwood's poem, 'Molly Pitcher,' is about what war?	American Revolution (Revolutionary War)
1568	73. Electrical Measurement	What is the unit of quantity measure for a flow of electrons?	ampere
1569	65. Historical Adjectives	What adjective is used by historians to indicate that an artifact belongs to a period prior to that of recorded history?	prehistoric
1570	35. Nullification	In 1832, what state, after voting to nullify federal tariffs, stated that federal enforcement of those tariffs would be cause for secession?	South Carolina
1571	78. Work	Expressed in joules, how much work is done in lifting a 4-newton stone 2 meters?	8 joules
1572	45. Prefixes	What is a Latin prefix with the same meaning as the Greek prefix 'hemi-'?	semi-, demi-
1573	19. Sports Metaphors	What word should have ended this commentary about a foot race? Roberts has almost caught Jones. He's breathing down his throat.	neck
1574	92. Sentence Types	Classify this statement by Samuel Johnson according to its structure. Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.	simple sentence
1575	4. Capitalization	What words should be capitalized in this line? we heard that aunt sue had written to mother.	we, aunt, sue, mother
1576	40. Elections	The number of the voting age population that actually votes in an election is called the voter what?	turnout
1577	13. Chemical Processes	The removal of dissolved or absorbed gases from liquids or solids is called ...	degassing
1578	96. Transportation Entrepreneurs	In the Old West, what form of conveyance was the basis for John Butterfield's mail and public transportation service?	stagecoach
1579	33. Influential Writings	In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote what document that attacked the monarchical principle and the Tory assumption that the English constitution was divine?	Common Sense
1580	125. Paintings	A landscape is a depiction of natural landforms. What is a depiction of an urban scene called?	cityscape
1581	19. Grammar	Subject complements follow what kind of a verb?	linking verb
1582	108. Atlantic Sailing	It is easier to sail from Europe to North America by first going south of 30 degrees north latitude and then taking advantage of what winds that blow toward the Caribbean?	trade winds
1583	32. Advertising Parodies	This phrase in an advertisement for Heinz pickles is a parody of a line from what Shakespearean play? What food these morsels be.	A Midsummer Night's Dream
1584	95. Factories	This is about an industrial plant set up by whom in 1910? A huge conveyor moved thousands of parts. Axles were assembled along the lines that met the lines on which the car frames were assembled. Assembled wheels joined the line to be fastened to the ends of axles.	Henry Ford
1585	19. Revolutionary Prefixes	The name used by the freedom fighters in Nicaragua was the same as a common prefix in English. The meaning of that prefix is ...	against (contra)
1586	86. Chinese History	Name the march that effectively established Mao Zedong as leader of the Chinese Communist Party.	Long March
1587	50. Operas	In what opera by Giuseppe Verdi does an overweight soldier send love letters to Mistress Ford and Mistress Page?	Falstaff
1588	92. The Senate	The Constitution requires senators to choose a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of what other official?	vice president
1589	23. Symphonies	What are the individual parts of a composite musical work such as a symphony or concerto called?	movements
1590	33. Political Pieces	These are the equivalent of U.S. states in what European country? Vestfold, Svalbard, Fjordane, Telemark, Nordland	Norway
1591	73. American Leaders	From the outbreak of the Civil War until his death in 1895, what journalist and former slave was generally recognized as the premier Black American leader and spokesman for his people?	Frederick Douglass
1592	88. Geometry	Sectors, arcs, and radii are parts of what plane geometric figures?	circles
1593	99. Burns	What should you apply in great quantities to the part of a victim's body with a chemical burn?	water
1594	40. Taxonomic Zoology	Horseshoe crabs belong to which biological phylum?	Arthropoda (arthropod)
1595	59. Plant Anatomy	Since plants have no skeletal system, they depend on what thick structure around each cell membrane for mechanical support?	cell wall
1596	6. Secretions	Secretions from the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks produce what organic gemstone?	pear!
1597	114. Murder Synonyms	What specific kind of murder is central in all these books? The Awful End of Prince William the Silent Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery The Lincoln Conspiracy The Day Kennedy Was Shot	assassination
1598	58. The Ear	What adjective describes the canals in the inner ear associated with balance?	semicircular
1599	88. Sunlight	Name the rays of sunlight that seem to radiate through gaps in clouds from a point in the sky where the Sun is located.	crepuscular rays
1600	39. Other Base Division	Divide 101 base 2 by 10 base 2.	10 remainder 1
1601	60. Food History	In what country did goulash first develop?	Hungary
1602	3. Stage Scenery	A two-fold piece of scenery that is freestanding when angled open is called a ...	book flat
1603	105. World Powers	At the time of Jefferson's presidency, what nation boasted the world's most powerful navy?	England (Great Britain)
1604	71. Military History	Created from renegades and fugitives from justice in 1831, what military organization has served largely in North Africa, the Mideast, and Indochina?	Foreign Legion
1605	25. Memory Problems	A memory deficit characterized by the inability to learn and remember any information imparted after a traumatic injury is called anterograde what?	amnesia
1606	115. Fuels	What gas synfuel was distributed by utilities until it was replaced by lower-priced natural gas?	coal gas
1607	20. Caribbean Isles	Which of the two main divisions of the Antilles is closer to the South American mainland?	Lesser Antilles
1608	108. Royal Victories	The English troops who defeated the French at Agincourt in 1415 were led by what king?	Henry V
1609	76. Adventure Tales	This line is from what American novel by an author with a famous pen name? We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1610	11. Pitch	The higher the pitch of a sound, the ---- its wavelength.	shorter
1611	Alt. 2. Legends in Song	This is a verse from a song about what legendary being? So over I jumped and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed, / A pillow made of tortoise-shell she placed beneath my head, / She fed me shrimp and caviar upon a silver dish / From her head to her waist was just to my taste but the rest of her was a fish.	mermaid
1612	123. Capital Crimes	These people were executed for committing what infraction? John Huss, Girolamo Savonarola, William Tyndale, Joan of Arc	heresy
1613	51. Chimneys	Name the enclosed passageway in a chimney that carries off smoke.	flue
1614	51. Cities	In what state are these cities located? Pierre Sioux Falls Brookings	South Dakota
1615	6. Geology	Loose material such as clay, mud, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles, and even boulders that has settled out from suspension in water or ice is collectively known as what?	sediment
1616	2. World War II Conferences	The Yalta Conference, held in the Crimea in 1945, involved Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and what other leader?	Winston Churchill
1617	15. Birds	They stand five feet high, taller than any other North American bird. With brilliant red faces, white plumage and a shrill, trumpeting cry, they are conspicuous in coastal Texas, stalking on their stilt legs. Name these endangered birds.	whooping cranes
1618	18. Prefixes	A lithotomy is the surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract. A lithophyte is a polyp with a hard stony structure. What does the prefix in these words mean?	stone
1619	86. Conjunctions	Name 4 of the 6 conjunctions in this line. Both Rocky and Bullwinkle were hoping to beat or at least tie Boris and Natasha in the race, but they had to withdraw because Bullwinkle sprained an antler.	both, and, or, and, but, because
1620	8. Religious Architecture	Jewish places of worship are called ...	synagogues (temples)
1621	36. Architects	What English architect is credited with effectively shaping London's skyline and designing many of the city's most famous landmarks?	Christopher Wren
1622	35. Twisted Tales	In what story by O. Henry do Bill and Sam discover that the boy they have kidnapped is such a terror that they actually have to pay the father to take the kid back?	The Ransom of Red Chief
1623	16. Coral	To the east of what islands lies the only living coral reef in the continental United States?	Florida Keys
1624	14. Crafts	The craftsmen who built a 1/20th version of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose or a 1/24th version of a Stanley Steamer or a 1/100th version of the Tower of London created what kind of models?	scale models
1625	103. Phrases	What kind of phrase follows the infinitive in this? I intend to hike during the morning hours.	adverbial phrase
1626	49. Ozone	Name either of the two atmospheric layers in which ozone is abundant.	stratosphere, troposphere
1627	47. Riverside States	Name either of the two states directly across the Mississippi River from Iowa.	Wisconsin, Illinois
1628	65. Water Storage	According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the greatest amount of fresh surface water in the state of Washington is not stored in the states lakes, reservoirs, and rivers but in what?	glaciers
1629	35. Color	What is the complementary color of green?	red
1630	41. Egypt	Identify Egypt's second-largest city founded in 332 B.C. which is a center for manufacturing, cotton, and exports.	Alexandria
1631	48. Celluloid Characters	Name the movie western in which these characters appear. Sheriff Black Bart Mongo Lili Von Shtupp Hedley Lamarr Waco Kid	Blazing Saddles
1632	64. Law Enforcers	Beginning in 1935, G-Men worked for what federal agency?	FBI
1633	35. Volcanoes	Dramatic volcanic eruptions which throw debris high into the air are explosive. Relatively quiet volcanic eruptions which emit basaltic lava moving at just a few miles per hour are described as being ...	effusive
1634	99. Beetle Flight	When a beetle flies, its hindwings provide thrust while its forewings provide what else?	lift
1635	98. Botany	What noun beginning with 'f' indicates the mass of leaves on a plant?	foliage
1636	66. Presidential Positions	What 19th-century president warned that any interference by a European nation with the affairs of an independent nation in the Western Hemisphere would be seen as a 'manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the U.S.'?	James Monroe
1637	82. Blood	The cells that give blood its characteristic red color are what kind of 'cytes'?	erythrocytes
1638	112. Reformers	Numerous Protestant religious sects can be traced back to what early 16th-century German theologian who launched the Reformation?	Martin Luther
1639	93. The Constitution	The Constitution was adopted how many years after the U.S. first declared her independence?	41 (or 12)
1640	97. Techniques in Art	What art technique is used when the artist makes all the lines darker on one side of his drawing?	shadowing
1641	104. Implied Rights	Many argue that the pervasive surveillance of an entire population or any substantial portion of that population is a violation of what right that is not explicitly specified in the U.S. Constitution?	tight to privacy
1642	20. Poetic Feet	How many feet are in one line of heptameter?	seven
1643	104. Big Wings	Officially measured at 3.63 meters, name the living bird that holds the record for the greatest wingspan.	albatross (wandering albatross)
1644	6. Leaders	These people were heads of state of countries on what continent? Nicolae Ceausescu Juan Carlos King Olav Francesco Cossigia Erich Honecker	Europe
1645	32. Freedoms	The right to present requests to the government without fear of reprisal is called freedom of ...	petition
1646	59. Novels	This is from what science fiction tale? Hammond whined, 'But what are you going to do to my animals?' 'That's not really the question, Mr. Hammond,' Muldoon said. 'The question is, what are they going to do to us?'	Jurassic Park
1647	95. Heat Injuries	First-degree burns usually extend only into what layer of skin?	epidermis
1648	95. Grammatical Analogies	'Telling' is to active as 'being told' is to ...	passive
1649	13. Earnings	A salesman receives a base salary of $1000.00 per month plus a 4% commission on his sales. His sales amounted to $12,000 during July. How much did he earn in July?	$1,480.00
1650	42. Mountains	What mountain range west of the central Appalachians is mainly in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania?	Alleghenies
1651	39. A Set of Points	What is the locus of points in a plane equidistant from the sides of an angle?	the angle bisector (line that bisects the angle)
1652	93. Days of the Week	Which day of the week is named for a Norse goddess?	Friday (from Freya)
1653	109. Constellations	Name the constellation that represents the creature whose Golden Fleece was the object of a quest by Jason and the Argonauts.	Aries
1654	71. Hieroglyphics	What Egyptian hieroglyphic that symbolized eternal life was a kind of cross with a loop on top?	ankh
1655	125. Puns	What word is used as a pun in this line? I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, chamber music, and cantatas.	overtures
1656	85. Earth's Interior	The lower boundary of what zone in the Earth's interior is marked by the abrupt decrease in the velocity of earthquake waves as they enter the core?	mantle
1657	8. Art Media	With what medium is the artist working if he is engaged in these activities? pulling up centering slabbing wedging cutting off	clay (ceramics)
1658	97. Algae Analogies	Phytoplankton is microscopic while seaweed is what?	macroscopic
1659	113. Tragic Letters	Who wrote this in 1994? My Fellow Americans: I have been told I am one of the millions of Americans to be afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would keep this a private matter.	Ronald Reagan
1660	27. Anatomy	What type of organ is formed by a bundle of contractile fibers attached to parts of the body which move in relation to each other when the bundle shortens?	muscle
1661	27. Drama	To an actor, what does 'Break a leg' mean?	Good luck.
1662	53. Islands	What is the current name for the Island that Peter Minuit called New Amsterdam?	Manhattan
1663	1417s Ensembles	What name for a small jazz band ends with 'o'?	combo
1664	15. Italian Cities	Frescoes by Giotto are in its Arena Chapel. Vesalius and Galileo taught at its university in which Copernicus and William Harvey were both students. Name this significant Italian city.	Padua
1665	103. Intestinal Puns	The name for what portion of the small intestine sounds like a popular month for weddings?	jejunum
1666	61. Silly Acronyms	What make of automobile could be an acronym for 'Dead On Day Guarantee Expires'?	Dodge
1667	108. Root Words	What does the root mean in these words? revive, convivial, vivacious	live (life)
1668	22. Examinations	In the files about UFOs is a now-discredited film that purports to show physicians conducting an examination of the deceased bodies of aliens found at the Roswell crash site in 1947. Such postmortem examinations, whether of people or aliens, are called what?	autopsies
1669	55. Plates	Name the great plate upon which Oman and Saudi Arabia ride.	Arabian plate
1670	41. Adverbs	What is the positive form of the superlative adverb 'best'?	well
1671	36. Botany	This refers to what type of plant life? These plants are easy to distinguish by their fibrous roots, their jointed stems, and their narrow linear leaves.	grasses
1672	102. Ossification	Something which has ossified has turned into what?	bone
1673	20. Fantasy Diseases	In the Harry Potter stories, what potentially fatal, contagious disease that occurs in wizards and witches not only has symptoms similar to chicken pox and smallpox, but also leaves the victim's skin with a lasting greenish tinge, a green and purple rash between the toes, and sparks flashing from the nose during a sneeze?	dragon pox
1674	11. Gases	What gas is given off when inorganic acids and bases are mixed?	hydrogen
1675	59. Cookie Math	You made some buffalo chip cookies. Your big brother ate 50% of them, and then your big sister ate 50% of what was left, leaving 14 cookies. How many cookies did you make?	56
1676	57. Coordinates	In the system of Cartesian coordinates, the x-coordinate of a point in a plane is called the ...	abscissa
1677	106. Robots	Name the robot in the science fiction work, 'Forbidden Planet.'	Robbie
1678	94. Prisons	What prison system established under Stalin's regime was given worldwide attention through the writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?	gulag
1679	46. Equations	Solve this equation for s. r= 35-1	(r+t)/3
1680	36. Food Preparation	These are categories of what in nutrition? antioxidants emulsifiers stabilizers preservatives sweeteners	food additives
1681	42. Simplification	Simplify 7/15 + 1/15 + 2/15.	2/3
1682	15. Federal Agencies	These are agencies of what executive department? Bureau of Engraving and Printing Bureau of the Public Debt Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Internal Revenue Service	Department of the Treasury
1683	48. Marsupials	The opossum is the best known marsupial in North America. Name the most common marsupials in Australia.	kangaroos
1684	7. Legendary Creatures	Cerberus and Hydra have an unusual number of what?	heads
1685	33. Trapezoids	52 is the perimeter of an isosceles trapezoid. Each of the equal sides is 5 more than the smaller base. The larger base is 2 more than twice the smaller base.	What is the length of either of the equal sides?
1686	18. Marine Biology	Red tides are caused by enormous growths of what kind of plant life?	(fire) algae
1687	58. Dinosaurs	Research has suggested that all dinosaurs may not have been ectothermic as previously believed. This means that some dinosaurs may not have been what?	cold-blooded
1688	51. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply (2x + 3) by (4x + 5).	8(x squared) + 22x + 15
1689	39. Rain Shadows	What mountain range is mostly responsible for the rainshadow that is characteristic of the Great Basin?	Sierra Nevada (Sierras)
1690	40. Metals	A ferriferous substance contains what metal?	iron
1691	6. Medieval Law	In the Middle Ages, if a peasant killed a deer considered property of a noble, the offense was punishable by death. Name the offense.	poaching
1692	47. Compensation Idioms	If you are getting paid much more than what your job is worth, you are on what kind of train?	gravy train
1693	63. Zoology	Retracting claws are characteristic of what family of mammals?	cats (Felidae, felines)
1694	19. Food Etymology	When the Duc de Richelieu captured Port Mahon in Minorca, he needed food. He took some oil, vinegar, egg yolk, salt, and pepper and beat it into a sauce which he named after the port he had captured. That sauce is now known as ...	mayonnaise
1695	82. Clauses	What is the subordinate clause in this statement? He gathered up the garbage that the skunks had disbursed.	that the skunks had disbursed
1696	111. Exports	Identify the major textile exported from Australia.	wool
1697	20. Half-life	If you had 32 grams of a radioactive beryllium isotope with a half-life of 13.8 seconds, how many grams of it would not be decayed after 41.4 seconds?	4 grams
1698	90. Adiabatic Changes	Adiabatic temperature changes involve either cooling with expansion or warming with what other phenomenon?	compression (higher pressure)
1699	105. Affixes	What suffix is added to most one-syllable modifiers to	form the comparative degree?
1700	34. Terrifying Tales	This is from what story by Poe? He had a weak point - this Fortunato - although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.	The Cask of Amontillado
1701	22. Square Root	What is y if the square root of Sy equals 10?	20
1702	65. Brain Injuries	A cerebral contusion is essentially what kind of an injury to the brain?	a bruise
1703	34. Algebraic Expressions	Name the constant(s) in this expression.	ay + 14 - (xz/y) = pq
1704	23. Art	What art form may described in these ways? -an art that takes away superfluous material -mud pies which endure -not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone but the cutting of the effect of it	sculpture
1705	18. Africa	What is North Africa's smallest country?	Tunisia
1706	80. Waves	If ten wave crests pass a point in one second, what is the period?	one tenth of a second
1707	34. Ancient Cities	What great city was selected to be the capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine?	Byzantium (Constantinople)
1708	18. Pain	Ever since a skiing accident 25 years ago, Will has endured chronic pain in his knee. But he experiences what other kind of pain when he whops his thumb with a hammer or when he gets smacked in the back with a racquetball?	acute
1709	75. Space Spheres	That area of space, around the Earth, which is influenced by the Earth's magnetic field is known as what sphere?	magnetosphere
1710	6. Presidential Positions	Shortly after becoming president, Warren Harding was rejecting what proposed international organization when he said, 'We seek no part in directing the destinies of the world.'	League of Nations
1711	50. Atoms	What property of an atom is the radii of travel by electrons around the nucleus?	electron shell (energy-level shell)
1712	50. Voice	What grammatical voice is used in this sentence? The weather-beaten old house was being restored by the club.	passive
1713	21. Social Protest	'The Cat Ate My Gymsuit' by Paula Danziger is about Marcy's perspective that everything, including her social life, her weight, and her parents, is lousy. Then, things change fast after she meets a person in what profession?	teaching
1714	96. Confucius	What two-word phrase completes this advice from Confucius? Do not do unto others what you would not wish done ...	unto you (to you)
1715	17. Biblical Blunders	What name should have been used below? David fought with the Finkelsteins, a people who lived during biblical times, and killed Goliath.	Philistines
1716	50. Presidents	What U.S. president oversaw the conclusion of World War II, the development of the Marshall Plan, and the establishment of NATO?	Harry Truman
1717	26. Chemistry History	Karl Scheele argued that the atmosphere is composed of two gases. He called the one which supports combustion 'fire air,' which is oxygen. He called the other more abundant gas that inhibits combustion 'vitiated air,' which is what?	nitrogen
1718	21. Expressions	What kind of overused expressions are illustrated in this passage? I am proud to say that, when the chips were down, Americans did not turn tail and knuckle under. Instead, when the fat was in the fire, they stepped up to the plate and cut the mustard.	idioms (cliches)
1719	38. World History	The history of what modern nation is associated with a leader named Rurik and a migration of Varangians in the ninth century?	Russia
1720	109. Poem Parts	In 'As You Like It,' the line 'With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino' repeats several times in a song. What is the name for such lines that repeat regularly in a song or a poem?	refrain
1721	116. Anatomy	What organs are enclosed in a double membranous envelope, the pleural sac?	lungs
1722	19. Hemingway	Ernest Hemingway's story, 'The Undefeated,' is about Manual Garcia and his involvement in what sport?	bullfighting
1723	110. Ballroom Dancing	Identify the Cuban dance in which participants form a line doing three steps forward and then a kick.	conga
1724	38. Calculus	In differential calculus, the numerical difference between two succeeding values of a variable is its ...	increment
1725	46. Medical Practitioners	What is the term for a physician who limits his practice to a particular branch of medicine after considerable postgraduate training in that area?	specialist
1726	117. Currency History	Who engraved the plates used to print the American colonies' first paper money?	Paul Revere
1727	95. Local Officials	The M.E. is a physician authorized to ascertain causes of deaths. For what does this abbreviation stand?	medical examiner
1728	23. Novels	David Guterson begins what novel with this? The accused man, Kabuo Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table - the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.	Snow Falling on Cedars
1729	42. Journalism	What type of newspaper is likely to carry these kinds of headlines? -Farmer Finds Elvis! Brain in Barn -Alien Termites Devour N.W. Detroit -President Cloned by KGB -Amelia Earhart Seen in Oval Office -Woman in Tornado Has Same Baby Three Times	tabloid
1730	81. Flags	On some early New England flags was a pine tree with a serpent coiled around the trunk. Complete this line from below the image. Don't ...	tread on me
1731	30. Inverse Proportions	Wanda bought 40 new wickets each costing 14 cents each. How many used wickets could she buy for the same total amount at 8 cents each?	70
1732	79. Thunder	About how many seconds does it take the thunder from a lightning strike to be heard two miles away?	ten seconds
1733	112. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply (2x + 3) by (4x + 5).	8(x squared) + 22x + 15
1734	52. Industrialists	In the quiet Brandywine Valley of Delaware, the son of a French immigrant started the gunpowder works that would become the largest chemical company in the world. Name it.	DuPont (E.l. du Pont de Nemours and Company)
1735	36. Athletic Training	In moderate exercise, a balance is finally reached between production of lactic acid and conversion of the acid into glycogen. Athletes refer to this point as their second what?	second wind
1736	27. Colonial Namesakes	What colonial town in North Carolina, now the largest city in the state, was named after George III's queen?	Charlotte
1737	60. Coefficients	What is the numerical coefficient of 2y/5?	2/5
1738	17. Architectural Wonders	The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Pitti Palace, and the Uffizi are among the major architectural marvels of what city that was the center of the Italian Renaissance?	Florence
1739	31. Condensation	The primary cause of condensation in the atmosphere is...	cooling
1740	Alt. 3. Evolution	The Asian jerboa, the North American kangaroo rat, and the Australian hopping mouse evolved similar adaptations for hot desert environments such as large hind legs, thin tails, and bipedal leaping. This illustrates what kind of evolution?	convergent evolution
1741	29. New World Colonies	The capital of the New Netherland colony was at the mouth of what river?	Hudson River
1742	34. Paradoxes	According to Hegel's paradox, man learns from history that man learns nothing from ...	history
1743	30. Naval Training	In 1845, the United States Naval Academy was founded in what Maryland city?	Annapolis
1744	64. Soil	Which soil horizon consists of incompletely weathered parent material and is transitional between unweathered bedrock below and developing soil above?	C horizon
1745	41. Soviet Agencies	By what name did the West refer to the Soviet organization called the 'Komitet Gosudarstvennoe Bezopasnosti'?	KGB
1746	9. Presidential Powers	The power of the U.S. president to put people into federal offices is called the power of what?	appointment (patronage)
1747	93. Motion Picture Directing	What is the director's command to the actors to stop playing a scene?	cut
1748	31. Latin		What is the Latin word for 'law'?
1749	101. Carnivores	It has white fur in the winter. Name this fox that lives in the frozen northlands of Canada, Greenland, and Siberia.	Arctic fox
1750	42. Rock Markings	Ripple marks are typically found in what type of sedimentary rock?	sandstone
1751	39. Tribunals	A tribunal from which there is no appeal is a court of last ...	resort
1752	20. Disjunctions	What is the most famous disjunction in Hamlet's soliloquy?	To be or not to be
1753	19. Angiosperms	Name the structure in angiosperms that bears the organs for sexual reproduction.	flower
1754	19. Fortifications	Guns on Gibraltar control the entrance to what body of water?	Mediterranean Sea
1755	95. Painting History	With what movement centered in Paris were these painters associated in the early 1900s? Georges Braque Henri Matisse Juan Gris Fernande Leger	cubism
1756	50. Terrorism	Virtually everyone on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists is of what faith?	Islam (Mohammedanism)
1757	99. Energy Conversions	Depending on their purpose, windmills may directly convert the kinetic energy of wind into what two other forms of energy?	electrical, mechanical
1758	da Nuclear Powers	Name either country adjacent to the Arabian Sea that definitely has atomic weapons.	Pakistan, India
1759	7. Silly Mottoes	Add the final word to this translation of the pseudo-Latin motto, 'Quando omni flunkus, moritati.' When all else fails, play ...	dead
1760	33. Birds	The habitat of maritime birds is in or near what?	oceans (seas)
1761	8. Refrains	What is the first of the two phrases in the refrain of the various verses of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'?	O'er the land of the free
1762	Alt. 4. Fields of Science	A person interested in Rossby waves and Hadley cells is probably in what field of science?	meteorology
1763	97. Creature Conversions	Bioluminescent organisms convert chemical energy to what other form of energy?	radiant (light, electromagnetic)
1764	LOT. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people surrounding the huge hole in which the cylinder lay. The turf and gravel about it seemed charred as if by a sudden explosion.	The War of the Worlds
1765	61. Joints	The head of the femur that fits into the socket of the pelvis is called the what?	ball
1766	108. References	What kind of dictionaries include subjects such as these? -20th-century classical musicians -science fiction and fantasy artists -free thinkers of all ages and nations -women in science -professional wrestlers -action movie stars	biographical dictionaries
1767	1. Legislatures	What body in the United States is most like the House of the People in Afghanistan, the People's National Assembly in Algeria, the Chamber of the Deputies of the Nation in Argentina, and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom?	House of Representatives
1768	14. Newspapers	Name the latest moment when newspaper copy can be submitted.	deadline
1769	11. Presidents	This is about what 20th-century U.S. commander in chief? One tragedy forced him into the presidency and another drove him out.	Lyndon Johnson
1770	55. Hearings	What 1973 hearings demonstrated the power of the Senate to investigate presidential wrongdoing?	Watergate hearings
1771	24. Composers	This is about what composer? Under the pressure of his nearing isolation from the world of sound he voiced his despair in the 'Heiligenstadt Testament' and became increasingly eccentric, suspicious, and insulting.	Ludwig van Beethoven
1772	36. Psychological Disorders	An involuntary, habitual, repetitive, nonrhythmic convulsive motion of certain muscles such eye twitching, muscle tensing, blinking, or grimacing is called a ...	tic
1773	22. Fables	This is the first sentence of what beast fable? Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.	Animal Farm
1774	8. Aviators	The second-most famous flier in 1928 after Charles Lindbergh was what Kansas-born woman?	Amelia Earhart
1775	106. Heartburn	What kind of ringlike muscle between the esophagus and stomach remains closed except when swallowing, thus keeping stomach acids from backflowing into the esophagus?	sphincter
1776	103. Disasters	What natural disasters are directly associated with plate tectonics?	earthquakes (tsunamis)
1777	8. Ancient Fathers	Who was the father of the ancient military commander who established more than seventy cities, many of which were named Alexandria in his honor?	Philip of Macedon
1778	25. Natural Resources	In 1802, on islands off the west coast of South America, great deposits of a substance were found that proved useful in making fertilizers and explosives. Name this substance accumulated from the droppings of seabirds over thousands of years.	guano
1779	18. International Criticism	In a vote in 1963, the United Nations unanimously censured what nation for its policy of apartheid?	South Africa
1780	18. Amendments	This statement by Abigail Adams is most directly related to which amendment finally ratified in 1920? In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies.	19th Amendment
1781	5. Scandalous Swims	A tidal basin swim is associated with Fanne Fox and what former member of the House of Representatives from Arkansas?	Wilbur Mills
1782	113. Geographical Goofs	What is wrong with this statement made by the U.S. president in 2013? If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf - places like Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida - those ships are going to go someplace else.	These cities are on Atlantic coast.
1783	64. Historic Sites	The San Juan National Historic Site is located on what island that is a U.S. commonwealth?	Puerto Rico
1784	14. Agreements	Any legally enforceable agreement between two or more persons involving mutual promises to do or not to do something is a ...	contract
1785	82. Noun Clauses	The noun clause in this sentence is used in apposition with what word? We maintained the hope that the weather would be mild.	hope
1786	43. Ailments	It can be caused by a cold or an allergy. The most noticeable symptom of the ailment is hoarseness and even the temporary loss of voice. Name this ailment.	laryngitis
1787	32. Tales	Name the tale in which the hair of a character named Ichabod stood straight on end when he saw a stranger across the marsh holding his own head on the pommel.	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1788	57. Palindromes	What is the last word in this palindrome? Some men interpret nine ...	memos
1789	15. Forms of Government	In what system of government does the head of the government have the right to dissolve the current government and order new elections?	parliamentary system
1790	108. Bottled Water	In just the United States, 29 billion bottles of water are sold annually, requiring 17 million barrels of oil to make the plastic containers. To the nearest hundred, how many plastic water bottles can be made from one barrel of oil?	1700
1791	86. Calendars	Given that 1975, 1987, and 1999 were all the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese calendar, what will be the next Year of the Rabbit?	2011
1792	9. Algebraic Reasoning		If 2p equals 3, then 10p equals what?
1793	27. Colonial Births	The first English child born in America had the same first name as which colony?	Virginia
1794	8. Historical Eras	What is the name for that period in history between about 1760 and 1840 during which there was a transition from hand production to machines, an increase in the use of water and steam power, and the development of machine tools?	Industrial Revolution
1795	34. Operas	What opera by Richard Wagner is about one of the knights of the Round Table?	Parsifal
1796	112. Numbers	The largest composite number less than 37 is ..	36
1797	61. Sentence Parts	What is the simple predicate in this sentence? And pulseless and cold, with a Derringer by his side and a bullet in his heart, though still calm as in life, beneath the snow lay he who was at once the strongest and yet the weakest of the	outcasts of Poker Flat.
1798	30. Appropriations	Early in 1803, Congress appropriated $2500 for a military-scientific expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. Who was to be first in command of this adventure?	Meriwether Lewis
1799	119. Refugees	The phrase 'boat people' came into common use in the 1970s with the mass exodus of refugees from what Southeast Asian nation?	Vietnam (South Vietnam)
1800	2. Adaptations	Some arthropods are able to blend into the background through what kind of coloration?	protective
1801	50. Ocean Waves	When breakers crash onto a shore headlong, the water flows back beneath the new incoming waves creating a seaward pull of the receding water called ...	undertow
1802	97. Skills	In child development, gross motor skills include walking and running. What kind of skills include grasping small objects, drawing, and writing?	fine motor skills
1803	21. Prefixes	The prefix 'hemi' means what?	half
1804	Alt. 2. State Borders	To its west, Idaho borders what states?	Oregon, Washington
1805	81. Drums	In speaking of aggression, Arthur Koestler says the most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of what kind of drums?	war drums
1806	56. Numbers	Express as an ordinal the number of nights in 'The Arabian Nights' tales.	1001st
1807	33. Chemical Compounds	Compounds collectively known as lachrymators are used in what riot control agent?	tear gas
1808	9. Limericks	What is the last word in this ditty by Edward Gorey? There was a young woman named Plunnery Who rejoiced in the practice of gunnery, Till one day unobservant, She blew up a servant, And was forced to retire to a ...	nunnery
1809	de Dickens	What character in 'Great Expectations' teaches her adopted daughter to hate men?	Miss Havisham
1810	99. Biological Fuel	Like gasoline for a car, what sugar is the fuel for your body's cells?	glucose
1811	21. Pollution	What type of water pollution is caused by the disposal of waste heat from industry or power generation?	thermal (heat) pollution
1812	49. Horses	The horse was first introduced on a large scale into what is now the U.S. by what Spanish explorer who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola?	Francisco Coronado
1813	17. Gears	In a device with two gears, if the diameter of one is twice that of the other, what is the gear ratio?	2 to 1 (or 1 to 2)
1814	105. Sentence Errors	What one word is incorrectly used in this line? Of the two ridiculously expensive green sports cars, this is clearly the best.	best
1815	44. Fallbacks	In 1940, every available ship and boat in England was ordered to what site to help evacuate some 340,000 men across the English Channel?	Dunkirk
1816	28. Plant Anatomy	The apical meristem of a plant is located at both the tip of a shoot or stem and where else?	tip of a root
1817	27. Laws of Physics	Who developed the law of physics badly paraphrased below? Something just lying there will stay there unless something comes along and moves it.	Isaac Newton
1818	43. Bird Allusions	What bird is associated with derision?	mockingbird
1819	86. Sunburn	What degree of sunburn does a person have whose reddish skin has some small, fluid-filled blisters?	second degree
1820	114. Enduring Events	To what international event does the pronoun in this recent passage refer? They have survived two World Wars and a cold one, not to mention mismanagement, terrorism, professionalism, drug abuse, and overcommercialization.	Olympics
1821	34. Legal Positions	Complete this line by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose ...	begins
1822	81. Sinkings	In 1919, almost the entire fleet of what country was intentionally scuttled by their crews?	Germany
1823	85. Prejudice	Anti-Semitism is prejudice against what people?	Jews (Semites)
1824	96. Black Holes	By definition, the escape velocity from a black hole must be greater than the ...	speed of light
1825	110. Sunken Ships	The wreck of what ship that once carried Fletcher Christian and William Bligh is still visible underwater just off Pitcairn Island in Bounty Bay?	the Bounty
1826	45. Friction	Of the two fundamental kinds of friction, which is greater?	static friction
1827	50. Perimeters	What is the ratio of the perimeters of two equilateral triangles if the sides are 8 and 20?	2to5
1828	124. Desert Dwellers	For 20,000 years, the San Bushmen with their click language have lived in what African desert?	Kalahari Desert
1829	122. Milestone Documents	What word follows 'forever' in this line from a 19th-century document? That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever ... f	Tee
1830	23. Confederate Captives	In 1865, Union troops in Georgia captured what Confederate president?	Jefferson Davis
1831	122. Hymn Tropes	What are the two metaphors in these lines from a hymn? A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing.	fortress, bulwark
1832	7. Legislative Tactics	What tactic was illustrated when Huey Long spoke before the Senate for 15 hours and 30 minutes, urging continued Senate confirmation for senior employees of the National Recovery Administration and describing his favorite recipes?	filibuster
1833	47. Eastern Europe	Formerly a republic of the USSR, it declared its independence in 1991. Name this nation bordered by Ukraine to the south, east, and north, and Romania to the west.	Moldova
1834	78. Earth's Crust	The two types of crust on the Earth are continental and what other?	oceanic
1835	74. Skeletal Homonyms	Spell the name of a bone in the arm that is a homonym for a word meaning 'funny' or 'comical.'	humerus
1836	14. Forests	In what state are the Ocala, Choctawhatchee, Apalachicola, and Osceola national forests located?	Florida
1837	79. Rights	Under the terms of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, American citizens have some protection from what agency of the federal government?	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
1838	67. Parodies	This is from a parody of what John Keats poem? My head aches, my hangover remains, my sense as though a quart of gas I drunk or chugged some kitchen cleanser to the drains. An hours passed, I know that I am sunk, I'm not in envious or happy lot.	Ode to a Nightingale
1839	6. Tsunamis	The tsunami in 2004 that killed an estimated 230,000 people was triggered by an earthquake beneath what ocean?	Indian Ocean
1840	33. Tree History	What coniferous evergreen was discovered in America's Pacific Northwest by Scottish botanist David Douglas?	Douglas fir
1841	35. Legal Documents	What document filed with the state or county health department lists a mother and father and contains the place, date, and time of a child's entry into the world?	birth certificate
1842	121. Symptom Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this mention of a skin disorder? My son has whelps all over.	welts
1843	3. U.S. Regions	The region known as the Bay Area is around what bay?	San Francisco Bay
1844	18. Regions	The Grand Banks is known as the foggiest place on Earth. The reason is that in this region, the cold waters of the Labrador Current meet the warm waters of what other current?	Gulf Stream
1845	74. Air	Air suitable for the survival of terrestrial plants and animals is available only in which layer of the atmosphere?	troposphere
1846	27. Tails	This line is from a John Updike poem. The sky was dramatic with great straggling V's of geese streaming south, mare's-tails above them. What are mare's-tails?	(cirrus) clouds
1847	65. History of Science	He placed two barrels of wine on a ship. One had been heated. After ten months, the heated wine was still perfect while the other was spoiled. What Frenchman performed this experiment?	Louis Pasteur
1848	46. Ocean Currents	Deep ocean currents are driven by two gradients including temperature and what else?	density
1849	57. Black Stuff	Name the soft, black, hexagonally crystallized allotrope of carbon with a metallic luster and a greasy feel.	graphite
1850	47. Disasters	This is about a conflagration in what city? The fire broke out in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in 1666 and burned for three days and three nights. Much of the city was destroyed, including the old Gothic cathedral of St. Paul's.	London
1851	38. Languages	Name either of the two Romance languages common on the Iberian Peninsula.	Portuguese, Spanish
1852	50. Squares	An integer is a perfect square if it is the square of an	integer
1853	Extra 1. Crime	The theft of branded livestock is what crime?	rustling
1854	97. Novels	In a story by Patricia MacLachlan, when the widowed farmer, Jacob Witting, places a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride to help him with his children, what is the first name of the woman from Maine who travels to Kansas to join them?	Sarah
1855	122. Unnatural Catastrophes	This is about what city? Exploding with a force equal to 20,000 tons of TNT, Little Boy instantly killed some 80,000 of the 320,000 people in the city and leveled more than half of the buildings.	Hiroshima
1856	10. Materials Science	What is the name for materials formed by trapping countless gas bubbles in a solid or liquid?	foam
1857	35. Explorers	What Scottish explorer is credited as being the first European to reach the Niger River?	Mungo Park
1858	47. Chemical Tests	You add Fehling's solution A and solution B to a test tube containing a mixture of apple and orange juice. When you heat the test tube, what color is produced?	orange
1859	19. Water	Which element is associated with water hardness?	calcium (magnesium)
1860	58. Codes	The airport code LAX refers to what city in California?	Los Angeles
1861	61. Homographs	What homograph can mean 'to throw water out' or 'money paid for a person's release from jail'?	bail
1862	Alt. 3. Meteorites	Of the three broad classifications of meteorites, which applies to highly metallic ones?	iron meteorites (siderites)
1863	92. Economic Concepts	What do economists describe as the excess of revenues over costs?	profit
1864	15. Ancient Rulers	From 1122 to 249 B.C., the Chou Dynasty controlled what country?	China
1865	124. Theater	While the main character was delivering her soliloquy, another actor toward the rear of the stage was reacting to the speech by making faces and emitting strange noises, drawing the audience's attention to himself. What is this called?	upstaging
1866	53. Allusions	What American dramatist alluded to this biblical passage in the title of one of his plays? My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.	Thornton Wilder
1867	14. Monarchs	By their names, you can surmise that these were monarchs of what country? Inge Baardsson Svein Knutsson Erik Haraldsson Sigurd Magnusson	Norway
1868	49. European Lakes	Lake Constance separates Germany and Austria from what other country?	Switzerland
1869	13. Lakes	What lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont, and southern Quebec was named after the French explorer who served as commandant of New France in 1612 and Governor of Quebec in 1633?	Lake Champlain
1870	105. Shapes	The top of an obelisk has the shape of what solid figure?	pyramid
1871	111. Disasters	This is about a disaster that devastated what American city in the early 20th century? The hills rolled like great billows and cracked open, houses sank between seven and eight feet in places. All the big cheap lodging houses collapsed with all the people in them. Then the fire which started in one hundred places at once quickly burnt-up the dead and injured.	San Francisco
1872	105. International Relations	In 1973, the U.S. and what Caribbean nation signed an anti-hijacking agreement?	Cuba
1873	70. Spiritual Experimentation	What one-time Harvard lecturer had these nicknames because of his experiments with hallucinogens? Chemical Messiah Supersalesman of the Turned-on Generation Guru of LSD	Timothy Leary
1874	62. Unemployment	A temporary dismissal or suspension of workers is a ...	layoff
1875	68. Marine Plants	Found in cool coastal waters where sunlight can penetrate to a rocky seabed is what seaweed that can grow 300 feet in a single year?	kelp
1876	1. Space Views	Identify the only living structure on Earth visible from the Moon.	Great Barrier Reef
1877	39. Dams	Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete dam in the U.S. It is in what state?	Washington
1878	Alt. 3. Africa	These African cities are adjacent to what body of water? Dakar, Freetown, Luanda, Rabat, Monrovia	Atlantic Ocean
1879	31. Inaugural Speeches	What organization is missing in this quote from Lincoln's first inaugural address? If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the ----, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.	Supreme Court
1880	26. The Colonial Period	What two states were formed from the land between the colonies of Georgia and Virginia?	North Carolina, South Carolina
1881	de Thunderstorms	What noun describes the line of heavy thunderstorms that advances just ahead of a fast-moving cold front?	squall
1882	66. Handling the Dead	In what kind of facility are human corpses temporarily stored awaiting identification, removal for autopsy, or disposal?	morgue (mortuary)
1883	8. Art Materials	What substance used for carving consists mostly of dentin and cementum?	ivory
1884	41. Boat Rentals	Beanie and Cecil rent a boat for a total cost of $300.00. Beanie used it for 18 days and Cecil used it for 36 days. How much should Beanie pay for his share of the rent?	$100.00
1885	49. Density	Water is most dense at what Celsius temperature?	4 degrees C
1886	22. Composers	'Phonic' is an anagram for what French composer and pianist whose works were largely based on traditional Polish dance themes?	Chopin
1887	32. Fictional Quotes	What fictional character says this? I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore.	Robinson Crusoe
1888	48. Color	Alternating blue and yellow parallel lines of equal width drawn close together appear as what color when held at a modest distance?	green
1889	48. Modular Arithmetic	What are the two smallest integers that will make this statement of congruence true?	x + 25 is congruent to 3 in mod 7
1890	3. Dangerous Sports	What event has the highest injury rate of any rodeo sport?	bull riding
1891	74. Rulers	What is a collective name for the type of rulers illustrated by these men? Francisco Franco Mustapha Kemal Benito Mussolini Juan Peron Joseph Stalin	dictator (despot, tyrant)
1892	2. Empires	At its height in the 16th century, the empire of what European nation included the island of Cape Verde, Madeira, the Azores, the Moluccas, and narrow strips of land on the east and west coasts of Africa?	Portugal
1893	40. Poetic Settings	What town is the site of the baseball game in the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer?	Mudville
1894	84. Regional Attire	Name the leather belt, especially popular in the Southwest, to which many large silver medallions are affixed.	concha (concho) belt
1895	91. Alcoholic Beverages	If a bottle of gin is labeled 84 proof, it contains what percent alcohol by volume?	42
1896	81. Chinese History	The Xia, Shang, Zhou, Han, Tan, Ming, and Manchu leaders in China were all what kind of successions of tulers from the same family?	dynasties
1897	36. Literary Clubs	These are American literary societies devoted to what author? Red-Headed League of Westtown, Pennsylvania Hounds of the Baskervilles of Chicago	Arthur Conan Doyle
1898	10. Journalism	Name the time that a story must be submitted in order to be included in a newspaper edition.	deadline
1899	61. Medians	The medians of a triangle meet at a point which is what fraction of the distance from any vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side?	2/3
1900	102. Airplanes	Name the airplane of the U.S. president.	Air Force One
1901	82. Injuries	What is the general name for injuries to organs such as the liver, pancreas, stomach or lungs that involve significant blood loss?	internal bleeding
1902	61. Hostages	Fifty-two American hostages held by followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini were finally released on the last day of whose presidency?	Jimmy Carter's
1903	9. Bones	The outer and more slender of the two bones of the shin is the ...	fibula
1904	19. Crimes	What crime is associated with Julio Iglesias’ father, Frank Sinatra's son, J. Paul Getty's grandson, Aldo Moro, Adolph Coors III, Patty Hearst, and Charles Lindbergh II?	kidnapping
1905	10. Winds	At the tropopause, almost the entire flow of air is west-to-east. This westerly flow is not uniform and contains narrow cores of high-velocity winds called what?	jet streams
1906	25. Ireland	Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland which encompasses about five sixths of the island and Northern Ireland which is part of what other country?	United Kingdom (Great Britain)
1907	28. Communications History	In the 15th century, printing with movable type was invented by a man of what nationality?	German
1908	100. Vestigial Structures	The human coccyx is a remnant of what anatomical structure present in other mammals?	tail
1909	122. Tornadoes	What can be said about the air pressure in a tornado?	It is low.
1910	91. State Histories	What two U.S. states were admitted in 1912?	Arizona, New Mexico
1911	37. Decades	This poem refers to what American decade? Remember when hippy meant big in the hips, And a trip involved travel in cars, planes and ships?	1960s
1912	30. Thanksgiving Doggerel	What term for the upper portion of the human leg is missing from this ditty? May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey be plump, May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious and your pies take the prize, And may Thanksgiving dinner stay off your ...	- = thighs
1913	56. Fleets	What was the color of the squadron of 16 battleships sent by Theodore Roosevelt on a round-the-world tour in 1907?	white
1914	124. Nomination Conventions	Name the type of convention that occurs when no presidential candidate has enough pledged delegates to win the nomination and unpledged or superdelegates end up making the final choice.	brokered convention
1915	73. The Whiz	What group in American government became 'Eight Old Men and a Whizzer' when Byron White joined their ranks?	Supreme Court
1916	94. Insects	Name the primary olfactory sensors of insects.	antennae
1917	109. Opinion Polls	Political parties often measure public sentiment with opinion polls. The questions to be answered by the poll may be asked directly by interviewers or may be in what printed form?	questionnaire
1918	125. Nutritious Fruits	It contains twice as much protein as the same volume of milk, more than 3 times as much fat, nearly 10 times as much carbohydrate, 3 times as much vitamins A, B, and C, and more than twice as many calories. Name this pear-shaped fruit from a tropical American tree.	avocado
1919	106. Famed Mosques	Today, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is the fourth holiest site of Islam after Mecca, Medina, and what shrine in Jerusalem?	Dome of the Rock
1920	15. Nautical Poetry	This is from what poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes? Oh better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave.	Old lronsides
1921	73. Antecedents	What word is the antecedent in this statement? Remember that pronouns agree with their antecedents in gender, number, and person.	pronouns
1922	31. South America	What South American country was named after a nationalist leader known as the Liberator?	Bolivia
1923	71. Essays	Eighty-five essays comprise 'The Federalist.' At least fifty-one of these papers were written by whom?	Alexander Hamilton
1924	32. Space Weaving	The name of an American spacecraft shares what name with the instrument with which a weaver passes the thread?	shuttle
1925	5. Waves	What kind of interference results when two waves are enough out of phase to partially or completely cancel each other?	destructive interference
1926	95. Ravaging the Natives	As was the case with so many New World Indians, the population of Australian aborigines was dramatically reduced, perhaps halved, by what disease that Europeans brought to the continent?	smallpox
1927	34. Legends	This is about what legendary beings? They sit and comb their long golden hair and sing so sweetly that the bewitched sailors let their ships crash against the rocks.	mermaids (Sirens)
1928	103. Clauses	Which category of clauses expresses a complete thought?	main (independent) clause
1929	98. Injuries	What type of superficial wound usually results when exposed skin contacts a rough surface, causing a grinding or rubbing away of the upper part of the epidermis?	abrasion
1930	35. Disease Vectors	Tularemia is often contracted through the bite of what kind of parasitic arachnid?	tick
1931	59. Weathering	Name the sommon material resulting from the combination of the products of weathering and decaying organic material.	soil
1932	25. General's Dispatches	The name of what river completes this dispatch by General George McClellan intended to steady the nerves of Washingtonians after the Union defeat at Bull Run? All quiet along the ...	Potomac
1933	122. Song Parodies	This is a parody of what Elvis song? I bought a wiener from the vendor He put it on a bun But I had to take it back cuz The wiener wasn't done Return to vendor Hot dog undone Not enough mustard Soggv bun	Return to Sender
1934	25. Economics	What term in business refers to the lowering or reduction of a price?	discount
1935	10. Suffixes	The three similar noun suffixes that mean 'person	who' are spelled 'eer,' 'er,' and how else?
1936	30. Aviation	As the plane came in for a landing, the air traffic controller said, 'Pig Sty One, you are cleared for runway 3.' After the plane landed, the pilot walked up to the controller and said, 'We had the governor of Montana on board and it's not Pig Sty One.' What was the actual name of the aircraft?	Big Sky One
1937	29. Lyrics	This is from a song in what musical? When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars.	Hair
1938	64. Prisons	What prison used mainly for captured Union officers was in Richmond, Virginia?	Libby Prison
1939	9. Small States	Name the second-smallest U.S. state.	Delaware
1940	2. Angular Velocity	If a crater on a moon moves 20 degrees in four hours, what is the moon's period of rotation?	72 hours
1941	113. Earthquakes	Name the scale which measures earthquake magnitude on a logarithmic scale.	Richter scale
1942	79. Sentence Analysis	What are the predicate nominatives in this line? A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun which follows the verb and describes or renames the subject.	noun, pronoun
1943	100. Machines	What kind of simple machine may have only one sloping plane as in a carpenter's plane or two as in a knife blade?	wedge
1944	71. Fossils	The world's most colorful and largest collection of petrified wood is in a national park in what state?	Arizona
1945	46. Sports Doggerel	Who said these things in 1962? -I'll say it again, I've said it before, Archie Moore will fall in four. -He knocks them all out in the round he'll call, And that's why he's called the greatest of all.	Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
1946	17. South America	Chile is one of the two South American countries that does not share a border with Brazil. Name the other.	Ecuador
1947	da Renaissance Scientists	Leonardo da Vinci's aerial screw was a predecessor of what modern vehicle?	helicopter
1948	21. Civil Service	Abraham Lincoln pointed out the dangers inherent in what system whereby government jobs were regularly filled with supporters of the party in power rather than on the basis of merit?	spoils system (patronage)
1949	68. Astronomy	Extragalactic indicates a region outside what galaxy?	Milky Way
1950	28. State Fossils	The state fossil of South Dakota is what herbivorous dinosaur with a large horn above either eye, a smaller horn on the nose, and a bony plate covering the neck?	triceratops
1951	66. Boxing History	Bare-knuckle boxing had its last and most memorable bout in 1889 when Jake Kilrain was finally knocked out in the 75th round of the U.S. heavyweight championship by whom?	John L. Sullivan
1952	92. Poem Pieces	These lines are all from what Robert Frost poem? What good is he? He's worn out. He's asleep beside the stove. He just kept nodding off. He meant to clear the upper pasture. 'Dead,' was all he answered.	The Death of the Hired Man
1953	17. Clots	The formation of a blood clot in an artery that supplies the brain is called a cerebral ...	thrombosis (occlusion)
1954	67. Punishments	The caning or whipping with the cat used on 18th-century sailing ships was a kind of corporal punishment called ...	flogging
1955	36. Colonists	Name the group of French Protestants who settled mainly in the Carolinas.	Huguenots
1956	25. Forms of Journalism	Tabloids carry on the tradition of what kind of sensationalist reporting associated with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?	yellow journalism
1957	13. Perspective	With one-point perspective, vertical, horizontal, or orthogonal lines are drawn toward what point?	vanishing point
1958	24. Colonial Towns	In 1630, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded what town that grew into a city of 20,000 within the next fifteen years?	Boston
1959	17. Stores	Small retail shops open long hours that stock items such as staple groceries, snacks, film, and magazines are what kind of stores?	convenience stores
1960	74. Peak Places	The tallest mountain in the lower 48 states is located in what national park named for a kind of tree?	Sequoia National Park
1961	114. Rolling Balls	To the nearest whole number, a ball with a 20-inch diameter rolls how far in three rotations?	188 inches
1962	69. Blood	Name the process by which blood forms clots.	coagulation (thrombogenesis)
1963	27. Snakes	The common name for what snake of the American Southeast is a reference to its white mouth that becomes visible when it gapes to frighten predators or prepare for a strike?	cottonmouth
1964	45. Literary Techniques	What technique is illustrated in this line by Thomas Hood? O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!	antithesis
1965	29. Astronomy	An astronomer looking at the diffuse gaseous component of the head of a comet is looking at the ...	coma
1966	10. Offensives	The last desperate German offensive occurred in 1944. Name this battle.	Battle of the Bulge (the Ardennes Forest)
1967	29. Wordplay	What is the name for the words in these two example sentences that are spelled exactly alike? -I subject my audience to elation when the subject of fishing comes up. -When our hero was close to the castle, they decided to close the gates.	heteronyms
1968	34. Music Logarithms	The next C above middle C has a standard frequency of 512 vibrations per second. The next C above has a frequency of how many vibrations per second?	1024
1969	42. Change Agents	Name the two chief agents of metamorphism.	pressure, heat
1970	13. Ancient Time Periods	Eight Olympiads encompass how many years?	32
1971	90. Ceramic Limericks	What ceramics term completes this limerick? On this clay's classy surface (it's glazed) Is a maze of small cracks (I'm amazed!) Are these flaws in the glass? Is this art, or a farce? No, it's porcelain, crackled or ...	crazed
1972	Zi Outlaws	Billy the Kid's life of crime began in the territory that became what state?	New Mexico
1973	23. Bad Times	In the 1930s, newspapers covering park-bench indigents were Hoover blankets, trucks pulled by mules were Hoover wagons, pockets emptied and inside out were Hoover flags, and shanty towns were called ...	Hoovervilles
1974	21. Music Talk	What musical term has these meanings? -a group of singers -a composition for a group of singers -a refrain sung by everyone	chorus
1975	2. Ecology	Rarely consisting of more than six levels because the amount of energy passed on diminishes at each stage, what is the phrase for a food pathway that links different species in a community?	food chain
1976	45. Science History	Ernest Rutherford shot alpha particles at a thin gold foil and unexpectedly found that some bounced backward. He concluded that there was a small dense body in an atom capable of deflecting fast-moving particles. What did he call this body?	nucleus
1977	87. Force	Name the force that is transmitted through a string, rope, cable, or wire when it is pulled tight from opposite ends.	tension
1978	100. British Naval History	Used by the Royal Navy during the 18th and early 19th centuries, the act of seizing people to serve aboard warships is called ...	impressment
1979	47. Astronomy	An astronomer looking at the diffuse gaseous component of the head of a comet is looking at the ...	coma
1980	71. Authors	Who wrote these novels? Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower Hornblower and the Hotspur Hornblower and the Atropos Commodore Hornblower	C.S. Forester
1981	62. Bygone Birds	Since there had not been a confirmed sighting of the Alaotra Grebe in 25 years, in 2010 it was declared what?	extinct
1982	27. Personifications	What did Emma Lazarus personify as a woman and the 'Mother of Exiles'?	United States (America)
1983	98. Solvents	What is the solvent in an aqueous solution?	water
1984	43. Propellers	Red's number two engine on his DC-3 just went out. He immediately changed the pitch on its propeller to reduce drag on the aircraft. Name this kind of pitch adjustment.	feathering
1985	74. Europe	What country has the longest coastline on the Aegean Sea?	Greece
1986	78. Prepositions	What is the first preposition in 'America the Beautiful'?	for
1987	17. Communism	Immediately following the revolution in Russia there was a panic in the U.S. that communism would continue to spread in this country. This was the ---- scare.	Red
1988	88. Writing	What literary technique is illustrated here? Jill wished she could rid herself of the sick feeling in her stomach that told her something terrible was just around the corner.	foreshadowing
1989	16. Meteorology	Meteorologists use what term in reference to the horizontal distance over which you can see a prominent object under various weather conditions?	visibility
1990	79. Shared Awards	The Nobel Peace Prize was shared in 1993 by Nelson Mandela and what South African president?	F.W. de Klerk
1991	45. Proverbs	How is this proverb usually stated? Soporific canines should be allowed to remain in a prone position.	Let sleeping dogs lie.
1992	49. Meteorology	A 'brown cloud' is associated with what form of atmospheric pollution?	smog
1993	35. Animal Classification	These creatures all belong to what class of vertebrates? armadillo, flying fox, anteater, pika, narwhal	mammal
1994	Alt. 1. Jefferson	Complete this line by Thomas Jefferson on the topic of agriculture. In Europe, the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant. Here, it is to make the most of our labor, ...	land being abundant
1995	2. Ozone	What is the mass of a mole of ozone?	48
1996	21. Physiology	What in the body has these characteristics? -synthesized by living cells -effective in minute quantities -secreted into the bloodstream and transported by the circulatory system -acts on a target organ distant from the site where it was synthesized -regulates a physiological function	hormone
1997	37. Energy	This is about what type of energy resource? In Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and Iceland, steam or superheated water trapped in layers of hot volcanic rock is piped out to turbines that generate electricity.	geothermal
1998	118. Viscosity	How does the viscosity of ocean water compare to that of pure water?	It is higher.
1999	42. Bishops	What is the title of the Bishop of Rome as Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church?	pope
2000	5 Soil	What part of the soil was stripped away in the southern Great Plains during the 1930s, creating the Dust Bowl?	topsoil (A horizon)
2001	105. Marine Zoology	The bodies of what marine invertebrates are riddled with pores that filter out food particles from the water passing through?	sponges
2002	31. Stars	Alpha Ari and Beta Ari are the two brightest stars in what zodiacal constellation?	Aries
2003	34. Astronomical Events	The closest one ever observed was in 1604 and it was visible to the naked eye. In 2009, astronomers reported seeing two of them some 18 billion light years away. Name these humongous astronomical explosions.	supernovae
2004	16. Hemispheric Travel	A person traveling exactly halfway around the world along the 36th parallel of latitude would cover how many degrees of longitude?	180 degrees
2005	62. Jargon	In medical jargon, 'a therapeutic misadventure' or 'a diagnostic misadventure of high magnitude' is a euphemism for medical ...	malpractice
2006	3. Foreign Vocabulary	What is the British term for two weeks?	fortnight
2007	93. Steam Engines	Many early steam engines exploded because the iron used to build them could not withstand high pressures. What stronger, harder alloy of iron and carbon enabled more durable steam engines to be built?	steel
2008	23. Tombs	At the Vatican, whose tomb is beneath the altar of the world's largest church?	St. Peter's
2009	da Sea Monsters	Name the Jules Verne novel that opens with discussions of a mysterious monster gleaming with light that had sunk many vessels.	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2010	104. Getting Directions	For navigation, the direction to some point from the ship is called a what?	bearing
2011	48. Congress	The Constitution requires Congress to assemble at least how many times in a decade?	ten times
2012	119. Physics	Which states of matter are fluids?	liquid, gas
2013	78. Sols	Fog is an example of a liquid dispersed in what phase of matter?	a gas
2014	43. Grammatical Mood	What grammatical mood is illustrated by the first line of the Gettysburg Address?	indicative
2015	56. Presidential Visitations	What U.S. president visited Panama in 1906 to personally assess progress on the canal?	Theodore Roosevelt
2016	LOT. Recluses	What literary recluse of Walden Pond did not approve of slavery or the Mexican War?	Henry Thoreau
2017	25. The Carter Presidency	An agreement involving what two nations is considered Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement as president?	Egypt, Israel
2018	21. Acids	All acids turn litmus paper what color?	red (pink)
2019	38. Russian Art	This statement refers to what kind of dolls? l used to like Russian dolls until I realized they were full of themselves.	nested (nesting, matryoshka, babushka) dolls
2020	57. Debate	A piece of evidence or a quote that is read to support an argument during a debate is called a ...	card
2021	52. The Dramatic Stage	In a diagram of a typical stage, for what do the abbreviations UR and UL stand?	upstage right, upstage left
2022	2. Alliances	In the acronym, NATO, for what does the letter N stand?	North
2023	118. Habitats	Noted for their distinct animal species such as the giant land tortoise, the flightless cormorant, and the marine iguana, name these islands off South America's western coast.	Galapagos Islands
2024	71. Water	Surface tension is one of the two phenomena that cause rainwater drops to collect into drops at the ends of pine needles. What is the other that is somewhat like 'stickiness' between two different substances?	adhesion
2025	33. Monarchs	Who is the queen of Australia?	Queen Elizabeth Il
2026	10. Historic Routes	What early road in California linked twenty-one missions and four presidios from San Diego to Sonoma?	El Camino Real (The King's Highway)
2027	63. Conics	This equation describes which conic section? 4(x squared) - y squared = 36	hyperbola
2028	22. European Geography	Because they are low-lying lands, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium were called the Low what?	Countries
2029	Ts Obituaries	This is from whose obituary? Died, at Mount Vernon on Saturday evening, the widow of the late illustrious General George Washington. To those amiable and Christian virtues, which adorn the female character, the added dignity of manners, superiority of understanding, a mind intelligent and elevated, the silence of respectful grief is out best eulogy.	Martha Washington
2030	28. Cinema	What is the title of the person responsible for negotiating contracts on behalf of an actor?	agent (manager)
2031	da Mediterranean Isles	Name the largest and most populous of the Greek islands.	Crete
2032	52. Genetic Diseases	Albinism is a genetic disorder which results in a lack of skin what?	pigment (pigmentation, color)
2033	76. U.S. Poetry	This is from what poem? And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride In her sepulcher there by the sea - In her tomb by the side of the sea.	Annabel Lee
2034	44. Mass Media	In the course of a single hour, his Martians landed on Earth, constructed some deadly heat-ray machines, defeated the American Army, and occupied large sections of the country. Name this stage and radio actor of the 1930s who panicked thousands.	Orson Welles
2035	44. Chemical Compounds	What common chemical compound consists of 3 atoms of oxygen and 2 atoms of iron?	rust (iron oxide)
2036	46. Electricity	When an electrical conductor is moved in a magnetic field, a current will flow in it. This generation of electromotive force in a closed circuit is called ...	induction
2037	111. Plumb Tuckered Out	Name the feeling of exhaustion or weariness resulting from prolonged exertion.	fatigue
2038	11. Music	A septet is a composition for seven voices or instruments. What is a composition for eight?	octet
2039	2. Stupid Opinions	In 2006, the right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced by an Austrian court to three years in prison for denying what World War II genocide of European Jews?	the Holocaust
2040	15. Elections	What do qualified voters not have to do in an open primary election in contrast to a closed primary?	declare party affilation
2041	15. Keyboards	On most computer keyboards, there are keys with labels like 'F7' and 'F12.' For what does the 'F' stand?	function
2042	88. Medical Proverbs	What word is missing in this proverb? A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a ---- hand.	lady's
2043	38. Navigation	A ship leaves the Isle of Crete and travels along a compass heading of 80 degrees. Ultimately this ship will make land in what North African country?	Egypt
2044	29. Ancient Oceans	What name meaning 'all sea' means the ancient sea that once surrounded Pangaea?	Panthalassa
2045	7. Moving Water	A pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity, is called an ...	aqueduct
2046	58. Geography	These are names of what? Robinson Peters Molleweide Mercator azimuthal homolosine sinusoidal	map projections
2047	10. Industrialists	Charles Goodyear is credited as the first to do what to rubber?	vulcanize it (cure it)
2048	68. Diameters	In a circle, one radius equals 3n - 10 feet. Another radius equals n + 2 feet. In feet, what is the length of the diameter?	16 feet
2049	116. Fictional Sleuths	Edward Stratemeyer created two inquisitive young heroes named Frank and Joe. What is their last name?	Hardy (as in Hardy Boys)
2050	53. Uncommon Careers	These folks participated in what illegal activity? John Andre Nathan Hale Alger Hiss Ethel Rosenberg Mata Hari Allan Pinkerton	spying (espionage)
2051	da Battles	These were major engagements of what war that lasted from 1337 to 1453? Crecy, Sluys, Agincourt, Calais, Poitiers	Hundred Years' War
2052	19. Fantasies	What state name is in the title of a book published in 1889 by Mark Twain in which the author explores the ironies of human nature and existence by placing a Northern industrialist back in the days of chivalry?	Connecticut
2053	111. Unusual Statements	This is an example of what kind of statement? In this village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else.	paradox
2054	104. Contemporary Conundrums	What is the phrase for the position of those who oppose abortion and believe that a fetus is a person?	right to life
2055	45. Legal Vocabulary	What legal term rhyming with 'infest' means 'to bear witness or certify'?	attest
2056	82. Legends	According to legend, William Tell's defiance of Hermann Gessler sparked the revolution that led to the independence of what country?	Switzerland
2057	13. Colonial Real Estate	Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians that became what state?	Rhode Island
2058	63. Chemical Tests	What kind of chemical test will immediately and conclusively tell you if a solution is or is not an acid?	litmus test
2059	22. Headline History	This headline appeared in what month of 1941? Hawaii, Manila Bombed. 350 Dead.	December
2060	30. Music Appreciation	What cry of approbation by an audience originated in Italy?	bravo
2061	94. Criticism	This is about what American short story author? He wrote too much and too fast. He was also addicted to the surprise ending, a type of story that delighted the readers of his day but has long since been out of fashion.	O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
2062	9. Texas Towns	What Texas city is on the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo?	Laredo
2063	39. Greek Myths	How are these beings collectively known? Urania, Thalia, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Euterpe, Clio, Calliope	Muses
2064	49. Optimists	The fictional Pollyanna Whittier, an exceedingly optimistic orphan, likes to play what game in which she attempts to find happy aspects in any situation?	Glad Game
2065	26. Great Debates	In the Webster-Hayne debate of 1830, Robert Hayne championed what concept that a state had the right to refuse recognition or enforcement of federal laws?	nullification
2066	18. Insects	Mosquitoes, gnats, and midges belong to the order Diptera. Insects of this order have a single pair of wings and are commonly referred to collectively as what?	flies
2067	21. Thinking Green	Substances that can be broken down by microorganisms into simple, stable compounds such as carbon dioxide and water are described by what adjective?	biodegradable
2068	Ts Ruminants	Food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth of a ruminant such as a giraffe, cow, or goat is the ...	cud
2069	118. Local Government	These are generally functions of what level of local government in the U.S.? -controlling election records and supervising elections -maintaining records on births, deaths, and marriages -maintaining property records -providing rural law enforcement	county
2070	40. Geology	In ten million years, part of California will be out at sea, Florida will join South America, and Africa will move farther away from Europe. The phenomenon responsible for these movements is continental ...	drift
2071	2 Women Warriors	Although captured by allies of the British, tried for witchcraft, and burned at the stake, she was later named by the Catholic church as a saint. Who was she?	Joan of Arc
2072	101. Nation Etymology	The conjunctive name for what southern European country was partly derived from the name of a river in the region and partly from the German title of nobility, 'Herzog,' which means duke?	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2073	80. Lift	Lift on an airplane wing occurs because the air is flowing ---- across the upper surface than the lower.	faster (farther)
2074	18. Seaside Countries	Name the geographically largest country bordering the Aegean Sea.	Turkey
2075	82. Outlaws	He was a leader in the Lincoln County cattle war of New Mexico. Name this desperado whose career of cattle rustling brought his score of murders to 21 before he was killed by the sheriff.	Billy the Kid
2076	26. Years	These are some of the years in the 12-year calendar cycle of what country? -year of the rat -year of the ox -year of the tiger -year of the rabbit -year of the dragon	China
2077	74. Lofty States	A person successfully taken through these steps attains what? informal phase, investigative phase, evaluation and judgment phase, the miracle process, beatification, canonization	sainthood
2078	5. Monarchs	What 15th-century Spanish queen signed the Treaty of Tordesillas that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal?	Isabella
2079	23. Unusual Professions	These people were excellent performers in what form of entertainment? Philippe Petit Karl Wallenda	tight-rope walking
2080	41. Organized Crime	People targeted for murder by the Mafia are on what kind of list?	hit list
2081	122. Puns	Complete this anecdote with a pun of a name. Mark Twain at one time was arrested but got off scot-free as the judge was in a good mood. He decided to offer Samuel Langhorne ...	clemency
2082	44. Ancient Emperors	This is about what Macedonian leader? When he died of a fever in Babylon in 323 B.C., he had assembled, in a dozen years, the largest empire the world had known.	Alexander the Great
2083	38. Misapprehensions	The Aztecs mistook what conquistador for Quetzalcoatl?	Cortes
2084	11. Inventions	These were invented during what century? steam pump mill-rolled iron power loom hard paste porcelain	18th century
2085	16. Monuments	Because of money problems and the Civil War, work was temporarily suspended on what monument in the District of Columbia that eventually reached a height of 555 feet?	Washington Monument
2086	37. Short Stories	This is from what story by O. Henry? 'Dell,' said he, 'let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.	The Gift of the Magi
2087	66. Heat Transfer	Name the primary means by which heat is transferred from Earth's core to its crust.	convection
2088	16. Tragedies	This is about whom? A little after midnight in June of 1968, it became clear that he had won California and South Dakota. As he walked through a kitchen passageway at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, he was fatally wounded.	Robert Kennedy
2089	15. Air Masses	The leading edge of a moving cold air mass is a cold what?	front
2090	24. Wiring	In an electrical outlet, the black wire usually connected to the right side of an electrical outlet is the hot wire carrying 120 volts. What is the voltage of the	other side connected to a white wire?
2091	70. Musicals	These songs appear in what Broadway musical? People Will Say We're in Love The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Oklahoma!
2092	26. Heavenly Neighbors	What name is given to the member of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system that is about one-tenth of a light year closer to the Sun than its two partners?	Proxima Centauri
2093	81. Metamorphic Rock	What two categories of rock can become metamorphic rock?	igneous, sedimentary
2094	22. Construction	Name the metal or fabric strips installed at the edges of doors and windows to reduce heat loss.	weather stripping
2095	46. Political Etymology	The term for what political ideology is derived from a Greek word meaning 'without a ruler'?	anarchy
2096	13. Nuclear Accidents	Only two nuclear accidents have been classified as level 7 events. One was the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. Name the site of the other in the Ukraine.	Chernobyl
2097	123. Oceans	The Davis Strait provides a route between what two oceans?	Atlantic, Arctic
2098	28. Polyps	Colonies of polyps produce a limestone formation called ...	coral
2099	20. Frescoes	'Creation of Eve with Ezekiel,' 'God Gathering the Waters,' 'Persian Sibyl,' and 'God Creating the Sun, Moon, and Planets' are among the frescoes found on the ceiling of what chapel?	Sistine Chapel
2100	76. The Restless Earth	Fossils of Mesosaurus, a small aquatic reptile, and of Glossopteris, an ancient plant species, have been found in both southern Africa and the southern part of South America. This is evidence supporting what theory of Alfred Wegener?	continental drift
2101	40. Big Fishies	What plankton-eating fish can be more than 50 feet long and weigh about 2 tons?	whale shark
2102	83. Apparel	Sabots, mukluks, brogans, and clogs are examples of what?	shoes (boots, footwear)
2103	10. Poetic Legends	What word completes this verse? My name is Tom Thumb, From the fairies I've come. When King Arthur shone, His court was my home. In me he delighted, By him I was ...	knighted
2104	71. Measurement Scales	The 'g scale' measures force by comparing it with the force due to what?	gravity
2105	13. Newspapers	These are newspapers in what state? Ithaca Times The Buffalo News East Hampton Star Poughkeepsie Journal Cooperstown Crier Finger Lakes Times Gotham Gazette	New York
2106	19. Etymology	The term 'pedigree' is derived from the three Latin words 'grue' meaning 'crane,' 'de' meaning 'of,' and 'ped.' What does that root word indicate?	foot
2107	11. Mechanics	What branch of mechanics studies the balance of forces needed to keep a body in equilibrium?	statics
2108	53. Animal Farm	In 'Animal Farm,' the original 6th commandment was that 'No animal shall kill any other animal.' But later, what phrase was added to it?	without cause
2109	27. Acidic Juices	Juices on grocery store shelves fall into three categories on the pH scale, alkaline, neutral, or acidic. What number corresponds to a juice with a neutral	pH?
2110	72. Navigators	Name the Genoese navigator who was sent westward by King Henry VII in 1497 to explore the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. His discoveries formed the basis for the British claim to these areas.	John Cabot
2111	97. Algebraic Division	Divide (6p/q) by 3/q.	2p
2112	105. Aquatic Valuables	In some bivalves, a foreign object such as a grain of sand becomes lodged between the mantle and the shell. To reduce the irritation, the mantle secretes calcium bicarbonate around it, forming what gem?	pearl
2113	52. Holocaust Literature	This passage is from what work by Elie Wiesel? Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.	Night
2114	46. Speed Conversions	To the nearest whole number, 55 miles per hour is how many feet per second?	81 (accept 80)
2115	21. Final Flags	On the last day of December in 1999, U.S. troops lowered the American flag for the last time over a region which, from that point forward, would be administered by what Latin American country?	Panama
2116	61. Clouds	Meteorologist Mamie Melrose just announced that she expects to see a stratus cloud close to the ground on Tuesday. What is she predicting?	fog
2117	65. Neurosis	A pyrophobic has a morbid fear of ...	fire
2118	12. Eye Injuries	Retinal detachment occurs when the retina becomes separated from what other layer of the eyeball?	choroid layer
2119	34. Revolutionary Hostilities	1775 marked the first major engagement between colonial and British forces in Massachusetts, an encounter that has come to be known as what battle?	Battle of Bunker Hill
2120	92. Paintings	Paintings of individual, undraped human figures are called what?	nudes
2121	42. Homophones	Spell the term for a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire or a ruler of the former kingdom of Tunis that is a homophone for a body of water enclosed by land but with a wide mouth opening to the sea.	bey
2122	44. Parks	These national parks are in what mountain range? Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Yosemite	Sierra Nevada
2123	122. Famines	Famine swept Ireland several times in the 19th century when what crop repeatedly failed?	potato
2124	29. Dams	Name the passages in dams that carry excess water from the reservoir over the dam to the river below.	spillways
2125	LOT. Herbicides	Millions of gallons of what herbicide and defoliant consisting of equal parts of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D were used during the Vietnam War?	Agent Orange
2126	22. Novel Settings	According to William Faulkner, Boon Hoggenbeck stole the first car in what county?	Yoknapatawpha County
2127	46. Botany	Thin outgrowths from a plant root's epidermis cells that increase the surface area of a root for absorption of water and minerals are called root ...	hairs
2128	6. Captains	Daniel Shays was a captain during what war?	American Revolution
2129	26. Colors	Purple is a binary color composed of what two hues?	blue and red
2130	53. Planetary Positions	An inferior planet is in inferior conjunction when it is between what two heavenly bodies?	Earth, Sun
2131	26. Woolly Creatures	Alpacas are mostly raised on the humid plateaus of what mountain range?	Andes
2132	5. Plunderers	What sea is associated with Jean Fleury, Calico Jack Rackham, Henry Morgan, and Edward Teach?	Caribbean
2133	65. Literary Forms	Lengthy Scandinavian and Icelandic prose narratives recounting famous heroes, notable families, or the exploits of kings and warriors are called ...	sagas
2134	92. Heavenly Bodies	Ison was a heavenly body that until recently orbited the Sun about every 10,000 years. It passed close to the Sun in November of 2013. What kind of body was it?	comet
2135	3. Energy	What kind of potential energy increases as height increases?	gravitational
2136	61. Sumeria	The ancient Sumerians organized sovereign urban areas known as what kind of states?	city-states
2137	66. Anthropology	What is the term for the movement by a large group of people from one region to settle in another?	migration
2138	44. Political Birds	Metaphorically speaking, what kind of birds reject the 'appeasement leads to war' argument of the hawks?	doves
2139	112. Historical Chemical Limericks	What word completes this ditty? Le Chatelier's life was a mess All his actions were under duress. He thought, 'I must Make the system adjust To get rid of some external ...'	stress
2140	27. Symbols	What is the meaning of the letter within a circle on a publication? MoM when it appears	copyright
2141	16. The Flicks	These are works of what motion picture director? Rebecca Suspicion The Lady Vanishes	Alfred Hitchcock
2142	38. Foiled Again	In J.K. Rowling's stories, who is Harry Potter's foil?	Draco Malfoy
2143	93. Restaurant Traditions	At a restaurant, what is a four-syllable synonym for a tip?	gratuity
2144	45. Asian Geography	What part of Russia forms the northern border of Mongolia?	Siberia
2145	9. Sculptors	What was Gutzon Borglum's greatest achievement?	Mount Rushmore
2146	75. Geologic Time	If the Mesozoic Era began 225 million years ago and lasted 160 million years, when did the Cenozoic Era begin?	65 million years ago
2147	7. Island Kings	What king gained control of Hawaii and most of its surrounding islands between 1782 and 1795?	Kamehameha \| (or Kamehameha)
2148	113. The American Dream	The old American dream involved the accumulation of a modest fortune, a little at a time, year by year. Then, the new American dream was instant wealth, won in a twinkling by audacity and good luck. This new dream became a prominent part of the American psyche only after a 19th-century discovery at whose mill?	Sutter's Mill
2149	18. Glaciers	When meltwater washes rock flour from a glacier, the streams draining the glacier turn what color?	white
2150	65. Human Energy	Your energy expenditure at rest is known as basal what?	metabolism
2151	42. Longitude	What is the longitude of a person anywhere along the prime meridian?	zero degrees
2152	27. Tropisms	The growth or movement of a plant in response to water is called ...	hydrotropism
2153	21. U.S. History	What legislative body resolved 'that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes which alternate red and white and that the union be thirteen stars - white in a blue field representing a new constellation'?	Continental Congress
2154	60. Terrorism	In 2013, more than 60 people were killed in what Kenyan city by terrorists who stormed and took over a shopping mall?	Nairobi
2155	Sis Ocean Explorers	These men explored what ocean? Abel Tasman George Vancouver Vitus Bering Francis Drake	Pacific
2156	26. Body Tissue Analogies	With respect to bodily tissues, innermost is to endoderm as outermost is to ...	ectoderm
2157	119. Dance	These are moves especially associated with what form of dancing? brush, pull, scuff, shuffle, riff, riffle	tap dancing
2158	Sis Elements	Three is the atomic number of what element?	lithium
2159	22. Slopes	What is the slope of the line whose equation is this?	y=mx+b
2160	16. Elections	The framers of the Constitution made one last-ditch defense against an overdose of democracy by creating what body by which American presidents would actually be elected?	Electoral College
2161	51. Transportation Entrepreneurs	In the Old West, what form of conveyance was the basis for John Butterfield's mail and public transportation service?	stagecoach
2162	92. Lizard Fat	The Gila monster store its fat in its abdomen and in what other part of its body?	tail
2163	70. European History	This is about the early history of what country? Under the rule of the Etruscans, a large part of Latium was brought under control, and the Capitoline temple, the Circus Maximus, and the ancient Forum were built.	Italy (or Rome)
2164	64. Music	The main pitch or tonal center to which all of a composition's pitches are related is the ...	key
2165	16. Turncoats	What American military leader betrayed the United States, was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British army, and led two expeditions against Richmond, Virginia and New London, Connecticut?	Benedict Arnold
2166	76. Novels	In Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man,' the protagonist works for a time for an apparently communist organization known as what?	the Brotherhood
2167	41. Persians	The Persian emperor Darius II greatly expanding the empire and gave himself the title, Shahanshah, which means 'king of ...'	kings
2168	22. Organizations	Some called what international organization of the 1920s 'The Unholy Thing with a Holy Name'?	League of Nations
2169	54. Circulatory System	What artery brings blood from the coeliac artery to the liver?	hepatic
2170	27. Military Leaders	To Englishmen, he became an ambiguous hero. To Arabs, he offered a vision of unity that carried them to Damascus. Name this British soldier and author.	T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
2171	102. Scientific Abbreviations	What unit of measurement is represented by the abbreviation, kcal?	kilocalorie
2172	11. Bike Companies	Wilbur and Orville Wright formed a company in what state to sell bicycles?	Ohio
2173	61. Enormous Storms	On what planet has a Herculean hurricane been raging for at least the last 300 years?	Jupiter
2174	26. Structures	These are all types of what structures? hurdle, electric, palisade, picket, split-rail, snow, chain-link, barbed wire, post-and-rail	fences
2175	10. Respiratory Problems	A continuous, coarse, whistling sound in the chest during breathing is called ...	wheezing
2176	19. Military Terminology	The right or left edge of an army formation is called a	flank
2177	102. Ancient Rome	These were the six stages of what according to the ancient Romans? puertitia adolescentia juventus majores senectus crepita aetas	life (age)
2178	53. Pirate Crews	What was the name for those sailors who mopped the decks of pirate ships?	swabbies (swabs)
2179	1417s Architecture	The Flatiron Building rose 22 stories. Then the Singer Building rose to 47 stories, the Metropolitan Life tower to 50 stories, and the Woolworth Building to 55 stories. What is the collective name for these high, steel skeleton buildings?	skyscrapers
2180	65. Surgery	A craniotomy is a surgical incision into what body structure?	skull
2181	97. Short Stories	What story by James Hurst features a young and sickly boy called Doodle, who despite the efforts of his older brother to strengthen him, nevertheless perishes like the vivid red wading bird they had found dead in their garden?	The Scarlet Ibis
2182	94. Plots	What is the phrase for that point in a plot when the protagonist's situation changes for the better or for the worse?	turning point
2183	35. Plant Modifications	These are modifications of what fundamental part of a plant? bulb corm rhizome stolon tuber	stem
2184	28. Sentence Analysis	Classify the first two words in this sentence. To err is human and to blame others is politics.	infinitive
2185	119. Inhalant Abuse	Inhaling butane gas can not only cause drowsiness, narcosis, asphyxia, and cardiac arrhythmia but also what other condition that usually results from prolonged exposure to subzero temperatures?	frostbite
2186	108. Minerals	Minerals cannot be in which two phases of matter?	liquids, gases
2187	97. Body Systems	Name the largest organs in the pulmonary system.	lungs
2188	85. Fossils	Most fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex have been found in what USS. state?	Montana
2189	72. Election Metaphors	Candidates who are victorious in local or state elections largely because of the popularity of more powerful politicians are said to have been riding what?	coattails
2190	12. Telegraphy	The first successful telegraph in the U.S. was invented by whom?	Samuel Morse
2191	6. Dikes	Dikes along rivers are called ...	levees
2192	15. Fictional Characters	Name the central character in Dale Wasserman's 'Man of a Mancha.'	Don Quixote
2193	69. Bad Feelings	What is the collective name for seasickness, car sickness, simulation sickness, and airsickness?	motion sickness (kinetosis, travel sickness)
2194	2. Fictional Boys	Name the bright, nearsighted, overweight, asthmatic British schoolboy who is stranded on an island with his classmates and no adults in a novel by William Golding.	Piggy
2195	110. Presidential Messages	What president wrote this to his family? This will be a historical day. This morning, I must make a broadcast announcing the German surrender. Mr. Churchill began calling me at daylight to ask if we shouldn't make an immediate release without considering the Russians.	Harry Truman
2196	60. Explorations	The Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania and two other islands. These two other islands east of Tasmania now form the nation of ...	New Zealand
2197	31. Composer Quotations	What classical composer said this? For dramatic effectiveness, it seems to me that the best material I have yet put to music is 'Rigoletto.' It has the most powerful situations, variety, vitality, and pathos.	Giuseppe Verdi
2198	85. Science Fiction	In Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series, what is another name for the planet Arrakis?	Dune (or Rakis)
2199	22. Perimeter Problems	The perimeter of a rectangular play area is 150 feet. Find its dimensions if the length is 5 feet less than three times the width.	20' x 55'
2200	111. Geologic Geography	During the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, what supercontinent existed?	Pangaea
2201	44. Heavenly Chunks	Asteroids that come close to our planet are called ...	Earth-approaching (near-Earth) asteroids
2202	100. Scientific Professionals	What kind of scientist is particularly intrigued by these kinds of questions? Who were the ancestors of Homo sapiens? What are the behavioral, social, and cultural traits of different groups of people?	anthropologist
2203	86. Sentence Parts	These lines illustrate what kind of complements? -All the passengers were Norwegian. -His houseboat is spacious. -Those animals are gazelles. -Her house was cozy.	subject complements
2204	49. Blood Tests	For most blood tests, blood is extracted from what kind of vessel?	vein
2205	89. Australian History	Between 1788 and 1900 what disease was the single major cause of Australian Aboriginal deaths?	smallpox
2206	Zi Island Countries	Which of the six smallest countries in Europe is a Mediterranean island?	Malta
2207	47. Anatomy	A neuromuscular junction is the space between what two types of cells?	nerve, muscle
2208	39. 18th-Century Revolutionaries	Which Haitian revolutionary and statesman has a name that literally means 'the opening'?	Toussaint L'Ouverture
2209	74. Supreme Court Decisions	In the 1904, Supreme Court ruling on the 'Gonzales v. Williams' case, it was affirmed that citizens of what island nation were not aliens and that admission to the continental United States could not be denied?	Puerto Rico
2210	30. Acids	What type of acid is in the stomach?	hydrochloric acid
2211	87. Meetings	In 1995, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is in what state?	Ohio
2212	11. Excerpts	This is from what novel? Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why.	The Call of the Wild
2213	125. Clock Arithmetic	It is 8:00. To what number will the hour hand be pointing to in 29 hours?	1:00
2214	40. The Arts	What is the collective name for art forms such as leather painting, embroidery, beading, quilting, weaving, glass blowing, basketry, wood burning, and crocheting?	crafts (handicrafts)
2215	78. Forms of Poetry	These are two examples of what kind of poem? -I see your face when I am dreaming. That's why I always wake up screaming. -Whether or not we find what we are seeking, is idle, biologically speaking.	couplet
2216	67. Musicals	In what musical does Hysterium sing 'I'm Calm,' Philia and Hero sing 'Lovely,' Pseudolus and Hero sing 'Free,' and Miles Gloriosus sing 'Bring Me My Bride'?	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
2217	57. Massacres	In 1937, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo, ordered the execution of more than 20,000 people who came from what adjacent country?	Haiti
2218	27. Particles	What fundamental particles produced by nuclear reactions in stars are very hard to detect since they mostly pass completely through the Earth without interacting?	neutrinos
2219	27. Detention	Sometimes law enforcement personnel will place a person in a government facility or foster home to shield him or her from a dangerous person or situation. Such detention is called what kind of custody?	protective custody
2220	Sis Grammatical Analysis	What is the interrupter in this example? He replied, 'Anarchy, on the other hand, means no rule and no government and no future.'	on the other hand
2221	43. Ben's Advice	What is the last word in this advice by Franklin? He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with the ...	fleas
2222	19. Areas	The base of a rectangle is 25 yards and its perimeter is 150 yards. What is the area of this quadrilateral?	1250 square yards
2223	41. Clouds	What kind of clouds form around the eye of a hurricane?	cumulus (cumuliform)
2224	15. Stellar Magnitudes	A first-magnitude star is 100 times as bright as a star of what magnitude?	6th
2225	93. The Inner Ear	Name either of the tiny fluid-filled chambers of the inner ear containing otoliths, tiny grains of calcium carbonate.	saccule, utricle
2226	67. Etymology	What month of the year got its name from a Roman dictator after whom a calendar was also named?	July
2227	19. Meteorological Evidence	The five warmest years in the past 130 occurred in the 1990s. Many scientists regard this fact as evidence for what phenomenon related to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide?	greenhouse effect
2228	32. Novels	When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old West Indian sailor are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island. Based on a term for a small, low island in that region, name this novel by Theodore Taylor.	The Cay
2229	68. Aircraft	In what war were jet aircraft first used by both sides?	Korean War
2230	64. Clouds	If there is a cumulus cloud between you and the Sun, it generally appears what color?	gray (black)
2231	24. Weather Sayings	Who said this? Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.	Mark Twain
2232	15. Dams	The Chinese recently completed what dam that is supposed to control the Yangtze River?	Three Gorges Dam
2233	35. Automobiles	California has passed legislation requiring auto manufacturers to build and sell ZEVs. This abbreviation stands for ...	zero emission vehicles
2234	34. Speed	In relation to the speed of sound, how fast is an object moving at Mach 6?	6 times the speed of sound
2235	53. Ecology	A plant community that no longer undergoes changes in species composition due to succession is known as what kind of community?	climax community
2236	9. Speed Problems	A motorcycle and a truck left from a crossroads traveling in opposite directions. The motorcycle averaged 15 miles per hour faster than the truck. If they were 535 miles apart after 5 hours, how fast was the motorcycle going?	61 mph
2237	75. Cynical Quotes	James Thurber alluded to whose original quote when he wrote this? You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.	Abraham Lincoln
2238	108. Canada	In 1882, Canada created what district and future province and founded the town of Regina within it?	Saskatchewan
2239	da State Histories	These names are associated with the history of what state? Gerasim Pribilof William H. Seward Vitus Bering	Alaska
2240	51. Settings	What future state is the setting for Laura Ingalls Wilder's fifth 'Little House' book entitled 'By the Shores of Silver Lake'?	South Dakota
2241	50. Salty Waters	Name the world's deepest hypersaline lake whose shores are also the world's lowest land elevation.	Dead Sea
2242	54. Biological Talk	The verb 'spawn' means to deposit what?	eggs
2243	78. Shinto	Amaterasu, the sun goddess, is a principal Shinto deity. The Japanese emperor was regarded as a direct divine descendent of Amaterasu until 1946, when what emperor disavowed his divinity?	Hirohito
2244	82. Burns	What is the collective name for the type of burns that can result from tanning booths, sunlamps, x-rays, and sunlight?	radiation burns
2245	27. The Declaration	What word in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence means to break into component parts, to disintegrate, to terminate, to dismiss, or to cause to pass into solution?	dissolve
2246	32. Orbits	The apogee is the point in the Moon's orbit where it is furthest from the center of what?	the Earth
2247	56. Exponential Division	Divide P to the tenth power by P squared.	P to the 8th
2248	11. Architecture	Name the free part of a horizontal architectural member that projects into space while its other end is anchored in the main structure.	cantilever
2249	56. Giving Up Rights	A voluntary, intentional surrender of any right or privilege is called a ...	waiver
2250	45. Parks	The northwesternmost part of Yellowstone National Park is in the same state as what other national park?	Glacier
2251	20. Text Art	Academic texts usually include drawings, photographs, and images that provide examples or help clarify material being covered. What are these embedded visual supplements called?	illustrations
2252	87. Art Forms	Originally, this term indicated a formal, religious panel-painting or mosaic. Today, in the computer industry, it refers to any stylized or symbolic image. What is it?	icon
2253	110. Snakes	Coral snakes have black and red bands separated by stripes of what color?	yellow
2254	23. Taxonomy	What kind of pet is a Felis domesticus?	(house) cat
2255	91. Nicknames	These guys were linked with what organization? Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante Bernardo 'The Tractor' Provenzano Pine 'The Shoe' Greco Vicenzo 'The Tempest' Sinagra Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano	the Mafia
2256	55. Geological Procedures	Name the method by which a drill is used to remove a column of earth, rock, or ice.	coring
2257	118. State History	These cities are in a state named after whom? Oil City Williamsport Altoona Allentown Scranton Harrisburg	William Penn
2258	91. Homophones	Spell a noun indicating 'an embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing' that is a homophone for a verb meaning 'to impose a tax'.	levee
2259	54. Clauses	What kind of subordinate clause is illustrated in this example? Anyone who chortles should bring a silly hat.	adjective clause
2260	13. Protests	Several hundred people upset about a proposal walked into a public office, seated themselves anywhere in the room, and refused to leave. Name this sort of nonviolent, organized protest.	sit-in
2261	42. Bones	The bones of the shoulder girdle include the scapula and the ...	clavicle (collarbone)
2262	101. Economics	Sarah got a copy of 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' in exchange for her yo-yo. Gina traded her snorkel for a bowling ball. These deals illustrate what form of exchange?	barter (trade, swap)
2263	19. Science Fiction	This excerpt is from what H.G. Wells story? We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for Man. We can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space.	The War of the Worlds
2264	7. Inspirations	Robert Louis Stevenson cried out in terror one night and was awakened by his wife. He said, 'Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale.' He then wrote nonstop for three days to produce what story?	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2265	15. Science Fiction	In Arthur Clarke's short story, 'The Sentinel,' man reaches the Moon and finds a relic of an ancient alien race which does nothing but give off a regular signal. This story-line became the core idea of what science fiction movie?	2001: A Space Odyssey
2266	34. Anthropology	What term do anthropologists use for any people whose adult men grow to less than five feet in average height?	pygmy
2267	19. Colonial Founders	Providence was to Roger Williams as New Amsterdam was to ...	Peter Minuit
2268	10. Animal Relationships	Any organism whose body provides nourishment and shelter for another is called the ...	host
2269	116. Historical Lows	The sack of Washington marked the low point of American fortunes during what war?	War of 1812
2270	59. Signatories	These are among the names of the 41 men who signed what document? William Mullins, John Tilley, John Alden, Moses Fletcher, William Bradford	Mayflower Compact
2271	51. Chemical Compounds	Name the simplest structural unit that displays the characteristic physical and chemical properties of a compound.	molecule
2272	32. Bygone Political Parties	In 1841, Thomas Dorr founded the People's Party to liberalize the constitution of what state?	Rhode Island
2273	78. Temples	No mortar or cement was used in building the Parthenon. Instead, the rock blocks were cut so that the stones had slots adjacent to one another. These were filled with what molten substance to bind the blocks together?	lead
2274	88. Mineral Properties	What are the two main categories of mineral luster?	metallic, nonmetallic
2275	124. Boats	In 1807, it reached Albany from New York in 32 hours. Fulton wrote, 'It was then doubted if it could be done again or if done, it was doubted if it could be of any great value.' Name this boat.	Clermont (Fulton's Folly)
2276	40. Beverages	Coffee became more popular than tea in the American colonies only after what event in 1773 made it a patriotic duty not to drink English tea?	Boston Tea Party
2277	4. Eastern European History	After declaring its independence in 1991, what former Yugoslav republic was quickly embroiled in a civil war between the Croat majority and the ethnic Serb irregulars backed by the Yugoslav army?	Croatia
2278	62. African Valleys	What valley at Thebes is a dry watercourse on the west bank of the Nile and the burial place of Egyptian tulers from 1567 B.C. to 1085 B.C.?	Valley of the Kings
2279	23. Emblems	The national emblem of Canada is the leaf of what tree?	maple
2280	101. Poetry	Who wrote these lines? An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, An’ the lampwick sputters, an’ the wind goes WO00-00.	James Whitcomb Riley
2281	40. Vitamins	Only oranges and lemons have more vitamin C than what other citrus fruit?	grapefruit
2282	33. Representatives	If someone were the minimum age to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives when first elected and she just got reelected for her sixth consecutive term, how old is she now?	35
2283	104. Optics	A magnifying glass with a focal length of +3 inches is held 1 inch from a coin. What magnification does it	produce?
2284	19. Employees	Each employee took an oath swearing to remain sober and not use profanity, gamble, treat horses cruelly, or interfere with the rights of Indians. Each received a Bible, a pair of Colt revolvers, and $125 per month. These mailmen worked for what company?	pony express
2285	40. Garden Veggies	These are varieties of what vegetable? spaghetti yellow zucchini	squash
2286	88. Ocean Current	Dangerous narrow currents that flow at a right angle to the shoreline are called ...	rip currents
2287	71. Skeletal Substances	Bone is to endoskeleton as chitin is to ...	exoskeleton
2288	15. Political Figures	Two major American political figures were willing to place their prestige at risk by attending the Constitutional Convention. One of these was George Washington of Virginia. The other from Pennsylvania was ...	Benjamin Franklin
2289	7. Quadrilaterals	Any parallelogram with perpendicular diagonals is what kind of quadrilateral?	rhombus
2290	22. African Geography	In which cardinal direction is a person traveling in Africa if he goes from Mauritania to Mali to Niger to Chad?	east
2291	27. Early American Explorers	In 1514, what adventurer who had previously explored the Florida coast received a patent from the crown of Spain to settle the 'islands of Bimini and Florida'?	Ponce de Leon
2292	51. Dance	What French name for an early German dance in 2/2 or 4/4 time of moderate tempo rhymes with such words as 'fatherland' and 'ampersand'?	allemande
2293	120. On Government	Complete this line by William Penn that illustrates antithesis. If men be good, government cannot be ...	bad
2294	37. Quartets	Members of a barbershop quartet include the lead, baritone, bass, and ...	tenor
2295	25. Proverbs	How is this proverb normally stated? It is fruitless to become lacrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.	Don't cry over spilled milk.
2296	63. Settings	What state is the setting for the work, 'A Day No Pigs Would Die'?	Vermont
2297	60. Tragic Quotes	What fictional character says this? What's ina name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.	Juliet
2298	63. Agricultural Exports	From 1617 to 1793, what was the most valuable staple export from the region that included England's American mainland colonies and then the United States?	tobacco
2299	109. Poems	These are words of what American poet? -Of pancakes so thin they had only one side -Of the man so tall he must climb a ladder to shave himself -Of the herd of cattle in California getting lost in a giant redwood tree that had been hollowed out	Carl Sandburg
2300	34. Organizational Lingo	What name for a piece of furniture may also refer to the presiding officer in a meeting?	chair
2301	2. Literary Techniques	What are you doing when you restate an passage retaining its meaning but presenting it in different words?	paraphrasing
2302	56. The Continents	A relatively shallow, submerged portion of a continent, extending to a point of steep descent to the ocean floor is called a continental what?	continental shelf
2303	29. Vermont	Much of what is now Vermont was originally a French possession that became British territory after what war?	French and Indian (or Seven Years) War
2304	Alt. 4. Weight Problems	The head of a giant mutant rat from Chernobyl makes up 25% of its weight while its tail comprises 12.5%. If the rest of this rat weighs 20 pounds, what is the total weight of this creature?	32 pounds
2305	26. Congress	These are what kind of committees in Congress? appropriations veterans affairs armed services ways and means foreign relations	standing committees
2306	104. Court Cases	In Norris v. Alabama, the conviction of several black men falsely charged with the rape of a young white woman was overturned on the basis that what group of people was excluded from jury panels?	blacks
2307	92. Fossils	It was formed millions of years ago from a sticky fluid that oozed from the bark of evergreen trees. It is yellow or orange, and may contain preserved bodies of insects. Name this fossilized resin.	amber
2308	75. Personality	What personality type is characterized by the direction of interest toward oneself and one's inner world of experiences?	introvert
2309	97. Taxes	Smuggling of merchandise into America avoids payment of what type of duties levied on goods brought in legitimately?	customs
2310	50. History of Science	Name the medieval pseudoscience and precursor of chemistry through which people attempted to transmute lead into gold.	alchemy
2311	113. Elements	An atom containing one proton is a hydrogen atom and an atom containing 6 protons is a carbon atom. What kind of atom contains 8 protons?	oxygen
2312	8. Poems	This is from what poem by Lewis Carroll? 'Will you walk a little faster?' said a whiting to a snail, 'There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.'	Lobster Quadrille
2313	30. Satellites	In 2012, in addition to Charon, Nix, Hydra, and P4, astronomers announced they had discovered a fifth moon orbiting what dwarf planet?	Pluto
2314	28. Straits	After 1610, practically all expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage entered Arctic waters through what strait named for a lost English navigator?	Hudson Strait
2315	47. Imperialism	What European country captured Ceuta in 1415 and turned Macao over the Chinese in 1999?	Portugal
2316	28. British Legends	Who commanded Sir Bedivere to throw Excalibur away?	King Arthur
2317	107. Mammals	Name the small, burrowing, herbivorous, very short-tailed rodents that live in tundra biomes.	lemmings
2318	41. Bilateral Symmetry	In bilaterally symmetrical organisms, body regions can be labeled with respect to their position. What is the name for the front region?	anterior
2319	25. American Painters	Anna Mary Robertson was 26 when she married Thomas Moses, with whom she farmed until, in her 70s, she took up painting and became widely known by what nickname?	Grandma Moses
2320	59. County Officials	The title of what executive official is abbreviated 'DA'?	district attorney
2321	54. Twisted Relationships	In 'The Scarlet Letter,' whom does Hester's husband keep physically healthy while torturing him emotionally?	Arthur Dimmesdale
2322	21. Synthetics	What is the term for any substance added to a synthetic polymer to enhance or preserve its flexibility?	plasticizer
2323	75. Word Categories	What is the term for the kind of words used in this example? Appouchen thee full dolourouse For sooth to sin from everich house.	archaisms (obsolete words)
2324	105. Variation	When x = 2, y= 12. When x = 3, y = 18. When x = 4, y =24. What is y when x = 10?	60
2325	85. Massachusetts Education	In 1826 in Millbury, Massachusetts, Josiah Holbrook organized a program of adult education courses that he called a lyceum named after whose school in ancient Athens?	Aristotle's
2326	63. Marine Landforms	What landform is illustrated by the Tuamotu, Caroline, and Marshall Islands?	atolls
2327	35. Mideast Rivers	Which of the two rivers that begin in the hills of Armenia and flow to the Persian Gulf is longer?	Euphrates
2328	19. Oceania Geography	What is the southwesternmost Polynesian country?	New Zealand
2329	13. Bacteria	Most bacteria are rod-shaped, spiral-shaped, or ...	round
2330	33. Poisonous Plants	What plant that exudes the same toxin as poison ivy and poison oak is a small tree or shrub that has seven to eight leaflets on each stem?	poison sumac
2331	40. State Fossils	The state fossil of Colorado is what herbivorous dinosaur with long hind legs, a relatively short neck, and a distinctive double row of upright bony plates along the back?	stegosaurus
2332	17. Operas	What opera includes an aria with these words? Toreador - en garde! Toreador! Toreador!	Carmen
2333	16. Spoonerisms	Correct this spoonerism. herd in the band	bird in the hand
2334	3. Astronomy	These are three types of what? astrometric binaries spectroscopic binaries visual binaries	binary stars (pairs of stars)
2335	22. Peninsulas	What enormous peninsula lies between Egypt and India?	Arabian Peninsula
2336	39. The Atom	'Atomic number' refers to the quantity of what type of subatomic particle in an element?	protons
2337	102. Scientific Instruments	This 1994 quote describes what refurbished scientific instrument? Its eyesight is so sharp, that if it were sitting in Washington, it could spot a firefly in Tokyo.	Hubble Space Telescope
2338	96. Drag	Viscous drag is the force that retards a solid object moving through what form of matter?	liquid
2339	93. Horse Evolution	On what continent did the eohippus first develop?	North America
2340	125. Season Antonyms	What is the opposite of the autumnal equinox?	vernal equinox
2341	20. Novels	Louis Sachar tells of his inspiration for what book in these words? Anyone who has ever tried to do yard work in Texas in July can easily imagine Hell to be a place where you are required to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet across day after day under the brutal Texas sun.	Holes
2342	44. Objects of Veneration	The Black Stone, believed by many to be a meteorite, is a cornerstone of what structure sacred to Muslims?	Kaaba
2343	73. Communications	Any information or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person or nation illustrates what form of literature?	propaganda
2344	Ts Parasites	While endoparasites live inside their hosts, what kind of parasites live on the surface of their hosts?	ectoparasites
2345	106. Ancient Buildings	Name the ancient stone building first built by Ishmael and Abraham and incorporated in the center of the Great Mosque at Mecca.	Kaaba
2346	4. Consumer Protection	Groups of consumers who have experienced similar problems may band together and bring what kind of suit against a manufacturer?	class action suit
2347	21. Regions	The name for what region in George Orwell's novel, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' is the same as that for the islands of the Pacific Ocean including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia?	Oceania
2348	11. Subatomic Particles	It is a baryon with an electric charge of zero. It is a fermion with a basic structure of two down quarks and one up quark held together by gluons. Name this particle that composes the neutral component of atomic nuclei.	neutron
2349	55. Constellations	It can be found by extending a line beginning with the pointer stars of the Big Dipper through the North Star. It is twice as far from the North Star as the Big Dipper. Name this constellation between Andromeda and Aquarius.	Pegasus
2350	115. Evil Porksters	Name the fierce-looking Berkshire boar who leads the rebellion against Mr. Jones in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.'	Napoleon
2351	41. Algebraic Expressions	If the ages of four dogs are three consecutive even integers and the youngest dog is p + 3 years old, how	old is the oldest dog?
2352	59. Threats	This is about what creatures? They live in huge colonies of up to ten million insects. Formerly confined to Louisiana, this Formosan variety is now happily chewing its way from Virginia to Hawaii.	termites
2353	85. Musicals	What line completes this stanza from a song in 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'? Something familiar, Something peculiar, Something for everyone ...	A comedy tonight!
2354	84. Unusual Plants	What carnivorous plants have a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with liquid?	pitcher plants
2355	57. Emperors	What fourth-century Roman emperor issued the Edict of Milan outlawing the persecution of Christians and founded the future capital of the Byzantine Empire?	Constantine
2356	20. Wars	What war was caused largely by British violations of American neutral rights during the Napoleonic Wars and by the desire of some Americans for territorial expansion into Canada?	War of 1812
2357	70. Electrolysis	Depositing a thin layer of a metal on an object by means of electrolysis is called ...	electroplating
2358	42. Venn Diagrams	In a group of 50 boy scouts, 25 of them had knot-tying merit badges, 20 had tent-erection merit badges, and 12 had both. How many of the 50 scouts	had neither badge?
2359	Alt. 3. Glaciation	Name the glacial deposit of till that resembles the silhouette of a beached whale.	drumlin
2360	55. Quadrilateral Areas	If the length of a rectangle is 3 times its width and its width is 5 centimeters, what is its area?	75 centimeters
2361	69. Color	Blue and green and red are chromatic colors. What is an achromatic color?	black (gray, white)
2362	LOT. American Government	These documents are an American political invention. They first grew out of colonial charters. They are older than the federal constitution. What are they?	state constitutions
2363	71. Heat	If you mix a gallon of water at 212 degrees F with a gallon of water that is just above the freezing point, what will be the approximate temperature of the mixture?	122 degrees F
2364	51. Early Documentaries	The 1922 documentary entitled 'Nanook of the North' demonstrated the construction of what kind of Inuit dwelling?	igloo
2365	11. Lines of Longitude	A longitude of 30 degrees west runs through what ocean?	Atlantic
2366	82. Parks	Much of what three-million acre U.S. national park consists of fiords and bays?	Glacier Bay
2367	1. Inequalities	Solve this inequality. -3p plus 4 is less than -8	p is greater than 4
2368	108. Chemical Compounds	Any chemical compound that does not have at least one C in its formula belongs to what broad class of compounds?	inorganic compounds
2369	9. History of Japan	Japan lost all of her overseas possessions as a result of what war?	World War II
2370	110. Warriors	The medieval British knights were similar to what professional warriors of the Japanese feudal military aristocracy?	samurai
2371	Alt. 1. Alliances	During World War I, the Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. At the same time, the Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain and what two other nations?	France, Russia
2372	40. The Sun	What part of the Sun's atmosphere extends outward some 10 to 12 times beyond its diameter?	corona
2373	Zi Tense	These lines illustrate what tense? Milt does not contribute much to the company. He does work occasionally. He does not call in sick very often.	present emphatic
2374	17. National Personification	What is the symbol indicated in this resolution passed in 1961? Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Sam Wilson of Troy, New York as the progenitor of America's national symbol.	Uncle Sam
2375	109. Sentences with Infinitives	What kind of objects follow the infinitive in this example? The philanthropist decided to give the Red Cross a donation.	indirect object, direct object
2376	13. Chemical Compounds	The name for what incendiary substance is an acronym derived from the naphthenic and palmitic acids from which the gelling agent is made?	napalm
2377	69. Representation	All the people residing in a legislator's district comprise his what?	constituency
2378	11. Crime	What crime is most typically associated with pyromaniacs?	arson
2379	106. Free Public Education	In 1860, there were only 100 public high schools in the entire United States. By 1900, that number reached 6000, an increase of what percentage?	5900%
2380	120. Prescience	What was the physicist talking about in the 1940s when he wrote this? This thing must not be permitted to exist on this Earth. We must not be the most hated and feared people in the world.	atomic bomb (nuclear weapons)
2381	39. Square Root	What is the square root of 256?	16
2382	123. Court Jargon	In a court of law, a legal claim is called a cause of what?	action
2383	Sis Salutations	Correct this salutation from a business letter. Dr. Marilynn Frazier, M.D.	eliminate Dr. or M.D.
2384	45. Medical Abbreviations	What abbreviation pertains to someone who expires before reaching a medical facility?	DOA
2385	115. Lush Parks	What American national park is a vast complex of subtropical wetlands and coastal-marine ecosystems featuring fresh and saltwater marshes, hardwood hummocks, pine rocklands, and mangrove forests?	Everglades National Park
2386	52. Disorders	Name the acute condition resulting when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate.	hyperthermia (heat stroke, heat exhaustion)
2387	27. Cardinals	What 17th-century cardinal, a great diplomat unsurpassed in the art of intrigue, did all he could to strengthen the authority of the French monarchy?	Cardinal Richelieu
2388	70. Pronoun Usage	How is the reflexive pronoun used in this line? She made herself an anchovy sandwich.	indirect object
2389	10. Complements	What is the subject complement in this line? They were the only ones in the room with me.	ones
2390	45. Romance in the Colonies	He wrote, 'Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.' Who published this statement in his almanac?	Benjamin Franklin
2391	Sis Aerodynamics	The sudden and sharp increase in aerodynamic drag experienced by aircraft as they approach the speed of sound is called the ...	sound barrier
2392	96. Historical Vocabulary	What is the collective term for the customs, social institutions, arts, and achievements of a nation or people?	culture
2393	18. Cartesian Coordinates	In what quadrant is a -245 degree angle located?	quadrant II
2394	33. Muscle Abbreviations	'Lats' is the abbreviation for what muscles?	latissimus dorsi
2395	53. Drama	What is the term for an opportunity to read for a part in a play?	audition
2396	3. Wordiness	Worthington is a member of the personality class exhibiting the tendency to term a foot-operated humus redistribution device a foot-operated humus redistribution device. In other words, he calls a...	spade a spade
2397	42. The Cabinet	Which cabinet officer advises the president on the welfare of wage earners in the U.S.?	secretary of labor
2398	Sis Multiples	What is the least common multiple of 24 and 36?	72
2399	45. Life	What living structure includes vacuoles, granules, cytoplasm, and a nucleus?	cell
2400	90. Artillery	Until the late 19th century, the only available propellant used in artillery was what powder?	black powder
2401	114. Battles	What decisive battle of the American Revolution occurred not far from the site of the early settlement of Jamestown?	Yorktown
2402	14. Alloys	What alloy, consisting mostly of tin mixed with copper or antinomy, was widely used in the Middle Ages in tankards, flagons, steins, and tableware?	pewter
2403	119. Marine Organisms	Name the major ecological group of marine organisms that includes small animals and plants that generally have no locomotive organs, drift with the currents and includes protozoans, small crustaceans, and diatoms.	plankton
2404	i Festivals	In ancient Rome, Neptunalia was a festival honoring Neptune and Vestalia was a festival honoring Vesta. Name the festival honoring the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.	Saturnalia
2405	64. The Arts	What is the collective name these art forms? juggling, magic, acrobatics, dance, stand-up comedy, storytelling	performing arts
2406	25. Stories	Several animal stories such as 'How the Leopard Got His Spots' and 'How the Elephant Got His Trunk' are in the 'Just So Stories' by ...	Rudyard Kipling
2407	68. Trapezoids	What kind of trapezoid has base angles that are congruent?	isosceles trapezoid
2408	23. Astronomical Wonders	The Moon on May 5, 2012 appeared as much as 14% larger and 30% brighter than any other Moon that year. This occurred because the Moon was then at the point nearest to Earth. Name that point.	perigee
2409	24. Federal Finance	Through what agency does the Department of the Treasury collect federal taxes?	Internal Revenue Service
2410	22. Rejected Titles	What novel was not but could have been given this name? One Hundred Percent Placid in the Occidental Combat Zone.	All Quiet on the Western Front
2411	16. Spectroscopy	What is the spectral color of a star with a surface temperature above 30,000 degrees K?	blue
2412	64. Plastering Geometry	A room is 14' long by 12' wide and 8.5' high. It has 2 windows each 3' by 6' and \| door 3' by 7'. At $1.80 per square yard, what is the cost of plastering the walls and ceiling excluding the openings?	$110.60
2413	9. Lenses	An early mention of lenses occurs in a play written in 424 B.C. by Aristophanes where he refers to 'burning-glasses' used to focus the Sun's rays and produce fire. What is the shape of such a lens?	convex
2414	27. Work	While holding a barbell above your head, how much work against a resistive force are you doing?	none
2415	15. Energy	What that is defined as the flow of a positive charge is measured in amperes?	current
2416	79. Density	Which is the densest planet in the solar system?	Earth
2417	11. South American Invasions	In the 16th century, the Inca army of over 40,000 was subjugated by a force of less than 200 led by what conquistador?	Francisco Pizarro
2418	68. Failed Colonies	Name the first English colony in the New World.	Roanoke
2419	50. From Bad to Worse	This is about what law? This 1854 bill to organize western territories became part of the political whirlwind of sectionalism and railroad building, splitting the two major political parties and worsening North-South relations.	Kansas-Nebraska Act
2420	66. Limestone	Coquina is a soft and porous form of limestone composed of fragments of coral and what else?	shells
2421	65. Reptilian Literature	Name the python in Kipling's 'The Jungle Book.'	Kaa
2422	87. Displaced People	Name the special camps built to receive people fleeing from conflicts, persecution, or natural disasters.	refugee camps
2423	72. Hot Literature	This passage is from what story by Ray Bradbury? It is a pleasure to burn. It is special to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.	Fahrenheit 451
2424	62. The Earth's Interior	What region within the Earth is believed responsible for the P-wave shadow zone?	core
2425	88. Europeans	What is the nationality of these people? Abel Tasman, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Willem Barents, Killian Van Rensselaer, Vincent van Gogh, Peter Stuyvesant, M.C. Escher, Rembrandt van Rijn	Dutch
2426	98. Coastal Landforms	Areas of relatively flat, low land adjacent to a coast such as those found along the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico are called coastal ...	plains
2427	66. Bays	The northeastern arm of the Indian Ocean is what enormous bay?	Bay of Bengal
2428	46. Heart Throbs	What is the general name for an abnormal heart sound?	murmur
2429	83. Statistical Distributions	What kind of statistical distribution has two modes?	bimodal distribution
2430	89. Engineers	Ferdinand de Lesseps successfully designed and built the Suez Canal. But his plan for what other canal in the Western Hemisphere proved too difficult, and led to his imprisonment?	Panama Canal
2431	33. Empires	Malta, Hong Kong, Aden, Singapore, and South Africa were all part of what empire?	British Empire
2432	18. Trade	What historical phrase indicates trade among three ports or regions?	triangular trade
2433	Sis Work Proportions	If it takes three aircraft mechanics twelve hours to install a new jet engine, how long would it take four aircraft mechanics to complete the same job?	nine hours
2434	23. Sequels	The novel, 'Scarlett,' by Alexandra Ripley is a modern sequel to what other work written by another author in the 1930s?	Gone with the Wind
2435	93. The Colonial Period	Name the southernmost of the original thirteen colonies.	Georgia
2436	29. Frivolous Philosophy	Medieval scholastics allegedly had prolonged arguments about how many angels could do what on the head of a pin?	dance (sit)
2437	16. Alaskan Mountains	Prior to 1980, Mt. Denali was known as ...	Mt. McKinley
2438	49. Refugees	About two million people from Cambodia and what other Southeast Asian nation fled their countries between 1975 and 1980?	Vietnam
2439	20. Gases	What atmospheric gas absorbs wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation longer than those absorbed by nitrogen and oxygen?	ozone
2440	119. Heroines	After winning the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, what young heroine objects to all the notoriety, and says The Piebald is a creature of glory who should not be cheapened in tabloid trash and newsreels?	Velvet Brown
2441	46. Moon Missions	Two major setbacks to the Apollo Project occurred with the tragic fire on Apollo \| that killed three astronauts and with which other Apollo mission in which an oxygen tank ruptured?	Apollo 13
2442	11. Probability	In a bag are 5 purple and 4 green baubles. You randomly grab one, and then put it back into the bag before randomly drawing out another. What is the probability that both baubles grabbed are purple?	25/81
2443	17. Plural Analogies	This is a question on plurals. Journey is to journeys as salmon is to ...	salmon
2444	50. Contractors	These are viewed as what kind of contractors from the point of view of the U.S. government? Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Rockwell International Corp. Grumman Corp. General Electric Co. Litton Industries	defense contractors
2445	121. The U.A.R.	What two countries joined in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic?	Egypt, Syria
2446	81. Forms of Journalism	What kind of journalism requires a great deal of research and hard work to discover facts that may be hidden or obscured by people with a vested interest in keeping those facts from the public?	investigative journalism
2447	49. Native American Quotes	What Indian chief said this? lam tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. The old men are all dead. The little children are freezing to death. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.	Chief Joseph
2448	29. Nonfiction	Who wrote these words? I recall many incidents of the summer of 1887 that followed my soul's sudden awakening. I did nothing but explore with my hands and learn the name of every object that I touched.	Helen Keller
2449	35. Bay States	Name either state that is adjacent to Chesapeake Bay.	Virginia, Maryland
2450	Sis Word Problems	One number is three times another and their sum is 48. Find the numbers.	12, 36
2451	68. Maxims	What, according to 'Poor Richard's Almanack,' may three keep if two of them are dead?	a secret
2452	64. Representatives	How many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election every two years?	435 (all of them)
2453	11. Remedies	An agent, remedy, or treatment that mitigates the effects of a poison or toxin is called an ...	antidote (antitoxin)
2454	61. Bays	In what bay is Alcatraz?	San Francisco Bay
2455	71. Novels	In what book does Sarah Wheaton leave her home in Maine in response to a newspaper ad placed by a poor farmer named Jacob Witting hoping to secure a wife for himself and a mother for his children?	Sarah Plain and Tall
2456	19. Quicksand	Quicksand occurs when sand grains are separated by	water
2457	18. The Brain	It is part of the posterior portion of the vertebrate forebrain. Name this organ that contains important centers of the autonomic nervous system and of emotions.	hypothalamus
2458	103. Weathering	Differential weathering is obviously illustrated by what national monument in Wyoming?	Devil's Tower
2459	25. Scenic Valleys	What Oregon valley extends from Eugene in the south to Portland in the north?	Willamette Valley
2460	96. Explosives	The ancient Chinese made gunpowder by mixing saltpeter, charcoal, and what yellow nonmetallic element?	sulfur
2461	26. Art Forms	What term refers to the art of shaping and firing clay?	ceramics
2462	89. Paleontological Fantasy	These lines are from what novel? -Life will find a way. -You know, at times like this, one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct.	Jurassic Park
2463	75. Trails	Through what two states would you pass if you hiked the entire Tahoe Rim Trail?	California, Nevada
2464	71. Science Fiction	What tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs is about the Iron Mole, a submarine for land that takes passengers into the inner Earth, a region inhabited by strange creatures?	At the Earth's Core
2465	22. It's Hard, Ain't It Hard!	What mineral cannot be scratched by any other mineral and can scratch any other mineral?	diamond
2466	115. Musical Instruments	What kind of drum figures prominently in 'Sunrise,' the initial fanfare in 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' by Richard Strauss?	kettle drum
2467	31. Scientific Speculation	In the 1920s and 30s, A.I. Oparin and J.B.S. Haldane found that what kind of organic acids could be made by running a high-voltage electric current through a mixture of water, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen?	amino acids
2468	24. Astronomers	Whose calculations concerning the orbits of 24 comets enabled him to predict accurately the return of a comet in 1758 which had last been seen in 1607?	Edmond Halley
2469	5. Horses	The walk, trot, canter, and gallop are varieties of the rhythmic movement of a horse's feet and legs called its what?	gait
2470	8. Metal Resources	These are ores of what metal? covelite, malachite, chrysocolla, azurite, cuprite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite	copper
2471	86. Fields of Science	Those who design storage tanks, dams, bulkheads, and hydraulic machinery must know about the behavior of liquids at rest. Name this scientific field.	hydrostatics
2472	52. Minerals	What mineral that occurs as a native metal did medieval alchemists try to synthesize?	gold
2473	30. Legends	In many versions of the Arthurian legends, the Fisher King is the keeper of what?	the Holy Grail
2474	91. Fish Anatomy	In fish, what is a synonymous phrase for 'caudal end'?	posterior end
2475	36. Retribution	What legal principle relating to the organ of vision indicates that a person who has injured another should be penalized to a similar degree?	an eye for an eye
2476	108. Mountains	What mountain system traverses these countries? India Tran Afghanistan	Himalayas
2477	2. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? He asked, 'Can an instantaneous cube exist?' Filby became pensive. 'Clearly, any real body must have extension in four directions. It must have length, breadth, thickness, and duration.'	The Time Machine
2478	100. Traitors	What term for a traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying his country was taken from the name of a 20th-century Norwegian politician?	quisling
2479	28. Perilous Plights	The Defenestrations of Prague occurred in 1419 and 1618. Defenestration means that people do what to a person?	throw him out of a window
2480	36. Aeronautical Abbreviations	The British and French collaborated in building the Concorde, an SST. For what does this abbreviation stand?	supersonic transport
2481	12. Wars	In 1879, troops from what European colonial power killed some 8000 Zulu warriors?	Great Britain
2482	89. Mideast Wars	The 1973 Yom Kippur War was launched by a coalition of Arab states led by Syria and Egypt against what country?	Israel
2483	50. Vitamin Sources	Carrots, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes are significant sources of the organic pigment and precursor to vitamin A called beta ...	carotene
2484	66. Burns	If there is an absence of pain, charred black skin, and exposed muscle tissue, what degree of burn does the victim have?	third degree
2485	43. Capitals	What is the capital of the country immediately to the east of the country whose capital is Port-au-Prince?	Santo Domingo
2486	22. Populations	The population of what U.S. state consists of about 33% Caucasians, 22% Japanese, and 15% Filipinos, with the rest mostly indigenous people or Chinese?	Hawaii
2487	88. Sea Battles	What language was spoken by the sailors who manned the armada destroyed by the British navy and foul weather in 1588?	Spanish
2488	23. Homophones	Spell the homophone that completes this ditty. The ram committed suicide Because he was sad and blue. He heard a singer sing that song, There'll never be another ...	ewe
2489	1417 5 Praise	William Bradford is referring to what group of settlers in this line? Being arrived in a good harbor, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the furious ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof.	Pilgrims
2490	31. Oceanside Cities	These cities are contiguous with what ocean? Stanley Montevideo Recife Rio de Janeiro	Atlantic Ocean
2491	43. Explosives	The ancient Chinese made gunpowder by mixing saltpeter, charcoal, and what yellow nonmetallic element?	sulfur
2492	90. Martyrs	Joan of Arc was sentenced to what form of capital punishment?	burning at the stake
2493	124. Passionate Lines	What character from English literature says this in a moment of despair? Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death.	Romeo
2494	4. Sedimentary Rock	Sandstone, mudstone, shale, and what other rock constitutes about 99 percent of all sedimentary rocks?	limestone
2495	84. Triangles	Every angle in an acute triangle measures less than how many degrees?	90
2496	35. Forest Biomes	The great boreal forests of Europe and Asia illustrate what biome?	taiga
2497	26. Oaths	In the oath of office, American presidents solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend what?	Constitution of the United States
2498	52. Shared Nicknames	Wall Street speculator Bernard Baruch and the pilot Charles Lindbergh shared what nickname?	Lone Eagle
2499	67. Literary Forms	How is practically all literature classified that is not written in a regular meter like poetry?	prose
2500	46. Moons	William Lassell is credited with discovering Saturn's moon Hyperion and Neptune's largest satellite. Name it.	Triton
2501	109. Football	What football violation occurs when the 25-second clock expires before the ball is snapped?	delay of game
2502	46. Acids	Acids are classified as dehydrating agents. Therefore, we know that acids remove what compound from a substance?	water
2503	85. Asian Weather	In India and Bangladesh, among other places, air over the land heats up in the summer and rises. Cool, wet air from the ocean blows in to take its place, bringing heavy rains. Name these winds.	monsoons
2504	43. Creatures Below	This quote from '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' is about what creature? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. The arms fixed to its head were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.	giant squid
2505	21. Engines	How many strokes are in an engine invented by Nikolaus Otto?	four
2506	112. Political Labels	What is the general classification for people whose political beliefs lean toward the right?	conservative
2507	97. Marine Topography	The areas exposed during low tide and flooded during high tide are called tidal ...	flats
2508	38. Stage Shows	A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires attached to its limbs is called a ...	marionette
2509	68. Advertising	What propaganda technique is used when a celebrity with a perfect complexion recommends some face cream that she claims to rely on?	testimonial
2510	Ts Footnotes	In this example footnote, which words should be in quotation marks? Mars Observer - Call Home, Miami Herald, 18 December 1993, p. 22.	Mars Observer - Call Home
2511	40. Bygone People	These people lived in what city-state? Phidias Pericles Euripides Socrates	Athens
2512	51. Forces	When swimming, water pushes harder on your lower surface than your upper surface because there is more pressure on your lower surface. The difference between the force pushing down and the force pushing up is called what?	buoyancy (buoyant force)
2513	107. Fictional Heroes	Based on his homeland, Conan the Barbarian is also known as Conan the what?	Cimmerian
2514	6. Paper Predecessors	During the ancient Roman period, parchment made from sheepskin became the standard writing surface, replacing what other material made from a tall aquatic sedge?	papyrus.
2515	86. Ancient Geography	The ancient city of Jericho is near the west bank of what river?	Jordan River
2516	Alt. 5. Drainages	Name the largest watershed of the Pacific Northwest.	Columbia River watershed
2517	107. Revolutionary Actions	At a signal from Sam Adams, a disciplined group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians rushed to Griffin's Wharf, boarded the ships, and threw what kind of merchandise into Boston Harbor?	tea
2518	15. Mathematical Properties	For all real numbers a and b, if a = 0 or b = 0, then ab	equals what?
2519	74. Musical Groupings	What musical group is formed by combining two trios?	sextet
2520	122. Bones	What bone is near the juncture of the femur, tibia, and fibula?	patella
2521	3. Legends	According to the legend, St. George killed what kind of creature while traveling through a place called Silene?	dragon
2522	53. Scientific Clerihews	What word completes this clerihew? Louis Pasteur As many aver Was on first name terms With all kinds of ...	germs
2523	115. Songs	These are lyrics to what song? Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, / And so do I! And so do I! Some think it well to be all melancholic, To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh; But I, I love to spend my time in singing, Some joyous song, some joyous song, To set the air with music bravely ringing Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong! ,	Funiculi, Funicula
2524	46. Foreign Programs	Between 1946 and 1955, a political, economic, and social program called Peronismo was pursued by the dictator of what country?	Argentina
2525	28. Numbers in Poetry	What ordinal number is in the first verse of Longfellow's 'Midnight Ride of Paul Revere'?	eighteenth
2526	82. Lakes	Located in the Great Rift Valley with a depth exceeding 4700 feet, name the deepest lake in Africa.	Lake Tanganyika
2527	18. Inventions	This is about whose 18th-century invention? It had a top, back, and sides with an air box inside joined to the sides but not reaching the top. The fire produced smoke that moved up and over the air box, heating air that discharged into the room.	Benjamin Franklin's
2528	49. Alkanes	Name either of the two alkanes most commonly used as bottled gas fuel.	propane, butane
2529	62. Medical Examinations	An arthrogram is an x-ray technique for examining the interior of ...	joints
2530	22. Doggerel	What is the last word in this clerihew? Donald Duck Can't cluck. But he doesn't lack A...	quack
2531	32. Horror Tales	In Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat,' whose body did the murderer entomb in a cellar vault?	his wife's
2532	22. Rock	What fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting chiefly of calcite is formed either as a chemical precipitate or by consolidation of shell fragments?	limestone
2533	22. Medical Advances	In the 19th century, Rudolf Virchow demonstrated that all body organs are made of tissues and all tissues are made of what structures?	cells
2534	73. Territorial Expansion	The U.S. acquired the Pribilof Islands at the same time that it purchased what other major piece of real estate?	Alaska
2535	2. Creepy Creatures	The reanimated corpses of criminals, heretics, or suicides that can be put to rest only by having wooden stakes driven through their hearts are called what?	vampires
2536	31. Riverside Capitals	What state capital is adjacent to the Willamette River?	Salem
2537	81. Urban Areas	These are cities of what country? Dak To Quan Long Khe Sanh Pleiku	Vietnam
2538	119. Instruments	What modern brass instrument with its tube bent into a circular form evolved from the hunting horn of the 17th century?	French horn
2539	54. Folksongs	According to the folksong, who 'started out on de right hand,' while 'de steam drill started on de lef’?	John Henry
2540	14. New Words	What word in 'Jabberwocky' is a combination of flimsy and miserable?	mimsy
2541	27. Alkaloids	What organic alkaloid present in tomatoes and tobacco was named after the French diplomat and scholar, Jean Nicot?	nicotine
2542	29. Smugglers	What name is shared by the smugglers of illegal Mexican immigrants to the U.S. and wild North American canines?	coyotes
2543	97. Philosophers	Socrates and Plato were two of the three Greek philosophers whose words formed the basis of much of Western thought. Name the other influential Greek.	Aristotle
2544	14. Colors	What color is lake?	red (reddish)
2545	14. Prisms	A prism 20 inches high has as its base an equilateral octagon measuring 4 inches on a side. What is its lateral area?	640 square inches
2546	16. Explorers	He was born in Florence in 1452 and worked in the Seville business that fitted out Columbus' second expedition. He led four voyages to the New World and touched the mainland a few weeks before Cabot and fourteen months before Columbus. It was not without reason that Waldseemuller in 1507 proposed to call the new continent by his name. Who was he?	Amerigo Vespucci
2547	70. Native Americans	The Five Civilized Tribes were forcibly removed from their lands in the southeastern U.S. to the West after passage of the Indian Removal Act. These tribes included the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and what other?	Cherokee
2548	63. Scherzos	Name the scherzo composed by Paul Dukas in which a magician can transform a broom into an automaton capable of performing menial tasks.	Sorcerer's Apprentice
2549	80. Legendary Furniture	What is the most notable piece of furniture that some authors say was made by Merlin the Magician?	the Round Table
2550	29. Rifles	Of the four types of actions used on repeating rifles, which was most common in the Old West?	lever action
2551	18. Famous Furniture	Name the office in the United States where the Resolute Desk is used.	Oval Office
2552	22. Moods	Reminiscent of a part of the Atlantic Ocean near the equator, a person in a state of listlessness or depression is in the ...	doldrums
2553	33. Inventions	What invention allowed people in Washington D.C. to find out, more than two hours before the fastest train from Baltimore arrived, that the Whigs had nominated Henry Clay for president?	telegraph
2554	77. Opera	What is the nationality of the composer of these operas? Ruslan and Ludmila A Life for the Tsar	Russian
2555	49. Poems	This is the first stanza of what Walt Whitman poem? Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.	Song of the Open Road
2556	49. Homesteading	When previously restricted lands owned by the U.S. government were opened to homesteading on a first-come basis, the resulting events were called land what?	runs (rushes, grabs)
2557	94. Geographic Highs	Depending on your perspective, the highest mountain in Europe is either Mt. Blanc in the Alps or what other mountain in the Caucasus?	Mt. Elbrus
2558	33. Ancient Greece	This is about what ancient city-state? Weak infants were laid on a mountainside to die of exposure. From age seven, boys were trained in soldiering. They wore no clothes until age twelve. Then they lived in military barracks until age thirty.	Sparta
2559	86. Navigation	You can determine your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere by measuring the altitude, in degrees, of what star?	Polaris
2560	6. Legendary Americans	John Luther Jones held what job at the time of his death?	engineer (railroad engineer)
2561	84. Rivers	What is the largest river between Denali and the Gates of the Arctic national parks?	Yukon
2562	10. Phrases	What are the adjective phrases in this example? The light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncoming train.	at the end, of the tunnel
2563	6. Inventors	Who was the inventor of the first perpetual motion machine?	nobody (can't be done)
2564	I21s Sensation	What sense modality is subject to olfactory hallucinations?	smell
2565	64. First Aid	If you were sitting in a cafe and someone at the next table suddenly cannot speak, turns blue, and collapses, you should immediately administer what lifesaving technique?	Heimlich maneuver
2566	20. Slogans	In the 1890s, the slogan, 'Remember the Maine,' encouraged American entry into what war?	Spanish-American War
2567	117. Historical Names	These were all names of what in the late 1880s? Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe	railroads
2568	36. Problem Solving	What method is involved when you attempt to find a solution by trying one approach after another until one happens to work?	trial and error
2569	104. Vonnegut	The title of what work by Kurt Vonnegut is badly restated below? The Destructive Singing Sea Nymphs of One of the Children of Uranus and Gaea	The Sirens of Titan
2570	103. Modular Arithmetic	In mod 2, what is the answer for this problem?	26+55+8
2571	3. Homonyms	What term for a sneaker is also a slang name for a detective?	gumshoe
2572	36. Railroads	What railroad company was chartered in California in 1861 to build the western section of a projected transcontinental rail link?	Central Pacific
2573	44. Fields of Earth Science	The study of the properties, circulation, and distribution of continental water from the time of precipitation until it returns to the atmosphere is called	hydrology
2574	73. Cellular Activity	Protein synthesis and most other cell functions occur outside the nucleus of the cell in the cytoplasm. The information encoded within the DNA molecule must be carried outside the nucleus. Name the molecule that is the carrier of DNA's messages.	mRNA (messenger RNA)
2575	40. Conditionals	Complete this haunting conditional statement from the movie, 'Field of Dreams.' If you build it, he ...	will come
2576	123. Ships	These were what kind of ships? Amoco Cadiz Exxon Valdez Torrey Canyon	supertankers (oil tankers)
2577	48. Residents	What is the term for anyone who is not a citizen of the country in which he or she lives?	alien
2578	60. Movie Roles	In a movie, a supporting role with only a few lines of dialogue is known as what kind of part?	bit part
2579	45. Mathematical Coordinates	Complete this statement about coordinates. For every point there corresponds uniquely a triple of real numbers, and, conversely, to every triple of real numbers there corresponds a unique ...	point (in space)
2580	45. Populist Measures	An important innovation proposed by Populist leaders in the 1890s gave reformers the ability to circumvent their legislatures altogether by submitting legislation directly to the voters in general elections. Name this innovation.	initiative (referendum)
2581	125. Official Records	What adjective indicates that the words in an official transcript are exactly those originally spoken?	verbatim
2582	118. Explorers	Name the best-known American explorer to begin a journey from the Ross Ice Shelf.	Richard Byrd
2583	69. Natural Slopes	The lee slopes of sand dunes, talus slopes, and the slopes of what kind of volcanic cones are usually at the angle of repose?	cinder cones
2584	25. Historians	Halicarnassus was a Greek city in Asia Minor. It was the birthplace of what great historian of antiquity?	Herodotus
2585	60. Wilde Stories	At the end of what story by Oscar Wilde do servants find a bloated ugly corpse with a knife in its chest next to a painting of the deceased as he had been 18 years earlier?	The Picture of Dorian Gray
2586	16. Park Rock	What broad category of rock characterizes most of the landscape and geological features in Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands national parks?	sedimentary
2587	73. Drugs	Drugs that inhibit the effect of histamines are called what?	antihistamines
2588	14. Explorers	What Englishman reached northern California in 1579 during his circumnavigation of the world?	Francis Drake
2589	42. National Treasures	The state in which Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were born is the home of what national park of special interest to speleologists?	Mammoth Cave
2590	37. Persia	The Greek cities in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule. The Persians crushed the revolt and launched an attack on Athens itself in 490 B.C., but they were defeated by the Greeks at the battle of ...	Marathon
2591	62. Invasions	The Maximilian Affair relates to French intervention in what country?	Mexico
2592	20. Flags	The only two symbols on the banner of the Bear Flag Republic were, of course, a bear, and what else?	a star
2593	99. Parasites	This is about what kind of parasite common among dogs? It uses its hooks to fasten itself to the inside of a dog's intestines where it absorbs food. As it feeds, sections near the end of its body break away, carrying their eggs with them.	tapeworm (dog tapeworm)
2594	44. Algebraic Addition	Add these two expressions. 2(x squared) - 3x + 1 5(x squared) + 7x - 4	7(x squared) + 4x - 3
2595	118. Sentence Parts	What is the direct object in this line? What remarkable feats the Uzbekistani contortionist performed!	feats
2596	34. Short Stories	Who wrote the following? Well, it was up to him to build the fire over again, and this second time there must be no failure. Even if he succeeded, he would most likely lose some toes. His feet must be badly frozen by now, and there would be some time before the second fire was ready.	Jack London
2597	34. Parasites	While parasites that live on the surface of the skin are called ectoparasites, those that live inside the host are called ...	endoparasites
2598	47. World History	Name the political party behind the construction of facilities at Sobibor, Dachau, and Auschwitz.	Nazi (National Socialist)
2599	de Ancient Literature	What Greek writer is responsible for these sayings? -Appearances are often deceiving. -Flatterers are not to be trusted. -An old trick may be played once too often. -Any fool can despise what he cannot get. -One good turn deserves another.	Aesop
2600	28. Incredible Physiological Statistics	In one minute, a single molecule of cholinesterase, which operates at nerve synapses, can demolish 20 million molecules of what neurotransmitter?	acetylcholine
2601	26. Fantasies	Which of Tolkien's books begins with this? When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.	The Fellowship of the Ring
2602	51. Square Root	What is the square root of 16(B squared)?	4B
2603	8. Capital Losses	The IRS limits capital losses to a total deduction of $3000 each year. So, if you lose $7000 this year selling out an investment, how much of that loss must be carried forward?	$4000
2604	25. Color	What is the term for a series of colored bands arranged of decreasing wavelength from infrared to ultraviolet?	spectrum (rainbow)
2605	52. Mideast Rivers	What river arises in Syria from springs near Mount Hermon, flows south to Lake Merom, then through the Sea of Galilee, and finally into the Dead Sea?	Jordan River
2606	67. Homonyms	What word that as a verb means to make a deep resonant sound is used as an adjective to indicate a town undergoing rapid economic and population growth?	boom
2607	da Water	How many atoms of hydrogen are in two molecules of	water?
2608	61. Spelling	What is the British spelling for 'theater'?	theatre
2609	33. Solids	Determine the volume of a triangular solid 6' high, 5' wide, and 10' long.	150 cubic feet
2610	43. National Parks	What national park occupies 1,584 square miles in northwestern Montana on the southern borders of Alberta and British Columbia?	Glacier National Park
2611	26. Ancient Enemies	When Xerxes ascended to the throne, what people were his chief enemy?	Greeks
2612	32. Opera	What title of a Wagnerian opera is a synonym for 'apocalypse'?	Gotterdammerung
2613	30. Taxonomic Biology	Cetacea is an order of aquatic mammals that includes dolphins and ...	whales (or porpoises)
2614	22. Scientific Perspectives	Complete this thought by Arthur Clarke. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right, but when he states that something is impossible, he is very probably ...	wrong
2615	124. Injuries	A charley horse is an injury affecting what body system?	muscle
2616	35. Kansas History	From 1812 to 1821, the region that became Kansas was part of what larger territory?	Missouri Territory
2617	81. Epic Poetry	John Milton wrote about what ancient tragic hero who was blinded and temporarily stripped of his exceptional strength after Delilah cut off his hair?	Samson (Samson Agonistes)
2618	67. Scientific Speculation	This is from what work by Charles Darwin? As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever branching and beautiful ramifications	The Origin of Species
2619	118. European Geographical Synonyms	While the term 'frankfurter' comes from the name of a city in Germany, what synonym comes from a city in Austria?	wiener (wienerwurst)
2620	12. Machines	With regard to machines such as levers and pulleys, the weight of the object being lifted is called the ...	load
2621	84. Mechanics	What machine parts have these general functions? -reverse the direction of rotation -increase or decrease the speed of rotation -move rotational motion to a different axis -keep the rotation of two axes synchronized	gears
2622	4. Optics	Which category of mirrors is used in reflecting telescopes?	concave
2623	45. Volcanoes	Most volcanoes in South America have formed in the vicinity of the juncture of the South American plate and what other plate?	Nazca plate
2624	17. Fictional Places	These are located in what fictional land? Mount Pire Lantern Waste Shuddering Wood Stormness Head Fords of Beruna Deathwater Island Flaming Mountain of Lagour	Narnia
2625	48. Cells	What kind of cells contain axons?	neurons (nerve cells)
2626	71. Spices	What pungent condiment popular in India is made from a blend of cumin, coriander, fenugreek, pepper, turmeric, and other spices?	curry (curry powder)
2627	66. Snake Prey	How do animals caught by constrictors die?	suffocation
2628	75. Outdoor Misbehavior	What misdeed is committed when game or fish is taken out of season or on restricted land or by illegal means?	poaching
2629	102. Geology	What was formed in these ways? -mineral infiltration of interstitial spaces of dead organisms -organisms becoming embedded in pitch -organisms frozen in permafrost or glaciers -organism impressions in sedimentary rock	fossils
2630	11. Space Travel Experiments	Name the large mechanical devices into which aspiring astronauts are sometimes placed and spun around to simulate intense gravitational forces.	centrifuges
2631	24. Adjectives	What degree of comparison is illustrated in this example? He is the least incorrigible student in our graduating class.	superlative
2632	31. Hawaiian Geography	The Hawaiian islands are next to the Tropic of ...	Cancer
2633	16. Astronomy	What is this passage about? Today, 88 are recognized by astronomers and they divide the sky into units just like state boundaries divide the United States.	constellations
2634	50. The Senate	If a quorum is not present in the U.S. Senate, the only business that is in order is either to either direct the sergeant-at-arms to request the attendance of the absentees or to entertain a motion to do what?	adjourn
2635	20. Propaganda	A movie production company puts four positive reviews on its new video, but doesn't mention the other ninety negative reviews. This illustrates what form of propaganda?	card stacking
2636	70. Clever Anagrams	The phrase 'a decimal point' is an anagram for the other phrase, 'I'm a dot in' what?	place
2637	30. Award Analogies	Broadway is to Tony as Hollywood is to ...	Oscar
2638	39. Abbreviations	Many forms require you to supply your DOB, which stands for what?	date of birth
2639	15. Used Water	Wastewater from washing machines, showers, bathtubs, and sinks is called what kind of water?	greywater
2640	48. Citizenship	Although she has lived in Omaha for the last ten months, Betty was born in Detroit, went to college in Oakland, spent four years at Fort Benning, and worked several months for a mining outfit in the Colorado Rockies. Betty is a citizen of what state?	Nebraska
2641	62. Phrases	What kind of phrase completes this quote by James Thurber? Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.	prepositional phrase
2642	57. Fossils	Mold fossils form when dead plants or animals rot and leave hollows in rock corresponding to their original shapes. If those molds fill with minerals, what kind of fossils form?	casts
2643	19. Nonfiction	Who wrote this? Above our camp was a great steep bulge of snow and, as my feet were still cold, I waved Tenzing on to take the lead. Surging on with impressive strength, he ploughed a knee-deep track upward. We reached the top of the bulge at 28,000 feet.	Edmund Hillary
2644	59. Verbs	What adjective indicates verbs that form their past tense and past participle by changing a vowel in the infinitive?	irregular
2645	3. South American Capitals	If you sailed almost due west from Montevideo across the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, you could end up in what other capital city?	Buenos Aires
2646	64. Literary Techniques	An example of antimetabole is 'Fair is foul and foul is fair.' Complete this other example. One should eat to live, not ...	live to eat
2647	44. Historical Drivers	What was the title of the person responsible for steering the large sailing vessels of the 18th and 19th centuries?	helmsman (quartermaster, wheelman)
2648	23. Mammal Misnomers	Despite its name, what common little furry creature is neither from a western African country nor is it a swine?	Guinea pig
2649	69. Fairy Tales	What traditional fairy tale, set in the time of King Arthur, relates episodes in the career of a boy who had a talent for killing giants by cunning?	Jack the Giant Killer
2650	79. Paleontology	Creatures such as the lobefinned coelacanth, the Chinese maidenhair tree, the rootless whisk fern, the tuatara, and the horseshoe crab are popularly known as what kind of fossils?	living fossils
2651	de Government	What is the general term for a level of government smaller than a U.S. state?	local government
2652	83. Pacific Islands	What famed archipelago belongs to Ecuador?	Galapagos Islands
2653	84. Novels	In the novel, 'Holes,' Stanley Yetnats is given the choice of going to jail or to what camp?	Camp Green Lake
2654	50. Short Coasts	Which New England state has a coastline of only 18 miles, the shortest coastline of all ocean states?	New Hampshire
2655	51. Eye Anatomy	Below the conjunctiva is what clear fibrous layer that covers the iris?	cornea
2656	99. Electric Devices	A generator converts mechanical energy into electric energy. What device changes electric energy into mechanical energy?	motor
2657	105. Wartime Campaigns	In 1943, Allied forces under Patton and Montgomery captured Catania and Palermo, two principal cities of what island?	Sicily
2658	54. Ornithology Vocabulary	What is the name for a perch upon which birds routinely rest together?	roost
2659	74. Volcanoes	If you alphabetically arrange the names of U.S. states with active volcanoes, which one is first?	Alaska
2660	27. Power to the People	A ballot initiative is usually initiated through what process requiring a large number of signatures?	petition
2661	26. Warfare Conduct	Name the agreement first formulated in Switzerland in 1864 which established rules for wartime treatment of prisoners and of the sick or wounded.	Geneva Convention
2662	LOT. Tissues	Name the two folds of tissue in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them.	vocal cords
2663	92. Density	Since copper is 8.9 times as dense as water, what is its specific gravity?	8.9
2664	16. Botany	Which common plant life has holdfasts?	algae (or seaweed)
2665	115. Integer Problems	What odd integer between 600 and 800 is evenly divisible by both 7 and 9?	693
2666	125. The Cabinet	Which cabinet department of the federal government manages the foreign affairs of the United States?	State Department
2667	59. Scientific Graphing	Values of the dependent variable in an experiment are traditionally graphed on which axis of a graph?	vertical (y) axis
2668	53. Fins	What kind of fin that is obvious on killer whales is absent on sperm and baleen whales?	dorsal fin
2669	16. The Nervous System	'ACh' is an abbreviation for what neurotransmitter?	acetylcholine
2670	18. Fields	Electric fields may be attractive or repulsive, while gravitational fields are always what?	attractive
2671	117. History of Flight	This device invented in Spain is mistaken for an early helicopter, but the rotating blades holding it aloft are freewheeling and driven only by the forward thrust of the vehicle provided by a conventional propeller. Name this flying machine.	autogiro
2672	24. Economic Algebra	A retailer buys several water dogs for x cents per dozen. His selling price is x/9 cents per water dog. What is his profit on each?	x/36 cents
2673	Extra 17. Earth's Orbit	The aphelion or that point in the Earth's orbit when it is farthest from the Sun occurs during what month?	July
2674	59. Aviation Milestones	What is the term for the first flight that an aspiring pilot takes in which there is no instructor in the plane?	solo (first solo flight)
2675	33. Number Problems	Find the two numbers if the larger of two integers is 5/2 the smaller and if twice the smaller is subtracted	from twice the larger, the difference is 12.
2676	14. Motion	An object moving in a straight line continues to move in a straight line unless acted upon by a ...	force
2677	37. Movie Inspirations	The movie, 'Clueless,' was loosely based on what Jane Austen novel in which the central character initially fails in her attempts at matchmaking?	Emma
2678	85. Procedural Slang	What term, reminiscent of an incident involving Tom Sawyer, means to cover up wrongdoing or exonerate officials through halfhearted investigation?	whitewash
2679	23. Rivers	The source of these rivers is on what plateau? Mekong, Ganges, Yangtze, Yellow, Indus	Tibetan Plateau
2680	34. Economic Systems	Name the economic system in Europe during the Middle Ages based on the holding of land in fief.	feudalism
2681	8. Animal Foods	The only food of koalas consists of leaves from what tree?	eucalyptus
2682	TT. Cave Resources	Bat guano taken from what spectacular cave system in Kentucky was used to make gunpowder during the War of 1812?	Mammoth Cave
2683	104. Poisons	If you are sitting in a parked car with the engine running, you should have at least one window open. Otherwise, what poisonous, colorless, odorless gas might accumulate in the vehicle?	carbon monoxide
2684	74. Heads of State	What title was used through 1979 for the hereditary monarch of Iran?	shah
2685	10. Gerunds	What are the gerunds in this line? A man has more fun wishing for the things he hasn't got than enjoying the things he has got.	wishing, enjoying
2686	45. Spanish Neighbors	Name the smallest country adjacent to Spain.	Andorra
2687	46. Anagrams	'Curtailment' is an anagram for 'terminal ...'	cut
2688	20. Tools of Officiating	Name the small ceremonial, hardwood mallet used by presiding officers such as auctioneers, judges, and chairpersons to call for the conclusion of a transaction, to call for attention, or to punctuate rulings.	gavel
2689	3. Novel Quotations	This is from what work of science fiction? In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2690	25. Residents	Anyone not a citizen of the country in which he or she lives is an ...	alien
2691	41. Landforms	What landform did Charles Darwin say results from the subsidence of volcanic islands in relation to sea level and the simultaneous growth of a coral reef?	atoll
2692	39. The Constitution	What amendment prohibits Judge Bean from issuing a sentence requiring a felon to be hung by his ankles from a flagpole and rubbed with poison ivy while listening to an endless tape of Chipmunk songs?	8th amendment
2693	61. Fertilizer	Which major nutrient in fertilizer encourages plants to grow tall and green?	nitrogen
2694	60. Ratio	Four partners made initial investments in the ratio of 5 to 9 to 11 to 15. If their business venture made a profit of $8920, what should be the largest investor's share of those profits?	$3345
2695	31. Money Algebra	If the total value of x dimes and 2x nickels is $4.80, how many nickels do you have?	48
2696	78. Wartime Conferences	At what conference in 1945 did American, Russian, and British officials agree that Germany was to be disarmed and demilitarized, her National Socialist institutions dissolved, and her leaders tried as war criminals?	Potsdam Conference
2697	30. Raids	A helicopter raid by commandos in 1980 to retrieve American hostages in what country not only failed but resulted in the deaths of eight Marines?	Iran
2698	8. Land Masses	During the ice ages, Beringia was a land bridge that was exposed between what two continents?	Asia, North America
2699	38. Invasions	Italians under what dictator invaded Abyssinia in 1935?	Benito Mussolini
2700	104. Officials	What is the title of an official who can also be referred to as the Bench?	judge
2701	11. Death	A body may become stiff due to muscle contraction after death. Name this condition.	rigor mortis
2702	87. Classic Rock	What term for a large landform is missing in the titles of these works of classical music? Night on Bald ---- Hall of the _— King	Mountain
2703	26. British Law	Under British law during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, any subject of the Crown could be drafted into the Royal Navy in an emergency. Name this practice.	impressment
2704	75. Volcanoes on Moons	Because it has been active during every observation of it since first being seen by Voyager \| in 1979, the Prometheus volcano on Io has been given what nickname reminiscent of a certain geyser in Yellowstone National Park?	Old Faithful
2705	33. European Nations	In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was formally established as an independent nation. What was the popular name of this country?	West Germany
2706	15. Tall Dunes	Extending over 1600 feet from the base to the top, the world's highest sand dunes are in what Asian desert?	Gobi
2707	98. Mineral Economies	Two thirds of the world's annual production of 1,500 tons of what metal comes from South Africa?	gold
2708	7. Electricity	What is the term for an electrical connection deliberately made between the earth and a part of an electrical system?	ground
2709	25. Technology	A new form of TV appeared in the 1990s called HDTV. What does 'HD' stand for?	high definition
2710	124. The Ancient Mideast	The ancient region stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, the site of many of the earliest settlements, is called the Fertile what?	Crescent
2711	36. Glaciation	What kind of glacial deposit is Long Island in New York?	(terminal, end) moraine
2712	6. Canada	What central Canadian province is adjacent to Nunavut, Hudson Bay, and Ontario?	Manitoba
2713	95. Tissues	What kind of tissue consists of adipocytes?	adipose (fat) tissue
2714	42. Fantasy Characters	Who is the heroine in Stephanie Meyer's 'Twilight' saga?	Bella (Isabella) Swan
2715	73. Quadratics	What are the two values of b in this equation?	2(b squared) + 12b + 10=0
2716	49. Sequences	What is the sixth term of a geometric sequence beginning with these numbers? 93 1	1/27
2717	79. Legislative Committees	Name the smaller, more specialized committees that are organized by and operate under the authority of congressional standing committees.	subcommittees
2718	1. Earth's Spheres	Which of Earth's spheres consists of frozen water in the form of snow, permafrost, floating ice, and glaciers?	cryosphere
2719	15. 19th-Century Defeats	To whom does the pronoun refer in this excerpt? He might have been able to defeat the Russians had they fought, but as it was, his only enemies were cold, hunger, disease, and maddening raids of elusive Cossack warriors.	Napoleon Bonaparte
2720	21. Plants Not for Your Garden	Its sawtoothed leaves contain hairs that secrete a fluid which irritates the skin on contact. This North American plant is stinging what?	nettle
2721	52. Anthropology	What ethnic group used boats with outriggers and sailed vast distances to colonize the Pacific Ocean about 2000 years ago?	Polynesian
2722	61. Essays	Who wrote an essay containing these thoughts? -Government is best which governs least. -Individual conscience is the moral arbiter.	Henry Thoreau
2723	1. Algebraic Subtraction	Subtract 4x - 3 from 7x + 3.	3x +6
2724	51. Literary Forms	While Richard Dana's 'Two Years Before the Mast' is a novel of the sea, works such as Ole Rolvaag's 'Giants in the Earth' and Willa Cather's 'O Pioneers!' are novels of the what?	soil
2725	79. Blood Typing	What is the only consonant used in the names for the	four major blood groups?
2726	6. Journalists	Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward became famous when they covered what scandal?	Watergate
2727	5. Moon Missions	The European space probe that landed on Titan in 2005 found liquid flowing on its surface. Because it is much too cold for water to flow there, scientists guessed the liquid is what substance that is normally a gas on Earth?	methane
2728	Alt. 4. Constellations	Which constellation is the Herdsman?	Bootes
2729	93. Oceanic Landforms	What results when two caves on opposite sides of a headland join?	sea arch
2730	21. Hydrology	What term refers to a spot where groundwater leaks out slowly on the ground surface?	seep
2731	14. Soils	What two layers in a soil profile make up the solum?	A and B horizons
2732	28. Births	Millie Hamilton just gave birth to five identical twins. Collectively, the children of this multiple birth are referred to by what word?	quintuplets
2733	30. Solutions	Solutions having pH values below 7 are ...	acidic
2734	12. Astrogeological Vocabulary	What adjective describes meteorites or asteroids containing an element with an atomic number of 6?	carbonaceous
2735	28. Invasions	This refers to what invasion? The CIA encouraged the exiles to think the landing would have support from American air forces. But Kennedy decided against direct American involvement, so the invasion was a ludicrous failure.	Bay of Pigs
2736	1417s Factorials	Multiply 3 factorial by 4 factorial.	144
2737	89. Rulers	What country was ruled by the Tudors from 1485 to 1603?	England
2738	59. Rainshadows	Parts of the desert in Nevada and northern Arizona are influenced by the rainshadow effect of what mountain range in eastern California?	Sierra Nevada
2739	125. Gems	Name the flat surfaces cut on gemstones.	facets (faces)
2740	92. Historic Races	In 1830, the Tom Thumb lost a race to a horse, but nevertheless convinced people of its promise. What was the Tom Thumb?	locomotive (steam locomotive, iron horse)
2741	48. German Geology	Augen are relatively large mineral grains in schist and gneiss. Recalling the German origin of the term, you can surmise that the mineral grains are shaped like ...	eyes
2742	84. Athletics	Name the period preceding an athletic event during which you prepare by stretching and performing limited exercises.	warm up
2743	5. Baseball Idioms	What expression from the game of baseball means that a person has completed the initial stage of a process?	make it to first base
2744	116. Currency Value	The lowering of the exchange value of a currency by reducing its gold equivalency is called what?	devaluation
2745	61. Inequalities	Solve this inequality for x. 3(x+1) is greater than or equal to 9	x is greater than or equal to 2
2746	45. Quotes	What novel ends with this? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes 3,000 years ago - 'That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?' - two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer - Captain Nemo and myself.	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2747	48. Historical Musicals	These are songs from what Broadway musical about a major disaster in 1912? I Must Get On That Ship The First Class Roster Wake Up, Wake Up Dressed In Your Pyjamas In the Grand Salon The Blame To the Lifeboats The Foundering	Titanic
2748	115. Ancient Asia	Name the region of east-central Asia throughout which, in the thirteenth century, Genghis Khan united all the tribes and built an empire.	Mongolia
2749	100. Diseases	Mr. Gonzo is pale. He has a high rate of heartbeat and is experiencing difficulty in breathing. A doctor's examination shows he has a deficiency in hemoglobin and in red blood cells, a condition with what name?	anemia
2750	15. Equinoxes	In the Southern Hemisphere, during what month does the autumnal equinox occur?	March
2751	108. Cooking Implements	Used to cook food or keep it warm at the table, what metal dish is mounted above burning fuel?	chafing dish
2752	12. Crime	Marion found a checkbook on the sidewalk and decided to sign the owner's name to one of those checks in payment for a stereo. That signing made her guilty of what crime?	forgery
2753	82. Chile	What Chilean military leader and president directed a successful coup against his predecessor, Salvador Allende?	Augusto Pinochet
2754	38. Amendment Language	What term in the Second Amendment means transgressed, violated, or encroached?	infringed
2755	119. Multiple Meanings	What adjective completes this epitaph? Here lies Bill He always lied And he always will He lied once too often And now he lies ...	still
2756	91. Superlatives	Which superlative form of 'old' denotes superiority in age along with the implication of being old?	eldest
2757	59. Petrology	Name the group of processes that convert loose, unconsolidated sediment into sedimentary rock.	lithification (diagenesis)
2758	62. Central Characters	Who is the central character in these novels? Diamonds are Forever You Only Live Twice Goldfinger	James Bond (007)
2759	61. Colonists	Colonists primarily from what European country settled in the region around the mouth of the Mississippi River?	France
2760	TT. Pronouns	What pronoun meets these criteria? -third person -singular -nominative -masculine	he
2761	54. Nationalities	What was the nationality of the ancient military leader who was said to have wept because he had no more worlds to conquer?	Greek (Macedonian)
2762	23. Geologic Movements	A very large slice of what U.S. state is moving relentlessly northward relative to the rest of North America?	California
2763	Ts Pressure	A not-so-fair maiden weighs 280 pounds. The area of her ballet slippers in contact with the ground totals 40 square inches. In pounds per square inch, what is her total pressure on the ground?	7 \|b. per sq. inch
2764	17. Human Anatomy	What is the collective name for body parts covered by the periosteum?	bones
2765	25. Asian History	In 1972, Ceylon became an independent nation under what new name meaning 'resplendent island'?	Sri Lanka
2766	20. Political Positioning	These positions promulgated by the Polk administration elaborated what earlier doctrine? -The people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. -We can never consent that European powers shall interfere to prevent the union of an independent state with the U.S.	Monroe Doctrine
2767	123. Body Defenses	What term means having sufficient biological defenses to avoid specific kinds of diseases?	immunity
2768	101. Environmental Disasters	The worst oil spill in history occurred in 1991 when the military forces of what country intentionally opened valves on hundreds of oil wells and pipelines and released more than 1.3 million tons of oil into the Persian Gulf?	lrag
2769	84. Biology	What is the antecedent in this passage? After being warmed, humidified, and filtered, it passes to the pharynx, then to the larynx, to the trachea, to the two bronchi, and then to the bronchioles.	air
2770	74. Sultans	In 1517, the Ottoman Turks captured Egypt and Syria. Turkish armies terrorized Europe when they overran Hungary and attacked Vienna. Their leader was known as 'Suleiman the ...'	Magnificent
2771	66. Urban Settings	What city serves for at least part of the setting for all these works? Patriot Games The Da Vinci Code The Sign of Four Dracula The Picture of Dorian Gray The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	London
2772	87. British Commanders	The final command held by Charles Cornwallis in America was at a battlefield near what village in southeast Virginia?	Yorktown
2773	101. Antonyms	In civil rights, what is the opposite of integration?	segregation
2774	37. Song History	Although he originally wrote it for the Ziegfeld Follies, he withdrew it because he felt it didn't belong in an extravagant revue. Twenty years later it was first performed publicly on radio by Kate Smith. Name this song by Irving Berlin.	God Bless America
2775	55. Etymology	American colonists borrowed these words from what language? waffle, stoop, cruller, boss, cookie	Dutch
2776	123. Character's Ambitions	What did J.D. Salinger's character, Holden Caulfield, say was the only thing he would really like to be?	a catcher in the rye
2777	50. Political Ideology	What form of Marxist communism was named for a Chinese political leader who died in 1976?	Maoism
2778	45. Novels	In a story by Yann Martel, Piscine Molitor Patel comes to be known as who?	Pi
2779	83. Museums	The Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in 1993 in what city?	Washington, D.C.
2780	95. Naming Compounds	What is the name for a compound consisting of 1 atom of P and 3 atoms of Cl?	phosphorous chloride
2781	74. Voltage	What is the output voltage on a 110-volt line with a voltage drop of 9 1/4 volts from the panel to the outlet?	100 3/4 (or 100.75) volts
2782	Sis Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis requires photosynthetic pigments, light energy, and raw materials including water and what gas?	carbon dioxide
2783	94. Revolutionary Bandits	Francisco Villa was a Mexican bandit who became a revolutionary general during the Mexican Revolution and who unsuccessfully ran for the presidency after the revolution. What was his nickname?	Pancho
2784	103. Last Messages	Who transmitted these words that were received by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Itasca near Howland Island in 1937? We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Have been unable to reach you you by radio. We are flying at 1000 feet.	Amelia Earhart
2785	13. Volcanoes	More than half of the world's active volcanoes encircle the Pacific in a belt of volcanic activity called the what?	Ring of Fire
2786	13. Wives	Who was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII?	Catherine Parr
2787	72. Former Political Parties	The Populist Party of the late 1800s was largely formed from members of farmer's organizations. Name those organizations.	granges
2788	16. The Sun	The maximum duration of what phenomenon during a solar eclipse is 7.67 minutes?	totality
2789	33. Vitamins	In 1928, scientists discovered that peppers are four times richer than lemons in what antiscurvy vitamin?	vitamin C
2790	1. Reptiles	What crocodilians of India have extremely narrow, slender snouts with long, recurved, interlocking teeth?	gavials (gharials)
2791	26. Energy	The five main types of renewable energy include hydro, biomass, geothermal, solar, and what else?	wind
2792	93. Syllabication	Divide 'authenticate' into syllables.	au-then-ti-cate
2793	72. Ecological Concepts	What is the term for any organism that brings energy into an ecosystem from inorganic sources?	producer (autotroph)
2794	37. Island Economics	The most significant agricultural product of Cuba is ...	sugar cane
2795	38. Artisans	A noted 18th-century English furniture maker was Thomas ...	Chippendale
2796	25. Freedom from Danger	The condition of a nation's safety from threats is called national what?	security
2797	6. Explorers	The first Europeans to set foot on the North American continent since the Vikings had landed hundreds of years before were part of an expedition led by whom?	John Cabot
2798	35. Federal Finance	What adjective describes a government budget in which the expenditures do not exceed the income?	balanced (surplus)
2799	47. Novels	In Jean Craighead George's story, 'One Day in the Alpine Tundra,' a boy spends a day examining the life forms high in what Wyoming mountains south of Yellowstone National Park?	Tetons
2800	55. Nebulae	When a cloud of interstellar dust is so dense that it obscures light emanating from behind it, it is known as what kind of nebula?	dark nebula
2801	41. History of Biology	To whom does the pronoun in this refer? In 1869, he discovered a system by which characters are transmitted from adult to offspring. He had, in short, discovered what Darwin only suspected, namely, the mechanism of heritable variation.	Gregor Mendel
2802	95. Songs	What month is indicated in the song that begins, 'While strolling through the park one day'?	May
2803	49. Literary Forms	What form of nonfiction resembles an autobiography but depicts only a portion of a person's life?	memoir (journal, diary)
2804	33. Energy	Heliostats are used in the process of converting what kind of energy into electricity?	solar energy
2805	89. Grammatical Constructions	What conjunction usually follows these clauses? It is a well-known fact It is strange It is a shame It is unfortunate	that
2806	106. Axioms of Physics	Complete this axiom of physical science. Where the speed is great, the pressure is ...	small (little, diminished, etc.)
2807	71. Poetic Settings	This stanza is about a city in what country? Across the plain, beneath the wind, Black my pony, red the moon, Death stands and watches as I come, Watches from the towers of Cordoba.	Spain
2808	115. Counties	These are counties of what U.S. state? Powder River, Sheridan, Missoula, Glacier, Big Horn, Custer, Lewis and Clark, Teton, Yellowstone	Montana
2809	46. U.S. Geography	What mountain range is immediately west of the Great Basin?	Sierra Nevada
2810	7. Drugs	An excessive quantity of a drug which causes severe physiological reactions is an ...	overdose
2811	96. Civil War Novels	Complete this title of a novel in which Jeff Davis Bussey ends up fighting for both sides at different times during the Civil War. Rifles for ...	Waite
2812	41. Archaic Language	What archaic verb is the second person singular present indicative of 'be'?	art
2813	8. Microscopes	The ocular lens of a microscope is marked 30x. The total magnifying power of the microscope is 600x. What is the power of the objective lens?	20x
2814	52. Mountain States	Which is last on an alphabetical list of states through which the Appalachians pass?	West Virginia
2815	61. Island Nations	Name the archipelago straddling the equator in Southeast Asia consisting of some 17,000 islands.	Indonesia
2816	60. Territoriality Names	Based on the title of their ruling monarch, what kind of geopolitical units are illustrated by Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco?	principalities
2817	90. Mining	Chemist Herman Frasch developed a method for extracting what pale yellow nonmetallic element from deposits deep underground?	sulfur
2818	104. Genetics	What letters name the sex chromosome in a female?	XX
2819	26. Math	A number placed before a quantity which multiplies that quantity is called a ...	coefficient
2820	46. Right Triangles	What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 12 and 9?	15
2821	51. Stability	The aerodynamic stability of arrows is improved by fletching and, for bullets, by what in the barrels of firearms?	rifling
2822	26. Quartets	A string quartet consists of two violins and what two other instruments?	viola, cello
2823	8. Nth Roots	Find the tenth root of 60 to the 10th power.	60
2824	105. Political Affiliations	What is the name for a member of the conservative party in Great Britain or Canada?	Tory
2825	68. Place Names	The name for what forest is shared by the place where John Tyler lived in the U.S. and where Robin Hood's men hung out in England?	Sherwood Forest
2826	26. Fictional Heroes	This hero undertakes a hasty world tour as the result of a bet made at his London club. His valet is Passepartout. Name the hero.	Phileas Fogg
2827	62. Cinematic Anagrams	'Eagers' is an anagram for what high-energy musical production about high school students?	Grease
2828	72. Compass Directions	A compass direction of 315 degrees is halfway between what two cardinal directions?	north and west
2829	6. Scientific Procedures	Members of what class of inorganic substances can be identified by these properties? color, cleavage, specific gravity, streak, hardness, crystal form	minerals
2830	19. Astronomy	This is about what objects? The most distant objects known are among the most curious and the most energetic. Each of them emits the energy of hundreds of galaxies from a volume far smaller than that of our Milky Way.	quasars
2831	21. Good Fences	3437 miles is the length of the world's longest continuous fence. It is in what country?	Australia (Dingo Fence)
2832	24. Physical Laws	Who in 1670 proposed the universal law of gravitation?	Isaac Newton
2833	68. Maxims	What word that rhymes with 'sibilance' completes this maxim? The price of liberty is eternal ...	vigilance
2834	49. Acronyms	What is the acronym used for the following? Situation normal - all fouled up.	snafu
2835	92. Pronouns	Classify the last pronoun used in this quote by H.L. Mencken. Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.	indefinite
2836	7. Classes of Organisms	What class of consumers can reduce a dead organism down to its minerals, carbon dioxide, and water?	decomposers
2837	Alt. 1. Mottoes	Who, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, should you trust?	thyself (yourself)
2838	45. Investigations	This is about whose murder? I picked up the Dallas phone book and ran my fingers down the Z's. There it was, Zapruder comma Abraham. When I reached him that evening, I asked, 'Is it true that you photographed the assassination?'	John Kennedy's
2839	58. Codes	With what code of conduct are these names associated? El Cid Miles Courtenay D'Artagnan Ivanhoe Don Quixote Sir Galahad	chivalry
2840	106. Leaders	With what movement in the U.S. are these people associated? Roy Wilkins, Medgar Evers, Adam Clayton Powell, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King	civil rights
2841	56. Steamboats	Although it is erroneously referred to at the Clermont, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat operated on what river that flows north to south through eastern New York state?	Hudson River
2842	11. Myofibrils	Myofibrils are the fundamental contractile portion of what kind of cells?	muscle cells
2843	13. Conflicts	The U.S. fought what country in 'Mr. Madison's War'?	Great Britain (England)
2844	57. Coefficients	What is the numerical coefficient of (6ab)/8c?	6/8
2845	22. Weight	Weight is the product of the acceleration due to gravity and ...	mass
2846	116. Adjectives	Express the adjective 'despicable' in the superlative degree.	most (least) despicable
2847	78. Poetic Phrases	What Scottish poet popularized the phrase, 'auld lang syne'?	Robert Burns
2848	125. Civil War Alliances	Both the Union and the Confederacy were mostly unsuccessful in developing alliances with what two major European countries?	Britain, France
2849	Alt. 2. Equations	What is x if 7/x = 1/5?	35
2850	52. Imperialism	An 18th-century merchant ship landing in the Portuguese colony of Goa would have just crossed what body of water?	Arabian Sea
2851	8. Fruit Hybrids	The name for the hybrid resulting from crossing a mandarin with an orange is shared with what heroine of an American folksong whose shoes were number nine?	Clementine
2852	51. Vocal Music	What male singing voice is lower than tenor and higher than bass?	baritone
2853	31. Historical Valleys	In 1777, eleven thousand men of the American army spent the long winter on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania in what valley?	Valley Forge
2854	69. Precipitation	Identify that form of precipitation resulting from raindrops falling through a cold air layer and freezing.	sleet
2855	23. Westerns	In Larry McMurtry's 'Lonesome Dove,' who is Woodrow Call's unacknowledged son?	Newt
2856	33. First Ladies	What first lady said this when they returned to the nation's capital? The enemy cannot frighten a free people. We shall rebuild Washington.	Dolley Madison
2857	69. Lunar Phases	In what phase is the Moon when its longitude is the same as that of the Sun?	new moon
2858	32. Foreign Power Struggles	The stroke of the president of what country in 1989 initiated a power struggle involving Barend du Plessis, Chris Heunis, F.W. de Klerk, and R.F. Botha?	South Africa
2859	62. European Watercraft	Name the long, narrow rowboat used as a taxi in the canals of Venice.	gondola
2860	44. Fictional Locales	Because he is unstuck in time, Billy Pilgrim is forever flipping in and out of different periods of his life, from his youth as a German POW, to his present dull, lifeless marriage, to his future as a pampered prisoner on what planet?	Tralfamador
2861	105. Curves	Although colloquially, it is called a spiral staircase, because of its three dimensions, it should be called what kind of staircase?	helical staircase
2862	37. Borrowed Words	From what language do we get the words chow, tea, wok, and won ton?	Chinese
2863	20. Composers	What Austrian composer wrote his first symphony at the age of eight and had written twenty-five by the time he was seventeen?	Wolfgang Mozart
2864	98. Asian Peoples	What region of Asia is the original home of the Manchus?	Manchuria
2865	18. Spelling Malapropisms	Had the correct word been used, how should the last word in this sentence be spelled? You always knew when he come in the room because of the smell of his strange colon.	cologne
2866	55. Zoology	Ecologically speaking, what is the collective term for all these animals? polar bears, saltwater crocodiles, tigers, wolves, great white sharks, hyenas, anacondas	predators
2867	85. The Sun	Name the imaginary vertical line through the center of the Sun about which the Sun rotates.	axis
2868	61. Metaphorical Geography	In the 1960s, what was the island of Western capitalism surrounded by East Germany?	West Berlin
2869	72. Lakes	There are more than 1000 lakes in Connecticut. Most were created by what phenomenon?	glaciers (glaciation)
2870	12. Vultures	This vulture reaches a length of more than four feet and has a wing expanse of ten feet. Name this bird of the Peruvian and Chilean Andes.	condor
2871	18. Painters	What American painter created these works? Canvassing for a Vote Verdict of the People County Election Stump Speaking	George Caleb Bingham
2872	62. Bodies of Water	What arm of the Atlantic is adjacent to Normandy?	English Channel
2873	62. Nonsense Verse	Who wrote this? King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!	Edward Lear
2874	121. Hydrology	What unit of measurement in hydrology equals 160 square rods covered by 12 inches of water?	acre-foot
2875	15. Medical Malapropisms	What word should have completed this statement? His condition was poor, having undergone a massive cerebral hemorrhoid.	hemorrhage
2876	Alt. 5. Mechanics	If one gear has 60 teeth and another has 20, what is the gear ratio when these two gears are connected together?	3 to 1 (or 1 to 3)
2877	14. Fantasies	In 'The Lord of the Rings,' what is Strider's actual name?	Aragorn
2878	80. Peninsulas	The cities of Pyongyang and Pusan are on what peninsula?	Korean Peninsula
2879	23. Astronomical Positions	The aphelion is the point on an elliptical orbit at which a planet is farthest from what?	the Sun
2880	120. Botanical Shapes	What is the general shape of ovoid leaves and berries?	egg-shaped (oval)
2881	39. Musical Homonyms	What term for a melody or a solo can also indicate a colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous mixture containing 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and some other gases?	air
2882	49. Coastlines	What South American country north of Brazil has the longest coastline on the Caribbean Sea?	Venezuela
2883	75. Combination Problems	In a bag are black marbles and white marbles. How many marbles must you randomly take from the bag	to definitely have a pair of the same color?
2884	29. The Nervous System	What part of the central nervous system controls functions of internal organs, movements of the gastrointestinal tract, and the secretions of different glands?	autonomic
2885	24. Flight	What flying machine derives its lift from aerostatic forces in contrast to aerodynamic forces?	dirigible (blimp, airship, balloon)
2886	18. Drama	People may experience the same fears or joys of the characters when reading novels or watching plays. This mental entering into the feelings of a character is called ...	empathy
2887	39. Science History	What medieval science is suggested by the title, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'?	alchemy
2888	70. Governors	Name the New York governor of the 1790s who had formerly been chief justice of the United States.	John Jay
2889	57. Legendary Adjectives	What adjective indicates any piece of literature relating to the son of Uther Pendragon?	Arthurian
2890	21. Clauses	What kind of dependent clause completes this? A spokesperson for Universal Studios acknowledged that 'a few bugs need to be ironed out' of the new theme park after the King Kong ride ate a Nebraska woman.	adverb clause
2891	96. Inventions	These are inventions of what ancient civilization? astrolabe, catapult, steam engine	Greece
2892	40. Parallelograms	Name the parallelogram in which the diagonals are congruent and perpendicular to each other.	square
2893	58. Root Words	What does the root mean in these words? invisible, revise, provision, supervise	see (look)
2894	82. Industrial Pioneers	Who pioneered the system of mass production by using metal patterns to guide machine tools and make exact replicas of parts?	Eli Whitney
2895	30. Diseases	This disease has been virtually eliminated from the U.S. Nevertheless it is still recommended that children should be immunized against it. Name this viral disease that causes paralysis.	polio
2896	48. Allusions	This description of the Battle of Agincourt is an allusion to whose words of the 20th century? Never in the history of English arms were so many slaughtered by so few.	Winston Churchill's
2897	33. Diseases	Another name for coal miner's disease is ...	black lung (pneumoconiosis)
2898	13. Palindromes	What is the last word in this palindrome? Poor Dan is ina...	droop
2899	20. Genotypes	A human with an XXY genotype is what sex?	male
2900	45. Politics	The concentration of political opinions around two opposing extremes is called ...	polarization
2901	79. Chemical Reactions	In what kind of chemical reaction do the ions in two compounds switch places?	double-replacement reaction
2902	32. Suites	What suite by Gustav Holst includes these among its seven sections? Mars - the Bringer of War Venus - Bringer of Peace Mercury - the Winged Messenger Jupiter - Bringer of Jollity	The Planets
2903	17. Fields of Science	The study of the growth, structure, physical properties, and classification of crystals is called ...	crystallography
2904	93. Roman Numerals	What Roman numeral is on the Great Seal of the United States?	MDCCLXXVI
2905	30. Asian Archipelagoes	The Dutch took over the Moluccas in the 17th century, and used them as the basis for their monopoly of the spice trade. Before they were called the Moluccas, they were appropriately known as the ...	Spice Islands
2906	44. Smoke Signals	What is indicated by black smoke following a secret ballot of the College of Cardinals in Rome?	no new pope has been elected
2907	68. Symptoms	What is the term for an abnormal general swelling of the abdominal area?	bloating
2908	28. Poisons	What is the collective name for poisons injected by snake or insect bites?	venom
2909	31. Chemistry History	Gallium, scandium, and germanium were discovered within 20 years of their prediction by what Russian chemist?	Dmitri Mendeleev
2910	24. Cooking	What French cooking adjective that sounds like a girl's name indicates foods cut into long, thin strips?	julienne
2911	41. Depressions	A depression found in areas of karst is called a ...	sinkhole
2912	18. Homophone Spelling	The burro is a mammalian quadruped. Spell the other two related homophones.	borough, burrow
2913	40. Hills	What is the term for smaller hills lying at the base of large mountains?	foothills
2914	16. Religious Teachings	What are the following according to the Buddha? -All human life contains suffering and sorrow. -A desire for pleasure and material things causes suffering and sorrow. -Renouncing desire frees us from suffering. -Following the Eightfold Path leads to denial of desire and attainment of nirvana.	Four Noble Truths
2915	3. Scientists	These people were in what field of science? Giovanni Schiaparelli Percival Lowell Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Edmund Halley George Hale	astronomy
2916	95. State Nicknames	Quaker State is the nickname for what American state?	Pennsylvania
2917	83. Metallurgy	In what kind of furnace are fuel and ore supplied through the top and air blown in from the bottom?	blast furnace
2918	55. Tense	What tense is used below? By quitting time this afternoon, we will have been removing peas from their pods for fifteen straight hours.	future perfect
2919	86. Patriotic Songs	What American patriotic song includes these words in its lyrics? altar, gospel, vintage, sword, lamps, trumpet	Battle Hymn of the Republic
2920	72. Namesakes Down Under	An enormous shallow salt lake and major peninsula in Australia are named after the British explorer, John Edward ...	Eyre
2921	41. Scientific Numeration	Express 5,200,000 in scientific notation.	5.2 times 10 to the 6th power
2922	11. Angles	An inscribed angle is measured by what fraction of its intercepted arc?	half
2923	98. Sensation	A receptor for what sensation surrounds the root of almost every hair on your body?	touch
2924	37. Musical Instruments	What instrument is used for taps or reveille?	bugle
2925	49. Mountains	Name the highest mountain in Africa.	Kilimanjaro
2926	90. Scientific Syndromes	The closest the U.S. has come to the China Syndrome was in 1979 at what site?	Three Mile Island
2927	61. Star Proximity	If the star closest to Earth, apart from the Sun, were to explode right now, we would not know it for about	how many years?
2928	63. First Aid	In first aid, the back-pressure arm-lift technique is one method of providing artificial what?	respiration
2929	98. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'anything whatever' that is a homonym for an auxiliary verb meaning 'should.'	aught
2930	57. Cellulose	Plant cellulose is an essential element in the diet even though it provides no nutrients. Nutritionists call this substance ...	fiber (bulk, roughage)
2931	51. Quadrilateral Areas	The area of what quadrilateral equals half of the altitude times the sum of the bases?	trapezoid
2932	65. Seas	The Caucasus Mountains are adjacent to what enormous saltwater lake?	Caspian Sea
2933	32. Cactus Anatomy	Since a cactus has no leaves, what part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?	stem
2934	47. Fortresses	In what state was a fort built on a small island and named after General Thomas Sumter?	South Carolina
2935	43. Machines	What kind of machine is designed to increase the pressure of a gas?	compressor
2936	82. Asian Family Members	What kindred relationship did Kublai Khan have to Genghis Khan?	grandson
2937	30. Roman Mythology	The most disastrous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius occurred on August 24, 79 A.D., just one day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of what?	fire (metalworking)
2938	63. Folksongs	According to the folksong, who 'started out on de right hand,' while 'de steam drill started on de lef’?	John Henry
2939	36. Idiom	An adjective and noun referring to the largest of the phalanges make up what idiom referring to a person skillful in the garden?	green thumb
2940	91. Duels	Who fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton?	Aaron Burr
2941	94. Expeditions	In 1741, people in an expedition sponsored by what nation became the first Europeans to land on the northwestern coast of North America?	Russia
2942	63. Electricity	A current of 60 amperes flows through a resistance of 4 ohms. What is the voltage forcing the current through the resistance?	240 (volts)
2943	11. Novels	This is from what story? His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.	Lord of the Flies
2944	62. The Old West	Immigrants traveling from Missouri to New Mexico in the mid-19th century mainly followed what trail?	Santa Fe Trail
2945	17. Documents	Complete this line from the 'Communist Manifesto.' The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of ...	class struggles
2946	23. Pronouns	What is the demonstrative pronoun in this line? Such is simply not the case, regardless of what she says.	such
2947	56. The Armada	The great Spanish Armada was met by the English fleet in 1588 in the English Channel and the Strait of	Dover
2948	55. Useful Substances	Any time you reattach a handle that broke off a coffee cup, tape a note to somebody's door, or paste a photograph into your diary, you are using what kind of a substance?	adhesive
2949	17. Fruit Antonyms	In relation to fruits, what is the opposite of a clingstone?	freestone
2950	44. Sculpture Geology	The faces of four American presidents are carved into what coarse-grained igneous rock at Mount Rushmore?	granite
2951	59. Vertebrate Anatomy	In contrast to the circulatory system found in mollusks and arthropods, vertebrates have what kind of circulatory system?	closed
2952	38. Mirrors	What adjective generally describes the faces of mirrors that can produce diminished or magnified images, focus light, or simply distort a reflected image?	curved
2953	36. The Constitution	Which article of the U.S. Constitution contains the Admissions Clause?	Article IV
2954	93. Legends	What legendary city of gold was believed by the 16th-century Spanish to exist somewhere in the area of the Orinoco and Amazon rivers?	El Dorado
2955	20. Myths	According to legend, seven Greek maidens and seven Greek youths were sent to the king of Crete each year where they were fed to what monster?	Minotaur
2956	Alt. 5. Marching Bands	What corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and a color guard?	drum and bugle corps
2957	4. Poetic Meter	What meter is used in these lines? Just knock three times and whisper low That you and I were sent by Joe	tetrameter
2958	81. Fictional Officers	James Sandecker, James T. Kirk, and Horatio Hornblower share what military rank?	admiral
2959	20. Chemical Poetry	What name completes this horrible ditty? Al Cohol is a guy with no pride. With his name he was not satisfied. So with no trepidation Underwent oxidation. And then was renamed AI de ...	Hyde
2960	26. Physical Phenomena	The opposite of radiation, what is the name for the retention of light, heat, or sound?	absorption
2961	8. Japan	Who became a strictly ceremonial leader of Japan after the Second World War?	Hirohito (the emperor)
2962	67. Big Eyes	Even though the giant squid has the largest eyes of any creature, it can only see black and white. Therefore, its retinas lack what light-sensitive cells that humans have?	cones
2963	87. Word Meaning	In contrast to the denotation of a word, what is the term for the ideas or qualities implied by that word?	connotation
2964	90. Politics	What is the term for these kinds of groups in the U.S. Democratic Party? Progressive Democrats Liberal Democrats Conservative Democrats African American Democrats Union Democrats Muslim Democrats Hispanic Democrats :	factions
2965	54. Latin American History	This is about what South American country? About 980 A.D., the Caras founded a prosperous kingdom called Quito, which was conquered by the Incas about 1470.	Ecuador
2966	49. Islands	These are islands of what U.S. state? Matagorda, Pelican, Brazos, South Padre, Galveston	Texas
2967	50. International Offenders	Because of the continuing attacks by its people on private boats and commercial ships, what East African nation has come to be known as the 'Land of the Pirates'?	Somalia
2968	33. Inflammations	Viruses, infections, croup, bronchitis, influenza, or even a common cold may cause an inflammation of the voice box called what?	laryngitis
2969	64. Arthurian Legends	King Arthur's father, Uther, had what name reminiscent of a fabulous winged reptilian beast?	Pendragon
2970	50. Algebraic Operations	What is the product of -3x times 2(x squared)?	-6(x cubed)
2971	4. Pollution	Sulfur dioxide gas reacts chemically with sunlight, oxygen, dust particles, and water to form volcanic smog known as ...	vog
2972	30. Politics	Name the member of a political party whose main task is to enforce party solidarity among congressmen?	whip
2973	20. Specter Stories	Literary historians say the first important ghost story by an American author was what work by Washington Irving?	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2974	65. Comic Books	Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, 'Persepolis,' is about her growing up during the Islamic Revolution in what country?	Iran
2975	83. Abbreviations	In the military, for what does AWOL stand?	absent without leave
2976	7. Ornithology	What structure on a bird consists of its maxilla and mandible?	beak (bill, rostrum)
2977	27. Waterfalls	In what state are these waterfalls located? Akaka Falls Wailua Falls Waimoku Falls Papalaua Falls Hanakapiai Falls	Hawaii
2978	75. Mistaken Identities	The people of what Latin American civilization mistook the conquistador Cortes for their god, Quetzalcoatl?	Aztec
2979	114. Ocean Life Appendages	Name the specialized feet characteristic of echinoderms.	tube feet
2980	3. Microwaves	For what does the 'r' stand in the acronym 'maser'?	radiation
2981	80. Spices	The spice cinnamon is made from what part of the cinnamon tree?	bark
2982	63. Plant Roots	Name the thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the tip of a root.	cap
2983	64. Plate Tectonics	The Cascadia subduction zone is on the eastern flank of what plate?	Juan de Fuca plate
2984	44. DNA	Adenine is one of how many chemical bases in DNA?	four
2985	17. Money Slang	A C-note is slang for what denomination of U.S. currency?	$100
2986	83. Weapons	This passage is about what weapon? The white spectators were astonished at the dexterity and incredible force with which a flat, bent, edged stick, slightly resembling a Turkish scimitar, was thrown by the native Australian.	boomerang
2987	64. Latin America History	U.S. Marines landed in what Latin American nation in 1926 to shore up the government of Adolfo Diaz?	Nicaragua
2988	28. Encephalitis	Equine encephalitis is a mosquito-borne type of viral encephalitis originally isolated as an encephalitis that affects what mammals?	horses
2989	109. Water	Name the region of transition between the warmer surface waters and the cold bottom waters of a lake.	thermocline
2990	79. Amendments	The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches and what else?	seizures
2991	54. Historical Trials	This is about whose trial? The arraignment of the chief officer of the Republic was made by the representatives of Congress and held before the Chief Justice of the United States presiding in the Senate chambers.	Andrew Johnson (or Bill Clinton)
2992	25. Poetry	This illustrates what form of poetry? Banderas sword drawn Parries with furious grace Flubs mark of Zorro.	haiku
2993	50. Botany	Buds are undeveloped parts of growing plants that may develop into shoots, leafs, or what?	flowers
2994	Alt. 4. English Novels	In 'Lord of the Flies,' Piggy suffers from what respiratory disease?	asthma
2995	30. Imperialism	During the 1760s, which European country was unquestionably the greatest colonial power?	England
2996	48. Discharge	A stream with an average velocity of .5 feet per second and a cross-sectional area of 20 square feet has a discharge of how many cubic feet per second?	10
2997	72. Medieval Performers	What was the name for the wandering medieval singers and reciters of poetry in Europe?	troubadours (minstrels)
2998	86. Allusions	What character created by George Orwell has become an allusion for governmental invasion of privacy?	Big Brother
2999	93. Density	Density may be measured in grams per cubic centimeter or in kilograms per what?	liter
3000	66. Fragments	This sentence fragment consists of what kind of phrase? with his hand in the cookie jar	prepositional phrase
3001	83. Kings	What epithet is associated with King Richard I of England?	the Lionhearted (Lionheart)
3002	89. Earth's Interior	Upward movement of low-density material and downward movement of high-density material within the Earth sets up what kind of currents?	convection currents
3003	26. Magellan	What percentage of the ships that started out with Magellan's voyage around the world actually completed the trip?	20%
3004	65. Languages of the Lofty	What language do most people speak who live in the vicinity of the world's highest waterfall?	Spanish
3005	23. Rectangles	Find the height of a rectangle with a 10 yard base and an area of 180 square yards.	18 yards
3006	19). Tax Reform	A major item of discussion in many tax reform debates is IRAs. For what do these initials stand?	individual retirement accounts
3007	19. Big Rocks	Ayers Rock in Australia is composed of what kind of rock?	sandstone
3008	92. Archaeology	What civilization built fabulous and enduring architectural wonders at sites such as Tikal, Uxmal, and Chichen Itza?	Maya
3009	9. Oceanic Oozes	While siliceous ooze consists mainly of the debris of plankton with silica shells, such as diatoms and radiolaria, what kind of ooze is composed primarily of the shells of foraminifers, coccolithophores, and pteropods?	calcareous ooze
3010	30. Reform Poetry	This verse by Sarah Cleghorn, written in the early 20th century, is about what practice since abolished by legislation? The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look out And see the men at play.	child labor
3011	16. The Circulatory System	Blood leaving the left atrium of the heart is directed toward what organ?	lungs
3012	55. Whales	What is another name for the killer whale?	orca
3013	14. Astronomy	These are three types of what? astrometric binaries spectroscopic binaries visual binaries	binary stars (pairs of stars)
3014	81. Sentences	What is always the subject of an imperative sentence?	you
3015	28. Measurement	What system, the name of which is reminiscent of an ancient city in Asia Minor discovered by Heinrich Schliemann, is used for precious metals and gems?	troy system
3016	Alt. 3. Classification Schemes	What category used in the classification of organisms consists of several closely related genera?	family
3017	6. Latin America	You must travel through what country to get from Venezuela to Panama?	Colombia
3018	54. Algebraic Evaluation	Evaluate 5x + 2 when x = 20.	102
3019	15. Freedoms	Which of the Four Freedoms elucidated by Franklin Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address is missing from this list? -freedom of speech and expression -freedom from want -freedom from fear	freedom of worship
3020	29. Justices	Who was the chief justice when George Washington was first inaugurated as president?	nobody (none were appointed yet)
3021	69. Crimes Real and Imagined	With what crime are Philip Nolan and Aaron Burr associated?	treason
3022	15. Oceanography	The highest percentage of any ocean, the floor of which ocean is about 50% continental shelf?	Arctic Ocean
3023	49. Ears	In which section of the ear are the eardrum, hammer, and stirrup located?	middle ear
3024	69. Compensation	A payment made to an employee over and above a regular salary or wage as an incentive or reward is a ...	bonus
3025	44. Reptiles	What kind of reptile has a carapace and a plastron?	turtle (tortoise, terrapin)
3026	123. References	Annals and yearbooks are usually arranged on the shelf in what kind of order?	chronological
3027	70. History of Astronomy	An ancient textbook on astronomy spoke about the fixed and wandering stars. Today, what name is given to these 'wandering stars'?	planets
3028	73. Poetic Accents	What is the first accented monosyllabic word in Poe's 'The Raven'?	Once
3029	119. Stayin’ Alive	Organisms sometimes evolve the ability to avoid fatal encounters by deceiving predators into treating them as something else. This form of imitation is called defensive ...	mimicry
3030	106. Articles	Grammatically speaking, what category of article must be used for a particular object or class of objects?	definite article
3031	47. Research	In correlational studies, investigators attempt to discover ...	relationships (connections, correspondences)
3032	8. Proverbs	How does this proverb usually begin? Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the prenatal ovoid structure.	Don't count your chickens ...
3033	13. The Inquisition	In 1483, what Spanish king and queen authorized Tomas de Torquemada to take command of the Inquisition in all Spanish possessions?	Ferdinand and Isabella
3034	31. Temperature	Ethyl alcohol melts at -114 degrees C. What is the Fahrenheit equivalent of this temperature?	-173 degrees F
3035	50. Traveling Songs	While at the Baltimore station on the way to his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln heard what song introduced by Dan Emmett in 1859 that had been adopted by the South as its unofficial anthem?	Dixie
3036	25. Marine Mammals	Only two species of elephant seals are larger than what tusked, marine mammal that can weigh more than 3700 pounds?	walrus
3037	10. News Stories	The fighting described below took place in what country in 1991? Armed with spears, knives and axes, rival supporters of the African National Congress and the Zulu-led Inkatha Freedom Party fought one another in the townships of Johannesburg last week.	South Africa
3038	62. Fish Organs	Fish have what organ found in no other animal that detects vibrations and pressure changes in the water through sensors beneath the scales?	lateral line
3039	29. Appointments	What U.S. president made the greatest number of appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court?	George Washington
3040	111. Venomous Snakes	Name any country in which death adders are native.	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
3041	124. Power to the People	A ballot initiative is usually initiated through what process requiring a large number of signatures?	petition
3042	106. Adjectives	What is the superlative form of 'less'?	least
3043	38. Political Pressure	Because the efforts are traditionally conducted in rooms and hallways just off the Senate and House chambers, the practice of attempting to persuade members of Congress to support or oppose pieces of legislation is called ...	lobbying
3044	71. Second World War	Montgomery launched his attack in October of 1942. After a week's fighting, the Germans had only 90 tanks left - the British, 800. On 3 November, Hitler forbade retreat. This battle occurred near what Egyptian village?	El Alamein
3045	77. Deserts	What desert was the farthest southern extent of the Roman Empire?	Sahara Desert
3046	53. Musical Geography	These styles of music are associated with the region around what sea? rumba, bomba, reggae, salsa, mambo	Caribbean
3047	92. Lewis Carroll	In a story by Lewis Carroll, Leopold Stubbs was thrilled when he first saw the sign, 'Simon Lubkin. Dealer in Romancement.' But alas, there was a flaw in the sign. What did Mr. Lubkin actually sell?	Roman cement
3048	29. Adam Smith	Adam Smith said that the three factors of production include capital, land, and ...	labor
3049	108. Oceanography	Earthquakes, submarine landslides, submarine volcanic eruptions, and large meteorite impacts in the ocean can all cause what kind of enormous waves?	tsunamis (seismic sea waves)
3050	12. Ancient Nations	This is about what empire? With no more frontiers to conquer, the energy and idealism that drove the empire was shunted into a passion for spectacle, dissipation, and display.	Rome
3051	119. Zoology	The harvestman is an arthropod belonging to what taxonomic class?	arachnid (Arachnida)
3052	31. Symptoms	Old Uncle Dickie has a pain in his neck, along with headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision. Given that he was stopped at a traffic light when he got rear-ended by a careless motorist a few days ago, name the injury he had probably sustained.	whiplash
3053	Alt. 1. Empires	The most distant part of the Spanish Empire consisted of what major Pacific archipelago?	Philippines
3054	33. Fish	Anadromous fish spend most of their lives in what kind of water?	saltwater
3055	45. Anagrams	'Animosity' is an anagram for 'is no' what?	amity
3056	84. Settlers	What is the collective name for the Scandinavians who established the settlements on the Shetland, Orkney, and Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland?	Norsemen (Vikings)
3057	69. City Nicknames	A nickname for what California city resulted from this quote by Oscar Levant? Strip the phony tinsel off ---- and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.	Hollywood
3058	47. Light	What adjective indicates a substance through which light only travels diffusely?	translucent
3059	38. British Victories	In 1777, General William Howe's army captured what city that was then serving as the American capital?	Philadelphia
3060	28. Legends	People in what city believed that they would be safe so long as the Palladium remained in there?	Troy
3061	50. The Heart	Atrium is to upper as ---- is to lower.	ventricle
3062	36. Lakes	The waters of over 25 rivers drain into it but only one drains out. Name this enormous South American lake.	Titicaca
3063	18. Political Power	The African National Congress is the most powerful political party in what country?	South Africa
3064	73. Songs	What is the last word in this line from a song? Whoopee ti yi yo, git along, little ...	dogies
3065	47. Legal Synonyms	What is a synonym for the crime of abduction?	kidnapping
3066	29. Scientific Vocabulary	An object pushed or thrown forward in the air by a sudden, great force, such that the object continues in motion when the force no longer acts is called a...	projectile
3067	66. Legendary Navigators	Christopher Columbus was undoubtedly familiar with the manuscript, 'Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis,' which suggests that what sixth century Irish saint once sailed to the east coast of North America?	Saint Brendan
3068	35. Numbers	What is the first cardinal number in 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere'?	15
3069	23. Italy	Identify the unique boats common on the canals of Venice.	gondolas
3070	27. Bird Books	For an ornithologist, these would fall into what general category of nonfiction? -Field Guide to the Birds of North America -The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan -The Birders Handbook -Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America	reference books
3071	78. Famous Women	After escaping slavery, who led fifteen trips to the South and brought hundreds of blacks to freedom in the North and Canada via the Underground Railroad?	Harriet Tubman
3072	14. Vocabulary	What verb beginning with 'm' means 'to reduce to the smallest possible amount or extent'?	minimize
3073	122. Properties of Matter	What property of matter is the sharply defined, reproducible temperature at which a pure solid substance changes into a liquid?	melting point
3074	16. Legal Jargon	What is the term for a failure to perform a legal obligation or fulfill a contract?	breach
3075	87. Reform Tactics	What principle of Gandhi's political theory was reflected in these words by Martin Luther King? We cannot solve the problem through retaliatory violence. We must love our white brothers no matter what they do to us.	nonviolence
3076	92. Africa	What nation on the African continent lies closest to the island of Madagascar?	Mozambique
3077	34. Weight	You would weigh the least if you stepped on bathroom scales on which of the inner planets?	Mercury
3078	17. Big Numbers	How many zeroes are in the decimal representation of a googol?	100
3079	21. European Monarchies	The surname, Plantagenet, is linked with what country?	England (Great Britain)
3080	49. Links between Generations	A feature that can be passed on from one generation to the next is what kind of characteristic?	inherited (genetic, congenital)
3081	60. Paintings	The marine artist, Robert Wyland, is famed for his 100 large, outdoor paintings of whales, executed on the walls of buildings in 13 countries. These are examples of what kind of paintings?	murals
3082	123. Technology	Name the kind of device device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe or that permits liquids or gases to flow through a pipe in only one direction.	valve
3083	100. The Mafia	In relation to the Mafia, the phrase 'capo di tutti capi' means 'boss of' what?	bosses
3084	3. Poems	What character spoke these words in a poem by Robert Browning? I'm able by means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep, or swim, or fly, or run, After me so as you never saw!	Pied Piper
3085	98. Couplets	Complete this couplet by Dorothy Parker. Men seldom make passes At girls who wear ...	glasses
3086	25. Psychology	While studying intently for a biology test, you imagine yourself on remote beach in Tahiti. What compound word refers to this common psychological phenomenon?	daydreaming
3087	11. Sovereigns	What is the female equivalent of an emperor?	empress
3088	21. War	The last Americans were evacuated from the American embassy rooftop in what South Vietnamese city at the end of the Vietnam War?	Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
3089	61. Numbers		Express the decimal number 5 in the ternary system.
3090	22. Antonyms	Euphony and cacophony indicates opposite kinds of	sounds (tones, etc.)
3091	29. Center of Mass	Name any object for which none of its mass is located at its center of mass.	hoop, ring, empty box, inflated balloon, etc.
3092	15. Identification Medals	Reminiscent of something required of most canine pets, what small, flat identification label is worn around the necks of military personnel?	dog tags
3093	92. Change of State	The vaporization of a liquid below its boiling point is called ...	evaporation
3094	15. Losses	What was ultimately lost for the want of a nail, the want of a horseshoe, the want of a horse, and the want of a rider?	a kingdom
3095	43. Scientific Investigations	In scientific investigations, what is the term for the repetition of an experiment?	replication (duplication)
3096	44. Proverbs	What proverb about the fluid secreted from mammary glands means that it is useless to bemoan something that has already taken place?	Don't cry over spilled milk.
3097	49. Significant Textbooks	Complete this title of the most famous text on parliamentary procedure. Robert's Rules of ...	Order
3098	17. Frontier Settlements	What adjective describes Old West towns that suddenly sprang up or dramatically increased in size following a nearby discovery of gold, oil, or silver?	boom
3099	112. Oceanic Landforms	What results when two caves on opposite sides of a headland join?	sea arch
3100	97. Ancient Roman Moolah	The inscription 'SC' appeared on coins issued during the Roman Republic which stood for 'Senatus consulto,' meaning 'by command of the' what?	Senate
3101	10. Force	You pull on a 50-foot rope tied to a tree. If the force on the rope 5 feet from the tree is 30 newtons, what is the force on the rope 45 feet from the tree?	30 newtons
3102	73. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is the candidate using who might say this? Mr. Guterberg is nothing more than a fascist, liberal, tree-hugging yuppie environmentalist.	name calling
3103	16. Waterways	What waterway was opened in 1869 to provide a shorter route from Europe to India?	Suez Canal
3104	28. Bilateral Symmetry	In bilaterally symmetrical organisms, body regions can be labeled with respect to their position. What is the name for the front region?	anterior
3105	15. Propulsion Alternatives	In 1909, what American physicist wrote about using liquid hydrogen as a fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer as an alternative to conventional powder-fueled rockets?	Robert Goddard
3106	72. Numismatics	A discontinued $1 coin bore the image of what American feminist leader and suffragist?	Susan B. Anthony
3107	86. Idaho	What Idaho river is also called The River of No Return?	Salmon River
3108	47. Washington D.C.	The two states that ceded land for the nation's capital were Virginia and what other?	Maryland
3109	13. Meteorology	What term indicates a standard value for a meteorological element such as temperature or precipitation as it has been averaged over a period of years in a given locale?	normal (average, mean)
3110	62. Transportation	The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 authorized construction of a transcontinental railroad linking San Francisco, California, in the west to what Nebraska city in the east?	Omaha
3111	17. Complementary Angles	One of a pair of complementary angles is 46 degrees. How many degrees are in the other?	44 degrees
3112	38. Diving	More than 50 tower dives are grouped into five categories. Group I includes forward dives. Group IV includes inward dives. What kind of dives are in group VI?	armstand dives
3113	99. Fictional Immortality	What character in 'Tuck Everlasting' ultimately decides not to drink from a vial of water that would make her immortal?	Winnie
3114	21. Russian Rulers	What name completes this series? Peter the Great, Catherine I, Peter III, Catherine the Great, Paul, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander II], ...	Nicholas II
3115	6. Big Sleeps	When Rip van Winkle awakens, he finds that his wife is dead, his daughter is married, and what war has taken place?	American Revolution
3116	66. Latin Abbreviations	What is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase meaning 'in the year of the Lord'?	AD
3117	35. Anatomy	The colon is the lower section of what organ?	large intestine
3118	21. Technology	What is the abbreviation covering a broad spectrum of technologies that includes field such as speech recognition, robotics, problem solving, and pattern recognition?	Al (artificial intelligence)
3119	25. Literary Forms	What literary form which attacks through ridicule, irony, and parody intends to arouse amused contempt for its target?	satire (spoof, lampoon)
3120	78. Books	These apply to what book? It permits polygamy. It teaches the virtues of charity. It tells the faithful to fast and give alms. It was revealed in the seventh century.	Koran
3121	71. Rhyme	This is the rhyme scheme for what kind of usually humorous verse? aabba	limerick
3122	84. Gems	Name the unit of weight for precious gems.	carat
3123	36. Word Squares	What are the last two words in a word square if the first two are 'gnat' and 'name'?	amen, tent
3124	105. Continents	That portion of a continent submerged to depths less than 150 meters is called the continental what?	shelf
3125	51. Sailing Adventures	In 2010, 16-year-old Abby Sunderland was unable to complete her quest to sail solo around the world when her boat was badly damaged in a storm in what body of water?	Indian Ocean
3126	9. National Symbols	What unfinished architectural form is on the Great Seal of the United States?	pyramid
3127	12. Literature	These works are what type of literature? The Spirit of St. Louis Luce and His Empire The Man from New York Profiles in Courage The Taft Story	biographies
3128	31. Flowering	What adjective indicates plants with flowers that open at night?	nocturnal
3129	5. Literary Quotes	In 1766, Jean Jacques Rousseau attributed the remark, 'let them eat cake' to 'a great princess.' Two decades later, it was widely ascribed to what French queen?	Marie Antoinette
3130	85. Ancient Rulers	This is about whom? Although queen of Egypt, she was a Greek, one of the Ptolemaic Dynasty that assumed the throne in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great.	Cleopatra
3131	37. Literary Characters	What is the literary term for the protagonist in a story who is courageous and admired for brave deeds and noble qualities?	hero (heroine)
3132	123. To Kill a Tree	Girdling involves cutting through the bark and what other layer of cells in a tree trunk?	cambium
3133	9. Shipping	Most freighters operate on a fixed schedule but what is the name for those that travel to wherever cargo is available and to wherever it is to be sent?	tramps
3134	57. Etymology	What term for an adventurer involved in a dangerous quest originally referred to someone who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece?	argonaut
3135	92. Ecosystems	While an ecosystem that consists of a wide variety of species is a polyculture, what kind of ecosystem is dominated by a single species?	monoculture
3136	9. Marine Life	This indicates what form of marine life? They are solitary polyps that attach by a flat basal disc to solid objects underwater objects. Both the body column and the numerous tentacles are brilliantly colored.	sea anemones
3137	4. Negotiations	With what South American country did the U.S. first attempt to negotiate a treaty under which the Panama Canal would be built?	Colombia
3138	59. Aviation	An aircraft surface such as a wing or propeller blade that controls lift or propulsion is an ...	airfoil
3139	50. Radioactive Decay	Every 5570 years, half of what isotope decays into nitrogen-14?	carbon-14
3140	16. Asian Islands	What island is at the intersection of the East China Sea, the Philippine Sea, and the South China Sea?	Taiwan
3141	29. Freedom of Speech	What was the nationality of the person who is supposed to have said this in the 18th century? I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.	French
3142	27. Lava	Name the sheetlike bodies produced when magma is injected into subterranean fractures that cut across rock layers.	dikes
3143	46. Participles	What is the past participle of 'arise'?	arisen
3144	1. Sentences	According to this sentence, who was at the Olympics? Tanya wrote to Kathy every day when she was in Lillehammer.	Tanya or Kathy
3145	16. Qualifications	If Salvatore Corleone will be old enough in two years to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, how old is he now?	23
3146	27. Fossils	Their oval flattened bodies consisted of a head covered by a semicircular dorsal shield and a thorax and abdomen, protected by overlapping dorsal plates. Their heads bore a pair of antenna-like appendages and a pair of compound eyes. Name these extinct marine arthropods.	trilobites
3147	74. Phrases	What is the first prepositional phrase in the U.S. Air Force song?	into the wild blue yonder
3148	84. Deportations	The most infamous of the forced migrations of American Indians during Andrew Jackson's administration was called the Trail of what?	Tears
3149	34. Sculptures	A statue of what mythical Greek warrior depicts him attempting to pull an arrow from his heel?	Achilles
3150	58. Construction Projects	Construction of what colossal dam on the Colorado River began in 1930?	Boulder (Hoover) Dam
3151	3. Mollusks	Various mollusks line their shells with mother of ...	pearl
3152	79. Symbols	In metals it is represented by copper. In precious stones it is represented by emerald. In planets it stands for Venus. Name this color associated with faith, gladness, immortality, and resurrection.	green
3153	Alt. 5. Measurers	What does an anthropometrist concentrate on measuring?	human body (people, man)
3154	18. Neurons	What part of a neuron could be compared to an antenna that receives signals?	dendrite
3155	Zi Monsoons	The monsoon wind pattern that brings seasonally heavy rain to southern Asia is believed to have started some 12 million years ago with the uplift of what mountain range?	Himalayas
3156	11. First Meetings	In its first meeting in 1960, what organization then consisting of just Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar forced a retraction of the decrease in oil prices by Standard Oil of New Jersey, which had unilaterally rolled back prices by 4 cents to 14 cents per barrel?	OPEC
3157	85. Sports Biographies	'Venus and Serena' is a biography about two exceptional athletes in what sport?	tennis
3158	124. Fruits	In 1805, what citrus fruit from Tangier in Morocco reached Europe for the first time?	tangerines
3159	42. Square Root	Round the square root of 34 to the nearest tenth.	5.8
3160	27. Atmospheric Phenomena	It is usually red, orange, or yellow. It can be as small as a grapefruit or as big as a pumpkin. After briefly hovering above the ground or darting wildly about, the orb fizzles out or ends with a bang. Name this form of lightning.	ball lightning
3161	31. An Average Tale	What short story by Kurt Vonnegut is about a future America in which equality is achieved by discouraging exceptional talent or intelligence and creating forced mediocrity?	Harrison Bergeron
3162	100. Medical Adjectives	When used in medicine, 'pneumonic' indicates what organ?	lung
3163	118. Last Voyages	What American president ordered the U.S.S. Maine into Havana Harbor to support American interests in Cuba?	William McKinley
3164	92. Sports	Dislocations are common among football, boxing, and hockey players. These competitive activities illustrate what category of sports involving physical contact between players as a normal part of the game?	contact sports
3165	45. Rodents	What South American semi-aquatic rodent somewhat resembles an enormously oversized guinea pig?	capybara
3166	67. Clauses	Aside from being a dependent clause, what kind of clause is the last one in this line by Theodore Roosevelt? Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.	adverb clause
3167	64. The Alamo	In 1835, Sam Houston ordered San Antonio abandoned but troops there at the Alamo under James Bowie and William Travis chose to remain. They were joined by others, notably the 'Tennessee boys' led by whom?	Davy Crockett
3168	114. Republics	This republic is composed of over seven thousand islands in the South Pacific. It was ruled by Spain, then by the United States, and finally became independent in 1946. Name it.	Philippines
3169	27. Gases	A gas sample occupying a volume of 12.3 liters weighed 9.3 grams at a pressure of 750 torr when its temperature was 450 degrees K. What is its volume when its temperature is 300 degrees K?	8.2 liters
3170	80. Artists	With what art form are these names associated? Frederic Bartholdi Giovanni Bernini Gutzon Borglum Auguste Rodin	sculpture
3171	113. Sports Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this sentence about football? The referee penalized the team for unnecessary roughage.	roughness
3172	116. Pirate Talk	What is a pirate's term for someone who has spent little or no time at sea?	landlubber
3173	72. History of Africa	Much of the credit for establishing Belgian domain in Central Africa and the Congo area in particular goes to what explorer sent there by King Leopold?	Henry Stanley
3174	98. Fantasy Quotations	Complete this line uttered by the White Rabbit in 'Alice in Wonderland.' The hurrier I go, the ...	behinder \| get
3175	40. Archaeology	Ur, Nineveh, and Babylon are archaeological sites in what country?	Iraq
3176	55. Dutch Colonists	What valley was at the heart of the New Netherland colony?	Hudson Valley
3177	30. Leader Diseases	Hemophilia is a disease associated with the leaders of what nation until 1917?	Russia
3178	40. Prehistory	The Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are subdivisions of what prehistoric age?	Stone Age
3179	43. Palindromes	What is the last word in this palindrome? Some men interpret nine ...	memos
3180	47. Fungi	What substance forms the exoskeletons of insects?	chitin
3181	124. Mammals	What piglike hoofed mammal inhabits Texas and Arizona?	peccary
3182	74. Asian Seas	What sea is between Korea and Japan?	Sea of Japan
3183	9. Bearings	A plane flying on a bearing of 45 degrees is flying in what direction?	northeast
3184	74. Mammals	Marine mammals include seals, whales, dolphins, walruses, and what carnivores related to weasels and minks?	otters
3185	42. Capes	What cape is just south of Tierra del Fuego?	Cape Horn
3186	84. Verbiage	What words could be omitted from this example without changing its meaning? Legislators are already in the process of reviewing the statutes.	in the process of
3187	6. Capitals	A plane flying from Khartoum on a compass heading of 45 degrees would first fly over what body of water?	Red Sea
3188	47. Theater	Theatrical makeup that is impervious to heat or perspiration is generically called ...	greasepaint
3189	104. Slithery Creatures	What South American snake that spends much of its time in water may grow thirty feet long?	anaconda
3190	36. Islands	Sri Lanka is south of what Asian country?	India
3191	19. Insects	Stink bugs belong to what group of insects?	beetles (Coleoptera)
3192	105. Anthropology	How are these people collectively known? -the Bama in northeast Queensland -the Koori in New South Wales -the Palawah in Tasmania -the Noongar in Western Australia -the Anagu in South Australia	Aborigines
3193	Ts Root Words	What is the meaning of the root word in these examples? corporation, corpse, corpulent, corpuscle	body
3194	14175 Fields of Science	What is the name for the scientific study of insects?	entomology
3195	103. Ecological Tragedies	During the opening weeks of the 1991 war in Iraq, an enormous oil slick was intentionally released into what body of water?	Persian Gulf
3196	40. Plutons	Concordant plutons result from the injection of molten rock parallel to pre-existing strata. What kind of plutons result from molten material that cuts across preexisting strata?	discordant plutons
3197	2. Political Metaphors	A revered idea or institution which few dare to question is called a sacred what?	cow
3198	90. Paintings	These are titles of what kind of paintings? Table, Napkin, and Fruit The Vase with 12 Sunflowers Strawberries	still life
3199	40. Freedom	As protected by the First Amendment, the freedom of expression includes the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and what else?	petition
3200	119. Mountain Vocabulary	Located in the transition zone between plains and mountains, what is the name for those hills that gradually increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range?	foothills
3201	1. The Bigger They Are ...	A main events leading up to the collapse of the Roman Empire was the plundering of Rome by a Germanic people in 455. Identify these people whose name has come to indicate those who maliciously deface public or private property.	Vandals
3202	8. Wordplay	This illustrates what kind of ludicrous statement named after an island in the North Atlantic? Talk about thin! Well, you're thin, and I'm thin, but he's as thin as the pair of us put together!	Irish bull
3203	13. Queens	Who was the British queen when England defeated the Spanish Armada and Londoners first flocked to see the plays of Shakespeare?	Elizabeth (Elizabeth 1)
3204	6. Vertigo	Subjective vertigo is the sensation of a person moving around in space. What type of vertigo is the sensation of having objects move about a person?	objective vertigo
3205	24. Breakers	As waves approach the shore and wave height increases, what other characteristic of waves decreases?	velocity (or wavelength)
3206	66. Currents	As the North Equatorial Current in the Atlantic Ocean moves westward, it is deflected by the continental land mass and the Coriolis effect. Name this warm current which turns clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.	Gulf Stream
3207	92. Stories	These are among the stories in what book? The Story of King Shahryar The Fisherman and the Jinni The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad The First Kalandar's Tale The Sweep and the Noble Lady Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber	The Arabian Nights (1000 Nights and a Night)
3208	13. Sailing Ship Crews	What was the title of those who carried gunpowder from the lower decks to the cannons of sailing ships?	powder monkeys
3209	6. Taking the Pulse	In what part of an accident victim's body could you take a carotid pulse?	neck
3210	112. Composers	In Westminster Abbey, there is a monument showing a composer in front of his desk on which rests the open score of the 'Messiah' with 'I know that my Redeemer liveth.' Who is buried there?	George Frideric Handel
3211	23. Biological Talk	The verb 'spawn' means to deposit ...	eggs
3212	27. Errors	Name the grammatical error in this line. There isn't but one volcano on the mainland that has caused damage.	double negative
3213	29. Star Brightness	Eta Carina is the brightest star in the galaxy if we are speaking of luminosity, or intrinsic brightness measured in watts. But in terms of flux density, or the measure of how bright things seem to us from Earth, aside from the Sun, what is the brightest star?	Sirius
3214	52. Novels	San Francisco is the setting for what novel about a Chinese immigrant father and son who build a flying machine?	Dragonwings
3215	Alt. 4. On Government	Complete this line by William Penn that illustrates antithesis. If men be good, government cannot be ...	bad
3216	40. Cities	Georgetown is the largest city and capital of what South American country?	Guyana
3217	42. History Vocabulary	People of Western cultures are Occidentals. People from Eastern cultures are called ...	Orientals
3218	57. Krill	What tough, semitransparent substance composes the exoskeletons of krill?	chitin
3219	Alt. 5. Exothermics	Those involved in manufacturing fireworks are in what field?	pyrotechnics
3220	27% Rhetorical Questions	W.E.B. Du Bois was referring to what group of Americans when he asked this in 1903? Is it possible and probable that nine millions of men can make effective progress in economic lines if they are deprived of political rights, made a servile case, and allowed only the most meager chance for developing their exceptional men?	blacks
3221	15. Legendary Birds	In Arabian legend, it was a fabulous white bird of enormous size with such strength that it could 'truss elephants in its talons' and carry them to its mountain nest. Identify this bird associated with Sinbad the Sailor.	Roc
3222	13. Shared Awards	The Nobel Peace Prize was shared in 1993 by Nelson Mandela and what South African president?	F.W. de Klerk
3223	46. Wildlife	What is another name for the javelina?	peccary
3224	67. Curious Writings	This is what kind of literature? Here lies a father of 29. There would have been more But he didn't have time.	epitaph
3225	64. International Unrest	In 2009, what country stated that any attempt to board and inspect the cargo ship Kang Nam \| would be regarded as an act of war?	North Korea
3226	78. Fables	A few words of wisdom are at the end of each of Aesop's fables. What is another name for such aphorisms?	morals
3227	105. Paleontology	The study of extinct animals is paleozoology. Name the study of extinct plants.	paleobotany
3228	42. It's Not Wampum	About 500 million 'Sackies' became available to the U.S. public in early 2001. This slang name refers to whom?	Sacajawea
3229	89. Physical Properties	You pull a sponge out of a bucket of water. What property of liquids causes the water to squirt out in all directions when you mash the sponge between your hands?	incompressibility
3230	73. Elements	Transuranic elements are grouped into either the transactinide series or into what other series?	actinide series
3231	66. Lizards	What is the only archipelago in which marine iguanas are found?	Galapagos Islands
3232	88. Sports	In 2011, the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeonchang in what country?	South Korea
3233	28. Mixtures	How many pounds of candy worth 65 cents per pound must be mixed with 10 pounds of candy worth 90 cents per pound to make a mixture worth 70 cents per pound?	40 pounds
3234	80. Proportion	Phil's jalopy averages 15 miles per gallon. Given a cost of $1.20 per gallon, what will be the fuel cost for a 750 mile trip?	$60
3235	14. Autobiographies	In 1953, Charles Lindbergh wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography entitled 'The Spirit of' what?	St. Louis
3236	14. Circles	To the nearest hundredth, what is the circumference of a circle one yard in diameter?	3.14 yards
3237	115. Wildlife	The ibex is an immediate relative of what common domesticated ruminant?	goat
3238	56. Logic	In deductive logic, it would be inconsistent to accept the premises but deny the ...	conclusion
3239	24. Modifiers	What word is modified by the first adjective in this sentence? Completely brokenhearted by the outcome of the audition, Kermit decided to return to his lily pad on the pond and resume his previous career of catching slow flies.	Kermit
3240	37. Cones	If you know the height and radius of a cone, you can determine the slant height by using what theorem?	Pythagorean theorem
3241	10. Marine Mammals	Name the world's largest seals.	elephant seals
3242	61. Forms of Government	Plato favored a government of the best and wisest men tuling in the interest of the entire state. This form of government is an ...	aristocracy
3243	6. Animal Behavior	Hibernation is a long winter sleep but some animals such as opossums and skunks enter into a light winter sleep from which they may rouse on warm days to hunt food. This light sleep is called ...	dormancy
3244	4. Astrology	What is the astrological sign for the lion?	Leo
3245	38. The Executive Branch	Identify the two men who comprised the only unelected presidential team in American history.	Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller
3246	59. Lofty Goals	In what document are these goals set forth? -promote the general welfare -provide for the common defense -insure domestic tranquility -establish justice	the Constitution
3247	29. Longitude	A longitude of 160 degrees west runs through which two oceans?	Pacific, Arctic
3248	20. Oceanic Currents	The Canary Current is adjacent to what two continents?	Europe, Africa
3249	18. Protests	In 1963, 200,000 blacks and their supporters rallied in Washington D.C. to press their demands for equal rights. Who led this march?	Martin Luther King
3250	74. Earthquakes	The shock from an earthquake spreads out from a point on the Earth's surface. Name that point.	epicenter
3251	49. Motion	What term in physical science describes the amount of inertia and motion an object has?	momentum
3252	26. Musicians	What musical director for the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War and World War I wrote the autobiography entitled 'Marching On'?	John Philip Sousa
3253	35. Principal Parts of Verbs	What are the principal parts of 'stride'?	stride, strode, stridden
3254	36. Animal Diets	Because skunks eat little rodents, fruits, berries, birds, eggs, insects, lizards, and carrion, they are classified as what?	omnivores (omnivorous)
3255	7. Literary Forms	This illustrates what form of literature? Here lies Robert Wallis, Clerk of All Hallows, King of good fellows, And maker of bellows. He bellows did make till the day of his death, But he that made bellows could never make breath.	epitaph
3256	50. Civil War Songs	What prepositional phrase follows this line from the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'? He hath loos'd the fateful lightning	Of His terrible swift sword
3257	Alt. 3. Valleys	The Central Valley of California is between the Coast Ranges and what mountain range to the east?	Sierra Nevada
3258	61. Industrial Revolutionaries	Abraham Darby was the first man to smelt iron ore with coke instead of what other fuel?	charcoal
3259	38. Oceans	What two oceans touch the East Indies?	Pacific, Indian
3260	124. Political Groups	Name the political party founded in 1874 to promote the issuance of legal tender paper currency not backed by precious metals.	Greenback Party
3261	30. Medical Idioms	Someone to be operated on is said to be going under what surgical instrument?	the knife
3262	18. Literary Limericks	What word completes this limerick? Alas, Douglas Adams has died, 'Don't Panic,' his readers all cried. For in St. Peter's line, He'll be asked, 'Six times nine?' And the answer is found in the ...	Guide
3263	93. Botany	Thin outgrowths from a plant root's epidermis cells that increase the surface area of a root for absorption of water and minerals are called root what?	hairs
3264	22. Angstroms	An angstom equals one meter times 10 to what power?	-10th
3265	48. Optics	You are looking at a paintbrush through the side of a clear glass filled with water. What phenomenon explains why the paintbrush seems to bend and become larger where it enters the water?	refraction
3266	109. Flying	What is the term for the lateral inward tilting of an aircraft in a turn?	banking
3267	45. Military Leaders	Along with Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Scipio, and Pyrrhus of Epirus, what Carthaginian is considered one of the greatest generals of antiquity?	Hannibal
3268	39. Assassinations	Name the two U.S. presidents assassinated in the 20th century.	William McKinley, John Kennedy
3269	58. Mottos	During what century did the French first adopt the motto, 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity'?	18th century
3270	50. Deserts	Although it extends into Nevada and Arizona, what desert that occupies more than 25,000 square miles lies mainly in southeastern California?	Mojave
3271	33. Birds	What kind of feathers are on newly hatched birds?	down
3272	32. Last Lines	This is the last line of what anachronistic story by Mark Twain? We will leave him this manuscript, and then we will try to leave.	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
3273	125. Modifiers	What is the predicate adjective in this line? You are happy when skies are gray.	happy
3274	60. Discoveries	In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu in what mountain range?	Andes
3275	40. Archimedes Principle	If the weight of an object in a fluid is less than the weight of the fluid it displaces, what will the object do?	float
3276	80. Heart Anatomy	Which chamber of the heart receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via the pulmonary vein?	left atrium (left auricle)
3277	68. First Aid	In reaction to trauma, what condition is characterized by a loss of blood pressure and depression of vital functions?	shock
3278	123. Underhanded Attempts	During the Revolutionary War, John Andre was part of a conspiracy to surrender what fort to the British?	West Point
3279	101. Disputed Islands	What nation remained interested in the 1990s in reclaiming the Kuril Islands?	Japan
3280	47. Divides	The highest point on the continental divide of what country is at 2228 meters on top of Mt. Kosciusko?	Australia
3281	15. Bird Populations	If 5/8 of the pheasants at the Birds-R-Us Farm are males and the total pheasant population there is 2400, how many girl pheasants are there?	900
3282	30. Velocities	An airplane is traveling due westward with a velocity of 400 miles per hour. But, it is flying directly into a headwind with a velocity of 40 miles per hour. What is the resultant velocity of the airplane?	360 mph westward
3283	15. Mechanics	With what simple machine consisting of at least a grooved wheel and a rope does the load go up when you pull down?	pulley
3284	36. Structures	These are the four fundamental styles of what? beam, cantilever, suspension, arch	bridges
3285	108. Time Travel	In 'The Time Machine,' Weena dies in what kind of calamity?	forest fire
3286	49. Legends	What Old West bank and train robber is often portrayed as the American Robin Hood?	Jesse James
3287	94. California Captains	Who is the captain indicated in this account? The captain was writing a letter one afternoon when Mr. Marshall burst into the room and said that he had 'intelligence' that would put both of them into possession of unheard of wealth. The captain thought that something had touched Marshall's brain until Marshall flung on the table a handful of pure virgin gold.	John Sutter
3288	26. A Christmas Carol	The sign above the door to Ebenezer Scrooge's business read 'Scrooge and ...'	Marley
3289	77. Shop Equipment	What device uses energy produced in a coal-burning power plant two hundred miles away to mash atmospheric gases into a small container that then travels by hose to an impact wrench to loosen rusty lug bolts last tightened by a sumo wrestler in 1955?	air compressor
3290	121. Landforms	Due to their triangular shape, depositional landforms at river mouths were named after what Greek letter?	delta
3291	4. Muscle Names	Any muscle with two heads or points of origin?	biceps
3292	21. Colonial Business Ventures	Chartered in 1627 in France, The Company of One Hundred Associates was established to capitalize on what business in the New World?	fur trading
3293	8. Art Forms	What term refers to the art of shaping and firing clay?	ceramics
3294	44. Africa	What is the easternmost continental African country?	Somalia
3295	12. Embryos	What is another name for an early stage of embryonic development called a blastosphere?	blastula
3296	118. Health Problems	Name the condition involving the depletion of body fluids to the point of illness.	dehydration
3297	50. Silly	What imaginative 'guidebook' was created by Douglas Adams?	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3298	98. Disease Agents	What is the popular name for microorganisms or microbes?	germs
3299	50. Research Facilities	Name the once super-secret town in New Mexico where research on nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II.	Los Alamos
3300	16. Spanish	Translate this line from 'Don Quixote.' La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.	Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
3301	71. Wings	What is the shape of a delta wing?	triangular
3302	24. Mammals	The hooves of ungulate mammals are made of what structural protein?	keratin
3303	11. Scientific Laws	According to Newton's third law of motion, what is a rope doing while you are pulling on it?	It is pulling back.
3304	34. Historic Seizures	In 1704, the English seized Gibraltar from what country?	Spain
3305	27. Contractions	Until around the 1930s, the word 'ain't' was pretty much an acceptable contraction, but today it is considered the mark of an illiterate person. It is a shortened version of what phrase in the first person?	am not (are not, is not, has not)
3306	89. Disorders	Bronchoconstriction occurs in what organs?	lungs
3307	28. Tubers	Tuberous roots bear clusters of tubers that contain eyes from which new plants grow. What is another term for these eyes?	buds
3308	98. Acids	Aqua regia consists of one part nitric acid and three parts of what other acid?	hydrochloric acid
3309	10. Burning Buildings	Military units from what country burned much of the building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?	Great Britain (England)
3310	20. Fictional Assistants	Name Dr. Frankenstein's assistant.	Igor
3311	10. European Archipelagoes	Composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles, name the rugged archipelago off the west coast of Scotland.	Hebrides
3312	92. Historic Landmarks	These historic sites are in what state? Winslow Homer Studio Portland Observatory Sarah Orne Jewett House Wadsworth Longfellow House Kennebec Arsenal	Maine
3313	54. Scientific Laws	That the internal energy change for any cyclic process is zero is another way of stating the first law of what?	thermodynamics
3314	25. Criminal Activity	To knowingly assist another person in the commission of a crime is to aid and ...	abet
3315	35. Poisoning	These are things you can do to avoid what kind of poisoning? -Never burn charcoal inside a home or tent. -Never leave a car running inside a garage. -Never run a generator in an enclosed space.	carbon monoxide poisoning
3316	28. Transfusions	In 1912, the physician Roger Lee showed that blood from any group could be given to patients with what blood type?	AB
3317	6. Europe	Liechtenstein and France are two of the five countries that border Switzerland. Name the other three.	Germany, Austria, Italy
3318	56. Verbs	What adjective indicates verbs that form their past tense and past participle by changing a vowel in the infinitive?	irregular
3319	19. Battery Ratings	A battery rating of 1200 milliamp-hours is the same	as how many amp-hours?
3320	73. Revivals	The religious revivalist movement that swept through the American colonies from the 1730s to the 1750s was called the Great ...	Awakening
3321	115. Zoology	These are varieties of what kind of sea life? cow, thresher, bullhead, tiger, basking	sharks
3322	Alt. 1. Locus of Points	What is the locus of points equidistant from two parallel planes?	a plane parallel to and midway between the planes
3323	29. Energy	What type of energy is any energy that is not kinetic energy?	potential energy
3324	118. Biomes	These are typical animals of which biome? lemmings, caribou, reindeer, polar foxes	tundra
3325	19. Organs	What organ is an exhaust pipe for the lungs?	trachea (windpipe)
3326	24. Fields of Scence	What field of science is directly concerned with addressing the question of whether or not there is life any place beyond Earth?	astrobiology
3327	19. Slogans	What is the last name of the 19th-century presidential candidate who was promoted with this slogan? Grandfather's hat fits Ben.	Harrison
3328	75. North Africa	The southern border of what country is adjacent to Niger, Chad, and Sudan?	Libya
3329	120. Summit Meetings	In 1960, a summit meeting in what city collapsed when the U.S. refused to apologize to the Soviet Union in regard to a U-2 spy plane incident?	Paris
3330	3. U.S. Rivers	The headwaters of the Pecos River, a tributary of the Rio Grande, are in what state?	New Mexico
3331	110. Seas	What region of the North Atlantic is covered by floating seaweed that gives it its name?	Sargasso Sea
3332	43. Africa	What African country is an island?	Madagascar
3333	4. Preamble Vocabulary	What verb in the preamble of the U.S. Constitution means decree or enact?	ordain
3334	73. Unhappy Endings	What work by Jon Krakauer tells of Chris McCandless' attempt to live off the land near Denali National Park and the discovery of his emaciated body in an old, abandoned bus?	Into the Wild
3335	27. Metric Units	What is the unabbreviated metric unit in this list which could not be used to measure length? km cm mg dm	milligram (mg)
3336	37. Science History Limericks	What name is missing at the beginning of this limerick? ---- the well known truth-seeker, Jumping out of his bath, cried 'Eureka!' He ran half a mile, Wearing only a smile, And became the very first streaker.	Archimedes
3337	43. The U.S. Government	Which is the only branch of U.S. government with the power to interpret the Constitution?	judicial branch
3338	62. Traditions	Hindu tradition prohibits the killing what kind of domesticated animal?	cow
3339	TT. Disasters	This is about what city? By the time the fire was under control, 490 blocks had been leveled, 25,000 buildings had been destroyed, 225,000 people were homeless, and 452 had been killed. This disaster of 1906 was the worst in U.S. history.	San Francisco
3340	47. It's Only Natural	This indicates what natural process? If a fluid is made warmer, it becomes lighter and starts to rise. If it gets cooler, it becomes heavier and sinks.	convection
3341	45. Unusual Multiplication	Multiply the rent for a hotel on Boardwalk in Monopoly by the number of handles on a goblet.	zero
3342	23. Tax	What tax is charged on every gallon of fuel purchased for automotive use?	gasoline tax
3343	12. Geographical Namesakes	'Moor' comes from the Mauri, a people in northwestern Africa. What African nation was named after them?	Mauritania
3344	122. Borders	Name two of the four U.S. states that have the shortest borders with Canada.	PA, ID, NH, VT
3345	106. Art Museums	In what museum could you see the Hellenistic marble statues of Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, da Vinci's Mona Lisa, and tens of thousands of other masterpieces from around the globe?	the Louvre
3346	91. Music Man Music	In the musical, 'The Music Man,' the songs 'Lida Rose' and 'Will I Ever Tell You' are sung separately and then together. This technique of combining two melodies is called ...	counterpoint
3347	Sis Alcohol	What kind of alcohol fuel is made from corn and sugar cane?	ethanol
3348	Ts Rocks	Apache tears is one name for a dark and glassy igneous rock. Another name for this rock is ...	obsidian
3349	15. Continents	On which continent is there an open grassland called the veldt?	Africa
3350	100. Rights	Which amendment prohibits a truckload of BATF agents from unexpectedly showing up at your home one day with no warrant and demanding to search the premises?	4th amendment
3351	50. Early Science Fiction	During the 1600s, the astronomer Johannes Kepler wrote a book called 'The Dream' in which he imagined his mother flying to the Moon on broomstick. This imaginative description of life in space created problems for his mother, since it was used as evidence that she was a ...	witch
3352	69. Physicists	Gabriel Fahrenheit is noted for his invention of the Fahrenheit temperature scale and for his use of what poisonous, metallic, liquid element in thermometers?	mercury
3353	74. Figures of Speech	What figure of speech is illustrated by these examples? unbiased opinion deafening silence original copies genuine imitation	oxymoron
3354	22. The Sea Floor	What adjective describes expansive, smooth plains at depths of 15,000 to 18,000 feet?	abyssal
3355	121. Respiration	What behavior leading to a lowered concentration of carbon dioxide in your blood may involve either breathing at an abnormally fast rate or breathing more deeply than normal?	hyperventilation
3356	87. Autobiographies	In 1953, Charles Lindbergh wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography entitled 'The Spirit of' what?	St. Louis
3357	10. Rough Seas	A submarine in water with waves 60 feet high and 120 feet long would have to be at least how many feet deep to avoid the effects of the storm above?	60 feet
3358	34. Cubes	What is the surface area of a cube four feet on edge?	96 square feet
3359	58. Idioms	What verb is missing in these idioms? ---- shop the ---- of the town ---- through one's hat ---- turkey straight ----	talk
3360	102. Acronyms	What is the acronym for 'sound navigation and ranging'?	sonar
3361	19. Labor Law	The responsibility of employers for injuries to employees while at work is employer's ...	liability
3362	17. Photographic Problems	In photography, name the glow from a subject's eyes caused by light from the flash reflecting off the blood vessels behind the retina.	red eye
3363	32. Figures of Speech	This passage by Carl Sagan illustrates what figure of speech? Discouraging the natural scientific curiosity of kids is just one of the causes of scientific illiteracy which afflicts the United States like drought in Death Valley.	simile
3364	3. Faulty Towers	In the 12th century, construction began on what famous Italian campanile that sits on an inadequate foundation?	Leaning Tower of Pisa
3365	22. Haydn	In the year 1800, Franz Joseph Haydn composed an oratorio entitled 'Die Jahreszeiten.' Translate this title.	The Seasons
3366	46. Philosopher-Scientists	Name the English philosopher and statesman who replaced the 'a priori' method of the scholastics with a formulation of the inductive method of modern science.	Francis Bacon
3367	10. Idioms	Repair the incorrect idiom in this line. Two months ago, you were warned about taking the Israelis for granite.	for granted
3368	40. Historic Births	Who was the first English child born in North America?	Virginia Dare
3369	114. Propulsion	What propelling force is calculated as the product of the rate of mass discharge and the velocity of the exhaust gases relative to the vehicle?	thrust
3370	12. The 1001 Nights	In the tale of Aladdin, what did the unscrupulous magician, with the help of the magic lamp, have transported to Africa that Aladdin was eventually able to bring back to China?	a palace
3371	31. Asian Philosophical Positions	What Indian spiritual leader said this in the 1930s? When a person claims to be non-violent, he is expected not to be angry with one who has injured him. He will not wish him harm. He will not swear at him. He will put up with all the injury to which he is subjected by the wrong-doer.	Mohandas Gandhi
3372	Alt. 4. Air Travel	An airliner flying directly from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Ottawa, Ontario would fly over which Great Lake?	Lake Huron
3373	2. Legends	What did 18th-century sailors call the evil spirit at the bottom of the sea?	Davy Jones
3374	75. Valuable Metals	Pure silver may be found associated with pure gold in the form of what alloy?	electrum
3375	22. Geology	Astronomers and geologists classify what as stones, stony-irons, or irons?	meteorites
3376	48. Kitchen Physics	What common device in the kitchen elevates the boiling point of water?	pressure cooker
3377	54. Psychology	After a severe fall, Larry could not remember where he lived or what his wife's name was or whether or not he had ever been in the military. These characteristics indicate that Larry suffers what neurosis?	amnesia
3378	Alt. 4. Award Analogies	Broadway is to Tony as Hollywood is to what name?	Oscar
3379	85. Aesop Says	The moral, 'Do not trust flatterers,' concludes a fable by Aesop that involves a fox and what kind of bird high in the branches of a tree with a piece of cheese in its beak?	crow
3380	10. Men for All Seasons	What 11th century Persian who revised the Muslim calendar and was astronomer to the sultan is better known for his poetry?	Omar Khayyam
3381	24. Revolutionary Leaders	Who was nineteen, French, and the youngest major general in the American Revolution?	Lafayette
3382	7. The European Union	The names of what two countries that adopted the euro as their sole legal tender begin with the letter 'F'?	France, Finland
3383	16. French Physicians	The Frenchman Rene Laennec invented what instrument that enables doctors to listen to sounds within a patient's chest?	stethoscope
3384	37. Immigration	In 1892, New York's immigrant receiving station moved from Castle Garden to what island in New York Harbor?	Ellis Island
3385	56. Age Problems	In 3 years, Natasha's grandma will be six times as old as Natasha was last year. When Natasha's present age is added to her grandma's present age, the total is 68.	How old is Natasha now?
3386	46. Ships	What ship that completed a 16th-century circumnavigation was commanded by the vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada?	Golden Hind
3387	Ts Circles	A sector of a circle is the region bounded by two radii and what arc?	the intercepted arc
3388	73. Life	What living structure includes vacuoles, granules, cytoplasm, and a nucleus?	cell
3389	14. Battles	What battle marked the farthest northern advance of Confederate forces during the Civil War?	Gettysburg
3390	25. Baseball Physics	Hold a baseball bat hanging down loosely between your thumb and index finger. Have someone begin gently tapping the bat with a hammer, starting at the fat end, and moving toward the handle. You will feel vibration everywhere except at a certain point. This is known as what spot in the bat?	sweet spot
3391	89. Island Locations	What island that is almost halfway around the world from Greenwich, England and one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo is also approximately equidistant between Asia and North America?	Midway
3392	5. The Water Deficit	During which season is the water deficit greatest in the American Southwest?	summer
3393	121. Gymnastic Mechanics	The closer the arms get to a horizontal position, the more force is needed to keep the body suspended. This is why it is so difficult for gymnasts to perform what gymnastic skill on the rings?	iron cross (crucifix, inverted or Maltese cross)
3394	89. Austrian History	In 1938, Adolf Hitler personally entered Vienna and declared Austria a part of what Reich?	Third Reich
3395	106. Number Patterns	If the sum of the numbers from 1 through 10 is 55 and the sum of the numbers from 1 through 100 is 5050, what is the sum of the numbers from 1 through 1000?	500,500
3396	101. Infections	What skin disorder is characterized by scaling and peeling between the toes and redness, tiny blisters, and itching along the sides and soles of the feet?	athlete's foot
3397	50. Folklore	Name the sprites of Scottish superstitions that are supposed to do helpful housework at night.	brownies
3398	94. Legal Authority	Name the authority granted to a court to address legal matters and administer justice within a defined region of responsibility.	jurisdiction
3399	108. A Dictator's Demise	In 2011, what North African dictator was killed shortly after he was found hiding in a highway culvert?	Muammar Qaddafi
3400	41. Musical Families	Since 1580, nearly 100 members of what German family have made their livings as musicians?	Bach
3401	Alt. 2. Physical Science	What is the common term for this phenomenon? Rapid vaporization which disturbs a liquid and which occurs when the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure on its surface.	boiling
3402	112. Vessels	What ancient Chinese sailing vessel that is still in use today has these characteristics? multiple masts battened, square sails interior bulkheads high poop deck stern-mounted rudder	junk
3403	47. Marine Life	Sponges strain water to obtain bits of food. Therefore, they are known as what kind of feeders?	filter feeders
3404	12. Authority Abuse	The unnecessary use of force by law enforcement, including shootings and beatings, is called police what?	brutality
3405	50. Disasters	According to some accounts, it was sparks from the great Chicago fire of 1871 that started the forest fires that destroyed a million acres of Michigan and Wisconsin timberland. In this fire, more than 1200 people died in what Wisconsin logging town?	Peshtigo
3406	50. Algebraic Proportions	What is the absolute value of y in this proportion?	3/y = y/12
3407	73. Airplane Parts	Name the movable part of a horizontal airfoil that controls the pitch of an aircraft.	elevator
3408	95. Ocean Currents	Where there is a gully or stream bed running up a beach, the outgoing flow from ocean waves may be channeled into what kind of current?	rip current
3409	14. Praise	In 1788, Jefferson praised what cooperative work by Jay, Hamilton, and Madison as 'the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written'?	Federalist Papers
3410	52. Modifiers	What two degrees of comparison are illustrated in this line? All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.	positive, comparative
3411	58. Commanders	Who commanded Operation Overlord?	Dwight Eisenhower
3412	24. Plays	Who is the teacher in William Gibson's play, 'The Miracle Worker'?	Anne Sullivan
3413	36. Capitals	What capital city on the Iberian Peninsula is adjacent to the Atlantic?	Lisbon
3414	42. Solutions	A 60-quart solution consists of hydrochloric acid and water. 40% of the solution is hydrochloric acid. How many quarts of hydrochloric acid are in the solution?	24
3415	49. Colonial Education	Name either of the two New Jersey colleges that existed at the start of the American Revolution.	Rutgers, Princeton
3416	12. Stars	For a star moving at tremendous speed toward Earth, its spectrum appears shifted toward what color?	blue
3417	4. Pipe Problems	The amount of fluid a pipe can carry is proportional to the area of the cross section of the pipe opening. How many two-inch diameter pipes will be needed to carry the same amount of fluid as one six-inch	diameter pipe?
3418	11. Gears	What kind of gears surround a sun gear?	planetary gears
3419	LOT. International Pressure	Boycotts, embargoes, and other economic measures that one country uses to convince another country to change its policies are known as economic what?	sanctions
3420	25. Minority Literature	What work by James Baldwin contains a letter to his nephew James and an essay about his experiences as an African American growing up in New York's Harlem?	The Fire Next Time
3421	28. Matter	In which state of matter are atoms or molecules arranged in definite fixed patterns?	solid
3422	111. Fields of Science	The application of science to criminal investigation to provide evidence useful in the solution of crimes is what science?	forensic science
3423	3. Botany	The choking of a branch or trunk that has been tied too tightly by a wire or rope is called ...	girdling
3424	78. State Histories	What two U.S. states were admitted in 1912?	Arizona, New Mexico
3425	28. Weapons	What device used since the Paleolithic serves as an extension of a hunter's throwing arm and allows spears to be hurled with greater velocity than that possible with just the unaided arm?	atlatl
3426	95. Prose Accounts	What word indicating an account of historical events is missing in these titles? The Martian ---- The Prydain ---- The ---- of Narnia The Littlepage ---- The ---- of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Chronicles
3427	39. Symphonies	This narration is at the beginning of what symphonic work? Each character in the tale is represented by a different instrument in the orchestra - the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet.	Peter and the Wolf
3428	4. Cabinet Officers	These are duties of what U.S. cabinet official? -advising on foreign policy -conducting foreign affairs negotiations -ensuring protection to American diplomats -supervising the U.S. Foreign Service -issuing passports to U.S. citizens	Secretary of State
3429	60. Forms of Literature	What literary term rhyming with 'harpoon' refers to a form of writing which ridicules and satirizes?	lampoon
3430	110. Tragedies	Nineteen members of what kind of elite crew of U.S. firefighters lost their lives in 2013 while battling a wildfire near Prescott, Arizona?	Hotshot
3431	29. Neologisms	What word resulted from blending 'rumpus' and 'ruction'?	ruckus
3432	73. Famous Phone Calls	To whom was Alexander Graham Bell speaking when he made this initial telephone call? Come here. I want you.	Mr. Watson (Thomas Watson)
3433	35. Numbers	What number of two digits is twice the product of its digits multiplied together?	36
3434	76. Epitaphs	Whose epitaph reads as follows? Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I'm free at last.	Martin Luther King
3435	12. Settings	What country is the setting for these novels? Red Lotus Silk Road Empress Orchid Palace of Heavenly Pleasures The Emperor's Pearl Murder in the Canton	China
3436	25. Ocean Waves	Although they are typically caused by earthquakes, other events like landslides, volcanic eruptions, nuclear explosions, and meteorite impacts can also generate what kind of enormous ocean waves?	tsunamis
3437	34. Joints	What joint is at the junction of the femur, tibia, and fibula?	knee
3438	59. Agriculture	A building designed to receive, store, clean, mix, and dispense grain is called a grain what?	elevator
3439	31. Algebraic Factoring	Factor 4(x squared) - 3x + 20x - 15.	(x+5)(4x-2)
3440	48. Chemical Compounds	Crystals of sodium carbonate are efflorescent and decompose to a white powder while releasing what substance into the atmosphere?	water
3441	60. Economics	What non-monetary system is used in these examples? Fred receives a bushel of pears for tuning up Gloria's VW engine. Jane gets use of her neighbor's pool for mowing their yard each week.	barter
3442	8. Not So Salty Salt Water	Produced from monsoonal river runoff, Bay of Bengal water is a low-salinity water mass found in the upper hundred meters of the eastern part of what ocean?	Indian Ocean
3443	49. Special Years	Name the 12-month period in business or government for budgetary and accounting purposes.	fiscal year
3444	115. International Organizations	Name the largest country in the Americas that is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.	Canada
3445	13. Fictional Characters	What character spoke this line in a short story? Hunting? Good heavens, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder!	Rainsford
3446	47. Aviation Milestones	What is the term for the first flight that an aspiring pilot takes in which there is no instructor in the plane?	solo (first solo flight)
3447	99. Insectivora	Name the two North American mammals that belong to the order, Insectivora.	mole, shrew
3448	12. Literature	What is the common name for the courageous, noble protagonist of a story?	hero
3449	19. Sentence Grammar	Classify this statement by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in terms of its structure. Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration.	compound sentence
3450	69. Inheritance	In higher organisms, all cells except germ cells contain one set of what inherited from each parent?	chromosomes
3451	14175 Children's Poems	What is the last word in this passage by Robert Louis Stevenson? Children, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle. If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk ...	sedately
3452	2. More Meaning	All the associations and emotions attached to a word are called ...	connotations
3453	43. Energy	As of the early part of the 21st century, what is the collective name for the type of fuels that have provided over 85% of the total energy used around the world?	fossil fuels
3454	41. Colonial Land Grabs	What governor of New Netherland invaded and annexed New Sweden?	Peter Stuyvesant
3455	22. Ligaments	In what part of the body are these structures located? anterior cruciate ligament lateral collateral ligament posterior cruciate ligament medial collateral ligament patellar ligament	knee
3456	Zi Ancient Traditions	The ancient Greeks often placed a coin in the mouth of a corpse to pay what ferryman to carry the soul across the River Styx?	Charon
3457	113. Mineral Identification	There are seven main properties useful in identifying minerals. Name either of the two missing from this list. color, luster, cleavage, fracture, density	streak, hardness
3458	22. Drama	What empire is the setting for the historical play with the words, 'Lend me your ears'?	Rome
3459	36. Ancient Literature	This is from what work of the 9th century B.C.? Speak to me, Muse, of the adventurous man who wandered long after he sacked the sacred citadel of Troy.	Odyssey
3460	17. Numbers	What is the twenty-third ordinal number?	23
3461	94. Space Vehicles	The rocket that SpaceX uses to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is named after what extraordinarily swift bird of prey?	falcon
3462	38. Scientific Equations	The equations of what Scottish physicist showed the following? Electrical currents can cause magnetic fields. Changing magnetic fields can cause electrical currents. There are no single, isolated magnetic poles. Unlike charges attract while like charges repel.	James Maxwell
3463	40. Fictional Characters	What is the first name of the central character in these stories? The Great Brain at the Academy The Return of the Great Brain The Great Brain Is Back More Adventures of the Great Brain The Great Brain Does It Again	Tom
3464	37. The Constitution	The federal supremacy clause is in which article of the Constitution?	Article VI
3465	27. Ancient Greece	In ancient Athens, unpopular citizens could be banished for up to ten years without loss of property or citizenship. Votes were cast by writing on potsherds called ostraka. Such temporary banishment was called what?	ostracism
3466	42. Metals	What is the second most ductile metal?	silver
3467	10. Lakes	Name the largest lake in the Great Basin area of the US.	Great Salt Lake
3468	8. Historical Novels	These are historical novels about what European people? Styrbiorn the Strong The Golden Horn The Long Ships Vinland Odin's Wolves	Vikings (Norsemen)
3469	110. The Electoral College	Prior to the adoption of the 23rd Amendment, citizens in what part of the U.S. could not vote in presidential elections?	Washington D.C.
3470	39. Eyes	What type of eyes consists of many ommatidia, each of them a similar lens forming a facet of the cornea of the entire eye?	compound eye
3471	120. Literary Conventions	What is the accepted convention about the hero's hat in tales from the Old West genre?	white hat
3472	82. Paintings	What type of portrait is an artist producing when he attempts to create his own image?	self-portrait
3473	92. Beaches	Name that zone of a beach profile that extends landward from the foreshore to where vegetation begins or where there is a change of physiography like a cliff or a sand dune field.	backshore
3474	90. Old West Professions	Cowboys skilled in taming wild horses were known as bronco what?	busters
3475	6. The Ancient Mideast	The name, Mesopotamia, literally indicates a land between two what?	rivers
3476	66. War Novels	These historical novels are about what war? Marching On Look Away Bloody Ground Rebel Cold Mountain Copperhead Escape from Andersonville	Civil War
3477	75. The Continents	Name the shallow submarine platform at the edge of a continent that inclines very gently seaward, generally at an angle of less than one degree.	continental shelf
3478	24. Directions	What direction is indicated by the Spanish word 'izquierdo'?	left
3479	106. Geometrical Triples	What two related terms make up the triple that ends as follows? ... and scalene	equilateral (equiangular), isosceles
3480	108. Angles	What is the next quadrantal angle larger than 180 degrees?	270 degrees
3481	2. Agreements	The binding agreement between parties in a real estate transaction under agreed-upon terms is called a ...	contract
3482	49. Auxiliary Verbs	What is the main verb helped by the final auxiliary verb in this line by Charles Dickens? No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.	read
3483	116. Spacecraft	This article from late 2010 is about what spacecraft? Now 17.4 billion kilometers from home, the veteran probe has detected a distinct change in the flow of particles that surround it, meaning that it must be very close to making the jump to interstellar space 33 years after its launch.	Voyager (Voyager 1)
3484	3:3. Story Quotes	In what story is the spirit of the leading character broken when he reads this while aboard a ship? Breathes there a man with a soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own - my native land.'	The Man Without a Country
3485	25. Literary Characters	These are characters from what work by Gustave Flaubert? Rodolphe Boulanger, Leon Dupuis, and Emma, Charles, Bertha, and Heloise Bovary	Madame Bovary
3486	62. Radical Equations	What is x in this equation? the square root of x equals 5	25
3487	4. Kinds of Characters	What is the literary name for the role that these characters play? Cruella DeVil in '101 Dalmatians' Ms. Barry in 'Anne of Green Gables' the childcatcher in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' the warden in 'Holes'	antagonist (villain)
3488	101. Fault Displacement	If the San Andreas fault averages a 2-centimeter displacement annually, the 4-meter offset from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was the release of strain that accumulated over how many years?	200
3489	19. Paintings	A 19th-century painting by John Waterhouse shows the mighty Ulysses tied to the mast of his ship while his crew is making a desperate attempt to row past what seductive sea nymphs?	Sirens
3490	69. Weight	Something that weighs 128 kilograms on Earth's surface would weigh how much if it were transported to 3 Earth radii above the Earth?	8 kilograms
3491	30. Knighthood	What is the title of one who has been knighted?	sit
3492	58. Latin America	The capital city of what country is adjacent to the 'Lago de Managua'?	Nicaragua
3493	86. Days of Impeachment	In 1868, the vote was 35 for conviction and 19 for acquittal in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. How many states were in the Union at the time?	27
3494	65. Atoms	What is the central core of an atom called?	nucleus
3495	5. Colonies	What British crown colony is southeast of Argentina?	Falkland Islands
3496	30. Divisors	Exclude the numbers \| and 24 and then calculate the sum of the positive integer divisors of 24.	35
3497	75. Sayings About Cities	According to the proverb, what European city was not built in a day?	Rome
3498	18. Ballads	The central song for the musical, 'Show Boat,' is what ballad about the Father of Waters?	Ol' Man River
3499	71. Cotton	Cotton plants produce green fruits called what?	bolls
3500	116. Historical Figures	Steve Biko, Paul Kruger, Pieter Botha, Andres Pretorius, and Nelson Mandela played significant roles in the history of what country?	South Africa
3501	53. Neurons	What nerve runs from the spinal cord down the back of each thigh?	sciatic nerve
3502	23. Patriotic Poetry	What poem about a Revolutionary War leader by William Cullen Bryant begins with this? Our band is few, but true and tried, Our leader frank and bold; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told.	Song of Marion's Men
3503	111. Transportation	What is the New York equivalent of the London Tube?	subway
3504	45. Speeches	Who broadcast this message in 1944? People of the Philippines. I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil, soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.	Douglas MacArthur
3505	116. A Bunch of Bullets	In 2013, what U.S. agency came under scrutiny for its plans to purchase more than 1.6 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition over the next five years?	Department of Homeland Security
3506	102. Diseased Defenders	The 'disease of a peculiar nature' that was probably pneumonia or typhoid pneumonia or advanced tuberculosis afflicted which of the commanders at the Alamo?	Jim Bowie
3507	21. Density Problems	Mercury has a density of 13.6 grams per cubic centimeter. To the nearest whole number, five kilograms of mercury occupy how many cubic centimeters?	368
3508	97. Insolation	Which U.S. state has the lowest level of insolation?	Alaska
3509	89. Foreign Officials	What is the American equivalent of the Italian carabinieri, the French gendarmes, and the British bobbies?	policemen
3510	45. Fictional Towns	In the Harry Potter series, what is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by magical beings?	Hogsmeade
3511	37. Grammar Mood	Begin your sentence with 'if' and express 'I am' in the subjunctive mood.	If \|be
3512	8. Liquids	What property of a liquid increases with depth?	density
3513	112. Novels	To what fictional character does the pronoun refer in this passage? Using the knife with which he had murdered Basil, he stabbed the frightful portrait.	Dorian Gray
3514	108. Motion	Speed means a rate of travel over distance and velocity is a measure of speed in a certain direction. What term indicates a change in velocity?	acceleration
3515	1. Peninsular States	On what peninsula in Mexico are the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan located?	Yucatan Peninsula
3516	34. Presidential Elections	U.S. states with the smallest populations each have	how many votes out of 535 in the Electoral College?
3517	99. Forms of Drama	What is the phrase for a serialized melodrama for daytime television?	soap opera (soap)
3518	20. Forts	These are in what state? Fort Larned, Fort Wallace, Fort Scott, Fort Jewell, Fort Dodge	Kansas
3519	58. Instrument Etymology	The name for what optical device comes from the Greek words for 'far' and 'see'?	telescope
3520	35. Insect Flight	When dragonflies remain in the same spot in the air, this kind of flight is called ...	hovering
3521	44. Alloys	What category of musical instruments is made from an alloy of copper and zinc?	brass instruments
3522	68. Fossils	Fossils that divide geologic time into small units are called guide or ---- fossils.	index
3523	70. Economic Divisions	While the richest countries are called first world nations, what is the corresponding phrase for the world's poorest nations?	third world countries
3524	31. Protagonists	These protagonists can be collectively described as what kind of heroes? Arthur Dent, Yossarian, Severus Snape, Sam Spade	antiheroes
3525	32. European Sites	These World Heritage Sites are in what country? The Dolomites Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Archaeological Area of Herculaneum Piazza del Duomo City of Verona	Italy
3526	41. Rhyme Schemes	What is the rhyme scheme below? It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee	abab
3527	111. Food Preparation	What is the term for cutting food into small even pieces of about 1/2 inch square?	cubing (dicing)
3528	66. Conifers	Because conifer needles contain a certain substance, when they fall, they tend to make the soil beneath them inhospitable to other plants. In terms of pH, the soil becomes ...	acidic
3529	117. Fog	The foggiest place in the world is the Grand Banks off what major Canadian island?	Newfoundland
3530	Sis Paleontology	The archaeopteryx is an ancestor of what kind of modern day animals?	birds
3531	28. Monotremes	Name the egg-laying, venomous, egg-laying, beaver-tailed, otter-footed Australian monotreme.	platypus
3532	19: Waves	When the peak of one wave coincides with the trough of another wave, the waves are out of ...	phase
3533	90. Military Groups	The First Regiment of U.S. Volunteer Cavalry distinguished itself in the battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan. What was the popular name of this regiment led by Teddy Roosevelt?	Rough Riders
3534	9. Prime Numbers	The next largest prime number after 181 is ...	191
3535	47. Ecological Relationships	Any organism that feeds upon those below it in a food chain is a...	consumer
3536	43. Suggestions	What kind of a suggestion is given to a person during hypnosis to be acted on later when the person is no longer hypnotized?	posthypnotic
3537	28. The U.S. Capital	Immediately before it moved permanently to Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital was located in what city?	Philadelphia
3538	53. Counting the Days	What Asian calendar has been in continuous use for over 2000 years?	Chinese calendar
3539	58. International Relations	What organization was the immediate predecessor of the United Nations?	League of Nations
3540	Sis Military Forces	The United States Army superceded what other army that was disbanded in 1784?	Continental Army
3541	Sis Longitudes	What is the three-word name for the imaginary line on the Earth's surface that joins the north and south poles and follows the 180 degree meridian through the Pacific Ocean?	International Date Line
3542	81. First Aid Malapropisms	What should the last two words be in this account? I'll never forget the time my brother choked at dinner and my father gave him the hemlock remover.	Heimlich Maneuver
3543	73. Big Rivers	What river flows 315 miles southward from the Adirondack Mountains to New York City?	Hudson River
3544	17. Solids	The two categories of solids are amorphous and ...	crystalline
3545	79. Fantastic Creatures	To evade hunters, what creature turned itself into a Boojum?	Snark
3546	27. Footnotes	In footnotes, what is the meaning of 'ff.'?	the following pages
3547	66. Mirrors	Mirror images are not reversed right to left. Actually they are reversed front to what?	back
3548	66. Algebra	Express algebraically the average of n and 20.	(n+20)/2 or 1/2 (n+20)
3549	109. Prime Ministers	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was prime minister of what country from 1973 to 1977?	Pakistan
3550	69. Ancient Geology	Antarctica, Australia, India, Africa, and South America were connected to one another until the late Jurassic Period, when what phenomenon began to rift them apart?	continental drift
3551	15. Elimination	Name the process by which mammals eliminate metabolic wastes from their bodies.	excretion
3552	102. Shared Terms	What term in journalism for a particular perspective used to write a story also describes the mathematical figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point?	angle
3553	102. Mathematical Properties	What mathematical property makes this statement true? 23x) = (2)G3)@)	associative property
3554	75. The Old West	What name reminiscent of a loud sound applied to Old West mining towns that grew up almost overnight?	boom towns
3555	20. Humanities	What is the collective term for Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism?	religions (philosophies)
3556	Alt. 3. Jelly	Name the coagulating substance in certain fruits used in making jelly.	pectin
3557	87. Astronomy	The Horsehead and the Crab are what kind of heavenly objects?	nebulae
3558	84. Arthropods	Aquatic arthropods with hard shells and jointed bodies and appendages belong to what taxonomic class?	crustaceans
3559	38. Short Stories	This is from what Jack London story? High up in the tree one bough capsized its load of snow. This fell on the boughs beneath, capsizing them. This process continued, spreading out and involving the whole tree. It grew like an avalanche, and it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!	To Build a Fire
3560	62. Nonfiction	Randy Shilts work, 'And the Band Played On,' examines the first five years of the development of what epidemic in the U.S.?	AIDS
3561	118. Adjectives	What is the superlative form of 'clumsy'?	clumsiest
3562	47. Emperors	Akbar the Great was emperor of what land?	India
3563	21. Short Latin Words	What Latin word is inserted in a text to indicate that the preceding word or phrase has been reproduced exactly as in the original text, thus calling attention to the fact that it is wrong in some way?	sic
3564	29. Composer Anagrams	'Gnawer' is an anagram for what composer known for his operas based on Germanic legends?	Wagner
3565	88. Magnitude	What are astronomers measuring when they measure star magnitude?	brightness
3566	4. History of Science	The person who shouted 'eureka' upon discovering the principle of displacement was part of what ancient civilization?	Greece
3567	73. Broadway	The 1983-1984 season produced three sellout musicals including 'La Cage aux Folles,' 'Sunday in the Park with George,' and what other based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot?	Cats
3568	47. Catastrophic Events	So there you are on the beach in front of the Honolulu Hilton when the water suddenly pulls away from the shore and disappears over the horizon. This is the first warning that what is on its way?	tsunami (seismic sea or tidal wave)
3569	8. Fictional Foliage	In O. Henry's story, 'The Last Leaf,' Johnsy believed that when the plant outside her window lost all its leaves, she would die. What kind of plant was it?	ivy
3570	102. Marches	Composed by John Philip Sousa, name the official march of the U.S. Marines.	Semper Fidelis
3571	39. Conflicts	Troops from what two countries fought against the U.N. forces during the Korean War?	North Korea, China
3572	37. Lakes	The largest alpine lake in North America is located in what mountain range?	Sierra Nevada
3573	10. Wind-chill	If you blow on your hand, it usually feels cool even though your breath is warm. But if you blow on your hand in a sauna, it may feel very hot. This is because the air right next to your skin is usually still and provides some insulation. Name this layer of air directly adjacent to a surface.	boundary layer
3574	10. History of Physics	Isaac Newton is associated with three laws of ...	motion
3575	27. Political Philosophy	Jeremy Bentham said the foundation of morals and legislation is the greatest happiness of the greatest what?	number
3576	70. Glucose	Plants use sunlight to turn water and what gas into glucose?	carbon dioxide
3577	116. Drag Reduction	A car or airplane designed to produce laminar flow and offer the least resistance to viscous drag is said to DE hives	streamlined (aerodynamic)
3578	87. Anatomy	The backbone or spine is also known as what column?	vertebral column
3579	94. Composer Anagrams	'Gnawer' is an anagram for what composer known for his operas based on Germanic legends?	Wagner
3580	4. Dam Disasters	A failed opening in a dam or dike is called a ...	breach
3581	27. Planets	Name this feature on one of the Jovian planets. This many-hued disturbance is a gargantuan atmospheric storm that extends deep into the cloud cover, and turns in a counterclockwise revolution every six Earth days.	Great Red Spot
3582	TT. Trials	Who said this during her trial in 1873? In your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, civil rights, political rights, are all alike ignored. Robbed of the fundamental privilege of citizenship, I and all of my sex are degraded from the status of citizens to that of subjects.	Susan Anthony
3583	67. Evaporation	The three key factors that determine the rate of evaporation are temperature, humidity, and what else?	air movement (wind, air flow rate, etc.)
3584	22. Famous Tracks	In what state is the Daytona International Speedway?	Florida
3585	122. Fuels	While petroleum and natural gas formed mainly from the remains of microscopic sea life, coal formed from the decayed remains of what?	plants
3586	91. Courts	Tangible objects and personal testimonies presented in a courtroom to support or refute an allegation are collectively known as what?	evidence
3587	33. Amendments	Prior to the adoption of the 17th Amendment, U.S. senators were chosen by what bodies?	state legislatures
3588	34. Clauses	What is the adjective clause in this example? Boonie golf, which requires a keen eye, is probably not the world's most demanding sport.	which requires a keen eye
3589	40. History of India	In 1707, following the death of Aurangzeb, the Mogul Dynasty in India began to crumble after almost two centuries of power. In the next 150 years, the Moguls lost their authority to what European nation?	Great Britain (England)
3590	15. Reciprocals		What is the reciprocal of .5?
3591	52. Vitamins	The skin is able to synthesize what vitamin when it is exposed to sunlight?	vitamin D
3592	83. Waterway Technology	What massive structures that were required by the Panama Canal are entirely absent and unnecessary in the Suez Canal?	locks
3593	80. Scientific Notation	Three and one-fourth million equals 3.25 times ten to what power?	6th power
3594	41. Taxonomic Zoology	What is the next major subdivision above genus?	family
3595	99. Sentence Analysis	What is the predicate nominative in this example? Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.	place
3596	25. Adventure Novels	This is from what Jules Verne story? Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the center of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius?	Journey to the Center of the Earth
3597	93. Emblems	What emblem that is the official coat of arms of the U.S. presidency is used to mark correspondence from the U.S. president to Congress?	Seal of the President of the United States
3598	33. Rodents	What North American rodent, usually about eight inches long exclusive of its hairy tail, often decorates its large nest with shiny materials and objects from human habitations?	pack rat (trade rat, wood rat)
3599	11. Folklore Associations	What plant is especially associated with leprechauns?	shamrock
3600	45. Dialects	'Mo chagren,' 'dit mon la verite!,' 'slow the TV,' and 'he's got the gumbo' are examples of what dialect primarily spoken in southern Louisiana?	Cajun (Cajun English)
3601	49. Vegetables	This is a totally erroneous definition of what plant with edible stems and enormous leaves? celery gone bloodshot	rhubarb
3602	42. Herons	Only one species of heron does not live permanently in marshland. Name these birds that live near cattle and are often seen perching on the backs of cattle, buffalo, and elephants eating insects.	cattle egrets
3603	67. Disorders	What body system is directly affected by eczema, carbuncles, and albinism?	integumentary system (skin)
3604	21. Algebraic Simplification	Simplify -13x + 2x.	-11x
3605	47. Grammar	In what 'person' is the person spoken about?	third person
3606	13. Maritime Disasters	This is from a poem about what ship? On April 15, 1912, It tolled its final bell As the band played solemnly 'Nearer, my God, to Thee.' The great ship sank to its ocean grave, But some 705 souls were saved.	Titanic
3607	25. Ancient Chinese Physics	This Chinese quote from around 400 B.C. is similar to which of Isaac Newton's laws of motion? The cessation of motion is due to the opposing force and if there is no opposing force, the motion will never stop.	first law of motion
3608	113. Telescopes	What type of telescope is used in the search for advanced extraterrestrial life?	radio telescope
3609	125. One-Sentence Novels	Name the author of the work indicated in this curt synopsis. An ambitious science student creates a human form from cadavers, and then abandons his creation that proceeds to kill everyone in its creator's life.	Mary Shelley
3610	111. Environmental Vocabulary	What is the collective name for the treated or untreated wastewater that flows out of a sewer, mine, or industrial facility?	effluent
3611	40. Ecological Analogies	Gnus are to herbivorous as leopards are to ...	carnivorous
3612	10. Discussion	To insist on talking about something that no one is interested in or about something already been completely discussed is to beat a dead what?	horse
3613	4. Emperors	After Constantine, the most famous Byzantine emperor was ...	Justinian
3614	41. Tissues	What kind of tissue mainly comprises the epiglottis?	cartilage
3615	42. British Government	Who selects the British cabinet?	the prime minister
3616	74. Fictional Feuds	In what science fiction tale is there a feud between the Harkonnens and the Atreides?	Dune
3617	TT. Lunar Phases	What lunar phase is the opposite of a waning crescent?	waxing gibbous
3618	30. Mortgages	Jan and John are buying a house for a total price of $60,000. They make a 20% down payment. What is the amount of the loan?	$48,000
3619	Alt. 3. Matrimony	What are the first four words in the lyrics of Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March'?	Here comes the bride.
3620	Ts Oceans	Thanks to plate tectonics, which of the world's great oceans is slowly becoming smaller?	Pacific Ocean
3621	104. Queens	Queen Victoria was the granddaughter of what British monarch who lost the American colonies?	George Ill
3622	32. The Poles	Perennial coverings of ice and snow over extensive areas at the poles are called ice what?	caps (sheets)
3623	45. Oregon	President Polk said in 1845 that the U.S. claim to the Oregon Territory up to the Alaskan border at 54 degrees 40 minutes was 'clear and unquestionable.' But worsening relations with what other North American country caused him to back off from this position?	Mexico
3624	4. Native Americans	Because they never surrendered to the American government, what tribe of the southeastern U.S. call themselves the 'Unconquered People'?	Seminoles
3625	19. Monuments	What monument in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah is administered by the Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department?	Four Corners Monument
3626	23. Einstein	Einstein said that the velocity of what in free space has the same value to all observers regardless of their frames of reference?	light
3627	3. Conditionals	What conjunction is used in most conditional	statements?
3628	101. Tracts	What tract in the body includes the nose, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs?	respiratory tract
3629	30. Ancient Immigrants	The first people who came to the Americas are believed to have come from what continent?	Asia
3630	68. Storms	Of the 20th-century's ten deadliest storms, seven struck at the head of what enormous Asian bay?	Bay of Bengal
3631	76. Plant Anatomy	Since plants have no skeletal system, they depend on what thick structure around each cell membrane for mechanical support?	cell wall
3632	34. River Discharge	What is the discharge of a river flowing at a mean velocity of 180 feet per minute through a cross sectional area of 80 square feet?	240 cfs
3633	13. Explosive Energy	Potential energy stored in an explosive material may be nuclear like the fissile isotopes of uranium-235, or mechanical such as compressed air in an aerosol can, or it can be what kind of energy as in nitroglycerine?	chemical energy
3634	11. Taxonomy	What taxonomic level is between family and species?	genus
3635	14. Bouncing	A rubber or steel ball dropped on a concrete surface will bounce. What physical property is responsible for this?	elasticity
3636	45. Phobia Prefixes	What is a heliophobic most afraid of?	the Sun (sunlight)
3637	95. Terrorists	In the horrific bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon, what Russian republic was the home of the two brothers who placed the explosives?	Chechnya
3638	19. Symptoms	People whose eyes water, noses run, and ears itch when they are exposed to substances such as pollen, animal dander, or dust have what kind of common immune disorder?	allergy
3639	72. Wordplay	What form of wordplay is illustrated in these lines? -Corduroy pillows are making headlines. -Sea captains don't like crew cuts. -A gossip is someone with a sense of rumor.	pun
3640	44. Monuments	By its title, you know that what creature is part of this monument? Equestrian Monument of Bartolommeo Colleoni	horse
3641	13. Scientific Laws	According to the law of conservation of mass, matter can change form but it cannot be created or ...	destroyed
3642	22. Algebraic Ratios	Express this ratio in lowest terms. x cubed to 6(x squared)	x/6 (or x to 6)
3643	67. Light	What kind of light bulb produces light by heating a filament until it glows?	incandescent light bulb
3644	46. Ability Loss	The psychological impairment called agraphia indicates a loss of a pre-existing ability to do what?	write
3645	122. Scientific Constants	As used in Einstein's famed equation, what is the scientific symbol for the velocity of light in a	vacuum?
3646	47. Cattle	Tough, rangy, with a horn spread up to eight feet, what type of cattle were particularly suited to survive in the open range of Texas in the 1870s?	longhorns
3647	19. Wildlife	A species of animal that is not endangered but may become so in the near future is described as being ...	threatened
3648	46. Seas	What sea, named for the creatures that created the Great Barrier Reef, is due east of Queensland, Australia?	Coral Sea
3649	4. Scientific Method	In an experiment, name the variable the hypothesis predicts will change with changes in the independent variable.	dependent variable
3650	61. City Planners	Who laid out the grid pattern for the streets of 'the city of brotherly love'?	William Penn
3651	105. The Declaration	The Declaration of Independence stated that King George had abolished the free system of English laws in a neighboring province. What province was being referred to?	Quebec
3652	50. Colorful Seas	What sea named after the portion of the visible spectrum between orange and green is off the eastern coast of Asia?	Yellow Sea
3653	14. Weather	The chief areas of weather disturbances, figuratively called the battle zones of air masses, are called ...	fronts
3654	33. Historical Malapropisms	What was Julius Caesar's original statement that has been mutilated in this? All Gaul is quartered in three halves.	All Gaul is divided into three parts.
3655	67. Participles	What is the present participle of the verb whose past participle is 'shaken'?	shaking
3656	11. Organic Chemistry	Name the hydrocarbons which contain only single covalent bonds.	alkanes
3657	64. World Ecology	It took 1700 years for this number to double since the year 1 A.D. Then it doubled again in 200 years and doubled again in the next 100 years. The doubling time in the early 21st century is around 35 years. These statistics refer to the world's population of what organism?	man (people)
3658	LOT. Treaties	The Oregon Treaty gave the U.S. undisputed claim to the Pacific Northwest south of what parallel of latitude?	49th
3659	123. French History	This is about what structure? Built around 1370 as part of the defenses of Paris, it was converted into a prison in the 17th century and housed mainly political prisoners. Its storming and demolition in 1789 by a large crowd is the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution.	Bastille (Bastille Saint-Antoine)
3660	52. Central America	What is the capital of the Central American nation immediately south of the country whose capital is Tegucigalpa?	Managua
3661	60. Mineralogy	What mineral has these characteristics? -perfect cubic cleavage -transparent to translucent -glassy to dull luster -colorless streak -hardness of 2.5 -comprised of sodium chloride	halite (or rock salt or salt)
3662	32. Drama	Name the member of a theater company responsible for supervising the backstage aspects of a production during rehearsal and performances.	stage manager
3663	24. Decorations	Name the small, shiny disk-shaped beads sewn onto clothing for decorative purposes.	sequins (spangles, diamantes)
3664	57. Fiction	'Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty' is the opening line to a novel entitled, 'The True Confessions of Charlotte' who?	Doyle
3665	24. Parallel Structure	Change the infinitive into a gerund to correct this sentence. Rancid likes hunting, fishing, and to row.	rowing
3666	34. Trails	The last part of what major trail to the west was the Columbia River?	Oregon Trail
3667	2. The Transitive Property	According to the transitive property, if z equals 2x	and 2x equals 8, then z equals ...
3668	49. Presidential Speeches	What president said this in a speech? So I ask you tonight to join me and march along the road to the future, the road that leads to the Great Society.	Lyndon Johnson
3669	53. Thurberian Observations	According to James Thurber, you can fool too many of the people too ...	much of the time
3670	102. Symptoms	A person in a febrile state has what?	a fever
3671	72. Literary Techniques	What literary technique is illustrated by these phrases? liquid gas old news open secret definite maybe	oxymoron
3672	28. Informing the Congress	Who once uttered these words to Congress? Therefore, as President of the United States of America, I do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern that a state of war exists between the United States and the Imperial German government.	Woodrow Wilson
3673	47. Oceanographic Etymology	What name for regions of the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and Indian oceans where the prevailing winds are especially calm came from an Old English word meaning 'dull' or 'foolish'?	doldrums
3674	40. Wells	What kind of well results when a hole is drilled into a confined aquifer with enough hydraulic pressure for the water to flow to the surface without pumping?	artesian (flowing) well
3675	16. Tall Tales	What animal in the tales about Pecos Bill is the same species as Walter Farley's Man O' War and Mary O'Hara's Flicka?	Widowmaker
3676	17. Populations	A population at equilibrium has reached the environment's carrying ...	capacity
3677	56. Short Stories	Name the tale by Poe which takes place on Sullivan's Island about a cipher related to Captain Kidd's treasure.	The Gold Bug
3678	61. Art Forms	Name the traditional Javanese method of dyeing textiles using wax to resist the dye, thus leaving areas of the cloth in their original color.	batik
3679	24. Wonders	The exotic shrubs and flowers in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were irrigated by water pumped from what river?	Euphrates
3680	116. Presidential Limitations	There was no constitutional limitation on the number of presidential terms of office a single individual might serve until after whose presidency?	Franklin Roosevelt's
3681	23. Pythagorean Applications	What is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs have lengths of the square root of	6 and the square root of 19?
3682	99. Documents	Delaware acted first. Pennsylvania did the same five days later followed by New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut and Massachusetts. In 1788, Maryland, South Carolina and New Hampshire joined in. What document had been ratified?	U.S. Constitution
3683	59. Opulent Pops	An elderly, wealthy man who lavishes expensive presents on a young woman may be referred to as what kind of daddy?	sugar daddy
3684	11. Mountain Ranges	What mountain range divides Siberia from Europe?	Ural Mountains
3685	36. Acid Rain	Which Canadian province adjacent to the United States is least affected by acid rain?	British Columbia
3686	78. Historical Novels	Graham Salisbury's novel, 'Under the Blood-Red Sun,' concerns a Japanese-American boy who becomes the man of the family when his father and grandfather are interned after an attack on American military facilities at what site?	Pearl Harbor
3687	93. Insects	Name the three main body parts of insects.	head, thorax, abdomen
3688	84. Military Training	Overlooking the Hudson River and established in 1778, what is the oldest continuously operating army post in the United States?	West Point
3689	105. Vegetation	What is the term for the partially decayed vegetation that accumulates in moors, muskegs, swamp forests, mires, and bogs?	peat
3690	29. Permutations	In how many ways can eight conga dancers line up in a line?	40,320
3691	34. The Ocean Floor	A narrow and exceptionally deep depression parallel to the edge of a continent or island arc is called a ...	trench
3692	45. Verbs	What kind of verbs are the first verbs in each of these sentences? We will eat crow. It might rain in Spain. You must pay the rent. I can paddle a boat, canoe?	auxiliary (or helping) verbs
3693	75. Ancient Betrothals	The fifth marriage of what Roman general who delivered the funeral speech for Julius Caesar was to Cleopatra?	Mark Antony
3694	66. Landforms	These are two categories of what? fringing barrier	reefs
3695	65. Mixtures	When material is added to a gas or liquid, the material added is the solute and the substance it is added to is the sxe	solvent
3696	31. Parasites	After walking in the woods, you find some tiny red flecks on your arms. On closer inspection, these flecks attached to your skin prove to be what six-legged parasites?	chiggers
3697	70. Drama	What term for an actor who overacts also indicates a cut of meat from a hog's hind leg?	ham
3698	69. Subatomic Particles	What antiparticle has a negative charge equal in magnitude to the proton's positive charge?	antiproton
3699	98. Geology	Name the overall process by which rock at or near the Earth's surface disintegrates and decomposes.	weathering
3700	Zi Art Forms	What is the name for works of art created with sticks of pigment and fillers mixed with gum and water, pressed and dried?	pastels
3701	57. Accounting	What adjective describes the year by which accounts are reckoned and books balanced?	fiscal
3702	116. Refrains	What verb phrase is in the refrain in the various verses of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'?	is marching on (is marching)
3703	41. Time Measures	How many seconds are in one twenty-fourth of a mean solar day?	3600
3704	74. Life	Together, the flora and fauna of a region make up the region's ...	biota
3705	17. Presidential Health	While on a grueling cross-country speaking tour of the U.S. promoting the League of Nations, what president collapsed and was rushed back to Washington, where he suffered a major stroke?	Woodrow Wilson
3706	50. Courts of Olde	What legendary monarch may have held his court in the parish in Somersetshire now called Queen's Camel?	King Arthur
3707	Extra 7. The Old West	What animals were moved from Texas to Kansas and Nebraska railroads in the Long Drive?	cattle
3708	77. Wipeouts	Geological evidence suggests that extinction of dinosaurs occurred when a city-sized meteorite impacted what peninsula?	Yucatan
3709	37. Conjunctions	Since 'FANBOYS' is a mnemonic device for remembering the coordinating conjunctions, for what does the 'F' stand?	for
3710	24. Cycles	In the Old Testament, we find this quote. 'All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.' This fact is literally explained by what natural cycle?	hydrologic (water) cycle
3711	33. Political Persuasion	Reminiscent of the mandible, what persuasive technique involves pressuring lawmakers through private discussions and arm-twisting?	jawboning
3712	38. Beat Poetry	Name Allen Ginsberg's epic beat poem, the title of which is reminiscent of the long, mournful, plaintive sound of a canine.	Howl
3713	32. Colloids	Smoke consists of solids dispersed in ...	gas
3714	70. Space Travelers	What was the Soviet equivalent of an American astronaut?	cosmonaut
3715	66. Abbreviated Abnormalities	For what personality disorder does the abbreviation stand in this? APD is a psychiatric disorder characterized by chronic and pervasive patterns of behavior that disregard and violate the rights of others.	antisocial personality disorder
3716	75. Spits	When a spit reaches partly across the mouth of a bay, it is a bay-mouth ...	bar
3717	67. Deep Thoughts	This illustrates what kind of thought, according to George Orwell? to know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two contradictory opinions	doublethink
3718	3. Homonyms	What term can refer to either the main nebulous part of the head of a comet or to a state of deep prolonged unconsciousness?	coma
3719	25. Weight	An object that weighs 72 pounds on Earth weighs how much on the Moon?	12 pounds
3720	41. Mining	Carbonaceous deposits of what stratified rock of hardened and mineralized clay periodically receive considerable attention in the West as a source of oil?	oil shale
3721	2. Circulatory System	What structures in veins restrict blood from flowing in the wrong direction?	valves
3722	48. Physiology	When an animal needs energy, it converts glycogen into what monosaccharide?	glucose
3723	5. Political Idioms	The name for what bird with a characteristic cooing call also applies to someone who advocates compromise and negotiation in contrast to armed conflict to settle disputes?	dove
3724	85. Music Traditions	Name the Venetian boatmen who propel their craft by a single oar and sing barcaroles.	gondoliers
3725	24. Jonathan Swift	What place name completes this line from a book review of 'Gulliver's Travels'? Swift's scathing satire shows humans at their worst, whether diminished in Lilliput or grossly magnified in ...	Brobdingnag
3726	13. Revolutions	What month is associated with this 1917 revolutionary document? The provisional government is deposed. The state power has passed into the hands of the organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers.	October
3727	60. Posters	On the Army recruitment poster widely distributed in 1917, who is depicted as saying 'I Want You'?	Uncle Sam
3728	43. German Biology	Translate the first four words of this German sequence into their English equivalents. Reich, Stamm, Klasse, Ordnung, Familie, Gattung, Art	kingdom, phylum, class, order
3729	67. Literary Associations	This passage by Mitch Leigh is based on a work by what European author? One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.	Miguel Cervantes
3730	47. Fuels	When plants died in great swamps 300 million years ago, they fell into the water and sank. Great thick layers of the dead plants accumulated. In time, these thick layers rotted and formed a spongy brown material called what?	peat
3731	125. Measurement	What phenomenon is measured by counting periodic phenomena such as resonance in atoms, electromagnetic cycles in oscillators, or mechanical vibrations?	time
3732	101. Time Measures	What will be the next leap year after 2020?	2024
3733	7. Energy	What fuel is a combination of alcohol and gasoline?	gasohol
3734	38. Civil War	What was the complete name adopted for their new nation by the southern states that seceded from the union?	Confederate States of America
3735	108. U.S. Cities	In what state are these cities? Fargo Grand Forks Bismarck	North Dakota
3736	13. Volcanoes	Name the huge basin at the summit of a volcano that is much larger than ordinary volcanic craters?	caldera
3737	77. Art Forms	The name for what art form was derived from two Japanese words meaning 'to fold' and 'paper'?	origami
3738	61. Photovoltaic Cells	The most common material used in solar cells is what crystalline, nonmetallic element that is abundant in the Earth's crust?	silicon
3739	57. Colorful Titles	The missing word in this title of a novel by Zane Grey is also in the title of what work by Alice Walker? Riders of the ---- Sage	The Color Purple
3740	21. Colonization Failures	In 1590, the first relief expedition reached Roanoke Island but found no trace of the settlement. Thereafter, what name was given to that colony?	Lost Colony
3741	82. Milestone Documents	What word follows 'forever' in this line from a 19th-century document? That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever ... f	Tee
3742	48. Mineral Transportation	Dissolved mineral salts that are relatively abundant in soil move into plant roots where they are less concentrated through what process?	diffusion
3743	83. Significant Figures		How many significant digits are in 290354.12?
3744	17. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'to search with the intent to steal' that is a homonym for another word meaning a firearm fired from the shoulder.	rifle
3745	39. Foul Foul Foul!	What kind of foul is indicated by a basketball referee who forms a 'T' with his hands?	technical foul
3746	47. Pronouns	What two types of pronouns are in this statement? I turned down a date once because I was looking for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain.	personal, indefinite
3747	84. Islands	Cyprus is in the eastern part of what sea?	Mediterranean
3748	63. Medicinal Compounds	Medically, these can all be used as what kind of agent? boric acid, ethanol, iodine, hydrogen peroxide, mercurochrome, isopropanol, phenol	antiseptics (antimicrobials, antibacterials)
3749	21. Prime Numbers	Express the number 126 as a product of its primes.	2x3x3x7
3750	4. Legendary Places	What legendary place is indicated by these lyrics? A law was made a distant moon ago here: July and August cannot be too hot. And there's a legal limit to the snow here The winter is forbidden till December And exits March the second on the dot. By order, summer lingers through September	Camelot
3751	110. Plants	Name the general group of plants characterized by parallel venation.	monocots (monocotyledons)
3752	125. Particles	The mass of a neutron is approximately equal to that of what other subatomic particle?	proton
3753	31. Specific Gravity	The specific gravity of a sample of rock is 5.52. How much more dense is this sample than pure water?	5.52 times
3754	69. Art Forms	These are imaginative definitions of what art form? -a barbarian exercise of savage origin -when the play of limbs succeeds the play of wit -the poetry of the feet	dance (dancing)
3755	48. Hemoglobin	Hemoglobin can bind with what three gas molecules?	oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide
3756	121. Physical Science	What is the term for any solid bodies bounded by flat surfaces that are symmetrically arranged?	crystals
3757	109. Forests	What kind of forest in northern Eurasia and North America consists of evergreen cone-bearing trees?	coniferous forest
3758	113. Scientific Laws	Which of Newton's laws indicates that the Moon should travel in a straight line?	4st law (law of inertia)
3759	114. Solids	The two categories of solids are amorphous and ...	crystalline
3760	77. Forms of Comedy	What type of comedy is associated with Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges, and the Keystone Kops?	slapstick
3761	102. Friction	When surfaces in contact move relative to each other, the friction between the two surfaces converts kinetic energy into what?	heat
3762	50. Journalism	What name was given to the early 20th-century investigative journalists who concentrated on exposing political corruption and social evils?	muckrakers
3763	49. History of Law	What ancient Babylonian king had his laws inscribed in stone so that they were, in effect, immutable?	Hammurabi
3764	94. Light Speed	Light travels at about 300,000 kilometers in a second while sound travels at about 330 meters in the same time. To the nearest hundred thousand, light is how many times faster than sound?	900,000
3765	15. Trapezoids	The area of a trapezoid is 20 square feet. Its altitude is 5 feet and one of its bases is 5 feet. What is the length of the other base?	3 feet
3766	57. Optics	What common optical device forms an optical image by reflection?	mirror
3767	69. Theft	What is a legal synonym term for theft?	larceny
3768	75. German	Translate these German words. blaue Blume	blue flower
3769	49. Presidential Positions	The American annexation of what major piece of real estate was strongly supported by President Harrison and strongly opposed by President Cleveland?	Hawaii
3770	5. Naturalists	He spent five weeks floating from Hood Island to Chatham Island to Charles Island to Albemarle and Narborough Islands to Bindloe Island to James Island to Abingdon Island. Who was this naturalist aboard the Beagle?	Charles Darwin
3771	21. Poems	This illustrates what kind of poem? Today your surface Is a mirror where the sky Bends to see itself.	haiku
3772	100. Coercion	What is the term for violence against innocent people to further the political agenda of a group?	terrorism
3773	104. Crime	The theft of branded livestock is what crime?	rustling
3774	34. Forms of Government	What is a synonym for a representative democracy?	republic
3775	117. So Long Silent Films	Name the first successful feature-length sound movie.	The Jazz Singer
3776	74. Mississippi Senators	What Mississippi senator became president of the Confederate States of America?	Jefferson Davis
3777	56. Poisonous Creatures	Its venom contains neurotoxins, hemolysins, and cardiac toxins. Name this arachnid that can inflict a dangerous and sometimes fatal sting by means of its erectile tail equipped with a stinger.	scorpion
3778	14. Riflemen	This is about what gunman? On the sixth floor, facing on Elm Street, a window was open. A man crouching there with a mail order rifle looked down into the open car as it moved along. Then he fired three bullets in less than eight seconds.	Lee Harvey Oswald
3779	13. Responsibilities	What is the title of the person of authority cited in this excerpt from the Constitution? When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.	governor
3780	108. Government Facilities	Containing 17.5 miles of corridors and some 37 million square feet of office space, it has five sides and five floors above ground. Name this largest office building in the world.	Pentagon
3781	de Doors	What kind of door, invented in 1888, is always open and always closed?	revolving door
3782	31. Symbols	With a name including a prefix meaning 'five,' what symbol with the appearance of a star is drawn with five straight strokes?	pentagram (pentangle, pentalpha)
3783	35. New Zealand Geology	The rugged features of New Zealand are caused by uplift resulting from the collision of the Indo-Australian plate with what other plate?	Pacific Plate
3784	36. Minerals	What metallic mineral occurs both uncombined and in combination with other elements in minerals such as enargite, chalcocite, bornite, and chalcopyrite?	copper
3785	29. Parodied Proverbs	This is a parody of a proverb that normally ends with what three words? If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished!	try try again
3786	12. German History	The Third Reich included the time of Hitler's dictatorship of Germany. The Second Reich was that of the empire under Bismarck. The First Reich referred to what empire?	Holy Roman Empire
3787	117. Humidity	The quantity of moisture that can be held by the air has a definite limit called what point?	saturation point
3788	119. Gorgeous Gorges	What is the most prominent gorge in the vicinity of the homelands of the Hualapai, Havasupai, Southern Paiute, and Navajo tribes?	Grand Canyon
3789	32. International Proposals	Open treaties among the world's nations, recognition of the rights of neutrals, freedom of the high seas, free trade among all countries, reduced armaments, self-determination for all nations, and mediation of colonial claims were among the issues in what postwar plan presented by Woodrow Wilson?	Fourteen Points
3790	59. Landmarks	What enduring landmark was built for the Paris Exposition of 1889 in the Champ-de-Mars?	Eiffel Tower
3791	36. Compound Words	What phrase refers to the type of traffic accident in which the driver of a motor vehicle drives on after striking a pedestrian or another vehicle?	hit-and-run
3792	70. Birds	What kind of bird is the macaw?	parrot
3793	40. Oceanography	The point marking the outer edge of a continental shelf and the beginning of the continental slope is called the shelf ...	break
3794	109. Taxation	Complete this line used by James Otis in Boston in 1765. Taxation without representation is ...	tyranny
3795	3. Surnames	What last name is shared by these people? -Dan, an American novelist -Les, a big band leader -Louise, the first test-tube baby -Gordon, a British prime minister -John, an abolitionist	Brown
3796	112. Friction	These factors determine what characteristic of a wire in an electrical system? -the length of the wire -the cross-sectional area of the wire -the temperature of the wire -the properties of the material the wire is made from	resistance
3797	82. Cities	This is the original name of what U.S. city? El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula	Los Angeles
3798	36. Ancient Regions	Name the region that stretched around the Syrian Desert from Palestine on the Mediterranean Sea through the upper Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and down to the Persian Gulf.	Fertile Crescent
3799	99. Oscillation	What is the period of oscillation for someone on a pogo stick that strikes the ground every 1.5 seconds?	1.5 seconds
3800	61. Brevity	What word could be omitted in this line without loss of meaning? She was eager to ladle chocolate onto the	ants and told her assistants to hurry up.
3801	111. Civilization	Cradles of civilization included the Euphrates and Tigris valleys in Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley in Egypt, the Indus Valley in India, and two river valleys in China. Name either of those.	Yangtze, Yellow (Huang He)
3802	24. Ocean Currents	What is a one-word synonym for a rip current?	undertow (rip tide)
3803	86. Abbreviations	In relation to transportation, the following are abbreviations for what? LAX, SEA, BOS, DAL, ATL, HNL, OKC, MIA	airports
3804	11. Wartime	The only North American territory occupied by the Japanese in World War II was a couple of islands in what archipelago?	Aleutians (Aleutian Islands)
3805	32. Aircraft	What lighter-than-air craft carried out bombing raids on England in World War I?	zeppelins
3806	14. Myths	To whom does the pronoun refer in this line? He left his father, and soared higher, drawn to the vast heaven, nearer the sun, and the wax that held the wings melted in that fierce heat.	Icarus
3807	30. Academies	Midshipmen are students in which American military academy?	Annapolis
3808	Alt. 2. Wayward Wishes	According to Edward Everett Hale, when Philip Nolan was convicted of treason, he stated that he never again wished to hear of what?	the United States
3809	37. U.S. Communities	Rock Springs, Sheridan, and Cody are cities in what state?	Wyoming
3810	59. South Carolina History	In 1776, American forces at Fort Moultrie successfully defended what major South Carolina port city against a British naval attack?	Charleston
3811	25. Body Heat Regulation	Since dogs have few sweat glands, how do they get rid of body heat?	panting
3812	9. Vocal Music	What is the lowest female singing voice?	contralto
3813	6. Cylinders	What adjective describes a cylinder whose bases are not aligned one directly above the other?	oblique
3814	70. United Nations Agencies	What is defined by the W.H.O. as a state of complete physical and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?	health
3815	48. Word Problems	P and Q are two different numbers selected from the first forty integers. What is the largest possible value of (PxQ)/(P-Q)?	1560
3816	71. Lipids	What fatty acids consist of chains of carbon atoms containing at least one double chemical bond that links to two neighboring carbon atoms?	unsaturated
3817	26. The Shrinking World	At the beginning of the 19th century, Mumbai, India was 12,000 miles by sea from London. But, in 1869, that distance was reduced to 7000 miles when what important construction project was completed?	Suez Canal
3818	31. Canals	Consisting of three sections, what is the longest part of your alimentary canal?	small intestine
3819	72. Aviation	What is the collective name for the electronic systems and equipment on aircraft?	avionics
3820	114. Pronouns	The last pronoun in this line is in what case? Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines reached an agreement with its creditors under which it would give them back 50% of their luggage.	possessive
3821	85. Campaigns	In recent political campaigns, candidates have learned how to deliver 30-second radio or television messages which are short on actual information but long on style. These messages are called sound what?	bytes
3822	96. Paintings	These are titles for what kind of paintings? Chrysanthemums Branch of White Peonies and Pruning Shears Grapes, Peaches and Almonds Pitcher and Fruit	still life
3823	2. Standards	In 1792, at Hamilton's encouragement, a bi-metallic standard was adopted in the U.S. This standard was based on what two metals?	gold, silver
3824	42. National Parks	What site that later became a national park was discovered in 1901 when massive clouds of bats were observed emanating from it at twilight to forage for food?	Carlsbad Caverns
3825	7. Vaporization	The molar heat of vaporization for sodium chloride is 40.8 kilocalories per mole. How much heat is needed to vaporize 4 moles of this substance?	163.2 kilocalories
3826	104. The Earth	This is about what invisible characteristic of Earth? It emanates from the ground near the South Pole, travels nearly parallel to the ground, and then turns back into the Earth near the North Pole.	magnetic field
3827	31. Henry Ford	Henry Ford said, 'I will build a motor car for the great multitude.' What car fulfilled this promise?	Model T
3828	65. Planet Geology	On Mars, what kind of physical feature is Olympus Mons?	volcano (mountain)
3829	103. Materials Science	What characteristic of a material is determined by its ability to form a thin sheet by hammering or rolling?	malleability
3830	26. The Bells	In what city would you find the Bicentennial Bell, the Centennial Bell, and the Liberty Bell?	Philadelphia
3831	38. Color	What is the complementary color of yellow?	violet
3832	106. Symbols	By 1941, all Jewish people in Germany over the age of six had to wear what symbol in public?	Star of David
3833	7. Condensation	At sea level, steam condenses to form water at how many degrees Celsius?	100
3834	112. Colonial Chronology	What empire began with the capture of Ceuta in 1415 and ended with either the handover of Macao in 1999 or the granting of sovereignty to East Timor in 2002?	Portuguese Empire
3835	9. Memorials	The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in what city?	Washington, D.C.
3836	12. Spoonerisms	Complete this Tom Swifty. 'I don't care for Sinatra,' said Tom ...	frankly
3837	74. Ancient Geography	Thrace is a historical region in the southeastern part of what peninsula?	Balkan Peninsula
3838	99. Automobile History	A 1996 history of the Volkswagen Company depicts in detail just how completely the company was originally a creature of what political party?	Nazi (National Socialist)
3839	Ts World War Il	In 1940, the U.S. agreed to send Britain 50 over-age destroyers in exchange for rights to construct bases in the West Indies. This marked the beginning of what agreement with the Allies?	Lend-Lease
3840	11. Anthropology	What variant of the species Homo sapiens lived throughout Europe between 100,000 and 40,000 years ago?	Neanderthal man
3841	39. Cycles	In the Old Testament, we find this quote. 'All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.' This fact is literally explained by what natural cycle?	hydrologic (water) cycle
3842	84. Winds	The Great Basin and the upper Mojave Desert are source regions for what fall northeasterly winds that blow toward Southern California?	Santa Ana winds
3843	46. Acting	An actor versed in another's part, ready to fill in if needed, is an ...	understudy
3844	43. Modular Arithmetic		In mod 10, 17-3 is ...
3845	45. Young Arthropods	Resembling the adult but smaller and lacking fully developed wings, an immature insect is called a ...	nymph
3846	71. Poetry	A canto in an extended poem corresponds to what subdivision of a novel?	chapter
3847	42. Colonial Communications	Partly in response to the Stamp Act, the Gaspee Affair, the Currency Act, and the Tea Act, what committees were formed to encourage communications between the colonies?	committees of correspondence
3848	76. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedgelike lower lip, the Gorgon groups of tentacles were vital, intense, and monstrous.	War of the Worlds
3849	38. Captives	What three letters designate a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is captured and imprisoned during an armed conflict?	POW
3850	77. Burning	The ignition temperature is the lowest temperature at which a substance burns. The highest temperature reached during burning is called the temperature of what?	combustion
3851	120. Conflicts	These were all conflicts between Arab forces and the military of what country? Suez War Six-Day War First Lebanon War First Intifada Gaza War Yom Kippur War	Israel
3852	39. Prisoners	Nelson Mandela spent more than twenty-six years as a political prisoner in what country?	South Africa
3853	56. Pirates	Famous Caribbean pirates include Bartholomew Roberts, Charles Vane, Blackbeard, Jean Fleury, and Henry who?	Morgan (or Avery or Jennings)
3854	48. Tourist Attractions	The main reason to visit what Pacific island is to see the 600 or so giant carved stone statues gazing out to the sea from the shoreline?	Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
3855	41. Termites	In a termite nest, the only female that lays eggs is the	queen
3856	47. The Eye	Name the slightly protruding clear outer cap over the iris of the eye.	cornea
3857	36. History of Mining	20-mule teams brought borax out of what California valley?	Death Valley
3858	18. American Poetry	What nostalgic poem by John Greenleaf Whittier recounts the adventures of rural boyhood?	The Barefoot Boy
3859	8. Glass	What does glass lack that all minerals have?	crystallization
3860	40. The Spine	Name either of the two parts of the human vertebral column that includes fused vertebrae.	sacrum, coccyx
3861	8. Records	Ancient manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 in West Bank caves are called the Dead Sea ...	Scrolls
3862	33. Metric Measures		In one millimeter, there are how many centimeters?
3863	62. Big Battles	The Battle of Leyte Gulf was provoked by U.S. landings on what island in the Philippines?	Leyte
3864	85. Historical Ages	The Age of Reason is an epithet for what century?	18th
3865	15. Zoology	What category of teeth are particularly conspicuous when you face a snarling dog?	canines
3866	14. Military Engagements	This is about what war? In June of 1952 U.N. air attacks destroyed major hydroelectric installations on the Yalu.	Korean War
3867	31. Elephant Ivory	Enamel, present only in the tips of young elephant tusks, is worn off and not replaced. What substance comprises about 95% of their tusks?	dentin (or dentine)
3868	20. Seasons	Name both equinoxes.	vernal, autumnal
3869	42. Ichthyology	A shark must swim continuously to avoid sinking because it lacks what organ present in most other fish?	swim bladder
3870	123. Snakes	You are on a sand dune in the Mojave Desert and notice a series of short parallel lines. This could indicate that what kind of rattlesnake had recently been there?	sidewinder
3871	104. Border Controversies	A longstanding dispute about the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland was settled in 1767 by the work of what two surveyors?	Mason, Dixon
3872	41. Cryptographic Sentences	Decode this sentence and tell what the dancer is wearing. By grnine luck, however, he two day met an intoxicnineing, tenteen year old ballet dancer, clad in an abbrevinined threethree.	tutu
3873	109. Deaths	In March of 1983, Barney Clark died. One hundred twelve days earlier, what artificial device had been implanted in his chest?	heart
3874	30. Folktales	According to a tale by Charles Perrault, Fatima was briefly married to what wealthy aristocrat?	Bluebeard
3875	83. Rousseau	Complete this line from Jean Jacques Rousseau's work, 'Social Contract.' Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in ...	chains
3876	25. Modifiers	There are two ways to form superlative modifiers. One is to add the letters 'est' to the end of the word. The other is to precede it with what other word?	most (least)
3877	109. Extinct Creatures	Identify the two massive creatures of the Pleistocene epoch that resembled modern elephants.	mammoth, mastodon
3878	95. Settings	Many of the 'One Thousand and One Nights' tales are set in what ancient city adjacent to the Tigris River?	Baghdad
3879	64. Animals	It is an aquatic fur-bearer with webbed feet closely related to the marten. It inhabits lakes and streams, feeding on fish. Name this mammal with a flattened tail that burrows in the banks of streams.	otter
3880	73. U.S. License Plates	'Heart of Dixie' is on the license plates of what state?	Alabama
3881	18. Laos	Laos is one of the four nations in the opium-poppy-growing region known as what triangle?	Golden Triangle
3882	102. Holidays	During what month is Labor Day celebrated by American workers?	September
3883	9. Gargantuan Dinosaurs	In 1995, dinosaur experts noted that a previously unknown, enormous dinosaur had been unearthed in Argentina. Name this creature believed to be about two tons heavier than the next largest meat eater, tyrannosaurus rex.	Gigantosaurus carolinii
3884	36. Military Disasters	In 1812, Napoleon's army suffered nearly 500,000 casualties while retreating from what Eastern European city?	Moscow
3885	6. Required Symbols	What group of Europeans wore yellow stars on their clothing in the 1940s?	Jews
3886	13. Archaeology	Tiahuanaco is a large complex of ceremonial and religious buildings near what lake between Peru and Bolivia?	Titicaca
3887	17. Agreement	Correct this ill-conceived sentence. There exists in this land many creatures that I would prefer not to feed.	exist
3888	120. Seismology	Name the record produced by the marking device on a seismograph.	seismogram
3889	Sis Turpentine	Turpentine is manufactured from what complex substance secreted by plants?	resin
3890	105. Theater	Spanning the width of the stage, what is the name for the surface behind the acting area upon which scenery is usually painted?	backdrop (backcloth)
3891	Ts Atom Nuclei	Each atomic nucleus consists of one or more protons and one or more neutrons, with the exception of what one element?	hydrogen (or deuterium)
3892	30. Fields of Science	What branch of geography studies the distribution of plants and animals on Earth?	biogeography
3893	63. Writing	What word completes this line by Bernard Baruch that illustrates parallel structure? Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't ...	mind
3894	109. Ancient Egyptians	What ancient Hellenistic ruler of Egypt shared power with her father, Ptolemy XII, with Ptolemy XIII and XIV, and later had relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?	Cleopatra
3895	3. Invertebrates	What creature has these features? -most highly developed of the invertebrates -eyes are almost exact replicas of human eyes -body length of up to 65 feet -ten arms	giant squid
3896	51. Algebraic Fraction Addition	What is the sum of 3/y and 4/x?	(4y + 3x)/xy
3897	45. Italian Towns	Name the Italian town in which a marble tower inclines nearly seventeen feet from the perpendicular.	Pisa
3898	29. National Parks	The three U.S. national parks in the Sierra Nevada are Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and what other?	Sequoia
3899	58. Gunfights	In the 1880s, the notorious Clantons were gunned down by Doc Holliday and three brothers with what surname?	Earp
3900	106. Plant Life	Derived from the name of a Roman goddess, what is the collective name for all the different kinds of plants growing in a given region?	flora
3901	32. Historical Periods	These titles are about what period in European history? Heraldry The Knights Tournaments Living in Castle Times The Crusades and the Crusader States	medieval (Middle Ages)
3902	24. Petroleum	What adjective describes petroleum before it has been refined?	crude
3903	11. Industrial Fiascoes	What model of car, discontinued in 1960, was advertised under this motto? Looks right! Built right! Priced right!	Edsel
3904	66. Clock Arithmetic		What is 8 + 8 in modulo 12?
3905	44. Substance Abuse	Those controlled substances that contribute to muscle bulk while having many harmful physical and psychological effects are called ...	steroids
3906	26. Explorers	What Portuguese explorer, employed by the king of Spain, embarked in 1519 from Seville, sailed through the strait that now bears his name, and was killed in the Philippines in 1521?	Magellan
3907	4. Back Phrases	To 'back up' means to support and to be 'laid on one's back' means to be sick. What phrase containing 'back' means to assume a defensive position against insurmountable odds?	back against the wall
3908	4. Historical Epics	The poet, Luiz de Camoes, wrote 'The Lusiads,' a history of the Portuguese people. In this work, he emphasizes what 15th-century explorer who discovered a sea route to India?	Vasco da Gama
3909	16. Voting	Someone with a summer home in New Hampshire, a winter home in Arizona, and businesses in both Vermont and New Mexico could be a registered voter for a national election in how many precincts?	one
3910	18. Fables	In an Aesop fable, a skinny wolf meets a strong, fat mastiff. The wolf is envious at first, but then notices the dog's collar mark resulting from being tied up, often keeping him from running around wherever he wants. Seeing that, the wolf runs off to the forest. The moral is that it is better to starve free than to be a fat what?	slave (prisoner, captive)
3911	45. Logarithms		Evaluate log base 4 of 32.
3912	16. People	Complete this title of a biography. The Greatest Showman on Earth: A Biography of ...	P.T. Barnum
3913	93. History of Medicine	In 1971, U.S. doctors visited China to investigate reports of the success of an ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles into various parts of the body to produce anesthesia and relief from pain. Name this practice.	acupuncture
3914	3. Medieval Membership	What organizations in medieval Europe were exclusive, created to preserve the privileges of their members, and to protect various trades and economic pursuits?	guilds
3915	31. Collapses	An inward collapse of a vessel is an ...	implosion
3916	8. Last Words	In 1692, what were the last two words uttered by Giles Corey in Salem, Massachusetts?	More weight.
3917	60. Propaganda Techniques	When a speaker insists an audience make one of two choices, he might say, 'You are either with us or against us.' Another way of expressing that thought is to say, 'You are either part of the solution or' what?	part of the problem
3918	41. Sunburn	Prolonged exposure to what type of radiation from the Sun will cause sunburn?	ultraviolet radiation
3919	9. Ornamentation	What hyphenated noun indicates knickknacks or keepsakes placed about a room for ornamentation?	bric-a-brac
3920	85. Ocean Wave Physics	An anchored boat rises and falls once every 6 seconds as waves with crests 20 meters apart pass under it. These waves have a velocity of how many meters per minute?	200
3921	40. Reports	In the 1960s, the surgeon general released a report which described what factor as outweighing all other factors as a cause of lung disease?	cigarette smoking
3922	82. Parodies	This ditty by Ogden Nash is a parody of another work by what U.S. poet? I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.	Joyce Kilmer
3923	49. Revolutions	Major developments during the Industrial Revolution included Watt's steam engine, Kay's flying shuttle, Cartwright's power loom, and Hargreaves' ...	spinning jenny
3924	111. Provocative Punctuation	What word for a punctuation mark completes this controversial statement that remained on the WhiteHouse.gov site well after millions of health plans had been cancelled in 2013? For Americans with insurance coverage who like what they have, they can keep it. Nothing in this act or anywhere in the bill forces anyone to to change the insurance they have.	period
3925	29. Theater	In a dramatic presentation, these are examples of what kind of characters? -the braggart soldier -the buffoon -the penny pincher -the coward -the absent-minded professor -the trickster -the bov next door	stock characters
3926	70. Sports Math	In what sport do participants call out a solution to the following? Cube root of 64!	golf
3927	97. Book Parts	In a book, what is the termf or each side of each leaf?	page
3928	27. Algae Comparisons	Phytoplankton is microscopic while seaweed is ...	macroscopic
3929	15. Continental Borders	What body of water is contiguous with these African countries? Namibia Senegal Liberia Cameroon	Atlantic Ocean
3930	12. Color	What is the collective name for colors formed by mixing any two of these three colors? red, yellow, blue	secondary colors
3931	112. Australian Songs	A swagman steals and butchers a jumbuck in the song, 'Waltzing Matilda.' What is a jumbuck?	sheep
3932	Sis Simplification	Simplify this expression. 3p - 6(4- Sp)	33p - 24
3933	81. Electoral Votes	A state with 32 members in the U.S. House of Representatives has how many votes in the Electoral College?	34
3934	48. Evil Porksters	Name the fierce-looking Berkshire boar who leads the rebellion against Mr. Jones in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.'	Napoleon
3935	6. Novels	In what novel by John Steinbeck do several friends hunt frogs to finance a party for their friend, Doc?	Cannery Row
3936	30. Comparative Anatomy	What term indicates the lower bill in birds, one of the paired appendages closest to the mouth in arthropods, and the lower jaw in vertebrates?	mandible
3937	90. Fungus Photography	In a photo, you see what looks like a cloud emerging from the top of a puffball. What does that cloud consist of?	spores
3938	97. Anthologies	Whose collection of short stories is entitled, 'Night Shift'?	Stephen King's
3939	57. Symbols	What bird has the same symbolic meaning as the olive branch?	dove
3940	101. True Stories	Complete this title of a memoir by Esther Hautzig about her Polish family being forced into cattle cars and moved to Siberia to weed potato fields and work in mines to survive. The Endless ...	Steppe
3941	118. Devices	What mechanical device invented early in the 19th century consists of a wheel with a heavy rim mounted on an axis pivoted on both ends within a light circular frame?	gyroscope
3942	26. Lost Ships	All six members of the crew of what boat are lost in Sebastian Junger's book, 'The Perfect Storm'?	Andrea Gail
3943	55. Space Exploration	In spacecraft, what is the name for a chamber between the flight deck and the vacuum of space that is used by crew members when beginning or returning from space walks?	air lock
3944	22. Islam	Name two of the three holiest cities of Islam.	Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
3945	14. New York Geography	These cities in New York are all along what river? Troy, Albany, Kingston, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, West Point	Hudson River
3946	69. Astronomical Anagrams	'Dinar' and 'drain' are anagrams for what term indicating a point on the celestial sphere directly below the observer?	nadir
3947	112. Crimes	Burglary is also known as breaking and what?	entering
3948	21. Squares	How many square yards are in a square 33 feet on a side?	121 square yards
3949	42. Legends	What creature is described by Himalayan tribesmen as a giant creature having an upright stance, a covering of black to reddish hair, and the appearance of a bear, ape, or human?	yeti (abominable snowman)
3950	59. National Movements	What similar national movement that paralleled the National Socialism movement in Germany began in Italy around 1919?	fascism
3951	41. Historical Figures	Steve Biko, Paul Kruger, Pieter Botha, Andres Pretorius, and Nelson Mandela played significant roles in the history of what country?	South Africa
3952	31. Carrion	What is the consumption of carrion from the same species called?	cannibalism
3953	4. Motion	Name the temperature at which atomic motion ceases altogether.	absolute zero
3954	18. Hurricanes	As a hurricane sweeps across the Caribbean and heads for the North American mainland, it will be preceded by a sudden rise in sea level of ten feet or more. This phenomenon is a ...	storm surge
3955	43. Seawater	What is more concentrated in seawater just below forming ice packs than it is in the open ocean?	salt
3956	124. River Cities	Name the largest U.S. city not in Texas that developed along the Rio Grande River.	Albuquerque
3957	78. State Government	What official is primarily responsible for overseeing a state's budget?	governor
3958	19). Natural Gas	About 10% of natural gas is propane and butane, another 10% consists of ethane, and the other 80% is	methane
3959	104. Anthropology	What form of man was named from the first discovery of a skullcap and some limb bones in a cave of the Neander Valley in Germany?	Neanderthal man
3960	67. Mexico	On an island in Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs built their capital city named ...	Tenochtitlan
3961	100. Governmental Programs	What executive department is responsible for administering federal health-care programs?	Health and Human Services
3962	44. Science Fiction	These lines are from what science fiction story? -Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? -If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. -'Life,' said Marvin dolefully, 'loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.'	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3963	36. Percentage	There are 350 people wanting Mr. Bush to give them a job. 64% of these people have read Mr. Tower's book, 'How to Win Friends and Influence Senators.' What percent of the job applicants have read Mr. Tower's book?	224
3964	94. Court	In a court of law, these are all examples of what? duress, self defense, insanity, intoxication, diminished responsibility	defenses
3965	75. Soils	Soils lower than 7.0 pH are acidic while soils higher than 7.0 are what?	alkaline
3966	89. Spindles	Name the line around which a spindle rotates.	axis
3967	Sis Speed	For a constant speed, distance equals velocity multiplied by time. Using the same quantities, what does time equal?	distance divided by velocity
3968	117. Wartime Literature	Alun Lewis' poem, 'After Dunkirk,' is about what war?	World War Il
3969	45. City Nicknames	In what state are cities with these nicknames located? City of Witches Birthplace of Basketball The Whaling City The Birthplace of American Liberty Beantown	Massachusetts
3970	115. Mountains	The Sierras are in what state?	California (or Nevada)
3971	61. Pronouns	What is the intensive pronoun in this verse? Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.	yourself
3972	52. Amendments	What part of the Bill of Rights relates to this statement made after John Peter Zenger was acquitted in 1735? You have laid a noble foundation for securing that to which nature has given us a right - the liberty - both of exposing and opposing arbitrary power by speaking and writing truth.	{st amendment
3973	23. Government	What form of government is associated with landed wealth, monetary wealth, or religious superiority?	aristocracy
3974	22. Clouds	What affix attached to a cloud's name indicates an increased probability that precipitation will occur?	-nimbus
3975	27. Music Geography	What state lies immediately south of the state celebrated in the name of a musical that included this song? Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’	Texas
3976	112. Nitro!	What Swede discovered that when nitroglycerin is mixed with an absorbent inert substance like diatomaceous earth, it becomes much safer to handle?	Alfred Nobel
3977	37. Political Views	Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan was a staunch isolationist until 1941. What happened in December of that year to change his mind?	the attack on Pearl Harbor
3978	35. Efficiency	A drill with an efficiency of 60% is run by a motor with an efficiency of 80%. What is the overall efficiency of this combination?	48%
3979	7. Spectra	The visible spectrum is wavelengths of radiant energy between about 3000 and 8000 angstroms. What is the corresponding name for the spectrum including all other wavelengths from gamma rays to radio waves?	invisible spectrum
3980	Ts The Sun	What is the term for that imaginary line where the Sun's rotation is fastest?	equator
3981	72. Straits	The Korean Strait separates South Korea from what country to its east?	Japan
3982	Alt. 5. Dominance	In the midst of the Mesozoic era, the dominant life forms belonged to what taxonomic class?	reptiles
3983	66. Dimensions	Usually we consider only the three dimensions of length, width, and depth. But Albert Einstein noted that there is what fourth dimension?	time
3984	94. Cinema	What art form is central to these films? Footloose Singing in the Rain Step Up Take the Lead All That Jazz Saturday Night Fever Breakin' Strictly Ballroom	dance
3985	25. Termites	In a termite nest, the only female that lays eggs is called the what?	queen
3986	6. Early Coalitions	James Winthrop of Massachusetts, Melancton Smith of New York, and Patrick Henry and George Mason of Virginia were among the people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. How were the members of this coalition known?	antifederalists
3987	46. Stories	This is from what story? How bad could a worm taste? Billy had eaten fried liver, salmon loaf, mushrooms, tongue, and pig's feet. Heck, he could gag anything down for fifty dollars, couldn't he?	How to Eat Fried Worms
3988	48. Biological Symmetry	Starfish have radial symmetry. What kind of symmetry is associated with these creatures? giraffe tuna centipede	bilateral
3989	65. Criminal Conduct	What offense is based on causing bodily harm to a person by any means or making physical, provocative, or offensive contact with a person?	battery
3990	84. Physiological Responses	Name the immune response by the body against some of its own tissues and cells.	autoimmunity
3991	25. National Park System	In what state is there a national park around a deep-blue lake in the heart of an inactive volcano?	Oregon
3992	57. Curiosity	Curiosity plays a central role in the story of Bluebeard's wives and also what Greek mythical woman who couldn't keep from opening a box?	Pandora
3993	47. Waterfalls	What waterfall in Venezuela is more than twenty times higher than Niagara Falls?	Angel Falls
3994	16. Root Words	The root word in 'theocracy' and 'theology' means ...	divine (godlike)
3995	85. Short Stories	This quote is from what story? You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight.	The Tell-Tale Heart
3996	53. Big Birds	What North American crane is endangered?	whooping crane
3997	8. Mining	While a vein is a long, branching deposit of a mineral, a wide, flat deposit of a mineral is called a ...	bed
3998	52. Sentence Transformations	Restate the following sentence replacing the prepositional phrase with an indirect object. Marybelle wrote an ode to me.	Marybelle wrote me an ode.
3999	90. Peninsula History	The rugged Balkan Peninsula juts crooked fingers southward from Europe into the eastern Mediterranean. Name the great civilization that developed on the southern end of this peninsula.	Greek (Greece)
4000	41. Fictional Ships	What ship in Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island,' is named for a West Indies island east of Cuba that is divided into two countries?	Hispaniola
4001	4. Freedom Fighters	The remarkable commander of the Argentine army who was destined to become the liberator of Chile and Peru was Jose de ...	San Martin
4002	20. Age Problems	Carol is 22 years older than Beulah. When Beulah is as old as Carol is now, she will be three times her present age. How old is Carol now?	33
4003	17. Musicals	These words are from a song in what musical by Jerome Kern? Ol’ man river, dat ol' man river, He must know sumpin’, but don't say nothin’, He just keeps rollin’, he keeps on rollin' along.	Show Boat
4004	29. Nucleotides	Which is last on an alphabetical list of the four bases in DNA nucleotides?	thymine
4005	23. Plagues	In 1923, a cloud 300 miles long, 100 miles wide, and a half mile high plagued Montana. What insects composed this cloud that devoured every green blade, leaf, and stalk in its wake?	grasshoppers (locusts)
4006	122. Quadrilaterals	Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram with congruent diagonals. It must be a what kind of quadrilateral?	rectangle
4007	Alt. 1. Faults	Reverse faults are one of the two most common types of dip-slip faults. Name the other.	normal faults
4008	41. Sumeria	Our system of time based on a sixty-minute hour was derived from a Sumerian mathematical system, as is our method of dividing a circle into how many degrees?	360
4009	24. Invertebrates	Arthropod bodies are usually segmented and covered by an exoskeleton made up of separate plates. What flexible structures between the plates allow the animal to move?	joints
4010	14. Navigation	You can determine your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere by measuring the altitude, in degrees, of what star?	Polaris
4011	2. Chemical Compounds	These are what kinds of compounds? citric oxalic lactic tartaric	acids
4012	55. Canadian Ecology	Life in many eastern Canadian lakes has been virtually exterminated due to a mixture of industrial exhaust and water. What is the name for the precipitation thus formed?	acid rain
4013	16. Reformers	What reformer was the most famous practitioner of nonviolence in India?	Mohandas Gandhi
4014	Sis Logic	Which of a pair of plump twins created by Lewis Carroll said this? If it was so, it might be, and , if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.	Tweedledee
4015	111. Winds	Atmospheric circulations that rotate counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere are called what kind of cyclones?	anticyclones
4016	11. Geology	With what phenomenon are seismically-induced coastal-bluff failures associated?	earthquakes
4017	97. Cycles	The carbon cycle involves the storage and cyclic movement of organic and inorganic forms of carbon between the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and what other sphere?	atmosphere
4018	86. Eastern Europe	What country is between Estonia and Lithuania?	Latvia
4019	16. Trigonometry	On an alphabetical list, which trigonometric ratio is last?	tangent
4020	64. Petrology	What is the name for rock formed from cemented gravel and cobbles?	conglomerate
4021	96. Liquids	A liquid partially fills a closed container. Some molecules escape into the gas phase. Some of these reenter the liquid phase. Eventually the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation and there is no net change in the number of molecules in the gas phase. This is the ---- pressure of the liquid.	vapor
4022	29. Chemical Reactions	Carbon monoxide can be reacted with steam to produce carbon dioxide and what gas?	hydrogen
4023	19. Peace During Wartime	Derived from the Latin terms 'arma' meaning 'weapons' and 'statium' meaning 'stopping,' what is the term for a truce or temporary cessation of hostilities during wartime?	armistice
4024	19. Harsh Customs	This describes a custom of what people between the 7th and 11th centuries? The headsman's dead body was placed on a ship with his belongings for use in the next life, along with a slave girl. The ship was then set alight by a close relative.	Vikings (Norsemen)
4025	83. Animal Symmetry	What kind of symmetry does the octopus have?	bilateral symmetry
4026	23. Symbols	Depictions of the Grim Reaper often show him carrying what kind of agricultural implement?	scythe
4027	22. Fish	During the heat of the day, fish will move into deeper, colder water. This is partly because warm water contains less of what element than cold water?	oxygen
4028	81. Hemingway	This describes what Ernest Hemingway novel? Henry cannot pursue a military career because he had deserted his post. He cannot pursue architecture because he gave that up to join the army. He finally just wants to lead an ordinary, married life with Catherine and his son, but they both die.	A Farewell to Arms
4029	67. Science Fiction	This is from what British science fiction work? On Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars, and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for the same reasons.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4030	103. Seeds	For seeds to germinate, the temperature must be within certain favorable limits and there must be sufficient moisture available. What else must be present?	oxygen
4031	63. Literature	What are the first words in this passage by John Donne? Every man is a piece of the continent - a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea Europe is less. Any man's death diminishes me.	No man is an island.
4032	9. U.S. History	What form of literature is illustrated by the 'Federalist Papers,' written in support of the U.S. Constitution?	essays (nonfiction)
4033	I21s Distance Between Points	What is the distance between these points on a graph?	AQ, 4), BO, 9)
4034	108. Misheard Lyrics	These are misheard lines from what patriotic song? -From every mouse inside -Let Rita sing -Of the icing -Land of the Pilgrim's bride	America (My Country Tis of Thee)
4035	26. Expressions	To say one thing and mean another is to speak with what kind of sense organ characteristic of scaly, legless reptiles?	forked tongue
4036	64. Marine Topography	The areas exposed during low tide and flooded during high tide are called tidal ...	flats
4037	104. Literary Characters	Name the character in 'The Caine Mutiny' whose strawberry investigation was a reenactment of an earlier incident when he discovered who stole five pounds of cheese.	Captain Queeg
4038	37. Plant Anatomy	What part of a plant cell consists of layers of a tough carbohydrate called cellulose?	cell wall
4039	32. Word Stems	What word that means 'side' may be preceded by prefixes such as 'multi,' 'uni,' 'bi,' and 'equi'?	lateral
4040	6. Verbs	Verbs that express information received through sight, hearing, smell, and taste are classified as what kind of verbs?	sensory verbs
4041	87. Vonnegut	The title of what Kurt Vonnegut novel came from the name of a game played with a loop of string?	Cat's Cradle
4042	1. Astronomy	Reflective, emission, dark, and planetary are the four categories of heavenly diffuse masses of interstellar dust and gas?	nebulas
4043	6. Fables	In an Aesop fable, a skinny wolf meets a strong, fat mastiff. The wolf is envious at first, but then notices the dog's collar mark resulting from being tied up, often keeping him from running around wherever he wants. Seeing that, the wolf runs off to the forest. The moral is that it is better to starve free than to be a fat ...	slave (prisoner, captive)
4044	97. Purchasing Problems	When you asked Rocky what he paid for his Bullwinkle statue, he said, 'If you multiply my price by 4, add 70 to that product, and subtract 50 from that sum, the remainder is $220.' So, how much did Rocky pay for the statue?	$50
4045	51. Russia	Name Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean.	Vladivostok
4046	124. Weaponry	A lightweight rifle with a relatively short barrel is called a ...	carbine
4047	97. Novel Portraits	This is from what novel by Oscar Wilde? How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this I would give everything!	The Picture of Dorian Gray
4048	48. Marsupials	Wombats are burrowing marsupials native to Australia and what nearby island separated from the continent by the Bass Strait?	Tasmania
4049	27. Mineral Changes	As a result of the high temperatures and pressures deep within the Earth's crust, minerals in solid rock can recrystallize and form new minerals. This process is called ...	metamorphism
4050	79. Medical Treatments	Injuries to which body system are most likely candidates for therapy involving traction?	skeletal system
4051	77. Body Defenses	What has a person developed who has developed a resistance to infection by a specific pathogen?	an immunity
4052	78. River Topography	Successive floods over many years may deposit sediment in long strips along both banks of a river, sometimes several feet above the valley floor. Such river banks are called natural what?	levees
4053	85. Voting	If Sandy was born in 1985, what was the first year that she would have been eligible to vote in a U.S. federal election?	2003
4054	30. Political Power	What political party ruled the Soviet Union?	Communist Party
4055	101. Texts	Name the section at the end of a textbook which might include these in a list. A History of English Drama A Critical History of English Poetry Oxford History of English Literature The Rise of the Novel	bibliography
4056	56. Astronomical Middles	The central region of a star, planet, or galaxy is called the ...	core
4057	49. Papaya Percentages	Fresh papaya contains 70% water by weight while dry papaya is 10% water by weight. How many kilograms of dry papaya can be obtained from 20 kilograms of fresh papaya?	6.66 (or 6 2/3)
4058	55. Exponents Galore	What is the sum of 3 raised to the fourth power and 7 raised to the third power?	424
4059	38. Balloons	Hot-air balloons fly because what property of the air inside the balloon is less than that of the air outside the balloon?	density
4060	108. Traditions	What state celebrates both Lyndon Baines Johnson Day and San Jacinto Day?	Texas
4061	23. Matter	What common characteristic of a sample of matter is determined by multiplying its length times its width times its height?	volume
4062	36. Literature	This is from what work by Thomas Malory? Thenne within two yeres king Uther felle seke of a grete maladye. And in the meane whyle hys enemyes ursurpped upon hym, and dyd a grete bataylle upon his men, and slewe many of his peple.	Morte d'Arthur
4063	16. Lewis Carroll	What character in 'Alice in Wonderland' spoke these words? What matters it how far we go? The scaly friend replied, There is another shore, you know, Upon the other side.	Mock Turtle
4064	34. Cemeteries	In what state is the Gettysburg National Cemetery?	Pennsylvania
4065	120. Marine Disasters	The U.S.S. Scorpion and the U.S.S. Thresher were both lost at sea. What kind of vessels were they?	submarines
4066	72. Islands	What islands in the eastern Atlantic have the same name as a small bird?	Canary Islands
4067	40. Early Americans	The ancestors of American Indians who crossed the Bering Strait across a land bridge were of what genus and species?	Homo sapiens
4068	12. Polluted Ponds	What scenic lake near Mt. St. Helens was devastated in 1980?	Spirit Lake
4069	80. Pressure	In newtons per square meter, what is the pressure on a 2 square meter surface being pushed with a force of	12 newtons?
4070	120. Magnetism	What kind of magnet has a magnetic field only during the time of current flows through the solenoid at its core?	electromagnet
4071	13. Monuments	In what city can you see Gustave Eiffel's greatest engineering achievement?	Paris
4072	76. Anniversaries	In 2012, the city of San Francisco celebrated the 75th anniversary of what bridge?	Golden Gate Bridge
4073	33. News Quotes	What name completes this excerpt from a 1963 news story? Meantime, a recently fired rifle was found on the sixth floor of the book depository, a room with a clear view down Elm Street. Ownership of the rifle was quickly traced to ...	Lee Harvey Oswald
4074	101. Prepositions	What preposition is in the first, second, and third lines of the song, 'America'?	of
4075	50. Curves	What fundamental unit of architecture involves a semicircle rising from the top of one vertical element to the top of another?	arch
4076	113. Newspapers	What is the term for a newspaper issue of one press run?	edition
4077	51. Industrial Developments	What invention of 1831 by Cyrus McCormick greatly accelerated the harvesting of grain?	(mechanical) reaper
4078	105. British Mysteries	What character says this in a mystery? 'Come, Watson, come!' he cried. 'The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!' Sherlock	Holmes
4079	35. Vocabulary	Creation of unusual new words such as 'boatomania' or 'stupiditis' is called ...	coining (neologisms)
4080	42. Asimov	In Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel,' the joint heroes are a man and a...	robot
4081	63. Territories	The State of Deseret, established in 1849, only lasted about a year until it became known as what territory?	Territory of Utah
4082	23. Crowd Control	This is from what novel? .. a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.	1984
4083	27. Archaeological Finds	In the early 16th century, the explorer, Francisco de Cordoba, found remnants of what great civilization on the Yucatan Peninsula?	Maya
4084	89. Deserts	Name the only two countries that are at least partially located in the Gobi Desert.	China, Mongolia
4085	Alt. 4. Betrayals	This is about an incident in what future state? General Thomas Jesup requested a truce conference, but when Osceola complied, he was treacherously taken captive and died in prison less than three months later.	Florida
4086	Alt. 4. Seasons	In the Northern Hemisphere, what season occurs between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox?	summer
4087	104. Transportation Homonyms	What name is shared by a boat-shaped passenger car on an airship, a railroad freight car without a top, and a long, narrow, flat-bottomed Venetian boat?	gondola
4088	40. Baseball Physics	You hit two balls. One is a baseball. The other is the same size as a baseball but weighs twice as much. How many times harder do you have to hit the heavier ball to make it go as far as the lighter one?	two times
4089	42. Fish	These are varieties of what kind of fish whose name is reminiscent of a venomous arachnid? lionfish, stonefish, butterfly cod, firefish, turkeyfish, dragonfish	scorpionfish
4090	11. Sports Queries	What word completes this line by Vince Lombardi? If winning isn't everything, why do they keep ...	score
4091	Ts Old West Ballets	Name Aaron Copland ballet with these sections. Gun Battle The Open Prairie Card Game at Night Street in Frontier Town Celebration After Billy's Capture	Billy the Kid
4092	46. History of Law	What emperor of the Byzantine Empire ordered his scholars to collect and organize all Roman law into a single code?	Justinian
4093	44. Liquids	What is defined as a liquid which dissolves another compound to form a homogeneous liquid mixture in one phase?	solvent
4094	33. Protests	'Disinvestment' is a form of what kind of economic protest?	boycott
4095	Alt. 2. Homophones	Spell the missing homophone in this analogy. While someone who is well known and highly regarded is eminent, an event that is about to take place is ...	imminent
4096	59. Stars	Rigel and Betelgeuse are the two brightest stars in what constellation?	Orion
4097	43. Spiders	What is the shape of the unique red marking on the underside of a black widow spider?	hourglass
4098	81. Mythical Climbs	Name the woman suggested by this passage. The pair crossed the Styx safely and began the long climb up the passage to the surface of the earth. Orpheus never looked back, though he was greatly tempted.	Eurydice
4099	44. Digraphs	What word contains the first instance of a consonant digraph in the lyrics of 'Home on the Range'?	where
4100	73. Bays	What bay in eastern Canada is known for its unusually dramatic tidal fluctuations?	Bay of Fundy
4101	45. Voice	Transform this sentence into passive voice. J.J. painted the bird.	The bird was painted by J.J.
4102	19: Chemical Processes	The process by which an acid reacts with a base to form a salt and water is called ...	neutralization
4103	33. Greek Myths	While Selene was the goddess of the Moon, name her twin brother who was the Sun god.	Helios
4104	93. Planarians	Planarians have what structures that allow them to see about as well as you can with your eyes shut?	eyespots
4105	23. Dunes	The tallest sand dunes in the U.S. are in the Great Sand Dunes National Park in what state?	Colorado
4106	27. Myths	What substance did Daedalus use to affix feathers to himself and his son, Icarus, to make wings?	wax
4107	95. Life Functions	Ingestion is a synonym for what?	eating (consuming, devouring, etc.)
4108	14. Scientific Notation	What number is equivalent to 7.2 x 10 to the fifth power?	720,000
4109	64. Science Fiction	In what Ray Bradbury story is getting to a Sun Dome the goal of astronauts who crash on Venus during a perpetual rainstorm?	The Long Rain
4110	10. Brewery Microorganisms	Some organisms release energy from glucose without oxygen. This process used in breweries is called ...	fermentation
4111	32. South America	A boat sailing northwest from the Falkland Islands would make land in what South American country?	Argentina
4112	69. Ancient Literature	Great Homeric epics were written in what language?	Greek
4113	41. U.S. Archaeology	The Great Serpent Mound associated with the Hopewell or Adena culture is in what state?	Ohio
4114	Alt. 2. Pronouns	What type of singular pronoun is illustrated in this quip? The closest anyone ever comes to perfection is on a job application form.	indefinite
4115	116. Cracked Spheres	Which sphere of the Earth is cracked into perhaps a score of pieces?	lithosphere
4116	1. Expeditions	Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway, what is the term for overland hunting expeditions in Africa?	safaris
4117	33. Reproduction	A structure in which embryonic development takes place in reptiles is an ...	egg
4118	90. Gears	If the driver gear in a gear train is rotating in a clockwise direction, in what direction does the gear adjacent to it called the follower rotate?	counterclockwise
4119	78. Proofreading	What component is missing in this sentence? Fossils brought in from as far away as Borneo.	a predicate
4120	74. Clerihews	What form of wordplay is used in the last line of this clerihew? Roddy MacDowell, Trying to get fitted for his Ape character, threw in the towel. The suit was too small (he'd apparently acquired a case of the chunkies), And he finally said, 'Anything's more fun than apparel of monkeys!'	pun
4121	2 First Aid	What phrase is used for a patient's respiration, pulse rate, blood pressure, and body temperature?	vital signs
4122	30. Political Slang	In the 1920s, what color indicated Communism?	red
4123	85. Number Palindromes	The odometer on Bob's Camaro reads 94682. What is the fewest number of miles he must drive before the numbers on his odometer form a palindrome?	67
4124	55. Parts of Books	What is the term for the main body of a printed work, as distinct from a preface or footnotes or an appendix?	text
4125	110. Japanese Entertainers	What color of makeup covers most of a geisha's face?	white
4126	99. American Metropolises	What U.S. city is on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia?	Washington D.C.
4127	12. Marbles	Mr. Perot had 1000 more than 3 times the number of marbles possessed by Mr. Quayle. Together they had exactly 29,000 marbles. How many marbles did Mr. Perot have?	22,000
4128	69. Slogans	Translate this Nazi slogan. Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer.	One nation, one people, one leader.
4129	17. Nicknames	What is a nickname for Australians?	Aussie (Digger)
4130	11. Adventure Novels	What paranormal ability is central to Steven Gould's novel, 'Jumper'?	teleportation
4131	79. Aviation	What is the term for a non-rigid airship?	blimp
4132	66. Poetic Counsel	This is from what poem by William Cullen Bryant? So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night.	Thanatopsis
4133	9. Graphing	What can be said of two lines with equal slopes but different y-intercepts?	They are parallel.
4134	103. Nuclear Disasters	There have been two Level 7 nuclear accidents. Name the facilities where these occurred.	Chernobyl, Fukushima
4135	12. Assassins	What presidential assassin was killed near Bowling Green, Virginia?	John Wilkes Booth
4136	48. Silly Acronyms	What make of car could be an acronym for 'Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object'?	Volvo
4137	4. Feuds	In what part of the United Kingdom did feuds occur involving the Macpherson Clan against the Davidson Clan and the Campbells against the MacDonalds?	Scotland
4138	32. Bays	Name the largest bay contiguous with the Canadian Shield.	Hudson Bay
4139	41. Net Namesakes	What popular search engine on the World-Wide Web has a name reminiscent of a race of brutes created by Jonathan Swift?	Yahoo
4140	76. Biological Conventions	In binomial nomenclature, which taxonomic division is not capitalized?	species
4141	45. Seagoing Vessels	What abbreviation precedes the names of these historical ships? Hood Bounty Leopard Challenger Resolution Dreadnought	H.M.S.
4142	114. English Novels	This is a partial synopsis of what novel? Young Jim set out on an adventure on the ship Hispanola to find buried treasure on Skeleton Island. On the cruise, he discovers his love of the sea and befriends John Silver.	Treasure Island
4143	115. Missionaries	Marquette, Michigan, was named in honor of the French missionary, Jacques Marquette, who explored the region. What other missionary accompanied him?	Louis Jolliet
4144	13. Telescopes	The two principal types of optical telescopes are reflecting and ...	refracting
4145	26. Racing	What kind of racing involves vehicles with elongated front-suspensions, light front wheels, oversize rear tires, and a straight course of 440 yards?	drag racing
4146	14. Ranching	What is untanned cattle skin called?	rawhide
4147	15. American Government	What is the title of the chief legal officer of the U.S. government?	attorney general
4148	19. War Songs	These songs all relate to what conflict? The Ballad of Ira Hayes Blitzkrieg Bop Nagasaki Nightmare Enola Gay	World War II
4149	14. Geological News	For the first time, geologists extracted intact rock samples in 2007 from two miles deep within what infamous rupture that runs 800 miles along the length of California?	San Andreas Fault
4150	50. Taking the Blame	What noun related to a hollow-horned, bearded ruminant indicates a person who gets the blame for someone else's mistakes?	scapegoat
4151	122. Marine Life	In mollusks and brachiopods, name the tissue that secretes the substance that forms the shell.	mantle
4152	Sis Areas of Triangles	A triangle has a height of 22 feet and a base of 9 feet. What is its area?	99 square feet
4153	12. Philosophy	This line penned to John Adams by Thomas Jefferson is reminiscent of a remark by what 17th-century philosopher? I feel, therefore I exist.	Rene Descartes
4154	42. Inventions	What French invention is indicated in these quotations? -the one and only cure for gray hair -a cure for dandruff -a machine that makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason	guillotine
4155	36. Agriculture	In the 1920s, two-thirds of the commercial fertilizer sold in the U.S. went to Southern farmers who used it to shorten the maturity time for cotton and thereby short-circuit the biological time table of what small, long-snouted beetle?	boll weevil
4156	Ts Hobbits	The hobbit Bilbo Baggins lives at Bag End in what community?	Hobbiton
4157	11. Alien Math	A cell from the planet Trio got into the space station. Every hour, that cell split into three cells which immediately grew to the size of the first cell. This process started at midnight and the station was completely filled by noon. At what time was the container one-third filled?	11 a.m.
4158	27. Cinematic Techniques	What is the cinematic term for animation of models made of plasticine or clay?	claymation
4159	75. Triangular Trade	One part of triangular trade involved what thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar?	molasses
4160	10. New Fruits	Although brought to Europe from South America in 1596, what plants with red edible fruit were erroneously considered poisonous and not widely consumed until about 200 years later?	tomatoes
4161	75. Surprising Questions	Whose minister of foreign affairs posed this question to Robert Livingston and James Monroe? What would you give for the whole of Louisiana?	Napoleon
4162	40. The Skull	The bony cavity of the skull that contains and protects the eyeball is an ...	orbit
4163	19. American Parks	In what national park are these visible? Shinomo quartzite Tapeats sandstone Bright Angel shale redwall limestone Coconino sandstone Kaibab limestone	Grand Canyon
4164	23. The Caribbean	What is the first country due west of Puerto Rico?	Dominican Republic
4165	29. Participles	What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb 'tread'?	trodden, trod
4166	92. Fictional Wounds	In 'The Lord of the Rings,' Frodo is wounded in the shoulder by what weapon?	knife (dagger)
4167	50. Earth's Spheres	The pedosphere exists at the interface of the lithosphere and what other sphere?	atmosphere
4168	Alt. 3. Transportation Projects	In 1817, digging began on the greatest American construction project yet undertaken. What was being built?	Erie Canal
4169	33. Weathering	What substance is always involved in the weathering process called frost wedging?	water (or ice)
4170	1. Navigation	What navigation instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies was so-named because, originally, it had an arc of 60 degrees?	sextant
4171	da The Ocean Floor	Seamounts are most prevalent in which ocean?	Pacific
4172	10. Complements	What is the subject complement in this? The relatively young volcano is not yet fully formed.	formed
4173	92. Significant Documents	What document from the French Revolution echoed the self-evident truths of America's Declaration of Independence?	Declaration of the Rights of Man
4174	20. Greek Myths	What mythical race that dwelled in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia were men with the bodies of horses?	centaurs
4175	64. Forms of Government	These features are typical of what form of government? -one political party -complete national effort directed towards the goals of the party -control over every aspect of citizen's lives	totalitarianism
4176	4. Seas	The Gulf of Oman lies between the Persian Gulf and what sea?	Arabian
4177	70. Violations	Bigamists violate what kind of contracts?	marriage contracts
4178	24. Speedy Sprints	If a sprinter ran the 100-meter dash in 9.69 seconds, to the nearest tenth, what was his average speed for the race?	10.3 meters per second
4179	8. Occupational Diseases	Anthracosis is a lung disease associated with the mining of what fossil fuel?	coal
4180	29. Court Positions	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said that 'when a nation is at war, many things that might be said in times of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight.' This test for conditions under which freedom of speech may be abridged is called clear and present ...	danger
4181	32. Bird Poems	This verse is from a poem about what kind of bird? My Aerie, built on craggy cliff, or in a tree top high. I soar above the reaching hills, on lifting winds I fly.	eagle (hawk, falcon, bird of prey)
4182	5 Shifting	What inappropriate shift is in this line? The yellowish-green creature gnawed open the door and then comes slithering up the stairs.	shift in tense
4183	39. Historical Documents	What document was signed by these people? William Whipple Matthew Thornton Robert Paine William Williams Benjamin Rush Josiah Bartlett John Hancock	Declaration of Independence
4184	48. Amethyst	Amethyst is a purple gem variety of what mineral composed of silica?	quartz (corundum)
4185	41. Dramatic Traditions	In 2010, about half the inhabitants of Oberammergau took part in what play staged once every decade?	Passion Play
4186	46. Symbols	An image of what historic structure in Philadelphia is depicted on the back of a U.S. $100 bill?	Independence Hall
4187	115. Climates	Alluvial fans are usually associated with what type of climate?	arid (semiarid)
4188	119. Prime Numbers	What is the next prime number after 23?	29
4189	4. Poetic Photography	What term used early in Poe's 'The Raven' for a hinged window covering is also the name of a device on cameras that controls the duration of a photographic exposure?	shutter
4190	46. Government	What is the general term for a level of government smaller than a U.S. state?	local government
4191	6. Laws of Motion	Which of Newton's laws explains why a cannon is pushed backward when it is fired?	third law
4192	37. Naval Vessels	What aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway was named after the site of Cornwallis’ surrender of the British forces in the American Revolution?	Yorktown
4193	56. Chile	When the Spanish first arrived in Chile, its northern part was part of what empire?	Inca
4194	17. Resuscitation	What three letters stand for the critical steps in cardiopulmonary resuscitation?	ABC
4195	2. Valleys	What kind of steep valley that extends into the sea may be characterized by truncated spurs, hanging valleys, and high waterfalls?	fiord
4196	98. Wheeling and Dealing	In 1801, President Jefferson learned that what European leader had secretly reacquired the Louisiana Territory from Spain?	Napoleon
4197	83. Danish Navigators	Vitus Bering guided Russian sailors to the North American coast in 1741. He died on the return voyage from what deficiency disease?	scurvy
4198	32. Drought	Name the long, sinuous cracks that open at the Earth's surface as the result of the depletion of groundwater.	fissures
4199	16. Amendments	Which amendment guarantees the assistance of counsel during legal proceedings?	Sixth Amendment
4200	19. Plant Anatomy	Identify the flattened structures that develop from a superficial group of tissues on the sides of the stem apex.	leaves
4201	21. Italian History	King Victor Emmanuel III allowed whom to become dictator of Italy in 1922?	Benito Mussolini
4202	46. Explorations	This is from a journal about what expedition? As we went along, our hopes of seeing the waters of the Columbia arose to painful anxiety. After four miles, we reached a small gap formed by the mountains. We had reached the hidden sources of that river which had never yet been seen by civilized man.	Lewis and Clark
4203	47. The Sound Barrier	Name the audible phenomenon that accompanies the breaking of the sound barrier by aircraft.	sonic boom
4204	48. Arbitrary Enumeration	According to an agreement reached in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for purposes of representation and taxation, a slave was to be counted as what fraction of a free person?	3/5
4205	72. Latin Roots	What is the meaning of the root in mortify, mortification, immortalize, and mortality?	death
4206	64. Authority Abuse	The unnecessary use of force by law enforcement, including shootings and beatings, is called police ...	brutality
4207	4. Marine Zoology	Name any creature that would be an appropriate subject in a course entitled 'Decapod Anatomy.'	crab, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, squid, cuttlefish
4208	60. African Leaders	What former prisoner of nearly 30 years was elected president of his country in 1994, just two years after apartheid officially ended?	Nelson Mandela
4209	105. Fog	A well-defined mass of fog observed in the distance over the sea is called a fog what?	bank
4210	117. Body Cells	What type of cell can be either nonmyelinated or myelinated?	neuron (nerve cell)
4211	9. Colonies	What colony in the southeast corner of modern Massachusetts was a separate entity until 1691 when it became part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay?	Plymouth
4212	28. Prisoners	Voltaire and the Marquis de Sade were among the most famous detainees in what Paris prison?	Bastille
4213	82. Art	Artists refer to the surface character or 'feel' of any material as its what?	texture
4214	13. Leaders	What is this about? It starts as an invisible discharge called a stepped leader which moves downward in discrete steps. The stepped leader may be initiated by a small discharge near the cloud base, releasing free electrons that move earthward.	lightning
4215	91. Shared Terms	What term in journalism for a particular perspective used to write a story also describes the mathematical figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point?	angle
4216	120. Monarchies	Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, except that the king must comply with the Koran and what body of law?	Sharia law
4217	40. Plant Classification	Any plant can be uniquely classified by using a combination of its genus and ...	species
4218	9. Game Numbers	Add the number of squares on a checkerboard to the number of squares on a chess board.	164
4219	38. Meteorology	What type of meteorological phenomenon has had such names as Alice, Bud, Clara, and Daniel?	hurricanes
4220	53. Oceania	What Pacific island visited by Samuel Wallis, James Cook, and William Bligh and annexed by France in 1880 was written about by Robert Louis Stevenson and inspired paintings by Paul Gauguin?	Tahiti
4221	95. Sports	Name the most widely played athletic sport in the world.	soccer
4222	44. Economic Geography	Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. lobster supply is harvested off the coast of what state?	Maine
4223	122. Colonial Powers	What European country controlled major colonies in northeastern and southern Africa?	England (Great Britain)
4224	61. Wind Instruments	Although the saxophone is usually made of brass, it is classified as a woodwind instrument because it produces sound through the vibration of which of its components?	reed
4225	87. Fast Fellas	In 2012, Fearless Felix jumped from a balloon 24 miles high and became the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. Who accomplished that same feat 65 years earlier in a rocket-powered airplane?	Chuck Yeager
4226	34. Fractured History	Correct the one wrong word in this sentence. Queen Elizabeth's navy went out and defeated the Spanish Armadillo.	Armada
4227	110. Funky Proverbs	How is this proverb usually stated? A feathered biped in the phalanges is equal to two of the same in the shrubbery.	A bird in the hand ...
4228	2. Astronomy	What planet has these characteristics? -orbital inclination of 25 degrees -surface area about 1/4 of the Earth -sidereal period of 687 days -2 satellites	Mars
4229	28. Inflated Writing	After it is decoded, what is the last word in this sentence? He fiveced the fivemidable threetor three capithreelnine.	capitulate
4230	38. Matter Matters	Fluids include liquids and what else?	gases
4231	44. Lenses	A compound lens consists of an array of simple lenses with a common what?	axis
4232	3. Algebraic Expressions	Express these words as an algebraic equation. Twice the sum of nine and y is the same as the difference of y and seven.	2(9+y) = y-7
4233	1. Legends	What pure knight, the son of Lancelot and Elaine, achieved the vision of the Holy Grail?	Galahad
4234	118. Old West	Identify this Old West character. History isn't sure whether she was a frustrated feminist or just a foul-mouthed transvestite shrew. In any case, she was ahead of her time. She lived in Deadwood, South Dakota and may have been an Indian scout and Pony Express rider.	Calamity Jane
4235	38. Explorations	Name the largest river basin explored by Jacques Cartier.	St. Lawrence
4236	30. Arachnids	The bodies of arachnids are divided into two parts including the abdomen and the ...	cephalothorax
4237	38. International Conflict	A conflict between nations which does not involve the use of arms but is conducted by means of political and economic pressure is a ---- war.	cold
4238	49. Fables	This is from what fable? Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye, Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon! ,	Animal Farm
4239	59. Numeration in Fiction	In what science fiction tale does the decimal equivalent of the binary number 0101010 have particular significance?	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4240	73. Musicians	What instrument was played by these musicians? Van Cliburn Victor Borge Vladimir Horowitz Ludwig van Beethoven	piano
4241	67. International Ground Rules	What enduring policy set forth by the fifth U.S. president established that the New World and the Old World were to remain distinctly separate spheres of influence and that the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries?	Monroe Doctrine
4242	79. DNA	The process of cutting DNA, inserting foreign DNA, and then rejoining DNA molecules is called gene what?	splicing
4243	115. Nouns	In contrast to nouns such as tree, book, and policeman, what kind of nouns are these? wool, energy, water, weather, air	uncountable
4244	5. Treaties	A hasty and costly peace between the new Bolshevik government in Russia and the Central Powers freed up many battalions of German troops to fight on the Western Front. What Russian leader signed that agreement?	Nikolai Lenin
4245	122. Sentence Parts	What is the subject complement in this line? The formerly expansive gardens of the palace were unkempt and looked nearly dead.	dead
4246	81. Mammals	What carnivorous marsupial lives in the wild only on the island of Tasmania?	Tasmanian devil
4247	44. Grammatical Goofs	What words are misplaced in this line? A circuit court has awarded $3 million to a retired Bethlehem Steel worker who was exposed to asbestos and his wife.	and his wife
4248	26. Prognostications	Napoleon said, 'You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck. I have no time for such nonsense.' He was commenting on what invention by Robert Fulton?	steamboat (steamship)
4249	23. Artistic Surnames	'Buonarroti' is the last name of what famed artist?	Michelangelo
4250	82. Pressure	A metal cube is 10 inches on a side. If the cube weighs 280 pounds, how many pounds per square inch is exerted on the surface below?	2.8 psi
4251	29. Weddings	Who in 1981 married Lady Diana Spencer?	Prince Charles
4252	21. Musical Mood Markings	While 'morendo' means dying and 'vivace' means lively, what is the meaning of 'dolce'?	sweetly
4253	116. Song Geography	Name the region referred to in this song lyric. Old times there are not forgotten	Dixie
4254	12. Insect Hormones	The hormone ecdysone makes insects shed their exoskeletons, a periodic process called what?	molting
4255	79. Gliding	A glider pilot who sees no dust devils or clouds must rely to some degree on luck to locate rising streams of warm air called what?	thermals (updrafts)
4256	60. Novels	Complete this title of Karen Hesse's novel about what happened to a family during the terrible drought and storms of the 1930s in the panhandle of Texas. Out of the ...	Dust
4257	14. Injuries	Name the common injury that occurs when a blow breaks blood vessels near your skin's surface, allowing a small amount of blood to leak into underlying tissues.	bruise
4258	5. Northern Habitats	What structures incorporating domes are associated with Inuits?	igloos
4259	24. Invertebrate Anatomy	A group of up to ten similar segments behind the thorax of a crustacean makes up what region of its body?	abdomen
4260	41. Couplets	What three words complete this quote by Alexander Pope? Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead. For fools rush in where angels ...	fear to tread
4261	26. Food Physics	This is what happens when you are making what? When heated, the moisture inside the hull turns into superheated pressurized steam. The starch inside the seed gelatinizes and becomes pliable. As the temperature increases, the hull ruptures and its contents expand into an airy foam that cools and sets into a crispy puff.	popcorn
4262	33. Fictional Characters	Who is the main character in a story by James Thurber in which these imaginary medical conditions are found? obstreosis streptothicosis coreopsis	Walter Mitty
4263	56. Organs	This is about what organ? The outer sclera encloses the choroid, consisting of tissue filled with blood vessels. The innermost layer is the retina.	eye
4264	3. Exponents	What is the square root of (a to the 8th times b to the 12th)?	a to the 4th times b to the 6th
4265	12. Branches of Government	The judicial branch of the government exercises its check on which other branch of government through judicial review?	legislative
4266	2. Physiology	What division of the nervous system supplies stimulation to the involuntary muscles and the glands?	autonomic nervous system
4267	13. Colossal Constructions	The Aswan High Dam is in the southern part of what country?	Egypt
4268	38. Speeches	These words are from a speech by whom? I have today ordered to Vietnam the Air Mobile Division which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men. Additional forces will be needed later, and they will be sent as requested.	Lyndon Johnson
4269	23. Solids	What kind of polyhedron has faces that are all identical polygons?	regular polyhedron
4270	100. Elections	How many of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election in midterm elections?	435
4271	12. Legal Maneuvers	How did President Nixon avoid impeachment on charges of presidential involvement in the Watergate scandal?	He resigned.
4272	76. Mammals	Name the smallest North American mammal.	shrew
4273	17. Corporate Anagrams	'No wire unsent' is an anagram for what major communications corporation?	Western Union
4274	37. Triangles	Given that the two base angles of a triangle are each 60 degrees and that the length of a side from the	vertex to the base is 9, what is the length of the base?
4275	5. Ancient Literature	What ancient Greek wrote these tales? The Frog and the Ox The Bald Man and the Fly The Dog and the Shadow	Aesop
4276	125. Tusks	While tusks are generally curved, what marine mammal has a single straight tusk with a helical shape?	narwhal
4277	10. Gliding	A glider pilot who sees no dust devils or clouds must rely to some degree on luck to locate rising streams of warm air called ...	thermals (updrafts)
4278	72. Memorial Architecture	Like a famous home in Monticello, the design of what presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. was based on the Roman Pantheon?	Jefferson Memorial
4279	28. Symptoms	Name any one of the three most common symptoms of motion sickness.	nausea, fatigue, dizziness (vertigo)
4280	43. The Constitution	What adjective meaning 'greatest' or 'paramount' is missing in this line? Article VI provides that the Constitution and all federal laws and treaties shall be the ---- law of the land.	supreme
4281	106. Peninsulas	What major peninsula lies north of Guatemala?	Yucatan
4282	20. Musicals	What character in 'The King and I' sings this? Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I'm afraid.	Anna
4283	24. Human Anatomy	These are parts of what body system? -spindle organs in striated muscle -Pacini's corpuscles in the dermis -Meissner's corpuscles in the dermis -hair cells in inner ear -Ruffini's corpuscles in joints	nervous system
4284	106. Astronomical Interrelationships	Caused by the gravitational force of one or more other celestial bodies, what is the term for distortions that occur in the shape of a celestial body?	tides
4285	101. Hot Spots	The temperature of what part of the Earth may be as high as 6600 degrees C, even hotter than the Sun's surface?	core
4286	4. Diseases	The three main diseases associated with smoking cigarettes are lung cancer, heart disease, and what other?	emphysema
4287	14. Law Vocabulary	What is the term for a petition seeking review of a case that has been decided by a court of law?	appeal
4288	56. Radioactivity	The half-life of a radioactive element is 300 years. A sample of 12 grams of this element will be reduced to 3 grams in how many years?	600 years
4289	31. Art History	He designed and printed currency, cast church bells and cannon in bronze, fashioned ornate andirons, and pioneered copper plating in America. Name this goldsmith, engraver, silversmith, and hero of the American War of Independence.	Paul Revere
4290	64. Creative Writing	What literary device is used in this phrase? And the silken sad uncertain ...	alliteration
4291	29. Hearsay	Hearsay evidence is inadmissible because what amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the accused the right to confront witnesses against him?	6th amendment
4292	36. Art	Samuel Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and many others have argued that the beauty of the fine arts is reason enough for carrying them on. Complete this slogan with that intent. Att for ...	art's sake
4293	107. Monuments	What term for an ancient structure or monument comes from two Greek words meaning 'great' and 'stone'?	megalith
4294	88. Virtues	These quotations are about what virtue? -Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. -By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.	perseverance (endurance, persistence)
4295	17. Hydrology	As distinct from surface water, what is the term for all subsurface water?	groundwater
4296	45. Light	Monochromatic light consists of only one color. What kind of light consists of several colors?	polychromatic light
4297	52. Bones	The ankle is at the distal end of what two long bones?	tibia, fibula
4298	17. Fossils	Ancient insects were sometimes trapped in amber, a fossil resin from cone-bearing, evergreen, needle-leaved trees collectively known as ...	conifers
4299	22. Gas Density	A gas has a density of 1.50 grams per liter at a pressure of 760 millimeters. What will be the density if the pressure drops to 730 millimeters?	1.44 grams per liter
4300	41. Novels	In this novel, Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, wants to run to somewhere comfortable, beautiful, and elegant, and ends up at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. There she finds an angel statue that had been sold to the museum by whom?	Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
4301	81. Conflict	What is the German word that means 'conflict' or 'altercation' or 'quarrel'?	Streit
4302	I21s Ratios	There are 840 Nirvana Night School students. The ratio of those taking pig Latin to those not taking pig Latin is 4 to 3. How many pig Latin students are there?	480
4303	15. Money Problems	Pedro has 4 pesetas less than 3 times as much as Paloma. Pablo has one and one-half times as many as Paloma. They have 106 pesetas altogether. How many does Pablo have?	30
4304	1. Trigonometry	What is the next positive angle coterminal with an angle of 105 degrees?	465 degrees
4305	Sis Mongolians	Tamerlane was a descendant of what earlier Mongol conqueror?	Genghis Khan (or Kublai Khan)
4306	60. Combining Sentence	Combine these two sentences such that the information in the second is used as an appositive in the first. In 1733 Franklin published a book. It was an almanac.	In 1733 Franklin published a book, an almanac.
4307	69. Disorders	Name the sudden, recurrent disorder of the brain characterized by abnormal electrical activity causing mental and physical dysfunction.	epilepsy
4308	20. Grammatical Mood	What mood is in these quotes by Albert Einstein? -If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber. -If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.	subjunctive
4309	17. Unions	In the early 1900s, members of what union were known as Wobblies?	Industrial Workers of the World
4310	8. Verb Tense	Express 'Vlad bites' in the present perfect tense.	Viad has bitten
4311	7. Geologic Activity	Name the vents found in Yellowstone and Lassen national parks from which steam issues into the air.	fumaroles (steam vents)
4312	18. Sites	Bar Harbor, Booth Bay Railway Museum, and the Portland Headlight Lighthouse are in what state?	Maine
4313	53. Folklore	What was the object of Parsifal's quest?	Holy Grail
4314	83. Hot Spots	In 1913, the highest air temperature ever recorded was 134 degrees F at Furnace Creek Ranch in what U.S. valley?	Death Valley
4315	14. Curves	A squashed or elongated circle is called an ...	ellipse (oval)
4316	120. Reptilian Relatives	What is the land-dwelling relative of the sea turtle?	tortoise
4317	35. Respiratory Problems	What is the term for a continuous, coarse, whistling sound in the chest during breathing?	wheezing
4318	33. Digestive Physiology	The sphincter at the base of the stomach controls the release of the gastric contents into which division of the small intestine?	duodenum
4319	20. Consecutive Integers	The sum of two consecutive even integers is 258. What is the larger integer?	130
4320	28. U.S. Decades	During what decade was the U.S. draft abolished and women integrated into the regular branches of the armed services?	1970s
4321	60. Novels	This is about what American novel? A great coon dog and his master are wounded and doomed to a shared and terrible destiny. This is a classic tale about a young boy who must struggle with poverty and the trappings of sharecropper life.	Sounder
4322	34. Nonfiction	Complete the title of this account by Henry Morton Stanley. How I Found ...	Livingstone
4323	29. Advertising	A short, catchy song used in radio or television commercials is called a ...	jingle
4324	119. Neologisms	In 1898, what term was introduced for the process by which plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic salts using sunlight for energy and chlorophyll as a catalyst?	photosynthesis
4325	45. Medical Examinations	An arthrogram is an x-ray technique for examining the interior of what skeletal structures?	joints
4326	44. Federal Buildings	Statuary Hall, the Great Rotunda, and the Senate Chamber are in what building?	Capitol
4327	11. Landforms	What are these? Namib Gibson Kalahari Mojave Great Sandy	deserts
4328	32. Angles	Two complementary angles are in the ratio of 1 to 5. What are the measures of the angles?	15, 75 degrees
4329	44. Glacial Deposition	What is the two-word name for a residual formation at the furthest point of a glacier's advance?	terminal moraine
4330	62. Word Combos	What portmanteau word can be made from 'spoon' and 'fork'?	spork
4331	39. Novels	Catherine, who keeps birds in her room, has a mother who wants to make her 'a fine lady - dumb, docile, and accomplished' and a father who wants 'to sell her like a cheese to some lack-wit seeking a wife.' In this book by Karen Cushman, Catherine is called ...	Birdy
4332	LOT. Political Activism	Politically speaking, what kind of groups are these? Greenpeace American Israel Public Affairs Committee National Rifle Association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Sierra Club	advocacy (pressure, lobby, special interest)
4333	47. Birds and Lovers	It perched on the bust of Pallas Athene. With what one word did this bird answer the questions of a bereaved lover?	nevermore
4334	25. Ecological Relationships	Because the clownfish lives among the tentacles of sea anemones, feeding on the anemones' leftover food but remaining unaffected by their stinging tentacles, what symbiotic relationship exists between the two?	commensalism
4335	68. Western Rivers	Name the southern of the two major rivers that drain central California.	San Joaquin
4336	124. Island Partitions	In 1921, the Irish Free State was established consisting of 26 Irish counties. Six counties in Ulster remained part of the United Kingdom and became collectively known as what?	Northern Ireland
4337	34. Weather Maps	What type of front is indicated on a weather map by a line from which black hemispheres and black triangles are alternately emerging from either side?	stationary front
4338	68. Medical Providers	A soldier trained to provide first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield is called a ...	medic (combat medic, corpsmen)
4339	75. Finding Fugitives	What kind of hunter captures fugitives for whom a monetary reward is offered?	bounty hunter
4340	46. Instruments	What is the basic instrument of a seismologist?	seismograph
4341	111. Fruits	What fruit has a high food value, being about 54 percent sugar and 7 percent protein, and is of special importance to desert peoples of North Africa and the Middle East?	dates
4342	117. Nutrition	In human nutrition, name either of the necessary bulk minerals that begin with 's.'	sodium, sulfur
4343	26. Geometric Instruments	Name the instrument used in geometry for drawing circles.	compass
4344	54. Pioneers	In 1847, the Mormons established a permanent settlement near what body of water?	Great Salt Lake
4345	44. Impounded Waters	What do Australians call an oxbow lake?	billabong
4346	11. Clashes	In 1770, a crowd pressed in upon a detachment led by Thomas Preston in Massachusetts. The soldiers fired into the mob, killing five people. How did this incident become popularly known?	Boston Massacre
4347	Sis Settings	From certain root words in this line by Robert Heinlein, you can tell the story is set where? I see in 'Lunaya Pravda' that Luna City Council has passed on first reading a bill to examine, license, inspect, and tax, public food vendors operating inside municipal pressure.	Moon
4348	111. Calories	How much heat, in calories, is needed to raise 10 grams of water from 10 to 25 degrees Celsius?	150
4349	91. Body Regulation	Name the system of ductless glands that regulates bodily functions by means of hormones secreted into the bloodstream.	endocrine system
4350	3. Queens	What ancient queen died from the bite of an asp?	Cleopatra
4351	44. Fiction	Who says this in 'The Red-Headed League'? Upon first meeting with Mr. Jabez Wilson, I noticed beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labor, that he is a Freemason, that he takes snuff, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately. I could deduce nothing else.	Sherlock Holmes
4352	3. Mythical Kidnappings	Every year since her abduction by Hades, what daughter of Demeter and Zeus spends six months on Earth and six months in the underworld?	Persephone
4353	4. Igneous Rock	While extrusive igneous rock comes from lava, intrusive igneous rock comes from what?	magma
4354	19. Points	Find the distance between these two points. A (-4,7) and B (4,-8)	17
4355	Alt. 5. Reasoning	While deductions from correct premises are always 100% probable, with what category of reasoning are the conclusions always less than 100% probable?	induction
4356	24. Matter	Which phase of matter is described either as amorphous or crystalline?	solid
4357	37. Sculpture	Which of the four main methods a sculptor uses to achieve a desired form is missing from this list? assembly, carving, modeling	welding
4358	71. Bioluminescence	Bioluminescence is light produced by organisms as a result of conversion of what kind of energy to radiant energy?	chemical energy
4359	96. Atoms	You have a neutral atom with 18 electrons. What is its atomic number?	18
4360	14. Acceleration	To the nearest tenth, a body dropped from a height of how many meters will strike the ground in \| second?	4.9 meters
4361	113. Communications	Before they became major television networks, the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System were based on what kind of communications technology first developed by Lee De Forest?	radio
4362	26. Bells	Name the biggest bell in the clock tower at the northeastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London.	Big Ben
4363	Alt. 2. Settings	These novels are all partly set in what country? Climbing the Pyramid Tampico Gold Mission in Cancun Four Days to Veracruz	Mexico
4364	56. Jeffersonian Astronomy	What are the 'stones' Thomas Jefferson is talking about in this excerpt? I would more easily believe that a Yankee professor would lie than that stones would fall from heaven.	meteorites (meteors)
4365	36. Big Eyes	In 2008, New Zealand marine biologists were studying the carcass of what colossal creature when they measured its eye at eleven inches across, the largest animal eye on earth?	giant squid
4366	70. Chocolate	Chocolate is obtained from the seeds of what kind of tree?	cacao
4367	31. Arabian Nights	Name the Persian woodcutter from the 'Arabian Nights' who happened upon a thieves' cave filled with riches.	Ali Baba
4368	70. Southeast Asian Earthquakes	The Indian Ocean earthquake that spawned the enormous tsunami of 2004 measured 9.0 on the Richter scale. It was the largest recorded quake since the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in what U.S. state?	Alaska
4369	9. U.S. Geography	If you were somewhere in the state of New York and headed due east, what is the maximum number of other states you could pass through before reaching the Atlantic?	three
4370	57. Graphic Arts	Creating motion in graphic images on film through small progressive changes in each drawing cell is called what?	animation
4371	15. Light	The speed of light in ordinary glass is almost 124,000 miles per second. This is about what fraction of the speed of light in a vacuum?	2/3
4372	105. Palindromes	What word completes this palindromic inquiry? Eva, can I pose as Aesop ina...	cave
4373	112. Punishment	What is the term for a prison for those convicted of major crimes?	penitentiary
4374	Zi Scales	The pH scale expresses either the acidity of a solution or its ...	alkalinity (or neutrality)
4375	14. Winds	What major winds govern the climate of India?	monsoons
4376	45. Electrical Resistance	In what type of electrical circuit can the resistance be calculated as the sum of the individual resistances of its elements?	series circuit
4377	26. History of Medicine	What 17th-century English physician was ridiculed for his idea that the heart is a muscle that pumps blood around the body through the arteries and veins?	William Harvey
4378	58. The Senate	A temporary interruption of the Senate's unfinished business is called a ...	recess
4379	27. Asian Rivers	The mouth of China's Yellow River is in what sea?	Yellow Sea
4380	3. Land Deals	The Russian government actually had to spend a large sum of money to gain the support of members of the U.S. Congress and important American newspapers for the $7 million purchase of what territory in 1867?	Alaska
4381	64. Bone Math	What is the total number of malleus, incus, and stapes	bones in one body?
4382	70. United Nations	For what principal organization of the United Nations does the abbreviation GA stand?	General Assembly
4383	41. Revolutionary Milestones	In an especially inflammatory move, General Thomas Gage dispatched a column of British regulars in April, 1775 to seize the gunpowder believed stored in what Massachusetts town?	Concord
4384	57. Blood Banks	When whole blood is collected from a donor, what kind of substance must be added to it to prevent it from turning into a semisolid or solid mass?	anticoagulant
4385	24. Fictional Murders	In what story do sixteen people hear the will of the murdered Samuel Westing and compete to identify the killer in order to earn an enormous reward?	The Westing Game
4386	125. Australians	If there are 21 million people in Australia and the country includes 3 million square miles, how many	people are there per square mile?
4387	20. Humor	What form of humor is illustrated in this line? While the health risk of eating raw eggs is real, so too is the potential for eggsessive overreaction.	pun
4388	72. Verbs	What kind of verbs are illustrated in these examples? -After losing the cribbage match of the century, Ron became morose. -The auk in the wedding dress looked radiant.	linking verbs
4389	55. Submarines	Name the captain of Jules Verne's submarine, 'Nautilus.'	Captain Nemo
4390	119. Plate Tectonics	The Hellenic arc lies just to the south of what sea?	Aegean Sea
4391	31. Science Fiction	Name this work by Arthur Clarke. An enormous artifact enters our solar system. People land on its shell and begin exploring the complex, miles-long interior and then it leaves.	Rendezvous with Rama
4392	25. Participles	What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb 'burn'?	burned, burnt
4393	75. Aviation	Name the device that controls the motions of airplanes in flight without the constant supervision of man.	automatic pilot (autopilot)
4394	11. Legislative Tactics	What tactic was illustrated when Huey Long spoke before the Senate for 15 hours and 30 minutes, urging continued Senate confirmation for senior employees of the National Recovery Administration and describing his favorite recipes?	filibuster
4395	8. Russia	In 1922, what name did the Bolsheviks give to the former Russian empire?	U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union)
4396	80. Special Stones	What is the color of the sacred stone built into the east comer of the Kaaba, the focal point of the hajj?	black
4397	86. Mesopotamians	What ancient seafaring Mesopotamian people, famous for their process of dying fabric purple, also invented glassblowing?	Phoenicians
4398	73. Mountains	What mountain range is the setting for these works? The Amethyst Ring Our Children of the Sun The Lost Tomb of Viracocha A Walking Tour of Machu Picchu Inca Gold	Andes
4399	85. European Regions	What is the easternmost Nordic country?	Finland
4400	29. Craftsmen	What is the term for skilled craftsmen who make such items as clothing, jewelry, furniture, household items, and tools?	artisan
4401	8. Algebraic Exponents		What is x if the cube root of x equals 2?
4402	29. Wounds	The danger of tetanus is significant with what kind of wounds from needles, ice picks, large splinters, or nails?	puncture wounds
4403	28. Heroes	In the western novel, what is the nickname of the character who says this? When you call me that, smile.	the Virginian
4404	13. Edible Fruit Art	What fruit is depicted in Hugo Van Der Goes' painting entitled, 'The Fall of Man'?	apple
4405	113. Pronouns	What are the relative pronouns in this line? Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.	who, which
4406	32. Hazards	Yuri Yamnowitz works in his luminous radium watch factory in Chernobyl. He has rented much of his floor space to the government for the storage of barrels of benzene and bales of asbestos. One way or another, Yuri is more likely than most to end up with what disease?	cancer
4407	24. Adventure Novels	This is from what Jules Verne story? Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the center of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius?	Journey to the Center of the Earth
4408	37. Astronomy	The V.L.A. is an abbreviation for 'very large array.' This is a group of telescopes designed to detect what kind of waves?	radio
4409	25. Deserts	The northern reaches of Petrified Forest National Park extend into the heart of a colorful fantasyland of mesas, buttes, and badlands. This region of Arizona stained by mineralized water is known as what desert?	Painted Desert
4410	6. Organized Crime	Name the network of Sicilian criminal organizations active abroad and in the U.S.	Mafia
4411	87. Electricity	A coulomb is to charge and a volt is to potential difference as what is to current?	ampere (amp)
4412	da Twisted Tales	In what story by O. Henry do Bill and Sam discover that the boy they have kidnapped is such a terror that they actually have to pay the father to take the kid back?	The Ransom of Red Chief
4413	30. History of Science	During what century did Sir William Herschel discover Uranus?	18th
4414	12. Electricity	A charge passes through a wire in the form of what kind of subatomic particles?	electrons
4415	28. American Colonies	Sir William Berkeley became the royal governor of which British colony in America?	Virginia
4416	49. Insurrections	In 1988, the intifada began in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as revolt against the military occupation by what country's forces?	Israel
4417	74. Word Categories	What is the collective name for these apparently meaningless words that make a pause or hesitation in speech? um, like, totally, ah, really, whatever, right	fillers
4418	101. Newspapers	These are newspapers in what state? Ithaca Times The Buffalo News East Hampton Star Poughkeepsie Journal Cooperstown Crier Finger Lakes Times Gotham Gazette	New York
4419	14. Polygons	When a 24-inch piece of wire is bent into the shape of an equilateral dodecagon, each side has a length of	---- inches.
4420	da Force	You are swinging a ball on the end of a string around your head. At the instant the string breaks, what kind of force is no longer exerted on the ball?	centripetal
4421	107. A Little Horse, of Course	What is another name for the 'dawn horse'?	eohippus
4422	64. Creatures Below	This quote from '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' is about what creature? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. The arms fixed to its head were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.	giant squid
4423	36. Chemistry	What element is the backbone of organic molecules?	carbon
4424	1. The Mideast	What nation has shorelines on the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?	Saudi Arabia
4425	66. Constitutional Amendments	What amendment states this? In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.	6th amendment
4426	16. Nonfiction	Complete this title. Spirit of Endurance - The True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the ...	Antarctic
4427	1. Triples	Complete this Pythagorean triple using 'c' as the missing variable name. a squared plus b squared equals ...	c squared
4428	43. Monumental Mugs	The Mount Rushmore monument is carved on a cliff in what hills?	the Black Hills
4429	32. International Negotiations	In 2009, Bill Clinton directly negotiated with what country to secure the release of two American journalists after several months of their detention?	North Korea
4430	101. Governmental Antonyms	What is the opposite extreme of totalitarianism?	anarchism
4431	82. Floods	A flood level with a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year is known as what kind of flood?	100-year flood
4432	95. Latin Roots	What is the meaning of the root word in denomination, nominative, nomenclature, and nominal?	name
4433	70. Allusions	This sentence alludes to an event in the life of what one-time European leader? The last game of the tournament proved to be the team's Waterloo.	Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte)
4434	36. Evil Plants	A work by John Wyndham in which the survivors of mysterious explosions in space are hounded by monster plants is entitled 'The Day of the ...'	Triffids
4435	42. Free Fall	For a freely falling body at terminal velocity, the force of gravity is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the force of ...	friction
4436	49. Poems	What is the nation mentioned in this excerpt? And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night. And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into flame with its heat.	United States
4437	6. Anatomy	Name the ball of capillary-like blood vessels in kidneys where urine production begins.	glomerulus
4438	20. Combustion	These steps occur in what kind of combustion? -A substance with a relatively low ignition temperature release heat through oxidation or fermentation. -The heat cannot escape and the temperature rises above the ignition point. -Combustion occurs if oxygen is present.	spontaneous combustion
4439	2. Binary Numbers	As a binary numeral, express the number of digits on one hand.	101
4440	46. Partial People	According to the original U.S. Constitution, what	fraction of a slave did not count as a person?
4441	71. Sentence Analysis	What two types of objects are in this line? My little brother, Igor, gives her grief.	indirect object, direct object
4442	59. Earth's Evolution	Evidence for what ages include rock scouring and scratching, moraines, drumlins, valley cutting, erratics, and the deposition of till?	ice ages (glacial ages)
4443	47. Ecology	The modification of a living organism to help it adjust to the conditions of its environment is called ...	adaptation
4444	97. Legislative Geography	How many senators are from those states with borders	contiguous to California?
4445	4. Theaters	In a theater layout, 'SL' stands for 'stage left' and 'UR' stands for 'upstage right.' For what does 'DS' stand?	downstage
4446	73. Division in Other Bases	Divide 1011 base 2 by 11 base 2.	11 remainder 10 (or 3 rem. 2)
4447	32. Surnames	Many surnames were originally linked to a profession, such as Cooper to a barrel maker, Chandler to a maker of candles, and Thatcher to a roofer. What surname was originally linked to a maker of arrows?	Fletcher
4448	37. Mixtures	If the correct mix for powdered lemonade is 1/4 cup for 2 quarts of water, how much mix should be used with 1 1/2 gallons of water?	3/4 cup
4449	29. Allusions	The name of what literary character is missing from this comment by Justice Anthony Kennedy about serving on the Supreme Court? Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain ---- cutting your own tow line.	Queeg
4450	113. U.S. Rivers	Brownsville, Texas is adjacent to what river?	Rio Grande
4451	102. Protests	In 1913, on the day before President Wilson's inauguration, 5000 suffragettes marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, demanding the right to do what?	vote
4452	36. Physical Properties	What adjective describes a solid that can be drawn out to form a thin wire?	ductile
4453	72. Revolutionary Allies	During the American Revolution, Britain also declared war on France and what two other European countries that were providing aid to the Americans?	Spain, Netherlands
4454	96. Advertising	What propaganda technique is used when a celebrity with a perfect complexion recommends some face cream that she claims to rely on?	testimonial
4455	13. Humanitarian Missions	In 1993, eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed while searching for Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his lieutenants in Mogadishu, the capital of what country?	Somalia
4456	20. Lakes	The waters of over 25 rivers drain into it but only one drains out. Name this enormous South American lake.	Titicaca
4457	6. Plate Tectonics	Laurasia, once the northern part of Pangaea, split off and eventually became Greenland and what three continents?	North America, Asia, Europe
4458	49. Lines	What is the equation for a line which is the locus of a point whose ordinate exceeds its abscissa by 12?	y=xt+12
4459	111. Folksongs	What is Molly crying in this song? In Dublin's fair city Where girls are so pretty 'Twas there I first met with Sweet Molly Malone She drove a wheelbarrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying ...	cockles and mussels
4460	28. Mountain Ranges	The Berkshire, Endless, Cumberland, Great Smoky, and Blue Ridge Mountains are parts of what mountain system?	Appalachians
4461	35. Tides	The highest high tides and the lowest low tides occur when what three bodies in the solar system are aligned?	Earth, Moon, Sun
4462	59. Negative Exponents	Solve this equation for x. x squared + 5=y	x = (y-5) to the 1/2 power
4463	116. Colors	What is the complementary color of red?	green
4464	61. Emergency Care	These are among the things you should do when administering what first-aid procedure? -kneel alongside the victim -interlock fingers and use the heel of the bottom hand only for compressions -perform quick, forceful compressions straight down on the chest	CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
4465	118. The Cabinet	Which head of an executive cabinet office does not have the title of secretary?	attorney general
4466	25. Speeches	What are the next three words in this excerpt from a 1973 speech by Richard Nixon? In all my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am...	not a crook
4467	90. Afflictions	These are disorders of what body system? alveolitis, pneumoconiosis, empyema, pleurisy, pneumothorax, asbestosis, nasopharyngitis	respiratory system
4468	37. Marine Biology	In addition to having cartilage, gill covers, and an air bladder, members of the class Osteichthyes have a skeleton composed of ...	bone
4469	61. Religious Traditions	Traditions of what religion include Muharram, Mawlid al-Nabi, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha?	Islam
4470	118. Songs	Hit popular songs from earlier years, especially the 1950s, are called golden what?	oldies
4471	26. European Cities	To avoid raids by the Lombards, this tribe withdrew to the marshes of the Adriatic and built a town on stilts and piles driven into the mud with canals running throughout. In doing so, this tribe, the Veneti, founded what city?	Venice
4472	27. Prospectors	The miner Borax Smith earned his nickname from his strike in what valley?	Death Valley
4473	LOT. Illustrators	He illustrated articles by Theodore Roosevelt as well as Henry Longfellow's 'Hiawatha' and Francis Parkman's 'The Oregon Trail.' Name this artist-correspondent sent by Hearst to Cuba.	Frederic Remington
4474	18. Constitutional Compromise	The Three-Fifths Compromise between the northern and southern states stipulated that a slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and ...	taxation
4475	4. Grammar	How does 'rare' function in this statement by Fred Allen? Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.	predicate adjective
4476	81. Villains	These are villains in novels about what protagonist? Rosa Klebb, Sir Hugo Drax, Emilio Largo, Ernst Blofeld, Francisco Scaramanga	James Bond
4477	50. Work Problems	Orvis can build a duck blind in 4 hours and Zeke can do the same job in 6 hours. How long would it take both of them working together to build the blind?	24 hours (2 hours 24 minutes)
4478	55. Societal Groups	The following are examples of what small communities in which the members share common interests, property, possessions, resources, work, and income? Harmony Society, Brook Farm, Twin Oaks, Oneida Community, Amana Colonies	communes
4479	121. Verb Identification	Identify the words used as verbs in this example. Whenever I hear 'to be or not to be,' I want to be alone.	hear, want
4480	112. Literary Conflict	If a character is fighting against something within himself or herself, such as fear, anger, or melancholy, the conflict is ...	internal
4481	46. Exhortations	Complete this statement by Patrick Henry. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs. United we stand, ...	divided we fall
4482	55. Organ Afflictions	Rheumatic fever affects the valves of the ...	heart
4483	54. Spoonerisms	Translate the question in this spoonerism. Silence is best. I mat my mistress and my sleazy lumber. I'll shake off my toes, for they encumber. What if I tub my stow?	What if \| stub my toe?
4484	29. Representation	Each state must have at least how many members in	the House of Representatives?
4485	10. Velocity	In free space, to the nearest thousand miles per second, what is the velocity of all electromagnetic waves?	186,000
4486	73. Novels	In what story by Lois Lowry is Jonas chosen to be the Receiver of Memory?	The Giver
4487	10. Gears	On a gear, what is the term for the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth?	pitch
4488	69. Architecture	What term do architects use for elongated, cylindrical, upright supports?	columns
4489	58. Weight	A 200-pound parachutist with bathroom scales tied beneath his feet falls from a high-flying airplane feet first. A few seconds later, what is his weight according	to the scales?
4490	42. Assonance	What words illustrate assonance in this line? All day Buck brooded by the pool or roamed restlessly above the camp.	brooded, pool
4491	40. Technology Wars	At the time in 1957 when the U.S. had a 3-pound satellite almost ready for launch, the Soviet Union orbited what 185-pound satellite of their own?	Sputnik
4492	Zi Mexico	The Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Campeche are adjacent to what Central American country?	Guatemala
4493	23. Courts	What court was the judicial body associated with the League of Nations?	World Court
4494	8. Gases	What gas has 93 percent of the lifting capacity of hydrogen?	helium
4495	16. Around the World	Juan Sebastian Elcano actually completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after what original leader of the expedition was killed in the Philippines?	Ferdinand Magellan
4496	65. Poetry Sequences	What comes next in this sequence of poetry stanzas? septet, sextain, quintain, quatrain, tercet ...	couplet
4497	21. Twain's Opinion	Who is Mark Twain speaking about? She has been dumb, deaf, and blind, ever since she was a year-and-a-half old. Now, at sixteen years of age, this miraculous creature passes the Harvard University examinations in Latin, German, and French history, and does it not in a commonplace fashion.	Helen Keller
4498	86. Prodigies	Name the Salzburg-born musical infant prodigy who composed operas while still a child.	Mozart
4499	41. Congress	Who has the constitutional power to call special sessions of Congress?	the president
4500	51. Earth Science Adjectives	Something which is aeolian is borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by what?	wind
4501	46. Verbs	What must a transitive verb have that an intransitive verb always lacks?	an object
4502	9. Maritime Ceremonies	What Roman god of the sea traditionally presides at crossing-the-equator ceremonies?	Neptune
4503	13. Ballets	Peter Tchaikovsky wrote the music for what ballet that tells of a beautiful princess and her first moments with Prince Charming?	Sleeping Beauty
4504	63. Crime	A customer who steals merchandise from a retail establishment that is open for business has committed what crime?	shoplifting
4505	61. Inflammatory Diseases	Mumps usually affects what type of glands?	salivary glands
4506	79. Novels	This is from what Jack London story? Men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.	The Call of the Wild
4507	91. Vertebrate Zoology	What kind of creatures may have up to 400 vertebrae?	snakes
4508	86. Machines	The cutting edges of knives and chisels are what kind of simple machines?	wedges
4509	121. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply 3a times 4b times 5c.	60abc
4510	41. Slopes	What is the slope of the line described below? 3x + 4y = -24	-3/4
4511	71. Directions	Cordell Walker walks 10 yards west, turns left and walks another 10 yards. He again turns left and walks 10 yards. He then makes a 45-degree turn to the right and walks straight. In which direction is Walker walking now?	southeast
4512	82. Figures of Speech	What figure of speech is used in the last three words of this example? 'Whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.	simile
4513	83. Archaeology	These sites are nearest to what river? Temple of Luxor Valley of the Kings Temple of Karnak	Nile
4514	25. 18th-Century Visionaries	What two-word alliterative phrase applies to the men who played major roles in declaring U.S. independence and establishing the Constitution?	Founding Fathers
4515	56. Weaponry	'Bleeding Kansas' is associated with whose 'bibles'?	Beecher's bibles
4516	110. Wars	What series of medieval wars were fought to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control?	Crusades
4517	43. Entertainment	What is the term for each of the sequential productions that make up a TV series?	episode
4518	85. Sports Sayings	How is this saying usually stated? A superb application of tactics to score points is a superlative procedure to deny the opposing team an opportunity to do the same.	The best defense is a good offense.
4519	117. Organized Speculation	What is it that Stephen Hawking called a good one if it does these things? -describes a large class of observations on the basis of a model with few arbitrary elements -makes definite predictions about the results of future observations -applies to a variety of circumstances	a theory
4520	25. The Skeletal System	Name the first cervical vertebra by which the head articulates with the occipital bone.	atlas
4521	51. Babylon	Talents, minas, and shekels were all used in ancient Babylon as ...	money (currency, coins)
4522	22. Saggy Balloons	Every balloon eventually deflates because the air inside gradually seeps out through the rubber through what process?	diffusion
4523	18. Deadly Disagreements	Alexander Hamilton called whom 'a dangerous man of whom he could detail a still more despicable opinion'?	Aaron Burr
4524	12. Sentence Transformation	Transform this sentence from first person singular to second person plural. I smell a rat.	You smell a rat.
4525	107. Circumnavigation	The first person to circumnavigate both Tasmania and the Australian mainland was Matthew who?	Flinders
4526	37. Lake Locations	Lake St. Clair is between which two of the Great Lakes?	Huron, Erie
4527	60. Novels	This is from what story? 'Blow the conch,' whispered Piggy. 'If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals.'	Lord of the Flies
4528	55. Learning	Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a bell. Then for a long time no food accompanied the bell and eventually the dogs quit salivating. This kind of conditioning is known by what name associated with dinosaurs and dodos?	extinction
4529	Alt. 2. Lofty Sites	In what country is the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site located?	Nepal
4530	71. Lake States	Name the westernmost state that borders Lake Erie.	Michigan
4531	25. Just Desserts	You have just consumed what kind of ethnic meal if your dessert includes the message, 'Ignore previous cookie'?	Chinese food
4532	42. Proverbs	A Japanese proverb says, 'The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.' What is the American equivalent of this proverb having to do with grease?	The squeaky wheel gets the grease
4533	4. Continental Names	What continent has a name that literally means 'opposite from the bear'?	Antarctica
4534	17. Red Hair	This is a line from what novel? 'You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair,' said Anne reproachfully. 'People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.	Anne of Green Gables
4535	78. Science Fiction	In John Campbell's 'The Thing,' the alien can take on the form of different people and even different animals. Name this fictional ability.	shapeshifting
4536	23. Languages	What language is the dominant classical and scholarly language of the Indian subcontinent, the sacred language of Hinduism, and the scriptural language of Buddhism?	Sanskrit
4537	110. Animal Tales	This is from what story by Marjorie Kinnan? Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever.	The Yearling
4538	72. Light Speed	To the nearest thousand, express 300,000 kilometers per second in miles per second.	186,000
4539	105. National Monuments	Name the national monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota.	Mt. Rushmore
4540	112. Logic	What is the contrapositive of this statement? If p then q.	If not q then not p.
4541	89. Cacti	While thorns are modified branches or stems, cactus spines are modified what?	leaves
4542	41. Wars	What war resulted in the end of the Ottoman, German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian empires?	World War \| (Great War)
4543	31. Algebraic Expressions		X= 3 and y = 8. What is the value of 1/2 xy?
4544	41. Animals and Novels	What type of animal is central to Marjorie Rawlings' book, 'The Yearling'?	deer
4545	35. American Colonization	Unlike New England, which was colonized mainly by families, most settlers in Virginia and Maryland were single men bound in servitude and known as what kind of servants?	indentured servants
4546	125. Physiology	What is the general physiological term for these conditions? sluggishness, weariness, exhaustion, languor, sleepiness, tiredness, debilitation	fatigue
4547	21. Work Problems	Plumber Mike can install the rough plumbing in a house in 16 days while plumber Mavis can do it in 8 days. If they work together for 4 days, what fraction of the entire job will be completed?	3/4
4548	6. Poetic Excerpts	Name the poet who wrote these lines. I wanted the gold and I sought it I scrubbed and mucked like a slave.	Robert Service
4549	48. Landforms	Deep sea fans have the same basic shape as what other fans found at the base of steep canyons that open onto plains at the base of mountains?	alluvial fans
4550	64. Children's Poems	What is the last word in this passage by Robert Louis Stevenson? Children, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle. If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk ...	sedately
4551	123. Novels	Name the Irving Stone novel that was made into a movie starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II.	The Agony and the Ecstasy
4552	19. Magnetism	The flipping of the Earth's magnetic field is called a magnetic ...	reversal
4553	Alt. 3. Runoff	Approximately half the land area of the contiguous 48 states is in the drainage basin of what river?	Mississippi
4554	45. Libraries	Name the de facto U.S. national library.	Library of Congress
4555	111. Travertine	The travertine deposited along streams and hot springs is a variety of what kind of sedimentary rock?	limestone
4556	68. Soils	The smallest inorganic components of soil are particles of what fine-grained earthy material that is plastic when wet and hard when dried?	clay
4557	12. Ships of Olde	What kind of ships were used by Leif Ericson and the Vikings on their voyages of discovery and plunder?	longships (longboats)
4558	90. Newspapers	What adjective describes the inches by which advertising is typically sold in magazines and newspapers?	column
4559	1. Psychotherapy	What kind of therapy is a psychologist using when she tells these things to her patient? You feel drowsy. Your eyelids are heavy. You are sinking deeper and deeper into your chair. You are falling asleep. You are deep asleep.	hypnotism
4560	28. Computing	What in computing is a part of a record containing a specific item of data?	field
4561	LOT. Kansas	The region that became Kansas was first acquired as a United States territory in what real estate deal?	Louisiana Purchase
4562	59. Maritime Pillaging	The same activity that, in peacetime, was considered piracy became what perfectly legal naval strategy during wartime?	privateering
4563	121. Special Numbers	What is the largest numeric six-digit palindrome?	999999
4564	85. Desert Flora	What national park just east of Palm Springs, California, was named for a treelike plant with sword-shaped leaves named after the Hebrew leader who succeeded Moses as leader of Israel?	Joshua Tree National Park
4565	43. Sentence Repair	Correct this sentence by changing one word to a compound word. She seems to be some better today.	change some to somewhat
4566	47. Personal Records	These are lines from whose 20th record of personal experiences and observations? -Look how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. -Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. -I can shake off everything as I write. My sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn.	Anne Frank
4567	19. Wartime Weaponry	What devices were developed for Allied troops in World War I as countermeasures to German attacks using phosgene, chlorine gas, and mustard gas?	gas masks
4568	40. Citadels	What citadel in Moscow is the center of the Russian government and was formerly the headquarters of the Soviet government?	Kremlin
4569	49. Carnivores	It has white fur in the winter. Name this fox that lives in the frozen northlands of Canada, Greenland, and Siberia.	Arctic fox
4570	62. Criminal Jargon	What term used formally in law enforcement is synonymous with these slang words? canary, rat, snitch, fink, squealer, stool pigeon	informant (informer)
4571	20. Exponent Factoring	Factor x to the fifth + 3(x squared).	X squared(x cubed + 3)
4572	76. Geology	Ground motion, ground displacements, landslides, and tsunamis may be caused by what geologic phenomena?	earthquakes (meteorite impacts, volcanic eruptions)
4573	120. Tombs	Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jehan lie side by side in a vault beneath the central dome of what Asian monument?	Taj Mahal
4574	28. So Long, Kids!	Who wrote this? When, lo, as they reached the mountain-side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed; And the Piper advanced and the children followed, And when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain-side shut fast.	Robert Browning
4575	67. Trees	Name the uppermost portion of a tree including the branches and leaves.	crown
4576	61. Bones	Name any of the three main bones of the arm.	humerus, radius, ulna
4577	12. Acting	The curtain is about to go up, and suddenly one of the actors is showing extreme apprehension and anxiety at the prospect of having to perform before an audience. Identify this psychological condition.	stage fright
4578	19. Atrocities	The systematic killing off of entire racial or cultural groups is called ...	genocide
4579	35. Religious Analogies	Jews are to synagogues as Muslims are to ...	mosques
4580	Zi Adventure Novels	In Eric Campbell's novel, 'Place of Lions,' an airplane crashes in what vast Tanzanian plain west of the Great Rift Valley?	Serengeti
4581	18. Pronouns	What are the four third-person pronouns in the subjective case?	he, she, it, they
4582	23. Populations	What is the net change in population given this data? immigration = 29 mortality = 278 emigration = 312 natality = 115	-446
4583	57. Engineers	Willy Messerschmitt was a German engineer mostly remembered for designing and building a wide range of what?	airplanes (aircraft)
4584	50. The Atmosphere	The magnetopause is the outer edge of what part of the Earth's atmosphere?	magnetosphere
4585	41. Business Math	When a store offers a discount of 30% off the list price of nosegays, it loses 16% of its cost. What percentage of profit would it make by selling them at 10% off the list price?	8%
4586	48. Medical Practices	Name the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person in order to build immunity against a related disease.	vaccination (immunization)
4587	58. Chemistry History	What Russian chemist is usually credited with discovering that the properties of elements are periodic functions of their atomic weights?	Dmitri Mendeleev
4588	111. Impounded Waters	What do Australians call an oxbow lake?	billabong
4589	54. Tales	Name the tale in which the hair of a character named Ichabod stood straight on end when he saw a stranger across the marsh holding his own head on the pommel.	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
4590	Zi Latin Phrases	When would a 'post mortem' examination be conducted on Phileas Vanderslumgullion?	after his death
4591	63. Political Party Emblems	Who was president when the emblem of the Democratic Party was a hickory pole and a broom?	Andrew Jackson
4592	50. Weather Fronts	Cold fronts usually move along the ground at a faster rate than warm fronts. What type of front results when a cold air mass overtakes a warm front?	occluded front
4593	37. Monuments	These words refer to what monument? From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome. Her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.	Statue of Liberty
4594	45. Rifts	A major, lengthy fissure in Iceland is believed to be a portion of what undersea ridge that runs more than 8000 miles?	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
4595	25. Biological Sacs	The allantois is a sac functioning to collect metabolic wastes and to participate in gas exchange. The allantois is found in what?	eggs
4596	57. Botany	You're walking along a flagstone path to an old mansion in Kentucky and spot something growing in grayish scaly patches right on the path. Name this primitive life form that consists of fungus and algae.	lichen
4597	33. Mountains	Near the relatively flat region called the Altiplano is what mountain range?	Andes
4598	118. Simultaneity	If it is impossible for two events to occur at the same time, such as getting both heads and tails in a single coin flip, the events are said to be mutually ...	exclusive
4599	2. Biographies	Complete this title of a biography about an American abolitionist and publisher. I Will Be Heard: The Life of ...	William Lloyd Garrison
4600	24. Divisible Numbers	What multiple of 12 that is smaller than 50 is the smallest number with 10 divisors?	48
4601	Alt. 2. Experiments	By arbitrary agreement, the graph of the dependent variable in an experiment is plotted on which axis?	y-axis (ordinate)
4602	121. State Sites	These are all in what state? Kit Carson Memorial State Park Pancho Villa State Park Cibola National Forest Santa Fe National Historic Trail Carlsbad National Wildlife Refuge	New Mexico
4603	84. Machines	Which simple machine is applied in escalators and loading ramps?	inclined planes
4604	88. Liquid Physics	What phenomenon is responsible for the shape of liquid droplets or soap bubbles?	surface tension
4605	124. Poetic Legends	What word completes this verse? My name is Tom Thumb, From the fairies I've come. When King Arthur shone, His court was my home. In me he delighted, By him I was ...	knighted
4606	66. Composite Organisms	Although there are numerous variations, what mutualistic life form most often consists of ascomycete fungus and a green algae?	lichen
4607	96. Lightning Misnomers	What is a common name for a lightning flash that appears to produce no thunder because it occurs so far away that the sound waves dissipate before they reach the observer?	heat lightning
4608	20. Wage Hikes	In 1914, when factory workers were paid about eleven dollars a week, what major U.S. industrialist announced that his employees would earn five dollars for an eight-hour shift?	Henry Ford
4609	45. Imperialist Influences	Officially inaugurated as a city in 1931, what European country planned New Delhi to replace Calcutta as the capital of India?	Great Britain (United Kingdom)
4610	47. Space Programs	What American space program was named after a sign of the zodiac also known as the Twins?	Gemini
4611	65. Business Pricing	Reminiscent of organisms that live by consuming other organisms, what kind of pricing is the practice of selling a service or product at a very low price in order to dominate a market and drive out competition?	predatory pricing
4612	50. Conquistadors	While searching for gold between 1539 and 1541, Hernando de Soto discovered what river?	Mississippi River
4613	4. Bodily Tissues	These are different varieties of what type of tissues? cardiac smooth striated	muscle
4614	40. Legendary Kings	These works are all related to what monarch? Parzival The Once and Future King Idylls of the King Merlin, Lancelot, and Tristram The Sword in the Stone The Defense of Guinevere	King Arthur
4615	16. Slang	What slang adjective indicating a lack of direct light means dishonest and unethical?	shady
4616	91. Scary Stories	In Dean Koontz' novel, 'Watchers,' what kind of dog is Einstein?	golden retriever
4617	112. U.S. Rivers	The Kissimmee River brings water to what national park?	Everglades
4618	56. Planaria	The eyespots of planaria act as what kind of receptors?	photoreceptors
4619	40. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is used when photos of a national candidate show him having a burger at a fast food chain, playing basketball with locals on a schoolyard court, and chatting with laborers at an auto plant?	plain folks
4620	52. Series	There were 18 vampire bats in the first room of a cave. The next room had 45 such creatures and 99 were in the next. If this continues, how many are in the next room?	207
4621	17. Algebraic Fractions :	X divided by PQ/4 equals 4X divided by what?	PQ
4622	2. Mythic Men	The name of what Scandinavian mythological figure means 'thunder'?	Thor
4623	Zi Voltaire on Government	What predicate adjective completes this thought by Voltaire? It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are ...	wrong
4624	71. Infections	Name the fungal infection of the foot caused by various dermatophytes.	athlete's foot
4625	53. Britain	What constituent country of the United Kingdom occupies the northern third of Great Britain?	Scotland
4626	88. Court	What kind of court is empowered to determine the guilt or innocence of members of the armed forces subject to military law?	court-martial
4627	24. Skeletal System	Name the thin, flat structures between each pair of vertebrae.	disks
4628	7. Sculpture	Statuettes are small sculptural representations of humans or animals. What is another name for such sculptures?	figurines
4629	16. Presidential Orders	This note delivered to Henry Stimson concerned what decision? Sec War Reply to your 41011 Suggestions approved Release when ready but not sooner than August 2 HST	dropping the atomic bomb
4630	32. Political Slang	The phrase 'red state' has come to indicate those U.S. state that predominately vote for candidates of what party?	Republican
4631	11. Mineral Genesis	Almost all minerals come from what molten liquid material deep in the Earth?	magma
4632	34. Ancient Fights	To the nearest mile, the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. occurred how far from Athens?	26 miles
4633	37. Texas History	Sam Houston's capture of what military leader abruptly ended Mexico's effort to subdue Texas?	Santa Anna
4634	78. European Rivers	The headwaters of the three largest rivers that flow through Portugal are all in what country?	Spain
4635	102. Alternative Medicine	Although there is no evidence to support the healing effects of magnet therapy, the claim is that magnets have some positive effects on blood because of what iron-rich substance in erythrocytes?	hemoglobin
4636	44. Nash Verse	What word completes this couplet by Ogden Nash? A child need not be very clever To learn that 'Later, dear' means ...	never
4637	23. Natural Lakes	Donner Lake in California, Flathead Lake in Montana, Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota are examples of meltwater lakes dammed by accumulations of unconsolidated debris called what?	moraines
4638	103. Futuristic Novels	These lines are from what Ray Bradbury novel? -A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? -The terrible tyranny of the majority. -Time was burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him. So if he burnt things with the firemen and the sun burnt Time. that meant evervthing burnt!	Fahrenheit 451
4639	10. European History	It appeared in Constantinople in 1347 and proceeded to sweep across Europe, killing off one-third of the population in three years. What was it?	plague
4640	116. Suppression	What is the term for the suppression of information or ideas by government officials, church authorities, or private pressure groups?	censorship
4641	29. The Great Basin	What state occupies most of the Great Basin?	Nevada
4642	100. City Nicknames	While Manila is called the Pearl of the Orient, what Hungarian city is known as the Pearl of the Danube?	Budapest
4643	47. Injuries	The condition characterized by pain over the lateral epichondyle of the humerus radiating to the outer side of the arm and forearm is commonly called ...	tennis elbow
4644	37. Business Markup	If a store pays $40 to a wholesaler for a Swiss Army eyebrow curler and then sells it for $75, what is the markup?	87.5%
4645	110. Government Agencies	What is the abbreviation for the federal agency in the United States that is the equivalent of the Israeli Mossad?	CLA.
4646	30. Vows	In marriage vows, what words often precede the following? .. and obey	love, honor
4647	116. Naval Vessels	Name the fast, maneuverable warships used during World War II to escort fleets and convoys.	destroyers
4648	45. Area Measurement	There are 4840 square yards in what standard measure of land area?	acre
4649	65. Elections	The person who has not been prominently in the public eye as a candidate but is brought forward as a compromise candidate when a nomination convention reaches a deadlock is called a what?	dark horse
4650	41. Marine Enemies	Occasionally, a school of what kind of creatures will race through the water and smash their somewhat pointed snouts into a shark, killing it in a matter of minutes of battering-ram punishment?	dolphins (porpoises)
4651	73. Longitude	The prime meridian passes through how many continents?	three
4652	1. Mythology and Chemistry	The name of the son of Creusa and Apollo is the same as that for an atom with a net electric charge. What is	it?
4653	30. Mountain Ranges	What mountain range was formed by the convergence of the Juan De Fuca plate with another major plate?	Cascades
4654	19. Tornadoes	Although a precise location cannot be defined, the region of the U.S. called Tornado Alley is definitely between what two American mountain ranges?	Rockies, Appalachians
4655	31. Bow and Arrow Physics	If you use a bow to shoot a 5-pound arrow, which factor of momentum will be very low?	velocity (speed)
4656	49. Bad Relations	The competitive buildup of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War was known as what kind of race?	arms race
4657	16. Experts	A jurist is thoroughly knowledgeable about the ...	law
4658	89. Opera at the Movies	In the movie, 'Apocalypse Now,' what song from a Wagnerian opera is played through speakers on helicopters during an attack on a Vietnamese village that has a beach suitable for surfing?	Ride of the Valkyries
4659	112. Energy Transformations	Photosynthesis is a reduction reaction in which chlorophyll-containing plants convert light energy to what other kind of energy?	chemical (potential) energy
4660	21. Science Talk	'Periodic' describes an event occurring at regular intervals. What is the noun form of this term?	periodicity
4661	Alt. 1. Sets	What kind of mathematical set is the set of multiples of 31?	infinite set
4662	101. Early Colonies	Name England's first overseas colony in the New World.	Newfoundland
4663	5. Half-Lives	What fraction of a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 24 hours will still be radioactive at the end of 7 days?	1/128
4664	15. Visual Defects	In nearsightedness, light rays are focused in front of what part of the eye?	retina
4665	28. Folksongs	A folksong about what American hero includes these words? Said de Big Bend Tunnel on de C & O road gonna cause de death of me	John Henry
4666	90. Political Party Evolution	During whose presidency in the 1820s did the Jeffersonian Republican Party evolve into the Democratic Party?	Andrew Jackson's
4667	24. Presidential Initiatives	This is about what U.S. president? He flexed America's muscles for all nations to see by parading the U.S. Navy fleet around the world in 1908.	Theodore Roosevelt
4668	7. Fossil Taxonomy	Trilobites belong to what phylum?	arthropod (Arthropoda)
4669	14. Seas	What sea is between the United Kingdom and the European mainland?	North Sea
4670	33. High Crimes	What federal crime involves gathering secret information related to national security and transmitting it to enemies of the United States.	espionage (spying)
4671	60. Etymology	From what language were these words derived? cartoon cameo sonnet fresco	Italian
4672	33. Court Talk	What term may indicate person being sued, the party responding to a civil complaint, or the person who has been accused of a crime?	defendant
4673	40. Cube Surface Areas	A cube contains 125 cubic inches. In square inches, what is its total surface area?	150
4674	72. Spelling Stories	This is from what story? When Milo looked up he saw an enormous bee, at least twice his size. 'I am the Spelling Bee. Don't be alarmed: a-l-a-r-m-e-d.'	The Phantom Tollbooth
4675	48. Native Currency	Strings or belts of beads fashioned from whelk shells that were once used by many Native Americans as currency are called what?	wampum
4676	31. Novelists	Name the American writer of these popular novels. Then Again, Maybe I Won't Superfudge	Judy Blume
4677	Alt. 1. Federal Departments	Federal programs providing services to farmers are administered by what U.S. executive department?	Department of Agriculture
4678	Alt. 5. Barometers	What kind of barometer contains metal that shrinks when air pressure rises and expands when air pressure falls?	aneroid barometer
4679	15. Triangles	If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides opposite these angles are ...	equal
4680	63. Botanists	George Washington Carver's reputation is based largely on his promotion of peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes as alternatives to what crop?	cotton
4681	108. Air Masses	Maritime air masses form over what?	water (oceans)
4682	51. The Caribbean	You are coloring a map of the Caribbean island countries. How many colors do you need so that all countries touching one-another will be colored	differently?
4683	113. Glaciers	Reminiscent of a word from cattle ranching, what is the term for the separation of a mass of ice from a glacier?	calving
4684	41. Breeds	These are breeds of what kind of animals? Minorcas, Wyandottes, Cochins, Anconas, Leghorns, Brahmas	chickens
4685	25. Angles	What is the supplement of an angle whose complement is 20 degrees?	110 degrees
4686	47. Fuels	What is the term for a liquid fuel derived from natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sand, or the fermentation of biomass?	synfuel
4687	39. Book Title Geography	This book is about what region? Trespassers on the Roof of the World	Tibet (Nepal)
4688	118. Fables	This is the first sentence of what beast fable? Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.	Animal Farm
4689	68. Bird Abbreviations	The abbreviation for the electromagnetic unit is identical to what Australian flightless bird?	emu
4690	6. Abbreviations	What abbreviation could have been used below? This incredible document, namely, the Constitution, has served this nation well since its creation.	Viz.
4691	54. Historical Fiction	The name of what town completes this title of a story by Patricia Clapp set in 17th-century Massachusetts? Witches' Children: A Story of...	Salem
4692	Alt. 2. Genetic Traits	Ralphie has a dominant gene which causes his skin to produce an uneven pattern of protective melanin pigment when exposed to the Sun. Name this skin condition.	freckles
4693	86. Forces	What force has caused the shape of the Earth to be deformed from a sphere to an oblate spheroid?	centrifugal force
4694	56. Business History	In colonial times, the joint stock company was a forerunner of what modern business arrangement?	corporation
4695	100. Space Nonfiction	Complete this title of the true story of seven astronauts who traveled 4.4 million miles to repair a telescope. Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix the ...	Hubble (or HST or Hubble Space Telescope)
4696	10. Elements in Literature	It doesn't necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, evil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living 'happily ever after.' In any case, what is the term for the opponent to the protagonist?	antagonist
4697	27. Inventors	Resulting in a profound effect on Western society, what British inventor patented a spinning device in 1769 that produced cotton thread hard and firm enough for the warp of woven fabric?	Richard Arkwright
4698	83. Trails	What is the name for a permanent mark cut into trees to indicate a trail?	blaze
4699	52. Mountain Formation	What mountain system is still being forced upward as India continues to push against the Asian plate?	Himalayas
4700	4. Distance Problems	A bike travels for 10 minutes at an average speed of 5.5 meters per second. In meters, how far does it go?	3300
4701	117. Hail	Hail is formed when what kind of air currents in a thunderstorm carries water droplets aloft?	updrafts
4702	42. Bulbous Herbs	Garlic consists of a cluster of bulblets called ...	cloves
4703	28. Canadian History	Around the year 1800, most of the settlers in Lower Canada were French while most of them in Upper Canada were ...	British
4704	120. Acid Rain	Which Canadian province adjacent to the United States is least affected by acid rain?	British Columbia
4705	95. Free Fall	How long does it take a watermelon to fall 122.5 meters?	5 seconds
4706	25. Supreme Court Traditions	Just by virtue of their location on the bench during sessions of the Supreme Court, what can you say about the two justices sitting at the far left and far right?	They have the least seniority.
4707	Alt. 5. Zeal	What topic is missing in this passage? During the day and night I talked much with John Brown, and found him as brave as a man could be, and sensible upon all subjects except ----, upon which he was a religious fanatic.	slavery
4708	74. Presidents	Kansas was the home state of what U.S. president?	Dwight Eisenhower
4709	64. Work Problems	Bob worked twice as long as Jan. Jan worked one hour more than Kim. Kim worked 2 hours less than Pedro. Pedro worked 3 hours. How many hours did Bob work?	4 hours
4710	95. Political Slang	A wealthy political donor is sometimes referred to as what kind of cat?	fat cat
4711	39. Mining	Mining operations deal with two categories of materials. In lode deposits, minerals occur in veins, layers, or as particles in rock masses. What kind of deposits consist of minerals in unconsolidated materials such as river gravels or beach sands?	placer deposits
4712	34. Sound	Ultrasound is pitched higher than any human can hear while sound lower than anyone can hear is called ...	infrasound
4713	102. Folklore	This suggests the folklore in what part of the United Kingdom? Every lake has its kelpie, often seen by the shepherd sitting upon the brow of a rock, dashing along the surface of the deep, or browsing upon the pasture on its verge.	Scotland
4714	27. Animals	What group of living creatures is described by these features? -lay eggs on land -poikilothermic -dry, scaly skins	reptiles
4715	39. Monuments	Cleopatra's Needle in New York's Central Park is what kind of architectural structure?	obelisk
4716	35. Body Systems	Which two body systems begin with 'e'?	endocrine, excretory
4717	25. Immigration	The formal removal of aliens from the U.S. because they have violated immigration laws is called ...	deportation
4718	3. Plays	In what Shakespearean play do the Weird Sisters play an important part?	Macbeth
4719	122. Graph Reflections	What are the coordinates of the point (7,-4) after it is reflected over the y-axis?	(-7,-4)
4720	38. Vocalists	In 1945, Mahalia Jackson's records sold by the millions, including such songs as 'I Believe' and 'He's Got the Whole World ...'	in His Hands
4721	32. Land Forms	What large, craterlike depression can be formed either by a violent volcanic explosion that ejects a vast quantity of material or by the collapse of a volcanic cone into an underground cavity left by the loss of magma?	caldera
4722	88. Direct Objects	What is the direct object of the gerund phrase in this sentence? Picking up supplies was one of his most important daily duties.	supplies
4723	103. Art History	Many old paintings and mosaics depict people that seem to be as tall as buildings or mature trees. This indicates that these artists had not yet developed techniques for representing what?	proportion (or perspective)
4724	65. Legislation and Politics	Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act irrevocably split the Whig Party. Southern Whigs joined the Democratic Party while northern Whigs reorganized themselves into what new and enduring party?	Republican
4725	50. System Functions	Which body system performs these major functions? -retaining of body fluids -maintenance of body homeostasis -protection of the body from disease and external injury	integumentary system
4726	64. Foot Problems	What life form causes athlete's foot?	fungus
4727	67. Presidential Nicknames	What 19th-century U.S. president was referred to by some as 'His Accidency' because he succeeded to the job as the result of an assassination?	Andrew Johnson
4728	51. Motion	Suppose an object is moving steadily at three feet per second. Three feet per second with respect to what? To you? To a field? To the Moon? Motion has meaning only when it is measured with respect to something called a frame of ...	reference
4729	44. Fruits	The nectarine began as a mutation of what other fruit?	peach
4730	60. Economic Acronyms	What is the acronym for a cost of living allowance?	COLA
4731	23. Weaponry	This is about what weapon introduced in the First World War? Its sweeping, rapid-fire spray of bullets made it so deadly that armies found any advance difficult and costly.	machine gun
4732	106. Fluid Mechanics	What happens to an object placed in a fluid if its density is greater than that of the fluid?	It sinks.
4733	99. Organs	The epiglottis closes over the larynx to prevent food and fluids from entering what tube that descends to the bronchi?	trachea
4734	57. Paneling Problems	The cost of paneling is $.60 per square foot. How much will it cost to panel a wall 26 feet wide and 8 feet high?	$124.80
4735	73. Heavenly Bodies	What body in our solar system is comprised of these? 1.4% oxygen 4% metals 28% helium 70% hydrogen	the Sun
4736	41. Glues	What is another term for the hardening of adhesives?	curing
4737	55. Minerals	Kimberlites occur as carrot-shaped, vertical intrusions called what?	pipes
4738	3. Vertebrate Taxonomy	If the classes of vertebrates are arranged alphabetically, which is last?	reptiles (Reptilia)
4739	104. Circulatory System	The two types of fluids that move through the circulatory system include blood and what watery, clear to yellowish substance that contains white blood cells?	lymph
4740	37. Stars	A star is a ball of gases caught between the opposing forces of thermal nuclear energy trying to expand it and what force trying to contract it?	gravity
4741	8. Pronouns	There are exactly three pronouns in which person?	second person
4742	Alt. 1. Boiling Points	Water boils at the lowest temperature at the top of what mountain in the United States?	Mt. McKinley (Denali)
4743	47. Oh, Beans!	Of Montezuma II, emperor of the Aztecs, it is said that he only took one beverage with his meals, and that he often consumed some 60 portions per day. This beverage was made from beans from the pods of what tree that grows only within 20 degrees of the equator?	cacao (or cocoa)
4744	5. Root Words	What is the meaning of the root word in the following terms? post meridian dial diary diurnal	day
4745	29. Collaboration	What is the legal term for an unlawful, secret, treacherous, or surreptitious plan to perform an illegal act?	conspiracy
4746	52. Slavery	Slavery in America began in 1619 when the Dutch brought captured Africans to what first permanent English New World colony?	Jamestown
4747	61. Disorders	Atrial flutter is an abnormal rhythm of what organ?	heart
4748	64. Symbols	The shield in front of the eagle on the obverse side of the Great Seal of the United States has how many	stripes?
4749	110. Canadian Celebrations	The Festival Acadien de Clare is to Nova Scotia as the Calgary Stampede is to what other province?	Alberta
4750	109. Economic Homonyms	What term that can indicate a type of plant with aromatic foliage or a kind of candy also has these denotations? -undamaged, perfect condition -an abundant amount -to fabricate -a place where coins are manufactured	mint
4751	69. Forecasting	The NWS is a primary branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For what does this abbreviation stand?	National Weather Service
4752	37. Herculean Labors	In the first of his twelve labors, what kind of creature did Hercules strangle?	lion (Nemean lion)
4753	87. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is illustrated in this example? I'm Matt Holliday, and I found there's nothing, simply nothing, better than Saul Salmonella's Salmon Oil Capsules to put that extra whap in my swing.	testimonial
4754	93. Archaeology	There is some speculation that Cadbury Hill in England might have been the site of what castle that is central to the Arthurian legends?	Camelot
4755	3. Famous Folks	These people all lived in what state? Horatio Alger Susan Anthony Clara Barton Luther Burbank John Quincy Adams Ralph Waldo Emerson John F. Kennedy	Massachusetts
4756	26. Crimes	What crime that occurs in retail stores is also known as a 'five-fingered discount'?	shoplifting
4757	114. Blood Tests	For most blood tests, blood is extracted from what kind of vessel?	vein
4758	46. Animal Behavior	Name the depressions made by buffalo rolling and dusting themselves.	wallows
4759	13. Independent Islands	The two autonomous regions within the Kingdom of Denmark are the Faeroe Islands and what other enormous island?	Greenland
4760	da Scientists	He lost an eye in an explosion, took up organic chemistry, and went on to develop the field of spectroscopy. Name this German chemist after whom laboratory burners were named.	Robert Bunsen
4761	98. Political 'isms'	What 'ism' indicates political views far to the left or very far to the right?	extremism
4762	45. Mideast Regions	Name the hilly area on the border between Syria and Israel that Israel seized during the Six Day War of 1967.	Golan Heights
4763	19. River Mouths	The James, and Rappahannock Rivers flow into what bay?	Chesapeake Bay
4764	65. Seaports	Casablanca is a seaport in what African nation?	Morocco
4765	55. Teeth	The flat-edged teeth at the front of the mouth are ...	incisors
4766	38. Cinema	The process of hiring actors to play the characters in a script is called ...	casting
4767	30. Health	The period between the introduction of a disease-causing organism into the body and the onset of symptoms is called ...	incubation
4768	87. Rockets	Name the propulsive force of a rocket engine.	thrust
4769	40. Horticulture	Plants developed to have considerably shorter than normal growth for the species are called ...	dwarfs
4770	36. Holiday Hostilities	The October War of 1973 began when a coalition of Arab states launched a surprise attack on Israel on what day regarded as the most holy day in Judaism?	Yom Kippur
4771	42. Bullion	The largest U.S. Bullion Depository is in what state?	Kentucky
4772	44. Terrorism	The forcible seizure of an aircraft or ship while the vehicle is in transit is called ...	hijacking
4773	113. Planets	Name the second biggest gas giant.	Saturn
4774	70. Science Fiction	What story by Jules Verne tells the tale of four men who are fired from a huge cannon at Cape Canaveral to our planet's natural satellite?	From the Earth to the Moon
4775	118. Scary Stories	What story by Stephen King begins with this? Not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine.	Cujo
4776	6. Volcanoes	Name the part of the volcano within which Crater Lake is situated.	caldera
4777	69. Park Highlights	In what park could you see Cleopatra's Needle and the Metropolitan Museum of Art?	Central Park
4778	89. Regions	What historical region incorporated into China in 1950 has an average elevation of 15,000 feet?	Tibet
4779	10. Juries	A hung jury cannot agree on what?	a verdict
4780	43. Political Affiliations	Fewer than five percent of the Chinese people are members of what political organization that has absolute control over that nation's government?	Communist Party
4781	22. Symbiosis	Ostriches typically hang in the immediate neighborhood of zebras. Ostriches have poor senses of hearing and smell while the zebra's are well developed. But ostriches have well developed vision which zebras don't have. This illustrates what form of symbiosis?	mutualism
4782	31. Machines	A combination of two or more simple machines is what kind of machine?	compound machine
4783	100. Environmental Disasters	In 1991, Iraqi soldiers ignited some 700 oil well fires in what country?	Kuwait
4784	8. Island Partitions	In 1921, the Irish Free State was established consisting of 26 Irish counties. Six counties in Ulster remained part of the United Kingdom and became collectively known as what?	Northern Ireland
4785	29. Planets	About what fraction of the Earth's size is Mercury?	1/2
4786	69. Short Story Settings	What country is the setting for Hemingway's story, 'In Another Country,' in which Nick Adams is hospitalized while trying to regain use of a knee wounded in a World War I skirmish?	Italy
4787	20. Scientific Laws	What scientific law states that the amount of energy in the universe today is identical to the amount of energy that was in the universe when the first diatoms appeared?	law of conservation of energy
4788	84. Mideast Nations	These people all played in role in the history of what modern country? Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Darius, Reza Khan, Reza Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Iran
4789	da The Cold War	What symbol is indicated below? In the fall of 1989, the most visible symbol of the Cold War was chipped away piece by piece by a joyful population determined to end the politically enforced partition of their country.	Berlin Wall
4790	116. Song Lyrics	This is from a verse taken from what American folksong? The old church bell will peal with joy, Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah!	When Johnny Comes Marching Home
4791	18. Biology	What is the next subdivision below family in biological classification?	genus
4792	8. Space Exploration	What U.S. space program was named for the brother of Artemis who was the Greek god of prophecy, medicine, fine arts, and poetry?	Apollo
4793	80. Ornithology	These are characteristics of what birds? -They breed in colonies on islands and rocky cliffs of the North Atlantic and Pacific. -Their nests are in holes they dig in the earth. -They fly close to the surface of the water. -They can use their wings to fly underwater in pursuit of small fish.	puffins
4794	10. Zero Points	Either the point for zero on a number line or the point for (0,0) in a coordinate plane is called the ...	origin
4795	56. Foods	The length of time a food product may be stored and still be safe to eat is called its ...	shelf life
4796	23. Cities	These cities are in what state? Goldsboro Greensboro Asheville Winston-Salem Durham Raleigh	North Carolina
4797	66. Physical Science	A glass may be filled with water such that the amount of water actually exceeds the volume of the glass without spilling. This is due to the principle of surface ...	tension
4798	33. Armor	What kind of armor worn by knights in the Middle Ages consisted of thousands of interlocking rings painstakingly linked by hand to form a shirt, cap, or leggings?	(chain) mail
4799	80. Halloween Probability	A bag holds 6 carob candy canes, 8 licorice lollipops, and 14 guacamole gumballs. In lowest terms, the chances that the first item pulled randomly from the bag will be a gumball are ...	1/2 (or 1 in 2 or .5)
4800	29. Poetry	According to Edward Lear, what creature went to sea in a pea-green boat with an owl?	pussycat
4801	39. Astronomy History	There was doubt about the usefulness of Bode's law due to the apparent gap between Mars and Jupiter. But in 1801, what asteroid was found that filled the gap?	Ceres
4802	43. Short Stories	The story by Kurt Vonnegut that opens in the year 2081 when everybody was finally equal is entitled 'Harrison ...'	Bergeron
4803	121. Homonyms	What homonym can indicate the articulations of the skull or thread used surgically to close wounds?	sutures
4804	68. The Spine	The sacral section of the spinal cord is shortest. Which section is longest?	thoracic
4805	125. Pirates	In the early 19th century, Jean Lafitte prowled the waters of what gulf?	Gulf of Mexico
4806	7. Elemental Etymology	The name for what element comes from the Greek word, 'chloros,' meaning 'green'?	chlorine
4807	24. Wordy Writing	What one word can replace five pretentious words in this sentence? I can't be a pro basketball player due to the fact that I am less than four feet tall.	because (since, as)
4808	58. Judge Talk	What word is used by a judge when refusing to honor an attorney's objection in court?	overruled
4809	57. Weather Phenomena	A waterspout results from what?	tornado over water
4810	43. Angle Supplements	What is the supplement of an angle with a measure of 124 degrees 42 minutes 8 seconds?	55 degrees 17 minutes 52 seconds
4811	19. Terraforming	The terraforming of the planet Venus would require that most of what pervasive gas be removed from its atmosphere?	carbon dioxide
4812	19. Currencies	During the American Revolution, the colonies issued their own money, but American troops were paid by the Continental Congress in paper money called ...	continentals
4813	57. Military Organization	What is the rank of the officer who commands an army platoon?	lieutenant
4814	47. Ancient History	Many civilizations including Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria developed in a region of southwest Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers called ...	Mesopotamia
4815	32. Investment Fraud	You just found out that the Home Fusion Corporation into which you invested $8000 is actually a sham operation. You should issue a complaint to what agency of the federal government?	Securities and Exchange Commission
4816	111. Circles	For two circles with radii of 11 and 6, what is their line	of centers if the circles are tangent externally?
4817	118. Atmospheric Particles	While particles greater than ten micrometers in diameter tend to settle to the ground in a matter of hours, particles less than 1 micrometer can stay in the atmosphere for weeks and are mostly removed by what?	precipitation (rain, snow)
4818	6. Historical Novels	These novels are all set during what period of European history? The Minstrel's Tale A Templar's Apprentice Tales of the Crusades Keeper of the Grail Troubadour	medieval period (Middle Ages)
4819	30. Special Diets	What adjective indicates a diet that omits any foods that might irritate the gastrointestinal tract?	bland
4820	42. Matter	Matter consists of elements, compounds, and mixtures. Which of these may be homogeneous or heterogeneous?	mixtures
4821	36. Symptoms	Often occurring at the beginning of an infection and often associated with a fever, name the sensation of coldness accompanied by shivering and paleness.	chills
4822	38. Musicals	These are characters in what long-running musical? Victoria, Alonzo, Mr. Mistoffelees, Asparagus, Bill Bailey, Old Deuteronomy, Bombalurina, Bustopher Jones, Carbucketty, Griddlebone, Growltiger, Macavity, and the Rum Tum Tugger	Cats
4823	34. Professions Abroad	People in the U.S. who make law their profession are attorneys or lawyers. In Britain, members of this profession are ...	barristers (solicitors)
4824	96. Triangles	What is the measure of the each base angle if the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 40 degrees?	70 degrees
4825	91. Seaside Cities	What body of water is directly north of Algiers?	Mediterranean Sea
4826	47. Chemical Idioms	What idiom about dihydrogen oxide means that someone is undergoing great perplexity or difficulties?	in deep water (in over his head)
4827	110. Plant Pests	One day, Farmer Ron was wandering through his orchard when he noticed that most of the leaves on his prized plum trees were severely curled. Close inspection of the leaves revealed huge numbers of what tiny green wingless insects?	aphids
4828	32. Sports	What Winter Olympics competition that is a form of pairs figure skating may include moves from tangos, waltzes, and fox trots?	ice dancing
4829	26. Royal Technology	Who because of the advent of television became the first British monarch to be crowned in full view of all the people?	Queen Elizabeth II
4830	38. Trigonometric Angles	As an angle increases from 0 to 90 degrees, its	cotangent decreases from infinity to ...
4831	73. Science History	What woman discovered that thorium, polonium, and radium are radioactive?	Marie Curie
4832	50. Historical Passages	To whom does this quote refer? Rather than go into exile, he chose to accept the death penalty which consisted of drinking a cup of hemlock.	Socrates
4833	115. Anthropology	Tools made of what began to emerge in the Paleolithic period?	stone
4834	106. Monty Python	From what is the pin to be removed in this passage? First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more--no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou proceed to three.	Holy Hand Grenade
4835	90. Allusions	The name for a subversive group or device placed within enemy ranks alludes to what gift left at the gates of Troy?	Trojan horse
4836	18. Ancient Literature	Patroclus was killed in 'The Iliad' while wearing the armor of ...	Achilles
4837	14. Drills	Name the hard alloy used on the tips of masonry bits.	carbide
4838	48. Digestive Analogies	In the digestive system, proteases are to proteins as lipases are to ...	lipids (fats)
4839	21. Bygone Theories	This was evidence for what theory? If the Sun occupied the center of the celestial sphere, we would pass near different parts of the sphere at different times, and the sizes and shapes of the constellations should vary.	geocentric
4840	82. Legislatures	What legislative body successfully waged the American War of Independence?	Continental Congress
4841	4. Artists	What was the nationality of the artist who painted the Mona Lisa?	Italian
4842	42. Continental Margins	A continental margin is divided into three parts including the continental rise, the continental slope, and the continental ...	shelf
4843	101. Renewable Energy	Much of New Zealand's electricity is generated from what two renewable resources?	hydropower, wind
4844	54. Entertainment	With what form of entertainment was Phineas Taylor Barnum associated?	circus
4845	Ts Forms of Drama	What is the phrase for a serialized melodrama for daytime television?	soap opera (soap)
4846	24. Explorers	Who was the first European to set foot on the island of San Salvador?	Christopher Columbus
4847	3. Literary Quotes	This is in what book by Izaak Walton? Nay, the trout is not lost, for pray take notice that no man can lose what he never had.	The Compleat Angler
4848	111. Heteronyms	Spell the heteronym that, depending on its pronunciation, can mean 'an injury' or 'wrapped in a series of coils.'	wound
4849	49. Migrators	What Arctic bird is the world's undisputed migration champion?	(Arctic) tern
4850	20. Dramatic Characters	A character in a play so different from another in stature, appearance, or personality that the other is highlighted by the contrast is called a ...	foil
4851	9. lowa History	The region that became Iowa was originally part of what land transaction in 1803?	Louisiana Purchase
4852	28. Convicts	Between 1850 and 1868, nearly ten thousand convicts were sent from Europe to the Perth colony in what modern-day nation?	Australia
4853	2. Stellar Geography	When observing the North Star, you measure the angle made by your line of sight and the horizon. That angle equals your ...	latitude
4854	62. Political Philosophy	Complete this quote by Karl Marx. The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the ...	proletariat
4855	87. Legendary Old West Guys	The grave of what man killed during a poker game is on Deadwood's Boot Hill next to Calamity Jane's?	Wild Bill Hickok
4856	25. Wartime Literature	Kate Sherwood's poem, 'Molly Pitcher,' is about what war?	American Revolution (Revolutionary War)
4857	73. Electrical Measurement	What is the unit of quantity measure for a flow of electrons?	ampere
4858	65. Historical Adjectives	What adjective is used by historians to indicate that an artifact belongs to a period prior to that of recorded history?	prehistoric
4859	19. Sports Metaphors	What word should have ended this commentary about a foot race? Roberts has almost caught Jones. He's breathing down his throat.	neck
4860	4. Capitalization	What words should be capitalized in this line? we heard that aunt sue had written to mother.	we, aunt, sue, mother
4861	13. Chemical Processes	The removal of dissolved or absorbed gases from liquids or solids is called ...	degassing
4862	96. Transportation Entrepreneurs	In the Old West, what form of conveyance was the basis for John Butterfield's mail and public transportation service?	stagecoach
4863	33. Influential Writings	In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote what document that attacked the monarchical principle and the Tory assumption that the English constitution was divine?	Common Sense
4864	108. Atlantic Sailing	It is easier to sail from Europe to North America by first going south of 30 degrees north latitude and then taking advantage of what winds that blow toward the Caribbean?	trade winds
4865	32. Advertising Parodies	This phrase in an advertisement for Heinz pickles is a parody of a line from what Shakespearean play? What food these morsels be.	A Midsummer Night's Dream
4866	95. Factories	This is about an industrial plant set up by whom in 1910? A huge conveyor moved thousands of parts. Axles were assembled along the lines that met the lines on which the car frames were assembled. Assembled wheels joined the line to be fastened to the ends of axles.	Henry Ford
4867	19. Revolutionary Prefixes	The name used by the freedom fighters in Nicaragua was the same as a common prefix in English. The meaning of that prefix is ...	against (contra)
4868	50. Operas	In what opera by Giuseppe Verdi does an overweight soldier send love letters to Mistress Ford and Mistress Page?	Falstaff
4869	33. Political Pieces	These are the equivalent of U.S. states in what European country? Vestfold, Svalbard, Fjordane, Telemark, Nordland	Norway
4870	40. Taxonomic Zoology	Horseshoe crabs belong to which biological phylum?	Arthropoda (arthropod)
4871	59. Plant Anatomy	Since plants have no skeletal system, they depend on what thick structure around each cell membrane for mechanical support?	cell wall
4872	6. Secretions	Secretions from the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks produce what organic gemstone?	pear!
4873	114. Murder Synonyms	What specific kind of murder is central in all these books? The Awful End of Prince William the Silent Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery The Lincoln Conspiracy The Day Kennedy Was Shot	assassination
4874	88. Sunlight	Name the rays of sunlight that seem to radiate through gaps in clouds from a point in the sky where the Sun is located.	crepuscular rays
4875	105. World Powers	At the time of Jefferson's presidency, what nation boasted the world's most powerful navy?	England (Great Britain)
4876	71. Military History	Created from renegades and fugitives from justice in 1831, what military organization has served largely in North Africa, the Mideast, and Indochina?	Foreign Legion
4877	25. Memory Problems	A memory deficit characterized by the inability to learn and remember any information imparted after a traumatic injury is called anterograde what?	amnesia
4878	20. Caribbean Isles	Which of the two main divisions of the Antilles is closer to the South American mainland?	Lesser Antilles
4879	76. Adventure Tales	This line is from what American novel by an author with a famous pen name? We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4880	11. Pitch	The higher the pitch of a sound, the ---- its wavelength.	shorter
4881	Alt. 2. Legends in Song	This is a verse from a song about what legendary being? So over I jumped and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed, / A pillow made of tortoise-shell she placed beneath my head, / She fed me shrimp and caviar upon a silver dish / From her head to her waist was just to my taste but the rest of her was a fish.	mermaid
4882	51. Cities	In what state are these cities located? Pierre Sioux Falls Brookings	South Dakota
4883	6. Geology	Loose material such as clay, mud, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles, and even boulders that has settled out from suspension in water or ice is collectively known as what?	sediment
4884	15. Birds	They stand five feet high, taller than any other North American bird. With brilliant red faces, white plumage and a shrill, trumpeting cry, they are conspicuous in coastal Texas, stalking on their stilt legs. Name these endangered birds.	whooping cranes
4885	18. Prefixes	A lithotomy is the surgical removal of a stone from the urinary tract. A lithophyte is a polyp with a hard stony structure. What does the prefix in these words mean?	stone
4886	8. Religious Architecture	Jewish places of worship are called ...	synagogues (temples)
4887	35. Twisted Tales	In what story by O. Henry do Bill and Sam discover that the boy they have kidnapped is such a terror that they actually have to pay the father to take the kid back?	The Ransom of Red Chief
4888	16. Coral	To the east of what islands lies the only living coral reef in the continental United States?	Florida Keys
4889	14. Crafts	The craftsmen who built a 1/20th version of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose or a 1/24th version of a Stanley Steamer or a 1/100th version of the Tower of London created what kind of models?	scale models
4890	49. Ozone	Name either of the two atmospheric layers in which ozone is abundant.	stratosphere, troposphere
4891	35. Color	What is the complementary color of green?	red
4892	41. Egypt	Identify Egypt's second-largest city founded in 332 B.C. which is a center for manufacturing, cotton, and exports.	Alexandria
4893	48. Celluloid Characters	Name the movie western in which these characters appear. Sheriff Black Bart Mongo Lili Von Shtupp Hedley Lamarr Waco Kid	Blazing Saddles
4894	99. Beetle Flight	When a beetle flies, its hindwings provide thrust while its forewings provide what else?	lift
4895	66. Presidential Positions	What 19th-century president warned that any interference by a European nation with the affairs of an independent nation in the Western Hemisphere would be seen as a 'manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the U.S.'?	James Monroe
4896	82. Blood	The cells that give blood its characteristic red color are what kind of 'cytes'?	erythrocytes
4897	97. Techniques in Art	What art technique is used when the artist makes all the lines darker on one side of his drawing?	shadowing
4898	104. Implied Rights	Many argue that the pervasive surveillance of an entire population or any substantial portion of that population is a violation of what right that is not explicitly specified in the U.S. Constitution?	tight to privacy
4899	20. Poetic Feet	How many feet are in one line of heptameter?	seven
4900	104. Big Wings	Officially measured at 3.63 meters, name the living bird that holds the record for the greatest wingspan.	albatross (wandering albatross)
4901	6. Leaders	These people were heads of state of countries on what continent? Nicolae Ceausescu Juan Carlos King Olav Francesco Cossigia Erich Honecker	Europe
4902	32. Freedoms	The right to present requests to the government without fear of reprisal is called freedom of ...	petition
4903	59. Novels	This is from what science fiction tale? Hammond whined, 'But what are you going to do to my animals?' 'That's not really the question, Mr. Hammond,' Muldoon said. 'The question is, what are they going to do to us?'	Jurassic Park
4904	95. Heat Injuries	First-degree burns usually extend only into what layer of skin?	epidermis
4905	13. Earnings	A salesman receives a base salary of $1000.00 per month plus a 4% commission on his sales. His sales amounted to $12,000 during July. How much did he earn in July?	$1,480.00
4906	93. Days of the Week	Which day of the week is named for a Norse goddess?	Friday (from Freya)
4907	109. Constellations	Name the constellation that represents the creature whose Golden Fleece was the object of a quest by Jason and the Argonauts.	Aries
4908	71. Hieroglyphics	What Egyptian hieroglyphic that symbolized eternal life was a kind of cross with a loop on top?	ankh
4909	125. Puns	What word is used as a pun in this line? I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, chamber music, and cantatas.	overtures
4910	113. Tragic Letters	Who wrote this in 1994? My Fellow Americans: I have been told I am one of the millions of Americans to be afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would keep this a private matter.	Ronald Reagan
4911	27. Anatomy	What type of organ is formed by a bundle of contractile fibers attached to parts of the body which move in relation to each other when the bundle shortens?	muscle
4912	27. Drama	To an actor, what does 'Break a leg' mean?	Good luck.
4913	53. Islands	What is the current name for the Island that Peter Minuit called New Amsterdam?	Manhattan
4914	15. Italian Cities	Frescoes by Giotto are in its Arena Chapel. Vesalius and Galileo taught at its university in which Copernicus and William Harvey were both students. Name this significant Italian city.	Padua
4915	103. Intestinal Puns	The name for what portion of the small intestine sounds like a popular month for weddings?	jejunum
4916	61. Silly Acronyms	What make of automobile could be an acronym for 'Dead On Day Guarantee Expires'?	Dodge
4917	108. Root Words	What does the root mean in these words? revive, convivial, vivacious	live (life)
4918	22. Examinations	In the files about UFOs is a now-discredited film that purports to show physicians conducting an examination of the deceased bodies of aliens found at the Roswell crash site in 1947. Such postmortem examinations, whether of people or aliens, are called what?	autopsies
4919	55. Plates	Name the great plate upon which Oman and Saudi Arabia ride.	Arabian plate
4920	41. Adverbs	What is the positive form of the superlative adverb 'best'?	well
4921	36. Botany	This refers to what type of plant life? These plants are easy to distinguish by their fibrous roots, their jointed stems, and their narrow linear leaves.	grasses
4922	102. Ossification	Something which has ossified has turned into what?	bone
4923	20. Fantasy Diseases	In the Harry Potter stories, what potentially fatal, contagious disease that occurs in wizards and witches not only has symptoms similar to chicken pox and smallpox, but also leaves the victim's skin with a lasting greenish tinge, a green and purple rash between the toes, and sparks flashing from the nose during a sneeze?	dragon pox
4924	11. Gases	What gas is given off when inorganic acids and bases are mixed?	hydrogen
4925	57. Coordinates	In the system of Cartesian coordinates, the x-coordinate of a point in a plane is called the ...	abscissa
4926	106. Robots	Name the robot in the science fiction work, 'Forbidden Planet.'	Robbie
4927	94. Prisons	What prison system established under Stalin's regime was given worldwide attention through the writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?	gulag
4928	46. Equations	Solve this equation for s. r= 35-1	(r+t)/3
4929	48. Marsupials	The opossum is the best known marsupial in North America. Name the most common marsupials in Australia.	kangaroos
4930	7. Legendary Creatures	Cerberus and Hydra have an unusual number of what?	heads
4931	18. Marine Biology	Red tides are caused by enormous growths of what kind of plant life?	(fire) algae
4932	58. Dinosaurs	Research has suggested that all dinosaurs may not have been ectothermic as previously believed. This means that some dinosaurs may not have been what?	cold-blooded
4933	51. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply (2x + 3) by (4x + 5).	8(x squared) + 22x + 15
4934	39. Rain Shadows	What mountain range is mostly responsible for the rainshadow that is characteristic of the Great Basin?	Sierra Nevada (Sierras)
4935	6. Medieval Law	In the Middle Ages, if a peasant killed a deer considered property of a noble, the offense was punishable by death. Name the offense.	poaching
4936	47. Compensation Idioms	If you are getting paid much more than what your job is worth, you are on what kind of train?	gravy train
4937	19. Food Etymology	When the Duc de Richelieu captured Port Mahon in Minorca, he needed food. He took some oil, vinegar, egg yolk, salt, and pepper and beat it into a sauce which he named after the port he had captured. That sauce is now known as ...	mayonnaise
4938	82. Clauses	What is the subordinate clause in this statement? He gathered up the garbage that the skunks had disbursed.	that the skunks had disbursed
4939	20. Half-life	If you had 32 grams of a radioactive beryllium isotope with a half-life of 13.8 seconds, how many grams of it would not be decayed after 41.4 seconds?	4 grams
4940	105. Affixes	What suffix is added to most one-syllable modifiers to	form the comparative degree?
4941	22. Square Root	What is y if the square root of Sy equals 10?	20
4942	65. Brain Injuries	A cerebral contusion is essentially what kind of an injury to the brain?	a bruise
4943	34. Algebraic Expressions	Name the constant(s) in this expression.	ay + 14 - (xz/y) = pq
4944	23. Art	What art form may described in these ways? -an art that takes away superfluous material -mud pies which endure -not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone but the cutting of the effect of it	sculpture
4945	18. Africa	What is North Africa's smallest country?	Tunisia
4946	34. Ancient Cities	What great city was selected to be the capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine?	Byzantium (Constantinople)
4947	75. Space Spheres	That area of space, around the Earth, which is influenced by the Earth's magnetic field is known as what sphere?	magnetosphere
4948	6. Presidential Positions	Shortly after becoming president, Warren Harding was rejecting what proposed international organization when he said, 'We seek no part in directing the destinies of the world.'	League of Nations
4949	50. Voice	What grammatical voice is used in this sentence? The weather-beaten old house was being restored by the club.	passive
4950	21. Social Protest	'The Cat Ate My Gymsuit' by Paula Danziger is about Marcy's perspective that everything, including her social life, her weight, and her parents, is lousy. Then, things change fast after she meets a person in what profession?	teaching
4951	96. Confucius	What two-word phrase completes this advice from Confucius? Do not do unto others what you would not wish done ...	unto you (to you)
4952	50. Presidents	What U.S. president oversaw the conclusion of World War II, the development of the Marshall Plan, and the establishment of NATO?	Harry Truman
4953	26. Chemistry History	Karl Scheele argued that the atmosphere is composed of two gases. He called the one which supports combustion 'fire air,' which is oxygen. He called the other more abundant gas that inhibits combustion 'vitiated air,' which is what?	nitrogen
4954	38. World History	The history of what modern nation is associated with a leader named Rurik and a migration of Varangians in the ninth century?	Russia
4955	109. Poem Parts	In 'As You Like It,' the line 'With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino' repeats several times in a song. What is the name for such lines that repeat regularly in a song or a poem?	refrain
4956	19. Hemingway	Ernest Hemingway's story, 'The Undefeated,' is about Manual Garcia and his involvement in what sport?	bullfighting
4957	110. Ballroom Dancing	Identify the Cuban dance in which participants form a line doing three steps forward and then a kick.	conga
4958	38. Calculus	In differential calculus, the numerical difference between two succeeding values of a variable is its ...	increment
4959	46. Medical Practitioners	What is the term for a physician who limits his practice to a particular branch of medicine after considerable postgraduate training in that area?	specialist
4960	117. Currency History	Who engraved the plates used to print the American colonies' first paper money?	Paul Revere
4961	42. Journalism	What type of newspaper is likely to carry these kinds of headlines? -Farmer Finds Elvis! Brain in Barn -Alien Termites Devour N.W. Detroit -President Cloned by KGB -Amelia Earhart Seen in Oval Office -Woman in Tornado Has Same Baby Three Times	tabloid
4962	112. Algebraic Multiplication	Multiply (2x + 3) by (4x + 5).	8(x squared) + 22x + 15
4963	52. Industrialists	In the quiet Brandywine Valley of Delaware, the son of a French immigrant started the gunpowder works that would become the largest chemical company in the world. Name it.	DuPont (E.l. du Pont de Nemours and Company)
4964	17. Architectural Wonders	The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Pitti Palace, and the Uffizi are among the major architectural marvels of what city that was the center of the Italian Renaissance?	Florence
4965	31. Condensation	The primary cause of condensation in the atmosphere is...	cooling
4966	Alt. 3. Evolution	The Asian jerboa, the North American kangaroo rat, and the Australian hopping mouse evolved similar adaptations for hot desert environments such as large hind legs, thin tails, and bipedal leaping. This illustrates what kind of evolution?	convergent evolution
4967	29. New World Colonies	The capital of the New Netherland colony was at the mouth of what river?	Hudson River
4968	34. Paradoxes	According to Hegel's paradox, man learns from history that man learns nothing from ...	history
4969	30. Naval Training	In 1845, the United States Naval Academy was founded in what Maryland city?	Annapolis
4970	64. Soil	Which soil horizon consists of incompletely weathered parent material and is transitional between unweathered bedrock below and developing soil above?	C horizon
4971	41. Soviet Agencies	By what name did the West refer to the Soviet organization called the 'Komitet Gosudarstvennoe Bezopasnosti'?	KGB
4972	9. Presidential Powers	The power of the U.S. president to put people into federal offices is called the power of what?	appointment (patronage)
4973	93. Motion Picture Directing	What is the director's command to the actors to stop playing a scene?	cut
4974	31. Latin		What is the Latin word for 'law'?
4975	42. Rock Markings	Ripple marks are typically found in what type of sedimentary rock?	sandstone
4976	39. Tribunals	A tribunal from which there is no appeal is a court of last ...	resort
4977	20. Disjunctions	What is the most famous disjunction in Hamlet's soliloquy?	To be or not to be
4978	19. Fortifications	Guns on Gibraltar control the entrance to what body of water?	Mediterranean Sea
4979	50. Terrorism	Virtually everyone on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists is of what faith?	Islam (Mohammedanism)
4980	99. Energy Conversions	Depending on their purpose, windmills may directly convert the kinetic energy of wind into what two other forms of energy?	electrical, mechanical
4981	da Nuclear Powers	Name either country adjacent to the Arabian Sea that definitely has atomic weapons.	Pakistan, India
4982	7. Silly Mottoes	Add the final word to this translation of the pseudo-Latin motto, 'Quando omni flunkus, moritati.' When all else fails, play ...	dead
4983	33. Birds	The habitat of maritime birds is in or near what?	oceans (seas)
4984	8. Refrains	What is the first of the two phrases in the refrain of the various verses of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'?	O'er the land of the free
4985	Alt. 4. Fields of Science	A person interested in Rossby waves and Hadley cells is probably in what field of science?	meteorology
4986	LOT. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people surrounding the huge hole in which the cylinder lay. The turf and gravel about it seemed charred as if by a sudden explosion.	The War of the Worlds
4987	61. Joints	The head of the femur that fits into the socket of the pelvis is called the what?	ball
4988	108. References	What kind of dictionaries include subjects such as these? -20th-century classical musicians -science fiction and fantasy artists -free thinkers of all ages and nations -women in science -professional wrestlers -action movie stars	biographical dictionaries
4989	1. Legislatures	What body in the United States is most like the House of the People in Afghanistan, the People's National Assembly in Algeria, the Chamber of the Deputies of the Nation in Argentina, and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom?	House of Representatives
4990	14. Newspapers	Name the latest moment when newspaper copy can be submitted.	deadline
4991	11. Presidents	This is about what 20th-century U.S. commander in chief? One tragedy forced him into the presidency and another drove him out.	Lyndon Johnson
4992	55. Hearings	What 1973 hearings demonstrated the power of the Senate to investigate presidential wrongdoing?	Watergate hearings
4993	36. Psychological Disorders	An involuntary, habitual, repetitive, nonrhythmic convulsive motion of certain muscles such eye twitching, muscle tensing, blinking, or grimacing is called a ...	tic
4994	22. Fables	This is the first sentence of what beast fable? Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.	Animal Farm
4995	8. Aviators	The second-most famous flier in 1928 after Charles Lindbergh was what Kansas-born woman?	Amelia Earhart
4996	106. Heartburn	What kind of ringlike muscle between the esophagus and stomach remains closed except when swallowing, thus keeping stomach acids from backflowing into the esophagus?	sphincter
4997	8. Ancient Fathers	Who was the father of the ancient military commander who established more than seventy cities, many of which were named Alexandria in his honor?	Philip of Macedon
4998	25. Natural Resources	In 1802, on islands off the west coast of South America, great deposits of a substance were found that proved useful in making fertilizers and explosives. Name this substance accumulated from the droppings of seabirds over thousands of years.	guano
4999	18. Amendments	This statement by Abigail Adams is most directly related to which amendment finally ratified in 1920? In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies.	19th Amendment
5000	113. Geographical Goofs	What is wrong with this statement made by the U.S. president in 2013? If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf - places like Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida - those ships are going to go someplace else.	These cities are on Atlantic coast.
5001	64. Historic Sites	The San Juan National Historic Site is located on what island that is a U.S. commonwealth?	Puerto Rico
5002	14. Agreements	Any legally enforceable agreement between two or more persons involving mutual promises to do or not to do something is a ...	contract
5003	43. Ailments	It can be caused by a cold or an allergy. The most noticeable symptom of the ailment is hoarseness and even the temporary loss of voice. Name this ailment.	laryngitis
5004	32. Tales	Name the tale in which the hair of a character named Ichabod stood straight on end when he saw a stranger across the marsh holding his own head on the pommel.	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
5005	57. Palindromes	What is the last word in this palindrome? Some men interpret nine ...	memos
5006	86. Calendars	Given that 1975, 1987, and 1999 were all the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese calendar, what will be the next Year of the Rabbit?	2011
5007	9. Algebraic Reasoning		If 2p equals 3, then 10p equals what?
5008	27. Colonial Births	The first English child born in America had the same first name as which colony?	Virginia
5009	30. Appropriations	Early in 1803, Congress appropriated $2500 for a military-scientific expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. Who was to be first in command of this adventure?	Meriwether Lewis
5010	2. Adaptations	Some arthropods are able to blend into the background through what kind of coloration?	protective
5011	50. Ocean Waves	When breakers crash onto a shore headlong, the water flows back beneath the new incoming waves creating a seaward pull of the receding water called ...	undertow
5012	Alt. 2. State Borders	To its west, Idaho borders what states?	Oregon, Washington
5013	81. Drums	In speaking of aggression, Arthur Koestler says the most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of what kind of drums?	war drums
5014	56. Numbers	Express as an ordinal the number of nights in 'The Arabian Nights' tales.	1001st
5015	33. Chemical Compounds	Compounds collectively known as lachrymators are used in what riot control agent?	tear gas
5016	9. Limericks	What is the last word in this ditty by Edward Gorey? There was a young woman named Plunnery Who rejoiced in the practice of gunnery, Till one day unobservant, She blew up a servant, And was forced to retire to a ...	nunnery
5017	de Dickens	What character in 'Great Expectations' teaches her adopted daughter to hate men?	Miss Havisham
5018	21. Pollution	What type of water pollution is caused by the disposal of waste heat from industry or power generation?	thermal (heat) pollution
5019	49. Horses	The horse was first introduced on a large scale into what is now the U.S. by what Spanish explorer who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola?	Francisco Coronado
5020	17. Gears	In a device with two gears, if the diameter of one is twice that of the other, what is the gear ratio?	2 to 1 (or 1 to 2)
5021	44. Fallbacks	In 1940, every available ship and boat in England was ordered to what site to help evacuate some 340,000 men across the English Channel?	Dunkirk
5022	27. Laws of Physics	Who developed the law of physics badly paraphrased below? Something just lying there will stay there unless something comes along and moves it.	Isaac Newton
5023	34. Legal Positions	Complete this line by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose ...	begins
5024	85. Prejudice	Anti-Semitism is prejudice against what people?	Jews (Semites)
5025	110. Sunken Ships	The wreck of what ship that once carried Fletcher Christian and William Bligh is still visible underwater just off Pitcairn Island in Bounty Bay?	the Bounty
5026	45. Friction	Of the two fundamental kinds of friction, which is greater?	static friction
5027	50. Perimeters	What is the ratio of the perimeters of two equilateral triangles if the sides are 8 and 20?	2to5
5028	124. Desert Dwellers	For 20,000 years, the San Bushmen with their click language have lived in what African desert?	Kalahari Desert
5029	7. Legislative Tactics	What tactic was illustrated when Huey Long spoke before the Senate for 15 hours and 30 minutes, urging continued Senate confirmation for senior employees of the National Recovery Administration and describing his favorite recipes?	filibuster
5030	47. Eastern Europe	Formerly a republic of the USSR, it declared its independence in 1991. Name this nation bordered by Ukraine to the south, east, and north, and Romania to the west.	Moldova
5031	74. Skeletal Homonyms	Spell the name of a bone in the arm that is a homonym for a word meaning 'funny' or 'comical.'	humerus
5032	14. Forests	In what state are the Ocala, Choctawhatchee, Apalachicola, and Osceola national forests located?	Florida
5033	79. Rights	Under the terms of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, American citizens have some protection from what agency of the federal government?	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
5034	33. Tree History	What coniferous evergreen was discovered in America's Pacific Northwest by Scottish botanist David Douglas?	Douglas fir
5035	121. Symptom Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this mention of a skin disorder? My son has whelps all over.	welts
5036	3. U.S. Regions	The region known as the Bay Area is around what bay?	San Francisco Bay
5037	18. Regions	The Grand Banks is known as the foggiest place on Earth. The reason is that in this region, the cold waters of the Labrador Current meet the warm waters of what other current?	Gulf Stream
5038	74. Air	Air suitable for the survival of terrestrial plants and animals is available only in which layer of the atmosphere?	troposphere
5039	27. Tails	This line is from a John Updike poem. The sky was dramatic with great straggling V's of geese streaming south, mare's-tails above them. What are mare's-tails?	(cirrus) clouds
5040	47. Disasters	This is about a conflagration in what city? The fire broke out in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in 1666 and burned for three days and three nights. Much of the city was destroyed, including the old Gothic cathedral of St. Paul's.	London
5041	38. Languages	Name either of the two Romance languages common on the Iberian Peninsula.	Portuguese, Spanish
5042	50. Squares	An integer is a perfect square if it is the square of an	integer
5043	97. Novels	In a story by Patricia MacLachlan, when the widowed farmer, Jacob Witting, places a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride to help him with his children, what is the first name of the woman from Maine who travels to Kansas to join them?	Sarah
5044	122. Unnatural Catastrophes	This is about what city? Exploding with a force equal to 20,000 tons of TNT, Little Boy instantly killed some 80,000 of the 320,000 people in the city and leveled more than half of the buildings.	Hiroshima
5045	10. Materials Science	What is the name for materials formed by trapping countless gas bubbles in a solid or liquid?	foam
5046	35. Explorers	What Scottish explorer is credited as being the first European to reach the Niger River?	Mungo Park
5047	19. Water	Which element is associated with water hardness?	calcium (magnesium)
5048	58. Codes	The airport code LAX refers to what city in California?	Los Angeles
5049	Alt. 3. Meteorites	Of the three broad classifications of meteorites, which applies to highly metallic ones?	iron meteorites (siderites)
5050	15. Ancient Rulers	From 1122 to 249 B.C., the Chou Dynasty controlled what country?	China
5051	124. Theater	While the main character was delivering her soliloquy, another actor toward the rear of the stage was reacting to the speech by making faces and emitting strange noises, drawing the audience's attention to himself. What is this called?	upstaging
5052	53. Allusions	What American dramatist alluded to this biblical passage in the title of one of his plays? My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.	Thornton Wilder
5053	14. Monarchs	By their names, you can surmise that these were monarchs of what country? Inge Baardsson Svein Knutsson Erik Haraldsson Sigurd Magnusson	Norway
5054	49. European Lakes	Lake Constance separates Germany and Austria from what other country?	Switzerland
5055	13. Lakes	What lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont, and southern Quebec was named after the French explorer who served as commandant of New France in 1612 and Governor of Quebec in 1633?	Lake Champlain
5056	105. International Relations	In 1973, the U.S. and what Caribbean nation signed an anti-hijacking agreement?	Cuba
5057	62. Unemployment	A temporary dismissal or suspension of workers is a ...	layoff
5058	68. Marine Plants	Found in cool coastal waters where sunlight can penetrate to a rocky seabed is what seaweed that can grow 300 feet in a single year?	kelp
5059	1. Space Views	Identify the only living structure on Earth visible from the Moon.	Great Barrier Reef
5060	39. Dams	Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete dam in the U.S. It is in what state?	Washington
5061	Alt. 3. Africa	These African cities are adjacent to what body of water? Dakar, Freetown, Luanda, Rabat, Monrovia	Atlantic Ocean
5062	26. The Colonial Period	What two states were formed from the land between the colonies of Georgia and Virginia?	North Carolina, South Carolina
5063	66. Handling the Dead	In what kind of facility are human corpses temporarily stored awaiting identification, removal for autopsy, or disposal?	morgue (mortuary)
5064	8. Art Materials	What substance used for carving consists mostly of dentin and cementum?	ivory
5065	41. Boat Rentals	Beanie and Cecil rent a boat for a total cost of $300.00. Beanie used it for 18 days and Cecil used it for 36 days. How much should Beanie pay for his share of the rent?	$100.00
5066	22. Composers	'Phonic' is an anagram for what French composer and pianist whose works were largely based on traditional Polish dance themes?	Chopin
5067	32. Fictional Quotes	What fictional character says this? I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore.	Robinson Crusoe
5068	48. Color	Alternating blue and yellow parallel lines of equal width drawn close together appear as what color when held at a modest distance?	green
5069	2. Empires	At its height in the 16th century, the empire of what European nation included the island of Cape Verde, Madeira, the Azores, the Moluccas, and narrow strips of land on the east and west coasts of Africa?	Portugal
5070	40. Poetic Settings	What town is the site of the baseball game in the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer?	Mudville
5071	84. Regional Attire	Name the leather belt, especially popular in the Southwest, to which many large silver medallions are affixed.	concha (concho) belt
5072	91. Alcoholic Beverages	If a bottle of gin is labeled 84 proof, it contains what percent alcohol by volume?	42
5073	10. Journalism	Name the time that a story must be submitted in order to be included in a newspaper edition.	deadline
5074	102. Airplanes	Name the airplane of the U.S. president.	Air Force One
5075	82. Injuries	What is the general name for injuries to organs such as the liver, pancreas, stomach or lungs that involve significant blood loss?	internal bleeding
5076	61. Hostages	Fifty-two American hostages held by followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini were finally released on the last day of whose presidency?	Jimmy Carter's
5077	19. Crimes	What crime is associated with Julio Iglesias’ father, Frank Sinatra's son, J. Paul Getty's grandson, Aldo Moro, Adolph Coors III, Patty Hearst, and Charles Lindbergh II?	kidnapping
5078	10. Winds	At the tropopause, almost the entire flow of air is west-to-east. This westerly flow is not uniform and contains narrow cores of high-velocity winds called what?	jet streams
5079	25. Ireland	Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland which encompasses about five sixths of the island and Northern Ireland which is part of what other country?	United Kingdom (Great Britain)
5080	122. Tornadoes	What can be said about the air pressure in a tornado?	It is low.
5081	30. Thanksgiving Doggerel	What term for the upper portion of the human leg is missing from this ditty? May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey be plump, May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious and your pies take the prize, And may Thanksgiving dinner stay off your ...	- = thighs
5082	73. The Whiz	What group in American government became 'Eight Old Men and a Whizzer' when Byron White joined their ranks?	Supreme Court
5083	109. Opinion Polls	Political parties often measure public sentiment with opinion polls. The questions to be answered by the poll may be asked directly by interviewers or may be in what printed form?	questionnaire
5084	73. Antecedents	What word is the antecedent in this statement? Remember that pronouns agree with their antecedents in gender, number, and person.	pronouns
5085	31. South America	What South American country was named after a nationalist leader known as the Liberator?	Bolivia
5086	5. Waves	What kind of interference results when two waves are enough out of phase to partially or completely cancel each other?	destructive interference
5087	95. Ravaging the Natives	As was the case with so many New World Indians, the population of Australian aborigines was dramatically reduced, perhaps halved, by what disease that Europeans brought to the continent?	smallpox
5088	34. Legends	This is about what legendary beings? They sit and comb their long golden hair and sing so sweetly that the bewitched sailors let their ships crash against the rocks.	mermaids (Sirens)
5089	103. Clauses	Which category of clauses expresses a complete thought?	main (independent) clause
5090	98. Injuries	What type of superficial wound usually results when exposed skin contacts a rough surface, causing a grinding or rubbing away of the upper part of the epidermis?	abrasion
5091	35. Disease Vectors	Tularemia is often contracted through the bite of what kind of parasitic arachnid?	tick
5092	59. Weathering	Name the sommon material resulting from the combination of the products of weathering and decaying organic material.	soil
5093	122. Song Parodies	This is a parody of what Elvis song? I bought a wiener from the vendor He put it on a bun But I had to take it back cuz The wiener wasn't done Return to vendor Hot dog undone Not enough mustard Soggv bun	Return to Sender
5094	25. Economics	What term in business refers to the lowering or reduction of a price?	discount
5095	10. Suffixes	The three similar noun suffixes that mean 'person	who' are spelled 'eer,' 'er,' and how else?
5096	30. Aviation	As the plane came in for a landing, the air traffic controller said, 'Pig Sty One, you are cleared for runway 3.' After the plane landed, the pilot walked up to the controller and said, 'We had the governor of Montana on board and it's not Pig Sty One.' What was the actual name of the aircraft?	Big Sky One
5097	29. Lyrics	This is from a song in what musical? When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars.	Hair
5098	9. Small States	Name the second-smallest U.S. state.	Delaware
5099	113. Earthquakes	Name the scale which measures earthquake magnitude on a logarithmic scale.	Richter scale
5100	79. Sentence Analysis	What are the predicate nominatives in this line? A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun which follows the verb and describes or renames the subject.	noun, pronoun
5101	71. Fossils	The world's most colorful and largest collection of petrified wood is in a national park in what state?	Arizona
5102	46. Sports Doggerel	Who said these things in 1962? -I'll say it again, I've said it before, Archie Moore will fall in four. -He knocks them all out in the round he'll call, And that's why he's called the greatest of all.	Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
5103	17. South America	Chile is one of the two South American countries that does not share a border with Brazil. Name the other.	Ecuador
5104	da Renaissance Scientists	Leonardo da Vinci's aerial screw was a predecessor of what modern vehicle?	helicopter
5105	21. Civil Service	Abraham Lincoln pointed out the dangers inherent in what system whereby government jobs were regularly filled with supporters of the party in power rather than on the basis of merit?	spoils system (patronage)
5106	68. Astronomy	Extragalactic indicates a region outside what galaxy?	Milky Way
5107	28. State Fossils	The state fossil of South Dakota is what herbivorous dinosaur with a large horn above either eye, a smaller horn on the nose, and a bony plate covering the neck?	triceratops
5108	66. Boxing History	Bare-knuckle boxing had its last and most memorable bout in 1889 when Jake Kilrain was finally knocked out in the 75th round of the U.S. heavyweight championship by whom?	John L. Sullivan
5109	67. Punishments	The caning or whipping with the cat used on 18th-century sailing ships was a kind of corporal punishment called ...	flogging
5110	36. Colonists	Name the group of French Protestants who settled mainly in the Carolinas.	Huguenots
5111	25. Forms of Journalism	Tabloids carry on the tradition of what kind of sensationalist reporting associated with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?	yellow journalism
5112	24. Colonial Towns	In 1630, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded what town that grew into a city of 20,000 within the next fifteen years?	Boston
5113	17. Stores	Small retail shops open long hours that stock items such as staple groceries, snacks, film, and magazines are what kind of stores?	convenience stores
5114	74. Peak Places	The tallest mountain in the lower 48 states is located in what national park named for a kind of tree?	Sequoia National Park
5115	69. Blood	Name the process by which blood forms clots.	coagulation (thrombogenesis)
5116	27. Snakes	The common name for what snake of the American Southeast is a reference to its white mouth that becomes visible when it gapes to frighten predators or prepare for a strike?	cottonmouth
5117	29. Astronomy	An astronomer looking at the diffuse gaseous component of the head of a comet is looking at the ...	coma
5118	10. Offensives	The last desperate German offensive occurred in 1944. Name this battle.	Battle of the Bulge (the Ardennes Forest)
5119	29. Wordplay	What is the name for the words in these two example sentences that are spelled exactly alike? -I subject my audience to elation when the subject of fishing comes up. -When our hero was close to the castle, they decided to close the gates.	heteronyms
5120	34. Music Logarithms	The next C above middle C has a standard frequency of 512 vibrations per second. The next C above has a frequency of how many vibrations per second?	1024
5121	42. Change Agents	Name the two chief agents of metamorphism.	pressure, heat
5122	90. Ceramic Limericks	What ceramics term completes this limerick? On this clay's classy surface (it's glazed) Is a maze of small cracks (I'm amazed!) Are these flaws in the glass? Is this art, or a farce? No, it's porcelain, crackled or ...	crazed
5123	Zi Outlaws	Billy the Kid's life of crime began in the territory that became what state?	New Mexico
5124	21. Music Talk	What musical term has these meanings? -a group of singers -a composition for a group of singers -a refrain sung by everyone	chorus
5125	2. Ecology	Rarely consisting of more than six levels because the amount of energy passed on diminishes at each stage, what is the phrase for a food pathway that links different species in a community?	food chain
5126	45. Science History	Ernest Rutherford shot alpha particles at a thin gold foil and unexpectedly found that some bounced backward. He concluded that there was a small dense body in an atom capable of deflecting fast-moving particles. What did he call this body?	nucleus
5127	100. British Naval History	Used by the Royal Navy during the 18th and early 19th centuries, the act of seizing people to serve aboard warships is called ...	impressment
5128	27. Personifications	What did Emma Lazarus personify as a woman and the 'Mother of Exiles'?	United States (America)
5129	98. Solvents	What is the solvent in an aqueous solution?	water
5130	74. Europe	What country has the longest coastline on the Aegean Sea?	Greece
5131	88. Writing	What literary technique is illustrated here? Jill wished she could rid herself of the sick feeling in her stomach that told her something terrible was just around the corner.	foreshadowing
5132	79. Shared Awards	The Nobel Peace Prize was shared in 1993 by Nelson Mandela and what South African president?	F.W. de Klerk
5133	45. Proverbs	How is this proverb usually stated? Soporific canines should be allowed to remain in a prone position.	Let sleeping dogs lie.
5134	35. Animal Classification	These creatures all belong to what class of vertebrates? armadillo, flying fox, anteater, pika, narwhal	mammal
5135	Alt. 1. Jefferson	Complete this line by Thomas Jefferson on the topic of agriculture. In Europe, the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant. Here, it is to make the most of our labor, ...	land being abundant
5136	2. Ozone	What is the mass of a mole of ozone?	48
5137	21. Physiology	What in the body has these characteristics? -synthesized by living cells -effective in minute quantities -secreted into the bloodstream and transported by the circulatory system -acts on a target organ distant from the site where it was synthesized -regulates a physiological function	hormone
5138	42. Bishops	What is the title of the Bishop of Rome as Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church?	pope
5139	5 Soil	What part of the soil was stripped away in the southern Great Plains during the 1930s, creating the Dust Bowl?	topsoil (A horizon)
5140	105. Marine Zoology	The bodies of what marine invertebrates are riddled with pores that filter out food particles from the water passing through?	sponges
5141	34. Astronomical Events	The closest one ever observed was in 1604 and it was visible to the naked eye. In 2009, astronomers reported seeing two of them some 18 billion light years away. Name these humongous astronomical explosions.	supernovae
5142	16. Hemispheric Travel	A person traveling exactly halfway around the world along the 36th parallel of latitude would cover how many degrees of longitude?	180 degrees
5143	3. Foreign Vocabulary	What is the British term for two weeks?	fortnight
5144	93. Steam Engines	Many early steam engines exploded because the iron used to build them could not withstand high pressures. What stronger, harder alloy of iron and carbon enabled more durable steam engines to be built?	steel
5145	23. Tombs	At the Vatican, whose tomb is beneath the altar of the world's largest church?	St. Peter's
5146	da Sea Monsters	Name the Jules Verne novel that opens with discussions of a mysterious monster gleaming with light that had sunk many vessels.	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5147	104. Getting Directions	For navigation, the direction to some point from the ship is called a what?	bearing
5148	48. Congress	The Constitution requires Congress to assemble at least how many times in a decade?	ten times
5149	43. Grammatical Mood	What grammatical mood is illustrated by the first line of the Gettysburg Address?	indicative
5150	56. Presidential Visitations	What U.S. president visited Panama in 1906 to personally assess progress on the canal?	Theodore Roosevelt
5151	38. Russian Art	This statement refers to what kind of dolls? l used to like Russian dolls until I realized they were full of themselves.	nested (nesting, matryoshka, babushka) dolls
5152	2. Alliances	In the acronym, NATO, for what does the letter N stand?	North
5153	118. Habitats	Noted for their distinct animal species such as the giant land tortoise, the flightless cormorant, and the marine iguana, name these islands off South America's western coast.	Galapagos Islands
5154	71. Water	Surface tension is one of the two phenomena that cause rainwater drops to collect into drops at the ends of pine needles. What is the other that is somewhat like 'stickiness' between two different substances?	adhesion
5155	33. Monarchs	Who is the queen of Australia?	Queen Elizabeth Il
5156	10. Historic Routes	What early road in California linked twenty-one missions and four presidios from San Diego to Sonoma?	El Camino Real (The King's Highway)
5157	22. European Geography	Because they are low-lying lands, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium were called the Low what?	Countries
5158	Ts Obituaries	This is from whose obituary? Died, at Mount Vernon on Saturday evening, the widow of the late illustrious General George Washington. To those amiable and Christian virtues, which adorn the female character, the added dignity of manners, superiority of understanding, a mind intelligent and elevated, the silence of respectful grief is out best eulogy.	Martha Washington
5159	28. Cinema	What is the title of the person responsible for negotiating contracts on behalf of an actor?	agent (manager)
5160	da Mediterranean Isles	Name the largest and most populous of the Greek islands.	Crete
5161	52. Genetic Diseases	Albinism is a genetic disorder which results in a lack of skin what?	pigment (pigmentation, color)
5162	76. U.S. Poetry	This is from what poem? And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride In her sepulcher there by the sea - In her tomb by the side of the sea.	Annabel Lee
5163	44. Chemical Compounds	What common chemical compound consists of 3 atoms of oxygen and 2 atoms of iron?	rust (iron oxide)
5164	111. Plumb Tuckered Out	Name the feeling of exhaustion or weariness resulting from prolonged exertion.	fatigue
5165	2. Stupid Opinions	In 2006, the right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced by an Austrian court to three years in prison for denying what World War II genocide of European Jews?	the Holocaust
5166	15. Keyboards	On most computer keyboards, there are keys with labels like 'F7' and 'F12.' For what does the 'F' stand?	function
5167	88. Medical Proverbs	What word is missing in this proverb? A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a ---- hand.	lady's
5168	38. Navigation	A ship leaves the Isle of Crete and travels along a compass heading of 80 degrees. Ultimately this ship will make land in what North African country?	Egypt
5169	7. Moving Water	A pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity, is called an ...	aqueduct
5170	53. Uncommon Careers	These folks participated in what illegal activity? John Andre Nathan Hale Alger Hiss Ethel Rosenberg Mata Hari Allan Pinkerton	spying (espionage)
5171	19. Fantasies	What state name is in the title of a book published in 1889 by Mark Twain in which the author explores the ironies of human nature and existence by placing a Northern industrialist back in the days of chivalry?	Connecticut
5172	104. Contemporary Conundrums	What is the phrase for the position of those who oppose abortion and believe that a fetus is a person?	right to life
5173	45. Legal Vocabulary	What legal term rhyming with 'infest' means 'to bear witness or certify'?	attest
5174	82. Legends	According to legend, William Tell's defiance of Hermann Gessler sparked the revolution that led to the independence of what country?	Switzerland
5175	13. Colonial Real Estate	Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians that became what state?	Rhode Island
5176	63. Chemical Tests	What kind of chemical test will immediately and conclusively tell you if a solution is or is not an acid?	litmus test
5177	22. Headline History	This headline appeared in what month of 1941? Hawaii, Manila Bombed. 350 Dead.	December
5178	9. Texas Towns	What Texas city is on the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo?	Laredo
5179	39. Greek Myths	How are these beings collectively known? Urania, Thalia, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Euterpe, Clio, Calliope	Muses
5180	Ts Ruminants	Food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth of a ruminant such as a giraffe, cow, or goat is the ...	cud
5181	118. Local Government	These are generally functions of what level of local government in the U.S.? -controlling election records and supervising elections -maintaining records on births, deaths, and marriages -maintaining property records -providing rural law enforcement	county
5182	40. Geology	In ten million years, part of California will be out at sea, Florida will join South America, and Africa will move farther away from Europe. The phenomenon responsible for these movements is continental ...	drift
5183	18. Seaside Countries	Name the geographically largest country bordering the Aegean Sea.	Turkey
5184	5. Monarchs	What 15th-century Spanish queen signed the Treaty of Tordesillas that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal?	Isabella
5185	23. Unusual Professions	These people were excellent performers in what form of entertainment? Philippe Petit Karl Wallenda	tight-rope walking
5186	44. Ancient Emperors	This is about what Macedonian leader? When he died of a fever in Babylon in 323 B.C., he had assembled, in a dozen years, the largest empire the world had known.	Alexander the Great
5187	38. Misapprehensions	The Aztecs mistook what conquistador for Quetzalcoatl?	Cortes
5188	11. Inventions	These were invented during what century? steam pump mill-rolled iron power loom hard paste porcelain	18th century
5189	16. Monuments	Because of money problems and the Civil War, work was temporarily suspended on what monument in the District of Columbia that eventually reached a height of 555 feet?	Washington Monument
5190	37. Short Stories	This is from what story by O. Henry? 'Dell,' said he, 'let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.	The Gift of the Magi
5191	15. Air Masses	The leading edge of a moving cold air mass is a cold what?	front
5192	24. Wiring	In an electrical outlet, the black wire usually connected to the right side of an electrical outlet is the hot wire carrying 120 volts. What is the voltage of the	other side connected to a white wire?
5193	70. Musicals	These songs appear in what Broadway musical? People Will Say We're in Love The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Oklahoma!
5194	26. Heavenly Neighbors	What name is given to the member of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system that is about one-tenth of a light year closer to the Sun than its two partners?	Proxima Centauri
5195	81. Metamorphic Rock	What two categories of rock can become metamorphic rock?	igneous, sedimentary
5196	22. Construction	Name the metal or fabric strips installed at the edges of doors and windows to reduce heat loss.	weather stripping
5197	46. Political Etymology	The term for what political ideology is derived from a Greek word meaning 'without a ruler'?	anarchy
5198	13. Newspapers	These are newspapers in what state? Ithaca Times The Buffalo News East Hampton Star Poughkeepsie Journal Cooperstown Crier Finger Lakes Times Gotham Gazette	New York
5199	19. Etymology	The term 'pedigree' is derived from the three Latin words 'grue' meaning 'crane,' 'de' meaning 'of,' and 'ped.' What does that root word indicate?	foot
5200	11. Mechanics	What branch of mechanics studies the balance of forces needed to keep a body in equilibrium?	statics
5201	27. Acidic Juices	Juices on grocery store shelves fall into three categories on the pH scale, alkaline, neutral, or acidic. What number corresponds to a juice with a neutral	pH?
5202	72. Navigators	Name the Genoese navigator who was sent westward by King Henry VII in 1497 to explore the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. His discoveries formed the basis for the British claim to these areas.	John Cabot
5203	105. Aquatic Valuables	In some bivalves, a foreign object such as a grain of sand becomes lodged between the mantle and the shell. To reduce the irritation, the mantle secretes calcium bicarbonate around it, forming what gem?	pearl
5204	52. Holocaust Literature	This passage is from what work by Elie Wiesel? Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.	Night
5205	21. Final Flags	On the last day of December in 1999, U.S. troops lowered the American flag for the last time over a region which, from that point forward, would be administered by what Latin American country?	Panama
5206	61. Clouds	Meteorologist Mamie Melrose just announced that she expects to see a stratus cloud close to the ground on Tuesday. What is she predicting?	fog
5207	65. Neurosis	A pyrophobic has a morbid fear of ...	fire
5208	44. Parks	These national parks are in what mountain range? Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Yosemite	Sierra Nevada
5209	122. Famines	Famine swept Ireland several times in the 19th century when what crop repeatedly failed?	potato
5210	29. Dams	Name the passages in dams that carry excess water from the reservoir over the dam to the river below.	spillways
5211	46. Botany	Thin outgrowths from a plant root's epidermis cells that increase the surface area of a root for absorption of water and minerals are called root ...	hairs
5212	6. Captains	Daniel Shays was a captain during what war?	American Revolution
5213	26. Colors	Purple is a binary color composed of what two hues?	blue and red
5214	26. Woolly Creatures	Alpacas are mostly raised on the humid plateaus of what mountain range?	Andes
5215	5. Plunderers	What sea is associated with Jean Fleury, Calico Jack Rackham, Henry Morgan, and Edward Teach?	Caribbean
5216	92. Heavenly Bodies	Ison was a heavenly body that until recently orbited the Sun about every 10,000 years. It passed close to the Sun in November of 2013. What kind of body was it?	comet
5217	3. Energy	What kind of potential energy increases as height increases?	gravitational
5218	66. Anthropology	What is the term for the movement by a large group of people from one region to settle in another?	migration
5219	44. Political Birds	Metaphorically speaking, what kind of birds reject the 'appeasement leads to war' argument of the hawks?	doves
5220	112. Historical Chemical Limericks	What word completes this ditty? Le Chatelier's life was a mess All his actions were under duress. He thought, 'I must Make the system adjust To get rid of some external ...'	stress
5221	27. Symbols	What is the meaning of the letter within a circle on a publication? MoM when it appears	copyright
5222	16. The Flicks	These are works of what motion picture director? Rebecca Suspicion The Lady Vanishes	Alfred Hitchcock
5223	45. Asian Geography	What part of Russia forms the northern border of Mongolia?	Siberia
5224	18. Glaciers	When meltwater washes rock flour from a glacier, the streams draining the glacier turn what color?	white
5225	42. Longitude	What is the longitude of a person anywhere along the prime meridian?	zero degrees
5226	21. U.S. History	What legislative body resolved 'that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes which alternate red and white and that the union be thirteen stars - white in a blue field representing a new constellation'?	Continental Congress
5227	60. Terrorism	In 2013, more than 60 people were killed in what Kenyan city by terrorists who stormed and took over a shopping mall?	Nairobi
5228	26. Body Tissue Analogies	With respect to bodily tissues, innermost is to endoderm as outermost is to ...	ectoderm
5229	119. Dance	These are moves especially associated with what form of dancing? brush, pull, scuff, shuffle, riff, riffle	tap dancing
5230	16. Elections	The framers of the Constitution made one last-ditch defense against an overdose of democracy by creating what body by which American presidents would actually be elected?	Electoral College
5231	92. Lizard Fat	The Gila monster store its fat in its abdomen and in what other part of its body?	tail
5232	64. Music	The main pitch or tonal center to which all of a composition's pitches are related is the ...	key
5233	41. Persians	The Persian emperor Darius II greatly expanding the empire and gave himself the title, Shahanshah, which means 'king of ...'	kings
5234	27. Military Leaders	To Englishmen, he became an ambiguous hero. To Arabs, he offered a vision of unity that carried them to Damascus. Name this British soldier and author.	T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
5235	61. Enormous Storms	On what planet has a Herculean hurricane been raging for at least the last 300 years?	Jupiter
5236	10. Respiratory Problems	A continuous, coarse, whistling sound in the chest during breathing is called ...	wheezing
5237	102. Ancient Rome	These were the six stages of what according to the ancient Romans? puertitia adolescentia juventus majores senectus crepita aetas	life (age)
5238	1417s Architecture	The Flatiron Building rose 22 stories. Then the Singer Building rose to 47 stories, the Metropolitan Life tower to 50 stories, and the Woolworth Building to 55 stories. What is the collective name for these high, steel skeleton buildings?	skyscrapers
5239	65. Surgery	A craniotomy is a surgical incision into what body structure?	skull
5240	97. Short Stories	What story by James Hurst features a young and sickly boy called Doodle, who despite the efforts of his older brother to strengthen him, nevertheless perishes like the vivid red wading bird they had found dead in their garden?	The Scarlet Ibis
5241	94. Plots	What is the phrase for that point in a plot when the protagonist's situation changes for the better or for the worse?	turning point
5242	119. Inhalant Abuse	Inhaling butane gas can not only cause drowsiness, narcosis, asphyxia, and cardiac arrhythmia but also what other condition that usually results from prolonged exposure to subzero temperatures?	frostbite
5243	108. Minerals	Minerals cannot be in which two phases of matter?	liquids, gases
5244	97. Body Systems	Name the largest organs in the pulmonary system.	lungs
5245	72. Election Metaphors	Candidates who are victorious in local or state elections largely because of the popularity of more powerful politicians are said to have been riding what?	coattails
5246	6. Dikes	Dikes along rivers are called ...	levees
5247	15. Fictional Characters	Name the central character in Dale Wasserman's 'Man of a Mancha.'	Don Quixote
5248	69. Bad Feelings	What is the collective name for seasickness, car sickness, simulation sickness, and airsickness?	motion sickness (kinetosis, travel sickness)
5249	110. Presidential Messages	What president wrote this to his family? This will be a historical day. This morning, I must make a broadcast announcing the German surrender. Mr. Churchill began calling me at daylight to ask if we shouldn't make an immediate release without considering the Russians.	Harry Truman
5250	60. Explorations	The Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania and two other islands. These two other islands east of Tasmania now form the nation of ...	New Zealand
5251	85. Science Fiction	In Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series, what is another name for the planet Arrakis?	Dune (or Rakis)
5252	22. Perimeter Problems	The perimeter of a rectangular play area is 150 feet. Find its dimensions if the length is 5 feet less than three times the width.	20' x 55'
5253	111. Geologic Geography	During the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, what supercontinent existed?	Pangaea
5254	44. Heavenly Chunks	Asteroids that come close to our planet are called ...	Earth-approaching (near-Earth) asteroids
5255	100. Scientific Professionals	What kind of scientist is particularly intrigued by these kinds of questions? Who were the ancestors of Homo sapiens? What are the behavioral, social, and cultural traits of different groups of people?	anthropologist
5256	86. Sentence Parts	These lines illustrate what kind of complements? -All the passengers were Norwegian. -His houseboat is spacious. -Those animals are gazelles. -Her house was cozy.	subject complements
5257	49. Blood Tests	For most blood tests, blood is extracted from what kind of vessel?	vein
5258	47. Anatomy	A neuromuscular junction is the space between what two types of cells?	nerve, muscle
5259	87. Meetings	In 1995, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is in what state?	Ohio
5260	11. Excerpts	This is from what novel? Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why.	The Call of the Wild
5261	125. Clock Arithmetic	It is 8:00. To what number will the hour hand be pointing to in 29 hours?	1:00
5262	67. Musicals	In what musical does Hysterium sing 'I'm Calm,' Philia and Hero sing 'Lovely,' Pseudolus and Hero sing 'Free,' and Miles Gloriosus sing 'Bring Me My Bride'?	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
5263	57. Massacres	In 1937, the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo, ordered the execution of more than 20,000 people who came from what adjacent country?	Haiti
5264	27. Detention	Sometimes law enforcement personnel will place a person in a government facility or foster home to shield him or her from a dangerous person or situation. Such detention is called what kind of custody?	protective custody
5265	Sis Grammatical Analysis	What is the interrupter in this example? He replied, 'Anarchy, on the other hand, means no rule and no government and no future.'	on the other hand
5266	43. Ben's Advice	What is the last word in this advice by Franklin? He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with the ...	fleas
5267	19. Areas	The base of a rectangle is 25 yards and its perimeter is 150 yards. What is the area of this quadrilateral?	1250 square yards
5268	41. Clouds	What kind of clouds form around the eye of a hurricane?	cumulus (cumuliform)
5269	15. Stellar Magnitudes	A first-magnitude star is 100 times as bright as a star of what magnitude?	6th
5270	19. Meteorological Evidence	The five warmest years in the past 130 occurred in the 1990s. Many scientists regard this fact as evidence for what phenomenon related to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide?	greenhouse effect
5271	32. Novels	When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old West Indian sailor are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island. Based on a term for a small, low island in that region, name this novel by Theodore Taylor.	The Cay
5272	68. Aircraft	In what war were jet aircraft first used by both sides?	Korean War
5273	64. Clouds	If there is a cumulus cloud between you and the Sun, it generally appears what color?	gray (black)
5274	24. Weather Sayings	Who said this? Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.	Mark Twain
5275	35. Automobiles	California has passed legislation requiring auto manufacturers to build and sell ZEVs. This abbreviation stands for ...	zero emission vehicles
5276	34. Speed	In relation to the speed of sound, how fast is an object moving at Mach 6?	6 times the speed of sound
5277	9. Speed Problems	A motorcycle and a truck left from a crossroads traveling in opposite directions. The motorcycle averaged 15 miles per hour faster than the truck. If they were 535 miles apart after 5 hours, how fast was the motorcycle going?	61 mph
5278	75. Cynical Quotes	James Thurber alluded to whose original quote when he wrote this? You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.	Abraham Lincoln
5279	108. Canada	In 1882, Canada created what district and future province and founded the town of Regina within it?	Saskatchewan
5280	51. Settings	What future state is the setting for Laura Ingalls Wilder's fifth 'Little House' book entitled 'By the Shores of Silver Lake'?	South Dakota
5281	50. Salty Waters	Name the world's deepest hypersaline lake whose shores are also the world's lowest land elevation.	Dead Sea
5282	54. Biological Talk	The verb 'spawn' means to deposit what?	eggs
5283	78. Shinto	Amaterasu, the sun goddess, is a principal Shinto deity. The Japanese emperor was regarded as a direct divine descendent of Amaterasu until 1946, when what emperor disavowed his divinity?	Hirohito
5284	82. Burns	What is the collective name for the type of burns that can result from tanning booths, sunlamps, x-rays, and sunlight?	radiation burns
5285	45. Parks	The northwesternmost part of Yellowstone National Park is in the same state as what other national park?	Glacier
5286	87. Art Forms	Originally, this term indicated a formal, religious panel-painting or mosaic. Today, in the computer industry, it refers to any stylized or symbolic image. What is it?	icon
5287	110. Snakes	Coral snakes have black and red bands separated by stripes of what color?	yellow
5288	23. Taxonomy	What kind of pet is a Felis domesticus?	(house) cat
5289	91. Homophones	Spell a noun indicating 'an embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing' that is a homophone for a verb meaning 'to impose a tax'.	levee
5290	42. Bones	The bones of the shoulder girdle include the scapula and the ...	clavicle (collarbone)
5291	15. Science Fiction	In Arthur Clarke's short story, 'The Sentinel,' man reaches the Moon and finds a relic of an ancient alien race which does nothing but give off a regular signal. This story-line became the core idea of what science fiction movie?	2001: A Space Odyssey
5292	34. Anthropology	What term do anthropologists use for any people whose adult men grow to less than five feet in average height?	pygmy
5293	10. Animal Relationships	Any organism whose body provides nourishment and shelter for another is called the ...	host
5294	59. Signatories	These are among the names of the 41 men who signed what document? William Mullins, John Tilley, John Alden, Moses Fletcher, William Bradford	Mayflower Compact
5295	51. Chemical Compounds	Name the simplest structural unit that displays the characteristic physical and chemical properties of a compound.	molecule
5296	32. Bygone Political Parties	In 1841, Thomas Dorr founded the People's Party to liberalize the constitution of what state?	Rhode Island
5297	40. Beverages	Coffee became more popular than tea in the American colonies only after what event in 1773 made it a patriotic duty not to drink English tea?	Boston Tea Party
5298	62. African Valleys	What valley at Thebes is a dry watercourse on the west bank of the Nile and the burial place of Egyptian tulers from 1567 B.C. to 1085 B.C.?	Valley of the Kings
5299	23. Emblems	The national emblem of Canada is the leaf of what tree?	maple
5300	40. Vitamins	Only oranges and lemons have more vitamin C than what other citrus fruit?	grapefruit
5301	19. Employees	Each employee took an oath swearing to remain sober and not use profanity, gamble, treat horses cruelly, or interfere with the rights of Indians. Each received a Bible, a pair of Colt revolvers, and $125 per month. These mailmen worked for what company?	pony express
5302	40. Garden Veggies	These are varieties of what vegetable? spaghetti yellow zucchini	squash
5303	71. Skeletal Substances	Bone is to endoskeleton as chitin is to ...	exoskeleton
5304	7. Quadrilaterals	Any parallelogram with perpendicular diagonals is what kind of quadrilateral?	rhombus
5305	22. African Geography	In which cardinal direction is a person traveling in Africa if he goes from Mauritania to Mali to Niger to Chad?	east
5306	27. Early American Explorers	In 1514, what adventurer who had previously explored the Florida coast received a patent from the crown of Spain to settle the 'islands of Bimini and Florida'?	Ponce de Leon
5307	120. On Government	Complete this line by William Penn that illustrates antithesis. If men be good, government cannot be ...	bad
5308	37. Quartets	Members of a barbershop quartet include the lead, baritone, bass, and ...	tenor
5309	25. Proverbs	How is this proverb normally stated? It is fruitless to become lacrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.	Don't cry over spilled milk.
5310	63. Settings	What state is the setting for the work, 'A Day No Pigs Would Die'?	Vermont
5311	60. Tragic Quotes	What fictional character says this? What's ina name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.	Juliet
5312	63. Agricultural Exports	From 1617 to 1793, what was the most valuable staple export from the region that included England's American mainland colonies and then the United States?	tobacco
5313	2. Literary Techniques	What are you doing when you restate an passage retaining its meaning but presenting it in different words?	paraphrasing
5314	29. Vermont	Much of what is now Vermont was originally a French possession that became British territory after what war?	French and Indian (or Seven Years) War
5315	Alt. 4. Weight Problems	The head of a giant mutant rat from Chernobyl makes up 25% of its weight while its tail comprises 12.5%. If the rest of this rat weighs 20 pounds, what is the total weight of this creature?	32 pounds
5316	92. Fossils	It was formed millions of years ago from a sticky fluid that oozed from the bark of evergreen trees. It is yellow or orange, and may contain preserved bodies of insects. Name this fossilized resin.	amber
5317	75. Personality	What personality type is characterized by the direction of interest toward oneself and one's inner world of experiences?	introvert
5318	97. Taxes	Smuggling of merchandise into America avoids payment of what type of duties levied on goods brought in legitimately?	customs
5319	50. History of Science	Name the medieval pseudoscience and precursor of chemistry through which people attempted to transmute lead into gold.	alchemy
5320	113. Elements	An atom containing one proton is a hydrogen atom and an atom containing 6 protons is a carbon atom. What kind of atom contains 8 protons?	oxygen
5321	8. Poems	This is from what poem by Lewis Carroll? 'Will you walk a little faster?' said a whiting to a snail, 'There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.'	Lobster Quadrille
5322	30. Satellites	In 2012, in addition to Charon, Nix, Hydra, and P4, astronomers announced they had discovered a fifth moon orbiting what dwarf planet?	Pluto
5323	28. Straits	After 1610, practically all expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage entered Arctic waters through what strait named for a lost English navigator?	Hudson Strait
5324	47. Imperialism	What European country captured Ceuta in 1415 and turned Macao over the Chinese in 1999?	Portugal
5325	28. British Legends	Who commanded Sir Bedivere to throw Excalibur away?	King Arthur
5326	107. Mammals	Name the small, burrowing, herbivorous, very short-tailed rodents that live in tundra biomes.	lemmings
5327	25. American Painters	Anna Mary Robertson was 26 when she married Thomas Moses, with whom she farmed until, in her 70s, she took up painting and became widely known by what nickname?	Grandma Moses
5328	105. Variation	When x = 2, y= 12. When x = 3, y = 18. When x = 4, y =24. What is y when x = 10?	60
5329	63. Marine Landforms	What landform is illustrated by the Tuamotu, Caroline, and Marshall Islands?	atolls
5330	19. Oceania Geography	What is the southwesternmost Polynesian country?	New Zealand
5331	13. Bacteria	Most bacteria are rod-shaped, spiral-shaped, or ...	round
5332	33. Poisonous Plants	What plant that exudes the same toxin as poison ivy and poison oak is a small tree or shrub that has seven to eight leaflets on each stem?	poison sumac
5333	3. Astronomy	These are three types of what? astrometric binaries spectroscopic binaries visual binaries	binary stars (pairs of stars)
5334	22. Peninsulas	What enormous peninsula lies between Egypt and India?	Arabian Peninsula
5335	102. Scientific Instruments	This 1994 quote describes what refurbished scientific instrument? Its eyesight is so sharp, that if it were sitting in Washington, it could spot a firefly in Tokyo.	Hubble Space Telescope
5336	96. Drag	Viscous drag is the force that retards a solid object moving through what form of matter?	liquid
5337	93. Horse Evolution	On what continent did the eohippus first develop?	North America
5338	20. Novels	Louis Sachar tells of his inspiration for what book in these words? Anyone who has ever tried to do yard work in Texas in July can easily imagine Hell to be a place where you are required to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet across day after day under the brutal Texas sun.	Holes
5339	73. Communications	Any information or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person or nation illustrates what form of literature?	propaganda
5340	Ts Parasites	While endoparasites live inside their hosts, what kind of parasites live on the surface of their hosts?	ectoparasites
5341	4. Consumer Protection	Groups of consumers who have experienced similar problems may band together and bring what kind of suit against a manufacturer?	class action suit
5342	115. Evil Porksters	Name the fierce-looking Berkshire boar who leads the rebellion against Mr. Jones in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.'	Napoleon
5343	41. Algebraic Expressions	If the ages of four dogs are three consecutive even integers and the youngest dog is p + 3 years old, how	old is the oldest dog?
5344	84. Unusual Plants	What carnivorous plants have a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with liquid?	pitcher plants
5345	57. Emperors	What fourth-century Roman emperor issued the Edict of Milan outlawing the persecution of Christians and founded the future capital of the Byzantine Empire?	Constantine
5346	20. Wars	What war was caused largely by British violations of American neutral rights during the Napoleonic Wars and by the desire of some Americans for territorial expansion into Canada?	War of 1812
5347	42. Venn Diagrams	In a group of 50 boy scouts, 25 of them had knot-tying merit badges, 20 had tent-erection merit badges, and 12 had both. How many of the 50 scouts	had neither badge?
5348	Alt. 3. Glaciation	Name the glacial deposit of till that resembles the silhouette of a beached whale.	drumlin
5349	55. Quadrilateral Areas	If the length of a rectangle is 3 times its width and its width is 5 centimeters, what is its area?	75 centimeters
5350	71. Heat	If you mix a gallon of water at 212 degrees F with a gallon of water that is just above the freezing point, what will be the approximate temperature of the mixture?	122 degrees F
5351	11. Lines of Longitude	A longitude of 30 degrees west runs through what ocean?	Atlantic
5352	82. Parks	Much of what three-million acre U.S. national park consists of fiords and bays?	Glacier Bay
5353	9. History of Japan	Japan lost all of her overseas possessions as a result of what war?	World War II
5354	110. Warriors	The medieval British knights were similar to what professional warriors of the Japanese feudal military aristocracy?	samurai
5355	Alt. 1. Alliances	During World War I, the Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. At the same time, the Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain and what two other nations?	France, Russia
5356	Zi Tense	These lines illustrate what tense? Milt does not contribute much to the company. He does work occasionally. He does not call in sick very often.	present emphatic
5357	17. National Personification	What is the symbol indicated in this resolution passed in 1961? Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Sam Wilson of Troy, New York as the progenitor of America's national symbol.	Uncle Sam
5358	109. Sentences with Infinitives	What kind of objects follow the infinitive in this example? The philanthropist decided to give the Red Cross a donation.	indirect object, direct object
5359	69. Representation	All the people residing in a legislator's district comprise his what?	constituency
5360	11. Crime	What crime is most typically associated with pyromaniacs?	arson
5361	120. Prescience	What was the physicist talking about in the 1940s when he wrote this? This thing must not be permitted to exist on this Earth. We must not be the most hated and feared people in the world.	atomic bomb (nuclear weapons)
5362	39. Square Root	What is the square root of 256?	16
5363	123. Court Jargon	In a court of law, a legal claim is called a cause of what?	action
5364	Sis Salutations	Correct this salutation from a business letter. Dr. Marilynn Frazier, M.D.	eliminate Dr. or M.D.
5365	45. Medical Abbreviations	What abbreviation pertains to someone who expires before reaching a medical facility?	DOA
5366	115. Lush Parks	What American national park is a vast complex of subtropical wetlands and coastal-marine ecosystems featuring fresh and saltwater marshes, hardwood hummocks, pine rocklands, and mangrove forests?	Everglades National Park
5367	10. Complements	What is the subject complement in this line? They were the only ones in the room with me.	ones
5368	45. Romance in the Colonies	He wrote, 'Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.' Who published this statement in his almanac?	Benjamin Franklin
5369	96. Historical Vocabulary	What is the collective term for the customs, social institutions, arts, and achievements of a nation or people?	culture
5370	18. Cartesian Coordinates	In what quadrant is a -245 degree angle located?	quadrant II
5371	53. Drama	What is the term for an opportunity to read for a part in a play?	audition
5372	3. Wordiness	Worthington is a member of the personality class exhibiting the tendency to term a foot-operated humus redistribution device a foot-operated humus redistribution device. In other words, he calls a...	spade a spade
5373	42. The Cabinet	Which cabinet officer advises the president on the welfare of wage earners in the U.S.?	secretary of labor
5374	45. Life	What living structure includes vacuoles, granules, cytoplasm, and a nucleus?	cell
5375	119. Marine Organisms	Name the major ecological group of marine organisms that includes small animals and plants that generally have no locomotive organs, drift with the currents and includes protozoans, small crustaceans, and diatoms.	plankton
5376	i Festivals	In ancient Rome, Neptunalia was a festival honoring Neptune and Vestalia was a festival honoring Vesta. Name the festival honoring the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.	Saturnalia
5377	25. Stories	Several animal stories such as 'How the Leopard Got His Spots' and 'How the Elephant Got His Trunk' are in the 'Just So Stories' by ...	Rudyard Kipling
5378	23. Astronomical Wonders	The Moon on May 5, 2012 appeared as much as 14% larger and 30% brighter than any other Moon that year. This occurred because the Moon was then at the point nearest to Earth. Name that point.	perigee
5379	22. Rejected Titles	What novel was not but could have been given this name? One Hundred Percent Placid in the Occidental Combat Zone.	All Quiet on the Western Front
5380	16. Spectroscopy	What is the spectral color of a star with a surface temperature above 30,000 degrees K?	blue
5381	9. Lenses	An early mention of lenses occurs in a play written in 424 B.C. by Aristophanes where he refers to 'burning-glasses' used to focus the Sun's rays and produce fire. What is the shape of such a lens?	convex
5382	27. Work	While holding a barbell above your head, how much work against a resistive force are you doing?	none
5383	15. Energy	What that is defined as the flow of a positive charge is measured in amperes?	current
5384	79. Density	Which is the densest planet in the solar system?	Earth
5385	66. Limestone	Coquina is a soft and porous form of limestone composed of fragments of coral and what else?	shells
5386	87. Displaced People	Name the special camps built to receive people fleeing from conflicts, persecution, or natural disasters.	refugee camps
5387	72. Hot Literature	This passage is from what story by Ray Bradbury? It is a pleasure to burn. It is special to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.	Fahrenheit 451
5388	98. Coastal Landforms	Areas of relatively flat, low land adjacent to a coast such as those found along the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico are called coastal ...	plains
5389	83. Statistical Distributions	What kind of statistical distribution has two modes?	bimodal distribution
5390	33. Empires	Malta, Hong Kong, Aden, Singapore, and South Africa were all part of what empire?	British Empire
5391	18. Trade	What historical phrase indicates trade among three ports or regions?	triangular trade
5392	93. The Colonial Period	Name the southernmost of the original thirteen colonies.	Georgia
5393	49. Refugees	About two million people from Cambodia and what other Southeast Asian nation fled their countries between 1975 and 1980?	Vietnam
5394	46. Moon Missions	Two major setbacks to the Apollo Project occurred with the tragic fire on Apollo \| that killed three astronauts and with which other Apollo mission in which an oxygen tank ruptured?	Apollo 13
5395	50. Contractors	These are viewed as what kind of contractors from the point of view of the U.S. government? Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Rockwell International Corp. Grumman Corp. General Electric Co. Litton Industries	defense contractors
5396	81. Forms of Journalism	What kind of journalism requires a great deal of research and hard work to discover facts that may be hidden or obscured by people with a vested interest in keeping those facts from the public?	investigative journalism
5397	29. Nonfiction	Who wrote these words? I recall many incidents of the summer of 1887 that followed my soul's sudden awakening. I did nothing but explore with my hands and learn the name of every object that I touched.	Helen Keller
5398	35. Bay States	Name either state that is adjacent to Chesapeake Bay.	Virginia, Maryland
5399	Sis Word Problems	One number is three times another and their sum is 48. Find the numbers.	12, 36
5400	68. Maxims	What, according to 'Poor Richard's Almanack,' may three keep if two of them are dead?	a secret
5401	11. Remedies	An agent, remedy, or treatment that mitigates the effects of a poison or toxin is called an ...	antidote (antitoxin)
5402	61. Bays	In what bay is Alcatraz?	San Francisco Bay
5403	71. Novels	In what book does Sarah Wheaton leave her home in Maine in response to a newspaper ad placed by a poor farmer named Jacob Witting hoping to secure a wife for himself and a mother for his children?	Sarah Plain and Tall
5404	25. Scenic Valleys	What Oregon valley extends from Eugene in the south to Portland in the north?	Willamette Valley
5405	96. Explosives	The ancient Chinese made gunpowder by mixing saltpeter, charcoal, and what yellow nonmetallic element?	sulfur
5406	89. Paleontological Fantasy	These lines are from what novel? -Life will find a way. -You know, at times like this, one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct.	Jurassic Park
5407	75. Trails	Through what two states would you pass if you hiked the entire Tahoe Rim Trail?	California, Nevada
5408	71. Science Fiction	What tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs is about the Iron Mole, a submarine for land that takes passengers into the inner Earth, a region inhabited by strange creatures?	At the Earth's Core
5409	22. It's Hard, Ain't It Hard!	What mineral cannot be scratched by any other mineral and can scratch any other mineral?	diamond
5410	115. Musical Instruments	What kind of drum figures prominently in 'Sunrise,' the initial fanfare in 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' by Richard Strauss?	kettle drum
5411	31. Scientific Speculation	In the 1920s and 30s, A.I. Oparin and J.B.S. Haldane found that what kind of organic acids could be made by running a high-voltage electric current through a mixture of water, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen?	amino acids
5412	24. Astronomers	Whose calculations concerning the orbits of 24 comets enabled him to predict accurately the return of a comet in 1758 which had last been seen in 1607?	Edmond Halley
5413	5. Horses	The walk, trot, canter, and gallop are varieties of the rhythmic movement of a horse's feet and legs called its what?	gait
5414	8. Metal Resources	These are ores of what metal? covelite, malachite, chrysocolla, azurite, cuprite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite	copper
5415	30. Legends	In many versions of the Arthurian legends, the Fisher King is the keeper of what?	the Holy Grail
5416	36. Retribution	What legal principle relating to the organ of vision indicates that a person who has injured another should be penalized to a similar degree?	an eye for an eye
5417	2. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? He asked, 'Can an instantaneous cube exist?' Filby became pensive. 'Clearly, any real body must have extension in four directions. It must have length, breadth, thickness, and duration.'	The Time Machine
5418	36. Aeronautical Abbreviations	The British and French collaborated in building the Concorde, an SST. For what does this abbreviation stand?	supersonic transport
5419	12. Wars	In 1879, troops from what European colonial power killed some 8000 Zulu warriors?	Great Britain
5420	43. Capitals	What is the capital of the country immediately to the east of the country whose capital is Port-au-Prince?	Santo Domingo
5421	23. Homophones	Spell the homophone that completes this ditty. The ram committed suicide Because he was sad and blue. He heard a singer sing that song, There'll never be another ...	ewe
5422	1417 5 Praise	William Bradford is referring to what group of settlers in this line? Being arrived in a good harbor, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the furious ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof.	Pilgrims
5423	43. Explosives	The ancient Chinese made gunpowder by mixing saltpeter, charcoal, and what yellow nonmetallic element?	sulfur
5424	90. Martyrs	Joan of Arc was sentenced to what form of capital punishment?	burning at the stake
5425	124. Passionate Lines	What character from English literature says this in a moment of despair? Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death.	Romeo
5426	4. Sedimentary Rock	Sandstone, mudstone, shale, and what other rock constitutes about 99 percent of all sedimentary rocks?	limestone
5427	84. Triangles	Every angle in an acute triangle measures less than how many degrees?	90
5428	26. Oaths	In the oath of office, American presidents solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend what?	Constitution of the United States
5429	67. Literary Forms	How is practically all literature classified that is not written in a regular meter like poetry?	prose
5430	46. Moons	William Lassell is credited with discovering Saturn's moon Hyperion and Neptune's largest satellite. Name it.	Triton
5431	46. Acids	Acids are classified as dehydrating agents. Therefore, we know that acids remove what compound from a substance?	water
5432	85. Asian Weather	In India and Bangladesh, among other places, air over the land heats up in the summer and rises. Cool, wet air from the ocean blows in to take its place, bringing heavy rains. Name these winds.	monsoons
5433	97. Marine Topography	The areas exposed during low tide and flooded during high tide are called tidal ...	flats
5434	38. Stage Shows	A jointed puppet manipulated by strings or wires attached to its limbs is called a ...	marionette
5435	Ts Footnotes	In this example footnote, which words should be in quotation marks? Mars Observer - Call Home, Miami Herald, 18 December 1993, p. 22.	Mars Observer - Call Home
5436	40. Bygone People	These people lived in what city-state? Phidias Pericles Euripides Socrates	Athens
5437	107. Fictional Heroes	Based on his homeland, Conan the Barbarian is also known as Conan the what?	Cimmerian
5438	6. Paper Predecessors	During the ancient Roman period, parchment made from sheepskin became the standard writing surface, replacing what other material made from a tall aquatic sedge?	papyrus.
5439	86. Ancient Geography	The ancient city of Jericho is near the west bank of what river?	Jordan River
5440	Alt. 5. Drainages	Name the largest watershed of the Pacific Northwest.	Columbia River watershed
5441	107. Revolutionary Actions	At a signal from Sam Adams, a disciplined group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians rushed to Griffin's Wharf, boarded the ships, and threw what kind of merchandise into Boston Harbor?	tea
5442	15. Mathematical Properties	For all real numbers a and b, if a = 0 or b = 0, then ab	equals what?
5443	74. Musical Groupings	What musical group is formed by combining two trios?	sextet
5444	3. Legends	According to the legend, St. George killed what kind of creature while traveling through a place called Silene?	dragon
5445	115. Songs	These are lyrics to what song? Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, / And so do I! And so do I! Some think it well to be all melancholic, To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh; But I, I love to spend my time in singing, Some joyous song, some joyous song, To set the air with music bravely ringing Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong! ,	Funiculi, Funicula
5446	28. Numbers in Poetry	What ordinal number is in the first verse of Longfellow's 'Midnight Ride of Paul Revere'?	eighteenth
5447	82. Lakes	Located in the Great Rift Valley with a depth exceeding 4700 feet, name the deepest lake in Africa.	Lake Tanganyika
5448	32. Horror Tales	In Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat,' whose body did the murderer entomb in a cellar vault?	his wife's
5449	22. Rock	What fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting chiefly of calcite is formed either as a chemical precipitate or by consolidation of shell fragments?	limestone
5450	31. Riverside Capitals	What state capital is adjacent to the Willamette River?	Salem
5451	81. Urban Areas	These are cities of what country? Dak To Quan Long Khe Sanh Pleiku	Vietnam
5452	14. New Words	What word in 'Jabberwocky' is a combination of flimsy and miserable?	mimsy
5453	27. Alkaloids	What organic alkaloid present in tomatoes and tobacco was named after the French diplomat and scholar, Jean Nicot?	nicotine
5454	29. Smugglers	What name is shared by the smugglers of illegal Mexican immigrants to the U.S. and wild North American canines?	coyotes
5455	14. Prisms	A prism 20 inches high has as its base an equilateral octagon measuring 4 inches on a side. What is its lateral area?	640 square inches
5456	16. Explorers	He was born in Florence in 1452 and worked in the Seville business that fitted out Columbus' second expedition. He led four voyages to the New World and touched the mainland a few weeks before Cabot and fourteen months before Columbus. It was not without reason that Waldseemuller in 1507 proposed to call the new continent by his name. Who was he?	Amerigo Vespucci
5457	70. Native Americans	The Five Civilized Tribes were forcibly removed from their lands in the southeastern U.S. to the West after passage of the Indian Removal Act. These tribes included the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and what other?	Cherokee
5458	63. Scherzos	Name the scherzo composed by Paul Dukas in which a magician can transform a broom into an automaton capable of performing menial tasks.	Sorcerer's Apprentice
5459	80. Legendary Furniture	What is the most notable piece of furniture that some authors say was made by Merlin the Magician?	the Round Table
5460	18. Famous Furniture	Name the office in the United States where the Resolute Desk is used.	Oval Office
5461	33. Inventions	What invention allowed people in Washington D.C. to find out, more than two hours before the fastest train from Baltimore arrived, that the Whigs had nominated Henry Clay for president?	telegraph
5462	77. Opera	What is the nationality of the composer of these operas? Ruslan and Ludmila A Life for the Tsar	Russian
5463	94. Geographic Highs	Depending on your perspective, the highest mountain in Europe is either Mt. Blanc in the Alps or what other mountain in the Caucasus?	Mt. Elbrus
5464	33. Ancient Greece	This is about what ancient city-state? Weak infants were laid on a mountainside to die of exposure. From age seven, boys were trained in soldiering. They wore no clothes until age twelve. Then they lived in military barracks until age thirty.	Sparta
5465	86. Navigation	You can determine your latitude in the Northern Hemisphere by measuring the altitude, in degrees, of what star?	Polaris
5466	6. Legendary Americans	John Luther Jones held what job at the time of his death?	engineer (railroad engineer)
5467	84. Rivers	What is the largest river between Denali and the Gates of the Arctic national parks?	Yukon
5468	10. Phrases	What are the adjective phrases in this example? The light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncoming train.	at the end, of the tunnel
5469	6. Inventors	Who was the inventor of the first perpetual motion machine?	nobody (can't be done)
5470	64. First Aid	If you were sitting in a cafe and someone at the next table suddenly cannot speak, turns blue, and collapses, you should immediately administer what lifesaving technique?	Heimlich maneuver
5471	20. Slogans	In the 1890s, the slogan, 'Remember the Maine,' encouraged American entry into what war?	Spanish-American War
5472	36. Problem Solving	What method is involved when you attempt to find a solution by trying one approach after another until one happens to work?	trial and error
5473	103. Modular Arithmetic	In mod 2, what is the answer for this problem?	26+55+8
5474	36. Railroads	What railroad company was chartered in California in 1861 to build the western section of a projected transcontinental rail link?	Central Pacific
5475	40. Conditionals	Complete this haunting conditional statement from the movie, 'Field of Dreams.' If you build it, he ...	will come
5476	60. Movie Roles	In a movie, a supporting role with only a few lines of dialogue is known as what kind of part?	bit part
5477	45. Populist Measures	An important innovation proposed by Populist leaders in the 1890s gave reformers the ability to circumvent their legislatures altogether by submitting legislation directly to the voters in general elections. Name this innovation.	initiative (referendum)
5478	125. Official Records	What adjective indicates that the words in an official transcript are exactly those originally spoken?	verbatim
5479	118. Explorers	Name the best-known American explorer to begin a journey from the Ross Ice Shelf.	Richard Byrd
5480	16. Park Rock	What broad category of rock characterizes most of the landscape and geological features in Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands national parks?	sedimentary
5481	42. National Treasures	The state in which Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were born is the home of what national park of special interest to speleologists?	Mammoth Cave
5482	37. Persia	The Greek cities in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule. The Persians crushed the revolt and launched an attack on Athens itself in 490 B.C., but they were defeated by the Greeks at the battle of ...	Marathon
5483	62. Invasions	The Maximilian Affair relates to French intervention in what country?	Mexico
5484	99. Parasites	This is about what kind of parasite common among dogs? It uses its hooks to fasten itself to the inside of a dog's intestines where it absorbs food. As it feeds, sections near the end of its body break away, carrying their eggs with them.	tapeworm (dog tapeworm)
5485	44. Algebraic Addition	Add these two expressions. 2(x squared) - 3x + 1 5(x squared) + 7x - 4	7(x squared) + 4x - 3
5486	47. World History	Name the political party behind the construction of facilities at Sobibor, Dachau, and Auschwitz.	Nazi (National Socialist)
5487	de Ancient Literature	What Greek writer is responsible for these sayings? -Appearances are often deceiving. -Flatterers are not to be trusted. -An old trick may be played once too often. -Any fool can despise what he cannot get. -One good turn deserves another.	Aesop
5488	26. Fantasies	Which of Tolkien's books begins with this? When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.	The Fellowship of the Ring
5489	25. Color	What is the term for a series of colored bands arranged of decreasing wavelength from infrared to ultraviolet?	spectrum (rainbow)
5490	67. Homonyms	What word that as a verb means to make a deep resonant sound is used as an adjective to indicate a town undergoing rapid economic and population growth?	boom
5491	da Water	How many atoms of hydrogen are in two molecules of	water?
5492	61. Spelling	What is the British spelling for 'theater'?	theatre
5493	43. National Parks	What national park occupies 1,584 square miles in northwestern Montana on the southern borders of Alberta and British Columbia?	Glacier National Park
5494	30. Taxonomic Biology	Cetacea is an order of aquatic mammals that includes dolphins and ...	whales (or porpoises)
5495	22. Scientific Perspectives	Complete this thought by Arthur Clarke. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right, but when he states that something is impossible, he is very probably ...	wrong
5496	81. Epic Poetry	John Milton wrote about what ancient tragic hero who was blinded and temporarily stripped of his exceptional strength after Delilah cut off his hair?	Samson (Samson Agonistes)
5497	118. European Geographical Synonyms	While the term 'frankfurter' comes from the name of a city in Germany, what synonym comes from a city in Austria?	wiener (wienerwurst)
5498	12. Machines	With regard to machines such as levers and pulleys, the weight of the object being lifted is called the ...	load
5499	17. Fictional Places	These are located in what fictional land? Mount Pire Lantern Waste Shuddering Wood Stormness Head Fords of Beruna Deathwater Island Flaming Mountain of Lagour	Narnia
5500	48. Cells	What kind of cells contain axons?	neurons (nerve cells)
5501	66. Snake Prey	How do animals caught by constrictors die?	suffocation
5502	75. Outdoor Misbehavior	What misdeed is committed when game or fish is taken out of season or on restricted land or by illegal means?	poaching
5503	11. Space Travel Experiments	Name the large mechanical devices into which aspiring astronauts are sometimes placed and spun around to simulate intense gravitational forces.	centrifuges
5504	24. Adjectives	What degree of comparison is illustrated in this example? He is the least incorrigible student in our graduating class.	superlative
5505	31. Hawaiian Geography	The Hawaiian islands are next to the Tropic of ...	Cancer
5506	16. Astronomy	What is this passage about? Today, 88 are recognized by astronomers and they divide the sky into units just like state boundaries divide the United States.	constellations
5507	50. The Senate	If a quorum is not present in the U.S. Senate, the only business that is in order is either to either direct the sergeant-at-arms to request the attendance of the absentees or to entertain a motion to do what?	adjourn
5508	20. Propaganda	A movie production company puts four positive reviews on its new video, but doesn't mention the other ninety negative reviews. This illustrates what form of propaganda?	card stacking
5509	39. Abbreviations	Many forms require you to supply your DOB, which stands for what?	date of birth
5510	48. Citizenship	Although she has lived in Omaha for the last ten months, Betty was born in Detroit, went to college in Oakland, spent four years at Fort Benning, and worked several months for a mining outfit in the Colorado Rockies. Betty is a citizen of what state?	Nebraska
5511	62. Phrases	What kind of phrase completes this quote by James Thurber? Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.	prepositional phrase
5512	19. Nonfiction	Who wrote this? Above our camp was a great steep bulge of snow and, as my feet were still cold, I waved Tenzing on to take the lead. Surging on with impressive strength, he ploughed a knee-deep track upward. We reached the top of the bulge at 28,000 feet.	Edmund Hillary
5513	59. Verbs	What adjective indicates verbs that form their past tense and past participle by changing a vowel in the infinitive?	irregular
5514	3. South American Capitals	If you sailed almost due west from Montevideo across the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, you could end up in what other capital city?	Buenos Aires
5515	44. Historical Drivers	What was the title of the person responsible for steering the large sailing vessels of the 18th and 19th centuries?	helmsman (quartermaster, wheelman)
5516	de Government	What is the general term for a level of government smaller than a U.S. state?	local government
5517	84. Novels	In the novel, 'Holes,' Stanley Yetnats is given the choice of going to jail or to what camp?	Camp Green Lake
5518	50. Short Coasts	Which New England state has a coastline of only 18 miles, the shortest coastline of all ocean states?	New Hampshire
5519	51. Eye Anatomy	Below the conjunctiva is what clear fibrous layer that covers the iris?	cornea
5520	99. Electric Devices	A generator converts mechanical energy into electric energy. What device changes electric energy into mechanical energy?	motor
5521	54. Ornithology Vocabulary	What is the name for a perch upon which birds routinely rest together?	roost
5522	74. Volcanoes	If you alphabetically arrange the names of U.S. states with active volcanoes, which one is first?	Alaska
5523	27. Power to the People	A ballot initiative is usually initiated through what process requiring a large number of signatures?	petition
5524	115. Integer Problems	What odd integer between 600 and 800 is evenly divisible by both 7 and 9?	693
5525	125. The Cabinet	Which cabinet department of the federal government manages the foreign affairs of the United States?	State Department
5526	59. Scientific Graphing	Values of the dependent variable in an experiment are traditionally graphed on which axis of a graph?	vertical (y) axis
5527	53. Fins	What kind of fin that is obvious on killer whales is absent on sperm and baleen whales?	dorsal fin
5528	16. The Nervous System	'ACh' is an abbreviation for what neurotransmitter?	acetylcholine
5529	18. Fields	Electric fields may be attractive or repulsive, while gravitational fields are always what?	attractive
5530	24. Economic Algebra	A retailer buys several water dogs for x cents per dozen. His selling price is x/9 cents per water dog. What is his profit on each?	x/36 cents
5531	37. Movie Inspirations	The movie, 'Clueless,' was loosely based on what Jane Austen novel in which the central character initially fails in her attempts at matchmaking?	Emma
5532	23. Rivers	The source of these rivers is on what plateau? Mekong, Ganges, Yangtze, Yellow, Indus	Tibetan Plateau
5533	34. Economic Systems	Name the economic system in Europe during the Middle Ages based on the holding of land in fief.	feudalism
5534	8. Animal Foods	The only food of koalas consists of leaves from what tree?	eucalyptus
5535	104. Poisons	If you are sitting in a parked car with the engine running, you should have at least one window open. Otherwise, what poisonous, colorless, odorless gas might accumulate in the vehicle?	carbon monoxide
5536	74. Heads of State	What title was used through 1979 for the hereditary monarch of Iran?	shah
5537	10. Gerunds	What are the gerunds in this line? A man has more fun wishing for the things he hasn't got than enjoying the things he has got.	wishing, enjoying
5538	45. Spanish Neighbors	Name the smallest country adjacent to Spain.	Andorra
5539	46. Anagrams	'Curtailment' is an anagram for 'terminal ...'	cut
5540	20. Tools of Officiating	Name the small ceremonial, hardwood mallet used by presiding officers such as auctioneers, judges, and chairpersons to call for the conclusion of a transaction, to call for attention, or to punctuate rulings.	gavel
5541	3. Novel Quotations	This is from what work of science fiction? In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5542	25. Residents	Anyone not a citizen of the country in which he or she lives is an ...	alien
5543	41. Landforms	What landform did Charles Darwin say results from the subsidence of volcanic islands in relation to sea level and the simultaneous growth of a coral reef?	atoll
5544	31. Money Algebra	If the total value of x dimes and 2x nickels is $4.80, how many nickels do you have?	48
5545	30. Raids	A helicopter raid by commandos in 1980 to retrieve American hostages in what country not only failed but resulted in the deaths of eight Marines?	Iran
5546	104. Officials	What is the title of an official who can also be referred to as the Bench?	judge
5547	11. Death	A body may become stiff due to muscle contraction after death. Name this condition.	rigor mortis
5548	26. British Law	Under British law during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, any subject of the Crown could be drafted into the Royal Navy in an emergency. Name this practice.	impressment
5549	75. Volcanoes on Moons	Because it has been active during every observation of it since first being seen by Voyager \| in 1979, the Prometheus volcano on Io has been given what nickname reminiscent of a certain geyser in Yellowstone National Park?	Old Faithful
5550	15. Tall Dunes	Extending over 1600 feet from the base to the top, the world's highest sand dunes are in what Asian desert?	Gobi
5551	98. Mineral Economies	Two thirds of the world's annual production of 1,500 tons of what metal comes from South Africa?	gold
5552	25. Technology	A new form of TV appeared in the 1990s called HDTV. What does 'HD' stand for?	high definition
5553	124. The Ancient Mideast	The ancient region stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, the site of many of the earliest settlements, is called the Fertile what?	Crescent
5554	6. Canada	What central Canadian province is adjacent to Nunavut, Hudson Bay, and Ontario?	Manitoba
5555	95. Tissues	What kind of tissue consists of adipocytes?	adipose (fat) tissue
5556	42. Fantasy Characters	Who is the heroine in Stephanie Meyer's 'Twilight' saga?	Bella (Isabella) Swan
5557	49. Sequences	What is the sixth term of a geometric sequence beginning with these numbers? 93 1	1/27
5558	79. Legislative Committees	Name the smaller, more specialized committees that are organized by and operate under the authority of congressional standing committees.	subcommittees
5559	1. Earth's Spheres	Which of Earth's spheres consists of frozen water in the form of snow, permafrost, floating ice, and glaciers?	cryosphere
5560	15. 19th-Century Defeats	To whom does the pronoun refer in this excerpt? He might have been able to defeat the Russians had they fought, but as it was, his only enemies were cold, hunger, disease, and maddening raids of elusive Cossack warriors.	Napoleon Bonaparte
5561	21. Plants Not for Your Garden	Its sawtoothed leaves contain hairs that secrete a fluid which irritates the skin on contact. This North American plant is stinging what?	nettle
5562	52. Anthropology	What ethnic group used boats with outriggers and sailed vast distances to colonize the Pacific Ocean about 2000 years ago?	Polynesian
5563	1. Algebraic Subtraction	Subtract 4x - 3 from 7x + 3.	3x +6
5564	51. Literary Forms	While Richard Dana's 'Two Years Before the Mast' is a novel of the sea, works such as Ole Rolvaag's 'Giants in the Earth' and Willa Cather's 'O Pioneers!' are novels of the what?	soil
5565	5. Moon Missions	The European space probe that landed on Titan in 2005 found liquid flowing on its surface. Because it is much too cold for water to flow there, scientists guessed the liquid is what substance that is normally a gas on Earth?	methane
5566	Alt. 4. Constellations	Which constellation is the Herdsman?	Bootes
5567	93. Oceanic Landforms	What results when two caves on opposite sides of a headland join?	sea arch
5568	12. Astrogeological Vocabulary	What adjective describes meteorites or asteroids containing an element with an atomic number of 6?	carbonaceous
5569	28. Invasions	This refers to what invasion? The CIA encouraged the exiles to think the landing would have support from American air forces. But Kennedy decided against direct American involvement, so the invasion was a ludicrous failure.	Bay of Pigs
5570	59. Rainshadows	Parts of the desert in Nevada and northern Arizona are influenced by the rainshadow effect of what mountain range in eastern California?	Sierra Nevada
5571	125. Gems	Name the flat surfaces cut on gemstones.	facets (faces)
5572	92. Historic Races	In 1830, the Tom Thumb lost a race to a horse, but nevertheless convinced people of its promise. What was the Tom Thumb?	locomotive (steam locomotive, iron horse)
5573	84. Athletics	Name the period preceding an athletic event during which you prepare by stretching and performing limited exercises.	warm up
5574	116. Currency Value	The lowering of the exchange value of a currency by reducing its gold equivalency is called what?	devaluation
5575	45. Quotes	What novel ends with this? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes 3,000 years ago - 'That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?' - two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer - Captain Nemo and myself.	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5576	48. Historical Musicals	These are songs from what Broadway musical about a major disaster in 1912? I Must Get On That Ship The First Class Roster Wake Up, Wake Up Dressed In Your Pyjamas In the Grand Salon The Blame To the Lifeboats The Foundering	Titanic
5577	100. Diseases	Mr. Gonzo is pale. He has a high rate of heartbeat and is experiencing difficulty in breathing. A doctor's examination shows he has a deficiency in hemoglobin and in red blood cells, a condition with what name?	anemia
5578	108. Cooking Implements	Used to cook food or keep it warm at the table, what metal dish is mounted above burning fuel?	chafing dish
5579	12. Crime	Marion found a checkbook on the sidewalk and decided to sign the owner's name to one of those checks in payment for a stereo. That signing made her guilty of what crime?	forgery
5580	62. Central Characters	Who is the central character in these novels? Diamonds are Forever You Only Live Twice Goldfinger	James Bond (007)
5581	61. Colonists	Colonists primarily from what European country settled in the region around the mouth of the Mississippi River?	France
5582	TT. Pronouns	What pronoun meets these criteria? -third person -singular -nominative -masculine	he
5583	54. Nationalities	What was the nationality of the ancient military leader who was said to have wept because he had no more worlds to conquer?	Greek (Macedonian)
5584	23. Geologic Movements	A very large slice of what U.S. state is moving relentlessly northward relative to the rest of North America?	California
5585	Ts Pressure	A not-so-fair maiden weighs 280 pounds. The area of her ballet slippers in contact with the ground totals 40 square inches. In pounds per square inch, what is her total pressure on the ground?	7 \|b. per sq. inch
5586	25. Asian History	In 1972, Ceylon became an independent nation under what new name meaning 'resplendent island'?	Sri Lanka
5587	20. Political Positioning	These positions promulgated by the Polk administration elaborated what earlier doctrine? -The people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. -We can never consent that European powers shall interfere to prevent the union of an independent state with the U.S.	Monroe Doctrine
5588	87. British Commanders	The final command held by Charles Cornwallis in America was at a battlefield near what village in southeast Virginia?	Yorktown
5589	101. Antonyms	In civil rights, what is the opposite of integration?	segregation
5590	37. Song History	Although he originally wrote it for the Ziegfeld Follies, he withdrew it because he felt it didn't belong in an extravagant revue. Twenty years later it was first performed publicly on radio by Kate Smith. Name this song by Irving Berlin.	God Bless America
5591	45. Novels	In a story by Yann Martel, Piscine Molitor Patel comes to be known as who?	Pi
5592	83. Museums	The Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in 1993 in what city?	Washington, D.C.
5593	95. Naming Compounds	What is the name for a compound consisting of 1 atom of P and 3 atoms of Cl?	phosphorous chloride
5594	74. Voltage	What is the output voltage on a 110-volt line with a voltage drop of 9 1/4 volts from the panel to the outlet?	100 3/4 (or 100.75) volts
5595	Sis Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis requires photosynthetic pigments, light energy, and raw materials including water and what gas?	carbon dioxide
5596	103. Last Messages	Who transmitted these words that were received by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Itasca near Howland Island in 1937? We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Have been unable to reach you you by radio. We are flying at 1000 feet.	Amelia Earhart
5597	13. Volcanoes	More than half of the world's active volcanoes encircle the Pacific in a belt of volcanic activity called the what?	Ring of Fire
5598	13. Wives	Who was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII?	Catherine Parr
5599	16. The Sun	The maximum duration of what phenomenon during a solar eclipse is 7.67 minutes?	totality
5600	33. Vitamins	In 1928, scientists discovered that peppers are four times richer than lemons in what antiscurvy vitamin?	vitamin C
5601	26. Energy	The five main types of renewable energy include hydro, biomass, geothermal, solar, and what else?	wind
5602	93. Syllabication	Divide 'authenticate' into syllables.	au-then-ti-cate
5603	72. Ecological Concepts	What is the term for any organism that brings energy into an ecosystem from inorganic sources?	producer (autotroph)
5604	38. Artisans	A noted 18th-century English furniture maker was Thomas ...	Chippendale
5605	25. Freedom from Danger	The condition of a nation's safety from threats is called national what?	security
5606	35. Federal Finance	What adjective describes a government budget in which the expenditures do not exceed the income?	balanced (surplus)
5607	47. Novels	In Jean Craighead George's story, 'One Day in the Alpine Tundra,' a boy spends a day examining the life forms high in what Wyoming mountains south of Yellowstone National Park?	Tetons
5608	55. Nebulae	When a cloud of interstellar dust is so dense that it obscures light emanating from behind it, it is known as what kind of nebula?	dark nebula
5609	95. Songs	What month is indicated in the song that begins, 'While strolling through the park one day'?	May
5610	49. Literary Forms	What form of nonfiction resembles an autobiography but depicts only a portion of a person's life?	memoir (journal, diary)
5611	33. Energy	Heliostats are used in the process of converting what kind of energy into electricity?	solar energy
5612	106. Axioms of Physics	Complete this axiom of physical science. Where the speed is great, the pressure is ...	small (little, diminished, etc.)
5613	115. Counties	These are counties of what U.S. state? Powder River, Sheridan, Missoula, Glacier, Big Horn, Custer, Lewis and Clark, Teton, Yellowstone	Montana
5614	46. U.S. Geography	What mountain range is immediately west of the Great Basin?	Sierra Nevada
5615	7. Drugs	An excessive quantity of a drug which causes severe physiological reactions is an ...	overdose
5616	96. Civil War Novels	Complete this title of a novel in which Jeff Davis Bussey ends up fighting for both sides at different times during the Civil War. Rifles for ...	Waite
5617	52. Mountain States	Which is last on an alphabetical list of states through which the Appalachians pass?	West Virginia
5618	60. Territoriality Names	Based on the title of their ruling monarch, what kind of geopolitical units are illustrated by Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco?	principalities
5619	90. Mining	Chemist Herman Frasch developed a method for extracting what pale yellow nonmetallic element from deposits deep underground?	sulfur
5620	46. Right Triangles	What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 12 and 9?	15
5621	51. Stability	The aerodynamic stability of arrows is improved by fletching and, for bullets, by what in the barrels of firearms?	rifling
5622	26. Quartets	A string quartet consists of two violins and what two other instruments?	viola, cello
5623	8. Nth Roots	Find the tenth root of 60 to the 10th power.	60
5624	105. Political Affiliations	What is the name for a member of the conservative party in Great Britain or Canada?	Tory
5625	68. Place Names	The name for what forest is shared by the place where John Tyler lived in the U.S. and where Robin Hood's men hung out in England?	Sherwood Forest
5626	72. Compass Directions	A compass direction of 315 degrees is halfway between what two cardinal directions?	north and west
5627	6. Scientific Procedures	Members of what class of inorganic substances can be identified by these properties? color, cleavage, specific gravity, streak, hardness, crystal form	minerals
5628	24. Physical Laws	Who in 1670 proposed the universal law of gravitation?	Isaac Newton
5629	68. Maxims	What word that rhymes with 'sibilance' completes this maxim? The price of liberty is eternal ...	vigilance
5630	49. Acronyms	What is the acronym used for the following? Situation normal - all fouled up.	snafu
5631	7. Classes of Organisms	What class of consumers can reduce a dead organism down to its minerals, carbon dioxide, and water?	decomposers
5632	Alt. 1. Mottoes	Who, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, should you trust?	thyself (yourself)
5633	45. Investigations	This is about whose murder? I picked up the Dallas phone book and ran my fingers down the Z's. There it was, Zapruder comma Abraham. When I reached him that evening, I asked, 'Is it true that you photographed the assassination?'	John Kennedy's
5634	106. Leaders	With what movement in the U.S. are these people associated? Roy Wilkins, Medgar Evers, Adam Clayton Powell, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King	civil rights
5635	56. Steamboats	Although it is erroneously referred to at the Clermont, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat operated on what river that flows north to south through eastern New York state?	Hudson River
5636	13. Conflicts	The U.S. fought what country in 'Mr. Madison's War'?	Great Britain (England)
5637	57. Coefficients	What is the numerical coefficient of (6ab)/8c?	6/8
5638	22. Weight	Weight is the product of the acceleration due to gravity and ...	mass
5639	116. Adjectives	Express the adjective 'despicable' in the superlative degree.	most (least) despicable
5640	125. Civil War Alliances	Both the Union and the Confederacy were mostly unsuccessful in developing alliances with what two major European countries?	Britain, France
5641	Alt. 2. Equations	What is x if 7/x = 1/5?	35
5642	8. Fruit Hybrids	The name for the hybrid resulting from crossing a mandarin with an orange is shared with what heroine of an American folksong whose shoes were number nine?	Clementine
5643	51. Vocal Music	What male singing voice is lower than tenor and higher than bass?	baritone
5644	69. Precipitation	Identify that form of precipitation resulting from raindrops falling through a cold air layer and freezing.	sleet
5645	33. First Ladies	What first lady said this when they returned to the nation's capital? The enemy cannot frighten a free people. We shall rebuild Washington.	Dolley Madison
5646	69. Lunar Phases	In what phase is the Moon when its longitude is the same as that of the Sun?	new moon
5647	32. Foreign Power Struggles	The stroke of the president of what country in 1989 initiated a power struggle involving Barend du Plessis, Chris Heunis, F.W. de Klerk, and R.F. Botha?	South Africa
5648	62. European Watercraft	Name the long, narrow rowboat used as a taxi in the canals of Venice.	gondola
5649	44. Fictional Locales	Because he is unstuck in time, Billy Pilgrim is forever flipping in and out of different periods of his life, from his youth as a German POW, to his present dull, lifeless marriage, to his future as a pampered prisoner on what planet?	Tralfamador
5650	105. Curves	Although colloquially, it is called a spiral staircase, because of its three dimensions, it should be called what kind of staircase?	helical staircase
5651	37. Borrowed Words	From what language do we get the words chow, tea, wok, and won ton?	Chinese
5652	18. Spelling Malapropisms	Had the correct word been used, how should the last word in this sentence be spelled? You always knew when he come in the room because of the smell of his strange colon.	cologne
5653	55. Zoology	Ecologically speaking, what is the collective term for all these animals? polar bears, saltwater crocodiles, tigers, wolves, great white sharks, hyenas, anacondas	predators
5654	72. Lakes	There are more than 1000 lakes in Connecticut. Most were created by what phenomenon?	glaciers (glaciation)
5655	12. Vultures	This vulture reaches a length of more than four feet and has a wing expanse of ten feet. Name this bird of the Peruvian and Chilean Andes.	condor
5656	62. Bodies of Water	What arm of the Atlantic is adjacent to Normandy?	English Channel
5657	62. Nonsense Verse	Who wrote this? King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!	Edward Lear
5658	121. Hydrology	What unit of measurement in hydrology equals 160 square rods covered by 12 inches of water?	acre-foot
5659	Alt. 5. Mechanics	If one gear has 60 teeth and another has 20, what is the gear ratio when these two gears are connected together?	3 to 1 (or 1 to 3)
5660	14. Fantasies	In 'The Lord of the Rings,' what is Strider's actual name?	Aragorn
5661	80. Peninsulas	The cities of Pyongyang and Pusan are on what peninsula?	Korean Peninsula
5662	23. Astronomical Positions	The aphelion is the point on an elliptical orbit at which a planet is farthest from what?	the Sun
5663	120. Botanical Shapes	What is the general shape of ovoid leaves and berries?	egg-shaped (oval)
5664	39. Musical Homonyms	What term for a melody or a solo can also indicate a colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous mixture containing 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and some other gases?	air
5665	49. Coastlines	What South American country north of Brazil has the longest coastline on the Caribbean Sea?	Venezuela
5666	75. Combination Problems	In a bag are black marbles and white marbles. How many marbles must you randomly take from the bag	to definitely have a pair of the same color?
5667	24. Flight	What flying machine derives its lift from aerostatic forces in contrast to aerodynamic forces?	dirigible (blimp, airship, balloon)
5668	39. Science History	What medieval science is suggested by the title, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'?	alchemy
5669	96. Inventions	These are inventions of what ancient civilization? astrolabe, catapult, steam engine	Greece
5670	40. Parallelograms	Name the parallelogram in which the diagonals are congruent and perpendicular to each other.	square
5671	58. Root Words	What does the root mean in these words? invisible, revise, provision, supervise	see (look)
5672	48. Allusions	This description of the Battle of Agincourt is an allusion to whose words of the 20th century? Never in the history of English arms were so many slaughtered by so few.	Winston Churchill's
5673	33. Diseases	Another name for coal miner's disease is ...	black lung (pneumoconiosis)
5674	17. Fields of Science	The study of the growth, structure, physical properties, and classification of crystals is called ...	crystallography
5675	93. Roman Numerals	What Roman numeral is on the Great Seal of the United States?	MDCCLXXVI
5676	30. Asian Archipelagoes	The Dutch took over the Moluccas in the 17th century, and used them as the basis for their monopoly of the spice trade. Before they were called the Moluccas, they were appropriately known as the ...	Spice Islands
5677	28. Poisons	What is the collective name for poisons injected by snake or insect bites?	venom
5678	24. Cooking	What French cooking adjective that sounds like a girl's name indicates foods cut into long, thin strips?	julienne
5679	18. Homophone Spelling	The burro is a mammalian quadruped. Spell the other two related homophones.	borough, burrow
5680	40. Hills	What is the term for smaller hills lying at the base of large mountains?	foothills
5681	16. Religious Teachings	What are the following according to the Buddha? -All human life contains suffering and sorrow. -A desire for pleasure and material things causes suffering and sorrow. -Renouncing desire frees us from suffering. -Following the Eightfold Path leads to denial of desire and attainment of nirvana.	Four Noble Truths
5682	83. Metallurgy	In what kind of furnace are fuel and ore supplied through the top and air blown in from the bottom?	blast furnace
5683	55. Tense	What tense is used below? By quitting time this afternoon, we will have been removing peas from their pods for fifteen straight hours.	future perfect
5684	86. Patriotic Songs	What American patriotic song includes these words in its lyrics? altar, gospel, vintage, sword, lamps, trumpet	Battle Hymn of the Republic
5685	72. Namesakes Down Under	An enormous shallow salt lake and major peninsula in Australia are named after the British explorer, John Edward ...	Eyre
5686	41. Scientific Numeration	Express 5,200,000 in scientific notation.	5.2 times 10 to the 6th power
5687	11. Angles	An inscribed angle is measured by what fraction of its intercepted arc?	half
5688	49. Mountains	Name the highest mountain in Africa.	Kilimanjaro
5689	90. Scientific Syndromes	The closest the U.S. has come to the China Syndrome was in 1979 at what site?	Three Mile Island
5690	61. Star Proximity	If the star closest to Earth, apart from the Sun, were to explode right now, we would not know it for about	how many years?
5691	98. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'anything whatever' that is a homonym for an auxiliary verb meaning 'should.'	aught
5692	57. Cellulose	Plant cellulose is an essential element in the diet even though it provides no nutrients. Nutritionists call this substance ...	fiber (bulk, roughage)
5693	51. Quadrilateral Areas	The area of what quadrilateral equals half of the altitude times the sum of the bases?	trapezoid
5694	65. Seas	The Caucasus Mountains are adjacent to what enormous saltwater lake?	Caspian Sea
5695	32. Cactus Anatomy	Since a cactus has no leaves, what part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?	stem
5696	47. Fortresses	In what state was a fort built on a small island and named after General Thomas Sumter?	South Carolina
5697	63. Folksongs	According to the folksong, who 'started out on de right hand,' while 'de steam drill started on de lef’?	John Henry
5698	36. Idiom	An adjective and noun referring to the largest of the phalanges make up what idiom referring to a person skillful in the garden?	green thumb
5699	94. Expeditions	In 1741, people in an expedition sponsored by what nation became the first Europeans to land on the northwestern coast of North America?	Russia
5700	63. Electricity	A current of 60 amperes flows through a resistance of 4 ohms. What is the voltage forcing the current through the resistance?	240 (volts)
5701	11. Novels	This is from what story? His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.	Lord of the Flies
5702	62. The Old West	Immigrants traveling from Missouri to New Mexico in the mid-19th century mainly followed what trail?	Santa Fe Trail
5703	17. Documents	Complete this line from the 'Communist Manifesto.' The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of ...	class struggles
5704	55. Useful Substances	Any time you reattach a handle that broke off a coffee cup, tape a note to somebody's door, or paste a photograph into your diary, you are using what kind of a substance?	adhesive
5705	44. Sculpture Geology	The faces of four American presidents are carved into what coarse-grained igneous rock at Mount Rushmore?	granite
5706	38. Mirrors	What adjective generally describes the faces of mirrors that can produce diminished or magnified images, focus light, or simply distort a reflected image?	curved
5707	93. Legends	What legendary city of gold was believed by the 16th-century Spanish to exist somewhere in the area of the Orinoco and Amazon rivers?	El Dorado
5708	20. Myths	According to legend, seven Greek maidens and seven Greek youths were sent to the king of Crete each year where they were fed to what monster?	Minotaur
5709	Alt. 5. Marching Bands	What corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and a color guard?	drum and bugle corps
5710	20. Chemical Poetry	What name completes this horrible ditty? Al Cohol is a guy with no pride. With his name he was not satisfied. So with no trepidation Underwent oxidation. And then was renamed AI de ...	Hyde
5711	26. Physical Phenomena	The opposite of radiation, what is the name for the retention of light, heat, or sound?	absorption
5712	8. Japan	Who became a strictly ceremonial leader of Japan after the Second World War?	Hirohito (the emperor)
5713	67. Big Eyes	Even though the giant squid has the largest eyes of any creature, it can only see black and white. Therefore, its retinas lack what light-sensitive cells that humans have?	cones
5714	90. Politics	What is the term for these kinds of groups in the U.S. Democratic Party? Progressive Democrats Liberal Democrats Conservative Democrats African American Democrats Union Democrats Muslim Democrats Hispanic Democrats :	factions
5715	54. Latin American History	This is about what South American country? About 980 A.D., the Caras founded a prosperous kingdom called Quito, which was conquered by the Incas about 1470.	Ecuador
5716	49. Islands	These are islands of what U.S. state? Matagorda, Pelican, Brazos, South Padre, Galveston	Texas
5717	50. International Offenders	Because of the continuing attacks by its people on private boats and commercial ships, what East African nation has come to be known as the 'Land of the Pirates'?	Somalia
5718	64. Arthurian Legends	King Arthur's father, Uther, had what name reminiscent of a fabulous winged reptilian beast?	Pendragon
5719	50. Algebraic Operations	What is the product of -3x times 2(x squared)?	-6(x cubed)
5720	30. Politics	Name the member of a political party whose main task is to enforce party solidarity among congressmen?	whip
5721	20. Specter Stories	Literary historians say the first important ghost story by an American author was what work by Washington Irving?	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
5722	83. Abbreviations	In the military, for what does AWOL stand?	absent without leave
5723	7. Ornithology	What structure on a bird consists of its maxilla and mandible?	beak (bill, rostrum)
5724	27. Waterfalls	In what state are these waterfalls located? Akaka Falls Wailua Falls Waimoku Falls Papalaua Falls Hanakapiai Falls	Hawaii
5725	75. Mistaken Identities	The people of what Latin American civilization mistook the conquistador Cortes for their god, Quetzalcoatl?	Aztec
5726	3. Microwaves	For what does the 'r' stand in the acronym 'maser'?	radiation
5727	80. Spices	The spice cinnamon is made from what part of the cinnamon tree?	bark
5728	63. Plant Roots	Name the thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and protects the tip of a root.	cap
5729	44. DNA	Adenine is one of how many chemical bases in DNA?	four
5730	83. Weapons	This passage is about what weapon? The white spectators were astonished at the dexterity and incredible force with which a flat, bent, edged stick, slightly resembling a Turkish scimitar, was thrown by the native Australian.	boomerang
5731	28. Encephalitis	Equine encephalitis is a mosquito-borne type of viral encephalitis originally isolated as an encephalitis that affects what mammals?	horses
5732	79. Amendments	The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches and what else?	seizures
5733	54. Historical Trials	This is about whose trial? The arraignment of the chief officer of the Republic was made by the representatives of Congress and held before the Chief Justice of the United States presiding in the Senate chambers.	Andrew Johnson (or Bill Clinton)
5734	50. Botany	Buds are undeveloped parts of growing plants that may develop into shoots, leafs, or what?	flowers
5735	Alt. 4. English Novels	In 'Lord of the Flies,' Piggy suffers from what respiratory disease?	asthma
5736	30. Imperialism	During the 1760s, which European country was unquestionably the greatest colonial power?	England
5737	72. Medieval Performers	What was the name for the wandering medieval singers and reciters of poetry in Europe?	troubadours (minstrels)
5738	66. Fragments	This sentence fragment consists of what kind of phrase? with his hand in the cookie jar	prepositional phrase
5739	83. Kings	What epithet is associated with King Richard I of England?	the Lionhearted (Lionheart)
5740	26. Magellan	What percentage of the ships that started out with Magellan's voyage around the world actually completed the trip?	20%
5741	23. Rectangles	Find the height of a rectangle with a 10 yard base and an area of 180 square yards.	18 yards
5742	9. Oceanic Oozes	While siliceous ooze consists mainly of the debris of plankton with silica shells, such as diatoms and radiolaria, what kind of ooze is composed primarily of the shells of foraminifers, coccolithophores, and pteropods?	calcareous ooze
5743	30. Reform Poetry	This verse by Sarah Cleghorn, written in the early 20th century, is about what practice since abolished by legislation? The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day The laboring children can look out And see the men at play.	child labor
5744	16. The Circulatory System	Blood leaving the left atrium of the heart is directed toward what organ?	lungs
5745	14. Astronomy	These are three types of what? astrometric binaries spectroscopic binaries visual binaries	binary stars (pairs of stars)
5746	Alt. 3. Classification Schemes	What category used in the classification of organisms consists of several closely related genera?	family
5747	54. Algebraic Evaluation	Evaluate 5x + 2 when x = 20.	102
5748	69. Crimes Real and Imagined	With what crime are Philip Nolan and Aaron Burr associated?	treason
5749	15. Oceanography	The highest percentage of any ocean, the floor of which ocean is about 50% continental shelf?	Arctic Ocean
5750	49. Ears	In which section of the ear are the eardrum, hammer, and stirrup located?	middle ear
5751	69. Compensation	A payment made to an employee over and above a regular salary or wage as an incentive or reward is a ...	bonus
5752	44. Reptiles	What kind of reptile has a carapace and a plastron?	turtle (tortoise, terrapin)
5753	70. History of Astronomy	An ancient textbook on astronomy spoke about the fixed and wandering stars. Today, what name is given to these 'wandering stars'?	planets
5754	119. Stayin’ Alive	Organisms sometimes evolve the ability to avoid fatal encounters by deceiving predators into treating them as something else. This form of imitation is called defensive ...	mimicry
5755	106. Articles	Grammatically speaking, what category of article must be used for a particular object or class of objects?	definite article
5756	47. Research	In correlational studies, investigators attempt to discover ...	relationships (connections, correspondences)
5757	8. Proverbs	How does this proverb usually begin? Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the prenatal ovoid structure.	Don't count your chickens ...
5758	13. The Inquisition	In 1483, what Spanish king and queen authorized Tomas de Torquemada to take command of the Inquisition in all Spanish possessions?	Ferdinand and Isabella
5759	31. Temperature	Ethyl alcohol melts at -114 degrees C. What is the Fahrenheit equivalent of this temperature?	-173 degrees F
5760	50. Traveling Songs	While at the Baltimore station on the way to his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln heard what song introduced by Dan Emmett in 1859 that had been adopted by the South as its unofficial anthem?	Dixie
5761	25. Marine Mammals	Only two species of elephant seals are larger than what tusked, marine mammal that can weigh more than 3700 pounds?	walrus
5762	10. News Stories	The fighting described below took place in what country in 1991? Armed with spears, knives and axes, rival supporters of the African National Congress and the Zulu-led Inkatha Freedom Party fought one another in the townships of Johannesburg last week.	South Africa
5763	38. Political Pressure	Because the efforts are traditionally conducted in rooms and hallways just off the Senate and House chambers, the practice of attempting to persuade members of Congress to support or oppose pieces of legislation is called ...	lobbying
5764	77. Deserts	What desert was the farthest southern extent of the Roman Empire?	Sahara Desert
5765	53. Musical Geography	These styles of music are associated with the region around what sea? rumba, bomba, reggae, salsa, mambo	Caribbean
5766	92. Lewis Carroll	In a story by Lewis Carroll, Leopold Stubbs was thrilled when he first saw the sign, 'Simon Lubkin. Dealer in Romancement.' But alas, there was a flaw in the sign. What did Mr. Lubkin actually sell?	Roman cement
5767	29. Adam Smith	Adam Smith said that the three factors of production include capital, land, and ...	labor
5768	108. Oceanography	Earthquakes, submarine landslides, submarine volcanic eruptions, and large meteorite impacts in the ocean can all cause what kind of enormous waves?	tsunamis (seismic sea waves)
5769	12. Ancient Nations	This is about what empire? With no more frontiers to conquer, the energy and idealism that drove the empire was shunted into a passion for spectacle, dissipation, and display.	Rome
5770	31. Symptoms	Old Uncle Dickie has a pain in his neck, along with headaches, dizziness, and blurred vision. Given that he was stopped at a traffic light when he got rear-ended by a careless motorist a few days ago, name the injury he had probably sustained.	whiplash
5771	Alt. 1. Empires	The most distant part of the Spanish Empire consisted of what major Pacific archipelago?	Philippines
5772	45. Anagrams	'Animosity' is an anagram for 'is no' what?	amity
5773	84. Settlers	What is the collective name for the Scandinavians who established the settlements on the Shetland, Orkney, and Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland?	Norsemen (Vikings)
5774	69. City Nicknames	A nickname for what California city resulted from this quote by Oscar Levant? Strip the phony tinsel off ---- and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.	Hollywood
5775	47. Light	What adjective indicates a substance through which light only travels diffusely?	translucent
5776	28. Legends	People in what city believed that they would be safe so long as the Palladium remained in there?	Troy
5777	50. The Heart	Atrium is to upper as ---- is to lower.	ventricle
5778	36. Lakes	The waters of over 25 rivers drain into it but only one drains out. Name this enormous South American lake.	Titicaca
5779	18. Political Power	The African National Congress is the most powerful political party in what country?	South Africa
5780	47. Legal Synonyms	What is a synonym for the crime of abduction?	kidnapping
5781	29. Scientific Vocabulary	An object pushed or thrown forward in the air by a sudden, great force, such that the object continues in motion when the force no longer acts is called a...	projectile
5782	35. Numbers	What is the first cardinal number in 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere'?	15
5783	23. Italy	Identify the unique boats common on the canals of Venice.	gondolas
5784	78. Famous Women	After escaping slavery, who led fifteen trips to the South and brought hundreds of blacks to freedom in the North and Canada via the Underground Railroad?	Harriet Tubman
5785	14. Vocabulary	What verb beginning with 'm' means 'to reduce to the smallest possible amount or extent'?	minimize
5786	122. Properties of Matter	What property of matter is the sharply defined, reproducible temperature at which a pure solid substance changes into a liquid?	melting point
5787	16. Legal Jargon	What is the term for a failure to perform a legal obligation or fulfill a contract?	breach
5788	49. Links between Generations	A feature that can be passed on from one generation to the next is what kind of characteristic?	inherited (genetic, congenital)
5789	60. Paintings	The marine artist, Robert Wyland, is famed for his 100 large, outdoor paintings of whales, executed on the walls of buildings in 13 countries. These are examples of what kind of paintings?	murals
5790	123. Technology	Name the kind of device device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe or that permits liquids or gases to flow through a pipe in only one direction.	valve
5791	3. Poems	What character spoke these words in a poem by Robert Browning? I'm able by means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep, or swim, or fly, or run, After me so as you never saw!	Pied Piper
5792	98. Couplets	Complete this couplet by Dorothy Parker. Men seldom make passes At girls who wear ...	glasses
5793	25. Psychology	While studying intently for a biology test, you imagine yourself on remote beach in Tahiti. What compound word refers to this common psychological phenomenon?	daydreaming
5794	11. Sovereigns	What is the female equivalent of an emperor?	empress
5795	21. War	The last Americans were evacuated from the American embassy rooftop in what South Vietnamese city at the end of the Vietnam War?	Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
5796	22. Antonyms	Euphony and cacophony indicates opposite kinds of	sounds (tones, etc.)
5797	29. Center of Mass	Name any object for which none of its mass is located at its center of mass.	hoop, ring, empty box, inflated balloon, etc.
5798	15. Losses	What was ultimately lost for the want of a nail, the want of a horseshoe, the want of a horse, and the want of a rider?	a kingdom
5799	43. Scientific Investigations	In scientific investigations, what is the term for the repetition of an experiment?	replication (duplication)
5800	44. Proverbs	What proverb about the fluid secreted from mammary glands means that it is useless to bemoan something that has already taken place?	Don't cry over spilled milk.
5801	49. Significant Textbooks	Complete this title of the most famous text on parliamentary procedure. Robert's Rules of ...	Order
5802	17. Frontier Settlements	What adjective describes Old West towns that suddenly sprang up or dramatically increased in size following a nearby discovery of gold, oil, or silver?	boom
5803	10. Force	You pull on a 50-foot rope tied to a tree. If the force on the rope 5 feet from the tree is 30 newtons, what is the force on the rope 45 feet from the tree?	30 newtons
5804	73. Propaganda	What propaganda technique is the candidate using who might say this? Mr. Guterberg is nothing more than a fascist, liberal, tree-hugging yuppie environmentalist.	name calling
5805	16. Waterways	What waterway was opened in 1869 to provide a shorter route from Europe to India?	Suez Canal
5806	15. Propulsion Alternatives	In 1909, what American physicist wrote about using liquid hydrogen as a fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer as an alternative to conventional powder-fueled rockets?	Robert Goddard
5807	72. Numismatics	A discontinued $1 coin bore the image of what American feminist leader and suffragist?	Susan B. Anthony
5808	62. Transportation	The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 authorized construction of a transcontinental railroad linking San Francisco, California, in the west to what Nebraska city in the east?	Omaha
5809	17. Complementary Angles	One of a pair of complementary angles is 46 degrees. How many degrees are in the other?	44 degrees
5810	38. Diving	More than 50 tower dives are grouped into five categories. Group I includes forward dives. Group IV includes inward dives. What kind of dives are in group VI?	armstand dives
5811	99. Fictional Immortality	What character in 'Tuck Everlasting' ultimately decides not to drink from a vial of water that would make her immortal?	Winnie
5812	6. Big Sleeps	When Rip van Winkle awakens, he finds that his wife is dead, his daughter is married, and what war has taken place?	American Revolution
5813	35. Anatomy	The colon is the lower section of what organ?	large intestine
5814	78. Books	These apply to what book? It permits polygamy. It teaches the virtues of charity. It tells the faithful to fast and give alms. It was revealed in the seventh century.	Koran
5815	84. Gems	Name the unit of weight for precious gems.	carat
5816	36. Word Squares	What are the last two words in a word square if the first two are 'gnat' and 'name'?	amen, tent
5817	105. Continents	That portion of a continent submerged to depths less than 150 meters is called the continental what?	shelf
5818	51. Sailing Adventures	In 2010, 16-year-old Abby Sunderland was unable to complete her quest to sail solo around the world when her boat was badly damaged in a storm in what body of water?	Indian Ocean
5819	9. National Symbols	What unfinished architectural form is on the Great Seal of the United States?	pyramid
5820	31. Flowering	What adjective indicates plants with flowers that open at night?	nocturnal
5821	5. Literary Quotes	In 1766, Jean Jacques Rousseau attributed the remark, 'let them eat cake' to 'a great princess.' Two decades later, it was widely ascribed to what French queen?	Marie Antoinette
5822	37. Literary Characters	What is the literary term for the protagonist in a story who is courageous and admired for brave deeds and noble qualities?	hero (heroine)
5823	9. Shipping	Most freighters operate on a fixed schedule but what is the name for those that travel to wherever cargo is available and to wherever it is to be sent?	tramps
5824	92. Ecosystems	While an ecosystem that consists of a wide variety of species is a polyculture, what kind of ecosystem is dominated by a single species?	monoculture
5825	9. Marine Life	This indicates what form of marine life? They are solitary polyps that attach by a flat basal disc to solid objects underwater objects. Both the body column and the numerous tentacles are brilliantly colored.	sea anemones
5826	4. Negotiations	With what South American country did the U.S. first attempt to negotiate a treaty under which the Panama Canal would be built?	Colombia
5827	27. Lava	Name the sheetlike bodies produced when magma is injected into subterranean fractures that cut across rock layers.	dikes
5828	1. Sentences	According to this sentence, who was at the Olympics? Tanya wrote to Kathy every day when she was in Lillehammer.	Tanya or Kathy
5829	27. Fossils	Their oval flattened bodies consisted of a head covered by a semicircular dorsal shield and a thorax and abdomen, protected by overlapping dorsal plates. Their heads bore a pair of antenna-like appendages and a pair of compound eyes. Name these extinct marine arthropods.	trilobites
5830	74. Phrases	What is the first prepositional phrase in the U.S. Air Force song?	into the wild blue yonder
5831	34. Sculptures	A statue of what mythical Greek warrior depicts him attempting to pull an arrow from his heel?	Achilles
5832	58. Construction Projects	Construction of what colossal dam on the Colorado River began in 1930?	Boulder (Hoover) Dam
5833	3. Mollusks	Various mollusks line their shells with mother of ...	pearl
5834	Alt. 5. Measurers	What does an anthropometrist concentrate on measuring?	human body (people, man)
5835	18. Neurons	What part of a neuron could be compared to an antenna that receives signals?	dendrite
5836	Zi Monsoons	The monsoon wind pattern that brings seasonally heavy rain to southern Asia is believed to have started some 12 million years ago with the uplift of what mountain range?	Himalayas
5837	11. First Meetings	In its first meeting in 1960, what organization then consisting of just Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar forced a retraction of the decrease in oil prices by Standard Oil of New Jersey, which had unilaterally rolled back prices by 4 cents to 14 cents per barrel?	OPEC
5838	85. Sports Biographies	'Venus and Serena' is a biography about two exceptional athletes in what sport?	tennis
5839	42. Square Root	Round the square root of 34 to the nearest tenth.	5.8
5840	118. Last Voyages	What American president ordered the U.S.S. Maine into Havana Harbor to support American interests in Cuba?	William McKinley
5841	92. Sports	Dislocations are common among football, boxing, and hockey players. These competitive activities illustrate what category of sports involving physical contact between players as a normal part of the game?	contact sports
5842	45. Rodents	What South American semi-aquatic rodent somewhat resembles an enormously oversized guinea pig?	capybara
5843	67. Clauses	Aside from being a dependent clause, what kind of clause is the last one in this line by Theodore Roosevelt? Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.	adverb clause
5844	80. Artists	With what art form are these names associated? Frederic Bartholdi Giovanni Bernini Gutzon Borglum Auguste Rodin	sculpture
5845	113. Sports Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this sentence about football? The referee penalized the team for unnecessary roughage.	roughness
5846	116. Pirate Talk	What is a pirate's term for someone who has spent little or no time at sea?	landlubber
5847	72. History of Africa	Much of the credit for establishing Belgian domain in Central Africa and the Congo area in particular goes to what explorer sent there by King Leopold?	Henry Stanley
5848	98. Fantasy Quotations	Complete this line uttered by the White Rabbit in 'Alice in Wonderland.' The hurrier I go, the ...	behinder \| get
5849	40. Archaeology	Ur, Nineveh, and Babylon are archaeological sites in what country?	Iraq
5850	40. Prehistory	The Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are subdivisions of what prehistoric age?	Stone Age
5851	43. Palindromes	What is the last word in this palindrome? Some men interpret nine ...	memos
5852	74. Asian Seas	What sea is between Korea and Japan?	Sea of Japan
5853	9. Bearings	A plane flying on a bearing of 45 degrees is flying in what direction?	northeast
5854	42. Capes	What cape is just south of Tierra del Fuego?	Cape Horn
5855	84. Verbiage	What words could be omitted from this example without changing its meaning? Legislators are already in the process of reviewing the statutes.	in the process of
5856	6. Capitals	A plane flying from Khartoum on a compass heading of 45 degrees would first fly over what body of water?	Red Sea
5857	104. Slithery Creatures	What South American snake that spends much of its time in water may grow thirty feet long?	anaconda
5858	36. Islands	Sri Lanka is south of what Asian country?	India
5859	19. Insects	Stink bugs belong to what group of insects?	beetles (Coleoptera)
5860	Ts Root Words	What is the meaning of the root word in these examples? corporation, corpse, corpulent, corpuscle	body
5861	14175 Fields of Science	What is the name for the scientific study of insects?	entomology
5862	2. Political Metaphors	A revered idea or institution which few dare to question is called a sacred what?	cow
5863	90. Paintings	These are titles of what kind of paintings? Table, Napkin, and Fruit The Vase with 12 Sunflowers Strawberries	still life
5864	119. Mountain Vocabulary	Located in the transition zone between plains and mountains, what is the name for those hills that gradually increase in elevation at the base of a mountain range?	foothills
5865	1. The Bigger They Are ...	A main events leading up to the collapse of the Roman Empire was the plundering of Rome by a Germanic people in 455. Identify these people whose name has come to indicate those who maliciously deface public or private property.	Vandals
5866	13. Queens	Who was the British queen when England defeated the Spanish Armada and Londoners first flocked to see the plays of Shakespeare?	Elizabeth (Elizabeth 1)
5867	6. Vertigo	Subjective vertigo is the sensation of a person moving around in space. What type of vertigo is the sensation of having objects move about a person?	objective vertigo
5868	24. Breakers	As waves approach the shore and wave height increases, what other characteristic of waves decreases?	velocity (or wavelength)
5869	92. Stories	These are among the stories in what book? The Story of King Shahryar The Fisherman and the Jinni The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad The First Kalandar's Tale The Sweep and the Noble Lady Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber	The Arabian Nights (1000 Nights and a Night)
5870	23. Biological Talk	The verb 'spawn' means to deposit ...	eggs
5871	52. Novels	San Francisco is the setting for what novel about a Chinese immigrant father and son who build a flying machine?	Dragonwings
5872	Alt. 4. On Government	Complete this line by William Penn that illustrates antithesis. If men be good, government cannot be ...	bad
5873	42. History Vocabulary	People of Western cultures are Occidentals. People from Eastern cultures are called ...	Orientals
5874	57. Krill	What tough, semitransparent substance composes the exoskeletons of krill?	chitin
5875	Alt. 5. Exothermics	Those involved in manufacturing fireworks are in what field?	pyrotechnics
5876	27% Rhetorical Questions	W.E.B. Du Bois was referring to what group of Americans when he asked this in 1903? Is it possible and probable that nine millions of men can make effective progress in economic lines if they are deprived of political rights, made a servile case, and allowed only the most meager chance for developing their exceptional men?	blacks
5877	46. Wildlife	What is another name for the javelina?	peccary
5878	67. Curious Writings	This is what kind of literature? Here lies a father of 29. There would have been more But he didn't have time.	epitaph
5879	42. It's Not Wampum	About 500 million 'Sackies' became available to the U.S. public in early 2001. This slang name refers to whom?	Sacajawea
5880	88. Sports	In 2011, the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeonchang in what country?	South Korea
5881	14. Autobiographies	In 1953, Charles Lindbergh wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography entitled 'The Spirit of' what?	St. Louis
5882	14. Circles	To the nearest hundredth, what is the circumference of a circle one yard in diameter?	3.14 yards
5883	56. Logic	In deductive logic, it would be inconsistent to accept the premises but deny the ...	conclusion
5884	24. Modifiers	What word is modified by the first adjective in this sentence? Completely brokenhearted by the outcome of the audition, Kermit decided to return to his lily pad on the pond and resume his previous career of catching slow flies.	Kermit
5885	37. Cones	If you know the height and radius of a cone, you can determine the slant height by using what theorem?	Pythagorean theorem
5886	10. Marine Mammals	Name the world's largest seals.	elephant seals
5887	6. Animal Behavior	Hibernation is a long winter sleep but some animals such as opossums and skunks enter into a light winter sleep from which they may rouse on warm days to hunt food. This light sleep is called ...	dormancy
5888	38. The Executive Branch	Identify the two men who comprised the only unelected presidential team in American history.	Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller
5889	20. Oceanic Currents	The Canary Current is adjacent to what two continents?	Europe, Africa
5890	18. Protests	In 1963, 200,000 blacks and their supporters rallied in Washington D.C. to press their demands for equal rights. Who led this march?	Martin Luther King
5891	74. Earthquakes	The shock from an earthquake spreads out from a point on the Earth's surface. Name that point.	epicenter
5892	49. Motion	What term in physical science describes the amount of inertia and motion an object has?	momentum
5893	35. Principal Parts of Verbs	What are the principal parts of 'stride'?	stride, strode, stridden
5894	36. Animal Diets	Because skunks eat little rodents, fruits, berries, birds, eggs, insects, lizards, and carrion, they are classified as what?	omnivores (omnivorous)
5895	7. Literary Forms	This illustrates what form of literature? Here lies Robert Wallis, Clerk of All Hallows, King of good fellows, And maker of bellows. He bellows did make till the day of his death, But he that made bellows could never make breath.	epitaph
5896	Alt. 3. Valleys	The Central Valley of California is between the Coast Ranges and what mountain range to the east?	Sierra Nevada
5897	38. Oceans	What two oceans touch the East Indies?	Pacific, Indian
5898	30. Medical Idioms	Someone to be operated on is said to be going under what surgical instrument?	the knife
5899	18. Literary Limericks	What word completes this limerick? Alas, Douglas Adams has died, 'Don't Panic,' his readers all cried. For in St. Peter's line, He'll be asked, 'Six times nine?' And the answer is found in the ...	Guide
5900	22. Angstroms	An angstom equals one meter times 10 to what power?	-10th
5901	48. Optics	You are looking at a paintbrush through the side of a clear glass filled with water. What phenomenon explains why the paintbrush seems to bend and become larger where it enters the water?	refraction
5902	45. Military Leaders	Along with Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Scipio, and Pyrrhus of Epirus, what Carthaginian is considered one of the greatest generals of antiquity?	Hannibal
5903	39. Assassinations	Name the two U.S. presidents assassinated in the 20th century.	William McKinley, John Kennedy
5904	58. Mottos	During what century did the French first adopt the motto, 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity'?	18th century
5905	33. Birds	What kind of feathers are on newly hatched birds?	down
5906	60. Discoveries	In 1911, Hiram Bingham discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu in what mountain range?	Andes
5907	40. Archimedes Principle	If the weight of an object in a fluid is less than the weight of the fluid it displaces, what will the object do?	float
5908	101. Disputed Islands	What nation remained interested in the 1990s in reclaiming the Kuril Islands?	Japan
5909	47. Divides	The highest point on the continental divide of what country is at 2228 meters on top of Mt. Kosciusko?	Australia
5910	15. Bird Populations	If 5/8 of the pheasants at the Birds-R-Us Farm are males and the total pheasant population there is 2400, how many girl pheasants are there?	900
5911	30. Velocities	An airplane is traveling due westward with a velocity of 400 miles per hour. But, it is flying directly into a headwind with a velocity of 40 miles per hour. What is the resultant velocity of the airplane?	360 mph westward
5912	15. Mechanics	With what simple machine consisting of at least a grooved wheel and a rope does the load go up when you pull down?	pulley
5913	36. Structures	These are the four fundamental styles of what? beam, cantilever, suspension, arch	bridges
5914	108. Time Travel	In 'The Time Machine,' Weena dies in what kind of calamity?	forest fire
5915	49. Legends	What Old West bank and train robber is often portrayed as the American Robin Hood?	Jesse James
5916	94. California Captains	Who is the captain indicated in this account? The captain was writing a letter one afternoon when Mr. Marshall burst into the room and said that he had 'intelligence' that would put both of them into possession of unheard of wealth. The captain thought that something had touched Marshall's brain until Marshall flung on the table a handful of pure virgin gold.	John Sutter
5917	26. A Christmas Carol	The sign above the door to Ebenezer Scrooge's business read 'Scrooge and ...'	Marley
5918	77. Shop Equipment	What device uses energy produced in a coal-burning power plant two hundred miles away to mash atmospheric gases into a small container that then travels by hose to an impact wrench to loosen rusty lug bolts last tightened by a sumo wrestler in 1955?	air compressor
5919	121. Landforms	Due to their triangular shape, depositional landforms at river mouths were named after what Greek letter?	delta
5920	21. Colonial Business Ventures	Chartered in 1627 in France, The Company of One Hundred Associates was established to capitalize on what business in the New World?	fur trading
5921	8. Art Forms	What term refers to the art of shaping and firing clay?	ceramics
5922	44. Africa	What is the easternmost continental African country?	Somalia
5923	118. Health Problems	Name the condition involving the depletion of body fluids to the point of illness.	dehydration
5924	98. Disease Agents	What is the popular name for microorganisms or microbes?	germs
5925	50. Research Facilities	Name the once super-secret town in New Mexico where research on nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II.	Los Alamos
5926	71. Wings	What is the shape of a delta wing?	triangular
5927	11. Scientific Laws	According to Newton's third law of motion, what is a rope doing while you are pulling on it?	It is pulling back.
5928	34. Historic Seizures	In 1704, the English seized Gibraltar from what country?	Spain
5929	27. Contractions	Until around the 1930s, the word 'ain't' was pretty much an acceptable contraction, but today it is considered the mark of an illiterate person. It is a shortened version of what phrase in the first person?	am not (are not, is not, has not)
5930	98. Acids	Aqua regia consists of one part nitric acid and three parts of what other acid?	hydrochloric acid
5931	10. Burning Buildings	Military units from what country burned much of the building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?	Great Britain (England)
5932	20. Fictional Assistants	Name Dr. Frankenstein's assistant.	Igor
5933	92. Historic Landmarks	These historic sites are in what state? Winslow Homer Studio Portland Observatory Sarah Orne Jewett House Wadsworth Longfellow House Kennebec Arsenal	Maine
5934	54. Scientific Laws	That the internal energy change for any cyclic process is zero is another way of stating the first law of what?	thermodynamics
5935	25. Criminal Activity	To knowingly assist another person in the commission of a crime is to aid and ...	abet
5936	35. Poisoning	These are things you can do to avoid what kind of poisoning? -Never burn charcoal inside a home or tent. -Never leave a car running inside a garage. -Never run a generator in an enclosed space.	carbon monoxide poisoning
5937	28. Transfusions	In 1912, the physician Roger Lee showed that blood from any group could be given to patients with what blood type?	AB
5938	6. Europe	Liechtenstein and France are two of the five countries that border Switzerland. Name the other three.	Germany, Austria, Italy
5939	56. Verbs	What adjective indicates verbs that form their past tense and past participle by changing a vowel in the infinitive?	irregular
5940	19. Battery Ratings	A battery rating of 1200 milliamp-hours is the same	as how many amp-hours?
5941	Alt. 1. Locus of Points	What is the locus of points equidistant from two parallel planes?	a plane parallel to and midway between the planes
5942	29. Energy	What type of energy is any energy that is not kinetic energy?	potential energy
5943	19. Organs	What organ is an exhaust pipe for the lungs?	trachea (windpipe)
5944	19. Slogans	What is the last name of the 19th-century presidential candidate who was promoted with this slogan? Grandfather's hat fits Ben.	Harrison
5945	75. North Africa	The southern border of what country is adjacent to Niger, Chad, and Sudan?	Libya
5946	120. Summit Meetings	In 1960, a summit meeting in what city collapsed when the U.S. refused to apologize to the Soviet Union in regard to a U-2 spy plane incident?	Paris
5947	110. Seas	What region of the North Atlantic is covered by floating seaweed that gives it its name?	Sargasso Sea
5948	43. Africa	What African country is an island?	Madagascar
5949	27. Metric Units	What is the unabbreviated metric unit in this list which could not be used to measure length? km cm mg dm	milligram (mg)
5950	43. The U.S. Government	Which is the only branch of U.S. government with the power to interpret the Constitution?	judicial branch
5951	47. It's Only Natural	This indicates what natural process? If a fluid is made warmer, it becomes lighter and starts to rise. If it gets cooler, it becomes heavier and sinks.	convection
5952	45. Unusual Multiplication	Multiply the rent for a hotel on Boardwalk in Monopoly by the number of handles on a goblet.	zero
5953	23. Tax	What tax is charged on every gallon of fuel purchased for automotive use?	gasoline tax
5954	122. Borders	Name two of the four U.S. states that have the shortest borders with Canada.	PA, ID, NH, VT
5955	106. Art Museums	In what museum could you see the Hellenistic marble statues of Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, da Vinci's Mona Lisa, and tens of thousands of other masterpieces from around the globe?	the Louvre
5956	Ts Rocks	Apache tears is one name for a dark and glassy igneous rock. Another name for this rock is ...	obsidian
5957	15. Continents	On which continent is there an open grassland called the veldt?	Africa
5958	50. Early Science Fiction	During the 1600s, the astronomer Johannes Kepler wrote a book called 'The Dream' in which he imagined his mother flying to the Moon on broomstick. This imaginative description of life in space created problems for his mother, since it was used as evidence that she was a ...	witch
5959	69. Physicists	Gabriel Fahrenheit is noted for his invention of the Fahrenheit temperature scale and for his use of what poisonous, metallic, liquid element in thermometers?	mercury
5960	74. Figures of Speech	What figure of speech is illustrated by these examples? unbiased opinion deafening silence original copies genuine imitation	oxymoron
5961	121. Respiration	What behavior leading to a lowered concentration of carbon dioxide in your blood may involve either breathing at an abnormally fast rate or breathing more deeply than normal?	hyperventilation
5962	10. Rough Seas	A submarine in water with waves 60 feet high and 120 feet long would have to be at least how many feet deep to avoid the effects of the storm above?	60 feet
5963	34. Cubes	What is the surface area of a cube four feet on edge?	96 square feet
5964	19. Labor Law	The responsibility of employers for injuries to employees while at work is employer's ...	liability
5965	32. Figures of Speech	This passage by Carl Sagan illustrates what figure of speech? Discouraging the natural scientific curiosity of kids is just one of the causes of scientific illiteracy which afflicts the United States like drought in Death Valley.	simile
5966	22. Haydn	In the year 1800, Franz Joseph Haydn composed an oratorio entitled 'Die Jahreszeiten.' Translate this title.	The Seasons
5967	46. Philosopher-Scientists	Name the English philosopher and statesman who replaced the 'a priori' method of the scholastics with a formulation of the inductive method of modern science.	Francis Bacon
5968	10. Idioms	Repair the incorrect idiom in this line. Two months ago, you were warned about taking the Israelis for granite.	for granted
5969	40. Historic Births	Who was the first English child born in North America?	Virginia Dare
5970	114. Propulsion	What propelling force is calculated as the product of the rate of mass discharge and the velocity of the exhaust gases relative to the vehicle?	thrust
5971	12. The 1001 Nights	In the tale of Aladdin, what did the unscrupulous magician, with the help of the magic lamp, have transported to Africa that Aladdin was eventually able to bring back to China?	a palace
5972	31. Asian Philosophical Positions	What Indian spiritual leader said this in the 1930s? When a person claims to be non-violent, he is expected not to be angry with one who has injured him. He will not wish him harm. He will not swear at him. He will put up with all the injury to which he is subjected by the wrong-doer.	Mohandas Gandhi
5973	Alt. 4. Air Travel	An airliner flying directly from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Ottawa, Ontario would fly over which Great Lake?	Lake Huron
5974	2. Legends	What did 18th-century sailors call the evil spirit at the bottom of the sea?	Davy Jones
5975	22. Geology	Astronomers and geologists classify what as stones, stony-irons, or irons?	meteorites
5976	48. Kitchen Physics	What common device in the kitchen elevates the boiling point of water?	pressure cooker
5977	Alt. 4. Award Analogies	Broadway is to Tony as Hollywood is to what name?	Oscar
5978	10. Men for All Seasons	What 11th century Persian who revised the Muslim calendar and was astronomer to the sultan is better known for his poetry?	Omar Khayyam
5979	7. The European Union	The names of what two countries that adopted the euro as their sole legal tender begin with the letter 'F'?	France, Finland
5980	16. French Physicians	The Frenchman Rene Laennec invented what instrument that enables doctors to listen to sounds within a patient's chest?	stethoscope
5981	37. Immigration	In 1892, New York's immigrant receiving station moved from Castle Garden to what island in New York Harbor?	Ellis Island
5982	56. Age Problems	In 3 years, Natasha's grandma will be six times as old as Natasha was last year. When Natasha's present age is added to her grandma's present age, the total is 68.	How old is Natasha now?
5983	46. Ships	What ship that completed a 16th-century circumnavigation was commanded by the vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada?	Golden Hind
5984	89. Island Locations	What island that is almost halfway around the world from Greenwich, England and one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo is also approximately equidistant between Asia and North America?	Midway
5985	5. The Water Deficit	During which season is the water deficit greatest in the American Southwest?	summer
5986	121. Gymnastic Mechanics	The closer the arms get to a horizontal position, the more force is needed to keep the body suspended. This is why it is so difficult for gymnasts to perform what gymnastic skill on the rings?	iron cross (crucifix, inverted or Maltese cross)
5987	89. Austrian History	In 1938, Adolf Hitler personally entered Vienna and declared Austria a part of what Reich?	Third Reich
5988	106. Number Patterns	If the sum of the numbers from 1 through 10 is 55 and the sum of the numbers from 1 through 100 is 5050, what is the sum of the numbers from 1 through 1000?	500,500
5989	94. Legal Authority	Name the authority granted to a court to address legal matters and administer justice within a defined region of responsibility.	jurisdiction
5990	108. A Dictator's Demise	In 2011, what North African dictator was killed shortly after he was found hiding in a highway culvert?	Muammar Qaddafi
5991	41. Musical Families	Since 1580, nearly 100 members of what German family have made their livings as musicians?	Bach
5992	Alt. 2. Physical Science	What is the common term for this phenomenon? Rapid vaporization which disturbs a liquid and which occurs when the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure on its surface.	boiling
5993	112. Vessels	What ancient Chinese sailing vessel that is still in use today has these characteristics? multiple masts battened, square sails interior bulkheads high poop deck stern-mounted rudder	junk
5994	47. Marine Life	Sponges strain water to obtain bits of food. Therefore, they are known as what kind of feeders?	filter feeders
5995	12. Authority Abuse	The unnecessary use of force by law enforcement, including shootings and beatings, is called police what?	brutality
5996	50. Disasters	According to some accounts, it was sparks from the great Chicago fire of 1871 that started the forest fires that destroyed a million acres of Michigan and Wisconsin timberland. In this fire, more than 1200 people died in what Wisconsin logging town?	Peshtigo
5997	50. Algebraic Proportions	What is the absolute value of y in this proportion?	3/y = y/12
5998	73. Airplane Parts	Name the movable part of a horizontal airfoil that controls the pitch of an aircraft.	elevator
5999	14. Praise	In 1788, Jefferson praised what cooperative work by Jay, Hamilton, and Madison as 'the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written'?	Federalist Papers
6000	24. Plays	Who is the teacher in William Gibson's play, 'The Miracle Worker'?	Anne Sullivan
6001	36. Capitals	What capital city on the Iberian Peninsula is adjacent to the Atlantic?	Lisbon
6002	42. Solutions	A 60-quart solution consists of hydrochloric acid and water. 40% of the solution is hydrochloric acid. How many quarts of hydrochloric acid are in the solution?	24
6003	49. Colonial Education	Name either of the two New Jersey colleges that existed at the start of the American Revolution.	Rutgers, Princeton
6004	12. Stars	For a star moving at tremendous speed toward Earth, its spectrum appears shifted toward what color?	blue
6005	28. Matter	In which state of matter are atoms or molecules arranged in definite fixed patterns?	solid
6006	111. Fields of Science	The application of science to criminal investigation to provide evidence useful in the solution of crimes is what science?	forensic science
6007	3. Botany	The choking of a branch or trunk that has been tied too tightly by a wire or rope is called ...	girdling
6008	78. State Histories	What two U.S. states were admitted in 1912?	Arizona, New Mexico
6009	28. Weapons	What device used since the Paleolithic serves as an extension of a hunter's throwing arm and allows spears to be hurled with greater velocity than that possible with just the unaided arm?	atlatl
6010	39. Symphonies	This narration is at the beginning of what symphonic work? Each character in the tale is represented by a different instrument in the orchestra - the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet.	Peter and the Wolf
6011	60. Forms of Literature	What literary term rhyming with 'harpoon' refers to a form of writing which ridicules and satirizes?	lampoon
6012	110. Tragedies	Nineteen members of what kind of elite crew of U.S. firefighters lost their lives in 2013 while battling a wildfire near Prescott, Arizona?	Hotshot
6013	29. Neologisms	What word resulted from blending 'rumpus' and 'ruction'?	ruckus
6014	73. Famous Phone Calls	To whom was Alexander Graham Bell speaking when he made this initial telephone call? Come here. I want you.	Mr. Watson (Thomas Watson)
6015	76. Epitaphs	Whose epitaph reads as follows? Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I'm free at last.	Martin Luther King
6016	12. Settings	What country is the setting for these novels? Red Lotus Silk Road Empress Orchid Palace of Heavenly Pleasures The Emperor's Pearl Murder in the Canton	China
6017	34. Joints	What joint is at the junction of the femur, tibia, and fibula?	knee
6018	48. Chemical Compounds	Crystals of sodium carbonate are efflorescent and decompose to a white powder while releasing what substance into the atmosphere?	water
6019	60. Economics	What non-monetary system is used in these examples? Fred receives a bushel of pears for tuning up Gloria's VW engine. Jane gets use of her neighbor's pool for mowing their yard each week.	barter
6020	8. Not So Salty Salt Water	Produced from monsoonal river runoff, Bay of Bengal water is a low-salinity water mass found in the upper hundred meters of the eastern part of what ocean?	Indian Ocean
6021	49. Special Years	Name the 12-month period in business or government for budgetary and accounting purposes.	fiscal year
6022	115. International Organizations	Name the largest country in the Americas that is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.	Canada
6023	47. Aviation Milestones	What is the term for the first flight that an aspiring pilot takes in which there is no instructor in the plane?	solo (first solo flight)
6024	19. Sentence Grammar	Classify this statement by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in terms of its structure. Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration.	compound sentence
6025	69. Inheritance	In higher organisms, all cells except germ cells contain one set of what inherited from each parent?	chromosomes
6026	2. More Meaning	All the associations and emotions attached to a word are called ...	connotations
6027	43. Energy	As of the early part of the 21st century, what is the collective name for the type of fuels that have provided over 85% of the total energy used around the world?	fossil fuels
6028	Zi Ancient Traditions	The ancient Greeks often placed a coin in the mouth of a corpse to pay what ferryman to carry the soul across the River Styx?	Charon
6029	17. Numbers	What is the twenty-third ordinal number?	23
6030	38. Scientific Equations	The equations of what Scottish physicist showed the following? Electrical currents can cause magnetic fields. Changing magnetic fields can cause electrical currents. There are no single, isolated magnetic poles. Unlike charges attract while like charges repel.	James Maxwell
6031	40. Fictional Characters	What is the first name of the central character in these stories? The Great Brain at the Academy The Return of the Great Brain The Great Brain Is Back More Adventures of the Great Brain The Great Brain Does It Again	Tom
6032	37. The Constitution	The federal supremacy clause is in which article of the Constitution?	Article VI
6033	8. Historical Novels	These are historical novels about what European people? Styrbiorn the Strong The Golden Horn The Long Ships Vinland Odin's Wolves	Vikings (Norsemen)
6034	110. The Electoral College	Prior to the adoption of the 23rd Amendment, citizens in what part of the U.S. could not vote in presidential elections?	Washington D.C.
6035	120. Literary Conventions	What is the accepted convention about the hero's hat in tales from the Old West genre?	white hat
6036	82. Paintings	What type of portrait is an artist producing when he attempts to create his own image?	self-portrait
6037	66. War Novels	These historical novels are about what war? Marching On Look Away Bloody Ground Rebel Cold Mountain Copperhead Escape from Andersonville	Civil War
6038	75. The Continents	Name the shallow submarine platform at the edge of a continent that inclines very gently seaward, generally at an angle of less than one degree.	continental shelf
6039	3:3. Story Quotes	In what story is the spirit of the leading character broken when he reads this while aboard a ship? Breathes there a man with a soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own - my native land.'	The Man Without a Country
6040	62. Radical Equations	What is x in this equation? the square root of x equals 5	25
6041	4. Kinds of Characters	What is the literary name for the role that these characters play? Cruella DeVil in '101 Dalmatians' Ms. Barry in 'Anne of Green Gables' the childcatcher in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' the warden in 'Holes'	antagonist (villain)
6042	101. Fault Displacement	If the San Andreas fault averages a 2-centimeter displacement annually, the 4-meter offset from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was the release of strain that accumulated over how many years?	200
6043	19. Paintings	A 19th-century painting by John Waterhouse shows the mighty Ulysses tied to the mast of his ship while his crew is making a desperate attempt to row past what seductive sea nymphs?	Sirens
6044	69. Weight	Something that weighs 128 kilograms on Earth's surface would weigh how much if it were transported to 3 Earth radii above the Earth?	8 kilograms
6045	30. Knighthood	What is the title of one who has been knighted?	sit
6046	58. Latin America	The capital city of what country is adjacent to the 'Lago de Managua'?	Nicaragua
6047	65. Atoms	What is the central core of an atom called?	nucleus
6048	5. Colonies	What British crown colony is southeast of Argentina?	Falkland Islands
6049	30. Divisors	Exclude the numbers \| and 24 and then calculate the sum of the positive integer divisors of 24.	35
6050	75. Sayings About Cities	According to the proverb, what European city was not built in a day?	Rome
6051	18. Ballads	The central song for the musical, 'Show Boat,' is what ballad about the Father of Waters?	Ol' Man River
6052	23. Patriotic Poetry	What poem about a Revolutionary War leader by William Cullen Bryant begins with this? Our band is few, but true and tried, Our leader frank and bold; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told.	Song of Marion's Men
6053	45. Speeches	Who broadcast this message in 1944? People of the Philippines. I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil, soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.	Douglas MacArthur
6054	116. A Bunch of Bullets	In 2013, what U.S. agency came under scrutiny for its plans to purchase more than 1.6 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition over the next five years?	Department of Homeland Security
6055	21. Density Problems	Mercury has a density of 13.6 grams per cubic centimeter. To the nearest whole number, five kilograms of mercury occupy how many cubic centimeters?	368
6056	89. Foreign Officials	What is the American equivalent of the Italian carabinieri, the French gendarmes, and the British bobbies?	policemen
6057	45. Fictional Towns	In the Harry Potter series, what is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by magical beings?	Hogsmeade
6058	37. Grammar Mood	Begin your sentence with 'if' and express 'I am' in the subjunctive mood.	If \|be
6059	8. Liquids	What property of a liquid increases with depth?	density
6060	112. Novels	To what fictional character does the pronoun refer in this passage? Using the knife with which he had murdered Basil, he stabbed the frightful portrait.	Dorian Gray
6061	1. Peninsular States	On what peninsula in Mexico are the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan located?	Yucatan Peninsula
6062	34. Presidential Elections	U.S. states with the smallest populations each have	how many votes out of 535 in the Electoral College?
6063	99. Forms of Drama	What is the phrase for a serialized melodrama for daytime television?	soap opera (soap)
6064	20. Forts	These are in what state? Fort Larned, Fort Wallace, Fort Scott, Fort Jewell, Fort Dodge	Kansas
6065	58. Instrument Etymology	The name for what optical device comes from the Greek words for 'far' and 'see'?	telescope
6066	35. Insect Flight	When dragonflies remain in the same spot in the air, this kind of flight is called ...	hovering
6067	68. Fossils	Fossils that divide geologic time into small units are called guide or ---- fossils.	index
6068	66. Conifers	Because conifer needles contain a certain substance, when they fall, they tend to make the soil beneath them inhospitable to other plants. In terms of pH, the soil becomes ...	acidic
6069	117. Fog	The foggiest place in the world is the Grand Banks off what major Canadian island?	Newfoundland
6070	Sis Paleontology	The archaeopteryx is an ancestor of what kind of modern day animals?	birds
6071	19: Waves	When the peak of one wave coincides with the trough of another wave, the waves are out of ...	phase
6072	90. Military Groups	The First Regiment of U.S. Volunteer Cavalry distinguished itself in the battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan. What was the popular name of this regiment led by Teddy Roosevelt?	Rough Riders
6073	9. Prime Numbers	The next largest prime number after 181 is ...	191
6074	47. Ecological Relationships	Any organism that feeds upon those below it in a food chain is a...	consumer
6075	28. The U.S. Capital	Immediately before it moved permanently to Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital was located in what city?	Philadelphia
6076	53. Counting the Days	What Asian calendar has been in continuous use for over 2000 years?	Chinese calendar
6077	58. International Relations	What organization was the immediate predecessor of the United Nations?	League of Nations
6078	Sis Longitudes	What is the three-word name for the imaginary line on the Earth's surface that joins the north and south poles and follows the 180 degree meridian through the Pacific Ocean?	International Date Line
6079	17. Solids	The two categories of solids are amorphous and ...	crystalline
6080	79. Fantastic Creatures	To evade hunters, what creature turned itself into a Boojum?	Snark
6081	27. Footnotes	In footnotes, what is the meaning of 'ff.'?	the following pages
6082	66. Mirrors	Mirror images are not reversed right to left. Actually they are reversed front to what?	back
6083	109. Prime Ministers	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was prime minister of what country from 1973 to 1977?	Pakistan
6084	15. Elimination	Name the process by which mammals eliminate metabolic wastes from their bodies.	excretion
6085	102. Mathematical Properties	What mathematical property makes this statement true? 23x) = (2)G3)@)	associative property
6086	75. The Old West	What name reminiscent of a loud sound applied to Old West mining towns that grew up almost overnight?	boom towns
6087	Alt. 3. Jelly	Name the coagulating substance in certain fruits used in making jelly.	pectin
6088	87. Astronomy	The Horsehead and the Crab are what kind of heavenly objects?	nebulae
6089	84. Arthropods	Aquatic arthropods with hard shells and jointed bodies and appendages belong to what taxonomic class?	crustaceans
6090	38. Short Stories	This is from what Jack London story? High up in the tree one bough capsized its load of snow. This fell on the boughs beneath, capsizing them. This process continued, spreading out and involving the whole tree. It grew like an avalanche, and it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!	To Build a Fire
6091	47. Emperors	Akbar the Great was emperor of what land?	India
6092	29. Composer Anagrams	'Gnawer' is an anagram for what composer known for his operas based on Germanic legends?	Wagner
6093	4. History of Science	The person who shouted 'eureka' upon discovering the principle of displacement was part of what ancient civilization?	Greece
6094	73. Broadway	The 1983-1984 season produced three sellout musicals including 'La Cage aux Folles,' 'Sunday in the Park with George,' and what other based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot?	Cats
6095	102. Marches	Composed by John Philip Sousa, name the official march of the U.S. Marines.	Semper Fidelis
6096	37. Lakes	The largest alpine lake in North America is located in what mountain range?	Sierra Nevada
6097	27. Political Philosophy	Jeremy Bentham said the foundation of morals and legislation is the greatest happiness of the greatest what?	number
6098	87. Anatomy	The backbone or spine is also known as what column?	vertebral column
6099	94. Composer Anagrams	'Gnawer' is an anagram for what composer known for his operas based on Germanic legends?	Wagner
6100	4. Dam Disasters	A failed opening in a dam or dike is called a ...	breach
6101	67. Evaporation	The three key factors that determine the rate of evaporation are temperature, humidity, and what else?	air movement (wind, air flow rate, etc.)
6102	22. Famous Tracks	In what state is the Daytona International Speedway?	Florida
6103	122. Fuels	While petroleum and natural gas formed mainly from the remains of microscopic sea life, coal formed from the decayed remains of what?	plants
6104	91. Courts	Tangible objects and personal testimonies presented in a courtroom to support or refute an allegation are collectively known as what?	evidence
6105	33. Amendments	Prior to the adoption of the 17th Amendment, U.S. senators were chosen by what bodies?	state legislatures
6106	34. Clauses	What is the adjective clause in this example? Boonie golf, which requires a keen eye, is probably not the world's most demanding sport.	which requires a keen eye
6107	40. History of India	In 1707, following the death of Aurangzeb, the Mogul Dynasty in India began to crumble after almost two centuries of power. In the next 150 years, the Moguls lost their authority to what European nation?	Great Britain (England)
6108	15. Reciprocals		What is the reciprocal of .5?
6109	83. Waterway Technology	What massive structures that were required by the Panama Canal are entirely absent and unnecessary in the Suez Canal?	locks
6110	80. Scientific Notation	Three and one-fourth million equals 3.25 times ten to what power?	6th power
6111	25. Adventure Novels	This is from what Jules Verne story? Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the center of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius?	Journey to the Center of the Earth
6112	93. Emblems	What emblem that is the official coat of arms of the U.S. presidency is used to mark correspondence from the U.S. president to Congress?	Seal of the President of the United States
6113	33. Rodents	What North American rodent, usually about eight inches long exclusive of its hairy tail, often decorates its large nest with shiny materials and objects from human habitations?	pack rat (trade rat, wood rat)
6114	42. Herons	Only one species of heron does not live permanently in marshland. Name these birds that live near cattle and are often seen perching on the backs of cattle, buffalo, and elephants eating insects.	cattle egrets
6115	67. Disorders	What body system is directly affected by eczema, carbuncles, and albinism?	integumentary system (skin)
6116	21. Algebraic Simplification	Simplify -13x + 2x.	-11x
6117	47. Grammar	In what 'person' is the person spoken about?	third person
6118	13. Maritime Disasters	This is from a poem about what ship? On April 15, 1912, It tolled its final bell As the band played solemnly 'Nearer, my God, to Thee.' The great ship sank to its ocean grave, But some 705 souls were saved.	Titanic
6119	125. One-Sentence Novels	Name the author of the work indicated in this curt synopsis. An ambitious science student creates a human form from cadavers, and then abandons his creation that proceeds to kill everyone in its creator's life.	Mary Shelley
6120	40. Ecological Analogies	Gnus are to herbivorous as leopards are to ...	carnivorous
6121	4. Emperors	After Constantine, the most famous Byzantine emperor was ...	Justinian
6122	42. British Government	Who selects the British cabinet?	the prime minister
6123	TT. Lunar Phases	What lunar phase is the opposite of a waning crescent?	waxing gibbous
6124	30. Mortgages	Jan and John are buying a house for a total price of $60,000. They make a 20% down payment. What is the amount of the loan?	$48,000
6125	Alt. 3. Matrimony	What are the first four words in the lyrics of Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March'?	Here comes the bride.
6126	Ts Oceans	Thanks to plate tectonics, which of the world's great oceans is slowly becoming smaller?	Pacific Ocean
6127	104. Queens	Queen Victoria was the granddaughter of what British monarch who lost the American colonies?	George Ill
6128	32. The Poles	Perennial coverings of ice and snow over extensive areas at the poles are called ice what?	caps (sheets)
6129	45. Oregon	President Polk said in 1845 that the U.S. claim to the Oregon Territory up to the Alaskan border at 54 degrees 40 minutes was 'clear and unquestionable.' But worsening relations with what other North American country caused him to back off from this position?	Mexico
6130	19. Monuments	What monument in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah is administered by the Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department?	Four Corners Monument
6131	23. Einstein	Einstein said that the velocity of what in free space has the same value to all observers regardless of their frames of reference?	light
6132	3. Conditionals	What conjunction is used in most conditional	statements?
6133	101. Tracts	What tract in the body includes the nose, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs?	respiratory tract
6134	30. Ancient Immigrants	The first people who came to the Americas are believed to have come from what continent?	Asia
6135	76. Plant Anatomy	Since plants have no skeletal system, they depend on what thick structure around each cell membrane for mechanical support?	cell wall
6136	34. River Discharge	What is the discharge of a river flowing at a mean velocity of 180 feet per minute through a cross sectional area of 80 square feet?	240 cfs
6137	11. Taxonomy	What taxonomic level is between family and species?	genus
6138	14. Bouncing	A rubber or steel ball dropped on a concrete surface will bounce. What physical property is responsible for this?	elasticity
6139	45. Phobia Prefixes	What is a heliophobic most afraid of?	the Sun (sunlight)
6140	95. Terrorists	In the horrific bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon, what Russian republic was the home of the two brothers who placed the explosives?	Chechnya
6141	19. Symptoms	People whose eyes water, noses run, and ears itch when they are exposed to substances such as pollen, animal dander, or dust have what kind of common immune disorder?	allergy
6142	44. Monuments	By its title, you know that what creature is part of this monument? Equestrian Monument of Bartolommeo Colleoni	horse
6143	22. Algebraic Ratios	Express this ratio in lowest terms. x cubed to 6(x squared)	x/6 (or x to 6)
6144	67. Light	What kind of light bulb produces light by heating a filament until it glows?	incandescent light bulb
6145	46. Ability Loss	The psychological impairment called agraphia indicates a loss of a pre-existing ability to do what?	write
6146	122. Scientific Constants	As used in Einstein's famed equation, what is the scientific symbol for the velocity of light in a	vacuum?
6147	4. Scientific Method	In an experiment, name the variable the hypothesis predicts will change with changes in the independent variable.	dependent variable
6148	105. The Declaration	The Declaration of Independence stated that King George had abolished the free system of English laws in a neighboring province. What province was being referred to?	Quebec
6149	50. Colorful Seas	What sea named after the portion of the visible spectrum between orange and green is off the eastern coast of Asia?	Yellow Sea
6150	14. Weather	The chief areas of weather disturbances, figuratively called the battle zones of air masses, are called ...	fronts
6151	11. Organic Chemistry	Name the hydrocarbons which contain only single covalent bonds.	alkanes
6152	64. World Ecology	It took 1700 years for this number to double since the year 1 A.D. Then it doubled again in 200 years and doubled again in the next 100 years. The doubling time in the early 21st century is around 35 years. These statistics refer to the world's population of what organism?	man (people)
6153	123. French History	This is about what structure? Built around 1370 as part of the defenses of Paris, it was converted into a prison in the 17th century and housed mainly political prisoners. Its storming and demolition in 1789 by a large crowd is the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution.	Bastille (Bastille Saint-Antoine)
6154	52. Central America	What is the capital of the Central American nation immediately south of the country whose capital is Tegucigalpa?	Managua
6155	32. Drama	Name the member of a theater company responsible for supervising the backstage aspects of a production during rehearsal and performances.	stage manager
6156	57. Fiction	'Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty' is the opening line to a novel entitled, 'The True Confessions of Charlotte' who?	Doyle
6157	34. Trails	The last part of what major trail to the west was the Columbia River?	Oregon Trail
6158	2. The Transitive Property	According to the transitive property, if z equals 2x	and 2x equals 8, then z equals ...
6159	28. Informing the Congress	Who once uttered these words to Congress? Therefore, as President of the United States of America, I do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern that a state of war exists between the United States and the Imperial German government.	Woodrow Wilson
6160	16. Tall Tales	What animal in the tales about Pecos Bill is the same species as Walter Farley's Man O' War and Mary O'Hara's Flicka?	Widowmaker
6161	17. Populations	A population at equilibrium has reached the environment's carrying ...	capacity
6162	24. Wonders	The exotic shrubs and flowers in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were irrigated by water pumped from what river?	Euphrates
6163	11. Mountain Ranges	What mountain range divides Siberia from Europe?	Ural Mountains
6164	36. Acid Rain	Which Canadian province adjacent to the United States is least affected by acid rain?	British Columbia
6165	93. Insects	Name the three main body parts of insects.	head, thorax, abdomen
6166	84. Military Training	Overlooking the Hudson River and established in 1778, what is the oldest continuously operating army post in the United States?	West Point
6167	29. Permutations	In how many ways can eight conga dancers line up in a line?	40,320
6168	34. The Ocean Floor	A narrow and exceptionally deep depression parallel to the edge of a continent or island arc is called a ...	trench
6169	66. Landforms	These are two categories of what? fringing barrier	reefs
6170	65. Mixtures	When material is added to a gas or liquid, the material added is the solute and the substance it is added to is the sxe	solvent
6171	31. Parasites	After walking in the woods, you find some tiny red flecks on your arms. On closer inspection, these flecks attached to your skin prove to be what six-legged parasites?	chiggers
6172	70. Drama	What term for an actor who overacts also indicates a cut of meat from a hog's hind leg?	ham
6173	116. Refrains	What verb phrase is in the refrain in the various verses of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'?	is marching on (is marching)
6174	41. Time Measures	How many seconds are in one twenty-fourth of a mean solar day?	3600
6175	17. Presidential Health	While on a grueling cross-country speaking tour of the U.S. promoting the League of Nations, what president collapsed and was rushed back to Washington, where he suffered a major stroke?	Woodrow Wilson
6176	50. Courts of Olde	What legendary monarch may have held his court in the parish in Somersetshire now called Queen's Camel?	King Arthur
6177	77. Wipeouts	Geological evidence suggests that extinction of dinosaurs occurred when a city-sized meteorite impacted what peninsula?	Yucatan
6178	37. Conjunctions	Since 'FANBOYS' is a mnemonic device for remembering the coordinating conjunctions, for what does the 'F' stand?	for
6179	33. Political Persuasion	Reminiscent of the mandible, what persuasive technique involves pressuring lawmakers through private discussions and arm-twisting?	jawboning
6180	32. Colloids	Smoke consists of solids dispersed in ...	gas
6181	70. Space Travelers	What was the Soviet equivalent of an American astronaut?	cosmonaut
6182	75. Spits	When a spit reaches partly across the mouth of a bay, it is a bay-mouth ...	bar
6183	3. Homonyms	What term can refer to either the main nebulous part of the head of a comet or to a state of deep prolonged unconsciousness?	coma
6184	41. Mining	Carbonaceous deposits of what stratified rock of hardened and mineralized clay periodically receive considerable attention in the West as a source of oil?	oil shale
6185	2. Circulatory System	What structures in veins restrict blood from flowing in the wrong direction?	valves
6186	48. Physiology	When an animal needs energy, it converts glycogen into what monosaccharide?	glucose
6187	85. Music Traditions	Name the Venetian boatmen who propel their craft by a single oar and sing barcaroles.	gondoliers
6188	13. Revolutions	What month is associated with this 1917 revolutionary document? The provisional government is deposed. The state power has passed into the hands of the organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers.	October
6189	47. Fuels	When plants died in great swamps 300 million years ago, they fell into the water and sank. Great thick layers of the dead plants accumulated. In time, these thick layers rotted and formed a spongy brown material called what?	peat
6190	7. Energy	What fuel is a combination of alcohol and gasoline?	gasohol
6191	38. Civil War	What was the complete name adopted for their new nation by the southern states that seceded from the union?	Confederate States of America
6192	13. Volcanoes	Name the huge basin at the summit of a volcano that is much larger than ordinary volcanic craters?	caldera
6193	61. Photovoltaic Cells	The most common material used in solar cells is what crystalline, nonmetallic element that is abundant in the Earth's crust?	silicon
6194	21. Colonization Failures	In 1590, the first relief expedition reached Roanoke Island but found no trace of the settlement. Thereafter, what name was given to that colony?	Lost Colony
6195	82. Milestone Documents	What word follows 'forever' in this line from a 19th-century document? That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever ... f	Tee
6196	48. Mineral Transportation	Dissolved mineral salts that are relatively abundant in soil move into plant roots where they are less concentrated through what process?	diffusion
6197	83. Significant Figures		How many significant digits are in 290354.12?
6198	17. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'to search with the intent to steal' that is a homonym for another word meaning a firearm fired from the shoulder.	rifle
6199	47. Pronouns	What two types of pronouns are in this statement? I turned down a date once because I was looking for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain.	personal, indefinite
6200	84. Islands	Cyprus is in the eastern part of what sea?	Mediterranean
6201	21. Prime Numbers	Express the number 126 as a product of its primes.	2x3x3x7
6202	125. Particles	The mass of a neutron is approximately equal to that of what other subatomic particle?	proton
6203	31. Specific Gravity	The specific gravity of a sample of rock is 5.52. How much more dense is this sample than pure water?	5.52 times
6204	69. Art Forms	These are imaginative definitions of what art form? -a barbarian exercise of savage origin -when the play of limbs succeeds the play of wit -the poetry of the feet	dance (dancing)
6205	121. Physical Science	What is the term for any solid bodies bounded by flat surfaces that are symmetrically arranged?	crystals
6206	113. Scientific Laws	Which of Newton's laws indicates that the Moon should travel in a straight line?	4st law (law of inertia)
6207	114. Solids	The two categories of solids are amorphous and ...	crystalline
6208	77. Forms of Comedy	What type of comedy is associated with Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges, and the Keystone Kops?	slapstick
6209	102. Friction	When surfaces in contact move relative to each other, the friction between the two surfaces converts kinetic energy into what?	heat
6210	15. Trapezoids	The area of a trapezoid is 20 square feet. Its altitude is 5 feet and one of its bases is 5 feet. What is the length of the other base?	3 feet
6211	57. Optics	What common optical device forms an optical image by reflection?	mirror
6212	69. Theft	What is a legal synonym term for theft?	larceny
6213	100. Coercion	What is the term for violence against innocent people to further the political agenda of a group?	terrorism
6214	104. Crime	The theft of branded livestock is what crime?	rustling
6215	34. Forms of Government	What is a synonym for a representative democracy?	republic
6216	117. So Long Silent Films	Name the first successful feature-length sound movie.	The Jazz Singer
6217	74. Mississippi Senators	What Mississippi senator became president of the Confederate States of America?	Jefferson Davis
6218	108. Government Facilities	Containing 17.5 miles of corridors and some 37 million square feet of office space, it has five sides and five floors above ground. Name this largest office building in the world.	Pentagon
6219	de Doors	What kind of door, invented in 1888, is always open and always closed?	revolving door
6220	35. New Zealand Geology	The rugged features of New Zealand are caused by uplift resulting from the collision of the Indo-Australian plate with what other plate?	Pacific Plate
6221	29. Parodied Proverbs	This is a parody of a proverb that normally ends with what three words? If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished!	try try again
6222	119. Gorgeous Gorges	What is the most prominent gorge in the vicinity of the homelands of the Hualapai, Havasupai, Southern Paiute, and Navajo tribes?	Grand Canyon
6223	36. Compound Words	What phrase refers to the type of traffic accident in which the driver of a motor vehicle drives on after striking a pedestrian or another vehicle?	hit-and-run
6224	70. Birds	What kind of bird is the macaw?	parrot
6225	112. Friction	These factors determine what characteristic of a wire in an electrical system? -the length of the wire -the cross-sectional area of the wire -the temperature of the wire -the properties of the material the wire is made from	resistance
6226	111. Civilization	Cradles of civilization included the Euphrates and Tigris valleys in Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley in Egypt, the Indus Valley in India, and two river valleys in China. Name either of those.	Yangtze, Yellow (Huang He)
6227	24. Ocean Currents	What is a one-word synonym for a rip current?	undertow (rip tide)
6228	11. Wartime	The only North American territory occupied by the Japanese in World War II was a couple of islands in what archipelago?	Aleutians (Aleutian Islands)
6229	14. Myths	To whom does the pronoun refer in this line? He left his father, and soared higher, drawn to the vast heaven, nearer the sun, and the wax that held the wings melted in that fierce heat.	Icarus
6230	30. Academies	Midshipmen are students in which American military academy?	Annapolis
6231	37. U.S. Communities	Rock Springs, Sheridan, and Cody are cities in what state?	Wyoming
6232	25. Body Heat Regulation	Since dogs have few sweat glands, how do they get rid of body heat?	panting
6233	9. Vocal Music	What is the lowest female singing voice?	contralto
6234	71. Lipids	What fatty acids consist of chains of carbon atoms containing at least one double chemical bond that links to two neighboring carbon atoms?	unsaturated
6235	114. Pronouns	The last pronoun in this line is in what case? Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines reached an agreement with its creditors under which it would give them back 50% of their luggage.	possessive
6236	85. Campaigns	In recent political campaigns, candidates have learned how to deliver 30-second radio or television messages which are short on actual information but long on style. These messages are called sound what?	bytes
6237	42. National Parks	What site that later became a national park was discovered in 1901 when massive clouds of bats were observed emanating from it at twilight to forage for food?	Carlsbad Caverns
6238	7. Vaporization	The molar heat of vaporization for sodium chloride is 40.8 kilocalories per mole. How much heat is needed to vaporize 4 moles of this substance?	163.2 kilocalories
6239	104. The Earth	This is about what invisible characteristic of Earth? It emanates from the ground near the South Pole, travels nearly parallel to the ground, and then turns back into the Earth near the North Pole.	magnetic field
6240	65. Planet Geology	On Mars, what kind of physical feature is Olympus Mons?	volcano (mountain)
6241	103. Materials Science	What characteristic of a material is determined by its ability to form a thin sheet by hammering or rolling?	malleability
6242	26. The Bells	In what city would you find the Bicentennial Bell, the Centennial Bell, and the Liberty Bell?	Philadelphia
6243	38. Color	What is the complementary color of yellow?	violet
6244	106. Symbols	By 1941, all Jewish people in Germany over the age of six had to wear what symbol in public?	Star of David
6245	112. Colonial Chronology	What empire began with the capture of Ceuta in 1415 and ended with either the handover of Macao in 1999 or the granting of sovereignty to East Timor in 2002?	Portuguese Empire
6246	9. Memorials	The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in what city?	Washington, D.C.
6247	12. Spoonerisms	Complete this Tom Swifty. 'I don't care for Sinatra,' said Tom ...	frankly
6248	74. Ancient Geography	Thrace is a historical region in the southeastern part of what peninsula?	Balkan Peninsula
6249	99. Automobile History	A 1996 history of the Volkswagen Company depicts in detail just how completely the company was originally a creature of what political party?	Nazi (National Socialist)
6250	Ts World War Il	In 1940, the U.S. agreed to send Britain 50 over-age destroyers in exchange for rights to construct bases in the West Indies. This marked the beginning of what agreement with the Allies?	Lend-Lease
6251	39. Cycles	In the Old Testament, we find this quote. 'All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.' This fact is literally explained by what natural cycle?	hydrologic (water) cycle
6252	43. Modular Arithmetic		In mod 10, 17-3 is ...
6253	71. Poetry	A canto in an extended poem corresponds to what subdivision of a novel?	chapter
6254	42. Colonial Communications	Partly in response to the Stamp Act, the Gaspee Affair, the Currency Act, and the Tea Act, what committees were formed to encourage communications between the colonies?	committees of correspondence
6255	76. Science Fiction	This is from what story by H.G. Wells? Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedgelike lower lip, the Gorgon groups of tentacles were vital, intense, and monstrous.	War of the Worlds
6256	38. Captives	What three letters designate a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is captured and imprisoned during an armed conflict?	POW
6257	120. Conflicts	These were all conflicts between Arab forces and the military of what country? Suez War Six-Day War First Lebanon War First Intifada Gaza War Yom Kippur War	Israel
6258	39. Prisoners	Nelson Mandela spent more than twenty-six years as a political prisoner in what country?	South Africa
6259	48. Tourist Attractions	The main reason to visit what Pacific island is to see the 600 or so giant carved stone statues gazing out to the sea from the shoreline?	Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
6260	41. Termites	In a termite nest, the only female that lays eggs is the	queen
6261	36. History of Mining	20-mule teams brought borax out of what California valley?	Death Valley
6262	40. The Spine	Name either of the two parts of the human vertebral column that includes fused vertebrae.	sacrum, coccyx
6263	8. Records	Ancient manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 in West Bank caves are called the Dead Sea ...	Scrolls
6264	62. Big Battles	The Battle of Leyte Gulf was provoked by U.S. landings on what island in the Philippines?	Leyte
6265	85. Historical Ages	The Age of Reason is an epithet for what century?	18th
6266	15. Zoology	What category of teeth are particularly conspicuous when you face a snarling dog?	canines
6267	14. Military Engagements	This is about what war? In June of 1952 U.N. air attacks destroyed major hydroelectric installations on the Yalu.	Korean War
6268	31. Elephant Ivory	Enamel, present only in the tips of young elephant tusks, is worn off and not replaced. What substance comprises about 95% of their tusks?	dentin (or dentine)
6269	20. Seasons	Name both equinoxes.	vernal, autumnal
6270	123. Snakes	You are on a sand dune in the Mojave Desert and notice a series of short parallel lines. This could indicate that what kind of rattlesnake had recently been there?	sidewinder
6271	104. Border Controversies	A longstanding dispute about the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland was settled in 1767 by the work of what two surveyors?	Mason, Dixon
6272	41. Cryptographic Sentences	Decode this sentence and tell what the dancer is wearing. By grnine luck, however, he two day met an intoxicnineing, tenteen year old ballet dancer, clad in an abbrevinined threethree.	tutu
6273	30. Folktales	According to a tale by Charles Perrault, Fatima was briefly married to what wealthy aristocrat?	Bluebeard
6274	83. Rousseau	Complete this line from Jean Jacques Rousseau's work, 'Social Contract.' Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in ...	chains
6275	25. Modifiers	There are two ways to form superlative modifiers. One is to add the letters 'est' to the end of the word. The other is to precede it with what other word?	most (least)
6276	65. Weight	You are on Earth's surface, 4000 miles from its center, and you weigh 117 pounds. How far from the center would you have to be in order to weigh 13 pounds?	12,000 miles
6277	47. Energy	In the 1960s, the largest oil reserve north of the Mexican border was discovered in a region of Alaska called the North what?	Slope
6278	27. Sentimental Literature	A young American boy becomes heir to an English earldom in what novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett?	Little Lord Fauntleroy
6279	43. Sculpture	What material used in classical sculpture is a metamorphic rock derived from limestone that is composed mainly of a crystalline form of calcium carbonate?	marble
6280	112. Early America	In the late 18th century, the Northwest Territory was generally north of what major American river?	Ohio River
6281	41. History of Math	Identify the Greek mathematician who said, 'All right angles are equal to one another.' and 'A finite line segment can be extended to a line of any length.'	Euclid
6282	40. Southern Capitals	Name the southernmost national capital in the world.	Wellington
6283	17. Marine Life Zones	What that is totally absent in the oceans! aphotic zones is present in their photic zones?	light
6284	I21s Tales	What work by Robert Louis Stevenson begins with this? I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house.	Kidnapped
6285	35. The Confederacy	Many Southerners believed that what agricultural product was of such importance to Britain that it would guarantee the South's success if it seceded from the United States?	cotton
6286	71. Oxides	Name either of the chief iron oxide minerals that occur abundantly at or near the Earth's surface.	hematite, limonite
6287	55. Representation	Two members each from Greenland and the Faroe Island sit in the parliament of what country?	Denmark
6288	da Political Practices	Emperor Nero deported critics and burned manuscripts of which he disapproved. This is an early example of what political practice?	censorship
6289	16. Scientific Notation	Three and one-fourth million equals 3.25 times ten to what power?	6th power
6290	101. Respiratory Anatomy	Name the two main airways into your lungs.	bronchi
6291	28. Legends	When the babies Romulus and Remus were left to die, legend has it that they were saved and cared for by what creatures?	wolves
6292	49. Earth Layers	Soils are divided into horizons. The O horizon is humus, the A horizon is topsoil, the B horizon is subsoil, the C horizon is the regolith, and the R horizon is what?	bedrock
6293	72. Anthem Analysis	What is the first prepositional phrase in the U.S. national anthem?	by the dawn's early light
6294	46. Autoantonyms	What one word that rhymes with 'sip' can mean either to fasten together or to cut apart?	clip (zip)
6295	48. Blood	Approximately half of whole blood consists of what clear yellowish liquid?	plasma
6296	18. Deserts	Name the desert in which all or part of these countries are located. Yemen, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar	Arabian Desert
6297	104. Botany	What happens to the flowers of diurnal plants during daylight?	They open.
6298	21. Religious Beliefs	What 'ism' practiced by ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Greeks, Romans, Scandinavians, and Mayas involves the worship of multiple gods?	polytheism
6299	23. Medians	Find the length of the median of a trapezoid having bases of 20 and 40 feet.	30 feet
6300	31. Satellite Departures	The velocity that a satellite must have to break loose from Earth's gravitational attraction is called the ...	escape velocity
6301	46. Planetary Storms	The enormous storm observed continuously for over 300 years on Jupiter is called the Great what?	Red Spot
6302	65. Literary Aunts	What name is shared by Pollyanna's aunt and Tom Sawyer's aunt?	Polly
6303	38. Bodily Fluids	What substances produced in glands act as chemical messengers to control body functions such as growth, metabolism, and sexual development?	hormones
6304	96. Earthquake Prediction	Studies in China, Russia, and the U.S. have shown that just before an earthquake, in response to mountain strain, greater amounts of what inert gas are released and dissolved in groundwater?	radon
6305	57. Wordy Writing	What one word can replace five pretentious words in this sentence? I can't be a pro basketball player due to the fact that I am less than four feet tall.	because (since, as)
6306	52. Homophones	Spell the term for an irregular military force or paramilitary unit that is a homophone for the largest anthropoid ape.	guerrilla
6307	47. Windows	What material comprises the elaborate windows in Canterbury Cathedral and the cathedral at Chartres?	stained glass
6308	38. Europeans	Thaddeus Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski assisted the colonist's cause during the Revolutionary War. They were both natives of what country?	Poland
6309	21. Anatomical Malapropisms	Correct the idiom used in this sentence. That coach stands head and heels above all his peers.	head and shoulders
6310	36. Old West Outlaws	This is about whom? There is only one American bandit who is classical, who is to this country what Robin Hood or Dick Turpin is to England.	Jesse James
6311	6. Physical Properties	What adjective describes solid or gaseous substances that do not dissolve in a liquid?	insoluble
6312	46. Mythology	Who eloped with Paris and caused her husband, Menelaus, to gather the Greeks and attack Troy?	Helen
6313	39. Clouds	What prefix is used in the names for high clouds?	cirro-
6314	46. Ancient Literature	Who uttered these words in a Greek story? Remember all I've told you. Above all, remember you must not fly too high or too low. If you fly too high, the heat of the sun will melt the wax and your wings will fall apart.	Daedalus
6315	85. Inflammations	Osteomyelitis is the inflammation of what?	bone (or bone marrow)
6316	28. Horse Myths	In Greek legend, the winged horse, Pegasus, sprang from the blood of what slain Gorgon?	Medusa
6317	17. Weather Prediction	Doppler radar detection of mesocyclones is used to predict what kind of potentially devastating meteorological event?	tornado
6318	73. German Technology	Huge quantities of what gas were essential to Ferdinand von Zeppelin's vehicles?	hydrogen
6319	Alt. 4. Inequalities	What is the greatest possible value of a number if five more than the quotient of the number and 2 is at least	that number?
6320	20. Light Bulbs	The glass bulb enclosing the filament in an incandescent light bulb contains either a vacuum or an inert gas that prevents what chemical reaction from occurring on the filament?	oxidation
6321	Alt. 4. Intercontinental Exchanges	The transmission of non-native plants, animals, and diseases from Europe to the Americas, and vice versa, after 1492 is known as what exchange?	Columbian Exchange
6322	31. Birds	What is the male version of a peahen?	peacock
6323	31. Astronomy	What body in the solar system has these characteristics? granules convection zones prominences photosphere filaments spicules	Sun
6324	67. Branches of Government	Which branch of the federal government is responsible for interpreting laws and resolving any conflicts which arise from them?	judicial branch
6325	92. Weaponry History	Prior to the invention of the percussion cap, what firing mechanism was used on most pistols and rifles in the 17th and 18th centuries?	flintlock
6326	78. Rivers	Name the largest river between the Brooks Range and the Aleutian Islands.	Yukon
6327	18. Topics of Science	These topics all pertain to what field of earth science? azimuth parallax perturbation occultation solstice ecliptic	astronomy
6328	80. Latin American Capitals	In 1970, the capital of what nation was moved to Belmopan from its former site at Belize City?	Belize
6329	14. Mountains	What mountain system traverses these countries? India Iran Afghanistan	Himalayas
6330	34. Astronomical Poetry	What is the 'cinder' in this verse by C.S. Lewis? Thus easily can Earth digest A cinder of sidereal fire, And make her translunary guest The native of an English shire.	meteorite
6331	59. Rewards	What kind of payments led to the extinction of the Tasmanian wolf and the extermination of most of the grey wolves in the U.S.?	bounties
6332	56. Law Enforcement Vocabulary	What legal term means to send an individual back into custody or detention?	remand
6333	39. Verbal Reasoning	What type of test item is shown below? Bee is to honey as cook is to soup.	analogy
6334	3. Blood Disorders	The blood of a person with hemophilia fails to .	clot
6335	44. Cuisine	You mash a few avocados in a bowl with lemon juice, grated onion, salsa, pepper, and salt. Identify this popular dish.	guacamole
6336	13. Plurals and Singulars	What is the singular of the word 'series'?	series
6337	49. Machines	What is the name for the use of toothed wheels for transmitting rotary motion from one machine element to another?	gearing
6338	Alt. 4. The Big Squeeze	When a force, F, acts perpendicular to a surface with an area, A, what is the formula for pressure?	P = FIA
6339	10. Immigration	In 1892, within sight of the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Immigration Bureau opened a central facility for handling immigrants on what island?	Ellis Island
6340	6. Biblical Passages	Who asked the question in this excerpt? Then one of the twelve went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?' And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.	Judas
6341	29. Drama	What is the stage direction borrowed from Latin that literally means 'they exit'?	exeunt
6342	110. Scientific Adjectives	What term used in the physical sciences means that a material such as silver or lead can be shaped by hammering?	malleable
6343	Alt. 3. Leaf Testing	If you put some iodine on a leaf and, after several hours, the leaf turns dark blue, you know that the leaf contains what naturally abundant carbohydrate?	starch
6344	122. Music Notation	On sheet music, notes for a pitch beyond the range of the five-line staff are represented by what lines?	ledger lines
6345	120. Seasons	Which equinox occurs on September 22 or 23?	autumnal equinox
6346	99. Mammals	The forelimbs of four-legged mammals are homologous to what structures on seals?	fins (or flippers)
6347	55. European Engineers	Although mainly a builder of bridges, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designed what monument?	Eiffel Tower
6348	20. Memorial Poems	This verse is from a poem about what U.S. national memorial? Black granite stretches its harsh, tapering wings up to pedestrian-level grass but sucks me down, here, at the intersection of names. I forgive, I must, though I wish something could heal this wound in the earth.	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
6349	67. Awards	What coveted awards are given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?	Oscars
6350	23. Islands	Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are islands just south of what cape?	Cape Cod
6351	48. Concessions	In 1997, what country made its first official admission that it had acted as the chief banker and money launderer for the Nazis?	Switzerland
6352	30. Special Words	How are these pairs of phrases classified? Horatio Nelson - honor est a nilo Dame Eleanor Davies - never so mad a ladie Queen Victoria's jubilee - I require love in a subject	anagrams
6353	33. Homonyms	What word can mean an intense bright light or to stare angrily?	glare
6354	35. Angiosperms	The structure in angiosperms that bears the organs for sexual reproduction is the ...	flower
6355	121. Legends	What legendary character was born around 1160 at Locksley in Nottinghamshire?	Robin Hood
6356	9. The Chain of Command	In the Department of Defense, who has more power than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?	Secretary of Defense
6357	44. Penguin Tissues	Penguins that sit on their eggs for weeks without feeding are living off the fat reserves stored in what kind of tissues?	adipose
6358	54. Fictional Characters	In Ursula Le Guin's 'Earthsea' novels, what is Ged's commonly used name that is reminiscent of a small bird of prey?	Sparrowhawk
6359	91. Fables	What was bestowed by the following? Reynard's wonderful ring Otnit's ring Alberich's cap Jack the Giant-Killer's cloak Perseus' helmet	invisibility
6360	24. Plant Stuff	What partially carbonized remnant of mosses and sedges is used as a soil amendment and fuel?	peat
6361	47. Broadcasters	Axis Sally was a broadcaster during the 1940s associated with what political party?	Nazi (National Socialist)
6362	48. Lava	A jet of lava sprayed into the air by the rapid formation and expansion of gas bubbles in the molten rock is called a lava ...	fountain
6363	36. The 1830s	He said, 'On this subject I do not wish to think or speak or write with moderation. In a cause like the present I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch.' What was William Lloyd Garrison talking about?	slavery
6364	31. State Histories	The history of what state is associated with Sanford Dole, William McKinley, and Queen Liliuokalani?	Hawaii
6365	19. Participles	What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb 'weave'?	wove, woven
6366	114. Ecological Tragedies	During the opening weeks of the 1991 war in Iraq, an enormous oil slick was intentionally released into what body of water?	Persian Gulf
6367	30. Technology History	The two men who established Apple Computer and helped launch the personal computer revolution were Steve Wozniak and who else?	Steve Jobs
6368	101. British Science Fiction	This is from what work by Mary Shelley? It was already one in the morning. The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.	Frankenstein
6369	13. Long Novels	Named after a mythical king and Trojan War leader, what novel is a stream of consciousness account of one day in the lives of Dubliner Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly?	Ulysses
6370	119. Meaning	The adjectives 'assertive' and 'pushy' both mean conspicuously energetic or active, but the former suggests characteristics like determination and self-confidence, while the latter implies officiousness, rudeness, and offensive forwardness. What is the term for such suggested meanings?	connotations
6371	82. Emblems	The crescent shape is a symbol of the moon and an emblem of what religion?	Islam
6372	49. Evolution	Reptiles overcame the problem of reproduction on land by producing what new kind of eggs that freed them from having to live near bodies of water?	eggs with shells
6373	51. Prisons	The most famous captive held in the French prison of Chateau d'If was what fictional prisoner created by Alexandre Dumas?	Edmund Dantes (Count of Monte Cristo)
6374	73. Settings	What national park is the setting for Will Hobbs' novel, 'Downriver'?	Grand Canyon
6375	120. Force	A covered wagon is pulled by two horses, one with a force of 220 pounds due west, the other with a force of 350 pounds due west. What is the total force on the wagon?	570 pounds west
6376	10. Proverbs	How is this proverb usually stated? Tribulation is enamored of aggregations.	Misery loves company.
6377	8. Percentage Error	What is the percentage error to three significant figures if an angle that is actually 60 degrees is erroneously measured as 62 degrees?	3.33%
6378	88. Figures of Speech	What word completes this poem that illustrates personification? Do parks get lonely in winter, perhaps, when benches have only snow in their ...	laps
6379	6. Gulf States Geography	A ship leaves Brownsville, Texas on a northeasterly course. It does not make land in either Texas or Florida so we know it will do so in one of which three states?	Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana
6380	21. Rumors	Various rumors and stories concerning whose treasure formed the basis of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Gold Bug'?	Captain (William) Kidd's
6381	63. The Solar System	What two planets in the solar system lack at least one satellite?	Mercury, Venus
6382	62. European Capitals	What is the capital of the country that borders the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel?	Paris
6383	29. Magnetite	Given that magnetite has a specific gravity of 5.2, what is the mass of a sample of magnetite 1 cm by 2 cm by 10 cm?	104 grams
6384	16. Ecology	On Michigan's Isle Royale national park, there is just one predator, the wolf. And there is just one prey. Name it.	moose
6385	4. Joints	What type of joint is illustrated by the knee?	hinge
6386	10. Rivers	What river borders the national park in southwestern Texas?	Rio Grande (Rio Bravo)
6387	51. Teeth	How many of the adult's 32 permanent teeth are	molars?
6388	9. Examinations	What kind of examination is required in the event of a coroner's inquest?	autopsy (post-mortem)
6389	6. Diaries	Whose diary, found near his frozen body some ten months after he had reached the South Pole, is a stirring account of the suffering and bravery of his men?	Robert Scott's
6390	58. Locations	Where are you if the celestial equator passes directly overhead?	on the equator (0 degrees latitude)
6391	30. Defects	What is the four-syllable term for the visual defect resulting from the lens of the eye refracting the parallel rays of light to a focal point in front of the retina?	myopia (nearsightedness)
6392	49. Family Literature	How many children are in the family in the book by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey?	12 (Cheaper by the Dozen)
6393	38. New World Colonizers	The five kingdoms that first established colonies in the New World included the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and the ...	Dutch
6394	20. Forces	What provides the centripetal forces that keep the planets in their orbits around the Sun and the Moon in its orbit around the Earth?	gravity
6395	50. Sets	The set of multiples of 5 is what type of mathematical set?	infinite
6396	32. Metals	What adjective applies to rare metallic elements of high economic value?	precious
6397	50. Ice Ages	In glaciologic terms, ice ages are made up of several glaciations, during which the ice advances and then does what?	retreats
6398	70. Greek Myths	Narcissus was fond of whose image?	his own
6399	68. Energy	The kind of nuclear energy used in power plants is ...	fission
6400	23. Electronics	Name the ability of a capacitor to store a charge.	capacitance
6401	21. President Paintings	A popular painting depicts George Washington on his way to what city in 1789 to be inaugurated as the first president of the U.S.?	New York City
6402	58. Congress	What is the title of the leader of the house of Congress which must originate all bills for raising revenue?	speaker of the House
6403	123. Political Factions	In the mid-1790s, two American political factions emerged. The Hamiltonian faction took on the name of Federalists, while the Jeffersonians became the Republicans. The latter was a predecessor of what modern political party?	Democrat Party
6404	75. Animal Villains	What character created by Rudyard Kipling became an instant villain when he proclaimed that the man cub, Mowgli, was rightfully his to kill?	Shere Khan
6405	77. Golf	Mavis Wuburnski was given a second free tee shot when she hooked her first tee shot off the heads of two gallery members and into the back seat of a Studebaker on the adjacent freeway. Name this free golf shot.	mulligan
6406	35. Soviet Government	These men were all members of what left-wing majority group in the early history of the Soviet Union? Grigory Zinoviev, Nikolai Bukharin, Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin	Bolshevik
6407	30. Ship Songs	What is the complete name of the ship mentioned in this verse? It's of an American frigate the 'Richard' by name / Mounted forty-four guns, and from New York she came. / A-cruising down the channel of Old England's fame / With a noble commander, Paul Jones was his name.	Bonhomme_ Richard
6408	73. Logic	What is the negation of this statement? Today is Friday.	Today is not Friday.
6409	112. Light Transmission	What is the opposite of opaque?	transparent
6410	56. Documents	What historic document is associated with the man whose personal residence was at Monticello?	Declaration of Independence
6411	89. Materials Science	What is the name for materials formed by trapping countless gas bubbles in a solid or liquid?	foam
6412	4. Mineral Classifications	Name the scale used in classifying the hardness of minerals.	Mohs scale
6413	45. Legislation	Nebraska and Kansas were established as separate territories through what legislation?	Kansas-Nebraska Act
6414	101. Art Techniques	Hatching is the engraving, etching, or drawing of closely spaced, fine lines to create the effect of what?	shadow
6415	72. Oceans	The Pacific Ocean was named from the Spanish adjective 'pacifico' meaning ...	peaceful (calm)
6416	78. Rectangles	The perimeter of a rectangle equals the sum of twice the width and twice the length. The perimeter is 33.	The length is 9.5. What is the width?
6417	72. Triangle Areas	Find the area of a triangle with a base of 9 inches and a height of 6 inches.	27 square inches
6418	26. Special Batteries	These power sources are typically used on spacecraft. Name this special kind of electric battery that keeps on making electricity as long as oxygen and hydrogen are fed into it.	fuel cell
6419	62. Electricity	What is the term for an electrical connection deliberately made between the earth and a part of an electrical system?	ground
6420	Sis Multiplying Variables	If x is multiplied by 5/4, it will change from 16 to 20 or from ---- to 55.	44
6421	28. Insects	The adult has four large glassy wings. Its head is occupied almost entirely by compound eyes. Its antennae are small. It cannot walk but flies as fast as 60 miles per hour. Name these slender, long-bodied insects that lay their eggs in water or on aquatic plants.	dragonflies
6422	86. Ancient Emperors	Emperor Ashoka converted to what religion that ultimately spread throughout India?	Buddhism
6423	54. Probability	A box contains 3 black balls, 2 green balls, 6 yellow balls, and 8 clear balls. If one of them is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will not be a clear ball?	11/19
6424	43. Keeping the Peace	Peacekeepers of what international organization are known as the Blue Berets because of the color of their headgear?	United Nations
6425	45. Immigration	An enormous number of immigrants converged on what land mass following the 1851 discovery of gold in New South Wales?	Australia
6426	22. Perimeters	What is the perimeter of a quadrilateral with sides of 2p + q, p + 3q, 3p + q, and 3p + 2q?	9p + 7q
6427	58. Sentences	What is the simple predicate in this sentence? The primitive people in the island village affected by the radiation were listening to a report by the federal investigators.	were listening
6428	19. Polygonal Coins	The British 50-pence coin with seven sides is a heptagon and Malta's 50-cent piece with ten sides is a decagon. The Australian 50-cent piece has twelve sides and is a...	dodecagon
6429	119. American Nonfiction	This is from what book? When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself.	Walden
6430	Sis Atmospheric Gases	What gas that in the stratosphere provides a protective shield against ultraviolet radiation is, in the troposphere, a major component of photochemical smog?	ozone
6431	10. Rights	The freedom of people to gather together in public is called freedom of ...	assembly
6432	8. The Mideast	Yassir Arafat was an important figure in the leadership of what Mideast people?	Palestinians
6433	14. Electricity	What is the opposition of a substance to electrical current passing through it called?	resistance
6434	111. Pulleys	If you use a two-pulley system, the amount of effort to lift the heavy object is half as much but how far do you then have to pull the rope?	twice as far
6435	114. Wordplay	These are examples of what form of wordplay? -The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick. -Freshly fried flying fish. -Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? -Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.	tongue twisters
6436	9. Decisive Battles	Sam Houston's army of 900 men soundly defeated Santa Anna's force of 1400 at the juncture of the Buffalo Bayou and what other river?	San Jacinto
6437	78. Archaeology	What are the three ages in the three-age system of archaeology?	stone age, bronze age, iron age
6438	113. Ancient Chinese Physics	This Chinese quote from around 400 B.C. is similar to which of Isaac Newton's laws of motion? The cessation of motion is due to the opposing force and if there is no opposing force, the motion will never stop.	first law of motion
6439	36. Primitive Science	Ancient Greeks classified all matter in one of four categories of elements including earth, fire, and what other two?	air, water
6440	60. Quinine	The antipyretic property of quinine means that it helps reduce what?	fever
6441	84. Lenses	What adjective indicates the surface of a lens that is hollowed out?	concave
6442	5. Radiation	Emission of what kind of radiation from arc welders may cause temporary blindness?	ultraviolet
6443	12. Elements	The periodic table is arranged in vertical columns called groups and horizontal rows called ...	periods
6444	34. Rhyme	What is the rhyme scheme of this verse by William Wordsworth? When she I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I to her cottage bent my way, Beneath the evening moon.	ABAB
6445	48. Metals	The malleability and ductility of a metal is primarily dependent on two factors including pressure and what else?	temperature
6446	21. Algebraic Simplification	Simplify 8 + 3(2p + 5) + 7p.	13p + 23
6447	4. Industrial Fishing	The harvesting of a fish to a point where it cannot reproduce itself in significant numbers is called what kind of fishing?	overfishing
6448	45. Bad Veggies	What is the probable result of eating a plate of any of these plants? foliage from a cherry tree jimsonweed thododendrons yews	death
6449	20. Humidity	The air in a closed container is saturated with water vapor at 20 degrees C. What is its relative humidity?	100%
6450	53. Forts	Fort McHenry is best known for its role in what war?	War of 1812
6451	60. Glaciers	What is another name for valley glaciers?	alpine (mountain) glaciers
6452	49. Island Mines	In prehistoric times, great amounts of what metal were mined from what is now Isle Royale in Lake Superior?	copper
6453	94. State Nicknames	Which state is the Land of Lincoln?	Illinois
6454	10. Scientific Notation	Express in scientific notation the quotient of (5.4 times (10 to the negative Ist power)) divided by (3.4 times (10 to the first power)).	1.588 times (10 to the negative 2nd power)
6455	3. Cells	A plexus is a mass of what kind of cells?	neurons (nerve cells)
6456	37. Disasters	In 1980, an area extending outward ten kilometers was stripped of all vegetation. Downslope forests were leveled. From the air the leafless, scorched trunks looked like thousands of jackstraws strewn on the ground. What had erupted?	Mt. St. Helens
6457	13. Fictional Characters	What character created by Saul Bellow says there is an 'animal ridens in me, the laughing creature, forever rising up'?	Augie March
6458	61. Employment	What practice is indicated by these definitions? -a $10 word meaning to stow your relatives in a soft berth -when your opponent puts a relative on the payroll -perverting public office into family property	nepotism
6459	125. Statues	What is the name for the characteristic statues of Easter Island?	moai
6460	115. Etymology	These words came into English from what language? cache, malaise, somber, impasse, rapport	French
6461	59. Earnings	Mort earns $5.13 per hour at the centipede farm. During one week he worked 5.3 hours, 8 hours, 5.7 hours, 4.2 hours, and 5.8 hours. How much was earned that week?	$148.77
6462	12. Currency	What monetary unit formerly used in these countries has the same name? Luxembourg Belgium France Switzerland	franc
6463	56. Power Plants	What kind of power plants frequently incorporate heliostats?	solar power plants
6464	41. Winds	In which cardinal direction does the winter monsoon of southern Asia generally blow?	south
6465	8. Machines	What kind of machine converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by rotating an armature, which contains conductors, through a magnetic field?	generator (dynamo, alternator)
6466	1. Drawings	You have just drawn a human form consisting only of lines and a circle for the head. Such a representation is called a ...	stick figure
6467	94. Laws of the Lands	India has the world's longest constitution, with 448 articles and 94 amendments. In contrast to that, what country has the shortest constitution?	United States
6468	47. Stellar Brightness	The three factors determine the apparent brightness of a star as seen from Earth include how big it is, how hot it is, and ...	how far away it is
6469	47. Spelling	Spell the term beginning with 'm' that means an adhesive substance.	mucilage
6470	31. Medical History	In the 1930s, it was determined that blood could be separated into red blood cells and what clear, yellowish fluid?	plasma
6471	110. Instruments	These are varieties of what kind of percussion instruments? banana double steel snare kettle	drums
6472	47. Reformers	What was the nationality of Martin Luther, the leader of the Reformation in the 16th century?	German
6473	13. Seas	Since the Laccadive Sea is off the southwest coast of India, what larger sea is immediately to its west?	Arabian Sea
6474	73. Asteroids	The three main groupings of asteroids are the C-type which are carbon rich, the S-type which are stony, and the M-type which are what?	metallic
6475	76. Pirate Poems	The man named in this poem ended up being known as what pirate? Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port On board a privateer, in search of sport, As one of the crew, during the French War in that station, And for personal courage he soon gained his captain's approbation.	Blackbeard
6476	14. Inclined Planes	An angle of how many degrees to the horizontal is formed by an inclined plane that is maximally tipped?	90 degrees
6477	62. Performing Arts	These are typical skills exhibited by what kind of performer? -touching one's head to one's own buttocks -placing both of one's legs behind one's neck -doing splits of more than 180 degrees -dislocating one's shoulders or hip joints -squeezing into a small box	contortionist
6478	48. Wanton Arson	Troops from what country started some 650 oil fires in Kuwait in the 1990s?	Iraq
6479	67. Skin	Tiny openings in the skin through which perspiration is released are called ...	pores
6480	16. Legal Principles	The concept that no individual or group may receive special privileges nor be unjustly discriminated against by the law is called equal ---- of the law.	protection
6481	34. African Sites	In what country would you find the Timbuktu World Heritage Site?	Mali
6482	14. Cartesian Coordinates		The ordered pair 2, -5 falls in which quadrant?
6483	38. Churchill	When Winston Churchill said, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,' he was speaking about members of what British military organization?	RAF (Royal Air Force)
6484	9. Chemistry History	In 1870, what Russian chemist left 29 empty spots in his table for elements he correctly predicted would be discovered later?	Dmitri Mendeleev
6485	14. Geology	What is a mineral aggregate in which the valuable metalliferous minerals are sufficiently abundant to make the aggregate worth mining?	ore
6486	23. Bearings	Identify the soft, durable alloy used on shaft bearings in engines.	Babbitt metal
6487	6. Signatories	What signer of the Declaration of Independence became vice president of the United States between 1789 and 1797?	John Adams
6488	18. Heavenly Bodies	The volume of these heavenly objects exceeds that of any other member of our solar system, yet their masses are minute. Name them.	comets
6489	52. Asian Nations	What Asian country lies between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?	India (or Sri Lanka)
6490	36. Archipelagoes	Name the northernmost archipelago through which the International Date Line runs.	Aleutians
6491	58. Short Stories	In what story does Rainsford conclude that 'he had never slept in a better bed'?	The Most Dangerous Game
6492	123. Musicals	In the musical, '1776,' what kind of trade is the topic of the song sung by John Rutledge entitled 'Molasses to Rum'?	triangular (or slave) trade
6493	71. Circles	What is the radius of a circle whose circumference is 72 pi?	36
6494	88. Labor History	Membership in the Knights of Labor began to decline immediately after a bomb exploded in what Chicago square in 1886?	Haymarket Square
6495	9. Tropes	What literary device attributes living characteristics to inanimate objects?	personification (anthropomorphism)
6496	66. Solids	A rectangular solid has a length of 8 feet and a width of 6 feet. Find its height if its volume is 288 cubic feet.	6 feet
6497	3. Sobriquets	Who was the Strong Man of Cuba up until his overthrow by Fidel Castro in 1959?	Fulgencio Batista
6498	59. Gold	What silver strike is associated with Virginia City?	Comstock Lode
6499	Alt. 5. Medieval Classifications	How would a medieval scholar classify these tendencies? gluttony wrath pride avarice	vices
6500	89. Shadows	What happens to the shadow as the light source behind the object making the shadow becomes wider?	shadow becomes more blurred (hazy, indistinct)
6501	13. Peninsulas	What Mexican peninsula is closest to Cuba?	Yucatan Peninsula
6502	13. Involution	What is 1/3 to the fourth power?	1/81
6503	22. Story Starters	What English story begins with this line? Alice was beginning to get tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do.	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6504	65. Taxes	The form to be filed with a taxing authority by a taxpayer which details one's income, expenses, exemptions, and deductions is called a tax ...	return
6505	103. Electricity	Several electric lights are connected but one is accidentally broken. Right away, all the other lights also go out. How were these lights connected?	series
6506	73. U.S. States	What state is immediately north of the state in which these cities are located? Peoria Kankakee Champaign Quincy	Wisconsin
6507	3. Pronouns	What category of pronouns is illustrated in these examples? The angels preened each others' wings. The two ghosts slimed each other. The spies gossiped with one another.	reciprocal
6508	13. Prefix Puns	What geometrical instrument completes this pun? I'm not against using a tractor. The fact of the matter is that I'm ...	protractor
6509	70. Types of Angles	What type of angle is formed at each interior corner of an octagon?	obtuse angle
6510	84. War Vocabulary	What is the collective name for weapons that fire projectiles larger than one-half inch in diameter?	artillery
6511	85. Defenses	Ralph told the court he could not possibly have set the Malibu fires because he was locked inside the Biosphere Dome in Arizona at the time the fires occurred. What is the name for such an excuse proving the physical impossibility that a suspect could have committed a crime?	alibi
6512	9. Reference Books	This was the original purpose of what reference book? To supply a desideratum to the English language - a collection of the words it contains and the idiomatic combinations peculiar to it, arranged according to the ideas which they express.	thesaurus
6513	46. Light	To the nearest minute, how long does it take light to travel a distance of 90 million miles?	8 minutes
6514	46. Routes	What mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan was an invasion route for Alexander the Great and Tamerlane?	Khyber Pass
6515	103. The Mideast	Who led the fundamentalist Islamic movement that deposed the shah of Iran in 1979?	Ayatollah Khomeini
6516	9. Explorers	What Norwegian who flew over the North Pole in a dirigible, the Norge, was the first to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage and first to reach the South Pole?	Roald Amundsen
6517	3. Metamorphism	The two kinds of pressure involved in metamorphism include directed pressure which is dynamic and confining pressure which is what?	static
6518	120. Bad Birds	These man-eating birds that lived in a swamp had beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could propel at their victims, and toxic dung. Name these loathsome creatures killed by Hercules.	Stymphalian birds
6519	12. Infant Anatomy	Fontanels and sutures are essential during infancy for the development of what organ?	brain
6520	46. Geology	What is element is in diamonds and anthracite?	carbon
6521	17. History of Government	Who wrote in his 'Two Treatises on Civil Government' in the 18th century that men are by nature free, equal and independent?	John Locke
6522	17. Weapons of War	What kind of weapon destroyed the Lusitania in 1915?	torpedo
6523	71. American Leaders	Matthew Galbraith Perry and his brother, Oliver, were in which branch of the military?	navy
6524	74. Constellations	'Sco' is the abbreviation for what constellation?	Scorpio
6525	30. Solids	A polyhedron is a solid with faces in the shape of ...	polygons
6526	14. Bad Relations	In 1999, resulting from renewed investigations of the Waco tragedy involving the Branch Davidians, the relationship between the nation's top prosecutors and its premier police agency sank to a new low. Name these organizations.	Department of Justice, FBI
6527	38. Foreign Policy	In relation to European colonization, the United States issued its first comprehensive foreign policy statement 1823, a declaration known as the ...	Monroe Doctrine
6528	125. Theaters	In what kind of theater does the audience surround the stage?	theater in the round
6529	78. Leaves	When a leaf blade is divided into two or more parts, the leaf is compound. If the leaf consists of a single blade, although the edge may be indented in various ways, the leaf is described as being what?	simple
6530	58. Legends	According to English legend, who did the sheriff hope would come to a great archery tournament to be held in Nottingham Town?	Robin Hood
6531	43. Canyons	In what state is Waimea Canyon?	Hawaii
6532	8. Colonial Period	These were the three types of colonies established in the New World by what country? proprietary colonies charter colonies royal colonies	England (Great Britain)
6533	47. Libraries	Plays and novels are in which range of the Dewey Decimal System?	800-899 (the 800s)
6534	45. U.S. Geography	Most of New York City lies on what island?	Manhattan Island
6535	111. Ballets	Tchaikovsky wrote the music for a ballet which tells of a beautiful young girl awakening to her first moments with what prince?	Prince Charming
6536	26. Phrases	What is the function of the phrase 'eating anchovies' in this example? Eating anchovies is always a pleasure.	subject of sentence
6537	19. Roman Numeral Anatomy	The Roman numeral CCVI represents the number of what in the body?	bones
6538	33. Hemingway	In what work by Ernest Hemingway is this quote? The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.	For Whom the Bell Tolls
6539	21. Potassium	Elemental potassium does not exist in nature because it reacts violently with what common substance?	water
6540	69. Mirrors	The earliest mirrors were pieces of polished stone, often made of what naturally occurring black volcanic glass?	obsidian
6541	37. Poetry	What are the last five words in this excerpt from a poem by Coleridge? Water water everywhere And all the boards did shrink. Water water everywhere ...	Nor any drop to drink
6542	22. Hair Problems	What atmospheric condition is mostly to blame for a bad-hair day?	high humidity (or precipitation, rain, fog, etc.)
6543	56. Equations	Solve this equation for x.	6-x-3x = 30
6544	13. Inventions	The folding fan was invented in the seventh century in what island country?	Japan
6545	50. Demands	'Liberty - Equality - Fraternity' was the battle cry in what revolution?	French Revolution
6546	96. Bird Wings	Name the three main bones in a bird's wing.	humerus, radius, ulna
6547	6. Hexagons	The measure of each interior angle of a regular hexagon is how many degrees?	120
6548	62. Amendments	Which amendment protects an individual from furnishing testimony or evidence that may be used in a legal proceeding against himself?	5th
6549	36. Properties of Matter	What property of matter is the sharply defined, reproducible temperature at which a pure solid substance changes into a liquid?	melting point
6550	4. Documents	This is from what document in U.S. history? The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them.	Articles of Confederation
6551	39. Wildlife Conservation	In 1900, about 500,000 white-tailed deer remained in the U.S. Today, that population is about 36 million, an increase of what percentage?	7100
6552	18. Half-Lives	The half-life of a radioactive isotope is 15 hours. 7/8 of a sample of this isotope will decay in how many hours?	45 hours
6553	37. Short Stories	From what story are these lines taken? 'Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! - Here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!'	The Tell-Tale Heart
6554	2. Agriculture	What is the name for a belt of trees or shrubs arranged as a protection against strong winds?	shelterbelt (windbreak, hedgerow)
6555	41. Rhyme	Using letters of the alphabet, what is the rhyme scheme in this verse? The king sits in Dumferling town, Drinking the blood-red wine. 'Oh where will I get good sailors, To sail this ship of mine?'	abcb
6556	119. Journalism	A newspaper prints an article about why the staff is supporting certain candidates in an upcoming election. Name this kind of piece.	editorial
6557	Alt. 1. Ancient Geography	The New Kingdom of ancient Egypt was adjacent to what two seas?	Mediterranean, Red
6558	112. Onomatopoeia	What onomatopoeic word suggests the deep, ringing sound of a bell?	bong (dong, gong)
6559	81. Early Federal Programs	In 1800, when the seat of U.S. government was being transferred to Washington D.C., legislation appropriated $5000 'for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use' of the legislative branch. What institution was thus established?	Library of Congress
6560	3. Volume	What is the volume of a triangular box 20 centimeters long with a base of 6 cm and a height of 4 cm?	240 cc
6561	86. International Relations	In 1980, Canadians helped six Americans escape from their besieged embassy in what country?	lran
6562	37. The Earth	While Earth's equatorial circumference is 7927 miles, what circumference of Earth is 7899 miles?	polar circumference
6563	17. Greek Myths	Hercules freed what Greek mythical hero from the chains binding him to a rock?	Prometheus
6564	11. Homeric Literature	In the 'Odyssey,' identify the bird-women whose beautiful voices lure sailors to their doom on rocky shores.	Sirens
6565	15. Air Masses	Maritime air masses form over ...	water (oceans)
6566	41. Energy	Hammering a nail converts mechanical energy into what other form of energy?	thermal (heat)
6567	37. Novels	These are parts of what story? -Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth -a temperamental Pierce Arrow -a family of twelve children	Cheaper by the Dozen
6568	92. Musicals	This is from the introduction in what musical? I shall impersonate a man. Come, enter into my imagination, and see him: Bony, hollow faced, eyes that burn with the fire of inner vision. He conceives the strangest project ever imagined - to become a knight errant And sally forth into the world, righting all wrongs!	Man of La Mancha
6569	34. Wounds	What kind of dense connective tissue forms over a healing wound?	scar tissue
6570	83. Life	What filamentous prokaryotic life form may be single-cellular or multi-cellular, and spherical, rod-shaped, or spiral-shaped?	bacteria
6571	16. British Tradition	In Great Britain, what is the Union Jack?	a flag
6572	13. Points	A set of points whose location is specified by an equation is a ...	locus
6573	10. War Chronology	What international war began during the Mexican Revolution?	World War \|
6574	82. Legislation	What is the term for a proposed law?	bill
6575	54. Deserts	The Libyan Desert is part of what larger desert?	Sahara
6576	17. Tides	The greatest tidal range on the planet occurs in a bay of what country?	Canada
6577	46. Root Words	What is the meaning of the root in audience, auditory, audible, and auditorium?	hear
6578	114. Leaders	This was from a story about whom? Increasingly isolated since the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, he remains a charismatic personality, dedicated to the maintenance of the Cuban revolution.	Fidel Castro
6579	8. Military Regalia	What is the color of the caps worn by members of the U.S. Army Special Forces who specialize in unconventional warfare?	Green
6580	19. Novels	What novel set in 1906 in Georgia opens with Rucker Blakeslee announcing that he is to marry one of his employees who is years younger, even though his wife died just a few weeks before?	Cold Sassy Tree
6581	75. Marine Mammals	What type of whales dive deepest?	sperm whales
6582	107. Fictional Characters	With what kind of watercraft is Marko Ramius associated in a novel by Tom Clancy?	submarine
6583	41. Crime	Sheriff Sara arrested Mitchell who was the lookout when Ricky wounded Carl while robbing Buford's Barbecue. Who was the accomplice?	Mitchell
6584	123. Amendments	Which amendment guarantees separation of church and state?	1st amendment
6585	85. Boating Vocabulary	What verb indicates what happens when an accelerating boat rises partly out of the water at high speeds?	planing
6586	54. Suffix Spelling	When a root word ends in a 'y' preceded by a consonant, before adding a suffix not beginning with	'i,' you should change the 'y' to what letter?
6587	60. Floods	What kind of flood may immediately follow the failure of a dam, a sudden thunderstorm, or the thaw of an ice dam?	flash flood
6588	57. Infinitives	What kind of infinitive is illustrated in these phrases? to fastidiously describe to diligently follow to ever so slightly nudge to cheerlessly amble	split infinitive
6589	67. Trails	The Chisholm Trail was a major route for cattle ranchers to drive their cattle from Texas to railroads in what state?	Kansas
6590	Alt. 1. Mythical Spinners	Clotho was one of the three Fates. She was responsible for spinning what thread?	thread of life
6591	21. Coming-of-Age Novels	Central to what novel are the Book of Shaker, a boy mauled by a neighbor's cow, a Vermont farm, and the gift of a newborn pig?	A Day No Pigs Would Die
6592	113. Art Materials	What substance that has been carved into art objects since ancient times consists mostly of dentin and cementum?	ivory
6593	60. Motion in Space	A circular motion about an external point is called an	orbit (revolution, orbital revolution)
6594	67. Speeches	When Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his 'I have a dream' speech, he was standing eighteen steps below the central figure of what Washington, D.C. memorial?	Lincoln Memorial
6595	81. Aviation	Pilots of what kind of aircraft rely on dolphining and thermalling to gain altitude?	gliders
6596	55. Government History	The U.S. Continental Congress consisted of how many houses?	one
6597	Alt. 2. Fossils	Name the two general categories of rock in which fossils are only rarely discovered.	igneous, metamorphic
6598	38. Seeking Solutions	What method of problem solving is illustrated when you keep trying different potential solutions until you find one that works?	trial-and-error
6599	43. Political Affiliations	Fewer than five percent of the Chinese people are members of what political organization that has absolute control over that nation's government?	Communist Party
6600	122. Journalism Gaffes	What is the correct word for the one the newspaper got wrong in this headline? Keep Anecdote for Poisonings Close at Hand	antidote
6601	11. Colonial Unrest	The Sons of Liberty are best known for what protest in Boston in 1773?	Boston Tea Party
6602	15. Adjectives	Identify the demonstrative adjective in this example. When the old caretaker tripped over that little wagon, he dropped the entire pile of rusty tools he was carrying in his withered arms.	that
6603	59. Sentence Improvement	What word should have been used in this line? Because Mr. Andretti has no respect for the speed limit and always drives his car too rapid, he is a menace to all the mice and other living things in the neighborhood.	rapidly
6604	70. Folksong History	According to the lyrics of the folksong, Clementine's father was a member of what group that took part in the California gold rush?	forty-niners
6605	36. Folk Heroes	What American frontiersman was a celebrated Indian fighter, marksman, brawler, and a keelboatman on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers?	Mike Fink
6606	31. Poems	This illustrates what kind of poem? Today your surface Is a mirror where the sky Bends to see itself.	haiku
6607	81. Agriculture Vocabulary	What word rhyming with 'terrible' means that land is suitable for cultivation?	arable
6608	88. Land Claims	Spain and what other country have historical claims to Gibraltar?	Great Britain (United Kingdom)
6609	32. Africa	Name the enormous lake which forms much of the southern border of Uganda.	Lake Victoria
6610	34. Aircraft	These aircraft were all used during what war? Flying Fortress Spitfire Corsair Liberator Mustang	World War II
6611	34. Insects	All flies develop through what four stages of metamorphosis?	egg, larva, pupa, adult
6612	110. Plans	What name was given to William Paterson's 'small state' plan advanced at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?	New Jersey Plan
6613	26. Settings	These books are set in what country? Girl with a Pearl Earring The Hiding Place The Upstairs Room The Black Tulip I Am Rembrandt's Daughter	Netherlands (Holland)
6614	26. Light	What kind of light has all its electric field vectors oriented in the same direction?	polarized
6615	5. Antlers	While an antler is growing, it is covered by what highly vascular skin?	velvet
6616	31. Gears	Gears are used either to increase or decrease the turning power of wheels or to increase or decrease what other characteristic of wheels?	speed
6617	17. Historic Documents	Who wrote this around 1920? When a person claims to be non-violent, he is expected not to be angry with one who has injured him. He will not wish him harm. He will wish him well.	Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
6618	37. War	Walter Lippman was referring to what war when he said this? We are being told that this war is a decisive test for the future. This is a profoundly false notion and shows a lamentable lack of knowledge of the revolutionary upheavals of this epoch.	Vietnam
6619	19. Drainages	The rivers of northeast Manitoba all drain into what body of water?	Hudson Bay
6620	42. Bodily Fluids		If you alphabetize blood types, which is last?
6621	26. Fuel Cells	Fuel cells use two elements as their fuel. Name either of these.	oxygen, hydrogen
6622	107. Venn Diagrams	In a Venn diagram, you see a small oval labeled 'Moogoos' inside a larger oval labeled 'mutants.' Express this diagram in words.	All Moogoos are mutants.
6623	20. Officers	What is the title of the presiding member of the Supreme Court?	chief justice
6624	120. Anatomy	The posterior end of the esophagus terminates in what organ?	stomach
6625	102. Reptiles	What is the collective name for venomous snakes with hollow fangs to transmit venom and a pair of heat-sensing pits at the fronts of their heads?	pit vipers
6626	80. Earth Science	Name the upper part of the regolith that contains humus.	soil (top soil, 'A horizon')
6627	88. Magnetism	The area in which the effect of a magnet can be detected is called its magnetic what?	field
6628	13. Lenses	What is the antonym of concave?	convex
6629	57. Government Scandals	Most of the killings resulting from the Department of Justice's misguided 'Fast and Furious' program occurred in what country?	Mexico
6630	20. Legislation	In 1933, the AAA became the first modern U.S. farm bill. It restricted agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies to let a portion of their fields lie fallow and to kill off surplus livestock. For what did that abbreviation stand?	Agricultural Adjustment Act
6631	38. Satellites	What moon of Saturn is named after the mythical woman who released all the ills and evils from a container with which she had been entrusted?	Pandora
6632	87. Rivers of Antiquity	If you were an ancient riverboatman and you left Abu Simbel in Nubia, traveled downriver past Luxor and Karnak, and then past Memphis and Giza, in what cardinal direction would you be heading?	north
6633	73. The Senate	What is the term for a temporary interruption of the Senate's unfinished business?	recess
6634	33. Homonyms	Spell the term for a stringed musical instrument that is a homonym for a word meaning 'one who communicates false statements.'	lyre
6635	41. International Borders	Which Canadian province borders Vermont?	Quebec
6636	65. Goddesses	Athena was the patroness of what ancient Greek city-state?	Athens
6637	68. Constitutional Vocabulary	What word meaning 'disregarded' or 'violated' is in the amendment about the right to bear arms?	infringed
6638	39. Deserts	These towns are in what desert? Amboy Yermo Barstow Needles	Mojave Desert
6639	25. Polynomial Multiplication	Multiply (a squared + ab + b squared) by (a - b).	a cubed - b cubed
6640	33. U.S. Legends	Johnny Appleseed was an eccentric who wandered around the Ohio River area in the early 1800s. What was his actual name?	John Chapman
6641	56. Short Stories	What story begins with these words? Day had broken cold and gray when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim trail led eastward through the fat spruce.	To Build a Fire
6642	90. Organs	Name either of the two organs surrounded by the pia mater and dura mater.	brain, spinal cord
6643	104. Mineral Resources	Name the black, potato-sized lumps on the sea floor in the central Pacific that contain about 25% manganese, 15% iron, 2% nickel, 2% copper, and smaller amounts of cobalt.	manganese nodules
6644	14. Energy in a Can	All the popular energy drinks contain some form of sugar and what common alkaloid?	caffeine
6645	14. U.S. Government	Which branch of government is primarily responsible for enforcing federal laws?	executive
6646	4. Writing	What is the name for writing that is exactly backwards from normal writing?	mirror writing
6647	115. An Italian's Point of View	What is the nationality of the people referred to in this quote by Benito Mussolini? These men are not made of the same stuff as the Francis Drakes and the other magnificent adventurers who made the empire. They, after all, are the tired sons of a long line of rich men and they will lose their empire.	British (English)
6648	112. Asian Annexes	In 1910, what peninsular country was annexed by Japan?	Korea
6649	50. World Geography	All countries from Mexico through Central America to the southern tip of South America along with the Caribbean islands are collectively known as ...	Latin America
6650	45. Voting	Under what circumstance in an election is a plurality also a majority?	when there are only two choices
6651	9. Nordic Geography	About 60% of the Nordic land area is accounted for by what enormous island?	Greenland
6652	40. Trails	The Overland Trail passed over what extensive ridge, on either side of which streams flow in essentially opposite directions?	Continental Divide
6653	52. Capital Cities	Name the capital of the state due west of the state in which Raleigh is the capital.	Nashville
6654	37. Trite Sayings	What word completes this cliche? conspicuous by its ...	absence
6655	12. Circle Percentages	By what percent is the area of a circle diminished if the radius of a circle is diminished by 20%?	36%
6656	17. Impeachments	Who presides over the Senate trials if the president is impeached?	chief justice
6657	69. Novels	In what book does Sarah Wheaton leave her home in Maine in response to a newspaper ad placed by a poor farmer named Jacob Witting hoping to secure a wife for himself and a mother for his children?	Sarah Plain and Tall
6658	64. India History	The town of Bucephala in India was named for what Macedonian's horse?	Alexander the Great's
6659	3. Troublesome Verbs	Restate this present tense statement in the past tense. He lays the box down.	He laid the box down.
6660	30. Oceanography	What adjective describes zones that are linear ocean floor scarps or ridges offsetting the mid-ocean ridge and its axial rift?	fractures
6661	17. Glands	What gland in the neck controls how rapidly the body uses up energy?	thyroid
6662	106. Frameups	What character in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' framed Sirius Black for the murder of thirteen people, including Harry's parents?	Peter Pettigrew
6663	114. Antilles Territories	Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States as a result of the treaty ending what war?	Spanish-American War
6664	38. Ancient Art	Around what sea adjacent to the Mediterranean did Mycenaean art flourish?	Aegean
6665	Zi Waterfalls	Astounding waterfalls in what country were named after the pilot, Jimmy Angel, who flew over them in 1935?	Venezuela
6666	18. Fables	What is the title of the fable by Aesop that ends with this moral? Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.	The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
6667	Alt. 2. Federal Fees	If you buy something in another country and take it home to the U.S., the merchandise must be cleared at the port of entry. It may be subject to extra charges collected by the government called what?	duties (tariffs)
6668	35. Producers	The producers in ocean biomes are mainly microscopic photosynthetic algae called what?	phytoplankton (not plankton)
6669	4. Energy	This describes what process? A slow-moving neutron smashes into the nucleus of a uranium isotope. It splits the nucleus into two new atomic nuclei plus several neutrons converting some of the mass into energy.	fission
6670	104. Combining Like Terms	Simplify the following. 7/3x - 1/3x	2x
6671	31. Hyperventilation	Hyperventilation lowers the concentration of what gas in the blood?	carbon dioxide
6672	47. Special Privileges	Recipients of what award for service in the U.S. military have these privileges? -a supplemental uniform allowance -eligibility for internment at Arlington National Cemetery -eligibility of recipient's children for admission to U.S. military academies -invitation to all presidential inaugurations	Medal of Honor
6673	103. Industrial Change	The discovery of petroleum in Pennsylvania in the late 19th century was the beginning of the end of what U.S. industry with centers at Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard?	whaling
6674	41. European Ages	The Middle Ages were marked by the spread and collapse of what political and economic system?	feudalism
6675	35. Volcanoes	Sometimes a volcanic cone is completely removed by erosion, leaving a mass of igneous rock that hardened inside the mountain. This feature is a volcanic ...	neck (core)
6676	117. Extremophiles	What is extreme in the environments in which psychrophiles and cryophiles thrive?	cold
6677	109. Land Forms	A deep, steep-sided valley formed by a young river cutting mainly downward through the land is called a	gorge
6678	13. Sports	In what sport is there a goal crease?	hockey
6679	76. Line Equations	What is the equation for a line with a slope of -4 and a	y-intercept of 0?
6680	116. Pacific Peoples	Between 1300 and 1000 B.C., what adventurous people moved to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga?	Polynesians
6681	52. Cool Science Fiction	This line from a Kurt Vonnegut story is about the effects of what substance? There were no smells. There was no movement. Every step I took made a gravelly squeak in blue-white frost. And every squeak was echoed loudly. The season of locking was over. The Earth was locked up tight.	ice-nine
6682	17. Work Problems	Bart can build a doghouse in 2 hours while Boris needs 3 hours to do the same job. How long would it take both of them working together to build one?	1 1/5 hour (or 1 hr 12 min)
6683	65. Angles	What is the complement of a 24-degree angle?	66 degrees
6684	Sis Equations	If three-fifths of q equals ten, what is q?	50/3 (or 16.66 or 16 2/3)
6685	Alt. 4. Elections	A person who endorses a particular candidate may wear a badge imprinted with the candidate's name or slogan. What is such a badge called?	campaign button
6686	Alt. 5. Sports Optics	With a telescope or binoculars, the width in feet of the area visible from 1,000 yards away is the F.O.V. which stands for what?	field of view
6687	3. Planets	Which planet has an average surface temperature of about 15 degrees C?	Earth
6688	55. U.S. Historical Songs	This is from the lyrics of a song about whom? He captured Harper's Ferry, with his nineteen men so few, And frightened 'Old Virginny' till she trembled thru and thru; They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew, But his soul is marching on.	John Brown
6689	95. Songs of Science Fiction	With what fictional data processing unit is the song, 'Daisy, Daisy,' associated?	Hal (9000)
6690	111. Solutions	Any substance that allows other substances to dissolve in it is called a what?	solvent
6691	103. Animals	These terms relate to what kind of animals? lateral lines roe milt	fish
6692	Alt. 5. Monarchs	What was the title of the absolute monarchs who governed Russia until 1917?	czar (or czarina)
6693	35. River Branches	Name the two branches of the Nile that join at Khartoum in Sudan.	White Nile, Blue Nile
6694	48. Victories	The British victory in the Falklands War helped what prime minister remain in office?	Margaret Thatcher
6695	21. Tennessee History	What Tennessee town was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 as part of the Manhattan Project?	Oak Ridge
6696	4. Mythical Spinners	Clotho was one of the three Fates. She was responsible for spinning the thread of ...	life
6697	LOT. Hazardous Substances	Medical studies have shown that what hazardous substance poses no health threat in the form of a stable dental amalgam?	mercury
6698	89. References	In what kind of reference book would this be found? PUNISH - visit, afflict, hurt, persecute, victimize, avenge, take disciplinary action, give one a lesson, chasten, chastise, reprove, throw the book at	thesaurus
6699	52. Consumer Safety	Manufacturers of products already on the market that are found to have some characteristic making them unsafe will request them to be returned by issuing what kind of request?	recall
6700	71. New Coins	A quarter commemorating what state was released in 1999 featuring Washington crossing the Delaware?	New Jersey
6701	106. Trilogies	In what trilogy are these creatures found? Stybba, Snowmane, Strider, Swish-Tail	Lord of the Rings
6702	Ts Rubber	Charles Goodyear's method of preparing rubber was named after what Roman god?	Vulcan
6703	34. Radio	Two kinds of equipment are needed for radio communication including a receiver and what else?	transmitter
6704	31. History of Agriculture	The plantations of the Old South in America were somewhat analogous to what land divisions of medieval Europe?	manors
6705	76. The Ocean Floor	The Aleutian Trench is just south of what sea?	Bering Sea
6706	37. Aviation History	The first widespread use of aerial warfare occurred during what war?	World War \|
6707	Alt. 3. Autotrophs	What kind of energy do photoautotrophic organisms use to manufacture food?	light (electromagnetic)
6708	45. Stars	Rigel and Betelgeuse are the two brightest stars in what constellation?	Orion
6709	95. Creepy Creatures	The reanimated corpses of criminals, heretics, or suicides that can be put to rest only by having wooden stakes driven through their hearts are called what?	vampires
6710	43. Earth Science	What disastrous phenomenon would people in Hawaii have to fear upon receiving this transmission from Kodiak Island? A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF SEWARD ALASKA.	tsunami (tidal wave)
6711	72. Old West Crime	In the Old West, an unscrupulous person might take over a claim after it had already been staked out by someone else. This activity was called claim what?	jumping
6712	1. Burning	The process by which the burning of a fuel is initiated is called ...	ignition
6713	Alt. 3. Hearts	Which of the two types of chambers in a mammal's heart pumps blood out into the body?	ventricle
6714	40. Mountain Ranges	Name the largest body of water visible from a peak in the Atlas Mountains.	Atlantic Ocean
6715	89. Underground Vistas	What U.S. national park features the world's most extensive cave system?	Mammoth Cave National Park
6716	49. Temporary Headquarters	The first home of the U.S. government was on what New York street now known as the American financial center?	Wall Street
6717	66. Court Members	A judge who is a member of the Supreme Court has what title?	justice
6718	18. Serious Symbols	What symbol reminiscent of pirates indicates a poisonous substance?	skull and crossbones
6719	44. Taxonomy	The cells of creatures in which taxonomic kingdom lack a cell wall?	Animalia (animals)
6720	75. Europeans	These are famous people from what country? Baruch Spinoza, Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Stuyvesant, Abel Tasman, Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals	Netherlands (Holland)
6721	54. Vocal Music	These are famous examples of what kind of musical composition? --'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off' with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald -'Islands in the Stream' with Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton -'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' with Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond	duet
6722	58. Musicals	What musical by Lerner and Loewe written during the 1960s was based on the legends of King Arthur?	Camelot
6723	52. Railroad Growth	In 1860, there were 30,000 miles of railroad tracks in the U.S. By the turn of the century, that number had grown 640% to a total of how many miles?	192,000
6724	39. Proverbs	Complete this proverb. Give a man enough rope and he will ...	hang himself
6725	94. Ancient Geography	The ancient Greeks generally believed the world consisted of what three continents?	Asia, Europe, Africa
6726	28. Elements	What element comprises 49% of the weight of the Earth's crust and 28% of the volume of the Earth's atmosphere?	oxygen
6727	4. Nouns	What kind of nouns, singular in their base forms, names groups of people or things?	collective nouns
6728	89. Anatomy	Anatomically speaking, muscle, connective, nerve, and epithelial are four types of what?	tissues
6729	34. Carbohydrates	What complex insoluble carbohydrate is the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants?	cellulose
6730	83. Education History	What topic was notably absent from most textbooks from 1925 until the 1960s largely as a result of the John Scopes trial?	evolution
6731	12. Theft	What is the psychological term for the irresistible impulse of an otherwise sane person to steal things?	kleptomania
6732	108. Participles	What is the past participle of 'catch'?	caught
6733	26. Pirates	Before turning to privateering and piracy, Captain Kidd had been an affluent shipowner in what U.S. city?	New York
6734	109. Lewis Carroll	In 'The Hunting of the Snark,' the banker loses his sanity after being attacked by a frumious what?	Bandersnatch
6735	106. Asian Nations	For what does the abbreviation stand in this? Tibet is administered by the PRC.	People's Republic of China
6736	61. Criminal Law	In criminal law, the carrying out of a death sentence is called ...	execution
6737	97. Mesopotamia	Name the western Mesopotamian river.	Euphrates River
6738	90. Alien Games	The ratio of Martians to Venusians at an interplanetary Frisbee championship was 9 to 2. There were 14 Venusians at this event. How many Martians were there?	63
6739	81. Metals	Mixing iron, which is very soft when pure, with just a small amount of various other metals, can increase its hardness by up to 1000%. Name this process of combining metals.	alloying
6740	15. U.S. Expansion	Name the strip of land between Texas and California that was purchased by the U.S. from the Mexican government in 1853 for $10 million.	Gadsden Purchase
6741	119. Clauses	What kind of subordinate clause modifies a noun or pronoun?	adjective clause
6742	55. Colonial Enterprises	Two years after Britain established the English East India Company, the Netherlands followed by establishing what similar company?	Dutch East India Company
6743	38. Temperature	That temperature at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is at a minimum is called ...	absolute zero
6744	22. Gas Masks	When air passes through the activated charcoal of a gas mask, a film of impurities accumulates on the charcoal. Name this surface phenomenon.	adsorption
6745	18. Military Abbreviations	In the military, for what does the abbreviation 'MIA' stand?	missing in action
6746	Ts Limestone	Regions in which groundwater has shaped the landscape by dissolution of limestone are named after what valley in the former Yugoslavia where such features are typical?	Karst Valley
6747	32. Currents	The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current off the eastern coast of what continent?	North America
6748	22. Skeletal System	The cushions of cartilaginous tissues between vertebrae are called ...	disks
6749	4. Mountains	What mountain in Georgia is the world's largest exposed granite pluton?	Stone Mountain
6750	17. Novels	Who is the central character in the American novel from which this passage was taken? The cars zoomed by, the brakes screeched all over the place, his parents paid no attention to him, and he kept on walking next to the kerb and singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed anymore.	Holden Caulfield
6751	56. Injuries	Reminiscent of a North American ringed-tailed mammal, name the condition of having two black eyes.	raccoon eyes
6752	88. Heat	You cut a piece of paper into a spiral, tie a string to the center of the spiral, and hang it over a lighted lamp. The spiral begins to spin because of what kind of currents?	convection currents
6753	68. Restrictions	'Time, place, and manner restrictions' relate to what right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?	free speech
6754	39. Vapors	What commonly occurs when a vapor is cooled to its dew point?	condensation
6755	31. Legendary Sons	Who was Uther Pendragon's son?	Arthur
6756	24. Equations	If 5/8x = 20, what is x?	32
6757	33. Polygons	A polygon in which all sides are congruent and all angles are congruent is described by what adjective?	regular
6758	27. Heat	One pound of water needs one Btu to raise its temperature one degree C. Its specific heat is ...	one
6759	68. Sales Techniques	Companies such as Avon Products, Herbalife, Mary Kay, and Tupperware have representatives that go to homes to present and demonstrate their products. This is known as what kind of selling?	direct selling
6760	20. Rulers	Rulers with the title of caliph belong to what religion?	Islam
6761	44. Fuels	What fuel can be produced either by breaking down hydrocarbons or by electrolysis of water?	hydrogen
6762	79. Nice Neighbors	John Robie is a successful cat burglar. His neighbor, Clem Clouseau finds out and tells John that he will give his evidence to the cops unless John forks over $50,000. Clem has committed what crime?	blackmail (extortion)
6763	19. Judges	A federal judge caught taking bribes from the South Koreans could be impeached by what body?	House of Representatives
6764	47. Plant Stems	Stems have three main functions including conduction, production of new tissue, and what else?	support
6765	117. Kilns	Name the instrument used to measure the temperature in a kiln beyond those measurable by ordinary thermometers.	pyrometer
6766	75. Meteorology Vocabulary	What kind of meteors are fog, mist, drizzle, rain, snow, hail, and mist?	hydrometeors
6767	30. Musical Dynamics	While 'fortississimo' means to play as loudly as possible, what term means to play as softly as possible?	pianissimo
6768	61. Depths	The phrase, mark twain, actually indicates a depth of	two fathoms or how many feet?
6769	63. Asian Change	In 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a colony of what country?	Great Britain (England)
6770	17. Picture Captions	This caption was under a picture illustrating what religion? Brahman studying sacred Vedas.	Hindu
6771	9. Nursery Tales	One of the tales in Charles Perrault's original collection of tales was 'Le Petit Chaperon rouge.' Translate this.	Little Red Riding Hood
6772	78. Ship Lore	The ceremonial dedication of a ship when it is first launched, traditionally done by breaking a bottle of champagne over its bow. Name this ceremony.	christening
6773	14175 Aircraft	What is the body of an airplane called?	fuselage
6774	12. Observatories	What English observatory was established in 1675 to study the position of the Moon among the stars and to establish standard time to help navigators fix their longitudes?	Greenwich (Royal Observatory)
6775	18. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is illustrated in this? World War I started with a tiny spark that quickly spread into a roaring fire that consumed Europe.	metaphor
6776	116. Legendary Outlaws	Robert MacGregor, a highlander known as the Scottish Robin Hood, is popularly known as Rob who?	Roy
6777	TT. Walks of Life	What is the occupation of a person whose job it is to assess public opinion by asking people what they think about an issue?	pollster
6778	119. Emperors	Akbar the Great was emperor of what land?	India
6779	10. Climates	Arrange these climates from driest to wettest. 1) sub-humid 2) wet 3) arid 4) semi-arid 5) humid	34152
6780	62. Astronomers	Who in 1610 first observed sunspots?	Galileo
6781	120. Humor	What form of humor is used in these one-liners? -I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded. -I fired my masseuse today because she rubbed me the wrong way. -I was a lumberjack but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.	pun
6782	55. Famines	Immigration to North America was greatly accelerated during the middle of the nineteenth century by a great potato famine in what country?	Ireland
6783	9. Natural Phenomena	Chinooks and monsoons are examples of what meteorological phenomena?	winds
6784	53. Insects	These are characteristics of what insects? They are hunters. They have two pairs of stiff wings. They have the largest compound eyes of all insects. As nymphs they live in the water.	dragonflies
6785	7. Recordings	In the music industry, for what did the abbreviation LP stand?	long-playing
6786	43. Cosines	As an angle increases from zero to ninety degrees, what happens to the cosine of the angle?	cosine decreases
6787	30. Biogeography	What continent is home to anteaters, sloths, and capybaras?	South America
6788	27. Subatomic Physics	Identify a particle of mass whose name begins with 'm' that is intermediate between the mass of the electron and the proton.	meson
6789	109. Arthropods	Name the most distal section of the arthropod body that lies behind the thorax or cephalothorax.	abdomen
6790	89. Chemical Compounds	All sulfate compounds include what two elements?	sulfur, oxygen
6791	9. Ridges	The central crack running north and south in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is called what kind of zone?	rift zone
6792	28. Early Explorers	Exploration of Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard des Groseilliers led to the formation of what early North American corporation?	Hudson's Bay Company
6793	15. Scenery	What is the term for the scenery constructed for a dramatic presentation?	set
6794	2 Tables	Since a round table has no sides, no one can sit in a privileged position. Therefore, reminiscent of a part of the body, it lacks what?	a head
6795	Alt. 3. Inventions	In what mountainous European country were these inventions developed? Velcro white chocolate bank secrecy bobsledding cellophane a pocket knife manufactured by Victorinox	Switzerland
6796	48. Urban Anagrams	The same letters are used in the name of the Japanese capital city and what other city of Honshu that has long been a cultural, artistic, and religious center?	Kyoto
6797	37. Reinforcements	The British defeat of what French emperor enabled them to vastly increase their forces fighting the U.S. in the War of 1812?	Napoleon Bonaparte
6798	92. Franklin's Almanac	According to Poor Richard, what do fish and visitors do after three days?	stink (smell)
6799	3. Suffixes	These suffixes indicate what part of speech? -ful, -less, -able, -ive, -ish, -ic	adjective
6800	9. Disasters	What disaster in 2008 led to gas prices temporarily exceeding $5 per gallon in some areas of Louisiana and Texas?	Hurricane Ike
6801	15. Protein Synthesis	In living cells, the process by which the information for the synthesis of a protein is transferred from the DNA strand to the messenger RNA strand involved in the actual synthesis is called ...	transcription
6802	39. Constellations	By what other name do we know the constellation, the Northern Cross?	Cygnus
6803	8. Tissues	The two folds of tissue in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them are called ...	vocal cords
6804	70. Scientific Method	Gregor is trying to determine the effect of a fertilizer on plant growth. What type of variables are these in this experiment? latitude ambient noise level moon phase sex of experimenter	extraneous (intervening)
6805	22. Vegetation	The vegetation in which biome consists mostly of mosses, lichens, grasses, and dwarf willows?	tundra
6806	12. Blood	What kind of blood cells are so small that they can squeeze through the walls of capillaries to reach the site of an infection?	white blood cells (leukocytes)
6807	23. Extinct Creatures	What animal mentioned in 'Alice in Wonderland' was last seen on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius?	dodo
6808	61. Song Parodies	These lyrics to one of Mad Magazine's 'Top Bomb Hits' parody lyrics from what Broadway song? Oh, that frightening feeling As the glow spreads over the land. That exposed-to-lightning feeling When those Geiger counters click to beat the band.	On the Street Where You Live
6809	52. Explorers	Identify the Portuguese explorer who was the first European to contact the indigenous people of what is now Brazil.	Pedro Cabral
6810	de The Moon	What phase of the Moon is exactly opposite the gibbous phase?	crescent phase
6811	27. Weight	A little green man who weighs 4 pounds on the Moon would weigh how much on Earth?	24 pounds
6812	2. Animals in Literature	In 'Bridge to Terabithia,' what kind of animal is Prince Terrien?	dog
6813	85. Eye Physiology	Reflex contraction of the iris of the eye causes a reduction in the diameter of what other part of the eye?	pupil
6814	17. Seasons	When it is springtime in Salmon, Idaho, what season is it in Kabul, Afghanistan?	spring
6815	28. Borrowed Words	From what language were these terms borrowed? connoisseur, reconnaissance, entrepreneur	French
6816	59. Colonial Clashes	During the colonization of New Zealand, European settlers often clashed with what group of native inhabitants?	Maoris
6817	80. Victories	The first major victory for the Americans in the Revolutionary War occurred when troops under Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold inflicted some 600 casualties at what battle fought in eastern New York?	Battle of Saratoga
6818	94. Poe	This is from what Edgar Allan Poe story? Pluto - this was the cat's name - was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets.	The Black Cat
6819	14. Literary Weddings	In the novel, 'These Happy Golden Years,' who does Almanzo Wilder marry?	Laura Ingalls
6820	57. Valleys	Name either U.S. state partially occupied by the Champlain Lake Valley.	New York, Vermont
6821	12. Fiction	Name the character whose foot is mentioned in the quote below. I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore.	Friday
6822	9. Cyclic Growth	People grow by about .3 inch every night when asleep, but shrink to their former heights the following day. What comprises the discs between vertebrae that are compressed by gravity when people stand or sit?	cartilage
6823	29. Holidays	What holiday honors the fifth-century missionary who brought Christianity to Ireland?	St. Patrick's Day
6824	86. Electricity	The buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects is what kind of electricity?	static electricity
6825	98. Mining History	A great mineral strike occurred just prior to the Civil War in the Pikes Peak district of what soon became what territory?	Colorado
6826	29. Emerson	According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, one must be a nonconformist to be a ...	man
6827	54. Writing	What point of view is used when the main character tells the story in his or her own words?	first person
6828	124. Stage Directions	From the point of view of the actors, 'stage left' indicates which side of the stage?	left
6829	40. Archaeology	An eolith is a crude implement made of ...	stone (rock)
6830	73. International Competition	While the U.S. and the Soviet Union were already deeply involved in the nuclear arms race, the success of the Sputnik I project initiated what other race between the two superpowers?	space race
6831	19. Ancient Commerce	Named for a valuable textile, the ancient network of caravan routes that linked China with India, the Mideast, and the Mediterranean world was known as what road?	Silk Road
6832	11. World History	In 1910, an English expedition led by Robert Scott embarked from New Zealand on their ill-fated attempt to reach ...	the South Pole
6833	15. Australian Wildlife	What Australian marsupial looks very much like a kangaroo but is generally much smaller?	wallaby
6834	35. Ancient Regions	Name the ancient Asian region between the Tigris and Euphrates largely included by the modern country of Iraq.	Mesopotamia
6835	24. Geographic Lows	What is the lowest point on the continent with the world's highest mountain?	Dead Sea
6836	107. Butterflies	What butterfly annually migrates more than 2500 miles between southern Mexico and central California?	monarch butterfly
6837	44. Literary Etymology	What term is derived from the Greek words 'graphein' meaning to write and 'bios' meaning life?	biography
6838	28. Ceramics	Baking ceramic objects in a hot kiln defines what process?	firing
6839	4. Used Bones	If animal bones are heated in ovens that contain little or no air, most of the hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen escapes, leaving what black, brittle, amorphous substance containing mostly carbon?	charcoal
6840	68. Friction	Because the air that comes out of all the little holes in an air hockey table reduces the friction on the puck, the air is acting as what kind of substance?	lubricant
6841	63. Crowbar Mechanics	To pull a spike from a beam, you apply a force of 50 newtons to a crowbar which then applies a force of 650 newtons to the spike. What is the mechanical	advantage of the crowbar?
6842	14. Weapons	An atomic bomb named Fat Man was used on what city?	Nagasaki
6843	62. Europe	Part of Belgium borders what sea?	North Sea
6844	22. Folksongs	What name is missing from this title of a Stephen Foster song? Old Black ----	Joe
6845	51. Awards	Name the most highly prized British award for gallantry.	Victoria Cross
6846	11. Metals	What is the most common heavy metal that is malleable but not ductile?	lead
6847	69. Adhesives	What category of adhesives must be applied to both surfaces and allowed to dry for a while before both surfaces are pressed together?	contact adhesives
6848	66. Automobiles	The annually renewed document carried in an automobile listing information about the vehicle's ownership is a ...	registration
6849	98. Horticulture	Samuel Rumph developed what type of fruit that he named after his wife, Elberta?	peach
6850	11. Mortgages	Fran's home is worth $250,000 but she owes a mortgage balance of $225,000. What is her equity?	$25,000
6851	118. Metaphors	To miss an opportunity is to let something slip through what part of your body?	your fingers
6852	23. Art Techniques	In drawing, hatching and crosshatching is used to show what?	shading
6853	120. Homophones	Spell the word meaning to make a prolonged and high-pitched cry that is a homophone for a huge marine mammal.	wail
6854	102. Wildlife	What kind of mammals are these? klipspringer, bushbuck, chamois, oribi, gemsbok, sassaby, steenbok, kob, impala	antelope
6855	25. Forests	What adjective indicates those mid-latitude forests of trees that lose their leaves during winter months?	deciduous
6856	74. Wartime Regions	Reminiscent of a facility for the performing arts, what is the term for a geographic region in which military operations are conducted?	theater
6857	40. Ice Skating Physics	The increase in rotational speed of a spinning figure skater as the skater's arms are contracted is a result of conservation of what kind of momentum?	angular (rotational) momentum
6858	64. Dinner on a Budget	Ellie is going to dinner. She has exactly $30 and must leave a 15% tip. To the nearest dollar, how much is the most expensive meal she could buy?	$26
6859	LOT. Textiles	The cotton we know as madras is named after a port city in what country?	India
6860	87. Races	A motorcyclist traveling at a speed of 65 mph goes after a car which has a head start of 2 hours. He overtakes the car in 3 hours. What was the speed of the car?	39 mph
6861	12. Rock Fragments	Everything from large blocks and bombs to scoria, ash and fragments of volcanic rock blasted into the air by explosions or carried upward by hot gases or lava fountains is collectively known as ...	tephra
6862	30. Ecology Rhymes	What term rhyming with 'crude' means to remove all vegetation and expose rock through erosion?	denude
6863	31. Inversions	In a meteorological inversion, what happens to air temperature with an increase in altitude?	It increases.
6864	25. State Capitals	What is the capital of the state immediately north of Iowa?	St. Paul
6865	14. D-Day	Which beach that was part of the D-day invasion of Normandy was named for a Roman goddess?	Juno
6866	87. Sayings	According to the proverb, what do not make the man?	clothes
6867	21. Stars	Which of the four main classifications of stars is missing from this list? supergiants giants main sequence	dwarfs
6868	20. Nicknames	What is the nickname of the man mentioned in this verse by William Cullen Bryant? Our band is few but true and tried, Our leader frank and bold; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told.	Swamp Fox
6869	46. Jefferson	What was Thomas Jefferson talking about below? The whole commerce is a perpetual exercise of the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.	slavery
6870	72. Joints	The abbreviation, ROM, indicating the amount of movement available at a joint, is short for what?	range of motion
6871	75. Polling	What is the name for an informal round of voting, the results of which are not recorded?	straw poll
6872	56. Plant Classifications	Broad-leaved plants are to dicots as narrow-leaved plants are to what classification?	monocots
6873	101. Psychology	When watching 'Gone with the Wind,' Diana felt sad when Scarlett returns to her devastated plantation, hopeful when Scarlett marries Rhett, and angry when Rhett finally leaves. Such sharing of the feelings of characters by the audience is called what?	empathy
6874	105. Electrical Circuits	In what kind of electric circuit are components arranged to provide a single conducting path for current?	series circuit
6875	33. Midwest History	During Washington's second term, the British government refused to evacuate its frontier forts of the Old Northwest, despite having agreed to do so according to the terms of what treaty?	Treaty of Paris
6876	36. Fortified Sanctuaries	One of the main strongholds of the Navajo was Canyon de Chelly in the northeastern part of what present-day state?	Arizona
6877	23. State Airspace	You fly across the airspace of what state by going east from the capital of Quebec to the capital of New Brunswick?	Maine
6878	10. Bays	The northernmost terminal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is what bay off the Beaufort Sea?	Prudhoe Bay
6879	5. Colors	The complementary color of violet is ...	yellow
6880	40. Glands	Most tetrapod vertebrates, including humans, possess how many pairs of parathyroid glands?	two
6881	45. Rivers	What river forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire before flowing through Massachusetts and Connecticut?	Connecticut River
6882	94. Herculean Labors	Hercules killed what creature in the valley of Nemea?	lion
6883	19. Sales Math	There were 1200 paddiwacks in stock in Nick Nack's Paddiwack Shoppe on Sunday. On the following days, he sold 75, 50, 64, 78, and 135 paddiwacks. What percentage of the paddiwacks remained in inventory at the end of the week?	66.5%
6884	121. Presidential Surprises	President Truman was attending what wartime conference when he learned of the success of the Manhattan Project?	Potsdam Conference
6885	70. Puns	According to the pun, what kind of envelope should you use if you send a letter to the capital of the Philippines?	Manila envelope
6886	35. Hawks	What bird whose wingspan may reach six feet is also known as a fish hawk?	osprey
6887	21. Hymns	What patriotic hymn by Samuel Francis Smith is based on a tune to which the English and the Austrian national anthems are set?	America
6888	25. Peninsulas	The cities of Pyongyang and Pusan are on what peninsula?	Korean Peninsula
6889	Alt. 5. Balloon Physics	When you blow up a balloon, you are essentially filling it with potential energy. What kind of energy is illustrated when you release the balloon and the air jets out?	kinetic energy
6890	50. U.S. Geography	Most of New York City lies on what island?	Manhattan Island
6891	Ts Alice in Wonderland	Which character in 'Alice in Wonderland' spoke these words? Not the same thing a bit! Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see.'	Mad Hatter
6892	38. Sentences	What is the simple subject in this line? Down the crooked mountain trail came a furry old yeti wearing a Mickey Mouse watch and swim fins.	yeti
6893	44. Ballet Music	Peter Tchaikovsky composed music for 'The Nutcracker' and what two other ballets?	Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty
6894	39. Geometric Series	What is the common ratio of the geometric series that begins with these numbers?	3 6 12 24 48
6895	59. Britain	What two major bodies of water separate Great Britain from the rest of Europe?	English Channel, North Sea
6896	25. Legal Slang	What term that as a noun indicates one of the digits of the hand may be used as a verb meaning 'to inform on'?	finger
6897	17. Native American Milestones	After years of guerrilla warfare in Arizona and New Mexico, the surrender of what Apache chief effectively terminated Indian-white strife in the Southwest?	Geronimo
6898	77. Geologic Time	If the Mesozoic era began 225 million years ago and lasted 160 million years, when did the Cenozoic era begin?	65 million years ago
6899	11. Scientific Legacies	When Tycho Brahe died in 1601, he bequeathed his records of observations to whom?	Johannes Kepler
6900	122. Poems	This illustrates what kind of poem? Today your surface Is a mirror where the sky Bends to see itself.	haiku
6901	15. Cattle	Tough, rangy, with a horn spread up to eight feet, what type of cattle were particularly suited to survive in the open range of Texas in the 1870s?	longhorns
6902	ie Ancient Literature	The anger of what warrior in the war between the Mycenaeans and Troy is told in 'The Iliad'?	Achilles
6903	96. Prepositions	What is the first preposition in 'America the Beautiful'?	for
6904	21. Journalism	What is the name for this kind of entry in a newspaper? Colonel Aaron Burr died at Staten Island on Tuesday at the 81st year of his age. Few men in this country have excited more of the public attention than the deceased, despite the dark cloud which shrouded his once fair fame.	obituary
6905	76. Parliamentary Acts	In 1774, the Quebec Act of the British Parliament guaranteed the free practice of what religion in the Province of Quebec?	Catholicism
6906	39. Gravity	Who theorized that gravitation is not a force but a curvature of space and time around a body?	Albert Einstein
6907	79. Day Length	Locations in the Southern Hemisphere have their longest day on the solstice that occurs in what month?	December
6908	13. Peninsulas	The Sinai Peninsula is part of what country?	Egypt
6909	19. Engines	A jet engine is an engine that discharges a fast moving jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with which of Newton's law's of motion?	third law
6910	25. Linguistics	At the outset of the 21st century, with more the 1.2 billion speakers, the most-used language in the world was ...	Chinese (Mandarin)
6911	50. State Monuments	In what state is Donner Memorial State Park?	California
6912	17. Athletes	What American swimmer who participated in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games became the most decorated Olympian of all time?	Michael Phelps
6913	7. Energy	What kind of energy drives the hydrologic cycle?	solar (radiation, radiant)
6914	27. Earth Science	These terms relate to what geophysical phenomenon? erratics drumlins kames moraines fiords cirques	glaciers (glaciation)
6915	Alt. 3. Case	The first word in this sentence is in what case? Absence makes the heart grow fonder.	nominative
6916	30. Probability	In a bag you have 10 black marbles and 5 red ones. For 90 times you pick a marble from the bag and then put it back and shake up the bag. Out of all your tries, you will probably pick about how many black marbles?	60
6917	87. Shark Anatomy	Shark fins are fairly stiff, not because they are stiffened with bone, but with what other structural material?	cartilage
6918	LOT. Naval Vessels	Name the fast, maneuverable warships used during World War II to escort fleets and convoys.	destroyers
6919	115. Invasions	In 1066, England was invaded by the army of William, the Duke of ...	Normandy
6920	3. Life Classifications	What is the second most inclusive taxonomic category?	phylum
6921	79. Scandinavia	Which Scandinavian country extends farthest north?	Norway
6922	41. Trapezoids	The parallel sides of a trapezoid are called bases while the nonparallel sides are called ...	legs
6923	34. Science Fiction	In 'Ender's Game,' humans are in conflict with Formics, insectoid aliens creatures which are also referred to by what other name?	Buggers
6924	70. Seas	What sea is between the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, and Java?	Java Sea
6925	6. Nuclear Accidents	This concerns a disaster at what site? The big Mi-8 helicopters that were used to drop sand into the blazing reactor in 1986 collected such heavy radiation that they now rest in a field along with hundreds of contaminated vehicles.	Chernobyl
6926	42. U.S. Geography	Key West lies between the tip of Florida and what island?	Cuba
6927	91. American Wildlife	Name the shallow depression in the soil in which bison roll and cover themselves with dust or mud.	wallow
6928	17. The Earth	What fundamental force is responsible for Earth's spherical shape?	gravity
6929	99. Hallucinations	Name the Alfred Hitchcock movie based on the hallucination of spinning.	Vertigo
6930	Sis African Anagrams	'Lead man' is an anagram for what former South African political leader?	Mandela
6931	35. European Historical Sites	These are World Heritage sites in what country? Botanical Garden of Padua Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi Piazza del Duomo in Pisa	Italy
6932	39. Imperialism	A permanent settlement on the peninsula of Macao was secured in 1557 by bribery and the payment of rent. What European country established this settlement?	Portugal
6933	89. Law Enforcement	The detention of a suspect by a civilian is called what kind of an arrest?	citizen's arrest
6934	14. Homophones	Spell the homophone for a portion of a circle that sounds the same as the name for a commodious vessel.	arc
6935	89. Bishops	What is the title of the bishop of Rome?	pope
6936	114. 20th-Century Clashes	Proxy wars, a nuclear arms race, and a space race were part of what post-World War II conflict in which the primary participants’ military forces never actually fought one another?	Cold War
6937	TT. Exiles	Exiles made up the attacking force in a failed Caribbean invasion of 1961 at what bay?	Bay of Pigs
6938	114. Drama	What is the name for a tryout for a particular part in a play?	audition
6939	122. Deadly Baggage	In the 14th century, what was carried from southern China through central Asia, along the Silk Road to Baghdad, the Crimea, Genoa, Paris, London, and Scandinavia that killed some thirty-four million people?	black death (plague, bubonic plague)
6940	24. Word Tips	What kind of clues are illustrated in these lines? -His arguments are fallacious, deceptive, misleading, and wrong. -While she is garrulous, her sister is quiet. -His speech was somniferous, making it practically impossible for any listener to remain awake.	context clues
6941	18. Verbs	These are examples of what type of verbs? should, might, must, will, does	helping (auxiliary) verbs
6942	88. Popular Patriotic Songs	These words are from what patriotic song? I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land ...	God Bless the USA
6943	104. Historical Documents	This is from a document written in what year? But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security.	1776
6944	8. Transportation Projects	The European Chunnel links what two countries?	Great Britain and France
6945	40. Statues	Which of the wonders of the ancient world was sculpted around 462 B.C. and depicts the king of the Greek gods sitting on a throne?	Statue of Zeus
6946	78. Cities	Mexico City was formerly what Aztec city?	Tenochtitlan
6947	Zi Coalitions	What was the name for the alliance of France, Russia, Great Britain, the United States, and nearly twenty other nations who opposed and defeated the Central Powers in World War I?	Allies (Allied Powers)
6948	12. Shock	Shock causes less oxygen to be delivered to tissues. Because of this oxygen deficit, what type of acid accumulates in the tissues?	lactic acid
6949	65. Sentence Parts	What is the simple object of the verb in this line by Thomas Jefferson? I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.	hostility
6950	35. Classical Music	'Symphony No. 41 in C Major' by Wolfgang Mozart has what nickname reminiscent of the fifth planet from the Sun?	Jupiter
6951	29. Revolutionaries	He rode in triumph into Havana in January of 1959. Who was this revolutionary leader?	Fidel Castro
6952	74. Planes	What adjective describes two distinct planes that never intersect?	parallel
6953	25. Routes	What is the Spanish name for the trail that connected California's 21 missions?	El Camino Real
6954	15. Procedures for the Public Good	What is the purpose of these processes? ultrafiltration, carbon treatment, reverse osmosis, UV radiation, filtration, deionization, disinfection, chlorination, distillation, and electro-dialysis	water purification
6955	43. Writing	What figure of speech is illustrated in this line by James Thurber? Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?	paradox
6956	50. Anthems	Name the tiny country whose national anthem is the 'Marcia Pontificale.'	Vatican
6957	52. Mixture Problems	What is the cost of a mixture of 3 pounds of jelly beans at $3.25 per pound and 5 pounds of jelly beans at $2.95 per pound?	$24.50
6958	114. Rock Formation	Metamorphic processes stop when temperatures become high enough to completely melt rock, in which case the type of rock then formed has what classification?	igneous
6959	118. First Women	What technologically advanced vehicles made these women's firsts possible? Peggy Whitson Eileen Collins Sally K. Ride Kathryn D. Sullivan	space shuttles
6960	68. Erosion	Aside from gravity, what has caused paractically all of the erosion on the Moon?	meteorites
6961	109. Weapons	In the Battle of Crecy in 1346, what weapon enabled 20,000 English archers to defeat some 60,000 French soldiers?	longbow
6962	102. Architecture	What kind of architectural structure is atop the Capitol's rotunda in Washington, D.C.?	dome
6963	31. City Fathers	During the California gold rush, John Sutter's son started plans for a new city to which he gave what name?	Sacramento
6964	29. Printing	Chinese and Korean printers experimented with movable type using wood, pottery, and bronze. None of these attempts was successful because their languages include many thousands of characters. What German needed only 300 characters to print his first book in 1456?	Johannes Gutenberg
6965	67. Valleys	U-shaped valleys common in Norway, Alaska, Chile, and New Zealand carved by great rivers of ice are called ...	fiords
6966	39. Fish	One species of what close relative of bonitos and mackerels may achieve a length of about 15 feet and a weight of more than 1500 pounds?	tuna
6967	40. Securities	All investments sold to the public raising more than one-half million dollars must be registered with what federal agency?	Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
6968	59. Allusions	This complaint alludes to a novel by whom? Working for this company is dreadful because you always have the feeling that Big Brother is watching you.	George Orwell
6969	57. Forts	These are in what state? Fort Larned, Fort Wallace, Fort Scott, Fort Jewell, Fort Dodge	Kansas
6970	5. American Colonies	This was written by a 17th-century resident of what New World colony? After six days, Newport, Smith, and twenty others arrived at a town called Powhatan, consisting of some twelve houses in the midst of cornfields. The prince of this place is Powhatan and his people are called Powhatans.	Jamestown
6971	40. Disasters	In 1946, people and houses in Hawaii were swept out to sea by what catastrophic phenomenon caused by an earthquake five hours earlier in the Aleutians, 2300 miles away?	tsunami
6972	71. European Engineers	Although mainly a builder of bridges, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designed what monument?	Eiffel Tower
6973	38. Sad Poetry	What name completes this excerpt? And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful ...	Annabel Lee
6974	98. Acne	During what developmental period are people most prone to having acne?	adolescence
6975	47. Natural Times	'Diurnal' indicates a period of how many hours?	24
6976	37. Heat	Under what circumstances can heat flow from an object with a lower temperature to one with a higher temperature?	none
6977	63. The Solar System	The most volcanically active world in the solar system	is what moon of Jupiter?
6978	31. Roosevelt's Programs	In the first few months of his term, Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal, a package of economic and social legislation designed to end what?	the (Great) Depression
6979	75. Verbs	What kind of verbs form their past tenses and past participles by a vowel changes?	irregular (strong) verbs
6980	31. Apes	Apes have what kind of tails?	none (or vestigial)
6981	72. Poetic Quotes	From what poem were these lines taken? At length did cross an albatross through the fog it came. As if it had been a Christian soul we hailed it in God's name.	Rime of the Ancient Mariner
6982	35. Engines	During which stroke of a four-stroke engine are burned gases forced out of the cylinder?	exhaust stroke
6983	90. Chemowocky	What lightweight, corrosion-resistant, metallic element used as a moderator in nuclear reactors completes this parodied verse of 'Jabberwocky'? Beware the Hydrogen, my son! The teeth that bite! The chops that chum! Beware the Bismuth bird, and shun The dread ...	Beryllium
6984	LOT. Varied Climates	The climate of what Latin American nation ranges from the world's driest desert through a Mediterranean zone to a snowy Alpine landscape featuring glaciers and fiords?	Chile
6985	Ts Islands	Surtsey Island is off the southern coast of what country?	Iceland
6986	80. Biological Homonyms	What term can refer to the flattened part of a moose antler, a type of tropical evergreen tree, or the inner surface of the hand?	palm
6987	25. Pronouns	What pronoun is used in the objective case in this example? Although I loathed his every advance, whenever my bank account was getting low, there was never an occasion when I hesitated to send him an alluring invitation to dinner.	him
6988	12. Legends	Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend?	Marian
6989	50. Forests	John Muir was referring to what kind of west coast trees when he said, 'This is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world'	redwoods (sequoias)
6990	40. Courthouses	The private offices or rooms of a judge in a courthouse are his ...	chambers
6991	103. Hosts	A host is the animal or plant that provides shelter and food for what kind of organisms?	parasites
6992	45. The Rock Cycle	Through erosion and deposition, what three categories of rock can form sedimentary rock?	sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
6993	20. Courts	U.S. district courts exist on two island territories in the West Indies. Name them.	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
6994	23. Boating Vectors	A jet boat in still water can speed along at 40 miles per hour. But while going upstream in a river flowing at 6 miles per hour, what is the boat's equivalent land velocity?	34 mph
6995	13. Energy	While potential energy is due to position, kinetic energy is due to ...	motion
6996	28. Payments	The money paid per unit of time for the temporary use of a piece of equipment or a building that the user does not own is called ...	rent
6997	28. Angles	The measure of one of two complementary angles is 18 less than twice the measure of the other. Find the measure of each angle.	36, 54 degrees
6998	105. Homeopathy	Homeopathy, for which there is little scientific support, is based on the principle that 'like cures' what?	like
6999	121. Legends	What legendary Swiss hero was arrested because he refused to salute the cap that represented the governor in his village?	William Tell
7000	26. Caribbean Puns	The name of what capital city is missing in this punnish statement? Visitors to Cuba are usually ---- good time.	Havana
7001	16. Color	Tertiary colors result from mixing what kind of colors?	secondary colors
7002	64. Motors	What is the efficiency of an electric motor that consumes 500 watts of electricity to provide 400 watts of useful mechanical power?	8 (or 80%)
7003	50. Conjunctions	What subordinating conjunction should have been used in this line? There was one moment where I really thought I was going to drown.	when
7004	Alt. 4. Ratio Problems	Two numbers are in the ratio of 7 to 4. What are the numbers if the sum of the larger and half the smaller is 36?	28, 16
7005	110. U.S. Historical Songs	This is from the lyrics of a song about whom? He captured Harper's Ferry, with his nineteen men so few, And frightened 'Old Virginny' till she trembled thru and thru; They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew, But his soul is marching on.	John Brown
7006	13. Gems	Most of the world's annual production of what gems comes from Colombia?	emeralds
7007	77. Big Arid Places	What desert stretches more than 3,500 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea?	Sahara
7008	72. Central America	How many Central American countries do not border	the Pacific Ocean?
7009	39. Mathematical Properties		If a = b, then a + c equals what?
7010	29. Greek Letters	Name the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet that also stands for a transcendental number.	pi
7011	39. Cowboys	On what continent do gauchos get their little dogies along?	South America
7012	120. Farewells	A famous remark made by what American revolutionary may have been inspired by this line from Joseph Addison's play, 'Cato'? What a pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country.	Nathan Hale
7013	67. Range Wars	Some of the most lasting of the range wars of the Old West pitted cattle ranchers against those who raised what other domestic mammal?	sheep
7014	54. Short Stories	In what story does Tessie Hutchinson win something she truly does not want?	The Lottery
7015	4. U.S. Debts	Samuel Robinson lost all his slaves when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The U.S. denied him reimbursement for his loss under the terms of what amendment ratified in 1868?	14th
7016	7. Fruits	What kind of fruit is a clementine?	citrus fruit (or mandarin orange)
7017	34. Authors	What general category of literature was mainly produced by these authors? Alfred Tennyson Omar Khayyam Henry Longfellow Robert Burns	poetry
7018	1417s Abbreviations	The abbreviation for an American possession in the South Pacific corresponds to the chemical symbol for what poisonous metallic element?	arsenic
7019	84. Unnatural Plants	What horticultural practice makes it possible for one tree to bear several different kinds of fruit?	grafting
7020	108. Musicals	These are songs from what musical? Buenos Aires On This Night of a Thousand Stars The Lady's Got Potential Peron's Latest Flame Don't Cry for Me, Argentina	Evita
7021	Alt. 5. The Rock Cycle	Sedimentary rocks may be affected by two broad processes, metamorphism and what other?	weathering
7022	99. Puns	What word is used as a pun in this observation by James Thurber? American college students are like American colleges - each has half-dulled faculties.	faculties
7023	12. Ecological Transformations	Deforestation, overgrazing, or drought often lead to the transformation of usable land into desert or semidesert, a process called ...	desertification
7024	62. Medications	Medications that are not available off the shelf require you to present what kind of order written by a doctor before you can purchase them?	prescription
7025	74. Electricity	Five 1.5 volt cells are connected in series. How many volts will result?	7.5 volts
7026	18. Modular Arithmetic		Express the product of 6 times 6 in mod 7.
7027	66. Seas	What body of water separates Venezuela from the Dominican Republic?	Caribbean Sea
7028	71. Factoring in Algebra	Factor 25p squared - 36q squared.	(5p-6q)(5p + 6q)
7029	96. It's Only Logical	What non-standard contraction completes this line uttered by Lewis Carroll's Tweedledee when he was explaining logic? If it was so, it might be, and, if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ...	ain't
7030	50. Half-life	If the half-life of an isotope is 5 minutes, in how many minutes will there be just 12.5% of the original radioactive material left?	15
7031	12. Robotics	An android is a machine built to look or act like a human. A system that is part human and part robot is called a ...	cyborg
7032	4. Southeast Asia	Name the Dutch trading company that drove the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese traders out of the region now occupied by Indonesia.	Dutch East India Company
7033	15. French Literature	In what work by Marcel Proust does the protagonist dip a madeleine into a cup of tea and become flooded with the sensations of his childhood?	Remembrance of Things Past
7034	3. Explorers	In 1778, Captain James Cook and his men arrived in the Hawaiian islands aboard two ships, the Resolution and the ...	Discovery
7035	29. Presidents	During the last years of Reconstruction, the president was a former Union general named ...	Ulysses S. Grant
7036	Ts Soviet Satellites	Name the independent state formerly known as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.	Moldova
7037	24. People and Places	What word that indicates British peat bogs also applies to the Moslems of northwest Africa?	moors
7038	32. The Brain	Name the gray, outer layer of the brain in which thought processing and all forms of conscious experience take place.	cerebral cortex
7039	57. Judicial Power	What power of U.S. federal courts enables them to declare certain acts of Congress null and void?	judicial review
7040	28. Regulations	What kind of regulations govern the type, use, and size of buildings permitted in different regions of a city?	zoning
7041	22. Artists	This is about whom? A single one of his statues, 'Moses' or 'Lorenzo de' Medici' would have made him immortal. He said he was no painter but he decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel without assistance, alone with his vision, for more than four years.	Michelangelo
7042	41. Monopolies	What product invented and patented by Joseph Glidden began to see widespread use in the 1870s to protect crops, water supplies, and livestock?	barbed wire
7043	42. Chemical Compounds	What family of organic compounds constitutes the major source of energy for the body?	carbohydrates
7044	33. Wars	During what series of wars were the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar most active?	Crusades
7045	13. Caves	Name the stone formations hanging from the ceilings of Carlsbad Caverns and other large limestone caves.	stalactites
7046	32. Ceramics	In pottery, making a pot from a piece of clay on a potter's wheel is called ...	throwing
7047	65. Trapezoids	The lengths of the parallel sides of a trapezoid are 10 and 20 feet. Its height is 20 feet. What is its area?	300 square feet
7048	102. American Novels	This line is from what novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne? No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.	The Scarlet Letter
7049	16. Grasshoppers	Located on each side of the first abdominal segment of a grasshopper, what is the function of the tympana?	hearing
7050	56. Weapons	On what weapon do you find a pommel and hilt?	sword
7051	67. Political Abbreviations	What military abbreviation referred to a zone between North and South Korea along the 38th parallel and a zone between North and South Vietnam along both sides of the 17th parallel?	DMZ
7052	16. Winds	Name the side of an island opposite the one facing a persistent wind.	leeward
7053	57. Eerie Short Stories	What tale by Ambrose Bierce is based on the very last thoughts of a Southern planter captured and condemned to die by Union soldiers?	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
7054	57. Numismatics	Since 1792, what word has appeared on every coin minted in the U.S.?	liberty
7055	74. Ecology Abbreviations	Regarding populations, what is the meaning of 'ZPG'?	zero population growth
7056	125. Colorful Congressmen	What legendary member of the House of Representatives said this on his way to Congress in 1827? I'm fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle. I can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride upon a streak of lightning, and slip without a scratch down a honey locust tree.	Davy Crockett
7057	83. British History	It was an age of adventure, exploration, brilliant literature and drama. Who was the British queen at this time?	Elizabeth \|
7058	16. Combinations	In how many ways can four people be selected at random from a group of 10?	210
7059	35. Europeans	What is the nationality of these people? Vidkun Quisling Henrik Ibsen Edvard Grieg Fridtjof Nansen Thor Heyerdahl Roald Amundsen	Norwegian
7060	4. Acids	What organic acid gives limes their tart taste?	citric acid
7061	43. Geologic Evidence	Alfred Wegener found the plant fossil Glossopteris in rocks of South America, Africa, India, and Australia. He said this was evidence that these land masses were once joined as a single landmass that he called ...	Pangaea
7062	58. Philanthropists	This is about whom? In his 1895 will, he bequeathed the money he reaped from inventing dynamite to five prizes in various fields of human endeavor.	Alfred Nobel
7063	80. Bleak Opinions	This is from a report by a 19th-century government surveyor about what vast U.S. region? It is almost wholly unfit for cultivation and uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for subsistence. The scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country.	Great Plains (Great American Desert)
7064	65. Biographies	The recent work, 'It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life,' was written by what cycling champion who returned to the sport after his advanced cancer had been successfully treated?	Lance Armstrong
7065	74. Epigram Parodies	What is the original epigram that Will Rogers parodied with this statement? A fool and his money are soon elected.	A fool and his money are soon parted.
7066	9. European Leaders	This is about whom? During the last few months he rarely left the Berlin underground bunker. He fluctuated between fits of rage and brooding.	Adolf Hitler
7067	88. Reproduction	What is the term for a cell, a group of cells, or an organism produced by asexual reproduction that contains genetic material identical to that of the parent cell or organism?	clone
7068	20. Peninsular States	On what peninsula in Mexico are the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan located?	Yucatan Peninsula
7069	20. Weapons	What was Germany's most effective weapon in the Battle of the Atlantic?	U-boats (submarines, torpedoes)
7070	48. Clauses	What is the function of the dependent clause in this example? How the shroud first came into existence is a subject of much debate and conjecture.	subject of sentence
7071	22. Hemorrhage	What is the generally preferred first aid treatment for hemorrhage?	direct pressure
7072	6. Star Magnitude	There are two types of star magnitudes. Apparent magnitude is the star's brightness as seen from Earth. The brightness at a standard distance of 10 parsecs is called ...	absolute magnitude
7073	56. Historic Battles	The Duke of Wellington led the British forces against Napoleon at what historic battle?	Waterloo
7074	10. Homonyms	Spell the word for the sound of a bell that is a homonym for the skin of a citrus fruit.	peal
7075	13. Medical Malapropisms	What word should have completed this statement? His condition was poor, having undergone a massive cerebral hemorrhoid.	hemorrhage
7076	38. Scientific Processes	What process is used by the dairy industry to reduce butterfat to tiny particles that are evenly distributed throughout the product?	homogenization (emulsification)
7077	9. Latin America	If you alphabetically arrange Central American countries on the Caribbean, which is first?	Belize
7078	19. Traditions	What state celebrates both Lyndon Baines Johnson Day and San Jacinto Day?	Texas
7079	91. Latin	What is Latin for 'father'?	pater
7080	Alt. 2. Cells	What do uninucleate cells have?	one nucleus
7081	14. Electors	In what article of the Constitution does the phrase 'electoral college' appear?	no article (It is not in the Constitution.)
7082	29. Science Fiction	Name the novel by H.G. Wells in which a stranger with a completely bandaged head arrives at Bramblehurst railway station.	The Invisible Man
7083	23. Printing	These are all varieties of what? Heidelberg, Palatino, Sand, Helvetica, Arial, New Times Roman, Bookman Old Style	fonts
7084	64. Epitaphs	What is the last word in this epitaph supposedly taken from a hypochondriac's tombstone? I told you I was ...	sick
7085	23. Pepper Permutations	You have five quart jars of jalapeno peppers. In how many ways can these jars be arranged on a shelf?	120
7086	115. Operatic Locations	In what country is the Ankara Opera House?	Turkey
7087	41. Amendments	What phrase in the 8th Amendment describes punishment that is unacceptable due to the suffering or humiliation it inflicts on a condemned person?	cruel and unusual
7088	67. Pooch Recollections	Name the animal described here in Jack London's words. And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. In vague ways he remembered back to the youth of the breed, to the time the wild dogs ranged in packs through the primeval forest and killed their meat as they ran it down.	Buck
7089	42. Fossils	Petrifaction or permineralization produces what kind of wood?	petrified wood
7090	33. Paintings	These are examples of what kind of portraits? Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas' Pablo Picasso's 'Pablo Picasso' Vincent Van Gogh's 'Vincent Van Gogh' Andy Warhol's 'Andy Warhol'	self-portraits
7091	27. Norse Vessels	The English called what ships of the Vikings 'dragonships'?	longships (longboats)
7092	61. Air Routes	The shortest route from Perth, Australia to Tierra del Fuego is over what continent?	Antarctica
7093	26. Pharaohs	Her reign began in 1503 B.C. and lasted 22 years. Name the only woman to rule Egypt as pharaoh.	Hatshepsut
7094	36. Hydrology	Name the level below the surface of the ground at which water is found.	water table
7095	8. International Agencies	This is about what organization? It employs more than 34,000 people worldwide and spends 70 percent of its $1.35 billion annual budget on personnel-related costs. Its accounting practices are opaque and corruption is routinely documented.	United Nations
7096	7. Colonial History	What American colony was established largely as a military buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish settlements in Florida?	Georgia
7097	8. European Waterways	The mouth of the Seine River is in what channel?	English Channel
7098	32. Symbolic Writing	As a symbol of 'mournful and never-ending remembrance,' Edgar Allan Poe used what bird of ill omen in one of his poems?	raven
7099	91. Ancient Infrastructure	What ancient European civilization had built over 52,000 miles of roads before 1 A.D.?	Rome
7100	106. NASA Disasters	Name both space shuttles destroyed in horrific accidents.	Challenger, Columbia
7101	58. Latin Americans	Who was Mexico's first Native American president?	Benito Juarez
7102	10. Nonfiction	This biography is about what author? Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women	Louisa May Alcott
7103	15. Amendments	The 26th Amendment granted the right to vote to people at what three age levels?	18, 19, 20
7104	74. Inverses		What is the additive inverse of -19?
7105	76. First Women	What technologically advanced vehicles made these women's firsts possible? Peggy Whitson Eileen Collins Sally K. Ride Kathryn D. Sullivan	space shuttles
7106	122. Branches of Government	Name the three branches into which the framers of the Constitution divided authority in the U.S.	executive, legislative, judicial
7107	TT. Parasitic Plants	Because mistletoe is a parasitic plant, what is the term for any tree upon which it grows?	host
7108	30. Price Reductions	An outboard motor is on sale for 15% off. If the sale price is $425, what was the original price?	$500
7109	99. Political Philosophy	What word completes this line attributed to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels? A specter is haunting Europe, the specter of ...	Communism
7110	19. Pilgrimages	What Saudi Arabian city is the destination for millions of Moslem pilgrims each year?	Mecca
7111	14. Orbits	All planetary orbits in the solar system are elliptical, with what heavenly body occupying one focus?	Sun
7112	27. Algebraic Evaluation	Evaluate y - xz given the following values.	x = -2, y =3, and z= -4.
7113	62. Stringed Instruments	What musical instrument consists of a flat sounding box with 30 to 45 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with fingertips or picks?	zither
7114	24. Anatomy	Name the column of nervous tissue that runs through the backbone.	spinal column
7115	5. Isobars	At the end of each isobar on a weather map is a number showing the atmospheric pressure in inches of what substance?	mercury
7116	2. Eastern Europe	What country that was part of Czechoslovakia until 1993 borders Poland, Germany, and Austria?	Czech Republic
7117	44. Tides	The greatest tidal range on the planet occurs in a bay of what country?	Canada
7118	38. Synonyms in Physics	The center of attraction of a body is the same as its center of ...	gravity
7119	28. Courageous Captains	What British captain commanded three voyages to the Pacific and circumnavigated the globe twice?	James Cook
7120	26. Warships	What raftlike ship with a revolving turret amidships met the ironclad Virginia, formerly the Merrimack, in a five-hour battle in 1862?	Monitor
7121	103. Uplifts	During the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era, what mountain range of eastern California was uplifted?	Sierra Nevada (Sierras)
7122	43. Literary Techniques	It may involve exaggeration, shifts in chronology, blending two people into one character, or departing from conventional rules of form and logic. This practice among writers is what kind of license?	poetic license
7123	6. Court	A voluntary acknowledgment in court that certain facts are true is a(n) ...	admission (stipulation)
7124	118. Earthquake Theories	What theory attempts to explain earthquakes by comparing rocks to rubber bands?	elastic rebound theory
7125	41. Art Materials	Drawing sticks made by binding pigment with gum, oil, or wax are called ...	crayons
7126	39. Solids	Which of the five Platonic solids begins with 'i'?	icosahedron
7127	33. Multiplication in Base 12	Express as a base 10 numeral the product of these base 12 numerals? 23 and 12	378
7128	Zi Fantasies	What is the first volume in the Dragonriders of Pern series?	Dragonfight
7129	38. Great Lakes	Name the four Great Lakes shared by Canada and the US.	Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario
7130	7. Arthropod Reproduction	The male seizes the female's pincers in his own and the pair shuffles about with their stinging tails entwined. After this dance, they go their separate ways, and when the fertilized eggs hatch, the young clamber to the mother's back where they remain for a couple of weeks. Name these arachnids.	scorpions
7131	17. Grammatical Faux Pas	This newspaper headline illustrates what writing error? Suspect Mortally Killed in Shootout	redundancy
7132	104. Big Channels	What strait lies between Siberia's Cape Dezhnev and Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales?	Bering Strait
7133	31. Parts of Speech	As what part of speech is the word 'for' used in this example? Jill was confident she would get the job, for her uncle was the company's president.	conjunction
7134	68. Warships	In 1813, Captain Oliver Perry began to build warships on which of the Great Lakes?	Lake Erie
7135	24. Clauses	What is the subordinate clause in this statement? He gathered up the garbage that the skunks had disbursed.	that the skunks had disbursed
7136	75. Colonial Legislation	In 1765, General Thomas Gage, commander of all British military forces in America, asked the New York assembly to house and supply his troops in compliance with what Parliamentary act?	Quartering Act
7137	70. Aviators	In 1926, who was the pilot on the first regularly scheduled mail flight between St. Louis and Chicago?	Charles Lindbergh
7138	27. History of Kansas	In 1867, what city in Kansas became the first cattle shipping center of the Old West?	Abilene
7139	Zi Peninsulas	The Bataan Peninsula, the site of a major American defeat during the Second World War, is in what country?	Philippines
7140	20. Oceanography	What small body of water separates a barrier reef from the mainland?	lagoon
7141	45. Poems	This is from what poem? He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat: Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on.	Battle Hymn of the Republic
7142	3. Amphibians	Most amphibians have toes that end in what structures made of keratin?	claws
7143	Sis Triangular Trade	In the era of triangular trade, what commodity produced in the Caribbean would be shipped to either New England or to Europe where it would be distilled into rum?	sugar (or sugarcane or molasses)
7144	22. Scientific Poetry	This poem describes what biological theory? In the mud of the Cambrian main Did our earliest ancestors dive. From a shapeless, albuminous grain We mortals are being derived.	evolution
7145	52. The Soviet Union	Soviet satellite states included Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and what former country of northern Europe on the Baltic Sea?	East Germany
7146	102. Revolutions	During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with another leader of the peasants in south-central Mexico who was eventually assassinated. He was Emiliano who?	Zapata
7147	20. Atomic Nuclei	51 protons are in the nucleus of an atom. What is the atomic number of this element?	51
7148	32. Fictional Characters	What character is described by James Thurber as a repressed, ordinary man who daydreams of doing great things?	Walter Mitty
7149	58. Terrorist Groups	Black September was a terrorist group founded in what Mideast country in 1970?	Jordan
7150	104. New Nations	In 1844, Santo Domingo gained her independence from Haiti and established what new republic on the island of Hispaniola?	Dominican Republic
7151	51. Polygons	The areas of two similar polygons are 25 and 81 square feet. The length of a side of the larger polygon is 72 feet. What is the length of the corresponding side of the smaller polygon?	40 feet
7152	15. Modern Warfare	What adjective applies to bombs and missiles which can be electronically programmed to seek specific targets?	smart
7153	45. Infinitives	What is the infinitive in this sentence? Last weekend, Gerald asked me if I would help him pack for his trip to the Yukon.	to pack
7154	54. Writing	What system of writing was used initially by the Sumerians and Akkadians?	cuneiform
7155	Alt. 1. International Relations	The United Nations was founded at the end of what war?	World War Il
7156	54. Parodies	What British poet would have written 'The Purple Cow' poem in this way? Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Cow thou never wert' But in life to cheer it Playest thy full part In purple lines of unpremeditated art.	Percy Bysshe Shelley
7157	55. Medieval Cities	What Italian city-state was originally built on stilts and piles driven into the mud of a marsh near the mouth of the Po River?	Venice
7158	51. Flowers	What part of a flower consists of the filament and anther?	stamen
7159	38. Crimes	What crime that occurs in retail stores is also known as a 'five-fingered discount'?	shoplifting
7160	76. Ecological Disasters	In 2010, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico became the worst in U.S. history, far surpassing the worst previous spill in 1989 from what damaged supertanker?	Exxon Valdez
7161	114. Taxes	One way Southern states tried to disfranchise black voters after ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment was to require payment of what kind of tax for voter registration?	poll tax
7162	42. Currencies	What is the currency in French Guiana?	euro
7163	118. Agriculture	What is the collective name for bulgar, amaranth, millet, rye, barley, and wild rice?	grains
7164	34. Military Bodies	What branch of the American military devoted a great deal of its effort in the 1920s to stopping the bootlegging of alcoholic beverages into the United States?	Coast Guard
7165	Ts Science Fiction	In what story by H.G. Wells do subterranean Morlocks live on Eloi?	The Time Machine
7166	41. Algebraic Factoring	Factor 3y + 6.	3(y+2)
7167	36. Arm of the Mediterranean	What sea is immediately north of the Ionian Sea?	Adriatic Sea
7168	29. Animal Movements	When an octopus wants to move quickly, it forces a stream of water out of its body characterizing what form of propulsion?	jet propulsion
7169	30. Aircraft Technology	What is the general term for aircraft designed to avoid radar detection?	stealth
7170	57. Scandinavia	Which Scandinavian country is farthest west?	Iceland
7171	33. Employment	One day, the government announced that, as part of an austerity program, it would not hire any additional border guards. What is the term for such a measure?	freeze
7172	34. Literary Geography	What country is the setting for this work? On the Pampas	Argentina
7173	9. Wipeouts	Geological evidence suggests that extinction of dinosaurs occurred when a city-sized meteorite impacted what peninsula?	Yucatan
7174	15. Physics History	James Chadwick discovered what particle in the nucleus of an atom that was given its name because it has no electric charge?	neutron
7175	20. Short Stories	These is advice given by the protagonist to a young sailor in what American short story? Remember, boy, that behind all these men, behind officers and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother.	The Man Without a Country
7176	89. Signings	At what cape did these people sign a significant historical and political document in 1620? James Chilton, Edward Winslow, John Tilly, John Craxton, Peter Brown, William Bradford, Miles Standish	Cape Cod
7177	39. Poetic Accents	What is the first accented monosyllabic word in Poe's 'The Raven'?	Once
7178	123. Tribe Fatalities	The two diseases that killed the greatest numbers of Comanches were cholera and what other?	smallpox (or measles)
7179	123. Space Exploration	Three astronauts died in 1971 when their space capsule developed an air leak upon reentry. In that same year, another space capsule soft-landed on Mars. Both crafts were launched by what country?	Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
7180	9. Landforms	These are examples of what landform? Sinai Seward Malay Scandinavian	peninsula
7181	Alt. 2. Archipelagoes	The Santa Barbara Archipelago is off the coast of what state?	California
7182	47. Mythical Courage	Who is the hero's opponent in this passage? Ulysses took his bar of wood, and made the point red-hot in the fire. Next, his four men rammed it into the giant's one eye, and held it down, while Ulysses twirled it round.	Cyclops
7183	38. Boiling	What happens to the boiling point of a liquid as the altitude increases?	It decreases.
7184	21. Seagoing Mammals	What kind of whale has the largest head of any animal?	sperm whale
7185	8. Stream Water	A stretch of ripples flowing rapidly over a sandbar or rocky shoal is called a ...	riffle
7186	4. Islands	What island is at a longitude of 40 degrees west and a latitude of 80 degrees north?	Greenland
7187	30. Outdoor Injuries	Name the skin condition where prolonged, rapidly-moving air removes the oil from the skin surface causing excessive dryness, redness, and a burning feeling.	windburn
7188	65. Decimals	Express 10/33 as a repeating decimal.	303030...
7189	39. Abbreviations	What is the abbreviation for 'Sergeant'?	Sgt.
7190	45. Heat Transfer	The water at the very bottom of a pot on a stove is heated by conduction because it is in contact with the pot. But, what other form of energy transfer is involved in heating most of the water?	convection
7191	30. Literary Characters	What character created by a Mr. Harris spoke these lines? Hungry rooster don't cackle w'en he find a wum Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git's loose fum de jug.	Uncle Remus
7192	60. Navigation	Name the instrument that can be used to figure out a ship's position by measuring the angle between a star or the Sun and the horizon.	sextant
7193	57. Story Settings	What state is the setting for Marjorie Rawlings' book, 'The Yearling'?	Florida
7194	16. Zoological Analogies	Bison are quadrupeds while humans are what?	bipeds
7195	46. Home Heating	Convection heaters warm a whole room. What kind of heaters spot-heat, warming you or something in the room, but not the air?	radiant heaters
7196	27. Groundwater	Groundwater moves downward through permeable rock until it reaches an impermeable rock layer. Above the impermeable rock, all openings are filled with water to form a zone of ...	saturation
7197	81. Governmental Functions	The broad functions of most governments are the legislative, executive, and what else?	judicial
7198	19. Musical Instruments	What woodwind instrument associated with Dixieland music was played by Benny Goodman?	clarinet
7199	7. Algebra	33 is added to seven times a number. The result is 68.	What is the number?
7200	67. Tissues	Phloem is a food conducting tissue in what botanical category that includes ferns and seed bearing plants?	vascular
7201	16. Ocean Waves	The highest point of an ocean wave is the ...	crest
7202	26. Plants	Succulents store water in their ...	leaves (stems)
7203	16. Novels	What kind of creatures are central to Michael Crichton's novel, 'Jurassic Park'?	dinosaurs
7204	47. Solutions		Acid solutions have a pH of less than ...
7205	26. Mountaineering Controversy	The discovery of George Mallory's body in 1999 fueled speculation that he had actually beaten what other mountaineer to the summit of Mount Everest?	Edmund Hillary
7206	22. Radiology	What relatively high-energy photons are involved in most medical radiologic tests?	X-rays
7207	28. Etymology	The words captain, capital, caprice, biceps and cadet are derived from the Latin word 'caput' which means	head
7208	110. Russian Cities	The Fortress of St. Peter and Paul was the original fortress around which what major Russian city was built?	St. Petersburg
7209	93. North American Archipelagoes	Cape Hatteras, North Carolina is the nearest mainland to what British Overseas Territory off the east coast of the United States?	Bermuda
7210	27. History of Agriculture	The plantations of the Old South in America were somewhat analogous to what land divisions of medieval Europe?	manors
7211	15. Prime Ministers	Golda Meir was the first female prime minister of what country?	Israel
7212	103. Homonyms	Spell a word referring to a part of a sentence that is a homonym for another word meaning the sharp nails on animal toes.	clause
7213	73. Astronomical Laws	Which of Kepler's laws is also called the harmonic law?	third law
7214	12. Air Circulation	What is the name for a rising parcel of warm, less dense air that is produced by the heating of the Earth's surface?	thermal (updraft)
7215	42. Dance	What name for an animated Spanish dance rhymes with 'mango'?	fandango
7216	27. Paralysis	Paralysis is most often caused by damage to what structure consisting of nerve tissue that runs along one's back?	spinal cord
7217	Ts Mideast Cities	Name the two largest cities of Iraq.	Baghdad, Basra
7218	78. Clothing	These items of apparel are particularly related to what country? imperial yellow jacket, shenyi, mandarin collar, Mao suit	China
7219	114. Optics	What is the term for any optical device that transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam?	lens
7220	46. Punctuation	Quotation marks are one type of punctuation mark always used in pairs. Name either of the others.	brackets, parentheses
7221	38. Geology	Ground motion, ground displacements, landslides, and tsunamis may be caused by what geologic phenomena?	earthquakes (meteorite impacts, volcanic eruptions)
7222	50. Energy	Which of the two kinds of energy do the cars of a roller coaster acquire as they are drawn to the top of the first incline?	potential
7223	39. Crustaceans	Edible crustaceans that resemble shrimp but are larger and have different gill structures are called ...	prawns
7224	104. Election Locations	Name the small, enclosed location in a polling station where voters cast their secret ballots.	voting booth
7225	57. Inventions	Not long after its invention, what code became the primary language of telegraphy throughout the world?	Morse code
7226	20. English Explorations	In the late 16th century, the Englishman John Davis discovered what islands 480 miles northeast of Cape Horn that would become the object of a brief war between Argentina and Britain in 1982?	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
7227	31. Fossils	Paleontologists refer to the cavity around which a cast is formed as a ...	mold
7228	12. Cool Poetry	What holiday is mentioned in 'The Cremation of Sam McGee'?	Christmas
7229	108. Legendary Ladies	The Lady Marian Fitzwalter was a friend of what legendary character who lived in Sherwood Forest?	Robin Hood
7230	4. Legislation	What phrase, literally meaning a container holding a type of meat, describes legislation benefiting a representative's own district?	pork barrel
7231	72. Muscle Problems	What is the name for a sustained, spasmodic contraction of a muscle, usually accompanied by severe localized pain?	cramp
7232	51. Physical Properties	You have an unknown glob of material and find that no matter how much you squeeze it or stretch it or compress it, it returns to its original shape. This illustrates what physical property?	elasticity
7233	68. Protests	Active refusal to obey certain laws or demands of a government without resorting to physical violence is called civil ...	disobedience
7234	48. Dogs	This comment by Robert Benchley is about what kind of dog? They are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.	dachshund
7235	69. Shakespearean Idioms	Complete this expression that first appeared in 'Love's Labour Lost.' the apple of her ...	eye
7236	99. Illegal Archaeology	What is the term for illegal digging at archaeological sites to unearth artifacts for personal collections or sale on the black market?	pothunting
7237	36. Ordinances	The Ordinance of 1787 divided U.S. public lands into square townships measuring how many miles on a	side?
7238	82. Plurals	Wives are to wife as data are to what?	datum
7239	28. Art Geology	What metamorphosed form of limestone is commonly used in architecture and sculpture?	marble
7240	50. Armies	The United Nation armies that fought in the Korean War overwhelmingly consisted of soldiers from what country?	United States
7241	99. Political Apathy	'They' in this quote refers to what political party? First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew. -	azis
7242	116. Sweet Stuff	What substance produced by many plants is the sugar source for honey?	nectar
7243	10. Parks	What is the southernmost national park on the mainland of the contiguous forty-eight states?	Everglades
7244	39. Namesakes	In 1823, a Scotsman named Charles Macintosh found that he could make good raincoats by putting a layer of rubber between two layers of cloth. What name was given to his raincoats?	mackintoshes
7245	53. Baking Chemistry	In a bakery, yeast ferment what substance to produce the carbon dioxide that makes bread rise?	sugar
7246	5. Prefixes	What does the prefix mean in dialogue, diagonal, and diameter?	through (across)
7247	18. Numismatics	Name the first woman depicted on a U.S. coin.	Susan Anthony
7248	13. Planets	Consisting mostly of carbon dioxide, the atmosphere of which terrestrial planet is densest?	Venus
7249	16. Scientific Instruments	Developed by Jean Bernard Foucault to prove that the Earth turns, what device consists of a very long wire suspended from a high ceiling and attached to a heavy bob so that it is free to swing to and fro in any direction?	pendulum (Foucault pendulum)
7250	73. Electricity	What unit of electrical measurement equals one thousand kilowatts?	megawatt (MW)
7251	93. Czars	What czar ruled the Russian Empire until March of 1917?	Nicholas II
7252	95. Solids	Chemically speaking, what is the name for a solid that separates out of solution during a chemical change?	precipitate
7253	79. Taxation	What kind of taxes are paid annually in most communities on all buildings and land?	property taxes
7254	28. The Roman Empire	Under the leadership of Augustus Caesar, Rome's territory stretched from Spain in the west to Syria in the east and from the Rhine and Danube rivers in the north to what desert in the south?	Sahara
7255	30. Polling	What kind of surveys are taken as voters leave polling places?	exit polls
7256	115. Banishments	Because he supported the separation of church and state and held the position that taking land from the Indians without proper payment was unfair, what citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Company ended up establishing a colony that became Rhode Island?	Roger Williams
7257	101. Forest Fire Fighting	What is the name for a strip of land burned or plowed to stop the spread of an oncoming fire?	firebreak (firequard)
7258	79. Fish Attacks	In 2013, some 60 people in the Argentine city of Rosario were injured in a ferocious fish attack. What kind of aggressive river fish were involved?	piranhas
7259	31. Native American Paintings	In a painting by an Indian who fought at the Little Bighorn, the artist shows Kicking Bear, Rain-in-the-Face, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull standing over what dead cavalry commander?	George Custer
7260	Ts Nonfiction	What work by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled, 'Across the Pacific by Raft'?	Kon-Tiki
7261	36. Solutions	In what phase of matter is the solute in antifreeze?	liquid
7262	56. Agricultural Tools	While a sickle has a short handle and a relatively short, semicircular blade, what other agricultural implement used for mowing and reaping has a long bent handle and a long, curved, single-edged blade?	scythe
7263	47. Batteries	Which terminal of a battery has more protons than electrons?	positive terminal
7264	Zi New World Colonizers	The five kingdoms that first established colonies in the New World included the English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and the ...	Dutch
7265	42. Macromolecules	Amino acids are supremely important in biology because they constitute the building blocks of what complex macromolecules?	proteins
7266	41. Bells	Name the biggest bell in the clock tower at the northeastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London.	Big Ben
7267	20. Fundamental Geography	In relation to elevation, what is the most commonly used datum plane?	sea level
7268	4. Insects	What is the term for male bees that lack stingers and have the sole purpose of mating with queen bees?	drones
7269	62. Squares	The perimeter of a square is 436 feet. What is the length of any two of its sides?	218 feet
7270	125. Hobbies	What is the title of the head of a huge U.S. government department most important to people involved with the hobby of philately?	postmaster (postmaster general)
7271	29. Perimeters	What is the perimeter of a nonagon if each side is seven centimeters?	63 centimeters
7272	42. Animal Legs	How many more pairs of legs do decapods have in comparison to arachnids?	one more pair
7273	46. Carthaginians	In 218 B.C., what commander led his army of ninety thousand soldiers and forty elephants from Spain, across Gaul, and over Europe's highest mountain range to attack Rome?	Hannibal
7274	34. Government Agencies	What is the abbreviation for an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for developing health and safety standards for places of employment?	OSHA
7275	Alt. 1. Military Ranks	What western military rank came from the Arabic naval title, 'amir al-bahr'?	admiral
7276	53. Great Lakes History	In 1813, ten U.S. vessels under Commodore Oliver Perry met six British vessels under Captain James Barclay in a battle on which of the Great Lakes?	Lake Erie
7277	13. Fraction Fractions	What fraction is halfway between 3 and 14/3?	23/6
7278	87. History of Space	What was the destination of the Apollo 11 space flight?	the Moon
7279	28. Weapons	A kiloton weapon has the explosive power of how many tons of TNT?	1000
7280	116. Arabia	In the seventh century, two classes existed in Arabia. The house-dwellers were found only near the coasts. The other class, whose name now indicates pastoral nomads, were called what?	Bedouins
7281	6. Latin America	The northern part of what South American country is drained by the Salado, Parana, and Uruguay rivers?	Argentina
7282	Sis Speedy Mammals	The second fastest mammal lives in the Rocky Mountain states and has been clocked at over 60 miles per hour. Name this antelope.	pronghorn
7283	9. Island Occupations	Kiska and Attu were temporarily occupied by the Japanese in World War II. They are islands in what island chain?	Aleutian Islands
7284	39. Medieval Guilds	In what material did a medieval artist work who was a member of the 'Arte di Pietra' guild?	stone (rock)
7285	44. Mammals	What edentate mammal received its name because it feeds entirely on hymenopterous insects?	anteater
7286	54. Lost at Sea	People lost at sea have gone to Davy Jones' what?	locker
7287	117. Sculpture	What alloy composed of tin and copper is used in metal sculpture?	bronze
7288	48. Malapropisms	What word should the Texas Speaker of the House have used when he said the following? This is unparalyzed in the state's history.	unparalleled
7289	Alt. 3. U.S. Economic History	Which of the Founding Fathers most vehemently opposed Alexander Hamilton's proposals to create a national bank?	Thomas Jefferson
7290	44. Eruptions	Popocatepetl, an enormous volcano that reawakened in 1994 and has been spewing ash intermittently ever since is in what country?	Mexico
7291	76. Wheel Problems	If the diameter of a certain wheel is 2.3 meters, to the nearest tenth, how many meters will it cover in making 20 revolutions?	144.4
7292	8. Trade Barriers	In international trade, trade barriers that nations place on the quantity of imports or exports of specific goods are called ...	quotas
7293	31. Hijackers	Fifteen of the nineteen September 11 hijackers were of what nationality?	Saudi Arabian
7294	109. Images	What kind of mirror always forms a virtual image that cannot be projected onto a screen?	convex (diverging) mirror
7295	39. Legions	The Foreign Legion, known for its work in North Africa, is under the control of what country?	France
7296	Ts Canal Health	The death rate in the Panama Canal Zone had dropped to 6 per 1000 in 1914 against 14 per 1000 when work began on the canal in 1904. This was mainly because William Gorgas had mostly won the fights against yellow fever and what other disease?	malaria
7297	39. Marches	Composed by John Philip Sousa, 'Semper Fidelis' is the official march of what branch of the U.S. military?	Marines
7298	3. Circulatory System	Which blood vessels have these characteristics? -thin walls with little elasticity -valves -little muscle -carry blood to the heart	veins
7299	100. Autoantonyms	What word missing from this autoantonym statement can mean 'things are going to get worse' or 'things are going to get better'? It's all ---- from here.	downhill
7300	4. Eye Anatomy	What membrane in the eye contains cells that detect light?	retina
7301	116. Fantasies	What dark, soul-sucking creatures in the Harry Potter books were inspired by J.K. Rowling's personal experiences with depression?	Dementors
7302	28. Rocketry	The time period during which a space vehicle can be launched for a specific mission is a launch ...	window
7303	39. Matter	What is occupied by matter?	space
7304	68. Ceremonies	Name the ceremony in which a U.S. president is sworn into office.	inauguration
7305	54. Amendments	What, according to the Second Amendment, is necessary to the security of a free state?	a militia
7306	87. American Legends	Name the legendary steel-driving man of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.	John Henry
7307	53. Metal Etymology	What lustrous metallic rare earth element is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture whose name is also that of the largest asteroid?	cerium
7308	23. Proportions	What two numbers are the extremes in this proportion?	3/5 = 6/10
7309	73. European Geography	Vatican City is completely surrounded by what country?	Italy
7310	64. Egyptian History	Name the leader who preceded Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt.	Anwar Sadat
7311	74. Natural Phenomena	Anything that imparts a disturbance to the surrounding air is a source of what phenomenon as perceived by people?	sound
7312	51. Playing Politics	In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt was accused of delaying statehood for what three states because they would probably vote Democratic?	Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico
7313	15. Solutions	Solutions are homogenous mixtures composed of solvents and what else?	solutes
7314	87. Mark Twain	Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction was a story about Tom Canty who was a pauper, and another identical boy who was a what?	prince
7315	da Phrases	How is the prepositional phrase used below? The best time for study is in the night.	noun
7316	18. Soldier Nicknames	Reminiscent of a soft mixture of flour and water, American infantrymen in World War I were called what?	doughboys
7317	41. Homophones	Spell the homophone for legendary Moslem spirits that sounds the same as the name for an alcoholic beverage.	jinn (or djinn)
7318	22. Painters	What artist painted several portraits of himself with a bandage covering his ear?	Vincent van Gogh
7319	107. Sprains	In a grade 3 sprain, what kind of tissue in completely ruptured?	ligament
7320	52. Colonial Impositions	Blanket search warrants in the English colonies authorized by the Townshend Acts of 1767 were called writs of what?	assistance
7321	17. Etymology	The term 'equinox' is derived from the two Latin words 'aequi' and 'nox' which mean 'equal' what?	night
7322	38. Lift	On what kind of watercraft is lift often horizontal?	sailboat
7323	25. Currencies	What is the currency in French Guiana?	euro
7324	11. Confluences	Name any state adjacent to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.	Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky
7325	10. Clipped Words	'Mum' is a clipped word for what showy flowers?	chrysanthemum
7326	123. Pollution	What is the source of anthropogenic pollutants?	man
7327	13. Probability	The probability of getting a 6 when a pair of dice is thrown is 5/36. If you throw the dice 720 times, you would expect a sum of 6 to come up how many times?	100
7328	49. Mars	The name of which Martian moon literally means 'panic'?	Deimos
7329	21. Slavery	The exchange of molasses for rum for slaves was what kind of trade?	triangular trade
7330	55. Zoological Catastrophes	This is about what mammals? Within only thirty years, the original twenty-four had reproduced exponentially to millions and inhabited the states of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia, devastating large areas of once relatively fertile lands.	rabbits
7331	43. Cities	What is the capital of the state which includes these cities? Kearney, Scottsbluff, Omaha, North Platte	Lincoln
7332	53. Polygons	Geometrically speaking, what can be said about two polygons if these conditions hold true? They have the same number of sides. All corresponding sides are the same length. All corresponding interior angles have the same measures.	They are congruent
7333	2. Law Enforcement	What is the abbreviation for a law enforcement officer in the U.S. Army?	MP
7334	88. Waves	A wave is characterized by wavelength, speed, and what else?	frequency
7335	16. World Geography	These are all names of what? Volga, Brahmaputra, Parana, Amur, Lena	rivers
7336	47. Military Academies	In what state does a midshipman attend the U.S. Naval Academy?	Maryland
7337	93. Fantasies	Name the fantasy by Yann Martel about a young Indian boy adrift in a lifeboat with an orangutan, zebra, hyena, and tiger.	Life of Pi
7338	52. Predators	Name the largest apex terrestrial predator in Australia.	dingo
7339	111. Homophones	Spell the adjective meaning 'impending' that is a homophone for another adjective meaning 'noteworthy' or 'distinguished.'	imminent
7340	43. Body Defenses	What body system defends against disease and invasion of microorganisms?	immune system
7341	123. History of Science	Around 600 B.C., an ancient Greek, Thales of Miletus, rubbed amber and silk together to produce what kind of electricity?	static
7342	22. Colonial Cities	In 1630, John Winthrop and members of the Massachusetts Bay Company established 'a city on a hill,' a city known today as ...	Boston
7343	70. Brief Tales	This is from what short story? Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. There were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands.	The Lottery
7344	67. Aquatic Vertebrates	It has a deep groove running along the roof of its mouth which it can make into a tube by covering it with its flexible tongue. When it sees an insect on a plant, it squirts water which knocks the prey down. Name this fish.	archerfish
7345	19. Tongue-in-Cheek Definitions	If autocracy is the tyranny of the one and oligarchy is tyranny of the few, what is the tyranny of the many?	democracy
7346	47. Latin American Lakes	Gatun Lake is an extensive artificial lake in what Central American country?	Panama
7347	13. Weight	Neil weighed 30 pounds on the Moon. What did he weigh when he returned to Earth?	180 pounds
7348	22. Sedimentary Color	Hues of brown and red are often present in sedimentary rocks containing the oxides of what metal?	iron
7349	59. First Aid	The following is part of a treatment for what condition accompanying an injury? Maintain circulation by keeping the patient lying down with head lower than the body. Slightly elevate the lower extremities.	shock
7350	123. Bird Palindromes	The plural form of the name of what bird begins this palindrome? ---- sail I assume.	emus
7351	25. Mammals	Through the efforts of environmentalists, the oil and gas pipelines in Alaska had to be designed to permit what mammals unimpeded passage on their lengthy migrations to feeding grounds?	caribou
7352	27. Circles	3.1416 times the radius squared yields what information about a circle?	its area
7353	70. Colonial Representatives	The first meeting of an elected legislature in what was to become the United States occurred in 1619 in Jamestown. Name this body.	House of Burgesses
7354	79. Communication	What system of raised point writing devised by a French educator enables sightless people to read words and music?	Braille
7355	Sis Drama	Name the two central adversaries in a melodrama.	hero, villain (protagonist, antagonist)
7356	22. Short Stories	Who wrote the short story, 'The Black Cat'?	Edgar Allan Poe
7357	38. Customs	By naval custom, the commander of any ship, whatever his or her rank, is called ...	captain
7358	31. Distillation	Name both phase changes involved in distillation.	evaporation, condensation
7359	54. Linear Equations	Solve this equation for x. 3x -.04 = .557	199
7360	25. Controlled Substances	What commonly abused controlled substance is a diuretic, vasodilator, and dehydrator?	alcohol
7361	1. Abbreviations	The same letters used in the postal abbreviation for the 'Show Me' state are also used in the abbreviation of what metallic chemical element?	molybdenum
7362	62. Baryons	A baryon is a subatomic particle whose decay products always include what other subatomic particle?	proton
7363	42. Monumental Beginnings	In 1884, the cornerstone of what monument on Bedloe's Island in Upper New York Bay was laid?	Statue of Liberty
7364	55. Orbits	What is the shape of the Moon's orbit?	elliptical
7365	36. Commerce of the Middle Ages	Their value at the time was greater than that of gold or jewels. Identify these edible substances carried from India or the Moluccas to Europe during the Medieval period.	spices
7366	40. Algebraic Fractions	In this fraction, the unknown cannot have what value?	(yt2)/y
7367	124. Insurance	What is the name for the memorandum given by an insurance company to a person which provides for temporary protection until a formal policy is issued?	binder
7368	39. Parodied Proverbs	What vertebrate is named in the original proverb of which this is a parody? Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.	fish
7369	29. Publications	What is the collective name for these publications? Sports Illustrated Better Homes and Gardens Business Week Car and Driver	periodicals
7370	5. Statistics	An alpha error is the probability of rejecting a null hypothesis that is what?	true
7371	60. Regional Dress	What traditional clothing of Pakistani and Indian women consists of a length of lightweight cloth with one end wrapped about the waist to form a skirt and the other draped over the shoulder or the head?	sari
7372	7. Military Men	After fighting in World War II and Korea, he commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam. Name this former army chief of staff after whom the M1 tank is named.	Creighton Abrams
7373	73. Body Systems	Which two body systems begin with 'r''?	respiratory, reproductive
7374	85. Algebraic Proportions	Solve this proportion. (y-5)/ 7 = 3/5	46/5 (or 9 1/5 or 9.2)
7375	53. Modular Arithmetic	You are calculating in arithmetic modulo 12. If you	add 8 + 7 you get what?
7376	3. Body Systems	A cutaneous condition is any medical condition that affects what body system?	integumentary system
7377	118. Pandemics	What disease, pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to kill some 52 million people within the first 15 years of the 21st century?	AIDS
7378	27. Energy	What form of energy is associated with Chalk River, Windscale Pile No. 1, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl?	nuclear energy
7379	27. Governmental Bodies	The non-elected house of Parliament in the United Kingdom is the ...	House of Lords
7380	20. Ranching	Name the fodder prepared by storing and fermenting green forage plants in a silo.	silage
7381	35. Transportation Nicknames	Synonymous with 'large trench,' what was the nickname of the Erie Canal?	Big Ditch
7382	38. Frontier Justice	People who take the law into their own hands by trying and punishing suspects without legal authority are known as ...	vigilantes
7383	16. Missile Proportions	The government figured it would take 18 laser weapons to shoot down 200 incoming missiles. How many laser weapons are needed to down 4000 incoming missiles by to these statistics?	360
7384	43. Sculptures	Gutzon Borglum worked on the massive sculpture at Stone Mountain in Georgia and on what other similar project in the Black Hills of South Dakota?	Mount Rushmore
7385	103. Proverbs	This is a restatement of what proverb? Nonpresence causes an organ composed of cardiac tissue to become increasingly affectionate.	Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
7386	72. Energy	Which category of energy is illustrated by water flowing through a turbine, a spinning top, or a rolling bowling ball?	kinetic
7387	27. Explorers	In his second expedition to the Antarctic in the 1930s, who discovered and named the Edsel Ford Mountains?	Richard Byrd
7388	74. Chiefs	Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian chief who organized tribes in the region of what lakes?	Great Lakes
7389	33. Monarchies	What Moslem monarchy was a key staging area for the multinational force that liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War?	Saudi Arabia
7390	60. Compounds	Name the chemical compound of protein and iron that transports oxygen through the body.	hemoglobin
7391	48. Slavery	Slave trade in America and Europe ended during which century?	19th century
7392	88. Experiments	Louis Pasteur put 24 sheep into one pen and 24 more into another. He vaccinated one group. Otherwise all the sheep were treated the same. Then he introduced anthrax to both groups, and only the vaccinated sheep survived. What was the hypothesis?	Vaccination prevents anthrax.
7393	118. Symbols	What two implements were the Soviet Union's symbols for industry and agriculture?	hammer, sickle
7394	70. Asteroids	The atmospheres of asteroids primarily consist of what gas?	none
7395	19. Nationalities	What is the nationality of the scientist who discovered the circulation of blood?	English
7396	30. Fish Anatomy	A gas-filled structure inside the body of many fish which lightens them so they can drift in the water without sinking is called the swim what?	bladder
7397	39. Lobbying	The ability of individuals, groups, and corporations to lobby the government is protected by what right in the First Amendment?	right to petition
7398	23. Symbols	Although it had been used by several of the world's peoples for some thousands of years, what symbol came to represent mass murder, genocide, and tyranny after it was adopted by the Nazis?	swastika
7399	48. Monuments	What monument in Missouri is made entirely of stainless steel and was built to commemorate the westward expansion following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803?	Gateway Arch
7400	28. Rhode Islanders	Roger Williams encouraged what kind of toleration?	religious toleration
7401	124. Symbols	In physics, 'c' denotes the speed of what?	light
7402	98. Seafarers	Collectively, these terms remind us of what seafaring people? rune, longship, saga, Valhalla, Odin	Vikings (Norsemen)
7403	27. Memorials	In what U.S. state is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, the first permanent memorial arch in America that honors the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the Civil War, and the 400 who died for the Union?	Connecticut
7404	53. Patio Math	Around a 15 x 18 foot redwood patio is a concrete walkway 3 feet wide. What is the ratio of the area of the walkway to the area of the patio?	13 to 15
7405	53. Figurative Language	What two figures of speech are used in this example? Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon.	personification, alliteration
7406	35. Drama	Elizabethan drama is associated with what country?	England
7407	58. Books within Books	In '1984,' a book entitled 'The Theory and Practice of Oligarchial Collectivism' by Emmanuel Goldstein is simply known by what name?	The Book
7408	4. Prisoners	Arizona senator, John McCain, spent five years as a prisoner of war in what country?	Vietnam (North Vietnam)
7409	30. Energy Conversions	The windmills of Holland convert wind energy into what other form of energy?	mechanical energy
7410	28. Longitude	You are watching the Sun and at the moment it reaches local apparent noon, you call Greenwich and find the time there to be 5 p.m. What is your longitude?	75 degrees west
7411	75. Slippage	This excerpt is about what fault? When segments of the Earth's crust slip, earthquakes wrack the land. One jump of 21 feet gutted San Francisco in 1906.	San Andreas Fault
7412	82. Anteaters	What continent is home to aardvarks?	Africa
7413	37. Pronouns	What category of pronouns is illustrated in these lines? What happened next? Whose are those freckles? Who knows where Buster went crabbing? Which is the cage for Nicholas?	interrogative pronouns
7414	11. Debt	What adjective indicates debt without collateral, such as credit card debt?	unsecured
7415	15. Petitions	Shortly after King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition, the Second Continental Congress created what military body?	Continental Army
7416	28. Feasts	Name the type of feast in which this traditional food is often featured. poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi, opihi, haupia	luau
7417	16. Rivers	Which river pours more water back into the ocean than any other?	Amazon
7418	Alt. 2. Technological Developments	During what general period in the history of Europe did these inventions emerge? Fourdrinier paper machine Tull seed drill Meikle threshing machine boring machine slotting machine	Industrial Revolution
7419	74. Base Conversions	Express as a decimal number the base 6 number 423.	159
7420	20. Colonial Settlements	In 1620, the Virginia Company of Plymouth had failed to establish permanent colonies in the northern reaches of what was then known as Virginia while a settlement at Jamestown has been successfully established by the Virginia Company of what city?	London
7421	25. Consumer Purchases	Economists refer to the quantity of goods and/or services which buyers are willing and able to purchase as the ...	demand
7422	Alt. 1. Rodents	Somewhat resembling beavers, name the common semi-aquatic rodents weighing 2 to 5 pounds with webbed feet and scaly, roundish tails that make their homes in riverbank burrows.	muskrats
7423	13. Other Bases in Math	120 in base 7 equals what decimal numeral?	63
7424	15. Disasters	In 1906, the Valencia Street Hotel simply slouched down and people in rooms on the fourth floor walked out through their windows on to the street. In what city was this hotel located?	San Francisco
7425	33. Integers	What is the largest of 3 consecutive even integers the sum of which is 60?	22
7426	67. Mexicans	Name the Mexican leader of several thousand troops who annihilated 187 Texans defending a mission.	Santa Anna
7427	8. Voting	The process of voting for candidates of more than one party for different positions is called ...	split-ticket voting
7428	92. Echoes	The time delay between a sound and its echo can be calculated by dividing the total distance by the speed of what?	sound
7429	121. Political Jargon	What phrase from basketball is used in a political sense to indicate an all-out effort?	full-court press
7430	25. Narratives	What verb tense is used in the narration of most novels?	past tense
7431	94. Amphibians	During what stage of their development do frogs and toads have no arms or legs?	tadpole (pollywog, larval)
7432	24. Crime	What are disassembled in chop shops?	(stolen) automobiles
7433	I21s Totalitarianism	The term, 'totalitarianism,' was first used to describe the organizational principles of what political party in Germany?	Nazi (National Socialist)
7434	36. Motion	A tire rolling across a flat surface eventually stops. What force aside from gravity slows it down?	friction
7435	35. Perception	What kind of perception enables a person to perceive space and three-dimensional objects?	depth perception
7436	100. Curious Travel	To go from west to east, a ship must travel from east to west through what canal?	Panama Canal
7437	48. Health	Name the clinical state in which the body does not retain sufficient fluids to maintain the normal functions of such activities as blood circulation and excretion.	dehydration
7438	48. Comparisons	What is the term for the kind of comparison illustrated in these lines? -She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli and he was room-temperature beef. -Granddad has a mind like a steel trap, only one that has been left out so long it has rusted shut.	analogy
7439	93. Horses	What is the term for a female horse two to five years of age?	filly
7440	6. Metals	What is the only metal on the periodic table that is not solid at room temperature?	mercury
7441	16. Angles	What kind of angle is formed by the hands of a clock when it is 6 p.m.?	straight angle
7442	65. Dog Disorders	The improper development of the hip joint in dogs is called hip what?	dysplasia
7443	48. Pilgrimages	What is the destination of the Moslem pilgrimage called the hajj?	Mecca
7444	90. Plate Tectonics	Most of what country lies on the Anatolian plate?	Turkey
7445	28. Mythical Spinners	Clotho was one of the three Fates. She was responsible for spinning what thread?	thread of life
7446	18. Communications	In 1858, Queen Victoria and President Buchanan exchanged messaged by means of the first transatlantic cable, the brainchild of what American merchant and financier?	Cyrus Field
7447	35. Verse	What kind of verse is this by John Lennon? The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. Sam fells on the waysock-side And somforbe on a gurled, With all her faulty bagnose!	nonsense verse
7448	27. Science Fiction Creatures	H.G. Wells wrote about two groups of creatures in 'The Time Machine.' Weena belonged to which group?	Eloi
7449	Alt. 5. Operations	What vestigial abdominal organ is routinely removed when it becomes severely inflamed?	appendix
7450	48. Parallel Structure	Restate this line using parallel structure. I like shooting, fishing, and to play golf.	\| like shooting, fishing, and playing golf.
7451	113. Veggies	What is the collective name for vegetables that include tubers, rhizomes, corms, bulbs, tuberous roots, and tap roots?	root vegetables
7452	30. Machines	A screw is simply a cylinder with what simple machine wrapped around it?	inclined plane
7453	22. Word Squares	In a 3x3 palindrome square, the first row is GEL and the third row is LEG. What word is in the second row?	EYE
7454	107. Mining	What element composes the most valuable gemstone mined in South Africa?	carbon
7455	25. History of Government	These are what kind of governmental bodies? House of Burgesses Reichstag Knesset Parliament Congress	legislatures
7456	27. Storms On the Ocean	What category of storm over the ocean is stronger than a tropical depression but weaker than a hurricane?	tropical storm
7457	1. Measurement History	What 18th-century physicist decided to use the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water as calibration points for his thermometer?	Gabriel Fahrenheit (or Fahrenheit)
7458	45. Injuries	What kind of traumatic injury is indicated when an x-ray reveals one of the bones in a finger misaligned with other finger bones?	dislocation
7459	34. Presidential Prerogatives	The Congress has passed a law making it illegal to desecrate photographic reproductions of George Washington. What power is held by the president to reject this law?	veto
7460	38. Forest Fire Fighting	The fire retardant dropped by aircraft onto forest fires is generally known as ...	slurry
7461	32. Roles	Which of Shakespeare's characters has the greatest number of speaking lines?	Hamlet
7462	Zi Torts	What tort was committed when Steve stated untruthfully in several public meetings that the superintendent of schools in his town was a former Nazi, torturer for the Sandinistas, kidnapper, counterfeiter, and a spitter on sidewalks?	slander
7463	36. Ratification	Name any of the four states that initially did not ratify the U.S. Constitution.	RI, NC, NY, VA
7464	12. Ecology	The latitudinal diversity gradient is the decrease in species as the distance from what line of latitude increases?	0 degrees latitude (equator)
7465	6. Rhyme	What is the rhyme scheme of this verse by William Wordsworth? When she I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I to her cottage bent my way, Beneath the evening moon.	ABAB
7466	48. Scientific Changes	These are among the types of evidence that may indicate what kind of change has taken place? -change of color -change of odor -formation of a precipitate or gas -emission of light, heat, or sound	chemical change
7467	59. Choruses	What are the first words of the chorus which follows these lyrics? As I was walking down the street, Down the street, Down the street, A pretty gal I chanced to meet Under the silvery moon.	Buffalo Gals
7468	34. Seasonal Tales	This is from what story? Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.	A Christmas Carol
7469	10. Jellyfish Stings	If you are stung by a jellyfish, you should not wash the affected area with fresh water, as that may stimulate stinging cells to release more venom. Instead, you should use what liquid common in kitchens that is a dilute solution of acetic acid?	vinegar
7470	38. Anatomical Curves	What portion of the anatomy consists of these divisions? cervical curve thoracic curve lumbar curve pelvic curve	spine
7471	33. Speech Sounds	What two words complete this elocution drill illustrating assonance. How now ...	brown cow
7472	38. Physics Fundamentals	What did Isaac Newton call 'an innate force of matter, a power of resisting by which every body endeavours to preserve its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line'?	inertia
7473	60. Northern Europe	In the Benelux countries, Belgium has a king, the Netherlands has a queen, and there is a grand duke in	Luxembourg
7474	117. Split Islands	What island of northwest Europe contains an entire country and part of another larger one?	Ireland
7475	I21s Naval Achievements	What American naval officer spent the spring and summer of 1813 constructing and equipping the fleet of ten vessels he would use to defeat the British and gain control of Lake Erie?	Oliver Perry
7476	50. Fungi	What type of fungi is necessary to produce the two consumables mentioned in this line from an Omar Khayyam poem? A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou	yeast
7477	38. Homonyms	What noun relating to something audible is also used as a verb for whales diving swiftly downward?	sound
7478	25. Mythical Fruits	In the 'The Odyssey,' consuming the fruit of what plant caused a pleasant drowsiness?	lotus
7479	72. Garden Invertebrates	Plant lice, small, soft-bodied insects with mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking sap, are also known as what?	aphids
7480	72. Civil War Battles	The Battle of Atlanta involved about fifty thousand Confederate troops under General John Hood and about one hundred thousand Union troops led by whom?	William Sherman
7481	26. Optics	The area visible through an optical instrument is the ...	field of view
7482	16. Conspiracies	This evidence is cited in support of theories about whose murder? -Gunshots were heard coming from the grassy knoll. -All the shots could not have been fired by one person so quickly -Several witnesses were killed shortly after the murder.	John Kennedy
7483	3. Hawaiian Wildlife	The Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuapuaa is what kind of animal?	fish
7484	32. Stream Valleys	The side-to-side cutting of a stream bed as it approaches its base level produces a relatively flat valley floor often inundated by high water, a region also known as a what?	floodplain
7485	28. Journalism History	Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are associated with a kind of journalism described by what color?	yellow
7486	35. Landforms	Deep sea fans have the same basic shape as what other fans found at the base of steep canyons that open onto plains at the base of mountains?	alluvial fans
7487	67. Syllabication	Divide 'prejudice' into syllables.	prej-u-dice
7488	60. State Populations	In 1787, the population of what state was more than twice as large as New York, more than four times as large as New Jersey, and more than ten times as large as Delaware?	Virginia
7489	42. Dunes	Sand particles blown up the windward side of a dune come to rest on the other side. What three-letter adjective indicates that other side?	lee
7490	31. Modular Arithmetic	15 and 39 are congruent to what number in modulo	12?
7491	56. Long-Eared Misnomers	What is the misleading name of the hare common in the wilds of central and western North America?	jackrabbit
7492	34. Marine Biology	Through what organs do cephalopods such as octopuses, squids, and ammonites breathe?	gills
7493	105. Calendar Considerations	If the Ides of March fall on a Wednesday, on which day of the week will April Fool's day fall?	Saturday
7494	48. Cells	What blood cells are disc-shaped with a depression in the center, nonnucleated, and manufactured in bone marrow?	erythrocytes (red blood cells)
7495	35. Gravity	The value of the force of gravity varies according to the distance of a body from the center of the ...	Earth
7496	29. Mysterious Deaths	A body is discovered in a wooded area. The coroner will request that what kind of exam be performed to determine the cause of death?	autopsy (post mortem exam, necropsy)
7497	26. Verb Categories	Verbs such as 'blush' and 'slouch' do not require a complement to complete their meaning. Such verbs are ...	intransitive
7498	53. Scientific Quotes	What else, besides a really long bar did Archimedes say he needed to move the Earth?	a place to stand
7499	20. Ben Jonson	What are the last words in this line by Ben Jonson? Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge ...	with mine
7500	23. Parodies	This is a parody of a saying by Mark Twain about what topic? Everybody talks about reality, but nobody does anything about it.	weather
7501	43. Cinematic Influences	In 1934, there was a sudden slump in men's underwear sales after moviegoers saw what prominent actor in the film, 'It Happened One Night,' remove his shirt and reveal that he had no undershirt?	Clark Gable
7502	93. Transportation	The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 authorized construction of a transcontinental railroad linking San Francisco, California, in the west to what Nebraska city in the east?	Omaha
7503	70. Representatives	People who represent actors, writers, or athletes in salary and contract negotiations share what job title?	agents
7504	53. Asteroids	What soft, white, ductile, metallic element and member of the platinum group of metals was named after the asteroid Pallas?	palladium
7505	97. Superstitions	Spilling salt is supposed to bring bad luck. But they say you can keep the bad luck away if you do what with some of the spilled salt?	Throw some over your (left) shoulder.
7506	46. Victories	V-E Day was the day of victory for the Allies in World War II in the European theater while the day of victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater was called	V-J Day
7507	116. Wordiness	What words could be eliminated from this sentence with no change in meaning? I understand the fact that you are captain of the sunken cruise ship.	the fact
7508	97. Chemical Compounds	Any chemical compound that does not have at least one C in its formula belongs to what broad class of compounds?	inorganic compounds
7509	125. Nutrition	What category of nutrients contains about twice as many calories as carbohydrates?	fats
7510	da Civil War Battles	Who told his men to 'Yell like furies when you charge' while preparing them to meet the Army of the Potomac at Bull Run?	(Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson
7511	40. Ancient Rome	Who was the twin brother of Romulus?	Remus
7512	90. Agricultural Inventions	In 1837, the first steam-powered machine to separate grain from its straw and chaff was invented. Name that piece of equipment.	thresher
7513	23. Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this statement? In relation to the warehouse fire, authorities suspect arsenic.	arson
7514	37. Heavenly / Bods	What kind of heavenly bodies are these? Tempel, Tuttle, Brorsen, Encke, Halley	comets
7515	69. Invertebrate Zoology	What is the common collective name for annelids that feed on organic matter in soil?	worms
7516	54. Entertainment	A synonym for the entertainment industry is show ...	business
7517	112. First Shots	The American Civil War began when Pierre Beauregard's guns opened fire on Major Robert Anderson's troops in what fort?	Fort Sumter
7518	98. Novels	In Mollie Hunter's novel, 'A Stranger Came Ashore,' the selkies appear to be what kind of marine mammals that can take on human form?	seals
7519	12. Fossil Math	About 250,000 fossil species have been discovered. Paleontologists believe this figure represents perhaps 1/20,000 of all the species that ever existed. If that estimate is correct, about how many species have there been on Earth?	5 billion
7520	124. Scientific Measurements	What unit of pressure equals a barometric reading of 760 millimeters of mercury at sea level?	1 atmosphere
7521	67. Mountainous States	In what state would you find the Bitterroot Range, the Lost River Range, the White Cloud Mountains, and the Salmon River Mountains?	Idaho
7522	75. Bygone Birds	A New Englander wrote in 1624, 'I have seen them fly over as if the whole sky were birds, seeing neither beginning nor ending, length or breadth of these millions of millions.' What now-extinct birds had he seen?	passenger pigeons
7523	5. Hearst	William Randolph Hearst used all his resources and influence in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the release of what film that was loosely based on his life?	Citizen Kane
7524	124. Horror Stories	At the end of what scary story by Edgar Allan Poe do two family members fall dead as their ancestral mansion splits and sinks into a lake?	The Fall of the House of Usher
7525	39. Ancient Sculptures	An ancient Roman sculpture depicts what two babies getting milk from a wolf?	Romulus and Remus
7526	23. Poetry	What are the first five words in an 1822 poem by Clement Moore with the title, 'An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas'?	‘Twas the night before Christmas ...
7527	37. Poems about Legendary Heroes	This is from a poem about what character? So it is: yet let us sing, Honour to the old bow-string! Honour to the bugle-horn! Honour to the woods unshorn! Honour to the Lincoln green! Honour to the archer keen! Honour to tight little John, And the horse he rode upon!	Robin Hood
7528	51. Work Problems	Frank can reload a case of shotgun shells in 3 hours. His daughter takes 2 hours to complete the same task. If both work together, how long would it take them to reload another case?	1 1/5 hrs (1 hr 12 min)
7529	70. Journeys	What is the term for the special journeys made to such places as Canterbury Cathedral, Delphi, Mecca, and the Wailing Wall?	pilgrimages
7530	27. River Poems	This is from a poem about what river? We sail along the past, and see Great Thebes with Karnak at her knee. To Isis and Osiris rise The prayers and smoke of sacrifice. 'Mid rites of priests and pomp of kings Again the seated Memnon sings. We watch the palms along the shore, And dream of what is here no more. fa	ile
7531	14. Heat Transfer	Convection transfers heat in what two states of matter?	liquid, gas
7532	73. Algorithms	What is calculated by multiplying 2 times the radius of a circle by 3.1416?	circumference
7533	32. Massacres	The My Lai Massacre of 1968 occurred in what country?	Vietnam (South Vietnam)
7534	52. Architecture	What is the collective name for minarets, ziggurats, campaniles, turrets, obelisks, pagodas, belfries, and steeples?	towers
7535	68. Skeletal System	Four fused rudimentary vertebrae form what part of the spinal column?	coccyx
7536	10. Stories	Lloyd Alexander wrote what story in which an army of warriors is built from the bodies of slain people?	The Black Cauldron
7537	116. Insects	A grasshopper's body is divided into three main sections. Its wings are attached to which of these?	thorax
7538	104. Rivers	What river starts in Switzerland and flows northward more than 800 miles to the North Sea?	Rhine
7539	31. The Confederation	To amend the Articles of Confederation, how many of	the thirteen states had to concur?
7540	119. Earth Science	What disastrous phenomenon would people in Hawaii have to fear upon receiving this transmission from Kodiak Island? A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF SEWARD ALASKA.	tsunami (tidal wave)
7541	119. Palindromes	What name completes the palindrome that begins with these words? Sad? I'm...	Midas
7542	122. Horticulturists	George Washington Carver came up with 100 uses for sweet potatoes, 60 uses for pecans, and 325 uses for what legume?	peanuts
7543	100. Atoms	What negatively charged elementary particle normally resides outside of but is still bound to an atom's nucleus?	electron
7544	92. Radiation	Overexposure to sunlight, radiation from nuclear weapons, or radiation from x-rays may cause what structural changes within genes or chromosomes?	mutations
7545	15. Presidents	What U.S. president immediately preceded Dwight Eisenhower?	Harry Truman
7546	46. Ancient Prophesy	According to legend, Alexander the Great fulfilled the ancient prophesy about ruling Asia by dealing with what knot?	Gordian knot
7547	6. Resistors	What can be said about the voltage of all resistors in a parallel circuit?	The voltage is equal.
7548	24. Legends	These characters are part of the legends about whom? Gil o' the Red Cap Adam o' the Dell Will Scarlet	Robin Hood
7549	23. Novels	What kind of being is Vladimir Tod in this series of books by Heather Brewer? Eighth Grade Bites Ninth Grade Slays Tenth Grade Bleeds Eleventh Grade Burns Twelfth Grade Kills	vampire
7550	33. Root Sums	What is the sum of the square root of 36 and the	square root of 81?
7551	11. A Unique Body of Art	The Great Zorbin makes indelible designs on the skin of his customers by introducing minute amounts of pigment under the surface of the skin. Name this process.	tattooing
7552	32. Expulsions	Concurrence by what fraction of the Senate is necessary for its members to expel a member?	2/3
7553	Alt. 2. Ligaments	In what part of the body are these ligaments located? palmar radiocarpal ligament dorsal radiocarpal ligament ulnar collateral ligament radial collateral ligament	wrist (lower arm)
7554	48. European Nationalities	What is the nationality of people living along the west coast of the Aegean Sea?	Greek
7555	26. Brunei	What is the main source of income for Brunei?	oil
7556	89. Nonpartisan Organizations	Members of the Anti-Saloon League were especially supportive of which constitutional amendment?	18th Amendment
7557	2. Angles of Elevation	The angle of elevation of a point on a cliff is 44 degrees. What is the angle of depression from that point?	44 degrees
7558	26. Word Usage	What should be substituted for the word used improperly in this example? Doris, Dennis, and Dee Dee wanted to evenly share the day's pay between themselves.	among
7559	26. Central America	Belize City is the capital of what Central American country?	Belize
7560	89. Weather Maps	You will see the letters 'H' and 'L' at the center of concentric isobars on a weather map. For what do these letters stand?	high and low (pressure)
7561	62. Aviation Careers	A pilot who flies a slow, low-flying aircraft to spread chemicals over agricultural areas has what title?	crop duster
7562	69. Music	Having elements of calypso, soul, and rock n’ roll, the music known as reggae began on what Caribbean island?	Jamaica
7563	95. Printing	What is the name for a complete set of printing characters of a given size and design?	font
7564	43. Religious Opposition	What was the name of the group of English Protestants who opposed practices of the Church of England such as the use of priestly gowns, kneeling during sacraments, and almost anything reminiscent of the Roman Catholic Church?	Puritans
7565	68. Ocean Currents	When the Brazil current approaches South America, it deflects in what cardinal direction?	south
7566	35. Chemical Compounds	What chemical compound has these characteristics? It has the formula HCOH. It is a colorless, pungent gas. It is made by oxidizing methyl] alcohol. It is the simplest of the aldehydes. It is used as a preservative.	formaldehyde
7567	90. Astronaut Vision	There's a full moon in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. At the same time, a group of astronauts lands on the far side of the Moon. Their vision will mainly depend upon which of the two classes of sensory receptors in their retinas?	rods
7568	106. India History	The town of Bucephala in India was named for what Macedonian's horse?	Alexander the Great's
7569	26. Nonfiction for Strong Stomachs	What name is missing from all these titles? Survival: A Novel of the ---- Party The Perilous Journey of the ---- Party The ---- Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train Ordeal By Hunger: The Story of the ---- Party Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the ---- Party	Donner
7570	104. Tragedies	During an attempted assassination in early 2011, 19 people were shot in a supermarket parking lot, including a federal judge and a Congresswoman from what state?	Arizona
7571	20. Acids	What type of acids are compounds in which phosphoric acid is combined with carbohydrates and with bases derived from purine and pyrimidine?	nucleic acids
7572	50. Spoils of War	At the end of the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded Cuba and what other major Caribbean island to the U.S.?	Puerto Rico
7573	38. Wars	The bicentennial of the war in which the British burned many public buildings in Washington D.C. occurred in what year?	2012
7574	45. Parody	This is a parody of what poem? He killed the noble Mudjokivis. Of the skin he made him mittens, Made them with the fur side inside, Made them with the skin side outside. He, to get the warm side inside, Put the inside skin side outside.	Hiawatha
7575	87. Medical Testing	If you walk out of a medical clinic with a new, small bandage over a tiny wound near the anterior part of the elbow, chances are you just had what kind of test?	blood test
7576	23. Old West Folksongs	What is the surname of the dead man in this verse? It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward, I wonder how he does feel For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed And laid poor Jesse in his grave.	James
7577	35. Great Circles	The imaginary lines running from pole to pole around the Earth are called ...	meridians
7578	75. City Founders	After murdering his brother, who named the new city of Rome after himself?	Romulus
7579	61. Polynomials	What kind of polynomial is illustrated in this expression? 4p + 6(q squared) + 2(r cubed)	trinomial
7580	22. Parts of Speech	'Above' functions as what part of speech in this sentence? Planes were flying above.	adverb
7581	63. Communism	Arising shortly after World War I, name the world's first Communist state.	U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union)
7582	22. Numbers	What is the fourteenth ordinal number?	fourteenth
7583	49. Steinbeck	In what story by John Steinbeck does Jody Tiflin learn about horses, joy, and sorrow?	The Red Pony
7584	44. Novels	In what story by Robert Cormier does Jerry Renault refuse to sell chocolates according to the demands of The Vigils, a school gang?	The Chocolate War
7585	32. Phrases	What is the adjective phrase in this example? The players with the least natural ability are on our team.	with the least natural ability
7586	2. Employers	Who was the employer of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb?	P.T. Barnum
7587	113. South American Geography	Directly east of Bolivia lies what nation?	Brazil
7588	28. Adjectives	What is the superlative form of the antonym of 'more'?	least
7589	Alt. 2. Eruptions	The 'year without a summer' occurred in 1816, a year after the exceptionally violent eruption of what Indonesian volcano that blew over 150 cubic kilometers of pumice and ash into the atmosphere?	Tambora
7590	83. Speeches	Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 speech revealing Stalin's crimes had the effect in the United States of severely weakening what third party?	Communist
7591	68. Tall Tales	The name of what character of American folklore is missing in this tale? Andrew, a Boston man, came to New Mexico for a visit. He fancied himself a cowboy and wore lizard skin boots, a shiny brass belt buckle, new jeans, and a huge ten-gallon hat. When ---- saw Andrew, he just lay down and laughed himself to death!	Pecos Bill
7592	55. Trilogies	What country is the setting for the trilogy by Reginald Ottley that includes these titles? Boy Alone The Roan Colt Rain Comes to Yamboorah	Australia
7593	42. Mediterranean Islands	Identify the large Mediterranean island south of Turkey, west of Syria, northwest of Israel and Lebanon, and north of the Sinai Peninsula.	Cyprus
7594	17. Force	Tension and shearing are two of the three kinds of forces applied to solids. Name the third involving forces on a body from opposite sides.	compression
7595	35. Ancient Kings	King Assurbanipal died in 626 B.C. after a 43-year reign during which what ancient empire reached its zenith?	Assyria
7596	50. Seawater	How does the buoyancy of water in the Dead Sea compare to that of water in the Mediterranean?	It is more buoyant.
7597	32. Veins	What veins receive the blood from the exterior of the cranium?	jugular
7598	59. Drama	In a play, the chief opponent of the antagonist is the	protagonist
7599	43. First Aid	Following an injury, if the circulatory system fails, blood pressure drops, and insufficient oxygen reaches the tissues, what medical condition occurs?	shock
7600	3. South American History	What city that served as the capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century remains the capital of Peru?	Lima
7601	65. Capital Cities	Name the capital of the province in which the Klondike is located.	Whitehorse
7602	86. Sales Techniques	Using the telephone, salesmen often approach people who are not expecting the contact. This is known as what kind of calling?	cold calling
7603	65. Earth's Plates	The thickest part of the South American plate is beneath the Andes mountain range. The thinnest part of that plate is along what ridge?	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
7604	17. Legendary Ballads	This verse from a ballad is about what character in the Robin Hood legends? Tho he was called Little, his limbs they were large, And his stature was seven foot high; Wherever he came, they quaked at his name, For soon he would make them to fly.	Little John
7605	15. Theater	Broadway is the principal professional theater district in what city?	New York City
7606	37. Energy	With respect to heat and light, the opposite of absorption is ...	radiation (reflection)
7607	21. Materials Handling	Name the device consisting of two or more pulleys between a continuous loop of material that moves items along a factory floor or transports bulk materials such as ores, grain, and coal.	conveyor belt
7608	78. Surgery	What term that rhymes with 'club' means to vigorously wash the hands, fingernails, and arms prior to performing surgery?	scrub
7609	33. Archaeology	Discovered in caves about 15 miles from Jerusalem between 1947 and 1956, what has been called the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times?	Dead Sea Scrolls
7610	11. Adaptations	Some arthropods are able to blend into the background through what kind of coloration?	protective
7611	120. Antlers	Antlers are part of which body system?	skeletal system
7612	81. World Geography	These are all names of what? Volga, Brahmaputra, Parana, Amur, Lena	rivers
7613	34. Ornamentation	A chevron is a decorative motif consisting of the repetition of a shape resembling what letter of the	alphabet?
7614	33. Fish	What ornamental fish related to carp was developed in China hundreds of years ago?	goldfish
7615	98. Crispy Creatures	What monster was so distraught upon learning of his creator's death that he burned himself alive in 'the northernmost extremity of the globe'?	Frankenstein's monster
7616	16. Basketball Positions	Most basketball teams consist of one center and two guards and what other two positions?	forwards
7617	44. Insects	The bombyx mori produces in its cocoon a fine, soft, lustrous fiber used in what cloth?	silk
7618	Zi War	When an archduke's murder triggered a feud between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that prompted Russia to come to the aid of the Serbs, Germany to the aid of the Austrians, France to the aid of Russia, and England to the aid of Belgium, what war began?	World War \|
7619	18. Dangling Modifiers	What word seems to be modified by the opening phrase in this example? Delighting in an afternoon feeding frenzy, the orchard was a perfect place to consume frivolously.	orchard
7620	5. Galaxies	A galaxy is a massive system consisting of stars, gas, and dust bound together by what?	gravity
7621	42. Australian Metropolises	Name the largest city and the major seaport of Australia.	Sydney
7622	105. Earthquakes	On a seismogram, which type of wave generated by an earthquake is last to be recorded?	L wave
7623	124. Anthropology	What is the collective name for the traditions of a group of people?	customs (practices, standards, conventions)
7624	70. Collapses	What started in the year cited in this passage? Spiritually and morally, civilization collapsed on August 1, 1914, the civilization which with all its shortcomings, did give more satisfaction to more people than any other yet evolved.	World War \|
7625	84. Sculpture	What is casting if carving is a subtractive process?	additive process
7626	121. Chemical Compounds	What adjective describes the type of lime that results from chemically combining it with water?	slaked lime
7627	9. On the Scales	Weightlessness occurs in an orbiting spacecraft. The correct phrase for this state is ...	free fall
7628	45. Employment	In some jobs, when an employee is first hired, what is the name for the period during which he is carefully watched to see if he can handle the job's responsibilities?	probation
7629	58. Amendments	The 17th Amendment states 'The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years.' The phrase, 'elected by the people thereof' replaced what words in the original Constitution?	chosen by the Legislature thereof
7630	25. Court Etiquette	What is the proper way to address a judge in court?	your honor
7631	24. Villains	What character in Uncle Tom's Cabin is known for his whips and bloodhounds?	Simon Legree
7632	35. Bad Bacteria	Plaque, a substance largely consisting of bacteria, produces acids that eat into the hard surface of teeth called the ...	enamel
7633	35. Evaluation of Expressions	Given that A is 4, B is 3, and C is 2, evaluate this expression. B(5A) - C squared	56
7634	53. Angles	What kind of angle is formed by the hands of a clock when it is 6 p.m.?	straight angle
7635	13. Library Science	Books from what section of most libraries cannot be taken from the library?	reference
7636	47. Quantities	While force is a vector quantity, what kind of quantity is pressure?	scalar
7637	119. Battle Cries	In the French Revolution, what was the first word in the battle cry that ended with these words? Equality - Fraternity	Liberty
7638	da Identification	What field of science was initiated when the Englishman Sir Francis Galton discovered that no two people have exactly the same pattern of ridges on their fingertips?	fingerprinting
7639	69. The Regolith	Name that portion of the regolith that contains organic material capable of nourishing plant life.	soil (topsoil)
7640	58. Research Facilities	Name the once super-secret town in New Mexico where research on nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II.	Los Alamos
7641	43. Typefaces	A thick, heavy typeface used for emphasis is called ...	boldface (bold)
7642	46. Lines	What adjective describes any line at right angles to the direction of a plumb line?	horizontal
7643	39. Nature	What natural phenomenon is described by this passage? In a few microseconds the channel rises to a local temperature of 10,000 degrees C sending out a violent quasi-cylindrical pressure wave.	lightning (or thunder)
7644	32. Presidents	Who was reelected in 1792 as U.S. president?	George Washington
7645	29. Albinos	An albino rat's eyes are what color?	pink
7646	50. Explorations	Whose voyage is described below? They set forth on the sea of darkness on August 3 with just a compass and astrolabe. Then on October 12 they spotted the sand cliffs of what is now known as Watling Island.	Columbus
7647	67. Muscular Disorders	If someone's muscles in the face, arms, legs, and back violently and involuntarily contract, that person is having a ...	convulsion (seizure, spasm)
7648	103. Moh	According to Mohs scale, what is the hardness of	corundum?
7649	63. Supranationalism	Latvia, Portugal, Malta, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden are among the members of what international group of 27 states?	European Union
7650	22. Raw Materials	What is the color of a naturally occurring, hydrocarbon-containing material, bitumen?	black
7651	63. Sunscreens	Theoretically, someone who would ordinarily sunburn after 12 minutes without protection would burn after how many minutes if he were using a sunscreen with SPF 10?	120 minutes
7652	60. Legends	The creature described as a half-woman and half-cat that supposedly still haunts the forests of East Tennessee is known as what cat?	Wampus Cat
7653	104. British Monarchs	Whom is this verse about? On June 28th fourteen ninety-one Henry the Seventh's wife gave birth to a son. Named after his father, he was to become England's most wedded King, bar none.	Henry VIII
7654	122. Anthropology	On the Yucatan, they built a sophisticated culture, developed a written language, a numerical system, and an accurate calendar. Who were these pre-Columbians?	Mayas (Mayans)
7655	53. Prisms	What is the name for a rectangular prism with equal height, width, and length?	cube (hexahedron)
7656	78. Weather Alerts	What kind of notice do meteorologists issue when strong rotation in a thunderstorm is indicated by weather radar or when a tornado has actually been sighted?	tornado warning
7657	68. Biomes	Which biome extends southward from the margin of the tundra into the temperate areas of North America and Eurasia and includes such life forms as pine trees, fir trees, moose, and deer?	coniferous forest
7658	56. Expressive Language	What figure of speech is used when a person says that his business was 'not too successful' instead of stating that it was a dismal failure?	euphemism
7659	81. Greek Myths	In Greek mythology, what is the collective name for the three goddesses of charm and beauty?	Graces (Charites)
7660	97. Points of View	This line from one of Poe's stories is written from what point of view? Yet, mad am I not --and very surely do I not not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world a series of mere household events.	first person
7661	109. Stars	Given clear skies, what category of stars that never set can be observed in the Northern Hemisphere every night of the year?	circumpolar stars
7662	12. Body Systems	The pancreas is part of which body system?	endocrine system
7663	125. Energy	What that is defined as the flow of a positive charge is measured in amperes?	current
7664	59. World Regions	Name the general region in which these countries are located. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq	Middle East (Mideast)
7665	70. Mideast Rivers	Which is the western of the two major rivers that define the historic region of Mesopotamia?	Euphrates
7666	60. Gerunds	What is the gerund in this example? Ripley put off repairing his roof until the water level rose above his television set.	repairing
7667	9. The Earth	All of the water in, on, or above the Earth's surface comprises what sphere of the planet?	hydrosphere
7668	32. 19th-Century Cemeteries	What name was given to over two dozen cemeteries of the Old West where gunfighters and others who 'died with their boots on' are buried?	Boot Hill
7669	39. American Literature	Identify the story of Jabez Stone, a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and then, when Mr. Scratch comes to collect, retains a great lawyer and orator to save him.	The Devil and Daniel Webster
7670	64. National Parks	Besides Joshua Tree National Park, what two other U.S. national parks are specifically named for living trees?	Redwood, Sequoia
7671	7. Warnings	This is advice about avoiding what phenomenon? -Put down your golf club. -Don't work on fences or pipelines. -Stay away from water. -Get off of hilltops.	lightning
7672	24. Frontier Economics	The search for what animal led the mountain men to the farthest reaches of the West?	beaver
7673	28. Letters	Who wrote this note in 1963? Dear Mr. President: Thank you for walking yesterday behind Jack. You did not have to take such a risk. Thank you for your letters to my children. And most of all, thank you for the way you have always treated me - you and Lady Bird - when Jack was alive.	Jacqueline Kennedy
7674	48. Relationships	Levi is Sarah's brother. Naomi is Levi's sister. How is Naomi related to Sarah?	She is Sarah's sister.
7675	37. Landforms	In the Coral Sea off the eastern coast of Queensland in Australia is what spectacular series of coral islands, reefs, and shoals?	Great Barrier Reef
7676	58. Flight	What is the name for any surface that provides lift?	wing (airfoil)
7677	45. Biographies	These words refer to whom? About 1612, after writing thirty-seven plays and having become wealthy, he retired to Stratford where he died on April 23, 1616.	William Shakespeare
7678	Alt. 1. Imaginary Chemistry	What resilient material was invented by professor Ned Brainard in the 1961 movie, 'The Absent Minded Professor'?	flubber
7679	104. Ability Loss	The psychological impairment called agraphia indicates a loss of a pre-existing ability to do what?	write
7680	61. Money Idioms	Reminiscent of bird reproduction, money you have saved up for some purpose is your ...	nest eqg
7681	Alt. 1. Vocabulary	Justice Joseph Story wrote in his 'Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States' that the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms is the palladium of the liberties of the republic. What does 'palladium' mean?	safeguard, guarantee
7682	91. Climates	What major climate zone is located along the equator?	tropical zone
7683	104. Acceleration	If force equals mass times acceleration, then acceleration equals what?	force divided by mass
7684	17. Wartime Statistics	Soldiers lost, including those missing in action, wounded, taken prisoner, or killed, are collectively counted as ...	casualties
7685	3. Nebulas	Collections of dust, gas, and ionized gases that emit their own light are known as what kind of nebulas?	emission nebulas
7686	48. Nuclear Strategy	Some military theorists believe that nuclear war is feasible only if the attacker can destroy the opponent's retaliatory capacity by being first to employ nuclear weapons. This strategy is called the first what?	strike
7687	121. Canadian History	Ontario was first explored by Europeans of what nation?	France
7688	37. Travel Problems	Two boats start from the same place and head off in opposite directions. One goes 10 knots faster than the other. They were 272 nautical miles apart at the end of 8 hours, at which time the faster boat had traveled how many nautical miles?	176
7689	46. Perfect Tenses	Restate this sentence in the future perfect. I goofed.	\| will have goofed.
7690	Zi Meridians	If the noon meridian sweeps over 360 degrees of longitude every day, it must travel how many degrees of longitude every hour?	15 degrees
7691	30. Histories	The early chapters of these works are about what explorer? Conquistador History of the Conquest of Mexico	Hernando Cortes
7692	37. Heroines	In 1425, at the age of 13, who claimed to have been told by St. Michael to rescue the Paris region from the English?	Joan of Arc
7693	28. Magnificent Phenomena	What is described in this 1833 quote? To form an idea of the phenomenon, the reader may imagine a constant succession of fireballs, resembling rockets, radiating in all directions from a point in the heavens.	meteor showers
7694	11. Representation	All the people residing in a legislator's district comprise his ...	constituency
7695	52. Steamboats	There were two types of paddle wheelers. Those with paddle wheels located on both sides of the vessel were called what?	side-wheelers
7696	33. Capitals	Mogadishu and Dar es Salaam are the capitals of African countries adjacent to what body of water?	Indian Ocean
7697	49. Atoms	An atom with one or more extra electrons has what kind of electrical charge?	negative
7698	29. The Supreme Court	In the decision-making process of the Supreme Court, the opinion of which justice carries the most weight?	none (All have an equal vote.)
7699	73. Prospecting	Prospectors have checked petrified wood with Geiger counters and have found some individual logs contain tens of thousands of dollars worth of what mineral used as fuel in nuclear reactors?	uranium
7700	111. Tissues	What connective tissue is found in the rib cage, the nose, the ear, the ankle, the bronchial tubes, and the intervertebral discs?	cartilage
7701	54. Paintings	One of Botticelli's most famous paintings portrays the birth of what Roman goddess?	Venus
7702	38. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is used repeatedly in this tale? Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.	hyperbole (exaggeration)
7703	46. Cabinet Officials	As the first woman in the cabinet, Frances Perkins served as Secretary of Labor for twelve years under what president?	Franklin Roosevelt
7704	28. Big Sleeps	For how many years did Rip van Winkle sleep?	20
7705	39. Water Properties	What in oceanography is equivalent to specific gravity and represents the ratio of the weight of a given volume of sea water to that of an equal volume of distilled water?	density
7706	61. Conquistadors	What Spanish conquistador discovered Baja California?	Hernando Cortes
7707	68. Mountain Ranges	Mt. McKinley is the highest peak of what major mountain range?	Rocky Mountains
7708	50. Confirmation	What body is responsible for confirming appointments of associate justices to the Supreme Court?	Senate
7709	39. International Relations	Government actions that affect a nation's relations with other countries, including matters of trade and national security, make up what policy?	foreign policy
7710	84. Phrases	What is the prepositional phrase in this line? She always managed to remain ahead of me.	of me
7711	27. Chemical Processes	What process occurs when a solid takes up a gas, liquid, or solid within its structure?	absorption
7712	109. Acting	Well, the play was going great until the lead actor suddenly forgot his next line. Fortunately, the stage manager was able to whisper the line to him and things went on from there. Supplying an actor with a forgotten line is called what?	prompting (cueing)
7713	8. Rhyme	What is the rhyme scheme in this couplet? Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man.	aa
7714	47. Motion	What phenomenon is defined as the capacity for producing motion?	energy
7715	51. Diving	Divers working at high pressures deep under water usually breathe a mixture of oxygen and what inert gas since it is less soluble than nitrogen?	helium
7716	38. U.S. Wars	In what year did the United States actually enter the First World War?	1917
7717	123. Insect Hormones	The hormone ecdysone makes insects shed their exoskeletons, a periodic process called what?	molting
7718	80. Elections	What adjective indicates an election in which the winning candidate faces no opposition?	uncontested
7719	27. Infinitive Phrases	Name the infinitive phrase in this sentence. The members decided while in the bus in route to Memphis that to change the policy now would not be in their best interests.	to change the policy now
7720	20. Atmospheric Circulation	In which hemisphere is cyclonic circulation in a clockwise direction?	Southern Hemisphere
7721	9. The Brain	Name the irregular folds or ridges on the surface of the brain.	convolutions
7722	1. Surveying	A subdivision of a county larger than a town is called Wl os	township
7723	28. Plants	Plants whose natural habitat is water are described by what adjective?	aquatic
7724	3. Wars	What country participated in both the Sino-French War and the Sino-Japanese War?	China
7725	119. Mammals	What mammal uses its proboscis for drinking, bathing, and collecting food?	elephant
7726	67. Friction	What kind of friction is a baseball player likely to experience during the last moments of an attempt to steal second base?	sliding friction
7727	85. Ocean Currents	Name the below-surface movement of water returning to the sea after it comes ashore as breaking waves.	undertow (rip current)
7728	10. Hawaiian Geography	The Hawaiian islands are next to the which tropic?	Tropic of Cancer
7729	70. Disease	These diseases affect which body organs? bronchitis tuberculosis pneumonia	lungs
7730	31. Mining	The principal vein or zone of veins of gold or silver ore is known as what lode?	mother lode
7731	12. Endocrine System	The proper function of what endocrine gland is dependent upon adequate iodine in the diet?	thyroid gland
7732	40. Verbs	When you alphabetize all four-letter auxiliary verbs, which comes last?	will
7733	48. No Veto	Veto-proof legislation has the support of at least 290 members of the House and how many members of the Senate?	67
7734	33. Functions	What is the maximum value for this function? f(x) = -3(x - 10)(x - 4)	27
7735	31. Algebraic Processes	Name the process of moving a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side by changing its sign of operation.	transposition
7736	24. American History	A Dutch trading company established a post in 1613 called New Amsterdam. Today, what city occupies that site?	New York
7737	26. Zoological Sociology	What adjective indicates any animal that has only a single mate?	monogamous
7738	33. Archaeology	An archeological project is called a ...	dig
7739	36. The Skeleton	What in mammals consists of twenty-two bones joined by sutures?	skull
7740	27. Terrorism	In 2005, Spanish police arrested sixteen suspected Islamic extremists, eleven of which were alleged to be connected to the 2004 train bombings in what city?	Madrid
7741	83. Scandals	In 2012, officials of the U.S. General Services Administration were questioned by Congress regarding more than $800,000 spent on a lavish, four-day conference held in what city?	Las Vegas
7742	3. Dutch Settlements	Following the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson, the Dutch East India Company established two permanent settlements along its banks including New Amsterdam and ...	Fort Orange (Albany)
7743	50. Flag Traditions	A naval tradition indicating mourning is flying a flag at half-mast. The same tradition anywhere outside the Navy is called flying a flag at ...	half-staff
7744	17. Chlorophyll	What process can only occur in the presence of chlorophyll molecules?	photosynthesis
7745	54. Inventions	Long before they became common in Europe, wheelbarrows had been in use in what Asian country?	China
7746	46. Wells	What force pressurizes the water in an artesian well?	gravity
7747	48. Imperialism	What was the last British colony in Asia?	Hong Kong
7748	39. Tense Changes	Restate this sentence in the present perfect progressive tense. You do something to me.	You have been doing something to me.
7749	116. Straits	What strait now exists where once a land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska?	Bering Strait
7750	14. Weathering	Hydration is the process by which what substance combines chemically with substances in rock?	water
7751	22. Incidents of the Old West	In what town did this incident take place? Eight men took part in the fight on Fremont Street in 1881. When it was over, three were dead, three others were wounded, and the two chief antagonists, Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton, were unharmed.	Tombstone
7752	33. Radical Change	The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a radical movement in China, ended only with the arrest of the Gang of Four and the death of what Communist leader?	Mao Zedong
7753	76. Plant Reproduction	Name the dust-like fertilizing male cells of gymnosperms and angiosperms.	pollen
7754	80. Bivalve Mollusks	Name the beautiful concretions with brilliant luster produced within the shells of certain mollusks.	pearls
7755	20. Root Words	What does the root word mean in credence, incredulous, and creed?	believe
7756	26. Poe	What story by Edgar Allan Poe is narrated by a man who has been invited to visit his childhood friend named Roderick?	The Fall of the House of Usher
7757	114. Aviation History	Name the first American aircraft to break the sound barrier.	Bell X-1
7758	26. Fictional Viruses	'The Pulse' is a virus that lies dormant inside mobile phones in what Stephen King story?	Cell
7759	91. Conquests	Two expeditions led directly to Spain's emergence as 16th-century Europe's wealthiest and most powerful nation. Name the two conquistadors who headed these expeditions.	Cortes, Pizarro
7760	6. Ancient Mideast Cities	What city that existed before the time of Abraham was held by Egyptians, Israelis, Hittites, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Ottoman Turks before it became the capital of Syria?	Damascus
7761	35. Logic Problems	What is the conclusion of this syllogism? All rifles are nice. No nice things are cheap. This gun is a rifle.	This gun is not cheap.
7762	84. Spreading the Word	Around the year 432, what missionary and future saint changed the course of Irish history by traveling around the island preaching peace and converting the Irish chieftains to Christianity?	St. Patrick
7763	66. Larvae	What is the collective name for relatively thick, wormlike, legless insect larvae?	grubs
7764	105. Homologous Structures	What structures on birds are homologous to the hooves of horses and deer?	claws (talons)
7765	52. Technology	Name the technology that uses a light beam to carry information through very thin strands of glass or plastic.	fiber optics
7766	Alt. 1. Legal Cases	In 1733, after printing stories that accused the colonial governor of rigging elections and various other crimes, the publisher of the New York Weekly Journal was arrested and tried for seditious libel. At his trial, the judge ordered the jury to convict, but they returned a verdict of not guilty. Who was the defendant?	John Peter Zenger
7767	104. Leafy Vegetables	Uncooked cabbage may be sliced and eaten as slaw or fermented in brine to become what?	sauerkraut
7768	79. Composers	Although he was born in Germany, Beethoven moved while he was in his early twenties to what other country where he composed most of his works?	Austria
7769	119. Stories	What tale by O. Henry begins with this? It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama -- Bill Driscoll and myself -- when this kidnapping idea struck us. It was, as Bill expressed, 'during a moment of temporary mental apparition,' but we didn't find that out till later.	The Ransom of Red Chief
7770	47. Atmospheric Temperature	The three means by which Earth's atmosphere is heated are conduction, convection, and what other?	radiation
7771	60. The Great Pacificator	The 19th-century political leader, Henry Clay, is remembered for his attempts to keep the U.S. united despite what sharp ongoing controversy of the time?	slavery
7772	23. American Colonies	Georgia, the last of the thirteen colonies, was established in 1732. This was how many years after the founding of Jamestown?	125 years
7773	96. Modifiers	What is the superlative form of 'audacious'?	most (least) audacious
7774	34. Nutrient Groups	Aside from water, there are five groups of nutrients including carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and what two others?	proteins, vitamins
7775	28. Biological Classification	To what biological class do vampire bats belong?	Mammalia
7776	29. Weapon Science	What hand-held weapon is a simple machine called a two-armed spring?	bow (as in bow and arrow)
7777	67. Legal Idioms	The law-abiding route through life is called the straight and what?	narrow
7778	71. Presidents	Gerald Ford was the 38th president. What ordinal number corresponds to the presidency of John Kennedy?	35th
7779	107. The Caste System	Five classes of people developed in ancient India. Members of four of these classes thought that merely touching one of the fifth group would make them impure and unclean. Name this class.	Untouchables
7780	43. Matter	What adjective indicates materials that break without significant pressure and absorb little energy before fracturing?	brittle
7781	21. Gold Math	How many grams of gold are in a 15-gram piece of jewelry that is labeled as 18 karat gold?	11.25
7782	1. British Poetry	What Percy Bysshe Shelley poem ends with this? Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.	Ozymandias
7783	57. American Civilizations	Pre-Columbian history of the Americas ended in what century?	1400s (15th century)
7784	41. Fictional Characters	What rotund twins who are exactly alike in speech, manner, and appearance were created by Lewis Carroll?	Tweedledum, Tweedledee
7785	39. Half-life	If you had 32 grams of a radioactive beryllium isotope with a half-life of 13.8 seconds, how many grams of it would not be decayed after 41.4 seconds?	4 grams
7786	77. Ancient Astronomy	The ancient Egyptians noticed that a certain very bright star began appearing above the horizon just before the floods came. Name this heavenly body also known as the 'Dog Star.'	Sirius
7787	22. Monsters	Name the nine-headed monster slain by Hercules in the marsh of Lerna.	Hydra
7788	102. Negative Angles	An angle of -90 degrees is the same as what positive angle?	270 degrees
7789	49. Gerunds	Gerunds end with what letters?	ing
7790	24. Astronomers	Who, in 1610, became the first person to observe Saturn's rings?	Galileo
7791	95. Symbols	An image of what historic structure in Philadelphia is depicted on the back of a U.S. $100 bill?	Independence Hall
7792	68. Homemade Weapons	A weapon consisting of a gasoline-filled glass bottle with a rag was named after what Soviet foreign minister?	Molotov
7793	21. Bushwhackers	William Quantrill was on his way to Washington, D.C. to assassinate the president when he was killed by Union guerrillas in 1865. In any case, he would have been too late because what other person had already beaten him to it?	John Wilkes Booth
7794	30. Zoological Structures	In reptiles, birds, insects, and fish, what is the usual name for the zygote that results from fertilization of an ovum?	egg
7795	35. Aviation History	Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were among the astonished spectators who watched the world's first hot-air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers carry a sheep, rooster, and duck aloft over what city in 1783?	Paris
7796	41. Medieval Weaponry	A club with a round metal or stone head is called a ...	mace
7797	50. Ecological Disasters	In 2010, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico became the worst in U.S. history, far surpassing the worst previous spill in 1989 from what damaged supertanker?	Exxon Valdez
7798	35. Landforms	These are different types of what landform? dales, dells, glens, vales	valleys
7799	24. Deficiency Diseases	Little Isaac Mushnick has bowed legs. His wrists and ankles are enlarged. His head is bulky and square. His pelvis is deformed and he has bad teeth. These are symptoms of what disease resulting from inadequate vitamin D?	rickets
7800	41. Allusions	What path, reminiscent of a flowering plant, is a way of life of worldly pleasure or an easy course of action that seems appropriate but which may actually end in calamity?	primrose path
7801	112. Infinitives	What infinitive most often follows the verb 'seem' or 'seems'?	to be
7802	113. Injuries	An injury to the brain caused by impact against the skull is called a what?	concussion
7803	70. Newton's Laws	Which of Newton's laws of motion explains why a tool can be placed in space by an astronaut and it just seems to float in one place?	first law
7804	37. Memorials	Name the national memorial that was erected subsequent to the following. On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a rental truck filled with explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The resulting explosion killed 168 people.	Oklahoma City National Memorial
7805	69. American Politicians	Because he was short of stature but extraordinarily powerful in politics, what was the nickname of the 19th-century senator, Stephen Douglas?	Little Giant
7806	35. Technology	It originally cost $850 in 1908 when it was introduced, but by 1926, because of efficient manufacturing, the price had dropped to $310 for a version that included a self-starter. Name the vehicle.	Model T
7807	96. City Economics	What is the best-known manufactured product associated with Detroit?	automobiles (cars)
7808	57. Cartography	Which of the kinds of imaginary crisscrossing lines used in cartography are not parallel?	meridians (lines of longitude)
7809	8. Ancient Literature	These are the last lines of various stories by what ancient Greek? Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Little friends may prove great friends. There is always someone worse off than yourself.	Aesop
7810	79. Tides	The highest high tides and the lowest low tides occur when what three bodies in the solar system are aligned?	Earth, Moon, Sun
7811	115. The Language of Influence	The policy-making relationship between lobbying groups, administrative agencies, and congressional committees is known as what kind of triangle?	iron triangle
7812	80. Glass	The index of refraction of a type of glass is 2.5. The speed of light in the glass in meters per second equals 1.2 times 10 to what power?	8th
7813	14. Understated Openings	This is the first line of what science fiction tale? Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7814	11. Gear Systems	In a planetary gear system, what is the name for the outer gear turned by the planetary gears?	ring gear
7815	118. Buried Cities	What Italian city buried in ashes for nearly 1600 years was named for the Greek hero associated with the Lernean hydra, the hind of Ceryneia, the Erymanthean boar, and the Augean stables?	Herculaneum
7816	42. Former Dictators	Juan Peron was president and virtual dictator of what South American country?	Argentina
7817	9. Significant Inventors	The spinning jenny was a major contribution during the Industrial Revolution. In what country was it invented?	England (Great Britain)
7818	118. Protests	Several hundred people upset about a proposal walked into a public office, seated themselves anywhere in the room, and refused to leave. Name this sort of nonviolent, organized protest.	sit-in
7819	98. World Leaders	This 1991 passage is about whom? The accomplished master of the delicate balancing act is making his biggest play yet for Western aid to help bail out his embattled perestroika.	Mikhail Gorbachev
7820	115. Documents	Name the document prepared by the Plymouth colonists that laid the foundation for self-rule.	Mayflower Compact
7821	39. Body Parts	Without what thin cartilaginous structure at the base of your tongue, you would choke every time you ate something?	epiglottis
7822	113. Bird Digestion	What do birds ingest that helps their gizzards grind their food?	gravel (little rocks, pebbles)
7823	120. Michigan	If you alphabetize the largest lakes adjacent to Michigan, which is first?	Lake Erie
7824	25. Nonfiction	This is the title of a biography of a general killed during what war? Stonewall	Civil War
7825	38. Efficiency	If 200 J of work is done by the effort and 160 J of work is done on the load, then what is the efficiency of the machine?	80%
7826	15. Health Antonyms	What adjective that means a person is likely to catch a disease is the opposite of immune?	susceptible
7827	33. Arctic Areas	Name the westernmost country on the European mainland through which the Arctic Circle runs.	Norway
7828	11. Places in the U.S.	It has a single, non-voting seat in the House of Representatives. It has a population greater than any one of seven states, and its residents pay more in taxes than any one of eleven states. Name this American district.	District of Columbia
7829	65. Unusual Characters	In a story by Jerry Spinelli, what is the nickname of Jeffrey Lionel Magee, a 12-year-old homeless boy who intercepts a football on a field of players twice his size, hits an inside-the-park home run without a baseball, and wins a race by running backwards?	Maniac (Maniac Magee)
7830	73. Socrates	Although Socrates is regarded as the father of Western philosophy, he never committed his ideas to paper. Our knowledge of him comes from the writings of his contemporaries including Aristophanes, Xenophon, and what famous pupil of his?	Plato
7831	96. Shared Melodies	The 'SpongeBob SquarePants' theme song uses a similar melody as that in what old sea chantey?	Blow the Man Down
7832	13. Story Books	Charles Perrault wrote 'Histories or Stories of Past Times,' which included stories about the Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, and Bluebeard. This work is better known by its subtitle. What is that subtitle?	Tales of Mother Goose
7833	29. Threats	This is about what creatures? They live in huge colonies of up to ten million insects. Formerly confined to Louisiana, this Formosan variety is now happily chewing its way from Virginia to Hawaii.	termites
7834	40. Artistic Processes	The coating of sculptures or architectural ornaments with gold leaf is called ...	gilding
7835	28. Birds	The shape of a hummingbird's wing stroke resembles	what number?
7836	5 Light	What adjective describes the light transmitting ability of materials such as waxed paper, frosted glass, gauze, and mica?	translucent
7837	53. Swamplands	The Okefenokee Swamp straddles the border separating what two states?	Georgia, Florida
7838	40. Historical Enemies	Soldiers from what two religions were enemies during the Crusades?	Islam, Christian
7839	Alt. 1. City Sites	In what Mideast city are these sites? The Western Wall Tunnels The Jaffa Gate Knesset Damascus Gate Zion Gate City of David Visitors Center	Jerusalem
7840	4. Asian Divisions	Korea was divided into two separate republics after World War II. What Southeast Asian country was partitioned in 1954 and then reunited in 1976?	Vietnam
7841	115. Explorers	What Italian explorer is credited as being the first European to set foot on New York's Staten Island?	Giovanni da Verrazano
7842	25. Historical Periods	Much of what we know today of painting and sculpture, of architecture and political science, of scientific method and economic theory, we owe to the artists, politicians, statesmen, bankers, and merchants of what period between 1300 and 1600?	Renaissance
7843	68. Holocaust Victims	Although she lived most of her life in the Netherlands, Anne Frank was born in what country?	Germany
7844	36. Proverbs	What common expression means that it is easier to endure discomfort if someone is experiencing it with you?	Misery loves company.
7845	36. Warning Signs	These words are from a trail sign that warns of what disorder? Lightheadedness, headache, and disorientation often occur at this elevation. You may faint or underestimate other dangers. If you experience these symptoms, avoid physical exertion and return to a lower elevation.	altitude (or mountain) sickness
7846	86. Mideast Revolutions	In 1979, what country that had been a staunch ally of the United States was taken over by the Shiite leader, Ayatollah Khomeini?	lran
7847	76. Ichthyology	What invasive jawless fish have become a major problem in the Great Lakes?	lampreys (sea lampreys)
7848	12. Palaces	In what state is the Iolani Palace?	Hawaii
7849	68. American Symbols	Name the flag consisting of a wide red border surrounding a white rectangle in the center of which is a blue star displayed by the immediate family of a person serving in the armed forces during a time of war.	Service Flag
7850	59. Time	A solar day is the period of the Earth's rotation with respect to the Sun. A sidereal day is the period of the Earth's rotation with respect to the ...	stars
7851	25. 19th-Century Nations	Who organized and became first president of the North American independent nation called the State of Deseret?	Brigham Young
7852	98. Onset of War	World War II effectively began in 1939 when Germany invaded what Eastern European country?	Poland
7853	46. Ranching	In what country are the ranches called stations?	Australia
7854	68. Aircraft	During World War II, what was the popular name for the Boeing B-17?	Flying Fortress
7855	51. Stream Water	What is a stretch of ripples flowing rapidly over a sandbar or rocky shoal called?	riffle
7856	119. Novels	In the novel, 'Holes,' the mild-mannered school teacher named Miss Katherine becomes what notorious outlaw?	Kissin' Kate Barlow
7857	91. Bizarre Poetry	Complete this passage. 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogroves and the ...	mome raths outgrabe
7858	18. Propulsion	Jets and rockets are two of the means of providing forward thrust to an aircraft. Name the third means associated with practically all successful aircraft prior to the 1940s.	propeller
7859	68. Horticulture	What is the term for a shoot that arises from an underground root or stem and grows at the expense of the parent plant?	sucker (turion)
7860	51. Fish Reproduction	The depositing of eggs by fish is called ...	spawning
7861	77. Journeys	Whose legendary journey in 1775 was initiated by a signal from the Old North Church in Boston?	Paul Revere's
7862	96. Slavery	In 1619, slavery began in the British colonies of North America when twenty Africans were first brought to what town in colonial Virginia?	Jamestown
7863	42. Geological Metaphors	A geologist described them as 'stone ships that sail over the seas of time.' Name these major subdivisions of the Earth's crust.	plates
7864	114. Smoke Signals	What is indicated by black smoke following a secret ballot of the College of Cardinals in Rome?	no new pope has been elected
7865	Sis Physical Processes	The taking up of a gas by a solid or al or the taking up of a liquid by a solid, is called ..	absorption
7866	108. Alabama History	Statehood for Alabama was delayed partly because it lacked a coastline. This was rectified in 1814 when Andrew Jackson captured what town on the Gulf Coast?	Mobile
7867	63. Forms of Literature	This is the first line of a book of what genre? Nicola Iacocca,--my father, arrived in this country in 1902 at the age of twelve--poor, alone, and scared. He used to say the only thing he was sure of when he got here was that the world was round.	autobiography
7868	4. Energy	All matter at temperatures above absolute zero emits electromagnetic energy. The continuous emission of energy is called ...	radiation
7869	4. Nutritional Imbalances	An insufficiency or excess of what dietary element may cause hypochloremia or hyperchloremia?	chlorine
7870	88. Modifiers	How are the adjectives used in these examples? The auk is gorgeous. Your grasp of Dr. Seuss is remarkable. The garbage under the sink smells rotten.	predicate adjectives
7871	14. Football	In the NFL, when a game is tied at the end, the winner is declared who is the first to score in an overtime period. What is this called?	sudden death
7872	95. Physics	Anything that tends to change the state of rest or motion of an object is called a what?	a force
7873	53. Constitution History	Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called ...	anti-Federalists
7874	35. Metallurgy	A company receives 82% pure gold. By removing most of its impurities, 99.5% pure gold is produced. Identify this process.	refining (smelting)
7875	40. Mountains	What mountains span Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia?	Atlas Mountains
7876	32. Composers	These composers all share what nationality? Engelbert Humperdinck Robert Schumann Richard Wagner George Handel Johannes Brahms	German
7877	49. History of Biology	He believed that species never changed. Paradoxically, he worked out a hierarchical scheme of classification based on the idea that species show different degrees of mutual relatedness. Who was this Swedish botanist?	Karl (Carolus) Linnaeus
7878	46. Admission	For what does the abbreviation stand in this? House leader Richard Gephardt was pushing legislation that requires Congress to approve the terms of China's admission to the WTO.	World Trade Organization
7879	43. Famous Theaters	The Globe Theater was in the shape of what regular geometric polygon?	octagon
7880	6. Wordplay	What is a hinky pinky for pasta torn into little pieces and thrown from the upper floors of buildings during parades?	spaghetti confetti
7881	40. Number Transformations	Transform the binary numeral 1111 into a Roman numeral.	XV
7882	32. Short Stories	These came from what Edgar Allan Poe tale? -'T shall not die of a cough.' 'True - true,' I replied. -He had a weak point, this Fortunato.	The Cask of Amontillado
7883	66. Clams	A clam can extend its muscular flesh between the two halves of its shell into the mud and pull itself along. Name this appendage.	foot
7884	58. Short Stories	Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat' tells of four men who escape a shipwreck in a dinghy. These men include the captain, an oiler, a newspaper correspondent, and who else?	the cook
7885	Alt. 3. Marine Life	What free-swimming marine animal consists of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and numerous trailing tentacles?	jellyfish
7886	94. Palindromes	What Russian name completes this palindrome? Ah, Satan sees ...	Natasha
7887	39. Algebraic Operations	What is the sum of 2(y-3) and 3y?	by -
7888	33. Matter	What is the term for the change of a substance to a denser phase?	condensation
7889	8. Capitalization	The first word in every line of what literary form is practically always capitalized whether or not the word begins a sentence?	poetry
7890	22. Human Anatomy	These are classifications of what? coccygeal cervical thoracic lumbar sacral	vertebrae
7891	54. Tolkien	In Tolkien's books, what kind of creatures are Ancalagon, Glaurung, Scantha, and Smaug?	dragons
7892	23. Terrorism	In 1983, a truck carrying 2500 pounds of TNT was driven into a U.S. Marines headquarters. The blast killed 241 soldiers in what President Reagan called 'a vicious, cowardly, ruthless' attack in what country?	Lebanon
7893	116. Battery Capacity	At room temperature, a battery rated at 100 ampere hours can deliver five amps over a period of how many hours?	20
7894	94. U.S. Lakes	What lake in the western United States covers some 2100 square miles with an average depth of 13 feet?	Great Salt Lake
7895	10. Friction	Any agent that reduces friction between parts that contact each other as they move is a ...	lubricant
7896	71. Disasters	This is about what disaster on the American West Coast? Then the fires broke out, and the wooden architecture provided fuel for a blaze lasting three days. 514 city blocks burned, 28,000 buildings were destroyed, some 2,500 people were killed, and 300,000 or two-thirds of the city's population were homeless.	San Francisco earthquake
7897	73. Asian Nations	Name either country that occupies the peninsula between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.	North (South) Korea
7898	125. Newspapers	Name the latest moment when newspaper copy can be submitted.	deadline
7899	59. Military Service	A conscientious objector is a person who refuses to enlist for military service on either moral or ---- grounds.	religious
7900	31. Interrelationships	Flagellated protozoans thrive in the intestines of termites and cannot live independently. Termites masticate wood but cannot digest cellulose. The flagellates ingest the wood fragments and digest them, liberating sugars that sustain the termites. Name this form of symbiosis.	mutualism
7901	34. Body Metaphors	What part of the eye could be described as a self-adjusting aperture?	pupil
7902	50. Ocean Erosion	Beach property and harbors may be protected from direct erosive action of waves through construction of	breakwaters
7903	41. Binomials	A(X+Y) =...	AX + AY
7904	88. Herbicides	If one-sixteenth of the total amount of the herbicide oxadiazon remains in the soil after 240 days, what is the half-life of this poison?	60 days
7905	21. Legumes	Legumes convert what gas to a necessary nutrient in the soil?	nitrogen
7906	47. Inspired Geology	What, according to Henry Ward Beecher, has soft architectural hands with the 'power to cut stones and chisel, to shapes of grandeur, the very mountains'?	rain (water)
7907	5. Institutions	The Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. is what kind of tank?	think tank
7908	82. Longfellow	This is from a poem about what colonial figure? You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall	Paul Revere
7909	74. Chef's Surprise	While cleaning out your fridge for the first time in ten months, you open a container and find what was once some kind of food is now covered with a furry growth. Name it.	mold (mildew)
7910	49. Failed Legislation	One reason the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 failed to pass the Senate was that it included provisions for what critics called the 'A' word. What is the 'A' word?	amnesty
7911	26. Planets	On an alphabetical list of the inner terrestrial planets, which is last?	Venus
7912	34. The Cabinet	Which department of the executive branch deals with Native American affairs, fish and wildlife, mines, national parks, and public lands?	Department of the Interior
7913	26. Charcoal	Charcoal heated in steam and air is free of tarry impurities. Its porosity is increased and it has remarkable absorbing power. Such charcoal is ...	activated
7914	67. Sculpture	What metal is most often used for cast metal sculptures?	bronze
7915	12. Painting	What type of painting requires use of hair brushes and special paper characterized by subtle absorbency and texture?	watercolor
7916	9. Sheet Music	On a musical staff, following the clef symbol is a number that resembles a fraction. This is known as the time ...	signature
7917	44. Civil War Commanders	What commander of the Army of the Potomac, whose troops were soundly defeated at the Battle of Fredericksburg, had unusual whiskers which, instead of forming a beard, were only thick at the sides of his face?	Ambrose Burnside
7918	4. Invasions	What letter of the alphabet is associated with the Allied	landing on the Normandy beaches in World War II?
7919	21. Sets	What type of sets are illustrated if set A equals {p, q, and r} and set B equals {t, u, and v}?	disjoint (non-overlapping)
7920	70. Government Agencies	Created in 1908, what is the primary investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Justice?	FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
7921	35. Ratios	Determine two numbers whose ratio is 3 to 8 and whose sum is 33.	9, 24
7922	120. Waterways	The shortest route between the North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean is through what artificial waterway?	Suez Canal
7923	98. Ocean Currents	What is the opposite of a flood current?	ebb current (ebb tide)
7924	37. Insect Etymology	What is the common name for the huge group of insects in the taxonomic order with a name derived from Greek words meaning 'sheath' and 'wing'?	beetles
7925	33. Deities	With what meteorological phenomenon are the Hindu god Indra, the Greek god Zeus, and the Norse god Thor associated?	thunder
7926	22. Parts of Speech	The next-to-the-last word in this quote by Mark Twain is what part of speech? There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.	conjunction
7927	118. Blood Typing		What is the only consonant used for blood types?
7928	34. Minerals	The only two minerals that are naturally magnetized are pyrrhotite and what other?	lodestone (magnetite)
7929	61. Native American Neighborhoods	What is the term for the traditional multi-level stone or adobe apartment dwellings which, in New Mexico, have these names? Acoma, Cochiti, Jemez, Laguna, Zia, Taos	pueblo
7930	20. Historical Documents	What document issued in France in 1789 was similar in substance to another document signed in North America in 1776?	Declaration of the Rights of Man
7931	69. Woods	Hardwoods come from deciduous trees while softwoods come from what other kind of trees?	coniferous (evergreen)
7932	33. Measurement	Declination is the angular distance of a celestial object north or south of what?	celestial equator
7933	120. Supplies	As much as 90 percent of the gunpowder used by Americans in the American Revolution came from what country?	France
7934	51. Impossible Mechanics	What kind of unfeasible machine would produce more energy than it consumes, resulting in a net output of energy for indefinitely long time?	perpetual motion machine
7935	Ts Presidents	Name either U.S. president who unsuccessfully tried to win third terms.	Ulysses Grant, Theodore Roosevelt
7936	55. Force	The U.S.S. Missouri was a very heavy steel battleship but she floated quite nicely because she displaced enough water so that what force of the water remained greater than the weight of the ship?	buoyant force
7937	3. Canyon Analogies	Waimea Canyon is to Hawaii as ---- is to Arizona.	the Grand Canyon
7938	99. Battles	When he said, 'Another such victory and we are ruined,' one of Santa Anna's officers was referring to a battle at what site?	Alamo
7939	29. Wartime Literature	Alun Lewis' poem, 'After Dunkirk,' is about what war?	World War II
7940	36. Fields of Science	Name the study of the interactions among different kinds of organisms and between organisms and their physical environment.	ecology
7941	80. Rommel	Defenders of Tobruk against Rommel had what nickname?	Desert Rats
7942	125. Bait	What is the name for chunks of fish bait thrown into the water to draw fish?	chum
7943	Alt. 5. Capital Names	Richmond, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts, were named after towns in England. Name either of the other two U.S. capitals so-named.	Hartford, Dover
7944	33. Writing Errors	Consider this line. A shade of purple which caught his fancy. Although that example is punctuated as a sentence, it is actually a sentence ...	fragment
7945	38. Processes in Physical Science	What term from physics means either the change of state from a solid to a liquid or the combination of two light nuclei to form a heavier and more stable nucleus?	fusion
7946	31. Ornamental Fossilized Materials	Millions of years ago, some trees would seep globs of sticky resin that oozed down the trunks trapping seeds, leaves, and insects. This resin was sometimes buried and it eventually hardened into what golden, gem-like substance?	amber
7947	48. Birds	Name the only native parrot of the U.S. that is now extinct.	Carolina parakeet
7948	81. Immortality	Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, 'Tithonus,' is about a Trojan who is granted immortality, which turns out to be not so terrific after all. What fantasy by Natalie Babbit also explores some problems of eternal life?	Tuck Everlasting
7949	I21s Seawater	How does the buoyancy of water in the Dead Sea compare to that of water in the Mediterranean?	It is more buoyant.
7950	18. Triangles	What category of triangles has all three angles different and each less than 90 degrees?	acute
7951	92. Mountain Ranges	You are sailing through what strait if you look south and see the Atlas Mountains?	Strait of Gibraltar
7952	12. Latin America	What South American country at the northern edge of the continent facing the Atlantic is bordered by Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil?	Suriname
7953	15. Archimedes’ Principle	If the weight of an object in a fluid is greater than the weight of the fluid it displaces, what will the object do?	sink
7954	71. State Fossils	The state fossil of Colorado is what herbivorous dinosaur with long hind legs, a relatively short neck, and a distinctive double row of upright bony plates along the back?	stegosaurus
7955	101. Federal Agencies	What government commission monitors national elections and provides matching funds to qualifying presidential candidates?	Federal Election Commission
7956	62. Propaganda	What propaganda technique effectively used by Adolf Hitler was alluded to in 'Nineteen-Eighty Four' in these words? To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed.	big lie
7957	42. Bird Vocabulary	What is a row of crows called?	a murder
7958	58. Psychology	Milt is afraid of plants. Shirley can't stand snakes. Judy freaks out when she even thinks about airplanes. What is the name for such irrational fears?	phobias
7959	95. Parks	There are two U.S. national parks that include the word 'glacier' in their names. These parks are in what states?	Montana, Alaska
7960	5. Obituaries	This actor who passed away in 1989 was known for his lead roles in such productions as 'Hamlet' and 'Richard III.' He has been called the century's definitive man of the theater. Name him.	Lawrence Olivier
7961	13. Disease Transmission	What creatures are vectors for West Nile virus, dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever?	mosquitoes
7962	32. Mass Murders	In 1988, the military of what country used poison gas against Kurdish civilians in the town of Halabja, killing between 4,000 and 12,000 of its residents?	Iraq
7963	78. Science Fiction	At the end of '1984,' whom did Winston Smith love?	Big Brother
7964	32. Coercion	What is the term for violence against innocent people to further the political agenda of a group?	terrorism
7965	40. Lyrics	John Philip Sousa wrote these words for which of his marches? Let martial note in triumph float / And liberty extend its mighty hand / A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers, / The banner of the Western land. / The emblem of the brave and true / Its folds protect no tyrant crew; / The red and white and starry blue / Is freedom's shield and hone.	The Stars and Stripes Forever
7966	78. Prehistoric Creatures	Prehistoric reptiles such as dimetrodon and edaphosaurus are sailbacks because they had high bony spines on their backs covered with thin skin. This structure helped them to control what?	body temperature
7967	95. Rock Applications	The Taj Mahal is made of marble while the Great Sphinx was carved from what kind of rock?	sandstone
7968	8. Revolutionaries	Maurice Bishop was a revolutionary who seized power in a 1979 coup and then held the title of prime minister of what country in the Windward Islands until he was himself overthrown in another coup and executed in 1983?	Grenada
7969	116. First Aid Vocabulary	The term 'lumbar' indicates what part of the body?	lower back
7970	42. Fruits	A legume is another name for a pod, a type of fruit produced either by beans or ...	peas
7971	22. Sayings	These sayings are attributed to what film producer? -Include me out. -We have all passed a lot of water since then.	Sam Goldwyn
7972	56. International Relations	Despite Woodrow Wilson's leading role in founding the League of Nations, the U.S. never joined. At that time, U.S. foreign policy opposed becoming involved in quarrels of other nations. Name this kind of policy.	isolationism
7973	32. Colonial Communications	Partly in response to the Stamp Act, the Gaspee Affair, the Currency Act, and the Tea Act, what committees were formed to encourage communications between the colonies?	committees of correspondence
7974	99. Forms of Government	What is the title of the ruler in Brunei?	sultan
7975	48. Spaniards	Trained as an astronomer and mathematician, what Jesuit missionary traveled some 20 thousand miles and founded 24 missions in Mexico and the Southwest?	Eusebio Kino
7976	111. Aircraft	What kind of tethered aircraft was used in Benjamin Franklin's experiment that proved lightning is electricity?	kite
7977	49. Scientific Pursuits	What term for a field of science literally means 'ancient geography'?	paleogeography
7978	49. Macedonia	Ancient Macedonia included parts of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia and what other present-day country?	Greece
7979	9. Marine Life	What is the common name for a marine creature described as a cnidarian with a bell-shaped body?	jellyfish
7980	41. Intervening States	What state lies between Pennsylvania and Michigan?	Ohio
7981	63. Crime Slang	What color of collar is associated with crimes such as investment fraud and income tax evasion?	white
7982	10. Presidential Initiatives	The attorney general was asked to bring the first antitrust suit aimed at dissolving Northern Securities, a railroad holding company, by what president in 1902?	Theodore Roosevelt
7983	55. Mechanical Vocabulary	In a pulley system, the weight of the object being lifted is the load. Name the force exerted on the rope to lift the load.	effort
7984	43. Systemic Diseases	Which body system is affected by pneumonia?	respiratory system
7985	12. Sentence Analysis	What is the last word of the adverb clause in this statement? When weather turns cold, many mammals in the northern regions hibernate.	cold
7986	82. Big Snakes	Name the large semiaquatic, constricting snakes of the boa family that live in tropical South America and may reach lengths of over eight meters.	anacondas
7987	100. Bees	The feeding of royal jelly to a bee larva ensures that it will develop into a fertile bee called a what?	queen
7988	14. Plant Life	This is about what type of plant of the Arizona-Sonoran desert? These giants which reach a 50-foot height may contain more than 10 tons of water.	saguaro cactus
7989	9. U.S. Parks	Glacier-clad peaks including Mount Olympus, gorgeous alpine meadows, and extensive old-growth forest characterize what national park in northwest Washington?	Olympic National Park
7990	26. Moons	Phoebe and Janus are moons of what planet?	Saturn
7991	110. Solutions	Name the natural process of the settling out of the solid particles transported by moving water.	sedimentation (deposition)
7992	99. Reform	What two words complete this pledge for the Loyal Temperance Union in 1883? I promise not to buy, sell, or give Alcoholic liquors while I live. From all tobacco I'll abstain And never take God's name ...	in vain
7993	17. Ocean Location	The title of this work by Samuel Hearne indicates what ocean? A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean	Arctic Ocean
7994	54. Sentence Analysis	What is the last word of the adverb clause in this statement? When weather turns cold, many mammals in the northern regions hibernate.	cold
7995	52. A General's Missive	Who sent this message to President Truman? I have just received the announcement of your appointment of me as the United Nations commander of the international forces to be employed in Korea and can not fail to express to you personally my deepest thanks and appreciation for this new expression of your confidence.	Douglas MacArthur
7996	37. Meteorological Banners	A warning for what kind of storm is indicated by two square red flags, one above the other, and each with a black square in the middle?	hurricane
7997	27. Eulogies	These lines are from a eulogy about whom? -That man was the most famous New Zealander of our time. -His achievement on that day cannot be underestimated. -He went to a height and a place no man had gone before. -He went there with 1950s, not 21st-centurv. technology.	Edmund Hillary
7998	119. Compass Directions	What is the exact opposite of a compass heading of 275 degrees?	95 degrees
7999	23. Upbeat Characters	This is about what fictional female? The orphaned girl arrives in Beldingsville to live with her harsh maiden aunt. All soon feel her effect as she enlivens everyone with her cheerful and infectious optimism. The sad, the lonely, the sick, and the obnoxious all become enamoured of this girl's enthusiasm and zeal.	Pollyanna
8000	25. Ancient Messages	Who sent this back to his home in Europe? Veni, vidi, vici.	Julius Caesar
8001	58. Assassination Explanation	Who wrote this in 1865? Our country owes all our troubles to Lincoln. God has made me the instrument of his punishment.	John Wilkes Booth
8002	79. Clever Chapter Titles	What writing technique is illustrated in these chapter headings from an English text? Pompous Circumstances Smothering Heights Critique of Poor Reason Grammar Moses I Second That Emotion The Importance of Being Honest Revise and Consent /	pun (or allusion)
8003	89. Ordinal Numbers	The general rule is that when text includes ordinal numbers, one should write out ordinal numbers up to and including what number?	ninth
8004	30. Short Stories	This quote is from what story? You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight.	The Tell-Tale Heart
8005	45. Theater	The sunken area in front of a stage where the orchestra sits during ballets, operas, and musicals is called the ...	pit
8006	116. Currency	In 2002, lire, francs, and marks were replaced by what other currency?	euros
8007	51. South American Rivers	The Parana River of South America drains part of Brazil before it flows along or through what other two countries?	Paraguay, Argentina
8008	9. World War Il Weapons	Which of the missiles developed and deployed by the Germans at Peenemunde traveled faster than Mach 1?	V-2
8009	24. Novels	James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Last of the Mohicans' is set during what war?	French and Indian War
8010	52. Scandals	What scandal was brought to public attention in 1923 when Harry Sinclair, owner of Mammoth Oil, was convicted of contempt of court following the bribery and conspiracy convictions of Secretary of Interior Albert Fall?	Teapot Dome
8011	57. Algebra	Simplify the following. (12(a squared)b) divided by (3a)	4ab
8012	103. Maxims	According to this motto of the British Association of Anaesthetists, safety is found in what? In somno securitas.	sleep
8013	111. Optical Antonyms	What is the opposite of a biconvex lens?	biconcave lens
8014	19. Poetic Misquotations	Correct the mistaken line in this poem. Poems are made by fools like me, But God can only make a tree.	But only God can make a tree.
8015	Zi Animals	This Lewis and Clark journal entry refers to what animals? These wolves sally out in a body against any animal they think they can overpower, but on the slightest alarm, retreat to burrows making a noise like that of a small dog.	coyotes
8016	56. Etymology	What term for the murder of some six million Jews, along with millions of others, comes from two Greek words meaning 'race' and 'killing'?	genocide
8017	LOT. Civilization	Cradles of civilization included the Euphrates and Tigris valleys in Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley in Egypt, the Indus Valley in India, and two river valleys in China. Name either of those.	Yangtze, Yellow (Huang He)
8018	39. Economics	Modern economics texts say that what is a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value?	money
8019	34. Case	What is the grammatical case of the pronoun in this line? Instead of modernizing the old destroyer, the brass decided to use her for target practice.	objective
8020	14. Stands	What state is immediately west of the state in which Custer made his last stand?	Idaho
8021	37. Scientific Notation	Express in scientific notation the product of (1 times 10 to the negative fifth power) times (-6 times 10 to the seventh power).	-6 times 10 to the 2nd power
8022	40. Battles	These were engagements of what war? Kham Duc, Long Khanh, Binh Ba, Tet Offensive	Vietnam War
8023	16. Australian Cities	Name the third most populous city of Australia and the capital of Queensland.	Brisbane
8024	6. Heads of State	These people were heads of state on what continent? Anwar E]-Sadat Robert Mugabe Jomo Kenyatta	Africa
8025	94. Poisons	What is the collective name for poisons injected by snake or insect bites?	venom
8026	109. Criminals	Al Capone was sentenced to eleven years in prison after being convicted of what crime?	tax evasion
8027	44. Careers	What is the abbreviation for the field which involves establishing, developing, and maintaining favorable relationships between a public or private entity and society?	PR
8028	43. Novels	This is from what American novel set in the 1930s in southern Alabama? To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place.	To Kill a Mockingbird
8029	10. Conversational Idiocy	To what eminent physicist was movie mogul Jack Warner referring when he said this? You know, I have a theory about relatives too-don't hire them.	Albert Einstein
8030	3. Plate Tectonics	This is about which of the world's great plates? On its southern and southeastern side, it is bounded by an oceanic rise. Its western side is marked by deep sea trenches and island arcs. Its northeastern side is defined by the San Andreas Fault.	Pacific plate
8031	88. Decisions	This decision related to what country? The decision committed the United States irrevocably to a war that would drag on for 9 more years, take 3 million Americans abroad, cost the lives of 58,000 of them, and deeply divide the country.	South Vietnam (or Vietnam)
8032	47. Polytheism	These are gods of what Asian religion? Kali, Ganesha, Hanuman, Vishnu, Shiva	Hindu
8033	10. Zoology	These are breeds of what kind of animals? Duroc, Berkshire, Tamworth, Mulefoot, American Yorkshire, Essex, Saddleback, Vietnamese Potbelly	pigs (hogs, swine)
8034	34. Mineral Properties	When exposed to invisible ultraviolet light, some minerals emit visible light of various colors, a phenomenon called ...	fluorescence
8035	6. Trail Combinations	There are 3 trails between Jerkwater and Podunk and 4 trails between Podunk and Whistlestop. In how many ways can you go from Jerkwater to Whistlestop by way of Podunk?	12
8036	49. Oranges	Every navel orange comes from a single tree. This mutant orange tree on a Brazilian plantation produced oranges without seeds. It was reproduced by splicing buds from that mutant to other trees through a process called ...	grafting
8037	10. Walls	Name the Roman emperor who ordered the construction of a wall to prevent enemies from invading England from Scotland.	Hadrian
8038	37. Symbols	With a name including a prefix meaning 'five,' what symbol with the appearance of a star is drawn with five straight strokes?	pentagram (pentangle, pentalpha)
8039	63. Amendment OKs	Name the act of approval by a state legislature of a proposed Constitutional amendment.	ratification
8040	33. Missionaries	Father Damien is noted for his care of people with leprosy who had been forcibly segregated on which of the Hawaiian islands?	Molokai
8041	8. Fallen Nations	Six months after President Nixon's resignation, what country fell to the Communists?	South Vietnam
8042	24. Wartime Leaders	What leader of the Spanish Civil War had the support of the nationalists, right-wing political groups, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany?	Francisco Franco
8043	Alt. 3. World War Il	To what kind of weapon was this 1945 headline from the 'London Daily Express' referring? 20,000 Tons in a Golf Ball	atomic bomb
8044	11. Banking	It was primarily through whose efforts that the first Bank of the U.S. was established in 1791?	Alexander Hamilton
8045	67. History of Aviation	Name the site from which the Wright brothers made their first historic flight in their Flyer.	Kitty Hawk
8046	74. Silliness	Complete this idle bit of speculation with the name for a Japanese food involving seaweed? If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with ...	sushi
8047	17. Nicknames	Confederate troops from what state became known as the Yellowhammers?	Alabama
8048	31. Chemical Processes	Making a substance white by destroying its coloring matter is called ...	bleaching
8049	6. Compositions	A requiem is a musical composition written to accompany what ceremony?	funeral (mass)
8050	106. Vertebral Injuries	In severe whiplash injuries, which subdivision of vertebrae are most likely to be injured?	cervical vertebrae
8051	63. Minerals	The only two minerals that are naturally magnetized are pyrrhotite and what other?	lodestone (magnetite)
8052	58. Mutations	What is the term for a mutated organism carrying a mutated gene?	mutant
8053	101. British Literature	These lines are from what famous 17th-century English treatise? -I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. -And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. -No man is born an artist nor an angler. -God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.	The Compleat Angler
8054	44. New Stamps	In 1996, a new stamp was unveiled honoring what Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews during World War II before disappearing into the Soviet penal system?	Raoul Wallenberg
8055	114. Compasses	A gyroscope is a key component in what kind of marine compass that has these advantages over magnetic compasses? -They are unaffected by ferromagnetic materials like the steel in a ship's hull. -They find true north determined by Earth's rotation.	gyrocompass
8056	29. Injuries	What organ is affected in retinal detachment?	eye
8057	48. Mood	What grammatical mood is in this sentence? If the English language made any sense, a teetotaler would be someone who counts golf pegs.	subjunctive
8058	42. Vessel Names	What name was used for nine different surface ships and a submarine of the British navy, two surface ships and two submarines of the U.S. navy, a submarine built by Robert Fulton, and a fictional submarine in a Jules Verne's novel?	Nautilus
8059	41. Disease Prevention	In 2004, the FDA attempted to prevent the spread of what disease by prohibiting the feeding of chicken waste and cow blood to cattle and by banning the use of dead or injured cows in the manufacture of cosmetics, soups, and dietary supplements?	mad cow disease
8060	71. Medieval Science	This describes a medieval practitioner of what field of science? He placed bits of silver into a strong chemical called nitric acid, the silver dissolved, and a red vapor bubbled up and curled into the space above the surface of the liquid.	alchemy
8061	102. Poetry	To what creatures does the pronoun refer in these words by Robert Browning? They fought the dogs, and killed the cats and bit the babies in the cradles, and ate the cheeses out of the vats, and licked the soup from the cook's own ladles.	rats
8062	108. Energy	What type of energy is used by primary producers to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates?	light (solar, electromagnetic)
8063	48. Roman Measures	In ancient Rome, one cubit equaled 17.5 inches. To the nearest cubit, how many cubits were there in one stadium, given that a stadium equaled 202 yards?	416
8064	16. Wartime Autobiographies	Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' describes circumstances similar to those found in the autobiographical work by Johanna Reiss entitled 'The ---- Room.'	Upstairs
8065	55. Authority	The political doctrine that holds that sovereign political authority resides with the citizens of a state is known as what kind of sovereignty?	popular sovereignty
8066	1. Atmospheres	The Jovian atmosphere covers which planet?	Jupiter
8067	36. Borders	What state is bordered by Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire?	Massachusetts
8068	45. Protozoans	Most of an amoeba's cell is filled with a type of protoplasm called what?	cytoplasm
8069	30. Multinational Organizations	For what multinational organization does the abbreviation, EFTA, stand?	European Free Trade Association
8070	65. Military Messages	For what does the abbreviation stand in this? An EAM is a message directing nuclear-capable forces to execute specific attack options in a nuclear war.	emergency action message
8071	70. Hospitals	In a hospital, what is the meaning of the abbreviation, 'O.R.'?	operating room
8072	8. A Norse of Course	Around the year 1000, Leif Ericson sailed west to a rocky coast he named Helluland or Slabland, and then south to a forested region he called Markland or Woodland, and then further south to an area where grapes grew in abundance that he called ...	Vinland or Wineland
8073	Alt. 4. Vikings	Norsemen called Danes were from which Scandinavian country?	Denmark
8074	109. Snakes	The four venomous snakes that cause most cases of snakebite in India are the common krait, Russell's viper, the saw-scaled viper, and what other snake characterized by its ability to expand the skin of its neck to form a flattened hood?	cobra (Indian cobra)
8075	44. Plane Figures	Similar triangles have identical shapes but different ...	sizes (dimensions)
8076	40. Literary Forms	What literary form is illustrated below? Here lies Walter Dudley. He found out too late, Dobermans aren't cuddly.	epitaph
8077	32. Burns	What kind of burns may be caused by bleach, concrete mix, toilet bowl cleaner, battery fluid, and rust remover?	chemical burns
8078	35. Motion	You are riding along at 250 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats and run out of gas in your brakeless experimental vehicle. What force will eventually cause the vehicle to come to a stop?	friction
8079	36. Modifiers	What is the squinting modifier in this example? He clearly said yesterday he lost his prize emu.	yesterday
8080	33. Evolutionary Adaptations	Name the first vertebrates completely adapted for life on land.	reptiles
8081	1. Historical Paintings	A famous painting by Emanuel Leutze is entitled 'Washington Crossing the ...'	Delaware
8082	12. Weapons	Name the long wooden pole with a sharp metal head used by the knights of yore as a weapon in a joust.	lance
8083	15. Temperature Equivalents	What do these temperatures have in common? -459.67 degrees F -273.15 degrees C -0 degrees K	absolute zero
8084	102. Ironworking History	Early iron smelters in America were fired by charcoal. What abundant natural substance proved to be far superior for this purpose?	coal
8085	44. Nuclear Energy	What kind of nuclear reaction is probably occurring at the center of Polaris and Antares?	fusion
8086	117. Fungi	The three categories of fungi that begin with 'm' are mildews, molds, and what else?	mushrooms
8087	70. Mideast Travel	In which cardinal direction would you travel to get from Jordan to Turkey?	north
8088	37. Roman Word Squares	What are the last two words in the famous five-word word square that begins with this? SATOR AREPO TENET	OPERA, ROTAS
8089	117. Liquid Measures	What is the weight in ounces of two pints of water?	32 ounces
8090	41. Variation	In this table, the ratio of x to y is what? y x 2 6 4 12 5 15 6 18	3 (or 3 to 1)
8091	da Waterfalls	Four of the fifteen highest waterfalls in the world are in what U.S. national park?	Yosemite
8092	6. State Subdivisions	In what state could you travel through the Yakutat, Bethel, Dillingham, and Bristol Bay boroughs?	Alaska
8093	1. Cycles	Evaporation, condensation, transport, precipitation, groundwater, transpiration, and runoff are all aspects of what ongoing cycle?	hydrologic cycle (water cycle)
8094	106. Revolutions	These people made significant contributions to what revolution? John Kay, Samuel Crompton, Richard Arkwright, James Hargreaves, Edmund Cartwright	Industrial Revolution
8095	64. Politics	Presidential nominees to fill positions in what two branches of government are subject to senatorial approval?	executive, judicial
8096	24. Inventors	Gideon Welles, Lincoln's secretary of the navy, enlisted John Ericcson to build an ironclad gunship for the Union. What ship did he design?	Monitor
8097	109. Flags	The flag of what former country consisted of a hammer, sickle, and star on a red background?	Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
8098	109. Congressional Titles	What is the title of the second-ranking member of the majority party in the House of Representatives and the highest-ranking member of the Senate?	majority leader
8099	8. Triples	What is the third number in this Pythagorean triple? 55 12ers	13
8100	118. Art Textures	'Tactile' in art indicates what sense?	touch
8101	120. Cheating	Any illegal interference during an election that increases the number of votes for a candidate or decreases the number of votes for rivals is called electoral what?	fraud
8102	Ts Wars	What war was largely a stalemated conflict of trench warfare with massive artillery barrages and suicidal infantry attacks against murderous machine gun and rifle crossfire?	World War \|
8103	55. Cities	These communities are in what state? Battle Mountain Eureka Ely Elko	Nevada
8104	45. Election Algebra	3600 votes were cast for the two candidates running for town undertaker. The winner received a majority of 240 votes. How many votes were cast for the loser?	1680
8105	14. Sayings	This line from Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII' is reminiscent of what modern saying? No man's pie is freed from his ambitious finger.	have a finger in every pie
8106	1. Mountain Sculptures	Name of the mountains in which Mt. Rushmore is located.	Black Hills
8107	27. Symmetry	Zoologists use three terms to describe the three types of animal symmetry including asymmetrical, bilateral, and ...	radial
8108	9. Numbers	What is the fourteenth ordinal number?	fourteenth
8109	68. Photocells	What are ejected from the silicon in a solar panel when light strikes it?	electrons
8110	45. Executive Problems	What American president laid the problem of the Korean invasion before the Security Council of the United Nations?	Harry Truman
8111	27. Figurative Language	What is an onomatopoeia for the sneeze sound?	achoo (achu, atisshoo, etc.)
8112	15. Monuments	What monument at the end of the Champs-Elysees in Paris commemorates the victories of Napoleon?	Arch of Triumph
8113	63. American Banners	Symbolizing the spirit of '76 is the yellow Gadsden flag with the words, 'Don't Tread on Me' and a depiction of what animal?	rattlesnake
8114	42. Box Problems	You start with a piece of paper 40 inches wide and 50 inches long. You cut squares 5 inches on a side out of each corner and bend up the remaining flaps to form an open box. How many cubic inches are in this box?	6000 cubic inches
8115	25. Sentence Analysis	What grammatical construction follows the question words in these examples? I simply don't know what to do. I can't decide where to go. I don't understand how to fly.	infinitive
8116	41. Newspaper Artists	Whom did William Randolph Hearst dispatch to Cuba in 1898 to sketch pictures of the conflict he anticipated there?	Frederic Remington
8117	16. Electricity	With what type of electrical current is its direction reversed 120 times per second?	alternating current (ac)
8118	15. Islands	Name the largest autonomous island of Denmark.	Greenland
8119	122. Hardships	Washington and the Colonial Army endured the terrible winter of 1777 where in eastern Pennsylvania?	Valley Forge
8120	101. Artistic Process	Sculptures or other art objects that have been gilded have been covered with a thin coating of what material?	gold
8121	92. Geometric Lines	The line that divides a plane figure into two congruent parts is called the line of what?	symmetry
8122	46. Fictional Sleuths	Edward Stratemeyer created two inquisitive young heroes named Frank and Joe. What is their last name?	Hardy (as in Hardy Boys)
8123	16. Agricultural Labor	What adjective indicates largely unskilled agricultural workers who move with the season, planting and harvesting crops?	migrant
8124	67. A Foreshadowing of Disaster	This refers to an impeding disaster in what country in 1953? The great stone dikes that had protected the land for centuries groaned under the assault of the swollen sea. In Colijnsplaat, the dike master sent for sandbags and reinforcing beams.	Holland (Netherlands)
8125	113. Malleability	The two general procedures by which a malleable material may be turned into a thin sheet are rolling and what other way?	hammering (pounding)
8126	22. Epitaphs	Translate this Spanish epitaph from the grave of Billy the Kid. Duerme Bien	sleep well
8127	4. Science Fiction	This is from what Kurt Vonnegut story? Billy is spastic in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren't necessarily fun. He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next.	Slaughterhouse Five
8128	70. Astronomical Theories	What theory for the origin of the universe suggests that all matter was once concentrated in a single unstable mass?	big bang theory
8129	23. Australian Traditions	A journey by foot through the Australian outback is a	walkabout
8130	54. Songs	What shoe size did Clementine wear according to the song?	number nine
8131	10. European Demonyms	The people of Venice, Italy, are called what?	Venetians
8132	13. 1941 Quotes	Complete this quote by Winston Churchill. In war - resolution. In defeat - defiance. In victory - magnanimity. In peace - ...	good will
8133	8. Fantasies	In what book by Chris Van Allsburg do these things happen? -Peter rolls a seven and unleashes a lion. -Judy rolls an eight and releases monkeys. -Judy rolls the dice and creates a Rhinoceros stampede. -Peter rolls the dice and releases a python.	Jumanji
8134	78. Ruminants	What is the term for food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth of a ruminant such as a giraffe, cow, or goat?	cud
8135	96. Amendments	The passage of what amendment to the Constitution made continuation of the American Anti-Slavery Society unnecessary?	13th Amendment
8136	10. Southeast Asia	Cambodia's climate is controlled by seasonal winds called ...	monsoons
8137	43. Legends	With what state are the legends of Kaena Point, Nanaue the shark man, and the ghost sisters of Hilo Hills associated?	Hawaii
8138	107. Algae	Chlorella, a single-cell green algae multiplies rapidly, requiring only a small amount of minerals, water, carbon dioxide, and what else to reproduce?	sunlight (light)
8139	68. Extinct Animals	These extinct creatures all belong to what class of vertebrates? diplodocus, iguanodon, triceratops	Reptilia (reptile)
8140	14. Bacteria	The three shapes of bacteria are spiral, round, and ...	rod-shaped
8141	38. Archaic Language	Here is a verse from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.' He holds him with his skinny hand, 'There was a ship,' quote he. 'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!' Eftsoons his hand dropt he. What does 'eftsoons' mean?	presently (soon afterward, shortly, etc.)
8142	49. Drainages	What river drains Lake Eyre in Australia?	none
8143	12. Large Lizards	Name the heavy-bodied lizard that reaches a length of 10 feet and a weight of 360 pounds that feeds on wild boar, deer, and pigs.	Komodo dragon
8144	18. Orchestras	While a small orchestra may be called a chamber orchestra, what is a full-sized orchestra called?	symphony (philharmonic) orchestra
8145	64. Fishing	Name the rings of hardened metal or ceramics attached to a fishing rod that carry the line.	guides
8146	22. Soldier Salaries	Ancient Roman soldiers were paid part of their wages with what substance essential to the diet but which, in excess, may lead to hypertension?	salt
8147	79. Scientific Variables	If you designed an experiment to see whether massive amounts of vitamin C administered to hamsters would significantly increase their life spans, what would be the independent variable?	vitamin C
8148	24. Biological Change	Changes in a cell structure caused by accidents during gene duplication, by certain chemicals, and by penetrating radiation are called ...	mutations
8149	92. Navigators	What special kind of navigation did these men complete? Juan Elcano, Andres Urdaneta, Francis Drake, James Cook	circumnavigation
8150	54. City Namesakes	What New Zealand city was named after Arthur Wellesley, the victor at the Battle of Waterloo?	Wellington
8151	114. Dynasties	The end of 118 years of the Tudor dynasty occurred in 1603 with the death of what queen?	Elizabeth \|
8152	28. Territorial Expansion	Name the land deal, consummated in 1853, through which the U.S. acquired border territory from Mexico for $10 million.	Gadsden Purchase
8153	55. Celebrations	On the night of May 1, 2011, thousands of people gathered at the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 attacks in New York to celebrate the news that who had been killed?	Osama bin Laden
8154	62. Tree Clearance	The removal of trees to convert a woodland into grazing land or farmland is called what?	deforestation
8155	42. Southeast Asian Earthquakes	The Indian Ocean earthquake that spawned the enormous tsunami of 2004 measured 9.0 on the Richter scale. It was the largest recorded quake since the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in what U.S. state?	Alaska
8156	47. Symbols	In metals, it is represented by quicksilver. In precious stones, it is represented by amethyst. In planets, it stands for Mercury. Name this color associated with justice and royalty.	purple (violet)
8157	29. Capitols	On the grounds of which state capitol are there statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?	Illinois
8158	23. Optics	In optics, what term refers to any transparent body having bases of the same size and shape and sides which are parallelograms?	prism
8159	26. Legends	What was devised by King Arthur to preempt rivalry among members of his entourage for a seat at the hall table?	Round Table
8160	20. Novels	Who is the narrator in the novel, 'Sarah, Plain and Tall'?	Anna (the farmer's daughter)
8161	6. Legal Procedures	An American citizen arrested and sent directly to prison without a trial would be deprived of what process?	due process
8162	21. Squares	What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 169(x squared) square feet?	52x feet
8163	116. Plant Anatomy	Each of the colorful, showy parts of a plant's corolla is called a ...	petal
8164	91. Epic Fantasies	These are among the fourteen titles in what series of novels attributed to Robert Jordan? New Spring The Eye of the World The Great Hunt The Dragon Reborn The Fires of Heaven Lord of Chaos Crossroads of Twilight	Wheel of Time
8165	10. Modifiers	What word is modified by 'suddenly' in this line? Suddenly, Wilma made her announcement.	made
8166	28. Electricity	The supplied energy of a voltage source is reduced as an electric current moves through a part of a circuit that consumes power. This is called voltage what?	drop
8167	77. Ecology	It is the planet's oldest and deepest lake, accounting for one-fifth of the world's freshwater reserves. Name this Siberian lake.	Lake Baikal
8168	53. The Nazi Military	What in Nazi Germany was the equivalent of the RAF in Britain?	Luftwaffe
8169	61. Presidents	What U.S. president was in Washington, D.C. just before the British invaded and burned the city?	James Madison
8170	88. Astronomy History	What Renaissance astronomer discovered that Venus has phases just like the Moon, thus demonstrating that Venus orbits its source of light?	Galileo
8171	63. Forms of Art	The great heads on Easter Island, the Sphinx in Egypt, and Michelangelo's 'David' illustrate what art form?	sculpture
8172	6. Cranial Nerves	Which cranial nerve transmits visual information from the retinas to the brain?	optic nerve
8173	44. Ecological Series	What is the next level in this ecological series? individual population community ecosystem biome	biosphere
8174	3. Lincoln	According to Abraham Lincoln, what kind of a house cannot stand?	house divided against itself
8175	95. Pirates	Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is remembered for conducting piracy around what extensive North American island group?	West Indies
8176	Alt. 1. Abbreviations	The two-letter combination used in the abbreviation for what southern state is the same as that for what extremely abundant silvery-white ductile metallic element?	aluminum
8177	109. Legal Malapropisms	What phrase did the accused mean in this line? Will there be any hope of a flea bargain of the criminal charges against me?	plea bargain
8178	6. Prescriptions	When Natasha had used up all of the pills in her prescription, she returned to her drugstore to get another batch of those same pills. What is the name for such pill replacements?	refills
8179	125. Oceanic Landforms	Name the steep, conical, underwater volcanic peaks with flat summits that rise toward the surface from the ocean floor.	seamounts
8180	74. Observation	What adjective indicates observation by the eye unassisted by any optical instrument?	naked (naked eye)
8181	123. Oceanographic Tools	What kind of machine determines water depth by measuring the time it takes for sound waves to reach the seafloor and bounce back to the surface?	echo sounder (or sounder)
8182	30. Myths	The Pleiades consist of many daughters of Atlas?	seven
8183	64. Mathematical Systems	Computers use the binary system. We ordinarily use the decimal system. But the ancient Babylonians used the sexagesimal system that used what number as its base?	60
8184	59. Malls	In Washington, D.C., the National Mall extends from the Capitol Building to what river?	Potomac
8185	43. Mollusks	What is produced by a mollusk by coating an irritant with hundreds of layers of nacre over several years?	a pearl
8186	100. Rules Rules Rules	Whose rules of order govern formal meetings?	Robert's
8187	50. Forces	The strong force, the electromagnetic force, and the gravitational force are three of the four fundamental forces in nature. Name the fourth.	weak force
8188	34. Blacksmithing	A blacksmith uses what tool consisting of two arms joined at a fulcrum to hold hot metal?	tongs
8189	48. The Digestive System	It is about three centimeters across and seven meters long. Identify this organ where most digestion takes place.	small intestine
8190	7. 8th-Century Literature	This is from what work? The grim demon was called Grendel, a notorious ranger of the borderlands, who inhabited the fastness of moors and fens. This unhappy being had long lived in the land of monsters.	Beowulf
8191	53. Planets	The surface temperature of what planet varies from about -89 to 58 degrees Celsius?	Earth
8192	62. Medical Procedures	What kind of evaluation is a physician performing when she asks you questions and orders X-rays or different kinds of medical tests before determining a treatment?	diagnosis
8193	117. Electricity	The buildup of electric charge on the surface of objects is what kind of electricity?	static electricity
8194	48. Writing	What writing error is illustrated by these two headlines? -SQUAD HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM -TEACHER STRIKES IDLE KIDS	ambiguity
8195	101. Chlorine	All chlorine atoms contain 17 protons but many contain 18 neutrons while others contain 19 neutrons. The varieties of an element with different nuclear compositions are called what?	isotopes
8196	31. Disorders	What visual disorder is indicated when someone cannot distinguish between a red delicious and a Granny Smith apple or a red versus green traffic light?	color blindness
8197	115. Boxing	For what does the abbreviation 'K.O.' stand in boxing?	knockout
8198	Sis Economic Geography	The headquarters of these major organizations are in what U.S. city? United Auto Workers General Motors Chrysler Ford	Detroit
8199	94. Explorers	The Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcon is credited with discovering what river of the American Southwest?	Colorado River
8200	58. Botanical Slang	What slang term referring to an easy victim or dupe is identical to a term used in botany referring to the watery fluid that circulates through a plant?	sap
8201	19. Rules Rules Rules	Whose rules of order govern formal meetings?	Robert's
8202	11. Immortality	Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, 'Tithonus,' is about a Trojan who is granted immortality, which turns out to be not so terrific after all. What fantasy by Natalie Babbit also explores some problems of eternal life?	Tuck Everlasting
8203	72. Mysterious Deaths	A body is discovered in a wooded area. The coroner will request that what kind of exam be performed to determine the cause of death?	autopsy (post mortem exam, necropsy)
8204	45. Angle Pairs	What is the total number of degrees in two supplementary angles?	360
8205	15. Tragedies	All 269 people aboard a Boeing 747 were killed in 1983 when a Soviet MiG shot it down. The jumbo jet was operated by an airline from what country?	Korea
8206	45. Gardening	What is the collective name for herbaceous plants that live beyond one flowering season?	perennial
8207	96. Phase Changes	Name the process by which a standing liquid becomes a gas.	evaporation
8208	4. Inventions	Uncle Ferdie developed a cold fusion machine and registered it with the government. His exclusive right to make, use, and sell his invention is called a ...	patent
8209	51. Ocean Life	While nekton swim freely in the oceans, what category of microscopic marine organisms simply drift around, mostly near the surface?	plankton
8210	113. Orbits	The apogee is the point in the Moon's orbit where it is furthest from the center of what?	the Earth
8211	83. 19th-Century Songs	The song, 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' is associated with what railroad?	Underground Railroad
8212	35. Wars	What series of medieval wars were fought to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control?	Crusades
8213	51. Treaties	Mexico recognized the independence of Texas according to the terms of what treaty?	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
8214	24. Music Notation	What Italian musical term means 'tied together'?	legato
8215	8. Verbs	In addition to the main verb, what other type of verb is illustrated in this line? Drosophila should have told Gene about her fondness for fruit.	helping verb
8216	23. Vision Problems	What kind of vision is lacking in someone with tunnel vision?	peripheral vision
8217	18. Pennsylvania History	In 1732, on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, the foundation was laid for a brick building with a tower. When completed, it was known as the State House and later as ...	Independence Hall
8218	15. Streams	Unlike regular streams, what does a braided stream have in abundance?	channels (or bars)
8219	37. Biological Stages	What is the collective name for nymphs, grubs, tadpoles, maggots, wrigglers, and caterpillars?	larva (larvae)
8220	1. Fractured Proverbs	What proverb is restated here? Quiescent aqueous fluids flow unplumbed.	Still waters run deep.
8221	23. Short Stories	These came from what Edgar Allan Poe tale? -'T shall not die of a cough.' 'True - true,' I replied. -He had a weak point, this Fortunato.	The Cask of Amontillado
8222	71. Mythical Names	What name is shared by these mythical beings? -the shipwright who built the Argo for Jason -a monster of 100 eyes slain by Hermes -the faithful dog of Odysseus	Argus
8223	96. Chemical Bonds	How many covalent bonds can be formed by a univalent atom?	one
8224	52. Parodies	This is from a parody of what poem? Half a loaf, half a loaf, Half a loaf onward. All in the belly at once, Toasted and buttered. 'Downward the raisin bread, Charge past the gums!' she said. Into the belly, the crunch Echoed and sputtered.	The Charge of the Light Brigade
8225	45. Forests	The largest tropical rain forests in the Western Hemisphere are located in the three countries of Brazil, Peru, and what other?	Colombia
8226	124. Big Projects	With what U.S. federal agency were these associated? Atlas, Delta, Redstone, Saturn, Thor, Titan	NASA
8227	54. Liquids	The cooling of a liquid to below its freezing point without a change from the liquid to solid state is called	supercooling
8228	47. Electricity	A wire wound round a solid tubular object is called a	coil (winding)
8229	18. Musical Parodies	This is a parody of what song from 'Fiddler on the Roof'? If I had some donuts, Yummy, yummy, pat the tummy, with a yummy yummy yum. All day long I'd selly, selly some. Chocolatey ones with nuts.	If \| Were a Rich Man
8230	58. Scandinavian Peoples	The Sami are the indigenous, nomadic, herding people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula. What is another name for them?	Lapps (Laplanders)
8231	88. Travel Problems	Wally took off in his dune buggy heading due west across the desert at 30 miles per hour. Ten minutes later, Wendy also headed due west along Wally's track at 35 miles per hour. How long will it take Wendy to catch Wally?	1 hour (or 60 minutes)
8232	21. Jupiter	Jupiter's enduring Great Red Spot is somewhat similar to what enormous, temporary, meteorological phenomena on Earth?	hurricanes
8233	1. Syllabication	How many syllables are in the last line of this quatrain? The sense of danger must not disappear. The way is certainly both short and steep, However gradual it looks from here;	Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
8234	73. Colonies	In 1692, the Plymouth Colony ended up being absorbed by what larger colony?	Massachusetts Bay Colony
8235	40. Energy Transport	Ocean currents are one of the two main mechanisms by which solar energy is transported around the Earth. Identify the other.	winds
8236	32. Tough Deaths	Scott's 'The Bride of Lammermoor' and Hugo's 'Toilers of the Sea' describe awful deaths occurring when people step onto what sedimentary material that cannot support weight because its grains are held apart by water?	quicksand
8237	13. Opened Passes	In 2006, the Nathu La Pass reopened after 44 years of being sealed during the Sino-Indian War. It connects India and what country?	China (People's Republic of China)
8238	100. Lenses	What is the shape of a lens that spreads light?	concave
8239	38. International Competition	In the closing ceremonies of the 2012 games in London, the Olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of what city?	Rio de Janeiro
8240	75. Light	What property of matter prevents light from passing through it?	opacity
8241	64. Capital Lands	In 1788, what state ceded ten square miles to Congress for the future District of Columbia?	Maryland
8242	21. Math Formulas	What is a general formula for finding the average of the five numbers v, w, x, y, and z?	(vtwtxtytz)/5
8243	13. Phrases	How many infinitive phrases are in this line by Niccolo Machiavelli? There is nothing more perilous to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the	introduction of a new order of things.
8244	81. Dance	In what kind of dancing are these moves found? forward and back ladies chain right and left grand promenade weave the ring do sa do	square dancing
8245	24. Radioactive Dating	It takes 4.5 billion years for half of the uranium 238 atoms to turn to lead 206. If a rock contains 75% uranium 238 and 25% lead 206, how old is it?	2.25 billion years
8246	26. Battle Sites	In what country did the battles of Bataan and Corregidor take place?	Philippines
8247	de Drama	What compound word refers to the wings, dressing rooms, and other parts of a theater behind the proscenium and beyond the view of the audience?	backstage
8248	60. Sculptures	What work of art is Rodin's sculpture of a pensive person?	The Thinker
8249	9. Historical Literature	These nonfictional works are about what period in American history? Angry Scar Road to Reunion Reunion and Reaction The Tragic Era	Reconstruction
8250	42. Furry Creatures	It is a furry creature about the size of a small mouse. It looks like a mouse, except for its pointed snout. Name this mammal with an enormous appetite.	shrew
8251	123. Figurative Writing	What two figures of speech are used in this couplet? The Roman Road runs straight and bare As the pale parting-line of hair.	alliteration, simile
8252	3. African Valleys	What gorge in western Thebes contains the tombs of at least sixty pharaohs beginning with Thutmose?	Valley of the Kings
8253	43. Cities	These cities are in what state? Venice Chattahoochee Sarasota Naples	Florida
8254	123. Waves and Particles	In quantum mechanics, particles may sometimes behave like waves and waves may sometimes behave like what?	particles
8255	20. Cold War Assessments	Starting in 1957, what phrase did U.S. authorities use for the assumed disparity between the number and power of ballistic weapons held by the U.S. and the Soviet Union?	missile gap
8256	62. Political Slang	Democrats who frequently take Republican political positions are known as what kind of canines?	blue dogs (blue dog democrats)
8257	89. Rights	The roots of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution can be traced back to what document signed by King John in the year 1215?	Magna Carta
8258	73. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'cried or sobbed loudly' that is a homonym for an adjective indicating a lack of hair on the head.	bawled
8259	43. Nicknames	What tree is part of Andrew Jackson's nickname?	hickory
8260	34. Summer Showers	Thunderstorms occur in which layer of the atmosphere?	troposphere
8261	4. Canadian Towns	What city was founded in 1642 on an island where the Ottawa and Richelieu rivers flow into the St. Lawrence?	Montreal
8262	44. Marine Biology Vocabulary	A life form that is euryhaline has a wide tolerance for what?	salinity (salt water)
8263	40. Folk Music	An informal performance by folk singers is what kind of 'nanny'?	hootenanny
8264	76. The Skeletal System	What bone comprised of four fused vertebrae is at the apex of the sacrum?	coccyx
8265	29. Novels	In Katherine Paterson's novel, 'Jacob Have I Loved,' Jacob is personified by Caroline and Esau is personified by her sister named ...	Sara Louise
8266	17. Roman Professions	What was the profession of the man honored with this epitaph? The Myrmillo, opponent of the Retiarius, Probus, freedman of Publius Aurelius Vitalis, 49 times a winner, lies here. Volumnia Sperata, in honor of her affectionate husband, made the monument. May the earth be light upon you.	gladiator
8267	113. Mosses	Mosses do not have any way to transport water through themselves and therefore must live in a damp environment. These life forms lack what kind of system present in higher plants?	vascular system
8268	11. Anatomy	In reference to anatomy, what is the antonym of 'proximal'?	distal
8269	46. Quadrilaterals	What can be said abouit the opposite angles of an inscribed quadrilateral?	They are supplementary.
8270	37. Animal Anatomical Proverbs	Complete this proverb. You can't make a silk purse from a ...	sow's ear
8271	5. Poems	In what poem by A.E. Housman does the poet reflect upon a young athlete brought home to be buried, musing that he was lucky to be at the peak of his abilities since he will now never experience the fading of that glory?	To an Athlete Dying Young
8272	43. Explorers	What English navigator made his last voyage to a region west of Quebec on the Discovery?	Henry Hudson
8273	42. Ranching	What is the name for a horse especially trained to single out a steer from a herd?	cutting horse
8274	111. References	What is the general name for a type of reference book that lists the names and addresses of individuals, companies, organizations, or institutions?	directory
8275	18. Bird Palindromes	The plural form of the name of what bird begins this palindrome? ---- sail I assume.	emus
8276	25. Jules Verne	In what work by Jules Verne does a hot-air balloon carrying five passengers and a dog get blown off course and land on an obscure island?	The Mysterious Island
8277	76. Lenses	What type of lens is typically used in beacons, lighthouses, spotlights, overhead projectors, solar cookers, and auto headlights?	Fresnel lens
8278	53. Anatomy	Another name for that part of the skeletal system called the thoracic basket is the ...	rib cage
8279	105. Physiology	What prefix is added to words such as 'flexion' or 'extension' that indicates movement beyond the normal position?	hyper
8280	78. The Ocean Floor	These lie beneath which ocean? Fram Basin, Nansen Basin, Amerasian Basin, Eurasian Basin, Makarov Basin, Canada Basin	Arctic Ocean
8281	11. State Names	After what American Indian tribe was Utah named?	Ute
8282	113. Elections	In 2009, who did the North Korean parliament elect for another five-year term as their national leader?	Kim Jong-il
8283	37. Logic	What is the truth value of this syllogism? Welfare is given to the poor. Charity is given to the poor. Therefore, welfare is charity.	false
8284	72. Special Curves	A curve on a plane that turns endlessly outward or inward is called a ...	spiral
8285	21. Months	What month did T.S. Eliot describe in these words? ... the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.	April
8286	59. Wet Places	The wettest places in the lower 48 states are in what mountain range of western Washington?	Olympic Mountains
8287	13. Anagrams	There are several anagrams for the word 'angered.' Which of these is a type of explosive weapon?	grenade
8288	60. Poetry	What does John Keats mean by 'Fancy' in this verse? Then let winged Fancy wander Through the thought still spread beyond her. Open wide the mind's cage-door, She'll dart forth, and cloudward soar.	imagination (whim, wishful thinking)
8289	16. Tides	High tides are at their lowest and low tides are at their highest when the alignment of what three bodies in the solar system is perpendicular?	Earth, Sun, Moon
8290	50. Greek Myths	While Selene was the goddess of the Moon, name her twin brother who was the Sun god.	Helios
8291	28. Wars	What U.S. war involved three campaigns headed by Zachary Taylor, Stephen Kearny, and Winfield Scott?	Mexican War
8292	37. Antecedents	What is the antecedent of the pronoun below? Although she was the place kicker, Margie was unanimously voted as homecoming queen and the person most likely to be abducted by Martians.	Margie
8293	25. Erroneous Predictions	In 1950, General MacArthur said, 'The war very definitely is coming to an end shortly.' This statement was made in regard to what conflict?	Korean War
8294	107. City Analogies	Rotterdam is to the Netherlands as Antwerp is to what country?	Belgium
8295	69. Landforms	When polyps die, their hard shells remain and more polyps grow on top of them. Eventually, what landform develops?	reef (atoll)
8296	19. Receptors	What photoreceptors in the retina do not provide as great a degree of resolution as cones do, but are more light-sensitive?	rods
8297	57. Caribbean Countries	What West Indian commonwealth was discovered by Columbus, settled by Ponce de Leon, and ceded to the U.S. after the Spanish-American War?	Puerto Rico
8298	103. The Constitution	What U.S. constitutional term indicates the process by which each state gets a number of representatives determined by its population?	apportionment
8299	100. Syllogisms	In a conditional syllogism, if A is true then what is the truth value of B?	true
8300	28. Botany	What is described when a botanist uses these terms? spatulate ovate orbiculate cordate peltate	leaves (forms of blades)
8301	6. Disunification	In 1991, fifteen republics that were formerly part of what nation became independent nations?	Soviet Union
8302	27. Novels	In 'The Call of the Wild,' what is the occupation of Buck's original owner?	judge
8303	46. Mideast History	Born in the Ukraine, she emigrated to the U.S. in 1906 and then to Israel in 1921. Name this founder of Israel and prime minister during the Arab-Israeli war of 1973.	Golda Meir
8304	8. Courts	Tangible objects and personal testimonies presented in a courtroom to support or refute an allegation are collectively known as ...	evidence
8305	78. Stage Directions	From the point of view of the audience, 'stage left' indicates which side of the stage?	right
8306	124. Song Lyrics	What two words complete this chorus from a patriotic song? Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best One hundred men will test today But only three win the ...	Green Beret
8307	32. Mechanics	Name the common device made from an elastic material that absorbs and releases energy by a change in its shape and that regains its original shape after being compressed or extended.	spring
8308	19. Sci-fi Tales	This excerpt is from what science fiction novel? Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.	Jurassic Park
8309	35. Voltaire	Complete this statement by Voltaire. The best is the enemy of the ...	good
8310	22. Superpowers	What two countries emerged as the world's superpowers at the end of World War II?	United States, Soviet Union
8311	9. Waterways	What waterway was opened in 1869 to provide a shorter route from Europe to India?	Suez Canal
8312	88. Performing Groups	It is the oldest of America's continuing musical organizations. Established by an act of Congress under the signature of President John Adams, it has played for every president except George Washington. Name this band led for many years by John Philip Sousa.	Marine Band
8313	123. lons	What is the term for any anode-seeking ion?	anion
8314	84. Presidential Despair	What president wrote this about a meeting he had with his sister? She came down to our place after I was defeated. I told her that my political life was over and I was doomed to be just growing peanuts for the rest of my existence.	Jimmy Carter
8315	94. Maps	What category of maps does not show physical features or roads and may just indicate national borders, state boundaries, and major cities?	political map
8316	50. Carbon	Another name for activated carbon is activated what?	activated charcoal
8317	15. Economic Doctrines	What French phrase implying opposition to economic intervention literally means 'let do,' 'let go,' or 'let pass'?	laissez faire
8318	16. Properties of Matter	Mass, length, and volume are extensive properties. What kind of properties are temperature and melting point?	intensive
8319	119. Vipers	Name the organ on some vipers, between the nostril and the eye on either side of the face, that is sensitive to infrared radiation and can detect temperature differences of only thousandths of a degree.	pit
8320	115. Battles	The one sea battle of World War I which involved dreadnoughts was the battle of ...	Jutland
8321	100. Musicians	What musical instrument is played by a flautist?	flute
8322	66. Nominees	In 1807, Thomas Jefferson declined a third term. Instead, he successfully supported his secretary of state for the presidency, a man named ...	James Madison
8323	21. Goddesses	What Hindu goddess symbolizes the essence of destruction and bloodthirstiness?	Kali
8324	50. Decisions	Who is Gerald Ford speaking about in this quote? It was a tough decision. We needed to get the matter off my desk so I could concentrate on the problems of 260 million Americans and not have to worry about the problems of one man.	Richard Nixon
8325	11. Abbreviations	Spell the Latin words for which the abbreviation 'etc.' stands.	et cetera
8326	26. Voting	Every time a person changes residence, he or she must re-register to vote. Failure to do so results in temporarily losing one's right to vote. Losing one's right to vote is called ...	disfranchisement
8327	A. Stability	Through what process are helical grooves cut into firearm barrels to impart a spin to projectiles to improve their aerodynamic stability?	rifling
8328	76. Locomotion	The beating of what tiny hairs enables the ciliary movement of many single-celled organisms?	cilia
8329	21. Proverbs	What is the modern proverb that may have originally been stated in the 11th century this way? It is said that at the need the friend is known.	A friend in need is a friend indeed.
8330	50. Primitive Peoples	What adjective describes peoples who traditionally wander from place to place with no permanent homes?	nomadic
8331	40. Folklore	What is the Himalayan equivalent of the North American Sasquatch?	yeti
8332	3. Adjectives	What are the two superlative forms of 'remorseful'?	least remorseful, most remorseful
8333	19. Founding Fathers	Complete this quote by George Washington. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving ...	peace
8334	Zi U.N. Decisions	In 1948, the United Nations approved a proposal to partition what land into Arab and Jewish states?	Palestine
8335	24. Devices in Physical Science	Name the common device consisting of voltaic cells combined in series.	battery
8336	73. Pirates	What legendary pirate is associated with these? Oak Island, Nova Scotia Gardiners Island, New York Poe's 'The Gold Bug' Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'	Captain (William) Kidd
8337	86. Snakebite	If you come across a snakebite victim without two puncture wounds at the site of the bite, you know the snake was not from what snake family?	viper (pit viper, Viperidae)
8338	6. Memorial Architecture	Like a famous home in Monticello, the design of what presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. was based on the Roman Pantheon?	Jefferson Memorial
8339	6. Town Names	In what state are there cities named after such people as General Richard Clinton, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Dr. Bartlett Durham?	North Carolina
8340	100. Bio-Mathematical Poetry	What word completes this ditty? One and one make two, But if one and one should marry, Isn't it queer- Within a year There's two and one to ...	carry
8341	65. Disease	What is it called when an epidemic spreads to other countries or continents and involves a substantial number of people?	pandemic
8342	45. Abnormal Psychology	Someone who is anhedonic is unable to unable to feel or experience what?	pleasure
8343	90. Fish Distribution	Name the largest river system in which electric eels are abundant.	Amazon
8344	8. Memorials	What is the name for a memorial stone at a grave?	headstone
8345	124. Disaster Nonfiction	Jim Murphy's book, 'The Great Fire,' is about an inferno that raged in what Midwestern city in 1871?	Chicago
8346	12. Settings	What continent is the setting for Ernest Hemingway's story, 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro'?	Africa
8347	5. Poetic Morals	This is the moral of what poem by John G. Saxe? So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!	The Blind Men and the Elephant
8348	61. Composers	He came from a family in which more than fifty were musicians. Name this composer who worked at St. Thomas! Church, married twice, and had twenty children.	Johann Sebastian Bach
8349	60. Makeup	With what type of performer is facial makeup called whiteface associated?	mime (pantomime)
8350	69. Sets	The multiples of .7 illustrate what kind of set?	infinite set
8351	46. Travel	A person traveling from Dominica to Costa Rica would travel across what sea?	Caribbean Sea
8352	13. Weather Warnings	What kind of warning is posted if these conditions are expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours? -sustained winds of 74 mph or higher -dangerously high water and waves	hurricane warning
8353	121. British Legends	In 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,' what king ultimately pardons Robin and his men?	Richard \| (the Lionheart, the Lion-Hearted)
8354	113. Rivers	This is about what river? As it flows northward from Khartoum, it passes through the arid Nubian Desert, where vegetation is often restricted to a strip twenty feet wide along its course.	Nile
8355	13. Verbs	What is the helping verb in this line? Stottlemeyer has the ball and he's	bludgeoning his way to the ten-yard line.
8356	116. Music Scales		In the C diatonic scale, what is the sixth note?
8357	50. Surface Area	What is the surface area of a cube three meters on edge?	54 square meters
8358	21. Novels	In what story do circumstances require young Robert Peck to help kill his pet pig, Pinky, and then deal with the death of his own father?	A Day No Pigs Would Die
8359	111. Fictional Facilities	What kind of fictional buildings are these? Anvard in 'The Horse and His Boy' The Hornburg in 'The Lord of the Rings' Marlinspike in 'The Adventures of Tintin' Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series Aaarrggh! in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'	castles
8360	da World War Il	One device which directly contributed to the victory of the British during the Battle of Britain enabled the defenders to plot the approach of enemy aircraft well before they reached their targets. Name it.	radar
8361	14. Quotes	He said, 'What luck for rulers that men do not think.' Name this man who committed suicide in a bunker in 1945.	Adolf Hitler
8362	64. Earth Science History	The largest international scientific effort ever undertaken explored the Earth and its environment during an 18 month period beginning in 1957. Name this undertaking.	International Geophysical Year (IGY)
8363	109. Infinitives	What is the infinitive in this verse? In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will awaken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.	to hear
8364	4. Historical Documents	What document emerged from the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?	the U.S. Constitution
8365	46. Geologic Math	The distance between the continental shelves of western Norway and eastern Greenland is about 1300 km. If these land masses separated 65 million years ago, what is the average velocity of either plate in centimeters per year?	1 cm/year
8366	31. First Ladies	What first lady said this when they returned to the nation's capital? The enemy cannot frighten a free people. We shall rebuild Washington.	Dolley Madison
8367	39. Asian Emperors	The empire of the Huns quickly fell apart after the death of their greatest leader named ...	Attila
8368	63. Hormones	What hormone gives the body extra energy in times of stress?	adrenaline (epinephrine)
8369	81. Islam	Muslims are supposed to make a pilgrimage to a site in what country at least once in their lives?	Saudi Arabia
8370	123. Riddles	What was the original answer to the riddle that has more recently been given these answers? -a penguin at Miami beach -a zebra with chickenpox -a skunk with measles -a nun who fell into a vat of ketchup	a newspaper
8371	125. Archenemies	What law enforcement official is the archenemy of Robin Hood?	Sheriff of Nottingham
8372	103. Lyrics	These words are from the second verse of what song? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep. / Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, / As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses.	The Star-Spangled Banner
8373	102. Venom	The venom of what spider found throughout the continental U.S. is up to 15 times as potent as that of rattlesnakes?	black widow
8374	3. Incidents	The Marco Polo Bridge incident of 1937 led to war between what two Asian countries?	Japan, China
8375	Ts Science Abbreviations	What is the meaning of the abbreviation in this statement? The peat in the world's peatlands has been forming for 360 million years and contains some 550 Gt of carbon.	gigatons
8376	9. King Myths	What mythical king said this to Dionysus? Give me the power to turn all I touch into gold.	King Midas
8377	29. Ancient Astronomy	The ancient Egyptians noticed that a certain very bright star began appearing above the horizon just before the floods came. Name this heavenly body also known as the 'Dog Star.'	Sirius
8378	8. Constellations	Which constellation is the Herdsman?	Bootes
8379	59. Speech Sounds	What is the name for two letters that represent one sound in these words? philosophy, daughter, deceive, Aesop, dash	digraphs
8380	27. Territories	What territorial name for a British colony in Africa was based on the surname of a British mining magnate?	Rhodesia
8381	75. Number Conversions	A light-year is about 5.9 trillion miles. Express that number in scientific notation.	5.9 x (10 to the 12th power)
8382	22. Weight	The weight of the contents alone free of the weight of the container is called what weight?	net weight
8383	41. Clauses	Which category of clauses expresses a complete thought?	main (independent) clause
8384	20. Trees	It is produced by the tree 'hevea brasiliensis.' It was first used by the Indians of South America. Name this milky fluid which is the raw material for natural rubber.	latex
8385	104. Matter	In which state of matter are atoms or molecules arranged in definite fixed patterns?	solid
8386	37. Syllogisms	What is the conclusion of this syllogism? Mona will not eat anything that smells like feet. Some cheeses really do smell like feet. Therefore, Mona ...	will not eat some cheeses
8387	76. Electrical Circuitry	What is said to occur when an electrical current bypasses the load in a circuit?	a short (short circuit)
8388	73. Attacks	Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt in 1956 to regain control of what waterway?	Suez Canal
8389	51. Theaters	The Bolshoi Theatre is located in what Eastern European city?	Moscow
8390	115. Construction Physics	Why does a nail become hot as you hammer it into a board?	friction
8391	Ts Science Fiction Characters	Mustapha Mond is one of the ten-member ruling cabal of the futuristic World State created by what author?	Aldous Huxley
8392	116. Legendary Fruits	What fruit is part of the stories about William Tell, Isaac Newton, and Eve?	apple
8393	9. Muscles	Normal tension of muscles is called muscle ...	tone (tonus)
8394	40. Physiology	Involuntary responses such as blushing, sneezing, shivering, and vomiting are called ...	reflexes
8395	66. Mythical Kidnappings	Every year since her abduction by Hades, what daughter of Demeter and Zeus spends six months on Earth and six months in the underworld?	Persephone
8396	34. Art	What is the term for an artist's workroom or a place where art is taught?	studio
8397	30. British History	Before the Revolutionary War, the British sent many of its convicts to America. After the loss of the colonies, they subsequently began sending prisoners to what bay in Australia?	Botany Bay
8398	Alt. 2. Syllogisms	What is the conclusion of this syllogism? All young actors are poor people. All poor people need new cars. All young actors need new	cars.
8399	71. Microscopes	What kind of microscope uses a stream of negatively-charged subatomic particles to magnify an object as much as 50,000 times?	electron microscope
8400	101. Settlements	A settlement at what site in Michigan later to become known as 'the automobile capital of the world' was established in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?	Detroit
8401	25. Sequence	An arithmetic sequence is 1 3 5 7 9. What type of sequence is represented by this? 2 4 8 16 32	geometric
8402	70. Congress	The 20th Amendment requires Congress to convene by noon of the third day of what month each year?	January
8403	48. Honest Numbers	Honest numbers are numbers that can be described using exactly the same number of letters in standard mathematical English. For example, 4 = 'four,' 8 = 'two cubed,' and 11 = 'two plus nine.' Show how 14 is an honest number.	'seven plus seven'
8404	8. Discoveries	When John Cabot discovered Newfoundland in 1497, he also discovered one of the world's great fishing areas called the ...	Grand Banks
8405	70. Phosphorylation	Phosphorylation is the conversion of ADP to ...	ATP
8406	95. Whale Behavior	Sometimes whales leap head first out of the water, hitting the surface again with a huge splash. Name this behavior.	breaching
8407	14. Similes	What phenomenon is described in this lame attempt at a simile? It was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.	thunder
8408	49. Soccer Statistics	A soccer team scores 100 goals in a season and ends up with a 2.00 goal average. How many goals were scored against this team during the season?	50
8409	29. Landforms	These are examples of what kind of landforms? Horn in Chile Good Hope in South Africa Farewell in Greenland York in Australia Canaveral in Florida Cod in Massachusetts Hatteras in North Carolina	capes
8410	24. Open Ocean Biomes	The photic, euphotic and aphotic zones of the ocean are classified depending upon the penetration of what?	light
8411	97. Twain	This is from what story by Mark Twain? We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.	Huckleberry Finn
8412	42. Scientific Devices	What device is essentially a spinning top mounted on a pivoting cradle?	gyroscope
8413	90. Forts	These are in what state? Fort Columbia, Fort Colville, Fort Nisqually, Fort Okanogan, Fort Simcoe, Fort Steilacoom, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Vancouver	Washington
8414	56. Towering Trees	Name either state where there are massive trees named for a Cherokee scholar.	Oregon, California
8415	115. History of China	Two important products were developed during the Han Period in China. One was porcelain. Name the other which was critical for Gutenberg's invention to have a use.	paper
8416	11. Mountain Vistas	What is the highest mountain visible from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?	Mt. Rainier
8417	22. Pyramids		How many faces are there on a nonagonal pyramid?
8418	46. High States	What state east of the Mississippi has the highest average altitude?	West Virginia
8419	25. Alcohol	What kind of alcohol fuel and gasoline substitute is made from coal, wood, natural gas, or even garbage?	methanol
8420	45. Syllogisms	What is the conclusion of this syllogism? Mona will not eat anything that smells like feet. Some cheeses really do smell like feet. Therefore, Mona ...	will not eat some cheeses
8421	49. Novels	In this story by Judy Blume, Sybil Davison develops a relationship with a boy. They promise they will love each other forever, but forever only lasts until the summer, when she heads off to be a camp counselor where she finds another boy. Name the book.	Forever
8422	11. Legends	A tale of doubtful authenticity involving incidents of the recent past that spreads quickly and is uncritically believed to be true is known as what kind of legend?	urban legend
8423	59. Landforms	What aeolian landforms are most common in the Sahara?	sand dunes
8424	37. Factoring	Completely factor 10 - 40(y squared).	10(1+2y)(1-2y)
8425	38. Industrialists	Who established the Union Iron Mills, took over the Homestead Steel Works, and by 1899, controlled the bulk of U.S. steel production?	Andrew Carnegie
8426	106. Travel Problems	A bus leaves Yuma going westward at 50 mph. A second bus leaves from the same station going eastward at 60 mph. If they both leave at noon, how far apart are they at 3:30?	385 miles
8427	119. Olympic Sports	What Olympic event involves shooting, fencing, swimming, horseback riding, and running?	(modern) pentathlon
8428	79. Presidents	Name the two American presidents who held office during World War II.	Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
8429	28. Symbols	What symbol of the American Revolution was first cast by the London firm of Lester and Pack and later recast twice by two Philadelphia workmen named John Pass and John Stow?	Liberty Bell
8430	6. Plant Cytology	The rigid outer layer that surrounds the cell membrane of plant cells is called the cell ...	wall
8431	86. Pollution	What atmospheric condition consists of fine particles of dust and smoke in the air that reduce visibility?	haze
8432	116. Treaties	The Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814 ended the war between the U.S. and what other country?	England (Great Britain, United Kingdom)
8433	114. Carnivores	What is French for 'wolf'?	loup
8434	43. Tobacco	Researchers have found that in addition to the threats of lung cancer and heart disease, smoking also increases the risk of losing what sensation?	hearing
8435	da Futuristic Novels	In 'Brave New World,' human embryos range from Alpha Plus Intellectuals to Epsilon Minus ...	Morons
8436	80. Caribbean Cities	Identify the largest city and chief seaport of Haiti.	Port-au-Prince
8437	112. Presidential Anagrams	This is an anagram for which early U.S. president? son had jam	John Adams
8438	71. Roman Architecture	Construction of domes in ancient Rome was greatly facilitated by the development of what building material consisting of sand, gravel, and mortar?	concrete
8439	98. Balloons	Hot-air balloons fly because what property of the air inside the balloon is less than that of the air outside the balloon?	density
8440	69. Explorers	What was the nationality of these explorers? Bartolomeu Dias Prince Henry the Navigator Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese
8441	75. Aerodynamics	The shaping of an object so that it offers the least possible resistance to the fluid it is moving through is called ...	streamlining
8442	Zi Wars	What war provides the backdrop to the Homeric epics?	Trojan War
8443	Sis Musicals	The musical, 'Once Upon a Mattress,' was based on what Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale?	The Princess and the Pea
8444	112. Mideast Leaders	What Middle East leader was called the Butcher of Baghdad?	Saddam Hussein
8445	59. Light	Light travels about 1 foot in a nanosecond. This period equals what fraction of a second?	1 billionth
8446	20. Viceroyalties	Name the Spanish viceroyalty that consisted of Mexico, what is now the U.S. Southwest, and Central America to Costa Rica.	New Spain
8447	114. Homonyms	Spell the three homonyms that sound like the plural form of the third letter of the alphabet.	seize, seas, sees
8448	44. Landforms	Palisades consist of a line of prominent ...	cliffs
8449	8. Medieval Architecture	The main room of a palace, castle, or manor house during the Middle Ages was called the great what?	great hall
8450	58. Sports Injuries	What is the common name for the condition described by athletes as a pain in the front of the lower leg between the knee and ankle?	shin splints
8451	43. Fossils	Many fossils of saber-toothed cats have been found in what tar pits of Los Angeles, California?	La Brea Tar Pits
8452	22. Renaissance Europe	These were city-states on what peninsula in the 15th and 16th centuries? Mantua, Urbino, Ferrara, Milan, Florence	Italian Peninsula
8453	34. Industrialists	This is about whom? He built his first car in 1893, his first Model T in 1908 and, by 1920, he had built most of the eight million horseless carriages rattling around the American countryside.	Henry Ford
8454	119. Monuments	Because of money problems and the Civil War, work was temporarily suspended on what monument in the District of Columbia that eventually reached a height of 555 feet?	Washington Monument
8455	6. Employment Idioms	When a worker informs his employer that he intends to leave his job in a couple of weeks, what does he give?	notice
8456	39. Medieval Medicine	In medieval Europe, what was the occupation of people called upon to perform bloodletting?	barbers
8457	39. Distinctive Places	Where are these regions? -Sea of Clouds -Sea of Fertility -Sea of Nectar -Sea of Serenity -Sea of Vapors	the Moon
8458	29. Philosophy	What school of philosophy states that knowledge is derived from experience and experiment rather than from theory?	empiricism
8459	91. Sentence Grammar	What three words are misplaced in this line? At the picnic, Sally served sundaes to hungry guests in paper cups.	in paper cups
8460	40. River Junctions	What state is just east of the confluence of the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers?	Mississippi
8461	125. Respiratory Anatomy	Name the two main airways into your lungs.	bronchi
8462	20. Movie Making	What word is called out by a movie director ordering actors to begin playing a scene?	action
8463	31. Concrete	Concrete is a mixture of cement, gravel, water, and ...	sand
8464	57. Sandstone	You chip off the surface layer of some reddish sandstone and find the sandstone beneath to be cream colored. This indicates that what type of chemical weathering has taken place?	oxidation
8465	84. Nicknames	These are nicknames of people who held what title in American history? His Obstinacy The Lion The Sphinx of the Potomac Tricky Dick The Gipper Slick Willie Shrub	president
8466	47. American Flags	The flag of what state includes the image of a bear and a star?	California
8467	46. Treaties	The Treaties of Payne's Landing and Fort Gibson authorized removal of what tribe from Florida to beyond the Mississippi?	Seminole
8468	100. Answers	What question is associated with this answer? 'I,' said the fly. 'With my little eye I saw him die.'	Who saw him die?
8469	24. Symbols	What ideology was represented by the hammer and sickle?	communism
8470	51. Presentations	What adjective indicates materials that present information in a pictorial and audible form?	audiovisual
8471	101. Dance	These are moves in what kind of dancing? right through, circle to a line, box the gnat, shoot the star, forward and back, men sashay, promenade left, allemande right	square dancing
8472	3. Homonyms	Spell the word meaning 'to survive' that is missing in this poem? Whether the weather be fine, / Whether the weather be not, / Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, / We'll ---- the weather, / Whatever the weather, / Whether we like it or not.	weather
8473	93. Astronomical Discoveries	In 1877, astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos and Deimos, the moons of what planet?	Mars
8474	59. Transportation	These names are associated with what railroad? Levi Coffin, Frederick Douglass, Samuel Green, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Isaac Hopper, Sojourner Truth	Underground Railroad
8475	35. Consecutive Integers	What are three consecutive integers such that the product of the second and third exceeds the square of the first by 8?	2, 3,4
8476	49. Twain's Tales	Who is the central character in the Mark Twain story that includes this line? He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.	Tom Sawyer
8477	69. Comparative Adjectives	To make the comparative form of two-syllable adjectives ending in 'y,' you should replace the 'y	with what three letters?
8478	32. First Ladies	Name the lady whose husband and fifth cousin became the 32nd president.	Eleanor Roosevelt
8479	I21s Proscribed Places	The phrase, 'Forbidden City,' may indicate the Imperial Palace in Beijing, the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the city of Harar in Ethiopia, or what city in Tibet?	Lhasa
8480	63. Dance	These traditional dances are mainly associated with what U.S. state? Cajun Jig Cajun Two Step Cajun Jitterbug Cajun Waltz	Louisiana
8481	19. Insects	The transformation of an insect from the larval stage to the adult stage of life is called ...	metamorphosis
8482	8. Fossils	What are the preserved impressions of prehistoric organisms called?	casts (molds)
8483	10. Chiefs	Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian chief who organized tribes in the region of what lakes?	Great Lakes
8484	106. Orbits	If a satellite's orbital velocity exactly matches the rotational velocity of a planet such that the satellite appears to hang motionless above one position of the planet's surface, the orbit is described as being what?	geosynchronous (geostationary)
8485	4. Africa	Egypt, Eritrea, and what other African country border the Red Sea?	Sudan
8486	28. Wartime	The victorious nations in both World War I and World War II were known as the ...	Allies
8487	Ts Pollution	In the 1960s, you could see about 100 feet into the water. By the year 2000, visibility was down to 70 feet. A proliferation of algae resulting from human activities are changing the crystal cobalt blue waters of what lake on the California-Nevada border to green?	Lake Tahoe
8488	20. Rhymes	What word completes this ditty? In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park, Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe, Whose name supplies the long-sought rhyme for ...	orange
8489	109. Technology	Who in 1839 successfully made rubber non-sticky and solid at high temperatures?	Charles Goodyear (Nat Hayward)
8490	18. Triangles	One leg of a right triangle is 6 yards. Its hypotenuse is 10 yards. What is the length of the other leg?	8 yards
8491	55. Inventions	The introduction of the horseshoe and the horse collar permitted the substitution of the horse, with its greater speed and endurance, for what slower animal previously used to draw plows?	Ox
8492	21. Forms of Literature	What type of literature is intended to subvert the views of the reader and impress the views of the writer?	propaganda
8493	44. Feuding Families	In what state did the Hatfields and McCoys live and die?	Kentucky
8494	22. Legendary Furniture	What is the most notable piece of furniture that some authors say was made by Merlin the Magician?	the Round Table
8495	68. Courtroom Procedure	Name the act of calling the court's attention to something that the counsel of one of the parties in a lawsuit considers improper or illegal.	objection
8496	12. Downhill Injuries	Often resulting from skiing accidents, a tear of the ligament that attaches the thumb to one of the metacarpal bones in the palm is called ...	skier's thumb
8497	30. Outdoor Perils	Abnormally low body temperature due to prolonged exposure to cold is called ...	hypothermia
8498	120. Glaciers	What adjective describes a stream that flows beneath a glacier?	subglacial
8499	122. U.S. Mountain Ranges	The range of the Appalachians along the Tennessee-North Carolina border are called the Great what?	Smokies (Smoky Mountains)
8500	10. Music	The characteristic musical idea which serves as the basis for development of a composition or section of a composition is called the ...	theme (motif)
8501	50. Mottoes	According to the Oklahoma state motto, 'Labor vincet omnia,' what does work do?	conquers all
8502	67. Warrants	What type of cause is required before a search warrant can be issued?	probable
8503	65. Oil Drilling	A person drilling for oil in unexplored areas are referred to by what name reminiscent of a feline?	wildcatter
8504	14. Inhalation Assistance	Name the device that mixes a drug with water vapor to produce a medicated mist suitable for inhalation.	nebulizer (atomizer)
8505	52. Homophones	Spell the term meaning a device in which laundry is pressed between rollers to extract water that is a homophone for a horseshoe thrown so it encircles the stake.	wringer
8506	1. Homonyms	What one word has all these meanings? -to make a thin, shallow cut -poultry feed -to scrape lightly to relieve itching - a slight wound -to strike out a word -slang for money	scratch
8507	24. Fields of Art	Name the art of improving the grounds of a home or estate by artistically arranging flowers, shrubs, and trees.	landscaping
8508	40. Scientific Advancements	Robert Boyle established that if the pressure on a gas is doubled, what happens to its volume?	It is halved.
8509	97. Defeats	The military of what country overwhelmed American forces on the Bataan Peninsula?	Japan
8510	75. Law	These are examples of what aspect of a criminal court procedure? -participation in community service -time on a work crew -probation -incarceration -paying a fine -house arrest	sentences
8511	122. Energy Transformations	An internal combustion engine initially converts the potential chemical energy in gasoline and oxygen directly into what other form of energy?	heat
8512	43. Medical Providers	What is the term for a soldier trained to provide first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield?	medic (combat medic, corpsmen)
8513	97. Heroes	This is about whom? Like so many war heroes, the former Swamp Fox faded into civilian life, protesting the continued persecution of Tories after the war and urging education as an antidote for tyranny.	Francis Marion
8514	71. Treaties	Mexico recognized the independence of Texas according to the terms of what treaty?	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
8515	Sis Legislative Powers	Complete this line from the Constitution. Congress shall have the power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and ...	measures
8516	8. Tolkien	What character in a series of novels by J.R.R. Tolkien says these things? -My birthday present! That's what we wants now, yes; we wants it. -It won't see us, will it, my precious. -What has it got in its pocketses?	Gollum
8517	6. Etymology	The name for a very long foot race comes from what famous Greek battlefield?	Marathon
8518	Alt. 5. Official Testimony	In his testimony before the House in 2013, Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya said, 'I was stunned. My jaw dropped and I was embarrassed.' He was referring to the U.S. administration's characterization of the attack on the American diplomatic mission in what city as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islam YouTube video?	Benghazi
8519	31. Agreement	Correct this ill-conceived sentence. There exists in this land many creatures that I would prefer not to feed.	exist
8520	6. Accidents	What substance is a factor in 90 percent of boating accidents and more than half of traffic accidents?	alcohol
8521	34. Purchasing Problems	Brandon Cattell spent $42 for boots. This was $14 less than twice what he spent for a saddle blanket. How much was the saddle blanket?	$28
8522	11. Ships of the Revolution	The old French ship had a crew of 380 men from 11 countries. John Paul Jones rebuilt it and forged this motley collection of sailors, beachcombers, and peasants into as stout a force as ever served under the Stars and Stripes. Name this vessel.	Bonhomme Richard
8523	77. Shared Names	What saline lake in western Asia and prince in the title of one of C.S. Lewis' fantasies share the same name?	Caspian
8524	92. Songs	Julia Ward Howe described the main message of what song sung to the tune of 'John Brown's Body' as 'the sacredness of human liberty'?	The Battle Hymn of the Republic
8525	37. Underground Railroad	On the Underground Railroad, the routes from safe-house to safe-house were called lines and were roughly 15 miles long, the stopping places were called stations, those who aided fugitive slaves were called conductors, and the slaves themselves were known as what?	packages (freight)
8526	59. Multiple Meanings	What word has these meanings? -liable or tending to -inclined or willing to -lying flat with the face down	prone
8527	107. Energy	What kind of energy powered both the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin and the American submarine Nautilus?	nuclear power (atomic energy)
8528	52. Hurricanes	In what part of a hurricane is the air warmest?	eye
8529	82. Monuments	This is part of the inscription on a monument in what city in India? To the memory of the 123 persons who perished in the Black Hole prison of old Fort William in 1756.	Kolkata (Calcutta)
8530	30. Fallacies	'Argumentum ad antiquitatem' is the fallacy of asserting that something is right or good simply because it is ...	old (ancient, antediluvian)
8531	39. Pronouns	How is the reflexive pronoun used in this example? Old Zeke decided to give himself a bath.	indirect object
8532	124. Eskimo Stories	What literary device is used in the title of James Houston's novel, 'Frozen Fire'?	oxymoron
8533	56. Chimes	One clock chimes every 6 minutes while another chimes every 8 minutes. If they chime simultaneously at 2 p.m., at what time will they next chime together?	2:24 p.m.
8534	35. Musicals	One of the two central characters in 'The Music Man' is a traveling salesman. What is the occupation of the other?	librarian
8535	17. Badlands	A famous area of badlands in northern Arizona characterized by picturesque layers of eroded yellow and red rock is known as what desert?	Painted Desert
8536	58. Writing	What literary technique is illustrated here? Jill wished she could rid herself of the sick feeling in her stomach that told her something terrible was just around the corner.	foreshadowing
8537	96. Space Programs	What U.S. space flight project named after a zodiacal constellation involved a two-man spacecraft built for orbital rendezvous?	Gemini
8538	50. Assistance	What is the phrase for financial assistance given by richer, usually industrialized countries to developing countries?	foreign aid
8539	71. Epitaph Word Play	What word completes this brief epitaph? ON THE 22ND OF JUNE JONATHAN FIDDLE WENT OUT OF ...	TUNE
8540	16. Novels	This is from what story? Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there.	The Grapes of Wrath
8541	5. Coastal Colonies	The voyages along the west coast of Africa sponsored by Prince Henry the Navigator laid the foundation for the colonial empire of what European country?	Portugal
8542	21. Animal Anatomy	What type of skeletons do insects, snails, spiders, and starfish have?	exoskeletons
8543	44. Song Grammar	What is the first preposition used in 'The Star- Spangled Banner'?	by
8544	Sis Religion in the Americas	What was the first European religion introduced into the New World?	Catholicism
8545	57. Clauses	This sentence fragment is actually what kind of dependent clause? Which lasted forty days and forty nights.	adjective clause
8546	48. Whitman	The assassination of Lincoln inspired Walt Whitman to write two of the most moving poems in American literature. One was 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.' Name the other.	O Captain! My Captain!
8547	97. Banners	The flag of what organization consists of a stylized world map from a perspective directly above the North Pole, surrounded by two olive branches?	United Nations
8548	87. Journalism	What term is used in journalism for an ongoing series of articles in a newspaper by one author, often including opinionated observations?	column
8549	28. Pilgrims	The Pilgrims were supposed to settle in Virginia but ended up founding the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. Because they were outside the jurisdiction of the London Company, they established their own government in a document called the ...	Mayflower Compact
8550	16. Water	Connate groundwater is trapped in sedimentary deposits at the time of their formation. Meteoric groundwater is derived from ...	precipitation (rain, snow)
8551	47. Animal Analogies	What antlered animals are to the Lapps as bison were to American plains Indians?	reindeer
8552	106. Perverse Practices	What practice is indicated in this excerpt from the autobiography of Louis Hughes? I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, when my mother, two brothers, and myself were sold.	slavery
8553	53. Elements	What actinide was named after the seventh planet from the Sun?	uranium
8554	13. Poetic Meter	What meter is longer than pentameter but shorter than heptameter?	hexameter
8555	64. Jurisdictions	Decisions made in any of the 94 U.S. district courts are subject to review, first, by one of 13 upper courts. What kind of courts are these?	U.S. courts of appeals
8556	117. Solids		How many Platonic solids are there?
8557	73. Square Root	What is the square root of zero?	zero
8558	12. Mammal Novels	Anna Sewell wrote about a horse with what name?	Black Beauty
8559	53. Wartime Weapons	During the Civil War, cannons and mortars comprised the ...	artillery
8560	73. Legends	John Chapman, a legendary figure in American history, spent the last 40 years of his life in the region of what valley?	Ohio River Valley
8561	79. Parts of Speech	What part of speech is the word 'zounds'?	interjection
8562	24. Life Parts	Where are these structures found? style, sepal, filament, pistil, stigma, stamen	in a flower
8563	8. Law	What document in the U.S. is analogous to the Institutes of Justinian, the Decalogue, the Code of Hammurabi, and the Magna Carta?	Constitution
8564	63. Bones	What is the anatomical name for the kneecap?	patella
8565	66. Reptilian Literature	Name the python in Kipling's 'The Jungle Book.'	Kaa
8566	24. Idioms	The idiom for a person whose reckless speech endangers the welfare or efforts of others is a loose what?	cannon
8567	6. European Mountains	Name the irregular mountain system of south central Europe which occupies most of Switzerland and parts of four other countries.	Alps
8568	15. The Alphabet	In the Greek alphabet, what is the letter name for the equivalent of the English letter 'O'?	omega
8569	42. Bandages	You can make what kind of bandage by diagonally cutting in half a piece of cloth 40 inches square?	triangular bandage
8570	86. Bias	The unequal treatment of individuals on the basis of gender, race, age, religion or disability is called ...	discrimination (prejudice, bigotry, injustice)
8571	6. Roots	The oak has a long slender root with short lateral rootlets. Name this root system.	taproot system
8572	38. Hydrology	The source and upper reaches of a stream are called what kind of waters?	headwaters
8573	49. Obtuse Triangles	What is the sum of angle a plus angle b plus angle c in an obtuse triangle?	180 degrees
8574	15. State Leaders	What is the title of the head of government in Israel, New Zealand, and Greece?	prime minister
8575	24. Fairy Tales	What traditional fairy tale, set in the time of King Arthur, relates episodes in the career of a boy who had a talent for killing giants by cunning?	Jack the Giant Killer
8576	35. Compounds	What adjective indicates a chemical compound with all water removed?	anhydrous
8577	Alt. 2. Caught	To give oneself up to law enforcement officials is to do what?	surrender (turn oneself in)
8578	24. Geographical Homonyms	A country of north-central Africa and a small piece of paper generated by a voter punching a hole in a ballot share what name?	chad
8579	20. Naval Officers	What is the highest rank shared by these officers? Frank Fletcher, Don Juan of Austria, Charles Howard, David Farragut, Isoroku Yamamoto, Ray Spruance, Horatio Nelson, William Halsey	admiral
8580	36. Algebraic Factoring	Factor this expression. 12(x squared) - 17x + 6 - (dx -	3)
8581	108. Physiological Reactions	What usually happens to one's pupils during a flight-or-fight reaction?	They dilate.
8582	21. Machines	What simple machine is incorporated in shovels, tongs, fishing rods, staplers, and bottle openers?	lever
8583	62. Civil Posts	In 17th-century Europe, people employed to make news announcements in the streets were called town what?	criers
8584	23. Conflicts	This is about a conflict on what peninsula? Officially there was no war there. It was only a United Nations police action.	Korean Peninsula
8585	48. Prose Accounts	What word indicating an account of historical events is missing in these titles? The Martian ---- The Prydain ---- The ---- of Narnia The Littlepage ---- The ---- of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Chronicles
8586	22. Organ Vocabulary	'Cardiopulmonary' indicates what two organs?	lungs, heart
8587	48. Body Temperature	What four-syllable adjective indicates the condition of a person whose inner core body temperature is 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit?	hypothermic
8588	96. Sunburn	You can be sunburned even on an overcast day because what rays in sunlight penetrate clouds?	ultraviolet rays
8589	72. Inscriptions	What is the location of the plaque bearing this inscription? July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.	Moon
8590	18. Quadrilaterals	What figure is always formed by lines joining the midpoints of the sides of a rhombus in succession?	rectangle
8591	43. Mineral Formation	As ancient seas dried out, minerals such as calcite, halite, gypsum, and sylvite were formed. What is the collective name for such minerals?	evaporites
8592	30. Ancient Wars	In the Peloponnesian War, Athens was defeated by what city-state to its south?	Sparta
8593	Alt. 4. Expeditions	In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition camped for a while at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, the site of what modern city?	Kansas City
8594	11. Space Travel Experiments	Name the large mechanical devices into which aspiring astronauts are sometimes placed and spun around to simulate intense gravitational forces.	centrifuges
8595	12. U.N. Actions	What is the name for an arrangement made by the United Nations for a period during which opposing forces in a civil war agree to not shooting?	cease-fire
8596	30. Money Changing	At an exchange rate of 1 for 320, how many South African rands would you get for 2880 Venezuelan	bolivars?
8597	19. Volcanoes	Name either of the two active volcanoes in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.	Kilauea, Mauna Loa
8598	28. Plants	Epiphytes, otherwise known as aerophytes, grow on other plants upon which they depend for mechanical support. Geophytes are perennials propagated by buds on underground bulbs, tubers, or corms. Plants adapted to grow in water are called ...	hydrophytes
8599	123. Duels	The pistols used in dueling were capable of how many	shots before reloading?
8600	31. Constitutional Amendments	A person is on trial for kidnapping little Annie Jones. What amendment would prohibit the jury deciding this case from being all members of Annie's family?	seventh amendment
8601	17. Wars	What war was precipitated by an explosion that killed 261 sailors and officers aboard a ship in Havana Harbor?	Spanish-American War
8602	4. Seasonal Activities	Estival behavior occurs during what season?	summer
8603	61. Verb Properties	Restate this line in the active voice. Sixty anchovies were eaten by the auk.	The auk ate sixty anchovies.
8604	122. Physics Fundamentals	What is being done on an object if the object moves as a force is applied and the direction of the object's motion is the same as the direction of the force applied?	work
8605	15. Industries	What is the three-syllable name for the industry which encompasses a worldwide complex of manufacturers that produce airplanes, helicopters, military aircraft, missiles, rockets, spacecraft, and satellites?	aerospace
8606	12. Gyres	In the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, the gyres flow in what clock direction?	clockwise
8607	41. Perspiration	The main purpose of sweating is temperature control, more properly known as what kind of regulation?	thermoregulation
8608	9. Geology	Cross-bedding is found most often in what type of sedimentary rock?	sandstone
8609	72. Colonial Quotes	This was stated by the leader of which American colony? That so we might after a more special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.	Plymouth
8610	3. Binary Baseball	Express as a binary numeral the number of outs in an entire inning of baseball.	110
8611	64. Evictions	In 2009, 44 months after Hurricane Katrina, what federal agency moved to empty some 4,600 trailers and shut down the most expensive emergency housing program in U.S. history?	FEMA
8612	86. Weddings	During what century were Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile married?	15th
8613	33. Mountain Belts	The Ethiopian Highlands are closest to what major body of water?	Indian Ocean
8614	21. Wartime Offensives	The last major offensive by the German army in World War II was called the Battle of the ...	Bulge
8615	19. Drama	What theatrical work by Ben Jonson concerns a person who attempted to transmute base metals into gold and discover the elixir of longevity?	The Alchemist
8616	39. Economics	Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are owned privately, and businesses produce goods for a market dominated by what two forces?	supply and demand
8617	123. Tsunamis	A huge earthquake in 1946 near the Aleutian island of Unimak produced a wave that covered 2,300 miles in a little more than 4 1/2 hours. To the nearest hundred miles per hour, how fast did this wave travel?	500
8618	32. Hormones	Parathormone regulates the body's calcium level. It is produced by which gland?	parathyroid
8619	65. Asian Intervention	Name the last nation before the U.S. to insert a substantial military force into Afghanistan.	Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
8620	18. Petrological Analogies	Detrital, rounded, sand-sized particles comprise sandstone while detrital, silt-sized particles comprise ...	siltstone
8621	44. Space Exploration	Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon were the first four celestial bodies touched by a spacecraft. In 2001, what object became the fifth?	Eros
8622	115. Physical Properties	What adjective describes a solid that can have its shape changed to a thin sheet by blows from a hammer?	malleable
8623	46. Peaks	These are among the highest peaks in what mountain chain? Killington Peak, Mt. Washington, Camel's Hump, Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Mansfield, Mount Katahdin	Appalachians
8624	67. Logic	Complete this syllogism. If he can spell potato, then he will be vice president. He will not be vice president. Therefore ...	he cannot spell potato
8625	18. Point of View	Narration in this passage is in what person? Lieutenant Don Field dived his Phantom jet toward the Vietcong bunker on the hilltop in a roaring burst of fury.	third
8626	7. Drug Wars	The two Opium Wars fought in the nineteenth century involved Great Britain and what other country?	China
8627	74. Espionage Resolution	In 2010 in the largest spy swap since the end of the Cold War, what two nations exchanged several prisoners accused of spying?	Russia, United States
8628	102. Eulogies	These lines are from a eulogy about whom? -That man was the most famous New Zealander of our time. -His achievement on that day cannot be underestimated. -He went to a height and a place no man had gone before. -He went there with 1950s, not 21st-century. technology.	Edmund Hillary
8629	58. International Economics	The balance of trade is essentially the ratio of what is paid for imports to that which is earned from what?	exports
8630	11. Scientific Clerihews	What element completes this clerihew? Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered ...	sodium
8631	25. Bottles	To the nearest cubic centimeter, what is the volume of the container you need to hold 5 kilograms of mercury, given that its density is 13.6 grams per cubic centimeter?	368
8632	36. Clauses	What type of dependent clause is used in the predicate of this sentence? Santa will come when he is needed.	adverbial
8633	103. Song Lyrics	What are the next four words in the song from a Bogart movie preceded by these words? the fundamental things apply	as time goes by
8634	27. Agricultural Equipment	The combine, which automatically harvests, and threshes grain, replaced what invention of Cyrus McCormick?	reaper
8635	3. Serious Symbols	What symbol reminiscent of pirates indicates a poisonous substance?	skull and crossbones
8636	115. Literary Themes	While the theme of a parable is its teaching, what is the theme of a fable called?	moral
8637	98. Rhyme	What is the rhyme scheme of this nursery rhyme? Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie.	abcb
8638	28. Capital Quips	Complete this example of punnery with a US. state capital city. One Idaho worker said to the other Idaho worker, 'The boss is coming, look ...'	Boise
8639	60. Great Lakes	These border which Great Lake? Ontario Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota	Lake Superior
8640	16. Cities	Name the transcontinental city straddling the Bosporus.	Istanbul
8641	3. Electricity	Electricity is always produced by what kind of machines?	generators (dynamos, turbines)
8642	23. Rationalizing Denominators	Rationalize the denominator in this example. (2 times the square root of 3) / (5 times the square root of 2)	(square root of 6)/5
8643	8. Native Americans	The Papago and Hopi Indian reservations are in what state?	Arizona
8644	26. Russian Rulers	What was the Russian equivalent of 'emperor'?	czar
8645	4. Southwest History	What kind of ancient dwellings are featured at Canyon de Chelly and Mesa Verde National Park?	cliff dwellings
8646	8. Shakespearean Quotes	What is the last word in this quote from 'Romeo and Juliet'? Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be ...	morrow
8647	85. Bodily Cells	What kind of cells are suspended in plasma?	blood cells
8648	34. Printing	What are the first two lowercase letters of the alphabet with ascenders?	b, d
8649	95. The Stock Market	A bull market is to optimism as a bear market is to what?	pessimism
8650	47. Australian History	Between 1788 and 1900 what disease was the single major cause of Australian Aboriginal deaths?	smallpox
8651	101. Island Acquisitions	The Aleutian Islands became U.S. territory as the result of a real estate deal with what country?	Russia
8652	43. National Parks	What national park is named after its fossils?	Dinosaur National Park
8653	99. Galaxies	The central concentration of stars and gas at the center of a galaxy is referred to by what term that also designates the central part of an atom or cell?	nucleus
8654	88. Machines	Crowbars, seesaws, and nutcrackers are examples of what simple machine?	lever
8655	56. Elections	What is the term for an organized effort to elect a candidate that includes fundraising, public meetings, and lots of advertising?	campaign
8656	47. Ballads	What captain's name is missing in this verse? I'm Captain ---- of the Horse Marines, I feed my horse on corn and beans, And often live beyond my means, Though a captain in the army.	Jinks
8657	44. The Mideast	Israelis and people of what other ethnic group have regional authority in various parts of the West Bank?	Palestinians
8658	41. Life	Name the structure that contains these components. mitochondria vacuoles ribosomes chromosomes	cell
8659	63. Cuisine	You mash a few avocados in a bowl with lemon juice, grated onion, salsa, pepper, and salt. Identify this popular dish.	guacamole
8660	61. Combustion	Combustion always involves what element?	oxygen
8661	81. Federal Agencies	These are agencies of what branch of American government? National Economic Council Council of Environmental Quality Office of Management and Budget Office of National Drug Control Policy Office of Science and Technology Policy	Executive Branch
8662	97. Poetry	The regular measured rhythm characteristic of verse is called what?	meter
8663	28. Fringe Benefits	What word that rhymes with 'quirks' refers to benefits in addition to regular wages or salary?	perks (perquisite)
8664	22. Mood-Altering Drugs	What is the term for chemical agents such as caffeine and nicotine that temporarily arouse or accelerate physiological activity?	stimulants
8665	15. Division of Fractions	Express this answer in lowest terms. Divide 5/6 by the quotient of 2/3 divided by 1/a.	5/4a
8666	71. Medieval Cities	Unfortunately, what problem common to many medieval European cities was greatly relieved by epidemics of bubonic plague?	overpopulation
8667	62. Passings	This is from a 1995 obituary about whom? Born to Boston ward politics, she became the matriarch of America's tragic royal family.	Rose Kennedy
8668	15. Sentence Types	Classify this interrogative sentence by A.A. Milne according to its structure. Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?	compound
8669	117. Pottery	Pottery clay mixed with water to a mayonnaise consistency is called ...	slip
8670	36. Fungus Photography	In a photo, you see what looks like a cloud emerging from the top of a puffball. What does that cloud consist of?	spores
8671	49. Presidents	Who became the U.S. president in the same year that the French Revolution began?	George Washington
8672	107. Arctic Mammals	In summer they are brown but in winter they are all white. Name these small mouse-like mammals that live in the tundra.	lemmings
8673	23. Roman Numerals	What number is represented by the Roman numeral DCCXLIX?	749
8674	122. Hawaiian Geography	On what Hawaiian island does the Koolau Range catch the trade winds and form a backdrop for the city of Honolulu?	Oahu
8675	103. Volcanoes	With a caldera larger than the state of Maryland, the most powerful volcano in the solar system is Loki	Patera on what moon of Jupiter?
8676	36. Mideast History	King Faisal I became the first king of Iraq in 1921. Until then, this region had been known by what other name?	Mesopotamia
8677	4. Explorers	This account about James Cook's three-year voyage concerns avoidance of what disease? Cook has succeeded with sauerkraut, but he entertains no great opinion of the antiscorbutic virtue of concentrated citrus juices.	scurvy
8678	LOT. American Novels	What story about the love between a boy and his dog is centered around a Southern family struggling to survive after the father is sent to prison for stealing food?	Sounder
8679	66. Story Settings	The setting for the story, 'Cold Sassy Tree,' is in what Georgia town?	Cold Sassy
8680	10. Tolkien Commentaries	Those of us who have followed Frodo on his quest know that we, like him, would have never gotten up the steep slope of Mount Doom had not what faithful character flung us on his back and carried us up?	Sam
8681	42. The Continental Congress	What ordinal number corresponds with the Continental Congress which drew up the Articles of Confederation?	second
8682	47. Iguanas	What islands are the world's only home for marine iguanas?	Galapagos Islands
8683	4. Emperors	The emperor who founded Alexandria came from small but militarily strong country?	Macedon (Macedonia)
8684	14. Conquests	Alexander the Great's armies stopped their conquest of Asia after crossing what river that flows through India to the Arabian Sea?	Indus River
8685	102. Military Deployments	In 2014, the U.S. had the greatest number of military personnel stationed in what European country?	Germany
8686	I21s Lawsuits	What kind of lawsuit is illustrated when several customers join together and sue a utility company on behalf of all that company's customers claiming it has been overcharging them?	class action
8687	46. Teeth	What kind of tooth has a single point and is often used for holding or stabbing prey?	canine
8688	90. Battles	Name the decisive air battle that prevented Germany from invading England in World War II.	Battle of Britain
8689	13. Folk Dancing	In what folk or ballroom dance do couples move in a circular motion around a room?	round dance
8690	49. Gandhi	Mohandas Gandhi used non-violent passive resistance to gain support for Indian freedom. But when independence came, two countries were created: India for Hindus and Pakistan for ...	Muslims (Moslems, Islamics)
8691	12. Law Enforcement	They were originally paid $1.25 per day, provided their own horses and arms, and patrolled vast territories to enforce the law and protect Texans against Indian and Mexican raiders. Name this group.	Texas Rangers
8692	52. Fishing Hazards	What part of a fishhook caught in the skin makes its removal most difficult?	barb
8693	53. Perilous Races	The continuous competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to establish technical and numerical supremacy in the production of nuclear weapons was called what race?	arms race
8694	Zi Last Words	Whose last words might these have been? I am perishing - expiring - passing away - petering out - departing this life - quitting this world - making my exit - croaking - cashing in my chips - pegging out	Peter Roget
8695	98. Journalistic Slang	Reminiscent of a shovel-like utensil, what is the popular term for an exclusive story that only one news outlet is covering?	scoop
8696	Zi Humanities	What did Bertrand Russell say that 'from the earliest times has made greater claims and achieved fewer results than any other branch of learning'?	philosophy
8697	76. Blame for Books	The blame for the following works of nonfiction lies with what political party? Smoke and Ashes: the Story of the Holocaust A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust We Remember the Holocaust	Nazi (National Socialist German Workers' Party)
8698	48. Marsupials	Name the burrowing nocturnal carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania with a blackish coat and a long, almost hairless tail.	Tasmanian devil
8699	20. Geometric Formulas	The volume of a cylinder can be calculated by multiplying pi by the radius squared by what other factor?	height
8700	93. Sentence Corrections	Change one word in this sentence to make it read correctly. The cause for all the commotion and confusion were not obvious.	change 'were' to 'was'
8701	119. Age Problems	How old is Eve if she is twice as old as Adam, and 3 years from now, the sum of their ages will be 42?	24
8702	96. Matter	What is lacking in glass, rubber, amorphous silicon, amorphous metal, and amorphous ice?	form (crystalline structure, crystals)
8703	41. Biological Prefixes	What is the meaning of the prefixes in hemodialysis and hemophiliac?	blood
8704	3. Travel Problems	Aukville and Dodotown are 210 miles apart. A car left Aukville heading to Dodotown at 48 mph. Another car left Dodotown for Aukville at 42 mph. How many miles had the faster car gone when the two vehicles met?	112
8705	72. Parks	Named after a variety of yucca, what is the southernmost national park in California?	Joshua Tree
8706	9. Political Parties	These were some of the favorite songs of what American political party in the 1870s? I'll Marry No Man If He Drinks Vote Down the Vile Traffic The Drunkard's Doom	(National) Prohibition Party
8707	63. Utah History	Ogden, Utah is the closest sizable city to what site where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869?	Promontory (Promontory Summit)
8708	43. Stone Age Techniques	Percussion flaking was the first technique used by early man to make tools. What flaking technique was next to be developed?	pressure flaking
8709	2. Speeches	What two words complete this line in the Gettysburg Address? Now we are engaged in a great Civil War testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can ...	long endure
8710	74. Italian Ceramics	What Italian term, used in ceramics, literally means 'cooked earth'?	terra cotta
8711	44. Prisms	What is the volume of a triangular prism with base dimensions of 8 and 3 centimeters and a height of 2 centimeters?	24 cubic centimeters
8712	111. Punned Titles	This is a punned version of the title of a novel written by what American author? That Was Zen, This Is Tao	S.E. Hinton
8713	21. The Nervous System	The sympathetic branch is one of the two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system. Name the other.	parasympathetic
8714	102. Spoonerisms	Correct this spoonerism. herd in the band	bird in the hand
8715	20. U.S. Statehood	Name two of the four states contiguous to the Canadian border admitted to the Union during 1889-1890.	WA, ID, MT, ND
8716	71. Participles	What type of participle is illustrated in this line? Overwhelmed, she continued to swoon.	past participle
8717	31. On the Brink	The world's closest brush with nuclear war occurred in 1962. Name this crisis involving Nikita Khrushchev and John Kennedy.	Cuban missile crisis
8718	81. Physiological Prefixes	Most people have never seen the unusual word 'hemopoiesis' before. But just on the basis of its prefix you should know that it has something to do with what?	blood
8719	112. Food Inventions	On what continent was pemmican invented?	North America
8720	62. Political Factions	To what political party did George Washington belong?	no party
8721	35. Terrorism	For decades in Northern Ireland, terrorism was associated with what organization?	IRA (Irish Republican Army)
8722	48. Olympic Sites	Innsbruck, once the site of the Winter Olympics, is in what country?	Austria
8723	46. Memory	Some people have the ability to retain visual images so sharp that they can be scanned and described in detail long after the original perception. Psychologists refer to this as what type of imagery?	eidetic
8724	17. Snow	What do meteorologists call snow lifted off the surface by the wind to a height of two meters or more and carried about in sufficient density to restrict visibility?	blowing snow
8725	111. Muscle	What kind of muscle is involuntary and unstriated?	smooth muscle
8726	77. Zoology	The three types of symmetry exhibited by creatures in the animal kingdom include bilateral, radial, and what other?	spherical symmetry
8727	28. Botany	What type of fruits on chick-peas and lima beans split down both sides when ripe and ready to release seeds?	pods
8728	91. Government Agencies	The FDA is a U.S. federal agency that oversees the safety of cosmetics, foods, medical devices, and drugs, and operates the National Center for Toxicological Research. For what does this abbreviation stand?	Food and Drug Administration
8729	47. Geography	Mozambique is contiguous to what ocean?	Indian Ocean
8730	21. Insects	Three pairs of jointed legs are attached to which of the three main parts of an insect's body?	thorax
8731	65. Transportation History	What major contribution to colonial transportation was developed in the 1760s by a group of craftsmen in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, living along the Conestoga Creek?	Conestoga wagon
8732	1. Diplomatic Book Reviews	Complete this line by Abraham Lincoln when asked by an author how he liked his new book. Well, for those who like that sort of thing, I think it is just about the sort of thing they ...	would like
8733	17. Biographies	Identify the woman who wrote this biography. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.	Coretta King
8734	61. Defiant Quotes	What prime minister said this in 1940? Hitler knows that he will have to break us on this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.	Winston Churchill
8735	45. Myths	Name the ubiquitous and agile Greek deity who had these functions. -protector of flocks and shepherds -guide of travelers -underworld conductor of souls -bringer of good luck -patron of orators -messenger of Zeus	Hermes
8736	8. Territories	What Canadian territory lies between Hudson Bay and Northwest Territories?	Nunavut
8737	31. Solar Observation	At noon of what day in the Northern Hemisphere does the Sun appear as high in the sky as it ever does?	June 21
8738	34. Arthurian Legends	Name the legendary site of King Arthur's palace.	Camelot
8739	25. Stars	Which type of star emits brief but intense bursts of radio waves at regular intervals?	pulsars (neutron stars)
8740	72. Polling	What kind of survey conducted at selected polling places provides data allowing the media to estimate the final results of an election?	exit polling
8741	7. Clothing	What term indicates the style of clothing that characterizes a particular country or historic period?	costume
8742	52. Art Forms	What art form in sculpture is most similar to a portrait in painting?	bust
8743	15. Icky Flows	Excessive mucus secretion from the posterior nasal cavities accompanying an allergy or a cold is called postnasal ...	drip
8744	49. Animal Adjectives	What adjective indicates animals that are able to live on both land and water?	amphibious
8745	113. Government Agencies	Name the federal agency responsible for supervising and coordinating various programs relating to American Indians.	Bureau of Indian Affairs
8746	64. Blood	This refers to what bodies in the blood? When they reach the site of a cut, they change shape and stick together.	platelets (thrombocytes)
8747	39. Mexico	The Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Campeche are adjacent to what Central American country?	Guatemala
8748	43. Parks	A national park in what state was named after the settler, Ebenezer Bryce?	Utah
8749	44. Meetings	In what year did the first Electoral College meet?	1789
8750	2. Marsupials	Kangaroos live only in Australia, Tasmania, and on what major island to their north?	New Guinea
8751	110. Inventions	Who invented the horse-drawn farming machine containing a cutting bar, a reel, a divider, guards over reciprocating knives, and a surface on which grain was deposited?	Cyrus McCormick
8752	99. Sayings	What word that is also found in one of Theodore Roosevelt's most famous statements about his foreign policy is missing in this adage? Unfortunately, the right words are more readily listened to if you also have a sharp ...	stick
8753	83. Continents	What is the smallest continent that developed from the northern part of the supercontinent, Pangaea?	Europe
8754	24. Poetry	In what form of poetry do the lines do not end in rhymes?	blank verse
8755	102. Muscle	Which of the three types of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow internal organs?	smooth
8756	113. Symphonies	What is the principal percussion instrument of the symphony orchestra?	kettledrum
8757	102. Capitals	The name of the capital city of what Caribbean country literally means 'port to the prince' in French?	Haiti
8758	42. Scientific Method	Name the variable in a scientific experiment that is intentionally manipulated.	independent variable
8759	4. Princes	Name the prince in 'The Prince and the Pauper.'	Edward
8760	6. Structures	These are parts of what kind of structures? piers sluice gates spillways taintor gates plunge pools fish ladders	dams
8761	Alt. 1. Paleontology	This clipping from 1938 is about what creature? Scientists are trying to make sense of a fish trawled up from the ocean depths off South Africa. The bizarre creature has been called a living fossil because it was thought to be extinct 70 million years ago.	coelacanth
8762	30. State Halls	In what state are these halls of fame? Famous American Indians National Cowboy Hall of Fame	Oklahoma
8763	29. Folk Music	What is the title of a folksong about a canal from Albany to Buffalo, New York?	The Erie Canal
8764	17. Canyons	It is the lower part of a valley or mountain canyon eroded to a depth below present sea level by a glacier which followed this course to the sea. Such a deep, steep canyon is called a...	fiord
8765	13. Riverside States	Name either of the two states immediately across the Mississippi River from Arkansas.	Tennessee, Mississippi
8766	106. Spoonerisms	What word indicating holes drilled in the ground to obtain oil or water can be added to this line to make it a spoonerism? I hear bedding ...	wells
8767	29. Oral Surgery	The removal of a tooth from the mouth is called a dental what?	extraction
8768	112. Weapon Mechanics	A medieval catapult is a very large example of what simple machine?	lever
8769	22. Medical Instruments	What was the absent-minded physician requesting when he asked a nurse to get that Y-shaped thing with the rubber tubing he uses to listen to sounds in patients’ chests?	stethoscope
8770	87. Statue Adjectives	What adjective in the poem, 'The New Colossus,' on the base of the Statue of Liberty is a synonym for crowded, abounding, overflowing, and swarming?	teeming
8771	11. Natural Boundaries	Name the ecological boundary between the tundra and the forest.	tree line (timberline)
8772	7. Biological Abbreviations	For what does the abbreviation stand below? RBCs are concave in shape, recycled in the liver, and transport oxygen.	red blood cells
8773	36. The Old West Prairie	Name the dried organic substance abundant on the Great Plains in the 1860s that could be used as fuel.	buffalo chips
8774	105. Wave Phenomena	What phenomenon is illustrated by light changing direction when it enters a different medium or when sound passes from one medium to another or when water waves move into water of a different depth?	refraction
8775	124. Plants	This is about what plant? When an insect brushes the trigger hairs on the edge of the leaves, the leaves close like clam shells.	Venus's flytrap
8776	18. Social Systems	An extreme form of social differentiation in which the subgroups that constitute society are ranked in a rigid hierarchical scale is what kind of system?	caste system
8777	30. The Moon	What is another name for dark lunar lowlands?	maria
8778	52. Town Names	In what state are there cities named after such people as Davey Jackson, Jacques La Ramee, Philip Sheridan, Caspar Collins, and Weston Gillette?	Wyoming
8779	108. Outdoor Perils	Abnormally low body temperature due to prolonged exposure to cold is called what?	hypothermia
8780	55. Antipodes	What is the longitude and latitude of the antipode of 90 degrees east and 30 degrees north?	90 degrees west, 30 degrees south
8781	Zi Weather Prediction	In what Pennsylvania town does a pudgy, burrowing rodent annually forecast the remaining days of winter?	Punxsutawney
8782	8. Plateaus	Covering much of four western U.S. states, what is the largest plateau in North America?	Colorado Plateau
8783	64. Sequences	In a mathematical sequence, when the value of any term is less than the value of the preceding term, the sequence is in what order?	descending order
8784	26. Shared Surnames	What surname was shared by a Scottish economist, the founder of Jamestown, an American fur trader, and the founder of the Mormon religion?	Smith
8785	49. Europe	What major subdivision of Europe is bordered by the Barents, Baltic, Adriatic, Aegean, Black, and Caspian seas?	Eastern Europe
8786	99. Musical Grammar	The title for what musical by Lerner and Loewe includes a first-person possessive pronoun, an adjective meaning 'of pleasing appearance,' and a synonym for a well-mannered woman?	My Fair Lady
8787	65. Regions	Name the vast region comprising most of northern Asia and the central and eastern portions of the Russian Federation.	Siberia
8788	11. Publishers	What prominent editor and publisher became blind, but continued his work?	Joseph Pulitzer
8789	85. Speeches	This is the beginning of a satirical paraphrase of what famous speech? I haven't checked these figures, but, 87 years ago, I think it was, a number of individuals organized a government setup here in this country. Now, of course, we are dealing with this big difference of opinion, a civil disturbance you might say.	Gettysburg Address
8790	18. Forests	What adjective indicates those mid-latitude forests of trees that lose their leaves during winter months?	deciduous
8791	76. Pop Song Homonyms	What word that describes the most memorable or catchy part of a song is a homonym for a small, curved metal device used in angling?	hook
8792	107. People of the Old West	In 1874, in what state was the prospector Alferd Packer convicted of manslaughter in relation to evidence presented that he had killed and consumed his associates when they were all snowbound and out of provisions in the Rockies?	Colorado
8793	114. African Valleys	What valley at Thebes is a dry watercourse on the west bank of the Nile and the burial place of Egyptian tulers from 1567 B.C. to 1085 B.C.?	Valley of the Kings
8794	50. Seaside Nations	The geographically largest country adjacent to the Mediterranean is ...	Algeria
8795	61. Expressions	What expression relating to a battle of stags or bulls means to engage in a fight or clash?	lock horns with
8796	1. Expressions	What is the collective name for these kinds of expressions? -be on pins and needles -make the fur fly -walk on air -run across an old acquaintance	idioms
8797	87. Organism Categories	Ecologically speaking, what is the collective name for organisms like fungi that break down and digest the remains of dead organisms?	decomposers
8798	66. Wars	These people and places are all related to what North American war? Edward Braddock, Fort Ticonderoga, James Wolfe, Fort Necessity, Quebec, Fort Niagara, William Pitt, Fort Frontenac	French and Indian War
8799	35. Story Authors	'The Hunting of the Snark' was written by ...	Lewis Carroll
8800	97. Outlaws	What name for a bold outlaw of the American frontier was derived from a Latin word meaning 'despair'?	desperado
8801	70. Motion	What is the meaning of 'mv' in this equation? momentum equals mv	mass times velocity
8802	63. Chemical Compounds	There are two types of chemical compounds because there are two ways to achieve the noble gas configuration. One is by the transfer of electrons. The other is by the ...	sharing of electrons
8803	35. Square Root Equations	What is the value of x if the square root of x equals 2/5?	4/25
8804	1417s Tools of the Trade	Mops, ovals, bamboo, flats, synthetic filament, and camel hair are types of what implements used by painters?	brushes
8805	86. Waves	What broad category of waves consists of two perpendicular transverse waves, one component of the wave being a vibrating electric field while the other is a corresponding magnetic field?	electromagnetic waves
8806	102. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is used in this? It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.	simile
8807	Sis Voting Rights	In many states, voters registered as independents cannot vote in what kind of election?	primary
8808	100. Migrations	Name either of the two modern countries into which the Visigoths immigrated during the late Roman Empire.	Spain, France
8809	64. Painters	It depicts a firing squad of French troops executing Spaniards. Entitled 'The Third of May 1808,' this painting was created by Francisco ...	Goya
8810	57. Novel Ladies	These lines are from what American novel? -Love Jo all your days, if you choose. -There are many Beths in the world. -We'll all grow up Meg. No pretending we won't.	Little Women
8811	18. Recessive Genes	One evening, you notice a raccoon chowing down on your cat's food. But unlike most raccoons, this one has no rings on its tail and is all white. What adjective describes this recessive characteristic?	albino
8812	41. Special Nicknames	What sobriquet is used for Abraham Lincoln?	Honest Abe (or Great Emancipator, Railsplitter)
8813	18. Weaponry	During the Civil War, what was the name of the projectile shot from a cannon that was packed with many iron balls?	canister (case shot)
8814	50. Australian Animals	What animal, similar to a kangaroo since it also has a pouch, is about the size of a large dog but has an appearance more like that of a bear and lives in underground tunnels?	wombat
8815	44. Ocean Currents	The west wind drift current flows from what direction to what direction?	west to east
8816	32. Nonce Words	Form a nonce word by adding a suffix meaning 'disease' to indicate the problem someone has who exaggerates too much and too often?	exaggeritis (overstatitis, hyperbolitis)
8817	10. Land Acquisitions	What was the easternmost state partially formed by land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase?	New Mexico
8818	16. Labs and Laundry	What kind of apparatus in a laboratory operates on the same principle as the spin cycle of a washing machine that removes water from clothes?	centrifuge
8819	25. Reefs	What kind of coral reef forms around a volcanic seamount?	atoll
8820	3. Ancient Rome	Who is the hero of a lengthy poem by Virgil about the beginnings of the Roman Empire?	Aeneas
8821	21. Wordplay	What form of wordplay is illustrated in these lines? -Corduroy pillows are making headlines. -Sea captains don't like crew cuts. -A gossip is someone with a sense of rumor.	pun
8822	44. Blisters	What is the common name for blisters that contain a great number of erythrocytes?	blood blisters
8823	14. Calories	How much heat, in calories, is needed to raise 10 grams of water from 10 to 25 degrees Celsius?	150
8824	13. Architecture	In what country is the Sydney Opera House?	Australia
8825	46. Power Plants	What adjective describes those power plants at the base of dams?	hydroelectric
8826	29. Wartime Attacks	On the same day they attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese also attacked Wake Island. On Wake, what was the date?	December 8, 1941
8827	3. Disease Etymology	The name for what acute viral disease was derived from rabere, the Latin word for rage?	rabies
8828	17. Half-life	If you had 32 grams of a radioactive beryllium isotope with a half-life of 13.8 seconds, how many grams of it would not be decayed after 41.4 seconds?	4 grams
8829	3. Astronomy	What body in the solar system has these characteristics? granules convection zones prominences photosphere filaments spicules	Sun
8830	13. Commanders	George Washington was commander in chief of what army prior to 1784?	Continental Army
8831	24. Clauses	What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence? That a survivor of the Holocaust would be my own next-door neighbor had never even occurred to me.	subject
8832	35. Lightning	Through satellite measurements, we know that lightning occurs somewhere on Earth about 44 times per second. About 25% of these lightning flashes are cloud-to-ground, while 75% of them are cloud-to- what?	cloud
8833	80. Derogatory Idioms	Lawyers who encourage people who have been injured or become ill to sue for compensation are known as ...	ambulance chasers
8834	24. Complex Chemicals	What is the meaning of the abbreviation in this line about refrigerants? Today, safer fluids called hydrofluorocarbons have replaced CFCs in refrigeration equipment.	chlorofluorocarbons
8835	63. Industrial Parts Sources	Name the process of stripping a piece of equipment of serviceable parts to be used in the repair of another machine.	cannibalization (cannibalizing)
8836	36. Parallel Construction	Improve this example by replacing the last three words with a single word to incorporate parallel construction. Her essay was objective, timely, and a real challenge.	Her essay was objective, timely, and challenging.
8837	66. Metaphorical Geography	What is called London's liquid artery?	Thames’ River
8838	32. Explorations	Name the expeditions of 1969 and 1970 led by Thor Heyerdahl involving international crews attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in reed boats.	Ra expeditions
8839	52. Firsts	In Greek myth, Pandora was the first ...	woman
8840	88. Murder by Another Name	Occurring mostly in third-world countries, hundreds if not thousands of women are murdered every year by members of their own families because of such supposed disgraces as rejecting an arranged marriage, wearing unacceptable clothes, or having insufficient dowries. These are known as what kind of killings?	honor killings
8841	124. Logarithm Rules	Complete this rule. log (a/b) = loga-...	log b
8842	103. Tennis Shots	What is the term for a tennis shot that arcs over the	opponent's head?
8843	2. Civil Rights Geography	In what US. state is the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Trail?	Alabama
8844	18. Special Temperatures	What is the phrase for the temperature at which conversion of a solid to a liquid begins?	melting point
8845	56. Presidential Initiatives	In 1962, President Kennedy announced that he was establishing a naval and air blockade of all offensive weaponry around what island?	Cuba
8846	63. Independence at Last	What archipelagic nation that had been controlled by Spain for more than three hundred years, then by the United States, and then by Japan, finally achieved its independence in 1946?	Philippines
8847	da African Resources	Johannesburg in the Transvaal was founded in 1886 and soon had a population of 100,000 working in the mines extracting what mineral?	gold
8848	29. Number Problems	If two numbers are represented as x and (x+5), what is the larger number if their sum is 3 less than three times the smaller number?	13
8849	10. Chemistry	What element is the backbone of organic molecules?	carbon
8850	69. References	Annals and yearbooks are usually arranged on the shelf in what kind of order?	chronological
8851	34. Enforcing Isolation	Name the technique in which a port is isolated by positioning ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out.	blockade
8852	8. Distance Problems	A car traveling 60 miles per hour requires 40 minutes less time to cover a distance than a car going 45 miles per hour. What is the distance?	120 miles
8853	9. Aviators	Claire Lee Chennault became air advisor to Chiang Kai-shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1941, he organized the American Voluntary Group in China. Name this group of fighter pilots.	Flying Tigers
8854	48. Pronouns	Identify either of the syllables that complete all reflexive pronouns.	-self (-selves)
8855	34. Colonial Commerce	Slaves and molasses were two of the three items exchanged in 'triangular trade.' What was the third?	rum
8856	82. Headwaters	What former independent country in the Himalayas that has been controlled by China since 1951 is the source of the Yangtze, Salween, and Mekong rivers?	Tibet
8857	55. Literary Passages	This was written by whom? Struggling to get free, I managed to break the strings and wrench out the pegs that held my left arm and hair to the ground, but the creatures ran off again before I could seize them.	Jonathan Swift
8858	Alt. 5. Mapping the World	On a globe, what lines are circles parallel to the equator?	lines of latitude
8859	62. Architects	Who was the architect of the Monticello mansion in Virginia?	Thomas Jefferson
8860	31. Flowering Plants	Some varieties grow to heights of 15 feet. Name these plants of the daisy family cultivated for their edible seeds used for bird and poultry feed and as a source of vegetable oil.	sunflowers
8861	33. Fish	Orvis Browning caught a trout in Lake Michigan one day, and noticed a large circular scar on its side. This scar is evidence that the fish was attacked by what member of the class Agnatha?	lamprey
8862	12. Military Leaders	What young American military commander who led an unsuccessful attack upon Fort Duquesne later returned for a second, successful assault on that garrison?	George Washington
8863	14. Picturesque Places	What site in Arizona contains one of the world's largest and most beautiful concentrations of permineralized wood?	Petrified Forest
8864	59. Explorers	What navigator working for the British was first to explore what later came to be called Nova Scotia and Newfoundland?	John Cabot
8865	18. Time	A period of 1000 years is called a ...	millennium
8866	103. Science Fiction	What creature does Jules Verne describe in these words? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.	squid (giant squid)
8867	47. Sentence Combos	Combine these two sentences into a single sentence using an adverb clause. Jo had been miserable. She had hope.	Although Jo had been miserable, she had hope.
8868	69. Exiles	What former American vice president went into voluntary European exile to avoid going on trial for the murder of Alexander Hamilton?	Aaron Burr
8869	55. Forms of Literature	This is the first line of a book of what genre? Nicola Iacocca,--my father, arrived in this country in 1902 at the age of twelve--poor, alone, and scared. He used to say the only thing he was sure of when he got here was that the world was round.	autobiography
8870	5. The Senate	If all of the U.S. senators are abroad on fact-finding missions except those from states adjacent to the Great Lakes, how many senators are stateside?	16
8871	17. Crime Scenes	What is the slang term for an illegal operation where stolen cars are disassembled and their traceable parts altered or disposed of so that the parts can be sold to repair shops, salvage yards, and indiscriminate buyers?	chop shop
8872	80. Electricity	Electrons can move more easily through a short thick wire than through one which is long and what?	thin
8873	26. Ants	As with bees, fertile female ants are called queens and fertile male ants are called what?	drones
8874	9. Prefixes	What is the meaning of the prefix in words such as foretell and forestall?	before (earlier, in front of)
8875	50. Rights	In government, the term 'franchise' refers to the rights of individuals to do what?	vote
8876	8. Etymology	What word was derived from the name of a Greek forest god with goat's legs and a human torso who inspired fear in travelers?	panic
8877	93. Ancient Monuments	What kind of writing is on the surfaces of Cleopatra's Needles?	hieroglyphics
8878	25. Religion	Who supposedly ascended into heaven from the site of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem?	Mohammed
8879	39. Life on Earth	The age of reptiles began about 248 million years ago and ended 65 million years ago with the extinction of what creatures?	dinosaurs
8880	108. Prefixes	What prefix meaning 'beyond' or 'extremely' can be added to words such as sonic, sensitive, violet, and pure?	ultra-
8881	11. Etymology	What kind of paper was named after the capital of the Philippines?	manila
8882	25. Poetic Anatomy	In poems, the rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables are organized into patterns called what?	feet
8883	81. Literature	Prose literature is divided into two major categories. Which is appropriate for expository writing?	nonfiction
8884	16. Fighting Words	What word completes this quote by Marshal Foch at a critical time during World War I? My right flank has fallen. My left flank is weakening. The situation is excellent. I am ...	attacking
8885	45. Word Combos	What compound word appears in the first line of Edgar Allan Poe's, 'The Raven'?	midnight
8886	123. Conflicts	These events occurred in what series of wars? -Rome seized Sardinia from Carthage -Hannibal crossed the Alps -Rome destroyed Corinth	Punic Wars
8887	3. Poems	This is from what poem? He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat: Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on.	Battle Hymn of the Republic
8888	91. Planets	Terrestrial planets that reflect less than ten percent of the sunlight striking them lack what?	an atmosphere
8889	49. Air Masses	Tropical air masses are born in low-latitude areas. What type of air mass is born in high-latitude regions?	polar air mass
8890	115. Exercise	What common exercise is used to develop your abs?	sit-ups (crunches)
8891	29. Rock	What rocks are the products of deposition from either the mechanical or chemical breakdown of all pre-existing rock types?	sedimentary rocks
8892	32. City-States	What contemporary city-state is a principality adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea?	Monaco
8893	85. The Old West	What name reminiscent of a loud sound applied to Old West mining towns that grew up almost overnight?	boom towns
8894	42. Grammar	What is the expletive used in this example? There were only a few tickets left.	there
8895	23. Solutions	Who provided a solution to this problem? The only cotton that would grow in the area was a green seed variety. Ten hours of hand work was needed to separate one pound of lint from three pounds of the small tough seeds.	Eli Whitney
8896	13. International Relations	What prompted Jimmy Carter to deny Soviets fishing rights in American waters and suspend grain sales to the U.S.S.R.?	Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
8897	22. Patriots	He was born in Coventry, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College. He taught school until he joined the Continental Army. He was sent into British territory disguised as a Dutch teacher, but was captured and hanged as a spy at age 21. Name him.	Nathan Hale
8898	8. The Constitution	These are checks on which branch of government? -overriding vetoes -refusing confirm treaties -impeaching the commander in chief	executive
8899	Alt. 4. Travel Problems	Two trucks are two hundred miles apart on a straight Nevada highway. One starts at 9:00 p.m. and drives west at 60 mph. The other starts at 9:00 p.m. and drives east at 40 mph. What time do they meet?	11 p.m.
8900	46. Physics Limericks	What is the last word in this limerick? There was a young lady from Bright Whose speed was much faster than light. She set out one day In a relative way And arrived the previous ...	night
8901	51. Related Words	What same three letters end the nouns with these definitions? -a slaughter -respect -a property lien -a wise man -trash -bravery	-age
8902	64. Shared Names	What name was shared by the first czar of Bulgaria, a Romanian king, a Spanish king of Castile, a Holy Roman emperor, and a gentle bull animated by Walt Disney Studios?	Ferdinand
8903	44. Soils	The A-horizon of soil contains mainly decomposed vegetation called ...	humus
8904	125. Scientific Variables	If you designed an experiment to see whether massive amounts of vitamin C administered to hamsters would significantly increase their life spans, what would be the independent variable?	vitamin C
8905	44. Political Authority	Cameroon and Algeria were colonies of France, Mozambique was a colony of Portugal, Cyprus and New Zealand were colonies of Great Britain, and Mauritania was a colony of Germany. The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition is called ...	imperialism
8906	66. Rhetoric	What is illustrated in this line? A rolling stone is worth two in the bush.	mixed metaphor
8907	60. Fictional Last Words	These are among the last words of what legendary character? Take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder water side, and when thou comest there I charge thee throw my sword in that water.	Arthur
8908	21. Historic Sites	Preserving the early history of the American Red Cross, who is celebrated at the national historic site in Maryland which was one of the first dedicated to the accomplishments of a woman?	Clara Barton
8909	36. Consecutive Integers	Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and the square of the second is 19.	3, 4 (or -6, -5)
8910	125. Investment	Reminiscent of a mammalian quadruped, what kind of market occurred after the stock market crash of 1929?	bear market
8911	109. Lightning	What is the absolutely untrue old saw about where lightning strikes?	It never strikes same place twice.
8912	38. Wordy Proverbs	State the original proverb suggested by this wordy version. A disposition towards inquiry deprived the feline of its vital state.	Curiosity killed the cat.
8913	Alt. 4. Hitler	Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison when the Nazi attempt to seize control of the Bavarian government in 1923 collapsed. Name this failed coup.	Beer Hall (Munich) Putsch
8914	118. Memorials	There is a Lincoln Memorial in what Iowa city that marks the eastern terminus of the transcontinental railroad?	Council Bluffs
8915	99. Otters	Otters mostly eat what?	fish (or shellfish)
8916	51. Exhortations	In 1865, what Confederate leader said this at Appomattox, Virginia? Go to your homes and resume your occupations. Obey the laws and become as good citizens as you were soldiers.	Robert E. Lee
8917	101. Political Slang	Reminiscent of summertime footwear, what is the slang term for a politician who appears to waver on an issue?	flip-flopper
8918	74. German Ships	The Tirpitz and Graf Spee were what kind of warships?	battleships
8919	56. South America	What country borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, the Drake Passage, and the Pacific Ocean?	Chile
8920	110. Proofreading	What component is missing in this sentence? Fossils brought in from as far away as Borneo.	a predicate
8921	40. Math	What mathematical property is expressed below? a+b = bta	commutative
8922	75. Capital Namesakes	What capital city west of the Rockies was named for a trapper, guide, Indian agent, and soldier of the Western frontier who participated in the conquest of California?	Carson City
8923	43. Poisons	What is attacked by a hemotoxin?	blood
8924	106. Earth's Interior	The lithosphere, a brittle outer layer of rock, overlays what soft yielding rock layer of the Earth's interior?	asthenosphere
8925	66. Metals	Lodestone largely consists of what metallic element?	iron
8926	18. Archaeological Sites	It is made of massive stones arranged in concentric circles around a central altar. Name this prehistoric structure near Salisbury in southern England.	Stonehenge
8927	45. Points of View	What point of view is used in 'Huckleberry Finn'?	first person
8928	125. Ratio	Express as a fraction the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.	22/7
8929	70. Decimals	Express 10/33 as a repeating decimal.	-303030...
8930	61. Light	What kind of light can be compared to a taut rope passing through a picket fence that can only vibrate in a direction parallel to the pickets?	polarized light
8931	105. Burns	Superficial blisters filled with clear fluid are a symptom of at least what degree of a burn injury?	second degree burn
8932	59. European Weddings	In 2010, the 'commoner' Daniel Westling married Victoria, the crown princess of what Scandinavian nation?	Sweden
8933	61. Low Roads	The lowest point on Earth that is accessible by automobile is along the shores of what body of water?	Dead Sea
8934	91. German	In German, the terms 'Somer' and 'Herbst' are names for two of the four what?	seasons
8935	54. Mollusks	Name the largest bivalve mollusk that lives in the ocean near the East Indies.	(giant) clam
8936	4. Rhyme	What is the rhyme scheme in this verse by Thomas Hardy? We stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a few leaves lay on the starving sod; They had fallen from an ash, and were gray.	abba
8937	13. Abbreviations	What is the abbreviation for 'merchandise'?	mdse.
8938	44. Explorers	Identify the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean.	Sir Francis Drake
8939	42. Art Forms	What art form hung on walls is created on high-warp or low-warp looms?	tapestries
8940	24. The Atlantic Seaboard	Name the narrow strip of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina that includes Cape Hatteras, Cape Fear, and Cape Lookout.	Outer Banks
8941	21. Archipelagoes	The greatest numbers of archipelagic islands are in the central to southern parts of what ocean?	Pacific Ocean
8942	105. Amendments	Which Constitutional amendment essentially states that the Bill of Rights is only a partial listing of the people's rights?	9th Amendment
8943	22. Disease Transmission	What substance is involved in the transmission of giardia, cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, and E. coli infection?	water (contaminated water)
8944	9. Coral	The world's largest coral formation is off Australia's northeast coast. Name it.	Great Barrier Reef
8945	25. Seas	A flight from Kenya to India would fly over what enormous sea?	Arabian Sea
8946	72. Expressions	What kind of writing error is illustrated in these phrases? unintended mistake suddenly exploded same identical usual custom protest against past history plan ahead	redundancy (repetition)
8947	25. Mining	What is the general name for the type of mining that involves removing surface material to reveal seams of ore beneath?	strip mining
8948	61. Lincoln's Words	According to Abraham Lincoln, who can be fooled some of the time?	all of the people
8949	52. Migrations	During what age that gripped Earth during the Pleistocene epoch were people and animals enabled to cross the Bering Strait land bridge?	Ice Age
8950	37. Swords	Who in 'The Hobbit' wields a sword called Glamdring, or 'Foe-hammer'?	Gandalf (or Turgon)
8951	da IHlusions	In contrast to hallucinations, what kind of optical illusions produced by light refraction can be photographed?	mirages
8952	49. Work Problems	Max can mow Marvin's lawn in 3 hours while Morris can do it in 4 hours. If they work together, how long will it take?	1 5/7 (or 1.7) hrs
8953	118. Parodies	What play, had it been written by Dr. Seuss, might have included this soliloquy? I ask to be, or not to be. That is the question, I ask of me. This sullied life, it makes me shudder. My uncle's dating dear, sweet mother. Would I, could I take my life? Could I, should I, end this strife?	Hamlet
8954	60. The Sense of Smell	Odors are always transmitted by matter in what state?	gas
8955	23. Novels	What novel begins with this line? 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.	Little Women
8956	33. Tchaikovsky	One composition in 'The Nutcracker' by Tchaikovsky is a dance by what fairy?	Sugar Plum Fairy
8957	58. Tributes	Complete this ditty. Christiaan Barnard was the doc Who pioneered the heart swop op. When his patients all died, Was he in disgrace? No, because at least his heart Was in the ...	right place
8958	39. Jets	Jet and rocket engines exert a forward reaction force called ...	thrust
8959	95. Pronouns	For what does the relative pronoun stand in this example? Neither she nor her brother had much appreciation for opera, which sounded like a hog-calling contest to them.	opera
8960	1. Participles	What is the past participle form of the verb 'speak'?	spoken
8961	1. Expeditions	On Columbus' first voyage, only two of his three ships returned to Spain. Name the one lost on a coral reef in the West Indies.	Santa Maria
8962	17. Industrial Revolution	By the end of the 18th century, Newcomen engines were serving most of the larger collieries in Great Britain. What is a colliery?	coal mine
8963	29. The Cabinet	On an alphabetical list of U.S. Cabinet officers, which one falls between the secretary of labor and the secretary of transportation?	secretary of state
8964	9. Displacement	If an object floats on water, it displaces water equal to its mass, but if the object sinks, it displaces water equal to its ...	volume
8965	90. Lines	What is the name for a line segment connecting two non-adjacent vertices in a polygon?	diagonal
8966	55. Poe	Which of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories is set during the Spanish Inquisition?	The Pit and the Pendulum
8967	124. 13th-Century Japan	Kublai Khan tried twice to invade Japan but was repulsed by timely typhoons and by what famed professional feudal warriors?	samurai
8968	109. Local Government Actions	Name the formal process through which a city limit might be extended to include additional territory.	annexation
8969	44. Devices in Physical Science	Usually employing a reaction between hydrogen and an oxident, name the electrochemical cell that converts chemical energy directly into electrical energy.	fuel cell
8970	106. State Geography	What state includes the Klamath Mountains, the Rogue Valley, and the Willamette Valley?	Oregon
8971	39. Discoveries	At whose mill was gold discovered in California, setting off the gold rush of 1849?	Sutter's
8972	97. The Space Program	In what model of space capsule were these people killed? Gus Grissom Roger Chaffee Edward White	Apollo
8973	103. History of South Africa	The Afrikaners were mainly known by what other name prior to 1820?	Boers
8974	28. Commandments	Pigs establish the Seven Commandments in what story by George Orwell?	Animal Farm
8975	3. Talk to the Animals	Cleopatra is addressing what creature when she says this in a Shakespearean play? With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool Be angry, and dispatch.	asp (snake)
8976	120. Seaweed	What kind of marine algae may exceed 30 meters in length?	kelp
8977	60. Medieval Architecture	In medieval times, what kind of building complexes were most commonly surrounded by moats?	castles
8978	82. Wars	What war was caused largely by British violations of American neutral rights during the Napoleonic Wars and by the desire of some Americans for territorial expansion into Canada?	War of 1812
8979	105. Speeches	Who said this in a speech? I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first. American needs a full-time president and a full-time Congress.	Richard Nixon
8980	11. Wind	Another name for an anabatic wind is what kind of flow?	upslope flow
8981	47. Scientific Leaders	Who was appointed director of the Atomic Research Laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1943?	J. Robert Oppenheimer
8982	26. Word Analysis	In 'trigonometry,' the prefix 'tri' means three and 'metry' means measurement. What is the meaning of the word element 'gon'?	angle
8983	43. Music	What short piece of music is analogous to a preface in a literary work?	prelude (or overture)
8984	83. Substance Abuse	Crack is a blend of water, baking powder, and what drug?	cocaine
8985	74. Vertebrates	All tetrapods have four of what?	limbs (legs, feet, appendages)
8986	3. Chemical Reactions	A well-meaning but uneducated assistant cleans up an automotive shop and crams hundreds of oily rags into a large bin. What type of combustion is likely to occur?	spontaneous combustion
8987	44. Ships	They are flat bottomed, have high poops, and battened sails. Name these distinctly Chinese ships.	junks
8988	48. Contractions	Until around the 1930s, the word 'ain't' was pretty much an acceptable contraction, but today it is considered the mark of an illiterate person. It is a shortened version of what phrase in the first person?	am not (are not, is not, has not)
8989	108. Monuments	Located about fifty miles from the South Dakota border, what national monument in Wyoming was established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906?	Devils Tower
8990	26. Ocean Currents	Deep ocean currents are driven by two gradients including temperature and what else?	density
8991	123. Fish	Based on an obvious common structure, what is the collective name for swordfish, marlin, and sailfish?	billfish
8992	42. Personification	Hans Brinker is a personification of what European country?	Netherlands (Holland)
8993	46. Short Synonyms	What word beginning with 't' is a synonym for 'infinitesimal'?	tiny
8994	18. Asian Nations	In what cardinal direction is Bhutan from Bangladesh?	north
8995	6. Ducking the Issue	Which president is described below? In his final message to Congress, the lame duck president stressed that states had no right to secede, but having always favored the southern cause, he did nothing to stop such an action.	James Buchanan
8996	85. Plant Life	Derived from the name of a Roman goddess, what is the collective name for all the different kinds of plants growing in a given region?	flora
8997	65. Blood	The cells that give blood its characteristic red color are what kind of 'cytes'?	erythrocytes
8998	41. Reflexes	The diameter of what part of the eye changes in response to increased or diminished light?	pupil
8999	33. Forecasting	The NWS is a primary branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For what does this abbreviation stand?	National Weather Service
9000	39. Colonial Settlements	The Saybrook Colony and the New Haven Colony were settlements in the region that became what U.S. state?	Connecticut
9001	114. Drainages	Into what body of water does the runoff from the eastern slope of the Great Dividing Range flow?	Pacific Ocean (or Tasman Sea)
9002	23. Civil War Vocabulary	What term meaning 'to withdraw formally from membership in an organization' completes this quote by Robert E. Lee prior to the Civil War? Iam one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of ...	secession (seceding)
9003	30. Ocean Floor Geology	What kind of plains are located between the base of the continental rise and abyssal hills?	abyssal plains
9004	61. Medical Adjectives	To what two bones does the term 'radiohumeral' refer?	radius, humerus
9005	41. Historic Quotations	In what Massachusetts town were these enduring words spoken by John Parker in 1775? Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon. But, if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.	Lexington
9006	8. Objects of Veneration	The Black Stone, believed by many to be a meteorite, is a cornerstone of what structure sacred to Muslims?	Kaaba
9007	17. Clouds	What name applies to any cloud that produces precipitation?	nimbus
9008	27. Banking	Name the special container you can rent in a bank vault to hold valuable jewels, excess cash, or important documents.	safe (safety) deposit box
9009	26. Rhombus Geometry	What is the other diagonal of a 35-square-inch thombus if one diagonal is 7?	10
9010	119. Skeletal Disorders	Name the disorder in which a toe is bent downward and cannot be extended.	hammer toe
9011	7. Imaging	What medical technology is based on a large donut-shaped x-ray machine that takes exposures at several different angles around the body which are then processed by a computer to create cross-sectional images?	CAT scan
9012	123. Games	You rack the balls such that a stripe ball is in one corner, a solid ball is in another corner, the #8 ball is placed in the center, and the remaining balls are placed randomly. What pool game are you playing?	eight ball
9013	122. Instruments	Name the metal two-pronged device which produces a sound with a definite pitch.	tuning fork
9014	82. Knights	According to various accounts, what honorary knight of the Round Table was swallowed by a raven, eaten by a fish, and accidentally baked into a pudding by his mother?	Tom Thumb
9015	46. Family Ties	The Scottish physicist who first developed a practical application for radar was a descendant of what man who developed the steam engine?	James Watt
9016	14. Tycoons	What American railroad tycoon was known as 'the Commodore'?	Cornelius Vanderbilt
9017	Alt. 3. Electronics	Name the process of increasing the voltage, current, or power of an electronic signal.	amplification
9018	9. Disasters	Sulfurous gases and falling debris killed many people. The rest died when fine ash moistened by steam covered the area twenty feet deep. Name this city that died in 79 A.D.	Pompeii (or Herculaneum)
9019	52. Robotics	Who developed the rules stating that robots may not injure a human being and that robots must obey human commands except when the orders conflict with the first rule?	Isaac Asimov
9020	108. World War Il Battles	Whose was the most significant German death during the 1945 Battle of Berlin?	Adolf Hitler's
9021	4. Medical History	In 1984, in the first operation of its kind, a 15-day-old baby girl identified as Baby Fae received a heart transplant from what kind of primate?	baboon
9022	120. Accords	The Camp David Accords, written during Jimmy Carter's presidency, chiefly involved Egypt and what other nation?	Israel
9023	10. Movie Trivia	This is from what movie? We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A.' You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog.	Stripes
9024	94. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is predominant in this verse from Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat'? Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Hea'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.	personification
9025	12. Computers	Data on a computer screen are automatically moved upward and out of sight as new lines of data are added at the bottom. What is this called?	scrolling
9026	7. Whaling	The discovery of what in Pennsylvania in 1859 largely led to the demise of the primary business of Nantucket, Bedford, and Provincetown, Massachusetts?	oil (petroleum)
9027	14. Religious Communities	The name for what kind of monastery or convent was derived from the Latin word 'abbatia'?	abbey
9028	123. Mystery Dialogues	This dialogue is from what story? 'Footprints?' 'Footprints' 'A man's or a woman's?' Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: 'Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'	The Hound of the Baskervilles
9029	31. Blood	About 140,000 red blood cells are created every minute in your bone marrow. After a useful life of a few months, they are destroyed in what organ?	liver
9030	105. South America	The world's highest capital is at an altitude of 12,000 feet in what nation?	Bolivia
9031	83. Zoology	What term can indicate either the elongated mouthpart of flies or the flexible, elongated snout of elephants?	proboscis
9032	113. Ships of Olde	What kind of ships were used by Leif Ericson and the Vikings on their voyages of discovery and plunder?	longships (longboats)
9033	86. Homophones	Spell the homophone for a fleshy fruit with a hard skin that sounds the same as the verb meaning 'pierced by an animal's horns.'	gourd
9034	52. Movement	The push or pull needed to move a body is called ...	force
9035	110. Air Masses	What is the abbreviation for an air mass that forms over oceans?	m (for maritime)
9036	37. Proverbs	What is the last word in this advice by Benjamin Franklin? If your head is wax, don't walk in the ...	sun
9037	19. Terrorism	This defines what form of terrorism? A surprise attack that uses computer technology and the Internet to cripple or disable infrastructure.	cyberterrorism
9038	32. African Mammals	What herbivorous mammal with a thick hairless body and short legs inhabits the lakes and rivers of Africa?	hippopotamus
9039	11. Monsters	What is the Greek term for an imaginary monster made of combinations of animals?	Chimera
9040	114. Stars	Name the kind of large-scale aggregates of stars that often have spiral arms.	galaxies
9041	10. Reactions	Every time little Sammy Blucheiser enters a dusty room, his eyes water, his nasal passages become congested, and hives form on his back. These are symptoms of what?	an allergy
9042	65. Amendments	Which amendment gave women the right to vote?	19th
9043	75. Pronouns	In what case is the pronoun, I?	nominative
9044	79. Museums	In what American museum could you see Apollo 11, Explorer 1, Gemini 7, SpaceShipOne, and Skylab B?	National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
9045	99. Naturalists	What Scottish emigrant headed a campaign that led to establishment of Yosemite National Park?	John Muir
9046	10. Blended Words	What term for a periodic celestial source of electromagnetic radiation is a blend of 'quasar' and 'pulse'?	pulsar
9047	11. Literary Forms	What is the term for a book, essay, or document written by hand?	manuscript
9048	34. Sports of Sorts	In a bullfight, what is the performer who actually kills the bull called?	matador
9049	36. Tubes	Name this special tube. One end of the tube in placed in a tank. The other, longer end providing an exit is placed below the surface of the liquid in the tank.	siphon
9050	56. Mechanics	A piano stool is an example of what simple machine?	screw
9051	2. Algebraic Division	Divide -14wxy by 7wxyz.	-2/2
9052	6. Etymology	The name for which classification of rock was derived from a Latin word meaning 'fire'?	igneous
9053	116. Multiple-use Abbreviations	What abbreviation means a certain Canadian province or a time before the year 1?	B.C.
9054	27. Archaeology	The last principal period in the three age system for classifying prehistoric societies is the ...	lron Age
9055	7. Weather Metaphors	What meteorological term completes this metaphor? a ---- ina teapot	tempest
9056	92. City States	What English adjective is derived from the name of an ancient Greek city which is synonymous with these qualities? hardy undaunted frugal severe	Spartan
9057	32. Enforced Relocations	What is the name for the forced moves of John Calvin from Switzerland to France, the Shah of Iran to the U.S., and Napoleon I from France to St. Helena?	exile
9058	110. Optical Instruments	What device containing loose beads or bits of colored glass is essentially a cylinder with mirrors that produces symmetrical designs when rotated?	kaleidoscope
9059	50. Vision	Presbyopia is a loss of accommodation that normally occurs over the age of 40 to 45 years. It is the result of diminished elasticity in the transparent, biconvex body of the eye between the iris and the vitreous humor called the ...	lens
9060	Alt. 4. Presidential Powers	What power of the president for eliminating the punishments of convicted criminals is often criticized when put into practice?	pardon
9061	3. Wave Strength	How many times more energy is transported by a wave with an amplitude of 6 meters than one with an amplitude of 3 meters?	4 times
9062	84. Symptoms	These are symptomatic of what problem requiring an immediate first aid response? convulsions, gagging, grasping at the throat, noisy breathing, bluish skin, weak coughing	choking
9063	24. Representatives	In the 109th Congress, California had 53 members in the House of Representatives. This is how many times more than the number of representatives in the House from Montana?	53
9064	58. 17th-century Buccaneers	The British buccaneer who terrorized Spanish settlements of the Caribbean between 1655 and 1671 was Henry ...	Morgan
9065	Alt. 4. Lawmakers	What is the collective name for bodies such as national assemblies, parliaments, councils, and congresses?	legislatures
9066	14. Tusks	Tusks are most commonly canines, as with warthogs, wild boars, and walruses, but in the case of elephants and narwhals, they are what other kind of elongated teeth?	incisors
9067	24. Trig Functions	A right triangle with legs of 5 and 12 feet has a 13-foot hypotenuse. If B is the angle between the shorter side and the hypotenuse, what is sine B?	923 (or 12/13)
9068	91. Bad Ads	What modifier is misplaced in this ad? Buy one dozen free and get another half dozen.	free
9069	21. Plot Parts	These are examples of what part of a plot? -the Titanic sinks -Harry Potter comes face to face with Voldemort -the Death Star is destroyed -Rocky wins the fight with Apollo Creede	climax
9070	12. Kansas History	Had Kansas voters not rejected the Lecompton Constitution in 1858, Kansas would have been admitted to the union as what kind of state?	slave state
9071	39. African Geography	These African nations are contiguous to what body of water? Angola Liberia Cameroon Sierra Leone	Atlantic Ocean
9072	87. Literary Ethnicity	The central characters in these works share what ethnic background? The Horsecatcher Sing Down the Moon Only Earth and Sky Last Forever When the Legends Die	Indian (Native American)
9073	15. English Novels	In what work is this passage found? There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face on the throne of France.	A Tale of Two Cities
9074	Zi Accidents	What kind of references was the truck carrying when it overturned on the road and the newspaper reported that onlookers were 'stunned, overwhelmed, startled, amazed, astonished, bewildered, and dumbfounded'?	thesaurus
9075	10. Isles	These are part of what country? Prince of Wales Island Banks Island Somerset Island Victoria Island Ellesmere Island	Canada
9076	43. Factoring	Completely factor p squared - 3p - 4.	(p+1)(p-4)
9077	8. Flight	Dirigibles and blimps were made much safer by using what non-flammable gas to provide lift?	helium
9078	47. Navigation Inventions	The invention of three instruments permitted 15th-century navigators to make longer voyages and to venture far from coastlines. These included the compass, telescope, and what other device?	astrolabe
9079	105. Eye Parts	Name the pigmented ring of muscular tissue that lies between the cornea and the lens.	iris
9080	56. Historical Sites	These historic sites are in what country? Ironbridge Gorge Hadrian's Wall City of Bath Giant's Causeway Westminster Abbey	Great Britain (U.K., England)
9081	33. War Heroes	Presidents Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison were military heroes of what war?	War of 1812
9082	40. Architecture	It consists of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital. Name this supporting pillar typical of Greek architecture.	column
9083	5. Monarchs	This passage from an important historical document refers to what king? He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.	George Ill
9084	17. Decimal Operations	Complete these operations. 1/2 x (4.16 - .03)	2.065
9085	Ts Resources	Deposits of what partially carbonized vegetable matter accumulate in bogs?	peat
9086	34. Fields of Art	The development of land and foliage into decorative, useful arrangements is called ...	landscaping
9087	13. Country Abbreviations	What other abbreviation was used for a country whose name was also abbreviated as C.C.C.P.?	U.S.S.R.
9088	87. Ocean Landforms	What is the common name for a zone of sediment that accumulates between the average low-water ocean level and a landward change in topography?	beach
9089	114. Dialects	'Mo chagren,' 'dit mon la verite!,' 'slow the TV,' and 'he's got the gumbo' are examples of what dialect primarily spoken in southern Louisiana?	Cajun (Cajun English)
9090	35. Losing in Louisiana	In contrast to the 210 American casualties, nearly 1800 British soldiers were killed or wounded during what battle that occurred two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?	Battle of New Orleans
9091	81. Verb Forms	Which principal part of verbs is used with 'has,' 'have,' or 'had'?	past participle
9092	22. Lines	Mathematicians speak of that portion of a line between and including two specific points as a line ...	segment
9093	33. Arizona Geology	The name, Barringer, is associated with what geological phenomenon in Arizona?	Meteor Crater
9094	42. Evolution	This is a sequence illustrating the evolution of what mammal? Hyracotherium, Mesohippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, Equus caballus	horse
9095	26. Color Blindness	Some of which of the two types of light-sensitive cells in the retina are dysfunctional in color-blind people?	cones
9096	79. Imaginary Islands	In 'Gulliver's Travels,' Lilliput and Blefuscu are located in what ocean?	Indian Ocean
9097	47. Longfellow	This is from what poem by Longfellow? A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall. They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape they surround me; Thev seem to be everywhere.	The Children's Hour
9098	21. Integumentary Inflammations	What communicable disease caused by a parasitic fungus is often transmitted in moist environments where people walk barefoot, such as showers and locker rooms?	athlete's foot
9099	14. Natural Formations	A rusticle on a sunken ship resembles what kind of formation in a cave?	stalactite
9100	49. Wartime History	Although his report was ignored, an Army technician using what relatively new technology detected the approaching first wave of the Japanese force about an hour before it attacked Pearl Harbor?	radar
9101	80. Eruptions	57 people were killed and 200 homes, 27 bridges, 15 miles of railways, 185 miles of highways, and 230 square miles of forest were devastated in 1980 when what stratovolcano in the Cascade volcanic arc 96 miles south of Seattle erupted?	Mt. St. Helens
9102	32. Offenses	What military crime is defined as a prolonged absence without leave when a soldier has no intention of returning to duty?	desertion
9103	111. Minerals	What hard, brittle mineral found in nodules in limestone or shale deposits was used to create a spark and discharge early firearms?	flint
9104	65. Chlorophyll	Chlorophyll does not absorb photons in which part of the visible spectrum?	green
9105	35. Diplomacy	In 1979, Leonid Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter signed SALT II. But later that year, arms limitation talks and detente came to an abrupt halt when the Soviets invaded what country?	Afghanistan
9106	31. Legal Idioms	What does the idiom mean in this excerpt? the injured passengers, to wit: Fred Farnsworth, Fran Foster, and Frank Fillmore	that is to say (namely)
9107	24. Algebraic Factoring	Factor x squared plus 8x plus 12.	(x+2)(x+6)
9108	35. Failed Colonies	Name the first English colony in the New World.	Roanoke
9109	86. Vision	Symptoms of what eye problem are similar to trying to peer through a sheet of falling water or through a frosty or fogged window?	cataracts
9110	14. Palindromic Advice	What two words complete this palindrome? Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is ...	so tragic
9111	43. African Leaders	Haile Selassie fought against the invasion of his country by what European nation?	Italy
9112	29. Doggerel	What term beginning with 'q' completes this ditty by Ogden Nash? He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon ...	quadruples
9113	71. Japanese Entertainers	What color of makeup covers most of a geisha's face?	white
9114	48. Artists	This is about whom? A single one of his statues, 'Moses' or 'Lorenzo de' Medici' would have made him immortal. He said he was no painter but he decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel without assistance, alone with his vision, for more than four years.	Michelangelo
9115	11. Island Independence	In 1973, the Bahamas gained its independence from what European country?	Great Britain
9116	102. Plunderers	What sea is associated with Jean Fleury, Calico Jack Rackham, Henry Morgan, and Edward Teach?	Caribbean
9117	32. Combustion Vocabulary	What word that means a substance can ignite and burn is no longer used on trucks carrying fuels because of its misleading prefix?	inflammable
9118	10. Travel Math	Bubba drove his Harley from one town to the next averaging 64 mph. His average speed for the return trip was 80 mph and his total travel time was 9 hours. How far apart are the towns?	320 miles
9119	21. Root Words	What does the root word mean in necromancer, necrophobia, and necrosis?	corpse (dead body, death)
9120	91. European Rivers	What river arises in the Cotswold Hills of southwest England and flows southeastward through the cities of Oxford and London to the North Sea?	Thames
9121	80. Space Exploration	In 2010, seven years after it was launched, the unmanned Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa returned to Earth after soft-landing on what kind of heavenly body?	asteroid
9122	71. Presidential Perspectives	He said, 'We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.' Fifteen months later, those words haunted what president when the nation was plunged into the most severe, prolonged depression in its history?	Herbert Hoover
9123	38. Motion	What is the name for the resistance an object has to a change in its state of motion?	inertia
9124	14. Genetics	Gregor Mendel crossed garden peas purebred for red flower color with plants purebred for white flower color. The offspring in the first generation all had red flowers. From this, he concluded that the gene for red color is ...	dominant
9125	42. Fantastic Diseases	In the Harry Potter books, the only cure for what disease is to bind the liver of a toad around the victim's throat and stand nude in a barrel of eel's eyes under a full moon?	spattergroit
9126	54. Judges	Although he had studied law only briefly and had not judicial experience, who was appointed as chief justice by John Adams?	John Marshall
9127	Bis Qualifications	The Constitution includes what phrase to specify the kind of citizen one must be to become president of the United States?	natural born
9128	91. Novels	In what story by Daniel Keyes do Charlie Gordon and a mouse undergo experimental surgery to improve their intelligence?	Flowers for Algernon
9129	41. Seas	What sea, named for the creatures that created the Great Barrier Reef, is due east of Queensland, Australia?	Coral Sea
9130	45. Anagrams	The name of what former Mideast leader is hidden in these anagrams? He damns Saudis. Mad as his dunes. A mad sun hissed. His end a sad sum. I smashed Sudan.	Saddam Hussein
9131	26. Land Forms	Panama connects North and South America. Any such strip of land connecting two large land masses is called an ...	isthmus
9132	103. Medical Exams	What medical professionals are most likely to read bitewing x-rays?	dentists
9133	57. Insects	What is deposited by the ovipositor at the hind end of the abdomen of female insects?	eggs
9134	16. Architecture	What architectural structure first widely used in ancient Rome is incorporated in Eskimo igloos?	dome
9135	108. Small Mammals	After rodents, what is the second largest group of mammals composed of over 1200 different species?	bats
9136	19. Inventor Quotes	Who wrote this? Near the building yard, I often loitered unknown near groups of strangers and heard the loud laugh at my expense, the dry jest, and endless repetition of 'the Fulton Folly.'	Robert Fulton
9137	50. Sculpture Suffixes	By adding a suffix to 'statue,' you form what term indicating a small statue?	statuette
9138	Ts Evidence	Evidence of indisputable guilt is indicated by the phrase, 'smoking ...'	gun
9139	101. Wordplay	What reduplicated word indicates a line with multiple sharp turns in alternating directions?	zigzag
9140	49. Temperatures	What theoretical temperature would be reached under either condition below? -a gas would exert no pressure -the molecules in a substance would be absolutely motionless	absolute zero
9141	117. Populations	A population at equilibrium has reached the environment's carrying ...	capacity
9142	42. Personalities	This is about whom? His final years brought revelations of a miserable personal life consumed by drugs. He died of an overdose, but his Memphis estate, Graceland, is now one of the most popular shrines in the country.	Elvis Presley
9143	71. Simple Machines	What simple machine could be defined as a tilted surface?	inclined plane
9144	103. Distillates	A distillate is the condensed liquid obtained as a result of what process?	distillation
9145	24. Tall Tales	What animal in the tales about Pecos Bill is the same species as Walter Farley's Man O' War and Mary O'Hara's Flicka?	Widowmaker
9146	21. Marine Life	Although they live as solitary organisms, they may live in immense colonies. Name these animals with exoskeletons of calcium carbonate.	coral
9147	111. Sea Songs	The fictional sea song, 'Dead Man's Chest,' first appeared in a novel by what British author?	Robert Louis Stevenson
9148	58. Ancient Civilizations	What great Indian civilization of the Yucatan Peninsula had a calendar dating to 600 B.C.?	Maya
9149	53. Comparative Anatomy	In relation to their size, what broad category of animals have the largest eyes?	birds
9150	83. Etymology	The name for a very long foot race comes from what famous Greek battlefield?	Marathon
9151	18. Philosophy	What school of philosophy holds that all values are baseless and that nothing actually exists?	nihilism
9152	78. Argentina	What is the Argentinian name for the islands in the South Atlantic, the capital of which is Stanley?	Malvinas
9153	3. Stayin’ Alive	Organisms sometimes evolve the ability to avoid fatal encounters by deceiving predators into treating them as something else. This form of imitation is called defensive what?	mimicry
9154	106. Rock Ruptures	During an earthquake, energy moves away from the slipped fault in the form of what?	waves
9155	36. Voting	The 187 stockholders of the Tricycle Superchargers Corporation of America recently met to vote on a proposed expansion of their business to include little red wagons. If 28 stockholders abstained, how many votes were needed for a majority?	80
9156	24. Special Maps	What is depicted on a special map that shows thousands of dots along Western South America, the Aleutian Islands, northern New Guinea, and the Japanese Islands?	earthquakes
9157	14. Motion	What term in physical science describes the amount of inertia and motion an object has?	momentum
9158	1. Colonial History	What English philosopher was asked to draw up a model government called the 'Grand Model' for the eight proprietors of the colonial parcel of land between Virginia and Florida?	John Locke
9159	37. Technology	The use of machines rather than people to perform tasks is called ...	automation
9160	23. Military Intervention	Although the United Nations did not sanction the bombing attacks on Serbian military targets in 1999, what alliance unanimously did?	NATO
9161	55. Spawning	Where do pelagic spawners deposit their eggs and sperm?	open oceans (seas)
9162	10. Ratio	Express as a fraction the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.	22/7
9163	47. Mountaineers	On what mountain was the body of George Leigh Mallory found in 1999, seventy-five years after he had disappeared?	Mt. Everest
9164	27. History of Technology	In 1901 he sent the Morse code for 's' from Cornwall, England to St. Johns, Newfoundland. Who sent this first transatlantic radio signal?	Guglielmo Marconi
9165	10. Volume	The liquid contents of a cube that is one centimeter on a side will come up to what mark when placed in a graduated cylinder?	1 milliliter
9166	9. Navigation	What navigation instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies was so-named because, originally, it had an arc of 60 degrees?	sextant
9167	83. History of Drama	For which queen did Shakespeare's company first perform in London?	Queen Elizabeth \|
9168	63. Resettlement Analogies	Leaving a region is to emigration as entering a region is to what?	immigration
9169	57. Lynchings	Booker T. Washington lived at a time when a lynch mob needed no more excuse to hang a black man than that he was 'uppity.' What Supreme Court nominee alluded to this concept in 1991 during testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee?	Clarence Thomas
9170	43. Mathematical Roots		Add the square root of 64 to the cube root of 27.
9171	42. American Poetry	This is from what poem by James Whitcomb Riley? An the Gobble-uns 'at gits you Ef you Don't Watch Out!	Little Orphant Annie
9172	98. Broadcasts	In 1937, the radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison lost control and cried 'Oh the humanity!' A few moments later, he declared, 'There is not a chance for anyone to be saved!' But, in fact, sixty-one of the ninety-seven passengers on what aircraft survived?	Hindenburg
9173	19. Light	Flash Mozzerelli's space ship is traveling at 46,500 miles per second. This is about what fraction of the speed of light?	114
9174	119. Supreme Court Cases	What is the first name of the person this excerpt is about? The Court ruled that Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, which the court ruled was unconstitutional as it would improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property.	Dred
9175	37. Metaphoric Adjectives	The lines in a worried forehead resemble the grooves in the earth made by a farmer's plow. What adjective describes such a brow?	furrowed
9176	45. Castle Architecture	What is the name for the building enclosing the gateway to a medieval castle?	gatehouse
9177	45. Medieval Weaponry	Any sort of weapon used to break through city walls and fortifications is known as what kind of engine?	siege engine
9178	43. World Economics	In the late 1990s, its real estate values declined by as much as 80 percent and its equities plummeted by 60 percent. This loss of over $8 trillion in value is the largest collapse of wealth in the history of the world. Name the country.	Japan
9179	32. Ocean Currents	Name the only great ocean current along the eastern shore of the United States.	Gulf Stream
9180	101. Musical Inventions	In 1711, the British musician John Shore invented what acoustic device with the shape of a two-pronged fork that resonates at a constant, specific pitch?	tuning fork
9181	124. Scientific Laws	This is a statement of a scientific law attributed to whom? The total pressure of a mixture of ideal gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of its components.	John Dalton
9182	80. Conflicts	An armed conflict within a state between factions that wish to control the government is called what kind of war?	civil war
9183	8. Biology	What noun describes a mammal with these characteristics? -abnormally pale skin -very light hair -lacking normal eye coloration -lacking normal pigmentation	albino
9184	50. Bird Emblems	What bird was carried on the standards of the Romans?	eagle
9185	6. Rhetoric	What figure of speech was used by John Milton in this excerpt? Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute	alliteration
9186	22. India	In 1756, Nawab of Bengal attacked the British East India Company and threw 146 British prisoners into a room less than 20 feet square. Only 23 survived overnight. This room became known as what?	Black Hole of Calcutta
9187	24. Animals	This Lewis and Clark journal entry refers to what animals? These wolves sally out in a body against any animal they think they can overpower, but on the slightest alarm, retreat to burrows making a noise like that of a small dog.	coyotes
9188	123. Life	All the external conditions and influences affecting the life and development of an organism make up its what?	environment
9189	100. Assistance Programs	An establishment which offers meals to the needy for free or at very low cost is known as what kind of kitchen?	soup kitchen
9190	113. Art Criticism	An art critic uses what adjective that rhymes with 'hand' to mean 'insipid' or 'dull'?	bland
9191	65. Anatomy	What part of the body is between the diaphragm and the pelvis?	abdomen
9192	72. Regional Instruments	What aerophone that is a curved wooden horn up to 20 feet in length is associated with the mountains of Switzerland?	alpenhorn
9193	12. Inscriptions	On a marker on what hill in Tombstone, Arizona is this inscription found? HERE LIES LESTER MOORE FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44 NO LES NO MORE	Boot Hill
9194	48. International Law	For what does the abbreviation stand in this 2011 headline? ICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrant for Qaddafi	International Criminal Court
9195	116. Literature	Novels, novellas, and short stories are subcategories what broad genre?	fiction
9196	23. Mass	In the MKS system, what is the unit of mass?	kilogram
9197	45. Predators	Because they are flesh-eaters, predators are described as being ...	carnivorous
9198	27. Parks	What national park established in 1890 and known especially for its glacially-carved valley embraces more than 750,000 acres on California's Tuolumne River?	Yosemite
9199	68. Medieval Institutions	What is the name for a monastic community of monks or nuns supervised by an abbot or abbess?	abbey
9200	1417s Glands	The pituitary gland is at the base of what organ?	brain
9201	41. Rock Formations	What enormous rock formation in Wyoming resembles a gigantic tree stump?	Devils Tower
9202	43. Births	Mortality is a death rate. What is the corresponding term for a birth rate?	natality
9203	47. Peninsulas	What state shares a peninsula with Maryland?	Delaware (Virginia)
9204	18. Head Bones	What bone forms the back of the human skull?	occipital bone
9205	5. Nutrition	Indigestible plant matter consisting mainly of polysaccharides such as cellulose that stimulates intestinal peristalsis is called ...	roughage (fiber, bulk)
9206	44. Floodplains	More than three millennia ago, the fertile floodplains of what two rivers nurtured the civilizations of Assyria and Babylonia?	Tigris, Euphrates
9207	70. Season Antonyms	What is the opposite of the autumnal equinox?	vernal equinox
9208	98. Explorers	In 1609, who led an expedition to America for the Dutch East India Company and laid claim to the area along the Hudson River as far north as present-day Albany?	Henry Hudson
9209	14. Genetics History	Mendel gave the name 'elemente' to the discrete units that carry inherited characteristics. Today, what is the name for Mendel's elements?	genes
9210	54. Mars	On Mars, what kind of a physical feature is Valles Marineris?	valley
9211	56. Battles	These battles were fought during what decade? Meuse-Argonne, Amiens, Somme, Jutland, Verdun	1910s
9212	46. Sports Injuries	Tendinitis is most likely to develop in what area of the body with people who regularly pitch balls, swing golf clubs or racquets, or swim?	shoulders (or elbows)
9213	40. Zoology	What type of animal is a skink?	lizard (or reptile)
9214	54. Headwaters	You end up in what state if you follow the Rio Grande from its mouth near Brownsville, Texas, to its source?	Colorado
9215	48. Algebraic Ratios	Express this continued ratio in lowest terms. 15p to 10p to 5p	3 to 2 to 1
9216	124. Energy	Name the most abundant fossil fuel in the U.S.	coal
9217	53. Sandburg	Carl Sandburg adapted several chapters from his 'Abraham Lincoln - the Prairie Years' into a book for children called 'Abe Lincoln Grows ...'	Up
9218	45. Guilds	In medieval times, what title was given to an established craftsman who belonged to a guild?	master
9219	TT. Modifiers	What adjective in this quote by Faulkner is in the comparative degree? She was over thirty then, still a slight woman, though thinner than usual, with haughty black eyes in a face the flesh of which was strained across the temples.	thinner
9220	4. Construction	A group of wire strands twisted or braided together as a functional unit is called a ...	cable
9221	112. Ecological Fundamentals	What consists of a group of closely related, interbreeding organisms that occupies a given geographic area?	population
9222	54. U.S. Cities	The seat of Washoe County lies about twenty miles north of Lake Tahoe and is known for its legalized gambling and facilities for quick divorces. Name this city.	Reno
9223	55. Real Estate	Before Rocco could get a loan to buy a new house, the lending institution insisted on receiving an official estimate of the value of the property. What is the term for such an estimate?	appraisal
9224	78. Historical Punnery	What European leader's name is punned in this line? When an explosion wrecked a Paris floor-covering store, the headline read 'Linoleum Blown Apart.'	Napoleon Bonaparte
9225	49. Crustaceans	What freshwater crustaceans may dig burrows several feet deep into stream banks?	crayfish (crawfish)
9226	27. Harbors	The chief port of Algeria is ...	Algiers
9227	97. State Sites	These are all in what state? Braddock Grave State Park Fort Necessity State Park Presque Isle State Park Independence Mall State Park Pennsbury Manor State Park	Pennsylvania
9228	75. Submergent Coasts	When sea level rises with respect to the land, river valleys that lead to the oceans are flooded and the high ridges flanking the valley become headlands. Name the resulting water-filled river valleys.	bays
9229	15. Money	In cents, what is the value of six bits?	$.75
9230	Sis European Neighbors	The European part of what country is adjacent to the Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland?	Russia
9231	26. Science in Art	In an imaginative portrait, William Blake depicts Isaac Newton calculating how the universe is held together by the law of...	gravitation
9232	12. Hinky Pinkies	A hinky pinky indicatings someone who is extremely enthusiastic about the theater is a dramatic what?	fanatic
9233	46. Regional Conflicts	In 1948, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria attacked but failed to destroy what country?	Israel
9234	Ts Exercise	Crunches develop what muscles?	abdominals (abs)
9235	36. The Constitution	According to the Article I of the U.S. Constitution, members of which congressional body were to be selected by state legislatures for six-year terms?	Senate
9236	43. Historical Advice	What word completes this advice by Ralph Waldo Emerson? Hitch your wagon to a ...	star
9237	15. The Water Supply	What continent has more fresh water than any other?	North America
9238	9. O. Henry	What short story by O. Henry opens with this? One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.	The Gift of the Magi
9239	Alt. 3. Revolutionary Officers	He served under George Washington at the Battle of Brandywine and at Valley Forge, and played a role in the Battle of Yorktown. Name this famed French officer and American Revolutionary War general.	Marquis de Lafayette
9240	32. Song Lyrics	This is a line from what song? Way down upon de Swanee river ...	Old Folks at Home
9241	5. Battles	The capture of what hill in the Spanish-American War was important because it overlooked the harbor of Santiago de Cuba?	San Juan Hill
9242	21. Blisters	Name the watery substance that fills blisters on the skin.	lymph
9243	83. Biblical Paraphrasing	What 19th-century political candidate paraphrased these words from the Bible in one of his famous speeches? Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.	Abraham Lincoln
9244	14. Longitude	The 20 degrees west meridian and what east meridian divide the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?	160 degrees
9245	71. Verbs	What are the principal parts of the verb 'go'?	go, went, gone
9246	7. Medical Malapropisms	What word did the nurse intend when she said this about a patient? His blood has too little hemogoblin.	hemoglobin
9247	70. The Colonial Period	What was made by coopers in the New World colonies?	barrels
9248	93. European History	The Middle Ages began about the same time that what powerful ancient civilization fell?	Roman
9249	64. Poems in Novels	This is from what story by C.S. Lewis? Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.	The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
9250	94. Travelers	What is the term for people who move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land?	nomads
9251	24. Authors	What three sisters all wrote novels?	Bronte
9252	Alt. 4. Australian Bays	Originally, James Cook called it Stingray Bay because of the abundance of those fish there. But then, because of the tremendous variety of plants found in the region, he soon changed the name to what?	Botany Bay
9253	91. Artistic Adaptations	The libretto of an opera by Gioacchino Rossini was adapted from a Friedrich Schiller play about what Swiss national hero?	William Tell
9254	64. Military Intervention	Although the United Nations did not sanction the bombing attacks on Serbian military targets in 1999, what alliance unanimously did?	NATO
9255	17. Federal Meetings	In 1791, George Washington met twice with his department heads, thus establishing a precedent for what kind of meetings?	cabinet meetings
9256	17. Archaeology and Geology	Most cliff dwellings were constructed in which category of rock?	sedimentary rock
9257	59. Regional Plants	Name any two of the four states in which the Joshua tree is native.	Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada
9258	52. Persuasion	What argumentative technique is in this line? Everyone agrees that poverty is no excuse for hurting other people.	generalizations
9259	80. Polygon Perimeters	What is the length of each side of a pentagon whose perimeter is 41.5 centimeters?	8.3 centimeters
9260	34. Song Parodies	This is a parody of what song? May-o, May-ay-ay-o Give me a sandwich, but hold the may-o May, me say may-ay-ay-o Give me a sandwich, but hold the mayo	The Banana Boat Song
9261	6. Soils	What adjective describes soil with a pH of 8.5 or higher?	alkali (sodic)
9262	LOT. Planets	Clouds around what planet are alternating bands of white to reddish brown?	Jupiter
9263	52. Humidity	Air at 14 degrees Fahrenheit can hold 2.2 grams of water per cubic meter. If it actually holds that much moisture, its relative humidity is what percent?	100%
9264	108. Tuneful Tales	What musical, based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name, tells the story of a disfigured composer living in the depths of the Paris Opera who becomes a suspect in the disappearance of young singer, Christine Daae?	The Phantom of the Opera
9265	77. Biomes	What biome is in these regions? central Australia northern Africa southwest North America	desert
9266	88. Musicals	What musical comedy based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale that includes the characters Princess Winnifred, Prince Dauntless, Queen Aggravain, and King Sextimus features these songs? Many Moons Ago An Opening for a Princess The Swamps of Home Sensitivity	Once Upon a Mattress
9267	12. Slavery	Between 1861 and 1865, many slaves escaping from the South made their way to the north through the Underground what?	Railroad
9268	34. Congressmen	Although 'congressman' may refer to members of either legislative body, it usually indicates members of the ...	House of Representatives
9269	1. English Novels	The central event in what novel concerns the alleged attempted rape in the Marabar Caves of India of an English woman by a young surgeon named Dr. Aziz?	A Passage to India
9270	77. Imaging	The name for what kind of three-dimensional imaging was derived from the Greek words meaning 'Whole' and 'writing'?	holograph (hologram)
9271	55. Caves	What is the name for a cone-shaped mass of dripstone on the floor of a cave?	stalagmite
9272	120. Paintings	A painting by what Renaissance genius includes a famous, mysterious smile?	Leonardo da Vinci
9273	93. Nonfiction	These lines are from what work by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? -We didn't love freedom enough. -Arrest is a shattering thrust, expulsion, somersault from one state into another. -Then came the time for the evening visit to the toilet, for which you had waited, all atremble, all day.	The Gulag Archipelago
9274	24. Allusions	An allusion referring to strength and permanence was derived from what rock at the western end of the Mediterranean?	Gibraltar
9275	37. Scientific Apparatus	Fran just bought some transducers for converting electrical signals into acoustic signals? What did she buy?	speakers (loudspeakers, headphones)
9276	21. Conciseness	What three words could be eliminated from this sentence without a loss in meaning? He intended to do some serious soul-searching after the conclusion of the inquest.	the conclusion of
9277	36. Covalent Chemistry	What is another name for covalent compounds containing carbon?	organic compounds
9278	92. Legends	According to legend, what empire was founded around 1100 by Manco Capac at what is now Cuzco, Peru?	Inca
9279	37. Anatomy	Name the rings of cartilage and fibrous tissue located between the vertebrae that act as shock absorbers and contribute to the spine's flexibility.	disks
9280	67. Seas	The North, Irish, and Baltic seas lie above part of the continental shelf of what continent?	Europe
9281	68. Symbiosis	Symbioses have been classified into three general types including commensalism, parasitism, and what other?	mutualism
9282	43. Restrictions	'Time, place, and manner restrictions' relate to what right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?	free speech
9283	100. Quotes	Sam Ervin referred to what amendment when he said this? You urge adoption of an amendment to authorize prayer in public schools. This alters the amendment commanding the government to be neutral in matters of religion.	1st amendment
9284	36. Forms of Drama	A serialized melodrama for daytime television is called a ...	soap opera (soap)
9285	31. Oriental Art Forms	Name the Japanese art of formal flower arranging.	ikebana
9286	34. The Fourteen Points	Woodrow Wilson's proposals included recommendations for adjusting postwar boundaries and for establishing new nations to replace the defunct Austro-Hungarian and what other empire?	Ottoman Empire
9287	69. Battles	At the Battle of Chalons in 451, the Visigoths and Romans united to turn back what other people led by Attila?	Huns
9288	32. Pronouns Galore	What is the only objective pronoun in this convoluted passage? I recall when we were in their bus that our fuel pump blew up just before the avalanche fell on us burying our vehicle for nine hours.	us
9289	18. Consumer Anatomy	Creatures in which category of consumers have the greatest number of grinding teeth?	herbivores (primary consumers)
9290	84. The Solar System	This quote by a NASA scientist was in reference to what kind of heavenly object? This city-sized object is floating around in a vacuum. The only time it gets bothered is when the Sun cooks it a little or someone slams an 820-pound wakeup call at it at 23,000 mph.	comet
9291	55. Explorers	In 1498, shortly after leaving Trinidad, what explorer was the first European to see South America?	Christopher Columbus
9292	122. Symbols	This is about what national symbol? While a replacement from Whitechapel was ordered, it was recast by John Pass and John Stow of Philadelphia, whose surnames are inscribed on it.	Liberty Bell
9293	111. Novel Dialogue	This dialogue is from what famous French novel? Conseil: If that is the case, this dugong may well be the last of its race, and perhaps it would be better to spare it, in the interest of science. Ned Land: Perhaps it will be better to hunt it, in the interest of the kitchen.	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
9294	40. Book Series	What word completes the titles of these books? An Enemy at Green ... The River at Green ... The Stones of Green ... A Stranger at Green ... The Children of Green ... The Chimneys of Green ...	Knowe
9295	65. Homophones	Spell the homophone that completes this ditty. The ram committed suicide Because he was sad and blue. He heard a singer sing that song, There'll never be another ...	ewe
9296	70. Clauses	This illustrates what kind of subordinate clause? Ryan cut bait because he couldn't fish.	adverb clause
9297	3. Motions	Which of Newton's laws of motion essentially says that objects keep on doing what they're doing?	(1st law
9298	97. Land Deals	What treaty signed with Mexico in 1853 permitted the U.S. to acquire a tract of land south of the Gila River?	Gadsden Purchase
9299	41. Gerund Phrases	How is the gerund phrase used in this example? His mistake was flying too close to the Sun.	predicate nominative
9300	12. Accident Anatomy	Maxie slipped while cutting wood with her chain saw and cut a couple of tough cords of connective tissue in her leg that attach muscle to bone. Name these tissues.	tendons
9301	11. Vetoes	The concept of a veto originated in what ancient empire?	Rome
9302	71. Imperialism	What European country that remained neutral during the First World War had, at the time, one of the most valuable colonial empires in the world?	Holland (Netherlands)
9303	4. Money	What rate specifies the price of one country's currency in terms of another's?	exchange rate
9304	56. Vision	Directly behind the iris is what elastic, transparent structure?	lens
9305	9. Thrust	Thrust depends on the acceleration of the substance passing out of the exhaust nozzle and what other factor?	the mass of the substance
9306	56. Islands Namesakes	The islands named after the British politician, Viscount Falkland, are off the coast of what continent?	South America
9307	18. Atomic Structure	One sample of oxygen atoms has a mass number of 17 while another sample has a mass number of 18. These unusual varieties of oxygen are ...	isotopes
9308	83. Atoms	A neutral atom with nine electrons has how many protons within its nucleus?	nine
9309	60. Poets	Historically, what term refers to poets who recited verses glorifying the deeds of heroes to the accompaniment of a musical instrument?	bard (troubadour, skald)
9310	20. Matter	What form of matter has no surface and will spread out indefinitely?	gas
9311	64. Mineralogy	What is the term for a waterborne or glacial deposit of gravel containing heavy ore minerals?	placer
9312	119. Reels	The two types of spinning reels are the open-faced and what other?	spincast (closed face)
9313	40. Birthdays	In July of 2013, what birthday of the U.S. was celebrated?	237
9314	6. Failed Projects	In 1889, after losing some 22,000 men to malaria and yellow fever, what country gave up its eight-year effort to build a canal across the Panamanian isthmus?	France
9315	24. Algebraic Operations	From 3p - 2 subtract -7p + 5.	10p -7
9316	48. Human Rights	Violations of rights include extrajudicial execution, torture, arbitrary detention, and slavery, otherwise known as involuntary ...	servitude
9317	3. Canine Stories	Asta is a dog that belongs to what pair of detectives created by Dashiell Hammett?	Nick, Nora Charles
9318	89. Currency	What unit of British currency completes this verse called 'On Communists'? What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings; Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his penny and pocket your ...	shilling
9319	35. Wrist Anatomy	Name the passageway composed of bone and ligament through which a major nerve system of the forearm passes into the hand.	carpal tunnel
9320	23. Reciprocals	.0119 is the reciprocal of what number?	84
9321	112. Area	How many square feet are in eight square yards?	72
9322	15. Body Defenses	What term means having sufficient biological defenses to avoid specific kinds of diseases?	immunity
9323	11. Inventors	In 1844, a band of 15 Texas Rangers attacked a party of 300 Comanches, killing half of them and intimidating the rest with new revolvers that could fire six shots without reloading. Who invented and manufactured these weapons?	Samuel Colt
9324	89. Dangerous Sports	What event has the highest injury rate of any rodeo sport?	bull riding
9325	44. Court Rules	The exclusionary rule states that evidence secured by illegal means and in bad faith cannot be introduced in a criminal trial. It is based on which amendment?	4th (or 5th)
9326	49. 19th-Century Celebrations	The name of what railroad completes this passage? The largest celebration took place at Promontory, Utah, and the last spikes were driven by Leland Stanford of the Central Pacific and Thomas Durant of the ...	Union Pacific
9327	124. American Geography	Harney Peak, the highest point east of the Rockies, Custer State Park, and the Crazy Horse Memorial are in what state?	South Dakota
9328	54. Plumage	What is the term for a showy growth of feathers on a bird's head?	topknot (crest, tuft)
9329	11. Rentals	Assam's Camel-Lot rents camels for $75 per week plus 9 cents per mile. What would the total cost be of a three week trip from Giza to Aswan if the distance is 490 miles?	$269.10
9330	90. Coastal Landforms	A broad region of muddy or sandy sediment that is covered and uncovered in each tidal cycle is called a tidal what?	flat
9331	47. Science History	The numerous dark lines in the spectrum of the Sun and other stars were named after the German physicist, Joseph von who?	Fraunhofer
9332	94. Novels	In what novel is this found? If what Billy Pilgrim learned from the Tralfamadorians is true, that we all live forever, no matter how dead we may sometimes seem to be, I am not overjoyed.	Slaughterhouse Five
9333	23. Glands	Name the ductless gland between the sternum and the heart which is essentially an organ of the growth period of life.	thymus
9334	97. Dependent Clauses	The dependent clause in this sentence functions as what part of speech? My sister, who put herself through college, finally decided on a career in the Coast Guard.	adjective
9335	109. Regulations	The minimal acceptable construction standards in a community are encompassed in what code?	building code
9336	37. Death	Name the Roman Catholic sacrament administered to a person near death.	last rites
9337	13. Alkaloids	Name one of the most toxic and addicting of all poisons, an alkaloid concentrated in the leaves of the tobacco plant.	nicotine
9338	57. The Middle Ages	Arrangements of heraldic emblems on the shields of medieval knights are called coats of ...	arms
9339	33. Neap Tides	During neap tides, high tides are at their lowest and low tides are at their ...	highest
9340	66. Canada	What region of Canada is just west of Nunavut?	Northwest Territories
9341	38. Insurance	Walt was a school superintendent until he was severely trampled by a herd of buffalo. Although he was out of work for two years, the school district carried what kind of insurance that provided him with an income as long as he was incapable of performing his regular functions?	disability insurance
9342	Zi Colloids	An aerosol is a colloidal dispersion of a solid or liquid ina...	gas
9343	86. Special Days	About how many hours of daylight are there on	September 23rd?
9344	22. Legendary Americans	He was the engineer on the locomotive 638. Name this old-time, legendary, sometimes reckless engineer.	Casey Jones
9345	34. Mountains	A series of mountains makes a mountain range and a series of mountain ranges makes a mountain what?	system
9346	100. Lake Geography	What U.S. state is on the port side of a northbound ship on Lake Huron?	Michigan
9347	36. Traffic Law Enforcement	A place where speed limits are enforced by police waiting in concealment to catch motorists who are traveling too fast is called a ...	speed trap
9348	14175 Palindromes	What synonym for a maxim or truism completes this palindrome? Egad, an ...	adage
9349	66. Earthy Spheres	Name the sphere of the Earth composed of the crust and the brittle top portion of the mantle.	lithosphere
9350	82. Surrenders	Name the peninsula in the Philippines surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 by a beleaguered American force.	Bataan
9351	87. New World Equines	What conquistador introduced horses to Peru?	Francisco Pizarro
9352	102. Extinction Math	Of the estimated 50 million species that ever lived on the planet Urdu, only about 0.1 percent of them exist today. So, about how many species are now extinct there?	49 950,000
9353	5. Tales	This is from what short story? He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean, well-oiled fowling piece he found an old firelock, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off and the stock worm-eaten. Wolf, too, had disappeared.	Rip Van Winkle
9354	37. Gases	What gas is about twice as buoyant as helium?	hydrogen
9355	77. Sinkings	This is about what ship? In 1915, one of the Kaiser's submarines sank a British liner killing more than a thousand, among them 128 American vacationers on their way to Liverpool.	Lusitania
9356	6. Congress	What is the total number of legislators in both houses of U.S. Congress?	535
9357	3. Classical Compositions	What story set to music by Peter Tchaikovsky tells how a toy defends Clara Stahlbaum from the Mouse King and his rodent army?	The Nutcracker
9358	49. Dissolving	When a substance dissolves in a liquid, the resulting mixture is a ...	solution
9359	13. Gods	Huitzilopochtli was the chief god of what empire in Latin America that practiced human sacrifice?	Aztec
9360	42. Horror Stories	In what Stephen King story is Charlene McGee able to demonstrate pyrokinesis?	Firestarter
9361	66. Geological Rhymes	A sinking of the land in an area is called ...	subsidence
9362	9. Inventions	What invention of 1834 by a Virginian replaced the sickle for harvesting wheat?	reaper
9363	46. Mystical Geology	Although there is no evidence to suggest this practice actually works, some people claim to be able to locate groundwater by using a forked stick. Name this practice.	dousing (divining, water witching)
9364	113. Industrialists	With what industry was William Edward Boeing associated?	aircraft (aviation, etc.)
9365	17. Astronomy	Heavenly bodies speeding away from Earth at enormous speed appear to take on what color?	red
9366	110. Picturesque Parks	Featuring soaring cliffs and free-falling waterfalls, what U.S. national park on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains best illustrates the effects of glacial erosion on granitic bedrock?	Yosemite National Park
9367	42. Dialect	In a tongue-in-cheek 'Dictionary of Southernisms,' an 'ah' is an organ for seeing and 'arn' is ferrous metal. What is measured with a unit called an 'are'?	time
9368	49. Congressional Representation	Residents of what mainland U.S. district have less political representation than other U.S. citizens?	District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
9369	Zi Distributions	Reminiscent of the study of light, a distribution of entities or properties arrayed in order of increasing or decreasing magnitude is a ...	spectrum
9370	4. Hearts	All hearts consist of two types of chambers. The one where blood is gathered is called an ...	atrium
9371	63. Bays	Chesapeake Bay was formed when a river mouth was drowned by ocean water. This bay can also be described as an ...	estuary
9372	93. Mideast Geography	What river forms the eastern border of the region in Israel called the West Bank?	Jordan River
9373	Ts Solids	The line about which a plane figure may be rotated to create a solid is called the ---- of rotation.	axis
9374	21. Carbonation	Carbonation involves the charging of a liquid with what gas?	carbon dioxide
9375	110. The Senate	What officer of the U.S. Senate has no vote unless there is a tie?	vice president
9376	13. Organic Chemistry	Low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein are examples of what steroid chemical present in many fatty foods?	cholesterol
9377	4. Nullification	Name the extreme form of nullification in which a U.S. state would terminate its political affiliation with the Union.	secession
9378	98. Scandinavian History	What Scandinavian people have been herders of reindeer for centuries?	Lapps
9379	31. Kansas History	What movement of the 1880s led to Kansas becoming the first state to constitutionally prohibit all alcoholic beverages?	temperance movement
9380	86. Canadian Ecology	Life in many eastern Canadian lakes has been virtually exterminated due to a mixture of industrial exhaust and water. What is the name for the precipitation thus formed?	acid rain
9381	88. Colonies	Before Trinidad and Tobago became a republic, they had been colonies of what country?	Great Britain (England, U.K.)
9382	87. Bowling	Knocking down all the pins with one ball is bowling is called a what?	strike
9383	40. Botany	The process involving the transportation of pollen from an anther to a stigma is called ...	pollination
9384	4. Colonial Cities	In 1630, John Winthrop and members of the Massachusetts Bay Company established 'a city on a hill.' Name that city.	Boston
9385	50. Queens	Notable queens of what mythical nation of warriors include Penthesilea and her sister, Hippolyta?	Amazons
9386	2. Flying Homonyms	What term for a soaring raptor may also indicate a cloth-covered toy flown in the wind at the end of a long string?	kite
9387	54. Biped Characteristics	These are categories of what structures on certain bipeds? vaned, downy, pennaceous, contour	feathers
9388	89. Mythical Garb	Given to her by her father, Ares, what did Hippolyta wear to symbolize her authority as queen of the Amazons?	girdle (belt, sash)
9389	Ts American Novels	What book in a stream of consciousness style to a doctor depicts the relationships of school friends, teachers, girl friends, a prostitute, siblings, and parents with Holden Caulfield?	Catcher in the Rye
9390	31. Salty Legends	The legendary creatures that are like mermaids but of the opposite sex are called ...	mermen
9391	59. Shelters	Most common in midwestern America, name the small underground structures built near homes to protect families in the event of tornadoes.	storm cellars
9392	114. Matter	The aurora borealis and ball lightning are examples of what phase of matter?	plasma
9393	51. Government Agencies	What federal agency grants the official approval for a pharmaceutical manufacturer to market a new prescription drug?	FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
9394	30. Theories	These three theories refer to the origin of what heavenly body? capture theory double-planet theory satellite theory	the Moon
9395	56. Minerals	What hard, brittle mineral found in nodules in limestone or shale deposits was used to create a spark and discharge early firearms?	flint
9396	22. Weapons	What letter of the alphabet is associated with the first bomb mentioned in this account? In 1952, the U.S. tested another bomb, 250 times more powerful than the A-bomb dropped	on Hiroshima.
9397	29. Algebraic Evaluation	Given that x = -1 and y = 3, evaluate (y+x)/(y-x).	1/2
9398	20. Loess	The loess deposits in China consist of windblown material from what major desert?	Gobi (Ordos)
9399	3. Performing Arts Etymology	What term that in ancient Rome referred to an oval arena for chariot races, equestrian shows, and staged battles later came to mean the kind of entertainments produced by people such as James Bailey and P.T. Barnum?	circus
9400	11. Islands	The many small rocky islands that dot what sea adjacent to the Mediterranean are part of Greece?	Aegean Sea
9401	92. Foreign Policy	Name the policy of Theodore Roosevelt based on massive military and naval power as an instrument of foreign diplomacy.	Big Stick policy
9402	9. Combustion	What chemical reaction causes hay to combust spontaneously?	oxidation
9403	49. Sunken Ships	The U.S.S. Maine, sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, was what kind of ship?	battleship
9404	31. Soil Conservation	Contour plowing is used on moderately steep slopes to discourage erosion. What farming practice with the same purpose is used on very steep slopes?	terracing
9405	33. Monuments	This is about what monument in England? Thirty upright stones, each about 18 feet high and 7 feet thick, were set in an outer ring about 100 feet across and spanned by lintels. Smaller upright stones form an inner ring. At the center is the altar stone and outside the entrance is the heel stone.	Stonehenge
9406	99. Polaris	For any observer in the Northern Hemisphere, the altitude in degrees to Polaris is practically the same as the angular distance north of the equator. Name that angular distance.	latitude
9407	44. Humidity	What happens to the relative humidity if the amount of water vapor in the air remains the same and the temperature rises?	The relative humidity decreases.
9408	82. Flowers	What part of a flower is usually most colorful?	petal
9409	36. Thermodynamics	According to the second law of thermodynamics, what will not pass spontaneously from a cold body to a hotter one?	heat
9410	60. Poisons	What is the collective name for poisons produced by living things?	toxins
9411	40. Architecture	Name the method of construction in which individual vertical members support horizontal crosspieces.	post and lintel (post and beam)
9412	50. Painting	In what form of artistic painting are pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle?	watercolor
9413	49. Former Territories	In 1907, Indian Territory was eliminated when what state was admitted to the Union?	Oklahoma
9414	30. Chronic Diseases	Asthma is a chronic disease of what body system?	respiratory system
9415	92. Sports Subdivisions	Bantamweight, junior lightweight, welterweight, and cruiserweight are divisions in what professional sport?	boxing
9416	53. Governmental Branches	A town council is part of which branch of government?	legislative
9417	47. Industrial Revolutionaries	Abraham Darby was the first man to smelt iron ore with coke instead of what other fuel?	charcoal
9418	13. Nuclear Energy	The splitting of uranium atoms whereby they emit neutrons that split other atoms in a continuing process is what kind of reaction?	chain (fission) reaction
9419	13. Evolution	What characteristic of reptiles is believed to have evolved into the feathers of birds?	scales
9420	62. Big Leagues	What international organization describes itself as a 'global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity'?	United Nations
9421	63. Myths	This is about what Titan? He alone objected to Zeus' plan to destroy the race of men. To save the human race, he courageously committed a crime and brought fire down from heaven and taught the mortals how to use it.	Prometheus
9422	10. Rivers	The Dnieper River practically bisects what Eastern European country?	Ukraine
9423	31. Biological Laws	What biological law is stated below? Only one member of each allelic pair of genes will end up in a gamete. When fertilization brings two sets of chromosomes back together, their genes may be recombined into new allelic combinations.	law of segregation
9424	91. Meteorology	A 'brown cloud' is associated with what form of atmospheric pollution?	smog
9425	16. Steep Roads	The slope of a road that rises 40 feet in a run of 100 feet is what percent?	40%
9426	8. Cubes	How long is each side of a cube with a volume of 512 cubic feet?	8 feet
9427	22. Forms of Music	How are these songs classified? Barbara Ellen Where Have All the Flowers Gone When Johnny Comes Marching Home Old Folks at Home	folk songs
9428	4. Reasoning	What is the missing premise in this argument? All metals contract when cooled and expand when heated. Therefore, aluminum will expand when heated.	Aluminum is a metal.
9429	57. Tales	This is from what story by Poe? I now grew very pale, but I talked more fluently and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased and what could I do? It was a low, dull, sound, much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.	The Tell-Tale Heart
9430	37. Muscle	What type of muscle tissue accounts for about 40% of one's body's weight?	skeletal (striated)
9431	96. Traditions	These are or have been orders of what? The Bath The Star of India The Royal Victorian The Garter	knighthood
9432	34. Scientific Notation	Express this number as a decimal. 5.9 x 10 to the negative fourth power	0.00059
9433	19. Injuries	In a Type III sprain, what tissues are completely torn?	ligaments
9434	66. Dangling Phrases	What kind of phrase is dangling in this line? After flunking the final three times, Fred's professor decided to have him flogged.	gerund (or adverbial) phrase
9435	62. Metonyms	Capitol Hill is a metonym for what part of the U.S. government?	Congress (legislative branch)
9436	48. Cells	Cells having particular functions in a multicellular organism are described as being ...	specialized
9437	86. Legal Groups	Name the U.S. legal defense association that provided the defense counsel in the Sacco and Vanzetti affair and in the Scopes trial.	ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
9438	65. Paltry Wage Math	Soldiers in Libya earn $152 per month. How much do they earn in one year?	$1824
9439	6. Theater	While the producer is responsible for the financial side of a theatrical production, what is the title of the person responsible for its artistic presentation?	director
9440	30. U.S. Capitals	Name the capital of the largest state south of the state in which Pierre is the capital.	Austin
9441	62. Plant Anatomy	What arises from a plant stem at the nodes?	leaves
9442	60. Jupiter	What feature on Jupiter is an oval 14,000 kilometers wide and 28,000 kilometers long?	Great Red Spot
9443	117. Science Fiction Doggies	What British author created Know-Nothing Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog, the Hurling Frootmig, and the Lajestic Vantrashell of Lob?	Douglas Adams
9444	68. Powerful Convictions	Who persuaded Charles VII that she had a divine mission to expel the occupying English from northern France during the Hundred Years' War?	Joan of Arc
9445	1. Pop Music History	These are words from the song, 'American Pie.' I can't remember if I cried / When I read about his widowed bride / But something touched me deep inside / The day the music died.' This refers to the tragic plane crash in 1959 that took the lives of the Big Bopper, Richie Valens, and what other star?	Buddy Holly
9446	53. Medical Procedures	Dialysis is typically ordered for patients with damage to what organs?	kidneys
9447	2. Speculation	What 18th-century Anglican clergyman and economist wrote that human population increases will inevitably lead to misery and poverty?	Thomas Malthus
9448	51. Time	What time zone is between the Alaska Standard Time Zone and the Mountain Standard Time Zone?	Pacific Standard Time Zone
9449	3. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is predominant in this verse from Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat'? Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Hea'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.	personification
9450	124. Plate Tectonics	The name of which major plate begins with 'E'?	Eurasian
9451	I21s Nonfiction	What work by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled, 'Across the Pacific by Raft'?	Kon-Tiki
9452	45. Political Movements	What collective name that includes an ordinal number may be applied to these political groups? Anti-Masons Greenbackers Populists Libertarians Progressives	third parties
9453	92. Russia	In 1922, what name did the Bolsheviks give to the former Russian empire?	U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union)
9454	66. Nonfiction	These works all concern what war? With Charity for All The Impending Crisis Lee's Miserables Saving Savannah Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!	Civil War
9455	57. American Poems	This is from what lengthy poem? 'T have slain the Mishe-Nahma, Slain the King of Fishes!' said he; 'Look! the sea-gulls feed upon him, Yes, my friends Kayoshk, the sea-gulls. Drive them not away, Nokomis, They have saved me from great peril In the body of the sturgeon, Wait until their meal is ended.'	Hiawatha
9456	72. Skeletal Anatomy	What skeletal structure connects the spine to the femurs?	pelvis (pelvic girdle)
9457	49. Territories	When President McKinley said that the U.S. needed it 'just as much and a good deal more than we did California,' he was working for the annexation of what territory?	Hawaii
9458	29. Presidential Provisions	A provision in what article of the U.S. Constitution requires the president to give to the Congress information relating to the state of the union?	Article II
9459	38. Figurative Language	What figure of speech did Henry James use when he described Theodore Roosevelt as 'a wonderful little machine destined to be overstrained, perhaps, but not as yet betraying the least creak'?	metaphor
9460	110. Fortifications	Guns on Gibraltar control the entrance to what body of water?	Mediterranean Sea
9461	34. Literature	What is the term for the emotional aura which establishes the reader's expectations and attitudes or the prevailing tone or mood of a literary work?	atmosphere
9462	36. Enumerations	If the fourth U.S. census was conducted in 1820, the sixth was conducted in ...	1840
9463	69. Scary Stories	To whom does the first pronoun refer in this passage from a famous American story? His horror was still more increased on observing that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of his saddle!	Ichabod Crane
9464	11. Southeast Asia	What nation lies between Thailand and Vietnam?	Cambodia (Kampuchea)
9465	3. Right Triangles	If the square root of the hypotenuse is 13 feet, then what is the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two legs?	169
9466	69. Volcanoes	When gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that solidify and fall around the vent to form a circular mound known as what kind of cone?	cinder cone
9467	32. Entertainment	Name the floating, self-propelled theaters of the 19th century that brought plays and vaudeville to people along the great rivers of the Midwest.	showboats
9468	42. Emergency Surgery	To relieve an upper airway obstruction and enable an accident victim to breathe, an EMT might cut into what thin-walled tube in the neck?	trachea
9469	109. Past Professions	The development of what technology put most scribes out of business?	printing
9470	84. Body Defenses	What is promoted by the tiny bodies in blood plasma called platelets?	blood clotting
9471	40. Solids	Regular tetragons form the faces of what regular polyhedron?	cube (hexahedron)
9472	26. Landforms	The name for what landform is derived from Latin words which mean, 'almost an island'?	peninsula
9473	85. Venom	The venom of what spider found throughout the continental U.S. is up to 15 times as potent as that of rattlesnakes?	black widow
9474	12. Musicians	In his last year, he composed his the 'Pathetique,' described by Havelock Ellis as a 'homosexual tragedy.' Who was this composer?	Peter Tchaikovsky
9475	56. Weapons	The first large-scale use of this weapon occurred in 1915 when the Germans launched an attack on Canadian and French troops near Ypres, France. Name the weapon.	poison gas (chlorine gas)
9476	36. Water Treatment	Fluoridation of domestic water helps prevent what?	cavities (caries, tooth decay)
9477	29. Freezing	An increase in pressure has what effect on the freezing temperature of most substances?	raises it
9478	56. Storms	What does a citizen of Samoa or Fiji call a tropical storm with winds of at least 74 mph?	typhoon
9479	56. Outlets	Most outlets have three holes. The round hole on the bottom of each is for what?	the ground
9480	35. Declaration Grammar	What is the first verb in the Declaration of Independence?	becomes
9481	26. Island Nations	Mauritius is an island country due east of what large African island?	Madagascar
9482	62. Voltage	What is the voltage of seven nine-volt batteries connected in parallel?	9 volts
9483	18. Plane Figures	What geometric shape contains the greatest area in proportion to its perimeter?	circle
9484	84. Locus	What is the locus of points created by a log floating such that it is equidistant from the parallel banks of a stream?	a line parallel to banks, midway between
9485	10. Optical Breakthroughs	The Dutch government rewarded eyeglass-maker Hans Lippershey for inventing the Looker, a primitive optical instrument that is known as what today?	telescope
9486	46. Asia	Seven nations are said to comprise Southeast Asia. Which is missing from the list? Cambodia Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Singapore Thailand	Laos
9487	49. Statistics	What adjective indicates statistics relating to births, mortality, marriages, health, and morbidity?	vital
9488	123. Forces	There is no Coriolis force along what imaginary line on the Earth's surface?	equator
9489	80. Diphthongs	What two letters comprise the diphthong in the word for the sound of a cat makes?	ow (from meow)
9490	92. Ocean Currents	These are important currents in what ocean? Kamchatka Current Mindanao Current Humboldt Current Kuroshio Current	Pacific
9491	38. Proportions	Determine x in this proportion.	x is to 4 as 6 is to 8
9492	73. Capital Cities	What capital of a western state was named after an Indian tribe?	Cheyenne
9493	34. Marine Adages	An old adage warns people not to consume mussels	during months with what letter in them?
9494	1417s Fuels	A form of what element is usually the fuel of nuclear power plants?	uranium
9495	47. Native American History	The Indian Removal Act of 1830 provided for the general relocation of Indians to lands west of what river?	Mississippi
9496	125. Zoological Anagrams	The phrase, 'a hunt's dogs,' is an anagram for what canines used to hunt male red deer?	staghounds
9497	25. Environmental Disasters	This is about what ship? The possible environmental cost of heavy oil usage became clear in 1989 when an oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling about 10 million gallons of crude oil and creating a slick covering an area the size of Massachusetts.	Exxon Valdez
9498	17. Delusions	What category of delusion is illustrated by people believing that they are someone famous or powerful like a queen, a president, or a movie star?	delusions of grandeur (grandiose delusions)
9499	1. Canadian Voyageur Songs	What French Canadian song is literally translated as follows? Skylark, pretty skylark, skylark, I will pluck you. I will pluck your head.	Alouette
9500	42. Competitions of Olde	In what ancient competition were these prizes originally awarded? first prize - laurel wreath second prize - wild olive wreath third prize - palm wreath	Olympics
9501	12. Pressure	Pressure is not simply force, but force per ...	area
9502	28. Crime Rhyme	What crime that rhymes with 'shaft' means extortion by public officials?	graft
9503	57. Exponents	Four raised to what power equals eight?	3/2 (or 1.5) power
9504	32. Impacts	The impact of a very fast, relatively small mass into a larger body such as a planet or moon produces a depression called a what?	crater
9505	15. Colonial Enterprises	Two years after Britain established the English East India Company, the Netherlands followed by establishing what similar company?	Dutch East India Company
9506	59. Consecutive Integers	What is the smaller of two consecutive integers if their sum is 137?	68
9507	72. Dance Music	'The Blue Danube' by Johann Strauss is music for what kind of dance?	waltz
9508	124. Mythical Garb	Given to her by her father, Ares, what did Hippolyta wear to symbolize her authority as queen of the Amazons?	girdle (belt, sash)
9509	Alt. 5. Adventure Races	In 2012, some 150 runners faced bone-chilling temperatures and rarefied air to compete in the tenth annual Tenzing-Hillary Marathon on what Asian mountain?	Mt. Everest
9510	108. Physical Fitness	Abs is the abbreviation for what muscles?	abdominal muscles
9511	53. Radiometric Dating	You have a sample of rock. One-fourth of your sample is parent material and three-fourths of your sample is daughter material. If the half-life of the parent material is 10,000 years, how many years did it take for the daughter material in the sample to form?	20,000
9512	4. Mechanics	In relation to mechanics, the ratio of the energy or power a machine delivers to the energy or power it receives defines what?	efficiency
9513	21. Big Buildings	It is the world's tallest freestanding stone building. Name this structure in the District of Columbia.	Washington Monument
9514	12. Survivors	Created by Eleanor Coerr, what literary character stricken with leukemia has been described as the Anne Frank of Hiroshima?	Sadako (Sadako Sasaki)
9515	16. Solutions	What adjective describes solutions having a low concentration of solute?	dilute
9516	10. Zoological Classification	Barnacles, crabs, ticks, dragonflies, and centipedes all belong to what phylum?	Arthropoda (arthropod)
9517	42. Organs	The pericardium is a layer of tissue that surrounds what organ?	heart
9518	59. Islands	Because they cross the 180-degree meridian, what islands that include the westernmost part of the United States also include its easternmost part?	Aleutian Islands
9519	68. Seas	What sea lies between Ireland and England?	Irish Sea
9520	60. Plant Reproduction	As soon as an egg and sperm nucleus unite, the egg begins to divide, grow, and divide again many times, thus forming a very small plant. Name it.	embryo
9521	22. Voice	In what grammatical voice is this example? Her usually passive voice became especially active whenever she passed the American Action Committee's past headquarters.	active
9522	107. Reptilian Wildlife	In general usage, 'terrapin' is another name for what animals?	turtles (tortoises)
9523	85. Geology	Blocky, pillow, aa, and pahoehoe are varieties of what?	lava
9524	38. European Regions	Name the fashionable resort region between the Alps and the Mediterranean extending from southeast France to northwest Italy.	Riviera
9525	44. Musical Instruments	In Tchaikovsky's 'War of 1812,' what family of musical instruments did he use to portray the sounds of cannon fire and bombs bursting?	percussion
9526	108. Ballet Music	What ballet by Igor Stravinsky was based on the legend of a prince who captures a fabulous firebird and receives a magic feather from it?	The Firebird
9527	Sis Drug Slang	Reminiscent of a large holiday bird, the phrase meaning to abruptly curtail one's use of drugs is to quit how?	cold-turkey
9528	Alt. 2. Mountain Phenomena	Alpenglow, a rosy glow on a mountain peak, occurs just after sunset or just before what part of the day?	sunrise
9529	49. Rock Masses	A batholith is a huge underground mass of rock formed by the cooling of what?	magma
9530	44. Moths	What part of a moth's life cycle occurs between the egg and pupa stages?	larva
9531	93. Overseas Slang	These are slang words and phrases from what country? back of Bourke, tucker-bag, chewie, swag, barbie, give it a burl, pommy shower, Matilda	Australia
9532	46. Allusions	For what word does the allusion stand in this quip by F.W. Dedering? Astrology is Taurus.	bull
9533	30. Novels	A group of three related novels in a sequence is called aa	trilogy
9534	50. Statehood	The right to admit new states to the Union rests with what body?	Congress
9535	13. Spectacular Sights	In 1678, Louis Hennepin was so moved by the sight of what enormous cascade that he exclaimed, 'The universe does not afford its parallel'?	Niagara Falls
9536	8. Egyptian Literature	What is the disk in the Egyptian poem, 'Adoration of the Disk'? Thy dawn, O Ra, opens the new horizon, and every realm you have made to live Is conquered by thy love, as joyous day follows thy footsteps in delightful peace.	Sun
9537	51. Presidential Decrees	What president formally issued a declaration of manumission?	Abraham Lincoln
9538	101. Prohibition	What league spearheaded the prohibition movement during the Progressive Era?	Anti-Saloon League
9539	105. Medical Practices	A person with an infectious disease may be kept separated from other people so that the disease will not spread. Name this medical practice.	isolation (quarantine)
9540	77. Early American Settlements	Name either of the first two colonial towns established in Connecticut.	Hartford, New Haven
9541	13. Electricity	A galvanic cell in which the anode and cathode reactants are supplied continuously, so power can be drawn from the cell unceasingly is called a ...	fuel cell
9542	51. Composers	Who wrote the music for these films? E.T., The Extraterrestrial Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark Superman Born on the Fourth of July Star Wars	John Williams
9543	17. Silly Poetry	This is from what poem by Edward Lear? They sailed away in a sieve, they did, In a sieve they sailed so fast, With only a beautiful pea-green veil Tied with a ribbon, by way of a sail, To a small tobacco-pipe mast.	The Jumblies
9544	43. Government Agencies	What federal agency provides medical services and educational benefits for people who have served in the American armed forces?	Veterans Administration
9545	53. Figurative Language	This is an example of what figure of speech? He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.	metaphor
9546	118. Medieval Mechanisms	Name the machine that harnesses the energy of flowing water to grind grain or power machinery that was widely used in medieval Europe.	water wheel
9547	42. A Knotty Question	An oracle foretold that whoever could untie what intricate knot tied by the king of Phrygia would rule all of Asia?	Gordian knot
9548	35. Aviation	The forward edge of the wing of an aircraft is the leading edge. The rear edge is the ...	trailing edge
9549	67. Proverbs	According to the English proverb, what is fair in love and war?	all
9550	52. Ancient People	This is about what Mediterranean people? They were merchants, pirates, and the greatest seafarers of the ancient world. They lived along a coastal strip at the eastern end of the Mediterranean which is now part of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.	Phoenicians
9551	48. Sharks	Sharks developed during the Devonian period, a geological time also known as the age of ...	fishes
9552	16. Character Inspirations	James Fenimore Cooper's character, Natty Bumppo was based, was based on what legendary American frontiersman?	Daniel Boone
9553	44. Algebraic Expressions	Using 'p' for the variable, express 5 times a number increased by 9.	5pt+9
9554	46. Jar Physics	Why does running hot water over a metal lid of a glass jar make it easier to open the container?	metal expands more than the glass
9555	7. Homophones	What words in this sentence would be found on a list of homophones? The flea bite did not faze him.	flea, bite, not, faze, him
9556	38. History of Religion	With what religion were these people associated? William Bradford Oliver Cromwell Roger Williams John Winthrop John Milton Anne Hutchinson	Puritanism
9557	72. City Names	By what name do people in America know the city referred to in The Netherlands as 'Den Haag'?	The Hague
9558	31. Legends	What Old West bank and train robber is often portrayed as the American Robin Hood?	Jesse James
9559	17. Supernovae	What type of star remains after a supernova explosion?	neutron star
9560	31. Pronouns	What is the case of the pronoun just before the gerund in this sentence? I truly resented his criticizing the technique I used to plant the prize roses.	possessive
9561	32. Feeding	What marine creature uses hundreds of its tube feet to pull open the shells of clams and oysters?	starfish
9562	81. Rivers	The mouth of the Brazos River is in what body of water?	Gulf of Mexico
9563	47. Law Vocabulary	In law enforcement, what is the term for a pseudonym?	alias
9564	52. Zoology	Horses are to stallions and mares as swine are to what?	boars and sows
9565	36. Light	Light rays converge when they pass through convex lenses. What shape of a mirror also tends to converge light rays?	concave
9566	32. Competition	Intraspecific competition involves members of the same species. What kind of competition involves different species?	interspecific competition
9567	27. Ear Anatomy	Name the region of the ear between the eardrum and the cochlea.	middle ear
9568	32. Radicals	The square root of 3L equals 5. Express L as a fraction.	25/3
9569	60. Theater	Located on the West Side of midtown Manhattan, name the main professional theater district of New York City.	Broadway
9570	9. Planetary Components	Jupiter probably consists mainly of what two elements?	hydrogen, helium
9571	13. The Constitution	After rejecting the Virginia and the New Jersey plans, delegates voted in favor of the Connecticut Compromise, with each state having an equal vote in the Senate and the House membership based on state population. This agreement is better known as the ...	Great Compromise
9572	63. Executive Restrictions	If a U.S. president serves more than two years of another president's term as a result of succession, how many times may he run for that office?	one
9573	75. Nonfiction	What is the collective name for these kinds of nonfictional works? manual, guidebook, handbook, concordance	references
9574	59. Constellations	What constellation lies partly between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor?	Draco
9575	66. Dogs	What canine originally bred in western Yugoslavia is known as a coach dog or carriage dog?	Dalmatian
9576	35. Protists	Protists belong to what biological kingdom?	Protista
9577	41. Astronomical Altitudes	An object on the observer's horizon is at an altitude of how many degrees?	zero
9578	123. Digit Determination	The tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units digit and the sum of the digits is 11. What is the number?	47
9579	49. Perimeters	A rectangle is 5 feet longer than it is wide. What is its width if its perimeter is 38 feet?	7 feet
9580	36. Quadrilaterals	Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. The measure of angle a is 80 degrees. What is the measure of angle c?	80 degrees
9581	112. Locus of Points	What is the equation for a line describing the locus of points equidistant from the lines whose equations are as follows? y =3x-1 yu3xn-+s	y=3x+2
9582	111. Special Seats	What kind of seats are in fighter aircraft that throw a pilot clear of a damaged aircraft?	ejector (ejection) seats
9583	27. Volcanoes	What adjective indicates a volcano that is erupting or one that is considered likely to do so in the relatively near future?	active
9584	124. Traditions	In what kind of ceremonial lodge did many Native American groups pour water over heated rocks to produce steam?	sweat lodge
9585	109. Special Temperatures	Name the lowest temperature at which a substance will burst into flame.	kindling temperature
9586	115. Climates	The three major biomes found in the tropical climate zone include the tropical desert, the tropical savanna, and the ...	tropical rain forest
9587	61. Scientific Nonfiction	In his 'Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes,' he predicted development of rockets that could break free of Earth's gravitational pull and reach the Moon. Name this physicist who developed the first two-stage rocket.	Robert Goddard
9588	37. Zoology	What category of teeth are particularly conspicuous when you face a snarling dog?	canines
9589	57. Mountains	To the nearest thousand, what is the height in feet of the world's highest peak?	29,000
9590	75. Contemporary Conundrums	What is the phrase for the position of those who oppose abortion and believe that a fetus is a person?	right to life
9591	29. Dog Myths	What bright star was named after the faithful dog of Orion?	Sirius
9592	106. Short Stories	'Die Verwandlung' was the original title of what story by Franz Kafka?	The Metamorphosis
9593	106. Regions	The Fertile Crescent runs northward from what gulf?	Persian Gulf
9594	2. Cartography	Cartographers use a grid system to locate places on Earth. The system makes use of imaginary crisscrossing lines called parallels and ...	meridians
9595	41. Political Appointments	What system of executive appointments championed by Andrew Jackson is linked with this quote? To the victor go the spoils.	spoils system (patronage)
9596	32. Impeachment	What fraction of the U.S. Senate is required in a vote for conviction in impeachment trials?	two-thirds
9597	119. Art Forms	What is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression involving painting executed to decorate walls?	murals
9598	Alt. 1. Mediterranean Isles	Name the largest island between Malta and the toe of the boot of Italy.	Sicily
9599	109. Space Probes	With its name indicating a desire to know or learn, what NASA space probe was programmed to land on Mars in 2012?	Curiosity
9600	82. Spoonerisms	What should the last two words in this sentence be if it were not spoonerized? There is no peace in a home where a dinner swells.	sinner dwells
9601	1. Trenches	The deepest oceanic trenches are in which ocean?	Pacific
9602	20. Writing	An author's characteristic way of using words is called her: sss	style
9603	73. Latitudes	Rounding your answer to the nearest ten degrees, the world's great deserts are at what latitude north or south of the equator?	30 degrees
9604	39. Photography	A deepfocus shot is one in which both the foreground and the background are in focus. Such a shot has an exceptional depth of ...	field
9605	88. 20th-Century Fighting	This is about what conflict? Neither side gained more than several hundred yards of territory over the course of years of trench warfare.	World War \|
9606	30. Ancient Government Reform	The Greek archon Solon played a significant role in the early development of what form of government?	democracy
9607	43. Microorganisms	Methanogens fall into what category of unicellular, prokaryotic microorganisms?	bacteria
9608	26. Astoundingly Big Trees	They may have trunks more than 10 meters in circumference and may reach heights in excess of 75 meters. Found in California, name the world's most massive trees.	sequoias
9609	12. Elements	On an alphabetical listing of the elements, what is the first one to have a chemical symbol consisting of just one letter?	boron
9610	23. Quick Switches	An electronic circuit operates once in 10 nanoseconds. How many operations does it perform in one second?	100 million
9611	23. Lofty Locations	Nine of the world's ten highest peaks are in what mountain system?	Himalayas
9612	16. Vitamin Deficiencies	Resulting from vitamin-D insufficiency, osteomalacia is softening and weakening of ...	bones
9613	86. Homelands	The homelands of the Vikings was in what region of northern Europe?	Scandinavia
9614	25. African History	In 1960, the government of what country expanded its apartheid policy by making black political parties illegal?	South Africa
9615	Zi Borders	Name the two easternmost Canadian provinces with northern borders that are essentially straight lines.	Saskatchewan, Manitoba
9616	32. Weasels	Identify the largest of the weasels.	wolverines
9617	Sis Dyes	A liquid dye used to enhance the grain in wood is called a ...	stain
9618	Ts Division of Fractions	Divide x/y by 3a/2.	2x/3ay
9619	21. Explorers	Identify the first British captain to sail within the Antarctic Circle.	James Cook
9620	89. Traitors	What officer who was appointed commander of West Point in 1780 had been secretly supplying the British with information on General Washington's tactics since May of 1779?	Benedict Arnold
9621	82. Rocky Elements	Olivine, augite, and hypersthene are mafic rocks, which means they include significant amounts of magnesium and what other metallic element?	iron
9622	81. Liquids	What process involves the volatilization of a liquid and the subsequent condensation of the vapor?	distillation
9623	53. Wounds	While a laceration is a rough, irregular wound, what is the term for a straight wound caused by a very sharp-edged instrument like a razor or scalpel?	incision (cut, slice, gash)
9624	46. Adverbs	What is the relative adverb in this example? My favorite time in Los Angeles is the fall when the wildfires really get started.	when
9625	da Blends	'Splurge' is a blend of 'splash' and ..	surge
9626	21. Animal Groups	This is about what group of mammals? What they all have in common is a set of powerful jaws for chopping up their food, deadly curved claws for tearing, and long sharp teeth for seizing and killing their victims.	carnivores (predators)
9627	4. Rousseau	In relation to Rousseau's writings, an uncultivated person who is actually more worthy and sensible than conventionally 'civilized' people is called a noble ...	savage
9628	26. Earthquakes	These are locations of earthquakes that occurred along what fault system? Fort Tejon, Hayward, Imperial Valley, Kern County, San Fernando Valley, Northridge	San Andreas
9629	58. Weight	If your pet baby rhinoceros weighs 1000 pounds in your back yard, what is its weight at an altitude of 4000 miles?	250 pounds
9630	12. Typography	What is the next descender in the alphabet following	the letter 'g'?
9631	85. Ancient Athletes	The Spartans were the first Greeks to anoint themselves with what kind of oil before exercising in their gymnasia?	olive oil
9632	33. Medical Talk	These terms relate to what structures? odontoclast odontograph odontotripsis odontolithiasis	teeth
9633	6. Athlete Woes	Mr. Riordan played seven games of racquetball one afternoon. That evening, after climbing into bed, he pointed his toes during a big stretch and got an incredible pain in both calves. Such pains are called	cramps (spasms)
9634	1. People Classifications	Gentiles are those who are not of what faith?	Judaism (Jewish, or Mormon)
9635	17. Climates	The three major climate zones are temperate, tropical, and ...	polar
9636	41. Geology	A cylindrical mass removed by drilling into the earth to determine the composition of the rock below is what kind of sample?	core sample
9637	70. Clouds	The prefix 'cirro-' indicates high clouds and the prefix 'alto-' indicates middle level clouds. What prefix indicates low clouds?	strato-
9638	62. Injuries	What kind of injury occurs when muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching?	strain (muscle strain, pulled muscle)
9639	100. Concepts	Name the biased, oversimplified opinions about a group or the preconceived generalizations about a type of person that are applied to everyone in a group.	stereotypes
9640	26. Empires	At its pinnacle in the early 20th century, what empire included one-fourth of the world's land?	British Empire
9641	48. Bequeathal Calculations	When Paris Hilton's grandfather gave 97% of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity in 2007, how much money was left for the family?	$69 million
9642	11. American Novels	In what novel by John Knowles does Gene Forrester so envy the athleticism of his friend, Finny, that he causes him to break his leg, thus sabotaging his athletic career?	A Separate Peace
9643	30. Acronyms	For what does the 'FT' stand in the abbreviation 'NAFTA'?	free trade
9644	12. Deformities	What deformity especially prevalent among jockeys involves an outward curvature of both the femur and tibia?	bowleg (bandy leg, genu varum)
9645	24. Halogens	What halogen is most widely used to purify water in municipal water systems?	chlorine
9646	43. U.S. Government	If a staff member has just received an order directly from the Oval Office, what is the title of the person who issued it?	president
9647	17. Economics	Strongly identified with capitalism, what economic doctrine is based on the action of private individuals and companies operating in the marketplace without government control?	free (private) enterprise
9648	Ts Cuba	Fidel Castro exchanged his 1200 prisoners of war for $52 million in food and medical supplies following what fiasco which lead to worldwide denunciation of the United States?	Bay of Pigs invasion
9649	29. Practical Chemistry	What is the general name for complex chemical compounds that attach themselves to fabrics or surfaces to give them color?	dyes
9650	112. Ancient Empires	By 62 B.C., Macedonia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the North African coast were all part of what empire?	Roman Empire
9651	59. Antagonists	Who is the antagonist in 'The Virginian'?	Trampas
9652	12. Offenses	A police officer can be prosecuted if he uses unnecessary or excessive force against a citizen, an offense called police ...	brutality
9653	51. Regions	What region is divided ethnically into Melanesia, Australasia, Micronesia, and Polynesia?	Oceania
9654	59. Heavenly Regions	The region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found is called the asteroid what?	belt
9655	29. Prior Careers	As a young man, Dashiell Hammett, author of 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Thin Man,' was employed by what national detective agency?	Pinkerton
9656	16. Territorial Growth	The territory that now comprises all or part of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan was acquired by the United States in 1783 from what country?	Great Britain
9657	74. Phrases	What is the last object of a preposition below? It's a good idea to keep on good terms with everybody, but especially with your wife, your banker, your stomach, and your conscience.	conscience
9658	25. Right Triangles	The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are 5 feet and 12 feet. How long is the hypotenuse?	13 feet
9659	27. Proverbs	A proverb meaning that success is not always certain and that things can go wrong at the last moment is	'There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the ...'
9660	48. Quotes	He said, 'Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.' What Athenian 'corrupter of youth' said this?	Socrates
9661	16. The Great Seal	On the Great Seal of the United States, we find a group of arrows used as a symbol for war. What symbol on that emblem stands for peace?	olive branch
9662	33. Scientists	Wernher von Braun worked for the governments of what two countries?	(Nazi) Germany, United States
9663	17. Maritime Firsts	This 1958 headline is about what vessel? Sub sails under the pole and 1,830 miles of Arctic icecap in Pacific-to-Atlantic passage	Nautilus
9664	15. Migrations	What birds found in North America and the Arctic migrate to Antarctica and back annually making a round trip of over 18,000 miles?	terns (Arctic terns)
9665	37. Uncle Remus	One day, Br'er Fox 'went to work an' got 'im some tar, an' mixed it wid some turpentine, an' fixed up a contraption dat he called a Tar Baby.' Who was he trying to catch?	Br'er Rabbit
9666	62. Clam Construction	What kind of joint connects the two halves of clam shells?	hinge joint
9667	34. Poetry	Complete this line by Longfellow. I shot an arrow into the air ...	It fell to earth \| knew not where
9668	54. Drug Addiction	Mordecai is addicted to crack cocaine. He sought help in a clinic where he was deprived of the drug, resulting in what group of symptoms?	withdrawal
9669	4. Ancient Literature	This is from what Homeric epic? 'Cyclops,' I said, 'you wish to know the name I bear. My name is Nobody. That is what I am called by my mother, father and my friends.' The Cyclops answered me with a cruel jest. 'Of all his company I will eat Nobody last, and the rest before him.'	Odyssey
9670	67. Chemical Compounds	What molecule consists of a single atom of oxygen and a single atom of carbon?	carbon monoxide (CO)
9671	81. Famous Buildings	These are what kind of structures? Winchester, Pisa, Notre Dame, Canterbury, St. Paul's, Chartres	cathedrals
9672	94. The Ocean Floor	Name he long, narrow, extraordinarily deep depressions of the sea floor such as those found near the Aleutians, Japan, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Chile.	trenches
9673	42. Court History	When the first session of the Supreme Court convened, Justice William Cushing arrived wearing something. Thomas Jefferson told him, 'Discard that monstrous thing which makes judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum.' What was Cushing wearing that had been customary in British courts?	a wig
9674	18. Space Programs	What NASA program fulfilled this goal set by President Kennedy? I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.	Apollo Program
9675	26. Computers	What acronym for a device used in transmitting data is derived from 'modulator' and 'demodulator'?	modem
9676	60. Constitutional Changes	The amendment making 18 the legal voting age in the U.S. was passed during what war?	Vietnam War
9677	99. Compass Directions	In which cardinal direction from Egypt is Saudi Arabia?	east
9678	28. Dinosaurs	Dinosaurs that were capable of walking on two feet are described as being bi-what?	bipedal
9679	9. The Medieval Military	What soldiers of the Middle Ages were supposed to act with military courtesy, protect the weak and defenseless, and fight for the general welfare of all?	knights
9680	14. Hinky-Pinkies	Complete this hinky pinky for an army mess hall. ptomaine ...	domain
9681	37. Military Law	In British military law, what offense is 'a combination between two or more persons subject to service law to overthrow or resist lawful authority in Her Majesty's forces?	mutiny
9682	115. Poisons	Poisons that affect the nervous system are called what kind of toxins?	neurotoxins
9683	18. Bad Air	Because of its location in a highland bowl, cold air sinks down onto what city, trapping industrial and vehicle pollution below, and turning it into the most smog-plagued city of Latin America?	Mexico City
9684	31. Stair Problems	It takes you thirty seconds to walk up the stairs from the first floor of a building to its third floor. How many seconds will it take you to walk from the first floor to the sixth floor?	75
9685	26. Asian Seas	Karachi, Pakistan, is adjacent to what sea?	Arabian Sea
9686	65. Verbs	What are the principal parts of 'lend'?	lend, lent, has lent
9687	25. History of Science	What word was uttered by Archimedes when he chanced upon the principle of displacement?	Eureka!
9688	6. Suspensions	What is the common name for a fine suspension of tiny particles of carbonaceous matter in a gas resulting from the burning of organic material?	smoke
9689	114. Summertime	Name any one of the three relatively temperate summer months at McMurdo Station on Ross Island.	December, January, February
9690	36. Psychological Malapropisms	What word did the speaker intend in this line? I never forget anything, because I have a photogenic memory.	photographic
9691	94. Frontier Economics	The search for what animal led the mountain men to the farthest reaches of the West?	beaver
9692	26. Geological Surfaces	Known as a 'reg' in the western Sahara and as a 'gibber' in Australia, what is the phrase in the U.S. for a desert surface covered with closely packed, often interlocking angular or rounded cobbles and pebbles?	desert pavement
9693	103. Etymology	These words were borrowed from what language? knapsack, snorkel, frankfurter	German
9694	39. Etymology	Because silk was so expensive, people found they could beat cotton with sticks to soften the fibers and then rub the material against stones to make it shiny. This cheap copy of silk was called 'chintz.' What adjective meaning 'trashy' or 'miserly' comes from this term?	chintzy
9695	3:3. Literary Quotes	Name the work from which this line was taken. It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger that I will talk about.	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
9696	31. Shootings	In September of 1975, Lynette Fromme took her shot in Sacramento, California. In that same month, Sara Jane Moore made her try in San Francisco. Who were they trying to kill?	Gerald Ford
9697	85. Journalism History	Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are associated with a kind of journalism described by what color?	yellow
9698	53. Punishment	A convict who is granted provisional freedom from incarceration under supervision and during good behavior is said to on what?	parole (or probation)
9699	3. Thrust	In the 17th century, what English scientist explained the basic principle by which modern jet engines propel aircraft?	Isaac Newton
9700	76. Health	By considering the prefix and root word in 'dysopia,' you can surmise the term refers to defective what?	vision (sight)
9701	75. Time Travel	In what story by Diana Gabaldon does a British nurse and veteran of World War II walk between some standing stones in Scotland and find herself in the eighteenth century?	Outlander
9702	38. Short Stories	The special substance described in a short story, 'Dr. Heidegger's Experiment,' is also associated with what Spanish explorer?	Ponce de Leon
9703	24. Sensation Anatomy	The tube that carries sound from the outer ear to the eardrum is called the auditory ...	canal
9704	31. Explorer's Departings	On the homeward leg of his second voyage, Vitus Bering died of what vitamin deficiency disease common among sailors?	scurvy
9705	13. Terrorism	In the 1950s, Jomo Kenyatta was a tribal leader actively involved in organizing what terrorist group in Kenya?	Mau Mau
9706	36. Admissions of Guilt	An admission to a crime by a suspect even though the suspect had absolutely no part in the crime is called a false ...	confession
9707	74. Speech Sounds	What is the term for the special speech sounds formed by the adjacent vowels in these words? boil, loud, point, foil, oink	diphthongs
9708	12. Little Women	In 'Little Women,' which of the March girls is the tomboy?	Jo
9709	36. Historical Linguistics	These are language families of what continent? Yoruba Songhai Sotho Berber	Africa
9710	95. Fractional Equations		If 5/(x+2) equals 3/(x-2), then x equals what?
9711	86. Frontiersman Poetry	What surname is missing in this verse by Lord Byron? Of the great names which in our faces stare, The General ----, backwoodsman of Kentucky, Was happiest amongst mortals any where; For killing nothing but a bear or buck, he Enjoyed the lonely vigorous, harmless days Of his old age in wilds of deepest maze.	Boone
9712	16. Inventions	The invention of what engine, originally developed for draining mines but rapidly put to use in factories, occurred during the Industrial Revolution?	steam engine
9713	1. Fantasy Creatures	A basilisk or cockatrice is what kind of legendary creature that kills with its breath or gaze?	reptile (serpent, dragon, lizard)
9714	71. Marine Biology	The echinoderms include sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea lilies, and what other life form characterized by radial symmetry?	starfish
9715	41. Birds	The first California condors to be released outside of California were set free in what state in 1996?	Arizona
9716	40. American Philosophy	What philosophic and literary movement is associated with the biography subtitled 'The Hut at Walden Pond'?	transcendentalism
9717	95. Song Lyrics	What, according to Julia Ward Howe in 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' is marching on?	His truth
9718	87. Graphing		The central vertical line on a graph is the ---- axis.
9719	21. Disaster Poetry	This is about what ship? On Sunday, April 14, 1912, All was calm, all was well. Near midnight a cry went out - 'Iceberg right ahead!' was the shout. The watertight doors were shut to the sea, The wheel was spun port instinctively.	Titanic
9720	15. Expeditions	Who led this expedition? The expedition left Mexico in 1540 and marched northward. For months, the men tramped over great plains and burning deserts, crossing what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.	Francisco Coronado
9721	1. Radiometric Dating	You have a sample of rock. One-fourth of your sample is parent material and three-fourths of your sample is daughter material. If the half-life of the parent material is 10,000 years, how many years did it take for the daughter material in the sample to form?	20,000
9722	104. Measurement of Heat	How many degrees Kelvin are between the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water?	100
9723	58. Medieval History	Medieval craftsmen who migrated to the cities had to join what kind of organization before they could work?	guild
9724	40. Body Organs	What organ about twenty feet in length is primarily involved in digestion and absorption of food?	small intestine
9725	112. Plant Tissues	What kind of tissues do tracheophytes have that bryophytes lack?	vascular (conductive) tissues
9726	109. Botany	Poison ivy and bittersweet grow as shrubs when support is not available, but when it is, they grow as what?	vines
9727	39. Vocal Music	What male singing voice is lower than tenor and higher than bass?	baritone
9728	74. Chemistry	What is the name for a substance that changes color when put in acids or alkalis?	indicator
9729	45. Percentage	A homeowner figured that 60% of his expenses were taxes. His tax bill was $900. The total expense of running his house is ...	$1500
9730	16. Fictional Characters	Main characters in Alan Moore's 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' include Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll, and what sea captain?	Captain Nemo
9731	51. Natural Resources	Turpentine comes from certain species of which of the two main categories of trees?	coniferous
9732	21. Latin Graffiti	What is the last word in this palindrome found on the walls of a Roman tavern? Roma summus ...	amor
9733	11. Chemical Equations	An arrow pointing up in chemical equations means that the substance is in what state of matter?	gas
9734	81. Coastlines	What South American country north of Brazil has the longest coastline on the Caribbean Sea?	Venezuela
9735	91. Memorials	What memorial in Washington D.C. that consists of 56 pillars, 2 arches, a plaza, and a fountain is dedicated to Americans who served their country in the 1940s?	World War II Memorial
9736	43. Music Quotes	What are the last words in this line from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'? If music be the food of love ...	play on
9737	71. Political Posters	This poster makes reference to what presidential candidate? SHIP CARPENTERS TO YOUR POSTS!!! Moses H. Grinnell will not employ any ship carpenter who dares to avow his support of the Hero of New Orleans.	Andrew Jackson
9738	80. Force	The effort force distance divided by the resistance force distance equals what?	ideal mechanical advantage
9739	101. Electricity	The opposition to the flow of electricity is called what?	resistance
9740	40. Chemistry History	What French chemist of the 19th century founded the science of microbiology and discovered that contagious diseases are transmitted by germs?	Louis Pasteur
9741	2. Symbiosis	Tapeworms live in the intestines of people or animals. This is terrific for the tapeworms but not so hot for the host. Name this type of relationship.	parasitism
9742	46. Seas	Name the sea immediately east of the Kamchatka Peninsula.	Bering Sea
9743	90. Significant Textbooks	Complete this title of the most famous text on parliamentary procedure. Robert's Rules of ...	Order
9744	74. Big Snakes	What kind of nonvenomous snakes native to India and parts of Southeast Asia have become an environmental threat to wildlife in the Florida Everglades?	pythons
9745	100. Art Forms	What art form can be described as a kinetic sculpture in which balanced parts capable of motion are hung freely in space such that they never come into contact with each other?	mobile
9746	10. Squares	Algebraically represent the side of a square with an area of 9(x squared) - 30x + 25 square feet.	3x - 5 feet
9747	39. Shocking Fish Facts	What lengthy freshwater fish can produce a shock of hundreds of volts?	electric eel
9748	25. Traditions	To what city to Muslims travel to fulfill their Fifth Pillar of Faith?	Mecca
9749	71. Ecology Vocabulary	What term refers to all of the flora and fauna of a geographic region or of a time period?	biota
9750	33. Birds	This large seabird spends most of its time in the air over the oceans. It may have a wingspan of over 11 feet, the largest of any bird. Most live south of the equator. Sailors believe that killing one brings bad luck. Name it.	albatross
9751	107. Newspaper Geography	These are newspapers of what state? Muskegon Chronicle Flint Journal Kalamazoo Gazette Saginaw News Lansing State Journal	Michigan
9752	90. A Bright Idea	In 2007, Australia announced plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with what type of bulbs that are more energy efficient?	fluorescent
9753	49. Poetry	The repetition of certain lines in throughout a poem is called a what?	refrain
9754	113. Flags	What is the sum of the stars on the first U.S. flag and the number of stars on the flag when Dwight Eisenhower was elected president?	61
9755	76. Maps	A Flemish mapmaker, Gerardus Mercator, was the first to use what name for a book of maps that is reminiscent of a Greek god who held the world on his shoulders?	atlas
9756	46. Island History	What island in San Francisco Bay was discovered by the Spanish in 1545 and named in 1775 for its pelicans?	Alcatraz
9757	8. Lake Geography	What U.S. state is on the port side of a northbound ship on Lake Huron?	Michigan
9758	2. Pronouns	What is the third person, singular, masculine, reflexive pronoun?	himself
9759	20. Elements	The symbol 'K' stands for what element?	potassium
9760	36. Novels	The story, 'Where the Red Fern Grows,' has three main characters, two of which are what kind of mammals?	dogs (canines)
9761	48. Medical Devices	To inject fluids into or withdraw fluids from the body, a syringe is used in conjunction with what kind of needle?	hypodermic needle
9762	Alt. 5. State Nicknames	Sometimes called the 'Gem State' because nearly every type of gemstone has been found there, what state is also called the 'Potato State'?	Idaho
9763	30. Star Patterns	What constellation of the Northern Hemisphere was named after Perseus! wife?	Andromeda
9764	49. Mitosis	Name the third stage of mitosis in which the centromeres split into halves that repel each other.	anaphase
9765	66. Aircraft	In aviation, for what does the acronym STOL stand?	short take off and landing
9766	5. Crafts	What is the hyphenated name for the craft of dyeing a fabric after binding parts of it so tightly that no dye may be absorbed?	tie-dyeing
9767	31. The District of Columbia	Name the hill in Washington D.C. where you will find the building in which the House of Representatives and the Senate meet.	Capitol Hill
9768	76. Government	What kind of document, sometimes involving tens, hundreds, thousands, or even millions of signatures, have been used to qualify candidates for public office and to qualify initiative proposals to be placed on ballots?	petitions
9769	61. Operatic Locations	In what country is the Ankara Opera House?	Turkey
9770	39. Symptoms	These are indications of what injury? The victim may be in severe pain and there is swelling and bruising around a deformity at a joint. Movement at the joint is difficult because the bones are displaced.	dislocation
9771	35. Purchasing Plans	By using what kind of purchasing plan can you make a down payment and then pay more as you are able until you completely pay for the item the store has been holding for you?	layaway plan
9772	41. Historic Military Groups	They fought the Saracens to keep the Holy Land for Christianity. They fought in chain mail and white mantles emblazoned with a scarlet cross on the left shoulder. They were the Knights ...	Templar
9773	28. Fictional Ships	These fictional ships appear in a series of works by C.S. Forester featuring what Royal Navy officer? HMS Justinian HMS Indefatigable Marie Galante HMS Marguerite HMS Renown HMS Retribution	Horatio Hornblower
9774	34. Technology	Complete this quote by Arthur Clarke. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from ...	magic
9775	65. Spreading the Word	Around the year 432, what missionary and future saint changed the course of Irish history by traveling around the island preaching peace and converting the Irish chieftains to Christianity?	St. Patrick
9776	10. Cliffs	The Palisades are cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River in what state?	New Jersey
9777	28. Grass	Most grasses are herbaceous or non-woody plants. What grass with woody stems is the tallest exception?	bamboo
9778	43. Quadrilaterals	The base of a rectangle is 12 inches and its diagonal is 13 inches. What is its area?	60 square inches
9779	44. Mirages	A type of mirage called a Fata Morgana was named after what legendary sorceress in the Arthurian legends?	Morgan le Fay
9780	5. Caves	The Mark Twain Cave in Missouri became famous because of its description in what novel?	Tom Sawyer
9781	2. Sculptures	In 1972, Michigan sculptor Charles Cooper completed his eight-foot bronze statue of what legendary character that now stands in Memorial Park above the east portal of the Big Bend Tunnel near Talcott, West Virginia?	John Henry
9782	4. Deep Sea Diving Dangers	Divers who breathe compressed air for extended periods while submerged at great depth will saturate their body tissues with what dissolved gas?	nitrogen
9783	de Tales	What tales inspired Rimsky-Korsakov to compose 'Scheherazade'?	Arabian Nights
9784	29. The Mexican War	The series of battles in the Mexican War culminating in the Battle of Chapultepec is commemorated in what phrase of the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn?	Halls of Montezuma
9785	94. Primary Elections	What hyphenated phrase describes those American presidential primaries in which every state delegate to the national convention is awarded to the single candidate with the most votes?	winner-take-all
9786	47. Monsters	Spell the term rhyming with 'leaned' that means a demon or monster.	fiend
9787	5. Clauses	What is the main clause in this quip by George Bernard Shaw? A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.	government can depend
9788	16. Frontier Warmth	Popular in the Old West and Canada, name the wool blanket that was usually white with wide, contrasting stripes of color at either end.	Hudson's Bay Blanket
9789	75. Basic Chemistry	The unit of matter that results when two or more atoms are joined is called a ...	molecule
9790	84. Detectives	The private investigative agency founded by whom was the only repository of pictures of criminals and facts about them until the FBI was created?	Allan Pinkerton
9791	26. Vessel Misnomers	Although its actual name was the North River Steamer, in a biography of Robert Fulton, this early steamboat was incorrectly given what other more enduring name?	Clermont
9792	3. Algebraic Expressions	Express algebraically '26 times the difference of an unknown number x and 40.'	26(40-x)
9793	20. Legislation	What action of a president to proposed legislation may be overridden by a two-thirds vote by a House of Congress?	veto
9794	93. Inventions	This is about whose 18th-century invention? It had a top, back, and sides with an air box inside joined to the sides but not reaching the top. The fire produced smoke that moved up and over the air box, heating air that discharged into the room.	Benjamin Franklin's
9795	92. Animal Chemistry	What is the collective name for chemicals secreted by animals that influence the behavior of other animals of the same species?	pheromones
9796	22. Scary Stories	This is from what novel? We are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.	Dracula
9797	Zi Battle Cries	American colonists said 'No taxation without representation,' which meant that colonists had no representation in what legislative body?	Parliament
9798	66. The Stage	At the end of a play, in response to audience applause, the actors return to the stage to take a final bow. This is known as a what kind of call?	curtain call
9799	11. Legal Slang	What term that as a noun indicates one of the digits of the hand may be used as a verb meaning 'to inform on'?	finger
9800	19. Folk Dances	The Siciliano, a folk dance in which the partners are joined by a handkerchief, originated on what island in the Mediterranean?	Sicily
9801	31. Fraction Transformation	Change the fraction z/6 to an equivalent fraction by multiplying its terms by a+b.	(az+bz)/(6a+6b)
9802	50. Wounds	The risk of tetanus is high with what category of wounds?	puncture wound
9803	79. Light	As light passes through a medium, it is scattered by small obstacles or irregularities in its path. The higher the frequency of the light, the more readily scattering occurs. This fact helps explain why the sky is what?	blue
9804	54. Forts	From the wreckage of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus built a fort on what island?	Hispaniola
9805	48. Contagion	The time that elapses between exposure to a pathogen and the appearance of symptoms of the associated disorder is known as what period?	incubation (or latency) period
9806	11. Philosophical Tragedy	Complete this thought by Plato. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the ...	light
9807	105. Plant Stuff	What is the common name for the liquid inside xylem and phloem cells that contains water, sugars, and dissolved minerals?	sap
9808	19. Thermometers	Although Galileo is credited with developing the first thermometer in 1592, it was not until 1713 that what other scientist developed the first closed-tube mercury thermometer?	Gabriel Fahrenheit
9809	Sis Island Agriculture	What is the most important agricultural crop of Taiwan?	rice
9810	11. Element Etymology	Aside from cerium, what other element was named for what is now classified as a dwarf planet?	plutonium
9811	19. Religions	Palestine is known as the Holy Land because of its association with Christianity and what other two religions?	Islam, Judaism
9812	10. Burundi	Approximately 85% of the population of Burundi consists of people of what tribe?	Hutu
9813	108. Popular Landmarks	The Juliette Gordon Low Historic District in Savannah, Georgia includes the site of the first meeting of what enduring organization?	Girl Scouts
9814	75. Technology	In what household device does a magnetron produce waves with wavelengths of about five thousandths of an inch which cause water molecules to vibrate?	microwave
9815	116. Spiders	On what section of a black widow's body can you see its red hourglass shape?	abdomen
9816	21. Sports Biology	While fishing you run across a guy whose creel is bulging with his limit. You ask him what he's using for bait. His only reply is 'annelids.' What is this guy using?	worms
9817	53. Island Representation	What is the westernmost island in the Pacific with a nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives?	Guam
9818	74. Latin American Relationships	What Latin American country had the strongest military and economic ties to the Soviet Union?	Cuba
9819	40. Failed Construction Projects	In 1881, the French Canal Company under Ferdinand de Lesseps attempted to build a sea-level waterway across what isthmus?	isthmus of Panama
9820	33. Running Math	4 runners were jogging on a 20 mile course. One made it a quarter of the way. The next made it half way. The third completed three quarters of the way and the last finished the course. The total number of miles run was ...	50
9821	66. Bugs	The punky and the no-see-um are common names for a tiny two-winged fly that resembles a mosquito. Name this very small blood-sucking insect.	midge
9822	27. Ocean Currents	When the Brazil current approaches South America, it deflects in what cardinal direction?	south
9823	16. Flowers	With determinate inflorescence, the stem stops growing when flowers develop from buds at the tip of the stem. With what kind of inflorescence does the stem continue to grow as flowers develop near the temporary tip?	indeterminate inflorescence
9824	72. Assassination Attempts	Who said this when a folded manuscript and an eyeglass case in his pocket foiled an assassin's bullet in 1912? It takes more than that to kill a bull moose.	Theodore Roosevelt
9825	46. Bears	Grizzly and Kodiak bears are subspecies of what broader classification of bears?	brown bears
9826	40. Revolutionary War Engagements	What battle that occurred at the end of 1776 resulted in the capture of an entire Hessian garrison in New Jersey and significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale?	Battle of Trenton
9827	114. Ceremonial Buildings	What ceremonies are routinely held in the Baptistery of the Duomo and the Lateran Baptistry?	baptisms
9828	46. Taxonomy	Pinus strobus is the scientific name for the white pine. In what genus does the white pine belong?	Pinus
9829	34. Migrations	The land bridge between Siberia and Alaska, allowing people to migrate to North America some 20,000 years ago, was exposed during what age?	Ice Age
9830	12. Mechanics	What is the term for direct-contact bodies, operating in pairs, that transmit force and motion from one rotating shaft to another by means of successively engaging profiles of teeth?	gears
9831	55. Chemical Perils	For what does the abbreviation stand below? -DHMO is a major component in acid rain. -Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO may cause severe tissue damage. -Inhalation of liquid DHMO can cause death. -Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns. -Metals exposed to DHMO become corroded.	dihydrogen monoxide (water)
9832	61. Pronouns	What category of pronouns is illustrated in these examples? This is my fondest desire. That is your date. These are my scruples.	demonstrative pronouns
9833	12. Marine Life	Name the dominant planktonic algae with cells enclosed in shells of silica.	diatoms
9834	35. Showmen	Who ran a show that regularly included reenactments of Custer's Last Stand and the charge at San Juan Hill?	Buffalo Bill
9835	33. Agencies	For what does the abbreviation stand? Of the many agencies making up the PHS, those responsible for carrying out its major functions include the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control.	Public Health Service
9836	16. Radiation	Which type of radiation is released from medical x-rays and nuclear blasts?	ionizing radiation
9837	18. Musical Homonyms	What term for a melody or a solo can also indicate a colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous mixture containing 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and some other gasses?	air
9838	49. Organ Transplants	The recipient in an organ transplant gets the new organ from another person. What is the term for the person providing the organ?	donor
9839	18. Canadian Capitals	What is the capital of the province bordered by Alberta, Manitoba, Montana, and North Dakota?	Regina
9840	23. Vice Presidents	Alexander Stephens was vice president of what country?	Confederate States of America
9841	43. Alloy History	By controlling access to copper and tin, the Chinese Shang Dynasty also controlled the production of what alloy?	bronze
9842	9. Senseless Idioms	What word completes the idiom in this line? His method of filing corporate documents seems to be without rhyme or ...	reason
9843	14175 Good Luck	You traditionally wish a person good luck in what profession by saying 'break a leg'?	acting (dramatics, theater)
9844	Zi Bad Photos	Red eye in photographs occurs when a strobe light enters the eye and reflects off the ...	retina
9845	74. Navigators	Juan Sebastian del Cano was hailed in 1522 as the first circumnavigator. He had become commander of the expedition when the original leader was killed in what island group?	Philippines
9846	64. Mountains	The highest Himalayan peak is in what nation?	Nepal
9847	44. Biographies	What surname completes this title of a biography? The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly ...	Brown
9848	17. Radiology	What relatively high-energy photons are involved in most medical radiologic tests?	X-rays
9849	63. Asian Seas	Karachi, Pakistan, is adjacent to what sea?	Arabian Sea
9850	15. Literary Anecdotes	Name the American literary character who cons friends into whitewashing a fence.	Tom Sawyer
9851	15. Bay States	Name either state that is adjacent to Chesapeake Bay.	Virginia, Maryland
9852	100. Explorers	Whose 19th-century expeditions to the Wind River chain of the Rockies, to the Great Basin, and to the Sierra Nevada earned him the sobriquet, 'the Pathfinder'?	John C. Fremont
9853	38. Lever Problems	A 50-pound weight is on a lever 6 feet from the fulcrum. At what distance from the fulcrum must a 30-pound weight be placed to balance the lever?	10 feet
9854	39. Government	What term means either a body of people under one government in a definite region or a subdivision of a nation?	state
9855	Zi Biomes	Just north of the tropic of Cancer and south of the tropic of Capricorn is what world-wide biome?	desert
9856	47. Polygons	What polyhedron has a polygon as one of its faces while its other lateral faces are triangles meeting at a vertex?	pyramid
9857	1. Sports Injuries	With climber's finger, what kind of fibrous connective tissue is injured?	tendon
9858	69. Deposits	You are investigating an unstratified sedimentary deposit composed of rock fragments of all sizes mixed together in random fashion, ranging from boulders to tiny clay and colloid particles. Some large fragments are striated and faceted. What deposited this material?	a glacier
9859	32. Poets	What American poet, 'the bard of democracy,' extolled the average man and the uniqueness of the individual in works such as these? Democratic Vistas Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Song of the Broad Axe	Walt Whitman
9860	21. First Aid Chemistry	What chemical compound used in many cleaning fluids is also a principal ingredient in smelling salts?	ammonia
9861	109. Finishing Up	What is the general term for the final skill in a gymnastic routine?	dismount
9862	14. Motility	An amoeba moves about by pushing out part of itself. This extended part of its cell is a false foot or ...	pseudopod
9863	90. Antidotes	The universal antidote is a mixture of magnesium oxide, tannic acid, water, and what activated substance?	charcoal
9864	40. Reading Comprehension	In literature, a general conclusion drawn from particulars is called an ...	inference
9865	62. Integers	Find the largest of three consecutive integers whose sum is 60.	21
9866	18. Government Responsibilities	Which branch of American government sees that federal laws, judgments of federal courts, and treaties are implemented and obeyed?	executive branch
9867	9. Colonial Colonies	The Popham colony in Maine was established in 1607, but did not survive the harsh winters there. What successful colony was also established in that year?	Jamestown
9868	125. Taxation Without Representation	In 1767, the British Parliament passed the Townsend Acts that imposed taxes on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. This superceded what other despised law, repealed in 1766, that had taxed licenses, almanacs, playing cards, and legal documents?	Stamp Act
9869	100. Mechanics of Music	Name the sign used in music to change the pitch of a note by raising it one semitone or lowering it by one semitone or canceling the effect of a previous sharp or flat.	accidental
9870	16. Motion	A roadrunner started from rest and reached a speed of 50 mph in 4 seconds. A coyote started at 20 mph and reached a speed of 40 mph in 8 seconds. The rate at which these critters increased their speeds is called ...	acceleration
9871	61. Energy	Actors on a stage are known to become quite warm due to the stage lighting. What type of heat transfer is involved?	radiation
9872	68. Planetary Rotation	If you are looking at the South Pole from space, the Earth is rotating in which clock direction?	clockwise
9873	38. Ancient Literature	These tales were written in what ancient civilization? King Neferkare and General Sasenet Tale of the Court of King Cheops	Egypt (Middle Kingdom)
9874	41. United Nations Agreements	According to a U.N. Convention, all states, whether coastal or landlocked, have the rights to navigate, overfly, lay submarine cables, build artificial islands, fish, and conduct research outside national territorial waters. These rights are collectively known as freedom of what?	the seas
9875	30. Invertebrates	If a creature has three pairs of legs on its thorax, it is a member of what class of arthropods?	Insecta (insect)
9876	39. Long, High Trails	What lengthy, lofty, national scenic trail goes through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana?	Continental Divide Trail
9877	Alt. 3. Europeans	He entered the French army at 14 and rose to the rank of captain by age 19. He offered to serve in the Continental Army without pay and was placed on Washington's staff. Name this man who helped draft the French bill of rights.	Lafayette
9878	38. Sports Figures	With what sport was Shoeless Joe Jackson associated?	baseball
9879	111. Organizations	A successful American organization was chartered in 1910 by William D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher who took the idea from a movement founded in 1908 by the Englishman Robert Baden-Powell. Name the organization.	Boy Scouts
9880	da Metro Areas of Old	Located near modern Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian capital on what river?	Tigris
9881	49. Murders	In 1940, a Spaniard calling himself Frank Jackson murdered what exiled former Soviet leader in Mexico?	Leon Trotsky
9882	68. Funerals	In 1852, the city of New Orleans held a funeral for three of the greatest U.S. statesmen of the early 19th century. These men were Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and what noted orator from New England who served as U.S. representative, senator, and secretary of state, and is remembered largely for supporting the preservation of the Union?	Daniel Webster
9883	41. Scientific Jargon	What word that sounds like a pun for two ten-cent coins is used by scientists to describe a model of reality?	paradigm
9884	106. Figurative Language	What figure of speech is used repeatedly in this tale? Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.	hyperbole (exaggeration)
9885	27. Distillation	What resource is commonly separated into many substances through fractional distillation?	oil (petroleum, crude oil)
9886	42. Weird Situations	What is the term for the kind of incongruity illustrated in this situation? Mr. Fennik was caught in a traffic jam and arrived too late to receive his award from the City Council for reducing the town's automobile congestion.	irony
9887	37. Big Birds	What South American bird is most similar to the African ostrich?	rhea
9888	110. Writing	Consider the words eventually, above all, meanwhile, in conclusion, in particular, and accordingly. When writers use such words to facilitate passing from one idea to another, what are they called?	transitions
9889	39. Earthquake Mathematics	The Richter scale used in measuring earthquakes represents what type of mathematical scale?	logarithmic
9890	22. Parliament	Which branch of the British Parliament includes the nobility?	House of Lords
9891	3. Crime Math	A city with a population of 250,000 experienced 15,000 violent crimes in one year. What was the violent crime rate per 1000 residents?	60
9892	21. Explorers	In 1542, who became the first European to set foot on California's Santa Catalina Island?	Juan Cabrillo
9893	50. Astronomy	The two stars that form the outer edge of the Big Dipper constellation can be interpreted as pointing toward what star?	Polaris
9894	42. Alliterative Cliches	What three-word alliterative expression applies to one who has been through some misadventure and emerged unharmed and intact?	safe and sound
9895	45. Wartime Literature	These poems by William Cullen Bryant are about what war? Seventy-Six The Green Mountain Boys	American Revolution (Revolutionary War)
9896	34. Poetry	In what poem is Blake on first and Flynn on third?	Casey at the Bat
9897	14. Government Functions	A core element of national interest for a government is providing for the physical safety of a nation's citizens. This is called national ...	defense (security)
9898	18. Bear Attacks	What species of bear was responsible for these fatalities? Kevin Kammer in Montana's Gallatin National Forest Erwin Evert in Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest John Wallace in Yellowstone National Park Richard White in Denali National Park	grizzly bear
9899	Ts Mechanics	In relation to mechanics, the ratio of the energy or power a machine delivers to the energy or power it receives defines what?	efficiency
9900	88. Teachers on Trial	What subject did the Tennessee educator John Scopes teach?	biology
9901	68. Galaxies	The three major types of galaxies include the irregular, elliptical, and what else?	spiral
9902	Sis Malapropisms	What word should have been used in this line? Listen to the blabbing brook.	babbling
9903	101. Weird Relationships	As if it was not enough that Bella Swan's friend in 'Twilight' turns out to be a vampire, in 'New Moon,' this time her new boyfriend turns out to be what other kind of legendary being?	werewolf
9904	60. Physiology	What prefix is added to words such as 'flexion' or 'extension' that indicates movement beyond the normal position?	hyper
9905	18. Science Fiction	These lines come from what dreadful science fiction story? -I'd hate to wake up some morning and find out that you weren't you. -They're here already! You're next! You're next! -Well, I don't know what they are. I never saw them before. They looked like great big seed nods.	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
9906	19. Magnetism	What kind of magnet has a magnetic field only during the time of current flows through the solenoid at its core?	electromagnet
9907	4. Linked Sounds	When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches, they all vibrate when only one of the strings is struck. This illustrates what phenomenon of sound?	resonance
9908	36. Legal Orders	An order issued by an administrative agency directing an individual or a corporation to refrain from some proscribed business practice is a ---- order.	cease and desist
9909	59. South American History	What city that served as the capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century remains the capital of Peru?	Lima
9910	30. Organic Chemistry	They are components of nucleotides such as guanine and adenine. They are proton acceptors or electron donors in solution. Name this general category of compounds.	bases
9911	44. Religion	In Catholicism, venial sins are less serious than what other category of transgressions?	mortal sins
9912	10. Parasites	This is about what kind of parasite common among dogs? It uses its hooks to fasten itself to the inside of a dog's intestines where it absorbs food. As it feeds, sections near the end of its body break away, carrying their eggs with them.	tapeworm (dog tapeworm)
9913	49. The Coordinate Plane	In what quadrant of the coordinate plane are both x and y less than zero?	quadrant III
9914	Zi Endowments	The same Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher who endowed the Columbia University School of Journalism also endowed what awards conferred annually?	Pulitzer Prizes
9915	86. Mountain Namesakes	A famous mountain peak in Colorado was named in honor of what explorer?	Zebulon Pike
9916	30. Fictional Characters	According to Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry was in what line of work?	preaching
9917	15. Latin	What is Latin for 'little bear'?	Ursa Minor
9918	58. Science Fiction Stories	Name the work by Robert Louis Stevenson about a benevolent mild-mannered doctor who became transformed by drinking a potion.	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
9919	75. Mixture Problems	A 21-gallon mixture of water and alcohol contains 7 gallons of alcohol. If 4 gallons of water are added, then the percentage of water in the mixture is ...	72%
9920	58. Vegetables	These are varieties of what kind of vegetables? acorn, butternut, summer, pumpkin, hubbard, buttercup, zucchini	squash
9921	74. Bird Books	For an ornithologist, these would fall into what general category of nonfiction? -Field Guide to the Birds of North America -The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan -The Birders Handbook -Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America	reference books
9922	91. Lyrical Grammar	These lines from a Bob Dylan song illustrate what kind of question? How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned?	rhetorical
9923	Alt. 5. Pirate Crews	What was the name for those sailors who mopped the decks of pirate ships?	swabbies (swabs)
9924	99. Universal Syllogisms	What is the conclusion to this syllogism? All X are Y. No Z is Y. Therefore ...	no Z is X
9925	87. European Ages	The Victorian Age flourished during which century?	19th
9926	43. Wordplay	What form of wordplay is illustrated in this? Imagine an imaginary manager's manager Imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.	tongue twister
9927	4. African Cities	Name the largest city in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope.	Cape Town
9928	122. Chemical Poetry	The name of what silver-white metallic element is missing from this verse? I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of ---- Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten 'em.	platinum
9929	78. Imaginative Responses	What figure of speech did Theodore Roosevelt use when he said this about Oliver Wendell Holmes? I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that.	hyperbole
9930	67. European Geography	What landlocked European country is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovenia and Italy to the South, Liechtenstein and Switzerland to the west, and Slovakia and Hungary to the east?	Austria
9931	8. Authors’ Revisions	Who originally called her heroine Pansy O'Hara, and named Tara 'Fontenoy Hall'?	Margaret Mitchell
9932	108. Gold	An alloy that contains 58.33% pure gold is how many	karats?
9933	84. Atmospheric Gases	What is produced in the stratosphere when solar radiation breaks up diatomic molecules of oxygen into monatomic molecules which then join with other diatomic molecules of oxygen to produce triatomic molecules?	ozone
9934	7. Taxonomy	Which taxonomic classification consists of related classes of living things?	phylum
9935	55. Transportation Milestones	What waterway built between 1817 and 1832 provided a navigable route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes?	Erie Canal
9936	5. Crimes	If a person falsely claims to represent a charity to obtain a donation that he then keeps for himself, this crime of misstating facts to obtain money is called ...	misrepresentation (fraud)
9937	24. Government Facilities	Containing 17.5 miles of corridors and some 37 million square feet of office space, it has five sides and five floors above ground. Name this largest office building in the world.	Pentagon
9938	58. Medical Talk	What word has these meanings? -threatening to life -virulent -tending to metastasize	malignant
9939	83. Proverbs	The proverb, 'A word spoken is past recalling,' can also be expressed as 'What's done is' what?	done
9940	37. Evidence	Statements made or evidence produced by a suspect which help prove that he is himself guilty of some crime is called self ...	incrimination
9941	23. Geologic Structures	Graded bedding and cross bedding are present in which of the three main rock categories?	sedimentary rock
9942	20. Historical Figures	This concerns what former leader? His disastrous blunders - the senseless liquidation of the kulaks, the terror of the purge, the pact with Hitler, the clumsy meddling with the creative work of writers and scientists - are the blunders of a fanatic.	Joseph Stalin
9943	5. Art Careers	What type of an artist designs the packaging for products to be sold to consumers?	commercial artist
9944	40. Color Vision	Consider an object that reflects equal amounts of red and green light, stimulating the red and green cones equally. As a result, the viewer perceives what color?	yellow
9945	46. Former Nations	What country was once known as Iberia?	Spain
9946	14. Elections	In 1968, what former Alabama governor carried five Southern states with forty-five combined electoral votes as the candidate of the American Independent Party?	George Wallace
9947	53. Museums	Opened in 1819 and a superb example of Spanish neoclassical architecture, name the major art museum in Madrid.	Prado
9948	31. Africa	It is the shortest distance from Spain to what African country?	Morocco
9949	63. Legal Concepts	In presenting a point for the defense of her client, lawyer Lorraine referred to several previous decisions which she said should be used as standards in this case. Such relevant prior legal decisions are called ...	precedents
9950	43. Federal Agencies	What U.S. federal agency coordinated the responses to help those affected by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Buffalo snowstorm of 2006, the California wildfires of 2007, and the Moore, Oklahoma tornado in 2013?	FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
9951	66. Lightning	Annually, which U.S. state has the greatest number of lightning injuries and deaths?	Florida
9952	2. Diseases	The infectious disease tularemia is associated with what small mammals?	rabbits
9953	77. Magellan's Voyage	In St. Julian Bay in South America, Magellan's men reported seeing camels without humps. It is most likely that these were what kind of animals?	llamas
9954	20. Work	You shove a heavy crate across a floor and back to its original position. You have expended considerable effort, but the only outcome is an elevation in what for the crate and the floor?	temperature
9955	124. Ores	The inorganic compound, iron arsenide sulfide, is a major ore of what poisonous element?	arsenic
9956	de Plant Roots	Water and dissolved minerals enter plants through what structures on roots?	hairs
9957	Ts Horses	What is the breed of horse bred originally by the Nez Perce Indians?	appaloosa
9958	35. Constellations	All modern constellation names come from what language?	Latin
9959	102. Home States	These people all lived in what state? Alvin York Lester Flatt David Farragut Dolly Parton Al Gore Davy Crockett	Tennessee
9960	118. Factoring	Factor 16p + 40.	8(2p + 5)
9961	Alt. 2. Colossal Cascades	This describes what spectacular falls? Plunging uninterrupted for 807 meters from a mystical tabletop mountain deep in the Venezuelan equatorial rainforest, it is widely acknowledged as the tallest permanent waterfall in the world.	Angel Falls
9962	11. Calendars	The official calendar of what nation starts in the year 3761 B.C.?	Israel
9963	6. The Atmosphere	Cold air is denser than warm air and therefore, with respect to light, has a greater index of what?	refraction
9964	39. Plant Physiology	What structures on a plant are used to procure inorganic nutrients such as minerals and water?	roots
9965	90. Sports Vocabulary	What word in golf indicates a hole-in-one or in tennis, a serve not returned by the opponent?	ace
9966	73. Currency Exchange	If 1 shekel equals .2 euros and 1 euro equals 130 yen, then 10 shekels equals how many yen?	260
9967	54. Angles	How many degrees are in the sum of two angles which are explementary or conjugate?	360 degrees
9968	121. Warplanes	These were military aircraft of what country in World War I? Junkers D.I Albatros D.III Fokker E.IV	Germany
9969	99. Compasses	The primary points of a compass are the ---- points.	cardinal
9970	32. Amendments	These phrases are from what U.S. constitutional amendment? -nature and cause of the accusation -speedy and public trial -impartial jury -assistance of counsel for his defense	6th amendment
9971	94. Poetic Characters	Who is the central character in this poem? And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar, And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said, 'Please close that door.'	Sam McGee
9972	8. Stars	The brightest star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest star in the sky is Alpha ...	Centauri
9973	32. Frontiers of Science	In 1996, physicists at CERN in Geneva announced the synthesis of the first antiatoms. These first antiatoms comprise what element?	antihydrogen
9974	15. Stock Phrases	During the 1990s, the U.S. media continually associated what country with this phrase? weapons of mass destruction	Iraq
9975	36. Epitaphs	In his epitaph, Shakespeare warned that what would happen to anyone who tampered with his remains?	He would be cursed.
9976	40. Algebra	Twelve less than a number is 14. What is the number?	26
9977	43. Instrumental Music	What form of Spanish dance music usually includes pronounced finger tapping on the belly of a guitar?	flamenco
9978	118. Shooting Safety	In recreational shooting, what two pieces of protective gear should you routinely wear?	eye and ear protection
9979	103. The Skeletal System	What bone acts as a stop so that the hinge joint of the knee can open to about 180 degrees but no farther?	patella (kneecap)
9980	35. Settlements	The first non-native settlement in Alaska was established in 1784 by colonists from what country?	Russia
9981	28. Books	What book series includes these titles? The Book of Three The Black Cauldron The Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer The High King	The Prydain Chronicles
9982	20. Electronic Security	Guaranteeing the privacy of data on computer networks through complex algorithmic codes is called	encryption
9983	110. The Sun	What term derived from the Latin word for crown indicates the luminous envelope of ionized gases surrounding the Sun that is visible during eclipses?	corona
9984	105. Shared Names	What name was shared by a very light aircraft that made the first nonstop flight around the world in 1986 and a series of U.S. spacecraft on interplanetary probes beginning in the 1970s?	Voyager
9985	86. Deposition	In what household appliance can water vapor be transformed directly into a solid?	freezer (refrigerator freezer)
9986	11. Legal Defenses	Leslie Bonnano was charged with a hit in Chicago on May 2nd of 1991. But Leslie truthfully said she was visiting her aged godfather in Sicily at the time. This legal defense is called an ...	alibi
9987	1. Koalas	Koalas live in eastern Australia in forests of what kind of trees?	eucalyptus
9988	23. Medical Procedures	What is the source of the tissue used to replace a patient's damaged tissue in an autografting procedure?	the patient
9989	108. Violins	Against what part of a violin do players press the strings in order to vary the pitch?	fingerboard
9990	78. Predators	Name the apex predators of the open ocean.	sharks
9991	89. Music	Scott Joplin's song, 'The Entertainer,' was used as the background music for what 1973 movie?	The Sting
9992	10. Nazis	Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped and smuggled from Argentina to Israel by what Israeli spy agency?	Mossad
9993	19. Hospitals	In a hospital setting, for what does the 'E' stand in these related abbreviations? ED ER A&E	emergency
9994	98. Nutrition	What are the three main classes of compounds that are energy sources for heterotrophs?	carbohydrates, fats, proteins
9995	21. Statistics	What is the mean score? 92 96 88 84	90
9996	61. Novel Dialogue	Identify the master in this dialogue. 'Look there and see those thirty or so wild giants.' 'What giants?' asked Sancho. 'The ones you can see over there,' answered his master, 'with the huge arms, some of which are very nearly two leagues long.' 'Now look, your grace,' said Sancho. 'What you see over there aren't giants. but windmills.' ,	Don Quixote
9997	17. Institutions Abroad	What kind of institution was founded in the year 529 by St. Benedict at Monte Cassino in central Italy?	monastery
9998	69. Lows and Highs	Just five days before the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, what Soviet astronaut had become the first human in space?	Yuri Gagarin
9999	19. Gods of Petrology	Named for the Roman mythical god of the underworld, what kind of igneous rock results from magma that cools beneath Earth's surface?	plutonic
10000	97. Sediment	What is the name for the sorted or semi-sorted sediment in the bed of a stream or on its floodplain or delta?	alluvium
10001	53. Disease Transmission	What is the term for any agent, whether a person, animal, or microorganism, that transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism?	vector
10002	51. A Wild Child	Name the feral child in Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book.'	Mowgli
10003	33. Mammals	The Andalusian, known for centuries as the Spanish horse, was initially bred on what peninsula?	Iberian Peninsula
10004	114. Page Calculations	If the sum of four consecutive page numbers is 850, what is the largest of these page numbers?	214
10005	83. Antecedents	What is the antecedent of the pronouns in this example? Having relocated his hump, Igor grabbed his shovel and headed for the swamp.	Igor
10006	13. Waterway Formation	Around 10,000 years ago, the British Isles were part of mainland Europe. As the ice sheet melted, a lake formed in the southern part of what is now the North Sea. The outflow channel from the lake entered the Atlantic near Dover and Calais. Around 6500 B.C., catastrophic erosion swept away the chalk to create what channel?	English Channel
10007	40. Oceanic Currents	The Falkland Current is adjacent to what continent?	South America
10008	23. Theories	Cosmologists use what adjective to describe the type of universe that would expand forever?	open
10009	54. Thoughts on Democracy	According to George Bernard Shaw, what form of government 'ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve'?	democracy
10010	45. Inventors	The last name of what American inventor of plow blades is a homophone for a hoofed and antlered ruminant?	Deere
10011	5. Clouds	What kind of cloud poking out beneath a cumulonimbus clouds becomes a tornado when it touches the ground?	funnel cloud
10012	102. Slogan Spoofs	This is a parody of what four-word slogan from the 1770s? Taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either.	No taxation without representation.
10013	35. Navigational Bearings	A relative bearing of 180 degrees equals what clock bearing?	6 o'clock
10014	85. Civil War Legislation	The Confiscation Act of 1862 declared free the slaves of persons aiding and supporting the insurrection. What document signed later in 1862 after the Battle of Antietam had an even broader purpose?	Emancipation Proclamation
10015	8. Telescopes	What category of optical telescopes are used at Kitt Peak National Observatory, the Mauna Kea Observatory, and the Palomar Observatory?	reflecting telescopes
10016	49. Computer History	The first high-level computer language was developed by IBM in 1957 and called ...	FORTRAN
10017	20. Earthquakes	Generally, the larger the main shock, the more numerous subsequent shocks are what other kind of shocks?	aftershocks
10018	44. Energy	In 1978, the Princeton Large Torus test reactor reached a temperature of 60 million degrees F and held it briefly. This feat fueled the enthusiasm of scientists trying to develop what kind of energy?	fusion
10019	89. Great Lakes	The flow of water from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is interrupted by what major waterfalls?	Niagara Falls
10020	10. Declining Amphibians	Studies conducted in 1997 tentatively linked the ongoing, worldwide reduction in amphibians to what kind of radiation that may be increasing due to the loss of high-altitude atmospheric ozone?	ultraviolet
10021	89. Water Weight	Ten cubic feet of water weighs how many pounds?	624 pounds