Round 1
Which war took place between 1950 and 1953?
The Korean War
What is the name of the pigment that gives plants their green color?
Chlorophyll
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What is the surface area of a cube with an edge length of 5 units?
150 Square Units
Which American playwright wrote Fences in 1985?
August Wilson
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Skin
Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols modeled after the IEEE
802 set of LAN protocols.
What does LAN stand for?
Local Area Network
In 1987, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was designated as the official march of the United States. Who composed it?
John Philip Sousa
"Ordinateur" is the word for "computer," and "logiciel" is the word for "software," in what language?
French
Which Teton Dakota Indian chief participated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show?
Sitting Bull
Which number cubed is 64?
4
What are the first 3 digits of Pi?
3.14
What is the name for a protein that acts as a biological catalyst?
Enzyme
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution formally abolished slavery in 1865?
Thirteenth Amendment
Before the Wi-Fi branding originated, which university in Pittsburgh build the first campus-wide wireless Internet network and named it Wireless Andrew?
Carnegie Mellon
What three-letter acronym is used for the industry standard, first released in 1996, used to connect computers with peripheral devices?
USB
Which of Shakespeare’s plays is the longest?
Hamlet
What term did Lou Montulli coin for information that is sent from the browser to the web server?
Cookie
What’s a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?
A Hologram
What number is represented in Roman Numerals by the letter D?
500
Which famous American freedom fighter yelled "The Regulars (British) are coming" as a warning?
Paul Revere
What is the name of an angle that is more than 90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees?
Obtuse Angle
How many square feet are there in a square yard?
9
A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?
Mutation
How many days are there in one leap year?
366 days