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Ampersandbox
100
This American writer is most famous for his writings about the conflict between man and nature. Who wrote "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang?"
Jack London
100
In Vienna, he studied physics under Christian Doppler, but it is in another scientific field that he made his most important contributions, making full use of the monastery garden in order to do so. For twenty points, name this Augustinian Friar, pea plant specialist, and father of modern genetics.
Gregor Mendel
100
Which African American woman who became active in the women's suffrage movement reminisced at meetings of suffragettes that she “never lost a passenger” during her time spent leading slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
100
Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
Bishop
100
These three letters come before -test, -certo, -vivial, & -nive
CON
200
In "The Wednesday Wars," what is the name of Holling Hoodhood's teacher? Holling is convinced that this teacher hates his guts.
Mrs. Baker
200
A constant force acting on a body experiencing no change in its environment will give the body: A) constant acceleration B) constant speed C) constant velocity D) zero acceleration
A) Constant acceleration
200
Which woman had a child with both a member of the first Roman triumvirate and a member of the second Roman triumvirate? These men were Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony.
Cleopatra
200
If the Flying Spaghetti Monster is your deity of choice, to which religion do you belong?
Pastafarianism
200
These three letters come before -pose, -promise, & -mitt
COM
300
How old is Bilbo Baggins on his birthday at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
111 ("eleventy one")
300
In general, metals are relatively hard except for what group of metals in the Periodic Table?
One; or Alkali Metals
300
This amendment is the only one adopted by state conventions instead of state legislatures. Name this amendment to the Constitution, the only one to repeal a different amendment, the 18th, which had introduced Prohibition. Prohibition came to an end with this amendment’s passing.
The 21st amendment
300
Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
The moon
300
These two letters come before -turn, -vise, -cluse, & -sound.
RE
400
In The Call of the Wild, what is the name of Buck's first master?
Judge Miller
400
What is the most well known asterium in Ursa Major?
Big Dipper
400
Leonidas I of Sparta died fighting Persians at which battle whose name means “The Gates of Heat?”
Thermopolyae
400
What kind of weapon is a falchion?
A sword
400
Which word goes before theory, beans & quartet?
String
500
Who is Romeo referring to in this quote? "She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it now."
Rosaline
500
Giving your answer in terms of π and in inches, what is the arc-length of a semi-circle whose diameter is 18 inches?
9 pi Solution: C = (pi)d; ½(18 pi) = 9 pi
500
Although not home to a communist government, its flag still features the star of Marxism and an AK-47. Just like another Portuguese colony, roughly 1500 miles to its northwest, Angola, it won independence in 1975. Name this country on the east coast of Africa whose foreign relations with neighboring Zimbabwe and South Africa improved dramatically in the 1980’s.
Mozambique
500
What color jersey is worn by the winners of each stage of the Tour de France?
yellow
500
These three letters come before -bolic and -phase.
Ana
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