Latin Root Words
Used in words like anniversary and annual, the Latin root "ann" means what?
Yearly/year
Equine name for a long shot political candidate
Dark Horse
The most populous metro area of a state capital is located in which southern state?
Georgia (Atlanta)
The idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses is encapsulated in this French phrase
The fixed pivot point of a lever
Fulcrum
Used in words like lunar and lunatic, the Latin root "lun" means what?
Moon
A tool used by Senators when a bill has a majority, which consists of the member talking uninterrupted as a way to block a bill from being voted on.
Nerd point: How many votes are needed to end a filibuster?
Filibuster
What American playwright is most known for his plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Tennessee Williams
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
Annexation
Glowing region of air caused by solar particles that break through the Earth's magnetic field
Arurora (Borealis)
Seen in words such as: inter, subterranean, terrace, and terracotta, the Latin root "terr" means:
Earth
A leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
Demagogue
The Battles of Verdun and the Sommer are associated with which war?
WWI
French-American painter and sculptor whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Known for Fountain, Bicycle wheel, and The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors.
Marcel Duchamp
Method of charging an object by rearranging its electric charges into groups of positive charge and negative charge
Induction Charging
Seen in words such as somnambulist, somnifacient, and insomniac, the Latin root "somni" means:
Sleep
Lost colony owned by the british and was set up in America. This colony is located in modern day North Carolina. The only clue found was the word Croatoan which was engraved in a tree
The bestselling album in history is Thriller, by this man:
Michael Jackson
Dutch painter known for The Milkmaid, The Art of Painting, and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Jan Vermeer
Group of 7 elements whose atoms can form covalent bonds with another atom of the same element.
Diatomic Elements
Seen in the words commiseration, miserable, and misery, the Latin root "miser" means:
Unhappiness
When popular candidate gathers support in his or her party and uses their popularity to help elect other members is known as having large ________
Coattails
Name one of the two biggest producers of vanilla. Both are in the Southern Hemisphere. One is in Africa, and the other in Southeast Asia.
Madagascar/Indonesia
He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Known for Olympia, The Railway, and the Balcony
Edouard Manet
Region of a material in which the magnetic fields of individual atoms are aligned
Magnetosphere