Animals and Plants
Fine Arts
Places
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Sports and Hobbies
100
The orca (killer whale) is the largest member of what sea mammal family? (Hint: Animals > Mammals > Sea mammals)
The dolphin family
100
What is the nickname for Elvis Presley? (Hint: Fine Arts > Music > Rock > Presley, Elvis)
The King of Rock and Roll
100
When was Sequoia National Park established?. (Hint: Places > Parks)
1890
100
What property of chemical elements did Marie Curie's work focus on? (Hint: Science and Mathematics > Nobel Prize > Curie, Marie)
Radioactivity
100
Divers jump gracefully into a pool of water from what object or apparatus? (Hint: Sports and Hobbies > Water Sports > Diving)
A springboard or platform
200
Yeast is a type of fungus that is very important for making what kind of food? (Hint: Plants and Other Living Things > Bacteria, Fungi, and Protists > Fungus)
Bread
200
How many books has Eric Carle illustrated? (Hint: Language Arts > Literature > Children's Literature > Carle, Eric)
More than 70
200
What two things come out of a fumarole? (Hint: Landforms > Geysers, Fumaroles, and Springs)
Steam and gases
200
Bronze is an alloy, or mixture, of what two metals? (Hint: Science and Mathematics > Physical Sciences > Chemistry > Alloy)
Copper and tin
200
In Rugby, how are points scored? (Name at least 2.) (Hint: Sports and Hobbies >Team Sports > Rugby > Playing the Game)
1.A player scores a try by touching the ball to the ground behind the opponent’s goal line. 2. A player scores a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent’s goalposts. After a try, the scoring team can kick a type of goal called a conversion goal. During play, a player scores a dropped goal by dropping the ball and kicking it after it bounces. A team can score a penalty goal after the other team breaks the rules.
300
In what country is ocelot hunting banned? (Hint: Animals > Mammals > Felines and Other Cats > Ocelot)
The United States
300
The Pyramids of Egypt are the oldest examples of what kind of architecture in Africa? (Hint: Fine Arts > Architecture and Buildings > African Architecture > Materials)
Stone architecture
300
When did an earthquake devastate the city of Casablanca? (Hint: Places > Cities)
1755
300
Geologists believe that the oldest rocks on earth are about how many years old? (Hint: Science and Mathematics > Earth Sciences > Geologic Time)
About 4 billion years old
300
The Aborigines, the native people of Australia, have long used boomerangs for animal hunting and warfare. In what other countries did people use boomerang-shaped weapons? (Name at least 2.) (Hint:Sports and Hobbies > Recreational Activities > Boomerang)
India, Ancient Egypt, America
400
What kind of squid has an eye that is larger than the Giant Squid's eye? (Hint: Animals > Mollusks > Giant Squid)
The Colossal Squid
400
Modern artist Jackson Pollock is best known for creating his major paintings by doing what rather than using a brush? (Hint: Fine Arts > Painting > Pollock, Jackson)
Pouring or dripping paint onto canvases.
400
How many species of fish are found in the Bering Sea? Name two of them (Hint: Places > Oceans and Waterways)
More than 300 species, including herring, cod, flounder, halibut, and pollack
400
What two things can Statistics, a branch of mathematics, help predict? (Hint: Science and Mathematics > Mathematics > Statistics)
The weather and how sports teams perform
400
What Islamic places of worship often contain examples of Arabic calligraphy? (Hint: Sports and Hobbies > Arts and Crafts > Calligraphy > Calligraphy in Other Cultures)
Mosques
500
What word is the source of the name of the baobab tree? What language is it, and what does it mean? (Your answer must include: the source word, language of source word, and English meaning of source word.) (Hint: Plants and Other Living Things > Trees > baobab)
source word: Buhibab source word language: Arabic source word English meaning: "fruit with many seeds"
500
How is a hologram created? (Include all the steps.) (Hint: Fine Arts > Photography > )
A special mirror splits light from a laser into two beams. One beam shines directly onto a piece of photographic film. The other shines on the object and reflects onto the film. The two overlapping beams create a pattern of closely spaced lines. The pattern recorded on the film is the hologram.
500
Why do few plants grow in a bog? (Hint: Places > Habitats)
Its soil contains almost no minerals.
500
How long have scientists been trying to make a machine with artificial intelligence that is close to human intelligence? (Hint: Science and Mathematics > Machines, Tools and Technology > Computers and Electronics > Artificial Intelligience)
More than 50 years
500
American tennis star Althea Gibson was the first black person to win Grand Slam titles in what year and country? (Hint: Sports and Hobbies > Individual Sports > Tennis > Gibson, Althea > Career)
1956 in France
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