Jr. Varsity Toss-Ups

Tri County League - Junior Varsity Toss-ups
10 rounds of 75 questions
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1. Identification 6. Rhetoric
What field of science was initiated when the What figure of speech was used by John Milton in this
Englishman Sir Francis Galton discovered that no two excerpt?
people have exactly the same pattern of ridges on Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute
their fingertips?
fingerprinting alliteration
2. Chemical Compounds 7. Rubber
These are what kinds of compounds? Charles Goodyear's method of preparing rubber was
citric named after what Roman god?
oxalic
lactic
tartaric
acids Vulcan
3. Invertebrates 8. International Agencies
What creature has these features? This is about what organization?
-most highly developed of the invertebrates It employs more than 34,000 people worldwide
-eyes are almost exact replicas of human eyes and spends 70 percent of its $1.35 billion
-body length of up to 65 feet annual budget on personnel-related costs. Its
-ten arms accounting practices are opaque and
corruption is routinely documented.
giant squid United Nations

4. History of Science 9. Nursery Tales
The person who shouted "eureka" upon discovering One of the tales in Charles Perrault's original
the principle of displacement was part of what ancient collection of tales was "Le Petit Chaperon rouge."
civilization? Translate this.
Greece Little Red Riding Hood

5. Multiplying Variables 10. Proverbs
If x is multiplied by 5/4, it will change from 16 to 20 How is this proverb usually stated?
or from ---- to 55. Tribulation is enamored of aggregations.
44 Misery loves company.

11. World History 16. Grasshoppers
In 1910, an English expedition led by Robert Scott Located on each side of the first abdominal segment
embarked from New Zealand on their ill-fated attempt of a grasshopper, what is the function of the tympana?
to reach ...
the South Pole hearing

12. Stars 17. Weather Prediction
For a star moving at tremendous speed toward Earth, Doppler radar detection of mesocyclones is used to
its spectrum appears shifted toward what color? predict what kind of potentially devastating
meteorological event?
blue tornado
13. Maritime Disasters 18. Pronouns
This is from a poem about what ship? What are the four third-person pronouns in the
On April 15, 1912, subjective case?
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 he, she, it, they

14. U.S. Government 19. Nationalities
Which branch of government is primarily responsible What is the nationality of the scientist who discovered
for enforcing federal laws? the circulation of blood?
executive English
15. Bird Populations 20. Age Problems
If 5/8 of the pheasants at the Birds-R-Us Farm are Carol is 22 years older than Beulah. When Beulah is
males and the total pheasant population there is 2400, as old as Carol is now, she will be three times her
how many girl pheasants are there? present age. How old is Carol now?
900 33
21. Bygone Theories 26. Fantasies
This was evidence for what theory? Which of Tolkien's books begins with this?
If the Sun occupied the center of the celestial When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced
sphere, we would pass near different parts of that he would shortly be celebrating his
the sphere at different times, and the sizes eleventy-first birthday with a party of special
and shapes of the constellations should vary. magnificence, there was much talk and
excitement in Hobbiton.
geocentric The Fellowship of the Ring

22. Short Stories 27. Explorers
Who wrote the short story, "The Black Cat"? In his second expedition to the Antarctic in the 1930s,
who discovered and named the Edsel Ford
Mountains?
Edgar Allan Poe Richard Byrd

23. Proportions 28. Poisons
What two numbers are the extremes in this What is the collective name for poisons injected by
proportion? snake or insect bites?
3/5 = 6/10
3, 10 venom
24. Matter 29. Greek Letters
Which phase of matter is described either as Name the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet that
amorphous or crystalline? also stands for a transcendental number.
solid pi
25. Residents 30. Defects
Anyone not a citizen of the country in which he or What is the four-syllable term for the visual defect
she lives is an ... resulting from the lens of the eye refracting the
parallel rays of light to a focal point in front of the
retina?
alien myopia (nearsightedness)

31. Fossils 36. Quadrilaterals
Paleontologists refer to the cavity around which a cast Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. The measure
is formed as a ... of angle a is 80 degrees. What is the measure of angle
c?
mold 80 degrees
32. Figures of Speech 37. Heat
This passage by Carl Sagan illustrates what figure of Under what circumstances can heat flow from an
speech? object with a lower temperature to one with a higher
Discouraging the natural scientific curiosity of temperature?
kids is just one of the causes of scientific
illiteracy which afflicts the United States like
drought in Death Valley.
simile none
33. Archaeology 38. Foreign Policy
An archeological project is called a ... In relation to European colonization, the United States
issued its first comprehensive foreign policy statement
1823, a declaration known as the ...
dig Monroe Doctrine

34. Weather Maps 39. Book Title Geography
What type of front is indicated on a weather map by a This book is about what region?
line from which black hemispheres and black triangles Trespassers on the Roof of the World
are alternately emerging from either side?
stationary front Tibet (Nepal)

35. Ratios 40. Algebra
Determine two numbers whose ratio is 3 to 8 and Twelve less than a number is 14. What is the number?
whose sum is 33.
9, 24 26
41. Gerund Phrases 46. Ability Loss
How is the gerund phrase used in this example? The psychological impairment called agraphia
His mistake was flying too close to the Sun. indicates a loss of a pre-existing ability to do what?
predicate nominative write

42. Asimov 47. Batteries
In Asimov's "The Caves of Steel," the joint heroes are a Which terminal of a battery has more protons than
man and a ... electrons?
robot positive terminal

43. Modular Arithmetic 48. Slavery
In mod 10, 17-3 is ... Slave trade in America and Europe ended during
which century?
4. 19th century
44. Reptiles 49. Special Years
What kind of reptile has a carapace and a plastron? Name the 12-month period in business or government
for budgetary and accounting purposes.
turtle (tortoise, terrapin) fiscal year

45. Investigations 50. Ocean Erosion
This is about whose murder? Beach property and harbors may be protected from
I picked up the Dallas phone book and ran my direct erosive action of waves through construction of
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 breakwaters

51. Eye Anatomy 56. Verbs
Below the conjunctiva is what clear fibrous layer that What adjective indicates verbs that form their past
covers the iris? tense and past participle by changing a vowel in the
infinitive?
cornea irregular
52. Sentence Transformations 57. Algebra
Restate the following sentence replacing the Simplify the following.
prepositional phrase with an indirect object. (12(a squared)b) divided by (3a)
Marybelle wrote an ode to me.
Marybelle wrote me an ode. 4ab

53. Asteroids 58. Latin Americans
What soft, white, ductile, metallic element and member Who was Mexico's first Native American president?
of the platinum group of metals was named after the
asteroid Pallas?
palladium Benito Juarez

54. Mollusks 59. Constellations
Name the largest bivalve mollusk that lives in the What constellation lies partly between Ursa Major and
ocean near the East Indies. Ursa Minor?
(giant) clam Draco

55. Tense 60. Northern Europe
What tense is used below? In the Benelux countries, Belgium has a king, the
By quitting time this afternoon, we will Netherlands has a queen, and there is a grand duke in
have been removing peas from their pods ...
for fifteen straight hours.
future perfect Luxembourg

61. Air Routes 66. Reptilian Literature
The shortest route from Perth, Australia to Tierra del Name the python in Kipling's "The Jungle Book."
Fuego is over what continent?
Antarctica Kaa
62. Voltage 67. Muscular Disorders
What is the voltage of seven nine-volt batteries If someone's muscles in the face, arms, legs, and back
connected in parallel? violently and involuntarily contract, that person is
having a ...
9 volts convulsion (seizure, spasm)

63. Territories 68. Fossils
The State of Deseret, established in 1849, only lasted Fossils that divide geologic time into small units are
about a year until it became known as what territory? called guide or ---- fossils.
Territory of Utah index

64. Forms of Government 69. Theft
These features are typical of what form of What is a legal synonym term for theft?
government?
-one political party
-complete national effort directed towards
the goals of the party
-control over every aspect of citizen's lives
totalitarianism larceny
65. Amendments 70. Astronomical Theories
Which amendment gave women the right to vote? What theory for the origin of the universe suggests
that all matter was once concentrated in a single
unstable mass?
19th big bang theory

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
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
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
74. Natural Phenomena
Anything that imparts a disturbance to the
surrounding air is a source of what phenomenon as
perceived by people?
sound
75. Spits
When a spit reaches partly across the mouth of a bay,
it is a bay-mouth ...
bar
1. Political Practices 6. Animal Behavior
Emperor Nero deported critics and burned Hibernation is a long winter sleep but some animals
manuscripts of which he disapproved. This is an early such as opossums and skunks enter into a light winter
example of what political practice? sleep from which they may rouse on warm days to
hunt food. This light sleep is called ...
censorship dormancy
2. Distributions 7. Drug Wars
Reminiscent of the study of light, a distribution of The two Opium Wars fought in the nineteenth century
entities or properties arrayed in order of increasing or involved Great Britain and what other country?
decreasing magnitude is a ...
spectrum China
3. Nebulas 8. Cubes
Collections of dust, gas, and ionized gases that emit How long is each side of a cube with a volume of 512
their own light are known as what kind of nebulas? cubic feet?
emission nebulas 8 feet

4. Money 9. Disasters
What rate specifies the price of one country's currency What disaster in 2008 led to gas prices temporarily
in terms of another's? exceeding $5 per gallon in some areas of Louisiana
and Texas?
exchange rate Hurricane Ike

5. Speed 10. Squares
For a constant speed, distance equals velocity Algebraically represent the side of a square with an
multiplied by time. Using the same quantities, what area of 9(x squared) - 30x + 25 square feet.
does time equal?
distance divided by velocity 3x - 5 feet

11. Places in the U.S. 16. The Circulatory System
It has a single, non-voting seat in the House of Blood leaving the left atrium of the heart is directed
Representatives. It has a population greater than any toward what organ?
one of seven states, and its residents pay more in taxes
than any one of eleven states. Name this American
district.
District of Columbia lungs

12. Currency 17. Maritime Firsts
What monetary unit formerly used in these countries This 1958 headline is about what vessel?
has the same name? Sub sails under the pole and 1,830 miles of
Luxembourg Arctic icecap in Pacific-to-Atlantic passage
Belgium
France
Switzerland
franc Nautilus
13. Lakes 18. Triangles
What lake in northeastern New York, northwestern What category of triangles has all three angles
Vermont, and southern Quebec was named after the different and each less than 90 degrees?
French explorer who served as commandant of New
France in 1612 and Governor of Quebec in 1633?
Lake Champlain acute

14. Curves 19. Fantasies
A squashed or elongated circle is called an ... 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?
ellipse (oval) Connecticut

15. Fictional Characters 20. Oceanic Currents
Name the central character in Dale Wasserman's "Man The Canary Current is adjacent to what two
of a Mancha." continents?
Don Quixote Europe, Africa

21. Social Protest 26. Rhombus Geometry
"The Cat Ate My Gymsuit" by Paula Danziger is about What is the other diagonal of a 35-square-inch
Marcy's perspective that everything, including her rhombus if one diagonal is 7?
social life, her weight, and her parents, is lousy. Then,
things change fast after she meets a person in what
profession?
teaching 10
22. It's Hard, Ain't It Hard! 27. Territories
What mineral cannot be scratched by any other What territorial name for a British colony in Africa
mineral and can scratch any other mineral? was based on the surname of a British mining
magnate?
diamond Rhodesia
23. Solids 28. Prisoners
What kind of polyhedron has faces that are all Voltaire and the Marquis de Sade were among the
identical polygons? most famous detainees in what Paris prison?
regular polyhedron Bastille

24. Deficiency Diseases 29. Energy
Little Isaac Mushnick has bowed legs. His wrists and What type of energy is any energy that is not kinetic
ankles are enlarged. His head is bulky and square. energy?
His pelvis is deformed and he has bad teeth. These
are symptoms of what disease resulting from
inadequate vitamin D?
rickets potential energy

25. Consumer Purchases 30. Imperialism
Economists refer to the quantity of goods and/or During the 1760s, which European country was
services which buyers are willing and able to purchase unquestionably the greatest colonial power?
as the ...
demand England
31. Apes 36. The 1830s
Apes have what kind of tails? 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?
none (or vestigial) slavery

32. Surnames 37. Syllogisms
Many surnames were originally linked to a profession, What is the conclusion of this syllogism?
such as Cooper to a barrel maker, Chandler to a maker Mona will not eat anything that smells like
of candles, and Thatcher to a roofer. What surname feet. Some cheeses really do smell like feet.
was originally linked to a maker of arrows? Therefore, Mona ...
Fletcher will not eat some cheeses

33. Birds 38. U.S. Wars
What kind of feathers are on newly hatched birds? In what year did the United States actually enter the
First World War?
down 1917
34. Carbohydrates 39. Legions
What complex insoluble carbohydrate is the main The Foreign Legion, known for its work in North
constituent of the cell wall in most plants? Africa, is under the control of what country?
cellulose France
35. Religious Analogies 40. Prehistory
Jews are to synagogues as Muslims are to ... The Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are
subdivisions of what prehistoric age?
mosques Stone Age

41. Variation 46. Botany
In this table, the ratio of x to y is what? Thin outgrowths from a plant root's epidermis cells
y x that increase the surface area of a root for absorption
2 6 of water and minerals are called root ...
4 12
5 15
6 18
3 (or 3 to 1) hairs
42. Art Forms 47. Polygons
What art form hung on walls is created on high-warp What polyhedron has a polygon as one of its faces
or low-warp looms? while its other lateral faces are triangles meeting at a
vertex?
tapestries pyramid
43. Grammatical Mood 48. Color
What grammatical mood is illustrated by the first line Alternating blue and yellow parallel lines of equal
of the Gettysburg Address? width drawn close together appear as what color when
held at a modest distance?
indicative green
44. Floodplains 49. Links between Generations
More than three millennia ago, the fertile floodplains A feature that can be passed on from one generation
of what two rivers nurtured the civilizations of Assyria to the next is what kind of characteristic?
and Babylonia?
Tigris, Euphrates inherited (genetic, congenital)

45. Gardening 50. Sculpture Suffixes
What is the collective name for herbaceous plants that By adding a suffix to "statue," you form what term
live beyond one flowering season? indicating a small statue?
perennial statuette
51. Quadrilateral Areas 56. Historic Battles
The area of what quadrilateral equals half of the The Duke of Wellington led the British forces against
altitude times the sum of the bases? Napoleon at what historic battle?
trapezoid Waterloo
52. Firsts 57. Tales
In Greek myth, Pandora was the first ... 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.
woman The Tell-Tale Heart

53. Patio Math 58. Legends
Around a 15 x 18 foot redwood patio is a concrete According to English legend, who did the sheriff hope
walkway 3 feet wide. What is the ratio of the area of would come to a great archery tournament to be held
the walkway to the area of the patio? in Nottingham Town?
13 to 15 Robin Hood
54. Spoonerisms 59. Sentence Improvement
Translate the question in this spoonerism. What word should have been used in this line?
Silence is best. I mat my mistress and my Because Mr. Andretti has no respect for the
sleazy lumber. I'll shake off my toes, for they speed limit and always drives his car too rapid,
encumber. What if I tub my stow? he is a menace to all the mice and other living
things in the neighborhood.
What if I stub my toe? rapidly

55. Chemical Perils 60. Motion in Space
For what does the abbreviation stand below? A circular motion about an external point is called an
-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) orbit (revolution, orbital revolution)

61. Composers 66. Physical Science
He came from a family in which more than fifty were A glass may be filled with water such that the amount
musicians. Name this composer who worked at St. of water actually exceeds the volume of the glass
Thomas' Church, married twice, and had twenty without spilling. This is due to the principle of
children. surface ...
Johann Sebastian Bach tension

62. European Watercraft 67. Big Eyes
Name the long, narrow rowboat used as a taxi in the Even though the giant squid has the largest eyes of
canals of Venice. any creature, it can only see black and white.
Therefore, its retinas lack what light-sensitive cells that
humans have?
gondola cones
63. Sunscreens 68. Energy
Theoretically, someone who would ordinarily sunburn The kind of nuclear energy used in power plants is ...
after 12 minutes without protection would burn after
how many minutes if he were using a sunscreen with
SPF 10?
120 minutes fission

64. Sequences 69. Deposits
In a mathematical sequence, when the value of any You are investigating an unstratified sedimentary
term is less than the value of the preceding term, the deposit composed of rock fragments of all sizes
sequence is in what order? 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?
descending order a glacier

65. Capital Cities 70. Science Fiction
Name the capital of the province in which the What story by Jules Verne tells the tale of four men
Klondike is located. who are fired from a huge cannon at Cape Canaveral
to our planet's natural satellite?
Whitehorse From the Earth to the Moon

71. Skeletal Substances
Bone is to endoskeleton as chitin is to ...
exoskeleton
72. Latin Roots
What is the meaning of the root in mortify,
mortification, immortalize, and mortality?
death
73. Communications
Any information or rumors deliberately spread widely
to help or harm a person or nation illustrates what
form of literature?
propaganda
74. Planes
What adjective describes two distinct planes that never
intersect?
parallel
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
1. Tales 6. Paper Predecessors
What tales inspired Rimsky-Korsakov to compose During the ancient Roman period, parchment made
"Scheherazade"? from sheepskin became the standard writing surface,
replacing what other material made from a tall aquatic
sedge?
Arabian Nights papyrus

2. More Meaning 7. Canal Health
All the associations and emotions attached to a word The death rate in the Panama Canal Zone had
are called ... 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?
connotations malaria
3. Vertebrate Taxonomy 8. Algebraic Exponents
If the classes of vertebrates are arranged What is x if the cube root of x equals 2?
alphabetically, which is last?
reptiles (Reptilia) 8.
4. Inventions 9. King Myths
Uncle Ferdie developed a cold fusion machine and What mythical king said this to Dionysus?
registered it with the government. His exclusive right Give me the power to turn all I touch into gold.
to make, use, and sell his invention is called a ...
patent King Midas

5. Half-Lives 10. Phrases
What fraction of a radioactive isotope with a half-life What are the adjective phrases in this example?
of 24 hours will still be radioactive at the end of 7 The light at the end of the tunnel could be an
days? oncoming train.
1/128 at the end, of the tunnel

11. American Novels 16. Flowers
In what novel by John Knowles does Gene Forrester With determinate inflorescence, the stem stops
so envy the athleticism of his friend, Finny, that he growing when flowers develop from buds at the tip of
causes him to break his leg, thus sabotaging his the stem. With what kind of inflorescence does the
athletic career? stem continue to grow as flowers develop near the
temporary tip?
A Separate Peace indeterminate inflorescence

12. Robotics 17. Canyons
An android is a machine built to look or act like a It is the lower part of a valley or mountain canyon
human. A system that is part human and part robot is eroded to a depth below present sea level by a glacier
called a ... which followed this course to the sea. Such a deep,
steep canyon is called a ...
cyborg fiord
13. Story Books 18. Hurricanes
Charles Perrault wrote "Histories or Stories of Past As a hurricane sweeps across the Caribbean and heads
Times," which included stories about the Sleeping for the North American mainland, it will be preceded
Beauty, Puss in Boots, and Bluebeard. This work is by a sudden rise in sea level of ten feet or more. This
better known by its subtitle. What is that subtitle? phenomenon is a ...
Tales of Mother Goose storm surge

14. Geology 19. Rules Rules Rules
What is a mineral aggregate in which the valuable Whose rules of order govern formal meetings?
metalliferous minerals are sufficiently abundant to
make the aggregate worth mining?
ore Robert's
15. American Government 20. Greek Myths
What is the title of the chief legal officer of the U.S. What mythical race that dwelled in the mountains of
government? Thessaly and Arcadia were men with the bodies of
horses?
attorney general centaurs

21. Seagoing Mammals 26. Magellan
What kind of whale has the largest head of any What percentage of the ships that started out with
animal? Magellan's voyage around the world actually
completed the trip?
sperm whale 20%

22. Perimeters 27. Metric Units
What is the perimeter of a quadrilateral with sides of What is the unabbreviated metric unit in this list which
2p + q, p + 3q, 3p + q, and 3p + 2q? could not be used to measure length?
km
cm
mg
dm
9p + 7q milligram (mg)
23. Tax 28. Convicts
What tax is charged on every gallon of fuel purchased Between 1850 and 1868, nearly ten thousand convicts
for automotive use? were sent from Europe to the Perth colony in what
modern-day nation?
gasoline tax Australia

24. Ocean Currents 29. Rock
What is a one-word synonym for a rip current? What rocks are the products of deposition from either
the mechanical or chemical breakdown of all
pre-existing rock types?
undertow (rip tide) sedimentary rocks

25. Stories 30. Reform Poetry
Several animal stories such as "How the Leopard Got This verse by Sarah Cleghorn, written in the early 20th
His Spots" and "How the Elephant Got His Trunk" are century, is about what practice since abolished by
in the "Just So Stories" 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.
Rudyard Kipling child labor

31. The District of Columbia 36. Railroads
Name the hill in Washington D.C. where you will find What railroad company was chartered in California in
the building in which the House of Representatives 1861 to build the western section of a projected
and the Senate meet. transcontinental rail link?
Capitol Hill Central Pacific

32. Pronouns Galore 37. Zoology
What is the only objective pronoun in this convoluted What category of teeth are particularly conspicuous
passage? when you face a snarling dog?
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 canines
33. Mammals 38. Customs
The Andalusian, known for centuries as the Spanish By naval custom, the commander of any ship,
horse, was initially bred on what peninsula? whatever his or her rank, is called ...
Iberian Peninsula captain

34. Poetry 39. Ancient Sculptures
Complete this line by Longfellow. An ancient Roman sculpture depicts what two babies
I shot an arrow into the air ... getting milk from a wolf?
It fell to earth I knew not where Romulus and Remus

35. Evaluation of Expressions 40. Artistic Processes
Given that A is 4, B is 3, and C is 2, evaluate this The coating of sculptures or architectural ornaments
expression. with gold leaf is called ...
B(5A) - C squared
56 gilding
41. Trapezoids 46. Lines
The parallel sides of a trapezoid are called bases while What adjective describes any line at right angles to the
the nonparallel sides are called ... direction of a plumb line?
legs horizontal
42. Continental Margins 47. Pronouns
A continental margin is divided into three parts What two types of pronouns are in this statement?
including the continental rise, the continental slope, I turned down a date once because I was looking
and the continental ... for someone a little closer to the top of the
food chain.
shelf personal, indefinite

43. Seawater 48. Concessions
What is more concentrated in seawater just below In 1997, what country made its first official admission
forming ice packs than it is in the open ocean? that it had acted as the chief banker and money
launderer for the Nazis?
salt Switzerland
44. Song Grammar 49. The Coordinate Plane
What is the first preposition used in "The Star- In what quadrant of the coordinate plane are both x
Spangled Banner"? and y less than zero?
by quadrant III
45. Guilds 50. Presidents
In medieval times, what title was given to an What U.S. president oversaw the conclusion of World
established craftsman who belonged to a guild? War II, the development of the Marshall Plan, and the
establishment of NATO?
master Harry Truman

51. Polygons 56. Presidential Initiatives
The areas of two similar polygons are 25 and 81 In 1962, President Kennedy announced that he was
square feet. The length of a side of the larger establishing a naval and air blockade of all offensive
polygon is 72 feet. What is the length of the weaponry around what island?
corresponding side of the smaller polygon?
40 feet Cuba
52. Anthropology 57. Clauses
What ethnic group used boats with outriggers and This sentence fragment is actually what kind of
sailed vast distances to colonize the Pacific Ocean dependent clause?
about 2000 years ago? Which lasted forty days and forty nights.
Polynesian adjective clause

53. Governmental Branches 58. 17th-century Buccaneers
A town council is part of which branch of The British buccaneer who terrorized Spanish
government? settlements of the Caribbean between 1655 and 1671
was Henry ...
legislative Morgan
54. Mars 59. World Regions
On Mars, what kind of a physical feature is Valles Name the general region in which these countries are
Marineris? located.
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey,
Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq
valley Middle East (Mideast)

55. Space Exploration 60. Etymology
In spacecraft, what is the name for a chamber between From what language were these words derived?
the flight deck and the vacuum of space that is used cartoon
by crew members when beginning or returning from cameo
space walks? sonnet
fresco
air lock Italian

61. Inflammatory Diseases 66. Geological Rhymes
Mumps usually affects what type of glands? A sinking of the land in an area is called ...
salivary glands subsidence

62. Integers 67. Mexicans
Find the largest of three consecutive integers whose Name the Mexican leader of several thousand troops
sum is 60. who annihilated 187 Texans defending a mission.
21 Santa Anna
63. Communism 68. Marine Plants
Arising shortly after World War I, name the world's Found in cool coastal waters where sunlight can
first Communist state. penetrate to a rocky seabed is what seaweed that can
grow 300 feet in a single year?
U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) kelp

64. Bone Math 69. Sets
What is the total number of malleus, incus, and stapes The multiples of .7 illustrate what kind of set?
bones in one body?
6. infinite set
65. Biographies 70. Motion
The recent work, "It's Not About the Bike: My What is the meaning of "mv" in this equation?
Journey Back to Life," was written by what cycling momentum equals mv
champion who returned to the sport after his advanced
cancer had been successfully treated?
Lance Armstrong mass times velocity

71. Epitaph Word Play
What word completes this brief epitaph?
ON THE 22ND OF JUNE
JONATHAN FIDDLE
WENT OUT OF ...
TUNE
72. Numismatics
A discontinued $1 coin bore the image of what
American feminist leader and suffragist?
Susan B. Anthony
73. U.S. License Plates
"Heart of Dixie" is on the license plates of what state?
Alabama
74. Mississippi Senators
What Mississippi senator became president of the
Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
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
1. Algebraic Subtraction 6. Nuclear Accidents
Subtract 4x - 3 from 7x + 3. 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.
3x + 6 Chernobyl
2. Adaptations 7. Algebra
Some arthropods are able to blend 33 is added to seven times a number. The result is 68.
into the background through what kind of coloration? What is the number?
protective 5.
3. Queens 8. Shakespearean Quotes
What ancient queen died from the bite of an asp? 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 ...
Cleopatra morrow
4. Seasonal Activities 9. Ornamentation
Estival behavior occurs during what season? What hyphenated noun indicates knickknacks or
keepsakes placed about a room for ornamentation?
summer bric-a-brac
5. Legislative Powers 10. Zero Points
Complete this line from the Constitution. Either the point for zero on a number line or the point
Congress shall have the power to coin money, for (0,0) in a coordinate plane is called the ...
regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin,
and fix the standard of weights and ...
measures origin
11. Novels 16. Hemispheric Travel
This is from what story? A person traveling exactly halfway around the world
His mind was crowded with memories; memories along the 36th parallel of latitude would cover how
of the knowledge that had come to them when many degrees of longitude?
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 180 degrees

12. Wars 17. Weapons of War
In 1879, troops from what European colonial power What kind of weapon destroyed the Lusitania in
killed some 8000 Zulu warriors? 1915?
Great Britain torpedo

13. Organic Chemistry 18. Musical Homonyms
Low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein What term for a melody or a solo can also indicate a
are examples of what steroid chemical present in colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous mixture
many fatty foods? containing 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen,
and some other gasses?
cholesterol air
14. Mountains 19. Food Etymology
What mountain system traverses these countries? When the Duc de Richelieu captured Port Mahon in
India Minorca, he needed food. He took some oil, vinegar,
Iran egg yolk, salt, and pepper and beat it into a sauce
Afghanistan which he named after the port he had captured. That
sauce is now known as ...
Himalayas mayonnaise
15. The Alphabet 20. Fictional Assistants
In the Greek alphabet, what is the letter name for the Name Dr. Frankenstein's assistant.
equivalent of the English letter "O"?
omega Igor
21. Squares 26. Science in Art
How many square yards are in a square 33 feet on a In an imaginative portrait, William Blake depicts Isaac
side? Newton calculating how the universe is held together
by the law of ...
121 square yards gravitation

22. Geology 27. Symbols
Astronomers and geologists classify what as stones, What is the meaning of the letter "c" when it appears
stony-irons, or irons? within a circle on a publication?
meteorites copyright
23. Biological Talk 28. Art Geology
The verb "spawn" means to deposit ... What metamorphosed form of limestone is commonly
used in architecture and sculpture?
eggs marble
24. Representatives 29. Science Fiction
In the 109th Congress, California had 53 members in Name the novel by H.G. Wells in which a stranger with
the House of Representatives. This is how many times a completely bandaged head arrives at Bramblehurst
more than the number of representatives in the House railway station.
from Montana?
53 The Invisible Man

25. National Park System 30. Medical Idioms
In what state is there a national park around a Someone to be operated on is said to be going under
deep-blue lake in the heart of an inactive volcano? what surgical instrument?
Oregon the knife

31. Hyperventilation 36. Admissions of Guilt
Hyperventilation lowers the concentration of what gas An admission to a crime by a suspect even though the
in the blood? suspect had absolutely no part in the crime is called a
false ...
carbon dioxide confession

32. Ceramics 37. Business Markup
In pottery, making a pot from a piece of clay on a If a store pays $40 to a wholesaler for a Swiss Army
potter's wheel is called ... eyebrow curler and then sells it for $75, what is the
markup?
throwing 87.5%
33. Diseases 38. Efficiency
Another name for coal miner's disease is ... 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?
black lung (pneumoconiosis) 80%

34. Purchasing Problems 39. Square Root
Brandon Cattell spent $42 for boots. This was $14 less What is the square root of 256?
than twice what he spent for a saddle blanket. How
much was the saddle blanket?
$28 16
35. Perception 40. Cube Surface Areas
What kind of perception enables a person to perceive A cube contains 125 cubic inches. In square inches,
space and three-dimensional objects? what is its total surface area?
depth perception 150

41. Time Measures 46. Sports Injuries
How many seconds are in one twenty-fourth of a Tendinitis is most likely to develop in what area of the
mean solar day? body with people who regularly pitch balls, swing golf
clubs or racquets, or swim?
3600 shoulders (or elbows)

42. Chemical Compounds 47. Symbols
What family of organic compounds constitutes the In metals, it is represented by quicksilver. In precious
major source of energy for the body? stones, it is represented by amethyst. In planets, it
stands for Mercury. Name this color associated with
justice and royalty.
carbohydrates purple (violet)

43. World Economics 48. Marsupials
In the late 1990s, its real estate values declined by as The opossum is the best known marsupial in North
much as 80 percent and its equities plummeted by 60 America. Name the most common marsupials in
percent. This loss of over $8 trillion in value is the Australia.
largest collapse of wealth in the history of the world.
Name the country.
Japan kangaroos
44. Glacial Deposition 49. 19th-Century Celebrations
What is the two-word name for a residual formation at The name of what railroad completes this passage?
the furthest point of a glacier's advance? 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 ...
terminal moraine Union Pacific

45. Electrical Resistance 50. Armies
In what type of electrical circuit can the resistance be The United Nation armies that fought in the Korean
calculated as the sum of the individual resistances of War overwhelmingly consisted of soldiers from what
its elements? country?
series circuit United States

51. South American Rivers 56. Chimes
The Parana River of South America drains part of One clock chimes every 6 minutes while another
Brazil before it flows along or through what other two chimes every 8 minutes. If they chime simultaneously
countries? at 2 p.m., at what time will they next chime together?
Paraguay, Argentina 2:24 p.m.

52. Mixture Problems 57. Scandinavia
What is the cost of a mixture of 3 pounds of jelly Which Scandinavian country is farthest west?
beans at $3.25 per pound and 5 pounds of jelly beans
at $2.95 per pound?
$24.50 Iceland
53. Island Representation 58. Ancient Civilizations
What is the westernmost island in the Pacific with a What great Indian civilization of the Yucatan
nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives? Peninsula had a calendar dating to 600 B.C.?
Guam Maya
54. Nationalities 59. Multiple Meanings
What was the nationality of the ancient military leader What word has these meanings?
who was said to have wept because he had no more -liable or tending to
worlds to conquer? -inclined or willing to
-lying flat with the face down
Greek (Macedonian) prone

55. Exponents Galore 60. Novels
What is the sum of 3 raised to the fourth power and 7 This is about what American novel?
raised to the third power? 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.
424 Sounder
61. Hostages 66. Nominees
Fifty-two American hostages held by followers of the In 1807, Thomas Jefferson declined a third term.
Ayatollah Khomeini were finally released on the last Instead, he successfully supported his secretary of
day of whose presidency? state for the presidency, a man named ...
Jimmy Carter's James Madison

62. Plant Anatomy 67. Presidential Nicknames
What arises from a plant stem at the nodes? 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?
leaves Andrew Johnson

63. The Solar System 68. Extinct Animals
What two planets in the solar system lack at least one These extinct creatures all belong to what class of
satellite? vertebrates?
diplodocus, iguanodon, triceratops
Mercury, Venus Reptilia (reptile)

64. First Aid 69. Precipitation
If you were sitting in a cafe and someone at the next Identify that form of precipitation resulting from
table suddenly cannot speak, turns blue, and collapses, raindrops falling through a cold air layer and
you should immediately administer what lifesaving freezing.
technique?
Heimlich maneuver sleet

65. Asian Intervention 70. Musicals
Name the last nation before the U.S. to insert a These songs appear in what Broadway musical?
substantial military force into Afghanistan. People Will Say We're in Love
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) Oklahoma!

71. Lake States
Name the westernmost state that borders Lake Erie.
Michigan
72. Oceans
The Pacific Ocean was named from the Spanish
adjective "pacifico" meaning ...
peaceful (calm)
73. European Geography
Vatican City is completely surrounded by what
country?
Italy
74. German Ships
The Tirpitz and Graf Spee were what kind of
warships?
battleships
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%
1. Surveying 6. Abbreviations
A subdivision of a county larger than a town is called What abbreviation could have been used below?
a ... This incredible document, namely, the
Constitution, has served this nation well
since its creation.
township Viz.
2. Scales 7. Exercise
The pH scale expresses either the acidity of a solution Crunches develop what muscles?
or its ...
alkalinity (or neutrality) abdominals (abs)

3. Blood Disorders 8. Verb Tense
The blood of a person with hemophilia fails to ... Express "Vlad bites" in the present perfect tense.
clot Vlad has bitten

4. Historical Epics 9. Texas Towns
The poet, Luiz de Camoes, wrote "The Lusiads," a What Texas city is on the Rio Grande across from the
history of the Portuguese people. In this work, he Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo?
emphasizes what 15th-century explorer who
discovered a sea route to India?
Vasco da Gama Laredo

5. Shifting 10. Ratio
What inappropriate shift is in this line? Express as a fraction the ratio of the circumference of
The yellowish-green creature gnawed open the a circle to its diameter.
door and then comes slithering up the stairs.
shift in tense 22/7

11. Remedies 16. Steep Roads
An agent, remedy, or treatment that mitigates the The slope of a road that rises 40 feet in a run of 100
effects of a poison or toxin is called an ... feet is what percent?
antidote (antitoxin) 40%

12. Elements 17. Chlorophyll
The periodic table is arranged in vertical columns What process can only occur in the presence of
called groups and horizontal rows called ... chlorophyll molecules?
periods photosynthesis
13. Riverside States 18. Numismatics
Name either of the two states immediately across the Name the first woman depicted on a U.S. coin.
Mississippi River from Arkansas.
Tennessee, Mississippi Susan Anthony

14. Stands 19. Novels
What state is immediately west of the state in which What novel set in 1906 in Georgia opens with Rucker
Custer made his last stand? 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?
Idaho Cold Sassy Tree

15. Money Problems 20. Weapons
Pedro has 4 pesetas less than 3 times as much as What was Germany's most effective weapon in the
Paloma. Pablo has one and one-half times as many as Battle of the Atlantic?
Paloma. They have 106 pesetas altogether. How
many does Pablo have?
30 U-boats (submarines, torpedoes)

21. President Paintings 26. Lost Ships
A popular painting depicts George Washington on his All six members of the crew of what boat are lost in
way to what city in 1789 to be inaugurated as the first Sebastian Junger's book, "The Perfect Storm"?
president of the U.S.?
New York City Andrea Gail

22. Headline History 27. Energy
This headline appeared in what month of 1941? What form of energy is associated with Chalk River,
Hawaii, Manila Bombed. 350 Dead. Windscale Pile No. 1, Three Mile Island, and
Chernobyl?
December nuclear energy

23. Quick Switches 28. Courageous Captains
An electronic circuit operates once in 10 What British captain commanded three voyages to the
nanoseconds. How many operations does it perform Pacific and circumnavigated the globe twice?
in one second?
100 million James Cook

24. Physical Laws 29. Presidents
Who in 1670 proposed the universal law of During the last years of Reconstruction, the president
gravitation? was a former Union general named ...
Isaac Newton Ulysses S. Grant

25. Alcohol 30. Ocean Floor Geology
What kind of alcohol fuel and gasoline substitute is What kind of plains are located between the base of
made from coal, wood, natural gas, or even garbage? the continental rise and abyssal hills?
methanol abyssal plains

31. Legends 36. Aeronautical Abbreviations
What Old West bank and train robber is often The British and French collaborated in building the
portrayed as the American Robin Hood? Concorde, an SST. For what does this abbreviation
stand?
Jesse James supersonic transport

32. Metals 37. Scientific Apparatus
What adjective applies to rare metallic elements of Fran just bought some transducers for converting
high economic value? electrical signals into acoustic signals? What did she
buy?
precious speakers (loudspeakers, headphones)

33. Literary Quotes 38. Lever Problems
Name the work from which this line was taken. A 50-pound weight is on a lever 6 feet from the
It was in Warwick Castle that I came across fulcrum. At what distance from the fulcrum must a
the curious stranger that I will talk about. 30-pound weight be placed to balance the lever?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 10 feet

34. The Ocean Floor 39. Wildlife Conservation
A narrow and exceptionally deep depression parallel In 1900, about 500,000 white-tailed deer remained in
to the edge of a continent or island arc is called a ... the U.S. Today, that population is about 36 million,
an increase of what percentage?
trench 7100
35. Twisted Tales 40. Disasters
In what story by O. Henry do Bill and Sam discover In 1946, people and houses in Hawaii were swept out
that the boy they have kidnapped is such a terror that to sea by what catastrophic phenomenon caused by an
they actually have to pay the father to take the kid earthquake five hours earlier in the Aleutians, 2300
back? miles away?
The Ransom of Red Chief tsunami

41. History of Math 46. Travel
Identify the Greek mathematician who said, "All right A person traveling from Dominica to Costa Rica
angles are equal to one another." and "A finite line would travel across what sea?
segment can be extended to a line of any length."
Euclid Caribbean Sea

42. The Cabinet 47. Electricity
Which cabinet officer advises the president on the A wire wound round a solid tubular object is called a
welfare of wage earners in the U.S.? ...
secretary of labor coil (winding)

43. National Parks 48. Arbitrary Enumeration
What national park occupies 1,584 square miles in According to an agreement reached in the
northwestern Montana on the southern borders of Constitutional Convention of 1787, for purposes of
Alberta and British Columbia? representation and taxation, a slave was to be counted
as what fraction of a free person?
Glacier National Park 3/5

44. Explorers 49. Novels
Identify the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean. 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.
Sir Francis Drake Forever

45. Romance in the Colonies 50. Sets
He wrote, "Where there's marriage without love, there The set of multiples of 5 is what type of mathematical
will be love without marriage." Who published this set?
statement in his almanac?
Benjamin Franklin infinite

51. Motion 56. Expressive Language
Suppose an object is moving steadily at three feet per What figure of speech is used when a person says that
second. Three feet per second with respect to what? his business was "not too successful" instead of stating
To you? To a field? To the Moon? Motion has that it was a dismal failure?
meaning only when it is measured with respect to
something called a frame of ...
reference euphemism
52. Series 57. Symbols
There were 18 vampire bats in the first room of a What bird has the same symbolic meaning as the olive
cave. The next room had 45 such creatures and 99 branch?
were in the next. If this continues, how many are in
the next room?
207 dove
53. Insects 58. Science Fiction Stories
These are characteristics of what insects? Name the work by Robert Louis Stevenson about a
They are hunters. benevolent mild-mannered doctor who became
They have two pairs of stiff wings. transformed by drinking a potion.
They have the largest compound eyes of
all insects.
As nymphs they live in the water.
dragonflies Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

54. Linear Equations 59. Rainshadows
Solve this equation for x. Parts of the desert in Nevada and northern Arizona are
3x -.04 = .557 influenced by the rainshadow effect of what mountain
range in eastern California?
.199 Sierra Nevada

55. Inventions 60. Jupiter
The introduction of the horseshoe and the horse collar What feature on Jupiter is an oval 14,000 kilometers
permitted the substitution of the horse, with its greater wide and 28,000 kilometers long?
speed and endurance, for what slower animal
previously used to draw plows?
ox Great Red Spot

61. Energy 66. Clams
Actors on a stage are known to become quite warm A clam can extend its muscular flesh between the two
due to the stage lighting. What type of heat transfer is halves of its shell into the mud and pull itself along.
involved? Name this appendage.
radiation foot
62. Phrases 67. Mexico
What kind of phrase completes this quote by James On an island in Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs built their
Thurber? capital city named ...
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 Tenochtitlan

63. Marine Landforms 68. Mountain Ranges
What landform is illustrated by the Tuamotu, Caroline, Mt. McKinley is the highest peak of what major
and Marshall Islands? mountain range?
atolls Rocky Mountains

64. Marine Topography 69. Lunar Phases
The areas exposed during low tide and flooded during In what phase is the Moon when its longitude is the
high tide are called tidal ... same as that of the Sun?
flats new moon

65. Verbs 70. Clauses
What are the principal parts of "lend"? This illustrates what kind of subordinate clause?
Ryan cut bait because he couldn't fish.
lend, lent, has lent adverb clause

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
72. Light Speed
To the nearest thousand, express 300,000 kilometers
per second in miles per second.
186,000
73. Attacks
Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt in 1956 to
regain control of what waterway?
Suez Canal
74. Ecology Abbreviations
Regarding populations, what is the meaning of "ZPG"?
zero population growth

75. Sayings About Cities
According to the proverb, what European city was not
built in a day?
Rome
1. Psychotherapy 6. Roots
What kind of therapy is a psychologist using when she The oak has a long slender root with short lateral
tells these things to her patient? rootlets. Name this root system.
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 taproot system

2. Colloids 7. Nonfiction
An aerosol is a colloidal dispersion of a solid or liquid What work by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled, "Across the
in a ... Pacific by Raft"?
gas Kon-Tiki
3. Wave Strength 8. Ancient Fathers
How many times more energy is transported by a Who was the father of the ancient military commander
wave with an amplitude of 6 meters than one with an who established more than seventy cities, many of
amplitude of 3 meters? which were named Alexandria in his honor?
4 times Philip of Macedon

4. U.S. Debts 9. Navigation
Samuel Robinson lost all his slaves when the What navigation instrument used to measure the
Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The U.S. altitude of celestial bodies was so-named because,
denied him reimbursement for his loss under the originally, it had an arc of 60 degrees?
terms of what amendment ratified in 1868?
14th sextant
5. African Anagrams 10. Parasites
"Lead man" is an anagram for what former South This is about what kind of parasite common among
African political leader? 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.
Mandela tapeworm (dog tapeworm)

11. Southeast Asia 16. Trigonometry
What nation lies between Thailand and Vietnam? On an alphabetical list, which trigonometric ratio is
last?
Cambodia (Kampuchea) tangent

12. Offenses 17. Impeachments
A police officer can be prosecuted if he uses Who presides over the Senate trials if the president is
unnecessary or excessive force against a citizen, an impeached?
offense called police ...
brutality chief justice

13. Leaders 18. Bad Air
What is this about? Because of its location in a highland bowl, cold air
It starts as an invisible discharge called a sinks down onto what city, trapping industrial and
stepped leader which moves downward in vehicle pollution below, and turning it into the most
discrete steps. The stepped leader may be smog-plagued city of Latin America?
initiated by a small discharge near the cloud
base, releasing free electrons that move
earthward.
lightning Mexico City

14. Similes 19. Poetic Misquotations
What phenomenon is described in this lame attempt at Correct the mistaken line in this poem.
a simile? Poems are made by fools like me,
It was ominous-sounding, much like the sound But God can only make a tree.
of a thin sheet of metal being shaken
backstage during the storm scene in a play.
thunder But only God can make a tree.

15. Cattle 20. Rhymes
Tough, rangy, with a horn spread up to eight feet, What word completes this ditty?
what type of cattle were particularly suited to survive In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark
in the open range of Texas in the 1870s? Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park,
Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe,
Whose name supplies the long-sought rhyme
for ...
longhorns orange
21. Music Talk 26. Word Analysis
What musical term has these meanings? In "trigonometry," the prefix "tri" means three and
-a group of singers "metry" means measurement. What is the meaning of
-a composition for a group of singers the word element "gon"?
-a refrain sung by everyone
chorus angle
22. Antonyms 27. Harbors
Euphony and cacophony indicates opposite kinds of The chief port of Algeria is ...
...
sounds (tones, etc.) Algiers

23. Conflicts 28. The U.S. Capital
This is about a conflict on what peninsula? Immediately before it moved permanently to
Officially there was no war there. It was Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital was located in what
only a United Nations police action. city?
Korean Peninsula Philadelphia

24. Wonders 29. Representation
The exotic shrubs and flowers in the Hanging Gardens Each state must have at least how many members in
of Babylon were irrigated by water pumped from what the House of Representatives?
river?
Euphrates 1.
25. Participles 30. State Halls
What are the two acceptable past participles of the verb In what state are these halls of fame?
"burn"? Famous American Indians
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
burned, burnt Oklahoma

31. Money Algebra 36. Consecutive Integers
If the total value of x dimes and 2x nickels is $4.80, Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of the
how many nickels do you have? first and the square of the second is 19.
48 3, 4 (or -6, -5)

32. Fictional Characters 37. Scientific Notation
What character is described by James Thurber as a Express in scientific notation the product of (1 times
repressed, ordinary man who daydreams of doing 10 to the negative fifth power) times (-6 times 10 to
great things? the seventh power).
Walter Mitty -6 times 10 to the 2nd power

33. Evolutionary Adaptations 38. Oceans
Name the first vertebrates completely adapted for life What two oceans touch the East Indies?
on land.
reptiles Pacific, Indian

34. Summer Showers 39. Nature
Thunderstorms occur in which layer of the What natural phenomenon is described by this
atmosphere? 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.
troposphere lightning (or thunder)

35. Angiosperms 40. Solids
The structure in angiosperms that bears the organs for Regular tetragons form the faces of what regular
sexual reproduction is the ... polyhedron?
flower cube (hexahedron)

41. Medieval Weaponry 46. Punctuation
A club with a round metal or stone head is called a ... Quotation marks are one type of punctuation mark
always used in pairs. Name either of the others.
mace brackets, parentheses

42. Furry Creatures 47. Industrial Revolutionaries
It is a furry creature about the size of a small mouse. Abraham Darby was the first man to smelt iron ore
It looks like a mouse, except for its pointed snout. with coke instead of what other fuel?
Name this mammal with an enormous appetite.
shrew charcoal
43. Factoring 48. Parallel Structure
Completely factor p squared - 3p - 4. Restate this line using parallel structure.
I like shooting, fishing, and to play golf.
(p+1)(p-4) I like shooting, fishing, and playing golf.

44. Space Exploration 49. Family Literature
Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon were the first four How many children are in the family in the book by
celestial bodies touched by a spacecraft. In 2001, Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey?
what object became the fifth?
Eros 12 (Cheaper by the Dozen)

45. Italian Towns 50. Confirmation
Name the Italian town in which a marble tower What body is responsible for confirming
inclines nearly seventeen feet from the perpendicular. appointments of associate justices to the Supreme
Court?
Pisa Senate
51. Algebraic Multiplication 56. Radioactivity
Multiply (2x + 3) by (4x + 5). 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?
8(x squared) + 22x + 15 600 years

52. Mountain States 57. Military Organization
Which is last on an alphabetical list of states through What is the rank of the officer who commands an
which the Appalachians pass? army platoon?
West Virginia lieutenant

53. Wounds 58. Short Stories
While a laceration is a rough, irregular wound, what is In what story does Rainsford conclude that "he had
the term for a straight wound caused by a very never slept in a better bed"?
sharp-edged instrument like a razor or scalpel?
incision (cut, slice, gash) The Most Dangerous Game

54. Algebraic Evaluation 59. Drama
Evaluate 5x + 2 when x = 20. In a play, the chief opponent of the antagonist is the
...
102 protagonist
55. Medieval Cities 60. Economics
What Italian city-state was originally built on stilts and What non-monetary system is used in these examples?
piles driven into the mud of a marsh near the mouth Fred receives a bushel of pears for tuning up
of the Po River? Gloria's VW engine.
Jane gets use of her neighbor's pool for
mowing their yard each week.
Venice barter
61. Spelling 66. Solids
What is the British spelling for "theater"? 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.
theatre 6 feet
62. Squares 67. Sculpture
The perimeter of a square is 436 feet. What is the What metal is most often used for cast metal
length of any two of its sides? sculptures?
218 feet bronze

63. Literature 68. Place Names
What are the first words in this passage by John The name for what forest is shared by the place where
Donne? John Tyler lived in the U.S. and where Robin Hood's
Every man is a piece of the continent - a men hung out in England?
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. Sherwood Forest

64. World Ecology 69. Compensation
It took 1700 years for this number to double since the A payment made to an employee over and above a
year 1 A.D. Then it doubled again in 200 years and regular salary or wage as an incentive or reward is a ...
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) bonus

65. Neurosis 70. Mideast Travel
A pyrophobic has a morbid fear of ... In which cardinal direction would you travel to get
from Jordan to Turkey?
fire north
71. Treaties
Mexico recognized the independence of Texas
according to the terms of what treaty?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

72. City Names
By what name do people in America know the city
referred to in The Netherlands as "Den Haag"?
The Hague
73. Electricity
What unit of electrical measurement equals one
thousand kilowatts?
megawatt (MW)
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
75. Pronouns
In what case is the pronoun, I?
nominative
1. Trenches 6. Presidential Positions
The deepest oceanic trenches are in which ocean? 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."
Pacific League of Nations

2. Biomes 7. Drugs
Just north of the tropic of Cancer and south of the An excessive quantity of a drug which causes severe
tropic of Capricorn is what world-wide biome? physiological reactions is an ...
desert overdose
3. Exponents 8. Tissues
What is the square root of (a to the 8th times b to the The two folds of tissue in the larynx that vibrate when
12th)? air passes over them are called ...
a to the 4th times b to the 6th vocal cords

4. Dam Disasters 9. Disasters
A failed opening in a dam or dike is called a ... 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.
breach Pompeii (or Herculaneum)

5. Battles 10. Walls
The capture of what hill in the Spanish-American War Name the Roman emperor who ordered the
was important because it overlooked the harbor of construction of a wall to prevent enemies from
Santiago de Cuba? invading England from Scotland.
San Juan Hill Hadrian

11. Banking 16. Rivers
It was primarily through whose efforts that the first Which river pours more water back into the ocean
Bank of the U.S. was established in 1791? than any other?
Alexander Hamilton Amazon

12. Ships of Olde 17. Fields of Science
What kind of ships were used by Leif Ericson and the The study of the growth, structure, physical properties,
Vikings on their voyages of discovery and plunder? and classification of crystals is called ...
longships (longboats) crystallography

13. Poetic Meter 18. Bird Palindromes
What meter is longer than pentameter but shorter than The plural form of the name of what bird begins this
heptameter? palindrome?
---- sail I assume.
hexameter emus
14. Myths 19. Engines
To whom does the pronoun refer in this line? A jet engine is an engine that discharges a fast moving
He left his father, and soared higher, drawn to jet of fluid to generate thrust in accordance with which
the vast heaven, nearer the sun, and the wax of Newton's law's of motion?
that held the wings melted in that fierce heat.
Icarus third law

15. Money 20. Atomic Nuclei
In cents, what is the value of six bits? 51 protons are in the nucleus of an atom. What is the
atomic number of this element?
$.75 51
21. Animal Anatomy 26. Land Forms
What type of skeletons do insects, snails, spiders, and Panama connects North and South America. Any
starfish have? such strip of land connecting two large land masses is
called an ...
exoskeletons isthmus
22. Construction 27. Volcanoes
Name the metal or fabric strips installed at the edges What adjective indicates a volcano that is erupting or
of doors and windows to reduce heat loss. one that is considered likely to do so in the relatively
near future?
weather stripping active

23. Dunes 28. Wartime
The tallest sand dunes in the U.S. are in the Great The victorious nations in both World War I and World
Sand Dunes National Park in what state? War II were known as the ...
Colorado Allies
24. Complex Chemicals 29. Scientific Vocabulary
What is the meaning of the abbreviation in this line An object pushed or thrown forward in the air by a
about refrigerants? sudden, great force, such that the object continues in
Today, safer fluids called hydrofluorocarbons motion when the force no longer acts is called a ...
have replaced CFCs in refrigeration equipment.
chlorofluorocarbons projectile
25. Reefs 30. Health
What kind of coral reef forms around a volcanic The period between the introduction of a
seamount? disease-causing organism into the body and the onset
of symptoms is called ...
atoll incubation
31. Arabian Nights 36. Chemistry
Name the Persian woodcutter from the "Arabian What element is the backbone of organic molecules?
Nights" who happened upon a thieves' cave filled with
riches.
Ali Baba carbon

32. Radicals 37. Technology
The square root of 3L equals 5. Express L as a The use of machines rather than people to perform
fraction. tasks is called ...
25/3 automation
33. Mountain Belts 38. Scientific Processes
The Ethiopian Highlands are closest to what major What process is used by the dairy industry to reduce
body of water? butterfat to tiny particles that are evenly distributed
throughout the product?
Indian Ocean homogenization (emulsification)

34. Enforcing Isolation 39. Water Properties
Name the technique in which a port is isolated by What in oceanography is equivalent to specific gravity
positioning ships to keep people and supplies from and represents the ratio of the weight of a given
moving in or out. volume of sea water to that of an equal volume of
distilled water?
blockade density
35. Declaration Grammar 40. Reading Comprehension
What is the first verb in the Declaration of In literature, a general conclusion drawn from
Independence? particulars is called an ...
becomes inference
41. Binomials 46. Carthaginians
A(X+Y) = ... 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?
AX + AY Hannibal
42. Bones 47. Longfellow
The bones of the shoulder girdle include the scapula This is from what poem by Longfellow?
and the ... 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;
They seem to be everywhere.
clavicle (collarbone) The Children's Hour
43. Writing 48. Roman Measures
What figure of speech is illustrated in this line by In ancient Rome, one cubit equaled 17.5 inches. To
James Thurber? the nearest cubit, how many cubits were there in one
Why do you have to be a nonconformist stadium, given that a stadium equaled 202 yards?
like everybody else?
paradox 416
44. Meetings 49. Work Problems
In what year did the first Electoral College meet? 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?
1789 1 5/7 (or 1.7) hrs

45. Parody 50. The Heart
This is a parody of what poem? Atrium is to upper as ---- is to lower.
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 ventricle
51. Fish Reproduction 56. Logic
The depositing of eggs by fish is called ... In deductive logic, it would be inconsistent to accept
the premises but deny the ...
spawning conclusion
52. Movement 57. Cellulose
The push or pull needed to move a body is called ... Plant cellulose is an essential element in the diet even
though it provides no nutrients. Nutritionists call this
substance ...
force fiber (bulk, roughage)

53. Wartime Weapons 58. Medical Talk
During the Civil War, cannons and mortars comprised What word has these meanings?
the ... -threatening to life
-virulent
-tending to metastasize
artillery malignant
54. Historical Trials 59. Light
This is about whose trial? Light travels about 1 foot in a nanosecond. This
The arraignment of the chief officer of the period equals what fraction of a second?
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) 1 billionth

55. Teeth 60. Explorations
The flat-edged teeth at the front of the mouth are ... The Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered
Tasmania and two other islands. These two other
islands east of Tasmania now form the nation of ...
incisors New Zealand

61. Pronouns 66. Earthy Spheres
What category of pronouns is illustrated in these Name the sphere of the Earth composed of the crust
examples? and the brittle top portion of the mantle.
This is my fondest desire.
That is your date.
These are my scruples.
demonstrative pronouns lithosphere

62. Word Combos 67. Valleys
What portmanteau word can be made from "spoon" U-shaped valleys common in Norway, Alaska, Chile,
and "fork"? and New Zealand carved by great rivers of ice are
called ...
spork fiords
63. Bays 68. Medical Providers
Chesapeake Bay was formed when a river mouth was A soldier trained to provide first aid and frontline
drowned by ocean water. This bay can also be trauma care on the battlefield is called a ...
described as an ...
estuary medic (combat medic, corpsmen)

64. Dinner on a Budget 69. Crimes Real and Imagined
Ellie is going to dinner. She has exactly $30 and must With what crime are Philip Nolan and Aaron Burr
leave a 15% tip. To the nearest dollar, how much is associated?
the most expensive meal she could buy?
$26 treason
65. Mixtures 70. Season Antonyms
When material is added to a gas or liquid, the material What is the opposite of the autumnal equinox?
added is the solute and the substance it is added to is
the ...
solvent vernal equinox

71. Factoring in Algebra
Factor 25p squared - 36q squared.
(5p-6q)(5p + 6q)
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
73. Algorithms
What is calculated by multiplying 2 times the radius of
a circle by 3.1416?
circumference
74. Musical Groupings
What musical group is formed by combining two
trios?
sextet
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
1. Scientists 6. Trail Combinations
He lost an eye in an explosion, took up organic There are 3 trails between Jerkwater and Podunk and
chemistry, and went on to develop the field of 4 trails between Podunk and Whistlestop. In how
spectroscopy. Name this German chemist after whom many ways can you go from Jerkwater to Whistlestop
laboratory burners were named. by way of Podunk?
Robert Bunsen 12
2. Empires 7. Quadrilaterals
At its height in the 16th century, the empire of what Any parallelogram with perpendicular diagonals is
European nation included the island of Cape Verde, what kind of quadrilateral?
Madeira, the Azores, the Moluccas, and narrow strips
of land on the east and west coasts of Africa?
Portugal rhombus
3. Wordiness 8. Trade Barriers
Worthington is a member of the personality class In international trade, trade barriers that nations place
exhibiting the tendency to term a foot-operated on the quantity of imports or exports of specific
humus redistribution device a foot-operated humus goods are called ...
redistribution device. In other words, he calls a ...
spade a spade quotas

4. Grammar 9. U.S. History
How does "rare" function in this statement by Fred What form of literature is illustrated by the "Federalist
Allen? Papers," written in support of the U.S. Constitution?
Television is a medium because anything well
done is rare.
predicate adjective essays (nonfiction)

5. Religion in the Americas 10. Climates
What was the first European religion introduced into Arrange these climates from driest to wettest.
the New World? 1) sub-humid
2) wet
3) arid
4) semi-arid
5) humid
Catholicism 34152
11. Homeric Literature 16. Scientific Notation
In the "Odyssey," identify the bird-women whose Three and one-fourth million equals 3.25 times ten to
beautiful voices lure sailors to their doom on rocky what power?
shores.
Sirens 6th power

12. Astrogeological Vocabulary 17. Complementary Angles
What adjective describes meteorites or asteroids One of a pair of complementary angles is 46 degrees.
containing an element with an atomic number of 6? How many degrees are in the other?
carbonaceous 44 degrees
13. Involution 18. Glaciers
What is 1/3 to the fourth power? When meltwater washes rock flour from a glacier, the
streams draining the glacier turn what color?
1/81 white
14. Agreements 19. Polygonal Coins
Any legally enforceable agreement between two or The British 50-pence coin with seven sides is a
more persons involving mutual promises to do or not heptagon and Malta's 50-cent piece with ten sides is a
to do something is a ... decagon. The Australian 50-cent piece has twelve
sides and is a ...
contract dodecagon
15. Continental Borders 20. Atmospheric Circulation
What body of water is contiguous with these African In which hemisphere is cyclonic circulation in a
countries? clockwise direction?
Namibia
Senegal
Liberia
Cameroon
Atlantic Ocean Southern Hemisphere

21. Statistics 26. Plants
What is the mean score? Succulents store water in their ...
92 96 88 84
90 leaves (stems)
22. Fables 27. Distillation
This is the first sentence of what beast fable? What resource is commonly separated into many
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the substances through fractional distillation?
hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk
to remember to shut the popholes.
Animal Farm oil (petroleum, crude oil)

23. Solutions 28. Books
Who provided a solution to this problem? What book series includes these titles?
The only cotton that would grow in the area The Book of Three
was a green seed variety. Ten hours of hand The Black Cauldron
work was needed to separate one pound of lint The Castle of Llyr
from three pounds of the small tough seeds. Taran Wanderer
The High King
Eli Whitney The Prydain Chronicles

24. Colonial Towns 29. Advertising
In 1630, settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony A short, catchy song used in radio or television
founded what town that grew into a city of 20,000 commercials is called a ...
within the next fifteen years?
Boston jingle
25. Ancient Messages 30. Musical Dynamics
Who sent this back to his home in Europe? While "fortississimo" means to play as loudly as
Veni, vidi, vici. possible, what term means to play as softly as
possible?
Julius Caesar pianissimo

31. Africa 36. Physical Properties
It is the shortest distance from Spain to what African What adjective describes a solid that can be drawn out
country? to form a thin wire?
Morocco ductile
32. South America 37. Animal Anatomical Proverbs
A boat sailing northwest from the Falkland Islands Complete this proverb.
would make land in what South American country? You can't make a silk purse from a ...
Argentina sow's ear

33. Tree History 38. The Executive Branch
What coniferous evergreen was discovered in Identify the two men who comprised the only
America's Pacific Northwest by Scottish botanist David unelected presidential team in American history.
Douglas?
Douglas fir Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller

34. Scientific Notation 39. Gravity
Express this number as a decimal. Who theorized that gravitation is not a force but a
5.9 x 10 to the negative fourth power curvature of space and time around a body?
0.00059 Albert Einstein

35. Aviation 40. Verbs
The forward edge of the wing of an aircraft is the When you alphabetize all four-letter auxiliary verbs,
leading edge. The rear edge is the ... which comes last?
trailing edge will

41. Historic Quotations 46. Power Plants
In what Massachusetts town were these enduring words What adjective describes those power plants at the base
spoken by John Parker in 1775? of dams?
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired
upon. But, if they mean to have a war, let it
begin here.
Lexington hydroelectric
42. Free Fall 47. Emperors
For a freely falling body at terminal velocity, the force Akbar the Great was emperor of what land?
of gravity is equal in magnitude but opposite in
direction to the force of ...
friction India
43. Government Agencies 48. Victories
What federal agency provides medical services and The British victory in the Falklands War helped what
educational benefits for people who have served in the prime minister remain in office?
American armed forces?
Veterans Administration Margaret Thatcher

44. Historical Drivers 49. Motion
What was the title of the person responsible for What term in physical science describes the amount of
steering the large sailing vessels of the 18th and 19th inertia and motion an object has?
centuries?
helmsman (quartermaster, wheelman) momentum

45. Quotes 50. Short Coasts
What novel ends with this? Which New England state has a coastline of only 18
And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes miles, the shortest coastline of all ocean states?
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 New Hampshire

51. Babylon 56. Organs
Talents, minas, and shekels were all used in ancient This is about what organ?
Babylon as ... The outer sclera encloses the choroid,
consisting of tissue filled with blood vessels.
The innermost layer is the retina.
money (currency, coins) eye

52. Novels 57. Coefficients
San Francisco is the setting for what novel about a What is the numerical coefficient of (6ab)/8c?
Chinese immigrant father and son who build a flying
machine?
Dragonwings 6/8
53. Islands 58. The Senate
What is the current name for the Island that Peter A temporary interruption of the Senate's unfinished
Minuit called New Amsterdam? business is called a ...
Manhattan recess
54. Short Stories 59. Speech Sounds
In what story does Tessie Hutchinson win something What is the name for two letters that represent one
she truly does not want? sound in these words?
philosophy, daughter, deceive, Aesop, dash
The Lottery digraphs

55. Cities 60. State Populations
These communities are in what state? In 1787, the population of what state was more than
Battle Mountain twice as large as New York, more than four times as
Eureka large as New Jersey, and more than ten times as large
Ely as Delaware?
Elko
Nevada Virginia
61. Criminal Law 66. Canada
In criminal law, the carrying out of a death sentence is What region of Canada is just west of Nunavut?
called ...
execution Northwest Territories

62. Radical Equations 67. Punishments
What is x in this equation? The caning or whipping with the cat used on
the square root of x equals 5 18th-century sailing ships was a kind of corporal
punishment called ...
25 flogging
63. American Banners 68. Astronomy
Symbolizing the spirit of '76 is the yellow Gadsden Extragalactic indicates a region outside what galaxy?
flag with the words, "Don't Tread on Me"
and a depiction of what animal?
rattlesnake Milky Way

64. Mountains 69. Ancient Literature
The highest Himalayan peak is in what nation? Great Homeric epics were written in what language?
Nepal Greek
65. Angles 70. Types of Angles
What is the complement of a 24-degree angle? What type of angle is formed at each interior corner
of an octagon?
66 degrees obtuse angle

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
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
73. U.S. States
What state is immediately north of the state in which
these cities are located?
Peoria
Kankakee
Champaign
Quincy
Wisconsin
74. Base Conversions
Express as a decimal number the base 6 number 423.
159
75. Light
What property of matter prevents light from passing
through it?
opacity
1. Waterfalls 6. Congress
Four of the fifteen highest waterfalls in the world are What is the total number of legislators in both houses
in what U.S. national park? of U.S. Congress?
Yosemite 535
2. First Aid 7. Ruminants
What phrase is used for a patient's respiration, pulse Food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth
rate, blood pressure, and body temperature? of a ruminant such as a giraffe, cow, or goat is the ...
vital signs cud

3. Dutch Settlements 8. Art Materials
Following the discovery of the Hudson River by What substance used for carving consists mostly of
Henry Hudson, the Dutch East India Company dentin and cementum?
established two permanent settlements along its banks
including New Amsterdam and ...
Fort Orange (Albany) ivory

4. Canadian Towns 9. Small States
What city was founded in 1642 on an island where the Name the second-smallest U.S. state.
Ottawa and Richelieu rivers flow into the St.
Lawrence?
Montreal Delaware
5. Drama 10. Southeast Asia
Name the two central adversaries in a melodrama. Cambodia's climate is controlled by seasonal winds
called ...
hero, villain (protagonist, antagonist) monsoons

11. A Unique Body of Art 16. Experts
The Great Zorbin makes indelible designs on the skin A jurist is thoroughly knowledgeable about the ...
of his customers by introducing minute amounts of
pigment under the surface of the skin. Name this
process.
tattooing law
12. Fiction 17. Native American Milestones
Name the character whose foot is mentioned in the After years of guerrilla warfare in Arizona and New
quote below. Mexico, the surrender of what Apache chief
I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a effectively terminated Indian-white strife in the
man's naked foot on the shore. Southwest?
Friday Geronimo
13. Probability 18. Heavenly Bodies
The probability of getting a 6 when a pair of dice is The volume of these heavenly objects exceeds that of
thrown is 5/36. If you throw the dice 720 times, you any other member of our solar system, yet their
would expect a sum of 6 to come up how many times? masses are minute. Name them.
100 comets
14. Drills 19. Insects
Name the hard alloy used on the tips of masonry bits. The transformation of an insect from the larval stage
to the adult stage of life is called ...
carbide metamorphosis
15. Science Fiction 20. Peninsular States
In Arthur Clarke's short story, "The Sentinel," man On what peninsula in Mexico are the states of
reaches the Moon and finds a relic of an ancient alien Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan located?
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 Yucatan Peninsula

21. Algebraic Simplification 26. Prognostications
Simplify -13x + 2x. 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?
-11x steamboat (steamship)

22. Legendary Americans 27. Banking
He was the engineer on the locomotive 638. Name Name the special container you can rent in a bank
this old-time, legendary, sometimes reckless engineer. vault to hold valuable jewels, excess cash, or important
documents.
Casey Jones safe (safety) deposit box

23. Populations 28. Pilgrims
What is the net change in population given this data? The Pilgrims were supposed to settle in Virginia but
immigration = 29 ended up founding the Plymouth Colony in
mortality = 278 Massachusetts. Because they were outside the
emigration = 312 jurisdiction of the London Company, they established
natality = 115 their own government in a document called the ...
-446 Mayflower Compact

24. Authors 29. Composer Anagrams
What three sisters all wrote novels? "Gnawer" is an anagram for what composer known for
his operas based on Germanic legends?
Bronte Wagner
25. Court Etiquette 30. Special Diets
What is the proper way to address a judge in court? What adjective indicates a diet that omits any foods
that might irritate the gastrointestinal tract?
your honor bland

31. Novelists 36. Archipelagoes
Name the American writer of these popular novels. Name the northernmost archipelago through which
Then Again, Maybe I Won't the International Date Line runs.
Superfudge
Judy Blume Aleutians

32. Mass Murders 37. Lake Locations
In 1988, the military of what country used poison gas Lake St. Clair is between which two of the Great
against Kurdish civilians in the town of Halabja, Lakes?
killing between 4,000 and 12,000 of its residents?
Iraq Huron, Erie

33. Vitamins 38. Misapprehensions
In 1928, scientists discovered that peppers are four The Aztecs mistook what conquistador for
times richer than lemons in what antiscurvy vitamin? Quetzalcoatl?
vitamin C Cortes
34. Legal Positions 39. International Relations
Complete this line by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Government actions that affect a nation's relations with
The right to swing my fist ends where the other countries, including matters of trade and
other man's nose ... national security, make up what policy?
begins foreign policy

35. Volcanoes 40. Botany
Sometimes a volcanic cone is completely removed by The process involving the transportation of pollen
erosion, leaving a mass of igneous rock that hardened from an anther to a stigma is called ...
inside the mountain. This feature is a volcanic ...
neck (core) pollination

41. Congress 46. Equations
Who has the constitutional power to call special Solve this equation for s.
sessions of Congress? r = 3s - t
the president (r+t)/3

42. Journalism 47. Libraries
What type of newspaper is likely to carry these kinds Plays and novels are in which range of the Dewey
of headlines? Decimal System?
-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 800-899 (the 800s)

43. Nicknames 48. Algebraic Ratios
What tree is part of Andrew Jackson's nickname? Express this continued ratio in lowest terms.
15p to 10p to 5p
hickory 3 to 2 to 1
44. Africa 49. Oranges
What is the easternmost continental African country? 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 ...
Somalia grafting
45. Myths 50. Early Science Fiction
Name the ubiquitous and agile Greek deity who had During the 1600s, the astronomer Johannes Kepler
these functions. wrote a book called "The Dream" in which he
-protector of flocks and shepherds imagined his mother flying to the Moon on
-guide of travelers broomstick. This imaginative description of life in
-underworld conductor of souls space created problems for his mother, since it was
-bringer of good luck used as evidence that she was a ...
-patron of orators
-messenger of Zeus
Hermes witch
51. Algebraic Fraction Addition 56. Short Stories
What is the sum of 3/y and 4/x? 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.
(4y + 3x)/xy To Build a Fire

52. Explorers 57. Infinitives
Identify the Portuguese explorer who was the first What kind of infinitive is illustrated in these phrases?
European to contact the indigenous people of what is to fastidiously describe
now Brazil. to diligently follow
to ever so slightly nudge
to cheerlessly amble
Pedro Cabral split infinitive

53. Sandburg 58. Assassination Explanation
Carl Sandburg adapted several chapters from his Who wrote this in 1865?
"Abraham Lincoln - the Prairie Years" into a book for Our country owes all our troubles to Lincoln.
children called "Abe Lincoln Grows ..." God has made me the instrument of his
punishment.
Up John Wilkes Booth

54. Pioneers 59. Time
In 1847, the Mormons established a permanent A solar day is the period of the Earth's rotation with
settlement near what body of water? respect to the Sun. A sidereal day is the period of the
Earth's rotation with respect to the ...
Great Salt Lake stars

55. Government History 60. Poisons
The U.S. Continental Congress consisted of how many What is the collective name for poisons produced by
houses? living things?
one toxins
61. Operatic Locations 66. Mythical Kidnappings
In what country is the Ankara Opera House? Every year since her abduction by Hades, what
daughter of Demeter and Zeus spends six months on
Earth and six months in the underworld?
Turkey Persephone
62. Big Battles 67. Warrants
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was provoked by U.S. What type of cause is required before a search warrant
landings on what island in the Philippines? can be issued?
Leyte probable
63. Agricultural Exports 68. Biomes
From 1617 to 1793, what was the most valuable staple Which biome extends southward from the margin of
export from the region that included England's the tundra into the temperate areas of North America
American mainland colonies and then the United and Eurasia and includes such life forms as pine trees,
States? fir trees, moose, and deer?
tobacco coniferous forest

64. Music 69. Architecture
The main pitch or tonal center to which all of a What term do architects use for elongated, cylindrical,
composition's pitches are related is the ... upright supports?
key columns
65. Trapezoids 70. Chocolate
The lengths of the parallel sides of a trapezoid are 10 Chocolate is obtained from the seeds of what kind of
and 20 feet. Its height is 20 feet. What is its area? tree?
300 square feet cacao

71. Sentence Analysis
What two types of objects are in this line?
My little brother, Igor, gives her grief.
indirect object, direct object

72. Triangle Areas
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 9 inches and
a height of 6 inches.
27 square inches
73. Bays
What bay in eastern Canada is known for its unusually
dramatic tidal fluctuations?
Bay of Fundy
74. Heads of State
What title was used through 1979 for the hereditary
monarch of Iran?
shah
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
1. Nuclear Powers 6. Plate Tectonics
Name either country adjacent to the Arabian Sea that Laurasia, once the northern part of Pangaea, split off
definitely has atomic weapons. and eventually became Greenland and what three
continents?
Pakistan, India North America, Asia, Europe

2. Binary Numbers 7. Biological Abbreviations
As a binary numeral, express the number of digits on For what does the abbreviation stand below?
one hand. RBCs are concave in shape, recycled in the
liver, and transport oxygen.
101 red blood cells

3. Poems 8. Telescopes
This is from what poem? What category of optical telescopes are used at Kitt
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall Peak National Observatory, the Mauna Kea
never call retreat; Observatory, and the Palomar Observatory?
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 reflecting telescopes

4. Hearts 9. Chemistry History
All hearts consist of two types of chambers. The one In 1870, what Russian chemist left 29 empty spots in
where blood is gathered is called an ... his table for elements he correctly predicted would be
discovered later?
atrium Dmitri Mendeleev

5. Paleontology 10. Land Acquisitions
The archaeopteryx is an ancestor of what kind of What was the easternmost state partially formed by
modern day animals? land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase?
birds New Mexico

11. Rentals 16. Character Inspirations
Assam's Camel-Lot rents camels for $75 per week plus James Fenimore Cooper's character, Natty Bumppo
9 cents per mile. What would the total cost be of a was based, was based on what legendary American
three week trip from Giza to Aswan if the distance is frontiersman?
490 miles?
$269.10 Daniel Boone

12. Machines 17. Astronomy
With regard to machines such as levers and pulleys, Heavenly bodies speeding away from Earth at
the weight of the object being lifted is called the ... enormous speed appear to take on what color?
load red
13. Evolution 18. Petrological Analogies
What characteristic of reptiles is believed to have Detrital, rounded, sand-sized particles comprise
evolved into the feathers of birds? sandstone while detrital, silt-sized particles comprise ...
scales siltstone
14. Palindromic Advice 19. Roman Numeral Anatomy
What two words complete this palindrome? The Roman numeral CCVI represents the number of
Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is ... what in the body?
so tragic bones
15. State Leaders 20. English Explorations
What is the title of the head of government in Israel, In the late 16th century, the Englishman John Davis
New Zealand, and Greece? discovered what islands 480 miles northeast of Cape
Horn that would become the object of a brief war
between Argentina and Britain in 1982?
prime minister Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

21. Italian History 26. Shared Surnames
King Victor Emmanuel III allowed whom to become What surname was shared by a Scottish economist, the
dictator of Italy in 1922? founder of Jamestown, an American fur trader, and
the founder of the Mormon religion?
Benito Mussolini Smith

22. Sedimentary Color 27. Chemical Processes
Hues of brown and red are often present in What process occurs when a solid takes up a gas,
sedimentary rocks containing the oxides of what liquid, or solid within its structure?
metal?
iron absorption
23. Optics 28. Adjectives
In optics, what term refers to any transparent body What is the superlative form of the antonym of
having bases of the same size and shape and sides "more"?
which are parallelograms?
prism least
24. Geographical Homonyms 29. Revolutionaries
A country of north-central Africa and a small piece of He rode in triumph into Havana in January of 1959.
paper generated by a voter punching a hole in a ballot Who was this revolutionary leader?
share what name?
chad Fidel Castro

25. Angles 30. Vows
What is the supplement of an angle whose In marriage vows, what words often precede the
complement is 20 degrees? following?
... and obey
110 degrees love, honor

31. Shootings 36. The Skeleton
In September of 1975, Lynette Fromme took her shot What in mammals consists of twenty-two bones joined
in Sacramento, California. In that same month, Sara by sutures?
Jane Moore made her try in San Francisco. Who were
they trying to kill?
Gerald Ford skull

32. Horror Tales 37. Cones
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," whose body did If you know the height and radius of a cone, you can
the murderer entomb in a cellar vault? determine the slant height by using what theorem?
his wife's Pythagorean theorem

33. Poisonous Plants 38. Cinema
What plant that exudes the same toxin as poison ivy The process of hiring actors to play the characters in a
and poison oak is a small tree or shrub that has seven script is called ...
to eight leaflets on each stem?
poison sumac casting

34. Ornamentation 39. Vocal Music
A chevron is a decorative motif consisting of the What male singing voice is lower than tenor and
repetition of a shape resembling what letter of the higher than bass?
alphabet?
V. baritone
35. Classical Music 40. Number Transformations
"Symphony No. 41 in C Major" by Wolfgang Mozart Transform the binary numeral 1111 into a Roman
has what nickname reminiscent of the fifth planet numeral.
from the Sun?
Jupiter XV
41. Cryptographic Sentences 46. Political Etymology
Decode this sentence and tell what the dancer is The term for what political ideology is derived from a
wearing. Greek word meaning "without a ruler"?
By grnine luck, however, he two day met an
intoxicnineing, tenteen year old ballet dancer,
clad in an abbrevinined threethree.
tutu anarchy
42. Bodily Fluids 47. Chemical Idioms
If you alphabetize blood types, which is last? What idiom about dihydrogen oxide means that
someone is undergoing great perplexity or
difficulties?
O. in deep water (in over his head)

43. Capitals 48. Blood
What is the capital of the country immediately to the Approximately half of whole blood consists of what
east of the country whose capital is Port-au-Prince? clear yellowish liquid?
Santo Domingo plasma

44. Landforms 49. Sequences
Palisades consist of a line of prominent ... What is the sixth term of a geometric sequence
beginning with these numbers?
9 3 1 ...
cliffs 1/27
45. Wartime Literature 50. Australian Animals
These poems by William Cullen Bryant are about what What animal, similar to a kangaroo since it also has a
war? pouch, is about the size of a large dog but has an
Seventy-Six appearance more like that of a bear and lives in
The Green Mountain Boys underground tunnels?
American Revolution (Revolutionary War) wombat

51. Regions 56. Mechanics
What region is divided ethnically into Melanesia, A piano stool is an example of what simple machine?
Australasia, Micronesia, and Polynesia?
Oceania screw
52. Capital Cities 57. Sandstone
Name the capital of the state due west of the state in You chip off the surface layer of some reddish
which Raleigh is the capital. sandstone and find the sandstone beneath to be cream
colored. This indicates that what type of chemical
weathering has taken place?
Nashville oxidation
53. Scientific Quotes 58. Amendments
What else, besides a really long bar did Archimedes The 17th Amendment states "The Senate of the United
say he needed to move the Earth? 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?
a place to stand chosen by the Legislature thereof

54. Thoughts on Democracy 59. Earnings
According to George Bernard Shaw, what form of Mort earns $5.13 per hour at the centipede farm.
government "ensures we shall be governed no better During one week he worked 5.3 hours, 8 hours, 5.7
than we deserve"? hours, 4.2 hours, and 5.8 hours. How much was
earned that week?
democracy $148.77
55. Plates 60. Makeup
Name the great plate upon which Oman and Saudi With what type of performer is facial makeup called
Arabia ride. whiteface associated?
Arabian plate mime (pantomime)

61. Expressions 66. Dimensions
What expression relating to a battle of stags or bulls Usually we consider only the three dimensions of
means to engage in a fight or clash? length, width, and depth. But Albert Einstein noted
that there is what fourth dimension?
lock horns with time

62. Unemployment 67. History of Aviation
A temporary dismissal or suspension of workers is a ... Name the site from which the Wright brothers made
their first historic flight in their Flyer.
layoff Kitty Hawk

63. Plant Roots 68. Western Rivers
Name the thimble-shaped mass of cells that covers and Name the southern of the two major rivers that drain
protects the tip of a root. central California.
cap San Joaquin

64. Animals 69. Novels
It is an aquatic fur-bearer with webbed feet closely In what book does Sarah Wheaton leave her home in
related to the marten. It inhabits lakes and streams, Maine in response to a newspaper ad placed by a poor
feeding on fish. Name this mammal with a flattened farmer named Jacob Witting hoping to secure a wife
tail that burrows in the banks of streams. for himself and a mother for his children?
otter Sarah Plain and Tall

65. Anatomy 70. Southeast Asian Earthquakes
What part of the body is between the diaphragm and The Indian Ocean earthquake that spawned the
the pelvis? 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?
abdomen Alaska
71. New Coins
A quarter commemorating what state was released in
1999 featuring Washington crossing the Delaware?
New Jersey
72. Inscriptions
What is the location of the plaque bearing this
inscription?
July 1969 A.D.
We came in peace for all mankind.
Moon
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
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

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

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