Random Knowledge
Random Knowledge Part 2
Words of the Day
Literature Characters
Nations/States Capitols
100

The creator of the American Flag.

Betsy Ross

100

The composer for the "Ode to Joy."

Beethoven

100

Nonchalant (adjective)

: having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

100

The two dogs from "Where the Red Fern Grows."

Little Anne and Old Dan

100

New York

Albany

200

Newton's ______ law: every object is in a state of uniform rest unless compelled to change by an outside force.

First

200

500 mL is _____ fluid ounces. (check your water bottle)

16.9 fl. oz

200

Diaphanous (adjective)

1: characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through 

2: characterized by extreme delicacy of form : ETHEREAL 

3: INSUBSTANTIAL, VAGUE

200

Napoleon's poet pig who replaced the song "Beasts of England" for a hymn to celebrate Napoleon's leadership.

Minimus

200

India 

New Dehli

300

The three types of columns Ms. Curtis taught us during our Ancient Greece unit: ionic, ______, and Corinthian.

doric

300

The three types of wizarding banking currency: sickles, knuts, and ______.

Galleons

300

Bumfuzzle (transitive verb)

: CONFUSE, PERPLEX, FLUSTER

300

The name of the faun that Lucy meets when she first enters Narnia in "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

Mr. Tumnus

300

Missouri

Jefferson City

400

The five types of propoganda Ms. Gil taught us during our Animal Farm unit: Bandwagon, _________, Transfer, Plain Folks, Testimonial.

Glittering Generality

400

The Habit was founded in Santa Barbara in _______. (year)

1969

400

lacerate (verb)

1: to tear or rend roughly : wound jaggedly

2: to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to : DISTRESS

400

Name at least one of Adeline Yen Mah's siblings from "Chinese Cinderella."

Lydia, Gregory, Edgar, and James

400

Argentina

Buenos Aires

500

Martin Luther posted the 95 thesis on the doors of the Cathedral in this German city, sparking the Reformation.

Wittenberg

500

Eric Gao's only speaking line in his entirety of being in Drama for 3 years was: "But _____ ___ ______ for ____ _____."

"But they're not right for each other."

500

ameliorate (transitive verb)

: to make better or more tolerable 

: to grow better

500

Name all 3 of Lena Younger's children in "A Raisin in the Sun."

Walter Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger

500

Bolivia (there are 2 capitols)

La Paz, Sucre

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