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SnowA layer of snow on the surface of a snowpack that is firmer than the snow below is called a ...

crust

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Stock CharactersThese stock characters are usually found in what kind of fiction? clone, android, cyborg, mutant

science fiction

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Shell SellingAt her seashore boutique, Sara sells 6 seahorses for every 7 seashells she sells. If she sold 66seahorses, how many seashells did she sell?

77

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Frontier SlangWhat did frontier sodbusters do for a living?

farming

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Mountain RangesThe Berkshire, Endless, Cumberland, Great Smoky, and Blue Ridge Mountains are parts of whatmountain system?

Appalachians

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Optical InstrumentsThe simplest periscope incorporates two mirrors parallel to each other, with each mirror set atwhat angle?

45 degrees

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Senate RulesIn order for a vote to be taken in the Senate, at least how many senators must be present?

51

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Parts of SpeechHow many nouns are in this line? We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.

4

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MammalsName the small, burrowing, herbivorous, very short-tailed rodents that live in tundra biomes.

lemmings

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ArchaeologyThe Rosetta Stone was the key to understanding what ancient Egyptian writing system based onpictorial symbols?

hieroglyphics

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Versatile MaterialsWhat basic material which can be shaped and fired to make bricks, pipes, kiln linings, tiles onspace shuttles, porcelain, and china?

clay

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English LiteratureWho is the protagonist in the novel from which this excerpt was taken? The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting "Off with his head!" or "Off with her head!"

Alice

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FootballIn what kind of football kick does the kicker intentionally try to send the ball just barely past 10yards?

onside kick

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Transportation MilestonesWhat waterway built between 1817 and 1832 provided a navigable route from the Atlantic Oceanto the Great Lakes?

Erie Canal

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Lunar PhasesA waxing gibbous moon occurs just before a full moon. What phase occurs just after?

waning gibbous moon

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Unfounded AdviceThese are examples of what kind of irrational beliefs? -Never begin a trip on a Friday. -Spit on a new bat before using it. -Never get into an ambulance until you see a big black dog. -Always get out of bed on the same side you got in it.

superstitions

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VertebratesWhat resembles a lizard but has smooth, moist skin, a blunt nose, bulgy eyes, and no claws?

salamander (newt)

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Asian RulersAlthough there have been a total of fourteen Dalai Lamas, only three of them have actually ruledwhat land?

Tibet

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CrimesWhat crime involves a demand for money using the threat to reveal embarrassing information oran illegal act?

blackmail

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Strange TalesIn a story by Stephanie Meyer, young Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington where she falls inloved with Edward Cullen who turns out to be what kind of legendary being?

vampire

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Set SummationWhat is the sum of the set of all positive multiples of 3 that are less than 20?

63

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Party ParticipantsWhat prosperous Massachusetts silversmith was a participant in the Boston Tea Party?

Paul Revere

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Lofty ParksName either of the provinces in which the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks are located.

Alberta, British Columbia

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Provocative FlightsSuspected as being a cover for long-range missile development, what Asian nation launched arocket claimed to be carrying a communications satellite in 2009?

North Korea

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OffensesWhat is the legal term for intrusion onto someone else's property?

trespassing

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Book HistoryOne important step in the history of bookmaking occurred during the first century when thestitched book gradually replaced documents on rolls of parchment or papyrus called ...

scrolls

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Going DownGiven estimates indicating that erosion is lowering the North American continent at an averagerate of about 3 centimeters per 1000 years, how long will it take to erode a 300-meter mountain?

10 million years

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Fantasy WorldsWhat world created by Ursula Le Guin is an archipelago in a vast and mostly uncharted ocean?

Earthsea

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RectanglesOn a sheet of plywood 2 feet wide and 4 feet long, how many 4 by 6 inch rectangles can be marked?

48

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Revolutionary GroupsBritish authorities referred to what 18th-century secret organization of American patriots as the"Sons of Violence" and "Sons of Iniquity"?

Sons of Liberty

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AccentsIn two-word compound words, the stress usually falls on which word?

first word

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Performing ArtsPuppets suspended and controlled by a number of strings are called ...

marionettes (string puppets)

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TreesWhat is another name for the tree line?

timberline

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Mideast GeographyYemen and Oman are on the southern end of what enormous peninsula?

Arabian Peninsula

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Russian ExpansionSea otter pelts brought back to Russia by a 1742 expedition prompted the earliest settlements inwhat region that would eventually become a U.S. state?

Alaska (Russian America)

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Hospital AbbreviationsWhat is the abbreviation for that part of a hospital that provides prompt treatment for victims oftrauma or those with sudden health problems?

ER

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Science FictionThis is from what story? Our progress was slower than I had anticipated, and besides Weena was tired. I had been without sleep for a night and two days, and I was feverish and irritable. I felt sleep coming upon me, and the Morlocks with it.

The Time Machine

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Anvil SalesAn anvil salesman had 20 anvils. After one week he had 17 anvils left. After two weeks he had 16anvils left, after three weeks he had 13 anvils left, and at the end of four weeks he had 12 anvilsremaining. At this rate, he will have only 1 anvil left at the end of how many weeks?

9

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First ShotsIn the first engagement of the Civil War, no casualties resulted from some 4,000 artillery roundsfired over a period of 34 hours at what site?

Fort Sumter

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ElectricityA positive charge builds up when what subatomic particles are in excess?

protons

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Plural RulesWhen a word ends in "y," if the "y" is preceded by a consonant, what do you do to form itsplural?

change y to i and add es

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Meteorological PhenomenaWhat phenomenon similar to a rainbow is produced by light reflected from Earth's naturalsatellite?

moonbow (lunar rainbow, lunar bow)

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LawsLaws enacted by a legislature are called ...

statutes

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DynastiesThe Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties ruled what country?

China

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Latin American HistoryWhat is the name for large Spanish landholdings in Latin America that were sometimesplantations, ranches, or mining operations?

haciendas

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CompoundsA monosaccharide is a simple ...

sugar

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InventionsWho invented the technology that, in 1844, initially connected the 40-mile distance betweenBaltimore and Washington, D.C., but, within ten years, enabled communication over some 23,000miles throughout the U.S.?

Samuel Morse

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Brain AnatomyThe wrinkles of the cerebrum that enable the skull to contain some 2,500 square centimeters ofcerebral cortex are called ...

convolutions

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Poetic VocabularyWhat adjective for something inconvenient or annoying completes this poem by Ogden Nash? A shrimp who sought his lady shrimp Could catch no glimpse Not even a glimp. At times, translucence Is rather a ...

nuisance

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Fraction AdditionWhat is the sum of (2p/3) and (4p/5)?

22p/15

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City EtymologyThe name of what Pennsylvania city is based on the Greek words for "love" and "brother"?

Philadelphia

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ImpactsThe impact of a very fast, relatively small mass into a larger body such as a planet or moonproduces a depression called a ...

crater

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HollywoodThese feats of daring are collectively known as what in the movie business? -leaping from a building onto a helicopter -jumping a speedboat over a police car -falling from a cliff into a river -being dragged along behind a moving truck

stunts

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Energy ResourcesDuring the Middle Ages, human power, animal power, and windmills were used in the industriesof the time. What other device was used then that relied on hydropower?

water wheel

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Sentence ClassificationsThis illustrates what basic type of sentence? Does the noise in my head bother you?

interrogative

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Creatures BelowThis quote from "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is about what creature? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. The arms fixed to its head were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

giant squid

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Prism CuttingIf the outside of a 3 by 3 by 5 inch rectangular prism is painted and then is cut into 1 inch cubes,how many of the small cubes are painted on exactly 3 sides?

8

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Virginia HistoryCape Henry, Virginia, was the site of the first landfall of the settlers who established what colonyin 1607?

Jamestown

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VolcanoesWhile volcanoes that have erupted in historical times but are now quiet are classified as dormant,those that are currently erupting or showing signs of eruption such as seismic activity or gasemission are said to be ...

active

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Marine LandformsOff the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the largest object ever built by living things called the ...

Great Barrier Reef

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ReflexesWhat highly contagious reflex behavior is associated with exhaustion and boredom?

yawning

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Foreign ItemsThese are all varieties of what? takas, florins, yuans, rupees, dinars, rials

currencies (money, mediums of exchange, etc.)

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Around the WorldJuan Sebastian Elcano actually completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after whatoriginal leader of the expedition was killed in the Philippines?

Ferdinand Magellan

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ArchaeologyAncient cities in what country include Aleppo and Damascus?

Syria

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Writing TechniquesWhat literary technique is used in this passage? He was a thin, wiry man in a tan-colored shirt. He had a gray, untidy mustache, his skin was wrinkled and leathery, but his eyes were always friendly and amused.

characterization

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EmissionsIf burning one gallon of gas produces about 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, how many pounds ofcarbon dioxide are produced by a vehicle getting 20 miles per gallon on a 200-mile trip?

200

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Old West TransportationName the small-sized Conestoga wagons used by many pioneer families in their ventures west.

prairie schooners

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Parts of SpeechWhat part of speech is the first word in this example? Where do you keep your copy of the Constitution?

adverb

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AviationUnpowered flight using airfoils to create lift is called ...

gliding

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EvaporationWhat minerals are present in the water evaporating from the Great Salt Lake?

none

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Territorial GovernmentBefore many of the fifty U.S. states became states, they were territories administered by a chiefexecutive appointed by the U.S. president. What title did that official hold?

governor

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Similar LegendsThis Toltec legend is reminiscent of what other legendary structure of the ancient Middle East? After men had multiplied following a great deluge, they built a tall zacuali or tower, to preserve themselves in the event of another deluge. However, their languages were confounded and they went to separate parts of the earth.

Tower of Babel

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Animal ProductsWhat is the common name for pig fat used in cooking and soap manufacture?

lard

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Short StoriesThis quotation is about what character in a Jack London story? He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once and for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club.

Buck

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ProbabilityIf you have a bag holding 12 black, 3 white, and 2 yellow balls and take out 2 black balls, what isthe probability that the next one randomly removed is white?

1/5 (or 1 in 5)

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DiscoveriesAccording to local legends, the caverns near Carlsbad, New Mexico, were discovered when acowboy thought he saw smoke rising from the ground one evening, but, when he rode closer, hefound that the "smoke" actually consisted of what emerging from an underground chamber?

bats

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Store Sign PunsWhat is the first word in this sign on a music store window that incorporates punnery? ---- in an hour. Offenbach sooner.

Bach

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DemonstrationsWhat color was worn by Iranian demonstrators in the protests that followed the disputed 2009presidential election there?

green

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Food PhysicsThis is what happens when you are making what? When heated, the moisture inside the hull turns into superheated pressurized steam. The starch inside the seed gelatinizes and becomes pliable. As the temperature increases, the hull ruptures and its contents expand into an airy foam that cools and sets into a crispy puff.

popcorn

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Figurative LanguageWhat figure of speech is illustrated in this line by a pilot who failed in his second attempt to flynonstop across the U.S.? I could easily have crawled under a snake's belly with a high silk hat on, I felt so low.

hyperbole (exaggeration)

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Bygone Titles"Czar" was no longer the title of what country's leader after a revolution in 1917?

Russia

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NovelsIn what story does a maid named Martha tell Mary Lennox about a garden at her UncleArchibald's house that has been locked up for ten years?

The Secret Garden

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GearingA 60-tooth gear running at 20 rpm is meshed with a 40-tooth gear, driving it at what rpm?

30

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Losing in LouisianaIn contrast to the 210 American casualties, nearly 1800 British soldiers were killed or woundedduring what battle that occurred two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?

Battle of New Orleans

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InsectsWhat is the common name for those wasps that build their nests from mud?

mud daubers (dirt daubers, dirt divers)

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WoundsWhat kind of wound has a small entry hole caused by a narrow pointed object?

puncture wound

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River GradientsHow many times greater is the slope of a mountain stream with a gradient of 40 meters perkilometer than the lower portion of the Mississippi with a gradient of 10 centimeters perkilometer?

400

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RulersWhat type of ruler is illustrated in these examples? -Jack in Golding's "Lord of the Flies" -Emperor Palpatine in the "Star Wars" saga -Napoleon in "Animal Farm" -Big Brother in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" -Yertle in "Yertle the Turtle"

dictator

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Borne out of NecessityThis is one of the stories about the invention of what popular treat? When a concession stand at the St. Louis World's Fair ran out of plates for ice cream, owners began serving it in rolled-up pastries called "World's Fair Cornucopias."

ice cream cone

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ClausesA simple sentence contains a maximum of how many independent clauses?

1

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Short StoriesThis dialogue is from what story? "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet, even after the hardest mental labor. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"

The Gift of the Magi

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VolumeIf a rectangular box is 7 inches wide, 6 inches long, and has a volume of 378 cubic inches, what isits height?

9 inches

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Early American SquabblesA red-hot issue for early U.S. lawmakers concerned the location of the national capital. In an earlypolitical bargain, Hamilton and Jefferson agreed to support a site on the banks of what river forthe new federal city?

Potomac River

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LatitudesName the geographically largest country through which the Arctic Circle runs.

Russia

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Free FallAccording to her bathroom scales, Melanie weighs 125 pounds. But if she is standing on her scalesduring free fall, the scales say her weight is what?

zero

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MusicalsThese songs are from what musical? Toot Sweets Hushabye Mountain Me Ol' Bamboo Truly Scrumptious

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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FloodsWhat kind of flood results when a local, intense rainstorm generates heavy runoff in a normallydry channel to form a wall of water moving downstream?

flash flood

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American TraditionsThese are rules for what? It should never touch the ground. It should normally be displayed from sunup to sunset. It should be lighted if displayed at night. It should be folded when stored. Old ones should be burned or buried but never thrown in the trash.

U.S. flag

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Parts of SpeechThese utterances illustration what part of speech? Wow! Ugh! Aha! Ouch!

interjections

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Dramatic ConventionsWhat melodramatic stock character often cackles and leers while twirling his moustache, rollinghis eyes, and rubbing his hands together?

villain

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AlloysWhat metal is in such alloys as ferrovanadium, ferronickel, ferrochrome, and ferromanganese?

iron

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The Duodecimal SystemHow many items are in eleven gross two dozen and eleven?

1619

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Colonial North AmericaThe people of what part of colonial Canada posed a difficult problem for the English after theFrench and Indian War since they composed a substantial majority of the population, spoke adifferent language, and were almost entirely Roman Catholic?

Quebec

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CommunicationSemaphore requires the use of what equipment?

flags (paddles, disks, lights)

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Medical AnalogiesDermatologist is to skin as cardiologist is to ...

heart

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TrianglesAn obtuse triangle and a right triangle can be either isosceles or ...

scalene

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VotingAn election in which a voter's selections are confidential is known as what kind of ballot?

secret ballot

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Nonsense VerseWhat are the next three words in the poem that begins with this? One fine day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back-to-back they faced one another, Drew their swords and ...

shot each other

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Frontier EmigrantsTo what mountain range was James Bidwell referring when he said this during a pioneeringoverland trip west of the Rockies in 1841? If California lies beyond these mountains, we shall never be able to reach it.

Sierras (Sierra Nevada)

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Clock MakingIf a shaft makes one rotation every 3600 seconds, how many rotations does it make in one hour?

1

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ForestsWhat kind of forests are found mostly in the equatorial zone?

tropical (rain) forests

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Asian BiomesWhat biome is predominant in Siberia?

taiga

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15th-Century Name ChangesWhen a cartel of English merchants hired Giovanni Caboto to find a direct route to the EastIndies, what did they call him?

John Cabot

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GerundsWhat is the gerund phrase in this line? When I returned to my dorm room, I heard my pet goldfish singing in the shower.

singing in the shower

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PlanetsIdentify "the parent" in this statement. The four largest satellites, discovered by Galileo, travel in nearly circular orbits around the parent with periods from 2 to 17 Earth days.

Jupiter

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BatteriesA single unit of a battery is called a ...

cell

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Rhyming ExpressionsMeaning that actions speak louder than words, the phrase "talk the talk" is usually paired withwhat other phrase?

walk the walk

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LeadersWho is this about? Having occupied the presidency into an unprecedented fourth term, from the Great Depression through the darkest days of the Second World War to the Yalta Conference and plans for a postwar world, he had begun to show the toll.

Franklin Roosevelt

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PiEach decimal place in the calculation of pi takes you how many times closer to its ultimate value?

10

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Industrial FacilitiesWhat is the general name for facilities in which these kinds of processes occur? -steel is rolled into sheets -grain is turned into flour -cotton is turned into cloth -trees are turned into lumber

mills

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Constitutional CommentariesThis statement is about what amendment? The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers.

2nd Amendment

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IndependenceWhen Mexican gained independence from Spain, the "Plan de Iguala" called for Mexico to becomea constitutional monarchy with social equality, and for what to be the state religion?

Roman Catholicism

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Dental CareAfter braces are removed, teeth can still move about a bit, so an orthodontist provides what otherdevice, usually worn at night for about a year, to help hold the patient's teeth in place?

retainer

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VertebratesMembers of what class of vertebrates have a tadpole stage?

Amphibia (amphibians)

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InfinitivesAs what part of speech is the infinitive used in this example? To not try was never an option.

noun

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SportsWhat Winter Olympics competition that is a form of pairs figure skating may include moves fromtangos, waltzes, and fox trots?

ice dancing

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Lucky MissesAt age twenty-three, four French bullets harmlessly pierced the coat of what future Americanleader as he fought under General Braddock at the Battle of the Monongahela?

George Washington

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ProportionsIf you can buy 30 dozen sticky wickets for $3, what would be the cost for just 5 dozen?

50 cents

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Sailing GeographyWhat U.S. state is on the starboard side of a northbound sailboat entering the Gulf of Mexico?

Florida

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SolutionsWhile a saturated solution is holding all the solute it can and a concentrated solution is holdinglarge amounts of the solute, what kind of solution is holding just a small amount of the solute?

dilute

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World WondersWhat Wonder of the Ancient World stood for only 56 years before it was destroyed by anearthquake.

Colossus of Rhodes

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QualificationsThe Constitution includes what phrase to specify the kind of citizen one must be to becomepresident of the United States?

natural born

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Something in the NewsMuch in the news in 2009, what is H1N1?

virus (influenza virus, swine flu)

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MapsOn what kind of map are you most likely to find isohyets, isonephs, isohumes, isotachs, isotherms,and isobars?

weather map

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InsuranceIn what U.S. state is the most earthquake insurance purchased?

California

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Harry PotterThe title of a book that especially suggests a theme of alchemy is "Harry Potter and the ..."

Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone

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AlliesIn 1778, what European country formally recognized the United States of America and shortlythereafter declared war on Britain?

France

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Consecutive IntegersWhat is the greatest of three consecutive integers whose sum is 45?

16

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Spoonerisms"Riddle of the mode" is a spoonerism for what political position?

middle of the road

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StratigraphyRock strata were formed by what geologic process?

sedimentation (deposition)

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Famous VenetiansWhat was the last name of these men of the 13th-century Venetian republic? Maffeo, Niccolo, Marco

Polo

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Art in MotionWhat art form involves the rapid sequential display of drawings in order to create an illusion ofmovement?

animation

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PendulumsWhat is the period of a short pendulum that swings back and forth with a frequency of 3 cycles persecond?

1/3 second

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ParksName any American national park with a name beginning with the letter S.

Shenandoah, Sequoia, Saguaro

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Fantasy GrammarWhat character created by J.R.R. Tolkien routinely uses the first person plural when speaking ofhimself?

Gollum

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StatehoodWhat two U.S. states were admitted to the Union in 1912?

New Mexico, Arizona

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Glacial CalculationsClimbers who fell into a crevasse on the Bosons Glacier high on Mount Blanc were lost in 1861.Their bodies appeared at the foot of the glacier 41 years later, 9,250 feet below the point where theydisappeared. Therefore, scientists learned that the ice in that glacier moved about how many feetper year?

226 (or 225)

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MatterWhat is the name for any fluid with no upper surface?

gas

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DiseaseNearly 90% of the deaths attributed to malaria occur annually on what continent?

Africa

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AveragesIf 26 is the average of four numbers and three of the numbers are 14, 30, and 48, what is the othernumber?

12

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MonarchsWho is the queen of Australia?

Queen Elizabeth II

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Uncle RemusIn what Uncle Remus story is this line repeatedly found? ... ain't sayin' nothin'.

The Tar Baby

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Historical DocumentsThis is part of what 18th-century document? Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.

Articles of Confederation

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HomophonesSpell the two homophones for the contraction of "they are."

their, there

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ReflexesOccurring when people are frightened or cold, the pilomotor reflex is commonly known as ...

goose bumps (goose pimples)

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PublicationThe hand-copying of books extremely limited their production until what German came along inthe 15th century?

Johann Gutenberg

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SimplificationSimplify the following. -2x(y - z)

-2xy + 2xz

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Transportation ProjectsThe European Chunnel links what two countries?

Great Britain and France

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QueensQueen Victoria was the granddaughter of what British monarch who lost the American colonies?

George III

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StadiumsIn what country are these sports facilities located? Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium Bangalore Hockey Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium

India

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Ancient Greek AstronomyIn ancient Greece, Plato arranged celestial objects into eight spheres surrounding Earth with thefixed stars in sphere 8, Saturn in sphere 7, and Jupiter in sphere 6. What object did he place insphere 1?

the Moon

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InsectsWhat structures on butterflies enable them to sense the air for scents?

antennae

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U.S. AuthorsIn what Missouri town was the author raised who went on to write about steamboat piloting, frogjumping, and fence whitewashing?

Hannibal

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InventionsThe credit for the world's first biplane goes to whom?

Wright brothers

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FractionsName the process of canceling out all the common factors in the numerator and denominator of afraction until no such factors remain.

simplification

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Succinct WritingWhat word could be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence whatsoever? Until 1941, only a few national leaders anticipated that the Japanese would actually attack the United States.

that

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Art VocabularyWhat term can indicate any of the following? -a place where dance is taught -a building for television productions -a sculptor's workroom -a facility for recording songs

studio

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NationalitiesWhat country was the home of Daniel Bernoulli, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Peter Stuyvesant,Vincent van Gogh, and Rembrandt van Rijn?

Netherlands (Holland)

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Onomatopoeia around the WorldThese are words relating to the sound produced from what reflex reaction? the Polish "apsik," the Korean "achee," the Danish "atju," the German "hatschie," the Greek "apshoo"

sneezing

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EnginesWhat kind of engine generally includes a rotary air compressor powered by a turbine thatproduces thrust through a nozzle?

jet engine

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CourtThe "bench" in a courtroom is another name for what official?

judge

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RhymeWhat is the rhyme scheme in this verse? Fishermen cast out their nets, We all in turn go fishing, Some will use a rod and line, While others fish by wishing.

abcb

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Early U.S. StatesThe Green Mountain Boys militia played a central role in the creation of what independent state?

Vermont

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SequencesWhat is the next number in the sequence that begins with these numbers? 9, 3, 1, 1/3, ...

1/9

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MapsWhat kind of lines on a topographic map never cross?

contour lines

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SnakesBecause they coil around prey to asphyxiate it, boas and pythons are called ...

constrictors

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WeaponryThe invention of what weapons enabled armies to break down the walls of fortresses that hadtheretofore been impregnable, sometimes for centuries?

cannons

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PhonemesWhat is another word that consists of the same phonemes as "tar"?

art

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Desert LandscapesIn a region covered with desert pavement, what was primarily responsible for removing all the fineparticles and silt from between the rock fragments and pebbles?

wind

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Planetary BlemishesIn 2009, astronomers noted photos of a new massive black spot on Jupiter, about the size of Earth,that was caused by what?

meteor (or asteroid or comet) impact

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Fantasies"The High King" is the last in what series of fantasies by Lloyd Alexander?

Chronicles of Prydain

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IdiomsThese idioms come from what sport? blow-by-blow down and out go the distance have someone in your corner down for the count take off the gloves low blow

boxing

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Algebraic SubtractionIn simplest terms, what is 3x/4 minus 7x/10?

x/20

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ForceIf you are pushing against a stump with a force of 40 pounds, the stump is pushing back againstyou with a force of how many pounds?

40

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Music NotationWhat Italian musical term means "tied together"?

legato

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Island IndependenceIn 1973, the Bahamas gained its independence from what European country?

Great Britain

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RadiationWhat kind of radiation causes sunburn?

UV (ultraviolet)

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OfficialsA nation or region ruled by an emir is called an ...

emirate

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Midwestern SagasWhat is the first book in the saga of the Witting family? Skylark Caleb's Story More Perfect Than the Moon Grandfather's Dance.

Sarah Plain and Tall

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SleuthsWhat fictional British detective lived at 221-B Baker Street in London?

Sherlock Holmes

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MemorialsThe Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri, marks the starting point ofwhat expedition?

Lewis and Clark

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Disjunctive SyllogismsComplete this syllogism. Either I will go to the opera or go fishing. I will not go to the opera. Therefore ...

I will go fishing

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WordplayWhat form of wordplay is illustrated in these lines? -Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. -When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. -Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

pun

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Boomerang AerodynamicsA boomerang with the leading edge of the airfoil on its left side flies in a curve in what clockdirection?

clockwise

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ClosuresBy 1961, what European city was losing some 2,000 residents a day until Communist soldiers builta 30-mile barrier of concrete blocks and barbed wire to stop the emigration?

East Berlin

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Fish DistributionName the largest river system in which piranhas are abundant.

Amazon

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LakesBy far, what phenomenon formed most of the world's lakebeds?

glaciation (glaciers)

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Law EnforcementPolice officers who use assumed identities to establish relationships with suspected criminals aresaid to be working ...

undercover

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Marriage VerseWhat occupation completes this verse? Daisy, daisy, who shall it be? Who shall it be who will marry me? Rich man, poor man, beggerman, thief, Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, Tinker, tailor, soldier, ...

sailor

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Hand ToolsName the edged tool for reaping or mowing consisting of a long curved blade mounted on a benthandle that is held with both hands and moved parallel to the ground?

scythe

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Percentage ProblemsIf 108 out of the first 150 shoppers bought a new Gonzo Whizmaster at Ted's ThingamajigEmporium, what percentage of the shoppers did not?

28%

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PoemsWhat is the nation mentioned in this excerpt? And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night. And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into flame with its heat.

United States

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AbbreviationsConsider the abbreviation in "76 A.D." For what Latin word does the D stand?

Domini (Dominus)

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BalladsThese songs originated in what part of the United Kingdom? My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Did You Ever See a Lassie The Rantin' Laddie The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond

Scotland

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DynastiesThe Kamehameha Dynasty developed in what island group?

Hawaii

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Incomplete CombustionWhat is the major component of the soot you see coming out of diesel engine exhaust pipes?

carbon

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Hab a Kode?When you have a cold, your nose gets stuffy and plugged up with mucus. Name this condition.

congestion

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The MideastWith what two letters do all the names of the easternmost countries in the Middle East end?

an

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Firearm ProductionWhat arrangement of factory workers does Samuel Colt describe in these words? The first workman would receive two or three of the most important parts and would affix these and pass them on to the next who would add a part and pass the growing article on to another who would do the same, and so on until the complete arm is put together.

assembly line

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EquationsWhat is the value of P in this equation? P/4 - 3Q = R

P = 4R + 12Q (or P = 4(R + 3Q)

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BotanyWhat structures of a plant bear no leaves, lack nodes, absorb water and inorganic nutrients, andanchor the plant body to the ground?

roots

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GeysersMore than half of the world's geysers are located in what American national park?

Yellowstone

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OceaniaWhat people originally settled in Tahiti?

Polynesians

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Caribbean PrisonsIn 2009, the U.S. Senate voted to not shut down a detention center at what American naval base inCuba?

Guantanamo (Guantanamo Bay)

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Organization OfficesWhat international organization with major offices in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna has itsheadquarters in New York City?

United Nations

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ViolationsBigamists violate what kind of contracts?

marriage contracts

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FantasiesWhat book features a ride on a Gypsy caravan, a frightful nighttime search for Otter's baby, and aclimactic battle against the weasels for Toad Hall?

The Wind in the Willows

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Colonial CartographersWhat Frenchman made twelve trips to the New World, thoroughly mapped the Atlantic coast fromthe Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod, founded the city of Quebec, and established the French fur trade inNorth America?

Samuel Champlain

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AnglesHow many degrees are in one fourth of a straight angle?

45

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WordplayWhat reduplicated word indicates a line with multiple sharp turns in alternating directions?

zigzag

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Historic SitesThe San Juan National Historic Site is located on what island that is a U.S. commonwealth?

Puerto Rico

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Asian PacifistsDuring his leadership of the Indian Independence Movement, who led dozens of nonviolentcampaigns, endured years in British prisons, and, on several occasions, nearly died from fasting?

Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)

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WindmillsWhat is the general name for modern windmills used to produce electricity?

wind turbines (wind generators)

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Affective StatesWhat is the psychological term for feelings?

emotions

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GasesWhat is the collective name for gases that allow sunlight to pass through the atmosphere butabsorb the infrared radiation that is emitted by the Earth's surface?

greenhouse gases

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State PoemsThis is part of the official poem of which state? Lovely Bay State by the sea, Chosen by the Pilgrim Fathers In their search for liberty.

Massachusetts

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American ErasThe manufacture, sale, and transportation of what was illegal in the U.S. during the Prohibitionera?

alcohol (alcoholic beverages)

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MeasurementsConvert 78 inches to feet.

6 1/2 feet

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SculptureWhat is the common name for an anthropomorphic sculpture made from accumulated hexagonalice crystals?

snowman

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PropertyIn contrast to private property, land in state and national parks is what kind of property?

public property

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Roman ArchitectureConstruction of domes in ancient Rome was greatly facilitated by the development of whatbuilding material consisting of sand, gravel, and mortar?

concrete

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PrefixesWhat is the meaning of the prefix in these words? carnage, carnival, carnivorous

meat

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Venomous ReptilesFound in the eastern U.S., the world's only semiaquatic pit viper is the ...

cottonmouth (water moccasin, water adder)

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The CaribbeanWhat country occupies the eastern two thirds of the island it shares with Haiti?

Dominican Republic

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SettingsThese novels are set in what country? Journey of the Shadow Bairns Jason's Gold Frobisher Bay Anne of Green Gables

Canada

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ShipwrecksIn what year were the sunken remains of the U.S.S. Arizona first located?

1941

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Energy ResourcesEnergy derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly is described as being ...

renewable

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GlaciersSome aerial photographs of glaciers show relatively wide, dark stripes in their midst. When theseglaciers recede, these stripes will become what geological formations?

moraines

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BatsWhat kind of bat feeds by making a shallow wound, usually on horses or cows, and then lickingthe blood?

vampire bat

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Canadian TerritoryIn the late 19th century, the vast lands belonging to what British corporation became the largestcomponent of the Dominion of Canada?

Hudson's Bay Company

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LawmakersWhat is the collective name for bodies such as national assemblies, parliaments, councils, andcongresses?

legislatures

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Modern DynastiesThe House of Saud is a dynasty in what Mideast country?

Saudi Arabia

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Fatal ForgettingAli Baba's greedy brother, Kassim, was unable to get out of the thieves' cave because he could notremember what two words?

open sesame

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EtymologyWhat term for an adventurer involved in a dangerous quest originally referred to someone whosailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece?

argonaut

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Popular PresidentsName the single, most important achievement that swept Thomas Jefferson into his second term aspresident.

Louisiana Purchase

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ButterfliesWhile butterflies derive some nourishment from pollen, they feed primarily on what substancesecreted by flowers?

nectar

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NutritionWhat phrase refers to packaged foods such as candy, chips, and soft drinks that are high incalories but low in nutritional value?

junk food

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Off-road SportsName the lightweight vehicle especially designed for off-the-road operation in sand.

dune buggy

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National ParksName the largest lake in the national park immediately south of Yellowstone National Park.

Jackson Lake

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VelocityIf you are coasting along on your bike at 10 miles per hour and a car going 35 miles per hourpasses you from behind, what is the car's velocity from your perspective?

25 mph

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EquinoxesHow many more equinoxes occur in a century than in a decade?

180

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ModifiersThese are examples of what kind of adjectives? Icelandic, Freudian, Kafkaesque, Calvinistic

proper adjectives

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Art FormsWhat kind of art may involve carving, chiseling, welding, casting, or molding?

sculpture

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PredicatesWhat are the two simple predicates in this line? It's always easier to see a show you don't like the second time because you know it ends.

is, know

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EclipsesA lunar eclipse is a shadow cast by what body on what body?

by the Earth on the Moon

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ScienceVlad thinks he can stunt the growth of plants by exposing them to continuous, very loud, hardrock music from the time they are seedlings. What do scientists call such an assumption?

hypothesis

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19th-Century WarsAt the beginning of the War of 1812, Britain was also fighting a war against the French who wereled by whom?

Napoleon

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DominanceThe dominance of, or preference for, one hand over the other is called ...

handedness

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Law EnforcementWhat federal agency plays the major role in policing American waterways?

U.S. Coast Guard

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BattlesThe destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago, Cuba, at a cost of two killed and ten wounded forthe U.S. Navy, ended what war in 1898?

Spanish-American War

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