JH Academic Bowl Practice Test

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• This British politician was born in 1951 and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007. A member of Parliament since 1983, name the current British prime minister, successor of Tony Blair.
• A meteorologist predicts a stratus cloud close to the ground on Tuesday. What is this weather phenomenon called?
• What was Charles Dodgson's middle name?
• Which small, straight, thin-bladed knife is used especially in surgery?
• The kind of neutron star that emits beams of high-energy radiation sweeping in and out of our line of sight due to a misalignment of the star's rotation and magnetic axes is called what?
• What is the highest mountain in Japan?
• Surtsey began forming in 1963 and is near which country?
• Which author published Wuthering Heights under the pseudonym Ellis Bell?
• The imaginary lands Angria, Gondal, and Gaaldine were created by members of which literary family?
• What is Avogadro's number approximately equal to?
• Which word did Thomas Edison say describes one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration?
• Who was the youngest elected President of the United States?
• Which author wrote Ordinary People?
• Who was the first and only Catholic President of the United States?
• Name the first vice president not to become president who also killed Alexander Hamilton in a gunfight.
• What is the sum of the odd numbers from 1 through 179?
• Which mythical winged horse was born from Medusa's severed neck?
• Convert the Roman numeral CDXVI to Arabic numerals.
• Who is the oldest man to serve as president of the United States?
• The economic term abbreviated GNP described as 'the value of all the goods and services produced in an economy, plus the value of the goods and services imported, less the goods and services exported'.
• The Sunflower State is the nickname for which state?
• Which southeastern state and New Mexico both claimed the title 'The Sunshine State,' but the former kept it?
• Which mythical bird is a symbol for the city of Atlanta and is said to rise from its ashes?
• Which space mission used a patch design featuring olive branches and talons after design changes?
• Flower Fables and Hospital Sketches were early works by which author?
• Which piece of American literature was described as a seven-hankie book based on actual events about two dogs and a cat who share a marvelous journey?
• This Greek god, guide for the dead, carried a staff carved with snakes. Who is he?
• Dunsinane Castle is prominently featured in which tragedy?
• Coal, oil, and natural gas all contain what flammable gaseous element that is more than 14 times lighter than air?
• Herakles defeated which creature in his first labor, whose skin he wore afterward?
• Which statement about the albatross is true?
• Which country’s flag is a solid green field with no other symbols?
• Which Paris museum houses the Mona Lisa and Liberty Leading the People?
• Who painted The Last Supper?
• Tribunes, praetors, and consuls were officials in the government of which ancient republic?
• What is the name used for 1,024 gigabytes?
• Form of extractive metallurgy whose main purpose is to produce a metal from its ore
• On which date was Grand Canyon National Park established?
• In which video game does an evil AI character named GLaDOS appear?
• What is the result when you divide 13 by the square root of 13?
• Name the U.S. President whom two Puerto Ricans attempted to assassinate in Blair House in 1950; this President is said to have no middle name.
• Which body part is the largest organ by surface area?
• The canyon on Kauai nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the Pacific is which of the following?
• The earlier London Bridge (1831) can be found in Lake Havasu City in which state?
• In 1789, the National Assembly abolished feudalism and drafted a Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Which country did this occur in?
• Which state is known as the 'Mt. Rushmore State'?
• The pen name used by Charles Dodgson is an example of what term for a fictitious name?
• Which Hindu deity is known as 'The Destroyer'?
• Which southeastern state contested with New Mexico for the title 'The Sunshine State' before Florida retained it?
• What are the last two abstract nouns in the Pledge of Allegiance?
• The Crucible is set in which city?
• Who is the Virgin Queen, the third ruling Queen of England?
• The Pelican State nickname refers to a state known for its pelicans in bayous and watery places. Which state is this?
• e to the i pi equals what value?
• Which Mozart work is a famous serenade often performed in classical concerts?
• Which Brontë sister wrote Agnes Grey?
• This author wrote the poem Jabberwocky, and included it in his book Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. What was Lewis Carroll's real name?
• The Jupiter Symphony is the nickname for Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C major. Which composer is associated with this nickname?
• The description refers to which group of early American colonists who moved the sick to a common house and later elected a new governor?
• Name the ironical story in which a wife sells her hair to buy a watch chain for the husband who sold his watch to buy combs for his wife.
• In July 1789, the Fall of the Bastille occurred in which country?
• Which work was published as two volumes of a three-volume set, the third being Agnes Grey?
• Which option has the shortest wavelength: microwave, X-rays, radio, ultraviolet light, or visible light?
• Which color comes after Green in the sequence Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet?
• How many faces does an icosahedron have?
• Which composer wrote Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer?
• The state nickname that features sunflowers also has sunflowers on its flag; which state is this?
• Alpha and Beta are the first two letters of which alphabet?
• What term refers to concealing the source of a large sum of money by moving it through several bank accounts?
• Io is a moon of which planet?
• Which household tool operates with two sharpened levers and is used for cutting various things around the home?
• What heavenly body is believed by some scientists to have been captured by the sun's gravity rather than originally forming in our solar system?
• The animal 'zedonk' is a hybrid of a donkey and which other animal?
• Dysnomia is a moon of which body?
• Which flag features a red circle on a white background?
• In the film Shine, the main character experiences a mental breakdown while learning a notoriously difficult concerto by a Russian composer who was a pianist and conductor; whose second and third concertos are particularly popular?
• Augusta is the capital of which state?
• Which organelle contains its own DNA and serves as the site of cellular respiration?
• What is the capital city of Scotland?
• In the described novel featuring Gen, he is incarcerated for stealing what object?
• Glossitis is the inflammation of which structure, the strongest muscle in the human body used for speech and taste?
• Starting on January 1, what month will it be when exactly one fifth of the year has passed?
• Who sculpted Mount Rushmore?
• What are the third and fourth titles in this Stephanie Meyer series?
• What fluid in the mouth contains water, electrolytes, mucus and enzymes?
• Name BOTH legislative bodies that form the Congress of the United States.
• In what year did Queen Victoria marry?
• Compute the range of the set 2, 7, 15, 3, 5, 1.
• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is best known for which type of art?
• In which country is the Temple of the Sun built by the Mochica Indians located?
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik was composed by which classical composer?
• Labradoodle is a cross between which two dogs?
• What is the collective noun for geese?
• Gills are part of which body system in fish?
• Paricutin volcano is located in which country?
• Who was the second ruling Queen of England known for persecuting Protestants?
• Which city uses the Phoenix as a symbol?
• Which Buckeye State was the boyhood home of Wilbur and Orville Wright and influenced the 2004 presidential election?
• The ukulele was developed in Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants. In which position is 'Ukulele' listed among these options?
• Who is the youngest President of the United States?
• Which state, acquired in 1867 and nicknamed Seward's Folly, is the 49th state of the USA?
• What is the mass of one milliliter of water?
• Which material class used in electronics has conductivity that increases with temperature?
• The boundary between inflation and deflation is price stability. What is this term?
• In Washington, D.C., which memorial was completed in 2004 to honor those who served in World War II?
• This country's largest lake is Saimaa, and it is the farthest east of all the Scandinavian countries.
• George Washington's home is located at which of the following?
• The Pine Tree State refers to which state?
• Cheeseheads and badgers abound in which Midwestern state?
• This poem is often considered to be the greatest nonsense poem written in the English language. The title of this poem was also the title of a movie produced in 1977 by Terry Gilliam. Name it.
• Name the deepest spot in the oceans.
• The Meteor Crater is located in which state?
• Identify the South Dakota mountain sculpted by Gutzon Borglum featuring the faces of four U.S. Presidents.
• CDXL equals which Arabic numeral?
• When a river flows directly into a shallow sea, sediments may form a large triangular deposit called a...
• The ancient king who issued a code that included 'an eye for an eye' and sought to control the Euphrates by defeating Rim-Sin of Larsa?
• Which country is both the largest in Latin America by area and the largest Portuguese-speaking country?
• Name the American composer born in Texas in 1867, who wrote Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer.
• Astigmatism, strabismus, conjunctivitis, ophthalmia, and presbyopia are disorders affecting what organ?
• Which mineral among Fluorite, Apatite, and Feldspar has the middle Mohs hardness?
• Which term best describes Jabberwocky as a type of poetry?
• This Scandinavian country, famous for its fjords, has its capital at Oslo.
• The nine Greek figures from whom we derive the word 'music' are called what?
• In which war was Mathew Brady a famous photographer?
• Which planet is best known for its prominent ring system?
• What time is it in Washington state when it is 7:00 AM in Virginia?
• This man shot John F. Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository.
• For what phrase does the term 'Quasar' stand?
• The Dead Sea contains approximately what percentage of dissolved solids?
• An object made of materials like silicon; conductivity increases with temperature; sits between a metal and an insulator
• In what year did John Philip Sousa become the leader of the United States Marine Band?
• What deli-sounding hound is produced by a Beagle and a Basset?
• How many bits are in a byte?
• This woman's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, did much to improve morale in World War II. Her son, Charles, is likely to assume the throne when she dies. Name the current queen of England.
• Which Nordic country is the easternmost of the Scandinavian nations?
• On what date did the Kaiser abdicate and escape to Holland?
• What is the most common color for lapis lazuli?
• Triton is a moon of which planet?
• Paricutin volcano is located in which country?
• Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live television two days after Kennedy's assassination?
• FEMA stands for which of the following agencies?
• A large underground tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria
• Missouri is nicknamed what?
• Who wrote Little Women and Little Men?
• What famous play begins with the lines 'Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona'?
• Who became president in 1904 after completing the remainder of McKinley's term?
• What is the central bank of the United Kingdom founded by the British Parliament?
• Who is credited with the European discovery of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in 1778?
• Which electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength among these options?
• Who fired the shots that killed President John F. Kennedy, from the Texas School Book Depository?
• St. Sebastian and Madonna With a Flower are among the works located in which museum in St. Petersburg?
• Cirrhosis, a disease provoked by alcoholism, affects which organ?
• Which Judith Guest novel tells the story of the Jarret family and their life after the death of Buck and the attempted suicide of Con?
• Which song by Bill Haley and His Comets became the first rock-and-roll song to hit number one on the American charts?
• Who sculpted the Statue of Liberty?
• Which state is nicknamed 'The Ocean State'?
• Mythical ancient island civilization supposedly destroyed by a volcano.
• Which Vice President was sworn in on Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States?
• Which emblem features a single serpent wrapped around a staff and is often linked to healing?
• Mauna Loa is a prominent volcano located on which U.S. state?
• Polyphernus is the most famous member of which one-eyed mythical creature?
• This country is geographically, politically, and officially part of two continents—Europe and Asia. The smaller northwestern portion (Thrace) is part of Europe, while the larger portion (Anatolia) is part of Asia. Name this nation.
• What is the largest prime factor of 2008?
• What is the compound adjective used to describe letters that are not capital letters?
• What is the result when 30 is divided by 0.75?
• Which Shakespeare play ends with Dover and the Earl of Gloucester in a troubled state?
• In which book by Lewis Carroll does the poem Jabberwocky appear?
• Name the Czech composer who wrote Humoresque and is famous for the New World Symphony.
• Which term describes an expert musician?
• Who painted Starry Night?
• Io is a moon of which planet?
• This is a geographical feature which Heracles moved to clean the Augean stables; it often forms the Greek letter Delta as a shape when it enters a larger body of water.
• Which country has Saimaa as its largest lake?
• Which U.S. National Park contains more than half of the world's geysers?
• Who was the youngest person to become President of the United States?
• Death Valley national monument is situated in which two states?
• What is the capital city of Jordan?
• Which term means 'an expert musician'?
• Which island lies east of Cuba and west of Puerto Rico and is the second largest island in the West Indies?
• Which volcanic rock is a type of glass and is light enough to float due to air pockets?
• Which museum houses the Mona Lisa and Liberty Leading the People?
• A typical flower has many of these. What is this flower part, the male organ, usually comprised of two parts?
• Which state is located north of the lower 48 and nicknamed the Last Frontier?
• Which painter is known for View of Toledo and is nicknamed 'The Greek'?
• Which expression represents Avogadro’s number as the ratio of the ideal gas constant to Boltzmann’s constant?
• Which East Coast state is home to Harper's Ferry and the Greenbrier Hotel, a presidential bunker during the Cold War?
• One lap around a 440-yard track is 440 yards. How many laps are needed to cover 2 miles (3520 yards)?
• Who was Charles Dodgson's pseudonym?
• What is the three-letter abbreviation for the U.S. government agency that acts as a watchdog for environmental matters?
• It could hold more than 50,000 people and was one of the largest buildings in the Roman Empire. Name this gigantic sports stadium in ancient Rome.
• What is the sum of the whole numbers from 1 through 10?
• Which of the following is the largest organ of the human body by surface area, the one often cited in anatomy texts?
• Which gemstone is composed of just one element?
• Which country has a flag with a circle representing the sun?
• What is the title of Elizabeth George Speare's 1959 Newbery-winning novel about Kit?
• What is the name of the five-thousand-year-old djinni summoned by the protagonist in The Amulet of Samarkand?
• The Raid on Entebbe occurred in which country?
• What is the name for the facility that separates crude oil into gasoline, kerosene, and propane?
• Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, lies in which state?
• Which state symbolized by a beehive has strong Mormon heritage and industrious reputation?
• How many months does one-fifth of a year correspond to?
• Which title comes third in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series?
• Which Greek painter is nicknamed 'The Greek' and painted View of Toledo?
• Which city is the ancient site buried by volcanic ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
• Which novel relays the story of patients in a mental institution, and includes the characters R.P. McMurphy and Nurse Ratched?
• On account of the abdication and flight of the Kaiser, this passage refers to a former leader of which country?
• In the biblical account, which Philistine warrior was slain by David with a sling?
• On a scale from 1 to 8 where 1 is the smallest planet, which number represents Mercury's size?
• In what year did Hurricane Katrina cause catastrophic damage along the Gulf Coast?
• Which film features a final sequence involving a monolith and the evolution of humanity, directed by Stanley Kubrick?
• In Hercules' sixth labor, which birds with brass claws and sharp metallic feathers were slain?
• What is the Mohs hardness for Fluorite?
• Which fundamental relationship does e^{iπ} illustrate a special case of?
• Which mythical creature with many heads did Hercules defeat by placing its heads under a rock?
• Alpha and Beta are the first two letters of which alphabet?
• Name the month that contains Pearl Harbor Day and the winter solstice and is associated with turquoise and blue topaz and the narcissus and holly.
• Name of the cold, small island nation northeast of Surtsey
• Which state has the Loneliest Highway near Great Basin National Park and also hosts major gambling centers?
• Which author wrote The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, and The Snow Queen?
• The Meteor Crater is found in which US State?
• In the described lunar mission patch story, which mission used the final design with olive branches in the talons?
• MDXIV equals which Arabic numeral?
• In the rainbow sequence, which color is second to last?
• Provide the name of the two parts of the stamen.
• In the 1930s Tarzan films, Tarzan was portrayed by which former Olympian actor?
• In which year did the Blair House assassination attempt on the U.S. President occur?
• Which state is nicknamed the Buckeye State and was the boyhood home of the Wright brothers?
• The relocated London Bridge site, Lake Havasu City, is located in which state?
• Name the soft, dense blue-gray metal whose greatest use is in car batteries.
• What is the collective noun for lions?
• Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1951 and ends with a long dance number set to music from the film's title?
• Which president is recognized as the oldest to serve in the office?
• What is the collective noun for sheep?
• Complete the joke: A recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a ______ is when you lose your own job.
• What natural feature, when it flows into a larger body of water, often forms the Greek letter Delta in shape?
• Which island is the second largest in the West Indies?
• Which geographical feature did Heracles move to clean out the Augean stables?
• Kit is described as a sixteen-year-old colonial girl from Barbados who arrives in which Connecticut town?
• Which war novel centers on Paul Bäumer?
• What is the name of the month associated with turquoise and blue topaz and the narcissus and holly, formerly the tenth month on the Roman calendar, containing Pearl Harbor Day and the winter solstice?
• In Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, what word describes 'all mimsey'?
• Two times the sine of x times the cosine of x equals which expression?
• The Hope, the Jubilee, and the Excelsior are famous examples of which mineral?
• Which king and queen were responsible for the Spanish Inquisition?
• Thomas Jefferson's home is which of the following?
• Which Tolkien work features the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and won the Best Picture Oscar?
• Vaclav Havel resigned as president in July 1992 in which country?
• In the Roy G. Biv mnemonic, which color is listed first?
• Which Greek mathematician is credited with an early accurate estimate of pi?
• Which state is known as 'The Sunflower State'?
• Which mineral among Fluorite, Apatite, and Feldspar has the highest Mohs hardness?
• This large seabird spends most of its time in the air over the oceans and may have a wingspan of over 11 feet; sailors believe that killing one brings bad luck. Name it.
• On the Mohs scale, diamonds are ranked at what hardness value?
• The Howler Monkey's vocalizations can be heard from approximately how many miles away?
• This prolific Austrian composer from the Classical era, known for the Jupiter Symphony and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, was a child prodigy who toured at age seven. Who is he?
• According to legend, Typhon is imprisoned beneath which Sicilian volcano?
• In the BASIC programming language, what does the S stand for?
• Which Greek god is associated with vegetation, being 'twice born' through his mother and then his father's thigh, and honored in a great Athens festival that led to Greek tragedy and comedy?
• Isin was located between Larsa and which kingdom?
• A character in a play who directly addresses the audience is breaking which theatrical convention?
• Stone Mountain, a large bas-relief sculpture, is located in which state?
• The Nobel Prize winners are announced in Stockholm, this country's capital.
• Which eight-legged animal is poisonous and often feared?
• The equator is located at zero degrees latitude; which two hemispheres does it separate?
• In what year were the Sandwich Islands first encountered by Europeans?
• What is the term for the points earned by a team in a sport?
• Mount Whitney is found in which California national park?
• What is the Roman name for the Greek god Hermes?
• What is the name of the largest New World monkey, noted for its very loud call that can be heard three miles away?
• What is the first novel written in The Chronicles of Narnia series?
• Convert the Roman numeral MDXXIX to Arabic numerals.
• A tetrahedron has how many edges?
• In The Inheritance Cycle, Katrina is a character in the first novel. What is its title?
• In which state is Grand Canyon National Park located?
• If it is 11 AM at the prime meridian, what time is it at 30 degrees west longitude?
• Spinels were originally thought to be these red gems which also fill in the blank of this title of a young adult novel by Philip Pullman, The _____ in the Smoke. What is it?
• Which was the 48th state to join the Union and does not follow Daylight Saving Time, except on its Navajo Reservation?
• The titles of Stephanie Meyer's novels about Edward and Bella all have some element of the cosmos in them. What is the title of the novel that follows Twilight?
• What is the full birth name of the author who used the pseudonym Lewis Carroll?
• The Soldier Drinks and Sacrifice can be found in which New York museum that features modern art?
• Roy G. Biv is one way students remember these colors. In order from longest to shortest wavelength, what are the colors in the visible spectrum or the rainbow?
• What is the term for fear of fire?
• A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. You have only 1/2 cup of sugar. What fraction of the recipe can you make?
• Which mythical winged horse sprang from Medusa's neck?
• Which creature's skin did Hercules wear after defeating it in his first labor?
• What does the circle on the flag of Japan symbolize?
• What is the noble gas with the symbol He, lighter than air, and makes a voice higher pitched when inhaled?
• What is the Mohs hardness for Apatite?
• What country most vehemently disputes Beijing's contention that the only China is the People's Republic of China?
• Which planet is yellow and orange with large rings?
• Moon that has only known active volcanoes not on Earth; one of four Galilean moons of Jupiter.
• Which term describes rising prices across the economy?
• If a woman born in New York in 1780 lived for 30 years, in which century did she die?
• The Colosseum is located in which ancient city?
• Which institution serves as the central bank of the United Kingdom and was founded by Parliament?
• Which Nordic country has its capital named Oslo?
• The deepest spot in the oceans is named what?
• Name the canyon on the island of Kauai that is known as the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific.'
• On a scale from 1 to 8 where 1 is the smallest and 8 is the largest, what number corresponds to the largest planet?
• Sunlight causes the potato to turn green and produce what poison?
• The Green River, the Dolores River, and the San Juan River flow into the Colorado River. The Colorado River ultimately feeds into which body of water?
• This type of coal is described as which color?
• Which hurricane struck the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in 2005 causing over 80 billion dollars in damage?
• Which president was elected in his own right in 1904 after completing the remainder of McKinley's term?
• Which unit is not part of the US Customary System?
• Which Libba Bray novel is the first in her trilogy and follows Gemma Doyle as she learns to control visions and enter magical realms?
• What country features Guayaquil as its largest city and has two high parallel ranges of the Andes traversing it north to south?
• Topaz has a Mohs hardness of 8. What value is this on the Mohs scale?
• Which historical figure is associated with the quote 'Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none'?
• Guayaquil is the largest city of which country?
• The Milan gallery described as formerly an office building is which gallery?
• What are the extremely bright centers of distant galaxies believed to be powered by, due to the presence of a supermassive black hole at the center?
• Which group established Plymouth Colony in the early 17th century?
• Pumice is a volcanic rock; which general rock category does it belong to?
• The Green River, the Dolores River, and the San Juan River flow into the Colorado River. What term describes these rivers?
• Which mineral is the November birthstone (the one described as a silicate mineral of aluminum and fluorine, with Mohs hardness 8) tested in this set?
• This Scandinavian country is connected to the mainland by the Jutland peninsula.
• Which many-headed monster did Hercules defeat by placing its final head under a large rock?
• Mt. Fuji is a famous volcano located in which country?
• In which Shakespeare play does a ghost appear on the battlements of Elsinore?
• The raid on Entebbe occurred on July 3, 1976. In which country did this raid take place?
• Queen Victoria popularized white wedding dresses after her marriage in 1840. Which year is associated with this change?
• Chemical compounds with two oxygen atoms per molecule are known as...
• Which home is associated with Thomas Jefferson?
• Tarzan was created by which author?
• Which California national park is home to giant sequoias?
• Which state is one of the least populated and was the first to grant women the right to vote?
• What substance, which makes bread rise, is also involved in alcoholic fermentation?
• A road in Canada with speed limit 80 km/h; speed in mph rounded to nearest whole mph.
• Which statue stands near New York City and holds a lamp?
• Which mammals are divided into two broad groups, toothed and baleen?
• In myth, which messenger of the gods is associated with the caduceus and escorting souls to the underworld?
• What five-syllable term describes power produced when falling water turns turbines connected to electric generators?
• The Last Frontier state refers to which state?
• Which 1969 science fiction film ends with a twenty-minute sequence showing an astronaut aging and then turning into a child orbiting Earth?
• In which year did France abolish feudal privileges as part of the revolution's reforms?
• Which Nordic country is known for fjords and has Oslo as its capital?
• Which state is nicknamed 'The Ocean State'?
• Who is the author of the Newbury Honor book 'The Thief'?
• Which lake is the deepest in the United States?
• Which work tells the story of Paul Bäumer and the tragedy that befalls him while fighting in World War I?
• Which American composer is commonly known as the 'March King'?
• Which organelle is the site of cellular respiration and is commonly called the powerhouse of the cell?
• e to the natural log of x equals what?
• If height is 1 meter, height in inches rounded to nearest whole inch.
• Which eight-legged animal is poisonous and feared by many?
• Which western state was the 48th to join the Union and does not follow daylight saving time except for the Navajo Reservation?
• In optics, the hole through which light enters, and the name of a fictional AI-controlled corporation in a video game, is called what?
• Which Shakespeare play features Elsinore Castle as a setting for its action?
• What household cutting tool consists of two sharpened levers?
• What is the name beginning with C given to the staff that features two snakes entwined in a double helix, commonly associated with medicine?
• Which city is the largest in China by population?
• The Temple of the Sun was built by which civilization?
• What is the largest city in Scotland?
• The Dead Sea contains approximately what percentage of dissolved solids?
• The 'eye-for-an-eye' principle is most famously associated with which ancient law code?
• Providence is the capital of which state?
• Which archipelago lies about 600 miles west of Ecuador and was visited by Darwin?
• What did Walt Whitman describe as 'the beautiful uncut hair of graves'?
• Who led a successful guerilla war in the Carolinas against British troops under General Cornwallis during the American Revolution, nicknamed the Swamp Fox?
• Name this very slow-moving animal of South America that hangs upside down by strong curved claws and often has algae in its hair.
• Which two works are associated with the Uffizi Gallery?
• Ian Fleming's literary hero also known as 007 is which character?
• What is the musical term for a composition typically featuring a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra?
• Which city in present-day Italy was destroyed in AD 79 by Mount Vesuvius?
• Which island nation extends along the Pacific coast of Asia, consisting of four main islands and many smaller ones, with Mt. Fuji as its highest peak?
• What is the collective noun for crows?
• On November 21st, many young people will be eager to see the movie version of a novel about love and vampires which reached #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. Name this first in a series of novels by Stephanie Meyer
• Which state has Augusta as its capital?
• Which Best Picture-winning film features the Battle of the Pelennor Fields?
• Which is the correct interrogative form of the sentence 'The dog bit the postman'?
• In a standard deck of 52 playing cards, without replacement, what is the probability that the first card drawn is a red ace and the second card drawn is a face card or an ace?
• The Incredible Journey narrates the journey of which animals?
• Which Greek god is associated with wine and theater, often linked to ancient Athens' festivals?
• This British physicist, astronomer, mathematician, natural philosopher, and theologian was born in Lincolnshire, England. In 1699, he accused Leibniz of plagiarism. Name this man who is well known for his discoveries related to optics and prisms and his laws of motion.
• Which song recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets became the first rock-and-roll song to hit number one on the American charts?
• In the 1930s Tarzan films, which former Olympian actor portrayed the title character?
• A day of worship is called?
• The Euler characteristic for a convex polyhedron is given by V - E + F. What is this value?
• Which system is used by most of the world, aside from US customary units?
• The term 'borogroves' appears in which Lewis Carroll poem?
• The faces of a dodecahedron are regular polygons with how many sides?
• Name the three branches of the U.S. government.
• Which 1977 film ends with a sequence featuring music and sign language and includes Richard Dreyfuss boarding a ship?
• Which gallery, described as formerly an office building, is said to contain Primavera and Venus of Urbino?
• Which state is nicknamed the 'Show Me State'?
• What is the term for a seat used on bicycles or on horses when wearing stirrups?
• The flag of which Asian nation features a red circle on a white background?
• What is the term for choral music without instrumental accompaniment?
• Name the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who Irene Adler beat.
• Which statement is true about Wuthering Heights?
• Which 1993 film ends with a long scene of people placing rocks on a grave marker in an Israeli cemetery?
• Which color has the shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum?
• Phobos is a moon of which planet?
• Diamond is composed of which element?
• In The Crucible, how many witches were hanged in 1692?
• Which president was the first Roman Catholic to hold the office?
• Who was the United States President during the Watergate hearings who later resigned from office?
• This mineral is the birthstone for the month of November; it is a silicate mineral of aluminum and fluorine and has Mohs hardness of 8. Name it.
• What is the area of a triangle with sides 8, 10, and 6?
• Who carved Stone Mountain, but is better known for his work on Mt. Rushmore?
• Watergate is a building complex along which river that flows through our nation's capital?
• Which U.S. state is made up of volcanic islands, including Mauna Loa?
• What name is given to the baseline on a map from which latitude is calculated, having zero degrees latitude and equidistant from the poles?
• Histology is the study of what type of material?
• Which inventor is often credited with the quote 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration'?
• The State Hermitage Museum is located in which city?
• At 4 miles per hour, it takes exactly one hour for Abe to walk to school in a blinding blizzard. How many minutes would it take for him if he were to walk at 5 miles per hour?
• What small four-stringed guitar was developed in Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants?
• Which state uses the beehive as its symbol and is known for its Mormon heritage?
• What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system located on Mars?
• Which state is commonly known as 'The Last Frontier'?
• Which filmmaker produced the 1977 film based on a Lewis Carroll poem?
• Which state is nicknamed 'The Pelican State' due to its bayous and watery places?
• Which country has a solid green flag as its national flag?
• Which property of pumice makes it light enough to float?
• Blockbuster science-fiction Series whose 'third' episode ended with a lightsaber fight on the volcanic planet Mustafar.
• The ratio of the ideal gas constant to Boltzmann's constant is a relation often discussed in chemistry. Which option expresses this correctly?
• Which fictional detective by Arthur Conan Doyle is known for being outwitted by Irene Adler and whose stories feature Mycroft and a confrontation with Moriarty?
• Which regular polyhedron has eight vertices?
• Whose memorial, to be built across the tidal basin from the Jefferson Memorial, will be the first in Washington since the World War II Memorial completed in 2004?
• The river crossed by the famous London Bridge.
• What is the Mohs hardness for Feldspar?
• For a triangle with sides 8, 10, 6, what is the semiperimeter used in Heron's formula?
• Planet on which Olympus Mons, largest volcano in the solar system, is located
• What decimal is half a percent of 100?
• Which state's capital is Providence and is nicknamed the Ocean State?
• Identify the prepositional phrases in the sentence: 'Timmy sat behind the table, waiting to surprise his sister who walked through the door'.
• Which state borders Nebraska to the north and Oklahoma to the south?
• What term refers to both the act of cleanly cutting glass and the points earned by a team in a sport?
• Which body fluid produced in the mouth contains enzymes and electrolytes?
• How many distinct real solutions does the equation 5x^2 + 5 = 10x have?