20-POINT OPEN QUESTION – – WORD PUZZLES
What letter must be added to the beginning of a word meaning “large in stature” to create a word meaning “to hinder or delay”?
S (TALL and STALL)
Cuzco was the capital of what ancient empire?
INCA (in PERU)
The constellation Taurus takes the shape of what animal?
THE BULL
Uranus is the smallest of the solar system’s four planets that together form what two-word group?
GAS GIANT
What term means any substance produced by the body to fight foreign particles?
ANTIBODY
What letter must be added to the beginning of a word meaning “to fasten” to create a word meaning “a timepiece”?
C (LOCK and CLOCK)
Whose face appears on the front of a Canadian five dollar bill?
SIR WILFRID LAURIER
The war of 1812 ended with signing of what treaty?
THE TREATY OF GHENT
In which century was Uranus first observed?
18TH CENTURY (it was first observed in 1781 with the aid of a telescope)
The foreign particles that invade the body are known as?
ANTIGEN
Separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan and divided between Argentina and Chile, what archipelago is located at the tip of South America?
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
In feet, how far is it from the baseball pitcher’s mound to home plate?
60 FEET, 6 INCHES (Accept: 60 FEET)
Uranus gets its name from what mythology?
GREEK
A vaccine with antibodies already produced in another organism is called?
ANTISERUM
Who led the continental army to victory in the American Revolutionary War?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
What is the name of the science that deals with insects?
ENTOMOLOGY
A substance inoculated to neutralize toxins produced by disease organisms is known as an?
ANTITOXIN