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100
Charge is one, but current isn't. Energy is one, but momentum isn't. Distance is one, but displacement isn't. Speed is one, but velocity isn't.
Give the six-letter name for these physical quantities with magnitude, but not direction
100
This president vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill and gave the Peoria Speech opposing slavery. William Seward served in the Cabinet of this man, who debated against Stephen Douglas.
Name this sixteenth president of the United States who gave the Gettysburg Address.
100
Among the instructions that you might hear in this activity are “bend the line,” “make an arch,” “those who can,” “across the set,” (*) “circle right,” “end ladies chain,” 'do-si-do"...
,“allemande [AL-uh-mand] left,” and “promenade.” Name this recreational form of dance that uses a caller
100
(Location) Its sights include the Jewish Historical Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Anne Frank House, the Rijksmuseum [RAYKSmoo-zay-um],
along with one of world's most notorious Red Light districts. You can visit all these places and the Van Gogh Museum in what largest city of The Netherlands?
100
A part of a whole. The honors dorm formed the "Skim milk society" for these people on football game days. It is a term used to refer to students who are not involved in campus activities.
These students commonly only do school work and do not participate in traditions.
200
Parts of this organ include the collecting duct, the loop of Henle [HEN-lee],
the glomerulus [glohMAIR-yoo-liss], and Bowman's capsule. Over one million nephrons can be found in what organ that filters waste products out of the blood?
200
It centers on the diaries of Jonathan Harker, his wife Mina, Dr. Seward, and Lucy (*) Westenra, an eventual victim of the title character. Harker and his friends, led by Dr. Van Helsing, finally destroy the antagonist...
an emigrant from Transylvania, only after a series of intense adventures. Name this 1897 masterpiece of Bram Stoker.
200
This sport is played on a 59-foot-by-29-and-a-half-foot court. Each half has a 10-foot-deep attack zone, behind which a defensive specialist known as the libero is positioned. A net that is 8 feet high at its center
what sport is it with side-outs, digs, and spikes?
200
These asian mountains run for 1,550 miles from Nanga Parbat in the west to Namcha Barwa in the east and include Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, Lhotse, Makalu, and Kanchenjunga, six of 14 highest peaks in the world.
Name this Asian mountain range that also includes the highest peak, Mount Everest.
200
Nickname for senior cadet members, based on the black and gold braid on the cap
short version of a word used to describe the device that holds jackets together
300
One can use any triangle to create the “nine-point” variety of this shape. This conic section results from the intersection of a cone and a plane perpendicular to the cone's...
axis of symmetry. Name this shape with polar representation of r = a, whose circumference is 2 pi r.
300
The “transparent eyeball” is described in one work by this American. His other writings celebrate the beauty of the immortal human soul and decry the consistency. This transcendentalist author wrote "Nature"...
“The Over-Soul,” “Self-Reliance,” and other Transcendentalist works.
300
In this movie from the 80s, upon seeing him, Mary spills her coffee in the bathroom, Michael backs into some shelves, and Gertie screams. Michael and Gertie help him on Halloween, and he later escapes in the basket of Elliot's bike. The director of Indiana Jones also made this movie about an...
alien who wanted to “phone home.” Name the movie.
300
The Welland Canal allows ships to bypass this watery, northern landmark which used to cover the Cave of the Winds. Its two sections are separated by Goat Island, and the Bridal Veil part is on the...
American side. Name this largest, by volume, waterfall in North America.
300
They run all over campus. There is a rumor that an accident involving this results in scholarship money.
They carry passengers to and from campus
400
Northern blots can be used to detect this class of molecules. Spliceosomes remove portions of one type of this molecule from which primers are made; anticodons are found on its...
“transfer” type. Name this type of nucleic acid molecule transcribed from DNA.
400
Datis led the losing side at this battle, while Miltiades [mil-TYE-uh-deez] led the winning army of about 10,000 hoplites. Its result stopped the force Darius I [duh-RYE-us “the first”] of Persia sent to invade Greece. Name this 490 BC battle fought about 26 miles from Athens...
the distance of a namesake race.
400
It stands on a cliff overlooking the lake to its south, and a hole in that cliff covered with ivy takes one by water directly beneath here. If normal people approach it they only see a crumbling ruin with a sign that says “danger, do not enter, unsafe.” The largest single staff of house-elves in Britain is found here. The oak front doors here can apparently be taught to recognize people. Pedestrians here need to beware of solid walls pretending to be doors, staircases that lead somewhere different on a Friday, and a notorious trick step that you sink into.
Name this school for witches and wizards of the British Isles.
400
This city was the site of the foundation of the Jesuits, of the 1413 Cabochien [kah-boh-sheen] Revolt, and of the 1648 First Fronde. In 1871 its country's Third Republic was interrupted by the proclamation its namesake ...
“commune.” Name this European capital where Napoleon was crowned.
400
This university is associated with the color that Aggies hate. It used to be a branch campus of A&M. Its mascot is neither Pony nor does it practice medicine, but it resides in the same metropolis as these other schools.
Now named after the city that lies between Fort Worth and Dallas
500
In the Bible, this mineral represents the tribe of Issachar [IH-suh-KAHR] on Aaron's breastplate. Heating it will convert it into citrine, while exposing citrine to X-rays will convert citrine into this (*) gem. Long adorning the hands of royalty, the presence of iron 4+ [“four plus”] ions...
gives this gem its distinctive purple hue. Name this form of quartz, the birthstone of February.
500
While in prison after forming the Spear of the Nation, he was charged with treason and convicted in the famous Rivonia Trial. This South-African leader was imprisoned...
and released in 1990. This anti-apartheid leader was elected in 1994 as president of South Africa
500
England sentenced this man in absentia to hang for writing The Rights of Man; he then assailed Christianity in The Age of Reason. He attacked the “summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” in his pamphlet...
The Crisis. Name this pro-independence author of Common Sense
500
This building has been the home to three different religions. It was the largest cathedral in the world until the Secille Cathedral was completed in 1520. Now a muesum, is considered an epitome of Byzantine architecture. Located in a country with the English name of a bird...
traditionally served at Thanksgiving, this building literally translates to "Holy Wisdom".
500
This game is an Aggie Tradition. Commonly seen to be played by old men, is played in a place named after poultry. The Aggie version could be considered the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Involves tiles with dots for numbers
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