If men were angels, we would not need these. However, men are not angels, and societies that attempt to operate without them usually fall apart.
What are governments?
100
Place the commas correctly in the following sentence: On May 4 1965 Willie Mays an African American baseball player broke the National League record for home runs.
What is "On May 4, 1965, Willie Mays, an African American baseball player, broke the National League record for home runs."
100
Multiply: .04 x .04.
What is .0016?
100
The "brain" of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
100
One of the four basic forces in our universe, it is responsible for keeping the planets in their orbits.
What is gravity?
200
This ancient civilization, located in modern-day Iraq, is the birthplace of the first writing system (cuneiform.)
What is Sumer/Mesopotamia?
200
Spell the word I read aloud.
What is ambidextrous?
200
A 2-gallon bucket of paint costs $92.96. What is the price per pint? 1 gallon = 8 pints
What is $5.81/pint?
200
Plant cells have these two structures that animal cells don't have.
What is the cell wall and chloroplasts?
200
Out of these fossils, the oldest:
W) trilobite
X) snake
Y) petrified wood
Z) megalodon tooth
What is a trilobite?
300
The government established by the Southern states when they seceded from the Union.
What is the Confederacy?
300
Identify ALL of the verbs in the following sentence, including helping, linking, infinitive, and/or main/action verbs: "The dog, burned by the sun, will be used for medical experiments."
What is 'burned, will be used'
300
Predict the next number in the sequence: 3, 9, 81...
What is 6,561?
300
The diaphragm on a microscope controls the amount of this available to the eye.
What is light?
300
A moderate to severe blow to the head can result in one of these; symptoms include blurred vision, loss of consciousness, headache, or loss of short-term memory.
What is a concussion?
400
The number of time zones in the continental United States (excluding Hawaii and Alaska.)
What is four?
400
Shel Silverstein's occupation (job.) Be specific.
What is children's author/cartoonist/screenwriter/poet/singer-songwriter?
400
Solve for x: (3x + 2)/7 = 5
What is 11?
400
Plants take in this gas and produce this as a byproduct (give their chemical equations please.)
What is CO2 and O2?
400
The number of limbs belonging to a tetrapod.
What is four?
500
Sigmund Freud believed that this existed to satisfy your primitive desires to eat, sleep, and be safe. If we meet an arrogant person, we might say that it's inflated.
What is the ego?
500
The author of the novels "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park," and "Timeline."
Who is Michael Crichton?
500
x^3 + 3^2 + 55 = 72. Solve for x.
What is 2?
500
The shoulder blade is known by this Latin name.
What is the scapula?
500
Which of the following is the most common source of energy for brain cells in humans:
W) nucleic acids
X) proteins
Y) glucose
Z) pectins