Language Arts
In this novel, Roger Chillingworth embodies Puritan morality. He does his best to punish Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne for their previous affair. Give the name of this Nathaniel Hawthorne masterpiece.
(THE) SCARLET LETTER
Popular myth associates the invention of vodka with this Russian chemist. Before his contributions to chemistry, the elements were not arranged according to atomic mass. Who is this father of the periodic table?
(DMITRI) MENDELEEV
Consider the base ten number 20. What is this number in base two?
1 0 1 0 0 (ONE-ZERO-ONE-ZERO-ZERO)
This Democrat represented her state's 26th Congressional District from 2011 to 2013. This person became the first female governor of her state when Andrew Cuomo was forced to resign due to a number of scandals related to misconduct, and his handling of COVID-19 deaths in the state's nursing homes. Who is this 57th Governor of New York?
(KATHY) HOCHUL
Like a note, this aspect of sheet music can be dotted, meaning its duration is one-and-a-half times longer than without the dot. Two different types consist of black rectangles, while others look like a number 7 or a chicken's beak. Name this symbol that means a musician shouldn't sing or play his instrument for a given length of time.
Rest
In this novel, a 13-year-old orphan teaches Phebe the maid to read and write. When Rose Campbell moves in with Uncle Alec, she also encounters her aunts and the title group. Give the title of this Louisa May Alcot novel.
Eight Cousins
You push a heavy box weighing 200 newtons 3 meters away from its starting point. Total work done can be found my multiplying the weight of an object by the total displacement. Assuming you pushed the box with maximum efficiency, what is the total amount of work done in joules on the box?
600(Joules)
In an arithmetic sequence, the fourth term is 9 and the ninth term is 29. What is the first term of the sequence?
-3
According to the musical Oklahoma this place has gone about as far as they can go, and everything is up to date here. This city is actually located in two states, one which lends it its name, and the more populous part in the neighboring state to the east. What is this Missouri city, home to the NFL's Chiefs and baseball's Royals?
KANSAS CITY (MISSOURI)
This avant-garde 20th-century artist once proclaimed, "I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them." He created what was perhaps modern art's first collage: Still Life with Chair Caning. Identify this Cubist, who painted The Old Guitarist during his Blue Period.
At the beginning of this historical novel, Jessie Bollier is kidnapped from the New Orleans streets. The captain and crew of The Moonlight force him to play the fife to keep the ship's enslaved people strong on their transatlantic crossing. Name this Newbery Medal winning novel, written by Paula Fox.
(The) Slave Dancer
These rays are released by neutron stars and pulsars, and can also be found in regions around black holes. Bruce Banner was known for his work with this form of radiation. What is this highest energy form of radiation that receives its name from the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
Gamma(Rays)
Let A equal the absolute value of, quantity 12 minus 19, close quantity. Let B equal the absolute value of, quantity 12 plus 16, close quantity. What is the value of A divided by B?
1/4 (Accept: 0.25)
This body of water lies on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon claimed that the shrinkage and pollution of this body of water is one of the planet's worst environmental disasters." What is this formerly fourth largest lake on earth that is now less than 10% of its former size due to irrigation efforts during the Soviet era?
Aral Sea
This artist of the Sistine Madonna imagined a mythological scene in Triumph of Galatea [gal-uh-TEE-uh]. His most famous work is on a wall opposite his fresco The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. Identify this Renaissance painter of The School of Athens.
RAPHAEL
This 1958 fantasy novel introduces King Arthur and the villainous Orkney family. "The Ill Made Knight" covers the Lancelot-Guinevere relationship, while "The Candle in the Wind" details Camelot's collapse. "The Sword in the Stone" is part one of what Arthurian novel by T. H. White?
(THE) ONCE AND FUTURE KING
The emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide can often cause these compounds to interact with water molecules in the atmosphere and contribute to this event. This has been shown to have adverse effects on: aquatic life, forests, plants, and may help increase corrosion. What is this form of precipitation with a pH level that usually ranges between 4 and 5?
ACID RAIN
Triangle ABC is similar to triangle MNO. Side AB equals 2X units, while side MN equals 5 units and side NO equals 7 units. If side BC equals 14 then what is the value of X?
5
This person converted to Christianity and changed her name to Rebecca before travelling to England. The person would eventually marry John Rolfe after convincing her father to spare the life of John Smith. Who was this Native American princess that was instrumental in the survival of the Jamestown colony?
Pocahontas
After this artist broke with Analytic Cubism, he created Composition with Color Planes. The Gray Tree and Pier and Ocean hinted at his move toward pure abstraction, which he achieved after co-founding De Stijl [duh STYLE]. Who left Victory Boogie Woogie unfinished at his death in 1944?
(PIET) [PEET] MONDRIAN
This Sibert Honor biography profiles the first African-American winner of a Pulitzer Prize. It describes her childhood in Great Depression Chicago and her appointment, in 1958, as Illinois poet laureate. Iden�fy this biography of Gwendolyn Brooks, written by Suzanne Slade.
Exquisite
Organs in this system include the spleen and the thymus. Changing the first letter in this organ system's root word can give the name of minor female deities in Greek myth. What is this organ system that produces and stores white blood cells, and is a subsection of the immune system?
Lympthatic (System)
A circle has an area of 1.21pi units squared. In units, and in terms of pi, what is the circumference of this circle?
2.2 PI (UNITS)
President Nixon removed the United States from use of this as a backing for American currency. Since ancient times this has been seen to have an intrinsic value, and been used as hard currency in exchange. What is this precious metal that may be exchanged in coins and bars, which the United States stores at Fort Knox?
Gold
This composer reimagined a centuries-old Spanish legend in his opera Don Giovanni. Like Rossini, he wrote an opera based on a comic play by Beaumarchais [bow-mar-SHAY]. Give the name of this composer of The Marriage of Figaro [FIG-uh-row].
(WOLFGANG AMADEUS) MOZART