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100
What do we call a 180 degree angle?
Straight angle
100
What is the name of our 2nd President?
John Adams
100
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
100
Which is faster: sound or light?
Light
100
What % of the worlds fresh water is in Antarctica?
90%
100
Although the keyboard shortcut for copying information is Ctrl + C, the shortcut for pasting information is not Ctrl + P (that's a shortcut for printing). Instead, the shortcut letter for pasting is closer to the shortcuts for copying and cutting. What letter is used to to paste information when clicked synchronously with Ctrl?
Ctrl + V = Paste
100
How many muscles are in the average human body?
Around 600!
100
Curtain #1
1st place: -300.
200
How long is a "fortnight"?
14 days....a long time ago people shortened the phrase "fourteen nights", two weeks, in "fortnight".
200
This company created its revolutionary new smartphone on June 29, 2007.
Apple (iPhone)
200
What are describing words called?
Adjectives
200
What are animals without a backbone called?
Invertebrates
200
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
200
When a password is limited strictly to numeric characters, the secret is often referred to as a PIN. What does that acronym stand for?
Personal Identification Number
200
What is pi, written out to 5 decimal places?
3.14159
200
Curtain #2
YOUR TEAM WINS 400 POINTS!!!
400
5 + (3X2) = ?
11
400
Who invented calculus? He also discovered gravity.
Sir Isaac Newton
400
Who wrote "The Lord of the Rings" series ?
J.R.R. Tolkien
400
What kind of blood type is known as the universal donor?
O negative.
400
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
400
What is it called when a computer can understand and behave like a human?
Artificial Intelligence
400
What is Becca's dog's name?
Rio
400
Curtain #3
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate for everyone!
800
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 1/3 of an hour late, what time did it arrive?
3:35pm
1/3 of an hour = 20 minutes
800
What is a leap year?
It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun — a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar year to 365 and then add the extra .25 over 4 years to make 1 extra day.
800
What would you call the central character of a story or plot?
Protagonist
800
What phenomena keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
800
Name three of Earth's five oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) oceans
800
THINK was the company motto for more than 40 years, for the company often referred to as "Big Blue." What is this frequently-acronymed company?
IBM
800
If you tipped 20% on a $15 bill, how much would the tip be?
$3.00
800
Curtain #4
Next question answered correctly by your team wins DOUBLE POINTS! (:
(expires after 2 turns)
1000
How many seconds make 1.5 hours?
5400
90 minutes x 60 seconds per minute = 5400 seconds
1000
What is the largest North American country?
Canada
1000
Ms. Janssen went walking in the woods.
Name the Verb
Walking
1000
What is the freezing point of water in celsius?
0 degrees
1000
What is the widest river in the world?
The Amazon River
1000
How many Megabytes in a Gigabyte
1000
1000
In which language does "konnichiwa" mean "hello"?
Japanese
1000
Curtain #5
Opposing team wins 200 points
1200
Final Jeopardy Category: US HISTORY
Who was the first US President to visit all 50 states?