US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
Physics
The Renaissance
Final Jeopardy
100
Which Supreme Court case established that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
A)Miranda v. Arizona B)Brown v. Board C)Gideon v. Wainwright
B)Brown v. Board
100
What unit is resistance measured in?
A)Volts B)Newtons C)Ohms
C)Ohms
100
The word Renaissance is directly translated as:
A)Re-Birth B)Re-Invent C)Re-Imagine
A)Re-Birth
200
What president, who was elected to four terms, had a "court packing plan" that would have raised the number of judges up to 15?
A)Franklin D. Roosevelt B)Theodore Roosevelt C)Lyndon B. Johnson
A)Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
What type of electrical current is AC an abbreviation for?
A)Aromatic current B)Accelerating current C)Alternating current
C)Alternating current
200
What banking family from Florence was largely responsible for funding many Renaissance icons, like Michelangelo?
A)Medici B)Pazzo C)Venita
A)Medici
300
How many justices are currently on the supreme court?
A)5 B)7 C)9
C)9
300
What man, known to be “the father of modern physics”, made many revolutionary telescopic discoveries, including the discovery of four of Jupiter's largest moons?
A)Isaac Newton B)Galileo Galilei C)Nicholas Copernicus
B)Galileo Galilei
300
What Italian artist painted "The School of Athens"?
A)Michelangelo B)Botticelli C)Raphael
C)Raphael
300
What chemical compound has the formula C3H6O and is a primary ingredient in nail polish remover?
Acetone (or 2-propanone, or dimethyl ketone)
400
The Marbury v. Madison case established Judicial Review after which president appointed the "Midnight Judges" before the end of his term?
A)George Washington B)John Adams C)Abraham Lincoln
B)John Adams
400
Which Greek mathematician discovered the volume of a sphere, and put this achievement in his tomb so it would be remembered?
A)Archimedes B)Socrates C)Pythagoras
A)Archimedes
400
What Italian architect beat Lorenzo Ghiberti in a competition to design the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
A)Filippo Brunelleschi C)Donatello C)Girolamo Savonarola
A)Filippo Brunelleschi
500
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
A)Roger B. Taney B)John Jay C)John Marshall
B)John Jay
500
Which of the following substances acts as an insulator and stops the path of electricity?
A)Gold B)Steel C)Glass
C)Glass
500
What Humanist writer of the Northern Renaissance wrote an essay that satirically attacked European superstitions and the Catholic Church, called "In Praise of Folly"?
A)Martin Luther B)Desiderius Erasmus C)Francesco Petrarch
B)Desiderius Erasmus