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| Natural coduitsthrough which lava travels beneat the surface of a lava flow are called lava... | tubes |
| According to the proverb, what do you catch more of with honey than with vinegar? | flies |
| One half of what number added to seven is eleven? | 8 |
| What nicknme was gven to local militiamen who fought agaist the British just before and durin the American Revolution? | minutemen |
| What ocean is immediately west of Australia | Indian Ocean |
| These songs are from what musical? Oompa Loompa, The Candy Man, The Bubble Machine, I've Got a Golden Ticket | Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
| What degree of camparision is illustrated in this example? He is probably the least talented brain surgeon who ever wielded a scalpel. | superlative |
| The French and Indian Wars ultimately decided whther France or England would rule what continent? | North America |
| These directions relate to what kind of dance? back by the left, ladies grand chain, sta by the right, allemade left, down the center and back, do-si-do | square dancing |
| According to Edward Everett Hale, when Philip Nolan was convicted of treason, he stated that he never again wished to hear of what? | the United States |
| They occur mainly in the lower leg and foot, especialy with long distance runners. These bone breaks that occur as a result of prolonged, repeated loads on the legs are known as what kind of fractures? | stress fractures |
| What character created by Chales Dickens says this late in a story? I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in teh Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spritis of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. | Scrooge |
| What Danish navigator who served with the Russian navy made two trips to northeastern Siberia and concluded that water separated Asia & America? | Vitus Bering |
| Passengers on a train fall backward or forwad when the train starts or stops due to a natural resistance to a change in motion called ... | inertia |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex walked on how may legs? | 2 |
| The pocess by which a bat detects objects by emitting sond waves and sensing the pattern of the reflected sound waves in known as what kind of location? | echolocation |
| Walking across a street outside of mared crosswalks and not at a corner is called... | jaywalking |
| In 1994, scientits used one hundred yards of fine linen, more than 600 pounds of natron, frankincense and myrrh, oil of cedar, palm wine, and resins, along with procedures developed by what ancient civilization, to perform the first human mummification in 2000 years? | Egypt |
| The cornea is theclear covering of the eye over the pupil and the colored... | iris |
| These lines are form a poem by John Keats named for what season? Season of mists and mellow fruifulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun: Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run | autumn (fall) |
| Consider this absolutely false equation. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 10. Still using all the digists in order, by just changing the spacing between digits and usin only plus or minus signs, complete this equation. 123 - 45 - .+ 10 | 67 + 8 - 9 |
| Historians regard as among the most significant statemets of American political history the seven debates held in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and what senator? | Stephen Douglas |
| What two countries occupy a peninsula on te eastern border of the Chines mainland? | North and South Korea |
| What is a synonym for the crime of abduction? | kidnapping |
| What element composes, by weight, 65% of the human body, 46.6% of Earth's crust, and 85.5% percent of seawater? | oxygen |
| This is about the history of what Europen country? Lucerne entered into the confederacy in 1332, Zurich in 1351, Zug in 1352, and Bern & Glarus in 1353. | Switzerland |
| Name the climatic condition were water loss due to evapotranspiration is greater han water inputs through precipitation, resulting in a prolonged water shortage. | drought |
| What is the last name of the woman cited in this poem? A nation thrills, a nation bleeds, A ntion follows where it leads, And every man is proud to yield His life upon a crimson field For Betsy's Battle Flag | Ross |
| What faction opposd the ratfication of the U.S. Constitution on the grounds that it gave too mch power to the national government at the expense of the states? | Antifederalists |
| How many feet per second mus a ullet travel to cover one-half mile in two seconds? | 1320 |
| During his 2 years there, John Smith ws principally responsible for the survival of England's frst permanent coony in the New World named ... | Jamestown |
| What is the meaning of these words in English? In Tahitian, it is "ia ora na." In Italian, it is "Buon giorno." In Hebrew, it is "shalom." In German,it is "guten Tag." | hello (good day, greetings) |
| An outdoor theatrical setting, usually with a large semi-circular seating area sloping down to the stage is called an... | amphitheater |
| What is the general name for organisms that cannot produce their own food and therefor must eat other organisms? | consumers (heterotrophs) |
| Kingston is the capital of what Caribbean country that is a member of the Commonwealth? | Jamaica |
| What age came after the historical age named for an alloy of copper and tin? | Iron Age |
| What adjective means having the toes turned inward while walking? | pigeon-toed |
| Whether prose, poetry, or drama, all imagined stories are broadly classified as ... | fiction |
| The name for what field comes from the Arabic words "al-jabr" which means "the reunion of broken parts"? | algebra |
| In 1943, the first national monument honoring an African American was built in Missouri. Name the honoree remembered for directing the Tuskegee Institute's department of agriculture and developing uses for peanuts and soybeans. | George Washington Carver |
| In an 8-toothed gear is meshed with a 40-toothed gear, how many revolutions will the smaller gear make in the time it takes the larger gear to make a single revolution? | 5 |
| What is the indirect object in this example? The master chef taught our class the art of ivory-billed woodpecker roasing. | class (our class) |
| What legendary character is central in these works? The Mists of Avalon; Guinevere; Merlin's Mirror; Excalibur!; Idylls of the King | King Arthur |
| During what decade did the Continental Congress pass this resolution? Resolved, that the Flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be 13 stars, white on a blue field, representing a constellation. | 1770s |
| What name is shared by a boat-shaped passenger car on an airship, a railroad freight car without a top, and a long, narrow, flat-bottomed Venetian boat? | godola |
| Crustacans, mollusks, fish, and youn amphibians have what organs that obtain dissolved oxygen from water? | gills |
| What county can be seen by looking across the mout o the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires? | Uruguay |
| It can be formed by the cooling of the land after sunset or when moist air passes over cool ground or when cold air passes over wrm water or as winds blow up a slop causing the moisture in the air to condense. Name this type of cloud that is in contact with the surface of the ground or a body of water. | fog |
| Name the two major agricultural commodities produced by southern states in te early 1860s. | tobacco, cotton |
| A semicircle rotated about its diameter produces what solid? | sphere |
| What U.S. state is bordered by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Chihuahua? | Texas |
| These nonfiction works all relate to what ancient civilization? The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone; The Curse of Tutankhamen; Hieroglyphs without Mystery; Nefertiti - the Mystery Queen; The New Book of Pharoahs | Egypt |
