Science
The weather symbol for this type of front is a blue line with pointed teeth in one direction.
answer: cold front
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
Give these words from their pairs of meanings: The center of a hurricane, or an opening in a needle
answer: eye
This river divides the U.S. from Mexico.
answer: Rio Grande
Name these hand tools from their common types: Club, ballpeen, sledge
answer: hammer
Name these major types of weather fronts: The weather symbol for this type is a red line with circles in one direction.
answer: warm front
Name this part of a cell: It gets rid of a cell's waste material.
answer: lysosome
Give these words from their pairs of meanings: A unit of rain from the sky, or the very last liquid molecules in a glass
answer: drop
It supervises the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Name this federal Cabinet Department whose website includes resources about aviation, pipelines, trucking and motorcoaches, railroads, public transit and automobiles.
answer: Dept. of Transportation
Answer these about classic video games: The game "Pong" was made by this company.
answer: Atari
Find the density of a material in kilograms per cubic meter if a cube of it that is 2 meters on each side has a mass of 45,600 kilograms.
answer: 5,700 kg/m3 [45,600 ÷ 23]
Pencils and paper ready! The amount of energy in Joules that can be stored in an inductor is half the product of the inductor value in Henries and the square of the current through the inductor in Amperes. Calculate the amount of energy stored in a 4-Henry inductor with a current of 3 Amperes.
answer: 18 Joules
One of this medal's winners is the book Hello, Universe, which tells of the fortune-teller Kaori, the deaf girl Valencia, the bully named Chet and the boy named Virgil who falls down a well. Name this medal, given annually to the artist of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", that is often paired with the Caldecott Medal.
answer: John Newbery Medal
Answer these about Hillary Clinton: She won 2 elections for U.S. Senator, representing this state.
answer: New York
Identify these art terms as defined by New York's Museum of Modern Art: This 2-word term is "a representation of inanimate objects, [such] as a painting of a bowl of fruit"
answer: still life
Give these terms from physics: An area of outer space with no matter of any kind
answer: vacuum
Name the mammals whose major species include each of these sets: A Spectacled, brown, Asiatic black, polar
answer: bear
Her small boy character Farley Hatcher, nicknamed "Fudge", appears in her novels Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great and Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing. Name this American author whose other books include Are You There, God ? It's Me, Margaret.
answer: Judy Blume
These start with R: A. The state you are in if your cancer suddenly disappears
answer: remission
It began with an attack from the North in 1950 that was eventually beaten back after a landing at Inchon. Name this armed conflict, stopped since 1953 by an armistice, that has never officially ended, creating tension between the cities of Seoul and Pyongyang.
answer: Korean War
You can tell one type of this tree from another by the number of needles in each needle bundle. Name this evergreen tree whose reproductive cycle includes the opening of the female cones that contain its seeds.
answer: pine tree
It can be defined as "the southernmost declination of the Sun’s ecliptic to the celestial equator." Give the 3-word name of this imaginary latitude line south of the Equator that marks the southernmost circle where the Sun can be seen directly overhead during the summer solstice.
answer: Tropic of Capricorn
His story The Giving Tree tells of a tree who gives a boy everything it has to offer, including the stump that the boy (now a grown man) uses as a seat. Name this American author and singer.
answer: Shel Silverstein
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
A set of treaties in 1919 and 1920 signed in and around Paris ended this major armed conflict.
answer: World War I