Mathemathics
Whar is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals?
A. 1
B. -1
C. 0
C. 0
Which of these elements, with the atomic number 6, is the chemical basis for all known organic life on Earth?
A. Boron
B. Carbon
C. Argon
B. Carbon
Sharing a border with 14 countries, what nation spans 11 time zones across two continents?
A. Canada
B. China
C. Russia
C. Russia
Which French military leader crowned himself Emperor of the French in 1804?
A. Joan of Arc
B. Napoleon Bonaparte
C. Charles de Gaulle
B. Napoleon Bonaparte
Which of these types of comparison uses the words "like" or "as" to connect two different things?
A. a hyperbole
B. a simile
C. a metaphor
B. a simile
Which of these terms describes a whole number greater than 1 whose only divisors are 1 and itself?
A. A prime number
B. A variety of numbers
C. Both
D. Neither
A. A prime number
Light takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from what celestial body to Earth?
A. Mars
B. The Moon
C. The Sun
C. The Sun
Which of these African nations completely surrounds the independent landlocked kingdom of Lesotho?
A. Libya
B. South Africa
C. Democratic Republic of the Congo
B. South Africa
Built during the Old Kingdom, which of these final remainings Wonder of the Ancient World can be found just outside Cairo?
A. the Great Pyramid of Giza
B. the Machu Picchu
C. the Legendary Pyramid of Egypt
A. the Great Pyramid of Giza
What is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point, such as saying, "I have a million things to do today?"
A. hyperbole
B. oxymoron
C. idiom
A. hyperbole
In a right-angled triangle, what is the side opposite the right angle, and it's always the longest side?
A. The hypotenus
B. The angles
C. Intersecting Lines
A. The hypotenuse
Often called the "powerhouse of the cell," which organelle is responsible for generating chemical energy in the form of ATP?
A. the heart
B. balanced and unbalnced forces
C. the mitochondrion (or mitochondria)
C. the mitochondrion (or mitochondria)
Formed by a volcanic hotspot, what Ecuadorian archipelago is famous for its unique wildlife and its influence on Charles Darwin?
A. the Galápagos Islands
B. Himalayan Mountains
C. Isla Mujeres
A. the Galápagos Islands
In 1803, the United States purchased which massive territory from France for approximately $15 million?
A. Jeopardy Studio
B. Mega Prize Pot
C. the Louisiana Purchase
C. the Louisiana Purchase
What technique occurs when an author drops subtle hints or clues about what will happen later in the story?
A. context clues
B. jobs and tasks
C. foreshadowing
C. foreshadowing
Representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, which mathematical constant is celebrated every year on March 14th?
A. Circumfcence
B. Diameter
C. Pi
C. Pi
Which of these German meteorologists proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, though it wasn't widely accepted until decades later?
A. Whihelm Kilnkerfues
B. Wladimir Köppen
C. Alfred Wegener
C. Alfred Wegener
Which of these capital cities sit on the Potomac River and is technically not part of any U.S. state?
A. Virgina
B. Washington D.C.
C. Maine
B. Washington D.C.
Which of these English kings broke away from the Catholic Church in the 1530s so he could marry Anne Boleyn?
A. Sir Reginald Hickobottom III
B. Henry VIII
C. Big Ben
B. Henry VIII
Which of these punctuation marks are used to join two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without using a conjunction?
A. a figurative language
B. an interjection
C. a semicolon
C. a semicolon
What statistical term refers to the value that appears most frequently in a given data set?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Range
B. Mode
Which of terms describes the tendency of an object to resist changes to its state of motion, and is the subject of Newton's First Law?
A. inertia
B. grativy
C. drops
A. inertia
At 2,300 miles long, this massive coral formation off the coast of Australia is the largest living structure on Earth?
A. The Mariana Trench
B. The Meditteranean Sea
C. The Great Barrier Reef
C. The Great Barrier Reef
In 1989, what physical barrier separating East and West Germany was finally opened, marking a pivotal moment in the end of the Cold War?
A. The Berlin Wall
B. The Great Wall of China
C. The Tower that was never finished
A. The Berlin Wall
Derived from the Greek word for "sound," what root can be found in words like symphony, cacophony, and microphone?
A. phon (or phono)
B. at
C. cycl
A. phon (or phono)