Math/Science
Gold
What is the national flower of Japan?
Cherry Blossom
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What is the term for a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
Compound-complex sentence
The process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen.
Photosynthesis
Who painted the famous artwork The Starry Night?
Vincent van Gogh
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
Known as the The Land Of The Morning Calm
South Korea
What is the term for a word or phrase that exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?
Hyperbole
What is the mathematical term for the result of dividing one number by another?
Quotient
What is the study of the origin and history of words called?
Etymology
Which ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?
The Incas
Which country is known as the "Land Down Under"?
Australia
What is the term for a figure of speech that involves the substitution of a mild or less offensive term for a harsh or blunt one.
Euphemism
What is the formula to find the area of a circle?
Area = πr^2 (where r is the radius of the circle)
Who painted the famous artwork "Guernica"?
Pablo Picasso
It was the theory wherein the Pangaea broke up long ago and that the continents then moved to their current positions.
Continental Drift Theory
Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra?
Jordan
What is the term for a word or phrase that contradicts itself.
Oxymoron
______ states that changing the grouping of numbers being multiplied does not change the product. For example, (a x b) x c = a x (b x c).
The associative property of multiplication
What is the currency of Switzerland?
Swiss Franc
Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Cleopatra VII
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial)
What is the term for a figure of speech that involves the repetition of similar vowel sounds within words
Assonance