Potpourri
State Smarts
Geography
Music
Medicine
100

The half-man, half-bull that lived on Crete under the palace at Knossos.

Minotaur

100

One of the 3 top rice producing states.

Louisiana

Arkansas

California

100

Mount St. Helens is a volcanic peak in which U.S. state?

Washington

100

Female singing voice that is lower than soprano.

Alto

100

Tubes that carry blood through the body.

Blood vessels

200

The first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who was appointed by George Washington.

John Jay

200

One of the 2  top blueberry producing states.

Maine

Michigan

200

Llamas and alpacas are animals native to which continent?

South America

200

A simple song or poem that tells a story.

Ballad

200

Soft, flexible tissue in the joints.  It helps to protect parts of the body from shock.

Cartilage

300

Name the obelisque near the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. in honor of a U.S. President.

Washington Monument
300

The nation's leading gold mining state.

Nevada

300

When it is summer in the U.S., which season is it in Australia?

Winter
300

A type of music that originated in the West Indies.  It has a distinctive rhythm and improvised lyrics about humorous or current-day topics.

Calypso

300

The clear piece of tissue that protects the front of the eye.

Cornea

400

New York's Guggenheim Museum, completed in 1960, was designed by which famous American architect?

Frank Lloyd Wright

400

One of the 4 states with the longest caves.

Kentucky

South Dakota

New Mexico

West Virginia

400
Along which boundary of Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa does the Mississippi River flow - eastern or western?

Eastern

400

A folk song that expresses happiness or joy and is often sung on festive holidays.

Carol
400

The tube that connects the throat with the stomach for the passage and digestion of food.

Esophagus

500

Name 2 of the 5 oldest universities in the United States.

Harvard (1636)

William & Mary (1693)

Yale (1701)

Princeton (1746)

Columbia (1754)

500

Name one of the 4 states along with its capital, whose capital city is named after a former U.S. president.

Jackson, Mississippi

Jefferson City, Missouri

Lincoln, Nebraska

Madison, Wisconsin

500

The Aleutian Islands are part of which U.S. state - Alaska or Hawaii?

Alaska

500

Words that are set to music.

Lyrics

500

A band of tissue that fastens bones together at the joints.

Ligament

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