World Cities
Science
Science Part II
Ancient History
The Language of Sports
100
The Brandenburg Gate stands in the heart of this German capital.
What is Berlin?
100
In photosynthesis, a plant takes in CO2 & releases this gas.
What is oxygen?
100
In 1957 the symbol for this gaseous element was changed from A to Ar.
What is argon?
100
The Olympic Games began in 776 B.C., took a long break & reappeared in 1896 in this country.
What is Greece?
100
A football player isn't necessarily clumsy when he does this, drops the ball & loses possession of it.
What is fumbles the ball?
200
This ancient city, once known as Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey.
What is Istanbul?
200
This part of a comet may be 100 million miles long & a million miles wide.
What is the tail?
200
t's defined as sound reflected from an object back to its source.
What is an echo?
200
After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination.
What is Cleopatra?
200
In boxing, K.O. is short for this.
What is knock out?
300
This Austrian capital is home to the Strausses, the Sachertorte & Schonbrunn Palace.
What is Vienna?
300
A funnel is the narrow cloud of one of these violent storms.
What is a tornado?
300
From fruit fly experiments, Thomas Hunt Morgan proved that genes are located on these units.
What are chromosomes?
300
Covering 120,000 square miles from Mexico into Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador & the Honduras, this civilization peaked from 250 to 900 A.D.
What is the Mayan?
300
Lutz & camel spin are terms used in this sport.
What is figure skating?
400
This southern seaport is the second-largest city in France and once known as one of the most dangerous cities in Europe.
What is Marseilles?
400
It's the "point" at which vapor from a volatile liquid will ignite spontaneously near a small flame.
What is the flashpoint?
400
2 flexor muscles bend the arm at the elbow: the brachialis & this one.
What is a bicep?
400
Born in China in 551 B.C., this teacher & philosopher is also referred to as Kongfuzi, or "Master Kong".
What is Confucius?
400
In soccer, it's the proper term for hitting the ball with your noggin.
What is a header?
500
About 1/3 of all Chileans live in this capital city.
What is Santiago?
500
Fish are poikilothermic, more popularly called this.
What is cold-blooded?
500
In ecology the part of the Earth & its atmosphere in which all organisms live is termed this.
What is a biosphere?
500
According to ancient Hindu myth, a bridge once connected the Indian subcontinent to this island nation to the south.
What is Sri Lanka?
500
ESPN hosts these "Games" with events like rallycross & skateboard.
What is the X Games?
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