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In square inches, find the area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside of a 4 inch by 4 inch paper.
4 pi square inches [or 4 times pi square inches]
John McCain was held prisoner in this country, where American draftees fought communist guerillas after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Lyndon B. Johnson faced protests against a war in what Southeast Asian country that united after the Fall of Saigon?
Vietnam [or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; or Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam]
The maroon-colored, deeply-ridged “American” variety of this tree was decimated by a namesake fungal blight. Marrons glaces are the candied nuts of what tree, named for its sweet nuts that are often roasted at street vendors?
Chestnuts
What is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18?
6
This river receives the Great Miami and Wabash Rivers, and it is formed from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati lies on what river, which forms its namesake state’s southern border?
Ohio River
The DART system detects these phenomena before they can cause damage. When the trough of these phenomena reaches land, a large drop in sea level occurs. Undersea earthquakes can cause what gigantic waves?
tsunamis [prompt on waves before read; reject “tidal waves"]
Among this city’s protections were a chain stretching across the Golden Horn and fortifications that included the Theodosian Walls. What city contains the Hagia Sophia and served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople [or Kōnstantinoupolis; accept Istanbul or Byzantium]
What convenience store chain, once called "Tote-Em," is the largest convenience store chain in both Japan and the United States and sells drinks like Big Gulps and Slurpees?
Seven-Eleven [or 7-11]
A square has a perimeter of 2944 units. What is the length of each side?
736 units
This man was killed by an expedition led by Robert Maynard and organized by Alexander Spotswood after his ship, replacement of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, was run aground. What pirate terrorized the Atlantic coast and is known for his facial hair?
Blackbeard [or Edward Teach; or Edward Thatch]
This term describes functions that are the same when reflected over the y axis, or where f(-x) = f(x). What term also describes all integers divisible by two, contrasted with odd numbers?
Even
This ruler’s son Caesarion would be executed by an invading force after returning from his escape in the Red Sea. What ruler was the last pharaoh of Egypt?
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
In this present-day country, Pedro de Alvarado massacred nobles celebrating Toxcatl (“TOHSH-kah-tul”)] in the Great Temple. During La Noche Triste (“lah NOH-chay TREE-stay”), Spanish forces were expelled from Tenochtitlan (“tay-NOHCH-teet-LAHN”) in what country during Cortez’s conquest of the Aztecs?
Mexico
Completely factor the following polynomial: x squared plus 13x minus 30.
(x + 15) times (x - 2) [accept in either order]
What country is known for its Baobabs trees, has many people speaking Malagasy, and is an island separated from the rest of Africa by the Mozambique Channel, containing many lemurs?
Madagascar
The project GIMPS searches for a type of these numbers that can be written as “2 to the n minus 1,” their Mersenne type. The Sieve of Eratosthenes can be used to find what numbers divisible only by one and themselves?
Prime numbers [or Mersenne primes]
The targets of this event were referred to as a “motley rabble of saucy boys,” and Thomas Preston was defended by John Adams in a trial about it. Crispus Attucks was the first to die in what pre-revolutionary massacre in the capital of Massachusetts?
Boston Massacre
During which 19th century conflict, which began after the sinking of one side’s battleship in Havana Harbor, did the United States gain the territory of Puerto Rico and begin its development as an imperialist power?
Spanish-American War
In square inches, find the area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside of a 4 inch by 4 inch paper.
4 pi square inches [or 4 times pi square inches]
This athlete scored 38 points in a finals game while he was suffering from food poisoning, culminating in a series victory where he won his fifth title. What shooting guard created a line of “Air” shoes with Nike and won 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls?
Michael Jordan [or Michael Jeffrey Jordan or MJ]
A “finger” of this element is a common part of enzymes. What metallic element, which makes up a majority of most pennies, has atomic number 30 and symbol Zn?
Zinc [accept Zn before mention]
An occupied part of this island was called The Pale included the region Meath, where the Battle of the Boyne also occurred. Vikings founded what island’s city of Dublin?
Ireland or [Éire]
What hit mobile game, whose characters include the “Curveball”-wielding Spike and one called Shelly, faced controversy with the removal of "Mega Boxes" in 2022, and was created by Supercell in 2017?
Brawl Stars
This is the only regular polygon which has the same number of diagonals as sides. What regular polygon has internal angles that measure 108 degrees and one more side than squares?
Regular pentagon
William Bradford's writings documented life aboard this vessel, which named a "Compact" signed by Miles Standish. Name this ship that failed to land in Virginia, instead arriving at Plymouth carrying the Pilgrims.
Mayflower