Science
This English chemist and physicist discovered hydrogen. A: Sir William Crookes, B: Henry Cavendish, C: Dorothy Hodgkin, D: Bernard Shaw
This English chemist and physicist discovered hydrogen. A: Sir William Crookes, B: Henry Cavendish, C: Dorothy Hodgkin, D: Bernard Shaw
What was the name of the legislative government started by Czar Nicholas II?
Duma
This Brit's own poor childhood inspired him to write books like David Copperfield
Charles dickens
This adjective that can mean disrespectful or lively is an alteration of "saucy"
sassy
Part one of Les Miserables is "Fantine"; part two is named for this daughter of hers
Collette
The largest hailstone recorded was closest to this object in diameter... A: basketball B: softball C: tennis ball D: golf ball
What is A: basketball. The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball.
Area of Czechoslovakia Hitler too over because they spoke German
Sudetenland
L.A. is this "of Angels"; the Shadowhunters live in Cassandra Clare's this "of Glass"
city
From the Latin for "kidnapping", it's stealing the ideas or writings of another & passing them off as your own
plagiarism
This ruler of Narnia earned her colorful title by beginning the long winter, a 100-year period of snow & ice
The white witch
Matter that does not enter chemical reactions is described as this... A: Inhibited, B: Inert, C: Grounded, D: Radioactive
What is B: Inert. Inert matter does not enter chemical reactions.
What is kulturkampf?
Date of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
This beloved novel whose first word is "Christmas" has been adapted for a Christmas 2019 movie, with Meryl Streep as Aunt March
Little woman
This 19th-century 2-wheeled cab was named for a Brit, not for its good looks
a Hansom cab
What caused the Sepoy Mutiny?
British insensitivity to Indian customs
These are microscopic spheres of 60 atoms of pure carbon in a spherelike structure that resembles a geodesic dome... A: Hydrocarbons, B: Lipids, C: Crystals, D: Buckyballs
What is D: Buckyballs. "Buckyballs" are microscopic spheres of 60 atoms of pure carbon in a spherelike structure that resembles a geodosic dome. Also called fullerenes or buckminsterfullerenes, they were named after R. Buckminster Fuller who invented the geodosic dome. Buckyballs are of great interest to scientists because they contain a cavity large enough to hold other elements, even whole molecules. Once an element has been deposited into the cavity, it cannot emerge without being heated to high temperatures. This technology may someday be used to deliver medication to specific locations within the body.
Who were the Boers?
Descendants of the Dutch settlers
Scout is a curious little girl still trying to figure out life in the American South in this classic novel
To kill a mockingbird
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
A vandel
He's the only human in the "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories
Christopher Robin
This living animal has the heaviest brain... A: African Bush Elephant, B: Black Rhinoceros, C: Sperm Whale, D: Human
What is C. Sperm Whales. They have the heaviest brain of any living animal. The average Sperm Whale's brain weighs more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) which is about 4 times heavier than the average human brain.
What was the main purpose of the N.E.P. (New Economic Plan)?
Lenin's plan to rebuild Soviet's economy; a temporary version of capitalism; after civil war
Her books like Sense and Sensibility have a lot to do with love & marriage, but she never married
Jane Autsten
A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"
a mirage
It is the term for the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line... A: Occultation, B: Parallax, C: Syzygy, D: Triple Transit
What is C: Syzygy. Syzygy is the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line--as, for example, when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned during solar and lunar eclipses.