LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
This author created Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the magical Land of Oz.
L. Frank Baum
This is the value of 6 factorial, written as 6!
720
Materials such as copper allow electric current to pass through them easily and are known by this term. (Answer in plural)
Conductors
Along with Paraguay, this South American country has no coastline.
Bolivia
Vincent van Gogh painted this famous nighttime scene filled with swirling stars
The Starry Night
Dorothy’s small dog accompanies her on her journey through the Land of Oz.
Toto
This is the value of 4! divided by 2!
12
This instrument measures the amount of electric current flowing through a circuit.
Ammeter
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico.
Hernán Cortés
This American artist painted Nighthawks, showing customers sitting inside a late-night diner.
Edward Hopper
Clue: This author wrote the 1818 Gothic novel about Victor Frankenstein and the creature he brings to life.
Mary Shelley
This ancient Greek mathematician wrote Elements and is often called the father of geometry.
Euclid
Ancient engineers built this type of raised structure to carry water across valleys and into cities.
Aqueduct
This group of laws admitted California as a free state and attempted to settle disagreements over slavery in western territories.
Compromise of 1850
Salvador Dalí painted this Surrealist artwork featuring melting clocks.
The Persistence of Memory
This English author wrote the Gothic novel Wuthering Heights.
Emily Brontë
A movie begins at 3:15 p.m. after 18 minutes of previews. The movie lasts 1 hour and 47 minutes, and the trip home takes 25 minutes. This is the time you arrive home.
5:45 p.m.
This branch of zoology focuses on the scientific study of birds.
Ornithology
This state became the 49th state admitted to the United States in 1959.
Alaska
This American artist became famous for her large paintings of flowers and landscapes of the Southwest.
Georgia O’Keeffe
This Irish author wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic novel about a portrait that ages instead of its owner.
Oscar Wilde
Using calculus, this is the derivative of x³.
3x²
These tiny blood vessels connect arteries to veins and allow oxygen to reach body tissues.
Capillaries
In Greek mythology, this hero entered the Labyrinth and defeated the Minotaur.
Theseus
This Claude Monet painting helped give the Impressionist movement its name.
Impression