Speed Round 1
Novels
In what novel is a boy names Jonas selected to be the person to store all the past memories of the time before Sameness?
The Giver
Ocean Currents
The Canary Current is in what ocean?
Atlantic
North American Anthropology
The earliest North Americans had no fixed homes and moved according to the seasons in search of food and water. What anthropological adjective describes such people?
nomadic
Generating Lift
The lifting structures on boats called hydrofoils are similar to what corresponding structures on aircraft?
airfoils
What kind of symmetry is illustrated by sea snakes, crayfish and tuna?
bilateral
Cycle
The hydrologic cycle involves the transport of water between the land, the sea and what else?
the atmosphere (sky)
Silly Substitutes
What kind of accident may lead to an injury that is sometimes called gravity-assisted concrete poisoning?
a fall
Light
What type of light lies beyond the violet end of the spectrum?
ultraviolet light
Birds
What flightless African bird has the largest eyes of any land animal?
ostrich
Medical Equipment Suffixes
What is the meaning of the suffix in such words as laryngoscope, bronchoscope, otoscope and arthroscope?
look at (see, view)
Eponyms
What towns in both Georgia and New Jersey were named for the inventor of the phonograph and incandescent lamp?
Edison
Currency
What country that is geographically closest to the United States also calls its nit of currency a dollar?
Canada
Businesses
What was manufactured in 1909 by the American Wright Company?
Parasites
In which body system do tapeworms make their home?digestive system
Governors
The royal Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson was the great-great-grandson of what woman who was exiled from Boston in 1637?
Anne Hutchinson
Job Qualifications
If a former prominent U.S. secretary of education were to be hired as the superintendent of a rural school district, he would be a big fish in what?
a small pond
Fishing Hazards
What part of a fishhook caught in the skin makes its removal most difficult?
barb
Headlines Gaffes
What word in the headline has a double meaning?
New Vaccine May Contain Rabies
contain
Rides
Paul Revere made his historic ride on the night of April 18 in what year?
1775
Fish Food
It's pretty tough to find something to eat at 3000 feet below sea level, but what toothy fish has a light-producing organ on its dorsal to attract prey?angler fish
Medieval Occupations?
In medieval times, what did a fletcher make?
arrows
Long-time leaders
This is about contemporary national leader? His beard, cigars and frequent wearing of combat uniforms have given him a distinctive appearance among heads of governments?
Fidel Castro
Isthmuses
What two continents are connected by the Isthmus of Suez?
Asia, Africa
Emotional Expressions
What word is missing in these bits of advise?
Silence is the best way to react while ___.
Never made a decision when you are ___.
Getting ___ is actually punishing yourself for the mistake of others.
Never go to bed ___. Stay awake and plot your revenge!
angry
Kipling
What law expressed in a poem by Rudyard Kipling has these meanings?
survival of the fittest kill or be killeddog eat dog eat or be eaten
law of the jungle