Social Studies
Which word ending in -archy means "absence of any form of political authority"
anarchy
Name the early theory, disproved in 1668, that life can spring from nonliving matter.
Spontaneous generation (or abiogenesis)
Suppose that y varies directly with the square of x. If x ia 3 when y is 36, what id y when x is 5?
100
Which poetic device features the repetition of an initial sound in phrases such as "A telling tale of terror"?
alliteration
What famous American architect, famous for his organic style, designed Falling Water as well as New York's Guggenheim Museum?
Frank Lloyd Wright
Name the oldest permanent settlement established in the U.S. by Europeans.
St. Augustine (Florida)
What name is given to the red, green, and sometimes brown simple organisms that contain chlorophyll and live in water?
algae
What is the volume of a pyramid with a height of 6 and a base of 500?
1000
Name the European city that serves as the setting for The Diary of Anne Frank
Amsterdam
What is the name of the American prima ballerina who was Native American?
Maria Tallchief
The Nobel Prize, an international award, is given in six categories. Name any three.
physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace
What is the name given to the species of a plant that first enters a region after all visible forms of plants have been removed?
pioneer species
The Gemmers decide to give their children a weekly allowance that is directly proportional to each child's age. Their 6 year old daughter receives an allowance of $4.50. What is their 11 year old son's allowance?
$8.25
Name the subject in the following sentence: From the far off hills came the lonely cry of the whippoorwill.
cry
What famous artist is noted for keeping notebooks or ideas on a wide variety of subjects, from helicopter design to human anatomy, writing the books in reverse from right to left?
Leonardo da Vinci
To what achievement was Teddy Roosevelt referring to when he called it "the greatest task of its own kind that has ever been performed in the world at all"?
The Panama Canal
Which element, whose symbol is Hg, does any alloy called an amalgam contain?
Mercury
Angle 1 and angle 2 are vertical angles. If the measure of angle 1 is ten minus eight degrees ad the measure of angle 2 is eight x plus fourteen degrees, what is the value of x?
x=11
The Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Beowulf are all classified as what type of poem?
Epic
Who is the person depicted in the mural "Tragic Prelude" by John Stuart in the Kansas State Capitol building?
John Brown
Name the canal that opened in New York in 1825 to link the Hudson River with a Great Lake.
Erie Canal
Which one of the following secretes enzymes and hormones used in digestion: parathyroid, pancreas, pharynx, or pituitary?
pancreas
Socks can be purchased 6 pairs for %5. 74 or $.98 a pair. How much is saved by buying 6 pairs at a time rather than 6 pairs one-at-a-time?
$.14
Of hyperbole, simile, metaphor, or personification, which figure of speech is an extravagant exaggeration NOT meant to be take literally?
hyperbole
How many unique pitches are there in an octave
12