This colossal novel begins with the question, 'Who is John Galt?'. What is this book that was published in 1957?
100
Fresnel
What is the correct term for a unit of frequency equal to 1 trillion Hertz?
100
King Hussein of Jordan.
Who was the longest-reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?
100
The sixteenth
What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
200
John Steinbeck
This author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. Who is the author of "Cup of Gold", "The Wayward Bus", and "The Winter of Our Discontent"?
200
Umbra
What is the correct term for the dark central section of an astronomical body's shadow?
200
Banzai
What Japanese war cry meant "May you live forever"?
200
Centimeters
What unit of measure do you multiply by .39 to convert it to inches?
300
As You Like It
The characters in a comedy based partly on "Rosalynde", a novel by the English author Thomas Lodge, include Rosalind, Celia, Orlando and others. Name this play by Shakespeare that was first performed in 1599 and published in 1623.
300
Khamsin
What is the name of the exceedingly hot wind from the Sahara Desert that blows into Egypt (usually) in the spring?
300
John Hinckley Jr.
Who's letter to Ronald Reagan read: "I'm very sorry...I thank God no one died?"
300
Obelus
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
/ (division slash)
400
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
At the time of his death in 1870, a novel remained to be finished. Name this unfinished novel by the author of "Sketches by Boz."
400
Brussels
If you want to see what an iron crystal looks like, you could go to which European city to watch 'the Atomium'?
400
Norman Schwarzkopf
What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights?"
400
Octothorpe
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
____ (division bar)
500
Lady Chatterley's Lover
'On a frosty morning with a little February sun, Clifford and Connie went for a walk across the park to the wood,' begins Chapter Five of what novel?
500
vernix
What is the name of the waxy covering of an embryo that protects it from amniotic fluid?
500
William Wallace
What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297?
500
Vinculum
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
# (number sign)