Bergen
Brain
Busters
Practice
Round 1
100

The latitude of one city if 38 degrees 53 minutes 39 second north.  Another city is at 45 degrees 35 minutes north.  What is the deifference in their latitudes? 

What is 6 degrees 41 minutes 21 seconds

100

This excerpt is from a language that developed in the territory that became what state? 

" ua ku'u mai ko no'ono'o pono a me k 'ike pono ma luno o ka'kou

What is Hawaiian


100

"The Hero and the Crown" by Robin McKinley is a sequel to what other work? 

What is The Blue Sword

100

The US was involved in what war about ten years after the Compromise of 1850 was passed?

What is the Civil War

100

Given that x = 2 evaluate this expression

(-5)x = x squared

What is -6

200

If you soak a bone in vinegar for a few days, it will become flexible because the acetic acid in the vinegar cause what substance in bone to become more soluble? 

What is calcium

200

Unlike erosion which involves the movement of rocks and sediments to a new location, what is the term for the breaking down of rocks in place, with no appreciable movement? 

What is weathering

200
Both the tiny bumblebee bat and the enormous blue whale are members of what biological class of vertebrates?

What are mammals

200

What piece of American Literature is described as a seven hankie book based on actual events about two dogs and a cat who share a journey?

What is The Incredible Journey

200

Characteristics of civilizations include technical skills, some form of government, a calendar, a form of writing, and individuals doing specific kinds of work resulting in a division of what?

What is labor

300

What instrument that is absolutely necessary to study microfossils is not required to study macrofossils? 

What is a microscope

300

These cities are in what country

Dak To

Quan Long

Khe Sanh

Pleiku

What is Vietnam

300

Weight is not a fixed property of an object.  A person who weighs 159.2 ppunds at the equator will weigh 160 pounds at the North Pole or to the nearest pound, how much on the moon? 

What is 26 or 27 pounds

300

What government institutions are empowered to deal with legal disputes and make decisions relating to civil and criminal justice?

What are the courts

300

The backbone or spine is also known as the what column?

What is the vertebral column

400

Thanksiving Day is traditionally celebrated on which Thursday of November?

What is the fourth

400

These are definitions of what human actiivity?

* the tuneful serenade of that wakeful nightingale, the nose

* sleeping out loud 

What is snoring

400

Reminiscent of a part of a tree, what are politicians doing when they cross the country to deliver speeches and attending rallies?

What is stumping

400

What is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression involving painting executed to decorate walls? 

What are murals 

400

What kind of skeleton cannot grow larger and must be periodically discarded and regrown many times as an insect or crustacean develops?

What is an exoskeleton

500

What is the name for the strip of land burned or plowed to stop the spread of an oncoming fire?

What is firebreak

500
What American author created Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Luke Castellan, Tyson the Cyclops, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and Clarisse La Rue?

Who is Rick Riordan


500

Spraying substances into clouds to promote rainfall is known as what process?

What is seeding

500
What is the name for the modified leaf or stem that is long, threadlike organ that reaches our from a plant and wraps around any solid object it touches?

What is a tendril

500

In the Middle Ages, a boy had to first serve as a page and then as a squire before he could become what?

What is a knight

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