Science
These clouds usually mean good weather. What are these high level, thin, wispy clouds?
CIRRUS (CLOUDS)
Some of this dance's variants include Colombian, Cuban, LA, and New York. It developed alongside the same-named music, which Puerto Rican immigrants to New York popularized. Identify this dance that shares its name with a dip for chips.
SALSA
In this fable, one character spends the summer making music while his neighbors store up food for winter. When he asks those insect neighbors to share their food, they refuse. Identify this Aesop fable that teaches, quote, "There's a time for work and a time for play."
(THE) ANT(S) AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Theodore began with a braided string that started at 3 millimeters long. Each day he braided more of the string until Sunday he had added 42 millimeters . How many centimeters long was the completed braid?
4.5 (FOUR POINT FIVE) (CENTIMETERS) (ACCEPT: FOUR AND ONE-HALF)
This attorney and judge grew up in Miami, and graduated with honors with a degree in government from Harvard, where she would also receive her law degree. Who replaced retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, becoming the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court?
(ASSOCIATE JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN) JACKSON
This volcano is not located on Earth. It is the largest known volcano on the planet. What large volcano is located on Mars?
OLYMPUS MONS
A modeling runway is an example of this kind of stage. Also known as an open or platform stage, it was used in Shakespeare's Globe. What do we call a stage that juts into the audience on three sides?
THRUST (STAGE)
This fairy tale character accepts a necklace and a ring for helping a miller's beautiful daughter become a queen. He almost receives the queen's child, but she prevents this by learning his name. Give the name of this little man who can spin straw into gold.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Consider the coordinate plane. Which axis is located horizontally in the plane?
X-(AXIS)
This Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights. What Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, press and assembly?
FIRST (AMENDMENT) (Accept ONE)
These single-celled organisms can be found in every environment. They can only be seen with a microscope and often have the shapes of spheres, rods, or spirals. What organism can cause many diseases?
BACTERIA
Works in this genre include J. M. W. Turner's Snow Storm and Hokusai [HO-koo-sighz] The Great Wave. Winslow Homer's The Gulf Stream and Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise are further examples. Give the word for a painting, drawing, or photograph that depicts a large body of saltwater.
SEASCAPE
Correct the following sentence, if needed: Whom do you love?
NO CORRECTION NEEDED (Accept equivalents)
A regular one of this shape can be divided into six equilateral triangles. All of its exterior angles measure 60 degrees. What geometric figure has six sides and six angles?
HEXAGON
In America, women weren't allowed to do this until 1920. What do we call the process of participating in an election by declaring on a ballot which candidate you like?
VOTING (Accept VOTE, similar)
Skyscrapers have this safety feature, which comes in handy during electrical storms, and is often made of copper. Benjamin Franklin is credited for inventing what device, which conducts electricity from clouds to the ground?
LIGHTNING ROD
Variously grouped with the Expressionists and Post-Impressionists, this artist produced over 800 paintings in his ten-year career. He spent time in Arles [ARL], where he painted The Night Café and The Yellow House. Who was this painter of Irises and Starry Night?
(VINCENT) VAN GOGH
This punctuation mark can indicate a range of numbers or a timespan. Sometimes, one or two can replace paired parentheses. What is this punctuation mark that looks like a slightly longer hyphen?
DASH
Squares, rectangles, and rhombuses are classified as this type of quadrilateral. What quadrilateral has opposite sides parallel with equal lengths?
PARALLELOGRAM
This national symbol bears the text, quote, proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. It was made in London and has been damaged several times, including when ringing to celebrate George Washington's birthday. What is this national symbol in the Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia?
LIBERTY BELL (Accept STATE HOUSE BELL)
These animals are the most common pollinators in nature. What animals feed on the plant's nectar and use it to make honey?
BEES (ACCEPT: HONEYBEES OR BUMBLE BEES)
This artist and filmmaker called his New York City studio The Factory. He painted celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, as well as objects from popular culture. Name the Pop Artist of Campbell's Soup Cans.
(ANDY) WARHOL
What is the antecedent [ant-uh-SEE-dent] of the pronoun in the following sentence? Cassandra said that she will be late for the meeting.
CASSANDRA
This capital letter has only one line of symmetry. Its line of symmetry is vertical. What initial letter of the alphabet begins the word alpha-numeric?
(CAPITAL) A
In August 2022, President Biden announced a proposal to cancel a certain type of debt, up to $20,000. Often held by younger people, what type of debt was the object of this proposal?
STUDENT LOAN(S) (DEBT) (Accept COLLEGE or HIGHER EDUCATION LOANS or DEBT)