Science
He spent the last 20 years of his life as a professor at Princeton University, where he concentrated more on disarmament than on physics. Name this German scientist who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the photoelectric effect, not for his general theory of relativity.
answer: Albert Einstein
Name these rivers that had some effect on Napoleon: After he defeated Austria in 1801, France's borders included the Pyrenees [PEER-a-neez] Mountains and this river that runs through much of Germany.
answer: Rhine River
Pencils and paper ready! Write down the following: "Snap! I carelessly buzzed too early, so the other team has this bonus." Now tell which part of speech is represented by the word: carelessly
answer: adverb
Pencils and paper ready! Make this metric-to-English conversion to the nearest integer: 10 kilograms to pounds.
answer: 22 (10 x 2.2)
Its sixth season featured a giant purple cube, while its
Season 5 included a Drift and a Huntress outfit as part of its "Battle Pass." Name this video game, created by Epic Games, where 100 people can play against each other at the same time in its wildly popular Battle Royale version.
answer: Fortnite
Name this part of a cell: It gets rid of a cell's waste material.
answer: lysosome
This river divides the U.S. from Mexico.
answer: Rio Grande
Give these words from their pairs of meanings: The center of a hurricane, or an opening in a needle
answer: eye
Pencils and paper ready! How many rectangular tiles 3 inches by 6 inches are sold in a case that contains 1,728 square inches of tile ?
answer: 96 (1728/18)
Its tip can reach a temperature of several hundred degrees when in use, but that's the only way to turn metal into liquid. Name this tool that, when very hot, melts one piece of metal in a way that allows two other pieces of metal to be joined together.
answer: soldering iron [SOD-a-ring] (or soldering gun)
Answer this about methods of purifying water: Getting water hot enough to do this for long enough will kill almost every germ.
answer: boiling
Answer these about agreements or treaties signed in and named for the city of Paris, France: A. A 1783 treaty ended this war between the U.S. and England.
answer: Revolutionary War
In both German and Latin, the "dative" case is used for nouns performing this grammatical function. Give the 2-word term for this function that is performed by the word "Steve" in the sentence, "We gave Steve the hamburger buns."
answer: indirect object
Pencils and paper ready! Mark left home at 9:40 am and arrived at work at 10 am. If he drove his car at a constant speed of 45 miles per hour for the whole distance, how far is it from Mark's house to his work?
answer: 15 miles
When he celebrated his 30th anniversary in the talk show business, many of his "Dittohead" fans called in to congratulate him. What conservative radio personality's "Southern Command" in Florida is the broadcast home of his Excellence in Broadcasting network?
answer: Rush Limbaugh
Made from limestone and chalk, it is heated and made into clinker before being ground into tiny grains and loaded into big bags. Name this hard substance that, when combined with water, turns into concrete.
answer: cement
Before serving as NATO's first Supreme Commander of forces in Europe, he commanded the D-Day invasion during World War II. Name this military man who succeeded Harry Truman as President and used the campaign slogan, “I Like Ike.”
answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
His daughter Judith has to confirm his identity after he spends a night in the mountains and finds upon returning home that his gun has rusted and he has gotten much older. Name this title character of a Washington Irving short story who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years.
answer: Rip van Winkle
Pencils and paper ready! What is the fourth interior angle of a quadrilateral whose other three angles are 57o, 108o and 93o ?
answer: 102o [360 – 57 – 108 – 93]
This solo instrument in Igor Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto was also
played by jazz greats Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. This instrument's lowest register is named for its predecessor, the chalumeau [shall-a- MOW]. Name this woodwind that plays the opening glissando of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
answer: clarinet
Its types include "spring", "torsion" and "top-loading", as well as the "equal arm" variety developed in ancient Egypt. Name this laboratory tool, similar to a scale, that measures the mass of an object, often by comparing it with known masses.
answer: balance (prompt on "scale" before it is read)
Before serving as NATO's first Supreme Commander of forces in Europe, he commanded the D-Day invasion during World War II. Name this military man who succeeded Harry Truman as President and used the campaign slogan, “I Like Ike.”
answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
This E.B. White mouse is the son of two humans.
answer: Stuart Little
Pencils and paper ready! I will give you two fractions with a "blank" in between; you tell whether a "greater than" sign, "equals" sign or "less than" sign goes in the blank: "one half [blank] eleven- sixteenths."
answer: less than
Answer these about agreements or treaties signed in and named for the city of Paris, France: A. A 1783 treaty ended this war between the U.S. and England.
answer: Revolutionary War