Miscellaneous 1
Protective clothing worn to defend knights from harm in combat is called ...
armor
What kind of storms have eyes?
Hurricanes
The location at which two or more bones meet is called a ...
joint
What textile is made from the fleece of sheep?
Wool
Name the organizational feature of written English by which a sentences related to a single topic are presented as a group.
paragraph
On the frontal side of the head of a grasshopper are a pair of jointed appendages which are actually sensory organs used to explore by touch and smell. Name them.
antennae
What substance is removed from a gas through dehumidification?
water
What two oceans border Europe?
Atlantic, Arctic
The states of Baja California and Baja California Sur can be found in what country?
Mexico
How many syllables are in this line by Walt Disney? It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
11
A large, branched, ornate, multi-bulb lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling is a ...
Chandelier
"Venus and Serena" is a biography about two exceptional athletes in what sport?
Tennis
On an alphabetical list of the U.S. states in the Pacific Northwest, which is last?
Washington
Find three consecutive even integers such that their sum equals 30.
8, 10, 12
During what decade did the American Civil War occur?
1860s
What membrane in the eye contains cells that detect light?
retina
If you go to see "The Big Top", you are going to watch what event?
Circus
If you alphabetize states west of Michigan bordering Canada, which is first?
Name the larval stage of moths.
Caterpillar
Who is the central character in a work by a Scottish dramatist that is subtitled, "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"?
Peter Pan
How many labors did Hercules have to finish?
12
The Himalayas were formed when what subcontinent collided with Asia?
India
The total of two numbers is 65 and their difference is 13. What are the numbers?
26, 39
According to legend, seven Greek maidens and seven Greek youths were sent to the king of Crete each year where they were fed to what monster?
Minotaur
What is the first noun in the Pledge of Allegiance?
allegiance