Speed Round 1
Sunspots
11 and 22 year cycles are associated with what solar phenomena
sunspots
Tundra
While Arctic tundra occurs at high latitudes, alpine tundra occurs at high what?
altitudes
Water
What characteristic of water is defined by the percentage of salts it contains?
salinity
Actors
What adjective indicates the actress or actor who plays the largest role in a performance?
leading
Spiders
On what section of a black widow's body can you see its red hourglass shape?
abdomen
Rock Formations
What rocks prized by collectors often develop as follows?
1. Marine sediments become limestone.
2. Spheroidal cavities form in the limestone.
3. Mineral matter precipitates in the cavity from subsurface solutions to form crystals projecting inward.geodes
Proverbs
What noun phrase appears the original version of the proverb that is parodied as follows?
The squeaky wheel gets the worm?
early bird
Mountains
What mountains bound the Sahara Desert on its northwest?
Atlas Mountains
Symbols
What is the collective name for these animals when paired with the following organizations?
Woodsy Owl - U.S. Forest Service
Skyhawk - Atlanta Hawks
Slapshot - Washington Capitals
Blitz - Seattle Seahawks
Eddie Eagle - National Rifle Association
mascots
Poetic Parts
In "The Star Spangled Banner", what are the last found words in the refrain?
home of the brave
Stars
What is the Western name for the star known in the Hindu mythology as Dhruva, which means "fixed"?
Polaris (North Star)
Lightening
You often will see lightning long before you hear the thunder it produces because sound takes about how many seconds to travel one kilometers?
3
Folklore in Classical Music
In relation to sugar plums, what kind of diminutive, imaginary being in human form is associated with a work by Tchaikovsky?
fairy
Ships
In 1861, at the command of Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells, the keel of what famed ironclad was laid at Greenpoint, New York?
Monitor
Point of View
This passage illustrates what point of view?
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera.
first person
Snakes
The four venomous snakes that cause most cases of snakebite in India are the common krait, Russell's viper, the saw-scaled viper and what other snake characterized by its ability to expand the skin of its neck to form a flattened hood?
cobra (Indian Cobra)
Wordplay
These are all examples of what kind of words?
peep, mom, deed, toot, eye, did, eve, madam
palindromic (palindromes)
Dams
In what country is Three Gorges Dam located?
China
Metals
What metal that is hazardous to heath is found in pipes, ceramics, paints, batteries, and gasoline?
lead
Shared Professions
What profession was common among these men?
Eric Liddell
Francis Xavier
David Livingstone
Albert Schweitzer
Junipero Serra
missionary
Some of Richard Adams' characters include what kind of creature with such names as Fiver, Hazel, and Bigwig
rabbits
Writing
Eliminate the redundancy from this sentence
Directories are issued every year on an annual basis.
Directories are issued every year.
Colonial Business Ventures
Colonial joint-stock companies were forerunners of what kind of modern business enterprises?
corporations
Jordan
What troubled Mideast country lies immediately north of Jordan?
Nonsense Verse Grammar
What are the first two adjectives in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"?
brillig, slithy