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Lightning Round
Lightning Round
100

The Stone Raft by Jose Saramago and the national epic known as The Lusiad were both originally written in this language.

Portuguese

100

Developed by Adobe in the 1990s, this is the full expansion of the file type abbreviated PDF.

Portable Document Format

100

What President had the first bathtub, kitchen stove and library installed in the White House while serving as U.S. President from 1850-1853?

Millard Fillmore

100

Which minimalist composer’s 4’33” consists entirely of silence?

John Cage

200

University located in West Lafayette, Indiana whose athletic teams are known as the Boilermakers.

Purdue

200

Dish associated with Canada and especially Quebec which consists of French fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy.

Poutine

200

Prior to his presidency, Jimmy Carter had earlier served as Governor of what U.S. state?

Georgia

200

A meat packer with the last name Wilson was the inspiration for what patriotic character and representation of America?

Uncle Sam

300

American pop singer born Alecia Moore whose hits include “What About Us”, “Just Give Me a Reason” and “Get the Party Started”.

Pink or P!nk

300

Insurance company based in Mayfield Village, Ohio whose mascot is Flo.

Progressive

300

What is the next perfect square after two hundred twenty-five?

Two hundred fifty-six

300

Which Japanese emperor renounced his claims of divinity in the “Jewel Voice Broadcast”?

Hirohito

400

American pop singer born Alecia Moore whose hits include “What About Us”, “Just Give Me a Reason” and “Get the Party Started”.

Pierre

400

Created in 1930, this pet of Mickey Mouse is one of the few Disney characters who isn’t anthropomorphic.

Pluto

400

Minecraft recently surpassed which game in which blocks of four are arranged into rows and columns as the top-selling game of all time?

Tetris

400

Which large muscle below the lungs contracts and relaxes when human inhale and exhale?

Diaphragm

500

Hole located in the center of the iris of the eye which allows light to strike the retina.

Pupil

500

American internet personality who created a huge controversy on New Year’s Eve 2017 when he uploaded a recently-deceased man who had committed suicide by hanging at the base of Mount Fuji.

Logan Paul

500

What legendary newscaster who became emotional upon reporting the death of JFK in 1963 usually signed off his broadcasts “And that’s the way it is…” while anchoring the CBS Evening News?

Walter Cronkite

500

Secant is an example of which kind of function that returns the same value for an input and its opposite?

Even function

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