Social Science
The first patent for what product was issued in 1867 to Lucien B. Smith and the second patent to Joseph F. Glidden in 1874 for his improvements?
Barbed wire
Starting with a name for a part of the human leg, what word means a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something?
Shindig
What chemical, secreted externally, is used by insects and mammals to communicate with individuals of the same species?
Pheromone
"Yankee Doodle" is the state song and "The Nutmeg" is the state cantata of which U.S. state?
Connecticut
Finish this line from How the Grinch Stole Christmas: “It came without packages,
boxes or __.”
Bags
Into what major body of water does the Snake River empty?
Columbia River
Published in 1819 by Sir Walter Scott, what historical novel has characters named Cedric, King Richard I, Lady Rowena, Rebecca, Prince John, as well as the title character?
Ivanhoe
MRI is a method of viewing the human body without using harmful radiation. What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sara Baras and Joaquin Cortes are two of the most famous dancers of what style of dance that is a mixture of both Spanish and Arab cultures where men use complicated footwork and women weave patterns with their arms while being accompanied by fast, dramatic guitar music?
Flamenco
Buddy the elf sticks to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy
corns and __.
Syrup
What 20th century psychologist proposed that personality develops in a predetermined order through eight stages of psychosocial development, from infancy to adulthood?
Erik Erikson
An arcade is an establishment or public area containing games such as pinball. Which three U.S. state's postal abbreviations would be used to spell arcade?
Arkansas, California, Delaware
What is the term for the chemical and energy changes associated with the consumption of food and oxygen, the production of heat, and the calories used in physical activity?
Metabolism
Gateau is the French word for any variety of what bakery product?
Cake
The popular Christmas song "Jingle Bells" was actually written for what holiday?
Thanksgiving
Also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, the Battle of the Thames was fought in Ontario, Canada during what war?
War of 1812
In which book of the Bible will you find the quote, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night..."?
Genesis
What law, named after its developer, states that pressure and volume are inversely proportional for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperatures?
Boyle's Law
The Uffizi Gallery was bombed during the 1990s, which caused the damage of many works of art. In what Italian city is it located?
What was the real name of the character Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause?
Scott Calvin (SC)
Although Benjamin Franklin first conceived of Daylight Savings Time, it was note used until which war?
State the literary device at work in this quote: "We hired fifty new hands today."
synecdoche (sin-neck-due-key)
What name is given to the most posterior part of the brain that controls such involuntary activities as breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure, and peristalsis, and its nerve fibers connect the spinal core to various parts of the brain?
Medulla (oblongata)
Name the French impressionist artist whose works portraying racehorses brought him lasting renown, but who is more widely remembered for his studies of dancing women.
(Edgar) Degas (Day-gah)
What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown
Christmas?”
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing