Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstader, and Penny are all characters on what popular TV show?
The Big Bang Theory
100
Name 2 inventions that were made during the Industrial Revolution
Telegraph, Typewriter, Locomotive, First Photograph, Steamboat, Food Canning, The Cotton Gin, Interchangeable Parts
100
What is the name of the series written by Stephanie Meyer on vampires?
The Twilight Series (A.A. Twilight Saga, Twilight)
100
What was Andrew Jackson nicknamed?
King Andrew
100
What is the name of the literary device in which the author references a specific outside work or event?
Allusion
200
Jerry Seinfeld portrayed himself on what popular TV show that ran on NBC from 1989 to 1998?
Seinfeld
200
What are people called in Mexico that bring in other colonists and settle in an area?
Empresarios
200
What is the second novel in the Divergent series?
Insurgent
200
What is the idea of supporting your region of the country more than the whole country called?
Sectionalism
200
What do m and b represent in the equation for the slope of a line?
m=slope and b=y-intercept
300
"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts is the theme song for what popular show that ran on NBC from 1994 to 2004? The theme song showed 6 people splashing around in a fountain.
Friends
300
What didn't the Treaty of Ghent settle?
The issue of the rights of the American ships or the issue of impressment.
300
What famous comic strip depicts a young boy and his adventures with his stuffed tiger who is considered to be real?
Calvin and Hobbes
300
Name 3 groups that came to the west.
Mexican Cowboys, The 49's, The Women, Railroad Owners, African American Pioneers, Mormons, The Donner Party, The Chinese Americans
300
What are Newton's second and third laws of motion?
F=ma and for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
400
Marsha, Jan, and Cindy were the three daughters on what TV show?
The Brady Bunch
400
The Battle of San Jacinto lasted how many minutes?
18 minutes
400
What famous play written by William Shakespeare is considered to be darkest, most powerful play he had ever written?
Macbeth
400
Name 3 reasons why the North won the Civil War even though it lost over 100,000 soldiers
More soldiers, better finances, better industrial production, faster way to transport supplies.
400
What is the compound NaCl? And what everyday kitchen ingredient is it?
Sodium Chloride and table salt
500
In what french movie does a secret government agency fakes prisoners deaths, and turns them into covert assassins?
(Back Up Questions)
What black and white movie was released in 1959? It was considered to be the funniest comedy of all time. In the movie, two men dress up like women to avoid being killed by the man who instigated the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
What TV show was made in the 1960's that depicted the home life of a family of benign monsters?
La Femme Nikita (A.A. Nikita)
500
Describe the The Monroe Doctrine
America would remain neutral when it came to European affairs. European countries are not allowed to colonize any Central American countries. If any European countries do attack or try to colonize Central American countries, American will interfere and help the Central American countries.
500
Who does Hester Prynne have an affair with in The Scarlet Letter?
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale (A.A. Arthur Dimmesdale, Reverend Dimmesdale, Dimmesdale)
500
When and where did the Battle of Bull Run take place?
Sunday, July 21 at Manassas Junction
500
What is a metonymy?
A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part